1959–60 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens 1959–60 football season
AEK Athens
1959–60 season
ChairmanNikos Goumas
ManagerLukas Aurednik
StadiumAEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki2nd
Greek CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kostas Nestoridis (32)
All:
Kostas Nestoridis (42)
Highest home attendance20,000 vs Olympiacos
(10 January 1960)
Lowest home attendance2,000 vs Victoria
(14 October 1959)
Average home league attendance10,376
Biggest winAEK Athens 7–0 PAO Kalogreza
Biggest defeatDoxa Drama 2–0 AEK Athens
Olympiacos Chalkida 2–0 AEK Athens
Home colours
Away colours
← 1958–59

The 1959–60 season was the 36th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the first season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki and the Greek Cup. The season began on 23 September 1959 and finished on 31 July 1960.

Kits

Home
Away

Overview

From the previous season, discussions had taken place for the creation of a single championship of a national division. The HFF was divided and hesitated to decide, as the reactions of the local associations were varied. However, two factors were decisive in the final decision of the Greek football officials. On the one hand, the ever-intensifying pressure of the UEFA for the establishment of a national division championship so that the representation of Greece in the European Cups would become more meritorious and on the other hand, the government's will to institutionalize the PRO-PO. That led the HFF to decide in the creation and the establishment of the first and second national divisions and the replacement of the regional championships with a single national championship.[1]

In the summer of 1959, AEK were strengthened with the striker, Stefanos Demiris, the goalkeeper, Kimon Dimitriou, central defender, Dimitris Diakakis and Giannis Marditsis from Egaleo. The signings were not buzzing as everyone felt that the squad was complete and ready to win the championship. AEK, being the only contender against the omnipotence of Olympiacos in the 1950s, entered the new championship focused exclusively on winning the title. After all, they were one step away from the previous season's title, when in the last match at the Karaiskakis Stadium they led by 0–2 in the first 10 minutes, but were tied and the title eventually went to the red and whites.

At the beginning season in the Cup, AEK faced and eliminated with characteristic ease and big scores a series of teams of smaller categories, such as Proodos Patisia with a 5–0 victory, Victoria with a 7–1 victory, Ilisiakos with a 3–1 victory, Dafni Athens with a 3–1 victory, PAO Kalogreza with 7-0 victory and Atromitos with a 1–0 victory. AEK were not able to qualify for the round of 16 of the tournament as in the round of 32, as they faced the away defeat by 2–0 and the elimination by Olympiacos Chalkida on 10 April. Vlachos scored both goals for the club of Chalkida in the 50th and 88th minute.

The first championship of the first national division started on 25 October and the captain of AEK, Giannis Kanakis was the scorer of its first ever goal, when in the 3rd minute of the match against Ethnikos Piraeus at the Karaiskakis Stadium shaped the final 0–1 for AEK. However, the "dark clouds" did not take long to make their appearance, showing in the most emphatic way that the renaming of the Championship and the change in the way it was conducted did not automatically mean the termination of the issues of previous years. Only in the 11th matchday on 17 January, AEK played in Thessaloniki facing Aris and while the score was 2–1 with goals from Grigoriadis, Sismanidis and Giorgos Petridis, in the 84th minute the Piraeus referee Damalitis in the midst of constant changes of decisions and vacillating between suggesting a penalty or an indirect overturning of an AEK player in the area of Aris, caused a conflict between the players and stop the match which was repeated ten days later with the Italian referee Eugenio Rigato and showed the two teams tied at 2-2. The serious injury of Kostas Nestoridis in the home match against Proodeftiki on 24 January kept him away from the stadiums for about a month and AEK away from the 3 points of victory as during this period AEK achieved 3 draws. The final tie at the top with Panathinaikos proved the importance of these ties. Against everyone the Union was kept alive in the hunt for the title and being a pioneer, competed on 18 June at the Karaiskakis Stadium, against Proodeftiki. The pitch turned into a fighting arena and after a lot of banter between the players and several expulsions, it ended with a 2–2 draw with Serafidis and Petridis among the expelled. The strange thing about the story was that although the referee Začević had not recorded their suspensions on the match sheet, the two players were punished based on the report of the observer and their monthly ban finally took effect starting from the title play-off against Panathinaikos. Even under these conditions, AEK remained first with a 2-point difference from the second Panathinaikos, until the fateful day of 24 July when they line up at the Nea Smyrni Stadium against Panionios. The rumors were talking all week about the friendly relations of Kostas Nestoridis with his former teammates at Panionios and discounting a comfortable victory for AEK. The rebuttal came in force as Panionios took the lead with 2–0, Nestoridis reduced it to 2–1, the red and blues made it 3–1 and the own goal of Kazantzidis in the 90th minute simply made the score 3–2, proving that for the players of Panionios, duty prevailed over friendship. It did not prove to be the same at the Karaiskakis Stadium, where at the same time Olympiacos, leading at the half-time with 1–0 against the "greens", thought that duty and "friendship" can be shared by a half-time and underperforming the second half, were defeated by 1–4 from Panathinaikos giving them the points needed to get in the tie with AEK and participate in the championship play-off.

