1984–85 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 1984–85 season was the 61st season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki and the Greek Cup. The season began on 23 September 1984 and finished on 16 June 1985.

AEK Athens
1984–85 season
ChairmanAndreas Zafiropoulos
ManagerVáclav Halama
(until 11 December)
Antonis Georgiadis
StadiumAEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki3rd
Greek CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Thomas Mavros (27)

All:
Thomas Mavros (27)
Highest home attendance32,485 vs Olympiacos
(12 May 1985)
Lowest home attendance9,375 vs Apollon Athens
(2 December 1984)
Average home league attendance20,646
Biggest winAEK Athens 7–2 Pierikos
Biggest defeatAEL 4–1 AEK Athens

Kits

Supplier: Zita Hellas
Sponsor(s): Nissan

Home
Away

Overview

In the summer of 1984, Zafiropoulos returned to the spotlight of the administrative activities of the club and took over the presidency. The team continued to be in a state of competitive change. Petros Ravousis, one of the team's flags for 12 years, left and continued at Levadiakos, Lakis Stergioudas moved to PAOK and Takis Nikoloudis to Apollon Kalamarias, from the previous December. AEK were strengthened with the Swedish striker, Håkan Sandberg from Göteborg and Czech midfielder, František Štambachr. From the Greek market, AEK acquired Nikos Pias, Theologis Papadopoulos, Andreas Votsidis and Makis Chatzis. The coach was Václav Halama, a Czech by origin, with a presence on the bench of Austria Vien and Munich 1860. Zafiropoulos hired him with great ambition, while to the crowd he was presented as a coach that mastered the locker rooms, however, these expectations were shortly refuted.

AEK did not start well, although they showed signs of a strongly offensive team in the pitch. In the first 10 games, the team achieved 4 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat, while away from home they managed to win only once. In the Greek Cup, AEK was drawn to face the team of Lamia, away, at the first round. In the "dry" stadium of the home team, AEK experienced one of the most shameful and unexpected eliminations in the history of the institution. The team did not treat the match with seriousness and at the 20th minute were behind with a goal by Mantzikos. In the remaining minutes AEK players did not manage to do anything resulting in their elimination from the tournament.

At the end of the 10th matchday Zafiropoulos proceeded to replace Halama, who had lost control of the locker rooms, with the former coach of Aris, Antonis Georgiadis. However, the team made changes also in their roster. In December, Štambachr left for Apollon Athens, due to the fact that he occupied a foreigner's position and Paraprastanitis for Egaleo. On the other hand, the president of the "yellow blacks" performed a great deal as he dressed the Hungarian Márton Esterházy in AEK Athens' colors. The Hungarian ace quickly proved his value, as together with Thomas Mavros and Håkan Sandberg composed a "magic" triplet for the double-headed eagle. The team played very offensive football for the season while Thomas Mavros finished as the league's top scorer, with 27 goals, while together with Sandberg scored 42 of the total 58 goals of the club. Nevertheless, although AEK finished the league with only 3 defeats all of them away from home, remained at third place in the league, equaling the second Panathinaikos 3 points behind PAOK.[1]

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 1985, 23:59 UTC+3.

