1952–53 Panhellenic Championship

The 1952–53 Panhellenic Championship was the 17th season of the highest football league of Greece. It was the last season in which the title of champion was to be claimed by the winning clubs from the three main football associations representing the major urban centers (Athens, Piraeus and Thessaloniki). It was also the last in which the final phase was held with the presence of only three teams, the champions of the above associations.

Panhellenic Championship
Season1952–53
ChampionsPanathinaikos
3rd Greek title
Relegatednone
Matches played6
Goals scored8 (1.33 per match)
Top goalscorernot awarded
Biggest home winOlympiacos 3–1 Aris
Biggest away winAris 0–1 Panathinaikos
Highest scoringOlympiacos 3–1 Aris
Longest unbeaten runPanathinaikos
Olympiacos (4 Matches)
Longest winless runAris (4 Matches)
Longest losing runAris

The championship was won by Panathinaikos, in a mediocre final as it developed into a final phase, where in 6 games a total of only 8 goals were scored by the three teams, all from different players, with the result that there was no top scorer for the event. The point system was: Win: 3 points - Draw: 2 points - Loss: 1 point.

Qualification round

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Athens Football Clubs Association

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAO APOL AEK PGSS AST FOS
1 Panathinaikos (Q) 9 6 2 1 20 9 +11 23 Final round 1–0 2–0 3–3 1–0 5–2
2 Apollon Athens 9 5 2 2 19 6 +13 21 1–1 1–0 5–2 6–0 3–1
3 AEK Athens 9 5 1 3 23 10 +13 20 2–0 0–0 6–1 3–0
4 Panionios 9 4 1 4 20 21 −1 18 1–4 0–3 3–1 4–1 3–2
5 Asteras Athens 9 2 1 6 6 24 −18 14 1–0 2–6 1–0 0–0
6 Fostiras 9 1 1 7 8 26 −18 12 0–3 1–5 1–4 1–0
Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
  • The games of the last matchday were not held, because the enlisted football players were not allowed to play with their clubs due to the obligations of the Greek military team in the SISM World Football Cup. The ranking after the completion of the penultimate matchday was considered final.

Piraeus Football Clubs Association

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OLY ETH PAN AEN ATR PRO
1 Olympiacos (Q) 10 9 1 0 42 2 +40 29 Final round 1–0 4–0 6–0 3–0 8–0
2 Ethnikos Piraeus 10 5 3 2 23 8 +15 23 1–1 0–0 4–1 0–1 8–1
3 Panelefsiniakos 10 5 2 3 12 15 −3 22 0–4 1–4 0–0 1–0 1–0
4 AE Nikaia 10 2 2 6 11 27 −16 16[a] 0–7 1–1 1–4 3–0 1–2
5 Atromitos Piraeus 10 3 0 7 6 17 −11 16[a] 0–4 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–1
6 Proodeftiki 10 2 0 8 9 34 −25 14 1–4 0–3 1–3 2–4 1–0
Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 4th place ranking match: AE Nikaia–Atromitos Piraeus 6–0.

Macedonia Football Clubs Association

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ARIS IRA APOL PAOK MAK MEG
1 Aris (Q) 10 5 3 2 13 6 +7 23[a] Final round 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–1
2 Iraklis 10 5 3 2 11 7 +4 23[a] 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–2
3 Apollon Kalamarias 10 4 3 3 17 18 −1 21 1–1 2–2 0–3 3–1 2–0
4 PAOK 10 4 1 5 11 11 0 19 0–3 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–1
5 Makedonikos 10 3 2 5 14 15 −1 18 1–0 0–1 4–1 1–1 1–1
6 Megas Alexandros 10 2 2 6 9 18 −9 16 0–2 1–0 2–4 0–2 1–3
Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 1st place ranking matches: Aris–Iraklis 0–0, 1–0.

Final round

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PAO OLY ARIS
1 Panathinaikos (C) 4 2 2 0 3 1 +2 10 0–0 1–0
2 Olympiacos 4 1 3 0 4 2 +2 9 1–1 3–1
3 Aris 4 0 1 3 1 5 −4 5 0–1 0–0
Source: rsssf
(C) Champions

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Giorgos Kopanidis Aris 1
  Kostas Chatzinikolaou Panathinaikos
  Filippos Asimakopoulos Panathinaikos
  Giannis Nempidis Panathinaikos
  Georgios Darivas Olympiacos
  Giorgos Kansos Olympiacos
  Dimitrios Kokkinakis Olympiacos
  Papaggelou Olympiacos
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