1968–69 AEK Athens F.C. season
1968–69 season | ||
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Chairman | Ilias Georgopoulos | |
Manager | Branko Stanković | |
Stadium | AEK Stadium | |
Alpha Ethniki | 6th | |
Greek Cup | Round of 16 | |
European Cup | Quarter-finals | |
Top goalscorer | League: Mimis Papaioannou (20) All: Mimis Papaioannou (27) | |
Highest home attendance | 29,842 vs Spartak Trnava (12 March 1969) | |
Lowest home attendance | 2,162 vs AEL Limassol (8 June 1969) | |
Average home league attendance | 17,081 | |
Biggest win | AEL Limassol 0–5 AEK Athens AEK Athens 5–0 Lamia | |
Biggest defeat | Panachaiki 4–2 AEK Athens Panionios 2–0 AEK Athens Aris 2–0 AEK Athens OFI 2–0 AEK Athens (w/o) | |
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The 1968–69 season was the 45th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the tenth consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the European Cup. The season began on 18 September 1968 and finished on 15 June 1969.
Overview
The season found AEK in a transitional period with the changing of the coach, as the way of training the football players changed radically. The championship win in 1968 was accompanied by the departure of Jenő Csaknády and the arrival of an equally capable coach was deemed imperative. Thus, the great Yugoslav Branko Stanković was hired, who had already presented great achievements as a technician, with Vojvodina and as a member of the coaching staff at Yugoslavia. The management of the team, due to a lack of sufficient money, did not proceed with big transfer moves. They acquired a couple of young footballers from smaller clubs, while also counted on players such Lavaridis, Stathopoulos, Simigdalas, Sevastopoulos, Ventouris, who were previously decommissioned. The preparation of the team under Stanković was based on the modern football of the period, which was characterized by tactics, technique and physical strength, while the discipline of the footballers was a prerequisite for their progress, as well as that of the team. However, due to the players had not yet adapted to the new way of working to fully respond, the several injuries that limited the options and the advanced age of some of them, AEK started very badly in the championship. Afterwards, they continued with five consecutive victories. One of these was an emphatic 2–3 away win against Olympiacos with Papaioannou playing as goalkeeper from the 85th minute, due to the suspension of Serafidis and even making two great saves and securing the great victory.[1]
For the first round of the European Cup AEK were lucky to be drawn against Jeunesse Esch from Luxembourg. At Nea Filadelfeia, the club prevailded harder than the final 3–0 implied.[2] The qualification was at safety and the rematch became purely procedural. At Luxembourg, the suspense of qualification lasted for 16 minutes when AEK equalized the quick goal of Jeunesse Eschs. AEK also managed to take the lead with a second goal by Ventouris, but the players of Legrand showing character evenatully turned the match again taking the victory.[3] In the second round AEK faced the Danish Akademisk Boldklub. At AEK Stadium, despite their offensive style of play, AEK played defensively for the whole match and managed to take the draw by 0–0.[4] At the rematch in the frozen Copenhagen, AEK started the match very offensively and managed to take the lead early on with Stamatiadis. The Danes started to press unbearably to equalize, but thanks to Konstantinidis and Vasiliou, AEK went for the half time break with their lead intact. In the second half the yellow-blacks took advantage of the open spaces left by the Danes and played to extend their lead. Αt the 81st minute, after a cross by Sevastopoulos and Papaioannou with his unnatural jump, beat everyone in the air and made the final 0–2.[5] AEK achieved the very first display of a Greek team in Europe, as they became the first team to achieve an away victory in a European match and the first Greek team to reach the quarter-finals of the European Cup, or in any European competition at all. In the quarter-finals AEK avoided all the giants of the draw as they faced the Czechoslovakian Spartak Trnava. At the first match at Spartak Stadium The yellow-blacks played in order to maintain a favourable score for the rematch and after they withstood the pressure of the Czechoslovaks despite conceding two goals, they managed to reduce their lead with Sevastopoulos, achieving their target.[6] The rematch in Athens, AEK seemed ready to respond to their challenge and take the qualification, but unfortunately, a quick goal by the Czechoslovaks forced the yellow-blacks to chase the score, as Spartak closed all spaces behind. AEK attacked with everything they got, but the Czechoslovak defense seemed impenetrable. Nonetheless, at the 77th minute AEK managed to equalize with Papaioannou and had only 13 minute to take the match to the extra time. Even though the team pressed intensively for another goal the ball would not go in the net and AEK left the tournament[7] with pride, as they made one of their greatest ever achievements reality.
