1975–76 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 1975–76 season was the 52nd season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 17th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup. The season began on 17 September 1975 and finished on 23 May 1976.

AEK Athens
1975–76 season
ChairmanLoukas Barlos
ManagerFrantišek Fadrhonc
StadiumAEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki2nd
Greek CupSemi-finals
UEFA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Georgios Dedes (15)

All:
Georgios Dedes (19)
Highest home attendance30,000 vs Olympiacos
(12 May 1976)
Lowest home attendance4,081 vs Anagennisi Karditsa
(8 February 1976)
Average home league attendance16,778
Biggest winAEK Athens 7–0 Agios Dimitrios
Biggest defeatInter Bratislava 2–0 AEK Athens
PAS Giannina 2–0 AEK Athens

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Overview edit

In the summer of 1975, Loukas Barlos, setting aside everything else, threw himself into the acquisition of Thomas Mavros. The 21-year-old striker of Panionios had dazzled everyone with his talent and had decided that it was time to move on to one of the greats of the league. Barlos, according to his favorite strategy, was in favor of the proper gallant player in his offer, but Panionios was blocking the transfer. The president of AEK approached Mavros and convinced him immediately, showing his love for AEK and football. Mavros pushed for the transfer, but collided with a relentless attitude of Panionios. A legal dispute began, based on a finding of Thomas's brother and his lawyer that had to do with their father's unsigned consent when the minor Thomas first joined Panionios. The ending of this dispute came a year later after the out-of-court settlement between the two clubs, with Mavros paying the price of a complete absence of one year from the stadiums,[1] recalling the respective case of Nestoridis several years ago. Fadrhonc's work in the football department was becoming effective, creating a team that combined spectacle and results.

After two consecutive years of absence from the European competitions, AEK returned in the UEFA Cup. The draw brought them against the Yugoslav Vojvodina. The first match took place at Karađorđe Stadium and ended 0–0. Fantronk's team confirmed their superiority and took the victory and the qualification with a score of 3–1. In the second round, the draw brought AEK against the Czechoslovak Inter Bratislava. In the first match at Bratislava, AEK faced defeat by 2–0. In the rematch at Nea Filadelfeia the Czechoslovaks "froze" the stadium opening the score at the 2nd minute and the task of AEK became even more difficult. The Union managed to turn the tie by scoring three goals in the second half, but unfortunately the fourth goal that would send them to the next round did not occur. In the league, AEK remained undefeated for 23 consecutive games and reached seven matches before the finish holding their luck in their own hands. Unfortunately, in the next two matches they suffered an equal number of defeats from Panathinaikos and Aris and in combination with the defeat from PAOK, they finished at second place, 5 points from the top, handing over the title to PAOK. The offensiveness that Fadrhonc gave to team's playing style, resulted in Georgios Dedes as the league's top scorer with 15 goals, while in the top 10 were also Walter Wagner and Mimis Papaioannou with 11 goals each. In the Greek Cup, AEK reached the semi-finals, where they lost 2–3 and were eliminated by Olympiacos.[2]

Management team edit

Position Staff
Manager   František Fadrhonc
Assistant manager   Andreas Stamatiadis
Goalkeeping coach   Stelios Serafidis

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 23 May 1976, 23:59 UTC+3.

