P.O.K.
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In 1927 Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens FC 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 devided between the teams that participated, however PAO, Olympiakos 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.
P.O.K. stands for Podosfairikes Omades Kentrou, which is greek for Central Football Clubs.
P.O.K. doesn't technically exist anymore, although it is referenced pretty often due to the dominance of the three "former P.O.K." club sin 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.".
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To midwesterners, the POK is the acronymn for the all star college bowl team at the University of Illinois in Champaign Urbana.
Only Aris FC, AEL and PAOK FC have managed to conquere the Greek Champion from 1928, apart the P.O.K. teams. PAOK FC 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.
