1987–88 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
1987–88 season
Chairman	Andreas Zafiropoulos
Manager	Todor Veselinović
Stadium	AEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	2nd
Greek Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Henrik Nielsen (21); All: ; Henrik Nielsen (23)
Highest home attendance	31,306 vs Olympiacos; (31 January 1988)
Lowest home attendance	4,440 vs Kallithea; (13 January 1988)
Average home league attendance	16,993
Biggest win	AEK Athens 7–1 Veria
Biggest defeat	Aris 4–1 AEK Athens; OFI 3–0 AEK Athens
	Home colours
	Home colours

The 1987–88 season was the 64th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 29th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki and the Greek Cup. The season began on 6 September 1987 and finished on 15 May 1988.

Overview

The final year of the presidency of Andreas Zafiropoulos, finally found AEK Athens at the second place of the league, behind AEL. The season was overshadowed by various non-competitive cases, the "Tsingov case", the "Ballis-Papadopoulos case" and the "Vosdos case". In the summer of 1987, AEK returned to the Nea Filadelfeia Stadium and was called to carry on without the club's legend, Thomas Mavros and as well as Håkan Sandberg. On the other hand, some useful players were acquired such as Savvidis, Nielsen and Vasilakos. Led by Todor Veselinović and with Panathinaikos and Olympiacos out of the title race early on, the team had a good presence and were in the claiming of the championship, but eventually lost it to the strong at that time AEL. The best players of the season for AEK were Manolas, Nielsen, Savvidis, Vasilakos, Janjanin and Patikas. Henrik Nielsen with 21 goals finished the season as the league's top scorer. The greatest victory of the season was the 7–1 at home against Veria.^[1]

However, the "Tsingov case" played crucial role in the outcome of the championship. The Bulgarian footballer, Georgi Tsingov of AEL was tested positive in a dropping test after the match against Panathinaikos. The court's decision was as the regulation predicted and punished AEL by zeroing them for that match, 2 points deduction and punishment of the player which brought AEK to the first place of the table. AEL appealed and their fans were revolted by blocking the highway, closing railway lines among other things. Before the appeal was heard the then Minister of Sports, Sifis Valyrakis changed the regulation "overnight", which predicted in cases of doping a footballer, only the footballer would be punished and not the club. So the points were returned back to AEL and finally won the championship. Essentially, AEK was entitled to win the championship on "papers", but AEL was a worthy champion, inside the football pitch and the club's mentality and principles are such that did not allow them to proceed in such actions.^[2]

Another scandal of the season was the "Vosdos case". The president of Panachaiki, Aris Loukopoulos, denounced AEK for an attempt to bribe the defender of the team, Leonidas Vosdos, before the match between the two teams at Patras. The footballer himself stated that no one approached him, the judges concluded that the story was an "invention" of Loukopoulos to create a climate of tension in view of the match and the president of Panachaiki was punished.^[3]

Noteworthy were also the incidents in the last match of the season at Nea Filadelfeia against Iraklis. The ultras stand had enough with Zafiropoulos, who was considered unable to lift the "weight" of handling the club, but the tension that existed did not justify the following events. Riot police, in an incomprehensible decision, entered the ultras stand and beat whoever stood in front of them which resulted in very heated encounters with the ultras. There were many who believe that Zafiropoulos influenced the police officers to act in this way.^[4]

In the Cup, AEK were eliminated at the round of 16 by Olympiacos. In the first match at Karaiskakis Stadium, AEK got a significant result with 1–1. On the eve of the rematch, a big scandal broke out as the former AEK footballer, Dinos Ballis visited at the hotel where the team were located with a bouquet for the goalkeeper, Theologis Papadopoulos and created strong suspicions that he was trying to bribe him. The match took place, with Olympiacos winning 1–3 and the story continued in the courts. The Koskotas brothers were accused of trying to bribe Papadopoulos and Vasilakos through Ballis, while many AEK fans believe that AEK was involved in the whole case. Eventually, in a very strange court decision, the only one who was punished for the whole case was Ballis for attempted bribery.^[5]

Management team

Position	Staff
Manager	Todor Veselinović
Goalkeeping coach	Stelios Serafidis
Head of Medical	Lakis Nikolaou

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 15 May 1988, 23:59 UTC+3.