The play-off match on the last day of July found AEK decimated by suspensions, with Sotiris Fakis under the goalposts for the first time and disappointed by the turn the Championship race took as a result of Panathinaikos prevailing 2–1 despite a 0–1 lead given to AEK by Christos Ampos in the 14th minute, and the first title of the Alpha Ethniki was "painted" green.[2] In all this several clubs had contributed, including Panionios and Apollon Athens, who citing success at the box office and financial support of their coffers, had accepted, with the title race in its final stretch, the holding of their home games against Panathinaikos in their bigger home ground of Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.

The end of the season found AEK in second place in the championship having the best attack with 77 goals and Kostas Nestoridis the top scorer with 33 goals in 27 matches, who in several games seemed to take them by the hand and single-handedly lead them to their first post-war title. From about the middle of the season, the greatest post-war captain of AEK, Giannis Kanakis, had retired as a footballer, while at the end of the season, Thanasis Tsangaris, Loukas Sismanis and Kostas Zografos also departed.[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 31 July 1960, 23:59 UTC+2.

Player Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Signed Previous club Transfer fee Contract until
Goalkeepers
Sotiris Fakis Greece GK 1934 (aged 25–26) 1957 Greece Amyna Ambelokipoi Free 1962
Stelios Serafidis Greece GK (1935-08-06)6 August 1935 (aged 24) 1953 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 1972
Kimon Dimitriou Greece GK 1938 (aged 21–22) 1959 Greece Propontis Chalkida Free 1961
Defenders
Thanasis Tsangaris Greece RB / LB 1929 (aged 30–31) 1953 Greece Apollon Athens Free 1960
Giannis Marditsis Greece CB / ST (1933-02-19)19 February 1933 (aged 27) 1959 Greece Egaleo ₯103,000 1964
Petros Stamatelopoulos Greece LB (1934-03-19)19 March 1934 (aged 26) 1959 Greece Panerythraikos ₯100,000 1962
Nikos Melissis Greece CB / DM / ST 1936 (aged 23–24) 1953 Greece PAO Kalogreza Free 1961
Mimis Anastasiadis Greece RB / CB / ST (1936-10-26)26 October 1936 (aged 23) 1956 Greece A.O. Nea Ionia Free 1964
Alekos Sofianidis GreeceTurkey LB / LM / LW (1937-08-03)3 August 1937 (aged 22) 1959 Turkey Beşiktaş Free 1969
Antonis Gavanas Greece CB 1938 (aged 21–22) 1956 Greece Ethnikos Asteras Free 1961
Theofilos Vernezis Greece RB / CB / GK 1938 (aged 21–22) 1956 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 1965
Dimitris Diakakis Greece CB 1942 (aged 17–18) 1959 Free agent Free 1961
