History football it is very old in Greece, Homer already mentioned a ball game called spheres or spheromagics, because the ball (sphere) was made with an ox's bladder.
In 1905 to 1913 were the first championships, under the coordination of the Greek Gymnastics Federation based in Athens. In 1927 the EPO, Hellenic Football Federation, created the first official national championship, the Panhellenic Championship.
In 1959 it became professional football and now since 2006/2007 it is called a super league. Lately the champion has the direct passage to the UEFA In the last four seasons Olympiakos has been champion.
Lately the different Greek teams have been reinforced with figures from abroad which has made them more competitive, both for local, national or international competitions. Soccer moves a lot of capital both directly and indirectly. Every time a team moves it does so with its partials, but each time a team arrives at a place, it also does so with its partials, generating foreign exchange. To this is added the purchase and sale of players, each time the movement is larger and attracts many travelers.
The Greek team is the one that represents the country. He has not had great prominence in his presentations, qualifying for the 1994 World Cup and for a Euro Cup, to everyone's surprise, in 2004 under the direction of the German Otto Rehhagel the Hellenic team won over the favorite teams such as Portugal, (tenant), Spain, France and the semifinal to the Czech Republic by scoring a silver goal. In the final they defeated the locals again this time scoring Angelos charisteas, crowning like this Euro Cup champions on primera time.