Player	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
Spyros Ikonomopoulos	GK	(1959-07-25)25 July 1959 (aged 28)	1978	AEK Athens U20	—	1993
Theologis Papadopoulos	GK	(1960-01-12)12 January 1960 (aged 28)	1984	AEL	Free	1989
Fanis Kofinas	GK	(1960-09-05)5 September 1960 (aged 27)	1982	Pelopas Kiato	Free	1992
Defenders
Makis Chatzis	RB / LB	(1957-03-30)30 March 1957 (aged 31)	1984	Apollon Athens	Free	1992
Panagiotis Stylianopoulos	RB / LB	(1957-09-04)4 September 1957 (aged 30)	1978	AEK Athens U20	—	1988
Takis Karagiozopoulos	CB / DM / ST	(1961-02-04)4 February 1961 (aged 27)	1981	Veria	Free	1993
Polyvios Chatzopoulos	CB / DM	(1961-07-17)17 July 1961 (aged 26)	1985	Panionios	Free	1989
Stelios Manolas	CB / RB	(1961-07-13)13 July 1961 (aged 26)	1979	AEK Athens U20	—	1988
Giorgos Peppes	CB	(1961-10-26)26 October 1961 (aged 26)	1986	Ethnikos Piraeus	Free	1992
Sotiris Mavrodimos	CB / RB / LB / DM	(1962-07-18)18 July 1962 (aged 25)	1986	Kozani	Free	1989
Christos Vasilopoulos	RB / LB	(1962-11-12)12 November 1962 (aged 25)	1987	Panachaiki	Free	1993
Georgios Koutoulas	CB / LB	(1967-02-09)9 February 1967 (aged 21)	1987	AEK Athens U20	—	1999
Dimitris Volonakis	LB / CB	(1967-02-27)27 February 1967 (aged 21)	1987	AEK Athens U20	—	1990
Midfielders
Rajko Janjanin	CM	(1957-01-18)18 January 1957 (aged 31)	1986	OFI	Free	1988
Dimitris Pittas	AM / CM	(1958-04-08)8 April 1958 (aged 30)	1986	PAOK	Free	1989
Pavlos Papaioannou (Captain)	DM / RB / RM	(1959-05-19)19 May 1959 (aged 29)	1983	Rodos	₯10,000,000	1993
Nikos Pias	CM	(1960-04-07)7 April 1960 (aged 28)	1984	Rodos	Free	1988
Vasilios Vasilakos	AM	(1960-09-07)7 September 1960 (aged 27)	1987	PAOK	Free	1989
Giorgos Savvidis	AM / RM / RW / SS / ST	(1961-02-08)8 February 1961 (aged 27)	1987	Omonia	₯40,000,000	1990
Lampros Georgiadis	AM / LM / LB	(1963-07-11)11 July 1963 (aged 24)	1986	Anagennisi Arta	₯12,000,000	1993
Jim Patikas	RM / LM / RW / LW / SS	(1963-10-18)18 October 1963 (aged 24)	1985	Sydney Croatia	Free	1993
Forwards
Giannis Dintsikos	ST / SS / RW / LW / AM	(1960-06-25)25 June 1960 (aged 28)	1981	Kastoria	Free	1989
Henrik Nielsen	ST / SS	(1965-03-29)29 March 1965 (aged 23)	1987	B93	Free	1990
Left during Winter Transfer Window
Georgios Christodoulou	ST / SS / LW	(1967-05-20)20 May 1967 (aged 21)	1985	Akratitos	Free	1991

