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1978–79 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 1978–79 season was the 55th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 20th 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 3 September 1978 and finished on 16 June 1979.

AEK Athens
1978–79 season
ChairmanLoukas Barlos
ManagerFerenc Puskás
(until 17 March)
Andreas Stamatiadis
StadiumAEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki1st
Greek CupRunners-up
European CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Thomas Mavros (31)
All:
Thomas Mavros (40)
Highest home attendance35,000 vs Nottingham Forest
(18 October 1978)
Lowest home attendance2,204 vs Kavala
(8 November 1978)
Average home league attendance14,631
Biggest winAEK Athens 7–0 Kavala
Biggest defeatNottingham Forest 5–1 AEK Athens

Overview edit

The peculiarities of the 1978–79 season could well mark it as historic for the Greek Football, while it was also the last semi-professional season as with the enactment of law 879/79 in March, all the football clubs were obliged to be converted into S.A. to participate in the first professional championship of the next season. In the summer, there was an "epidemic" of transfers by iconic players among the big teams. AEK were the only club that was left intact. Georgios Delikaris moved from Olympiacos to Panathinaikos, Antonis Antoniadis followed the opposite path and Mimis Domazos left Panathinaikos. Loukas Barlos seized the chance and signed him to AEK. Thus, for one season, AEK had in their roster at the same time the two best Greek footballers of the century, both born in 1942, both named "Mimis": Papaioannou and Domazos. The addition of the "general", Mimis Domazos to the roster, with his leadership skills and tactical mind, gave the already impressive team, the element that made them one of the most spectacular that have ever played in the Greek stadiums. Furthermore, after the departure of the double winner, Zlatko Čajkovski for Zürich, Barlos brought to the club's bench the great Ferenc Puskás, who alongside Domazos were the architects of Panathinaikos' campaign to the 1971 European Cup Final, hoping that AEK would do a similar breakthrough at the European stage.

In the championship, AEK started impressively and were ahead in the standings. Olympiacos were the only rival for the title. While AEK were generously scattering goals and spectacle, while in the opposite of the event, there were many official complaints of the opponents of Olympiacos for attempts of bribery. In the 12th matchday, Oikonomou of Apollon Athens and on the 23rd and the goalkeeper of PAS Giannina, Lisa, reported of bribery on the side of Olympiacos and on the 32nd matchday, after their match against Olympiacos, Rodos punished Doxakis, Papaoikonomou and Skartados for having reduced performance in the match as Olympiacos turned their 3–1 lead in 23 minutes, with the help of the referee as well.[1]

AEK also started their obligations in the European Cup against Porto. The quality of the opponent and the fullness of AEK foreshadowed two ambiguous matches with an uncertain outcome. In Nea Filadelfeia, AEK and their fans experienced a magical European night and witnessed the club's biggest victory in the European Cup with 6–1, which gave AEK a largely securing qualification to the next round. In the rematch AEK opened the score in the first half and in the last half hour of the match they turned off the engines as the Portuguese grabbed the opportunity and scored four goals. Next opponent for AEK, Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest. The "reds" having learned not to underestimate their opponents and being aware of AEK's impressive performance against Porto, came to Nea Filadelfeia for the first leg, completely focused on their goal. Nottingham took the lead early on and at the 21st minute, AEK were left with 10 players after the suspension of Milton Viera. At the end of the half Nottingham doubled their lead and until the match was over the Englishmen played conservatively with AEK managing to reduce in the final 1–2. In the second leg AEK entered the pitch knowing well that a difficult night that awaited them. In the first half, Nottingham easily scored three goals having lost several opportunities to a widen the score, while at the second half, AEK reduced to 3–1 with a header from Bajević. Nottingham completed their imposing appearance with a 5–1 victory and eventually won the trophy.

