1939–40 Panhellenic Championship

11th season of top-tier football league in Greece Panhellenic Championship 1939–40 AEK Athens2nd Greek title none Kleanthis Maropoulos(2 goals) AEK Athens 1–0 PAOK PAOK 3–4 AEK Athens PAOK 3–4 AEK Athens 2 8 AEK Athens (2 matches) AEK Athens (2 matches) PAOK (2 matches) PAOK (2 matches) 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 North Greece, which were divided into groups. As of the previous season, since a total of 30 matchdays were required to complete the championship, the clubs from the same region that were qualified for the national championship did not face against each other again but the results from their local championships applied instead. The teams of the Central Greece formed the South 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 Νorth Group were initially divided into two subgroups. The teams of the Thessaloniki formed the North subgroup A and resulted as follows: Macedonian Championship: The first 3 teams of the ranking. The teams of Serres, East Macedonia and Thrace formed the North subgroup B and resulted as follows: Serres' Championship: The winner. Thracian Championship: The winner. East Macedonian Championship: The winner. The two winners competed in double games to become the champion of the Northe group. The champions of South and North, AEK Athens and PAOK, competed in a 2-legged final for the title. AEK were crowned champions for second consecutive season, 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 South group against Olympiacos. In both local championship of Athens and the finals, AEK achieved only victories. The point system was: Win: 3 points - Draw: 2 points - Loss: 1 point. Qualification round Athens Football Clubs Association main WDL Athens Football Clubs Association 4 Q 3 2 1 yes AEK AEK Athens PAO Panathinaikos APA Apollon Athens ATH Athinaikos AST Asteras Athens PAG Enosis Pangrati ATR Atromitos DAF Daphni Metaxourgeio 13 1 0 57 10 Q 9 2 3 50 15 Q 6 4 4 31 25 Q 6 3 5 21 25 Q 7 1 6 27 34 Q 5 4 5 22 25 1 2 11 13 62 0 1 13 14 39 green1 South Group Q Q Q Q Q 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. FBR grey 1–0 3–2 3–0 4–1 4–0 1–1 3–2 0–4 4–0 5–1 8–1 2–2 8–0 3–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 5–3 2–2 4–1 Olympiacos Athens competed instead of Atromitos 3–2 2–4 1–7 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 5–1 0–4 1–3 3–1 0–0 2–1 5–2 3–2 1–5 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 7–3 APA_ATR 2–1 0–13 APA_ATR 0–5 0–7 2–3 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–5 0–4 1–2 0–1 1–4 0–1 2–2 complete rsssf Piraeus Football Clubs Association Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification1Olympiacos (Q)10 49 10 +3928South Group2Ethnikos Piraeus (Q)10 21 8 +13263Proodeftiki (Q)10 23 19 +4234Thiseas PiraeusC a none10 8 18 -10155Argonaftis PiraeusD b none10 12 26 -14146Aris PiraeusD b none10 9 29 -2013 a. C a noneThe ranking and the points are the final but the reported goal difference is of the 7th matchday. b. D b noneThe ranking and the points are the final but the reported goal difference is of the penultimate (9th) matchday. Macedonia Football Clubs Association main WDL Macedonia Football Clubs Association 4 Q 3 2 1 yes IRA Iraklis PAOK PAOK ARIS Aris MENT MENT MAK Makedonikos APK Apollon Kalamarias 7 2 1 28 13 Q 6 2 2 22 12 Q 6 1 3 32 12 Q 4 0 6 13 26 3 1 6 13 15 1 0 9 13 43 green1 North Group Q Q Q -1 1 point must have been deducted from Aris' team due to the suspension of the match with Iraklis. FBR grey 1–1 3–2 The match was stopped in '86 due to the refusal of a player of Aris 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. 