Krzysztof Warzycha is the foreign player with the most goals in the top division, with 244 goals scored for
Panathinaikos and second on the overall list.
Giorgos Sideris won the Greek Cup top scorer award a record 5 times (1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1969), playing for
Olympiacos.
Dimitris Saravakos is second on the list with 4 wins (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991).
Dimitris Beis won the
Delta Ethniki top goalscorer award 2 times (2002, 2003) playing for
Messolonghi.
Youngest players' records
Ntinos Pontikas holds the record of the youngest player to score a hat-trick in Greek football, at the age of 14 years, 6 months and 18 days, achieving that in his debut match
Ampelokipoi -
Haravgi (4–3), in the fifth tier, on 21 September 1996. His feat also remains a
world record.[6]
Charis Sofianos holds the record of the youngest footballer to score in the
first tier at 15 years, 11 months and 1 day. He scored in his debut match,
Panionios -
Aris (2–0), on 26 December 1977.[7]
Dimitrios Ziogas holds the record for the youngest player to win the topscorer award in any Greek league, at 15 years and 7 months in the second division of the
Thessaly league (sixth level on the pyramid), in the 1996–97 season, scoring 35 goals.[8]
Kostas Tsampas holds the record of the youngest footballer to play in the
first tier at 14 years, 3 months and 4 days. He made his debut in the
Panachaiki –
Apollon Smyrnis match (0–0) on 26 December 1977.[9]
Panagiotis Lygkas became the youngest scorer in the
third division at 15 years, 4 months and 3 days. He scored his team's fourth goal in the match
Souli Paramythias –
Grevena Aerata (4–0), on 13 January 2019.[10]
Serbian goalkeeper
Milan Sevo became the oldest player to feature in the Greek topflight in the match
AO Trikala -
OFI 0-0, on 26 March 2000. He was 40 years old, 6 months and 11 days playing for Trikala.[14][15]
Kostas Chalkias holds the record of the oldest player to feature in the
Beta Ethniki three days before his 44th birthday in the match
Aiginiakos –
Panachaiki (0–2) on 27 May 2018. The Panachaiki's goalkeeper was 43 years, 11 months and 28 days.[16]
Kostas Nebegleras holds the record of the oldest player to feature in
Gamma Ethniki. Nebegleras, two weeks before his 43rd birthday played in the match
AO Sellana –
Achilleas Farsala (1-0), on 1 April 2018. He was 42 years, 11 months and 17 days.
Mimis Domazos holds the record of the player with most appearances in the first division having recorded 536 games between 1959 and 1980. He played for
Panathinaikos and
AEK Athens.
Kostas Nebegleras holds the record of the player with most appearances in the
Greek Cup with 89 games. His last cup match was in the 2015–16 season.
Athanasios Kostoulas is second on the list with 82 appearances.[20]
Giorgos Darivas won the most Panhellenic championships (7) which were held until 1959. He won them all playing for
Olympiacos (1948, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958).
Kostas Negrepontis was the first Greek footballer to play abroad. The
Constantinople-born striker was transferred to French
CASG Paris in 1923 playing there for 2 seasons.
Kostas Choumis was the first Greek player to move to a foreign club on a transfer fee. His transfer from
Ethnikos Piraeus to
FC Venus București in 1936 was a club and national record (1 million drachmas) and lasted for decades.
Stelios Manolas is the longest-serving player for one club during his career. He played for
AEK Athens for 20 years (1978-1998) and 24 in total including his youth years (1974-1998).
Mimis Domazos holds the record of the longest-serving captain of the Greece national team. He wore the armband for 9 years (1970–79), representing
Panathinaikos and
AEK Athens.
Giannis Antoniadis holds the record of the most goals scored in one season in top five divisions. He scored 57 goals for
Orfeas Eleftheroupoli in the 1979–80 season in the fifth tier of Greek football.[34]
Antonis Antoniadis holds the record of most goals scored in one season in the top division. He scored 39 goals for
Panathinaikos in 1971–72.
Ilias Manikas scored the fastest hat-trick in Greek football on 6 December 2011. He completed his treble in just 4 minutes: 5th, 7th and 9th minute of the Asteras Magoulas -
Zakynthos F.C. game in the third tier.
Argentine midfielder
Diego Romano became the oldest ever foreign player to feature in the Greek Cup, on 25 September 2022 in the match between Aris Voulas and
Nafpaktiakos Asteras (0-1), at the age of 42 years and 6 months.[36]
Goalkeeper Vasilis Tzekas holds the record for the player with the most Amateur local Cup finals faeatured. He played in 10 Cup finals of the
Thessaly Football Clubs Association (2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010).[39]
Vangelis Roukas holds the record for most goals scored in one season in any Greek league. He scored 67 goals in the 2014–15 season, in the second division of the Trikala Association - fifth level on the pyramid.