In the cup, AEK easily eliminated Lamia, at the round of 32 with 5–0 at home. At the round of 16 they faced Panachaiki and were eliminated with a 4–2 away defeat. AEK were consistently close in claiming the title, until they were defeated at home 0–1 by Olympiacos at the 22nd matchday. The end of the championship found AEK in the 6th place with 74 points and a long distance from the champion Panathinaikos with 90 points. As a result, they didn't qualify in any European competition for the next season. At the end of the season, Stanković planned a big renewal of the team's roster in order to improve their weaknesses and make their comeback in claiming titles. The principles of this renewal were based in finding players that would increase the team's height, reduce the team's age average and discipline to the coach's plan during matches.[8]
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 15 June 1969, 23:59 UTC+2.
Player | Nat. | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed | Previous club | Transfer fee | Contract until |
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Goalkeepers | |||||||
Stelios Serafidis | ![]() | GK | (1935-08-06)6 August 1935 (aged 33) | 1953 | ![]() | — | 1972 |
Theodoros Maniateas | ![]() | GK | (1945-03-19)19 March 1945 (aged 24) | 1964 | ![]() | Free | 1969 |
Stelios Konstantinidis | ![]() | GK | (1947-06-06)6 June 1947 (aged 22) | 1967 | ![]() | — | 1973 |
Vyronas Amelidis | ![]() | GK | 1949 (aged 19–20) | 1968 | ![]() | — | 1973 |
Defenders | |||||||
Alekos Sofianidis | ![]() ![]() | LB / LM / LW | (1937-08-03)3 August 1937 (aged 31) | 1959 | ![]() | Free | 1969 |
Aleko Yordan | ![]() ![]() | CB | (1938-01-10)10 January 1938 (aged 31) | 1962 | ![]() | Free | 1969 |
Tasos Vasiliou | ![]() | CB | (1938-08-04)4 August 1938 (aged 30) | 1965 | ![]() | ₯1,500,000 | 1970 |
Giorgos Kefalidis | ![]() | RB / CB | (1941-03-21)21 March 1941 (aged 28) | 1964 | ![]() | Free | 1972 |
Fotis Balopoulos | ![]() | CB / DM / CM / ST | (1943-12-17)17 December 1943 (aged 25) | 1964 | ![]() | ₯450,000 | 1970 |
Lakis Fragoudakis | ![]() | CB / DM | 1944 (aged 24–25) | 1964 | Free agent | Free | 1970 |
Giannis Spyropoulos | ![]() | CB / RB | 1945 (aged 23–24) | 1968 | ![]() | Free | 1970 |
Christos Antonopoulos | ![]() | CB / DM | (1946-08-14)14 August 1946 (aged 22) | 1968 | ![]() | ₯120,000 | 1973 |
Nikos Karapoulitidis | ![]() | CB / RB | (1948-11-30)30 November 1948 (aged 20) | 1967 | Free agent | Free | 1975 |
Midfielders | |||||||
Stelios Skevofilakas | ![]() | LM / RM / AM | (1939-01-06)6 January 1939 (aged 30) | 1960 | ![]() | Free | 1972 |
Panagiotis Ventouris | ![]() | AM / SS | (1943-03-01)1 March 1943 (aged 26) | 1965 | ![]() | ₯435,000 | 1972 |
Nikos Stathopoulos | ![]() | LM / LB | (1943-11-08)8 November 1943 (aged 25) | 1965 | ![]() | — | 1974 |
Michalis Simigdalas | ![]() | CM | (1944-06-23)23 June 1944 (aged 25) | 1963 | ![]() | — | 1969 |
Minas Stavridis | ![]() | AM / SS / ST | 1945 (aged 23–24) | 1968 | ![]() | Free | 1970 |
Giorgos Karafeskos | ![]() | CM / DM / RM / RW | (1946-12-08)8 December 1946 (aged 22) | 1963 | ![]() | — | 1974 |
Giorgos Lavaridis | ![]() | CM / DM | (1947-10-15)15 October 1947 (aged 21) | 1968 | ![]() | — | 1975 |
Forwards | |||||||
Andreas Stamatiadis (Captain) | ![]() | RW / LW / SS / ST | (1935-08-16)16 August 1935 (aged 33) | 1952 | ![]() | — | 1969 |
Kostas Papageorgiou | ![]() | ST | (1941-01-01)1 January 1941 (aged 28) | 1963 | ![]() | ₯200,000 | 1969 |
Mimis Papaioannou | ![]() | SS / ST / AM | (1942-08-23)23 August 1942 (aged 26) | 1962 | ![]() | ₯175,000 | 1979 |
Spyros Pomonis | ![]() | LW / LM | (1944-02-12)12 February 1944 (aged 25) | 1960 | ![]() | — | 1973 |
Kostas Nikolaidis | ![]() | RW / LW / SS / ST | (1944-09-10)10 September 1944 (aged 24) | 1965 | ![]() | Free | 1973 |
Kostas Sarris | ![]() | ST | 1949 (aged 19–20) | 1968 | ![]() | — | 1970 |
Andreas Karakidis | ![]() | ST | 1949 (aged 19–20) | 1968 | ![]() | — | 1973 |
Dimitris Kyrmizas | ![]() | ST | 1949 (aged 19–20) | 1968 | ![]() | — | 1973 |
Left during season | |||||||
Nikos Sevastopoulos | ![]() | RW / SS / AM / ST | (1945-02-26)26 February 1945 (aged 24) | 1963 | ![]() | — | 1971 |
Transfers
In
Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until | Source |
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GK | ![]() | ![]() | Promotion | 1 July 1968 | 30 June 1973 | |
DF | ![]() | ![]() | Free transfer | 1 July 1968 | 30 June 1970 | |
DF | ![]() | ![]() | ₯120,000 | 1 July 1968 | 30 June 1973 | |
MF | ![]() | ![]() | Promotion | 1 July 1968 | 30 June 1975 | |
MF | ![]() | ![]() | Free transfer | 1 July 1968 | 30 June 1970 | |
FW | ![]() | ![]() | Loan return | 1 July 1968 | 30 June 1971 | |
