1978–79 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens 1978–79 football season
AEK Athens
1978–79 season
ChairmanLoukas Barlos
ManagerFerenc Puskás
(until 17 March)
Andreas Stamatiadis
StadiumAEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki1st
Greek CupRunners-up
European CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Thomas Mavros (31)
All:
Thomas Mavros (40)
Highest home attendance35,000 vs Nottingham Forest
(18 October 1978)
Lowest home attendance2,204 vs Kavala
(8 November 1978)
Average home league attendance14,631
Biggest winAEK Athens 7–0 Kavala
Biggest defeatNottingham Forest 5–1 AEK Athens
Home colours

The 1978–79 season was the 55th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 20th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the European Cup. The season began on 3 September 1978 and finished on 16 June 1979.

Overview

The peculiarities of the 1978–79 season could well mark it as historic for the Greek Football, while it was also the last semi-professional season as with the enactment of law 879/79 in March, all the football clubs were obliged to be converted into S.A. to participate in the first professional championship of the next season. In the summer, there was an "epidemic" of transfers by iconic players among the big teams. AEK were the only club that was left intact. Georgios Delikaris moved from Olympiacos to Panathinaikos, Antonis Antoniadis followed the opposite path and Mimis Domazos left Panathinaikos. Loukas Barlos seized the chance and signed him to AEK. Thus, for one season, AEK had in their roster at the same time the two best Greek footballers of the century, both born in 1942, both named "Mimis": Papaioannou and Domazos. The addition of the "general", Mimis Domazos to the roster, with his leadership skills and tactical mind, gave the already impressive team, the element that made them one of the most spectacular that have ever played in the Greek stadiums. Furthermore, after the departure of the double winner, Zlatko Čajkovski for Zürich, Barlos brought to the club's bench the great Ferenc Puskás, who alongside Domazos were the architects of Panathinaikos' campaign to the 1971 European Cup Final, hoping that AEK would do a similar breakthrough at the European stage.

In the championship, AEK started impressively and were ahead in the standings. Olympiacos were the only rival for the title. While AEK were generously scattering goals and spectacle, while in the opposite of the event, there were many official complaints of the opponents of Olympiacos for attempts of bribery. In the 12th matchday, Oikonomou of Apollon Athens and on the 23rd and the goalkeeper of PAS Giannina, Lisa, reported of bribery on the side of Olympiacos and on the 32nd matchday, after their match against Olympiacos, Rodos punished Doxakis, Papaoikonomou and Skartados for having reduced performance in the match as Olympiacos turned their 3–1 lead in 23 minutes, with the help of the referee as well.[1]

AEK also started their obligations in the European Cup against Porto. The quality of the opponent and the fullness of AEK foreshadowed two ambiguous matches with an uncertain outcome. In Nea Filadelfeia, AEK and their fans experienced a magical European night and witnessed the club's biggest victory in the European Cup with 6–1, which gave AEK a largely securing qualification to the next round. In the rematch AEK opened the score in the first half and in the last half hour of the match they turned off the engines as the Portuguese grabbed the opportunity and scored four goals. Next opponent for AEK, Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest. The "reds" having learned not to underestimate their opponents and being aware of AEK's impressive performance against Porto, came to Nea Filadelfeia for the first leg, completely focused on their goal. Nottingham took the lead early on and at the 21st minute, AEK were left with 10 players after the suspension of Milton Viera. At the end of the half Nottingham doubled their lead and until the match was over the Englishmen played conservatively with AEK managing to reduce in the final 1–2. In the second leg AEK entered the pitch knowing well that a difficult night that awaited them. In the first half, Nottingham easily scored three goals having lost several opportunities to a widen the score, while at the second half, AEK reduced to 3–1 with a header from Bajević. Nottingham completed their imposing appearance with a 5–1 victory and eventually won the trophy.

