AEK Athens

1964–65 season
Chairman	Alexandros Makridis
Manager	Mirko Kokotović
Stadium	AEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	2nd
Greek Cup	Quarter-finals
European Cup Winners' Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Kostas Nestoridis (17) All: Kostas Papageorgiou Kostas Nestoridis (20 each)
Highest home attendance	34,054 vs Panathinaikos (3 January 1965)
Lowest home attendance	3,425 vs Ethnikos Piraeus (21 March 1965)
Average home league attendance	15,921
Biggest win	Apollon Athens 1–7 AEK Athens
Biggest defeat	Dinamo Zagreb 3–0 AEK Athens
Home colours

The 1964–65 season was the 41st season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the sixth 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 9 September 1964 and finished on 2 July 1965.

Overview

In the summer of 1964, the management of AEK Athens, having the goal of winning the league, hired Mirko Kokotović, a successful coach at the time, who had won the Turkish championship with Fenerbahçe and participated in the quarter-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup. Furthermore, with the great Kleanthis Maropoulos acting as the technical director, AEK proceeded in great transfer moves, as Fotis Balopoulos was acquired from Proodeftiki, Giorgos Kefalidis was also acquired from Pierikos, as well as the legendary Lefter Küçükandonyadis from Fenerbahce, even though he was at an advanced age. At the first training and the consecration of AEK, 4,000-5,000 fans were gathered and showed great enthusiasm, while the management of the team expressed faith and optimism for winning the championship.^[1]

AEK played for the first time in their history in the final stage of UEFA competitions and specifically of the Cup Winners' Cup, which were drawn for its first round against Dinamo Zagreb. Over 30,000 fans rushed to AEK Stadium on 9 September, to see the top scorer of the World Cup of Chile, Dražan Jerković, and the rest of the famous Yugoslavs play. However, the spectacle was not what was expected, since both clubs started scared and harsh. The Yugoslavs were extremely unsportsmanlike in their game, as they wanted a draw and to kill the time, while AEK pressed unorthodoxly, but were unable to create many dangerous chances. The referee refused the penalty and the players of the Union were overcome by intense irritation and the bad match continued in the second half, but in the hourmark, the Yugoslavs had gone too far with unsportsmanlike tackling which resulted in Zdenko Kobeščak dismissal with a straight red after a harsh tackle that lifted Mimis Papaioannou in the air. A fight between the players ensued, the enraged fans threw oranges and objects on the pitch and the game was almost stopped at the expense of AEK. That inrerruption favored AEK who scored twice within 5 minutes with Papaioannou and Nestoridis and the game ended with AEK gaining an important advantage, while also achieving a historic victory, the first in their history in the UEFA competitions.^[2] The rematch at Stadion Maksimir turned into a battle after the Yugoslavs showed unprecedented fanaticism and played even tougher than the first leg. The referee decided to take cards out of his pocket only when things got dangerously out of hand in the second half. Dynamo played much more aggressively, but the very good performance of Stelios Serafidis and Aleko Yordan limited the Yugoslavs' striker, Dražan Jerković, however the half ended in the worst possible way for AEK, as they found themselves losing by 1–0 at the stoppage time. With the game bordering on unsportsmanlike, Dynamo quickly equalized the score of the first match and 7 minutes later they made it 3-0. From that point on, no football was played as the players of AEK, clearly irritated and overwhelmed by the hard play of their opponents, started to play unsportsmanlike, while the atmosphere was particularly tense and Spyros Pomonis was sent off in the 76th minute, as well as Slaven Zambata at the 85th minte. A new series of incidents followed, which culminated in the end, when some of the fans of Dynamo entered the playing field and moved against the Greek team. The worst were avoided, but the final result remained, which left AEK out of the tournament.^[3]

Their beginning in the championship was not the best. In the first three matches AEK had two draws and a victory away from home by the emphatic 1–7 against Apollon Athens, but since then, their performance was stabilized at a satisfactory level for the first round of the championship. On the 12th matchday, they faced Panathinaikos at home and after their 2-2 draw in a match that, due to the large crowd at the stadium and its pressure, the billboards caved in resulting in 27 injuries, they improved their performance. In the crucial postponed match at Karaiskakis Stadium against Olympiacos, who was the other contender for the championship before 45,000 spectators, AEK found themselves losing 1–0 but with a sustained counter-attack in the second half they won 1–2, taking the second place, leaving the red and whites one point behind. The crucial match that largely decided the champion took place on the 26th matchday with AEK facing Panathinaikos away from home. AEK started the match decisively losing several chances, however Panathinaikos took a 1–0 lead immediately after the first half hour, while in the second half, Panathinaikos were better and the footballers of AEK were fruistated by not being able to turn the situation around. Thus, AEK was left behind in claiming the championship and in the last matchday, they faced Olympiakos and in front of 25,000 spectators even though they were ahead by 3–1, they eventually were equalized in the 90th minute, resulting in the match ending 3–3 with AEK finishing second in the league.^[4]

In the Greek Cup, AEK were eliminated at the quarter-finals, losing by 3–1 from Olympiacos away from home, after they had eliminated Athinaikos and PAOK winning both by 4–0 at home.^[5][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 2 July 1965, 23:59 UTC+2.

Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
Stelios Serafidis		GK	(1935-08-06)6 August 1935 (aged 29)	1953	AEK Athens U20	—	1972
Vangelis Petrakis		GK	(1938-09-07)7 September 1938 (aged 26)	1962	Aris	Free	1967
Theodoros Maniateas		GK	(1945-03-19)19 March 1945 (aged 20)	1964	Panthisiakos	Free	1969
Defenders
Alekos Sofianidis		LB / LM / LW	(1937-08-03)3 August 1937 (aged 27)	1959	Beşiktaş	Free	1969
Aleko Yordan		CB	(1938-01-10)10 January 1938 (aged 27)	1962	Beykoz	Free	1969
Manolis Kanellopoulos		RB / CB	(1938-01-12)12 January 1938 (aged 27)	1962	Egaleo	Free	1965
Theofilos Vernezis		RB / CB / GK	1938 (aged 26–27)	1956	AEK Athens U20	—	1965
Giorgos Kefalidis		RB / CB	(1941-03-21)21 March 1941 (aged 24)	1964	Pierikos	Free	1972
Fotis Balopoulos		CB / DM / CM / ST	(1943-12-17)17 December 1943 (aged 21)	1964	Proodeftiki	₯450,000	1970
Lakis Fragoudakis		CB / DM	1944 (aged 20–21)	1964	Free agent	Free	1970
Panagiotis Stasinopoulos		CB	1944 (aged 20–21)	1963	AEK Athens U20	—	1969
Midfielders
Miltos Papapostolou		DM / CB	(1935-09-09)9 September 1935 (aged 29)	1956	Egaleo	Free	1965
Giorgos Petridis		AM / SS / ST	(1938-02-10)10 February 1938 (aged 27)	1957	Pera Club	Free	1966
Stelios Skevofilakas		LM / RM / AM	(1939-01-06)6 January 1939 (aged 26)	1960	Eleftheroupoli	Free	1972
Emilios Theofanidis		CM / CB	(1939-11-30)30 November 1939 (aged 25)	1963	Aris Ptolemaidas	Free	1965
Fanis Tasinos		LM / CM	(1941-10-28)28 October 1941 (aged 23)	1963	Korinthos	₯500,000	1966
Michalis Simigdalas		CM	(1944-06-23)23 June 1944 (aged 21)	1963	AEK Athens U20	—	1969
Giorgos Karafeskos		CM / DM / RM / RW	(1946-12-08)8 December 1946 (aged 18)	1963	AEK Athens U20	—	1974
Forwards
Lefter Küçükandonyadis		LW / RW / SS / ST	(1925-12-22)22 December 1925 (aged 39)	1964	Fenerbahçe	Free	1965
Kostas Nestoridis		ST / SS	(1930-03-15)15 March 1930 (aged 35)	1955	Panionios	Free	1966
Andreas Stamatiadis (Captain)		RW / LW / SS / ST	(1935-08-16)16 August 1935 (aged 29)	1952	AEK Athens U20	—	1959
Kostas Papageorgiou		ST	(1941-01-01)1 January 1941 (aged 24)	1963	Atromitos	₯200,000	1969
Mimis Papaioannou		SS / ST / AM	(1942-08-23)23 August 1942 (aged 22)	1962	Veria	₯175,000	1970
Spyros Pomonis		LW / LM	(1944-02-12)12 February 1944 (aged 21)	1960	AEK Athens U20	—	1973

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
GK	Theodoros Maniateas	Panthisiakos	Transfer	Free	1 July 1964	30 June 1969
DF	Fotis Balopoulos	Proodeftiki	Transfer	₯450,000[a]	1 July 1964	30 June 1970
DF	Lakis Fragoudakis	Free agent	Transfer	Free	1 July 1964	30 June 1970
DF	Giorgos Kefalidis	Pierikos	Transfer	Free	1 July 1964	30 June 1972
FW	Lefter Küçükandonyadis	Fenerbahçe	Transfer	Free	1 July 1964	30 June 1965

a. ^{^} plus Aris Tsachouridis.

Out

Pos.	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Giannis Marditsis	Korinthos	End of contract	—	1 July 1964
DF	Panagiotis Charalampidis	Iraklis	Transfer	Free	1 July 1964
DF	Mimis Anastasiadis	Free agent	End of contract	—	1 July 1964
MF	Sofos Koulidis	Panegialios	Transfer	Free	1 July 1964
FW	Aris Tsachouridis	Proodeftiki	Transfer	Free	1 July 1964

Loan out

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
FW	Nikos Sevastopoulos	Hellenic	Free	1 July 1964	30 June 1965	N

Pre-season and friendlies

AEK Athens v PAOK

23 September 1964 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–0	PAOK	Nea Filadelfeia
	Nestoridis 26' Ventouris 85'			Stadium: AEK Stadium

AEK Athens v Real Madrid

12 May 1965 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–3	Real Madrid	Nea Filadelfeia
	Papageorgiou 11' Papaioannou 16', 45'	Report	Puskás 40' Pirri 50' Bueno 57'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 40,000

Competitions

European Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

AEK Athens v Dinamo Zagreb

9 September 1964 First leg	AEK Athens	2–0	Dinamo Zagreb	Athens, Greece
16:45 EET (UTC+2)	Papaioannou 75' Nestoridis 80'	Report		Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 23,650 Referee: Mihai Popa (Romania)
Note: First victory in a UEFA game and first European Cup Winners' Cup game for AEK Athens.

