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Founded | 1953 |
Divisions | 2 (first teams) 4 (reserve teams) 3 (veteran teams) |
Number of teams | 38 (plus reserve and veteran teams) |
Feeder to | Southern League |
Promotion to | Southern League Division One South or Central |
Relegation to | Gloucestershire County League Herefordshire County FA League Oxfordshire Senior League Thames Valley Premier League Wiltshire League |
Levels on pyramid | Levels 9–10, 12 |
Domestic cup(s) | FA Cup FA Vase League: Challenge Cup Supplementary Cup Floodlit Challenge Cup Premier Division Benevolent Challenge Cup Division 1 Benevolent Challenge Cup |
Current champions | Premier: Bishop's Cleeve Div. One: Studley (2021–22) |
Website | Official website |
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The Hellenic Football League, currently known as the Uhlsport Hellenic Football League for sponsorship reasons, is an English men's football league covering an area including the English counties of Bristol, Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire and Worcestershire.
History[]
The league was established in 1953. In the 2000–01 season the Hellenic League absorbed the Chiltonian League and now has a Premier Division, Division One East, Division One West and three divisions for reserve teams. In the 2006–07 season the Hellenic League absorbed the Banbury District and Lord Jersey FA Veterans League with three Divisions now under the Hellenic Veterans League title.
Starting with the 2004–05 re-organisation the Hellenic League became a step 5 and 6 league in the National League System. Premier Division clubs play at Step 5 level, which offers progression to the Southern Football League Division One (Step 4) for Premier Division winners who have the required ground status.
Hellenic League Division One teams play at Step 6 level, promotion to the Step 5 Premier Division can be gained by clubs finishing in the top two of Division One East and West dependent on required ground facilities as specified by The Football Association. Acceptance to HL Division One is also offered to teams playing in the various Step 7 County Leagues of the related Hellenic League area, dependent on league table status.
50 teams play in the Hellenic Premier and Division Ones. 18 teams play at Veterans level (players aged 35 or over)
2022–23 teams[]
Premier Division
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Division One
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