| Club: | AEK Athens |
| Season: | 1982–83 |
| Manager: | Zlatko Čajkovski (until 10 January) Kostas Nestoridis (until 13 February) Helmut Senekowitsch |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Michalis Arkadis |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| League: | Alpha Ethniki |
| League Result: | 3rd |
| Cup1: | Greek Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Winners |
| Cup2: | UEFA Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | First round |
| League Topscorer: | Thomas Mavros (19) |
| Season Topscorer: | Thomas Mavros (31) |
| Highest Attendance: | 35,572 vs Olympiacos (13 March 1983) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 2,098 vs Irodotos (9 March 1983) |
| Average Attendance: | 13,468 |
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| Prevseason: | 1981–82 |
| Nextseason: | 1983–84 |
The 1982–83 season was the 59th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup. The season began on 19 September 1982 and finished on 29 June 1983.
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In the summer of 1982, Andreas Zafiropoulos stepped out of the presidency of AEK Athens due to the "displeasure" of the fans. He retained the team's shares, but handed over the management of the team to the shipowner Michalis Arkadis. Arkadis was for years the right hand of Loukas Barlos, while apart from president, he also served as vice president and general manager of the team. Takis Nikoloudis returned to the team after his passing from Olympiacos, while AEK also proceeded with the transfer of the goalkeeper Christos Arvanitis. Hristo Bonev left the team and returned to Lokomotiv Plovdiv. Zlatko Čajkovski remained on the bench, thus "cashing in" the good finish of the previous season, which found AEK qualified in the UEFA Cup.
After an absence of two years, AEK participated in the UEFA Cup, but they had a bad draw facing the mighty Köln of the great Rinus Michels, which was last year's runner-up in Germany with players in the likes of Littbarski, Fischer, Alofs, Steiner and Schumacher. Thus, AEK's task was by definition very difficult. The first match took place at 14 September, however, it was not to be completed due to the large fire at Tatoi and the inevitable power outage of the stadium at the 88th minute without AEK being responsible. In the game, AEK were ahead from early on, however, trapped in the slow pace of the Germans, the tie of the match was turned by the 33rd minute with AEK managing to equalize at the end of half time. In the second half, AEK increased their offensive pace and made the score 3–2, but almost immediately were equalized. As game progressed AEK were pushing on, until in the 88th minute the current voltage subsided and the stadium sunk into darkness. The match was stopped, mini-meetings followed and the referee, denied the solution of ending of the match at this point. The suspension of the game was decided and the game was scheduled to be repeated two weeks later, on 28 September.[1] The coaches changed their tactics based on the conclusions from the first match. The match went with AEK having the initiative of the moves, however the goal conceded in the 58th minute and the fatigue of the players, led it to the defeat which made the qualification even harder. The things got even worse as they presented an extremely bad image, as the players could not even hold the ball on their feet. As if this were not enough, Mavros also missed a penalty when the score was at 4–0, in an opportunity to reduce the extent of the score. On the other hand, the Germans presented a fast-moving team and did whatever they wanted throughout the game scoring 5 goals, while losing opportunities for even more, but they did not succeed thanks to the decent performance of Arvanitis. The 6,000 Greeks were present at the stadium, expressed their dissatisfaction with the overall image of the team and left extremely disappointed.
Even though the championship started with a defeat by Ethnikos Piraeus, the team continued well. As time progressed, the relations of some players with the coach, as well as the concerns of the management of the club about the physical condition of the players, caused controversy in the face of the coach. The culmination of all this was the home game of the 13th game against OFI. AEK were leading by 2–0 and eventually were defeated by 2–3, which resulted in the dismissal of Čajkovski. The decision to expel the Croatian coach was opposed by the vast majority of the fans of the club, as until that moment AEK were in the race for the championship, just 1 point behind the first Olympiacos. The technical leadership of AEK was taken over temporarily for the next five games by Kostas Nestoridis. From the 19th game on the bench of AEK, the well-known from his term at Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, Helmut Senekowitsch was hired. The changes of coaches also greatly affected the course of the team. The team finished in the 3rd place, equaling with AEL and 5 points behind the Olympiacos. Thomas Mavros emerged as the club's top scorer in the league with 19 goals.[2]
AEK completed the season with the conquest of the Greek Cup, eliminating Olympiacos in the quarter-finals with 2 wins and defeating PAOK by 2–0 at the Olympic Stadium in the final that was marked by crowd incidents.[3]
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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 29 June 1983, 23:59 UTC+3.
