# 1962–63 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 1962–63 season was the 39th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki and the Greek Cup. The season began on 27 September 1962 and finished on 7 July 1963.

## Overview

Since the beginning of the previous season, Nikos Goumas had set his sights on AEK Athens winning the league. With a series of actions and without sparing any expenses, he tried to upgrade the club at all levels. The Nea Filadelfeia Stadium had already been modernized by acquiring turf and reconstructed spectator stands and since January 1962, when it was officially inaugurated, was the most modern stadium in Greece. The legendary Kleanthis Maropoulos, as agent of the club, had the task of protecting the team from any threats from behind-the-scenery. The transfer reinforcement of the team in the summer was a precursor of the good presence of the club in this season. In that transfer period, the international Syrian striker, Ibrahim Mughrabi, who came to Athens and AEK after leaving his studies in Damascus, Manolis Kanellopoulos, Sofos Koulidis and Manolis Klikopoulos from Egaleo, the goalkeeper Vangelis Petrakis from Aris and most importantly of the talented Mimis Papaioannou from Veria arrived. All of the above was preceded by the arrival and assumption of duties as the team's coach, the Hungarian-German Jenő Csaknády, a successful coach in the Bundesliga, which was an unapproachable size for the Greek data of the time. Csaknády showed from the beginning that he intended to put AEK in the professional model of big European clubs with his main weapons being the iron discipline and the equal treatment of everyone, regardless of name and reputation, without, of course, lagging behind in sophisticated training methods and tactical systems. The insightful Csaknády, after a few days of training, understood the value and quality of the "treasure" that was hidden behind the young Papaioannou and expressing his intention to use him immediately and as a key member, he forced the managers to rush to Veria and pay the fee of 175 thousand drachmas requested by the people of his club to immediately include the player in the team's roster without waiting for his "release" after the usual one year ban from the pitches. The discipline that was now part of everyday life in the yellow-blacks, although it deprived the great Kostas Nestoridis of his participation in the August friendly against Barcelona at the Camp Nou, thus paying together with Mimis Anastasiadis their late arrival for the previous friendly against Panegialios, endowed the team with admirable cohesion, players who gave everything for each other and all together for the whole and absolute commitment to the great goal of winning the title. The German "standards" of Csaknády mandated the start of preparation from August 1, in contrast to the Greek teams that considered a few days' preparation of 15–20 days, starting after August 15, to be sufficient. The early gathering of the players and the non-negotiable attitude of Csaknády on this issue may have "cost" the captain, Andreas Stamatiadis a few days of the family vacation to Italy, but they shielded the players with increased levels physical condition, capable of helping her cope with the demands of the Championship with complete success.
The start of the league showed that the scenario of the previous seasons would be repeated with AEK and Panathniakos fighting for the title and Olympiacos waiting to take advantage of their possible missteps by chasing and this his first title in the established first national division. The excessive certainty of the "greens" for a new Championship conquest was so such that led them not to strengthen the already existing team by transfer, considering it too complete. The big three engaged in a battle winning and losing points and after AEK prevailed over Olympiacos at Karaiskakis Stadium by 1–3 on the 13th matchday, they found themselves at the top together with 33 points. However, on February, the defeat at the same stadium by Ethnikos, removed the yellow-blacks from the top and filled them with pessimism. AEK responded with a counterattack, starting with a streak of 8 consecutive victories from the 19th matchday to the 26th matchday and combined with the draw of Panathinaikos in the same matchday, they found themselves at the top of the table. The following matchday against Panathinaikos at home in an inconclusive match despite AEK's laziness, they lost by 0–2 and the greens were the undisputed favorite for their fourth consecutive title. After the end of the three final matches AEK and Panathinaikos were tied at the top with 77 points each. The regulation of the championship stipulated a play-off match between the two and in the event of a tie declared the team with the best goal ration in the regular season as the champion.
On June 23 AEK and Panathinaikos lined up in the Stadium of Nea Filadelfeia, has been chosen as the venue for the match. Panathinaikos took the lead in the 8th minute with a goal by Toumelis, but immediately after that the Papaioannou-Nestoridis duo took action with two goals by the former in the 23rd and 27th minute and one by the latter in the 39th minute from a direct corner kick made it 3–1, bringing AEK close to the Title. The "greens" took advantage of a period of inactivity of AEK and with goals from Linoxilakis in the 64th minute and Panagiotidis in the 65th minute, equalized the match at 3–3. This was the final score as a and even though Panathinaikos was superior in goal difference as they had +47 against the +45 of AEK, but the goal ratio defined by the regulation gave AEK the title with 3.14 against the 2.68 of the "greens". As AEK won their first post-war league and the first since the establishment of national divisions, Kostas Nestoridis, for the 5th time in a row and for the last time in his career, was the top scorer in the championship with 23 goals.
In the Greek Cup, AEK reached the round of 32 without a match, just like all the teams that had reached the round of 16 in the previous season. There they defeated Olympiacos Kalamata with 7–1 at home and qualified to the round of 16, where they got the ticket for the quarter-finals by eliminating Atromitos with a 0–3 victory at Peristeri. In the quarter-finals, Aris, with a header from Panitsidis in the 9th minute, defeated AEK by 1–0 at Thessaloniki and eliminated them from the tournament.

