1984–85 AEK Athens F.C. season explained

Club:AEK Athens
Season:1984–85
Manager:Václav Halama
(until 11 December)
Antonis Georgiadis
Mgrtitle:Manager
Chairman:Andreas Zafiropoulos
Chrtitle:Chairman
League:Alpha Ethniki
League Result:3rd
Cup1:Greek Cup
Cup1 Result:First round
League Topscorer:
Thomas Mavros (27)
Season Topscorer:
Thomas Mavros (27)
Highest Attendance:32,485 vs Olympiacos
(12 May 1985)
Lowest Attendance:9,375 vs Apollon Athens
(2 December 1984)
Average Attendance:20,646
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Prevseason:1983–84
Nextseason:1985–86

The 1984–85 season was the 61st season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki and the Greek Cup. The season began on 23 September 1984 and finished on 16 June 1985.

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Overview

In the summer of 1984, Zafiropoulos returned to the spotlight of the administrative activities of the club and took over the presidency. The team continued to be in a state of competitive change. Petros Ravousis, one of the team's pillars for 12 years, left and continued at Levadiakos and Takis Nikoloudis to Apollon Kalamarias, since the previous December. AEK were strengthened with the Swedish striker, Håkan Sandberg from Göteborg and Czech midfielder, František Štambachr. From the Greek market, AEK acquired Nikos Pias, Theologis Papadopoulos, Andreas Votsidis and Makis Chatzis. The coach was Václav Halama, a Czech by origin, with a spells at the benches of Austria Vien and Munich 1860. Zafiropoulos hired him with great ambition, while he was presented as a coach that controlled the locker rooms, however, these expectations were shortly refuted.

AEK did not start well, even though they showed elements of a strongly offensive team in the pitch. In the first 10 games, the team achieved 4 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat, while away from home they managed to win only once. In first round of the cup, AEK were drawn to play against Lamia away from home. In the "dry" stadium of the home team, AEK experienced one of the most shameful and unexpected eliminations in the history of the institution. The team did not treat the match with seriousness and at the 20th minute were behind with a goal by Mantzikos. In the remaining minutes AEK players did not manage to do anything resulting in their elimination from the tournament.

At the end of the 10th matchday Zafiropoulos proceeded to replace Halama, who had lost control of the locker rooms, with the former coach of Aris, Antonis Georgiadis. The team made changes also in their roster, as well. In December, Štambachr left for Apollon Athens, due to the fact that he occupied a foreigner's position, Lakis Stergioudas moved to PAOK and Paraprastanitis alongside Kottis for Egaleo. On the other hand, the president of the "yellow blacks" performed a great deal as he dressed the Hungarian Márton Esterházy in AEK Athens' colors. The Hungarian ace quickly proved his value, as together with Thomas Mavros and Håkan Sandberg composed a "magic" triplet for the double-headed eagle. The team played very offensive football for the season while Thomas Mavros finished as the league's top scorer, with 27 goals and alongside Sandberg scored the 42 of the total 58 goals of the team. Nevertheless, although AEK finished the league with only 3 defeats all of them away from home, remained at third place in the league, equaling the second Panathinaikos, 3 points behind PAOK.[1]

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 16 June 1985, 23:59 UTC+3.

