The Arcadia Football Clubs Association (''Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Αρκαδίας'' = ''Enosi Podosfairikon Somateion Arkadias'') is a
football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
organization in
Arcadia that is part of the Greek Football Federation.
Its headquarters is located in the subregional capital city of
Tripoli and the organization has about 50 clubs. Basic organizations of the union is local soccer championships into three divisions and the
Arcadia Cup, in which teams from local divisions, and body-member of clubs playing in the higher divisions.
The winner of the first division used to head to the
National Fourth Division. As of 2012–13, the winner of the first division plays vs. three other prefectures in a 6-game home and away playoff with the winner of that after-season tournament advancing to
Football League 2 (Greece)
The Gamma Ethniki ( el, Γ΄ Εθνική Ερασιτεχνική Κατηγορία, C National Amateur Division) is the third highest football league in Greece.
History
The Gamma Ethniki began in 1965 as an amateur championship, while in 198 ...
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The cup winner of Arkadia participates into the
Greek Amateur Cup Greek Amateur Cup (Greek: Κύπελλο Ερασιτεχνικών Ομάδων Ελλάδος) is one of the most known competitions for amateur teams in Greece.
Amateur Cup Finals
See also
* Amateurs' Super Cup Greece
*Football records and s ...
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for many years, there were three divisions. As of 2012–13, there is no third division as the second division is composed of two groups. At the end of the season, the winner of each second division group plays the second place team of the other group to determine who gets promoted to the first division.
The union also organizes matches for the youth and adult competition, women take part in the Arcadia FCA Mixed Competition'' which plays games with other mixed associations and organizations.
The association awards each year a reward to the greatest scorer and the ''Characteristic Cup in teams with the highest points "fair play" of each category
Divisions (2010–11)
The 2010–11 season features the following teams:
Premier Division
Second Division
Teams in higher divisions
In the 2018–19 season, the following clubs from Arcadia took part in higher divisions:
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Super League:
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Asteras Tripolis
Asteras Tripolis Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Αστέρας Τρίπολης), commonly referred to as Asteras Tripolis (meaning "Star of Tripoli"), is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Tripoli in Arcadia, Peloponnese, G ...
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Third Division:
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Panarkadikos
References
*''This article incorporates text from the
Equivalent article in the
Greek Wikipedia.''
External links
*http://www.epsarkadias.gr
{{Amateur Football Clubs Associations of Greece
Sport in Arcadia, Peloponnese
Association football governing bodies in Greece