FW | ![]() | ![]() | Promotion | 1 July 1968 | 30 June 1970 | |
FW | ![]() | ![]() | Promotion | 1 September 1968 | 30 June 1973 | |
FW | ![]() | ![]() | Promotion | 1 July 1968 | 30 June 1973 |
Out
Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Source |
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GK | ![]() | ![]() | Free transfer | 1 July 1968 | |
FW | ![]() | Retired | 1 July 1968 |
Loan out
Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy | Source |
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FW | ![]() | ![]() | Free | 1 April 1969 | 30 August 1969 | ![]() |
Overall transfer activity
Expenditure: ₯120,000
Income: ₯0
Net Total: ₯120,000
Pre-season and friendlies
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18 August 1968 Friendly | Apollon Athens ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Rizoupoli |
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium |
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21 August 1968 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 9–1 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
Stadium: AEK Stadium |
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23 August 1968 Friendly | A.O. Kifisia ![]() | 1–9 | ![]() | Kifissia |
Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kifissia |
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8 September 1968 Friendly | Chalkida ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Chalcis |
Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Chalkida |
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12 September 1968 Friendly | Egaleo ![]() | 3–3 | ![]() | Aigaleo |
Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium |
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15 September 1968 Friendly | PAOK ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Thessaloniki |
Stadium: Toumba Stadium |
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26 September 1968 Friendly | Ikaros Athens ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | |
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13 October 1968 Charity match | Olympiacos ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Piraeus |
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium | ||||
Note: The match was made for the financial support of the footballer of Olympiacos, Aris Papazoglou who had diagnosed with cancer. |
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25 March 1969 Friendly | Triglia Rafinas ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Rafina |
| Stadium: Rafina Stadium |
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24 April 1969 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium |
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27 April 1969 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
17:00 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium |
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1 May 1969 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 20,000 |
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4 May 1969 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
17:00 EET (UTC+2) | Stadium: AEK Stadium |
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21 May 1969 Friendly | Koropi ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Koropi |
Stadium: Antonis Priftis 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 | 22 September 1968 | 15 June 1969 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 33 | +25 | 050.00 |
Greek Cup | 14 May 1969 | 11 June 1969 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 050.00 |
European Cup | 18 September 1968 | 12 March 1969 | First round | Quarter-finals | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 033.33 |
Total | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 74 | 43 | +31 | 047.62 |
Last updated: 15 June 1969
Source: Competitions
Alpha Ethniki
League table
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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4 | Panionios | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 55 | 34 | +21 | 77 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
5 | PAOK | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 58 | 37 | +21 | 76 | |
6 | AEK Athens[a] | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 33 | +25 | 74 | |
7 | Egaleo | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 70 | |
8 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 68 |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
Notes:
- ^ AEK Athens were deducted 1 point.
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 |
34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 33 | +25 | 74 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 12 | +26 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 21 | −1 |
