1980–81 AEK Athens F.C. season explained

Club:AEK Athens
Season:1980–81
Manager:Miltos Papapostolou
Mgrtitle:Manager
Chairman:Loukas Barlos
Chrtitle:Chairman
League:Alpha Ethniki
League Result:2nd
Cup1:Greek Cup
Cup1 Result:Semi-finals
Cup2:Balkans Cup
Cup2 Result:Group Stage
League Topscorer:
Dušan Bajević (12)
Season Topscorer:
Thomas Mavros
Dušan Bajević (18 each)
Highest Attendance:36,766 vs Panathinaikos
(30 November 1980)
Lowest Attendance:2,885 vs Flamurtari
(8 October 1980)
Average Attendance:15,377
Largest Win:


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Prevseason:1979–80
Nextseason:1981–82

The 1980–81 season was the 57th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 22nd 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 7 September 1980 and finished on 14 June 1981.

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Overview

AEK entered the decade, essentially closing one of their most successful historical periods, since this season was the last year of Loukas Barlos at the management of the club. That was the second championship since the establishment of the professional football in Greece. AEK did not compete in any UEFA competitions this year, thus they played in the Balkans Cup instead.

AEK with their veteran player and 1963 champion with the yellow-black jersey, Miltos Papapostolou on the bench started ideally the league achieving a 6 wins in a row. Among others, they beat PAOK away and Olympiacos at home, as a result they were named by many as favorite for the title early on. It was noteworthy that AEK set an all time ticket record at home, after 36,766 tickets were sold in the league game against Panathinaikos.[1] However, the continuation was not proportionate. AEK, although they finished the championship having by far the best attack with 63 goals and Dušan Bajević as their top scorer with 12, were betrayed by their mediocre defensive performance. The second round of the championship was not good for the team, culminating in the derby with Olympiacos at Karaiskakis Stadium. AEK went down in the match having 2 points less than the first Olympiacos and were looking for the victory that would bring them to top of the standings. Nevertheless, they play a terrible game and a disastrous second half, where they conceded 5 goals in 27 minutes and experienced one of the worst defeats in their history by 6–0. However, the defeat and the match was overshadowed by the tragic events at gate 7 of the stadium, where the fans, trying to leave the field, were trapped and many were trampled, resulting in the death of 21 people and the injury of more than 50 people.[2] At the end of the season AEK finished at the second place five points behind Olympiacos, but were not qualified for any European competition, carrying a ban[3] from the previous season.

In the Greek Cup, AEK eliminated Egaleo in the first round and the title defender, Kastoria in the second round. Afterwards, they eliminated Panathinaikos at the round of 16 and Aris in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals they were drawn with PAOK and faced elimination by 2 defeats without scoring a single goal.[4]

In the Balkans Cup, AEK were eliminated in the group stage, where all three teams were on par with 2 wins and 2 defeats, thus Velež Mostar with a better goal ratio were qualified to the final of the institution.[5]

At the end of the season Barlos left AEK Athens, after seven years, as a result of the dire financial situation that came from his involvement with the club, but also due to his inability to adapt to the new model of professional football, fearing alienation through the professionalism that was entering into the field of football. At the end of the year, one of the stars of the team, Dušan Bajević, left with him.[6]

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 14 June 1981, 23:59 UTC+3.

