AEK Athens

1982–83 season
Chairman	Michalis Arkadis
Manager	Zlatko Čajkovski (until 10 January) Kostas Nestoridis (until 13 February) Helmut Senekowitsch
Stadium	AEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	3rd
Greek Cup	Winners
UEFA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Thomas Mavros (19) All: Thomas Mavros (31)
Highest home attendance	35,572 vs Olympiacos (13 March 1983)
Lowest home attendance	2,098 vs Irodotos (9 March 1983)
Average home league attendance	13,468
Biggest win	Irodotos 0–6 AEK Athens
Biggest defeat	PAOK 5–0 AEK Athens
Home colours

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.

Overview

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]

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 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	(1952-12-11)11 December 1952 (aged 30)	1972	Niki Poligyrou	Free	1984
Christos Arvanitis		GK	(1953-01-23)23 January 1953 (aged 30)	1982	Olympiacos	Free	1986
Spyros Ikonomopoulos		GK	(1959-07-25)25 July 1959 (aged 23)	1978	AEK Athens U20	—	1993
Fanis Kofinas		GK	(1960-09-05)5 September 1960 (aged 22)	1982	Pelopas Kiato	Free	1992
Defenders
Michalis Tzirakis		CB / RB / RM	(1954-03-06)6 March 1954 (aged 29)	1980	OFI	₯8,000,000	1983
Petros Ravousis (Vice-captain)		CB / RB	(1954-10-01)1 October 1954 (aged 28)	1972	Aetos Skydra	Free	1984
Vangelis Paraprastanitis		LB / CB / DM	(1955-02-10)10 February 1955 (aged 28)	1979	Trikala	Free	1985
Stavros Letsas		RB / RM / CB	(1957-03-06)6 March 1957 (aged 26)	1978	Agioi Anargyroi	Free	1985
Panagiotis Stylianopoulos		RB / LB	(1957-09-04)4 September 1957 (aged 25)	1978	AEK Athens U20	—	1988
Takis Karagiozopoulos		CB / DM / ST	(1961-02-04)4 February 1961 (aged 22)	1981	Veria	Free	1993
Stelios Manolas		CB / RB	(1961-07-13)13 July 1961 (aged 21)	1979	AEK Athens U20	—	1988
Lysandros Georgamlis		RB / CB / DM	(1962-02-25)25 February 1962 (aged 21)	1979	AEK Athens U20	—	1985
Midfielders
Takis Nikoloudis		CM / AM / RM / LM	(1951-08-26)26 August 1951 (aged 31)	1982	Olympiacos	Free	1984
Christos Ardizoglou		RM / LM / RW / AM	(1953-03-25)25 March 1953 (aged 30)	1974	Apollon Athens	₯5,000,000	1986
Angel Kolev		AM / RM / LM	(1953-08-22)22 August 1953 (aged 29)	1982	Lokomotiv Sofia	Free	1983
Spyros Thodis		CM / AM / DM	(1955-07-23)23 July 1955 (aged 27)	1979	Anagennisi Karditsa	Free	1984
Dinos Ballis		AM / CM / DM / SS / ST / CB	(1957-05-25)25 May 1957 (aged 26)	1981	Aris	₯17,000,000	1986
Vangelis Vlachos (Captain)		AM / CM	(1962-01-06)6 January 1962 (aged 21)	1979	AEK Athens U20	—	1985
Forwards
Mojaš Radonjić		ST / SS	(1949-02-23)23 February 1949 (aged 34)	1981	Budućnost Podgorica	Free	1984
Thomas Mavros		ST / SS	(1954-05-31)31 May 1954 (aged 29)	1976	Panionios	Free	1984
Manolis Kottis		ST / SS	(1955-01-25)25 January 1955 (aged 28)	1980	Rodos	Free	1985
Giorgos Vlantis		ST	(1958-01-30)30 January 1958 (aged 25)	1976	AEK Athens U20	—	1983
Christos Tatidis		ST	1959(1959-00-00) (aged 23–24)	1982	FV PAOK Höpfingen	Free	1984
Giannis Dintsikos		ST / SS / RW / LW / AM	(1960-06-25)25 June 1960 (aged 23)	1981	Kastoria	Free	1989
Giorgos Chatziioannidis		ST	(1960-11-30)30 November 1960 (aged 22)	1979	AEK Athens U20	—	1984

