1961–62 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 1961–62 season was the 38th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the third consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki and the Greek Cup. The season began on 9 September 1961 and finished on 17 June 1962.

AEK Athens
1961–62 season
ChairmanNikos Goumas
ManagerTryfon Tzanetis
StadiumAEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki4th
Greek CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kostas Nestoridis (29)

All:
Kostas Nestoridis (29)
Highest home attendance35,000 vs Panathinaikos
(28 March 1962)
Lowest home attendance3,535 vs Egaleo
(4 February 1962)
Average home league attendance12,841
Biggest winEgaleo 0–8 AEK Athens
Biggest defeatPanathinaikos 4–1 AEK Athens

Overview

In the summer of 1961, AEK Athens aspired to return to the championship claim. With Tryfon Tzanetis on the wheel of the team and Kleanthis Maropoulos essentially in the position of technical director, they carried out the transfers of Panikos Krystallis and Dimitris Zagylos from Cyprus, who were considered very skilled footballers.

AEK started strongly in the league with three consecutive wins including the emphatic 8–0 away win against Egaleo, which is the biggest away win at first national division level, while in the 4th matchday they drew 0–0 with Olympiacos in Nea Filadelfeia, though were better than their opponent. In the 6th matchday, AEK were at the top of the standings alongside Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, where they remained until the 8th matchday when without conceding a single goal, they faced Panathinaikos at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. AEK found themselves losing by 2–0 and they managed to reduce the score to 2–1, however in the last quarter of the match they collapsed resulting in a 4–1 defeat while the "greens" were able to extend the score even more. Thus, AEK moved into second place, however they continued to have good performances. However, they was also defeated by Apollon Athens, which at that time had a formidable team and was in the first positions of the standings. With various ups and downs, they remained with 5 points from the top until the 28th matchday, when the derby against Panathinaikos took place. In a packed Nea Filadelfeia Stadium, AEK entered intesively and by half an hour into the game they were leading 2–0. Shortly before the end of the half, Panathinaikos managed to reduce the score to 2–1 and during the second half they made the comeback and won by 2–3, which mainly happened due to mistakes by the players of AEK. They continued, aiming for the second place with Olympiacos and Apollon as their main competitors, with the latter defeating them at home and passed them in the standings and at the end of the championship AEK finished in 4th place.

In the round of 32, AEK awarded the match against Kalamata, as they resigned from the match. In the round of 16, they faced Apollon Athens at home and in the presence of fifteen thousand spectators, AEK were defeated by 2–1 and were eliminated. It was the third time that Apollon defeated AEK in the same year, as they had already them won two times in the league.[1]

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 17 June 1962, 23:59 UTC+2.

Player Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Signed Previous club Transfer fee Contract until
Goalkeepers
Sotiris Fakis Greece GK 1934 (aged 2728) 1957 Greece Amyna Ambelokipoi Free 1962
Stelios Serafidis Greece GK (1935-08-06)6 August 1935 (aged 26) 1953 Greece AEK Athens U20 1972
Defenders
Giannis Marditsis Greece CB / ST (1933-02-19)19 February 1933 (aged 29) 1959 Greece Egaleo ₯103,000 1964
Petros Stamatelopoulos Greece LB (1934-03-19)19 March 1934 (aged 28) 1959 Greece Panerythraikos ₯100,000 1962
Mimis Anastasiadis Greece RB / CB / ST (1936-10-26)26 October 1936 (aged 25) 1956 Greece A.O. Nea Ionia Free 1964
Alekos Sofianidis GreeceTurkey LB / LM / LW (1937-08-03)3 August 1937 (aged 24) 1959 Turkey Beşiktaş Free 1969
Theofilos Vernezis Greece RB / CB / GK 1938 (aged 2324) 1956 Greece AEK Athens U20 1965
Dimitris Tzaneras Greece CB / DM 1942 (aged 1920) 1960 Greece Atromitos Piraeus Free 1962
Daispangos Greece CB 1942 (aged 1920) 1960 Greece AEK Athens U20 1964
Midfielders
Miltos Papapostolou Greece DM / CB (1935-09-09)9 September 1935 (aged 26) 1956 Greece Egaleo Free 1965
Giorgos Petridis Greece AM / SS / ST (1938-02-10)10 February 1938 (aged 24) 1957 Greece Pera Club Free 1966
Panikos Krystallis Cyprus AM / SS / CM / RM / LM (1938-07-01)1 July 1938 (aged 23) 1961 Cyprus Apollon Limassol ₯1,900,000 1964
Stelios Skevofilakas Greece LM / RM / AM (1939-01-06)6 January 1939 (aged 23) 1960 Greece Eleftheroupoli Free 1972
Thanasis Gouvas Greece AM / RW / SS / ST (1939-04-00)April 1939 (aged 23) 1960 Greece A.E. Messolonghi Free 1965
Stefanos Demiris Greece AM / SS / ST (1941-01-19)19 January 1941 (aged 21) 1959 Greece AE Kavalas 1961
Forwards
Kostas Nestoridis Greece ST / SS (1930-03-15)15 March 1930 (aged 32) 1955 Greece Panionios Free 1965
Andreas Stamatiadis (Captain) Greece RW / LW / SS / ST (1935-08-16)16 August 1935 (aged 26) 1952 Greece AEK Athens U20 1959
Christos Ampos Greece LW / SS / ST (1937-10-19)19 October 1937 (aged 24) 1956 Greece AO Kifisia Free 1962
Dimitris Zagylos Cyprus RW (1938-03-15)15 March 1938 (aged 24) 1961 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta ₯320,000 1964
Argyris Argyropoulos Greece ST 1939 (aged 2223) 1958 Greece AEK Athens U20 1962
Nikos Zagotsis Greece ST / SS (1940-03-16)16 March 1940 (aged 22) 1960 Greece AEK Athens U20 1965
Aris Tsachouridis Greece LW / LM / RM / RW (1940-12-10)10 December 1940 (aged 21) 1960 Greece Makedonikos Free 1965
Simos Vavaleros Greece ST 1943 (aged 1819) 1961 Greece Egaleo Free 1964
Spyros Pomonis Greece LW / LM (1944-02-12)12 February 1944 (aged 18) 1960 Greece AEK Athens U20 1973

