Greek football league system

The Greek football league system includes five levels in which teams can possibly make it to Super League Greece

Super League Greece

The Superleague Greece is the highest professional football league in Greece. It was formed on July 16, 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The league consists of 16 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each...

, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

's highest division of football.

Promotion and relegation

Super League Greece: Bottom three clubs relegated to Football League.

Football League: Top three clubs promoted to Super League Greece. Bottom three relegated to Football League 2 to either North or South group based on location. There may be an uneven number in the North and South groups.

Football League 2: The champions of each group, plus the winner of a play-off round between the runner up, are promoted to Beta Ethniki. The bottom five teams of each group are relegated to the semi-professional Delta Ethniki.

Delta Ethniki: The top team in each group is promoted to Football League 2. Groups 1-5 promote to the North group of the division, and groups 6-10 promote to the South group. The five/six last place team in each group is relegated to the local championships.

Local championships: The top team in each regional league is entered into the promotional playoffs with other regions that would promote to the same Delta Ethniki group as they would. The winner of each knockout competition is promoted to the respective group in Delta Ethniki.

League Pyramid

Level	League(s) / Division(s)
1	Super League Greece Super League Greece The Superleague Greece is the highest professional football league in Greece. It was formed on July 16, 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The league consists of 16 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each... 16 clubs
2	Football League 18 clubs
3	Football League 2 North Group 18 clubs					Football League 2 South Group 18 clubs
4	Delta Ethniki Group 1 ~16 clubs	Delta Ethniki Group 2 ~14 clubs	Delta Ethniki Group 3 ~18 clubs	Delta Ethniki Group 4 ~17 clubs	Delta Ethniki Group 5 ~16 clubs	Delta Ethniki Group 6 ~18 clubs	Delta Ethniki Group 7 ~15 clubs	Delta Ethniki Group 8 ~14 clubs	Delta Ethniki Group 9 ~15 clubs	Delta Ethniki Group 10 ~17 clubs
5	Local championships Local football championships of Greece Local football championships of Greece are lowest leagues of the Greek Football. The participants are only amateur clubs from various Greek cities or villages. Every Football Association has its own league and at the end the winner of each Association Championship plays knock-out matches against... Regional premier amateur leagues Promote to Group 1: Drama, Evros, Serres, Thrace, Xanthi, Kavala Promote to Group 2: Chalcidice, Kilkis, Macedonia, Pella Promote to Group 3: Florina, Grevena, Kastoria, Pieria, Trikala Promote to Group 4: Evrytania, Karditsa, Larisa, Fokida, Thessaly Promote to Group 5: Aetolia-Acarnania, Arta, Corfu, Epirus, Preveza-Lefkada, Thesprotia Promote to Group 6: Achaia, Elis, Kefalonia, Laconia, Messinia, Zakynthos, Ithaca Promote to Group 7: Argolis, Arkadia, Boeotia, Corinth, Euboea, West Attica Promote to Group 8: Athens, Lesbos Promote to Group 9: Chios, Cyclades, Dodecanese, East Attica, Piraeus Promote to Group 10: Chania, Heraklion, Lasithi, Rethymno