## 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 7 July 1963, 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 27) | 1953 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1972 |
| Vangelis Petrakis | GK | (1938-09-07)7 September 1938 (aged 24) | 1962 | Aris | Free | 1967 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| Manolis Klikopoulos | CB | 1932 (aged 30–31) | 1962 | Ethnikos Piraeus | Free | 1965 |
| Giannis Marditsis | CB / ST | (1933-02-19)19 February 1933 (aged 30) | 1959 | Egaleo | ₯103,000 | 1964 |
| Petros Stamatelopoulos | LB | (1934-03-19)19 March 1934 (aged 29) | 1959 | Panerythraikos | ₯100,000 | 1962 |
| Mimis Anastasiadis | RB / CB / ST | (1936-10-26)26 October 1936 (aged 26) | 1956 | A.O. Nea Ionia | Free | 1964 |
| Giannis Doukas | CB / DM | (1937-06-06)6 June 1937 (aged 26) | 1962 | Free agent | Free | 1965 |
| Alekos Sofianidis | LB / LM / LW | (1937-08-03)3 August 1937 (aged 25) | 1959 | Beşiktaş | Free | 1969 |
| Aleko Yordan | CB | (1938-01-10)10 January 1938 (aged 25) | 1962 | Beykoz | Free | 1969 |
| Manolis Kanellopoulos | RB / CB | (1938-01-12)12 January 1938 (aged 25) | 1962 | Egaleo | Free | 1965 |
| Theofilos Vernezis | RB / CB / GK | 1938 (aged 24–25) | 1956 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1965 |
| Stamatis Skafidas | RB / CB | 1944 (aged 18–19) | 1962 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1965 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| Miltos Papapostolou | DM / CB | (1935-09-09)9 September 1935 (aged 27) | 1956 | Egaleo | Free | 1965 |
| Giorgos Petridis | AM / SS / ST | (1938-02-10)10 February 1938 (aged 25) | 1957 | Pera Club | Free | 1966 |
| Panikos Krystallis | AM / SS / CM / RM / LM | (1938-07-01)1 July 1938 (aged 25) | 1961 | Apollon Limassol | ₯1,900,000 | 1964 |
| Stelios Skevofilakas | LM / RM / AM | (1939-01-06)6 January 1939 (aged 24) | 1960 | Eleftheroupoli | Free | 1972 |
| Thanasis Gouvas | AM / RW / SS / ST | (1939-04-00)April 1939 (aged 24) | 1960 | A.E. Messolonghi | Free | 1965 |
| Sofos Koulidis | CM / AM | 1939 (aged 23–24) | 1962 | Egaleo | Free | 1965 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| Kostas Nestoridis | ST / SS | (1930-03-15)15 March 1930 (aged 33) | 1955 | Panionios | Free | 1966 |
| Andreas Stamatiadis (Captain) | RW / LW / SS / ST | (1935-08-16)16 August 1935 (aged 27) | 1952 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1969 |