Dinamo Zagreb v AEK Athens

16 September 1964 Second leg	Dinamo Zagreb	3–0 (3–2 agg.)	AEK Athens	Zagreb, Yugoslavia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Lamza 45+1' Zambata 50' Jerković 57'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 10,418 Referee: Petre Sotir (Romania)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 2 July 1965

No.	Pos	Player	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		European Cup Winners' Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
—	GK	Stelios Serafidis	16	0	1	0	2	0	19	0
—	GK	Vangelis Petrakis	15	0	2	0	0	0	17	0
—	GK	Theodoros Maniateas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
—	DF	Alekos Sofianidis	25	0	2	0	2	0	29	0
—	DF	Aleko Yordan	21	0	3	0	2	0	26	0
—	DF	Manolis Kanellopoulos	5	0	2	0	0	0	7	0
—	DF	Theofilos Vernezis	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
—	DF	Giorgos Kefalidis	26	1	1	1	2	0	29	2
—	DF	Fotis Balopoulos	30	0	3	0	2	0	35	0
—	DF	Lakis Fragoudakis	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
—	DF	Panagiotis Stasinopoulos	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Midfielders
—	MF	Miltos Papapostolou	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
—	MF	Giorgos Petridis	23	2	2	0	2	0	27	2
—	MF	Stelios Skevofilakas	25	1	3	0	2	0	30	1
—	MF	Emilios Theofanidis	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
—	MF	Fanis Tasinos	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
—	MF	Michalis Simigdalas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	MF	Giorgos Karafeskos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
—	FW	Lefter Küçükandonyadis	5	2	0	0	0	0	5	2
—	FW	Kostas Nestoridis	26	17	2	2	2	1	30	20
—	FW	Andreas Stamatiadis	28	4	3	0	2	0	33	4
—	FW	Kostas Papageorgiou	18	15	3	5	0	0	21	20
—	FW	Mimis Papaioannou	30	13	3	1	1	1	34	15
—	FW	Spyros Pomonis	16	7	2	0	2	0	20	7

Goalscorers

As of 2 July 1965

Rank	Pos.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	European Cup Winners' Cup	Total
1	FW	Kostas Nestoridis	17	2	1	20
	FW	Kostas Papageorgiou	15	5	0	20
3	FW	Mimis Papaioannou	13	1	1	15
4	FW	Spyros Pomonis	7	0	0	7
5	FW	Andreas Stamatiadis	4	0	0	4
6	MF	Giorgos Petridis	2	0	0	2
	FW	Lefter Küçükandonyadis	2	0	0	2
	DF	Giorgos Kefalidis	1	1	0	2
9	MF	Stelios Skevofilakas	1	0	0	1
Own goals			2	0	0	2
Totals			64	9	2	75

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Source
Kostas Nestoridis	Apollon Athens	7–1 (A)	10 October 1964	Alpha Ethniki	[7]
Mimis Papaioannou	Doxa Drama	6–0 (H)	31 January 1965	Alpha Ethniki
Kostas Papageorgiou4	Athinaikos	4–0 (H)	4 April 1965	Greek Cup
Kostas Papageorgiou4	Niki Volos	5–0 (H)	13 June 1965	Alpha 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.

As of 2 July 1965

Rank	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	European Cup Winners' Cup	Total
1	Vangelis Petrakis	8	1	0	9
2	Stelios Serafidis	6	1	1	8
Totals		14	2	1	17

Disciplinary record

As of 2 July 1965

N	P	Nat.	Name	Alpha Ethniki			Greek Cup			European Cup Winners' Cup			Total			Notes
Goalkeepers
—	GK		Stelios Serafidis
—	GK		Vangelis Petrakis
—	GK		Theodoros Maniateas
Defenders
—	DF		Alekos Sofianidis
—	DF		Aleko Yordan
—	DF		Manolis Kanellopoulos
—	DF		Theofilos Vernezis
—	DF		Giorgos Kefalidis			1									1
—	DF		Fotis Balopoulos
—	DF		Lakis Fragoudakis
—	DF		Panagiotis Stasinopoulos
Midfielders
—	MF		Miltos Papapostolou
—	MF		Giorgos Petridis
—	MF		Stelios Skevofilakas
—	MF		Emilios Theofanidis
—	MF		Fanis Tasinos
—	MF		Michalis Simigdalas
—	MF		Giorgos Karafeskos
Forwards
—	FW		Lefter Küçükandonyadis
—	FW		Kostas Nestoridis
—	FW		Andreas Stamatiadis
—	FW		Kostas Papageorgiou
—	FW		Mimis Papaioannou
—	FW		Spyros Pomonis									1			1

References

External links

• AEK Athens F.C. Official Website