1979–80 AEK Athens F.C. season explained

Club:AEK Athens
Season:1979–80
Manager:Hermann Stessl
(until 26 March)
Miltos Papapostolou
Mgrtitle:Manager
Chairman:Loukas Barlos
Chrtitle:Chairman
League:Alpha Ethniki
League Result:4th
Cup1:Greek Cup
Cup1 Result:Round of 16
Cup2:European Cup
Cup2 Result:First round
League Topscorer:
Dušan Bajević (25)
Season Topscorer:
Dušan Bajević (28)
Highest Attendance:36,100 vs Panathinaikos
(7 October 1979)
Lowest Attendance:3,279 vs Panetolikos
(6 February 1980)
Average Attendance:16,291
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Prevseason:1978–79
Nextseason:1980–81

The 1979–80 season was the 56th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 21st 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 19 September 1979 and finished on 24 May 1980.

Kits

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Overview

The enactment of law 879/79 from March 1979 led Greek football to full professionalism and men of a large financial surface stepped on the surface. The Vardinogiannis family took over the wheel of Panathinaikos, with Yiorgos Vardinogiannis as president and a group of shipowners led by Stavros Daifas took over the ownership Olympiacos. On July 30, AEK Athens was also converted into a S.A. under the leadership of Loukas Barlos. Barlos realizing that it was impossible to compete financially with his rivals of and having an aversion to the professionalization of sports, he was preparing the ground for his departure. His last great offer to AEK and the Greek football, was the construction of the first two-story podium in a Greek stadium on October 7, when in Nea Filadelfeia the much-loved "Skepasti" (The Covered) was inaugurated.[1] Transferwise, AEK was mostly staffed by the first talents that emerged from their famous academies managed by František Fadrhonc. The position of a foreigner which was vacated by the departure of Milton Viera, was covered by Franjo Vladić, Dušan Bajević's alter ego for many years at Velež Mostar. Barlos played his "last card" and brought to the bench of AEK the Austrian champion with Austria Wien, Hermann Stessl.

Τhe draw brought AEK against the Romanian Argeș Pitești for the first round of the European Cup. That caused feelings of euphoria in the team and the fans of AEK as the triumph against Porto at the last season's first round was still fresh. At the Stadionul 1 Mai, AEK were left with ten players due to the dismissal of Damianidis from the 52nd minute and the Romanians got the victory and a relative safe score of 3–0. Despite the heavy loss of the first match, the conditions under which this occurred, allowed AEK to be optimistic for the replay match. In Nea Filadelfeia, AEK were tasked for the comeback once again in their history. At the beginning of the game they showed that they were capable of that as they opened the score at the 13th minute, with an own goal by Ivan and after 7 minutes, Vladić doubled their advantage. AEK had more than an hour to score a third goal that would equalize the score of the first match. However, that goal did not take place thanks to the Swiss referee, André Daina, who denied AEK three clear penalties and the possibility of the qualification to the next round. The anger of the AEK players and staff overflowed and the incidents that followed in the locker room and the referees' room brought the punishment of AEK with a one-year ban from the European competitions by UEFA.[2]

AEK started the championship quietly and was left behind in the standings. In the Greek Cup, AEK eliminated Panachaiki at the first round, Panetolikos at the second round, only to be eliminated by PAOK in Thessaloniki, at the round of 16. The introduction of the winter transfer period brought by the professionalism of football contributed to the weakening of the roster, as Mimis Domazos left for Panathinaikos, Takis Nikoloudis for Olympiacos and Dionysis Tsamis for Korinthos. AEK recovered in a great deal afterwards, but a series of unfortunate results brought the dismissal of Stessl in April and the veteran AEK player Miltos Papapostolou on the bench with the help of Fadrhonc. The team returned to the successful results and assisted significantly by the 25 goals of Bajević who emerged as the legue's top scorer, finished tied with Panathinaikos in the third place, two points behind the equal in the first place Olympiacos and Aris.[3] This tie led to play-off matches for both the first place for the championship and the third place for a ticket to the UEFA Cup.

The play-off match between AEK and Panathinaikos was from all sides a very strange match. AEK had already been punished with exclusion from the European Cups by UEFA, which meant that whatever the result of the game, Panathinaikos would play in the UEFA Cup. If AEK won, they would simply had the benefit of serving their sentence immediately. The people of Panathinaikos implied that they did not want the match to take place. Barlos, showing a high sense of honor and having in mind the incident of Olympiacos not showing up in the last season's play-off match against AEK,[4] demanded the match to be held, regardless of any risk for his team. On May 24 at Karaiskaki Stadium, the crowd witnessed the honesty that defined Barlos' team, regardless of their eventual 1–0 loss, which marked the beginning of the club's absence from the UEFA competitions.[5]

Management team

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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 24 May 1980, 23:59 UTC+3.

