1955–56 Panhellenic Championship

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.

Panhellenic Championship
Season1955–56
ChampionsOlympiacos
12th Greek title
Relegatednone
Matches played30
Goals scored78 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorerLambis Kouikouridis
(7 goals)
Biggest home winOlympiacos 3–1 Aris
Ethnikos Piraeus 2–0 Apollon Athens
Panathinaikos 3–1 PAOK
Panathinaikos 2–0 Aris
PAOK 4–2 Aris
Biggest away winAris 0–2 Ethnikos Piraeus
Highest scoringApollon Athens 4–3 Ethnikos Piraeus
Longest winless runAris (10 Matches)

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.

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