Transfers

In

Summer

Pos.	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
GK	Fanis Kofinas	Ionikos	End of loan	—	1 July 1987	30 June 1992
DF	Georgios Koutoulas	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	1 July 1987	30 June 1992
DF	Christos Vasilopoulos	Panachaiki	Transfer	Free	1 July 1987	30 June 1993
DF	Dimitris Volonakis	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	1 July 1987	30 June 1990
MF	Vasilios Vasilakos	PAOK	Transfer	Free	1 July 1987	30 June 1989
MF	Giorgos Savvidis	Omonia	Transfer	₯40,000,000	14 July 1987	30 June 1990	^[6]
FW	Henrik Nielsen	B93	Transfer	Free	10 July 1987	30 June 1990	^[7]
FW	Georgios Christodoulou	Akratitos	End of loan	—	11 July 1987	30 June 1991

Out

Summer

Pos.	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date
DF	Ilias Armodoros	Levadiakos	End of contract	—	1 July 1987
MF	Pavlos Dimitriou	Panserraikos	End of contract	—	1 July 1987
FW	Thomas Mavros	Panionios	Contract termination	—	1 July 1987
FW	Håkan Sandberg	Olympiacos	End of contract	—	1 July 1987
FW	Andreas Voitsidis	PAS Giannina	End of contract	—	1 July 1987

Loan out

Winter

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
FW	Georgios Christodoulou	Acharnaikos	Free	15 December 1987	30 June 1988	N

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: ₯40,000,000

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯40,000,000

Income

Summer: ₯0

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯0

Net Totals

Summer: ₯40,000,000

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯40,000,000

Pre-season and friendlies

28 July 1987 Friendly	Twente	4–2	AEK Athens

5 August 1987 Friendly	Panargiakos	0–7	AEK Athens	Argos
			Pias Janjanin Georgiadis Papaioannou Christodoulou	Stadium: Argos Municipal Stadium

17 August 1987 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–1	Dukla Prague	Nea Filadelfeia
	Stylianopoulos	Report		Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 20,000

19 August 1987 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–1	Iraklis	Marousi
	Nielsen 13'	Report	Anastasiadis	Stadium: Olympic Stadium

29 August 1987 Friendly	Omonia	2–1	AEK Athens	Nicosia
	Dzhevizov Kantilos 62'	Report	Nielsen	Stadium: Makario Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Alpha Ethniki	6 September 1987	15 May 1988	Matchday 1	2nd	30	15	10	5	51	31	+20	050.00
Greek Cup	25 October 1987	10 February 1988	First round	Round of 16	5	2	1	2	9	8	+1	040.00
Total					35	17	11	7	60	39	+21	048.57

Last updated: 15 May 1988
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AEL (C)	30	18	7	5	51	22	+29	43	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	AEK Athens	30	15	10	5	51	31	+20	40	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	PAOK	30	17	5	8	60	27	+33	39	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	OFI	30	17	3	10	54	41	+13	37
5	Panathinaikos	30	15	6	9	47	34	+13	36	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	15	10	5	51	31	+20	40	13	2	0	36	10	+26	2	8	5	15	21	−6

Source: Competitive matches

Results by Matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	W
Position	8	7	6	8	7	9	6	6	6	6	6	3	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	2	2

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures

6 September 1987 Matchday 1	PAOK	2–2	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bannon 10' Karasavvidis 74'		Vasilakos 5' Nielsen 83'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 33,243 Referee: Giorgos Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

13 September 1987 Matchday 2	Olympiacos	2–2	AEK Athens	Marousi
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Zelelidis 2' Vaitsis 76'		Manolas 4', 12'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 72,047 Referee: Nikos Andreou (Athens)

27 September 1987 Matchday 3	AEK Athens	3–2	Panachaiki	Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Karagiozopoulos 25' Patikas 46', 57'		Vujadinović 3' Giotis 23'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 19,831 Referee: Stavros Zakestidis (Thessaloniki)
Note: First official match in AEK Stadium after 2 years.

