Piraeus Football Clubs Association
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Union Piraeus Football Association (E.P.S.P.)
Data
Foundation year 1925
President Emmanuel Synodinos
Colors Blue
Blue
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 and White
White
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Seat Piraeus
Piraeus
Piraeus is a city in the region of Attica, Greece. Piraeus is located within the Athens Urban Area, 12 km southwest from its city center , and lies along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf....

Federation Hellenic Football Federation


The Piraeus Football Clubs Association [ , abbreviated E.P.S.P. (Ε.Π.Σ.Π.) ] was founded in 1925 after the termination of E.P.S. Athens-Piraeus. It was the second largest football association in Greece
Greece
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 and was officially recognized by FIFA
FIFA
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 alongside E.P.S. Athens
Athens Football Clubs Association
Athens Football Clubs Association is one of the oldest amateur Greek association football clubs associations, representing teams from Athens Prefecture.- History :It was founded in 1924 in Athens, Greece...

, as the Hellenic Football Federation had not been established at the time. After the establishment of Alpha Ethniki it became the Piraeus Football Clubs Association for amateurs.

History

Olympiacos participated in Piraeus Championship from the first time in 1925, immediately after its inception. They were invincible and won the final defeating Piraikos
Piraikos Syndesmos
Piraikos Syndesmos or simply Piraikos is one of the oldest sports clubs in Greece, based in Piraeus. It was founded in 1894....

 with 4-2. In the early years they were a great opponent of Ethnikos Piraeus, who won the championship of 1928, while the two clubs tied in 1930 and were declared both champions. Ethnikos Piraeus also won the Championship in 1939, the only time Olympiacos participated and lost from another team. Since the 1930-1931 championship and up to 1959 Olympiacos played without serious opponents and won all the championships. They didn't participate in the championships of 1932, 1933 and 1936 because of the formation of the division while they were eliminated in 1928 after just one game and were excluded from the Hellenic Football Federation with AEK and Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos FC
Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.Panathinaikos is the most...

 because they refused to participate in the national championship.

Champions

! Season!!Champion !!Season!!Champion !!Season!!Champion>
1924-25 Olympiacos F.C.  1935-36 Ethnikos Piraeus 1950-51 Olympiacos F.C.
1925-26 Olympiacos F.C.  1936-37 Olympiacos F.C. 1951-52 Olympiacos F.C.
1926-27 Olympiacos F.C.  1937-38 Olympiacos F.C. 1952-53 Olympiacos F.C.
1927-28 Ethnikos Piraeus 1938-39 Ethnikos Piraeus 1953-54 Olympiacos F.C.
1928-29 Olympiacos F.C.  1939-40 Olympiacos F.C. 1954-55 Olympiacos F.C.
1929-30 Olympiacos F.C.  1940-41 Cancelled 1955-56 Olympiacos F.C.
1930-31 Olympiacos F.C.  1945-46 Olympiacos F.C. 1956-57 Olympiacos F.C.
1931-32 A.C. Nikaia 1946-47 Olympiacos F.C. 1957-58 Olympiacos F.C.
1932-33 Ethnikos Piraeus 1947-48 Olympiacos F.C. 1958-59 Olympiacos F.C.
1933-34 Olympiacos F.C.  1848-49 Olympiacos F.C.
1934-35 Olympiacos F.C. 1949-50 Olympiacos F.C.

Structure

The championship of E.P.S. Piraeus consists of three categories. The champion of the category A rises in the Regional Championship. The structure of the 2008-09 season championship of the amateur association is as follows:
  • Category A: 29 teams (two groups of 15 and 14 teams)
  • Category B: 26 teams (two groups of 13 teams)
  • Category C: 17 teams
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