Transfers


In

Pos. Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
MF Cyprus Panikos Krystallis Cyprus Apollon Limassol Transfer ₯1,900,000 1 July 1961 30 June 1964
FW Cyprus Dimitris Zagylos Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta Transfer ₯320,000 1 July 1961 30 June 1964
FW Greece Simos Vavaleros Greece Egaleo Transfer Free 1 July 1961 30 June 1964

Out

Pos. Player To Type Fee Date Source
GK Greece Kimon Dimitriou Greece Olympiacos Chalkida End of contract 1 July 1961
DF Greece Nikos Melissis Retired 1 July 1961
DF Greece Antonis Gavanas Greece Panegialios End of contract 1 July 1961
DF Greece Dimitris Diakakis Free agent End of contract 1 July 1961
MF Greece Thymios Polyzos Greece Panachaiki End of contract 1 July 1961
MF Greece Pavlos Emmanouilidis Greece Panachaiki End of contract 1 July 1961
FW Greece Dimitris Tsanoulas Free agent End of contract 1 July 1961

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure: Decrease ₯2,220,000

Income: Increase ₯0

Net Total: Decrease ₯2,220,000

Pre-season and friendlies

18 October 1961 Friendly Omonia Cyprus 1–4 Greece AEK Athens Nicosia
Stadium: GSP Stadium
3 January 1962 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 0–6 Spain Barcelona Nea Filadelfeia
Report
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 31,960
Note: Inauguration of the large stand and turf of the AEK Stadium. The game was attended by the then heir to the Spanish throne Juan Carlos and his future wife, Sofia.[2]
25 March 1962 Friendly Olympiacos Greece 1–2 Greece AEK Athens Nea Filadelfeia
  • Psychos 60'
Report
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Note: AEK offered all the earnings for the construction of the stadium of Olympiacos, repaying the gesture of the latter who had donated all the earnings from their match against Barcelona, two months ago, for the newly built AEK Stadium. Olympiacos were typically the host team, since at the time they often used AEK Stadium as a home ground.[3]
2 May 1962 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 4–1 England Bolton Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
24 May 1962 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 2–5 Spain Barcelona Nea Filadelfeia
Report
Stadium: AEK Stadium

Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Olympiacos 30 22 4 4 65 23 +42 78 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round
3 Apollon Athens 30 19 6 5 55 26 +29 74
4 AEK Athens 30 19 5 6 73 31 +42 73
5 Panionios[lower-alpha 1] 30 12 8 10 43 40 +3 61
6 PAOK 30 12 6 12 32 43 11 60
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
Notes:
  1. Apollon Kalamarias and Panionios were deducted 1 point each.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 19 5 6 73 31  +42 73 11 2 2 41 13  +28 8 3 4 32 18  +14

Results by Matchday

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHAAAAAHAAAAHHAHAHHHHHAHHHΗA
ResultWWWDWWWLDWWWLWWWLWDWWWLWLWWLDD
Position111221122222332223333333443434
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures

9 September 1961 Matchday 1 Egaleo 0–8 AEK Athens Rizoupoli
16:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 8,575
Referee: Manolis Panakis (Athens)
Note: Record away win in the history of Greek Championship.
17 September 1961 Matchday 2 AEK Athens 2–0 Niki Volos Ampelokipoi
16:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 12,338
Referee: Patsanian (Piraeus)
Note: Match held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, due to the construction works at AEK Stadium.
24 September 1961 Matchday 3 Panionios 0–1 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
16:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Stathis Papavasileiou (Piraeus)
1 October 1961 Matchday 4 AEK Athens 0–0 Olympiacos Ampelokipoi
15:15 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Karl Keller (Switzerland)
Note: Match held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, due to the construction works at AEK Stadium.
8 October 1961 Matchday 5 Doxa Drama 0–4 AEK Athens Drama
15:15 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Doxa Drama Stadium
Attendance: 4,556
Referee: Leonidas Vambakopoulos (Athens)
5 November 1961 Matchday 6 Fostiras 0–1 AEK Athens Tavros
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Tavros Stadium
Attendance: 9,314
Referee: Alexandros Monastiriotis (Piraeus)
12 November 1961 Matchday 7 Ethnikos Piraeus 0–1 AEK Athens Piraeus
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 16,877
Referee: Spanos (Patras)
19 November 1961 Matchday 8 Panathinaikos 4–1 AEK Athens Ampelokipoi
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 24,738
Referee: Alfred Haberfellner (Austria)
26 November 1961 Matchday 9 Aris 0–0 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Aris Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Giorgos Chavelas (Piraeus)
Note: In the 38th minute, Serafidis was injured and Sofianidis took his place in the goalpost until the end of the half.
3 December 1961 Matchday 10 AEK Athens 2–0 Iraklis Ampelokipoi
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 16,906
Referee: Giorgos Pelomis (Athens)
Note: Match held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, due to the construction works at AEK Stadium.
10 December 1961 Matchday 11 PAOK 1–2 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Kiourtzis 25'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 13,276
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)
16 December 1961 Matchday 12 Panelefsiniakos 3–6 AEK Athens Piraeus
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Dimas 56'
  • Karmponis 62', 88'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 6,636
Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa)
14 January 1962 Matchday 13 Apollon Athens 2–0 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 16,535
Referee: Aleksandar Skorić (Yugoslavia)
20 January 1962 Matchday 14 Proodeftiki 2–4 AEK Athens Piraeus
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Daoutis 30'
  • Mesologgitis 39'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 12,028
Referee: Vangelis Pazaropoulos (Athens)
28 January 1962 Matchday 15 AEK Athens 5–0 Apollon Kalamarias Nea Filadelfeia
15:15 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 9,732
Referee: Alexandros Monastiriotis (Piraeus)
4 February 1962 Matchday 16 AEK Athens 2–0 Egaleo Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 3,535
Referee: Periklis Poulias (Athens)
11 February 1962 Matchday 17 Niki Volos 2–1 AEK Athens Volos
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Niki Volos Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Vangelis Vernardakis (Piraeus)
18 February 1962 Matchday 18 AEK Athens 4–1 Panionios Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 15,263
Referee: Thodoros Giavropoulos (Piraeus)
25 February 1962 Matchday 19 Olympiacos 0–0 AEK Athens Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 20,795
Referee: Avraham Dudai (Israel)
4 March 1962 Matchday 20 AEK Athens 3–1 Doxa Drama Nea Filadelfeia
15:45 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 9,890
Referee: Thomas Vergotis (Rhodes)
11 March 1962 Matchday 21 AEK Athens 3–1 Fostiras Nea Filadelfeia
15:45 EET (UTC+2)
  • Deimezis 11'
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Petros Tzouvaras (Thessaly)
18 March 1962 Matchday 22 AEK Athens 2–0 Ethnikos Piraeus Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 10,865
Referee: Kostas Xanthos (Dodecanese)
28 March 1962 Matchday 23 AEK Athens 2–3 Panathinaikos Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Eduardo Rosa Gouveia (Portugal)
1 April 1962 Matchday 24 AEK Athens 1–0 Aris Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 5,920
Referee: Adamakis
15 April 1962 Matchday 25 Iraklis 2–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
16:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Marnas 34', 90'
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 5,371
Referee: Alexandros Monastiriotis (Piraeus)
13 May 1962 Matchday 26 AEK Athens 6–2 PAOK Nea Filadelfeia
16:45 EET (UTC+2)
  • Giakoumis 1', 51'
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Petros Tzouvaras (Thessaly)
Note: The first of the six games that the defender Theofilos Vernezis played as a goalkeeper, due to the injury of both goalkeepers Serafidis and Fakis.
20 May 1962 Matchday 27 AEK Athens 8–3 Panelefsiniakos Nea Filadelfeia
16:45 EET (UTC+2)
  • Mouratis 43', 83' (pen.)
  • Karmponis 70'
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Giorgos Ampatzoglou (Athens)
27 May 1962 Matchday 28 AEK Athens 0–1 Apollon Athens Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Giannis Korkidis (Athens)
10 June 1962 Matchday 29 AEK Athens 1–1 Proodeftiki Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Kostas Xanthos (Dodecanese)
17 June 1962 Matchday 30 Apollon Kalamarias 2–2 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
17:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Tsampakidis 52'
  • Mitariotis 84'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Giannis Zogas (Athens)

