# 1957–58 Panhellenic Championship

The 1957–58 Panhellenic Championship was the 22nd season of the highest football league of Greece. Olympiacos won their 14th championship (5 consecutive) after an interesting race with AEK Athens and Panathinaikos.
Compared to the previous season, the teams that participated in the final phase of the championship increased by 2 (12 out of 10) and resulted as follows:
* Athenian Championship: The first 4 teams of the ranking.
* Piraeus' Championship: The first 3 teams of the ranking.
* Macedonian Championship: The first 3 teams of the ranking.
* Regional Championship: The 2 winners (North and South Group).
The qualifying round matches took place from 22 September 1957 to 15 January 1958, while the final phase took place from 19 January to 23 July 1958. 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 | APOL | AEK | PAO | PGSS | FOS | ATH | AST | EGA |
| 1 | Apollon Athens (Q) | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 17 | +24 | 37 | Final round | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 8–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | AEK Athens (Q) | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 14 | +16 | 36 | Final round | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Panathinaikos (Q) | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 32 | Final round | 2–3 | 0–1 | | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Panionios (Q) | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 28 | Final round | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| 5 | Fostiras | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 25 | | 2–5 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| 6 | Athinaikos | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 24 | | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| 7 | Asteras Athens | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | −17 | 22 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 |
| 8 | Egaleo | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 25 | −13 | 20 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | |

### Piraeus Football Clubs Association

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | OLY | PRO | ETH | ATR | PAN | ARIS | AEN | FIL |
| 1 | Olympiacos (Q) | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 12 | +29 | 40 | Final round | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Proodeftiki (Q) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 13 | +21 | 35 | Final round | 1–1 | | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Ethnikos Piraeus (Q) | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 14 | +20 | 32 | Final round | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Atromitos Piraeus | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 32 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| 5 | Panelefsiniakos | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 22 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| 6 | Aris Piraeus | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 36 | −23 | 22 | | 0–7 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| 7 | AE Nikaia | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 36 | −18 | 21 | | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | | 6–1 |
| 8 | Filathloi Nikaia | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 37 | −28 | 18 | | 0–3 | 1–5 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | |
* 1 2 3rd place ranking match: Ethnikos Piraeus–Atromitos Piraeus 1–1. Ethnikos Piraeus was qualified due to better goal difference.
* ↑ Panelefsiniakos has 2 defeats without a match and -2 points.
* ↑ The match did not occur. Awarded 0–2 to Atromitos Piraeus.
* ↑ The match did not occur. Awarded 2–0 to Aris Piraeus.

### Macedonia Football Clubs Association

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | APOL | IRA | PAOK | ARIS | THER | MAK |
| 1 | Apollon Kalamarias (Q) | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 25 | Final round | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Iraklis (Q) | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 23 | Final round | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | PAOK (Q) | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 22 | Final round | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Aris | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 22 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 3–0 | 6–1 |
| 5 | Thermaikos | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 15 | | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 2–2 |
| 6 | Makedonikos | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 32 | −23 | 13 | | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 0–3 | |
* 1 2 3rd place ranking match: PAOK–Aris 1–1. PAOK was qualified due to better goal difference.

### Regional Championship
#### South Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | OFI | PAN | PNN | OLY |
| 1 | OFI (Q) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 17 | Final round | | 3–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Panachaiki | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 12 | | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Pannafpliakos | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 11 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| 4 | Olympiacos Chalkidas | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 8 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |

#### North Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DOX | ASP | NIK |
| 1 | Doxa Dramas (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 10 | Final round | | 5–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Aspida Xanthi | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 9 | | 2–1 | | 3–2 |
| 3 | Niki Volos | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 5 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | |

## Final round
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 14 | +26 | 55 | Qualified for European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 39 | 19 | +20 | 53 | |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 53 | |
| 4 | Apollon Kalamarias | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 46 | |
| 5 | Panionios | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 45 | |
| 6 | Proodeftiki | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 43 | |
| 7 | Doxa Drama | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 42 | |
| 8 | PAOK | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 42 | |
| 9 | Apollon Athens | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 40 | |
| 10 | Iraklis | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 27 | −11 | 40 | |
| 11 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 39 | |
| 12 | OFI | 22 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 63 | −43 | 28 | |
* ↑ Ethnikos Piraeus has 1 defeat without a match and -2 points.

### Results

| Home \ Away | OLY | AEK | PAO | APK | PGSS | PRO | DOX | PAOK | APA | IRA | ETH | OFI |
| Olympiacos | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 6–0 |
| AEK Athens | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Panathinaikos | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Apollon Kalamarias | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| Panionios | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Proodeftiki | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Doxa Drama | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 |
| PAOK | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 2–3 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 6–3 |
| Apollon Athens | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Iraklis | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Ethnikos Piraeus | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 7–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | | 3–0 |
| OFI | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 2–3 | |
* ↑ Suspended at 76th minute while the score was 2–0 for Proodeftiki. That remained as the final score.
* ↑ Match suspended at 17th minute. Awarded 0–2 to Proodeftiki.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Kostas Georgopoulos | Panionios | 21 |
| 2 | Kostas Nestoridis | AEK Athens | 12 |
| 3 | Dimitris Theofanis | Panathinaikos | 11 |