Midfielders
Giannis Kanakis (Captain) Greece RM / LM / RB / LB (1927-08-27)27 August 1927 (aged 32) 1949 Greece AE Kavalas Free 1960
Pavlos Emmanouilidis Greece RM / RW / ST / SS (1929-01-01)1 January 1929 (aged 31) 1947 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 1961
Miltos Papapostolou Greece DM / CB (1935-09-09)9 September 1935 (aged 24) 1956 Greece Egaleo Free 1965
Giorgos Petridis Greece AM / SS / ST (1938-02-10)10 February 1938 (aged 22) 1957 Greece Pera Club Free 1966
Thymios Polyzos Greece CM 1939 (aged 20–21) 1956 Free agent Free 1961
Kostas Zografos Greece CM 1941 (aged 18–19) 1955 Free agent — 1960
Stefanos Demiris Greece AM / SS / ST (1941-01-19)19 January 1941 (aged 19) 1959 Greece AE Kavalas — 1961
Samaras Greece AM 1941 (aged 18–19) 1958 Free agent Free 1959
Forwards
Kostas Nestoridis Greece ST / SS (1930-03-15)15 March 1930 (aged 30) 1955 Greece Panionios Free 1966
Andreas Stamatiadis Greece RW / LW / SS / ST (1935-08-16)16 August 1935 (aged 24) 1952 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 1969
Christos Ampos Greece LW / SS / ST (1937-10-19)19 October 1937 (aged 22) 1956 Greece AO Kifisia Free 1962
Dimitris Tsanoulas Greece ST 1938 (aged 21–22) 1956 Free agent Free 1961
Argyris Argyropoulos Greece ST 1939 (aged 20–21) 1958 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 1962
Loukas Sismanis Greece ST 1939 (aged 20–21) 1958 Greece Athinaikos Free 1960

Transfers

In

Pos. Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
GK Greece Kimon Dimitriou Greece Propontis Chalkida Transfer Free 1 July 1959 30 June 1961
DF Greece Giannis Marditsis Greece Egaleo Transfer ₯103,000[a] 1 July 1959 30 June 1964
DF Greece Dimitris Diakakis Free agent Transfer Free 1 July 1959 30 June 1961
DF Greece Petros Stamatelopoulos Greece Panerythraikos Transfer ₯100,000 3 August 1959 30 June 1962 [4]
DF Greece Alekos Sofianidis Turkey Beşiktaş Transfer Free 1 July 1959 30 June 1969
MF Greece Stefanos Demiris Greece AE Kavalas Transfer Free 1 July 1959 30 June 1962
a. ^ plus Stavros Giafaloglou, Giannis Chaniotis and Kostas Chatzimichail.

Out

Pos. Player To Type Fee Date Source
GK Greece Anastasiou Free agent End of contract — 1 July 1959
DF Greece Lelos Adamantidis Greece Pankorinthiakos End of contract — 1 July 1959
MF Greece Kostas Poulis Greece Propontis Chalkida End of contract — 1 July 1959
MF Greece Stavros Giafaloglou Greece Egaleo Transfer Free 1 July 1959
FW Greece Giannis Chaniotis Greece Egaleo Transfer Free 1 July 1959
FW Greece Panagiotis Kourtidis Free agent End of contract — 1 July 1959
FW Greece Kostas Chatzimichail Greece Egaleo Transfer Free 1 July 1959