Player Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Signed Previous club Transfer fee Contract until
Goalkeepers
Christos Arvanitis GK (1953-01-23)23 January 1953 (aged 32) 1982 Olympiacos Free 1986
Spyros Ikonomopoulos GK (1959-07-25)25 July 1959 (aged 25) 1978 AEK Athens U20 1993
Theologis Papadopoulos GK (1960-01-12)12 January 1960 (aged 25) 1984 AEL Free 1989
Defenders
Makis Chatzis RB / LB (1957-03-30)30 March 1957 (aged 28) 1984 Apollon Athens Free 1992
Stavros Letsas RB / RM / CB (1957-03-06)6 March 1957 (aged 28) 1978 Agioi Anargyroi Free 1985
Panagiotis Stylianopoulos RB / LB (1957-09-04)4 September 1957 (aged 27) 1978 AEK Athens U20 1988
Pavlos Papaioannou RB / RM / DM (1959-05-19)19 May 1959 (aged 26) 1983 Rodos ₯10,000,000 1993
Takis Karagiozopoulos CB / DM / ST (1961-02-04)4 February 1961 (aged 24) 1981 Veria Free 1991
Stelios Manolas CB / RB (1961-07-13)13 July 1961 (aged 23) 1979 AEK Athens U20 1988
Lysandros Georgamlis RB / CB / DM (1962-02-25)25 February 1962 (aged 23) 1979 AEK Athens U20 1985
Midfielders
Christos Ardizoglou RM / LM / RW / AM (1953-03-25)25 March 1953 (aged 32) 1974 Apollon Athens ₯5,000,000 1986
Dinos Ballis AM / CM / DM / SS / ST / CB (1957-05-25)25 May 1957 (aged 28) 1981 Aris ₯17,000,000 1986
Nikos Pias CM (1960-04-07)7 April 1960 (aged 25) 1984 Rodos Free 1988
Babis Akrivopoulos AM / SS / ST (1961-09-04)4 September 1961 (aged 23) 1983 Veria Free 1986
Vangelis Vlachos AM / CM (1962-01-06)6 January 1962 (aged 23) 1979 AEK Athens U20 1985
Forwards
Thomas Mavros (Captain) ST / SS (1954-05-31)31 May 1954 (aged 31) 1976 Panionios Free 1987
Márton Esterházy SS / ST / RW / LW / AM (1956-04-09)9 April 1956 (aged 29) 1984 Honvéd Free 1987
Håkan Sandberg ST (1958-07-27)27 July 1958 (aged 26) 1984 IFK Göteborg ₯25,000,000 1987
Andreas Voitsidis ST (1960-04-28)28 April 1960 (aged 25) 1984 Kastoria Free 1987
Giannis Dintsikos ST / SS / RW / LW / AM (1960-06-25)25 June 1960 (aged 25) 1981 Kastoria Free 1989
Michalis Pytharoulis ST 1966 (aged 1819) 1984 Free agent Free 1985
Left during Winter Transfer Window
Vangelis Paraprastanitis LB / CB / DM (1955-02-10)10 February 1955 (aged 30) 1979 Trikala Free 1985
František Štambachr LM / CM / AM (1953-02-13)13 February 1953 (aged 32) 1984 Dukla Prague Free 1985
Manolis Kottis ST / SS (1955-01-25)25 January 1955 (aged 30) 1980 Rodos Free 1985

Transfers


Summer

Pos. Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
GK Theologis Papadopoulos AEL Transfer Free 1 July 1984 30 June 1989
DF Makis Chatzis Apollon Athens Transfer Free 1 July 1984 30 June 1992
MF Nikos Pias Rodos Transfer Free 1 July 1984 30 June 1988
MF František Štambachr Dukla Prague Transfer Free 1 July 1984 30 June 1985
FW Håkan Sandberg IFK Göteborg Transfer ₯25,000,000 5 July 1984 30 June 1987 [2]
FW Andreas Voitsidis Kastoria Transfer Free 1 July 1984 30 June 1987
FW Michalis Pytharoulis Free agent Transfer Free 1 July 1984 30 June 1985

Winter

Pos. Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
FW Márton Esterházy Honvéd Transfer ₯90,000,000 12 December 1984 31 December 1986 [3]

Summer

Pos. Player To Type Fee Date Source
GK Lakis Stergioudas PAOK End of contract 1 July 1984
DF Petros Ravousis Levadiakos End of contract 1 July 1984
MF Spyros Thodis Anagennisi Karditsa End of contract 1 July 1984
MF George Christopoulos Heidelberg United End of contract 1 July 1984
FW Giorgos Chatziioannidis Free agent End of contract 1 July 1984

Winter

Pos. Player To Type Fee Date Source
DF Vangelis Paraprastanitis Egaleo Transfer Free 15 December 1984
MF František Štambachr Apollon Athens Contract termination 11 December 1984
FW Manolis Kottis Egaleo Transfer Free 1 December 1984

Overall transfer activity

Pre-season and friendlies

1 August 1984 Friendly AEK Athens 0–1 Bordeaux Marousi
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report
  • Audrain
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 34,811
6 August 1984 Friendly AEK Athens 1–1 Honvéd Nea Filadelfeia
  • Sikesdi 28'
Stadium: AEK Stadium
3 September 1984 Friendly Olympiacos 1–2 AEK Athens Marousi
  • Togias 65'
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Referee: Stavros Zakestidis (Thessaloniki)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Alpha Ethniki 23 September 1984 16 June 1985 Matchday 1 3rd 30 16 11 3 58 29 +29 053.33
Greek Cup 31 October 1984 31 October 1984 First round First round 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
Total 31 16 11 4 58 30 +28 051.61

Last updated: 16 June 1985
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 PAOK (C) 30 19 8 3 54 26 +28 46 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Panathinaikos 30 17 9 4 61 30 +31 43 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 AEK Athens 30 16 11 3 58 29 +29 43
4 Olympiacos 30 17 8 5 53 23 +30 42
5 Iraklis 30 19 3 8 59 33 +26 41
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

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 16 11 3 58 29  +29 43 11 4 0 42 15  +27 5 7 3 16 14  +2

