1962–63 AEK Athens F.C. season explained

Club:AEK Athens
Season:1962–63
Manager:Jenő Csaknády
Mgrtitle:Manager
Chairman:Nikos Goumas
Chrtitle:Chairman
League Result:1st
Cup1:Greek Cup
Cup1 Result:Quarter-finals
League Topscorer:
Kostas Nestoridis (24)
Season Topscorer:
Kostas Nestoridis (28)
Highest Attendance:35,000 vs Panathinaikos
(23 June 1963)
Lowest Attendance:4,623 vs Iraklis
(2 June 1963)
Average Attendance:19,830
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Prevseason:1961–62
Nextseason:1963–64

The 1962–63 season was the 39th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki and the Greek Cup. The season began on 27 September 1962 and finished on 7 July 1963.

Overview

Since the beginning of the previous season, Nikos Goumas had set his sights on AEK Athens winning the league. With a series of actions and without sparing any expenses, he tried to upgrade the club at all levels. The Nea Filadelfeia Stadium had already been modernized by acquiring turf and reconstructed spectator stands and since January 1962, when it was officially inaugurated, was the most modern stadium in Greece.[1] [2] The legendary Kleanthis Maropoulos, as agent of the club, had the task of protecting the team from any threats from behind-the-scenery.[3] The transfer reinforcement of the team in the summer was a precursor of the good presence of the club in this season. In that transfer period, the international Syrian striker, Ibrahim Mughrabi, who came to Athens and AEK after leaving his studies in Damascus, Manolis Kanellopoulos, Sofos Koulidis and Manolis Klikopoulos from Egaleo, the goalkeeper Vangelis Petrakis from Aris and most importantly of the talented Mimis Papaioannou from Veria arrived.[4] All of the above was preceded by the arrival and assumption of duties as the team's coach, the Hungarian-German Jenő Csaknády, a successful coach in the Bundesliga, which was an unapproachable size for the Greek data of the time. Csaknády showed from the beginning that he intended to put AEK in the professional model of big European clubs with his main weapons being the iron discipline and the equal treatment of everyone, regardless of name and reputation, without, of course, lagging behind in sophisticated training methods and tactical systems. The insightful Csaknády, after a few days of training, understood the value and quality of the "treasure" that was hidden behind the young Papaioannou and expressing his intention to use him immediately and as a key member, he forced the managers to rush to Veria and pay the fee of 175 thousand drachmas requested by the people of his club to immediately include the player in the team's roster without waiting for his "release" after the usual one year ban from the pitches. The discipline that was now part of everyday life in the yellow-blacks, although it deprived the great Kostas Nestoridis of his participation in the August friendly against Barcelona at the Camp Nou,[5] thus paying together with Mimis Anastasiadis their late arrival for the previous friendly against Panegialios, endowed the team with admirable cohesion, players who gave everything for each other and all together for the whole and absolute commitment to the great goal of winning the title. The German "standards" of Csaknády mandated the start of preparation from August 1, in contrast to the Greek teams that considered a few days' preparation of 15–20 days, starting after August 15, to be sufficient. The early gathering of the players and the non-negotiable attitude of Csaknády on this issue may have "cost" the captain, Andreas Stamatiadis a few days of the family vacation to Italy, but they shielded the players with increased levels physical condition, capable of helping her cope with the demands of the Championship with complete success.

The start of the league showed that the scenario of the previous seasons would be repeated with AEK and Panathniakos fighting for the title and Olympiacos waiting to take advantage of their possible missteps by chasing and this his first title in the established first national division. The excessive certainty of the "greens" for a new Championship conquest was so such that led them not to strengthen the already existing team by transfer, considering it too complete. The big three engaged in a battle winning and losing points and after AEK prevailed over Olympiacos at Karaiskakis Stadium by 1–3 on the 13th matchday,[6] they found themselves at the top together with 33 points. However, on February, the defeat at the same stadium by Ethnikos, removed the yellow-blacks from the top and filled them with pessimism. AEK responded with a counterattack, starting with a streak of 8 consecutive victories from the 19th matchday to the 26th matchday and combined with the draw of Panathinaikos in the same matchday, they found themselves at the top of the table. The following matchday against Panathinaikos at home in an inconclusive match despite AEK's laziness, they lost by 0–2 and the greens were the undisputed favorite for their fourth consecutive title.[7] After the end of the three final matches AEK and Panathinaikos were tied at the top with 77 points each. The regulation of the championship stipulated a play-off match between the two and in the event of a tie declared the team with the best goal ration in the regular season as the champion.[8]

