1968–69 AEK Athens F.C. season

July 2022 AEK Athens 1968–69 Branko Stanković Manager Kosmas Kyriakidis(until 17 June)Georgios Chrysafidis Chairman AEK Stadium Alpha Ethniki 6th Greek Cup Round of 16 European Cup Quarter-finals Mimis Papaioannou (20) Mimis Papaioannou (27) 29,842 vs Spartak Trnava(12 March 1969) 2,162 vs AEL Limassol(8 June 1969) 17,567https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/grc/avegrc69.htm 1968–69 Alpha Ethniki european-football-statistics.co.uk AEL Limassol 0–5 AEK AthensAEK Athens 5–0 Lamia Panachaiki 4–2 AEK AthensPanionios 2–0 AEK AthensAris 2–0 AEK AthensOFI 2–0 AEK Athens () _black_stripes_thin1 _blacksides _black_stripes_thin1 FFEF00 FFEF00 FFEF00 000000 FFEF00 1967–68 1969–70 The 1968–69 season was the 45th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the tenth consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the European Cup. The season began on 18 September 1968 and finished on 15 June 1969. Overview The season found AEK in a transitional period with the changing of the manager, 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 manager was deemed imperative. Thus, the Yugoslav manager Branko Stanković was hired, who had already presented achievements 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, affected the course of the team in the start the season.https://www.aekfc.gr/hp/i-istoria-mas-42825.htm?lang=en&path=-234507649&tab=0&place=0 1968 - 1973 aekfc.gr 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.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/62427--aek-vs-jeunesse-esch/ AEK-Jeunesse Esch UEFA Champions League 1968/69 UEFA 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.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/62428--jeunesse-esch-vs-aek/ Jeunesse Esch-AEK UEFA Champions League 1968/69 UEFA 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.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/62502--aek-vs-ab/ AEK-AB UEFA Champions League 1968/69 UEFA 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.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/62503--ab-vs-aek/ AB-AEK UEFA Champions League 1968/69 UEFA 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 Czechoslovak 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.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/62520--spartak-trnava-vs-aek/ Spartak Trnava-AEK UEFA Champions League 1968/69 UEFA 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 tournamenthttps://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/62521--aek-vs-spartak-trnava/ AEK-Spartak Trnava UEFA Champions League 1968/69 UEFA 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. However, at the round of 16 they faced Panachaiki and were eliminated with a 4–2 away defeat.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grkcuphistfull.html#69 Greek Cup Data 1968/69 RSSSF AEK started the Championship in bad manner, but afterwards, they continued with five consecutive victories. One of these was an emphatic 3–2 away win against Olympiacos with Papaioannou playing as goalkeeper from the 85th minute, due to the suspension of Serafidis and even making two saves that secured the victory.https://www.aek365.org/a-819319/titania-maxh-kai-epiko-thriambo-sto-karaiskakh-me-ton-mimh-sto-terma-fwto-video.htm Τιτάνια μάχη και επικός θρίαμβος στο Καραϊσκάκη με τον Μίμη… στο τέρμα aek365.org 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.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grkhist.html#69 Greece 1968/69 RSSSFhttp://www.aekpedia.com/2015/05/20/aek-1968-1969/ Περίοδος 1968-1969 20 May 2015 aekpedia.com el Management team Manager YUG Branko Stanković Assistant manager GRE old Giorgos Gasparis Technical director GRE old Kleanthis Maropoulos Academy manager GRE old Georgios Daispangos |} Players Squad information NOTE: The players are the ones that have been announced by the AEK Athens' press release. No edits should be made unless a player arrival or exit is announced. Updated 15 June 1969, 23:59 UTC+2. PlayerNat.Position(s)Date of birth (Age)SignedPrevious clubTransfer feeContract until Goalkeepers Stelios Serafidis GRE old GK 1969 6 30 1935 8 6 y 1953 GRE old AEK Athens U20 — 1976 Theodoros Maniateas GRE old GK 1969 6 30 1945 3 19 y 1964 GRE old Panthisiakos Free 1976 