Towards the end of the championship, AEK presented an inexplicable decline in their performance and in the face of the risk of losing the title after the away defeat by Aris on March 11, Barlos decided to remove Puskás from bench of the team and assigned it to his assistant, Andreas Stamatiadis for the rest of the season. In the Greek Cup, it was the first year that the two-legged tie on a home and away basis, for the quarter-finals and the semi-finals were established, according to the model of European cups. The AEK marched through the first three rounds eliminating Kavala, Proodeftiki and Acharnaikos, respectively. In the quarter-final against Anagennisi Epanomi after a 1–1 away draw, AEK won 2–0 in the second leg and qualified to the semi-final where they faced Panachaiki. In Patras, they were defeated by 3–2 but at home AEK won easily by 5–1. In the final AEK met Panionios who came from two consecutive unexpected qualifications. In the game, while AEK managed to take the lead early on, Panionios succeeded in putting AEK to "sleep" and by not letting them impose their frenetic tempo, completed the comeback and won by 3–1 and became one of the biggest surprises in the history of the institution.[2]

The end of the championship found AEK and Olympiacos, even in the first place with 56 points and a play-off match for the title was set. Olympiacos either in fear of a possible embarrassment from AEK, or as part of an unofficial deal with the HFF in exchange for silencing allegations of bribery and consequently avoiding demotion, were not going to show up to the match. The excuse was the protest for the refereeing of Charalampos Pamporidis against OFI in the last matchday, considering him responsible for not managing to complete the comeback of a 3–1 loss that would resulted in winning the league. On June 16, at the stadium on Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, AEK were the only team lined up on the pitch. The absence of Olympiacos automatically declared AEK champion with a 2–0 victory without a match.[3] During the season AEK were an unstoppable football machine that dismantled their opponents as they achieved the league's best offense with a total of 90 goals, rewarding their opponents 6 times with 5 goals and 2 with 7 goals. Thomas Mavros was declared the top scorer of the league with 31 goals and 40 in total, winning the European Silver Shoe, just 3 goals behind Kees Kist.[4] In the third place of the top scorers of the league was Dušan Bajević with 24 goals and in the 8th, Takis Nikoloudis with 12. That season would be the last at AEK for the emblematic leader, Mimis Papaioannou which after 17 consecutive years of presence, he would be passed on the pantheon of the legends in the history of the club.[5]

