20th season of top-tier football league in Greece
Football league season
Panhellenic Championship Season 1955–56 Champions Olympiacos 12th Greek titleRelegated none Matches played 30 Goals scored 78 (2.6 per match) Top goalscorer Lambis Kouikouridis (7 goals) Biggest home win Olympiacos 3–1 Aris Ethnikos Piraeus 2–0 Apollon Athens Panathinaikos 3–1 PAOK Panathinaikos 2–0 Aris PAOK 4–2 Aris Biggest away win Aris 0–2 Ethnikos Piraeus Highest scoring Apollon Athens 4–3 Ethnikos Piraeus Longest winless run Aris (10 Matches)
The 1955–56 Panhellenic Championship was the 20th season of the highest football league of Greece and an exceptionally interesting championship, since 5 out of the 6 teams were challenging for the title until the final fixture, while Aris was left behind from the beginning. In the end Olympiacos won their 12th championship (3 consecutive) although he started with 4 consecutive draws.
Before the final stage , in that year, they were two qualification stages. Initially from the groups of the "founding" associations the results were as follows:
Athenian Championship : The first 3 teams of the ranking.
Piraeus' Championship : The first 2 teams of the ranking.
Macedonian Championship : The first 2 teams of the ranking.
Subsequently, 3 new groups were created with geographical criteria where a total of 14 teams participated. The 7 came from the 3 founding associations and the other 7 came from the winners of the regional championships of the same number. Finally, the teams that participated in the final phase of the championship resulted as follows:
North Group : The first 2 teams of the ranking.
Central Group : The first 2 teams of the ranking.
South Group : The first 2 teams of the ranking.
The point system was: Win: 3 points - Draw: 2 points - Loss: 1 point .
Qualification round
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
PAO
FOS
APOL
PGSS
AEK
ATH
EGA
AST
1
Panathinaikos (Q)
14
13
1
0
37
7
+30
41
Central Group
1–0
1–0
1–0
2–1
4–1
4–0
1–0
2
Fostiras (Q)
14
5
5
4
15
13
+2
29[ a]
1–1
0–0
3–1
1–0
1–1
3–1
2–0
3
Apollon Athens (Q)
14
5
5
4
17
15
+2
29[ a]
1–3
1–0
0–3
2–1
5–0
0–0
1–0
4
Panionios
14
5
4
5
23
21
+2
28
0–3
1–2
3–3
1–1
3–2
4–2
3–0
5
AEK Athens
14
4
3
7
15
19
−4
25[ b]
1–4
4–1
1–1
1–2
1–0
1–0
1–0
6
Athinaikos
14
4
3
7
14
25
−11
25[ b]
2–5
1–0
2–0
0–0
2–0
1–1
1–0
7
Egaleo
14
4
4
6
12
26
−14
26[ b]
0–1
0–0
0–2[ c]
2–1
2–2
3–0
4–1
8
Asteras Athens
14
2
3
9
7
24
−17
21
0–6
1–1
1–1
1–1
1–0
2–1
0–1
Source:
rsssf (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
^ a b 2nd place ranking match:Apollon Athens didn't show up for the match and was awarded 2–0 to Fostiras.
^ a b c 5–7 place ranking match: AEK Athens–Athinaikos 3–2, AEK Athens–Egaleo 1–0, Athinaikos–Egaleo 3–1.
^ The initial 2–1 was canceled. Awarded 0–2 to Apollon Athens
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
OLY
ETH
PRO
ATR
DOX
PAN
ARIS
AEN
1
Olympiacos (Q)
14
11
1
2
51
11
+40
37
South Group
1–1
4–1
7–0
3–0
1–0
6–1
10–1
2
Ethnikos Piraeus (Q)
14
8
4
2
31
16
+15
34
0–2
3–1
3–1
0–0
3–0
3–0
1–0
3
Proodeftiki
14
8
2
4
30
19
+11
32
2–0[ a]
2–2
6–1
2–0
3–1
2–1
3–1
4
Atromitos Piraeus
14
6
3
5
23
32
−9
29
2–0[ b]
5–3
1–0
4–1
0–0
3–2
1–1
5
Doxa Piraeus
14
5
3
6
22
28
−6
27
1–7
2–3
1–4
5–1
2–0
3–2
2–0
6
Panelefsiniakos
14
4
2
8
13
22
−9
24
0–3
1–3
2–0
2–1
0–3
2–1
0–0
7
Aris Piraeus
14
2
4
8
18
30
−12
22
1–2
1–1
2–2
1–1
2–2
2–1
1–0
8
AE Nikaia
14
1
3
10
7
37
−30
19
1–5
0–5
0–2
1–2
0–0
0–4
2–1
Source:
rsssf (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
^ Match didn't occur. Awarded 2–0 to Proodeftiki.
^ Match didn't occur. Awarded 2–0 to Atromitos Piraeus.
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
PAOK
ARIS
IRA
APOL
MAK
POX
1
PAOK (Q)
10
9
1
0
31
6
+25
29
North Group
4–1
5–1
1–0
3–0
2–1
2
Aris (Q)
10
7
1
2
28
11
+17
25
0–1
2–2
3–1
3–1
3–0
3
Iraklis
10
4
2
4
19
17
+2
20
2–2
0–2
3–1
5–0
3–1
4
Apollon Kalamarias
10
4
1
5
16
15
+1
19
1–3
1–2
2–0
2–1
4–0
5
Makedonikos
10
2
2
6
13
20
−7
16
0–1
0–4
1–0
2–2
8–0
6
P.O. Xirokrini
10
0
1
9
4
42
−38
11
0–9
1–8
1–3
0–2
0–0
Source:
rsssf (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Semi–final round
North Group
Source:
rsssf (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Central Group
Source:
rsssf (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
South Group
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
OLY
ETH
PAN
OFI
OLL
1
Olympiacos (Q)
8
8
0
0
26
3
+23
24
Final round
2–0
2–1
6–0
2–0
2
Ethnikos Piraeus (Q)
8
5
1
2
16
9
+7
19
0–1
2–2
1–0
5–1
3
Panachaiki
8
1
3
4
9
12
−3
13
0–1
0–1
2–2
1–2
4
OFI
8
1
2
5
10
20
−10
12
1–3
1–2
1–1
2–1
5
Olympiacos Loutraki[ a]
8
2
0
6
12
29
−17
11
1–9
2–5
1–2
4–3
Source:
rsssf (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
^ Olympiacos Loutraki has -1 point.
Final round
League table
Source:
rsssf (C) Champions
Notes:
^ a b 2nd place ranking match: Panathinaikos withdrew. Awarded 2–0 to Ethnikos Piraeus.
^ a b 4th place ranking match: PAOK–Apollon Athens 1–0.
Top scorers
Rank
Player
Club
Goals
1
Lambis Kouikouridis
PAOK
7
2
Christos Karaoulanis
Ethnikos Piraeus
6
3
Vangelis Panakis
Panathinaikos
5
Giannis Cholevas
Apollon Athens
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