Stelios Konstantinidis GRE old GK 1969 6 30 1947 6 6 y 1967 GRE old AEK Athens U20 — 1976 Giannis Kokkinos GRE old GK 1950 1931 1969 GRE old AEK Athens U20 — 1977 Defenders Alekos Sofianidis GRE oldTUR LB / LM / LW 1969 6 30 1935 8 3 y 1959 TUR Beşiktaş Free 1976 Aleko Yordan TURGRE old CB / RB 1969 6 30 1938 1 10 y 1964 TUR Beykoz Free 1976 Tasos Vasiliou GRE old CB 1969 6 30 1938 8 4 y 1965 GRE old Apollon Athens ₯1,200,000 1976 Giorgos Kefalidis GRE old RB / CB 1969 6 30 1941 3 21 y 1964 GRE old Pierikos ₯800,000 1976 Fotis Balopoulos GRE old CB / DM / CM / ST 1969 6 30 1943 12 17 y 1964 GRE old Proodeftiki ₯450,000 1976 Lakis Frogoudakis GRE old LB / RB / CB / DM 1944 1919 1964 GRE old AEK Athens U20 — 1976 Giannis Spyropoulos GRE old CB / RB 1945 1921 1968 GRE old PAO Patisia Free 1976 Christos Antonopoulos GRE old CB / DM 1969 6 30 1946 8 14 y 1968 GRE old AE Pangrati ₯120,000 1976 Giannis Stavrou GRE old RB / LB / CB 1969 6 30 1947 1 6 y 1967 GRE old AEK Athens U20 — 1976 Nikos Karapoulitidis GRE old LB / RB / CB 1969 6 30 1948 11 30 y 1968 GRE old AEK Athens U20 — 1976 Midfielders Stelios Skevofilakas GRE old LM / RM / AM / CM 1969 6 30 1939 1 6 y 1961 GRE old Eleftheroupoli Free 1976 Panagiotis Ventouris GRE old LM / RM / LW / RW / ST / AM / SS 1969 6 30 1943 3 1 y 1965 GRE old Fostiras ₯400,000 1976 Nikos Stathopoulos GRE old LM / LB / CM 1969 6 30 1943 11 8 y 1965 GRE old AEK Athens U20 — 1976 Michalis Simigdalas GRE old CM / RM / LM / RB / LB 1969 6 30 1944 6 23 y 1963 GRE old AEK Athens U20 — 1976 Minas Stavridis GRE old AM / SS / ST 1969 6 30 1945 4 13 y 1968 GRE old Ionikos ₯200,000 1976 Giorgos Karafeskos GRE old CM / DM / RM / RW 1969 6 30 1946 12 8 y 1964 GRE old AEK Athens U20 — 1976 Giorgos Lavaridis GRE old CM / DM / CB 1969 6 30 1947 10 15 y 1968 GRE old AEK Athens U20 — 1976 Forwards Andreas Stamatiadis (Captain) GRE old RW / LW / SS / ST 1969 6 30 1935 8 16 y 1952 GRE old AEK Athens U20 — 1976 Kostas Papageorgiou GRE old ST / RW / LW 1969 6 30 1941 1 1 y 1963 GRE old Atromitos ₯200,000 1976 Mimis Papaioannou GRE old SS / ST / AM / RW 1969 6 30 1942 11 17 y 1962 GRE old Veria ₯175,000 1976 Spyros Pomonis GRE old LW / LM 1969 6 30 1944 2 12 y 1960 GRE old AEK Athens U20 — 1976 Nikos Exarchidis GRE old ST 1944 1919 1966 GRE old Niki Plaka Free 1976 Kostas Nikolaidis GRE old RW / LW / SS / ST 1969 6 30 1944 9 10 y 1965 GRE old PAO Safraboli ₯400,000 1976 Kosmas Pesiridis GRE old RW / LW 1969 6 30 1947 10 30 y 1968 GRE old AON Argyroupoli ₯250,000 1976 Dimitris Kyrmizas GRE old ST 1947 1925 1967 GRE old AEK Athens U20 — 1976 Andreas Karakidis GRE old ST 1949 1929 1968 GRE old AEK Athens U20 — 1976 Left during season Nikos Sevastopoulos GRE old RW / SS / AM / ST 1969 6 30 1945 2 26 y 1963 GRE old AEK Athens U20 — 1976 Transfers In Pos. PositionPlayerFromFeeDateContract Until2 July 1976 Όλη η εγκύκλιος περί μεταγραφών (ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ Ζ' παράγραφος 2) 1, 4 Athletic Echo el – Greek and Cypriot professional footballers were bound to their clubs for eight years, effectively functioning as eight-year contracts.Source 1 GK Kokkinos, Giannis GRE old Giannis Kokkinos GRE old AEK Athens U20Promotion9 June 196930 June 197710 June 1969 Ο γκολκήπερ Κόκκινος έγινε επαγγελματίας 4 Athletic Echo Αργύρης Κοκκινάκης el 2 DF Spyropoulos, Giannis GRE old Giannis Spyropoulos GRE old PAO PatisiaFree transfer31 July 196830 June 19761 August 1968 Ο έξοχος Σταυρίδης στην ΑΕΚ 1, 5 Athletic Echo Αργύρης Κοκκινάκης el 2 DF Antonopoulos, Christos GRE old Christos Antonopoulos GRE old AE Pangrati₯120,000A a none20 July 196830 June 197621 July 1968 Υπέγραψαν στην ΑΕΚ οι Παπακωνσταντής και Αντωνόπουλος 1, 4 Athletic Echo Αργύρης Κοκκινάκης el 4 DF Karapoulitidis, Nikos GRE old Nikos Karapoulitidis GRE old AEK Athens U20Promotion27 August 196830 June 197627 August 1968 Η ΑΕΚ το απόγευμα αναχωρεί δια Σόφια 2 Athletic Echo Αργύρης Κοκκινάκης el 5 MF Lavaridis, Giorgos GRE old Giorgos Lavaridis GRE old AEK Athens U20Promotion27 August 196830 June 1976 9 MF Stavridis, Minas GRE old Minas Stavridis GRE old Ionikos₯200,000B b none31 July 196830 June 1976 10 FW Pesiridis, Kosmas GRE old Kosmas Pesiridis GRE old AON Argyroupoli₯250,00027 July 196830 June 197627 July 1968 Ο Πεσιρίδης εις την ΑΕΚ 1, 6 Athletic Echo Αργύρης