1953–54 Panhellenic Championship

The 1953–54 Panhellenic Championship was the 18th season of the highest football league of Greece. There was an important innovation, as in its final phase, teams from the Greek region participated in a single group for the first time, bypassing the "Athens - Piraeus - Thessaloniki" triptych. The opportunity to claim the title of champion of a provincial team, was given for the first time in the period 1938-39, but where the championship was held in 2 groups. Olympiacos won their 10th championship being unbeaten for the 5th time in their history.^[1]

Panhellenic Championship

Season	1953–54
Champions	Olympiacos 10th Greek title
Relegated	none
Matches played	30
Goals scored	89 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorer	Christoforos Yientzis (7 goals)
Biggest home win	Olympiacos 5–0 AEK Athens Olympiacos 5–0 Niki Volos PAOK 5–0 Panachaiki
Biggest away win	Panachaiki 0–8 Olympiacos
Highest scoring	Panachaiki 0–8 Olympiacos
Longest winning run	Olympiacos
Longest unbeaten run	Olympiacos (10 Matches)
← 1952–53 1954–55 →

The 6 clubs that participated in the final stage were as follows:

• Athenian Championship: The first 2 teams of the ranking.
• Piraeus' Championship: The champion.
• Macedonian Championship: The champion.
• Regional Championship: The 2 winners (North and South group).

The qualifying round matches took place from 10 October 1953 to 31 March 1954, while the final phase took place from 4 April to 21 July 1954. 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	AEK	PGSS	APOL	FOS	AST
1	Panathinaikos (Q)	10	7	2	1	16	2	+14	26	Final round			1–0	2–0	1–0	5–0	2–0
2	AEK Athens (Q)	10	4	4	2	15	8	+7	22			0–0		2–1	1–2	4–0	3–1
3	Panionios	10	3	5	2	12	11	+1	21[a]			2–1	1–1		2–0	2–2	0–0
4	Apollon Athens	10	4	3	3	10	10	0	21[a]			0–3	1–1	1–1		1–1	1–0
5	Fostiras	10	1	5	4	8	18	−10	17			0–1	1–1	1–1	0–2		2–0
6	Asteras Athens	10	0	3	7	3	15	−12	13			0–0	0–2	1–2	0–2	1–1

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

1. 3rd place ranking match: Panionios–Apollon Athens 1–0.

Piraeus Football Clubs Association

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OLY	ETH	ATR	PAN	ARIS	AEN
1	Olympiacos (Q)	10	8	1	1	28	8	+20	27	Final round			3–1	3–0	2–0	5–0	5–1
2	Ethnikos Piraeus	10	4	3	3	11	9	+2	21[a]			1–1		2–0	2–0	2–0	2–1
3	Atromitos Piraeus	10	4	3	3	15	14	+1	21[a]			3–1	1–1		1–0	1–1	2–1
4	Panelefsiniakos	10	4	1	5	13	14	−1	19			0–1	2–0	3–2		2–0	3–2
5	Aris Piraeus	10	2	3	5	9	21	−12	17			0–3	1–0	0–3	2–2		4–2
6	AE Nikaia	10	1	3	6	14	24	−10	15			2–4	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–1

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

1. 2nd place ranking match: Ethnikos Piraeus–Atromitos Piraeus 3–0.

Macedonia Football Clubs Association

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAOK	ARIS	MAK	POX	IRA	APOL
1	PAOK (Q)	10	9	1	0	30	10	+20	29	Final round			2–0	3–2	4–1	6–2	3–1
2	Aris	10	6	2	2	19	13	+6	24			1–1		2–1	3–0	2–1	3–2
3	Makedonikos	10	6	0	4	20	18	+2	22			1–4	3–1		3–0	2–0	2–0
4	P.O. Xirokrini	10	3	1	6	11	23	−12	17			0–1	2–4	1–4		3–2	2–1
5	Iraklis	10	3	0	7	18	21	−3	16			0–3	0–2	6–0	0–1		3–2
6	Apollon Kalamarias	10	0	2	8	11	24	−13	12			2–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–4

Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Regional Championship

South Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAN	PAL	ARIS
1	Panachaiki (Q)	4	3	0	1	8	3	+5	10	Final rund			4–1	2–1
2	Pallevadiaki	4	2	1	1	6	6	0	9			1–0		4–2
3	Aris Korinth	4	0	1	3	3	8	−5	5			0–2	0–0

Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

North Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NIK	DOX
1	Niki Volos (Q)	2	1	0	1	6	4	+2	4[a]	Final round			4–0
2	Doxa Dramas	2	1	0	1	4	6	−2	4[a]			4–2

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

1. Decider match: Niki Volos–Doxa Dramas 3–1.

• The Thrace champion did not participate due to delay in the completion of the championship.

Final round

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		OLY	PAO	AEK	PAOK	NIK	PAN
1	Olympiacos (C)	10	8	2	0	33	3	+30	28			1–1	5–0	1–0	5–0	3–0
2	Panathinaikos	10	5	5	0	13	5	+8	25		1–1		2–0	1–1	1–0	3–0
3	AEK Athens	10	4	3	3	15	17	−2	21		0–4	1–1		3–1	3–1	3–0
4	PAOK	10	2	3	5	15	14	+1	17		1–2	0–1	2–2		1–2	5–0
5	Niki Volos	10	2	2	6	8	19	−11	16		0–3	0–1	0–0	2–2		2–1
6	Panachaiki	10	1	1	8	5	31	−26	13		0–8	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–1

Source: rsssf
(C) Champions

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Christoforos Yientzis	PAOK	7
2	Babis Kotridis	Olympiacos	6
3	Themis Moustaklis	Olympiacos	5