1959–60 AEK Athens F.C. season
1959–60 season | |||
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Chairman | Nikos Goumas | ||
Manager | Lukas Aurednik | ||
Stadium | AEK Stadium | ||
Alpha Ethniki | 2nd | ||
Greek Cup | Round of 32 | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Kostas Nestoridis (32) All: Kostas Nestoridis (42) | ||
Highest home attendance | 20,000 vs Olympiacos (10 January 1960) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 2,000 vs Victoria (14 October 1959) | ||
Average home league attendance | 10,376 | ||
Biggest win | AEK Athens 7–0 PAO Kalogreza | ||
Biggest defeat | Doxa Drama 2–0 AEK Athens Olympiacos Chalkida 2–0 AEK Athens | ||
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← 1958–59 1960–61 → |
The 1959–60 season was the 36th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the first season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki and the Greek Cup. The season began on 23 September 1959 and finished on 31 July 1960.
Kits
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Overview
From the previous season, discussions had taken place for the creation of a single championship of a national division. The HFF was divided and hesitated to decide, as the reactions of the local associations were varied. However, two factors were decisive in the final decision of the Greek football officials. On the one hand, the ever-intensifying pressure of the UEFA for the establishment of a national division championship so that the representation of Greece in the European Cups would become more meritorious and on the other hand, the government's will to institutionalize the PRO-PO. That led the HFF to decide in the creation and the establishment of the first and second national divisions and the replacement of the regional championships with a single national championship.[1]
In the summer of 1959, AEK were strengthened with the striker, Stefanos Demiris, the goalkeeper, Kimon Dimitriou, central defender, Dimitris Diakakis and Giannis Marditsis from Egaleo. The signings were not buzzing as everyone felt that the squad was complete and ready to win the championship. AEK, being the only contender against the omnipotence of Olympiacos in the 1950s, entered the new championship focused exclusively on winning the title. After all, they were one step away from the previous season's title, when in the last match at the Karaiskakis Stadium they led by 0–2 in the first 10 minutes, but were tied and the title eventually went to the red and whites.
At the beginning season in the Cup, AEK faced and eliminated with characteristic ease and big scores a series of teams of smaller categories, such as Proodos Patisia with a 5–0 victory, Victoria with a 7–1 victory, Ilisiakos with a 3–1 victory, Dafni Athens with a 3–1 victory, PAO Kalogreza with 7-0 victory and Atromitos with a 1–0 victory. AEK were not able to qualify for the round of 16 of the tournament as in the round of 32, as they faced the away defeat by 2–0 and the elimination by Olympiacos Chalkida on 10 April. Vlachos scored both goals for the club of Chalkida in the 50th and 88th minute.
The first championship of the first national division started on 25 October and the captain of AEK, Giannis Kanakis was the scorer of its first ever goal, when in the 3rd minute of the match against Ethnikos Piraeus at the Karaiskakis Stadium shaped the final 0–1 for AEK. However, the "dark clouds" did not take long to make their appearance, showing in the most emphatic way that the renaming of the Championship and the change in the way it was conducted did not automatically mean the termination of the issues of previous years. Only in the 11th matchday