| Season | 1955–56 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Olympiacos 12th Greek title |
| Relegated | none |
| Matches | 30 |
| Goals | 78 (2.6 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Lambis Kouikouridis (7 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Olympiacos 3–1 Aris Ethnikos Piraeus 2–0 Apollon Athens Panathinaikos 3–1 PAOK Panathinaikos 2–0 Aris PAOK 4–2 Aris |
| Biggest away win | Aris 0–2 Ethnikos Piraeus |
| Highest scoring | Apollon Athens 4–3 Ethnikos Piraeus |
| Longest winless run | Aris (10 Matches) |
1956–57 → | |
The1955–56Panhellenic Championship was the 20th season of the highestfootball league of Greece and an exceptionally interesting championship, since 5 out of the 6 teams were challenging for the title until the final fixture, whileAris was left behind from the beginning. In the endOlympiacos 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:
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:
The point system was:Win: 3 points -Draw: 2 points -Loss: 1 point.
| 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[a] | 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[a] | 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[b] | 1–4 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |||
| 6 | Athinaikos | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 25 | −11 | 25[b] | 2–5 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |||
| 7 | Egaleo | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 26 | −14 | 26[b] | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2[c] | 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 |
| 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 | 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[a] | 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[b] | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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[a] | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 29 | −17 | 11 | 1–9 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 4–3 |
| 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[a] | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | ||
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 22[a] | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | PAOK | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 20[b] | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | ||
| 5 | Apollon Athens | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 20[b] | 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 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PAOK | 7 | |
| 2 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 6 | |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 5 | |
| Apollon Athens |