PlayerNat.Position(s)Date of birth (Age)SignedPrevious clubTransfer feeContract until
Goalkeepers
Christos ArvanitisGKJune 30, 19851982 Olympiacos₯6,000,0001986
Spyros IkonomopoulosGKJune 30, 19851978 AEK Athens U20—1989
Theologis PapadopoulosGKJune 30, 19851984₯9,000,0001989
Defenders
Makis ChatzisRB / LBJune 30, 19851984 Apollon Athens₯6,750,0001989
Stavros LetsasRB / RM / CBJune 30, 19851978 Agioi AnargyroiFree1986
Panagiotis StylianopoulosRB / LBJune 30, 19851978 AEK Athens U20—1986
Pavlos PapaioannouRB / RM / DMJune 30, 19851983 Rodos₯10,000,0001988
Takis KaragiozopoulosCB / DM / STJune 30, 19851981 VeriaFree1986
Stelios ManolasCB / RBJune 30, 19851979 AEK Athens U20—1989
Lysandros GeorgamlisRB / CB / DM / LBJune 30, 19851979 AEK Athens U20—1985
Midfielders
Christos Ardizoglou (Captain)RM / LM / RW / AMJune 30, 19851974 Apollon Athens₯5,000,0001986
Dinos BallisAM / CM / DM / SS / ST / CBJune 30, 19851981 Aris₯17,000,0001986
Nikos PiasCMJune 30, 19851984 Rodos₯1,350,0001989
Babis AkrivopoulosAM / SS / STJune 30, 19851983 Veria₯8,400,0001988
Vangelis Vlachos (Vice-captain 2)AM / CMJune 30, 19851979 AEK Athens U20—1989
Forwards
Thomas Mavros (Vice-captain)ST / LWJune 30, 19851976 Panionios₯4,000,0001987
Márton EsterházySS / ST / RW / LW / AMJune 30, 19851984 Honvéd₯25,000,0001986
Håkan SandbergSTJune 30, 19851984 IFK Göteborg₯8,000,0001986
Andreas VoitsidisST / RW / LWJune 30, 19851984 Kastoria₯2,400,0001989
Giannis DintsikosST / SS / RW / LW / AMJune 30, 19851981 Kastoria₯20,000,0001986
Michalis PytharoulisST1984 A.O. Agios NikolaosFree1989
Left during Winter Transfer Window
Lakis StergioudasGKJune 30, 19851972 Niki PoligyrouFree1985
Vangelis ParaprastanitisLB / CB / DMJune 30, 19851979 TrikalaFree1985
František ŠtambachrLM / CM / AMJune 30, 19851984 Dukla Prague₯14,000,0001986
Manolis KottisST / LWJune 30, 19851980 RodosFree1985

Transfers

In

Summer

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AEL₯9,000,00030 June 1989[2]
Apollon Athens₯6,750,000[3] 30 June 1989[4]
Rodos₯1,350,00030 June 1989[5]
Dukla Prague₯14,000,00030 June 1986[6]
IFK Göteborg₯8,000,000[7] 30 June 1986[8]
Kastoria₯2,400,00030 June 1989[9]
A.O. Agios NikolaosFree transfer30 June 1989[10]

Winter

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Honvéd₯25,000,000[11] 31 December 1986[12]

Out

Summer

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LevadiakosContract termination[13]
Anagennisi KarditsaEnd of contract[14]
Heidelberg UnitedEnd of contract[15]
PAS Giannina₯2,800,000[16]

Winter

width=200 style="background:#FFDE00Playerwidth=200 style="background:#FFDE00Towidth=150 style="background:#FFDE00Feewidth=150 style="background:#FFDE00DateSource
PAOKContract termination[17] [18]
Egaleo₯500,000[19]
Apollon AthensContract termination[20]
Egaleo₯1,200,000[21]

Contract renewals

width=200 style="background:#FFDE00Playerwidth=150 style="background:#FFDE00Datewidth=150 style="background:#FFDE00Former Exp. Datewidth=150 style="background:#FFDE00New Exp. DateSource
30 June 198430 June 1989[22]
30 November 198430 November 1989[23]
30 June 198430 June 1989[24]

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: ₯41,500,000

Winter: ₯25,000,000

Total: ₯66,500,000

Income

Summer: ₯2,800,000

Winter: ₯1,700,000

Total: ₯4,500,000

Net Totals

Summer: ₯38,700,000

Winter: ₯23,300,000

Total: ₯62,000,000

Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

See main article: 1984–85 Alpha Ethniki.

Fixtures

Greek Cup

See main article: 1984–85 Greek Football Cup.