Towards the end of the championship, AEK presented an inexplicable decline in their performance and in the face of the risk of losing the title after the away defeat by Aris on March 11, Barlos decided to remove Puskás from bench of the team and assigned it to his assistant, Andreas Stamatiadis for the rest of the season. In the Greek Cup, it was the first year that the two-legged tie on a home and away basis, for the quarter-finals and the semi-finals were established, according to the model of European cups. The AEK marched through the first three rounds eliminating Kavala, Proodeftiki and Acharnaikos, respectively. In the quarter-final against Anagennisi Epanomi after a 1–1 away draw, AEK won 2–0 in the second leg and qualified to the semi-final where they faced Panachaiki. In Patras, they were defeated by 3–2 but at home AEK won easily by 5–1. In the final AEK met Panionios who came from two consecutive unexpected qualifications. In the game, while AEK managed to take the lead early on, Panionios succeeded in putting AEK to "sleep" and by not letting them impose their frenetic tempo, completed the comeback and won by 3–1 and became one of the biggest surprises in the history of the institution.[2]

The end of the championship found AEK and Olympiacos, even in the first place with 56 points and a play-off match for the title was set. Olympiacos either in fear of a possible embarrassment from AEK, or as part of an unofficial deal with the HFF in exchange for silencing allegations of bribery and consequently avoiding demotion, were not going to show up to the match. The excuse was the protest for the refereeing of Charalampos Pamporidis against OFI in the last matchday, considering him responsible for not managing to complete the comeback of a 3–1 loss that would resulted in winning the league. On June 16, at the stadium on Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, AEK were the only team lined up on the pitch. The absence of Olympiacos automatically declared AEK champion with a 2–0 victory without a match.[3] During the season AEK were an unstoppable football machine that dismantled their opponents as they achieved the league's best offense with a total of 90 goals, rewarding their opponents 6 times with 5 goals and 2 with 7 goals. Thomas Mavros was declared the top scorer of the league with 31 goals and 40 in total, winning the European Silver Shoe, just 3 goals behind Kees Kist.[4] In the third place of the top scorers of the league was Dušan Bajević with 24 goals and in the 8th, Takis Nikoloudis with 12. That season would be the last at AEK for the emblematic leader, Mimis Papaioannou which after 17 consecutive years of presence, he would be passed on the pantheon of the legends in the history of the club.[5]

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 1979, 23:59 UTC+3.