Results by Matchday

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAH
ResultDWDWDWDLWDWWDWLWLWWDWDDWWWDWDW
Position878545365553333344455554333333
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures

23 September 1984 1 Egaleo 0–0 AEK Athens Aigaleo
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Aigaleo Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 12,685
Referee: Giannis Iatropoulos (Piraeus)
30 September 1984 2 AEK Athens 2–1 Iraklis Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 27,841
Referee: Panagiotis Anastasopoulos (Athens)
7 October 1984 3 Panachaiki 1–1 AEK Athens Patras
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Spanosotiropoulos 10'
Stadium: Panachaiki Stadium
Attendance: 15,131
Referee: Antonis Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
21 October 1984 4 AEK Athens 7–2 Pierikos Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 10,946
Referee: Giorgos Koukoulakis (Heraklion)
4 November 1984 5 AEK Athens 2–2 PAOK Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 23,356
Referee: Tasos Kantartzis (Thessaloniki)
11 November 1984 6 OFI 1–2 AEK Athens Heraklion
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Ergotelis Stadium
Attendance: 8,050
Referee: Giorgos Saraliotis (Kavala)
18 November 1984 7 AEK Athens 1–1 Panionios Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 23,498
Referee: Panagiotis Koutris (Thessaloniki)
25 November 1984 8 Panathinaikos 3–2 AEK Athens Marousi
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 72,732
Referee: Kostas Adamopoulos (Athens)
2 December 1984 9 AEK Athens 3–0 Apollon Athens Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 9,375
Referee: Stefanos Tsirikidis (Thessaloniki)
9 December 1984 10 Aris 0–0 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
14:45 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Aris Stadium
Attendance: 12,274
Referee: Giannis Batras (Karditsa)
23 December 1984 11 AEK Athens 4–1 Ethnikos Piraeus Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 20,734
Referee: Kyriakos Kontogiannidis (Thrace)
30 December 1984 12 Olympiacos 0–1 AEK Athens Marousi
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 72,153
Referee: Giorgos Sofianidis (Thessaloniki)
6 January 1985 13 Doxa Drama 0–0 AEK Athens Drama
14:45 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Doxa Drama Stadium
Attendance: 8,330
Referee: Kostas Adamopoulos (Athens)
13 January 1985 14 AEK Athens 1–0 Apollon Kalamarias Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 17,653
Referee: Giorgos Koukoulakis (Heraklion)
20 January 1985 15 AEL 4–1 AEK Athens Larissa
14:45 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Alcazar Stadium
Attendance: 16,890
Referee: Kyriakos Kontogiannidis (Thrace)
27 January 1985 16 AEK Athens 5–2 Egaleo Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
  • Mavros 40', 46', 56', 63', 70'
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 14,903
Referee: Kostas Dimitriadis (Piraeus)
Note: Thomas Mavros became the 8th footballer to score 5 goals in a single match, since the establishment of the championship as a national division and the second player of AEK Athens, after Kostas Nestoridis. It was the second time Mavros scored 5 goals in an official match for AEK, after a cup game against Irodotos on 20 April 1983.
3 February 1985 17 Iraklis 1–0 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
14:45 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 18,864
Referee: Stavros Zakestidis (Thessaloniki)
10 February 1985 18 AEK Athens 5–1 Panachaiki Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Chardalias 49' (pen.)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 19,267
Referee: Tasos Kaklamanos (Arcadia)
17 February 1985 19 Pierikos 0–2 AEK Athens Katerini
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Katerini Stadium
Attendance: 5,506
Referee: Stelios Landrakis (Athens)
Note: The second half began with a 10-minute delay due to the referee fault, so the 15 minute break became a 25-minute.
10 March 1985 20 PAOK 1–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
16:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 40,506
Referee: Stefanos Tsirikidis (Thessaloniki)
17 March 1985 21 AEK Athens 2–1 OFI Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 25,090
Referee: Tasos Kantartzis (Thessaloniki)
31 March 1985 22 Panionios 0–0 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 17,825
Referee: Meletis Voutsaras (Athens)
7 April 1985 23 AEK Athens 1–1 Panathinaikos Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 32,341
Referee: Stavros Zakestidis (Thessaloniki)
21 April 1985 24 Apollon Athens 1–2 AEK Athens Rizoupoli
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 14,152
Referee: Giorgos Sofianidis (Thessaloniki)
28 April 1985 25 AEK Athens 3–1 Aris Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Bibisidis 59'
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 21,470
Referee: Lambros Michailidis (Piraeus)
5 May 1985 26 Ethnikos Piraeus 1–3 AEK Athens Piraeus
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 27,332
Referee: Kostas Dimitriadis (Piraeus)
12 May 1985 27 AEK Athens 1–1 Olympiacos Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 32,485
Referee: Dimitris Naoum (Thessaloniki)
26 May 1985 28 AEK Athens 2–0 Doxa Drama Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 11,700
Referee: Nikos Karathanasis (Athens)
9 June 1985 29 Apollon Kalamarias 1–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Savvakis 36'
Stadium: Aris Stadium
Attendance: 4,057
Referee: Nikos Andreou (Athens)
16 June 1985 30 AEK Athens 3–1 AEL Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 19,039
Referee: Giannis Iatropoulos (Athens)