PlayerNat.Position(s)Date of birth (Age)SignedPrevious clubTransfer feeContract until
Goalkeepers
Nikos ChristidisGKJune 30, 19811976 ArisFree1982
Lakis StergioudasGKJune 30, 19811972 Niki PoligyrouFree1985
Spyros IkonomopoulosGKJune 30, 19811978 AEK Athens U20—1984
Defenders
Lakis Nikolaou (Captain)CB / RB / ST / DMJune 30, 19811971 Atromitos₯600,0001982
Giannis MousourisRB / RM / STJune 30, 19811977 AEL₯3,000,0001982
Giorgos RigasCB / RB / DMJune 30, 19811980 KavalaFree1982
Michalis TzirakisCB / RB / RMJune 30, 19811980 OFI₯8,000,0001983
Giorgos KalogeropoulosRBJune 30, 19811979 PanioniosFree1981
Petros RavousisCB / RBJune 30, 19811972 Aetos SkydraFree1985
Vangelis ParaprastanitisLB / CB / DMJune 30, 19811979 TrikalaFree1985
Stavros LetsasRB / RM / CBJune 30, 19811978 Agioi AnargyroiFree1986
Stelios ManolasRB / CBJune 30, 19811979 AEK Athens U20—1984
Lysandros GeorgamlisRB / CB / DM / LBJune 30, 19811979 AEK Athens U20—1985
Midfielders
Kostas EleftherakisRM / AMJune 30, 19811980 PanathinaikosFree1981
Franjo VladićAM / SSJune 30, 19811979 Velež MostarFree1981
Petros KaravitisDM / CM / LB / LM / LWJune 30, 19811980 OlympiacosFree1983
Christos ArdizoglouRM / LM / RW / AMJune 30, 19811974 Apollon Athens₯5,000,0001986
Spyros ThodisCM / AM / DMJune 30, 19811979 Anagennisi KarditsaFree1984
Vangelis VlachosAM / CMJune 30, 19811979 AEK Athens U20—1984
Forwards
Dimitrios GesiosSTJune 30, 19811980 IraklisFree1982
Dušan BajevićST / SSJune 30, 19811977 Velež MostarFree1981
Dimitrios PapadopoulosSTJune 30, 19811980 OFIFree1982
Thomas MavrosST / LWJune 30, 19811976 Panionios₯4,000,0001984
Manolis KottisST / LWJune 30, 19811980 RodosFree1985
Thomas StafylasSTJune 30, 19811980 AEK Athens U20—1982
Left during Winter Transfer Window
Tasos KonstantinouRW / SS / ST / RM / AMJune 30, 19811972 EPA LarnacaFree1981
Giorgos ChatziioannidisSTJune 30, 19811979 AEK Athens U20—1984

Transfers

In

Summer

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KavalaFree transfer30 June 1982
OFI₯8,000,00030 June 1983
PanelefsiniakosEnd of loan30 June 1985
PanachaikiLoan return30 June 1984
PanathinaikosFree transfer30 June 1981
IraklisFree transfer30 June 1982
OFIFree transfer30 June 1982
RodosFree transfer30 June 1985
AcharnaikosLoan return30 June 1982

a. and Christos Kalaitzidis as an exchange.

Winter

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OlympiacosFree transfer30 June 1983[7]

Out

Summer

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KastoriaFree transfer
OlympiacosEnd of contract
DiagorasEnd of contract
Free agentEnd of contract
RodosFree transfer
Agioi AnargyroiFree transfer
Aris LimassolEnd of contract
Free agentEnd of contract

Winter

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AtromitosEnd of contract

Loan out

Summer

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AtromitosFree30 June 1981
DiagorasFree30 June 1982

Winter

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PAS GianninaFree30 June 1981

Contract renewals

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30 June 198030 June 1982

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: ₯8,000,000

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯8,000,000

Income

Summer: ₯0

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯0

Net Totals

Summer: ₯8,000,000

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯8,000,000

Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

See main article: 1980–81 Alpha Ethniki.

Fixtures

Greek Cup

See main article: 1980–81 Greek Football Cup.

Matches

Semi-finals

Balkans Cup

See main article: 1980–81 Balkans Cup.

Group Α

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:#FFDE00Balkans Cupwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Total
1123015
93315
39009
47108
55106
5016
2316
84105
92103
102002
2002
1102
1012
141001
0011
Own goals1001
Totals6314 784

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

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Thomas Mavros3–1 (H)5 March 1981Balkans 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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182010
21101
31001
Totals10 3 013

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: OUR OLD HOME "NIKOS GOUMAS". aekfc.gr.
  2. Web site: Η τραγωδία που σημάδεψε τον ελληνικό αθλητισμό. Γιώργος. Κυριακόπουλος. 8 February 2022. onsports.gr.
  3. Web site: ΑΕΚ: "Εγκλημα" και τιμωρία. 3 October 2020. enwsi.gr.
  4. Web site: Greek Cup 1980/81. RSSSF.
  5. Web site: Balkans Cup 1980–81 season. RSSSF.
  6. Web site: Περίοδος 1980-1981. 21 May 2015. aekpedia.com. el.
  7. newsp. Athletic Echo, 18 December 1980, p. 1, 2, 6

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