| Player | Nat. | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed | Previous club | Transfer fee | Contract until | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||
| Lakis Stergioudas | GK | June 30, 1983 | 1972 | Niki Poligyrou | Free | 1985 | ||
| Christos Arvanitis | GK | June 30, 1983 | 1982 | Olympiacos | ₯7,000,000 | 1986 | ||
| Spyros Ikonomopoulos | GK | June 30, 1983 | 1978 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1984 | ||
| Fanis Kofinas | GK | June 30, 1983 | 1982 | Pelopas Kiato | Free | 1987 | ||
| Defenders | ||||||||
| Michalis Tzirakis | CB / RB / RM | June 30, 1983 | 1980 | OFI | ₯8,000,000 | 1985 | ||
| Petros Ravousis (Vice-captain) | CB / RB | June 30, 1983 | 1972 | Aetos Skydra | Free | 1985 | ||
| Vangelis Paraprastanitis | LB / CB / DM | June 30, 1983 | 1979 | Trikala | Free | 1985 | ||
| Stavros Letsas | RB / RM / CB | June 30, 1983 | 1978 | Agioi Anargyroi | Free | 1986 | ||
| Panagiotis Stylianopoulos | RB / LB | June 30, 1983 | 1978 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1986 | ||
| Takis Karagiozopoulos | CB / DM / ST | June 30, 1983 | 1981 | Veria | Free | 1986 | ||
| Stelios Manolas | CB / RB | June 30, 1983 | 1979 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1984 | ||
| Lysandros Georgamlis | RB / CB / DM / LB | June 30, 1983 | 1979 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1985 | ||
| Midfielders | ||||||||
| Christos Ardizoglou | RM / LM / RW / AM | June 30, 1983 | 1974 | Apollon Athens | ₯5,000,000 | 1986 | ||
| Angel Kolev | AM / RM / LM | June 30, 1983 | 1982 | Lokomotiv Sofia | Free | 1983 | ||
| Spyros Thodis | CM / AM / DM | June 30, 1983 | 1979 | Anagennisi Karditsa | Free | 1984 | ||
| Dinos Ballis | AM / CM / DM / SS / ST / CB | June 30, 1983 | 1981 | Aris | ₯17,000,000 | 1986 | ||
| Giorgos Vlantis | CM | June 30, 1983 | 1976 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1984 | ||
| Vangelis Vlachos (Captain) | AM / CM | June 30, 1983 | 1979 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1984 | ||
| Forwards | ||||||||
| Mojaš Radonjić | ST / SS | June 30, 1983 | 1981 | Budućnost Podgorica | Free | 1984 | ||
| Thomas Mavros | ST / LW | June 30, 1983 | 1976 | Panionios | ₯4,000,000 | 1987 | ||
| Manolis Kottis | ST / LW | June 30, 1983 | 1980 | Rodos | Free | 1985 | ||
| Christos Tatidis | LW | 1982 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1984 | |||
| Giannis Dintsikos | ST / SS / RW / LW / AM | June 30, 1983 | 1981 | Kastoria | ₯20,000,000 | 1986 | ||
| Giorgos Chatziioannidis | ST | June 30, 1983 | 1979 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1984 | ||
| Panagiotis Angelidis | ST | 1981 | Free agent | Free | 1986 | |||
| Left during Winter Transfer Window | ||||||||
| Takis Nikoloudis | CM / AM / RM / LM | June 30, 1983 | 1982 | Olympiacos | ₯5,000,000 | 1984 | ||
| Petros Karavitis | DM / CM / LB / LM / LW | June 30, 1983 | 1980 | Olympiacos | Free | 1983 | ||
| width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | Player | width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | From | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Fee | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Date | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Contract Until | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympiacos | ₯7,000,000 | 30 June 1986 | [4] | ||||||||
| Pelopas Kiato | ₯1,500,000 | 30 June 1987 | [5] | ||||||||
| Olympiacos | ₯5,000,000[6] | 30 June 1984 | |||||||||
| Diagoras | Loan return | 30 June 1984 | |||||||||
| Lokomotiv Sofia | ₯3,500,000[7] | 31 December 1983 | [8] | ||||||||
| AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | 30 June 1984 |
| width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | Player | width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | From | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Fee | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Date | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Contract Until | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodos | Loan return | 30 June 1985 |
Notes
a. Plus a conduction of a friendly match between the two clubs.
| width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | Player | width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | To | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Fee | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Date | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center colspan=2 | Retired | [9] | |||||||
| align=center colspan=2 | Retired | [10] | |||||||
| Makedonikos | Contract termination | [11] [12] | |||||||
| Veria | Contract termination | [13] | |||||||
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | End of contract | [14] |
| width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | Player | width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | To | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Fee | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Date | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proodeftiki | Free transfer | [15] |
| width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | Player | width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | To | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Fee | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Date | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Until | Option to buy | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Inter-Montréal | Free | 10 July 1983 | [16] |
| width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | Player | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Date | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Former Exp. Date | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | New Exp. Date | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 1982 | 30 June 1986 | [17] [18] | |||||||
| 31 July 1983 | 30 June 1987 | [19] [20] |
Summer: ₯17,000,000
Winter: ₯0
Total: ₯17,000,000
Summer: ₯0
Winter: ₯0
Total: ₯0
Summer: ₯17,000,000
Winter: ₯0
Total: ₯17,000,000
See main article: 1982–83 Alpha Ethniki.
See main article: 1982–83 Greek Football Cup.
See main article: 1982–83 UEFA Cup.
! 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|-|}
| Rank | width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | Player | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Alpha Ethniki | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Greek Cup | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | UEFA Cup | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 31 | |||||||
| 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |||||||
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |||||||
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Own goals | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 52 | 23 | 0 | 75 |
Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.
| width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | Player | width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | Against | width=70 style="background:#FFDE00 | Result | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Date | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Competition | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Mavros | Rodos | 4–0 (H) | 26 September 1982 | Alpha Ethniki | [21] | |||||
| Thomas Mavros | Panathinaikos | 4–1 (H) | 3 April 1983 | Alpha Ethniki | [22] | |||||
| Thomas Mavros5 | Irodotos | 6–0 (A) | 20 April 1983 | Greek Cup |
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.
| Rank | width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | Player | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Alpha Ethniki | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Greek Cup | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | UEFA Cup | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 12 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
|-! 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|}