Κοκκινάκης el 11 FW Sevastopoulos, Nikos GRE old Nikos Sevastopoulos RSA 1928 HellenicLoan return1 July 196830 June 197614 June 1968 Γύρισε πίσω ο «Πελέ» της ΑΕΚ Σεβαστόπουλος 1, 6 Athletic Echo el 13 FW Karakidis, Andreas GRE old Andreas Karakidis GRE old AEK Athens U20Promotion27 August 196830 June 1976 a. A a none plus Maskaleris, Petrou and Ioannidis from the reserve team as exchange, while AEK also signed Ioannis Papakonstantis for their reserve team. b. B b none plus Tochoumidis from the reserve team as exchange. Out Pos. PositionPlayerToFeeDateSource 10 FW Mastrakoulis, Vasilis GRE old Vasilis MastrakoulisRetired31 July 1968 Loan out Pos. PositionPlayerToFeeDateUntilOption to buySource 12 FW Sevastopoulos, Nikos GRE old Nikos Sevastopoulos RSA 1928 HellenicFree16 April 196914 September 196917 April 1969 Ο Σεβαστόπουλος ανεχώρησε στο εξωτερικό! 6 Athletic Echo el Overall transfer activity Expenditure: ₯570,000 Income: ₯0 Net Total: ₯570,000 Pre-season and friendlies Friendly 18 August 1968 17:30 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 2–1 Report19 August 1968 Η ΑΕΚ κατέβαλε με 2-1 τον Απόλλωνα ενώ έχανε 1-0 μέχρι το τελευταίο τέταρτο 1, 3 Athletic Echo Αργύρης Κοκκινάκης el Apollon Athens Papaioannou 78 Karafeskos 84 Geroukalis 28 Nea Smyrni Stadium Nea Smyrni 2,16920 August 1968 2-1: Με δυσκολία 6 Omada el Giannis Korkidis (Athens) W Friendly 21 August 1968 17:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 9–1 Report22 August 1968 Η ΑΕΚ καταπληκτική συνέτριψε χθες με 9-1 τον άτυχο Πανερυθραϊκό! 1, 5 Athletic Echo Αργύρης Κοκκινάκης el Panerythraikos Nikolaidis 6 21 26 Karafeskos 24 38 49 Papaioannou 32 41 85 Sideris 88 Zirineio Stadium Kifissia Branko Stanković W Friendly 23 August 1968 17:15 EET (UTC+2) A.O. Kifisia 1–9 Report22 August 1968 Η ΑΕΚ έξοχη με 9-1 διέλυσε τον ΑΟΚ και εγοήτευσε πάλι 1, 5 Athletic Echo Αργύρης Κοκκινάκης el AEK Athens Vasileiou 14 Ventouris 21 31 41 Nikolaidis 35 81 Karafeskos 69 Skevofilakas 72 Sofianidis 75 Papaioannou 87 Zirineio Stadium Kifissia Giorgos Gasparis W Friendly 8 September 1968 16:45 EET (UTC+2) Chalkida 1–0 Report9 September 1968 Χαλκίδα-ΑΕΚ 1-0 1, 4 Athletic Echo Αργύρης Κοκκινάκης el AEK Athens Rogas 40 Municipal Stadium of Chalkida Chalcis 4,00010 September 1968 Φιλικοί Αγώνες 5 Omada el Giannis Adamakis (Chalkida) L Friendly 12 September 1968 16:15 EET (UTC+2) Egaleo 3–3 Report13 September 1968 ΑΕΚ-Αιγάλεω 3-3 1, 2 Athletic Echo Αργύρης Κοκκινάκης el AEK Athens Giannakopoulos 27', 68 89 pen. Chrisostomou 74 Nikolaidis 10 Papaioannou 34 Papageorgiou 47 Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium Aigaleo Fatouros D Friendly 15 September 1968 16:30 EET (UTC+2) PAOK 1–2 Report16 September 1968 Η ΑΕΚ υπέροχη με 2-1 1, 3 Athletic Echo Τάκης Χασήρ el AEK Athens Mitrakas 47 Papageorgiou 30 Ventouris 83 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki 11,529 Vlasiadis (Macedonia) W Friendly 26 September 1968 20:30 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 3–2 Report27 September 1968 Η ΑΕΚ ενίκησε με 3-2 1, 6 Athletic Echo Αργύρης Κοκκινάκης el Ikaros Athens Ventouris 22 81 Karafeskos 42 pen. Ioannou 3 Anthropellos 68 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Ampelokipoi 5,000 Christos Karasoulas (Athens) W Charity match 13 October 1968 15:30 EET (UTC+2) Olympiacos 3–0 Report14 October 1968 Ολυμπιακός-ΑΕΚ 3-0 1, 4 Athletic Echo Γιάννης Ζαδές Σταύρος Τσώχος el AEK Athens Liakos 35 P. Vasiliou 49 Michas 63 Karaiskakis Stadium Piraeus 8,94814 October 1968 Ο Ολυμπιακός ενίκησε στο ματς για τον “Αριστείδη” 9 Apogevmatini el Karpodinis (Athens) L The match was made for the financial support of the footballer of Olympiacos, Aris Papazoglou who had been diagnosed with cancer. Thanasis Bebis and Elias Yfantis competed for a quarter with Olympiacos to honor Papazoglou. Friendly 3 November 1968 Triglia Rafinas 1–3 Report4 November 1968 Μια ομάς επαγγελματιών της Α.Ε.Κ. ενίκησε την Α.