Source: Competitive matches
Results by Matchday
Fixtures
22 September 1968 1 | Pierikos | 1–1 | AEK Athens | Katerini |
16:15 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: Katerini Stadium Attendance: 5,099 Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa) |
17 October 1968 2 | AEK Athens | 1–2 | Vyzas Megara | Piraeus |
15:30 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Referee: Christos Michas (Athens) | |
Note: The game was originally to take place in 29 September but because of referendum of the country the 2nd matchday was postponed for the day after. However, on 2 October AEK had to play the rematch of the first round of the European Cup, thus the game was postponed again. The match took place at Karaiskakis Stadium due to construction works at AEK Stadium. |
6 October 1968 3 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 1–1 | AEK Athens | Piraeus |
15:30 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 23,863 Referee: Famelis (Athens) |
20 October 1968 4 | AEK Athens | 0–1 | PAOK | Piraeus |
15:30 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 26,336 Referee: Nikos Giannopoulos (Athens) | ||
Note: The match took place at Karaiskakis Stadium due to construction works at AEK Stadium. |
27 October 1968 5 | Olympiacos | 2–3 | AEK Athens | Piraeus |
15:30 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 36,589 Referee: Kostas Xanthoulis (Cyprus) | |
Note: At 45th minute the match was interrupted for 12 minutes because of the intense protests of the players of Olympiacos to the referee, due to the penalty that was given against them. As a result of the protests Gioutsos was explelled, while the referee continued the match with torn sleeve. At the 85th minute, Serafidis was explelled as well, as he had kicked Sideris who fouled him during an intervention in the air. Even though AEK had the right to make a substitute to the position of the goalkeeper, Stanković decided to play Papaioannou under the posts, who did two wonderful saves. By the end of the match Olympiacos filed a objection with the excuse that the last 15 minutes of the game was held without adequate lighting.[1] |
3 November 1968 6 | AEK Athens | 5–2 | Chalkida | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:15 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 19,303 Referee: Dimitris Protonotarios (Athens) | |
Note: The hat-trick of Papaioannou in 11 minutes is the fastest an AEK player has ever scored.[9] |
10 November 1968 7 | Egaleo | 2–3 | AEK Athens | Aigaleo |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium Attendance: 14,137 Referee: Christos Michas (Athens) |
17 November 1968 8 | AEK Athens | 2–1 | Panserraikos | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 15,141 Referee: Kitsoukalis |
24 November 1968 9 | AEK Athens | 2–1 | Panionios | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 17,964 Referee: Karpodinis (Athens) |
1 December 1968 10 | Panathinaikos | 1–2 | AEK Athens | Ampelokipoi |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 22,803 Referee: Christos Michas (Athens) |
15 December 1968 11 | Iraklis | 2–2 | AEK Athens | Thessaloniki |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 10,347 Referee: Manolis Panakis (Athens) | |
Note: Held at Toumba Stadium, due to the anavailability of Kaftanzoglio Stadium. |
22 December 1968 12 | AEK Athens | 5–1 | Trikala | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 9,599 Referee: Martinis (Thessaloniki) |
29 December 1968 13 | Veria | 1–1 | AEK Athens | Veria |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 3,874 Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa) |
5 January 1969 14 | AEK Athens | 3–0 | Aris | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 22,749 Referee: Famelis (Athens) |
12 January 1969 15 | AEK Athens | 1–0 | Apollon Athens | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 24,201 Referee: Kitsoukalis |
18 January 1969 16 | AEL Limassol | 0–5 | AEK Athens | Limassol |
14:30 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: GSO Stadium Attendance: 1,379 Referee: Giorgos Katsoras (Thessaloniki) |
26 January 1969 17 | AEK Athens | 3–0 | OFI | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 18,134 Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa) |
2 February 1969 18 | AEK Athens | 3–0 | Pierikos | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:15 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 19,574 Referee: Margaritis Doumousiadis (Magnesia) |
9 February 1969 19 | Vyzas Megara | 0–0 | AEK Athens | Megara |
15:15 EET (UTC+2) | Stadium: Megara Stadium Referee: Komninakis (Athens) |