Transfers

In

Summer

Pos.	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
GK	Christos Arvanitis	Olympiacos	Transfer	Free	25 July 1982	30 June 1986
GK	Fanis Kofinas	Pelopas Kiato	Transfer	Free	24 July 1982	30 June 1992
MF	Takis Nikoloudis	Olympiacos	Transfer	Free	25 July 1982	30 June 1984
MF	Angel Kolev	Lokomotiv Sofia	Transfer	Free	1 July 1982	31 December 1983
FW	Christos Tatidis	FV PAOK Höpfingen	Transfer	Free	1 July 1982	30 June 1984
FW	Giorgos Vlantis	Diagoras	End of loan	—	1 July 1982	30 June 1983

Winter

Pos.	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
FW	Manolis Kottis	Rodos	End of loan	—	31 December 1982	30 June 1985

Out

Summer

Pos.	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Nikos Christidis	Retired		—	1 July 1982
DF	Lakis Nikolaou	Retired		—	1 July 1982
DF	Giorgos Rigas	Makedonikos	End of contract	—	1 July 1982
DF	Giannis Mousouris	Veria	End of contract	—	1 July 1982
MF	Petros Karavitis	Proodeftiki	Transfer	Free	1 July 1982
MF	Hristo Bonev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Contract termination	—	1 July 1982
FW	Panagiotis Aggelidis	Acharnaikos	Transfer	Free	1 July 1982

Pre-season and friendlies

Freiburg v AEK Athens

21 July 1982 Friendly	Freiburg	1–1	AEK Athens

Kickers Offenbach v AEK Athens

30 July 1982 Friendly	Kickers Offenbach	2–2	AEK Athens

AEK Athens v Velež Mostar

2 August 1982 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–1	Velež Mostar	Nea Filadelfeia
	Vlachos 3' Georgamlis 35'	Report	Metepović 33'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 15,617

AEK Athens v Baník Ostrava

11 August 1982 Friendly	AEK Athens	0–1	Baník Ostrava	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

AEK Athens v Manchester City

16 August 1982 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–0	Manchester City	Nea Filadelfeia
	Tueart 34' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: AEK Stadium

AEK Athens v Ferencváros

25 August 1982 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–0	Ferencváros	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

23 August 1982 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–2	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
	Dintsikos Mavros	Report	Anastopoulos Kousoulakis	Stadium: AEK Stadium

PAOK v AEK Athens

30 August 1982 Friendly	PAOK	4–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
	Dimopoulos 8', 18', 72' Trimhold 56' (pen.)	Report	Mavros 28'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Vasilis Tikmoglou (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens v Bulgaria

6 January 1983 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–1	Bulgaria	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

AEK Athens v Eintracht Frankfurt

11 January 1983 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Nea Filadelfeia
	Chatziioannidis 74'	Report	Cha 17', 22' Borchers 64' Berthold 83'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 2,000

Competitions

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1982–83 UEFA Cup

First Round

AEK Athens v Köln

28 September 1982 First leg	AEK Athens	0–1	Köln	Athens, Greece
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Allofs 59'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 12,461 Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)
Note: Originally, the match that was carried out at 14 September and was interrupted because of damage in the electrification of AEK Stadium, which resulted in blackout at the 88th minute, while the score was 3–3. UEFA decided the repetition of match from the start.[1]

Köln v AEK Athens

6 October 1982 Second leg	Köln	5–0 (6–0 agg.)	AEK Athens	Cologne, West Germany
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Fischer 8', 25' Šljivo 15', 61' Engels 21' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: José García Carrión (Spain)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 29 June 1983