Greek Cup

31 October 1984 First round Lamia 1–0 AEK Athens Lamia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Mantzikos 20'
Report Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 7,131
Referee: Kostas Lappas (Karditsa)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 16 June 1985
No.PosPlayerAlpha EthnikiGreek Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
GK Christos Arvanitis 14000 140
GK Spyros Ikonomopoulos 2000 20
GK Theologis Papadopoulos 15010 160
Defenders
DF Makis Chatzis 27010 280
DF Stavros Letsas 3000 30
DF Panagiotis Stylianopoulos 26000 260
DF Pavlos Papaioannou 20000 200
DF Takis Karagiozopoulos 25110 261
DF Stelios Manolas 25010 260
DF Lysandros Georgamlis 24010 250
Midfielders
MF Christos Ardizoglou 14100 141
MF Dinos Ballis 29010 300
MF Nikos Pias 14400 144
MF Babis Akrivopoulos 8000 80
MF Vangelis Vlachos 18110 191
Forwards
FW Thomas Mavros 292700 2927
FW Márton Esterházy 20300 203
FW Håkan Sandberg 291510 3015
FW Andreas Voitsidis 7010 80
FW Giannis Dintsikos 22510 235
FW Michalis Pytharoulis 0010 10
Left during Winter Transfer Window
DF Vangelis Paraprastanitis 1000 10
MF František Štambachr 9010 100
FW Manolis Kottis 0000 00

Goalscorers

As of 16 June 1985
Rank Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Total
1 FW Thomas Mavros 27 0 27
2 FW Håkan Sandberg 15 0 15
3 FW Giannis Dintsikos 5 0 5
4 MF Nikos Pias 4 0 4
5 FW Márton Esterházy 3 0 3
6 DF Takis Karagiozopoulos 1 0 1
MF Christos Ardizoglou 1 0 1
MF Vangelis Vlachos 1 0 1
Own goals 1 0 1
Totals 58 0 58

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player Against Result Date Competition Source
Giannis Dintsikos Pierikos 7–2 (H) 21 October 1984 Alpha Ethniki [4]
Thomas Mavros Apollon Athens 3–0 (H) 2 December 1984 Alpha Ethniki [5]
Thomas Mavros5 Egaleo 5–2 (H) 27 January 1985 Alpha Ethniki [6]
Håkan Sandberg Panachaiki 5–1 (H) 10 February 1985 Alpha Ethniki [7]
Thomas Mavros Aris 3–1 (H) 28 April 1985 Alpha Ethniki [8]
Håkan Sandberg Ethnikos Piraeus 3–1 (A) 5 May 1985 Alpha Ethniki [9]

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 1985
Rank Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Total
1 Theologis Papadopoulos 5 0 5
2 Christos Arvanitis 3 0 3
3 Spyros Ikonomopoulos 1 0 1
Totals 9 0 9

Disciplinary record

As of 16 June 1985
N P Nat. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Total Notes
Goalkeepers
GK Christos Arvanitis 1 1
GK Spyros Ikonomopoulos
GK Theologis Papadopoulos
Defenders
DF Makis Chatzis 2 2
DF Stavros Letsas 2 2
DF Panagiotis Stylianopoulos 3 3
DF Pavlos Papaioannou 2 2
DF Takis Karagiozopoulos 5 1 5 1
DF Stelios Manolas 2 2
DF Lysandros Georgamlis
Midfielders
MF Christos Ardizoglou 1 1 1 1
MF Dinos Ballis 5 5
MF Nikos Pias 1 1
MF Babis Akrivopoulos
MF Vangelis Vlachos 1 1
Forwards
FW Thomas Mavros
FW Márton Esterházy
FW Håkan Sandberg 4 4
FW Andreas Voitsidis
FW Giannis Dintsikos 2 2
FW Michalis Pytharoulis
Left during Winter Transfer Window
DF Vangelis Paraprastanitis
MF František Štambachr
FW Manolis Kottis

Awards

Player Pos. Award Source
Thomas Mavros FW Alpha Ethniki Top Scorer

References

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