Athens Football Clubs Association (-ΕΠΣΑ) is one of the oldest amateur association football governing bodies, representing teams from Athens Prefecture.

History It was officially founded in 1924, but its history begins in 1919 when the Greece Football Clubs Association was founded. During the 1923–24 Championship of the E.P.S. Greece, the Athenian teams had many complaints from the referee, who they accused of being biased against them in favor of the club of Piraeus. The climax of the protests was the withdrawal from the championship of three teams of Athens on 30 March 1924, two games before its end and while the title seemed to be decided between O.F. Piraeus and A.P.S. Piraeus, who eventually won the title. The teams that left were Panathinaikos, Apollon Athens and Athinaikos

Almost immediately, those three clubs, together with Atromitos, Panionios and the then-founded Milon Athens, created the "Athens Football Clubs Association" (E.S.P. Athens) and proceeded to hold a separate championship with the participation of five clubs. The founding clubs of the association were: AEK Athens Goudi Athens Atromitos Panathinaikos Panionios Apollon Athens

In the early 2000s, the associations of the former the Prefecture of East Attica were split off, creating the East Attica Football Clubs Association, as well as the counterparts of the former Prefecture of West Attica by founding West Attica Football Clubs Association.

Organization

From 1924 to 1959 the first division E.P.S. Athens included in its composition the top teams of Athens. Until the 1958–59 season, the first two, three or four teams of the final standings of Athens first division were qualified to the final phase of the Panhellenic Championship, together with the corresponding teams from the E.P.S. of Piraeus and Macedonia and some provincial clubs that qualified through a special tournament called "Regional Championships". Thus, the first division of Athens was the most difficult of any other local association, as the clubs that made it up were clearly stronger than their counterparts. It was common for the Athenian teams that reached the final phase of the Panhellenic Championship to be exhausted due to great competition and the lack of current training infrastructure. Until 1959 the first division of Athens was essentially the most powerful local league in the country, but with the establishment of the national divisions, it lost ground in the football hierarchy.

League The association is a member of the Hellenic Football Federation and organizes a regional football league and cup. It currently represents 900 football players and 131 amateur men's football clubs.

Twenty (20) of these football clubs are playing in national leagues. The six (6) women's football clubs of Athens F.C.A. are playing in the first and second national league. Sixteen (16) football clubs are playing in Hellenic Indoor Football League.

The football clubs are separated in three leagues: Athens F.C.A. A league (32 clubs) Group A (16 clubs) Group B (16 clubs) Athens F.C.A. B league (48 clubs) Group A (16 clubs) Group B (16 clubs) Group C (16 clubs) Athens F.C.A. C league (52 clubs) Group A (13 clubs) Group B (13 clubs) Group C (13 clubs) Group D (13 clubs)