Player Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Signed Previous club Transfer fee Contract until
Goalkeepers
Nikos Christidis Greece GK (1944-08-02)2 August 1944 (aged 34) 1976 Greece Aris Free 1982
Lakis Stergioudas Greece GK (1952-12-11)11 December 1952 (aged 26) 1972 Greece Niki Poligyrou Free 1984
Spyros Ikonomopoulos Greece GK (1959-07-25)25 July 1959 (aged 19) 1978 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 1993
Defenders
Apostolos Toskas Greece CB (1947-12-28)28 December 1947 (aged 31) 1969 Greece Trikala Free 1979
Lakis Nikolaou (Captain) Greece CB / RB / ST / DM (1949-07-17)17 July 1949 (aged 29) 1971 Greece Atromitos ₯600,000 1979
Babis Intzoglou Greece RB / LB / CB (1949-04-01)1 April 1949 (aged 30) 1976 Greece Panionios Free 1980
Giannis Mousouris Greece RB / RM / ST (1951-01-26)26 January 1951 (aged 28) 1977 Greece AEL ₯3,000,000 1982
Petros Ravousis Greece CB / RB (1954-10-01)1 October 1954 (aged 24) 1972 Greece Aetos Skydra Free 1984
Aris Damianidis Greece CB / RB (1955-03-02)2 March 1955 (aged 24) 1977 Greece Egaleo Free 1980
Dimitris Kotsos Greece LB (1955-03-30)30 March 1955 (aged 24) 1978 Greece Kastoria Free 1980
Stavros Letsas Greece RB / RM / CB (1957-03-06)6 March 1957 (aged 22) 1978 Greece Agioi Anargyroi Free 1985
Panagiotis Stylianopoulos Greece RB / LB (1957-09-04)4 September 1957 (aged 21) 1978 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 1988
Theodoros Apostolopoulos Greece CB 1959 (aged 19–20) 1978 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 1980
Midfielders
Mimis Domazos Greece AM / SS (1942-01-22)22 January 1942 (aged 37) 1978 Greece Panathinaikos Free 1980
Milton Viera Uruguay CM / DM (1946-05-11)11 May 1946 (aged 33) 1977 Greece Olympiacos Free 1980
Lazaros Papadopoulos Greece RM / RW (1950-01-03)3 January 1950 (aged 29) 1973 Greece Veria Free 1979
Dionysis Tsamis Greece CM / DM / AM (1951-05-21)21 May 1951 (aged 28) 1972 Greece Panetolikos ₯2,300,000 1980
Takis Nikoloudis Greece CM / AM / RM / LM (1951-08-26)26 August 1951 (aged 27) 1977 Greece Iraklis Free 1981
Christos Ardizoglou Greece RM / LM / RW / AM (1953-03-25)25 March 1953 (aged 26) 1974 Greece Apollon Athens ₯5,000,000 1986
Christos Kalaitzidis Greece LM (1959-02-06)6 February 1959 (aged 20) 1978 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 1981
Dimitris Kokkinopoulos Greece RM / RW 1960 (aged 18–19) 1978 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 1980
Forwards
Mimis Papaioannou (Vice-captain) Greece SS / ST / AM (1942-08-23)23 August 1942 (aged 36) 1962 Greece Veria ₯175,000 1979
Dušan Bajević Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ST / SS (1948-12-10)10 December 1948 (aged 30) 1977 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Velež Mostar Free 1981
Tasos Konstantinou Cyprus RW / SS / ST / RM / AM (1951-03-11)11 March 1951 (aged 28) 1972 Cyprus EPA Larnaca Free 1980
Thomas Mavros Greece ST / SS (1954-05-31)31 May 1954 (aged 25) 1976 Greece Panionios Free 1984

Transfers

In

Pos. Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
GK Greece Spyros Ikonomopoulos Greece AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 1 July 1978 30 June 1996
DF Greece Theodoros Apostolopoulos Greece AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 1 July 1978 30 June 1980
DF Greece Stavros Letsas Greece Agioi Anargyroi Transfer Free 1 July 1978 30 June 1985
DF Greece Panagiotis Stylianopoulos Greece AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 1 July 1978 30 June 1988
DF Greece Dimitris Kotsos Greece Kastoria Transfer Free 1 July 1978 30 June 1980
ΜF Greece Dimitris Kokkinopoulos Greece AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 1 July 1978 30 June 1980
ΜF Greece Christos Kalaitzidis Greece AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 1 July 1978 30 June 1981
MF Greece Mimis Domazos Greece Panathinaikos Transfer Free 17 July 1978 30 June 1980

Out

Pos. Player To Type Fee Date Source
DF Greece Stefanos Theodoridis Greece Olympiacos End of contract — 1 July 1978
MF Greece Fotis Outsikas Greece Acharnaikos Contract termination — 1 July 1978
MF Greece Giorgos Vlachonikolis Free agent End of contract — 1 July 1978

Loan out

Pos. Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
FW Greece Giorgos Vlantis Greece Panachaiki Free 1 July 1978 30 June 1980 Red XN

