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1968–69 AEK Athens F.C. season

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.

AEK Athens
1968–69 season
ChairmanIlias Georgopoulos
ManagerBranko Stanković
StadiumAEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki6th
Greek CupRound of 16
European CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Mimis Papaioannou (20)
All:
Mimis Papaioannou (27)
Highest home attendance29,842 vs Spartak Trnava
(12 March 1969)
Lowest home attendance2,162 vs AEL Limassol
(8 June 1969)
Average home league attendance17,081
Biggest winAEL Limassol 0–5 AEK Athens
AEK Athens 5–0 Lamia
Biggest defeatPanachaiki 4–2 AEK Athens
Panionios 2–0 AEK Athens
Aris 2–0 AEK Athens
OFI 2–0 AEK Athens (w/o)

Overview edit

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 edit

Squad information edit

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
Goalkeepers
Stelios Serafidis   GK (1935-08-06)6 August 1935 (aged 33) 1953   AEK Athens U20 — 1972
Theodoros Maniateas   GK (1945-03-19)19 March 1945 (aged 24) 1964   Panthisiakos Free 1969
Stelios Konstantinidis   GK (1947-06-06)6 June 1947 (aged 22) 1967   AEK Athens U20 — 1973
Vyronas Amelidis   GK 1949 (aged 19–20) 1968   AEK Athens U20 — 1973
Defenders
Alekos Sofianidis    LB / LM / LW (1937-08-03)3 August 1937 (aged 31) 1959   Beşiktaş Free 1969
Aleko Yordan    CB (1938-01-10)10 January 1938 (aged 31) 1962   Beykoz Free 1969
Tasos Vasiliou   CB (1938-08-04)4 August 1938 (aged 30) 1965   Apollon Athens ₯1,500,000 1970
Giorgos Kefalidis   RB / CB (1941-03-21)21 March 1941 (aged 28) 1964   Pierikos Free 1972
Fotis Balopoulos   CB / DM / CM / ST (1943-12-17)17 December 1943 (aged 25) 1964   Proodeftiki ₯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   PAO Patisia Free 1970
Christos Antonopoulos   CB / DM (1946-08-14)14 August 1946 (aged 22) 1968   AE Pangrati ₯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   Eleftheroupoli Free 1972
Panagiotis Ventouris   AM / SS (1943-03-01)1 March 1943 (aged 26) 1965   Fostiras ₯435,000 1972
Nikos Stathopoulos   LM / LB (1943-11-08)8 November 1943 (aged 25) 1965   AEK Athens U20 — 1974
Michalis Simigdalas   CM (1944-06-23)23 June 1944 (aged 25) 1963   AEK Athens U20 — 1969
Minas Stavridis   AM / SS / ST 1945 (aged 23–24) 1968   Ionikos Free 1970
Giorgos Karafeskos   CM / DM / RM / RW (1946-12-08)8 December 1946 (aged 22) 1963   AEK Athens U20 — 1974
Giorgos Lavaridis   CM / DM (1947-10-15)15 October 1947 (aged 21) 1968   AEK Athens U20 — 1975
Forwards
Andreas Stamatiadis (Captain)   RW / LW / SS / ST (1935-08-16)16 August 1935 (aged 33) 1952   AEK Athens U20 — 1969
Kostas Papageorgiou   ST (1941-01-01)1 January 1941 (aged 28) 1963   Atromitos ₯200,000 1969
Mimis Papaioannou   SS / ST / AM (1942-08-23)23 August 1942 (aged 26) 1962   Veria ₯175,000 1979
Spyros Pomonis   LW / LM (1944-02-12)12 February 1944 (aged 25) 1960   AEK Athens U20 — 1973
Kostas Nikolaidis   RW / LW / SS / ST (1944-09-10)10 September 1944 (aged 24) 1965   PAO Safrabolis Free 1973
Kostas Sarris   ST 1949 (aged 19–20) 1968   AEK Athens U20 — 1970
Andreas Karakidis   ST 1949 (aged 19–20) 1968   AEK Athens U20 — 1973
Dimitris Kyrmizas   ST 1949 (aged 19–20) 1968   AEK Athens U20 — 1973
Left during season
Nikos Sevastopoulos   RW / SS / AM / ST (1945-02-26)26 February 1945 (aged 24) 1963   AEK Athens U20 — 1971

