Club: | AEK Athens |
Season: | 1983–84 |
Manager: | John Barnwell (until 28 November) Helmut Senekowitsch (until 12 February) Kostas Nestoridis |
Mgrtitle: | Manager |
Chairman: | Lefteris Panagidis |
Chrtitle: | Chairman |
League: | Alpha Ethniki |
League Result: | 7th |
Cup1: | Greek Cup |
Cup1 Result: | Round of 16 |
Cup2 Result: | First round |
League Topscorer: | Thomas Mavros (13) |
Season Topscorer: | Thomas Mavros (17) |
Highest Attendance: | 28,564 vs Olympiacos (26 February 1984) |
Lowest Attendance: | 4,462 vs Apollon Athens (12 February 1984) |
Average Attendance: | 13,456 |
Largest Win: | |
Largest Loss: | |
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Prevseason: | 1982–83 |
Nextseason: | 1984–85 |
The 1983–84 season was the 60th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup. The season began on 4 September 1983 and finished on 6 May 1984.
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In the summer of 1983, AEK faced another administrative change in their presidency. Michalis Arkadis left the wheel of the team and despite having won the cup last year, he did not have the financial means to lift the burden of their obligations and mostly importantly the completion of the eight-year contract of Thomas Mavros. The Cypriot businessman, Lefteris Panagidis stepped in and kept Mavros in the team by giving him the amount of 45 million drachmas, while he replaced Arkadis in the presidency of the team. His direct collaborators were Dimitris Roussakis and Michalis Lefakis. The new president, although having a travel agency in Athens, he maintained his headquarters in England. That was the reason for his admiration of the English football model, which through his choices he tried to pass on to the club. So, for the team's bench, he hired the British John Barnwell, who as the coach of Wolves had won the League Cup and looked ideal. The British footballers, Trevor Ross from Everton and Tommy Langley from Crystal Palace, came with him to the team in an atmosphere of excitement and high expectations. AEK also proceeded with the acquisition of the Greek-Brazilian Pavlos Papaioannou from Rodos, as well as the promising midfielder of Veria, Babis Akrivopoulos. On the other hand, Mojaš Radonjić left the team and returned to Yugoslavia, after being disappointed and failed to live up to the expectations.
The team begun with dreams and excitement, but landed abruptly in reality and had one of the worst seasons in their history. The club started badly, paid mainly for their inability to respond to the away games. Eventually the coach was fired after a home defeat by Iraklis in the 12th matchday, having already been eliminated at the same time from the Cup Winners' Cup at the first round by Újpest, counting 4 defeats, 2 draws and no wins away from home. The British coach was succeeded by an "old acquaintance", the Austrian Helmut Senekowitsch at first and later by Kostas Nestoridis, who completed the tragic course of the championship as AEK Athens' coach. Eventually the team finished at 7th place, 16 points behind Panathinaikos, who won the title.
AEK were eliminated from the Greek Cup and from the opportunity to defend the title, at the round of 16 by the later finalist, AEL. In the few notable things of the season were the 4–0 victory over PAOK, the performance of Thomas Mavros with 13 goals in 21 appearances and the performance of Vangelis Vlachos, who showed that AEK could rely and build on him.[1]
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 6 May 1984, 23:59 UTC+3.
