The 1939–40 Panhellenic Championship was the 11th season of the highest football league of Greece and the last before the WW2 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: Athenian 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 Thessaloniki formed the North subgroup A and resulted as follows: Macedonian Championship: The first 3 teams of the ranking.
The teams of Serres, East Macedonia and Thrace 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, AEK Athens and PAOK, 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. 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
TeamQualification1Olympiacos (Q)10 49 10 +3928South Group2Ethnikos Piraeus (Q)10 21 8 +13263Proodeftiki (Q)10 23 19 +4234Thiseas Piraeus10 8 18 -10155Argonaftis Piraeus10 12 26 -14146Aris Piraeus10 9 29 -2013
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
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Kleanthis Maropoulos AEK Athens22 Kostas Vasiliou AEK Athens 1 Alekos Chatzistavridis AEK Athens Giorgos Gasparis AEK Athens Kostas Kalogiannis PAOK Stefanos Feroutsos PAOK Aristidis Ioannidis PAOK
References
External links Rsssf, 1939–40 championship "Full review of championship games", newsp. "Athlitismos", dig. p. 147.