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure: Decrease ₯0

Income: Increase ₯0

Net Total: Steady ₯0

Pre-season and friendlies

AEK Athens Greece v England Nottingham Forest
2 August 1978 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 1–1 England Nottingham Forest Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Woodcock 15'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Alexopoulos
AEK Athens Greece v Romania Steaua București
7 August 1978 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 0–2 Romania Steaua București Nea Filadelfeia
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
AEK Athens Greece v Czechoslovakia Brno
9 August 1978 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 3–2 Czechoslovakia Brno Nea Filadelfeia
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Kopenec 69'
  • Hausti 80'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
AEK Athens Greece v Belgium Club Brugge
16 August 1978 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 3–1 Belgium Club Brugge Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Courant 77'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
La Louvière Belgium v Greece AEK Athens
19 August 1978 Friendly La Louvière Belgium 3–4 Greece AEK Athens La Louvière
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Stade du Tivoli
Beveren Belgium v Greece AEK Athens
22 August 1978 Friendly Beveren Belgium 3–1 Greece AEK Athens Beveren
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Stevens 23'
  • Truyens 37'
  • Albert 50'
 Stadium: Freethiel Stadion
Cercle Brugge Belgium v Greece AEK Athens
23 August 1978 Friendly Cercle Brugge Belgium 0–1 Greece AEK Athens Bruges
  • Kalaitzidis 19'
 Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Chalkida Greece v Greece AEK Athens
27 August 1978 Friendly Chalkida Greece 0–2 Greece AEK Athens Chalcis
 Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Chalkida
AEK Athens Greece v Greece OFI
30 August 1978 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 1–0 Greece OFI Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: AEK Stadium
AEK Athens Greece v Greece Ionikos
22 September 1978 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 7–0 Greece Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
AEK Athens Greece v United States New York Cosmos
4 October 1978 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 3–5 United States New York Cosmos Nea Filadelfeia
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Velež Mostar Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia v Greece AEK Athens
25 October 1978 Friendly Velež Mostar Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 4–2 Greece AEK Athens Mostar
  • 30' 40' 56' 61'
Stadium: Bijeli Brijeg
AEK Athens Greece v Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
26 November 1978 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 4–2 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Papaioannou 40'
  • Kalaitzidis 56' (pen.), 86'
  • Kokkinopoulos 62'
  • Secia 70'
  • Khalifa 78'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
AEK Athens Greece v West Germany Münster
3 December 1978 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 3–2 West Germany Münster Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
AEK Athens Greece v Greece Greece amateur
15 March 1979 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 2–2 Greece Greece amateur Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
AEK Athens Greece v Greece Greece military
4 April 1979 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 5–3 Greece Greece military Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Mavros 11'
  • Kostikos 25'
  • Psarras 79'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Note: Thomas Mavros played with Greece military, against his team since he was serving in the Greek Army at the time.
OFI Greece v Greece AEK Athens
1 May 1979 Friendly OFI Greece 1–1 Greece AEK Athens Heraklion
  • Papadopoulos 54'
 Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
AEL Greece v Greece AEK Athens
10 May 1979 Friendly AEL Greece 2–0 Greece AEK Athens Larissa
  • Yfantis 10'
  • Vouroukos 18'
 Stadium: Alcazar Stadium
AEK Athens Greece v Greece PAOK
6 June 1979 Mimis Papaioannou Testimonial AEK Athens Greece 2–3 Greece PAOK Nea Filadelfeia
 Report
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 8,777
Note: Friendly match in honour of Mimis Papaioannou, who was leaving AEK after 17 years of presence at the club. AEK played with a mixed team, consisting of football friends who wanted to honor Papaioannou. The yellow and black jersey that day, was worn by footballers of Aris, Giannis Venos and Georgios Firos, Fanis Theofanous of Pezoporikos Larnaca, Manolis Kottis of Rodos a year before his transfer to AEK, Walter Schachner of Austria Wien, Kurt Jara of Duisburg, Pantelidis of PAS Giannina, Eleftheriadis of Veria, Vaggis of Egaleo, Antonis Antoniadis of Olympiacos, Michalis Tzirakis and Dimitrios Papadopoulos of OFI both before moving to AEK at some time, Charalampos Xanthopoulos of Iraklis and Lakis Papaioannou of Pierikos, but most importantly by Vasilis Hatzipanagis, one of the greatest Greek footballers of all time.

