The Thessaly Football Clubs Association (TFCA) (''Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Θεσσαλίας'', ''ΕΠΣΘ'' = ''Enosi Podosfairikon/Podosferikon Somateion/Somation Thessalias/Thesalias'', ''EPSTh'') 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 the Magnesia prefecture that is part of the Greek Football Federation. The champions of the TFCA are promoted to the

Gamma Ethniki 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 ...

, while the cup winner of CA play in the

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most ...

History

Thessaly FCA was founded in 1929 with its headquarters in

Volos Volos ( el, Βόλος ) is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about north of Athens and south of Thessaloniki. It is the sixth most populous city of Greece, and the capital of the Magnesia regional unit ...

and the main power took part in soccer clubs throughout

Thessaly Thessaly ( el, Θεσσαλία, translit=Thessalía, ; ancient Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, The ...

. Later on, it founded separate association for three other prefectures: Larissa,

Trikala Trikala ( el, Τρίκαλα; rup, Trikolj) is a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece, and the capital of the Trikala regional unit. The city straddles the Lithaios river, which is a tributary of Pineios. According to the Greek National Stati ...

and

Karditsa Karditsa ( el, Καρδίτσα ) is a city in western Thessaly in mainland Greece. The city of Karditsa is the capital of Karditsa regional unit of region of Thessaly. Inhabitation is attested from 9000 BC. Karditsa ls linked with GR-30, the ...

. During the decaded of 1960s and early 1970s those sub-associations broke away and formed their own.
The TCA has around 50 clubs divided into three divisions, but also supervises junior, youth and women's championships in Magnesia. It is one of the oldest local federations in Greece, thus it kept its original name despite the fact that it only covers football in the Magnesia area and not in the whole region of

Champions

Teams in national divisions

Seven teams participate in national divisions in the 2022–23 season : * Super League 1: ** Volos NFC *

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: **

Niki Volos Niki Volou Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Νίκη Βόλου) is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Volos, in the region of Magnesia, Greece. The club currently competes in the Super League 2, the second tier of Greek football ...

: **Magnisiakos *First Women's Division: **Volos AC 2004 *Second Women's Division: ** Volos NFC

External links

Official website
{{Amateur Football Clubs Associations of Greece Magnesia (regional unit) Association football governing bodies in Greece