1956–57 Panhellenic Championship

21st season of top-tier football league in Greece Football league season

Panhellenic Championship
Season	1956–57
Champions	Olympiacos 13th Greek title
Relegated	none
Matches played	90
Goals scored	289 (3.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	Petros Christofidis (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Apollon Athens 8–0 Panargiakos
Biggest away win	Panargiakos 0–6 Panathinaikos
Highest scoring	Apollon Athens 8–0 Panargiakos
Longest winless run	Panargiakos (16 matches)
Longest losing run	Panargiakos (16 matches)
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

The 1956–57 Panhellenic Championship was the 21st season of the highest football league of Greece and one of the most interesting championships in the 50s and also one of the most discussed due to the punishment of Ethnikos Piraeus from the HFF. Olympiacos won their 13th championship (4 consecutive) after an interesting race with Panathinaikos which ended in a tie and therefore the title was decided by a play-off round in which Olympiacos won.

Compared to the previous season, the teams that participated in the final phase of the championship increased by 4 (10 out of 6) and resulted 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.
Regional Championship: The 2 winners (North and South group).
An additional position was secured after a play-off round between the third teams Piraeus' and Macedonian Championship.

The qualifying round matches took place from 16 September 1956 to 11 January 1957, while the final phase took place from 13 January to 18 July 1957. 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	PGSS	APOL	AEK	EGA	AST	ATH	FOS
1	Panathinaikos (Q)	14	10	3	1	30	11	+19	37	Final round		2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–2
2	Panionios (Q)	14	8	2	4	20	17	+3	32		3–2		1–1	1–2	4–1	2–0	2–1	2–1
3	Apollon Athens (Q)	14	5	7	2	25	13	+12	31		0–1	4–0		2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–0
4	AEK Athens	14	5	6	3	21	15	+6	30		1–2	0–1	3–3		2–0	0–0	2–0	2–2
5	Egaleo	14	4	4	6	12	26	−14	26		0–6	1–0	1–6	0–0		0–0	2–0	1–1
6	Asteras Athens	14	2	7	5	7	15	−8	25		1–1	0–1	0–0	0–3	1–0		3–2	1–1
7	Athinaikos	14	2	5	7	13	21	−8	23		1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–3	0–0		2–1
8	Fostiras	14	1	4	9	14	24	−10	20		1–2	1–2	0–2	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–1

Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Piraeus Football Clubs Association

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	OLY	PRO	ETH	ATR	PAN	ARIS	AEN	FIL	DOX
1	Olympiacos (Q)	16	16	0	0	69	7	+62	48	Final round		2–1	3–0	7–0	4–1	2–1	7–0	9–0	2–0
2	Proodeftiki (Q)	16	9	3	4	26	16	+10	37	Final round	0–4		2–1	1–0	4–1	3–2	1–1	4–0	2–1
3	Ethnikos Piraeus (A)	16	9	2	5	31	17	+14	36	3rd-place play-offs	1–3	1–0		1–0	0–0	4–1	6–3	3–0	6–1
4	Atromitos Piraeus	16	6	4	6	17	22	−5	31		1–2	1–0	2–1		3–1	2–1	4–2	1–1	0–0
5	Panelefsiniakos	16	4	5	7	15	28	−13	29		1–7	1–1	1–1	2–0		1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0
6	Aris Piraeus	16	4	3	9	16	30	−14	27		1–7	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–1		2–1	1–1	0–0
7	AE Nikaia	16	4	3	9	20	38	−18	27		0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–1		1–0	1–0
8	Filathloi Nikaia	16	3	5	8	13	36	−23	27		0–4	0–3	0–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	3–1		2–2
9	Doxa Piraeus	16	1	7	8	10	23	−13	25		0–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1

Source: rsssf
(A) Advance to a further round; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

Atromitos Piraeus has 1 defeat without a match and -1 point.
The initial 2–1 was repeated, but Atromitos Piraeus resigned. Awarded 2–0 to Panelefsiniakos.
^ 5–7 place ranking match: Aris Piraeus–Filathloi Nikaia 1–0, AE Nikaia–Aris Piraeus 1–0, Filathloi Nikaia–AE Nikaia 3–2.
The ranking was formed based on the goal difference in the championship.

Macedonia Football Clubs Association

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PAOK	ARIS	APOL	MAK	IRA	MEL
1	PAOK (Q)	10	6	2	2	20	8	+12	24	Final round		1–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	8–2
2	Aris (Q)	10	5	3	2	12	6	+6	23	Final round	0–1		1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0
3	Apollon Kalamarias (A)	10	5	2	3	18	14	+4	22	3rd-place play-offs	2–1	1–2		2–1	3–1	3–2
4	Makedonikos	10	3	2	5	9	12	−3	18		0–2	2–1	3–2		1–0	0–0
5	Iraklis	10	2	4	4	8	11	−3	18		1–2	0–0	0–0	1–1		3–1
6	Meliteas	10	1	3	6	7	23	−16	15		0–0	0–2	0–4	1–0	1–1

Source: rsssf
(A) Advance to a further round; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

^ 4th place ranking match: Makedonikos–Iraklis 3–2.