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Alpha Ethniki 3 September 1978 3 June 1979 Matchday 1 Winners 34 25 6 3 90 60 +30 073.53
Championship play-off 16 June 1979 Final Winners 1 1 0 0 0 0 +0 100.00
Greek Cup 8 November 1978 9 June 1979 First round Runners-up 8 5 1 2 24 8 +16 062.50
European Cup 13 September 1978 1 November 1978 First round Second round 4 1 0 3 9 12 −3 025.00
Total 47 32 7 8 123 80 +43 068.09

Last updated: 16 June 1979
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AEK Athens[a] (C) 34 25 6 3 90 30 +60 56 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Olympiacos[a] 34 26 4 4 63 27 +36 56 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Aris 34 22 6 6 63 26 +37 50
4 PAOK 34 18 9 7 73 23 +50 45
5 Panathinaikos 34 14 10 10 46 37 +9 38
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 AEK Athens pronounced champions, because Olympiacos did not show up for the play-off match.

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
34 25 6 3 90 30  +60 56 15 2 0 62 12  +50 10 4 3 28 18  +10

Results by Matchday

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

Fixtures

Egaleo v AEK Athens
3 September 1978 1 Egaleo 0–2 AEK Athens Aigaleo
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Aigaleo Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 10,206
Referee: Nikos Lampropoulos (Elis)
AEK Athens v PAOK
10 September 1978 2 AEK Athens 3–2 PAOK Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 27,854
Referee: Grippas (Kavala)
Olympiacos v AEK Athens
24 September 1978 3 Olympiacos 0–1 AEK Athens Piraeus
16:30 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 38,934
Referee: Antonis Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
AEK Athens v Iraklis
1 October 1978 4 AEK Athens 5–1 Iraklis Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Chatzieleftheriou 38'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 16,595
Referee: Dimitris Pantzalis (Piraeus)
Panionios v AEK Athens
14 October 1978 5 Panionios 0–1 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 9,951
Referee: Vasilis Patarakis (Piraeus)
AEK Athens v Aris
21 October 1978 6 AEK Athens 1–1 Aris Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 10,660
Referee: Giannis Tsionas (Larissa)
Ethnikos Piraeus v AEK Athens
5 November 1978 7 Ethnikos Piraeus 3–1 AEK Athens Piraeus
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 24,067
Referee: Kostas Karakitsos (Athens)
AEK Athens v Panachaiki
12 November 1978 8 AEK Athens 4–0 Panachaiki Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 8,704
Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus)
AEK Athens v Apollon Athens
19 November 1978 9 AEK Athens 2–0 Apollon Athens Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 10,257
Referee: Aristeidis Lekkas (Piraeus)
Panathinaikos v AEK Athens
10 December 1978 10 Panathinaikos 2–2 AEK Athens Ampelokipoi
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Álvarez 6'
  • Eleftheriadis 22' (pen.)
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 23,150
Referee: Panagiotis Tsolakidis (Thessaloniki)
AEK Athens v Kastoria
17 December 1978 11 AEK Athens 2–1 Kastoria Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Papetas 52'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 10,606
Referee: Kostas Karakitsos (Lamia)
Rodos v AEK Athens
24 December 1978 12 Rodos 0–1 AEK Athens Rhodes
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Municipal Stadium Ekonomideio
Attendance: 4,552
Referee: Dimitris Pantzalis (Piraeus)
AEK Athens v Panserraikos
31 December 1978 13 AEK Athens 5–0 Panserraikos Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 9,223
Referee: Giorgos Katsoras (Thessaloniki)
OFI v AEK Athens
7 January 1979 14 OFI 0–0 AEK Athens Heraklion
14:30 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 8,228
Referee: Panagiotis Tsolakidis (Thessaloniki)
AEK Athens v AEL
14 January 1979 15 AEK Athens 4–2 AEL Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 11,436
Referee: Giannis Triantafyllou (Dodecanese)
Kavala v AEK Athens
26 December 1979 16 Kavala 1–2 AEK Athens Kavala
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Kavala National Stadium
