1931–32 Panhellenic Championship

The 1931–32 Panhellenic Championship was the 4th season of the highest football league of Greece. It was held as a national division, in which 8 teams from the 3 founding Associations of the HFF, participated and resulted as follows:

Panhellenic Championship
Season1931–32
ChampionsAris
2nd Greek title
RelegatedPAOK
Matches played49
Goals scored180 (3.67 per match)
Top goalscorerNikos Kitsos (15)
Biggest home winAris vs Panathinaikos 7–0
Biggest away winAEK Athens vs Olympiacos 0–4
Highest scoringAris vs Iraklis 7–3
Longest unbeaten runAris

These teams did not participate in the regional championships and their stay in the national division was judged by a play-off round. According to the regulations of the time, whoever finished in a lower position than the other teams of the same Association had to play a two-legged round against the winner of the corresponding regional championship to decide who will qualify for the 1932–33 Panhellenic Championship.

Aris won its 2nd championship. On the other hand, AEK Athens, Olympiacos and PAOK qualified for the relegation play-offs for the Athenian, Piraeus' and Macedonian Association, respectively. AEK and Olympiacos prevailed in the play-off matches and remained in the national division. On the contrary, PAOK did not take part in the play-off matches against Megas Alexandros, which were scheduled for September 18 and 22, 1932,[1] protesting against the decision of the HFF,[2][3] which was issued on July 22, 1932, while PAOK had ended his league games, canceling his 3-2 win over Iraklis on June 5, 1932,[4] following Iraklis' objection for the referee that kept only 1 minute stoppage time due to entrance of the club's men on the pitch and the police intervention [5] to restore order. The match was scheduled to be repeated at the neutral stadium of AEK[6] in Athens on September 11. [7] PAOK did not appear in the match and Iraklis was declared the winner without a match by the decision of the HFF,[8] overtaking PAOK in the standings. PAOK was then appointed by the HFF to give double qualifying matches with the then champion of Macedonia Megas Alexandros, however it did not showed up again in either of the two matches, as a result of which it lost both games without a match and was relegated to the regional championship of Macedonia.

The point system was: Win: 2 points - Draw: 1 point - Loss: 0 points.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Aris (C) 14 9 4 1 38 10 +28 22 1932-33 Panhellenic Championship
2 Panathinaikos 14 8 2 4 24 22 +2 18
3 Apollon Athens 14 7 2 5 21 19 +2 16
4 Ethnikos Piraeus 14 4 4 6 19 17 +2 12
5 Olympiacos 14 5 2 7 22 20 +2 12 Relegation play-offs
6 Iraklis 14 5 2 7 25 32 −7 12 1932-33 Panhellenic Championship
7 PAOK (R) 14 5 1 8 18 25 −7 11 Relegation play-offs
8 AEK Athens 14 4 1 9 13 35 −22 9
Source: rsssf
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Results
Home \ Away ARIS PAO APOL ETH OLY IRA PAOK AEK
Aris 7–0 6–1 2–1 2–1 7–3 2–0 3–0
Panathinaikos 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 7–1 2–1 3–1
Apollon Athens 1–1 3–0 0–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 2–0
Ethnikos Piraeus 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 6–0
Olympiacos 0–3 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–2 2–3 4–0
Iraklis 0–0 1–3 3–0 3–2 0–2 2–5 5–0
PAOK 0–3 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 0–2[lower-alpha 1] 2–2
AEK Athens 2–1 0–1 1–2 3–1 0–4 2–1 2–0
Source: rsssf
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The initial 3–2 on June 5 was canceled after an objection by Iraklis and was set to be repeated on September 11 at a neutral ground. PAOK did not show up for the match. Awarded 2–0 to Iraklis.

Relegation play-offs
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olympiacos 8–1 Amyna Piraeus 6–1 2–0
PAOK 0–4 Megas Alexandros 0–2[a] 0–2[a]
AEK Athens 5–3 Goudi 2–2 3–1
a. ^ PAOK refused to participate to the relegation play-offs as a protest to the decision of HFF to cancel the 3–2 win over Iraklis that would have PAOK qualified directly to the next season's championship. As a result, PAOK did not show up for any of the matches and both were awarded 2–0 to Megas Alexandros.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Nikos Kitsos Aris 15
2 Nikolaos Aggelakis Aris 14
3 Iordanis Papaiordanidis PAOK 10
4 Bourletidis Ethnikos Piraeus 9
5 Prokopiou Apollon Athens 8
Vassilis Andrianopoulos Olympiacos
6 Triantafillidis Panathinaikos 6
Giannis Vazos Olympiacos
Kavourmatzidis PAOK

References
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  2. "Εφημερίδα «Μακεδονία», paper 23 July 1932". efimeris.nlg.gr. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  3. "Αθλητικά Χρονικά, 23 July 1932". (dp. 345)
  4. "Digital Library - PDF Document εφημεριδα ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ 6/6/1932". efimeris.nlg.gr. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  5. "Εφ. Μακεδονία, paper 26 July 1932, p.3". efimeris.nlg.gr. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
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  7. "Αθλητικά Χρονικά, 8 Semptember 1932". (dp. 467)
  8. "Αθλητικά Χρονικά, 14 και 15 Semptember 1932". (dp. 479,485)
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