# 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.
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
### Athens Football Clubs Association

| 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 | Central Group | 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 | Central Group | 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 | | 1–4 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 6 | Athinaikos | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 25 | −11 | 25 | | 2–5 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 7 | Egaleo | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 26 | −14 | 26 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 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 | |
* 1 2 2nd place ranking match:Apollon Athens didn't show up for the match and was awarded 2–0 to Fostiras.
* 1 2 3 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

### Piraeus Football Clubs Association

| 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 | South Group | 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 | 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 | 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 | |
* ↑ Match didn't occur. Awarded 2–0 to Proodeftiki.
* ↑ Match didn't occur. Awarded 2–0 to Atromitos Piraeus.

### Macedonia Football Clubs Association

| 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 | North Group | 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 | |

## Semi–final round
### North Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARIS | PAOK | DOX | ORF |
| 1 | Aris (Q) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 17 | Final round | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | PAOK (Q) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 15 | Final round | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Doxa Drama | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 9 | | 1–2 | 2–3 | | 1–1 |
| 4 | Orfeas Xanthi | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 21 | −19 | 7 | | 0–3 | 0–6 | 0–3 | |

### Central Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAO | APOL | NVL | FOS | OLY |
| 1 | Panathinaikos (Q) | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 23 | Final round | | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Apollon Athens (Q) | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 19 | Final round | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Niki Volos | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 18 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Fostiras | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 10 | | 0–1 | 3–6 | 0–1 | | 0–1 |
| 5 | Olympiacos Chalkida | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 10 | | 0–2 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 3–4 | |

### 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 | Final round | 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 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 29 | −17 | 11 | | 1–9 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 4–3 | |
* ↑ Olympiacos Loutraki has -1 point.

## Final round
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | OLY | ETH | PAO | PAOK | APOL | ARIS |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 23 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 22 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 22 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 4 | PAOK | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 4–2 |
| 5 | Apollon Athens | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 20 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 2–1 |
| 6 | Aris | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 13 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
* 1 2 2nd place ranking match: Panathinaikos withdrew. Awarded 2–0 to Ethnikos Piraeus.
* 1 2 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 |
| 3 | Giannis Cholevas | Apollon Athens | 5 |