No.	Pos	Player	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		UEFA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
—	GK	Lakis Stergioudas	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
—	GK	Christos Arvanitis	33	0	8	0	2	0	43	0
—	GK	Spyros Ikonomopoulos	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
—	GK	Fanis Kofinas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
—	DF	Michalis Tzirakis	16	0	4	0	1	0	21	0
—	DF	Petros Ravousis	8	0	1	0	2	0	11	0
—	DF	Vangelis Paraprastanitis	30	1	9	0	0	0	39	1
—	DF	Stavros Letsas	15	1	4	0	1	0	20	1
—	DF	Panagiotis Stylianopoulos	18	0	2	0	2	0	22	0
—	DF	Takis Karagiozopoulos	29	1	7	1	2	0	38	2
—	DF	Stelios Manolas	29	1	8	0	1	0	38	1
—	DF	Lysandros Georgamlis	28	0	9	0	2	0	39	0
Midfielders
—	MF	Takis Nikoloudis	29	1	6	2	0	0	35	3
—	MF	Christos Ardizoglou	30	5	8	3	2	0	40	8
—	MF	Angel Kolev	8	0	4	0	0	0	12	0
—	MF	Spyros Thodis	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
—	MF	Dinos Ballis	19	1	8	1	0	0	27	2
—	MF	Vangelis Vlachos	32	8	8	1	2	0	42	9
Forwards
—	FW	Mojaš Radonjić	24	4	6	0	2	0	32	4
—	FW	Thomas Mavros	32	19	7	12	2	0	41	31
—	FW	Manolis Kottis	7	2	5	1	0	0	12	3
—	FW	Giorgos Vlantis	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
—	FW	Christos Tatidis	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
—	FW	Giannis Dintsikos	33	3	7	1	2	0	42	4
—	FW	Giorgos Chatziioannidis	8	0	3	0	0	0	11	0

Goalscorers

As of 29 June 1983

Rank	Pos.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	FW	Thomas Mavros	19	12	0	31
2	MF	Vangelis Vlachos	8	1	0	9
3	MF	Christos Ardizoglou	5	3	0	8
4	FW	Mojaš Radonjić	4	0	0	4
	FW	Giannis Dintsikos	3	1	0	4
6	FW	Manolis Kottis	2	1	0	3
	MF	Takis Nikoloudis	1	2	0	3
8	DF	Takis Karagiozopoulos	1	1	0	2
	MF	Dinos Ballis	1	1	0	2
10	DF	Stelios Manolas	1	0	0	1
	DF	Stavros Letsas	1	0	0	1
	DF	Vangelis Paraprastanitis	1	0	0	1
Own goals			5	1	0	6
Totals			52	23	0	75

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Source
Thomas Mavros	Rodos	4–0 (H)	26 September 1982	Alpha Ethniki	[5]
Thomas Mavros	Panathinaikos	4–1 (H)	3 April 1983	Alpha Ethniki	[6]
Thomas Mavros5	Irodotos	6–0 (A)	20 April 1983	Greek 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.

As of 29 June 1983

Rank	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	Christos Arvanitis	12	4	0	16
2	Spyros Ikonomopoulos	0	0	0	0
3	Lakis Stergioudas	0	0	0	0
Totals		12	4	0	16

Disciplinary record

As of 29 June 1983

N	P	Nat.	Name	Alpha Ethniki			Greek Cup			UEFA Cup			Total			Notes
Goalkeepers
—	GK		Lakis Stergioudas
—	GK		Christos Arvanitis				1						1
—	GK		Spyros Ikonomopoulos
—	GK		Fanis Kofinas
Defenders
—	DF		Michalis Tzirakis	1									1
—	DF		Petros Ravousis
—	DF		Vangelis Paraprastanitis	1									1
—	DF		Stavros Letsas	1									1
—	DF		Panagiotis Stylianopoulos	1			1						2
—	DF		Takis Karagiozopoulos				1						1
—	DF		Stelios Manolas	3	1								3	1
—	DF		Lysandros Georgamlis				2			1			3
Midfielders
—	MF		Takis Nikoloudis	2			1						3
—	MF		Christos Ardizoglou	1									1
—	MF		Angel Kolev
—	MF		Spyros Thodis
—	MF		Dinos Ballis	1			1						2
—	MF		Vangelis Vlachos	2			1						3
Forwards
—	FW		Mojaš Radonjić	8									8
—	FW		Thomas Mavros	1			1						2
—	FW		Manolis Kottis
—	FW		Giorgos Vlantis
—	FW		Christos Tatidis
—	FW		Giannis Dintsikos	2									2
—	FW		Giorgos Chatziioannidis

Awards

Player	Pos.	Award	Source
Thomas Mavros	FW	Greek Cup Top Scorer

References

External links

• AEK Athens F.C. Official Website