Panathinaikos won their first National Championship in the 1929-30 season.
Winning the E.P.S.A. (Athens Football Clubs' Association) put them into a play off round robin with Aris (Thessaloniki- winners of the Macedonia Football Clubs' Association) and Olympiakos (Piraeus Football Clubs' Association champions).
The round robin matches went as follows:
18.05.30
|
Olympiakos
|
5
|
0
|
Aris
|
Pireas
|
01.06.30
|
Panathinaikos
|
8
|
2
|
Olympiakos
|
Athens
|
06.06.30
|
Aris
|
1
|
4
|
Panathinaikos
|
Thessaloniki
|
15.06.30
|
Olympiakos
|
1
|
2
|
Panathinaikos
|
Thessaloniki
|
22.06.30
|
Panathinaikos
|
2
|
2
|
Aris
|
Athens
|
29.06.30
|
Aris
|
2
|
1
|
Olympiakos
|
Thessaloniki
|
The final table:
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
pt
|
|
Panathinaikos
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
16
|
6
|
7
|
Aris
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
5
|
12
|
3
|
Olympiakos
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
9
|
12
|
2
|
Angelos Messaris
Angelos Messaris scored 8 goals in the 4 matches. The resounding 8-2 win over their rivals Olympiacos was the stuff of legend for The Greens. A chant originated at the time:
Οκτώ στον Ολυμπιακό και τέσσερα στον Άρη, γεια σου Άγγελε Μεσσάρη!Four more against Aris
Yra for Angelos Messaris!