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure: Decrease ₯203,000

Income: Increase ₯0

Net Total: Decrease ₯203,000

Pre-season and friendlies

AEK Athens Greece v Greece Kronos
30 August 1959 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 8–1 Greece Kronos Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium
AEK Athens Greece v Greece Eleftheroupoli
2 September 1959 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 7–0 Greece Eleftheroupoli Nea Filadelfeia
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
PAOK Greece v Greece AEK Athens
6 September 1959 Friendly PAOK Greece 1–0 Greece AEK Athens Thessaloniki
17:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Kiourtzis 21'
 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Note: Ιnauguration of the Toumba Stadium.[5]
AEK Athens Greece v Greece Athinaikos
14 September 1959 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 8–1 Greece Athinaikos Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium
AEK Athens Greece v Greece AO Karava
16 September 1959 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 4–2 Greece AO Karava Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium
AEK Athens Greece v Greece Asteras Athens
20 September 1959 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 4–0 Greece Asteras Athens Nea Filadelfeia
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
AEK Athens Greece v Greece Atromitos
27 September 1959 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 2–0 Greece Atromitos Nea Filadelfeia
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
AEK Athens Greece v Greece Poseidon Glyfada
30 September 1959 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 4–1 Greece Poseidon Glyfada Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium
AEK Athens Greece v Greece AE Nikaias
4 October 1959 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 1–1 Greece AE Nikaias Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium
AEK Athens Greece v Greece Ethnikos Piraeus
17 October 1959 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 3–0 Greece Ethnikos Piraeus Nea Filadelfeia
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Panargiakos Greece v Greece AEK Athens
15 November 1959 Friendly Panargiakos Greece 2–3 Greece AEK Athens Argos
Stadium: Argos Municipal Stadium
AEK Athens Greece v Greece Greece military
20 January 1960 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 1–3 Greece Greece military Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium
AEK Athens Greece v Greece Greece
24 February 1960 Giannis Kanakis Testimonial AEK Athens Greece 2–0 Greece Greece Nea Filadelfeia
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Note: 45-minute match
AEK Athens Greece v Greece Greece military
24 February 1960 Giannis Kanakis Testimonial AEK Athens Greece 2–2 Greece Greece military Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Note: 45-minute match
AEK Athens Greece v Austria First Vienna
17 April 1960 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 2–2 Austria First Vienna Nea Filadelfeia
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
AEK Athens Greece v Brazil América Mineiro
16 May 1960 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 1–1 Brazil América Mineiro Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium
AEK Athens Greece v Brazil Flamengo
6 June 1960 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 1–1 Brazil Flamengo Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Alpha Ethniki 25 October 1959 24 July 1960 Matchday 1 2nd 30 21 7 2 72 27 +45 070.00
Championship play-off 31 July 1960 Final Runners-up 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Greek Cup 23 September 1959 10 April 1960 First round Round of 32 7 6 0 1 26 5 +21 085.71
Total 38 27 7 4 99 34 +65 071.05

Last updated: 31 July 1960
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Panathinaikos (C) 30 22 5 3 59 20 +39 79[a] Qualification for European Cup
2 AEK Athens 30 21 7 2 72 27 +45 79[a]
3 Olympiacos 30 16 8 6 52 24 +28 70
4 Apollon Athens 30 13 10 7 52 33 +19 66
5 Panionios 30 14 6 10 46 31 +15 64
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Championship Play-off: Panathinaikos–AEK Athens 2–1 (see below).

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 21 7 2 72 27  +45 79 14 1 0 47 11  +36 7 6 2 25 16  +9

Results by Matchday

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAΗAHAHAAAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHHAHAAHA
ResultWWDWLWWWDWDWDDWWDWWWWWWWWWDWWL
Position322153312221111111111111111112
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures

Ethnikos Piraeus v AEK Athens
25 October 1959 1 Ethnikos Piraeus 0–1 AEK Athens Piraeus
13:15 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 9,134
Referee: Aristidis Ioannidis (Thessaloniki)
Note: Giannis Kanakis scored the first goal in the history of the first division.
AEK Athens v Pankorinthiakos
1 November 1959 2 AEK Athens 5–1 Pankorinthiakos Nea Filadelfeia
13:15 EET (UTC+2)
  • Kois 69' (pen.)
 Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Koulouvardis (Athens)
Panathinaikos v AEK Athens
8 November 1959 3 Panathinaikos 2–2 AEK Athens Ampelokipoi
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Demiris 3', 71'
 Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 22,956
Referee: Dimosthenis Stathatos (Athens)
AEK Athens v Iraklis
19 November 1959 4 AEK Athens 3–0 Iraklis Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 7,251
Referee: Achilleas Grammatikopoulos (Piraeus)
Note: The game was originally for 11 November, but was postponed because obligations of some players with the National Team.
Doxa Drama v AEK Athens
22 November 1959 5 Doxa Drama 2–0 AEK Athens Drama
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Doxa Drama Stadium
Attendance: 4,825
Referee: Petros Tzouvaras (Thessaloniki)
Note: At the 80th minute Anastasiadis left the game due to an injury.
AEK Athens v AE Nikaia
29 November 1959 6 AEK Athens 2–0 AE Nikaia Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 4,658
Referee: Papaioannou
Panegialios v AEK Athens
6 December 1959 7 Panegialios 1–4 AEK Athens Aigio
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Makris 71'
Stadium: Aigio National Stadium
Attendance: 4,876
Referee: Thodoros Giavropoulos (Piraeus)
Note: Kostas Nestoridis scored the first hat-trick in the history of the first division.
PAOK v AEK Athens
13 December 1959 8 PAOK 1–2 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
  • Nikolaidis 74'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 14,230
Referee: Vangelis Damalitis (Piraeus)
Apollon Athens v AEK Athens
20 December 1959 9 Apollon Athens 0–0 AEK Athens Ampelokipoi
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 22,799
Referee: Vangelis Vernardakis (Piraeus)
AEK Athens v Olympiacos
10 January 1960 10 AEK Athens 1–0 Olympiacos Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
Note: The way Nestoridis scored in the first minute of the match was predicted by Nestoridis himself, who had declared it to the goalkeeper of Olympiacos, Savvas Theodoridis, before the start of the game. The song of Vangelis Perpiniadis: "And like Nestoridis, no one will be, to say where the ball will be sent.” (Greek: “Και σαν τον Νεστορίδη κανένας δεν θα βγεί,να λέει πως η μπάλα εκεί θα καρφωθεί.”)[6] was taken from this incident.
Aris v AEK Athens
27 January 1960 11 Aris 2–2 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
 Stadium: Aris Stadium
Attendance: 12,577
Referee: Gino Rigato (Italy)
Note: A repetition of the match, which originally took place on 17 January and was interrupted at the 84th minute by the referee Damalitis, while the score was 2–1 in favor of Aris with the goals of Grigoriadis, Sismanidis and Petridis, due to incidents between the players, after a penalty that the players of AEK requested in a tackle of Kemalidis to Sofianidis. The referee did not want to continue the match, as he did not allow the linesman, Sidiropoulos to take his place, not handing over the match sheet and he never clarified whether in the tackle to Sofianidis gave penalti kick or foul. Earlier in the game, the referee had denied Nestoridis a clear penalty, who was alone in front of goal of Aris, having passed the goalkeeper and just before pushing the ball into the net he was tackled with a knee in the back from Grigoriadis with referee showing a corner kick.
AEK Athens v Proodeftiki