on 17 January, AEK played in Thessaloniki facing Aris and while the score was 2–1 with goals from Grigoriadis, Sismanidis and Giorgos Petridis, in the 84th minute the Piraeus referee Damalitis in the midst of constant changes of decisions and vacillating between suggesting a penalty or an indirect overturning of an AEK player in the area of Aris, caused a conflict between the players and stop the match which was repeated ten days later with the Italian referee Eugenio Rigato and showed the two teams tied at 2-2. The serious injury of Kostas Nestoridis in the home match against Proodeftiki on 24 January kept him away from the stadiums for about a month and AEK away from the 3 points of victory as during this period AEK achieved 3 draws. The final tie at the top with Panathinaikos proved the importance of these ties. Against everyone the Union was kept alive in the hunt for the title and being a pioneer, competed on 18 June at the Karaiskakis Stadium, against Proodeftiki. The pitch turned into a fighting arena and after a lot of banter between the players and several expulsions, it ended with a 2–2 draw with Serafidis and Petridis among the expelled. The strange thing about the story was that although the referee Začević had not recorded their suspensions on the match sheet, the two players were punished based on the report of the observer and their monthly ban finally took effect starting from the title play-off against Panathinaikos. Even under these conditions, AEK remained first with a 2-point difference from the second Panathinaikos, until the fateful day of 24 July when they line up at the Nea Smyrni Stadium against Panionios. The rumors were talking all week about the friendly relations of Kostas Nestoridis with his former teammates at Panionios and discounting a comfortable victory for AEK. The rebuttal came in force as Panionios took the lead with 2–0, Nestoridis reduced it to 2–1, the red and blues made it 3–1 and the own goal of Kazantzidis in the 90th minute simply made the score 3–2, proving that for the players of Panionios, duty prevailed over friendship. It did not prove to be the same at the Karaiskakis Stadium, where at the same time Olympiacos, leading at the half-time with 1–0 against the "greens", thought that duty and "friendship" can be shared by a half-time and underperforming the second half, were defeated by 1–4 from Panathinaikos giving them the points needed to get in the tie with AEK and participate in the championship play-off.
The play-off match on the last day of July found AEK decimated by suspensions, with Sotiris Fakis under the goalposts for the first time and disappointed by the turn the Championship race took as a result of Panathinaikos prevailing 2–1 despite a 0–1 lead given to AEK by Christos Ampos in the 14th minute, and the first title of the Alpha Ethniki was "painted" green.[2] In all this several clubs had contributed, including Panionios and Apollon Athens, who citing success at the box office and financial support of their coffers, had accepted, with the title race in its final stretch, the holding of their home games against Panathinaikos in their bigger home ground of Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.
The end of the season found AEK in second place in the championship having the best attack with 77 goals and Kostas Nestoridis the top scorer with 33 goals in 27 matches, who in several games seemed to take them by the hand and single-handedly lead them to their first post-war title. From about the middle of the season, the greatest post-war captain of AEK, Giannis Kanakis, had retired as a footballer, while at the end of the season, Thanasis Tsangaris, Loukas Sismanis and Kostas Zografos also departed.[3]