Transfers edit

In edit

Pos. Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
GK   Vyronas Amelidis   AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 1 July 1968 30 June 1973
DF   Giannis Spyropoulos   PAO Patisia Transfer Free 1 July 1968 30 June 1970
DF   Christos Antonopoulos   AE Pangrati Transfer ₯120,000 1 July 1968 30 June 1973
MF   Giorgos Lavaridis   AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 1 July 1968 30 June 1975
MF   Minas Stavridis   Ionikos Transfer Free 1 July 1968 30 June 1970
FW   Nikos Sevastopoulos   Hellenic End of loan — 1 July 1968 30 June 1971
FW   Kostas Sarris   AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 1 July 1968 30 June 1970
FW   Andreas Karakidis   AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 1 July 1968 30 June 1973
FW   Dimitris Kyrmizas   AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 1 July 1968 30 June 1973

Out edit

Pos. Player To Type Fee Date Source
GK   Mimis Maniakis   Panionios Transfer Free 1 July 1968
FW   Vasilis Mastrakoulis Retired — 1 July 1968

Loan out edit

Pos. Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
FW   Nikos Sevastopoulos   Hellenic Free 1 April 1969 30 August 1969  N

Overall transfer activity edit

Expenditure:   ₯120,000

Income:   ₯0

Net Total:   ₯120,000

Pre-season and friendlies edit

18 August 1968 Friendly Apollon Athens   1–2   AEK Athens Rizoupoli
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 Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
21 August 1968 Friendly AEK Athens   9–1   Panerythraikos Nea Filadelfeia
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 Stadium: AEK Stadium
23 August 1968 Friendly Kifisia   1–9   AEK Athens Kifissia
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 Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kifissia
8 September 1968 Friendly Chalkida   1–0   AEK Athens Chalcis
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 Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Chalkida
12 September 1968 Friendly Egaleo   3–3   AEK Athens Aigaleo
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 Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium
15 September 1968 Friendly PAOK   1–2   AEK Athens Thessaloniki
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 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
26 September 1968 Friendly Ikaros Athens   3–2   AEK Athens
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13 October 1968 Charity match Olympiacos   3–0   AEK Athens Piraeus
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 Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Note: The match was made for the financial support of the footballer of Olympiacos, Aris Papazoglou who had diagnosed with cancer.
25 March 1969 Friendly Triglia Rafinas   0–2   AEK Athens Rafina
 Stadium: Rafina Stadium
24 April 1969 Friendly AEK Athens   1–0   Ikaros Athens Nea Filadelfeia
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
27 April 1969 Friendly AEK Athens   1–1   Ethnikos Piraeus Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
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 Stadium: AEK Stadium
1 May 1969 Friendly AEK Athens   0–2   Apollon Athens Nea Filadelfeia
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 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
4 May 1969 Friendly AEK Athens   0–1   Egaleo Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
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 Stadium: AEK Stadium
21 May 1969 Friendly Koropi   2–2   AEK Athens Koropi
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 Stadium: Antonis Priftis Stadium

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
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 edit

Main article: 1968–69 Alpha Ethniki

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
Notes:
  1. ^ AEK Athens were deducted 1 point.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
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

Results by Matchday edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHHAAHAHΗAHHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHA
ResultDLDLWWWWWWDWDWWWWWDWDLDWLLLWLWLLWL
Position71310131296543333333323233333333333446
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures edit

