1945–46 Panhellenic Championship Explained

Competition:Panhellenic Championship
Season:1945–46
Winners:Aris
3rd Greek title
Relegated:none
League Topscorer:Kleanthis Vikelidis
(3 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Olympiacos 4–0 Aris
Biggest Away Win:none
Highest Scoring:Aris 4–1 AEK Athens
Matches:6
Total Goals:13
Longest Wins:Aris (2 matches)
Longest Unbeaten:Aris (3 matches)
Longest Winless:Olympiacos (3 matches)
Longest Losses:Olympiacos (2 matches)
Highest Attendance:8,000
Prevseason:1944–45
Nextseason:1946–47

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.

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

Athens Football Clubs Association

width=190Teamwidth=28width=28width=28width=35width=28Qualification
1AEK Athens (Q)1549192.57938Final round
2Asteras Athens1541182.27838
3Panathinaikos1435132.69234
4Panionios1543291.48334
5Fostiras1527231.17432
6Athinaikos1421240.87528
7Apollon Athens1422201.10027
8Enosi Pangrati1413260.50026
9Olympiacos Athens1418310.58125
10Atlas Athens1424300.80024
11Atromitos1519350.54320
12Arion Kolonaki138540.14815

a. The ranking was formed based on the goal ratio.

Piraeus Football Clubs Association

width=190Teamwidth=28width=28width=28width=35width=28Qualification
1Olympiacos (Q)135687.00037Final round
2Ethnikos Piraeus1442123.50037
3Proodeftiki1438182.11131
4Aris Piraeus1427241.12528
5Atromitos Piraeus1425221.13627
6Amyna Nikaia1417400.42521
7Argonaftis Piraeus1313300.43318
8Thiseas Piraeus143630.04812

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

width=190Teamwidth=28width=28width=28width=35width=28Qualification
1Aris (Q)1025Final round
2Iraklis1022
3PAOK1021
4Megas Alexandros1019
5Makedonikos1018
6MENT1014

Final round

League table

Matches

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Kleanthis VikelidisAris3
2 Alekos ChatzistavridisOlympiacos2
Giorgos NikoloisAEK Athens

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Η ιστορία της ΑΕΚ. aek.com.