[8][9] On 14 November 1926, the Hellenic Football Federation is founded and organizes the first Panhellenic Championship in the period 1927–28, in which, however, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens did not participate due to conflicts with the EPO.
[11] In 1959 the Alpha Ethniki – the precursor of the current Super League – was set up as a national round-robin tournament.
The creation of a championship in the form of a single permanent national division rather than the way they have been held until then with the participation of the teams selected by the local competitions was a requirement of both the State and UEFA.
The first place was taken by Alpha Ethniki, a single division with clubs from all over the Greek territory and a stable participation, with the exception of those who would be relegated at the end of the season.
The initial design provided for a number of teams well above the 10th of the 1958–59 Pan-Hellenic Championship and in particular 18 which, as the expanded division calendar would cover almost all the available dates of the year, would no longer participate in its local competitions their EPSs.
On Saturday, 10 October 1959 at the General Assembly of the HFF, i.e. with the participation of all the members of the Association of Football Associations and in the presence of the General Secretariat of Sports (GGA) and representatives of the Karamanlis government, became the first national division of Greek football.
The HFF, at its decisive General Assembly on Saturday, 10 October, decided to reduce the number of teams to 16 so that the racing program will not be extended in the summer.
After the end of the first event in the summer of 1960, the teams did not increase despite HFF's initial intention, with the number 16 being considered the ideal for a championship in Greece and only 18 in 1967.
Panathinaikos won the first Alpha Ethniki's Championship and became the Greek champions for the fourth time in his history.
The club tied with AEK by 79 points and defeated them by 2–1 in the play-off, a match where Panathinaikos needed only a draw at the neutral Karaiskakis Stadium.
Through the playoffs and with the same score was also the third place for the demotion, with the winner Panegialios to overtake Pankorinthiakos again in the event of a draw.
The Association of Football Incorporated Companies (EPAE, ΕΠΑΕ in Greek), under the supervision of the HFF, has since held the responsibility to hold the championship, with Makis Ithakisios being elected its first president.
The number of teams to be relegated may change, depending on a licensing procedure that takes place at the end of the regular season.
Panathinaikos as the 2023-24 Greek Cup winner, enters the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and PAOK are the only teams that have never been relegated and participated in every season since the league's inception in its modern form.
The number of seasons that each team (in alphabetical order) has played in the final stage of the Panhellenic Championship (1927–59) and also in the National League (1959–present).
This index is an overall record of all match results, points, and goals of the best ten teams that has played in Alpha Ethniki and Super League championships since 1959–60.
They are also the only Greek team to have won a European trophy and the first team in Europe to win both men and youth European titles in the same season, after winning the UEFA Conference League and the UEFA Youth League (unbeaten) in 2024.
Nova Sports (premium channel) have taken the broadcasting rights for the home games of six teams of the Super League.
Cosmote Sport (also a premium channel) have taken the broadcasting rights for the home games of eight teams of the Super League.
[26] Eurosport has pan-European broadcasting rights for the Super League (except Greece and Portugal).
South Korean OTT Coupang Play has taken the broadcasting rights for Olympiacos' matches.
[citation needed] From 2007 to 2017, the Super League had title sponsorship rights sold to one company, which were OPAP.