3–0 0–2 6–2 0–0 2–4 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 3–1 0–1 2–2 8–1 2–6 0–6 0–4 3–0 3–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 4–0 3–5 0–2 0–7 1–3 3–2 complete rsssf Semi-final round South Group main WDL South Group 5 Q 3 2 1 yes AEK AEK Athens OLY Olympiacos PAO Panathinaikos ETH Ethnikos Piraeus APA Apollon Athens ATH Athinaikos AST Asteras Athens PRO Proodeftiki 13 0 1 48 13 Q 9 2 3 32 19 8 2 4 42 19 8 2 4 24 16 5 3 6 19 26 2 4 8 12 31 3 1 10 17 40 1 0 13 16 46 green1 Finals Q FBR grey 3–2 1–0 AFCA match. 2–0 3–2 AEK_PAO 3–0 AEK_PAO 4–1 AEK_PAO 4–0 3–2 1–4 0–2 PFCA match. 3–0 1–0 4–2 2–1 OLY_ETH 0–4 AEK_PAO 1–1 1–1 4–0 AEK_PAO 5–1 AEK_PAO 8–1 AEK_PAO 5–1 1–4 0–4 OLY_ETH 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 4–1 OLY_ETH 0–3 AEK_PAO 1–1 2–0 AEK_PAO 1–3 1–1 AEK_PAO 5–3 AEK_PAO 3–1 2–4 AEK_PAO 0–3 1–7 AEK_PAO 0–0 1–1 AEK_PAO 2–0 AEK_PAO 3–2 0–4 AEK_PAO 1–3 1–3 AEK_PAO 0–2 3–1 AEK_PAO 0–0 AEK_PAO 3–1 2–7 2–4 OLY_ETH 2–3 1–4 OLY_ETH 0–1 2–1 0–2 complete rsssf North Group Subgroup A main WDL Subgroup A 3 Q 3 2 1 yes PAOK PAOK ARIS Aris IRA Iraklis 2 1 1 7 6 A 2 1 1 9 7 1 0 3 8 11 yellow1 North Group play-offs A 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. PAOK FBR grey 2–1 4–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 3–4 complete rsssf Subgroup B A group with the winners of the Serres, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace local championships.http://srv-web1.parliament.gr/display_doc.asp?item=43491&seg=0 Αθλητισμός, 17 Μαΐου 1940 (ψ.σ.138) 18 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200918174354/https://srv-web1.parliament.gr/display_doc.asp?item=43491&seg=0 dead main WDL Subgroup B 3 Q 3 2 1 yes FIL Fillipoi Kavala IRA Iraklis Serres ASP Aspida Xanthi 2 1 1 15 5 A 2 0 2 5 14 1 1 2 8 9 yellow1 North Group play-offs A FBR grey 9–0 0–2 2–1 2–3 complete rsssf North Group play-offs PAOK 6–3 Fillipoi Kavala 5–0 1–3 |} Finals |+Summary AEK Athens 5–3 PAOK 1–0 4–3 |} Matches 9 June 1940 AEK Athens 1–0 report (d. p. 662) PAOK Vasiliou 53 pen. AEK Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 3,000 Pasalaris 16 June 1940 PAOK 3–4 report (d. p. 634) AEK Athens Kalogiannis 17 Feroutsos 20 Ioannidis 70 Maropoulos 38 49 Chatzistavridis 54 Gasparis 59 Syntrivani Stadium Thessaloniki V. Diamantopoulos AEK Athens won 5–3 on aggregate. Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 GRE old Kleanthis Maropoulos AEK Athens22 CYP colonial Kostas Vasiliou AEK Athens 1 GRE old Alekos Chatzistavridis AEK Athens GRE old Giorgos Gasparis AEK Athens GRE old Kostas Kalogiannis PAOK GRE old Stefanos Feroutsos PAOK GRE old Aristidis Ioannidis PAOK References External links Rsssf, 1939–40 championship "Full review of championship games", newsp. "Athlitismos", dig. p. 147. Association football Greece Category:Panhellenic Championship seasons Greece Category:1939–40 in Greek football