Attendance: 9,651
Referee: Tsoukaladelis (Lamia)
PAS Giannina v AEK Athens
28 January 1979 17 PAS Giannina 1–1 AEK Athens Ioannina
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
Attendance: 11,166
Referee: Grippas
AEK Athens v Egaleo
4 February 1979 18 AEK Athens 5–0 Egaleo Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 13,402
Referee: Manolis Platopoulos (Athens)
PAOK v AEK Athens
11 February 1979 19 PAOK 2–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 41,909
Referee: Kostas Dedes (Messinia)
AEK Athens v Olympiacos
18 February 1979 20 AEK Athens 0–0 Olympiacos Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 29,807
Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)
Iraklis v AEK Athens
25 February 1979 21 Iraklis 2–3 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 14,354
Referee: Manolis Vardakas (Kozani)
AEK Athens v Panionios
4 March 1979 22 AEK Athens 4–0 Panionios Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 13,554
Referee: Giorgos Petropoulos (Athens)
Aris v AEK Athens
11 March 1979 23 Aris 2–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
15:30 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Aris Stadium
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Giorgos Armodoros (Piraeus)
AEK Athens v Ethnikos Piraeus
18 March 1979 24 AEK Athens 5–1 Ethnikos Piraeus Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Karaiskos 50'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 17,454
Referee: Panagiotis Tsolakidis (Thessaloniki)
Panachaiki v AEK Athens
25 March 1979 25 Panachaiki 1–2 AEK Athens Patras
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Panachaiki Stadium
Attendance: 11,833
Referee: Giannis Petrakis (Heraklion)
Apollon Athens v AEK Athens
1 April 1979 26 Apollon Athens 1–3 AEK Athens Rizoupoli
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Papadimitriou 90' (pen.)
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 14,169
Referee: Nikos Fakis (Athens)
AEK Athens v Panathinaikos
8 April 1979 27 AEK Athens 1–0 Panathinaikos Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 28,789
Referee: Giorgos Petropoulos (Athens)
Note: A few minutes before the half time whistle a fierce clash between the players broke out, after a foul by Eleftherakis on Mavros. The wild beating between the players resulted in the expulsion of Nikoloudis and Livathinos. After the match Álvarez spoke out against Domazos, accusing him of spitting him while threatening, in which the latter responded the following day accepting the charges and challenging him to a fight.[6]
Kastoria v AEK Athens
15 April 1979 28 Kastoria 1–1 AEK Athens Kastoria
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Paunovski 77'
 Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kastoria
Attendance: 3,513
Referee: G. Moschopoulos (Thessaloniki)
AEK Athens v Rodos
25 April 1979 29 AEK Athens 5–2 Rodos Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 15,001
Referee: Manolis Vardakas (Kozani)
Panserraikos v AEK Athens
6 May 1979 30 Panserraikos 2–5 AEK Athens Serres
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,716
Referee: Giorgos Katsoras (Thessaloniki)
AEK Athens v OFI
13 May 1979 31 AEK Athens 2–0 OFI Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 13,634
Referee: G. Moschopoulos (Thessaloniki)
AEL v AEK Athens
20 May 1979 32 AEL 0–1 AEK Athens Larissa
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Alcazar Stadium
Attendance: 11,731
Referee: Antonis Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
AEK Athens v Kavala
27 May 1979 33 AEK Athens 7–0 Kavala Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 10,306
Referee: Grippas
AEK Athens v PAS Giannina
3 June 1979 34 AEK Athens 7–2 PAS Giannina Nea Filadelfeia
17:15 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 7,244
Referee: Thomaidis (Piraeus)

Championship play-off

AEK Athens v Olympiacos
16 June 1979 Play-off match AEK Athens 2–0
(Awarded)		 Olympiacos Ampelokipoi
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ioannis Ioannidis (Thessaloniki)
Note: Olympiacos did not show up, so the match, as well as the title, were awarded to AEK Athens.

