P.O.K.
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P.O.K. stands for Podosfairikes Omades Kentrou, which is Greek for Central Football Clubs, meaning the football teams of Athens. The term stems from an event in 1927, when Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens did not participate in the Greek Championship after disagreements with the Hellenic Football Federation. The main reason had to do with the Championship's financial status. HFF decided that the league's revenues would be equally divided between the teams that participated, however Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and AEK denied to do so. Later they decided to form a group called P.O.K. and during that season they played friendly games with each other, since HFF erased them.
Even though P.O.K. does not technically exist anymore, the name is often used due to the dominance of the three "former P.O.K." clubs in the National A Division. It is an extremely rare occurrence for a team outside the former P.O.K. clubs to finish in the top three of the Championship and when that happens it is said that that team "broke the P.O.K.". Since 1928, only Aris, AE Larissa and PAOK have managed to conquer the Greek Championship, apart from the P.O.K. teams. PAOK is the team that has managed to break the P.O.K. the most times, and also the team to last accomplish it, finishing 3rd for the 2003/04 season, leaving AEK in fourth place.
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[edit] Establishment
In 1927/28, the EEA was preparing to host its first football championship in Greece with the participation of the League teams of the three founding football associations: E.P.S.Athens, E.P.S.Piraeus and E.P.S. Macedonia. At the beginning of the season and before the games begin EEA decided to punish the Olympiacos FC for formal reasons and ordered the other unions not to fight with him nor friendly.Panathinaikos and AEK did not obey, followed Olympiacos to organized together friendly matches. Essentially, it was the outbreak of a dispute that ypevoske among three strong teams and then the administration of the next control on the football things.
After this development the EEA dropped three clubs on 31 October 1927 and proceeded to organize the league without them. From Athens attended the Atromitos from Piraeus, Ethnikos and from Thessaloniki the Aris.
Immediately, the three clubs have Deleted the establishment of P.O.K., which came from the initials of the three clubs:
- P (anathinaikos)
- 0 (lympiakos)
- K (onstantinoupoli).
Supported the view that P.O.K. stands for "Football Club Center" and if not find a statute that confirms it.It seems that the P.O.K. was an informal collaboration, and never received an official institutional form association or union.[1]
[edit] Activities
The P.O.K. tried to weaken the EEA holding his championship with the participation of some even small clubs.But the majority of clubs drafted the official administration of EEA.
proceeded to organize various tournaments in which proskalousan and foreign trade groups from Yugoslavia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, such as Ferentsvaros the Beograd etc. The three clubs share the costs of hosting and revenue from tickets.
The tournaments are organized for the Christmas and Easter and Christmas were called Cup and Easter Cup. They had great economic success, given that the three clubs were supported by the majority of supporters of the basin. The organization continued after the normalization of relations with the EEA, even after the war, until gradually weakened.[2]
[edit] The end of conflict
In July 1928 the EEA has decided to again accept the three clubs in the records but the collaboration of the three major clubs continued in several areas since recognized that one needed the other. Essentially, this continued until the establishment of professional football. Some areas of cooperation were:
- The organization of cups Easter and Christmas each other once they are on the invitation of foreign clubs until the late 50s.
- Dissuasion transfers from one club to another and particularly between Olympiakos and Panathinaikos, even for athletes of other sports, except football.
- Mutually in the elections of administrations of EEA and the decisions of the Board. The climax occurred in 1976, when the representative of the Olympic committee responsible of the next to vote saved from demotion Panathinaikos in bribery of players I. Hercules, which has become known as "Case of flowers."
The name "P.O.K." continues to be used up to now wanting to emphasize the sovereignty of those three clubs in Greek football.
[edit] Easter Cup
The first Easter Cup organized by the P.O.K. in 1928 with the participation of three groups P.O.K. the Serbian and Romanian Beogkraski benzo crops.Continued with interruptions until 1964. Conducted a total of 22 events, one of which (in 1948) stopped without completion. Polynikis was Olympiakos with 10 achievements, the AEK and Panathinaikos conquered by the 4 times and once the National Piraeus, the German Cologne RT and Romanian Progkresoul Bucharest. From 1930 until 1935 were not held because of the obligations of POK groups on national, but the three of them to live distirisoun organization created mixed teams playing and the day of Easter in the court of Alexandras Avenue.[3]
Winners:
- 1928: Olympiakos
- 1929: Olympiakos
- 1930-1933: Not held
- 1934: Olympiakos
- 1936: Olympiakos
- 1937: Ethnikos Piraeus
- 11938: AEK
- 1939: Not held
- 1940: Panathinaikos
- 1943: Olympiakos
- 1944: AEK
- 1945: Olympiakos
- 1946: Olympiakos
- 1947: Panathinaikos
- 1948: interrupted
- 1949: Olympiakos
- 1950: Not Held
- 1951: Olympiakos
- 1952: Panathinaikos
- 1953: Olympiakos
- 1954: Panathinaikos
- 1955: AEK
- 1956: Cologne RT
- 1957: Pao
- 1958: AEK
- 1959: Olympiakos
- 1960-1963: not happened
- 1964: Olympiakos
[edit] Christmas Cup
The first Christmas Cup organized by the P.O.K. in 1943 and the first event lasted two years. Organized with the participation of foreign groups and three groups of P.O.K. Continued with interruptions until 1962. . Altogether 17 events were held, but one (in 1951) stopped without completion. Polynikis was Olympiakos with 9 conquests, the AEK emerged victorious three times, the Panathinaikos twice and in two events there emerged the winner because expired coordinate with the participants.[4]
Winners:
- 1943-44 AEK
- 1945-1946: There was
- 1947: AEK
- 1948: Olympiakos
- 1949: Panathinaikos
- 1950: no champions
- 1951: interrupted
- 1952:1952: Olympiakos
- 1953:1953: Olympiakos
- 1955: Panathinaikos
- 1956: Olympiakos
- 1957: AEK
- 1958: no champions
- 1959: Olympiakos
- 1960: Olympiakos
- 1961: Olympiakos
- 1962: Olympiakos
[edit] Sources
- "Everything in football (three Almanacs), Ed IMAGES 1991.
- John Diakogiannis, "The Football" cactus ed. 1979.
- "Olympiakos: An - A History", ed Miletos 1995.
- "Panathinaikos 100 years" if. SportDay, 2008. SportDay, 2008.
- G.CH.Alexandris : History of Olympiakos
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