Imbali ye ibhola indala kakhulu eGrisi, UHomer wayesele ekhankanye umdlalo webhola owawubizwa ngokuba yi-sphaira okanye i-spheromagia, kuba ibhola (ibala) lenziwa ngesinyi senkomo.
Ngo-1905 ukuya ku-1913 yayiyintshatsheli yokuqala, phantsi kolungelelwaniso lwe Umbutho weGymnastics waseGrisi ezinze eAthene. Ngo-1927 i-EPO, i-Hellenic Football Federation, yasungula ubuntshatsheli bokuqala besizwe, ubuNtshatsheli bePanhellenic.
Ngo-1959 yaba ngumdlali webhola ekhatywayo kwaye ngoku ukusukela ngo-2006/2007 ibizwa ngokuba liligi ephezulu. Kutshanje intshatsheli inetikiti elithe ngqo kwi-UEFA Kumaxesha amane okugqibela eOlympiakos iyintshatsheli.
Kutshanje amaqela ahlukeneyo amaGrike aqinisiwe ngamanani aphesheya nto leyo ibenze bakhuphisana ngakumbi, kokubini kukhuphiswano lwasekhaya, lwesizwe okanye lwamazwe aphesheya. Ibhola ekhatywayo ihambisa imali eninzi ngokuthe ngqo nangokungathanga ngqo. Ngalo lonke ixesha iqela lihamba lenza njalo ngamacandelo alo, kodwa ngalo lonke ixesha iqela lifika endaweni, liyakwenza oko ngamacandelo alo, lenza utshintsho lwangaphandle. Kule nto kongezwa ukuthengwa kunye nokuthengiswa kwabadlali, ixesha ngalinye intshukumo inkulu kwaye itsala abahambi abaninzi.
Iqela lesiGrike lelona limele ilizwe. Akakhange abonakale kakhulu kwinkcazo-ntetho yakhe, ukulungela iNdebe yeHlabathi ka-1994 kunye neNdebe ye-Yuropu, okothusa wonke umntu, ngo-2004 phantsi kolwalathiso lwe-German Otto Rehhagel iqela lama-Hellenic laphumelela amaqela awathandayo afana ne-Portugal, (umqeshi ), Spain, France ne-semifinal kwiRiphabhlikhi yaseCzech ngokufumana inqaku lesilivere. Kumdlalo wokugqibela boyisa abahlali kwakhona ngeli xesha befumana amanqaku Angelos charisteas, isithsaba ngolu hlobo Iintshatsheli zeNdebe ye-Euro okokuqala.