24 January 1960 12 AEK Athens 4–2 Proodeftiki Nea Filadelfeia
  • Christofidis 38'
  • Besis 47'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 8,247
Referee: Giovanni Rebuffo (Italy)
AEK Athens v Megas Alexandros Katerinis
31 January 1960 13 AEK Athens 0–0 Megas Alexandros Katerinis Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 5,895
Apollon Kalamarias v AEK Athens
7 February 1960 14 Apollon Kalamarias 1–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
  • Nifadopoulos 25'
 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 1,072
Referee: Davala (Italy)
AEK Athens v Panionios
14 February 1960 15 AEK Athens 2–0 Panionios Nea Filadelfeia
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Apostolopoulos (Patras)
AEK Athens v Ethnikos Piraeus
21 February 1960 16 AEK Athens 4–0 Ethnikos Piraeus Nea Filadelfeia
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Viktor Schicker (Switzerland)
Pankorinthiakos v AEK Athens
28 February 1960 17 Pankorinthiakos 0–0 AEK Athens Corinth
Stadium: KEN Corinth
Attendance: 8,242
Referee: Aristidis Ioannidis (Thessaloniki)
AEK Athens v Panathinaikos
9 March 1960 18 AEK Athens 1–0 Panathinaikos Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 19,090
Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland)
Iraklis v AEK Athens
13 March 1960 19 Iraklis 0–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
 Stadium: Aris Stadium
Attendance: 11,075
Referee: Albert Guinnard (Switzerland)
AEK Athens v Doxa Drama
6 April 1960 20 AEK Athens 4–3 Doxa Drama Nea Filadelfeia
  • Ioannou 1', 35'
  • Chatzimichail 47'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 15,545
Referee: Joseph Barbéran (France)
Note: The match day was originally scheduled to take on 20 March, but was canceled due to obligations of National Team.
AE Nikaia v AEK Athens
26 March 1960 21 AE Nikaia 0–3 AEK Athens Piraeus
15:45 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 10,574
Referee: Vlasić (Yugoslavia)
AEK Athens v Panegialios
1 May 1960 22 AEK Athens 4–0 Panegialios Nea Filadelfeia
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 9,401
Referee: Giuseppe Adami (Italy)
AEK Athens v PAOK
8 May 1960 23 AEK Athens 3–1 PAOK Nea Filadelfeia
16:15 EET (UTC+2)
  • Chavanidis 58'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
AEK Athens v Apollon Athens
5 June 1960 24 AEK Athens 5–2 Apollon Athens Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 11,906
Referee: Othmar Huber (Switzerland)
Note: The match day was originally scheduled to take place on 15 May, but was canceled due to obligations of National military team.
Olympiacos v AEK Athens
12 June 1960 25 Olympiacos 0–1 AEK Athens Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 20,876
Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)
Note: The match day was originally scheduled to take place on 22 May, but was canceled due to obligations of National military team.
AEK Athens v Aris
29 May 1960 26 AEK Athens 3–0 Aris Nea Filadelfeia
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 12,450
Referee: Josef Shleiffer (Israel)
Proodeftiki v AEK Athens
18 June 1960 27 Proodeftiki 2–2 AEK Athens Piraeus
 Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 18,350
Referee: Konstantin Zečević (Yugoslavia)
Megas Alexandros Katerinis v AEK Athens
26 June 1960 28 Megas Alexandros Katerinis 2–4 AEK Athens Veria
  • Karafoulidis 63'
  • Amanatidis 86'
Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 3,617
Referee: Gino Rigato (Italy)
AEK Athens v Apollon Kalamarias
17 July 1960 29 AEK Athens 6–2 Apollon Kalamarias Nea Filadelfeia
  • Avramidis 29'
  • Nifadopoulos 45'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 9,447
Referee: Carlo Gambarotta (Italy)
Panionios v AEK Athens
24 July 1960 30 Panionios 3–2 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Giovanni Rebuffo (Italy)