Ε. Τριγλίας 3-1 5 Athletic Echo el AEK Athens Stamatiou Pomonis Kyrmizas Pesiridis Rafina Stadium Rafina W Friendly 6 December 1968 Olympiacos Volos 1–2 Report7 December 1968 Η ΑΕΚ εδάμασε 2-1 τον Ολυμπιακό μέσα στον Βόλο 1, 5 Athletic Echo Στ. Περεντίδης el AEK Athens Pastamou 40 Simigdalas 15 Kyrmizas 58 Volos Municipal Stadium Volos 5,000 Karakostas (Thessaly) W Friendly 25 March 1969 Triglia Rafinas 0–2 Report26 March 1969 Η ΑΕΚ εκέρδισε την Τριγλία 2-0 6 Athletic Echo Αργύρης Κοκκινάκης el AEK Athens Sevastopoulos 62 Karakidis 81 Rafina Stadium Rafina Chourmentis W The manager of Triglia Rafinas and veteran footballer of Olympiacos, Ilias Rosidis competed with his club. Friendly 6 April 1969 Pankorinthiakos 2–2 Report7 April 1969 Μια ομάς της ΑΕΚ ισόπαλος με 2-2 στην Κόρινθον 5 Athletic Echo Τ. Λάμπος el AEK Athens Kechagias Dikaiolakos Papakonstantis Pesiridis 0 65 KEN Corinth Corinth D Friendly 24 April 1969 16:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 1–0 Report25 April 1969 Ο Βεντούρης επέτυχε το γκολ ΑΕΚ-Ίκαρου 1-0 6 Athletic Echo Αργύρης Κοκκινάκης el Ikaros Athens Ventouris 5 AEK Stadium Nea Filadelfeia Georgios Daispangos W Friendly 27 April 1969 17:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 1–1 Report28 April 1969 Η ΑΕΚ ισόπαλος του Εθνικού με 1-1 1, 6 Athletic Echo Αργύρης Κοκκινάκης el Ethnikos Piraeus Ventouris 82 Tsokataridis 73 AEK Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 1,21728 April 1969 Ισάξιοι ισόπαλοι 1-1 6 Omada el Geroukalis (Athens) D Friendly 1 May 1969 16:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 0–2 Report2 May 1969 Απόλλων ΑΕΚ 2-0 1, 3 Athletic Echo Αργύρης Κοκκινάκης el Apollon Athens Andris 72 N. Simigdalas 79 AEK Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 25,000 Lianos L Friendly 4 May 1969 17:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 0–1 Report5 May 1969 Το Αιγάλεω ενίκησε την ΑΕΚ 1-0 με γκολ του Χρυσοστόμου στο 45' 8 Athletic Echo Αργύρης Κοκκινάκης el Egaleo Chrysostomou 45 AEK Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 1,6635 May 1969 Ο Ολυμπιακός ενίκησε, ενώ η Α.Ε.Κ. ηττήθη και πάλιν!.. 8 Vradyni el Pan Marinos (Piraeus) L Friendly 21 May 1969 Koropi 2–2 Report22 May 1969 Το Κορωπί προηγήθη με 2-0 αλλά η ΑΕΚ ισοφάρισε 2-2 5 Athletic Echo Αργύρης Κοκκινάκης el AEK Athens Mintzias 3 Pantazis 53 Karakidis 60 83 Antonis Priftis Stadium Koropi D Friendly 18 June 1969 17:30 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 1–1 Report19 June 1969 Ισχυρά ομάς ΑΕΚ ισόπαλος 1-1 χθες προς τη μικτή των Αθηνών το γκολ οι Σαρρής και Καπερνέκας 6 Athletic Echo Βασίλης Χατζηγιάννης el Athens XI Sarris 7 Kapernekas 15 AEK Stadium Nea Filadelfeia Christos Paschalidis (Athens) D Competitions Overall record 3 Alpha Ethniki 22 September 1968 15 June 1969 Matchday 1 6th 17 7 10 58 33 Greek Cup 14 May 1969 11 June 1969 Round of 32 Round of 16 1 0 1 7 4 European Cup 18 September 1968 12 March 1969 First round Quarter-finals 2 2 2 9 6 15 June 1969 Alpha Ethniki 1968–69 Alpha Ethniki League table AEK Results summary 13 0 4 38 12 4 7 6 20 21 -16 Competitive matches July 2022 Results by Matchday table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/Η/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A Result D/L/D/L/W/W/W/W/W/W/D/W/D/W/W/W/W/W/D/W/D/L/D/W/L/L/L/W/L/W/L/L/W/L Position 7/13/10/13/12/9/6/5/4/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/2/3/2/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/4/4/6 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss lightgrey Postponed 1st 2nd 3rd red1 Competitive matches July 2022 Matches 1 22 September 1968 16:15 EET (UTC+2) Pierikos 1–1 AEK Athens Foulidis 88 Papaioannou 46 Katerini Stadium Katerini 5,099 Timoleon Latsios (Larissa) D 2 17 October 1968 15:30 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 1–2 Vyzas Megara Papageorgiou 1 Kouvas 17 Skrivanos 60 Karaiskakis Stadium Piraeus Christos Michas (Athens) L 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. 3 6 October 1968 15:30 EET (UTC+2) Ethnikos Piraeus 1–1 AEK Athens Zervoudakis 55 Papaioannou 88 Karaiskakis Stadium Piraeus 23,863 Giannis Famelis (Athens) D 4 20 October 1968 15:30 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 0–1 PAOK Koudas 67 Karaiskakis Stadium Piraeus 26,336 Nikos Giannopoulos (Athens) L The match took place at Karaiskakis Stadium due to construction works at AEK Stadium. 5 27 October 1968 15:30 EET (UTC+2) Olympiacos 2–3 AEK Athens Gioutsos 0 45 Sideris 30 63 pen. Nikolaidis 13 Karafeskos 45+12 pen. Papaioannou 78 Serafidis 0 86 Karaiskakis Stadium Piraeus 36,589 Kostas Xanthoulis (Cyprus) W 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 kicked Sideris who fouled him during an aerial intervention and was explelled as well. Despite Stanković had the right to make a substitute in the position of the goalkeeper, decided to use 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. 