Player Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Signed Previous club Transfer fee Contract until
Goalkeepers
Giorgos Sidiropoulos   GK (1949-06-25)25 June 1949 (aged 27) 1973   AO Trikala Free 1978
Lakis Stergioudas   GK (1952-12-11)11 December 1952 (aged 23) 1972   Niki Poligyrou Free 1984
Defenders
Giorgos Skrekis   RB / CB (1945-02-02)2 February 1945 (aged 31) 1974   Panionios Free 1977
Spyros Stefanidis   CB / RB (1946-12-18)18 December 1946 (aged 29) 1973   Panserraikos Free 1976
Apostolos Toskas   CB (1947-12-28)28 December 1947 (aged 28) 1969   Trikala Free 1979
Lakis Nikolaou   CB / RB / ST / DM (1949-07-17)17 July 1949 (aged 26) 1971   Atromitos ₯600,000 1979
Sakis Zarzopoulos   CB / RB / LB (1949-12-15)15 December 1949 (aged 26) 1973   Panserraikos Free 1977
Stefanos Theodoridis   CB / RB (1950-06-19)19 June 1950 (aged 26) 1969   AEK Athens U20 1978
Petros Ravousis   CB / RB (1954-10-01)1 October 1954 (aged 21) 1972   Aetos Skydra Free 1984
Midfielders
Timo Zahnleiter   CM / DM (1948-12-16)16 December 1948 (aged 27) 1974   1860 München Free 1978
Takis Timotheou   AM / CB 1949 (aged 26–27) 1974   APOEL Free 1976
Lazaros Papadopoulos   RM / RW (1950-01-03)3 January 1950 (aged 26) 1973   Veria Free 1979
Dionysis Tsamis   CM / DM / AM (1951-05-21)21 May 1951 (aged 25) 1972   Panetolikos ₯2,300,000 1980
Christos Ardizoglou   RM / LM / RW / AM (1953-03-25)25 March 1953 (aged 23) 1974   Apollon Athens ₯5,000,000 1986
Fotis Outsikas   LM / LB / LW (1957-05-26)26 May 1957 (aged 19) 1975   AEK Athens U20 1980
Forwards
Mimis Papaioannou (Captain)   SS / ST / AM (1942-08-23)23 August 1942 (aged 33) 1962   Veria ₯175,000 1979
Georgios Dedes   ST / SS / RW / LW (1943-02-25)25 February 1943 (aged 33) 1974   Panionios Free 1977
Walter Wagner   ST / SS / RW / LW (1949-07-26)26 July 1949 (aged 26) 1974   Austria Wien Free 1977
Tasos Konstantinou   RW / SS / ST / RM / AM (1951-03-11)11 March 1951 (aged 25) 1972   EPA Larnaca Free 1980

Transfers edit

In edit

Pos. Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
MF   Fotis Outsikas   AEK Athens U20 Promotion 1 July 1975 30 June 1980

Out edit

Pos. Player To Type Fee Date Source
GK   Giorgos Daditsos   Panachaiki End of contract 1 July 1975
DF   Victor Theofilopoulos   Kastoria End of contract 1 July 1975
MF   Giorgos Lavaridis   Panserraikos End of contract 1 July 1975
MF   Vangelis Makos   Panionios End of contract 1 July 1975
FW   Jorge Falero Fanìs   Montevideo Wanderers End of contract 1 July 1975

Overall transfer activity edit

Expenditure:   ₯0

Income:   ₯0

Net Total:   ₯0

Pre-season and friendlies edit

6 August 1975 Friendly AEK Athens   1–2   Club Brugge Nea Filadelfeia
  • Dedes   31'
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Stadium: AEK Stadium
13 August 1975 Friendly AEK Athens   4–1   Rapid București Nea Filadelfeia
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Stadium: AEK Stadium
20 August 1975 Friendly AEK Athens   2–0   OFK Beograd Nea Filadelfeia
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Stadium: AEK Stadium
3 September 1975 Friendly AEK Athens   3–2   ADO Den Haag Nea Filadelfeia
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Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
September 1975 Friendly AEK Athens   4–0   Panathinaikos Nea Filadelfeia
Report Stadium: AEK Stadium
8 January 1976 Friendly AEK Athens   2–0   Alemannia Aachen Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK 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 5 October 1975 23 May 1976 Matchday 1 2nd 30 18 8 4 57 18 +39 060.00
Greek Cup 2 November 1975 12 May 1976 First round Semi-finals 5 4 0 1 18 5 +13 080.00
UEFA Cup 17 September 1975 5 November 1975 First round Second round 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 050.00
Total 39 24 9 6 81 27 +54 061.54