16 February 1969 20 | AEK Athens | 2–0 | Ethnikos Piraeus | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:30 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 26,254 Referee: Dilzas (Thessaloniki) |
23 February 1969 21 | PAOK | 1–1 | AEK Athens | Thessaloniki |
15:30 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 18,247 Referee: Kostas Dikopoulos (Larissa) |
2 March 1969 22 | AEK Athens | 0–1 | Olympiacos | Nea Filadelfeia |
16:00 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 29,708 Referee: Christos Michas (Athens) |
19 March 1969 23 | Chalkida | 1–1 | AEK Athens | Chalcis |
16:00 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Chalkida Referee: Leonidas Vamvakopoulos (Athens) | |
Note: The match was originally scheduled to take place on 9 March, but it was postponed because of the mateh against Spartak Trnava for the quarter-finals of the European Cup on 12 March. |
21 December 1969 24 | AEK Athens | 1–0 | Egaleo | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 13,032 Referee: Pipergias | ||
Note: A minute of silence was held in honour of Giannis Serafimidis, a 56-year-old fan of AEK, who in the recent European game against Spartak Trnava suffered a fatal heart attack at the moment the opposite side scored.[10] |
23 March 1969 25 | Panserraikos | 1–0 | AEK Athens | Serres |
16:30 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium Attendance: 7,931 Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa) |
30 March 1969 26 | Panionios | 2–0 | AEK Athens | Nea Smyrni |
16:30 EET (UTC+2) | Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 9,986 Referee: Pan Marinos (Piraeus) |
6 April 1969 27 | AEK Athens | 1–2 | Panathinaikos | Nea Filadelfeia |
16:30 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 28,565 Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa) |
20 April 1969 28 | AEK Athens | 3–0 | Iraklis | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 8,349 Referee: Stathis Papavasileiou (Piraeus) |
11 May 1969 29 | Trikala | 1–0 | AEK Athens | Trikala |
17:00 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium Attendance: 6,378 Referee: Giorgos Katsoras (Thessaloniki) |
18 May 1969 30 | AEK Athens | 2–1 | Veria | Nea Filadelfeia |
17:30 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 6,337 Referee: Dilzas (Thessaloniki) | |
Note: Career end for Andreas Stamatiadis. In the match, AEK won a penalty and was given to Stamatiadis, where for the first and last time in his career he missed, as the goalkeeper, Masadis denied him a final goal as a farewell.[11] |
25 May 1969 31 | Aris | 2–0 | AEK Athens | Thessaloniki |
17:30 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: Aris Stadium Attendance: 12,759 Referee: Margaritis Doumousiadis (Magnesia) |
1 June 1969 32 | Apollon Athens | 1–0 | AEK Athens | Rizoupoli |
| Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 3,863 Referee: Stathis Papavasileiou (Piraeus) |
8 June 1969 33 | AEK Athens | 4–0 | AEL Limassol | Nea Filadelfeia |
17:30 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 2,162 Referee: Giannis Petrakis (Heraklion) |
15 June 1969 34 | OFI | 2–0 (Awarded) | AEK Athens | Heraklion |
17:30 EET (UTC+2) | Stadium: Ergotelis Stadium Referee: Dionisis Voulgaris (Athens) | |||
Note: AEK left the match at 26th minute, after the instructions of the escort, protesting because of a controversial penalty given to OFI, while the score was 0–0. The game was awarded with 2–0 to OFI and AEK were zeroed.[12] |
Greek Cup
AEK entered the Greek Cup at the round of 32.
Matches
14 May 1969 Round of 32 | AEK Athens | 5–0 | Lamia | Nea Filadelfeia |
16:30 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Referee: Vougiouklakis (Piraeus) |
11 June 1969 Round of 16 | Panachaiki | 4–2 | AEK Athens | Patras |
17:00 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: Panachaiki Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Nikos Giannopoulos (Athens) |
European Cup
First round
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png)
![Luxembourg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/23px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png)
18 September 1968 First leg | AEK Athens ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Athens, Greece |
16:30 EET (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 16,205 Referee: Fabio Monti (Italy) |
![Luxembourg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/23px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png)
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png)
2 October 1968 Second leg | Jeunesse Esch ![]() | 3–2 (3–5 agg.) | ![]() | Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg |
20:30 EET (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stade Émile Mayrisch Attendance: 3,213 Referee: Joseph Hannet (Belgium) |
Second round
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png)
![Denmark](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png)
13 November 1968 First leg | AEK Athens ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Athens, Greece |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 8,161 Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria) |
![Denmark](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png)
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png)
27 November 1968 Second leg | AB ![]() | 0–2 (0–2 agg.) | ![]() | Copenhagen, Denmark |
20:30 EET (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Københavns Idrætspark Attendance: 11,471 Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland) |
Quarter-finals
![Czechoslovakia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png)
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png)
26 February 1969 First leg | Spartak Trnava ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Trnava, Czechoslovakia |
16:30 EET (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 10,747 Referee: Gilbert Droz (Switzerland) |
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png)
![Czechoslovakia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png)
12 March 1969 Second leg | AEK Athens ![]() | 1–1 (2–3 agg.) | ![]() | Athens, Greece |
16:00 EET (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 29,842 Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy) |
Statistics
Squad statistics
- As of 15 June 1969
No. | Pos | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | European Cup | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
— | GK | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
— | GK | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
— | GK | ![]() | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
— | GK | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defenders | ||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
— | DF | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
— | DF | ![]() | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
— | DF | ![]() | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
— | DF | ![]() | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
— | DF | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
— | DF | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
— | DF | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
— | DF | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Midfielders | ||||||||||
— | MF | ![]() | 32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 4 |
— | MF | ![]() | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 8 |
— | MF | ![]() | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
— | MF | ![]() | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
— | MF | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
— | MF | ![]() | 32 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 6 |
— | MF | ![]() | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
Forwards | ||||||||||
— | FW | ![]() | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 3 |
— | FW | ![]() | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
— | FW | ![]() | 33 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 27 |
— | FW | ![]() | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 5 |
— | FW | ![]() | 29 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 10 |
— | FW | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
— | FW | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
— | FW | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Left during season | ||||||||||
— | FW | ![]() | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 5 |
Goalscorers
- As of 15 June 1969
Rank | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | European Cup | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | FW | ![]() | 20 | 4 | 3 | 27 |
2 | FW | ![]() | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
3 | MF | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
4 | MF | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
5 | FW | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
FW | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
7 | MF | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
8 | FW | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
FW | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
10 | DF | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
MF | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
MF | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 58 | 7 | 9 | 74 |
Hat-tricks
Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.
Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | 5–2 (H) | 3 November 1968 | Alpha Ethniki | [13] |
![]() | ![]() | 5–0 (H) | 14 May 1969 | Greek Cup |
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 15 June 1969
Rank | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | European Cup | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 10 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
2 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 10 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
Disciplinary record
- As of 15 June 1969
N | P | Nat. | Name | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | European Cup | Total | Notes | ||||||||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||||
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Goalkeepers | ||||||||||||||||
— | GK | ![]() | Stelios Serafidis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
— | GK | ![]() | Theodoros Maniateas | |||||||||||||
— | GK | ![]() | Stelios Konstantinidis | |||||||||||||
— | GK | ![]() | Vyronas Amelidis | |||||||||||||
Defenders | ||||||||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Alekos Sofianidis | |||||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Aleko Yordan | |||||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Tasos Vasiliou | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Giorgos Kefalidis | |||||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Fotis Balopoulos | |||||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Lakis Fragoudakis | |||||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Giannis Spyropoulos | |||||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Christos Antonopoulos | |||||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Nikos Karapoulitidis | |||||||||||||
Midfielders | ||||||||||||||||
— | MF | ![]() | Stelios Skevofilakas | |||||||||||||
— | MF | ![]() | Panagiotis Ventouris | |||||||||||||
— | MF | ![]() | Nikos Stathopoulos | |||||||||||||
— | MF | ![]() | Michalis Simigdalas | |||||||||||||
— | MF | ![]() | Minas Stavridis | |||||||||||||
— | MF | ![]() | Giorgos Karafeskos | |||||||||||||
— | MF | ![]() | Giorgos Lavaridis | |||||||||||||
Forwards | ||||||||||||||||
— | FW | ![]() | Andreas Stamatiadis | |||||||||||||
— | FW | ![]() | Kostas Papageorgiou | |||||||||||||
— | FW | ![]() | Mimis Papaioannou | |||||||||||||
— | FW | ![]() | Spyros Pomonis | |||||||||||||
— | FW | ![]() | Kostas Nikolaidis | |||||||||||||
— | FW | ![]() | Kostas Sarris | |||||||||||||
— | FW | ![]() | Andreas Karakidis | |||||||||||||
— | FW | ![]() | Dimitris Kyrmizas | |||||||||||||
Left during season | ||||||||||||||||
— | FW | ![]() | Nikos Sevastopoulos |
References
- ^ a b "Τιτάνια μάχη και επικός θρίαμβος στο Καραϊσκάκη με τον Μίμη… στο τέρμα". aek365.org.
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- ^ "Ξεπέρασε Μαύρο, Μπάγεβιτς και Τσιάρτα ο Βράνιες!". notosport.eleftheriaonline.gr.
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External links
- AEK Athens F.C. Official Website
- A.E.K. FC Database