22 September 1968 1 Pierikos 1–1 AEK Athens Katerini
16:15 EET (UTC+2)
  • Foulidis   88'
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)
  • Kouvas   17'
  • Skrivanos   60'
 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)
  • Zervoudakis   55'
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)
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)
  • Emmanouilidis   24'
  • Koutsoudakis   48'
 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)
  • Giannakopoulos   68'
  • Lardas   82'
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)
  • Bitzidis   88'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 15,141
Referee: Kitsoukalis
24 November 1968 9 AEK Athens 2–1 Panionios Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 17,964
Referee: Karpodinis (Athens)
1 December 1968 10 Panathinaikos 1–2 AEK Athens Ampelokipoi
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
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)
  • Zafiridis   33'
  • Fitilis   65'
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)
  • Zachos   20'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 9,599
Referee: Martinis (Thessaloniki)
29 December 1968 13 Veria 1–1 AEK Athens Veria
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Th. Papadopoulos   71'
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)
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)
  • Tokpasidis   37'
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)
  • Stavlas   19'
 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)
  • Kalaitzidis   27'
  • Mitropoulos   44'
 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)
  • Beveniou   56'
 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)
  • Papafotiou   70'
 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)
  • Spyridon   40'
  • Sakellaridis   43'
 Stadium: Aris Stadium
Attendance: 12,759
Referee: Margaritis Doumousiadis (Magnesia)
1 June 1969 32 Apollon Athens 1–0 AEK Athens Rizoupoli
  • Kyriakou   46'
 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 edit

Main article: 1968–69 Greek Football Cup

AEK entered the Greek Cup at the round of 32.

Matches edit

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)
Stadium: Panachaiki Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Nikos Giannopoulos (Athens)

European Cup edit

Main article: 1968–69 European Cup

First round edit

18 September 1968 First leg AEK Athens   3–0   Jeunesse Esch Athens, Greece
16:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 16,205
Referee: Fabio Monti (Italy)
2 October 1968 Second leg Jeunesse Esch   3–2
(3–5 agg.)		   AEK Athens Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
20:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Hoffmann   6'
  • Drouet   40'
  • Langer   77'
 Report
Stadium: Stade Émile Mayrisch
Attendance: 3,213
Referee: Joseph Hannet (Belgium)

Second round edit

13 November 1968 First leg AEK Athens   0–0   AB Athens, Greece
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Report Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 8,161
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)
27 November 1968 Second leg AB   0–2
(0–2 agg.)		   AEK Athens Copenhagen, Denmark
20:30 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Københavns Idrætspark
Attendance: 11,471
Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)

Quarter-finals edit

26 February 1969 First leg Spartak Trnava   2–1   AEK Athens Trnava, Czechoslovakia
16:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Spartak Stadium
Attendance: 10,747
Referee: Gilbert Droz (Switzerland)
12 March 1969 Second leg AEK Athens   1–1
(2–3 agg.)		   Spartak Trnava Athens, Greece
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 29,842
Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)