Players
Squad information
NOTE: The players are the ones that have been announced by the AEK Athens' press release. No edits should be made unless a player arrival or exit is announced. Updated 31 July 1960, 23:59 UTC+2.
Player | Nat. | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed | Previous club | Transfer fee | Contract until |
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Goalkeepers | |||||||
Sotiris Fakis | ![]() | GK | 1934 (aged 25–26) | 1957 | ![]() | Free | 1963 |
Stelios Serafidis | ![]() | GK | (1935-08-06)6 August 1935 (aged 24) | 1953 | ![]() | — | 1972 |
Kimon Dimitriou | ![]() | GK | 1938 (aged 21–22) | 1959 | ![]() | Free | 1961 |
Defenders | |||||||
Thanasis Tsangaris | ![]() | RB / LB | 1929 (aged 30–31) | 1953 | ![]() | Free | 1960 |
Giannis Marditsis | ![]() | CB / ST | (1933-02-19)19 February 1933 (aged 27) | 1959 | ![]() | ₯103,000 | 1964 |
Petros Stamatelopoulos | ![]() | LB | (1934-03-19)19 March 1934 (aged 26) | 1959 | ![]() | ₯100,000 | 1962 |
Nikos Melissis | ![]() | CB / DM / ST | 1936 (aged 23–24) | 1953 | ![]() | Free | 1961 |
Mimis Anastasiadis | ![]() | RB / CB / ST | (1936-10-26)26 October 1936 (aged 23) | 1956 | ![]() | Free | 1964 |
Alekos Sofianidis | ![]() ![]() | LB / LM / LW | (1937-08-03)3 August 1937 (aged 22) | 1959 | ![]() | Free | 1969 |
Antonis Gavanas | ![]() | CB | 1938 (aged 21–22) | 1956 | ![]() | Free | 1961 |
Theofilos Vernezis | ![]() | RB / CB / GK | 1938 (aged 21–22) | 1956 | ![]() | — | 1965 |
Dimitris Diakakis | ![]() | CB | 1942 (aged 17–18) | 1959 | Free agent | Free | 1961 |
Midfielders | |||||||
Giannis Kanakis (Captain) | ![]() | RM / LM / RB / LB | (1927-08-27)27 August 1927 (aged 32) | 1949 | ![]() | Free | 1960 |
Pavlos Emmanouilidis | ![]() | RM / RW / ST / SS | (1929-01-01)1 January 1929 (aged 31) | 1947 | ![]() | — | 1961 |
Miltos Papapostolou | ![]() | DM / CB | (1935-09-09)9 September 1935 (aged 24) | 1956 | ![]() | Free | 1965 |
Giorgos Petridis | ![]() | AM / SS / ST | (1938-02-10)10 February 1938 (aged 22) | 1957 | ![]() | Free | 1966 |
Thymios Polyzos | ![]() | CM | 1939 (aged 20–21) | 1956 | Free agent | Free | 1961 |
Kostas Zografos | ![]() | CM | 1941 (aged 18–19) | 1955 | Free agent | — | 1960 |
Stefanos Demiris | ![]() | AM / SS / ST | (1941-01-19)19 January 1941 (aged 19) | 1959 | ![]() | — | 1961 |
Samaras | ![]() | AM | 1941 (aged 18–19) | 1958 | Free agent | Free | 1959 |
Forwards | |||||||
Kostas Nestoridis | ![]() | ST / SS | (1930-03-15)15 March 1930 (aged 30) | 1955 | ![]() | Free | 1966 |
Andreas Stamatiadis | ![]() | RW / LW / SS / ST | (1935-08-16)16 August 1935 (aged 24) | 1952 | ![]() | — | 1969 |
Christos Ampos | ![]() | LW / SS / ST | (1937-10-19)19 October 1937 (aged 22) | 1956 | ![]() | Free | 1962 |
Dimitris Tsanoulas | ![]() | ST | 1938 (aged 21–22) | 1956 | Free agent | Free | 1961 |
Argyris Argyropoulos | ![]() | ST | 1939 (aged 20–21) | 1958 | ![]() | — | 1962 |
Loukas Sismanis | ![]() | ST | 1939 (aged 20–21) | 1958 | ![]() | Free | 1960 |
Transfers
In
Pos. | Player | From | Type | Fee | Date | Contract Until | Source |
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GK | ![]() | ![]() | Transfer | Free | 1 July 1959 | 30 June 1961 | |
DF | ![]() | ![]() | Transfer | ₯103,000[a] | 1 July 1959 | 30 June 1964 | |
DF | ![]() | Free agent | Transfer | Free | 1 July 1959 | 30 June 1961 | |
DF | ![]() | ![]() | Transfer | ₯100,000 | 3 August 1959 | 30 June 1962 | [4] |
DF | ![]() | ![]() | Transfer | Free | 1 July 1959 | 30 June 1969 | |
MF | ![]() | ![]() | Transfer | Free | 1 July 1959 | 30 June 1962 |
- a. ^ plus Stavros Giafaloglou, Giannis Chaniotis and Kostas Chatzimichail.
