1938–39 Panhellenic Championship

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

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 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 South Group comprised 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 North Group consisted of clubs from Macedonian and East Macedonian associations and resulted as follows:

• Macedonian Championship: The first 3 teams of the ranking.
• East 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

Athens Football Clubs Association

Pos	Team	Pld	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Panathinaikos (Q)	10	40	8	+32	27	South 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	South 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

Pos	Team	Pld	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iraklis (Q)	10	28	10	+18	27	North 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

South 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		1–2	1–0	3–1	3–2	4–1
Apollon Athens	3–2	0–3	1–2		0–3	0–0	3–0	4–0
Panathinaikos	0–2	0–3	2–2	4–1		6–2	2–1	7–0
Asteras Athens	1–4	1–3	2–0	3–2	0–1		2–1	2–0
Aris Piraeus	0–10	1–4	0–3	1–9	0–2
Atromitos	1–6	0–2	1–3	1–5	0–10	1–2

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

North 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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AEK Athens	7–3	Iraklis	3–1	4–2

Matches

AEK Athens	3–1	Iraklis
Tzanetis 1' Maropoulos 55' Vasiliou 66'	Report	Frenelis 26'

4 June 1939

16:30 EET

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Iliadis (Thessaloniki)

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

11 June 1939

17:15 EET

Iraklis Stadium, Thessaloniki

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Ch. Papadopoulos (Thessaloniki)

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
	Frenelis	Iraklis
4	Tryfon Tzanetis	AEK Athens	1
	Nikos Kitsos	Iraklis
	Kostas Christodoulou	AEK Athens

References

1. "Η ιστορία της ΑΕΚ". aek.com.

External links

• Rsssf, 1938–39 championship