PlayerNat.Position(s)Date of birth (Age)SignedPrevious clubTransfer feeContract until
Goalkeepers
Nikos ChristidisGKJune 30, 19801976 ArisFree1982
Lakis StergioudasGKJune 30, 19801972 Niki PoligyrouFree1985
Spyros IkonomopoulosGKJune 30, 19801978 AEK Athens U20—1984
Defenders
Dimitris ArgyrosCB / LBJune 30, 19801979 Kastoria₯7,000,0001982
Lakis Nikolaou (Captain)CB / RB / ST / DMJune 30, 19801971 Atromitos₯600,0001980
Babis IntzoglouRB / LB / CBJune 30, 19801976 PanioniosFree1980
Giannis MousourisRB / RM / STJune 30, 19801977 AEL₯3,000,0001982
Giorgos KalogeropoulosRBJune 30, 19801979 PanioniosFree1981
Petros RavousisCB / RBJune 30, 19801972 Aetos SkydraFree1985
Vangelis ParaprastanitisLB / CB / DMJune 30, 19801979 TrikalaFree1985
Aris DamianidisCB / RBJune 30, 19801977 EgaleoFree1980
Dimitris KotsosLBJune 30, 19801978 KastoriaFree1980
Panagiotis StylianopoulosRB / LBJune 30, 19801978 AEK Athens U20—1986
Stelios ManolasRB / CBJune 30, 19801979 AEK Athens U20—1984
Lysandros GeorgamlisRB / CB / DM / LBJune 30, 19801979 AEK Athens U20—1985
Midfielders
Franjo VladićAM / SSJune 30, 19801979 Velež MostarFree1981
Christos ArdizoglouRM / LM / RW / AMJune 30, 19801974 Apollon Athens₯5,000,0001986
Stelios Kaselakis1979 Agioi Anargyroi₯2,500,0001982
Spyros ThodisCM / AM / DMJune 30, 19801979 Anagennisi KarditsaFree1984
Christos KalaitzidisLMJune 30, 19801978 AEK Athens U20—1981
Vangelis VlachosAM / CMJune 30, 19801979 AEK Athens U20—1984
Forwards
Dušan BajevićST / SSJune 30, 19801977 Velež MostarFree1981
Tasos KonstantinouRW / SS / ST / RM / AMJune 30, 19801972 EPA LarnacaFree1980
Thomas MavrosST / LWJune 30, 19801976 Panionios₯4,000,0001984
Panikos HatziloizouST / AMJune 30, 19801979 Aris Limassol₯3,000,0001980
Stefanos ZografosSTJune 30, 19801979 AEK Athens U20—1980
Giorgos ChatziioannidisSTJune 30, 19801979 AEK Athens U20—1984
Left during Winter Transfer Window
Mimis DomazosAM / SSJune 30, 19801978 PanathinaikosFree1980
Dionysis TsamisCM / DM / AMJune 30, 19801972 Panetolikos₯2,300,0001980
Takis NikoloudisCM / AM / RM / LMJune 30, 19801977 IraklisFree1981

Transfers

In

Summer

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Kastoria₯7,000,00030 June 1982
AEK Athens U20Promotion30 November 1984
AEK Athens U20Promotion31 December 1985
Anagennisi KarditsaFree transfer30 June 1984
Agioi Anargyroi₯2,500,00030 June 1982
Velež MostarFree transfer30 June 1981
AEK Athens U20Promotion30 June 1984
Aris Limassol₯3,000,00030 June 1980
AEK Athens U20Promotion30 June 1980
AEK Athens U20Promotion30 November 1984
AEK Athens U20Promotion30 June 1982

Winter

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PanioniosFree transfer30 June 1981
Trikala₯4,000,00030 June 1985

Out

Summer

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AtromitosEnd of contract
Apollon AthensFree transfer
align=center colspan=2Retired
RodosEnd of contract
AcharnaikosContract termniation
New York PancyprianEnd of contract

Winter

width=200 style="background:#FFDE00Playerwidth=200 style="background:#FFDE00Towidth=150 style="background:#FFDE00Feewidth=150 style="background:#FFDE00DateSource
KorinthosEnd of contract
OlympiacosFree transfer
PanathinaikosFree transfer

Loan out

Summer

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PanelefsiniakosFree30 June 1980
AcharnaikosFree30 June 1980

Contract renewals

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1 December 197930 June 1980

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: ₯13,500,000

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯13,500,000

Income

Summer: ₯0

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯0

Net Totals

Summer: ₯13,500,000

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯13,500,000

Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

See main article: 1979–80 Alpha Ethniki.

3rd-place play-off

Greek Cup

See main article: 1979–80 Greek Football Cup.

Matches

European Cup

See main article: 1979–80 European Cup.

First round

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|-! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer Window|-|}

Goalscorers

Rankwidth=200 style="background:#FFDE00Playerwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Alpha Ethnikiwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Greek Cupwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00European Cupwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Total
1252027
2145019
37007
43014
53003
3003
2103
82002
91001
1001
1001
1001
0101
Own goals0011
Totals63 9 274

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
Dušan Bajević4–2 (H)4 November 1979Alpha Ethniki
Thomas Mavros4–3 (Α)21 November 1979Greek Cup[6]
Dušan Bajević3–1 (Α)2 December 1979Alpha Ethniki
Dušan Bajević4–2 (H)20 April 1980Alpha 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:#FFDE00European Cupwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Total
16017
22002
31001
Totals 9 0 110

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|-! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer Window|}

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Η μέρα που εγκαινιάστηκε η Σκεπαστή. 7 October 2015. contra.gr.
  2. Web site: ΑΕΚ: "Εγκλημα" και τιμωρία. 3 October 2020. enwsi.gr.
  3. Web site: Περίοδος 1979-1980. 20 May 2015. aekpedia.com. el.
  4. Web site: Σαν σήμερα: Ολυμπιακός-ΑΕΚ, "Θρύλε τρέμεις, γι' αυτό δεν κατεβαίνεις". 16 June 2018. SDNA.gr.
  5. Web site: Αυτοκαστροφή της ΑΕΚ το 1980. 12 July 2015. ritorno2015.gr.
  6. Web site: Επική ανατροπή στη λάσπη. 21 November 2015. aek365.org. Online. el.

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