Champions Season Winner Before the establishment of national divisions 1923–24 Apollon Athens 1924–25 Panathinaikos 1925–26 Panathinaikos 1926–27 Panathinaikos 1927–28 Atromitos 1928–29 Panathinaikos 1929–30 Panathinaikos 1930–31 Panathinaikos 1931–32 Goudi 1932–33 Goudi 1933–34 Panathinaikos 1934–35 Abandoned 1935–36 Asteras Gyzi 1936–37 Panathinaikos 1937–38 Apollon Athens 1938–39 Panathinaikos 1939–40 AEK Athens 1940–41 Not held 1941–42 1942–43 AEK Athens 1943–44 Not held 1944–45 1945–46 AEK Athens 1946–47 AEK Athens 1947–48 Apollon Athens 1948–49 Panathinaikos 1949–50 AEK Athens 1950–51 Panionios 1951–52 Panathinaikos 1952–53 Panathinaikos 1953–54 Panathinaikos 1954–55 Panathinaikos 1955–56 Panathinaikos 1956–57 Panathinaikos 1957–58 Apollon Athens 1958–59 Panathinaikos After the establishment of national divisions 1959–60 Egaleo 1960–61 Egaleo 1961–62 Atromitos 1962–63 Ilisiakos 1963–64 PAO Kalogreza 1964–65 A.O. Chalandri 1965–66 Attikos 1966–67 Petralona 1967–68 Poseidon Glyfada 1968–69 Kallithea 1969–70 Acharnaikos 1970–71 Ilisiakos 1971–72 Ilisiakos 1972–73 Asteras Zografou 1973–74 PAO Thriamvos Athens 1974–75 Agios Dimitrios 1975–76 Kallithea 1976–77 Agios Dimitrios 1977–78 PAO Rouf 1978–79 Diagoras Egaleo 1979–80 Athinais 1980–81 Agios Ierotheos 1981–82 Ilioupoli 1982–83 Charavgiakos 1983–84 Marko 1984–85 A.O. Vouliagmeni 1985–86 Cholargos 1986–87 Akratitos 1987–88 Ilioupoli 1988–89 Keravnos Keratea 1989–90 Agia Eleousa 1990–91 G.S. Patisia 1991–92 Agia Paraskevi 1992–93 Attikos 1993–94 Agios Ierotheos 1994–95 Olympiakos Nea Liosia 1995–96 Ilioupoli 1996–97 Akratitos 1997–98 Asteras Zografou 1998–99 Ilisiakos 1999–2000 Agia Eleousa 2000–01 Ilisiakos 2001–02 Terpsithea Glyfada 2002–03 Athinais 2003–04 Agia Paraskevi 2004–05 Sourmena 2005–06 Agoi Anargyroi 2006–07 Paradisos Amarousiou (1st group)Olympiakos Nea Liosia (2nd group) 2007–08 A.O. Pefki (1st group)Vrilissia (2nd group) 2008–09 Elpidoforos Kifisia (1st group)Pera Club (2nd group) 2009–10 Ifestos Peristeri 2010–11 A.O. Trachones Alimos 2011–12 Iasonas Nea Liosia (1st group)A.O. Pefki (2nd group) 2012–13 Charavgiakos (1st group)Doxa Vyronas (2nd group) 2013–14 Haidari (1st group)Panerythraikos (2nd group) 2014–15 A.E. Irakleio (1st group)Egaleo (2nd group) 2015–16 Egaleo (1st group)Agios Ierotheos (2nd group) 2016–17 Charavgiakos (1st group)Egaleo (2nd group) 2017–18 Agoi Anargyroi (1st group)Charavgiakos (2nd group) 2018–19 A.E. Kifisia (1st group)Fostiras (2nd group) 2019–20 Charavgiakos (1st group)PAO Rouf (2nd group) 2020–21 Suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021–22 Aris Petroupolis 2022–23 Ilisiakos 2023–24 Asteras Kaisariani (1st group)A.O. Nea Ionia (2nd group) 2024–25 Kentavros Vrilissia (1st group)Doxa Vyronas (2nd group) 2025–26 PAO Rouf (1st group)Apollon Smyrnis (2nd group)

Winners by club +Before the establishment of national divisions Club Winner Seasons Panathinaikos 17 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959 AEK Athens 5 1940, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1950 Apollon Athens 4 1924, 1938, 1948, 1958 Goudi 2 1932, 1933 Atromitos 1 1928 Asteras Gyzi 1 1936 Panionios 1 1951

+After the establishment of national divisions Club Winner Seasons Ilisiakos 6 1963, 1971, 1972, 1999, 2001, 2023 Egaleo 5 1960, 1961, 2015, 2016, 2017 Charavgiakos 5 1983, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2020 Agios Ierotheos 3 1981, 1994, 2016 Ilioupoli 3 1982, 1988, 1996 Haidari 3 1986, 2014, 2023 PAO Rouf 3 1978, 2020, 2026 Kallithea 2 1969, 1976 Agios Dimitrios 2 1975, 1977 Attikos 2 1966, 1993 Akratitos 2 1987, 1997 Asteras Zografou 2 1973, 1998 Agia Eleousa 2 1990, 2000 Athinais 2 1980, 2003 Agia Paraskevi 2 1992, 2004 Doxa Vyronas 2 2013, 2025 Olympiakos Nea Liosia 2 1995, 2007 A.O Pefki 2 2008, 2012 Agoi Anargyroi 2 2006, 2018 Atromitos 1 1962 PAO Kalogreza 1 1964 A.O. Chalandri 1 1965 Petralona 1 1967 Poseidon Glyfada 1 1968 Acharnaikos 1 1970 PAO Thriamvos Athens 1 1974 Diagoras Egaleo 1 1979 Marko 1 1984 A.O. Vouliagmeni 1 1985 Cholargos 1 1986 Keravnos Keratea 1 1989 G.S. Patisia 1 1991 Terpsithea Glyfada 1 2002 Sourmena 1 2005 Paradisos Amarousiou 1 2007 Vrilissia 1 2008 Pera Club 1 2009 Elpidoforos Kifisia 1 2009 Ifestos Peristeri 1 2010 A.O. Trachones Alimos 1 2011 Iasonas Neon Liosion 1 2012 Panerythraikos 1 2014 A.E. Irakleio 1 2015 A.E. Kifisia 1 2019 Fostiras 1 2019 Aris Petroupolis 1 2022 Asteras Kaisariani 1 2024 A.O. Nea Ionia 1 2024 Kentavros Vrilissia 1 2025 Apollon Smyrnis 1 2026

Cup Finals