1930–31 Panhellenic Championship Explained
| Competition: | Panhellenic Championship |
| Season: | 1930–31 |
| Winners: | Olympiacos
1st Greek title |
| Relegated: | none |
| League Topscorer: | Nikos Kitsos
(13 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Iraklis 8–1 AEK Athens |
| Biggest Away Win: | Iraklis 0–4 Olympiacos
Apollon Athens 0–4 Panathinaikos |
| Highest Scoring: | Iraklis 8–1 AEK Athens |
| Matches: | 49 |
| Total Goals: | 202 |
| Longest Unbeaten: | Olympiacos |
| Prevseason: | 1929–30 |
| Nextseason: | 1931–32 |
The 1930–31 Panhellenic Championship was the third season of the highest football league of Greece. Olympiacos emerged champion for the 1st time in its history. Apollon Athens, Ethnikos Piraeus and Iraklis qualified for the relegation play-offs for the Athenian, Piraeus' and Macedonian Association, respectively. All three prevailed over their opponents and remained in the national division.
The tournament was held as a national division, in which 8 teams from the 3 founding Associations of the HFF, participated and resulted as follows:
- Athenian Championship: The 3 highest-ranked teams.
- Piraeus' Championship: The 2 highest-ranked teams.
- Macedonian Championship: The 3 highest-ranked teams.
These teams did not participate in the regional championships and their stay in the national division was judged by a play-off round. According to the regulations of the time, whoever finished in a lower position than the other teams of the same Association had to play a two-legged round against the winner of the corresponding regional championship to decide who will qualify for the next season's Panhellenic Championship.
The point system was: Win: 2 points - Draw: 1 point - Loss: 0 points.
Qualification round
Athens Football Clubs Association
- It was held in a group in the form of a one-round tournament (6 matches), but the championship was considered to have ended despite the fact that some clubs had not completed their matches.
Piraeus Football Clubs Association
- The championship started initially with 4 teams, until Olympiacos and Ethnikos Piraeus left and joined the national division. Then, the championship continued with the 2 remaining teams. In the first 2 matches between them for the championship, the matches ended in a draw with 1–1 and 3–3 respectively.[1] A double final was held at Neo Phaliron Velodrome to decide the champion. In the 1st match of the final held on Sunday, March 29, 1931, Amyna Kokkinia prevailed by 4–1[2] and in the 2nd match on Sunday, April 5, 1931, won again by 2–1 and officially became champion.[3] [4] The standings until the departure of Olympiacos and Ethnikos Piraeus were as follows:
Macedonia Football Clubs Association
- The championship started with the participation of 6 clubs, but was interrupted in December 1930 after the draw of the national division,[5] where Aris, PAOK and Iraklis would participate. The remaining 3 teams, however, continued in a mini championship in which Megas Alexandros prevailed.[6]
Final round
League table
Relegation play-offs
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Top scorers
External links
Notes and References
- https://srv-web1.parliament.gr/display_doc.asp? newsp. "Ethnos", Saturday, March 28, 1931, p. 4 (dig. p. 190)
- https://srv-web1.parliament.gr/display_doc.asp? newsp. "Ethnos", Monday, March 30, 1931, p. 4 (dig. p. 206)
- https://srv-web1.parliament.gr/display_doc.asp? newsp. "Ethnos", Monday, April 6, 1931, p. 4 (dig. p. 254)
- https://srv-web1.parliament.gr/display_doc.asp? newsp. "Athletic Press", April 6, 1931, p. 3 (dig. p. 327)
- http://efimeris.nlg.gr/ns/pdfwin.asp? 1930 Macedonia, 22-12-1930 p.3
- http://efimeris.nlg.gr/ns/pdfwin.asp? 1931 Macedonia, 29 -12-1930, p.3
