Dodecanese Football Clubs Association


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Dodecanese Football Clubs Association (Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Δωδεκανήσου) is the organization that is responsible for football in the prefecture of Dodecanese in Greece. In the jurisdiction of E.P.S. Dodecanese are clubs from the islands of Rhodes, Kos, Patmos, Karpathos, Leipsoi, Leros, Kalymnos, Astypalaia, Nisyros, Tilos, Halki, Simi, Kassos and Kastelorizo. Its offices are housed in Rhodes and it is a member of the HFF. It is responsible for running the local league and cup, as well as the youth and children's divisions. It also coordinates the activities of the mixed youth and children's groups, which represent the county at national level.

History
It was founded in 1947, two years after the liberation of the Dodecanese and their integration into Greece, it took over the organization of the championship that previously existed from 1932 to 1933 and was organized by the Rhodian Federation of Tourism, Leisure and Sports Associations that had been founded by the Italian authorities and was recognized by the respective Italian federations. Founding members are the unions Dorieas, Diagoras, Ialysos and Phoebus Kremasti, with Gavriil Misios, founder of Dorieas and later of ARS, as its first president.

Organization
The structure of the leagues of the E.P.S. Dodecanese ισ as follows:
 * First Division
 * Second Division (3 Groups)
 * Third Division

Cup
The E.P.S. Cup Dodecanese was instituted in the 1971–72 season. Until the 1970-71 season, the E.P.S. Dodecanese as well as the other Local football championships of Greece participated in the organization of the Greek Cup. From the 1971–72 season, the local A.P.S. amateur cups and the Greek Amateur Cup were established, where and participate the clubs that compete in the local amateur championships of the FCAs, the clubs that compete in the respective national amateur championships and the amateur teams of the clubs that compete in the national professional championships.

From the 1971–72 season up to and including the 2017–18 season, the local cup winners of the E.P.S. qualified for the Greek Amateur Cup, while from the 2018–19 season to the 2020–21 season and from the 2022–23 season they qualify for the next season's Greek Cup.

Winners
Source: news12.gr

Super Cup
The Dodecanese Super Cup "Georgios Tsopanakis" is a football match between the champion and the cup winner of the previous season. It is dedicated to the memory of the former Dodecanese Football Clubs Association president.