Greek Cup

Matches

AEK Athens v Kavala
8 November 1978 First round AEK Athens 5–2 Kavala Nea Filadelfeia
14:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Machairidis 69'
  • Filippidis 87'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 2,204
Referee: Thomaidis (Piraeus)
AEK Athens v Proodeftiki
31 January 1979 Second round AEK Athens 4–0 Proodeftiki Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 6,071
Referee: Stefanos Rammos (Thessaloniki)
AEK Athens v Acharnaikos
21 February 1979 Round of 16 AEK Athens 4–0 Acharnaikos Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 2,546
Referee: Antonis Patrikas (Euboea)
Quarter-finals
Anagennisi Epanomi v AEK Athens
14 March 1979 First leg Anagennisi Epanomi 1–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Tsilios 82'
 Stadium: Epanomi Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,598
Referee: Charalampos Pamporidis (Pella)
AEK Athens v Anagennisi Epanomi
18 April 1979 Second leg AEK Athens 2–0
(3–1 agg.)		 Anagennisi Epanomi Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 6,092
Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus)
Semi-finals
Panachaiki v AEK Athens
16 May 1979 First leg Panachaiki 3–2 AEK Athens Patras
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Panachaiki Stadium
Attendance: 7,956
Referee: Thomaidis (Piraeus)
AEK Athens v Panachaiki
30 May 1979 Second leg AEK Athens 5–1
(7–4 agg.)		 Panachaiki Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 11,703
Referee: Manolis Vardakas (Kozani)
Final
Panionios v AEK Athens
9 June 1979 Final Panionios 3–1 AEK Athens Piraeus
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 20,299
Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus)

European Cup

First round

AEK Athens Greece v Portugal Porto
13 September 1978 First leg AEK Athens Greece 6–1 Portugal Porto Athens, Greece
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
  • Oliveira Yellow card 45', 81'
  • Teixeira Yellow card 64'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Eldar Azimzade (Soviet Union)
Note: AEK Athens' largest victory in the European Cup.
Porto Portugal v Greece AEK Athens
27 September 1978 Second leg Porto Portugal 4–1
(5–7 agg.)		 Greece AEK Athens Porto, Portugal
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Berg Yellow card 43'
  • Vital 63', 83'
  • Teixeira 79'
  • Gomes 88'
 Report
Stadium: Estádio das Antas
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)

Second round

AEK Athens Greece v England Nottingham Forest
18 October 1978 First leg AEK Athens Greece 1–2 England Nottingham Forest Athens, Greece
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)
Nottingham Forest England v Greece AEK Athens
1 November 1978 Second leg Nottingham Forest England 5–1
(7–2 agg.)		 Greece AEK Athens Nottingham, England
20:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 38,069
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 16 June 1979
No. Pos Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup European Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
— GK Greece Nikos Christidis 5 0 5 0 2 0 12 0
— GK Greece Lakis Stergioudas 30 0 3 0 2 0 35 0
— GK Greece Spyros Ikonomopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
— DF Greece Apostolos Toskas 6 0 4 0 1 0 11 0
— DF Greece Lakis Nikolaou 28 1 6 0 4 1 38 2
— DF Greece Babis Intzoglou 17 0 3 0 4 0 24 0
— DF Greece Giannis Mousouris 32 3 5 0 4 0 41 3
— DF Greece Petros Ravousis 30 0 7 2 4 0 41 2
— DF Greece Aris Damianidis 7 0 1 0 1 0 9 0
— DF Greece Dimitris Kotsos 21 0 5 0 0 0 26 0
— DF Greece Stavros Letsas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— DF Greece Panagiotis Stylianopoulos 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
— DF Greece Theodoros Apostolopoulos 9 0 7 0 0 0 16 0
Midfielders
— MF Greece Mimis Domazos 29 5 4 0 2 0 35 5
— MF Uruguay Milton Viera 8 0 3 0 2 0 13 0
— MF Greece Lazaros Papadopoulos 9 1 1 1 2 0 12 2
— MF Greece Dionysis Tsamis 27 0 5 0 1 0 33 0
— MF Greece Takis Nikoloudis 31 12 6 3 4 0 41 15
— MF Greece Christos Ardizoglou 29 6 6 0 4 1 39 7
— MF Greece Christos Kalaitzidis 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
— MF Greece Dimitris Kokkinopoulos 5 0 3 0 0 0 8 0
Forwards
— FW Greece Mimis Papaioannou 22 2 3 0 0 0 25 2
— FW Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Bajević 29 24 8 9 4 3 41 36
— FW Cyprus Tasos Konstantinou 25 4 6 2 4 2 35 8
— FW Greece Thomas Mavros 33 31 6 7 4 2 43 40