Last updated: 23 May 1976
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 PAOK (C) 30 21 7 2 60 17 +43 49 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 AEK Athens 30 18 8 4 57 18 +39 44 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Olympiacos 30 16 9 5 48 28 +20 41
4 Panathinaikos 30 14 10 6 47 28 +19 38
5 PAS Giannina 30 15 6 9 40 33 +7 36
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions

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
30 18 8 4 57 18  +39 44 12 2 1 38 6  +32 6 6 3 19 12  +7

Results by Matchday edit

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GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHA
ResultWWWWDWDWDWWDWDWDWWDWWWWLLWLDWL
Position111111111111111111111111222222
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures edit

5 October 1975 1 AEK Athens 4–0 Kastoria Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 16,110
Referee: Giorgos Parasidis (Thessaloniki)
19 October 1975 2 Panionios 0–2 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 18,427
Referee: Antonis Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
26 October 1975 3 AEK Athens 5–1 Panachaiki Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Stamatopoulos   8'
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 16,338
Referee: Dimitris Sarakinos (Messinia)
9 November 1975 4 Olympiacos 0–2 AEK Athens Piraeus
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 38,778
Referee: Giorgos Katsoras (Thessaloniki)
16 November 1975 5 Apollon Athens 2–2 AEK Athens Rizoupoli
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 13,230
Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus)
23 November 1975 6 AEK Athens 1–0 Iraklis Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 18,532
Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa)
30 November 1975 7 Atromitos 0–0 AEK Athens Peristeri
14:30 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Attendance: 11,268
Referee: Piloridis
7 December 1975 8 AEK Athens 1–0 Ethnikos Piraeus Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 22,021
Referee: Pagourtzis (Phthiotis)
14 December 1975 9 Panathinaikos 2–2 AEK Athens Ampelokipoi
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 24,960
Referee: Eleftheriadis (Athens)
Note: The second goal of Panathinaikos that was achieved with a foul of Mujkić, was illegal, as the player executed it directly without the referee's whistle who was measuring the distance of the wall and had shown that the foul was indirect. After the referee awarded the goal, the AEK fans caused inicidents for which AEK were punished by the HFF with 3-game stadium ban. The referee Eleftheriadis was also punished with a 45-day compulsory holiday.[3]
21 December 1975 10 AEK Athens 2–1 Aris Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Stavridis   3'
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 9,795
Referee: Kostas Krikonis (Epirus)
4 January 1976 11 Panetolikos 1–3 AEK Athens Agrinio
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium
Attendance: 9,430
Referee: Pan Marinos (Piraeus)
11 January 1976 12 AEK Athens 0–0 PAOK Patras
14:30 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Panachaiki Stadium
Attendance: 20,105
Referee: Theodoros Tsanaklidis (Kavala)
Note: Match held at Patras due to AEK's punshment with stadium ban for incidents in the match against Aris.[3]
18 January 1976 13 AEK Athens 4–0 Panserraikos Aigio
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Aigio Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 5,683
Referee: Dilzas (Thessaloniki)
Note: Match held at Aigio due to AEK's punshment with stadium ban for incidents in the match against Aris.[3]
25 January 1976 14 Pierikos 0–0 AEK Athens Katerini
14:30 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Katerini Stadium
Attendance: 10,966
Referee: Michalis Ornerakis (Chania)
1 February 1976 15 AEK Athens 1–0 PAS Giannina Argos
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Argos Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 11,150
Referee: Pagourtzis (Phthiotis)
Note: Match held at Argos due to AEK's punshment with stadium ban for incidents in the match against Aris.[3]
15 February 1976 16 Kastoria 0–0 AEK Athens Kastoria
14:30 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kastoria
Attendance: 5,994
Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa)
22 February 1976 17 AEK Athens 2–0 Panionios Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 17,948
Referee: Chiotakis (Thessaloniki)
29 February 1976 18 Panachaiki 0–3 AEK Athens Patras
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Panachaiki Stadium
Attendance: 14,967
Referee: Manolis Platopoulos (Athens)
7 March 1976 19 AEK Athens 1–1 Olympiacos Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 29,126
Referee: Vasilis Patarakis (Piraeus)
14 March 1976 20 AEK Athens 3–1 Apollon Athens Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 14,766
Referee: Leonidas Vamvakopoulos (Athens)
21 March 1976 21 Iraklis 0–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 29,333
Referee: Karistinakis (Athens)
28 March 1976 22 AEK Athens 5–1 Atromitos Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Pantelidis   23'
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 19,350
Referee: Chiotakis (Thessaloniki)
4 April 1976 23 Ethnikos Piraeus 3–4 AEK Athens Piraeus
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 32,790
Referee: Karkatsoulis (Thessaloniki)
11 April 1976 24 AEK Athens 0–1 Panathinaikos Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Vlachos   60'
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 29,010
Referee: Giorgos Katsoras (Thessaloniki)
18 April 1976 25 Aris 1–0 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Stavridis   62'
Stadium: Aris Stadium
Attendance: 20,850
Referee: Leonidas Panagopoulos (Athens)
26 April 1976 26 AEK Athens 4–0 Panetolikos Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 9,463
Referee: Thomaidis (Piraeus)
2 May 1976 27 PAOK 1–0 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 45,010
Referee: Stathis Papavasileiou (Piraeus)
9 May 1976 28 Panserraikos 0–0 AEK Athens Serres
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,303
Referee: Giannis Tsionas (Larissa)
16 May 1976 29 AEK Athens 5–0 Pierikos Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 4,699
Referee: Giorgos Petropoulos (Athens)
23 May 1976 30 PAS Giannina 2–0 AEK Athens Ioannina
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
Attendance: 6,225
Referee: Dimitris Pantzalis (Piraeus)

