1955–56 Panhellenic Championship

The 1955–56 Panhellenic Championship was the 20th season of the highest football league of Greece and an exceptionally interesting championship, since 5 out of the 6 teams were challenging for the title until the final fixture, while Aris was left behind from the beginning. In the end Olympiacos won their 12th championship (3 consecutive) although he started with 4 consecutive draws.

Panhellenic Championship
Season1955–56
ChampionsOlympiacos
12th Greek title
Relegatednone
Matches played30
Goals scored78 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorerLambis Kouikouridis
(7 goals)
Biggest home winOlympiacos 3–1 Aris
Ethnikos Piraeus 2–0 Apollon Athens
Panathinaikos 3–1 PAOK
Panathinaikos 2–0 Aris
PAOK 4–2 Aris
Biggest away winAris 0–2 Ethnikos Piraeus
Highest scoringApollon Athens 4–3 Ethnikos Piraeus
Longest winless runAris (10 Matches)

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.

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 PAO FOS APOL PGSS AEK ATH EGA AST
1 Panathinaikos (Q) 14 13 1 0 37 7 +30 41 Central Group 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 4–0 1–0
2 Fostiras (Q) 14 5 5 4 15 13 +2 29[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–0
3 Apollon Athens (Q) 14 5 5 4 17 15 +2 29[lower-alpha 1] 1–3 1–0 0–3 2–1 5–0 0–0 1–0
4 Panionios 14 5 4 5 23 21 +2 28 0–3 1–2 3–3 1–1 3–2 4–2 3–0
5 AEK Athens 14 4 3 7 15 19 −4 25[lower-alpha 2] 1–4 4–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0
6 Athinaikos 14 4 3 7 14 25 −11 25[lower-alpha 2] 2–5 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0
7 Egaleo 14 4 4 6 12 26 −14 26[lower-alpha 2] 0–1 0–0 0–2[lower-alpha 3] 2–1 2–2 3–0 4–1
8 Asteras Athens 14 2 3 9 7 24 −17 21 0–6 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1
Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified for 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.
  3. The initial 2–1 was canceled. Awarded 0–2 to Apollon Athens

Piraeus Football Clubs Association

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OLY ETH PRO ATR DOX PAN ARIS AEN
1 Olympiacos (Q) 14 11 1 2 51 11 +40 37 Southern Group 1–1 4–1 7–0 3–0 1–0 6–1 10–1
2 Ethnikos Piraeus (Q) 14 8 4 2 31 16 +15 34 0–2 3–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 1–0
3 Proodeftiki 14 8 2 4 30 19 +11 32 2–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–2 6–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–1
4 Atromitos Piraeus 14 6 3 5 23 32 −9 29 2–0[lower-alpha 2] 5–3 1–0 4–1 0–0 3–2 1–1
5 Doxa Piraeus 14 5 3 6 22 28 −6 27 1–7 2–3 1–4 5–1 2–0 3–2 2–0
6 Panelefsiniakos 14 4 2 8 13 22 −9 24 0–3 1–3 2–0 2–1 0–3 2–1 0–0
7 Aris Piraeus 14 2 4 8 18 30 −12 22 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–0
8 AE Nikaia 14 1 3 10 7 37 −30 19 1–5 0–5 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–4 2–1
Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
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 PAOK ARIS IRA APOL MAK POX
1 PAOK (Q) 10 9 1 0 31 6 +25 29 Northern Group 4–1 5–1 1–0 3–0 2–1
2 Aris (Q) 10 7 1 2 28 11 +17 25 0–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 3–0
3 Iraklis 10 4 2 4 19 17 +2 20 2–2 0–2 3–1 5–0 3–1
4 Apollon Kalamarias 10 4 1 5 16 15 +1 19 1–3 1–2 2–0 2–1 4–0
5 Makedonikos 10 2 2 6 13 20 −7 16 0–1 0–4 1–0 2–2 8–0
6 P.O. Xirokrini 10 0 1 9 4 42 −38 11 0–9 1–8 1–3 0–2 0–0
Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Semi–final Round

Northern Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ARIS PAOK DOX ORF
1 Aris (Q) 6 5 1 0 14 3 +11 17 Final Round 1–0 3–1 4–0
2 PAOK (Q) 6 4 1 1 18 5 +13 15 1–1 4–0 4–1
3 Doxa Drama 6 1 1 4 8 13 −5 9 1–2 2–3 1–1
4 Orfeas Xanthi 6 0 1 5 2 21 −19 7 0–3 0–6 0–3
Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Central Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAO APOL NVL FOS OLY
1 Panathinaikos (Q) 8 7 1 0 17 3 +14 23 Final Round 4–1 0–0 2–0 5–1
2 Apollon Athens (Q) 8 5 1 2 20 11 +9 19 0–1 1–0 1–0 5–1
3 Niki Volos 8 4 2 2 7 5 +2 18 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–1
4 Fostiras 8 1 0 7 7 16 −9 10 0–1 3–6 0–1 0–1
5 Olympiacos Chalkida 8 1 0 7 8 24 −16 10 0–2 1–5 0–1 3–4
Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Southern Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OLY ETH PAN OFI OLL
1 Olympiacos (Q) 8 8 0 0 26 3 +23 24 Final Round 2–0 2–1 6–0 2–0
2 Ethnikos Piraeus (Q) 8 5 1 2 16 9 +7 19 0–1 2–2 1–0 5–1
3 Panachaiki 8 1 3 4 9 12 −3 13 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–2
4 OFI 8 1 2 5 10 20 −10 12 1–3 1–2 1–1 2–1
5 Olympiacos Loutraki[lower-alpha 1] 8 2 0 6 12 29 −17 11 1–9 2–5 1–2 4–3
Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. Olympiacos Loutraki has -1 point.

Final round

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts OLY ETH PAO PAOK APOL ARIS
1 Olympiacos (C) 10 4 5 1 13 9 +4 23 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–1
2 Ethnikos Piraeus 10 4 4 2 12 8 +4 22[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–2
3 Panathinaikos 10 5 2 3 15 11 +4 22[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–0
4 PAOK 10 3 4 3 13 13 0 20[lower-alpha 2] 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 4–2
5 Apollon Athens 10 4 2 4 16 17 −1 20[lower-alpha 2] 2–2 4–3 1–2 2–2 2–1
6 Aris 10 0 3 7 9 20 −11 13 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–2
Source: rsssf
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. 2nd place ranking match: Panathinaikos withdrew. Awarded 2–0 to Ethnikos Piraeus.
  2. 4th place ranking match: PAOK–Apollon Athens 1–0.

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