1938–39 Panhellenic Championship

10th season of top-tier football league in Greece

Football league season

Panhellenic ChampionshipSeason| 1938–39

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Champions| AEK Athens
1st Greek title
Relegated| none
Matches played| 2
Goals scored| 10 (5 per match)
Top goalscorer| Kostas Vasiliou
(3 goals)
Biggest home win| AEK Athens 3–1 Iraklis
Biggest away win| Iraklis 2–4 AEK Athens
Highest scoring| Iraklis 2–4 AEK Athens
Longest winning run| AEK Athens (2 matches)
Longest unbeaten run| AEK Athens (2 matches)
Longest winless run| Iraklis (2 matches)
Longest losing run| Iraklis (2 matches)
Highest attendance| 7,000
Lowest attendance| 4,000

← 1937–38

1939–40 →

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, Southern Group with 8 and Northern Group with 6 teams, which qualified from the championships of the local associations.

The Southern Group was formed by 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 Northern Group was formed by clubs of Macedonian and Eastern Macedonian association and resulted as follows:

* Macedonian Championship: The first 3 teams of the ranking.
* Eastern 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.

In order to complete the championship, since 26 matchdays were required, it was decided that the teams that qualified for the national championship will not compete again but will transfer each other results of local championships. 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. This system was valid until the 1972–73 season.

## Qualification round[edit]

### Athens Football Clubs Association[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Panathinaikos (Q) | 10  | 40  | 8  | +32  | 27 | Southern Group
2  | AEK Athens (Q) | 10  | 31  | 13  | +18  | 25
3  | Apollon Athens (Q) | 10  | 28  | 16  | +12  | 23
4  | Asteras Athens (Q) | 10  | 18  | 18  | 0  | 20
5  | Atromitos[a] (Q) | 10  | 9  | 45  | -36  | 13
6  | Daphni Metaxourgeio[a] | 10  | 6  | 30  | -24  | 12 |

a. ^ The ranking and the points are the final but the reported goal difference is of the penultimate (9th) matchday.

### Piraeus Football Clubs Association[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  | ETH | OLY | ARIS  | THE

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1  | Ethnikos Piraeus (Q) | 6  | 5  | 1  | 0  | 22  | 6  | +16  | 17  | Southern 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[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Iraklis (Q) | 10  | 28  | 10  | +18  | 27 | Northern 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[edit]

### Southern Group[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification

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1  | AEK Athens (Q) | 14  | 54  | 22  | 2.455  | 35 | Finals
2  | Olympiacos | 14  | 38  | 17  | 2.235  | 35 |
3  | Ethnikos Piraeus | 14  | 30  | 21  | 1.429  | 33
4  | Apollon Athens | 14  | 38  | 16  | 2.375  | 30
5  | Panathinaikos | 14  | 38  | 16  | 2.375  | 30
6  | Asteras Athens  | 14  | 21  | 26  | 0.808  | 27
7  | Aris Piraeus  | 14  | 11  | 54  | 0.204  | 16
8  | Atromitos | 14  | 10  | 58  | 0.172  | 14[a]

a. ^ Atromitos has -2 points.

Home \ Away  | AEK | OLY | ETH | APOL | PAO | AST  | ARIS  | ATR

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AEK Athens |  | 2–1  | 4–2  | 1–2  | 2–2  | 3–1  | 6–0  | 8–3
Olympiacos | 5–1  |  | 2–2  | 2–3  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 5–2  | 3–0
Ethnikos Piraeus | 1–3  | 4–2  |  |  |  |  |  |
Apollon Athens | 3–2  | 0–3  |  |  |  |  |  |
Panathinaikos | 0–2  | 0–3  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asteras Athens  | 1–4  | 1–3  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aris Piraeus  | 0–10  | 1–4  |  |  |  |  |  |
Atromitos | 1–6  | 0–2  |  |  |  |  |  |

Source: rsssf
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

### Northern Group[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Iraklis (Q) | 10  | 22  | 7  | +15  | 27 | Finals
2  | Aris | 10  | 30  | 10  | +20  | 26 |
3  | PAOK | 10  | 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

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Iraklis |  | 3–2  |  |  |  |
Aris | 0–1  |  | 2–0  | 2–0  | 4–2  | 7–1
PAOK |  | 1–5  |  |  |  |
AEK Kavala  |  | 1–3  |  |  |  |
Doxa Drama |  | 0–4  |  |  |  |
Fillipoi Kavala |  | 1–2  |  |  |  |

Source: rsssf
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Finals[edit]

Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Summary  AEK Athens | 7–3  | Iraklis | 3–1  | 4–2

### Matches[edit]

4 June 1939

16:30 EET

AEK Athens| 3–1| Iraklis

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* Tzanetis 1'
* Maropoulos 55'
* Vasiliou 66'

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* Frenelis  26'

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Iliadis (Thessaloniki)

11 June 1939

17:15 EET

Iraklis| 2–4| AEK Athens

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* Kitsos  13' (pen.)
* Frenelis  89'

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* Maropoulos 26'
* Vasiliou 45', 81'
* Christodoulou 54'

Iraklis Stadium, Thessaloniki

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Ch. Papadopoulos (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens won 7–3 on aggregate.

## Top scorers[edit]

Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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1  |  Kostas Vasiliou | AEK Athens  | 3
2  |  Kleanthis Maropoulos | AEK Athens  | 2
Frenelis  | Iraklis
4  |  Tryfon Tzanetis | AEK Athens  | 1
Nikos Kitsos  | Iraklis
Kostas Christodoulou | AEK Athens

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Η ιστορία της ΑΕΚ". aek.com.

## External links[edit]

* Rsssf, 1938–39 championship

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