1960–61 AEK Athens F.C. season explained

Club:AEK Athens
Season:1960–61
Manager:Lukas Aurednik
(until January)
Tryfon Tzanetis
Mgrtitle:Manager
Chairman:Nikos Goumas
Chrtitle:Chairman
League:Alpha Ethniki
League Result:4th
Cup1:Greek Cup
Cup1 Result:Quarter-finals
Cup2:Balkans Cup
Cup2 Result:5th
League Topscorer:
Kostas Nestoridis (27)
Season Topscorer:
Kostas Nestoridis (44)
Highest Attendance:28,268 vs Olympiacos
(4 June 1961)
Lowest Attendance:2,000 vs PAO Kalogreza
(8 March 1961)
Average Attendance:12,970
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Prevseason:1959–60
Nextseason:1961–62

The 1960–61 season was the 37th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the second consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the Balkans Cup. The season began on 18 September 1960 and finished on 25 June 1961.

Overview

AEK Athens continued this season with one of their "Patriarchs", Tryfon Tzanetis in the technical leadership, who was officially hired in January with the task of revitalizing the team. However, his predecessor, Lukas Aurednik, remained in the team and alongside Christos Ribas formed a coaching triumvirate with Tzanetis apparently having the first say, but Auretnik maintaining the tactical support and the acceptance of the vast majority of the fans. Aurednik promoted the team's future star, Spyros Pomonis from their academies, while the additions of Thanasis Gouvas from A.E. Messolonghi and Aris Tsachouridis from Makedonikos were also noteworthy.

The first objections to the objectivity of the referees begun and made their appearance in Greek football, culminating in the Athenian derby, in the following matchday. Three days before the match there was strong dissatisfaction with the presence of certain people from Panathinaikos in the central arbitration committee. AEK was severely wronged by the referee Ioannidis and the dissatisfaction was confirmed since the referee denied an obvious penalty to Nestoridis in the 87th minute and while the score was 2–2. In the tension that followed, the referee showed Anastasiadis a red card and the refusal of the latter to come out of the pitch resulted in the game being awarded to Panathinaikos and AEK being zeroed.[1] Another 2 consecutive defeats followed, which kept AEK away from the top. The incidents with the referees continued, with the suspension of the match against Proodeftiki and its resumption 4 months later, as on 18 February in Karaiskakis Stadium, at the 80th minute, while the game was at 1–1, Gouvas scored a goal where the ball hit the inner post at the bottom of the goal and went out again with the referee Bakirzis indicating "play on", considering that the ball hit the post. A scuffle between players followed on the pitch and after several incidents the referee called it off and it was repeated on 14 June, when AEK was indifferent and mathematically out of the title.[2] In the rest of the season, the team briought mediocre results, losing in both matches to the then strong Panionios, while they achieved a 4–1 victory over Olympiacos. The 27 goals scored by Kostas Nestoridis, who emerged again as the top scorer of the league, did not manage to give AEK anything better than fourth place.

AEK entered the Cup facing AE Kaisarianis in December and they achieved one of the highest scoring victories in their history with 9–0. In the next round they eliminated Agioi Anargyroi easily with 5–1 and then Doxa Metaxourgio with 3–2. Afterwards they played against PAO Kalogreza and eliminated them with 2–1 and in the next round they faced Niki Plakas and won with a triumphant 8–1. In the round of 32, AEK came across Prasina Poulia, one of the historic teams from Kalamata, who would compete in Athens for the first time. The match was held under intense emotional charge due to the presence of Kleanthis Maropoulos and the Messinian team held a historic 2–2 draw until the 60th minute, when AEK "woke up" and in the end the result was a satisfying 7–3. In the round of 16, they easily eliminated Proodetiki by 4–1, but in the quarter-finals, Iraklis ended their course in the institution, by winning them with 1–0 in Thessaloniki.[3]

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 25 June 1961, 23:59 UTC+2.

