1957–58 Panhellenic Championship

Panhellenic Championship
Season	1957–58
Champions	Olympiacos; 14th Greek title
Relegated	none
European Cup	Olympiacos
Matches played	132
Goals scored	373 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kostas Georgopoulos; (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Olympiacos 6–0 OFI
Biggest away win	Apollon Kalamarias 1–5 Apollon Athens
Highest scoring	Ethnikos Piraeus 7–2 PAOK; PAOK 6–3 OFI
Longest winless run	OFI
	← 1956–57 1958–59 →

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[edit]

Athens Football Clubs Association[edit]

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		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		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		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

Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Piraeus Football Clubs Association[edit]

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		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^[a]		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^[a]		1–1	0–1	0–1		3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1
5	Panelefsiniakos^[b]	14	3	4	7	14	22	−8	22		0–3	1–1	0–2	0–2^[c]		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^[d]		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

Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b 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[edit]

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		0–0		2–1	0–1	1–1	3–0
3	PAOK (Q)	10	5	2	3	16	8	+8	22^[a]		1–0	0–2		1–1	2–0	3–0
4	Aris	10	4	4	2	16	9	+7	22^[a]		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

Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b 3rd place ranking match: PAOK–Aris 1–1. PAOK was qualified due to better goal difference.

Regional Championship[edit]

South Group[edit]

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

Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

North Group[edit]

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

Source: rsssf
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Final round[edit]

League table[edit]

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^[a]	22	6	7	9	31	31	0	39
12	OFI	22	1	4	17	20	63	−43	28

Source: rsssf
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Ethnikos Piraeus has 1 defeat without a match and -2 points.

Results[edit]

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^[a]	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^[b]	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

Source: rsssf
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ 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[edit]

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

External links[edit]

Rsssf, 1957-58 championship
Andreas Mpomis «Γκολ 2000 Ένας αιώνας ποδόσφαιρο», Pelekanos Publications, Athens 1999, p. 260-264.
G. Kousounelos «Η ιστορία του ελληνικού ποδοσφαίρου 1896-1985», vol 2, Nikitopoulos Publications, Athens 1985, p. 225-235.
Christos Nerantzis «Παγκόσμιο ποδόσφαιρο», vol 2, Nastos Publications, Thessaloniki 1975, p. 442, 443.

[table_hth_ETH0.13410683215321-1] 3rd place ranking match: Ethnikos Piraeus–Atromitos Piraeus 1–1. Ethnikos Piraeus was qualified due to better goal difference.

[table_note_PAN0.13410683215321-2] Panelefsiniakos has 2 defeats without a match and -2 points.

[table_note_PAN_ATR0.13410683215321-3] The match did not occur. Awarded 0–2 to Atromitos Piraeus.

[table_note_ARIS_PAN0.13410683215321-4] The match did not occur. Awarded 2–0 to Aris Piraeus.

[table_hth_PAOK0.58664429261659-5] 3rd place ranking match: PAOK–Aris 1–1. PAOK was qualified due to better goal difference.

[table_note_ETH0.79162634154392-6] Ethnikos Piraeus has 1 defeat without a match and -2 points.

[table_note_1_PRO_ETH0.18726044436323-7] Suspended at 76th minute while the score was 2–0 for Proodeftiki. That remained as the final score.

[table_note_1_ETH_PRO0.18726044436323-8] Match suspended at 17th minute. Awarded 0–2 to Proodeftiki.

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