# 1970–71 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 1970–71 season was the 47th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 12th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The season began on 2 September 1970 and finished on 27 June 1971.

## Overview

This season AEK Athens showed that were ready to claim titles and distinctions. Branko Stanković completed the renewall of the roster that he started from the previous season.
AEK began their competitive obligations with the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, where the draw for the first round brought them against the newly-formed Dutch Twente. Due to the unsuitability of AEK Stadium, the first match took place at Karaiskakis Stadium. At the 7th minute, after a cross by Pahlplatz, Konstantinidis miscalculated the trajectory of the ball that passed past him and van de Kerkhof sent it into the net. Afterwards, the Dutchmen played to keep their goalpost intact. Eventually, Twente left an important win in their hands, which gave them a big advantage for the 2nd leg. The rematch at Diekman Stadion emerged into a total disaster for AEK from its start to its end. At the 30th minute, Konstantinidis was injured and AEK had to play for the rest of the game with the 36-year-old, Serafidis. By the end of the first half, the Dutchmen secured the qualification within 6 minutes, with 2 goals by Pahlplatz and van de Kerkhof. Moreover, the start of the second half found Twente expanding their lead as Pahlplatz made the final 3–0 and AEK were eliminated from the competition without scoring a single goal.
In the Greek Cup, the club reached easily the semi-finals achieving victories with many goals against their opponents with a remarkable 20–0 win against the local amateur club, Kipoupoli, on a Papaemmanouil's 7-goal performance and a 10–0 win against Agia Eleousa. In the semi-final they faced PAOK in Toumba Stadium and were eliminated with a dramatic 3–2 defeat.
Even though they were eliminated from the other competitions, AEK played spectacular football in general, while they also demonstrated a solid defensive performance as they concieded only 18 league goals. The matches that stood out this season from the league was a 8–2 win against Veria, which marks the highest scoring league victory in their history, while they also achieved another 6-goal win against Proodeftiki in a match that ended 6–0. The club remained undefeated for 12 games and after a brief fall in their performance in the middle of the season, finished the league with a total of only 3 defeats. Their great performance was rewarded with the conquest of the league, relatively early on in the season. Even though Panionios finished second with a distance of only 5 points from the top, AEK never faced any threats in claiming the title. Mimis Papaioannou adapted perfectly under his new role behind the strikers and scored league 27 goals, while Kostas Nikolaidis also had a great performance scoring 15 goals. As the season was approaching to its end, the club was beginning to struggle financially. The administrative disputes and the over the top for the time demands of the players, which appeared within the club, resulted in a series of issues. Those issues would mark the start of a declining period for AEK.