Out
Pos. | Player | To | Type | Fee | Date | Source |
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GK | ![]() | Free agent | End of contract | — | 1 July 1959 | |
DF | ![]() | ![]() | End of contract | — | 1 July 1959 | |
MF | ![]() | ![]() | End of contract | — | 1 July 1959 | |
MF | ![]() | ![]() | Transfer | Free | 1 July 1959 | |
FW | ![]() | ![]() | Transfer | Free | 1 July 1959 | |
FW | ![]() | ![]() | Transfer | Free | 1 July 1959 | |
FW | ![]() | Free agent | End of contract | — | 1 July 1959 |
Overall transfer activity
Expenditure: ₯203,000
Income: ₯0
Net Total: ₯203,000
Pre-season and friendlies
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30 August 1959 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 8–1 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
Stadium: AEK Stadium |
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2 September 1959 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 7–0 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
Stadium: AEK Stadium |
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6 September 1959 Friendly | PAOK ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Thessaloniki |
17:30 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 15,000 | ||
Note: Ιnauguration of the Toumba Stadium.[5] |
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14 September 1959 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 8–1 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
Stadium: AEK Stadium |
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16 September 1959 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
Stadium: AEK Stadium |
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20 September 1959 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
Stadium: AEK Stadium |
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27 September 1959 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
Stadium: AEK Stadium |
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30 September 1959 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
Stadium: AEK Stadium |
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4 October 1959 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
Stadium: AEK Stadium |
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17 October 1959 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
Stadium: AEK Stadium |
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15 November 1959 Friendly | Panargiakos ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | Argos |
Stadium: Argos Municipal Stadium |
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20 January 1960 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
Stadium: AEK Stadium |
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24 February 1960 Giannis Kanakis Testimonial | AEK Athens ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
Stadium: AEK Stadium | ||||
Note: 45-minute match |
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24 February 1960 Giannis Kanakis Testimonial | AEK Athens ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
Stadium: AEK Stadium | ||||
Note: 45-minute match |
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17 April 1960 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
Stadium: AEK Stadium |
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16 May 1960 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
Stadium: AEK Stadium |
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6 June 1960 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
Stadium: AEK Stadium |
Competitions
Overall record
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Alpha Ethniki | 25 October 1959 | 24 July 1960 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 72 | 27 | +45 | 070.00 |
Championship play-off | 31 July 1960 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 | |
Greek Cup | 23 September 1959 | 10 April 1960 | First round | Round of 32 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 5 | +21 | 085.71 |
Total | 38 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 99 | 34 | +65 | 071.05 |
Last updated: 31 July 1960
Source: Competitions
Alpha Ethniki
League table
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Panathinaikos (C) | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 59 | 20 | +39 | 79[a] | Qualification for European Cup |
2 | AEK Athens | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 72 | 27 | +45 | 79[a] | |
3 | Olympiacos | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 52 | 24 | +28 | 70 | |
4 | Apollon Athens | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 52 | 33 | +19 | 66 | |
5 | Panionios | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 64 |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ a b Championship Play-off: Panathinaikos–AEK Athens 2–1 (see below).
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 72 | 27 | +45 | 79 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 11 | +36 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 16 | +9 |
Source: Competitive matches
Results by Matchday
Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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Ground | A | Η | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
Result | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L |
Position | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Fixtures
25 October 1959 1 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 0–1 | AEK Athens | Piraeus |
13:15 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 9,134 Referee: Aristidis Ioannidis (Thessaloniki) | ||
Note: Giannis Kanakis scored the first goal in the history of the first division. |