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 16 June 1979, 23:59 UTC+3.

Player Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Signed Previous club Transfer fee Contract until
Goalkeepers
Nikos Christidis   GK (1944-08-02)2 August 1944 (aged 34) 1976   Aris Free 1982
Lakis Stergioudas   GK (1952-12-11)11 December 1952 (aged 26) 1972   Niki Poligyrou Free 1984
Spyros Ikonomopoulos   GK (1959-07-25)25 July 1959 (aged 19) 1978   AEK Athens U20 — 1993
Defenders
Apostolos Toskas   CB (1947-12-28)28 December 1947 (aged 31) 1969   Trikala Free 1979
Lakis Nikolaou (Captain)   CB / RB / ST / DM (1949-07-17)17 July 1949 (aged 29) 1971   Atromitos ₯600,000 1979
Babis Intzoglou   RB / LB / CB (1949-04-01)1 April 1949 (aged 30) 1976   Panionios Free 1980
Giannis Mousouris   RB / RM / ST (1951-01-26)26 January 1951 (aged 28) 1977   AEL ₯3,000,000 1982
Petros Ravousis   CB / RB (1954-10-01)1 October 1954 (aged 24) 1972   Aetos Skydra Free 1984
Aris Damianidis   CB / RB (1955-03-02)2 March 1955 (aged 24) 1977   Egaleo Free 1980
Dimitris Kotsos   LB (1955-03-30)30 March 1955 (aged 24) 1978   Kastoria Free 1980
Stavros Letsas   RB / RM / CB (1957-03-06)6 March 1957 (aged 22) 1978   Agioi Anargyroi Free 1985
Panagiotis Stylianopoulos   RB / LB (1957-09-04)4 September 1957 (aged 21) 1978   AEK Athens U20 — 1988
Theodoros Apostolopoulos   CB 1959 (aged 19–20) 1978   AEK Athens U20 — 1980
Midfielders
Mimis Domazos   AM / SS (1942-01-22)22 January 1942 (aged 37) 1978   Panathinaikos Free 1980
Milton Viera   CM / DM (1946-05-11)11 May 1946 (aged 33) 1977   Olympiacos Free 1980
Lazaros Papadopoulos   RM / RW (1950-01-03)3 January 1950 (aged 29) 1973   Veria Free 1979
Dionysis Tsamis   CM / DM / AM (1951-05-21)21 May 1951 (aged 28) 1972   Panetolikos ₯2,300,000 1980
Takis Nikoloudis   CM / AM / RM / LM (1951-08-26)26 August 1951 (aged 27) 1977   Iraklis Free 1981
Christos Ardizoglou   RM / LM / RW / AM (1953-03-25)25 March 1953 (aged 26) 1974   Apollon Athens ₯5,000,000 1986
Christos Kalaitzidis   LM (1959-02-06)6 February 1959 (aged 20) 1978   AEK Athens U20 — 1981
Dimitris Kokkinopoulos   RM / RW 1960 (aged 18–19) 1978   AEK Athens U20 — 1980
Forwards
Mimis Papaioannou (Vice-captain)   SS / ST / AM (1942-08-23)23 August 1942 (aged 36) 1962   Veria ₯175,000 1979
Dušan Bajević   ST / SS (1948-12-10)10 December 1948 (aged 30) 1977   Velež Mostar Free 1981
Tasos Konstantinou   RW / SS / ST / RM / AM (1951-03-11)11 March 1951 (aged 28) 1972   EPA Larnaca Free 1980
Thomas Mavros   ST / SS (1954-05-31)31 May 1954 (aged 25) 1976   Panionios Free 1984