6 3 November 1968 15:15 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 5–2 Chalkida Papaioannou 9 16 20 Ventouris 60 Karafeskos 89 pen. Emmanouilidis 24 Koutsoudakis 48 AEK Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 19,303 Dimitris Protonotarios (Athens) W The hat-trick of Papaioannou in 11 minutes is the fastest an AEK player has ever scored.https://notosport.eleftheriaonline.gr/football/item/22995-xeperase-mayro,-mpagebits-kai-tsiarta-o-branies Ξεπέρασε Μαύρο, Μπάγεβιτς και Τσιάρτα ο Βράνιες! notosport.eleftheriaonline.gr 7 10 November 1968 15:00 EET (UTC+2) Egaleo 2–3 AEK Athens Giannakopoulos 68 Lardas 82 Ventouris 34 Stamatiadis 62 Papageorgiou 72 Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium Aigaleo 14,137 Christos Michas (Athens) W 8 17 November 1968 15:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 2–1 Panserraikos Nikolaidis 42 47 Bitzidis 88 AEK Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 15,141 Kitsoukalis W 9 24 November 1968 15:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 2–1 Panionios Sevastopoulos 25 Pomonis 72 Intzoglou 56 AEK Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 17,964 Karpodinis (Athens) W 10 1 December 1968 15:00 EET (UTC+2) Panathinaikos 1–2 AEK Athens Dimitriou 37 pen. Nikolaidis 21 Skevofilakas 64 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Ampelokipoi 22,803 Christos Michas (Athens) W 11 15 December 1968 15:00 EET (UTC+2) Iraklis 2–2 AEK Athens Zafiridis 33 Fitilis 65 Skevofilakas 9 Papageorgiou 86 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki 10,347 Manolis Panakis (Athens) D Held at Toumba Stadium, due to the anavailability of Kaftanzoglio Stadium. 12 22 December 1968 15:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 5–1 Trikala Karafeskos 4 Papaioannou 6 Nikolaidis 22 Kefalidis 44 Papageorgiou 66 Zachos 20 AEK Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 9,599 Martinis (Thessaloniki) W 13 29 December 1968 15:00 EET (UTC+2) Veria 1–1 AEK Athens Th. Papadopoulos 71 Sevastopoulos 36 Veria Stadium Veria 3,874 Timoleon Latsios (Larissa) D 14 5 January 1969 15:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 3–0 Aris Sevastopoulos 29 Papaioannou 56 Nikolaidis 76 AEK Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 22,749 Giannis Famelis (Athens) W 15 12 January 1969 15:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 1–0 Apollon Athens Nikolaidis 43 AEK Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 24,201 Kitsoukalis W 16 18 January 1969 14:30 EET (UTC+2) AEL Limassol 0–5 AEK Athens Skevofilakas 6 Papaioannou 21 79 Lavaridis 28 Pomonis 61 pen. GSO Stadium Limassol 1,379 Giorgos Katsoras (Thessaloniki) W 17 26 January 1969 15:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 3–0 OFI Stamatiadis 31 Skevofilakas 53 Sevastopoulos 70 AEK Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 18,134 Timoleon Latsios (Larissa) W 18 2 February 1969 15:15 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 3–0 Pierikos Papaioannou 1 83 Karafeskos 40 AEK Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 19,574 Margaritis Doumousiadis (Magnesia) W 19 9 February 1969 15:15 EET (UTC+2) Vyzas Megara 0–0 AEK Athens Karafeskos 90' Megara Stadium Megara Komninakis (Athens) D 20 16 February 1969 15:30 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 2–0 Ethnikos Piraeus Papaioannou 35 90 AEK Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 26,254 Christos Dilzas (Thessaloniki) W 21 23 February 1969 15:30 EET (UTC+2) PAOK 1–1 AEK Athens Terzanidis 23 Papaioannou 59 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki 18,247 Kostas Dikopoulos (Larissa) D 22 2 March 1969 16:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 0–1 Olympiacos Vasiliou 0 87 Sideris 85 AEK Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 29,708 Christos Michas (Athens) L 23 19 March 1969 16:00 EET (UTC+2) Chalkida 1–1 AEK Athens Tokpasidis 37 Ventouris 40 Municipal Stadium of Chalkida Chalcis Leonidas Vamvakopoulos (Athens) D 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. 