4 October 1987 Matchday 4	Aris	4–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Gioukoudis 27', 69' Samolis 32' Dimitriadis 90'		Nielsen 51'	Stadium: Aris Stadium Attendance: 15,335 Referee: Vasilis Nikakis (Aetoloacarnania)

18 October 1987 Matchday 5	AEK Athens	4–0	Diagoras	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nielsen 10', 31' (pen.) Manolas 28' Savvidis 50'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 13,509 Referee: Miniatis (Corfu)

1 November 1987 Matchday 6	OFI	3–0	AEK Athens	Heraklion
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Papavasileiou 25' Charalampidis 29' Samaras 52'			Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 10,978 Referee: Vangelis Giannakoudakis (Piraeus)

8 November 1987 Matchday 7	AEK Athens	2–1	AEL	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Patikas 48' Nielsen 82'		Tsingov 88'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 24,149 Referee: Stelios Charlavanis (Euboea)

22 November 1987 Matchday 8	AEK Athens	2–1	Panserraikos	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Nielsen 25' Koutoulas 88'		Dimitriou 26'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 9,280 Referee: Giorgos Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

29 November 1987 Matchday 9	Panionios	1–1	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Juričić 70'		Savvidis 83'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 10,703 Referee: Nikos Vournelis (Thessaloniki)

6 December 1987 Matchday 10	AEK Athens	7–1	Veria	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Nielsen 10', 36' (pen.), 40', 47' Vasilakos 24', 84' Peppes 25'		Kaltsas 12'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 7,932 Referee: Dimitris Naoum (Thessaloniki)

20 December 1987 Matchday 11	Levadiakos	1–1	AEK Athens	Levadia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Bletsas 30'		Patikas 1'	Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 7,631 Referee: Dimitris Koutroulis (Pyrgos)

27 December 1987 Matchday 12	AEK Athens	2–0	Apollon Kalamarias	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Nielsen 7' (pen.) Koutoulas 24'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 17,173 Referee: Giannis Georgiadis (Drama)

3 January 1988 Matchday 13	Panathinaikos	1–1	AEK Athens	Marousi
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Dimopoulos 26'		Koutoulas 18'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 59,481 Referee: Giorgos Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

10 January 1988 Matchday 14	AEK Athens	2–0	Ethnikos Piraeus	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Vasilakos 47' Nielsen 81' (pen.)			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 19,895 Referee: Giannis Kosmidis (Alexandroupoli)
Note: At halftime, a strange incident occurred when people began to set up cameras and crews, attendees and footballers with yellow and blue and white shirts entered the pitch. AEK Stadium was chosen for the shooting of the movie "The Striker with Number 9" by Pantelis Voulgaris, with the crowd having no idea of what was happening. However, despite the difficulties of the shooting, Stratos Tzortzoglou stated the experience was shocking and magical having 30,000 people chanting and booing on set.^[8]

17 January 1988 Matchday 15	Iraklis	0–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
14:45 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 15,998 Referee: Giorgos Koukoulas (Lesbos)

24 January 1988 Matchday 16	AEK Athens	1–0	PAOK	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Pittas 30'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 26,217 Referee: Giorgos Koukoulakis (Heraklion)
Note: At the 30th minute, AEK won an indirect foul from quite a long distance and Pittas had not seen the gesture of the referee Koukoulakis for an indirect foul which he executed directly with the ball hitting the goalkeeper's hand and ending up in the net. If the goalkeeper had let the ball go straight to the net, the goal would not count. PAOK objected to the replay of the match but, of course, this objection fell on deaf ears.^[9]

31 January 1988 Matchday 17	AEK Athens	2–0	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Patikas 1' Nielsen 49' (pen.)			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 31,306 Referee: Dimitris Naoum (Thessaloniki)
Note: All-time record income for the AEK Stadium, which was ₯25,648,400.