Transfers edit

In edit

Pos. Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
GK   Spyros Ikonomopoulos   AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 1 July 1978 30 June 1996
DF   Theodoros Apostolopoulos   AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 1 July 1978 30 June 1980
DF   Stavros Letsas   Agioi Anargyroi Transfer Free 1 July 1978 30 June 1985
DF   Panagiotis Stylianopoulos   AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 1 July 1978 30 June 1988
DF   Dimitris Kotsos   Kastoria Transfer Free 1 July 1978 30 June 1980
ΜF   Dimitris Kokkinopoulos   AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 1 July 1978 30 June 1980
ΜF   Christos Kalaitzidis   AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 1 July 1978 30 June 1981
MF   Mimis Domazos   Panathinaikos Transfer Free 17 July 1978 30 June 1980

Out edit

Pos. Player To Type Fee Date Source
DF   Stefanos Theodoridis   Olympiacos End of contract — 1 July 1978
MF   Fotis Outsikas   Acharnaikos Contract termination — 1 July 1978
MF   Giorgos Vlachonikolis Free agent End of contract — 1 July 1978

Loan out edit

Pos. Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
FW   Giorgos Vlantis   Panachaiki Free 1 July 1978 30 June 1980  N

Overall transfer activity edit

Expenditure:   ₯0

Income:   ₯0

Net Total:   ₯0

Pre-season and friendlies edit

2 August 1978 Friendly AEK Athens   1–1   Nottingham Forest Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Viera   69'
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Alexopoulos
7 August 1978 Friendly AEK Athens   0–2   Steaua București Nea Filadelfeia
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
9 August 1978 Friendly AEK Athens   3–2   Brno Nea Filadelfeia
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Kopenec   69'
  • Hausti   80'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
16 August 1978 Friendly AEK Athens   3–1   Club Brugge Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
19 August 1978 Friendly La Louvière   3–4   AEK Athens La Louvière
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Dardenne   10'
  • De Bolle   20'
  • Rohde   68'
Stadium: Stade du Tivoli
22 August 1978 Friendly Beveren   3–1   AEK Athens Beveren
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Stevens   23'
  • Truyens   37'
  • Albert   50'
Stadium: Freethiel Stadion
23 August 1978 Friendly Cercle Brugge   0–1   AEK Athens Bruges
  • Kalaitzidis   19'
 Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
27 August 1978 Friendly Chalkida   0–2   AEK Athens Chalcis
 Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Chalkida
30 August 1978 Friendly AEK Athens   1–0   OFI Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
22 September 1978 Friendly AEK Athens   7–0   Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia
  •              
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
4 October 1978 Friendly AEK Athens   3–5   New York Cosmos Nea Filadelfeia
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: AEK Stadium
25 October 1978 Friendly Velež Mostar   4–2   AEK Athens Mostar
  •   30'   40'   56'   61'
Stadium: Bijeli Brijeg
26 November 1978 Friendly AEK Athens   4–2   Saudi Arabia Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Secia   70'
  • Khalifa   78'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
3 December 1978 Friendly AEK Athens   3–2   Münster Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
15 March 1979 Friendly AEK Athens   2–2   Greece amateur Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
4 April 1979 Friendly AEK Athens   5–3   Greece military Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Note: Thomas Mavros played with Greece military, against his team since he was serving in the Greek Army at the time.
1 May 1979 Friendly OFI   1–1   AEK Athens Heraklion
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
10 May 1979 Friendly AEL   2–0   AEK Athens Larissa
  • Yfantis   10'
  • Vouroukos   18'
 Stadium: Alcazar Stadium
6 June 1979 Mimis Papaioannou Testimonial AEK Athens   2–3   PAOK Nea Filadelfeia
 Report
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 8,777
Note: Friendly match in honour of Mimis Papaioannou, who was leaving AEK after 17 years of presence at the club. AEK played with a mixed team, consisting of football friends who wanted to honor Papaioannou. The yellow and black jersey that day, was worn by footballers of Aris, Giannis Venos and Georgios Firos, Fanis Theofanous of Pezoporikos Larnaca, Manolis Kottis of Rodos a year before his transfer to AEK, Walter Schachner of Austria Wien, Kurt Jara of Duisburg, Pantelidis of PAS Giannina, Eleftheriadis of Veria, Vaggis of Egaleo, Antonis Antoniadis of Olympiacos, Michalis Tzirakis and Dimitrios Papadopoulos of OFI both before moving to AEK at some time, Charalampos Xanthopoulos of Iraklis and Lakis Papaioannou of Pierikos, but most importantly by Vasilis Hatzipanagis, one of the greatest Greek footballers of all time.

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 3 September 1978 3 June 1979 Matchday 1 Winners 34 25 6 3 90 60 +30 073.53
Championship play-off 16 June 1979 Final Winners 1 1 0 0 0 0 +0 100.00
Greek Cup 8 November 1978 9 June 1979 First round Runners-up 8 5 1 2 24 8 +16 062.50
European Cup 13 September 1978 1 November 1978 First round Second round 4 1 0 3 9 12 −3 025.00
Total 47 32 7 8 123 80 +43 068.09

Last updated: 16 June 1979
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki edit

Main article: 1978–79 Alpha Ethniki

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AEK Athens[a] (C) 34 25 6 3 90 30 +60 56 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Olympiacos[a] 34 26 4 4 63 27 +36 56 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Aris 34 22 6 6 63 26 +37 50
4 PAOK 34 18 9 7 73 23 +50 45
5 Panathinaikos 34 14 10 10 46 37 +9 38
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b AEK Athens pronounced champions, because Olympiacos did not show up for the play-off match.

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 25 6 3 90 30  +60 56 15 2 0 62 12  +50 10 4 3 28 18  +10

Results by Matchday edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHH
ResultWWWWWDLWWDWWWDWWDWLDWWLWWWWDWWWWWW
Position3221113212221111113332333222222221
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures edit

