Larissa Football Clubs Association

Larissa Football Clubs Association
HFF
Founded	1960
Headquarters	Larissa
FIFA affiliation	Hellenic Football Federation
President	Dimitrios Bouchlariotis
Website	epslarissas.gr

The Larissa Football Clubs Association or the LFCA (Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Λάρισας, ΕΠΣΛ = Enosi Podosfairikon Somateion Larissas, EPSL) is a football (soccer) organization in the Larissa prefecture that is part of the Greek Football Federation. LFCA is responsible for organizing the prefectural football (soccer) championships in four divisions (named A, A1 , B and C ) and the LFCA Cup. LFCA also organizes championship and cup competitions for youth and development teams.

The LFCA Championship (winner of LFCA A Division) is promoted to the Third National Division.

The LFCA Cup winner enters the Greek Football Amateur Cup.

History[]

Larissa FCA was founded in 1960 after the split from the Thessaly Football Clubs Association which now serves only for Magnesia(with headquarters in Volos).

LFCA Championship System[]

The Larissa FCA League System since 2001, when A1 Division was introduced, consists of four divisions, namely Alpha Division , the top-level football league in Larissa (fourth level in Greek Football), the Αlpha 1 Division, second tier in the pyramid, the Beta Division usually with three Groups and constituting the third tier of the league system and finally the Gamma Division.

Champions[]

The Larissa Football Clubs Association champions are listed as below:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Season	League One	Other group Champions		League Two
1960–61	Larisaikos (1)	-	-	Iraklis Halki
1961–62	Larisaikos (2)	-	-	Toxotis Larissa
1962–63	Anaplasis Tyrnavos (1)	-	-	AO Emporoypalliloi Larissa
1963–64	Apollon Larissa (1)	-	-	Falaniakos
1964–65	Anaplasis Tyrnavos	-	-
1965–66	(1)	-	-	Oikonomos Tsaritsani
1966–67	Iraklis Halkis (1)	-	-	Panagrotikos Nikea
1967–68	Iraklis Halki (2)	-	-	Ampeloniakos
1968–69	(1)	-	-	Olympos Larissa & Dafni Glafkis
1969–70	Achilleas Farsala (1)	-	-	Falaniakos & Dotieas Agias
1970–71	Achilleas Farsala (2)	-	-	Kissavos Sykourion & Anthoupoli Larissa
1971–72	Apollon Larissa (2)	-	-	Oikonomos Tsaritsani
1972–73	Achilleas Farsala (3)	-	-
1973–74	Apollon Larissa (3)	-	-	, AO Nees Karyes & Atrimitos Agioi Anargyroi
1974–75	Anthoupoli Larissa F.C. (1)	Apollon Larissa	-	-
1975–76	Achilleas Farsala (4)	PO Elassona	-	-
1976–77	Anthoupoli Larissa (2)	PO Elassona	-	-
1977–78	A.E. Tyrnavos (2)	Apollon Larissa	Achilleas Farsala
1978–79	Apollon Larissa (4)	Achilleas Farsala	Ampeloniakos
1979–80	Anthoupoli Larissa (3)	A.E. Tyrnavos	Falaniakos
1980–81	Achilleas Farsala (5)	Apollon Larissa	A.E. Tyrnavos
1981–82	Iraklis Halki (3)	Ampeloniakos	-
1982–83	A.E. Tyrnavos (3)	Atromitos Vamvakou	-
1983–84	Larisaikos (3)	Toxotis Larissa	-
1984–85	Dotieas Agias (1)	Oikonomos Tsaritsani	-
1985–86	Toxotis Larissa (1)	A.E. Tyrnavos	-
1986–87	A.E. Tyrnavos (4)	-	-	Oikonomos Tsaritsani
1987–88	PO Elassona (1)	-	-
1988–89	Iraklis Halki (4)	-	-
1989–90	Aetos Makrychorion (1)	-	-
1990–91	Ampelokipoi (1)	-	-
1991–92	Pineios Larissa (1)	-	-
1992–93	Falaniakos (1)	-	-
1993–94	Anthoupoli Larissa F.C. (4)	-	-
1994–95	Iraklis Halki (5)	-	-
1995–96	Achilleas Farsala (6)	-	-
1996–97	(6)	-	-
1997–98	AOK Nees Karyes (1)	-	-
1998–99	Iraklis Larissa (1)	-	-
1999-00	Iraklis Larissa (2)	-	-
2000–01	(7)	-	-
2001–02	Falaniakos (2)	-	-
2002–03	Achilleas Farsala (7)	-	-
2003–04	Filoktitis Melivia (1)	-	-
2004–05	Kissavos Sykourion (1)	-	-
2005–06	AE Dimos Nikeas (1)	-	-
2006–07	Tyrnavos 2005 (1)	-	-
	Pyrgetos F.C. (1)	-	-	Dotieas Agia & Doxa Argyropouli
	Elassona F.C. (1)	-	-	Voukefalas Larissa
	Oikonomos Tsaritsani (1)	-	-	Damasiakos
	Ampeloniakos (1)	-	-	Machitis Terpsithea
	Dotieas Agias (2)	-	-	Anagennisi Kalochorion
	Machitis Terpsithea F.C. (1)	-	-	PAOL Avefof
	Dimitra Giannoulis (1)	-	-	Astrapi Nea Politeia
	Ampeloniakos (2)	-	-	Apollon Larissa
	Apollon Larissa (5)	-	-	Larissa 2012
	Achilleas Farsala (8)	-	-	Iraklis Larissa
	Oikonomos Tsaritsani (2)	-	-	AE Kileler
	Iraklis Larissa (3)	-	-	PAOL Averof
	Aetos Makrychorion (2)	-	-	Dimitra Giannoulis & Olympos Gonnoi

Note: First division was divided in 2 or even 3 groups during the 1974–75 and 1985–86 seasons. Classification was decided by draw due to equal group rankings in some rare cases.