Piraeus/Macedonia 3rd teams play-offs

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Apollon Kalamarias	1–3	Ethnikos Piraeus	1–1	0–2

Regional Championship

South Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PNA	OFI	PAN	OLY
1	Panargiakos (Q)	6	2	3	1	5	4	+1	13	Final round		0–0	0–0	1–0
2	OFI	6	3	1	2	5	5	0	13		0–2		0–1	2–1
3	Panachaiki	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	12		1–1	0–1		3–1
4	Olympiacos Chalkidas	6	2	0	4	8	9	−1	10		3–1	1–2	2–0

Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

North Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	DOX	NIK	ETH
1	Doxa Dramas (Q)	4	3	1	0	10	0	+10	11	Final round		1–0	7–0
2	Niki Volos	4	2	1	1	12	2	+10	9		0–0		9–0
3	Ethnikos Alexandroupolis	4	0	0	4	1	21	−20	4		0–2	1–3

Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Final round

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Olympiacos (C)	18	13	2	3	42	11	+31	46
2	Panathinaikos	18	14	0	4	41	13	+28	46
3	Apollon Athens	18	11	2	5	38	23	+15	42
4	PAOK	18	9	1	8	28	25	+3	37
5	Doxa Drama	18	5	7	6	31	31	0	35
6	Ethnikos Piraeus	18	9	2	7	23	22	+1	34
7	Aris	18	5	6	7	23	24	−1	34
8	Panionios	18	6	3	9	30	28	+2	33
9	Proodeftiki	18	4	5	9	26	36	−10	31
10	Panargiakos	18	0	0	18	7	76	−69	16

Source: rsssf
(C) Champions
Notes:

Ethnikos Piraeus was disqualified from the championship, after a controversial decision, 4 matches before the end of the season.
Those matches counted as defeats without a match and Ethnikos got -1 point for each match.
Panargiakos Argos have 2 points deducted.

Results

Home \ Away	OLY	PAO	APOL	PAOK	DOX	ETH	ARIS	PGSS	PRO	PAN
Olympiacos		2–1	2–0	4–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	5–0
Panathinaikos	1–0		4–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	6–0
Apollon Athens	0–0	2–1		3–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	8–0
PAOK	2–1	0–1	1–2		0–2	1–0	3–1	1–2	3–1	2–0
Doxa Drama	2–3	0–1	2–4	1–4		2–0	2–2	1–1	3–3	4–1
Ethnikos Piraeus	0–2	2–1	1–5	2–1	0–0		3–1	1–1	3–1	1–0
Aris	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	0–1		2–3	1–1	2–0
Panionios	1–2	0–2	3–1	1–3	2–3	0–1	0–1		2–2	4–0
Proodeftiki	0–4	0–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–3		5–1
Panargiakos	1–6	0–6	1–2	0–3	0–3	1–6	1–4	1–5	0–4

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

^ Ethnikos Piraeus' last 4 matches were not held due to its punishment and lost them all with a 2–0 score.
^ Panargiakos withdrew from its last 2 matches, which were secured with a score of 2–0 in favor of Aris and PAOK respectively.

Championship play-offs

Summary
Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olympiacos	1–0	Panathinaikos	0–0	1–0

15 July 1957

Olympiacos	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Panathinaikos
	Report

AEK Stadium, Nea FiladelfeiaReferee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Replay match

18 July 1957

Olympiacos	1–0	Panathinaikos
Mesologitis 46'	Report

AEK Stadium, Nea FiladelfeiaReferee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Olympiacos won 1–0 on aggregate.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Petros Christofidis	Proodeftiki	15
2	Thanasis Saravakos	Panionios	11
3	Elias Yfantis	Olympiacos	10
3	Lakis Sofianos	Panathinaikos	10
4	Giorgos Kamaras	Apollon Athens	9
5	Vangelis Panakis	Panathinaikos	8
	Savvas Papazoglou	Apollon Athens
	Lambis Kouikouridis	PAOK
	Giorgos Chavanidis	PAOK
	Christos Karaoulanis	Ethnikos Piraeus
	Giorgos Kansos	Proodeftiki

References

"Όταν "ενόχληθηκε" το κατεστημένο". sport-fm.gr.
"Για θυμήσου". tanea.gr. 10 May 2003.

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