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|-! colspan="9" 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:#FFDE00Total
127027
215015
3505
4404
5303
6101
101
101
Own goals101
Totals58 058

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
Giannis Dintsikos Pierikos7–2 (H)21 October 1984Alpha Ethniki[25]
Thomas Mavros Apollon Athens3–0 (H)2 December 1984Alpha Ethniki[26]
Thomas Mavros5 Egaleo5–2 (H)27 January 1985Alpha Ethniki[27]
Håkan Sandberg Panachaiki5–1 (H)10 February 1985Alpha Ethniki[28]
Thomas Mavros Aris3–1 (H)28 April 1985Alpha Ethniki[29]
Håkan Sandberg Ethnikos Piraeus3–1 (A)5 May 1985Alpha Ethniki[30]

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
1505
2303
3101
Totals 9 0 9

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|-! colspan="14" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer Window|}

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Περίοδος 1984-1985. 21 May 2015. aekpedia.com. el.
  2. newspaper Atheltic Echo 23/6/1984 pages 1, 3
  3. newspaper Atheltic Echo 23/6/1984 pages 1, 3
  4. newspaper Atheltic Echo 26/6/1984 page 3
  5. newspaper Atheltic Echo 30/6/1984 pages 1, 4
  6. newspaper Atheltic Echo 13/6/1984 pages 1, 3
  7. newspaper Atheltic Echo 13/6/1984 pages 1, 3
  8. Web site: Ο "οδοστρωτήρας" Σάντμπεργκ στην ΑΕΚ. 5 July 2020.
  9. newspaper Atheltic Echo 11/7/1984 pages 1, 6
  10. newspaper Atheltic Echo 14/7/1984 page 4
  11. newspaper Atheltic Echo 13/12/1984 pages 1, 6
  12. Web site: ΑΕΚ: Η "κλοπή" του Εστερχάζι από την Μπαρτσελόνα και η ονειρική τριπλέτα με Μαύρο και Σάντμπεργκ. bankingnews.gr.
  13. newspaper Atheltic Echo 6/8/1984 page 6
  14. newspaper Atheltic Echo 5/8/1984 page 3
  15. newspaper Atheltic Echo 3/6/1984 page 3
  16. newspaper Atheltic Echo 17/7/1984 pages 3, 6
  17. newspaper Atheltic Echo 29/9/1984 page 4
  18. newspaper Atheltic Echo 24/11/1984 pages 1, 4
  19. newspaper Atheltic Echo 18/12/1984 pages 1, 6
  20. newspaper Atheltic Echo 15/12/1984 pages 1, 3
  21. newspaper Atheltic Echo 29/9/1984 pages 1, 4
  22. newspaper Atheltic Echo 9/6/1984 pages 1, 6
  23. newspaper Atheltic Echo 24/11/1984 pages 1, 4
  24. newspaper Atheltic Echo 9/6/1984 pages 1, 6
  25. Web site: 1984-85 (4) ΑΕΚ-ΠΙΕΡΙΚΟΣ. YouTube.
  26. Web site: ΑΕΚ - Mια φάση, μια ιστορία: Όταν ο Μαύρος έπαιξε βόλεϊ με τον Σάντμπεργκ στην άμυνα του Απόλλωνα!. 13 June 2020. gazzetta.gr. Online. el.
  27. Web site: Τα πέντε γκολ του Θωμά Μαύρου σε ένα παιχνίδι με την ΑΕΚ και ο εκπληκτικός λόγος που... στεναχωρήθηκε ο πατέρας του!. 27 January 2022. bankingnews.gr. Online. el.
  28. Web site: AEK-ΠΑΝΑΧΑΙΚΗ 5-1 1984-85. YouTube.
  29. Web site: Θωμάς... εφ' όλης της ύλης!. 28 April 2020. aek-live.gr. Online. el.
  30. Web site: 1984-85 (26) ΕΘΝΙΚΟΣ-ΑΕΚ. YouTube.

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