1938–39 Panhellenic Championship

Panhellenic Championship
Season	1938–39
Champions	AEK Athens; 1st Greek title
Relegated	none
Matches played	2
Goals scored	10 (5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kostas Vasiliou (3)
Biggest home win	AEK Athens 3–1 Iraklis
Biggest away win	Iraklis 2–4 AEK Athens
Highest scoring	Iraklis 2–4 AEK Athens
	← 1937–38 1939–40 →

The 1938–39 Panhellenic Championship was the 10th 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. The champion was AEK Athens, which qualified for the national championship as the runner-up of Panathenian championship, with the 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[]

Athens Football Clubs Association[]

Pos	Team	Pld	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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[]

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	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 to the phase indicated

Macedonia Football Clubs Association[]

Pos	Team	Pld	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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[]

Southern Group[]

Pos	Team	Pld	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
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
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[]

Pos	Team	Pld	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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
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[]

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

Matches[]

4 June 1939

AEK Athens	3–1	Iraklis
Tzanetis 1' Maropoulos 55' Vasiliou	Report	Frenelis 26'

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Iliadis ()

11 June 1939

17:15 EET

Iraklis	2–4	AEK Athens
Kitsos 13' (pen.) Frenelis 89'	Report	Maropoulos 26' Vasiliou 45', 81' Christodoulou 54'

Iraklis Stadium, Thessaloniki

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Ch. Papadopoulos ()

AEK Athens won 7–3 on aggregate.

Top scorers[]

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

External links[]

Rsssf, 1938–39 championship

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