Fanis Gekas is the only Greek player to have received the top goalscorer award in the top division (2006), the second division (2005), the regional championship (1998) and also a foreign league (Bundesliga 2007).
There have been only 4 players who did not play for Athens or Thessaloniki clubs and won the top scorer award in
Alpha Ethniki: Dimitris Papadopoulos (OFI - 1977), Imre Boda (
Olympiacos Volos - 1989),
Esteban Solari (AO Xanthi - 2014) and
Jeronimo Barrales (Asteras Tripoli - 2015).
Eugène Gerards was the longest serving coach in a first division club, coaching
OFI from 1985 until 2000.[44]
Dan Georgiadis was the first Greek coach to manage a team abroad, taking over Peruvian
Sport Boys in 1957. Georgiadis coached 10 football clubs abroad: 2 teams in Peru, 2 in Argentina, 1 in Bolivia, 1 in Chile, 1 in Paraguay, 1 in Spain and 2 in Switzerland. He also coached 5 national teams: Haiti, Peru, Greece, Bolivia and Venezuela.
Giorgos Kyrgias holds the record for the longest-serving coach for a Greek club. He has been at the helm of fifth division team Diogenis Larissa FC since 1987, with the 2023–24 season being his 37th consecutive.[45] Giannis Tsemperidis follows with 30 seasons in a row at the helm of AS Dailakis, since 1994.[46]
Alketas Panagoulias and Dan Georgiadis were the two Greek coaches to manage a national team other than Greece. Panagoulias apart from Greece also coached USA (1983-1985).
Panathinaikos,
Olympiacos and
PAOK have more participations than any club in the first division (63) since 1959. These three clubs have never been relegated.
Panathinaikos and
Olympiacos are the only Greek clubs to have played in the final of a European competition, Panathinaikos in the final of the
European Cup (
1971) and Olympiacos in the final of the
Europa Conference League (
2024). Panathinaikos also reached the semi-finals twice: in 1985 and 1996
Doxa Drama won the most inter-regional tournaments (3) to qualify to the Panhellenic Championship (1957, 1958, 1959). Doxa also reached two more play-off finals (1955, 1956).
Olympiacos holds the longest unbeaten league record of 58 games in a row (from matchday 3 of the 1971-72 season to matchday 18 of the 1973-74 season).[51]
Panathinaikos and
PAOK are the only two clubs that have won the first division title undefeated. Panathinaikos won it in
1963–64 (24 wins, 6 draws) and
PAOK in
2018–19 (26 wins, 4 draws).
PAOK,
Aris and
Panathinaikos are the only Greek clubs that have won both the Greek Cup and the Amateurs Cup.
PAOK Amateurs won the latter in 1975,
Aris in 1985 and
Panathinaikos in 1994.
Panathinaikos holds the record for the team with most average tickets sold in a season. It was in 1985–86 with the club from Athens averaging 44.972 per game at OAKA Stadium.[52]
AEL are the only club that has won the Greek Cup (1985, 2007) and the
Gamma Ethniki Cup (2014).
Ethnikos Piraeus and
Kastoria are the only clubs that have won the Greek national Cup, and the regional cup. Ethnikos Piraeus won the Greek Cup once (1933), and the
regional cup (2014) Kastoria won the Greek Cup also once (1980) and the regional cup 3 times (2001, 2002, 2017).
The longest serving president of a local Association is Thanasis Boutziolis who has been elected chairman of
Trikala FCA since 1996 (26 years in a row).[53]
Stadiums
Karaiskakis Stadium (former Velodrome) is the stadium hosted the most matches (1512) in the first tier since 1959. Ethnikos Piraeus (1959-1999) and
Olympiacos (1959-present) are the main clubs who have played in the stadium.[54]
Athens Olympic Stadium remains the biggest stadium hosted football games in Greece since its opening in 1982 (72,000 capacity)
The record of highest attendance in a European match in Greece occurred on 3 November 1982, in the
Olympiacos -
Hamburger SV (0-4), with 75,263 tickets sold at OAKA Stadium, in Athens.[55]
The record of highest attendance in the Greek league occurred in May 1986 during the
Panathinaikos -
AEK Athens (0-0) game on the last matchday of the seasons, with 74,473 tickets sold at OAKA Stadium, in Athens.[56]
The record of highest attendance in the Greek Cup took place on 28 May 1986, in the
Olympiacos –
PanathinaikosFinal (0–4), with 74,004 tickets sold at Athens Olympic Stadium.
