1955–56_Panhellenic_Championship

Panhellenic Championship
Season	1955–56
Champions	Olympiacos; 12th Greek title
Relegated	none
Matches played	30
Goals scored	78 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lambis Kouikouridis; (7 goals)
Biggest home win	Olympiacos 3–1 Aris; Ethnikos Piraeus 2–0 Apollon Athens; Panathinaikos 3–1 PAOK; Panathinaikos 2–0 Aris; PAOK 4–2 Aris
Biggest away win	Aris 0–2 Ethnikos Piraeus
Highest scoring	Apollon Athens 4–3 Ethnikos Piraeus
Longest winless run	Aris (10 Matches)
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1955–56 Panhellenic Championship

20th season of top-tier football league in Greece

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.

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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:

North Group: The first 2 teams of the ranking.
Central Group: The first 2 teams of the ranking.
South Group: The first 2 teams of the ranking.

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

Qualification round

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[table_hth_FOS0.50575058325462-1] 2nd place ranking match:Apollon Athens didn't show up for the match and was awarded 2–0 to Fostiras.

[table_hth_AEK0.50575058325462-2] 5–7 place ranking match: AEK Athens–Athinaikos 3–2, AEK Athens–Egaleo 1–0, Athinaikos–Egaleo 3–1.

[table_note_EGA_APOL0.50575058325462-3] The initial 2–1 was canceled. Awarded 0–2 to Apollon Athens

[table_note_PRO_OLY0.85613674570626-4] Match didn't occur. Awarded 2–0 to Proodeftiki.

[table_note_ATR_OLY0.85613674570626-5] Match didn't occur. Awarded 2–0 to Atromitos Piraeus.

[table_note_OLL0.41082502641288-6] Olympiacos Loutraki has -1 point.

[table_hth_ETH0.17203820225412-7] 2nd place ranking match: Panathinaikos withdrew. Awarded 2–0 to Ethnikos Piraeus.

[table_hth_PAOK0.17203820225412-8] 4th place ranking match: PAOK–Apollon Athens 1–0.

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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

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	South 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	South Group	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

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	North Group		4–1	5–1	1–0	3–0	2–1
2	Aris (Q)	10	7	1	2	28	11	+17	25	North Group	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

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	Final round	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

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	Final round	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

1955–56_Panhellenic_Championship

1955–56 Panhellenic Championship

Qualification round

Athens Football Clubs Association

Piraeus Football Clubs Association

Macedonia Football Clubs Association

Semi–final round

North Group

Central Group

South Group

Final round

League table

Top scorers

External links

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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

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