Championship play-off

Panathinaikos v AEK Athens
31 July 1960 Play-off match Panathinaikos 2–1 AEK Athens Piraeus
17:00 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 20,923
Referee: Daniel Mele (Switzerland)

Greek Cup

Matches

AEK Athens v Proodos Patisia
23 September 1959 First round AEK Athens 5–0 Proodos Patisia Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Referee: Tatsikas
AEK Athens v Victoria
14 October 1959 Second round AEK Athens 7–1 Victoria Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Alexandros Monastiriotis (Piraeus)
AEK Athens v Ilisiakos
4 November 1959 Third round AEK Athens 3–1 Ilisiakos Nea Filadelfeia
  • Zaboritis 77'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Referee: Thodoros Giavropoulos (Piraeus)
AEK Athens v Dafni Athens
27 December 1959 Fourth round AEK Athens 3–1 Dafni Athens Nea Filadelfeia
  • Aggelakis 89'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Koufogiannakis
AEK Athens v PAO Kalogreza
13 January 1960 Fifth round AEK Athens 7–0 PAO Kalogreza Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Referee: Vasilis Dimopoulos (Athens)
AEK Athens v Atromitos
2 March 1960 Sixth round AEK Athens 1–0 Atromitos Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Referee: Tatsikas
Olympiacos Chalkida v AEK Athens
10 April 1960 Round of 32 Olympiacos Chalkida 2–0 AEK Athens Chalcis
  • Vlachos 50', 90'
 Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Chalkida
Referee: Stamatoglou

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 31 July 1960
No. Pos Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
— GK Kingdom of Greece Sotiris Fakis 1 0 3 0 4 0
— GK Kingdom of Greece Stelios Serafidis 29 0 4 0 33 0
— GK Kingdom of Greece Kimon Dimitriou 1 0 0 0 1 0
Defenders
— DF Kingdom of Greece Thanasis Tsangaris 5 0 4 0 9 0
— DF Kingdom of Greece Giannis Marditsis 29 0 5 1 34 1
— DF Kingdom of Greece Petros Stamatelopoulos 1 0 2 0 3 0
— DF Kingdom of Greece Nikos Melissis 2 0 0 0 2 0
— DF Kingdom of Greece Mimis Anastasiadis 28 0 5 0 33 0
— DF Kingdom of Greece Alekos Sofianidis 24 5 2 0 26 5
— DF Kingdom of Greece Antonis Gavanas 0 0 0 0 0 0
— DF Kingdom of Greece Theofilos Vernezis 26 0 3 0 29 0
— DF Kingdom of Greece Dimitris Diakakis 3 0 3 0 6 0
Midfielders
— MF Kingdom of Greece Giannis Kanakis 6 2 4 4 10 6
— MF Kingdom of Greece Pavlos Emmanouilidis 13 0 2 1 15 1
— MF Kingdom of Greece Miltos Papapostolou 28 1 4 1 32 2
— MF Kingdom of Greece Giorgos Petridis 25 10 4 2 29 12
— MF Kingdom of Greece Thymios Polyzos 29 0 5 0 34 0
— MF Kingdom of Greece Kostas Zografos 1 0 4 0 5 0
— MF Kingdom of Greece Stefanos Demiris 10 2 1 1 11 3
Forwards
— FW Kingdom of Greece Kostas Nestoridis 28 32 6 10 34 42
— FW Kingdom of Greece Andreas Stamatiadis 29 10 7 4 36 14
— FW Kingdom of Greece Christos Ampos 20 7 4 1 24 8
— FW Kingdom of Greece Dimitris Tsanoulas 1 0 3 1 4 1
— FW Kingdom of Greece Argyris Argyropoulos 1 0 0 0 1 0
— FW Kingdom of Greece Loukas Sismanis 1 0 1 0 2 0
— FW Kingdom of Greece Samaras 0 0 1 0 1 0

Goalscorers

As of 31 July 1960
Rank Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Total
1 FW Greece Kostas Nestoridis 32 10 42
2 FW Greece Andreas Stamatiadis 10 4 14
3 MF Greece Giorgos Petridis 10 2 12
4 FW Greece Christos Ampos 7 1 8
5 MF Greece Giannis Kanakis 2 4 6
6 DF Greece Alekos Sofianidis 5 0 5
7 MF Greece Stefanos Demiris 2 1 3
8 MF Greece Miltos Papapostolou 1 1 2
9 DF Greece Giannis Marditsis 0 1 1
MF Greece Pavlos Emmanouilidis 0 1 1
FW Greece Dimitris Tsanoulas 0 1 1
Own goals 4 0 4
Totals 73 26 99