| Dimitris Zagylos | RW | (1938-03-15)15 March 1938 (aged 25) | 1961 | Anorthosis Famagusta | ₯320,000 | 1964 |
| Ibrahim Mughrabi | ST | 1939 (aged 23–24) | 1962 | Halab Al-Ahli | Free | 1963 |
| Nikos Zagotsis | ST / SS | (1940-03-16)16 March 1940 (aged 23) | 1960 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1965 |
| Aris Tsachouridis | LW / LM / RM / RW | (1940-12-10)10 December 1940 (aged 22) | 1960 | Makedonikos | Free | 1965 |
| Mimis Papaioannou | SS / ST / AM | (1942-08-23)23 August 1942 (aged 20) | 1962 | Veria | ₯175,000 | 1970 |
| Spyros Pomonis | LW / LM | (1944-02-12)12 February 1944 (aged 19) | 1960 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1973 |
| Nikos Spyropoulos | CF | 1945 (aged 17–18) | 1962 | Free agent | Free | 1963 |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until |
| GK | Vangelis Petrakis | Aris | ₯500,000 | 17 July 1962 | 30 June 1967 |
| DF | Manolis Klikopoulos | Ethnikos Piraeus | Free transfer | 30 July 1962 | 30 June 1965 |
| DF | Giannis Doukas | Free agent | Free transfer | 1 July 1962 | 30 June 1965 |
| DF | Aleko Yordan | Beykoz | Free transfer | 1 July 1962 | 30 June 1969 |
| DF | Manolis Kanellopoulos | Egaleo | Free transfer | 30 July 1962 | 30 June 1965 |
| DF | Stamatis Skafidas | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | 1 July 1962 | 30 June 1965 |
| MF | Sofos Koulidis | Egaleo | Free transfer | 30 July 1962 | 30 June 1965 |
| FW | Mimis Papaioannou | Veria | ₯175,000 | 1 July 1962 | 30 June 1970 |
| FW | Ibrahim Mughrabi | Halab Al-Ahli | Free transfer | 1 July 1962 | 30 June 1963 |
| FW | Nikos Spyropoulos | Free agent | Free transfer | 1 July 1962 | 30 June 1963 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| GK | Sotiris Fakis | Egaleo | Free transfer | 30 July 1962 |
| DF | Dimitris Tzaneras | Free agent | End of contract | 1 July 1962 |
| MF | Alekos Daispangos | Panegialios | Free transfer | 1 July 1962 |
| MF | Stefanos Demiris | Panegialios | End of contract | 1 July 1962 |
| FW | Christos Ampos | Alexander the Great | End of contract | 1 July 1962 |
| FW | Argyris Argyropoulos | Panegialios | End of contract | 1 July 1962 |
| FW | Simos Vavaleros | Egaleo | Free transfer | 1 July 1962 |
    a. $^^$ as an exchange from the transfers of Kanellopoulos and Koulidis.