Performance by club[]

Note: Bold indicates clubs currently playing in the top division of Larissa Football Clubs Association.

Club	Titles	Winning years	Group titles
Achilleas Farsala	8	1970, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1981, 1996, 2003, 2017	4 (1976, 1978, 1979, 1981)
	7	1967, 1968, 1982, 1989, 1995, 1997, 2001	1 (1982)
Apollon Larissa	5	1964, 1972, 1974, 1979, 2016	3 (1978, 1979, 1981)
	4	1969, 1978, 1983, 1987	5 (1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986)
Anthoupoli Larissa F.C.	4	1975, 1977, 1980, 1994	3 (1975, 1977, 1980)
Iraklis Larissa	3	1999, 2000, 2019	-
Larisaikos	3	1961, 1962, 1984	1 (1984)
Anaplasis Tyrnavos	2	1963, 1965	-
Ampeloniakos	2	2011, 2015	2 (1979, 1982)
Falaniakos	2	1993, 2002	1 (1980)
	2	1988, 2009 (as Elassona F.C.)	2 (1976, 1977)
Dotieas Agias	2	1986, 2012	1 (1985)
Oikonomos Tsaritsani	2	2010, 2018	1 (1985)
Aetos Makrychorion	2	1990, 2020	–
Toxotis Larissa	1	1986	2 (1984, 1986)
	1	1992	–
Olympos Larissa	1	1966	–
Ampelokipoi Larissa	1	1991	–
Tyrnavos 2005 F.C.	1	2007	–
Pyrgetos F.C.	1	2008	–
Machitis Terpsithea	1	2013	–
AO Nees Karyes	1	1998	–
Filoktitis Melivia	1	2004	–
Kissavos Sykourion	1	2005	–
AE Dimos Nikeas	1	2006	–
Atromitos Vamvakous	0	–	1 (1983)

LFA Cup[]

Finals[]

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Result	Venue	Attendance
2008	Pyrgetos F.C.	Ampeloniakos	2-0	Alcazar Stadium
2009	Tyrnavos 2005	Apollon Larissa	0-0, 5-4 (penalties)	Alcazar Stadium
2010	Pyrgetos F.C.	Dotieas Agias	2-0	Alcazar Stadium
2011		Keravnos Parapotamos	2-0	Alcazar Stadium	1,500
2012	Ampeloniakos	Doxa Argyropouli	1-0	Tyrnavos Ground
2013	Dimitra Giannoulis	Apollon Larissa	3-0	AEL FC Arena^[5]	1,500
2014	Dimitra Giannoulis	Doxa Vlachogianni	2-1	AEL FC Arena
2015	Ampeloniakos	Achilleas Farsala	1-0	AEL FC Arena^[6]	2,500
2016	Apollon Larissa	Achilleas Farsala	2-1	AEL FC Arena^[7]	3,000
2017	Achilleas Farsala	Dotieas Agias	2-2,3-2 (a.e.t.)	Alcazar Stadium^[8]	1,500
2018	Oikonomos Tsaritsani	Achilleas Farsala	1-0	Alcazar Stadium^[9]
2019		Damasiakos	0-0, 7-6 (penalties)	Filippoupoli Ground^[10]	2,000

Super Cup[]

Finals[]

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Result
2006		AED Nikea	2-2, 4-2 (penalties)
2007	Tyrnavos 2005		2-1
2009	Tyrnavos 2005	P.S. Elassona	2-1
2010	Pyrgetos F.C.	Oikonomos Tsaritsani	3-2
2011	Ampeloniakos		2-1
2012	Dotieas Agias	Ampeloniakos	2-2, 4-2 (penalties)
2013	Machitis Terpsithea		0-0, 3-1 (penalties)
2014	Dimitra Giannoulis	Doxa Vlachogianni	3-1
2019	Iraklis Larissa		1-1, 3-0 (penalties)

Performance by club[]

Club	Winner	Runner-up
Tyrnavos 2005	2007, 2009	-
	2006	2007
Ampeloniakos	2011	2012
Dimitra Giannoulis	2013	2014
Iraklis Larissa	2019	-
Machitis Terpsithea	2013	-
Dotieas Agia	2013	-
Pyrgetos F.C.	2010	-
	-	2011, 2019
AED Nikeas	-	2006
Doxa Vlachogianni	-	2014
P.S. Elassona	-	2009
Oikonomos Tsaritsani	-	2010

Koukoulitsios-Mousiaris tournament[]

The tournament started in 1994 in commemoration of football players Dimitrios Koukoulitsios and Dimitrios Mousiaris who died tragically in a car accident in 1979. It is normally held every September before the opening of the season.

Finals[]

2009: Voukefalas - Larisaikos 3-1
2011: Olympos Larissa - Iraklis Larissa 2-0

Teams in national divisions[]

For the 2020–21 season, two teams participate in national divisions:

Super League:
- AEL
Football League:
- Apollon Larissa

Reference section[]

External links[]

(in Greek)^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] sfero.blogspot.gr

[2] "ΟΛΟΙ ΟΙ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΤΕΣ ΤΗΣ Α' ΕΠΣΛ ��ΠΟ ΤΟ 1961 ΜΕΧΡΙ 2019".

[3] "Πρωταθλητές ΕΠΣ Λάρισας".

[4] "Η "χρυσή βίβλος" των πρωταθλητών Α' Κατηγορίας της ΕΠΣΛ".

[5] "Final 2013".

[6] "Final 2015".

[7] "Final 2016".

[8] "Final 2017".

[9] "Final 2018".

[10] "Final 2019".

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