The 1939–40

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was the 11th season of the highest

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league of Greece and the last before the

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took place. It was carried out with a system similar to that of the previous season in which 14 teams participated again, 8 from the Cental and 6 from Northern Greece, which were divided into groups. As in the previous year, in order to complete the championship, since it took a total of 30 matchdays, the teams that qualified for the national championship did not compete with each other again but transferred the mutual results of the local championships. The teams of the Cental Greece formed the Southern group and resulted as follows: *

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Championship: The first 5 teams of the ranking. * Piraeus' Championship: The first 3 teams of the ranking. The teams of the Νorthern Group were initially divided into two subgroups. The teams of the

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formed the Northern subgroup A and resulted as follows: * Macedonian Championship: The first 3 teams of the ranking. The teams of

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, Eastern Macedonia and

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formed the Northern subgroup B and resulted as follows: *Serres' Championship: The winner. *Thracian Championship: The winner. *Eastern Macedonian Championship: The winner. The two winners competed in double games to become the champion of the Northern group. The champions of South and North,

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and PAOK, competed in a 2-legged final for the title. AEK was crowned champion for their 2nd Championship (2 consecutive), with

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being the protagonist as the last year. AEK had a great team then and throughout the year they had only one defeat in the Southern group against

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

. Both in the local championship of Athens, and in both of the finals, AEK achieved only victories. The point system was: ''Win: 3 points'' - ''Draw: 2 points'' - ''Loss: 1 point''.

Qualification Round

Athens Football Clubs Association

Piraeus Football Clubs Association

: a. The ranking and the points are the final but the reported goal difference is of the 7th matchday. : b. The ranking and the points are the final but the reported goal difference is of the penultimate (9th) matchday.

Macedonia Football Clubs Association

Semi-final round

Southern Group

Northern Group

Subgroup A

Subgroup B

Northern Group Play-Offs

Finals

, +Summary

Matches

''AEK Athens won 5–3 on aggregate.''

Top scorers

References

External links

Rsssf, 1939–40 championship"Full review of championship games", newsp. "Athlitismos", dig. p. 147.
{{DEFAULTSORT:1939-40 Panhellenic Championship Panhellenic Championship seasons

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