3 September 1978 1 Egaleo 0–2 AEK Athens Aigaleo
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Aigaleo Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 10,206
Referee: Nikos Lampropoulos (Elis)
10 September 1978 2 AEK Athens 3–2 PAOK Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 27,854
Referee: Grippas (Kavala)
24 September 1978 3 Olympiacos 0–1 AEK Athens Piraeus
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 38,934
Referee: Antonis Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
1 October 1978 4 AEK Athens 5–1 Iraklis Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Chatzieleftheriou   38'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 16,595
Referee: Dimitris Pantzalis (Piraeus)
14 October 1978 5 Panionios 0–1 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
 Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 9,951
Referee: Vasilis Patarakis (Piraeus)
21 October 1978 6 AEK Athens 1–1 Aris Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 10,660
Referee: Giannis Tsionas (Larissa)
5 November 1978 7 Ethnikos Piraeus 3–1 AEK Athens Piraeus
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 24,067
Referee: Kostas Karakitsos (Athens)
12 November 1978 8 AEK Athens 4–0 Panachaiki Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 8,704
Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus)
19 November 1978 9 AEK Athens 2–0 Apollon Athens Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 10,257
Referee: Aristeidis Lekkas (Piraeus)
10 December 1978 10 Panathinaikos 2–2 AEK Athens Ampelokipoi
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 23,150
Referee: Panagiotis Tsolakidis (Thessaloniki)
17 December 1978 11 AEK Athens 2–1 Kastoria Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Papetas   52'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 10,606
Referee: Kostas Karakitsos (Lamia)
24 December 1978 12 Rodos 0–1 AEK Athens Rhodes
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Municipal Stadium Ekonomideio
Attendance: 4,552
Referee: Dimitris Pantzalis (Piraeus)
31 December 1978 13 AEK Athens 5–0 Panserraikos Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 9,223
Referee: Giorgos Katsoras (Thessaloniki)
7 January 1979 14 OFI 0–0 AEK Athens Heraklion
14:30 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 8,228
Referee: Panagiotis Tsolakidis (Thessaloniki)
14 January 1979 15 AEK Athens 4–2 AEL Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 11,436
Referee: Giannis Triantafyllou (Dodecanese)
26 December 1979 16 Kavala 1–2 AEK Athens Kavala
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Kavala National Stadium
Attendance: 9,651
Referee: Tsoukaladelis (Lamia)
28 January 1979 17 PAS Giannina 1–1 AEK Athens Ioannina
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
Attendance: 11,166
Referee: Grippas
4 February 1979 18 AEK Athens 5–0 Egaleo Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 13,402
Referee: Manolis Platopoulos (Athens)
11 February 1979 19 PAOK 2–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 41,909
Referee: Kostas Dedes (Messinia)
18 February 1979 20 AEK Athens 0–0 Olympiacos Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 29,807
Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)
25 February 1979 21 Iraklis 2–3 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 14,354
Referee: Manolis Vardakas (Kozani)
4 March 1979 22 AEK Athens 4–0 Panionios Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 13,554
Referee: Giorgos Petropoulos (Athens)
11 March 1979 23 Aris 2–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Aris Stadium
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Giorgos Armodoros (Piraeus)
18 March 1979 24 AEK Athens 5–1 Ethnikos Piraeus Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Karaiskos   50'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 17,454
Referee: Panagiotis Tsolakidis (Thessaloniki)
25 March 1979 25 Panachaiki 1–2 AEK Athens Patras
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Panachaiki Stadium
Attendance: 11,833
Referee: Giannis Petrakis (Heraklion)
1 April 1979 26 Apollon Athens 1–3 AEK Athens Rizoupoli
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Papadimitriou   90' (pen.)
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 14,169
Referee: Nikos Fakis (Athens)
8 April 1979 27 AEK Athens 1–0 Panathinaikos Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 28,789
Referee: Giorgos Petropoulos (Athens)
Note: A few minutes before the half time whistle a fierce clash between the players broke out, after a foul by Eleftherakis on Mavros. The wild beating between the players resulted in the expulsion of Nikoloudis and Livathinos. After the match Álvarez spoke out against Domazos, accusing him of spitting him while threatening, in which the latter responded the following day accepting the charges and challenging him to a fight.[6]
15 April 1979 28 Kastoria 1–1 AEK Athens Kastoria
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Paunovski   77'
Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kastoria
Attendance: 3,513
Referee: G. Moschopoulos (Thessaloniki)
25 April 1979 29 AEK Athens 5–2 Rodos Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 15,001
Referee: Manolis Vardakas (Kozani)
6 May 1979 30 Panserraikos 2–5 AEK Athens Serres
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,716
Referee: Giorgos Katsoras (Thessaloniki)
13 May 1979 31 AEK Athens 2–0 OFI Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 13,634
Referee: G. Moschopoulos (Thessaloniki)
20 May 1979 32 AEL 0–1 AEK Athens Larissa
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Alcazar Stadium
Attendance: 11,731
Referee: Antonis Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
27 May 1979 33 AEK Athens 7–0 Kavala Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 10,306
Referee: Grippas
3 June 1979 34 AEK Athens 7–2 PAS Giannina Nea Filadelfeia
17:15 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 7,244
Referee: Thomaidis (Piraeus)

Championship play-off edit

16 June 1979 Play-off match AEK Athens 2–0
(Awarded)		 Olympiacos Ampelokipoi
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ioannis Ioannidis (Thessaloniki)
Note: Olympiacos did not show up, so the match, as well as the title, were awarded to AEK Athens.

