Messinia Football Clubs Association

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Messinia Football Clubs Association
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Founded1929
Headquarters Kalamata
FIFA affiliation Hellenic Football Federation
PresidentVasilis Spiliotis
Website epsmes.gr

The Messinia Football Clubs Association is responsible for football in prefecture of Messinia. Its offices are housed in Kalamanta and it is a member of the part of the Hellenic Football Federation. [1]

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History

Its first attempt to run their own football (soccer) union in Messinia happened with the running of the council in Kalamanta. In 1929, the Patras FCA asked from the Greek Football Federation not to try to run their own union as it was known that the association was part of the union. [2]

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The MFCA which is headquartered in Kalamata, the prefectural capital and the power of including of over 70 football (soccer) clubs. Basic organizations of the MFCA is the local football (soccer) championships in three divisions and the Messinia Cup in which features teams in prefectural divisions and the association-member of the MFCA enters the fourth division and its artistic honors of the prefectural association of the highest divisions, the first, the second and the third divisions.

The Messinia championships elevates into the fourth division

The Messinia Cup champions enters the Greek Cup.

The MFCA organizes championships and for children and from 2008, pro-junior 5x5. It features games with other players from the prefectures and councils the Messinia Mixed which plays with clubs from the mixed from other unions.

The MFCA features annual honors and glass rewards to the three best scorers and the three best teams with the highest points fair play from every category.

In the entire games of the divisions, the MFCA teams owes to use particularly the three players under 19, without trying to participate for only players under 19.

Categories

In the 2008-09 season, the MFCA championship by category features the clubs: [3]

First division

One of the 16 teams. The championship enters the fourth division. Three and four teams relegates analogously with the amount of the prefectural points of a team to return from the fourth division.

Second division

For two of the fourteen teams. It enters the first two teams to the first division. It relegates three from every club as much as it remains 28 teams again. The number tries to influence from the Messinian teams which returns from the fourth division.

Third division

This division features 23 teams. 6 teams with the highest points enters the third division (of the first three from ever club) the five remaining with the lowest points returns from the fourth division.

Teams in the highest divisions

In the power of the MFCA it had 6 teams which in the 2008-09 season features those in the highest categories:

Messinia Cup

Cup winners

Performance by club

ClubWinnersWinning Years
Erani Filiatra 81995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2012
Miltiadis 41985, 1990, 2005, 2007
Pamissos 31986, 1994, 1996
Apollon Kalamata 21992,1999
Telos Agras Gargaliani21997, 1998
Asteras Arfara22000, 2006
Messini FC21988, 1993
Messiniakos 11987
Anageissi Paralia11991
Apollon Petalidi 12008
Pamisos Messini 12011

Women's clubs

In the women's clubs features two teams:

The veteran clubs

From the 2004-05 season, the Messinia Football Clubs Association runs a veterans championships. In the 2008-09 season, in the 5th veterans, it has 11 clubs: Apollon Kalamata, Kalamata FC, Messiniakos, Prasina Poulia Kalamata, Omonoia Kalamata, Thyella Paralia, Pamisos Messini, Atromitos Platy, Ethnikos Meligala, Kostis Tsiklitirias Pulos and Apollon Petalidi.

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  2. Evdomas Patras, From the electronic library at the Patras Press Museum [ permanent dead link ](in Greek)
  3. ΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑΤΩΝ 2015-2016 Archived 2015-08-07 at the Wayback Machine epsxanthis.gr