1945–46 Panhellenic Championship

The 1945–46 Panhellenic Championship was the 12th season of the highest football league of Greece and the first after the WW2. The clubs that participated were the champions from the three founding football associations of the HFF: Athens, Piraeus and Macedonia.

Panhellenic Championship
Season1945–46
ChampionsAris
3rd Greek title
Relegatednone
Matches played6
Goals scored13 (2.17 per match)
Top goalscorerKleanthis Vikelidis
(3 goals)
Biggest home winOlympiacos 4–0 Aris
Biggest away winnone
Highest scoringAris 4–1 AEK Athens
Longest winning runAris (2 matches)
Longest unbeaten runAris (3 matches)
Longest winless runOlympiacos (3 matches)
Longest losing runOlympiacos (2 matches)
Highest attendance8,000

The championship was won by Aris for their 3rd title. Initially, with the completion of all 6 matches, Aris held the first place in the standings. But then the HFF accepted the objections of his opponents for illegal use of the player Siotis (which he played in two clubs at the same season), awarding 2–0 in their favor, the last 3 of his 4 games (an away draw against AEK Athens and home wins against Olympiacos and AEK), while at the same time zeroed the club of Thessaloniki for those games. For a few days, the ranking was formed with the declaration of the AEK as champion by the HFF and Aris bringing the issue to its general assembly. In the end, Aris was vindicated in the appeal and won the title.[1] The point system was: Win: 3 points - Draw: 2 points - Loss: 1 point.

Qualification round edit

Athens Football Clubs Association edit

Pos Team Pld GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 AEK Athens (Q) 15 49 19 2.579 38[a] Final round
2 Asteras Athens 15 41 18 2.278 38[a]
3 Panathinaikos 14 35 13 2.692 34[a]
4 Panionios 15 43 29 1.483 34[a]
5 Fostiras 15 27 23 1.174 32
6 Athinaikos 14 21 24 0.875 28
7 Apollon Athens 14 22 20 1.100 27
8 Enosi Pangrati 14 13 26 0.500 26
9 Olympiacos Athens 14 18 31 0.581 25
10 Atlas Athens 14 24 30 0.800 24
11 Atromitos 15 19 35 0.543 20
12 Arion Kolonaki 13 8 54 0.148 15
a. ^ The ranking was formed based on the goal ratio.
  • The championship was interrupted when on 19 May 1946 without the completion of the 15th matchday, while the replay matches were also postponed. The HFF declared the champions of Athens, Piraeus and Macedonia the first clubs of the standings, in order to participate in the Panhellenic championship.

Piraeus Football Clubs Association edit

Pos Team Pld GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Olympiacos (Q) 13[b] 56 8 7.000 37[a] Final round
2 Ethnikos Piraeus 14 42 12 3.500 37[a]
3 Proodeftiki 14 38 18 2.111 31
4 Aris Piraeus 14 27 24 1.125 28
5 Atromitos Piraeus 14 25 22 1.136 27
6 Amyna Nikaia 14 17 40 0.425 21
7 Argonaftis Piraeus 13[b] 13 30 0.433 18
8 Thiseas Piraeus 14 3 63 0.048 12
a. ^ The ranking was formed based on the goal ratio.
b. ^ Olympiacos and Argonaftis had 1 match less but since the first and the last place had been decided, the match was canceled in order for the Panhellenic championship to start on time.

Macedonia Football Clubs Association edit

Pos Team Pld GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Aris (Q) 10 25 Final round
2 Iraklis 10 22
3 PAOK 10 21
4 Megas Alexandros 10 19
5 Makedonikos 10 18
6 MENT 10 14

Final round edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ARIS AEK OLY
1 Aris (C) 4 2 1 1 6 6 0 9 4–1 1–0
2 AEK Athens 4 1 2 1 3 5 −2 8 1–1 1–0
3 Olympiacos 4 1 1 2 4 2 +2 7 4–0 0–0
Source: rsssf
(C) Champions

Matches edit

30 May 1946 Matchday 1 Olympiacos 4–0 Aris Piraeus
  • Chatzistavridis   29', 54'
  • Vasiliou   31'
  • Vazos   60'
Stadium: Neo Phaliron Velodrome
2 June 1946 Matchday 2 AEK Athens 1–1 Aris Ampelokipoi
Report
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
2 June 1946 Matchday 3 AEK Athens 1–0 Olympiacos Ampelokipoi
  • Nikolois   57'
Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
6 June 1946 Matchday 4 Aris 1–0 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
  • Vasiliadis   17'
Stadium: Iraklis Stadium
16 June 1946 Matchday 5 Aris 4–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
  • Vikelidis   5', 50'
  • Koloniaris   20'
  • Liakopoulos   60'
  • Nikolois   80'
Stadium: Iraklis Stadium

Top scorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Kleanthis Vikelidis Aris 3
2   Alekos Chatzistavridis Olympiacos 2
  Giorgos Nikolois AEK Athens

References edit

  1. ^ "Η ιστορία της ΑΕΚ". aek.com.

External links edit