1955–56 Panhellenic Championship

The 1955–56 Panhellenic Championship was the 20th season of the highest football league of Greece and an exceptional interesting championship, since 5 out of the 6 teams were chalenging for the title until the final fixture, while Aris was left behind from the beginning. In the end Olympiacos won their 12th champinoship (3 consecutive) although he started with 4 consecutive draws. Before the final stage , in that year, they were two qualification stages. Initially from the groups of the "founding" associations the results were as follows:

  • Athenian Championship: The first 3 teams of the ranking.
  • Piraeus' Championship: The first 2 teams of the ranking.
  • Macedonian Championship: The first 2 teams of the ranking.
Panhellenic Championship
Season1955–56
ChampionsOlympiacos
12th Greek title
Relegatednone
Matches played30
Goals scored78 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorerLambis Kouikouridis (7)
Biggest home winOlympiacos vs Aris 3–1
Ethnikos Piraeus vs Apollon Athens 2–0
Panathinaikos vs PAOK 3–1
Panathinaikos vs Aris 2–0
PAOK vs Aris 4–2
Biggest away winAris vs Ethnikos Piraeus 0–2
Highest scoringApollon Athens vs Ethnikos Piraeus 4–3
Longest winless runAris (10 Matches)

Subsequently, 3 new groups were created with geographical criteria where a total of 14 teams participated. The 7 came from the 3 founding associations and the other 7 came from the winners of the regional championships of the same number. Finally, the teams that participated in the final phase of the championship resulted as follows:

  • Northern Group: The first 2 teams of the ranking.
  • Central Group: The first 2 teams of the ranking.
  • Southern Group: The first 2 teams of the ranking.

The point system was: Win: 3 points - Draw: 2 points - Loss: 1 point.

Qualification Round

Athens Football Clubs Association
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Panathinaikos (Q) 14 13 1 0 37 7 +30 41 Central Group
2 Fostiras (Q) 14 5 5 4 15 13 +2 29[lower-alpha 1]
3 Apollon Athens (Q) 14 5 5 4 17 15 +2 29[lower-alpha 1]
4 Panionios 14 5 4 5 23 21 +2 28
5 AEK Athens 14 4 3 7 15 19 −4 25[lower-alpha 2]
6 Athinaikos 14 4 3 7 14 25 −11 25[lower-alpha 2]
7 Egaleo 14 4 4 6 12 26 −14 26[lower-alpha 2]
8 Asteras Athens 14 2 3 9 7 24 −17 21
Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:
  1. 2nd place ranking match:Apollon Athens didn't show up for the match and was awarded 2–0 to Fostiras.
  2. 5–7 place ranking match: AEK Athens–Athinaikos 3–2, AEK Athens–Egaleo 1–0, Athinaikos–Egaleo 3–1.
Home \ Away PAO FOS APOL PGSS AEK ATH EGA AST
Panathinaikos 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 4–0 1–0
Fostiras 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–0
Apollon Athens 1–3 1–0 0–3 2–1 5–0 0–0 1–0
Panionios 0–3 1–2 3–3 1–1 3–2 4–2 3–0
AEK Athens 1–4 4–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–0
Athinaikos 2–5 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0
Egaleo 0–1 0–0 0–2[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 0–1 3–0 4–1
Asteras Athens 0–6 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1
Source: rsssf
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The initial 2–1 was cancel. Awarded 0–2 to Apollon Athens

Piraeus Football Clubs Association
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Olympiacos (Q) 14 11 1 2 51 11 +40 37 Southern Group
2 Ethnikos Piraeus (Q) 14 8 4 2 31 16 +15 34
3 Proodeftiki 14 8 2 4 30 19 +11 32
4 Atromitos Piraeus 14 6 3 5 23 32 −9 29
5 Doxa Piraeus 14 5 3 6 22 28 −6 27
6 Panelefsiniakos 14 4 2 8 13 22 −9 24
7 Aris Piraeus 14 2 4 8 18 30 −12 22
8 A.E. Nikaia 14 1 3 10 7 37 −30 19
Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Home \ Away OLY ETH PRO ATR DOX PAN ARIS AEN
Olympiacos 1–1 4–1 7–0 3–0 1–0 6–1 10–1
Ethnikos Piraeus 0–2 3–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 1–0
Proodeftiki 2–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–2 6–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–1
Atromitos Piraeus 2–0[lower-alpha 2] 5–3 1–0 4–1 0–0 3–2 1–1
Doxa Piraeus 1–7 2–3 1–4 5–1 2–0 3–2 2–0
Panelefsiniakos 0–3 1–3 2–0 2–1 0–3 2–1 0–0
Aris Piraeus 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–0
A.E. Nikaia 1–5 0–5 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–4 2–1
Source: rsssf
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Match didn't occur. Awarded 2–0 to Proodeftiki.
  2. Match didn't occur. Awarded 2–0 to Atromitos Piraeus.

Macedonia Football Clubs Association
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 PAOK (Q) 10 9 1 0 31 6 +25 29 Northern Group
2 Aris (Q) 10 7 1 2 28 11 +17 25
3 Iraklis 10 4 2 4 19 17 +2 20
4 Apollon Kalamarias 10 4 1 5 16 15 +1 19
5 Makedonikos 10 2 2 6 13 20 −7 16
6 P.O. Xirokrini 10 0 1 9 4 42 −38 11
Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Home \ Away PAOK ARIS IRA APOL MAK POX
PAOK 4–1 5–1 1–0 3–0 2–1
Aris 0–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 3–0
Iraklis 2–2 0–2 3–1 5–0 3–1
Apollon Kalamarias 1–3 1–2 2–0 2–1 4–0
Makedonikos 0–1 0–4 1–0 2–2 8–0
P.O. Xirokrini 0–9 1–8 1–3 0–2 0–0
Source: rsssf
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semi–final Round

Northern Group

Central Group

Southern Group

Final Round

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Lambis Kouikouridis PAOK 7
2 Christos Karaoulanis Ethnikos Piraeus 6
3 Vangelis Panakis Panathinaikos 5
Yiannis Cholevas Apollon Athens


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