## 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 27 June 1971, 23:59 UTC+2.
| Player | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed | Previous club | Transfer fee | Contract until |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| Stelios Serafidis | GK | (1935-08-06)6 August 1935 (aged 35) | 1953 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1972 |
| Stelios Konstantinidis | GK | (1947-06-06)6 June 1947 (aged 24) | 1967 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1973 |
| Giorgos Daditsos | GK | (1953-03-09)9 March 1953 (aged 18) | 1970 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1975 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| Giorgos Kefalidis | RB / CB | (1941-03-21)21 March 1941 (aged 30) | 1964 | Pierikos | Free | 1972 |
| Dimitris Liakouris | CB | 1947 (aged 23–24) | 1970 | Oropos | Free | 1975 |
| Apostolos Toskas | CB | (1947-12-28)28 December 1947 (aged 23) | 1969 | Trikala | Free | 1979 |
| Nikos Karapoulitidis | CB / RB | (1948-11-30)30 November 1948 (aged 22) | 1967 | Free agent | Free | 1975 |
| Stefanos Theodoridis | CB / RB | (1950-06-19)19 June 1950 (aged 21) | 1969 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1978 |
| Kostas Triantafyllou | CB / DM | 1950 (aged 20–21) | 1969 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1972 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| Stelios Skevofilakas | LM / RM / AM | (1939-01-06)6 January 1939 (aged 32) | 1960 | Eleftheroupoli | Free | 1972 |
| Panagiotis Ventouris | AM / SS | (1943-03-01)1 March 1943 (aged 28) | 1965 | Fostiras | ₯435,000 | 1972 |
| Nikos Stathopoulos | LM / LB | (1943-11-08)8 November 1943 (aged 27) | 1965 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1974 |
| Lakis Avramidis | DM | 1945 (aged 25–26) | 1970 | Olympiakos Nicosia | Free | 1975 |
| Giorgos Karafeskos | CM / DM / RM / RW | (1946-12-08)8 December 1946 (aged 24) | 1963 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1974 |
| Giorgos Lavaridis | CM / DM | (1947-10-15)15 October 1947 (aged 23) | 1968 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1975 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| Andreas Papaemmanouil | RW / LW / SS / ST | (1939-02-18)18 February 1939 (aged 32) | 1969 | Canterbury | Free | 1972 |
| Mimis Papaioannou (Captain) | SS / ST / AM | (1942-08-23)23 August 1942 (aged 28) | 1962 | Veria | ₯175,000 | 1979 |
| Spyros Pomonis | LW / LM | (1944-02-12)12 February 1944 (aged 27) | 1960 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1973 |
| Kostas Nikolaidis | RW / LW / SS / ST | (1944-09-10)10 September 1944 (aged 26) | 1965 | PAO Safrabolis | Free | 1973 |
| Kostas Chanios | ST / SS | 1947 (aged 23–24) | 1969 | Levadiakos | Free | 1972 |
| Giorgos Kachris | RW / LW / RM / LM | 1949 (aged 21–22) | 1969 | Amyna Ampelokipoi | Free | 1972 |
| Dimitris Palasidis | ST | 1950 (aged 20–21) | 1969 | Lefkada Imathias | ₯150,000 | 1972 |
| Panagiotis Psychogios | ST | (1950-12-23)23 December 1950 (aged 20) | 1969 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1972 |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until |
| GK | Giorgos Daditsos | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | 1 July 1970 | 30 June 1975 |
| DF | Dimitris Liakouris | Oropos | Free transfer | 1 July 1970 | 30 June 1975 |
| MF | Lakis Avramidis | Olympiakos Nicosia | Free transfer | 1 July 1970 | 30 June 1975 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| DF | Tasos Vasiliou | Ionikos | End of contract | 1 July 1970 |
| DF | Fotis Balopoulos | Vyzas Megara | End of contract | 1 July 1970 |
| DF | Lakis Fragoudakis | Free agent | End of contract | 1 July 1970 |
| DF | Giannis Spyropoulos | Free agent | End of contract | 1 July 1970 |
| MF | Minas Stavridis | Vyzas Megara | End of contract | 1 July 1970 |
| FW | Kostas Sarris | Pannafpliakos | End of contract | 1 July 1970 |

### Overall transfer activity

Expenditure: ₯0
Income: ₯0
Net Total: ₯0

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Alpha Ethniki | 20 September 1970 | 13 June 1971 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 67 | 18 | +49 | 067.65 |
| Greek Cup | 13 September 1970 | 26 May 1971 | First round | Semi-finals | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 7 | +52 | 090.00 |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | 2 September 1971 | 8 September 1970 | First round | First round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 32 | 8 | 6 | 126 | 29 | +97 | 069.57 |
Last updated: 13 June 1971 Source: Competitions