Krzysztof Warzycha is the foreign player with the most goals in the top division, with 244 goals scored for
Panathinaikos and second on the overall list.
Giorgos Sideris won the Greek Cup top scorer award a record 5 times (1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1969), playing for
Olympiacos.
Dimitris Saravakos is second on the list with 4 wins (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991).
Dimitris Beis won the
Delta Ethniki top goalscorer award 2 times (2002, 2003) playing for
Messolonghi.
Youngest players' records
Ntinos Pontikas holds the record of the youngest player to score a hat-trick in Greek football, at the age of 14 years, 6 months and 18 days, achieving that in his debut match
Ampelokipoi -
Haravgi (4–3), in the fifth tier, on 21 September 1996. His feat also remains a
world record.[6]
Charis Sofianos holds the record of the youngest footballer to score in the
first tier at 15 years, 11 months and 1 day. He scored in his debut match,
Panionios -
Aris (2–0), on 26 December 1977.[7]
Dimitrios Ziogas holds the record for the youngest player to win the topscorer award in any Greek league, at 15 years and 7 months in the second division of the
Thessaly league (sixth level on the pyramid), in the 1996–97 season, scoring 35 goals.[8]
Kostas Tsampas holds the record of the youngest footballer to play in the
first tier at 14 years, 3 months and 4 days. He made his debut in the
Panachaiki –
Apollon Smyrnis match (0–0) on 26 December 1977.[9]
Panagiotis Lygkas became the youngest scorer in the
third division at 15 years, 4 months and 3 days. He scored his team's fourth goal in the match
Souli Paramythias –
Grevena Aerata (4–0), on 13 January 2019.[10]
Serbian goalkeeper
Milan Sevo became the oldest player to feature in the Greek topflight in the match
AO Trikala -
OFI 0-0, on 26 March 2000. He was 40 years old, 6 months and 11 days playing for Trikala.[14][15]
Kostas Chalkias holds the record of the oldest player to feature in the
Beta Ethniki three days before his 44th birthday in the match
Aiginiakos –
Panachaiki (0–2) on 27 May 2018. The Panachaiki's goalkeeper was 43 years, 11 months and 28 days.[16]
Kostas Nebegleras holds the record of the oldest player to feature in
Gamma Ethniki. Nebegleras, two weeks before his 43rd birthday played in the match
AO Sellana –
Achilleas Farsala (1-0), on 1 April 2018. He was 42 years, 11 months and 17 days.
Mimis Domazos holds the record of the player with most appearances in the first division having recorded 536 games between 1959 and 1980. He played for
Panathinaikos and
AEK Athens.
Kostas Nebegleras holds the record of the player with most appearances in the
Greek Cup with 89 games. His last cup match was in the 2015–16 season.
Athanasios Kostoulas is second on the list with 82 appearances.[20]
Giorgos Darivas won the most Panhellenic championships (7) which were held until 1959. He won them all playing for
Olympiacos (1948, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958).
Kostas Negrepontis was the first Greek footballer to play abroad. The
Constantinople-born striker was transferred to French
CASG Paris in 1923 playing there for 2 seasons.
Kostas Choumis was the first Greek player to move to a foreign club on a transfer fee. His transfer from
Ethnikos Piraeus to
FC Venus București in 1936 was a club and national record (1 million drachmas) and lasted for decades.
Stelios Manolas is the longest-serving player for one club during his career. He played for
AEK Athens for 20 years (1978-1998) and 24 in total including his youth years (1974-1998).
Mimis Domazos holds the record of the longest-serving captain of the Greece national team. He wore the armband for 9 years (1970–79), representing
Panathinaikos and
AEK Athens.
Giannis Antoniadis holds the record of the most goals scored in one season in top five divisions. He scored 57 goals for
Orfeas Eleftheroupoli in the 1979–80 season in the fifth tier of Greek football.[34]
Antonis Antoniadis holds the record of most goals scored in one season in the top division. He scored 39 goals for
Panathinaikos in 1971–72.
Ilias Manikas scored the fastest hat-trick in Greek football on 6 December 2011. He completed his treble in just 4 minutes: 5th, 7th and 9th minute of the Asteras Magoulas -
Zakynthos F.C. game in the third tier.
Argentine midfielder
Diego Romano became the oldest ever foreign player to feature in the Greek Cup, on 25 September 2022 in the match between Aris Voulas and
Nafpaktiakos Asteras (0-1), at the age of 42 years and 6 months.[36]
Goalkeeper Vasilis Tzekas holds the record for the player with the most Amateur local Cup finals faeatured. He played in 10 Cup finals of the
Thessaly Football Clubs Association (2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010).[39]
Vangelis Roukas holds the record for most goals scored in one season in any Greek league. He scored 67 goals in the 2014–15 season, in the second division of the Trikala Association - fifth level on the pyramid.
