# 1958–59 Panhellenic Championship

The 1958–59 Panhellenic Championship was the 23rd season of the highest football league of Greece and the last one that was held with the system of qualifying rounds per local association, as from the following year the structure of Greek football changed with the introduction of Alpha Ethniki, as well as the other categories in following seasons. Olympiacos won their 15th championship (6 consecutive) after an interesting race with AEK Athens.
Compared to the previous season, the teams that participated in the final round of the championship decreased by 2 (10 out of 12) and resulted 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.
* Regional Championship: The 2 winners (North and South Group).
* An additional position was secured after a play-off round between the third teams Piraeus' and Macedonian Championship.
The qualifying round matches took place from 7 September 1958 to 14 January 1959, while the final round took place from 21 January to 21 June 1959. 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 |
| 1 | Panathinaikos (Q) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 7 | +16 | 37 | Final round 1959–60 Alpha Ethniki |
| 2 | Panionios (Q) | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 34 | Final round 1959–60 Alpha Ethniki |
| 3 | AEK Athens (Q) | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 33 | Final round 1959–60 Alpha Ethniki |
| 4 | Apollon Athens | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 31 | 1959–60 Alpha Ethniki |
| 5 | Egaleo | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 27 | |
| 6 | Fostiras | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 24 | |
| 7 | Asteras Athens | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 21 | |
| 8 | Athinaikos | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 33 | −30 | 17 | |
| Home \ Away | PAO | PGSS | AEK | APOL | EGA | FOS | AST | ATH |
| Panathinaikos | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| Panionios | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 3–0 |
| AEK Athens | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Apollon Athens | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Egaleo | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 |
| Fostiras | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Asteras Athens | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 3–0 |
| Athinaikos | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | |

### Piraeus Football Clubs Association

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Olympiacos (Q) | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 7 | +23 | 39 | Final round 1959–60 Alpha Ethniki |
| 2 | Ethnikos Piraeus (Q) | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 32 | Final round 1959–60 Alpha Ethniki |
| 3 | AE Nikaia (A) | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 29 | 3rd-place play-offs 1959–60 Alpha Ethniki |
| 4 | Proodeftiki | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 28 | 1959–60 promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Panelefsiniakos | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 27 | |
| 6 | Aris Piraeus | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 25 | |
| 7 | Atromitos Piraeus | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 24 | |
| 8 | Argonaftis | 14 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 24 | −12 | 20 | |
| Home \ Away | OLY | ETH | AEN | PRO | PAN | ARIS | ATR | ARG |
| Olympiacos | | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Ethnikos Piraeus | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| AE Nikaia | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Proodeftiki | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Panelefsiniakos | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Aris Piraeus | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 4–1 | 2–2 |
| Atromitos Piraeus | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 3–2 |
| Argonaftis | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |

### Macedonia Football Clubs Association

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Aris (Q) | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 25 | Final round 1959–60 Alpha Ethniki |
| 2 | PAOK (Q) | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 23 | Final round 1959–60 Alpha Ethniki |
| 3 | Apollon Kalamarias (A) | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 21 | 3rd-place play-offs 1959–60 Alpha Ethniki |
| 4 | Iraklis | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 21 | 1959–60 promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Thermaikos | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 15 | |
| 6 | Makedonikos | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 22 | −15 | 14 | |
* ↑ Apollon Kalamarias has 1 defeat without a match and -1 point.
* 1 2 3rd place ranking match: Apollon Kalamarias–Iraklis 1–1. Apollon was qualified due to better goal difference.
| Home \ Away | ARIS | PAOK | APOL | IRA | THER | MAK |
| Aris | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 |
| PAOK | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 |
| Apollon Kalamarias | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Iraklis | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Thermaikos | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 1–0 |
| Makedonikos | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
* ↑ Suspended at the 83rd minute while the score was 2–1 for PAOK. That remained as the final score.

### Piraeus/Macedonia 3rd teams play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| AE Nikaia | 2–3 | Apollon Kalamarias | 0–1 | 2–2 |

### Regional Championship
#### North Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Doxa Drama (Q) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 16 | Final round 1959–60 Alpha Ethniki |
| 2 | Megas Alexandros | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 15 | 1959–60 Alpha Ethniki |
| 3 | Aspida Xanthi | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 10 | 1959–60 promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Achileas Trikalon | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 7 | |
| Home \ Away | DOX | MEG | ASP | ACH |
| Doxa Drama | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 |
| Megas Alexandros | 4–2 | | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Aspida Xanthi | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 3–2 |
| Achileas Trikalon | 2–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | |

#### South Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pankorithiakos (A) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 10 | South Group play-offs 1959–60 Alpha Ethniki |
| 2 | Olympiacos Chalkida | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 10 | 1959–60 South Group 2nd-place play-offs |
| 3 | Diagoras | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 4 | |
* 1 2 Ranking match: Pankorithiakos–Olympiacos Chalkida 1–0.
| Home \ Away | PAN | OLY | DIA |
| Pankorithiakos | | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Olympiacos Chalkida | 2–1 | | 2–0 |
| Diagoras | 0–2 | 0–2 | |

#### South Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Panegialios (A) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 11 | South Group play-offs 1959–60 Alpha Ethniki |
| 2 | OFI | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 8 | 1959–60 South Group 2nd-place play-offs |
| 3 | Apollon Kalamata | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 5 | |
| Home \ Away | PAN | OFI | APOL |
| Panegialios | | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| OFI | 0–0 | | 4–0 |
| Apollon Kalamata | 1–6 | 1–1 | |

#### South Group play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Panegialios | 5–2 | Pankorithiakos | 4–2 | 1–0 |

## Final round
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 19 | +24 | 48 | Qualification for European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 20 | +19 | 46 | |
| 3 | Panionios | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 37 | |
| 4 | Panathinaikos | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 36 | |
| 5 | Doxa Drama | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 35 | |
| 6 | Aris | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 34 | |
| 7 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 32 | |
| 8 | PAOK | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 34 | −20 | 32 | |
| 9 | Apollon Kalamarias | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 30 | |
| 10 | Panegialios | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 29 | |
* ↑ Apollon Kalamarias has a defeat without a match and –1 point.
* ↑ Panegialios has a victory without a match.

### Results

| Home \ Away | OLY | AEK | PGSS | PAO | DOX | ARIS | ETH | PAOK | APOL | PAN |
| Olympiacos | | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| AEK Athens | 1–2 | | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 |
| Panionios | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Panathinaikos | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Doxa Dramas | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Aris | 1–5 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Ethnikos Piraeus | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| PAOK | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Apollon Kalamarias | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 0–2 |
| Panegialios | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |
* ↑ Match suspended at 70th minute. Awarded 0–2 to Panegialios.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Kostas Nestoridis | AEK Athens | 21 |
| 2 | Elias Yfantis | Olympiacos | 13 |
| 3 | Thanasis Loukanidis | Doxa Drama | 9 |