Player | Nat. | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed | Previous club | Transfer fee | Contract until | |
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Goalkeepers | ||||||||
Lakis Stergioudas | GK | June 30, 1984 | 1972 | Niki Poligyrou | Free | 1985 | ||
Christos Arvanitis | GK | June 30, 1984 | 1982 | Olympiacos | ₯6,000,000 | 1986 | ||
Spyros Ikonomopoulos | GK | June 30, 1984 | 1978 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1984 | ||
Defenders | ||||||||
Petros Ravousis (Captain) | CB / RB | June 30, 1984 | 1972 | Aetos Skydra | Free | 1985 | ||
Vangelis Paraprastanitis | LB / CB / DM | June 30, 1984 | 1979 | Trikala | Free | 1985 | ||
Stavros Letsas | RB / RM / CB | June 30, 1984 | 1978 | Agioi Anargyroi | Free | 1986 | ||
Panagiotis Stylianopoulos | RB / LB | June 30, 1984 | 1978 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1986 | ||
Pavlos Papaioannou | RB / RM / DM | June 30, 1984 | 1983 | Rodos | ₯10,000,000 | 1988 | ||
Takis Karagiozopoulos | CB / DM / ST | June 30, 1984 | 1981 | Veria | Free | 1986 | ||
Stelios Manolas | CB / RB | June 30, 1984 | 1979 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1984 | ||
Lysandros Georgamlis | RB / CB / DM / LB | June 30, 1984 | 1979 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1985 | ||
Midfielders | ||||||||
Christos Ardizoglou | RM / LM / RW / AM | June 30, 1984 | 1974 | Apollon Athens | ₯5,000,000 | 1986 | ||
Spyros Thodis | CM / AM / DM | June 30, 1984 | 1979 | Anagennisi Karditsa | Free | 1984 | ||
Dinos Ballis | AM / CM / DM / SS / ST / CB | June 30, 1984 | 1981 | Aris | ₯17,000,000 | 1986 | ||
George Christopoulos | CM | June 30, 1984 | 1984 | Canberra City | Free | 1984 | ||
Babis Akrivopoulos | AM / SS / ST | June 30, 1984 | 1983 | Veria | ₯8,400,000 | 1988 | ||
Vangelis Vlachos (Vice-captain) | AM / CM | June 30, 1984 | 1979 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1984 | ||
Forwards | ||||||||
Thomas Mavros | ST / LW | June 30, 1984 | 1976 | Panionios | ₯4,000,000 | 1987 | ||
Manolis Kottis | ST / LW | June 30, 1984 | 1980 | Rodos | Free | 1985 | ||
Giannis Dintsikos | ST / SS / RW / LW / AM | June 30, 1984 | 1981 | Kastoria | ₯20,000,000 | 1986 | ||
Giorgos Chatziioannidis | ST | June 30, 1984 | 1979 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1984 | ||
Left during Winter Transfer Window | ||||||||
Takis Nikoloudis | CM / AM / RM / LM | June 30, 1984 | 1982 | Olympiacos | ₯6,000,000 | 1984 | ||
Angel Kolev | AM / RM / LM | June 30, 1984 | 1982 | Lokomotiv Sofia | Free | 1983 | ||
Trevor Ross | CM / AM / DM / RM / LM | June 30, 1984 | 1983 | Everton | ₯8,000,000 | 1985 | ||
Tommy Langley | ST / LW | June 30, 1984 | 1983 | Crystal Palace | ₯15,000,000 | 1985 | ||
Christos Tatidis | ST | 1982 | FV PAOK Höpfingen | Free | 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 | |
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Rodos | ₯10,000,000 | [2] | 30 June 1988 | [3] | |||||||
Inter-Montréal | Loan return | 30 June 1984 | |||||||||
Everton | ₯8,000,000[4] | 30 June 1985 | [5] | ||||||||
Veria | ₯8,400,000 | 30 June 1988 | [6] | ||||||||
Crystal Palace | ₯15,000,000[7] | [8] | 30 June 1985 | [9] | |||||||
Acharnaikos | Loan return | 30 June 1986 |
Notes
a. Plus a conduction of a friendly match between the two clubs.[10]
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 | |
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Canberra City | Free transfer | 30 June 1984 |
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 | |
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Free agent | End of contract | ||||||||
Acharnaikos | Free transfer | [11] | |||||||
Sutjeska Nikšić | Contract termination | [12] | |||||||
Acharnaikos | Free transfer | [13] |
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 | |
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Apollon Kalamarias | Free transfer | ||||||||
Sheffield United | Contract termnation | ||||||||
Shumen | End of contract | ||||||||
Coventry City | Contract termnation | ||||||||
Panserraikos | Free transfer |
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 | |
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Korinthos | Free | 30 June 1985 | [14] |
Summer: ₯41,400,000
Winter: ₯0
Total: ₯41,400,000
Summer: ₯0
Winter: ₯0
Total: ₯0
Summer: ₯41,400,000
Winter: ₯0
Total: ₯41,400,000
See main article: 1983–84 Alpha Ethniki.
See main article: 1983–84 Greek Football Cup.
See main article: 1983–84 European Cup Winners' 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 | European Cup Winners' Cup | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Total | |
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1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 17 | |||||||
2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||||
3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Totals | 40 | 6 | 3 | 49 |
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 | European Cup Winners' Cup | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Total |
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1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Totals | 10 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
|-! 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|}