7 February 1988 Matchday 18	Panachaiki	2–1	AEK Athens	Patras
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Panagiotidis 43' Zikos 59'		Nielsen 65'	Stadium: Panachaiki Stadium Attendance: 15,003 Referee: Kostas Akridas (Athens)

14 February 1988 Matchday 19	AEK Athens	2–1	Aris	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nielsen 9', 43'		Dimitriadis 74'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 4,714 Referee: Grigoris Brentas (Thessaloniki)

22 February 1988 Matchday 20	Diagoras	0–0	AEK Athens	Rhodes
15:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Diagoras Stadium Attendance: 3,553 Referee: Kostas Akridas (Athens)

28 February 1988 Matchday 21	AEK Athens	2–1	OFI	Livadeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Savvidis 49' Manolas 81'		Samaras 5'	Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 5,177 Referee: Vasilis Nikakis (Aetoloacarnania)
Note: AEK was punished with 3 games away from home, due to the incidents in the away league game against Panachaiki.

6 March 1988 Matchday 22	AEL	2–0	AEK Athens	Larissa
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Ziogas 1' Karapialis 23'			Stadium: Alcazar Stadium Attendance: 17,810 Referee: Stelios Charlavanis (Euboea)

13 March 1988 Matchday 23	Panserraikos	0–1	AEK Athens	Serres
15:30 EET (UTC+2)			Pittas 88'	Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium Attendance: 9,071 Referee: Dimitris Daoulas (Aetoloacarnania)

20 March 1988 Matchday 24	AEK Athens	1–1	Panionios	Volos
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Koutoulas 82'		Kanaras 63'	Stadium: Volos Municipal Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Stavros Zakestidis (Thessaloniki)

27 March 1988 Matchday 25	Veria	1–0	AEK Athens	Veria
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Peppes 1' (o.g.)			Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 4,521 Referee: Kostas Adamopoulos (Athens)

3 April 1988 Matchday 26	AEK Athens	3–0	Levadiakos	Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Georgiadis 13' Nielsen 63', 80' (pen.)			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 16,688 Referee: Grigoris Brentas (Thessaloniki)

17 April 1988 Matchday 27	Apollon Kalamarias	2–2	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Semertzidis 54' Tsekos 55'		Nielsen 44', 50'	Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium Attendance: 3,509 Referee: Makis Germanakos (Athens)

24 April 1988 Matchday 28	AEK Athens	2–2	Panathinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Peppes 23' Savvidis 60'		Batsinilas 41' Chatziathanasiou 84'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 27,708 Referee: Tasos Kantartzis (Thessaloniki)

1 May 1988 Matchday 29	Ethnikos Piraeus	0–3	AEK Athens	Piraeus
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)			Janjanin 52' Nielsen 82' (pen.) Savvidis 89'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 16,361 Referee: Dimitris Daoulas (Aetoloacarnania)

15 May 1988 Matchday 30	AEK Athens	1–0	Iraklis	Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Chatzopoulos 8'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 20,504 Referee: Alexandros Naziris (Thessaloniki)

Greek Cup

Matches

25 October 1987 First round	AEK Athens	3–1	Iraklis	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Patikas 26' Nielsen 61', 72'	Report	Kofidis 86'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 25,424 Referee: Christos Kolokythas (Athens)

Round of 32

30 December 1987 First leg	Kallithea	3–2	AEK Athens	Kallithea
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Chatziraptis 11' Tsevretzis 21' Tzimas 63'	Report	Pittas 4', 56'	Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium Referee: Giorgos Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

13 January 1988 Second leg	AEK Athens	2–0 (4–3 agg.)	Kallithea	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Pittas 1' Georgiadis 65'	Report		Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 4,440 Referee: Giorgos Plevritis (Thessaloniki)

Round of 16

27 January 1988 First leg	Olympiacos	1–1	AEK Athens	Piraeus
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Moustakidis 76'	Report	Vasilakos 24'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 33,373 Referee: Makis Germanakos (Athens)
Note: After the game, serious incidents between the fans took place, which resulted in at least 4 injuries including 2 women and 1 police officer.