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player Against Result Date Competition Source
Greece Kostas Nestoridis4 Greece Victoria 7–1 (H) 14 October 1959 Greek Cup
Greece Kostas Nestoridis Greece Panegialios 4–1 (A) 6 December 1959 Alpha Ethniki
Greece Kostas Nestoridis4 Greece PAO Kalogreza 7–0 (H) 13 January 1960 Greek Cup
Greece Kostas Nestoridis Greece Ethnikos Piraeus 4–0 (H) 21 February 1960 Alpha Ethniki
Greece Kostas Nestoridis Greece Doxa Drama 4–3 (H) 6 April 1960 Alpha Ethniki
Greece Kostas Nestoridis Greece Apollon Kalamarias 6–2 (H) 17 July 1960 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 31 July 1960
Rank Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Total
1 Greece Stelios Serafidis 15 1 16
2 Greece Sotiris Fakis 0 2 2
3 Greece Kimon Dimitriou 0 0 0
Totals 15 3 18

Disciplinary record

As of 31 July 1960
N P Nat. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Total Notes
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
Goalkeepers
— GK Kingdom of Greece Sotiris Fakis
— GK Kingdom of Greece Stelios Serafidis
— GK Kingdom of Greece Kimon Dimitriou
Defenders
— DF Kingdom of Greece Thanasis Tsangaris
— DF Kingdom of Greece Giannis Marditsis
— DF Kingdom of Greece Petros Stamatelopoulos
— DF Kingdom of Greece Nikos Melissis
— DF Kingdom of Greece Mimis Anastasiadis 1 1
— DF Kingdom of Greece Alekos Sofianidis
— DF Kingdom of Greece Antonis Gavanas
— DF Kingdom of Greece Theofilos Vernezis
— DF Kingdom of Greece Dimitris Diakakis
Midfielders
— MF Kingdom of Greece Giannis Kanakis
— MF Kingdom of Greece Pavlos Emmanouilidis
— MF Kingdom of Greece Miltos Papapostolou
— MF Kingdom of Greece Giorgos Petridis
— MF Kingdom of Greece Thymios Polyzos 1 1
— MF Kingdom of Greece Kostas Zografos
— MF Kingdom of Greece Stefanos Demiris
Forwards
— FW Kingdom of Greece Kostas Nestoridis
— FW Kingdom of Greece Andreas Stamatiadis
— FW Kingdom of Greece Christos Ampos
— FW Kingdom of Greece Dimitris Tsanoulas
— FW Kingdom of Greece Argyris Argyropoulos
— FW Kingdom of Greece Loukas Sismanis
— FW Kingdom of Greece Samaras

Awards

Player Pos. Award Source
Greece Kostas Nestoridis FW Alpha Ethniki Top Scorer
Greece Kostas Nestoridis FW Greek Cup Top Scorer

References

  1. ^ "Πως άρχισε το πρωτάθλημα της Α' εθνικής το 1959". retrosport.wordpress.com (in Greek). 24 October 2009.
  2. ^ newsroom, sport-fm. "60 χρόνια Α' Εθνική: Το μπαράζ του τίτλου του 1959-60 και ο αγώνας της χρονιάς 2001-02!". sport-fm.gr.
  3. ^ "Περίοδος 1959-1960". kitrinomavro.gr. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Πέτρος Σταματελόπουλος". kitrinomavro.gr.
  5. ^ "Σαν σήμερα 6/9/1959 τα εγκαίνια της Τούμπας!". paokmania.gr.
  6. ^ "Σαν τον Νεστορίδη κανένας δεν θα βγει Βαγγέλης Περπινιάδης". youtube.com.

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