PlayerNat.Position(s)Date of birth (Age)SignedPrevious clubTransfer feeContract until
Goalkeepers
Sotiris FakisGK1957 Amyna AmbelokipoiFree1963
Stelios SerafidisGKJune 30, 19611953 AEK Athens U20—1972
Kimon DimitriouGK1959 Propontis ChalkidaFree1961
Defenders
Giannis MarditsisCB / STJune 30, 19611959 Egaleo₯103,0001964
Petros StamatelopoulosLBJune 30, 19611959 Panerythraikos₯100,0001962
Nikos MelissisCB / DM / ST1953 PAO KalogrezaFree1961
Mimis AnastasiadisRB / CB / STJune 30, 19611956 A.O. Nea IoniaFree1964
Alekos SofianidisLB / LM / LWJune 30, 19611959 BeşiktaşFree1969
Antonis GavanasCB1956 Ethnikos AsterasFree1961
Theofilos VernezisRB / CB / GK1956 AEK Athens U20—1965
Dimitris TzanerasCB / DM1960 Atromitos PiraeusFree1962
Dimitris DiakakisCB1959Free agentFree1961
Midfielders
Pavlos EmmanouilidisRM / RW / ST / SSJune 30, 19611947 AEK Athens U20—1961
Miltos PapapostolouDM / CBJune 30, 19611956 EgaleoFree1965
Giorgos PetridisAM / SS / STJune 30, 19611957 Pera ClubFree1966
Stelios SkevofilakasLM / RM / AMJune 30, 19611960 EleftheroupoliFree1972
Thanasis GouvasAM / RW / SS / STJune 30, 19611960 A.E. MessolonghiFree1965
Thymios PolyzosCM1956Free agentFree1961
Stefanos DemirisAM / SS / STJune 30, 19611959 AE Kavalas—1961
Alekos DaispangosDM / CB1960 AEK Athens U20—1964
Forwards
Kostas NestoridisST / SSJune 30, 19611955 PanioniosFree1966
Andreas Stamatiadis (Captain)RW / LW / SS / STJune 30, 19611952 AEK Athens U20—1969
Christos AmposLW / SS / STJune 30, 19611956 AO KifisiaFree1962
Dimitris TsanoulasST1956Free agentFree1961
Argyris ArgyropoulosST1958 AEK Athens U20—1962
Nikos ZagotsisST / SSJune 30, 19611960 AEK Athens U20—1965
Aris TsachouridisLW / LM / RM / RWJune 30, 19611960 MakedonikosFree1965
Spyros PomonisLW / LMJune 30, 19611960 AEK Athens U20—1973

Transfers

In

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Atromitos PiraeusFree transfer30 June 1962
AEK Athens U20Promotion30 June 1964
EleftheroupoliFree transfer30 June 1972
A.E. MessolonghiFree transfer30 June 1965
MakedonikosFree transfer30 June 1965
AEK Athens U20Promotion30 June 1973
AEK Athens U20Promotion30 June 1965

Out

width=200 style="background:#FFDE00Playerwidth=200 style="background:#FFDE00Towidth=150 style="background:#FFDE00Feewidth=150 style="background:#FFDE00DateSource
PanerythraikosEnd of contract
Free agentEnd of contract
align=center colspan=2Retired
Free agentEnd of contract
Free agentEnd of contract

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure: ₯0

Income: ₯0

Net Total: ₯0

Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

See main article: 1960–61 Alpha Ethniki.

Fixtures

Greek Cup

See main article: 1960–61 Greek Football Cup.

Matches

Balkans Cup

See main article: 1960–61 Balkans Cup.

Matches

Statistics

Squad statistics

! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers|-! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders|-! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders|-! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards|-|}

Goalscorers

Rankwidth=200 style="background:#FFDE00Playerwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Alpha Ethnikiwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Greek Cupwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Balkans Cupwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Total
12713444
299018
37209
47018
4228
65106
72305
1315
90303
100202
111001
1001
1001
Own goals1001
Totals 66 38 8112

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

width=200 style="background:#FFDE00Playerwidth=200 style="background:#FFDE00Against width=70 style="background:#FFDE00Result width=150 style="background:#FFDE00Date width=150 style="background:#FFDE00Competition Source
Kostas Nestoridis6–0 (H)18 September 1960Alpha Ethniki
Aris Tsachouridis AE Kesarianis9–0 (H)11 December 1960Greek Cup
Kostas Nestoridis4 Agioi Anargyroi5–1 (H)12 January 1961Greek Cup
Kostas Nestoridis Atromitos Piraeus7–0 (H)22 January 1961Alpha Ethniki
Nikos Zagotsis Niki Plakas8–1 (H)15 March 1961Greek Cup
Andreas Stamatiadis Niki Plakas8–1 (H)15 March 1961Greek Cup
Kostas Nestoridis4 Prasina Poulia7–3 (H)2 April 1961Greek Cup
Kostas Nestoridis Fostiras4–2 (H)23 April 1961Alpha Ethniki
Kostas Nestoridis4 Proodeftiki4–1 (H)7 May 1961Greek Cup

Clean sheets

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.

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19009
22002
1102
Totals12 1 013

Disciplinary record

|-! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers|-! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders|-! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders|-! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards|}

Awards

PlayerAwardSource
Kostas NestoridisFWAlpha Ethniki Top Scorer
Kostas NestoridisFWGreek Cup Top Scorer

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ΘΕΜΑ: Παναθηναϊκός-ΑΕΚ: Ένα αθηναϊκό ντέρμπι σαν… ταινία παλιά, που ψάχνει τη "λάμψη" της. amna.gr.
  2. Web site: Το λάθος... έφερε τεσσάρα. Κώστας. Πάλλης. oldfootball.gr.
  3. Web site: Περίοδος 1960-1961. 19 May 2015. aekpedia.com. el.

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