Statistics edit

Squad statistics edit

As of 15 June 1969
No. Pos Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup European Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
— GK   Stelios Serafidis 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
— GK   Theodoros Maniateas 4 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
— GK   Stelios Konstantinidis 29 0 2 0 4 0 35 0
— GK   Vyronas Amelidis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
— DF   Alekos Sofianidis 4 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
— DF   Aleko Yordan 6 0 0 0 2 0 8 0
— DF   Tasos Vasiliou 28 0 2 0 6 0 36 0
— DF   Giorgos Kefalidis 33 1 2 0 4 0 39 1
— DF   Fotis Balopoulos 27 0 2 0 4 0 33 0
— DF   Lakis Fragoudakis 6 0 2 0 0 0 8 0
— DF   Giannis Spyropoulos 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— DF   Christos Antonopoulos 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
— DF   Nikos Karapoulitidis 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Midfielders
— MF   Stelios Skevofilakas 32 4 2 0 6 0 40 4
— MF   Panagiotis Ventouris 19 4 2 2 5 2 26 8
— MF   Nikos Stathopoulos 30 0 1 0 6 0 37 0
— MF   Michalis Simigdalas 11 1 2 0 4 0 17 1
— MF   Minas Stavridis 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
— MF   Giorgos Karafeskos 32 5 2 0 6 1 40 6
— MF   Giorgos Lavaridis 11 1 0 0 0 0 11 1
Forwards
— FW   Andreas Stamatiadis 23 2 0 0 5 1 28 3
— FW   Kostas Papageorgiou 10 2 0 0 2 1 12 3
— FW   Mimis Papaioannou 33 20 2 4 6 3 41 27
— FW   Spyros Pomonis 24 4 2 1 2 0 28 5
— FW   Kostas Nikolaidis 29 10 1 0 4 0 34 10
— FW   Kostas Sarris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— FW   Andreas Karakidis 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
— FW   Dimitris Kyrmizas 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Left during season
— FW   Nikos Sevastopoulos 19 4 0 0 5 1 24 5

Goalscorers edit

As of 15 June 1969
Rank Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup European Cup Total
1 FW   Mimis Papaioannou 20 4 3 27
2 FW   Kostas Nikolaidis 10 0 0 10
3 MF   Panagiotis Ventouris 4 2 2 8
4 MF   Giorgos Karafeskos 5 0 1 6
5 FW   Spyros Pomonis 4 1 0 5
FW   Nikos Sevastopoulos 4 0 1 5
7 MF   Stelios Skevofilakas 4 0 0 4
8 FW   Andreas Stamatiadis 2 0 1 3
FW   Kostas Papageorgiou 2 0 1 3
10 DF   Giorgos Kefalidis 1 0 0 1
MF   Giorgos Lavaridis 1 0 0 1
MF   Michalis Simigdalas 1 0 0 1
Own goals 0 0 0 0
Totals 58 7 9 74

Hat-tricks edit

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player Against Result Date Competition Source
  Mimis Papaioannou   Chalkida 5–2 (H) 3 November 1968 Alpha Ethniki [13]
  Mimis Papaioannou   Lamia 5–0 (H) 14 May 1969 Greek Cup

Clean sheets edit

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
1   Stelios Konstantinidis 10 1 2 13
2   Theodoros Maniateas 0 0 1 1
3   Stelios Serafidis 0 0 0 0
Totals 10 1 3 14

Disciplinary record edit

As of 15 June 1969
N P Nat. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup European Cup Total Notes
                       
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 edit

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  2. ^ "AEK-Jeunesse Esch UEFA Champions League 1968/69". UEFA.com.
  3. ^ "Jeunesse Esch-AEK UEFA Champions League 1968/69". UEFA.com.
  4. ^ "AEK-AB UEFA Champions League 1968/69". UEFA.com.
  5. ^ "AB-AEK UEFA Champions League 1968/69". UEFA.com.
  6. ^ "Spartak Trnava-AEK UEFA Champions League 1968/69". UEFA.com.
  7. ^ "AEK-Spartak Trnava UEFA Champions League 1968/69". UEFA.com.
  8. ^ "Περίοδος 1968-1969". kitrinomavro.gr. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Ξεπέρασε Μαύρο, Μπάγεβιτς και Τσιάρτα ο Βράνιες!". notosport.eleftheriaonline.gr.
  10. ^ "H AEK στους «8» της Ευρώπης!". aek1924.gr. 12 March 2018.
  11. ^ "Ο Θωμάς είχε τον τρόπο να νικάει και τους διαιτητές". aek365.org.
  12. ^ "Αποχώρηση αγανάκτησης". aek365.org.
  13. ^ "Το ιστορικό και ανεπανάληπτο έπος της ΑΕΚ με την Ντέρμπι Κάουντι!". aek-live.gr (in Greek). Online. 3 November 2021.

External links edit

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