24 21 December 1969 15:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 1–0 Egaleo Papaioannou 47 AEK Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 13,032 Pipergias (Macedonia) W 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.https://www.aek1924.gr/2018/03/12/h-aek-stoys-8-tis-eyropis/ H AEK στους «8» της Ευρώπης! 12 March 2018 aek1924.gr 25 23 March 1969 16:30 EET (UTC+2) Panserraikos 1–0 AEK Athens Stavlas 19 Serres Municipal Stadium Serres 7,931 Timoleon Latsios (Larissa) L 26 30 March 1969 16:30 EET (UTC+2) Panionios 2–0 AEK Athens Dedes 35 Intzoglou 56 Nea Smyrni Stadium Nea Smyrni 9,986 Pan Marinos (Piraeus) L 27 6 April 1969 16:30 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 1–2 Panathinaikos Pomonis 15 Kalaitzidis 27 Mitropoulos 44 AEK Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 28,565 Timoleon Latsios (Larissa) L 28 20 April 1969 15:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 3–0 Iraklis Papaioannou 27 Ventouris 74 Nikolaidis 84 Fytilis 88' AEK Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 8,349 Stathis Papavasiliou (Piraeus) W 29 11 May 1969 17:00 EET (UTC+2) Trikala 1–0 AEK Athens Beveniou 56 Trikala Municipal Stadium Trikala 6,378 Giorgos Katsoras (Thessaloniki) L 30 18 May 1969 17:30 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 2–1 Veria Stamatiadis 38' Simigdalas 52 Karafeskos 54 pen. Papafotiou 70 Nikos Goumas Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 6,337 Christos Dilzas (Thessaloniki) W When AEK won a penalty it was given to Andreas Stamatiadis, since it was his farewell match, after 18 years of service to the club. For the first and last time in his career he missed it, as the goalkeeper, denied him a final goal as a farewell.https://www.aek365.org/a-859685/o-thwma-eixe-ton-tropo-na-nikaei-kai-tou-diaithte-video.htm Ο Θωμάς είχε τον τρόπο να νικάει και τους διαιτητές aek365.org 31 25 May 1969 17:30 EET (UTC+2) Aris 2–0 AEK Athens Spyridon 40 Sakellaridis 43 Aris Stadium Thessaloniki 12,759 Margaritis Doumousiadis (Magnesia) L 32 1 June 1969 Apollon Athens 1–0 AEK Athens Kyriakou 46 Rizoupoli Stadium Rizoupoli 3,863 Stathis Papavasiliou (Piraeus) L 33 8 June 1969 17:30 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 4–0 AEL Limassol Papaioannou 24 46 Nikolaidis 30 30 AEK Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 2,162 Giannis Petrakis (Heraklion) W 34 15 June 1969 17:30 EET (UTC+2) OFI 2–0(Awarded) AEK Athens Ergotelis Stadium Heraklion Dionysis Voulgaris (Athens) L AEK left the match at 26th minute, following the instructions of the escort, in protest against a controversial penalty awarded to OFI, while the score was 0–0. The match was awarded with 2–0 to OFI and AEK were zeroed.https://www.aek365.org/a-401548/apoxwrhsh-aganakthsh.htm Αποχώρηση αγανάκτησης aek365.org Greek Cup 1968–69 Greek Football Cup AEK entered the Greek Cup at the round of 32. Matches Round of 32 14 May 1969 16:30 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 5–0 Lamia Papaioannou 6 53 82 Ventouris 78 Pomonis 80 AEK Stadium Nea Filadelfeia Vougiouklakis (Piraeus) W Round of 16 11 June 1969 17:00 EET (UTC+2) Panachaiki 4–2 AEK Athens Davourlis 25 59 79 Michalopoulos 37 Ventouris 47 Papaioannou 68 Panachaiki Stadium Patras 15,000 Nikos Giannopoulos (Athens) L European Cup 1968–69 European Cup First round First leg 18 September 1968 16:30 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens GRE old 3–0 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/62427--aek-vs-jeunesse-esch/ LUX Jeunesse Esch Papaioannou 27 Papageorgiou 58 Karafeskos 60 pen. AEK Stadium Athens, Greece 16,205 Fabio Monti (Italy) W Second leg 2 October 1968 20:30 EET (UTC+2) Jeunesse Esch LUX 3–2 3–5 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/62428--jeunesse-esch-vs-aek/ GRE old AEK Athens Hoffmann 6 Drouet 40 Langer 77 Ventouris 16 33 Stade de la Frontière Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg 3,213 Joseph Hannet (Belgium) L Second round First leg 13 November 1968 15:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens GRE old 0–0 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/62502--aek-vs-ab/ DEN AB AEK Stadium Athens, Greece 8,161 Ferdinand Marschall (Austria) D Second leg 27 November 1968 20:30 EET (UTC+2) AB DEN 0–2 0–2 