1931–32 Panhellenic Championship Explained

Competition:Panhellenic Championship
Season:1931–32
Winners:Aris
2nd Greek title
Relegated:PAOK
League Topscorer:Nikos Kitsos
(15 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Aris 7–0 Panathinaikos
Biggest Away Win:AEK Athens 0–4 Olympiacos
Highest Scoring:Aris 7–3 Iraklis
Matches:49
Total Goals:180
Longest Unbeaten:Aris
Prevseason:1930–31
Nextseason:1932–33

The 1931–32 Panhellenic Championship was the fourth season of the highest football league of Greece. Aris won their 2nd championship. AEK Athens, Olympiacos and PAOK qualified for the relegation play-offs for the Athenian, Piraeus' and Macedonian Association, respectively.[1] AEK and Olympiacos prevailed in the play-off matches and remained in the national division. PAOK did not take part in the play-off matches against Megas Alexandros, which were scheduled for 18 and 22 September 1932,[2] protesting against the decision of the HFF,[3] [4] which was issued on July 22, 1932, while PAOK had ended his league games, canceling his 3–2 win over Iraklis on 5 June 1932,[5] following the objection of Iraklis against the referee that kept only 1 minute of stoppage time for to the club's supporters storming the pitch and the police intervention[6] to restore order. The match was scheduled to be repeated at the neutral AEK Stadium[7] in Athens on September 11.[8] PAOK did not appear in the match and Iraklis was declared the winner without a match by the decision of the HFF,[9] overtaking PAOK in the standings. PAOK was then appointed by the HFF to give double qualifying matches with the then champion of Macedonia Megas Alexandros, however it did not show up again in either of the two matches, as a result of which it lost both games without a match. Thus, PAOK were relegated to the regional championship of Macedonia for the first time in its history.

It was held as a national division, in which 8 teams from the 3 founding Associations of the HFF, participated and resulted as follows:

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 1932–33 Panhellenic Championship. The point system was: Win: 2 points - Draw: 1 point - Loss: 0 points.

League table

Results

Relegation play-offs

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a. PAOK refused to participate to the relegation play-offs as a protest to the decision of HFF to cancel the 3–2 win over Iraklis that would have PAOK qualified directly to the next season's championship. As a result, PAOK did not show up for any of the matches and both were awarded 2–0 to Megas Alexandros.

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Nikos KitsosAris15
2 Nikolaos AggelakisAris14
3 Iordanis PapaiordanidisPAOK10
4 BourletidisEthnikos Piraeus9
5 ProkopiouApollon Athens8
Vasilios AndrianopoulosOlympiacos
6 TriantafyllidisPanathinaikos6
Giannis VazosOlympiacos
KavourmatzidisPAOK

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ? ΘΡΙΑΜΒΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΚΟΥ ΠΟΔΟΣΦΑΙΡΟΥ. Οι Άσσοι του Άρεως. 7 May 2023.
  2. Web site: Αθλητικά Χρονικά, 19 και 23 September 1932. https://web.archive.org/web/20210428170249/https://srv-web1.parliament.gr/display_doc.asp?item=43504. 28 April 2021. (dp. 491, 501)
  3. Web site: Εφημερίδα «Μακεδονία», paper 23 July 1932. efimeris.nlg.gr. 11 April 2019.
  4. Web site: Αθλητικά Χρονικά, 23 July 1932. (dp. 345)
  5. Web site: εφημεριδα ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ 6/6/1932. efimeris.nlg.gr. 2020-01-29.
  6. Web site: Εφ. Μακεδονία, paper 26 July 1932, p.3. efimeris.nlg.gr. 2 October 2019.
  7. Web site: Εφ. Μακεδονία, paper 10 September 1932, p.3 . efimeris.nlg.gr. ΕΦΗΜΕΡΙΔΑ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ. 26 June 2019.
  8. Web site: Αθλητικά Χρονικά, 8 September 1932. (dp. 467)
  9. Web site: Αθλητικά Χρονικά, 14 και 15 September 1932. (dp. 479,485)