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 Central and 6 from North Greece, which were divided into groups. As of the previous season, since a total of 30 matchdays were required to complete the championship, the clubs from the same region that were qualified for the national championship did not face against each other again but the results from their local championships applied instead. The teams of the Central Greece formed the South 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 Νorth Group were initially divided into two subgroups. The teams of the

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

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, East Macedonia and

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

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and

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

, competed in a 2-legged final for the title. AEK were crowned champions for second consecutive season, with Kleanthis Maropoulos being the protagonist as the last year. AEK had a great team then and throughout the year they had only one defeat in the South group against

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

. In both local championship of Athens and 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

South Group

North Group

Subgroup A

Subgroup B

A group with the winners of the Serres, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace local championships.

North Group play-offs

Finals

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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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