Greek Cup edit

Matches edit

2 November 1975 First round AEK Athens 7–0 Agios Dimitrios Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Referee: G. Moschopoulos (Thessaloniki)
8 February 1976 Second round AEK Athens 2–1 Anagennisi Karditsa Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
  • Krommidas   64'
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 4,081
Referee: Giannis Tsionas (Larissa)
10 March 1976 Round of 16 AEK Athens 6–0 Olympiakos Neon Liosion Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 4,824
Referee: Dimitris Protonotarios (Athens)
21 April 1976 Quarter-finals Fostiras 0–1 AEK Athens Tavros
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Tavros Stadium
Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)
12 May 1976 Semi-finals AEK Athens 2–3 Olympiacos Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Giorgos Katsoras (Thessaloniki)

UEFA Cup edit

First round edit

17 September 1975 First leg Vojvodina   0–0   AEK Athens Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
19:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Karađorđe Stadium
Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Heinz Einbeck (East Germany)
1 October 1975 Second leg AEK Athens   3–1
(3–1 agg.)
  Vojvodina Athens, Greece
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 27,541
Referee: Pavel Kazakov (Soviet Union)

Second round edit

22 October 1975 First leg Inter Bratislava   2–0   AEK Athens Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
  • Luprich   36' (pen.)
  • Mráz   81'
Report Stadium: Tehelné pole
Attendance: 8,120
Referee: John Gordon (Scotland)
5 November 1975 Second leg AEK Athens   3–1
(3–3(a) agg.)
  Inter Bratislava Athens, Greece
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
  • Novotný   1'
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 25,023
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