10 February 1988 Second leg	AEK Athens	1–3 (2–4 agg.)	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Mavrodimos 37'	Report	Hantzidis 11' Mitropoulos 60' Funes 75'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 23,929 Referee: Vasilis Nikakis (Aetoloacarnania)
Note: The match was followed by allegations of bribe and various machinations at AEK's expense, with former Olympiacos footballer, Gounaris and former AEK footballer, Ballis involved as intermediaries. Although nothing was proven, Ballis was punished for active bribery. Neither the receivers of the bribe, nor the one who orchestreatd the whole scheme were ever made public.

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 15 May 1988

No.	Pos	Player	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
—	GK	Spyros Ikonomopoulos	4	0	0	0	4	0
—	GK	Theologis Papadopoulos	17	0	4	0	21	0
—	GK	Fanis Kofinas	11	0	1	0	12	0
Defenders
—	DF	Makis Chatzis	16	0	4	0	20	0
—	DF	Panagiotis Stylianopoulos	3	0	0	0	3	0
—	DF	Takis Karagiozopoulos	14	1	2	0	16	1
—	DF	Polyvios Chatzopoulos	21	1	3	0	24	1
—	DF	Stelios Manolas	21	4	4	0	25	4
—	DF	Giorgos Peppes	30	2	3	0	33	2
—	DF	Sotiris Mavrodimos	23	0	4	1	27	1
—	DF	Christos Vasilopoulos	13	0	4	0	17	0
—	DF	Georgios Koutoulas	24	4	3	0	27	4
—	DF	Dimitris Volonakis	7	0	1	0	8	0
Midfielders
—	MF	Rajko Janjanin	28	1	3	0	31	1
—	MF	Dimitris Pittas	14	2	3	3	17	5
—	MF	Pavlos Papaioannou	17	0	1	0	18	0
—	MF	Nikos Pias	16	0	4	0	20	0
—	MF	Vasilios Vasilakos	23	4	4	1	27	5
—	MF	Giorgos Savvidis	23	5	3	0	26	5
—	MF	Lampros Georgiadis	19	1	4	1	23	2
—	MF	Jim Patikas	15	5	2	1	17	6
Forwards
—	FW	Giannis Dintsikos	2	0	2	0	4	0
—	FW	Henrik Nielsen	27	21	4	2	31	23
Left during Winter Transfer Window
—	FW	Georgios Christodoulou	2	0	0	0	2	0

Goalscorers

As of 15 May 1988

Rank	Pos.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	Total
1	FW	Henrik Nielsen	21	2	23
2	MF	Jim Patikas	5	1	6
3	MF	Giorgos Savvidis	5	0	5
	MF	Vasilios Vasilakos	4	1	5
	MF	Dimitris Pittas	2	3	5
6	DF	Georgios Koutoulas	4	0	4
6	DF	Stelios Manolas	4	0	4
8	DF	Giorgos Peppes	2	0	2
8	MF	Lampros Georgiadis	1	1	2
10	DF	Takis Karagiozopoulos	1	0	1
	DF	Polyvios Chatzopoulos	1	0	1
	MF	Rajko Janjanin	1	0	1
	DF	Sotiris Mavrodimos	0	1	1
Own goals			0	0	0
Totals			51	9	60

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Source
Henrik Nielsen⁴	Veria	7–1 (H)	6 December 1987	Alpha Ethniki	^[10]

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 15 May 1988

Rank	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	Total
1	Theologis Papadopoulos	6	1	7
2	Spyros Ikonomopoulos	3	0	3
3	Fanis Kofinas	2	0	2
Totals		11	1	12

