Macedonia Football Clubs Association

Macedonia Football Clubs Association

HFF
Founded	1923
President	Vangelis Grammenos
Website	http://www.epsm.gr (Greek)

Macedonia Football Clubs Association (Greek: Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Μακεδονίας or Ε.Π.Σ.Μ.) is an association responsible for administering football in the Prefecture of Thessaloniki. It was formed in 1923 as Football Union of Macedonia and Thrace (Greek: Ποδοσφαιρική Ένωση Μακεδονίας Θράκης) and it administrated football in the regions of West Macedonia, Central Macedonia and East Macedonia and Thrace.^[1] Since 1935 its area of responsibility was restricted within the borders of the Prefecture of Thessaloniki.^[1] Founding members of the union were Aris, Iraklis and Megas Alexandros.^[1]

Current

Macedonia Football Clubs Association Championship

Country	Greece
Confederation	HFF
First season	1923–24
Divisions	4
Number of teams	238
Level on pyramid	5–8
Promotion to	Delta Ethniki (Group 2)
League cup(s)	Macedonia FCA Cup
TV partners	Egnatia TV (highlights)
Website	http://www.epsm.gr/

Nowadays the Union runs 4 amateur divisions (fifth to eight tier in a national level), with 238 clubs participating in them,^[1] and a cup competition between the clubs that are members of the Union, and participate either in the Union's championships or in the semi-professional Delta Ethniki. 238 football clubs participate in the championships organised by the Union itself.^[1] 9 clubs of the union participate in the Delta Ethniki championship,^[2][3] 2 in Football League 2,^[3][4] 1 in Football League^[3][5] and 3 in the Greek Superleague.^[3][6] It also holds U-16 and U-18 sides that compete in the respective national interregional championships.

EPSM Championships (1923-1959)

From its foundation to 1959 (they year of the foundation of the nationwide championship of Alpha Ethniki) the Union of Football Clubs of Macedonia organised a league that was considered the top tier of football in Northern Greece, and its winner was proclaimed "EPSM champion".

List of EPSM champions

1923-24: Aris 1924-25: Not held 1925-26: Aris 1926-27: Iraklis 1927-28: Aris 1928-29: Aris 1929-30: Aris 1930-31: Aris 1931-32: Megas Alexandros 1933-34: Aris 1934-35: Not held

1935-36: Not held 1936-37: PAOK 1937-38: Aris 1938-39: Iraklis 1939-40: Iraklis 1940-45: Not held due to World War II 1945-46: Aris 1946-47: Makedonikos 1947-48: PAOK 1948-49: Aris 1949-50: PAOK

1950-51: Iraklis 1951-52: Iraklis 1952-53: Aris 1953-54: PAOK 1954-55: PAOK 1955-56: PAOK 1956-57: PAOK 1957-58: Apollon Kalamarias 1958-59: Aris

Source: ^[7]

Winners

Club	Titles	Years
Aris	12	1924, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1946, 1949, 1953, 1959
PAOK	7	1937, 1948, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957
Iraklis	5	1927, 1939, 1940, 1951, 1952
Megas Alexandros	1	1932
Makedonikos	2	1947,2016
Apollon Kalamarias	1	1958

References

1. ιστορία της Ένωσης (in Greek). Union of Football Clubs of Macedonia official site. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
2. Δ' Εθνική - 2ος όμιλος (in Greek). periferiako.gr. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
3. τα σωματεία μας (in Greek). Union of Football Clubs of Macedonia official site. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
4. "ΟΠΑΠ FOOTBALL LEAGUE 2 2010-11" (in Greek). Football League official site. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
5. "ΟΠΑΠ FOOTBALL LEAGUE 2010-11" (in Greek). Football League official site. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
6. "Ομάδες Superleague" (in Greek). Superleague greece official site. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
7. "Greece - Final Tables 1906-1959". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 February 2011.

External links

• Official site