On June 23 AEK and Panathinaikos lined up in the Stadium of Nea Filadelfeia, has been chosen as the venue for the match. Panathinaikos took the lead in the 8th minute with a goal by Toumelis, but immediately after that the Papaioannou-Nestoridis duo took action with two goals by the former in the 23rd and 27th minute and one by the latter in the 39th minute from a direct corner kick made it 3–1, bringing AEK close to the Title. The "greens" took advantage of a period of inactivity of AEK and with goals from Linoxilakis in the 64th minute and Panagiotidis in the 65th minute, equalized the match at 3–3. This was the final score as a and even though Panathinaikos was superior in goal difference as they had +47 against the +45 of AEK, but the goal ratio defined by the regulation gave AEK the title with 3.14 against the 2.68 of the "greens". As AEK won their first post-war league and the first since the establishment of national divisions, Kostas Nestoridis, for the 5th time in a row and for the last time in his career, was the top scorer in the championship with 23 goals.[9] [10]

In the Greek Cup, AEK reached the round of 32 without a match, just like all the teams that had reached the round of 16 in the previous season. There they defeated Olympiacos Kalamata with 7–1 at home and qualified to the round of 16, where they got the ticket for the quarter-finals by eliminating Atromitos with a 0–3 victory at Peristeri. In the quarter-finals, Aris, with a header from Panitsidis in the 9th minute, defeated AEK by 1–0 at Thessaloniki and eliminated them from the tournament.[11]

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 7 July 1963, 23:59 UTC+2.

PlayerNat.Position(s)Date of birth (Age)SignedPrevious clubTransfer feeContract until
Goalkeepers
Stelios SerafidisGKJuly 7, 19631953 AEK Athens U201972
Vangelis PetrakisGKJuly 7, 19631962 ArisFree1967
Defenders
Manolis KlikopoulosCB1962 Ethnikos PiraeusFree1965
Giannis MarditsisCB / STJuly 7, 19631959 Egaleo₯103,0001964
Petros StamatelopoulosLBJuly 7, 19631959 Panerythraikos₯100,0001962
Mimis AnastasiadisRB / CB / STJuly 7, 19631956 A.O. Nea IoniaFree1964
Giannis DoukasCB / DMJuly 7, 19631962Free agentFree1965
Alekos SofianidisLB / LM / LWJuly 7, 19631959 BeşiktaşFree1969
Aleko YordanCBJuly 7, 19631962 BeykozFree1969
Manolis KanellopoulosRB / CBJuly 7, 19631962 EgaleoFree1965
Theofilos VernezisRB / CB / GK1956 AEK Athens U201965
Stamatis SkafidasRB / CB1962 AEK Athens U201965
Midfielders
Miltos PapapostolouDM / CBJuly 7, 19631956 EgaleoFree1965
Giorgos PetridisAM / SS / STJuly 7, 19631957 Pera ClubFree1966
Panikos KrystallisAM / SS / CM / RM / LMJuly 7, 19631961 Apollon Limassol₯1,900,0001964
Stelios SkevofilakasLM / RM / AMJuly 7, 19631960 EleftheroupoliFree1972
Thanasis GouvasAM / RW / SS / STJuly 7, 19631960 A.E. MessolonghiFree1965
Sofos KoulidisCM / AM1962 EgaleoFree1965
Forwards
Kostas NestoridisST / SSJuly 7, 19631955 PanioniosFree1966
Andreas Stamatiadis (Captain)RW / LW / SS / STJuly 7, 19631952 AEK Athens U201969
Dimitris ZagylosRWJuly 7, 19631961 Anorthosis Famagusta₯320,0001964
Ibrahim MughrabiST1962 Halab Al-AhliFree1963
Nikos ZagotsisST / SSJuly 7, 19631960 AEK Athens U201965
Aris TsachouridisLW / LM / RM / RWJuly 7, 19631960 MakedonikosFree1965
Mimis PapaioannouSS / ST / AMJuly 7, 19631962 Veria₯175,0001970
Spyros PomonisLW / LMJuly 7, 19631960 AEK Athens U201973
Nikos SpyropoulosCF1962Free agentFree1963