Fanis Gekas is the only Greek player to have received the top goalscorer award in the top division (2006), the second division (2005), the regional championship (1998) and also a foreign league (Bundesliga 2007).
There have been only 4 players who did not play for Athens or Thessaloniki clubs and won the top scorer award in
Alpha Ethniki: Dimitris Papadopoulos (OFI - 1977), Imre Boda (
Olympiacos Volos - 1989),
Esteban Solari (AO Xanthi - 2014) and
Jeronimo Barrales (Asteras Tripoli - 2015).
Eugène Gerards was the longest serving coach in a first division club, coaching
OFI from 1985 until 2000.[44]
Dan Georgiadis was the first Greek coach to manage a team abroad, taking over Peruvian
Sport Boys in 1957. Georgiadis coached 10 football clubs abroad: 2 teams in Peru, 2 in Argentina, 1 in Bolivia, 1 in Chile, 1 in Paraguay, 1 in Spain and 2 in Switzerland. He also coached 5 national teams: Haiti, Peru, Greece, Bolivia and Venezuela.
Giorgos Kyrgias holds the record for the longest-serving coach for a Greek club. He has been at the helm of fifth division team Diogenis Larissa FC since 1987, with the 2023–24 season being his 37th consecutive.[45] Giannis Tsemperidis follows with 30 seasons in a row at the helm of AS Dailakis, since 1994.[46]
Alketas Panagoulias and Dan Georgiadis were the two Greek coaches to manage a national team other than Greece. Panagoulias apart from Greece also coached USA (1983-1985).
Panathinaikos,
Olympiacos and
PAOK have more participations than any club in the first division (63) since 1959. These three clubs have never been relegated.
Panathinaikos and
Olympiacos are the only Greek clubs to have played in the final of a European competition, Panathinaikos in the final of the
European Cup (
1971) and Olympiacos in the final of the
Europa Conference League (
2024). Panathinaikos also reached the semi-finals twice: in 1985 and 1996
Doxa Drama won the most inter-regional tournaments (3) to qualify to the Panhellenic Championship (1957, 1958, 1959). Doxa also reached two more play-off finals (1955, 1956).
Olympiacos holds the longest unbeaten league record of 58 games in a row (from matchday 3 of the 1971-72 season to matchday 18 of the 1973-74 season).[51]
Panathinaikos and
PAOK are the only two clubs that have won the first division title undefeated. Panathinaikos won it in
1963–64 (24 wins, 6 draws) and
PAOK in
2018–19 (26 wins, 4 draws).
PAOK,
Aris and
Panathinaikos are the only Greek clubs that have won both the Greek Cup and the Amateurs Cup.
PAOK Amateurs won the latter in 1975,
Aris in 1985 and
Panathinaikos in 1994.
Panathinaikos holds the record for the team with most average tickets sold in a season. It was in 1985–86 with the club from Athens averaging 44.972 per game at OAKA Stadium.[52]
AEL are the only club that has won the Greek Cup (1985, 2007) and the
Gamma Ethniki Cup (2014).
Ethnikos Piraeus and
Kastoria are the only clubs that have won the Greek national Cup, and the regional cup. Ethnikos Piraeus won the Greek Cup once (1933), and the
regional cup (2014) Kastoria won the Greek Cup also once (1980) and the regional cup 3 times (2001, 2002, 2017).
The longest serving president of a local Association is Thanasis Boutziolis who has been elected chairman of
Trikala FCA since 1996 (26 years in a row).[53]
Stadiums
Karaiskakis Stadium (former Velodrome) is the stadium hosted the most matches (1512) in the first tier since 1959. Ethnikos Piraeus (1959-1999) and
Olympiacos (1959-present) are the main clubs who have played in the stadium.[54]
Athens Olympic Stadium remains the biggest stadium hosted football games in Greece since its opening in 1982 (72,000 capacity)
The record of highest attendance in a European match in Greece occurred on 3 November 1982, in the
Olympiacos -
Hamburger SV (0-4), with 75,263 tickets sold at OAKA Stadium, in Athens.[55]
The record of highest attendance in the Greek league occurred in May 1986 during the
Panathinaikos -
AEK Athens (0-0) game on the last matchday of the seasons, with 74,473 tickets sold at OAKA Stadium, in Athens.[56]
The record of highest attendance in the Greek Cup took place on 28 May 1986, in the
Olympiacos –
PanathinaikosFinal (0–4), with 74,004 tickets sold at Athens Olympic Stadium.