Greek Cup edit

Main article: 1978–79 Greek Football Cup

Matches edit

8 November 1978 First round AEK Athens 5–2 Kavala Nea Filadelfeia
14:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Machairidis   69'
  • Filippidis   87'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 2,204
Referee: Thomaidis (Piraeus)
31 January 1979 Second round AEK Athens 4–0 Proodeftiki Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 6,071
Referee: Stefanos Rammos (Thessaloniki)
21 February 1979 Round of 16 AEK Athens 4–0 Acharnaikos Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 2,546
Referee: Antonis Patrikas (Euboea)
Quarter-finals edit
14 March 1979 First leg Anagennisi Epanomi 1–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Tsilios   82'
Stadium: Epanomi Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,598
Referee: Charalampos Pamporidis (Pella)
18 April 1979 Second leg AEK Athens 2–0
(3–1 agg.)		 Anagennisi Epanomi Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 6,092
Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus)
Semi-finals edit
16 May 1979 First leg Panachaiki 3–2 AEK Athens Patras
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Panachaiki Stadium
Attendance: 7,956
Referee: Thomaidis (Piraeus)
30 May 1979 Second leg AEK Athens 5–1
(7–4 agg.)		 Panachaiki Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 11,703
Referee: Manolis Vardakas (Kozani)
Final edit
9 June 1979 Final Panionios 3–1 AEK Athens Piraeus
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 20,299
Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus)

European Cup edit

Main article: 1978–79 European Cup

First round edit

13 September 1978 First leg AEK Athens   6–1   Porto Athens, Greece
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
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Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Eldar Azimzade (Soviet Union)
Note: AEK Athens' largest victory in the European Cup.
27 September 1978 Second leg Porto   4–1
(5–7 agg.)		   AEK Athens Porto, Portugal
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Estádio das Antas
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)

Second round edit

18 October 1978 First leg AEK Athens   1–2   Nottingham Forest Athens, Greece
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
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Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)
1 November 1978 Second leg Nottingham Forest   5–1
(7–2 agg.)		   AEK Athens Nottingham, England
20:30 EET (UTC+2)
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Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 38,069
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

Statistics edit

Squad statistics edit

As of 16 June 1979
No. Pos Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup European Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
— GK   Nikos Christidis 5 0 5 0 2 0 12 0
— GK   Lakis Stergioudas 30 0 3 0 2 0 35 0
— GK   Spyros Ikonomopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
— DF   Apostolos Toskas 6 0 4 0 1 0 11 0
— DF   Lakis Nikolaou 28 1 6 0 4 1 38 2
— DF   Babis Intzoglou 17 0 3 0 4 0 24 0
— DF   Giannis Mousouris 32 3 5 0 4 0 41 3
— DF   Petros Ravousis 30 0 7 2 4 0 41 2
— DF   Aris Damianidis 7 0 1 0 1 0 9 0
— DF   Dimitris Kotsos 21 0 5 0 0 0 26 0
— DF   Stavros Letsas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— DF   Panagiotis Stylianopoulos 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
— DF   Theodoros Apostolopoulos 9 0 7 0 0 0 16 0
Midfielders
— MF   Mimis Domazos 29 5 4 0 2 0 35 5
— MF   Milton Viera 8 0 3 0 2 0 13 0
— MF   Lazaros Papadopoulos 9 1 1 1 2 0 12 2
— MF   Dionysis Tsamis 27 0 5 0 1 0 33 0
— MF   Takis Nikoloudis 31 12 6 3 4 0 41 15
— MF   Christos Ardizoglou 29 6 6 0 4 1 39 7
— MF   Christos Kalaitzidis 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
— MF   Dimitris Kokkinopoulos 5 0 3 0 0 0 8 0
Forwards
— FW   Mimis Papaioannou 22 2 3 0 0 0 25 2
— FW   Dušan Bajević 29 24 8 9 4 3 41 36
— FW   Tasos Konstantinou 25 4 6 2 4 2 35 8
— FW   Thomas Mavros 33 31 6 7 4 2 43 40