Greek Cup

Matches

8 April 1962 Round of 32 Kalamata 0–2
(Awarded)
AEK Athens
Note: On 4 of April Kalamata declared to the HFF their resignation from the game and was awarded to AEK with 0–2 by regulation.
16 May 1962 Round of 16 AEK Athens 1–2 Apollon Athens Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Stathis Papavasileiou (Piraeus)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 17 June 1962
No.PosPlayerAlpha EthnikiGreek Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
GK Kingdom of Greece Sotiris Fakis 7000 70
GK Kingdom of Greece Stelios Serafidis 18000 180
Defenders
DF Kingdom of Greece Giannis Marditsis 28010 290
DF Kingdom of Greece Petros Stamatelopoulos 8010 90
DF Kingdom of Greece Mimis Anastasiadis 22000 220
DF Kingdom of Greece Alekos Sofianidis 29010 300
DF Kingdom of Greece Theofilos Vernezis 5010 60
DF Kingdom of Greece Dimitris Tzaneras 2000 20
DF Kingdom of Greece Daispangos 0000 00
Midfielders
MF Kingdom of Greece Miltos Papapostolou 27010 280
MF Kingdom of Greece Giorgos Petridis 261210 2712
MF Cyprus Panikos Krystallis 24210 252
MF Kingdom of Greece Stelios Skevofilakas 30310 313
MF Kingdom of Greece Thanasis Gouvas 14400 144
MF Kingdom of Greece Stefanos Demiris 4100 41
Forwards
FW Kingdom of Greece Kostas Nestoridis 292910 3029
FW Kingdom of Greece Andreas Stamatiadis 241100 2411
FW Kingdom of Greece Christos Ampos 1000 10
FW Cyprus Dimitris Zagylos 15310 163
FW Kingdom of Greece Argyris Argyropoulos 0000 00
FW Kingdom of Greece Nikos Zagotsis 0000 00
FW Kingdom of Greece Aris Tsachouridis 16711 178
FW Kingdom of Greece Simos Vavaleros 1000 10
FW Kingdom of Greece Spyros Pomonis 0000 00

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player Against Result Date Competition Source
Greece Kostas Nestoridis Greece Egaleo 8–0 (A) 9 September 1961 Alpha Ethniki [4]
Greece Kostas Nestoridis Greece Doxa Drama 4–0 (A) 8 October 1961 Alpha Ethniki [5]
Greece Giorgos Petridis Greece Panelefsiniakos 6–3 (A) 16 December 1961 Alpha Ethniki
Greece Kostas Nestoridis4 Greece Panelefsiniakos 8–3 (H) 20 May 1962 Alpha Ethniki [6]

Disciplinary record

As of 17 June 1962
N P Nat. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Total Notes
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
Goalkeepers
GK Kingdom of Greece Sotiris Fakis
GK Kingdom of Greece Stelios Serafidis
Defenders
DF Kingdom of Greece Giannis Marditsis
DF Kingdom of Greece Petros Stamatelopoulos
DF Kingdom of Greece Mimis Anastasiadis
DF Kingdom of Greece Alekos Sofianidis
DF Kingdom of Greece Theofilos Vernezis
DF Kingdom of Greece Dimitris Tzaneras
DF Kingdom of Greece Daispangos
Midfielders
MF Kingdom of Greece Miltos Papapostolou
MF Kingdom of Greece Giorgos Petridis
MF Cyprus Panikos Krystallis
MF Kingdom of Greece Stelios Skevofilakas
MF Kingdom of Greece Thanasis Gouvas
MF Kingdom of Greece Stefanos Demiris
Forwards
FW Kingdom of Greece Kostas Nestoridis
FW Kingdom of Greece Andreas Stamatiadis
FW Kingdom of Greece Christos Ampos
FW Cyprus Dimitris Zagylos
FW Kingdom of Greece Argyris Argyropoulos
FW Kingdom of Greece Nikos Zagotsis
FW Kingdom of Greece Aris Tsachouridis
FW Kingdom of Greece Simos Vavaleros
FW Kingdom of Greece Spyros Pomonis

Awards

Player Pos. Award Source
Greece Kostas Nestoridis FW Alpha Ethniki Top Scorer

References

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