1 November 1959 2 | AEK Athens | 5–1 | Pankorinthiakos | Nea Filadelfeia |
13:15 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Koulouvardis (Athens) |
8 November 1959 3 | Panathinaikos | 2–2 | AEK Athens | Ampelokipoi |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 22,956 Referee: Dimosthenis Stathatos (Athens) |
19 November 1959 4 | AEK Athens | 3–0 | Iraklis | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 7,251 Referee: Achilleas Grammatikopoulos (Piraeus) | ||
Note: The game was originally for 11 November, but was postponed because obligations of some players with the National Team. |
22 November 1959 5 | Doxa Drama | 2–0 | AEK Athens | Drama |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: Doxa Drama Stadium Attendance: 4,825 Referee: Petros Tzouvaras (Thessaloniki) | ||
Note: At the 80th minute Anastasiadis left the game due to an injury. |
29 November 1959 6 | AEK Athens | 2–0 | AE Nikaia | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 4,658 Referee: Papaioannou |
6 December 1959 7 | Panegialios | 1–4 | AEK Athens | Aigio |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: Aigio National Stadium Attendance: 4,876 Referee: Thodoros Giavropoulos (Piraeus) | |
Note: Kostas Nestoridis scored the first hat-trick in the history of the first division. |
13 December 1959 8 | PAOK | 1–2 | AEK Athens | Thessaloniki |
14:45 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 14,230 Referee: Vangelis Damalitis (Piraeus) |
20 December 1959 9 | Apollon Athens | 0–0 | AEK Athens | Ampelokipoi |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 22,799 Referee: Vangelis Vernardakis (Piraeus) |
10 January 1960 10 | AEK Athens | 1–0 | Olympiacos | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland) | ||
Note: The way Nestoridis scored in the first minute of the match was predicted by Nestoridis himself, who had declared it to the goalkeeper of Olympiacos, Savvas Theodoridis, before the start of the game. The song of Vangelis Perpiniadis: "And like Nestoridis, no one will be, to say where the ball will be sent.” (Greek: “Και σαν τον Νεστορίδη κανένας δεν θα βγεί,να λέει πως η μπάλα εκεί θα καρφωθεί.”)[6] was taken from this incident. |
27 January 1960 11 | Aris | 2–2 | AEK Athens | Thessaloniki |
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| Stadium: Aris Stadium Attendance: 12,577 Referee: Gino Rigato (Italy) | ||
Note: A repetition of the match, which originally took place on 17 January and was interrupted at the 84th minute by the referee Damalitis, while the score was 2–1 in favor of Aris with the goals of Grigoriadis, Sismanidis and Petridis, due to incidents between the players, after a penalty that the players of AEK requested in a tackle of Kemalidis to Sofianidis. The referee did not want to continue the match, as he did not allow the linesman, Sidiropoulos to take his place, not handing over the match sheet and he never clarified whether in the tackle to Sofianidis gave penalti kick or foul. Earlier in the game, the referee had denied Nestoridis a clear penalty, who was alone in front of goal of Aris, having passed the goalkeeper and just before pushing the ball into the net he was tackled with a knee in the back from Grigoriadis with referee showing a corner kick. |
24 January 1960 12 | AEK Athens | 4–2 | Proodeftiki | Nea Filadelfeia |
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| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 8,247 Referee: Giovanni Rebuffo (Italy) |
31 January 1960 13 | AEK Athens | 0–0 | Megas Alexandros Katerinis | Nea Filadelfeia |
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 5,895 |
7 February 1960 14 | Apollon Kalamarias | 1–1 | AEK Athens | Thessaloniki |
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| Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 1,072 Referee: Davala (Italy) |
14 February 1960 15 | AEK Athens | 2–0 | Panionios | Nea Filadelfeia |
Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Apostolopoulos (Patras) |
21 February 1960 16 | AEK Athens | 4–0 | Ethnikos Piraeus | Nea Filadelfeia |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Viktor Schicker (Switzerland) |
28 February 1960 17 | Pankorinthiakos | 0–0 | AEK Athens | Corinth |
Stadium: KEN Corinth Attendance: 8,242 Referee: Aristidis Ioannidis (Thessaloniki) |
9 March 1960 18 | AEK Athens | 1–0 | Panathinaikos | Nea Filadelfeia |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 19,090 Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland) |
13 March 1960 19 | Iraklis | 0–1 | AEK Athens | Thessaloniki |
| Stadium: Aris Stadium Attendance: 11,075 Referee: Albert Guinnard (Switzerland) |
6 April 1960 20 | AEK Athens | 4–3 | Doxa Drama | Nea Filadelfeia |
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| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 15,545 Referee: Joseph Barbéran (France) | ||
Note: The match day was originally scheduled to take on 20 March, but was canceled due to obligations of National Team. |
26 March 1960 21 | AE Nikaia | 0–3 | AEK Athens | Piraeus |
15:45 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 10,574 Referee: Vlasić (Yugoslavia) |
1 May 1960 22 | AEK Athens | 4–0 | Panegialios | Nea Filadelfeia |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 9,401 Referee: Giuseppe Adami (Italy) |
8 May 1960 23 | AEK Athens | 3–1 | PAOK | Nea Filadelfeia |
16:15 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland) |
5 June 1960 24 | AEK Athens | 5–2 | Apollon Athens | Nea Filadelfeia |
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| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 11,906 Referee: Othmar Huber (Switzerland) | ||