Goalscorers edit

As of 16 June 1979
Rank Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup European Cup Total
1 FW   Thomas Mavros 31 7 2 40
2 FW   Dušan Bajević 24 9 3 36
3 MF   Takis Nikoloudis 12 3 0 15
4 FW   Tasos Konstantinou 4 2 2 8
5 MF   Christos Ardizoglou 6 0 1 7
6 MF   Mimis Domazos 5 0 0 5
7 DF   Giannis Mousouris 3 0 0 3
8 FW   Mimis Papaioannou 2 0 0 2
MF   Lazaros Papadopoulos 1 1 0 2
DF   Lakis Nikolaou 1 0 1 2
DF   Petros Ravousis 0 2 0 2
Own goals 1 0 0 1
Totals 90 24 9 123

Hat-tricks edit

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player Against Result Date Competition Source
  Dušan Bajević   Iraklis 5–1 (H) 1 October 1978 Alpha Ethniki
  Thomas Mavros   Kavala 5–2 (H) 8 November 1978 Greek Cup
  Dušan Bajević4   Panserraikos 5–0 (H) 31 December 1978 Alpha Ethniki [7]
  Thomas Mavros   AEL 4–2 (H) 14 January 1979 Alpha Ethniki [8]
  Thomas Mavros   Egaleo 5–0 (H) 4 February 1979 Alpha Ethniki
  Thomas Mavros   Panserraikos 5–2 (A) 6 May 1979 Alpha Ethniki [9]
  Thomas Mavros   Kavala 7–0 (H) 27 May 1979 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 16 June 1979
Rank Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup European Cup Total
1   Lakis Stergioudas 13 0 0 13
2   Nikos Christidis 2 3 0 5
Totals 15 3 0 18

Disciplinary record edit

As of 16 June 1979
N P Nat. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup European Cup Total Notes
                       
Goalkeepers
— GK   Nikos Christidis
— GK   Lakis Stergioudas 1 1
— GK   Spyros Ikonomopoulos
Defenders
— DF   Apostolos Toskas 1 1
— DF   Lakis Nikolaou 1 2 1 3 1
— DF   Babis Intzoglou 1 1
— DF   Giannis Mousouris 2 1 3
— DF   Petros Ravousis 7 1 1 1 9 1
— DF   Aris Damianidis
— DF   Dimitris Kotsos 3 3
— DF   Stavros Letsas
— DF   Panagiotis Stylianopoulos
— DF   Theodoros Apostolopoulos
Midfielders
— MF   Mimis Domazos
— MF   Milton Viera 1 1 2 1 4 1
— MF   Lazaros Papadopoulos
— MF   Dionysis Tsamis 1 1
— MF   Takis Nikoloudis 1 1
— MF   Christos Ardizoglou 1 1
— MF   Christos Kalaitzidis
— MF   Dimitris Kokkinopoulos
Forwards
— FW   Mimis Papaioannou
— FW   Dušan Bajević 2 1 1 3 1
— FW   Tasos Konstantinou 1 1
— FW   Thomas Mavros

Awards edit

Player Pos. Award Source
  Thomas Mavros FW Alpha Ethniki Top Scorer
  Dušan Bajević FW Greek Cup Top Scorer

References edit

  1. ^ "Η διαχρονική αναξιοπιστία του ομορφότερου παιχνιδιού". contra.gr.
  2. ^ "Το πρώτο Κύπελλο του Πανιωνίου". oldfootball.gr. 9 June 2016. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Σαν σήμερα: Ολυμπιακός-ΑΕΚ, "Θρύλε τρέμεις, γι' αυτό δεν κατεβαίνεις"". sdna.gr. 16 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Golden Boot Awards". RSSSF. 2 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Περίοδος 1978-1979". kitrinomavro.gr. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Και γκολ…και ξύλο στον Παναθηναϊκό!". aek-live.gr.
  7. ^ "Σαν Σήμερα: Η «νταμπλούχος» ΑΕΚ αποχαιρέτησε το 1978 στην κορυφή!". inaek.com (in Greek). Online. 31 December 2021.
  8. ^ "1978-79 : 15η : ΑΕΚ - ΑΕΛ 4-2". vissini.gr (in Greek). Online.
  9. ^ "Χατ-τρικ μέσα σε πέντε λεπτά ο Μαύρος ο Θεός!". aek365.org (in Greek). Online. 6 May 2015.

External links edit

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