The Phthiotis Football Clubs Association ( el, Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Φθιώτιδας, ''Enossi Podosferikon Somation Phthiotidas'') is a
football (soccer)
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organization in
Phthiotis
Phthiotis ( el, Φθιώτιδα, ''Fthiótida'', ; ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Φθιῶτις) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. The capital is the city of Lamia. It is borde ...
that is part of the Greek Football Federation. It was formed in 1951 as Phthiotis-Phocis Union (Ένωση Φθιωτιδοφωκίδας, ''Enossi Phthiotidophokidas'') and included teams from Phthiotis and the neighbouring
prefectures
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of
Phocis
Phocis ( el, Φωκίδα ; grc, Φωκίς) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. It stretches from the western mountainsides of Parnassus on the east to the mountain range of Var ...
and
Evrytania
Evrytania ( el, Ευρυτανία, ; Latin: ''Eurytania'') is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Greece. Its capital is Karpenisi (approx. 8,000 inhabitants).
Geography
Evrytania is almost entirely formed ...
. The
Phocis FCA was formed in the
1985–86 season and later its
organization in Evrytania was created in
1990
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. Its offices and headquarters is located at Othonos Street in the city of Lamia, in People's Square. The association currently has three divisions: the A1 division which features 18 clubs, the Premier and the second division. The winner of the A1 Division enters the
national Fourth Division, teams finished 15th–18th relegates to the Premier division.
The early years
Football (soccer) in Phthiotis was first played in the mid-1920s. From 1930 until 1940
Olympiacos Lamia won every title except for 1935 when Pallamiaki won the championship. Postwar, between 1946 and the
1950–51 season, Olympiacos won six more titles, one of the most famous being in 1947 when Ethnikos Lamias won 5-0 against Pallamiakos on May 23 and won the local championships.
Titles
*1929–30: Olympiacos Lamia
*1930–31: Olympiacos Lamia
*1931–32: Olympiacos Lamia
*1932–33: Olympiacos Lamia
*1933–34: Olympiacos Lamia
*1934–35: Pallamiaki Lamia
*1935–36: Olympiacos Lamia
*1936–37: Olympiacos Lamia
*1937–38: Olympiacos Lamia
*1938–39: Olympiacos Lamia
*1939–40: Olympiacos Lamia
*1941–45: ''Cancelled due to WWII''
*1946–47: Ethnikos Lamia
*1947–48: Olympiacos Lamia
*1948–49: Olympiacos Lamia
*1949–50:
Fokikos
*1950–51: Olympiacos Lamia
Titles (1952–85)
Fokikos was the first club to win two titles in 1972; Malessina was next in 1980.
The cup events was created in the 1972–73 season. In later years, the best clubs took part in the preliminaries of the Greek Cup.
Titles (1986–present)
All clubs from the Evrytania prefecture split from Phthiotis and formed their own association.
There were teams that won two titles: Olympiacos from Anthyli in 1995 and Atromitos Sperchiada in 2009.
A1 Division (2011–12 season)
*
Achilleas Domokos (91 pts)
*
PAS Lamia 1964 (88 pts)
*
Stylida FC (75 pts)
*
Opountios Martinos (72 pts)
*Enossi 2010 (66 pts)
*
Aris Agios Konstantinos (61 pts)
*Malessina 2008 (49 pts)
*Atalanti (40 pts)
*Magnissiakos (47 pts)
*Elatiakos (47 pts)
*
Proodeftiki Larymna (47 pts)
*
Olympiacos Lamia (46 pts)
*Akadimia/Iraklis (45 pts)
*Divri (39 pts)
*Spercheiada 2005 (29 pts)
*Tymfristos (13 pts)
*
Ekkara
*
Glyfa
2012 Cup
Cup winner in Fthiotida in 2012,
Website of Aris Agios Konstantinos
was achieved by Aris Agios Konstantinos (for the first time in the association).
Sources
onsports.gr - Sports Homepage
''Athlitiki Icho'', the sports newspaper's main webpage
References
{{Amateur Football Clubs Associations of Greece
Sport in Phthiotis
Sports organizations established in 1951
Association football governing bodies in Greece
1951 establishments in Greece