### Alpha Ethniki
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | AEK Athens (C) | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 67 | 18 | +49 | 88 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Panionios | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 61 | 34 | +27 | 83 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 62 | 26 | +36 | 82 | |
| 4 | Egaleo | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 75 | |
| 5 | Iraklis | 34 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 75 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Fixtures
### Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
#### First round
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of 27 June 1971
| No. | Pos | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| — | GK | Stelios Serafidis | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| — | GK | Stelios Konstantinidis | 34 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| — | GK | Giorgos Daditsos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| — | DF | Giorgos Kefalidis | 26 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| — | DF | Dimitris Liakouris | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| — | DF | Apostolos Toskas | 32 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| — | DF | Nikos Karapoulitidis | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| — | DF | Stefanos Theodoridis | 30 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| — | DF | Kostas Triantafyllou | 25 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| — | MF | Stelios Skevofilakas | 26 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 5 |
| — | MF | Panagiotis Ventouris | 21 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 6 |
| — | MF | Nikos Stathopoulos | 30 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 4 |
| — | MF | Lakis Avramidis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | Giorgos Karafeskos | 25 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 9 |
| — | MF | Giorgos Lavaridis | 32 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 7 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| — | FW | Andreas Papaemmanouil | 29 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 16 |
| — | FW | Mimis Papaioannou | 34 | 27 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 37 |
| — | FW | Spyros Pomonis | 25 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 10 |
| — | FW | Kostas Nikolaidis | 34 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 23 |
| — | FW | Kostas Chanios | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| — | FW | Giorgos Kachris | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 |
| — | FW | Dimitris Palasidis | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| — | FW | Panagiotis Psychogios | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 27 June 1971
| Rank | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Mimis Papaioannou | 27 | 10 | 0 | 37 |
| 2 | FW | Kostas Nikolaidis | 15 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| 3 | FW | Andreas Papaemmanouil | 3 | 13 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | FW | Spyros Pomonis | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | MF | Giorgos Karafeskos | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | MF | Giorgos Lavaridis | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | MF | Panagiotis Ventouris | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | FW | Giorgos Kachris | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | MF | Stelios Skevofilakas | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | MF | Nikos Stathopoulos | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | DF | Stefanos Theodoridis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Dimitris Palasidis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Panagiotis Psychogios | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 67 | 59 | 0 | 126 |

### Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.
| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Stelios Skevofilakas | Kipoupoli | 20–0 (H) | 13 September 1970 | Greek Cup |
| Andreas Papaemmanouil$^7$ | Kipoupoli | 20–0 (H) | 13 September 1970 | Greek Cup |
| Giorgos Lavaridis | Kipoupoli | 20–0 (H) | 13 September 1970 | Greek Cup |
| Spyros Pomonis | Kipoupoli | 20–0 (H) | 13 September 1970 | Greek Cup |
| Mimis Papaioannou$^4$ | Agia Eleousa | 10–0 (H) | 30 September 1970 | Greek Cup |
| Mimis Papaioannou | Veria | 8–2 (H) | 4 November 1970 | Alpha Ethniki |
| Mimis Papaioannou | EPA Larnaca | 3–0 (H) | 7 March 1971 | Alpha Ethniki |
| Mimis Papaioannou$^4$ | OFI | 4–0 (H) | 28 March 1971 | 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 27 June 1971
| Rank | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Total |
| 1 | Stelios Konstantinidis | 21 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | Stelios Serafidis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | 21 | 5 | 0 | 26 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 27 June 1971
| N | P | Name | Alpha Ethniki | Total |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||||||
| — | GK | Stelios Serafidis | | |
| — | GK | Stelios Konstantinidis | | |
| — | GK | Giorgos Daditsos | | |
| Defenders |||||||||||||||||
| — | DF | Giorgos Kefalidis | | |
| — | DF | Dimitris Liakouris | | |
| — | DF | Apostolos Toskas | 1 | 1 |
| — | DF | Nikos Karapoulitidis | | |
| — | DF | Stefanos Theodoridis | | |
| — | DF | Kostas Triantafyllou | | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||||||
| — | MF | Stelios Skevofilakas | | |
| — | MF | Panagiotis Ventouris | | |
| — | MF | Nikos Stathopoulos | | |
| — | MF | Lakis Avramidis | | |
| — | MF | Giorgos Karafeskos | | |
| — | MF | Giorgos Lavaridis | | |
| Forwards |||||||||||||||||
| — | FW | Andreas Papaemmanouil | | |
| — | FW | Mimis Papaioannou | | |
| — | FW | SSpyros Pomonis | | |
| — | FW | Kostas Nikolaidis | | |
| — | FW | Kostas Chanios | | |
| — | FW | Giorgos Kachris | | |
| — | FW | Dimitris Palasidis | | |
| — | FW | Panagiotis Psychogios | | |

## Awards

| Player | Pos. | Award | Source |
| Andreas Papaemmanouil | FW | Greek Cup Top Scorer | |