1957–58 Panhellenic Championship

The 1957–58 Panhellenic Championship was the 22nd season of the highest football league of Greece. Olympiacos won their 14th championship (5 consecutive) after an interesting race with AEK Athens and Panathinaikos. Compared to the previous season, the teams that participated in the final phase of the championship increased by 2 (12 out of 10) and resulted as follows:

  • Athenian Championship: The first 4 teams of the ranking.
  • Piraeus' Championship: The first 3 teams of the ranking.
  • Macedonian Championship: The first 3 teams of the ranking.
  • Regional Championships: The 2 winners (North and South group).
Panhellenic Championship
Season1957–58
ChampionsOlympiacos
14th Greek title
Relegatednone
European CupOlympiacos
Matches played132
Goals scored373 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorerKostas Georgopoulos (15)
Biggest home winOlympiacos vs OFI Crete 6–0
Biggest away winApollon Kalamarias vs Apollon Athens 1–5
Highest scoringEthnikos vs PAOK 7–2
PAOK vs OFI Crete 6–3
Longest winless runOFI Crete

The qualifying round matches took place from 22 September 1957 to 15 January 1958, while the final phase took place from 19 January to 23 July 1958. 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 Apollon Athens (Q) 14 11 1 2 41 17 +24 37 Final Round
2 AEK Athens (Q) 14 10 2 2 30 14 +16 36
3 Panathinaikos (Q) 14 8 2 4 28 17 +11 32
4 Panionios (Q) 14 5 4 5 20 26 −6 28
5 Fostiras 14 2 7 5 17 22 −5 25
6 Athinaikos 14 1 8 5 9 19 −10 24
7 Asteras Athens 14 1 6 7 10 27 −17 22
8 Egaleo 14 1 4 9 12 25 −13 20
Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Home \ Away APOL AEK PAO PGSS FOS ATH AST EGA
Apollon Athens 1–2 3–1 6–2 3–2 3–0 8–1 2–0
AEK Athens 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 4–0 3–2 1–1
Panathinaikos 2–3 2–0 4–1 3–2 2–1 4–0 2–1
Panionios 1–1 0–5 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–1
Fostiras 2–5 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1
Athinaikos 0–1 1–4 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–0
Asteras Athens 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0
Egaleo 1–2 1–2 1–4 1–3 1–1 0–2 3–1
Source: rsssf
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.


Piraeus Football Clubs Association
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Olympiacos (Q) 14 12 2 0 41 12 +29 40 Final Round
2 Proodeftiki (Q) 14 8 5 1 34 13 +21 35
3 Ethnikos Piraeus (Q) 14 8 2 4 34 14 +20 32[lower-alpha 1]
4 Atromitos Piraeus 14 7 4 3 21 14 +7 32[lower-alpha 1]
5 Panelefsiniakos[lower-alpha 2] 14 3 4 7 14 22 −8 22
6 Aris Piraeus 14 3 2 9 13 36 −23 22
7 A.E. Nikaia 14 2 3 9 18 36 −18 21
8 Filathloi Nikaia 14 1 2 11 9 37 −28 18
Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:
  1. 3rd place ranking match: Ethnikos Piraeus–Atromitos Piraeus 1–1. Ethnikos Piraeus was qualified due to better goal difference.
  2. Panelefsiniakos has 2 defeats without a match and -2 points.
Home \ Away OLY PRO ETH ATR PAN ARIS AEN FIL
Olympiacos 3–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 4–1 3–0
Proodeftiki 1–1 4–1 2–2 1–1 4–0 5–2 4–0
Ethnikos Piraeus 1–3 0–1 2–2 1–1 7–0 3–0 2–1
Atromitos Piraeus 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1
Panelefsiniakos 0–3 1–1 0–2 0–2[lower-alpha 1] 2–0 4–1 2–0
Aris Piraeus 0–7 1–1 0–4 2–3 2–0[lower-alpha 2] 0–0 1–0
A.E. Nikaia 1–4 0–2 0–5 1–1 4–2 1–3 6–1
Filathloi Nikaia 0–3 1–5 0–4 1–2 0–0 3–2 1–1
Source: rsssf
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match did not occur. Awarded 0–2 to Atromitos Piraeus.
  2. The match did not occur. Awarded 2–0 to Aris Piraeus.

Macedonia Football Clubs Association
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Apollon Kalamarias (Q) 10 6 3 1 18 8 +10 25 Final Round
2 Iraklis (Q) 10 5 3 2 14 7 +7 23
3 PAOK (Q) 10 5 2 3 16 8 +8 22[lower-alpha 1]
4 Aris 10 4 4 2 16 9 +7 22[lower-alpha 1]
5 Thermaikos 10 1 3 6 10 19 −9 15
6 Makedonikos 10 1 1 8 9 32 −23 13
Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:
  1. 3rd place ranking match: PAOK–Aris 1–1. PAOK was qualified due to better goal difference.
Home \ Away APOL IRA PAOK ARIS THER MAK
Apollon Kalamarias 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–1
Iraklis 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–0
PAOK 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 3–0
Aris 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–0 6–1
Thermaikos 1–4 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–2
Makedonikos 2–3 1–3 0–5 2–0 0–3
Source: rsssf
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South Group

North Group

Final Round

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Olympiacos (C) 22 14 5 3 40 14 +26 55 Qualified for European Cup preliminary round
2 AEK Athens 22 11 9 2 39 19 +20 53
3 Panathinaikos 22 12 7 3 35 19 +16 53
4 Apollon Kalamarias 22 11 2 9 33 27 +6 46
5 Panionios 22 9 5 8 35 32 +3 45
6 Proodeftiki 22 9 3 10 32 33 −1 43
7 Doxa Drama 22 7 6 9 30 32 −2 42
8 PAOK 22 5 10 7 32 38 −6 42
9 Apollon Athens 22 7 4 11 30 38 −8 40
10 Iraklis 22 6 6 10 16 27 −11 40
11 Ethnikos Piraeus[lower-alpha 1] 22 6 7 9 31 31 0 39
12 OFI 22 1 4 17 20 63 −43 28
Source: rsssf
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Ethnikos Piraeus has 1 defeat without a match and -2 points.

Results
Home \ Away OLY AEK PAO APK PGSS PRO DOX PAOK APA IRA ETH OFI
Olympiacos 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 5–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 6–0
AEK Athens 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 5–1 0–0 6–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 4–1
Panathinaikos 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 4–1
Apollon Kalamarias 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–5 2–1 4–1 4–0
Panionios 1–4 2–1 0–1 2–3 1–2 3–2 2–2 5–2 2–1 1–1 4–0
Proodeftiki 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–2 1–2 3–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–0[lower-alpha 1] 4–0
Doxa Drama 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 5–1
PAOK 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–3 5–1 0–0 6–3
Apollon Athens 1–2 1–2 2–3 0–2 1–3 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–0
Iraklis 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–3 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0
Ethnikos Piraeus 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–2[lower-alpha 2] 2–2 7–2 5–0 0–1 3–0
OFI 0–1 1–3 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–3 0–0 3–4 2–1 2–3
Source: rsssf
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Suspended at 76th minute while the score was 2–0 for Proodeftiki. That remained as the final score.
  2. Match suspended at 17th minute. Awarded 0–2 to Proodeftiki.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Kostas Georgopoulos Panionios 21
2 Kostas Nestoridis AEK Athens 12
3 Dimitris Theofanis Panathinaikos 11


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