Transfers

In

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Aris₯500,00030 June 1967[12]
Ethnikos PiraeusFree transfer30 June 1965[13]
Free agentFree transfer30 June 1965
BeykozFree transfer30 June 1969
EgaleoFree transfer30 June 1965[14]
AEK Athens U20Promotion30 June 1965
EgaleoFree transfer30 June 1965
Veria₯175,00030 June 1970[15]
Halab Al-AhliFree transfer30 June 1963
Free agentFree transfer30 June 1963

Out

width=200 style="background:#FFDE00Playerwidth=200 style="background:#FFDE00Towidth=150 style="background:#FFDE00Feewidth=150 style="background:#FFDE00DateSource
EgaleoFree transfer
Free agentEnd of contract
PanegialiosFree transfer
PanegialiosEnd of contract
Alexander the GreatEnd of contract
PanegialiosEnd of contract
EgaleoFree transfer

a. as an exchange from the transfers of Kanellopoulos and Koulidis.

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure: ₯675,000

Income: ₯0

Net Total: ₯675,000

Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

See main article: 1962–63 Alpha Ethniki.

Championship play-off

Greek Cup

See main article: 1962–63 Greek Football Cup.

AEK entered the Greek Cup at the round of 32.

Matches

Statistics

Squad statistics

! colspan="9" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers|-! colspan="9" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders|-! colspan="9" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders|-! colspan="9" 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:#FFDE00Total
124428
218119
3729
4415
5404
224
7303
8101
101
101
Own goals404
Totals691079

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

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Ibrahim Mughrabi7–2 (H)27 September 1962Alpha Ethniki[16]
Kostas Nestoridis4–3 (H)24 March 1963Alpha Ethniki[17]
Kostas Nestoridis Olympiacos Kalamata7–1 (H)19 May 1963Greek Cup
Kostas Nestoridis55–0 (H)2 June 1963Alpha Ethniki

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.

Rankwidth=200 style="background:#FFDE00Playerwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Alpha Ethnikiwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Greek Cupwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Total
115116
Totals15 116

Disciplinary record

|-! colspan="14" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers|-! colspan="14" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders|-! colspan="14" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders|-! colspan="14" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards|}

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 3/1/1962 - ΑΕΚ: Η «Ένωση» εγκαινιάζει το πιο σύγχρονο Στάδιο στην Ελλάδα. Αλέξανδρος. Κωτάκης. 3 January 2022.
  2. Web site: ΤΟ ΠΑΛΙΟ ΜΑΣ ΣΠΙΤΙ "ΝΙΚΟΣ ΓΚΟΥΜΑΣ". aekfc.gr.
  3. Web site: Σαν σήμερα πέθανε ο Κλεάνθης Μαρόπουλος, ο "ξανθός" αετός της ΑΕΚ. 3 January 2022. pontosnews.gr.
  4. Web site: Η ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΜΑΣ. aekfc.gr.
  5. Web site: Barcelona - AEK (6-1) - Friendly - 25/08/1962. FCB Jugadors.
  6. Web site: Η προϊστορία στο ντέρμπι Ολυμπιακού - ΑΕΚ. contra.gr.
  7. Web site: ΑΕΚ - ΠΑΝΑΘΗΝΑΪΚΟΣ 1962/63. youtube.com.
  8. Web site: Greece 1962/63. RSSSF.
  9. Web site: ΑΕΚ-Παναθηναϊκός 3-3: Το αξέχαστο μπαράζ του 1963. 22 June 2017.
  10. Web site: CHAMPIONSHIP 1963. aekfc.gr.
  11. Web site: Περίοδος 1962-1963. 19 May 2015. aekpedia.com. el.
  12. newspaper Atheltic Echo 18/7/1962 pages 1, 8
  13. newspaper Atheltic Echo 31/7/1962 page 1
  14. newspaper Atheltic Echo 1/8/1962 pages 1, 4
  15. Web site: Όταν ο Ολυμπιακός απέρριψε τον Μίμη Παπαϊωάννου και μετά… το μετάνιωσε!. sport-fm.gr.
  16. Web site: Ο άγνωστος Παλαιστίνιος που ήταν ο πρώτος ξένος στην ιστορία της ΑΕΚ. 5 September 2019. newsbeast.gr. Online. el.
  17. Web site: Το 0-3 έγινε 4-3 με σούπερ Νεστορίδη. 24 March 2015. aek365.org. Online. el.