### Overall transfer activity

Expenditure: ₯675,000
Income: ₯0
Net Total: ₯675,000

## 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 | 27 September 1962 | 8 June 1963 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 66 | 21 | +45 | 066.67 |
| Championship play-off | 23 June 1963 | 23 June 1963 | Final | Winners | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Greek Cup | 19 May 1963 | 7 July 1963 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 79 | 26 | +53 | 064.71 |
Last updated: 7 July 1963 Source: Competitions

### Alpha Ethniki
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | AEK Athens (C) | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 66 | 21 | +45 | 77 | Qualification for European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 75 | 28 | +47 | 77 | |
| 3 | Olympiacos | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 62 | 39 | +23 | 75 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | PAOK | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 64 | |
| 5 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 63 | |
* 1 2 Championship play-off: AEK Athens–Panathinaikos 3–3, AEK Athens become the champions due to the better total goal ratio. (see below).

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | Η | H | H | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |

#### Championship play-off
### Greek Cup

AEK entered the Greek Cup at the round of 32.

#### Matches
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of 7 July 1963
| No. | Pos | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| — | GK | Stelios Serafidis | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| — | GK | Vangelis Petrakis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| — | DF | Manolis Klikopoulos | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| — | DF | Giannis Marditsis | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| — | DF | Petros Stamatelopoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | DF | Mimis Anastasiadis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | DF | Giannis Doukas | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| — | DF | Alekos Sofianidis | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| — | DF | Aleko Yordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | DF | Manolis Kanellopoulos | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| — | DF | Theofilos Vernezis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | DF | Stamatis Skafidas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| — | MF | Miltos Papapostolou | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| — | MF | Giorgos Petridis | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 |
| — | MF | Panikos Krystallis | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| — | MF | Stelios Skevofilakas | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| — | MF | Thanasis Gouvas | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| — | MF | Sofos Koulidis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| — | FW | Kostas Nestoridis | 30 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 28 |
| — | FW | Andreas Stamatiadis | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 5 |
| — | FW | Dimitris Zagylos | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| — | FW | Ibrahim Mughrabi | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 9 |
| — | FW | Nikos Zagotsis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | FW | Aris Tsachouridis | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 4 |
| — | FW | Mimis Papaioannou | 31 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 19 |
| — | FW | Spyros Pomonis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | FW | Nikos Spyropoulos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 7 July 1963
| Rank | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Kostas Nestoridis | 24 | 4 | 28 |
| 2 | FW | Mimis Papaioannou | 18 | 1 | 19 |
| 3 | FW | Ibrahim Mughrabi | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | FW | Andreas Stamatiadis | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | Aris Tsachouridis | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | Dimitris Zagylos | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | Giorgos Petridis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | Stelios Skevofilakas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Thanasis Gouvas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Panikos Krystallis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 69 | 10 | 79 |

### Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.
| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Ibrahim Mughrabi | Egaleo | 7–2 (H) | 27 September 1962 | Alpha Ethniki |
| Kostas Nestoridis | Apollon Athens | 4–3 (H) | 24 March 1963 | Alpha Ethniki |
| Kostas Nestoridis | Olympiacos Kalamata | 7–1 (H) | 19 May 1963 | Greek Cup |
| Kostas Nestoridis$^5$ | Iraklis | 5–0 (H) | 2 June 1963 | 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 7 July 1963
| Rank | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | Stelios Serafidis | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| Totals | Totals | 15 | 1 | 16 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 7 July 1963
| N | P | Name | Alpha Ethniki | Total |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| — | GK | Stelios Serafidis | | |
| — | GK | Vangelis Petrakis | | |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| — | DF | Manolis Klikopoulos | | |
| — | DF | Giannis Marditsis | | |
| — | DF | Petros Stamatelopoulos | | |
| — | DF | Mimis Anastasiadis | | |
| — | DF | Giannis Doukas | | |
| — | DF | Alekos Sofianidis | | |
| — | DF | Aleko Yordan | | |
| — | DF | Manolis Kanellopoulos | | |
| — | DF | Theofilos Vernezis | | |
| — | DF | Stamatis Skafidas | | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| — | MF | Miltos Papapostolou | 1 | 1 |
| — | MF | Giorgos Petridis | | |
| — | MF | Panikos Krystallis | | |
| — | MF | Stelios Skevofilakas | | |
| — | MF | Thanasis Gouvas | | |
| — | MF | Sofos Koulidis | | |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| — | FW | Kostas Nestoridis | | |
| — | FW | Andreas Stamatiadis | | |
| — | FW | Dimitris Zagylos | | |
| — | FW | Ibrahim Mughrabi | | |
| — | FW | Nikos Zagotsis | | |
| — | FW | Aris Tsachouridis | | |
| — | FW | Mimis Papaioannou | | |
| — | FW | Spyros Pomonis | | |
| — | FW | Nikos Spyropoulos | | |

## Awards

| Player | Pos. | Award | Source |
| Kostas Nestoridis | FW | Alpha Ethniki Top Scorer | |