1938–39 Panhellenic Championship

Panhellenic Championship
Season1938–39
ChampionsAEK Athens
1st Greek title
Relegatednone
Matches played2
Goals scored10 (5 per match)
Top goalscorerKostas Vasiliou
(3 goals)
Biggest home winAEK Athens 3–1 Iraklis
Biggest away winIraklis 2–4 AEK Athens
Highest scoringIraklis 2–4 AEK Athens
Longest winning runAEK Athens (2 matches)
Longest unbeaten runAEK Athens (2 matches)
Longest winless runIraklis (2 matches)
Longest losing runIraklis (2 matches)
Highest attendance7,000
Lowest attendance4,000

The 1938–39 Panhellenic Championship was the tenth season of the highest football league of Greece. 14 teams participated, for the first time so many and for the first time from the province. It was held in two groups, South Group with 8 and North Group with 6 teams, which qualified from the championships of the local associations.

The South Group comprised club of Athens' and Piraeus' associations and resulted as follows:

  • Athenian Championship: The first 5 teams of the ranking.
  • Piraeus' Championship: The first 3 teams of the ranking.

The North Group consisted of clubs from Macedonian and East Macedonian associations and resulted as follows:

  • Macedonian Championship: The first 3 teams of the ranking.
  • East Macedonian Championship: The first 3 teams of the ranking.

It was the first time that teams outside Central Greece and Thessaloniki participated in the national championship. The champions of the two groups, AEK Athens (due to a better goal ratio than Olympiacos) and Iraklis, competed in a 2-legged final for the title of champion. AEK Athens won the championship,[1] who were qualified for the national championship as the runner-up of Αthenian championship, with their then rising star, Kleanthis Maropoulos.

Since 26 matchdays were required to complete the championship, it was decided that the clubs from the same region that were qualified for the national championship would not face each other again, but the results from their local championships would apply instead. From this period, the HFF established a point system of 3-2-1 in all competitions, so that there was the ability of zeroing any team that refused to take part in a match. That system would eventually be applied until the 1972–73 season.

Qualification round

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Athens Football Clubs Association

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAO AEK APOL AST ATR DAF
1 Panathinaikos (Q) 10 8 1 1 40 8 +32 27 South Group 0–2 4–1 6–2 7–0 2–1
2 AEK Athens (Q) 10 7 1 2 31 13 +18 25 2–2 1–2 3–1 8–3 2–0
3 Apollon Athens (Q) 10 6 1 3 28 16 +12 23 0–3 3–2 0–0 4–0 8–1
4 Asteras Athens (Q) 10 4 2 4 18 18 0 20 0–1 1–4 3–2 2–0 6–0
5 Atromitos (Q) 10 1 1 8 10 47 −37 13 0–10 1–6 1–5 1–2 2–1
6 Daphni Metaxourgeio 10 0 2 8 7 32 −25 12 0–5 0–1 1–3 1–1 2–2
Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Piraeus Football Clubs Association

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ETH OLY ARIS THE
1 Ethnikos Piraeus (Q) 6 5 1 0 22 6 +16 17 South Group 4–2 3–2 6–0
2 Olympiacos (Q) 6 4 1 1 26 9 +17 15 2–2 5–2 6–0
3 Aris Piraeus (Q) 6 2 0 4 9 17 −8 10 1–4 0–3 2–1
4 Theseas Piraeus 6 0 0 6 3 28 −25 6 1–7 0–4 1–2
Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Macedonia Football Clubs Association

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Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Iraklis (Q) 10 28 10 +18 27 North Group
2 Aris (Q) 10 35 10 +25 26
3 PAOK (Q) 10 28 13 +15 23
4 Makedonikos 10 16 18 -2 18
5 MENT 10 16 28 -12 16
6 Aetos Papafi 10 8 52 -44 10

Semi-final round

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South Group

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification AEK OLY ETH PAO APOL AST ARIS ATR
1 AEK Athens (Q) 14 10 1 3 54 22 2.455 35 Finals 2–1 4–2 2–2[a] 1–2[a] 3–1[a] 6–0 8–3[a]
2 Olympiacos 14 10 1 3 38 17 2.235 35 5–1 2–2[b] 2–1 2–3 1–0 5–2[b] 3–0
3 Ethnikos Piraeus 14 8 2 4 31 23 1.348 32 1–3 4–2[b] 1–0 1–2 3–1 3–2[b] 4–1
4 Panathinaikos 14 8 2 4 40 16 2.500 32 0–2[a] 0–3 2–2 4–1[a] 6–2[a] 2–1 7–0[a]
5 Apollon Athens 14 8 1 5 35 23 1.522 31 3–2[a] 0–3 1–2 0–3[a] 0–0[a] 3–0 4–0[a]
6 Asteras Athens 14 6 1 7 21 26 0.808 27 1–4[a] 1–3 2–0 0–1[a] 3–2[a] 2–1 2–0[a]
7 Aris Piraeus 14 1 0 13 11 54 0.204 16 0–10 1–4 0–3[b] 0–2 1–9 1–4
8 Atromitos[c] 14 1 0 13 10 58 0.172 14 1–6[a] 0–2 1–3 0–10[a] 1–5[a] 1–2[a]
Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t AFCA match.
  2. ^ a b c d e PFCA match.
  3. ^ Atromitos has −2 points.

North Group

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Iraklis (Q) 10 8 1 1 22 7 +15 27 Finals
2 Aris 10 8 0 2 30 10 +20 26
3 PAOK 10 5 0 5 30 21 +9 20
4 AEK Kavala 10 11 18 -7 18
5 Doxa Drama 10 10 26 -16 15
6 Fillipoi Kavala 10 10 31 -21 14
Home \ Away IRA ARIS PAOK AEK DOX FIL
Iraklis 3–2 2–0 4–0
Aris 0–1 2–0 2–0 4–2 7–1
PAOK 4–1 1–5 6–0 1–2
AEK Kavala 1–3 0–1
Doxa Drama 0–2 0–4 2–1
Fillipoi Kavala 1–2
Source: rsssf
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Summary
AEK Athens 7–3 Iraklis 3–1 4–2

Matches

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AEK Athens3–1Iraklis
Report
  • Frenelis 26'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Iliadis (Thessaloniki)
Iraklis2–4AEK Athens
  • Kitsos 13' (pen.)
  • Frenelis 89'
Report
Iraklis Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ch. Papadopoulos (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens won 7–3 on aggregate.

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Cyprus Kostas Vasiliou AEK Athens 3
2 Greece Kleanthis Maropoulos AEK Athens 2
Greece Frenelis Iraklis
4 Greece Tryfon Tzanetis AEK Athens 1
Greece Nikos Kitsos Iraklis
Greece Kostas Christodoulou AEK Athens

References

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  1. ^ "Η ιστορία της ΑΕΚ". aek.com.
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