Disciplinary record

As of 15 May 1988

N	P	Nat.	Name									Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Alpha Ethniki			Greek Cup		Total			Notes
Goalkeepers
—	GK		Spyros Ikonomopoulos
—	GK		Theologis Papadopoulos	1			1		2
—	GK		Fanis Kofinas	1					1
Defenders
—	DF		Makis Chatzis	1		1			1		1
—	DF		Panagiotis Stylianopoulos
—	DF		Takis Karagiozopoulos	3					3
—	DF		Polyvios Chatzopoulos	4					4
—	DF		Stelios Manolas	7	1		3	1	10	2
—	DF		Giorgos Peppes	4			1		5
—	DF		Sotiris Mavrodimos	6	1				6	1
—	DF		Christos Vasilopoulos	4					4
—	DF		Georgios Koutoulas	3					3
—	DF		Dimitris Volonakis	3					3
Midfielders
—	MF		Rajko Janjanin	1					1
—	MF		Dimitris Pittas	3					3
—	MF		Pavlos Papaioannou	2					2
—	MF		Nikos Pias	3	1				3	1
—	MF		Vasilios Vasilakos	4			1		5
—	MF		Giorgos Savvidis	1					1
—	MF		Lampros Georgiadis	3			1		4
—	MF		Jim Patikas	1					1
Forwards
—	FW		Giannis Dintsikos
—	FW		Henrik Nielsen
Left during Winter Transfer Window
—	FW		Georgios Christodoulou

Awards

Player	Pos.	Award	Source
Henrik Nielsen	FW	Alpha Ethniki Top Scorer

References

↑ "Περίοδος 1987-1988". kitrinomavro.gr. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
↑ "Υπόθεση Τσίγκοφ: Η μέρα που κόπηκε η Ελλάδα στα δύο". to10.gr. 17 March 2021.
↑ "Η κατασκευασμένη δωροδοκία της ανίσχυρης στο παρακράτος ΑΕΚ". 7 February 2020.
↑ "«Ντου» στη Σκεπαστή και... «Ζήτα» τέλος!". aek365.org. 15 May 2016.
↑ "Η δωροδοκία: Ο Θεολόγης, ο Κοσκωτάς και η επιταγή". contra.gr.
↑ "Ο Γιώργος Σαββίδης στην AEK". 14 July 2019.
↑ Κούβαρης, Γιώργος. "Χένρικ Νίλσεν: «Με είχαν διώξει κακήν-κακώς από την ΑΕΚ»". gazzetta.gr.
↑ "Μπιλ Σερέτης: Ο παικταράς με το 9 που τρόλαρε όλη η Φιλαδέλφεια". Menshouse.gr.
↑ "«Πας να μου κόψεις τη διαιτησία, ρε;»". aek365.org.
↑ "Η μεγάλη μέρα του Χένρικ Νίλσεν". aek365.org (in Greek). Online. 6 December 2022.

External links

AEK Athens F.C. Official Website

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[1] "Περίοδος 1987-1988". kitrinomavro.gr. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

[2] "Υπόθεση Τσίγκοφ: Η μέρα που κόπηκε η Ελλάδα στα δύο". to10.gr. 17 March 2021.

[3] "Η κατασκευασμένη δωροδοκία της ανίσχυρης στο παρακράτος ΑΕΚ". 7 February 2020.

[4] "«Ντου» στη Σκεπαστή και... «Ζήτα» τέλος!". aek365.org. 15 May 2016.

[5] "Η δωροδοκία: Ο Θεολόγης, ο Κοσκωτάς και η επιταγή". contra.gr.

[6] "Ο Γιώργος Σαββίδης στην AEK". 14 July 2019.

[7] Κούβαρης, Γιώργος. "Χένρικ Νίλσεν: «Με είχαν διώξει κακήν-κακώς από την ΑΕΚ»". gazzetta.gr.

[8] "Μπιλ Σερέτης: Ο παικταράς με το 9 που τρόλαρε όλη η Φιλαδέλφεια". Menshouse.gr.

[9] "«Πας να μου κόψεις τη διαιτησία, ρε;»". aek365.org.

[10] "Η μεγάλη μέρα του Χένρικ Νίλσεν". aek365.org (in Greek). Online. 6 December 2022.

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