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/62503--ab-vs-aek/ GRE old AEK Athens Stamatiadis 25 Papaioannou 81 Københavns Idrætspark Copenhagen, Denmark 11,471 Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland) W Quarter-finals First leg 26 February 1969 16:30 EET (UTC+2) Spartak Trnava TCH 2–1 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/62520--spartak-trnava-vs-aek/ GRE old AEK Athens Jarábek 25 Kabát 44 Sevastopoulos 60 Spartak Stadium Trnava, Czechoslovakia 10,747 Gilbert Droz (Switzerland) L Second leg 12 March 1969 16:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens GRE old 1–1 2–3 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/62521--aek-vs-spartak-trnava/ CSK Spartak Trnava Papaioannou 77 Švec 22 AEK Stadium Athens, Greece 29,842 Concetto Lo Bello (Italy) D Statistics Squad statistics 15 June 1969Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup European Cup ! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers |- GK — Kingdom of Greece Stelios Serafidis 3 0 0 0 0 0 GK — Kingdom of Greece Theodoros Maniateas 4 0 0 0 2 0 GK — Kingdom of Greece Stelios Konstantinidis 29 0 2 0 4 0 GK — Kingdom of Greece Giannis Kokkinos 0 0 0 0 0 0 ! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders |- DF — Kingdom of Greece Alekos Sofianidis 4 0 0 0 2 0 DF — TUR Aleko Yordan 6 0 0 0 2 0 DF — Kingdom of Greece Tasos Vasiliou 28 0 2 0 6 0 DF — Kingdom of Greece Giorgos Kefalidis 33 1 2 0 4 0 DF — Kingdom of Greece Fotis Balopoulos 27 0 2 0 4 0 DF — Kingdom of Greece Lakis Frogoudakis 6 0 2 0 0 0 DF — Kingdom of Greece Giannis Spyropoulos 1 0 0 0 0 0 DF — Kingdom of Greece Christos Antonopoulos 3 0 0 0 0 0 DF — Kingdom of Greece Giannis Stavrou 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF — Kingdom of Greece Nikos Karapoulitidis 3 0 0 0 0 0 ! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders |- MF — Kingdom of Greece Stelios Skevofilakas 32 4 2 0 6 0 MF — Kingdom of Greece Panagiotis Ventouris 19 4 2 2 5 2 MF — Kingdom of Greece Nikos Stathopoulos 30 0 1 0 6 0 MF — Kingdom of Greece Michalis Simigdalas 11 1 2 0 4 0 MF — Kingdom of Greece Minas Stavridis 1 0 1 0 0 0 MF — Kingdom of Greece Giorgos Karafeskos 32 5 2 0 6 1 MF — Kingdom of Greece Giorgos Lavaridis 11 1 0 0 0 0 ! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards |- FW — Kingdom of Greece Andreas Stamatiadis 23 2 0 0 5 1 FW — Kingdom of Greece Kostas Papageorgiou 10 2 0 0 2 1 FW — Kingdom of Greece Mimis Papaioannou 33 20 2 4 6 3 FW — Kingdom of Greece Spyros Pomonis 24 4 2 1 2 0 FW — Kingdom of Greece Nikos Exarchidis 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW — Kingdom of Greece Kostas Nikolaidis 29 10 1 0 4 0 FW — Kingdom of Greece Dimitris Kyrmizas 2 0 1 0 0 0 FW — Kingdom of Greece Andreas Karakidis 5 0 0 0 0 0 ! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during season |- FW — Kingdom of Greece Nikos Sevastopoulos 19 4 0 0 5 1 |} Goalscorers 15 June 1969The list is sorted by competition order when total goals are equal, then by position and then alphabetically by surname. RankPos. PositionPlayerAlpha EthnikiGreek CupEuropean CupTotal112 FWPapaioannou, Mimis GRE old Mimis Papaioannou20 4 327210 FWNikolaidis, Kostas GRE old Kostas Nikolaidis10 0 01039 MFVentouris, Panagiotis GRE old Panagiotis Ventouris 4 2 2846 MFKarafeskos, Giorgos GRE old Giorgos Karafeskos 5 0 16511 FWPomonis, Spyros GRE old Spyros Pomonis 4 1 0512 FWSevastopoulos, Nikos GRE old Nikos Sevastopoulos 4 0 1578 MFSkevofilakas, Stelios GRE old Stelios Skevofilakas 4 0 04810 FWStamatiadis, Andreas GRE old Andreas Stamatiadis 2 0 1313 FWPapageorgiou, Kostas GRE old Kostas Papageorgiou 2 0 13103 DFKefalidis, Giorgos GRE old Giorgos Kefalidis 1 0 015 MFLavaridis, Giorgos GRE old Giorgos Lavaridis 1 0 016 MFSimigdalas, Michalis GRE old Michalis Simigdalas 1 0 01Own goals 0 0 00Totals58 7 974 Hat-tricks Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored. PlayerAgainst Result Date Competition Source GRE old Mimis Papaioannou GRE old Chalkida 5–2 (H) 3 November 1968 Alpha Ethnikihttps://www.aek365.org/a-751089/to-istoriko-kai-anepanalhpto-epo-th-aek-me-thn-ntermpi-kaounti-video-fwto.htm Το ιστορικό και ανεπανάληπτο έπος της ΑΕΚ με την Ντέρμπι Κάουντι! 