Goalscorers

As of 16 June 1979
Rank Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup European Cup Total
1 FW Greece Thomas Mavros 31 7 2 40
2 FW Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Bajević 24 9 3 36
3 MF Greece Takis Nikoloudis 12 3 0 15
4 FW Cyprus Tasos Konstantinou 4 2 2 8
5 MF Greece Christos Ardizoglou 6 0 1 7
6 MF Greece Mimis Domazos 5 0 0 5
7 DF Greece Giannis Mousouris 3 0 0 3
8 FW Greece Mimis Papaioannou 2 0 0 2
MF Greece Lazaros Papadopoulos 1 1 0 2
DF Greece Lakis Nikolaou 1 0 1 2
DF Greece Petros Ravousis 0 2 0 2
Own goals 1 0 0 1
Totals 90 24 9 123

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player Against Result Date Competition Source
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Bajević Greece Iraklis 5–1 (H) 1 October 1978 Alpha Ethniki
Greece Thomas Mavros Greece Kavala 5–2 (H) 8 November 1978 Greek Cup
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Bajević4 Greece Panserraikos 5–0 (H) 31 December 1978 Alpha Ethniki [7]
Greece Thomas Mavros Greece AEL 4–2 (H) 14 January 1979 Alpha Ethniki [8]
Greece Thomas Mavros Greece Egaleo 5–0 (H) 4 February 1979 Alpha Ethniki
Greece Thomas Mavros Greece Panserraikos 5–2 (A) 6 May 1979 Alpha Ethniki [9]
Greece Thomas Mavros Greece Kavala 7–0 (H) 27 May 1979 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 16 June 1979
Rank Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup European Cup Total
1 Greece Lakis Stergioudas 13 0 0 13
2 Greece Nikos Christidis 2 3 0 5
Totals 15 3 0 18

Disciplinary record

As of 16 June 1979
N P Nat. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup European Cup Total Notes
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
Goalkeepers
— GK Greece Nikos Christidis
— GK Greece Lakis Stergioudas 1 1
— GK Greece Spyros Ikonomopoulos
Defenders
— DF Greece Apostolos Toskas 1 1
— DF Greece Lakis Nikolaou 1 2 1 3 1
— DF Greece Babis Intzoglou 1 1
— DF Greece Giannis Mousouris 2 1 3
— DF Greece Petros Ravousis 7 1 1 1 9 1
— DF Greece Aris Damianidis
— DF Greece Dimitris Kotsos 3 3
— DF Greece Stavros Letsas
— DF Greece Panagiotis Stylianopoulos
— DF Greece Theodoros Apostolopoulos
Midfielders
— MF Greece Mimis Domazos
— MF Uruguay Milton Viera 1 1 2 1 4 1
— MF Greece Lazaros Papadopoulos
— MF Greece Dionysis Tsamis 1 1
— MF Greece Takis Nikoloudis 1 1
— MF Greece Christos Ardizoglou 1 1
— MF Greece Christos Kalaitzidis
— MF Greece Dimitris Kokkinopoulos
Forwards
— FW Greece Mimis Papaioannou
— FW Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Bajević 2 1 1 3 1
— FW Cyprus Tasos Konstantinou 1 1
— FW Greece Thomas Mavros

Awards

Player Pos. Award Source
Greece Thomas Mavros FW Alpha Ethniki Top Scorer
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Bajević FW Greek Cup Top Scorer

References

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