Statistics edit

Squad statistics edit

As of 23 May 1976
No. Pos Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
GK   Giorgos Sidiropoulos 22 0 3 0 1 0 26 0
GK   Lakis Stergioudas 9 0 3 0 3 0 15 0
Defenders
DF   Giorgos Skrekis 16 1 0 0 3 0 19 1
DF   Spyros Stefanidis 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
DF   Apostolos Toskas 23 0 5 0 4 0 32 0
DF   Lakis Nikolaou 29 3 4 0 4 0 37 3
DF   Sakis Zarzopoulos 5 0 2 0 2 0 9 0
DF   Stefanos Theodoridis 22 0 5 0 3 0 30 0
DF   Petros Ravousis 18 0 2 0 1 0 21 0
Midfielders
MF   Timo Zahnleiter 27 3 5 0 1 0 33 3
MF   Takis Timotheou 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF   Lazaros Papadopoulos 18 0 3 0 4 1 25 1
MF   Dionysis Tsamis 30 0 5 1 4 0 39 1
MF   Christos Ardizoglou 25 5 4 5 0 0 29 10
MF   Fotis Outsikas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
FW   Mimis Papaioannou 30 11 4 3 4 1 38 15
FW   Georgios Dedes 27 15 5 4 4 0 36 19
FW   Walter Wagner 27 11 5 3 4 2 36 16
FW   Tasos Konstantinou 24 8 4 2 4 2 32 12

Goalscorers edit

As of 23 May 1976
Rank Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 FW   Georgios Dedes 15 4 0 19
2 FW   Walter Wagner 11 3 2 16
3 FW   Mimis Papaioannou 11 3 1 15
4 FW   Tasos Konstantinou 8 2 2 12
5 MF   Christos Ardizoglou 5 5 0 10
6 DF   Lakis Nikolaou 3 0 0 3
MF   Timo Zahnleiter 3 0 0 3
8 DF   Giorgos Skrekis 1 0 0 1
MF   Dionysis Tsamis 0 1 0 1
MF   Lazaros Papadopoulos 0 0 1 1
Own goals 0 0 0 0
Totals 57 18 6 81

Hat-tricks edit

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player Against Result Date Competition Source
  Georgios Dedes   Kastoria 4–0 (H) 5 October 1975 Alpha Ethniki
  Mimis Papaioannou   Agios Dimitrios 7–0 (H) 2 November 1975 Greek Cup
  Christos Ardizoglou   Olympiakos Neon Liosion 6–1 (H) 10 March 1976 Greek Cup
  Georgios Dedes   Pierikos 5–0 (H) 16 May 1976 Alpha Ethniki

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 23 May 1976
Rank Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total
1   Giorgos Sidiropoulos 14 1 0 15
2   Lakis Stergioudas 3 2 1 6
Totals 17 3 1 21

Disciplinary record edit

As of 23 May 1976
N P Nat. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total Notes
                       
Goalkeepers
GK   Giorgos Sidiropoulos
GK   Lakis Stergioudas
Defenders
DF   Giorgos Skrekis
DF   Spyros Stefanidis 1 1
DF   Apostolos Toskas
DF   Lakis Nikolaou 2 1 3
DF   Sakis Zarzopoulos
DF   Stefanos Theodoridis
DF   Petros Ravousis 1 1
Midfielders
MF   Timo Zahnleiter
MF   Takis Timotheou
MF   Lazaros Papadopoulos 1 1
MF   Dionysis Tsamis 1 1
MF   Christos Ardizoglou 1 1
MF   Fotis Outsikas
Forwards
FW   Mimis Papaioannou
FW   Georgios Dedes 1 1
FW   Walter Wagner 1 1
FW   Tasos Konstantinou

Awards edit

Player Pos. Award Source
  Georgios Dedes FW Alpha Ethniki Top Scorer
  Christos Ardizoglou MF Greek Cup Top Scorer (shared)

References edit

  1. ^ Γκόγκουλης, Ευάνθης. "Το χρονικό της μεταγραφής του Θωμά Μαύρου". oldfootball.gr.
  2. ^ "Περίοδος 1975-1976". kitrinomavro.gr. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "Ετσι έκλεψαν από την ΑΕΚ τον τίτλο του 1976". aek365.org. 14 December 2019.

External links edit