3 November 2021 aek-live.gr Online el GRE old Mimis Papaioannou GRE old Lamia 5–0 (H) 14 May 1969 Greek Cup Clean sheets 15 June 1969The 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. RankPlayerAlpha EthnikiGreek CupEuropean CupTotal1Konstantinidis, Stelios GRE old Stelios Konstantinidis10 1 2132Maniateas, Theodoros GRE old Theodoros Maniateas 0 0 113Serafidis, Stelios GRE old Stelios Serafidis 0 0 00Totals10 1 314 Disciplinary record 15 June 1969Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup European Cup |- ! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers GK — Kingdom of Greece Stelios Serafidis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 GK — Kingdom of Greece Theodoros Maniateas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GK — Kingdom of Greece Stelios Konstantinidis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GK — Kingdom of Greece Giannis Kokkinos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders DF — Kingdom of Greece Alekos Sofianidis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF — TUR Aleko Yordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF — Kingdom of Greece Tasos Vasiliou 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF — Kingdom of Greece Giorgos Kefalidis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF — Kingdom of Greece Fotis Balopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF — Kingdom of Greece Lakis Frogoudakis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF — Kingdom of Greece Giannis Spyropoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF — Kingdom of Greece Christos Antonopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF — Kingdom of Greece Giannis Stavrou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF — Kingdom of Greece Nikos Karapoulitidis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders MF — Kingdom of Greece Stelios Skevofilakas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF — Kingdom of Greece Panagiotis Ventouris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF — Kingdom of Greece Nikos Stathopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF — Kingdom of Greece Michalis Simigdalas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF — Kingdom of Greece Minas Stavridis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF — Kingdom of Greece Giorgos Karafeskos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF — Kingdom of Greece Giorgos Lavaridis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards FW — Kingdom of Greece Andreas Stamatiadis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW — Kingdom of Greece Kostas Papageorgiou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW — Kingdom of Greece Mimis Papaioannou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW — Kingdom of Greece Spyros Pomonis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW — Kingdom of Greece Nikos Exarchidis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW — Kingdom of Greece Kostas Nikolaidis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW — Kingdom of Greece Dimitris Kyrmizas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW — Kingdom of Greece Andreas Karakidis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during season FW — Kingdom of Greece Nikos Sevastopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |} Starting 11 This section presents the most frequently used formation along with the players with the most starts across all competitions. auto N. Number of matches Formation Matchday(s)424–2–41–34 Nat. Nationality Player Pos. PositionGRE oldStelios KonstantinidisGKGRE oldTasos VasiliouRCBGRE oldFotis BalopoulosLCBGRE oldGiorgos KefalidisRBGRE oldNikos StathopoulosLBGRE oldGiorgos KarafeskosRCMGRE oldStelios SkevofilakasLCMGRE oldAndreas Stamatiadis (C)RWGRE oldPanagiotis VentourisLWGRE oldMimis PapaioannouRCFGRE oldKostas NikolaidisLCF 5em 250 Kingdom of Greece Konstantinidis Kingdom of Greece Kefalidis Kingdom of Greece Vasiliou Kingdom of Greece Balopoulos Kingdom of Greece Stathopoulos Kingdom of Greece Karafeskos Kingdom of Greece Skevofilakas Kingdom of Greece Stamatiadis (C) -1 Kingdom of Greece Ventouris Kingdom of Greece Papaioannou Kingdom of Greece Nikolaidis Last updated: 1969-06-15 References External links AEK Athens F.C. Official Website A.E.K. FC Database Category:AEK Athens F.C. seasons AEK Athens