Note: The match day was originally scheduled to take place on 15 May, but was canceled due to obligations of National military team. |
12 June 1960 25 | Olympiacos | 0–1 | AEK Athens | Nea Filadelfeia |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 20,876 Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain) | |||
Note: The match day was originally scheduled to take place on 22 May, but was canceled due to obligations of National military team. |
29 May 1960 26 | AEK Athens | 3–0 | Aris | Nea Filadelfeia |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 12,450 Referee: Josef Shleiffer (Israel) |
18 June 1960 27 | Proodeftiki | 2–2 | AEK Athens | Piraeus |
| Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 18,350 Referee: Konstantin Zečević (Yugoslavia) |
26 June 1960 28 | Megas Alexandros Katerinis | 2–4 | AEK Athens | Veria |
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| Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 3,617 Referee: Gino Rigato (Italy) |
17 July 1960 29 | AEK Athens | 6–2 | Apollon Kalamarias | Nea Filadelfeia |
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| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 9,447 Referee: Carlo Gambarotta (Italy) |
24 July 1960 30 | Panionios | 3–2 | AEK Athens | Nea Smyrni |
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| Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 7,700 Referee: Giovanni Rebuffo (Italy) |
Championship play-off
31 July 1960 Play-off match | Panathinaikos | 2–1 | AEK Athens | Piraeus |
17:00 EET (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 20,923 Referee: Daniel Mele (Switzerland) |
Greek Cup
Matches
23 September 1959 First round | AEK Athens | 5–0 | Proodos Patisia | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:30 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Referee: Tatsikas |
14 October 1959 Second round | AEK Athens | 7–1 | Victoria | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Alexandros Monastiriotis (Piraeus) |
4 November 1959 Third round | AEK Athens | 3–1 | Ilisiakos | Nea Filadelfeia |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Referee: Thodoros Giavropoulos (Piraeus) |
27 December 1959 Fourth round | AEK Athens | 3–1 | Dafni Athens | Nea Filadelfeia |
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| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Koufogiannakis |
13 January 1960 Fifth round | AEK Athens | 7–0 | PAO Kalogreza | Nea Filadelfeia |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Referee: Vasilis Dimopoulos (Athens) |
2 March 1960 Sixth round | AEK Athens | 1–0 | Atromitos | Nea Filadelfeia |
| Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Referee: Tatsikas |
10 April 1960 Round of 32 | Olympiacos Chalkida | 2–0 | AEK Athens | Chalcis |
| Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Chalkida Referee: Stamatoglou |
Statistics
Squad statistics
- As of 31 July 1960
No. | Pos | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Goalkeepers | ||||||||
— | GK | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
— | GK | ![]() | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
— | GK | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Defenders | ||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
— | DF | ![]() | 29 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 1 |
— | DF | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
— | DF | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
— | DF | ![]() | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
— | DF | ![]() | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 5 |
— | DF | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
— | DF | ![]() | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
— | DF | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Midfielders | ||||||||
— | MF | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 |
— | MF | ![]() | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
— | MF | ![]() | 28 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 2 |
— | MF | ![]() | 25 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 12 |
— | MF | ![]() | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
— | MF | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
— | MF | ![]() | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
Forwards | ||||||||
— | FW | ![]() | 28 | 32 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 42 |
— | FW | ![]() | 29 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 14 |
— | FW | ![]() | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 8 |
— | FW | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
— | FW | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
— | FW | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
— | FW | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Goalscorers
- As of 31 July 1960
Rank | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Total |
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1 | FW | ![]() | 32 | 10 | 42 |
2 | FW | ![]() | 10 | 4 | 14 |
3 | MF | ![]() | 10 | 2 | 12 |
4 | FW | ![]() | 7 | 1 | 8 |
5 | MF | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 6 |
6 | DF | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 5 |
7 | MF | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 |
8 | MF | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
9 | DF | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
MF | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Own goals | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
Totals | 73 | 26 | 99 |
Hat-tricks
Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.
Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition | Source |
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![]() | ![]() | 7–1 (H) | 14 October 1959 | Greek Cup | |
![]() | ![]() | 4–1 (A) | 6 December 1959 | Alpha Ethniki | |
![]() | ![]() | 7–0 (H) | 13 January 1960 | Greek Cup | |
![]() | ![]() | 4–0 (H) | 21 February 1960 | Alpha Ethniki | |
![]() | ![]() | 4–3 (H) | 6 April 1960 | Alpha Ethniki | |
![]() | ![]() | 6–2 (H) | 17 July 1960 | Alpha Ethniki |
Clean sheets
The list is sorted by competition order when total clean sheets are equal and then alphabetically by surname. Clean sheets in games where both goalkeepers participated are awarded to the goalkeeper who started the game. Goalkeepers with no appearances are not included.
- As of 31 July 1960
Rank | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 15 | 1 | 16 |
2 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 15 | 3 | 18 |
Disciplinary record
- As of 31 July 1960
N | P | Nat. | Name | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Total | Notes | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||||
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Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
— | GK | ![]() | Sotiris Fakis | ||||||||||
— | GK | ![]() | Stelios Serafidis | ||||||||||
— | GK | ![]() | Kimon Dimitriou | ||||||||||
Defenders | |||||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Thanasis Tsangaris | ||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Giannis Marditsis | ||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Petros Stamatelopoulos | ||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Nikos Melissis | ||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Mimis Anastasiadis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Alekos Sofianidis | ||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Antonis Gavanas | ||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Theofilos Vernezis | ||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Dimitris Diakakis | ||||||||||
Midfielders | |||||||||||||
— | MF | ![]() | Giannis Kanakis | ||||||||||
— | MF | ![]() | Pavlos Emmanouilidis | ||||||||||
— | MF | ![]() | Miltos Papapostolou | ||||||||||
— | MF | ![]() | Giorgos Petridis | ||||||||||
— | MF | ![]() | Thymios Polyzos | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
— | MF | ![]() | Kostas Zografos | ||||||||||
— | MF | ![]() | Stefanos Demiris | ||||||||||
Forwards | |||||||||||||
— | FW | ![]() | Kostas Nestoridis | ||||||||||
— | FW | ![]() | Andreas Stamatiadis | ||||||||||
— | FW | ![]() | Christos Ampos | ||||||||||
— | FW | ![]() | Dimitris Tsanoulas | ||||||||||
— | FW | ![]() | Argyris Argyropoulos | ||||||||||
— | FW | ![]() | Loukas Sismanis | ||||||||||
— | FW | ![]() | Samaras |
Awards
Player | Pos. | Award | Source |
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![]() | FW | Alpha Ethniki Top Scorer | |
![]() | FW | Greek Cup Top Scorer |
References
- ^ "Πως άρχισε το πρωτάθλημα της Α' εθνικής το 1959". retrosport.wordpress.com (in Greek). 24 October 2009.
- ^ newsroom, sport-fm. "60 χρόνια Α' Εθνική: Το μπαράζ του τίτλου του 1959-60 και ο αγώνας της χρονιάς 2001-02!". sport-fm.gr.
- ^ "Περίοδος 1959-1960". aekpedia.com (in Greek). 18 May 2015.
- ^ "Πέτρος Σταματελόπουλος". kitrinomavro.gr.
- ^ "Σαν σήμερα 6/9/1959 τα εγκαίνια της Τούμπας!". paokmania.gr.
- ^ "Σαν τον Νεστορίδη κανένας δεν θα βγει Βαγγέλης Περπινιάδης". youtube.com.
External links
- AEK Athens F.C. Official Website
- A.E.K. FC Database