The Corinthia Football Clubs Association ( el, Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Νομού Κορινθίας, ''Enossi Podosferikon Somation Nomou Korinthias'') 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
Corinthia
Corinthia ( el, Κορινθία ''Korinthía'') is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese. It is situated around the city of Corinth, in the north-eastern part ...
that is part of the Greek Football Federation.
Foundation
Corinthia FCA was formed in 1946 besides the first council by Michail Fillipidis and Kon. Tsouloufas and its expansion of other products of local soccer. Its founding bodies was seven and ten outside the competition:
*Aris Corinth
*Achilleas (Achillefs) Corinth
*Iraklis
Lechaio
Lechaio ( el, Λέχαιο) is a village in the municipal unit of Assos-Lechaio in Corinthia, Greece. It is situated on the coast of the Gulf of Corinth, 8 km west of Corinth and 12 km southeast of Kiato. The Greek National Road 8 passes ...
*Iraklis Xylokastro
*Olympiakos Corinth
*
Olympiacos Loutraki
*
Pelopas (Pelofs) Kiato
*Stratiotiko Kentro Vasikis Ekpedefsis Korinthou (KVEK): took part in the championships without any points.
Its important success in the union in the early 1950s was the local championship organization and its cooperation with Pagkorinthiakos in the first championship of the
Premier Division in the
1959-60 season.
Today
Corinthia FCA is headquartered in
Corinth
Corinth ( ; el, Κόρινθος, Kórinthos, ) is the successor to an ancient city, and is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece. Since the 2011 local government refor ...
and its strength includes about 70 clubs. Basic organizations of the association is local soccer championship in three divisions and the
Corinthia Cup which features teams from local categories. The body-member of the association which participates in the
fourth division and its amateur teams from the association which has a chance to play in the highest categories, the
Super League, the second and the third divisions.
The winner of all of Korinthia receives an entry into the national Fourth Division.
The winner of the Korinthia Cup receives an entry to 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 ...
.
The association organizes children's and youth championships, it also supervises the women's clubs and rarely competes in the Corinthia FCA Mixed which features games from other mixed associations.
The association awards each year a reward to the greatest scorer and the Character Cup to teams with the highest points "fair play" of each category
Divisions (2009-10)
The 2009-10 season features the following teams:
Premier Division
Second Division
Third Division
Teams in higher divisions
In the 2009-10 season, the following clubs from Corinthia took part in higher divisions:
*
Third Division:
**
PAS Corinth
*
Fourth Division:
**
Atromitos Chiliomodo
**
Olympiacos Loutraki
**
Pelopas Kiato
**
Iraklis Xylokastro
References
*''This article incorporates text from the
Equivalent article in the
Greek Wikipedia.''
External links
*http://www.epskor.gr
{{Amateur Football Clubs Associations of Greece
Sport in Corinthia
Association football governing bodies in Greece