Thessaly Football Clubs Association


The Thessaly Football Clubs Association is a football organization in the Magnesia prefecture that is part of the Greek Football Federation.

History

Thessaly FCA was founded in 1929 with its headquarters in Volos and the main power took part in soccer clubs throughout Thessaly. Later on, it founded separate association for three other prefectures: Larissa, Trikala and Karditsa and the responsibility of TFCA remained only for the football clubs in Magnesia. The association has now around 50 clubs.
Basic organizations of the TFCA is the local football championship divided into three divisions and the Thessaly Cup in which clubs from local divisions, the club-member of the prefecture that plays in the Fourth Division and the main awards of the prefecture's club that plays in higher categories including the First, the Second and the Third.
The champions of the TFCA enters the Fourth Division.
The cup championship of the TFCA plays in the Greek Cup.
The TFCA councils youth and children's championships, the women's football club and the Mixed Thessaly Football Clubs Association which has matches with clubs from the other associations.
The TFCA include its honors for the greatest scorer and the teams with the highest points fair play in every division.

Titles

Divisions

The 2008-09 season, the TFCA championships includes the clubs of each division:

First Division

The first division features 18 clubs. The winner enters the Fourth Division. Two or three teams with the lowest points relegates to the second division. Relegated club from the Fourth Division returns to the prefectural first division.
This division features 18 clubs. The winner and the second place runner-up enters the first division. Two or three teams ending up in the last place relegates to the third division.
This division contains 12 clubs. The winner and the runner-up enters the second division.
The teams that were in the higher division that were not included in the 2008-09 season are listed here:
The power of the TFCA includes six teams in the 2019-20 season in national divisions: