1939–40 Panhellenic Championship

11th season of top-tier football league in Greece

Football league season

Panhellenic ChampionshipSeason| 1939–40

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Champions| AEK Athens
2nd Greek title
Relegated| none
Matches played| 2
Goals scored| 8 (4 per match)
Top goalscorer| Kleanthis Maropoulos
(2 goals)
Biggest home win| AEK Athens 1–0 PAOK
Biggest away win| PAOK 3–4 AEK Athens
Highest scoring| PAOK 3–4 AEK Athens
Longest winning run| AEK Athens (2 matches)
Longest unbeaten run| AEK Athens (2 matches)
Longest winless run| PAOK (2 matches)
Longest losing run| PAOK (2 matches)
Highest attendance| 3,000

← 1938–39

1940–41 →

The 1939–40 Panhellenic Championship was the 11th season of the highest football league of Greece and the last before the WW2 took place. It was carried out with a system similar to that of the previous season in which 14 teams participated again, 8 from the Central and 6 from Northern Greece, which were divided into groups. As in the previous year, in order to complete the championship, since it took a total of 30 matchdays, the teams that qualified for the national championship did not compete with each other again but transferred the mutual results of the local championships.

The teams of the Central Greece formed the Southern group and resulted as follows:

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

The teams of the Νorthern Group were initially divided into two subgroups. The teams of the Thessaloniki formed the Northern subgroup A and resulted as follows:

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

The teams of Serres, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace formed the Northern subgroup B and resulted as follows:

* Serres' Championship: The winner.
* Thracian Championship: The winner.
* Eastern Macedonian Championship: The winner.

The two winners competed in double games to become the champion of the Northern group. The champions of South and North, AEK Athens and PAOK, competed in a 2-legged final for the title. AEK was crowned champion for their 2nd Championship (2 consecutive), with Kleanthis Maropoulos being the protagonist as the last year. AEK had a great team then and throughout the year they had only one defeat in the Southern group against Olympiacos. Both in the local championship of Athens, and in both of the finals, AEK achieved only victories. The point system was: Win: 3 points \- Draw: 2 points \- Loss: 1 point.

## Qualification round[edit]

### Athens Football Clubs Association[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  | AEK | PAO | APA | ATH | AST  | PAG  | ATR | DAF

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1  | AEK Athens (Q) | 14  | 13  | 1  | 0  | 57  | 10  | +47  | 41  | Southern Group |  |  | 1–0  | 3–0  | 3–0  | 4–1  | 4–0  | 1–1  | 5–1
2  | Panathinaikos (Q) | 14  | 9  | 2  | 3  | 50  | 15  | +35  | 34  |  | 0–4  |  |  |  | 8–1  |  | 8–0  |
3  | Apollon Athens (Q) | 14  | 6  | 4  | 4  | 31  | 25  | +6  | 30  |  | 2–3  |  |  |  |  |  | 4–1[a] |
4  | Athinaikos (Q) | 14  | 6  | 3  | 5  | 21  | 25  | −4  | 29  |  | 2–4  |  | 1–1  |  |  |  |  |
5  | Asteras Athens (Q) | 14  | 7  | 1  | 6  | 27  | 34  | −7  | 29  |  | 0–4  |  |  | 0–0  |  |  |  |
6  | Enosis Pangrati  | 14  | 5  | 4  | 5  | 22  | 25  | −3  | 28  |  |  | 1–5  |  |  |  | 1–2  |  | 7–3[a] | 2–1
7  | Atromitos[b] | 14  | 1  | 2  | 11  | 13  | 62  | −49  | 18  |  | 0–13[a] |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1–0
8  | Daphni Metaxourgeio  | 14  | 0  | 1  | 13  | 14  | 69  | −55  | 15  |  | 2–3  |  |  |  |  |  | 1–0  |

Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

1. ^ a b c Olympiacos Athens competed instead of Atromitos
2. ^ At the beginning of the championship, Atromitos were deleted from the Athens' Federation and was replaced by the 3rd place holder of second tier, Olympiacos Athens. In fact, they played 3 games which resulted in 3 defeats. Eventually, the Athens' Federation took back the deletion of Atromitos and reinstated him in the championship, so the games of Olympiacos Athens were counted to Atromitos and the club took part in the second tier of the Athenian championship.

### Piraeus Football Clubs Association[edit]

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1  | Olympiacos (Q) | 10  | 49  | 10  | +39  | 28 | Southern Group
2  | Ethnikos Piraeus (Q) | 10  | 21  | 8  | +13  | 26
3  | Proodeftiki (Q) | 10  | 23  | 19  | +4  | 23
4  | Thiseus Piraeus[a] | 10  | 8  | 18  | -10  | 15 |
5  | Argonaftis Piraeus[b] | 10  | 12  | 26  | -14  | 14
6  | Aris Piraeus[b] | 10  | 9  | 29  | -20  | 13

a. ^ The ranking and the points are the final but the reported goal difference is of the 7th matchday.
b. ^ The ranking and the points are the final but the reported goal difference is of the penultimate (9th) matchday.

### Macedonia Football Clubs Association[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  | IRA | PAOK | ARIS | MENT  | MAK | APK

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1  | Iraklis (Q) | 10  | 7  | 2  | 1  | 28  | 13  | +15  | 26  | Northern Group |  |  | 1–1  | 3–2[a] | 3–0  | 0–2  | 6–2
2  | PAOK (Q) | 10  | 6  | 2  | 2  | 22  | 12  | +10  | 24  |  | 0–0  |  | 2–4  | 3–1  | 2–1  | 3–1
3  | Aris[b] (Q) | 10  | 6  | 1  | 3  | 32  | 12  | +20  | 22  |  | 1–2  | 3–1  |  | 0–1  | 2–2  | 8–1
4  | MENT  | 10  | 4  | 0  | 6  | 13  | 26  | −13  | 18  |  |  | 2–6  | 0–6  | 0–4  |  | 3–0  | 3–2
5  | Makedonikos | 10  | 3  | 1  | 6  | 14  | 16  | −2  | 17  |  | 0–2  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 1–0  |  | 4–0
6  | Apollon Kalamarias | 10  | 1  | 0  | 9  | 0  | 44  | −44  | 12  |  | 3–5  | 0–2  | 0–7  | 1–3  | 3–2  |

Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

1. ^ The match was stopped in '86 due to the refusal of an Aris' player to leave the field after being sent off. The result in the rankings remained 3-2, with Aris being punished by a deduction of 1 point.
2. ^ 1 point must have been deducted from Aris' team due to the suspension of the match with Iraklis.

## Semi-final round[edit]

### Southern Group[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  | AEK | OLY | PAO | ETH | APA | ATH | AST  | PRO

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1  | AEK Athens (Q) | 14  | 13  | 0  | 1  | 48  | 14  | +34  | 40  | Finals |  |  | 3–2  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 3–2  | 4–2  | 4–0  | 4–0
2  | Olympiacos | 14  | 9  | 2  | 3  | 32  | 19  | +13  | 34  |  |  | 3–2  |  | 1–4  | 0–2  | 3–0  | 1–0  | 4–2  | 2–1
3  | Panathinaikos | 14  | 8  | 2  | 4  | 42  | 19  | +23  | 32  |  | 0–4  | 1–1  |  | 1–1  | 0–2  | 5–1  | 3–1  | 5–1
4  | Ethnikos Piraeus | 14  | 8  | 2  | 4  | 24  | 16  | +8  | 32  |  | 1–4  | 0–4  | 2–1  |  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 3–0  | 4–1
5  | Apollon Athens | 14  | 5  | 3  | 6  | 19  | 24  | −5  | 27  |  | 1–4  | 1–1  | 0–4  | 1–3  |  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 3–1
6  | Athinaikos | 14  | 2  | 4  | 8  | 12  | 31  | −19  | 22  |  | 0–3  | 0–3  | 1–7  | 0–0  | 1–1  |  | 2–0  | 3–2
7  | Asteras Athens  | 14  | 3  | 1  | 10  | 14  | 38  | −24  | 21  |  | 1–3  | 1–3  | 1–8  | 0–2  | 0–4  | 0–0  |  | 3–1
8  | Proodeftiki | 14  | 1  | 0  | 13  | 16  | 46  | −30  | 16  |  | 2–7  | 2–4  | 2–3  | 1–4  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 0–2  |

Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

### Northern Group[edit]

#### Subgroup A[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  | PAOK | ARIS | IRA

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1  | PAOK (A) | 4  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 7  | 6  | +1  | 9[a] | Northern Group play-offs |  |  | 2–1  | 4–1
2  | Aris | 4  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 9  | 7  | +2  | 9[a] |  |  | 1–1  |  | 3–1
3  | Iraklis | 4  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 8  | 11  | −3  | 6  |  | 3–0  | 3–4  |

Source: rsssf
(A) Advance to a further round
Notes:

1. ^ a b Aris had a better goal difference and goal ratio but the 1st place was taken by PAOK, because of the better results in the games between them.

#### Subgroup B[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  | FIL | IRA | ASP

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1  | Fillipoi Kavala (A) | 4  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 15  | 5  | +10  | 9  | Northern Group play-offs |  |  | 9–0  |
2  | Iraklis Serres | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 5  | 14  | −9  | 8  |  |  | 0–2  |  | 2–1
3  | Aspida Xanthi | 4  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 8  | 9  | −1  | 7  |  |  | 2–3  |

Source: rsssf
(A) Advance to a further round

#### Northern Group play-offs[edit]

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

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PAOK | 6–3  | Fillipoi Kavala | 5–0  | 1–3

## Finals[edit]

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

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Summary  AEK Athens | 5–3  | PAOK | 1–0  | 4–3

### Matches[edit]

9 June 1940

AEK Athens| 1–0| PAOK

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* Vasiliou 53' (pen.)

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AEK Stadium, Nea Filadelfeia

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Pasalaris

16 June 1940

PAOK| 3–4| AEK Athens

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* Kalogiannis  17'
* Feroutsos  20'
* Ioannidis  70'

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* Maropoulos 38', 49'
* Chatzistavridis 54'
* Gasparis 59'

Sintrivani Stadium, Thessaloniki

Referee: V. Diamantopoulos

AEK Athens won 5–3 on aggregate.

## Top scorers[edit]

Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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1  |  Kleanthis Maropoulos | AEK Athens  | 2
2  |  Kostas Vasiliou | AEK Athens  | 1
Alekos Chatzistavridis | AEK Athens
Giorgos Gasparis | AEK Athens
Kostas Kalogiannis  | PAOK
Feroutsos  | PAOK
Aristidιs Ioannidis  | PAOK

## References[edit]

## External links[edit]

* Rsssf, 1939–40 championship
* "Full review of championship games", newsp. "Athlitismos", dig. p. 147.

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