# 1973–74 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 1973–74 season was the 50th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 15th 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 1973 and finished on 19 June 1974.

## Kits

| Home | Away |

## Overview

The 1973–74 season was another bad year for AEK Athens. The combination of administrative changes and financial difficulties left AEK out of claiming titles and distinctions for another year, while the equally bad previous season had left the team out of European competitions. In the administration, the then political regime proposed to the businessman, Loukas Barlos, the assignment of the presidency of AEK. He refused as he did not agree with the method of assignment and Dimitris Avramidis took over the chairmanship of the team for a short time and then Ioannis Theodorakopoulos. In addition, the departure of Branko Stanković from the bench of AEK during the last season, after five consecutive seasons and for his replacement AEK ended up in hiring the Englishman Stan Anderson, a former international midfielder, who his only coaching service was at Middlesbrough from 1966, until he came to AEK. The administrativde changes with the eventual arrival of Barlos in April and the 4–0 away defeat to Olympiacos, led to firing of Anderson a few days later, leaving AEK in sixth place in the standings. His assistant Kostas Chatzimichail stepped up to end the season as an interim coach. AEK eventual finished in 5th place in the standings for the second consecutive year, at a distance of 19 points from the top.
In the cup AEK eliminated Olympiakos Neon Liosion and Atromitos on penalties in the first round and the round of 16, respectively. At the round of 16 faced PAOK and were eliminaded with a 3–1 defeat at the Toumba Stadium, with the club of Thessaloniki eventually winning the title.

## Management team

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Kostas Chatzimichail |
| Goalkeeping coach | Stelios Serafidis |
| Physiotherapist | Nikos Pantazis |

## 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 19 June 1974, 23:59 UTC+2.
| Player | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed | Previous club | Transfer fee | Contract until |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| Néstor Errea | GK | (1939-04-27)27 April 1939 (aged 35) | 1972 | Banfield | Free | 1974 |
| Giorgos Sidiropoulos | GK | (1949-06-25)25 June 1949 (aged 25) | 1973 | AO Trikala | Free | 1978 |
| Lakis Stergioudas | GK | (1952-12-11)11 December 1952 (aged 21) | 1972 | Niki Poligyrou | Free | 1985 |
| Giorgos Daditsos | GK | (1953-03-09)9 March 1953 (aged 21) | 1970 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1975 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| Spyros Stefanidis | CB / RB | (1946-12-18)18 December 1946 (aged 27) | 1973 | Panserraikos | Free | 1976 |
| Giorgos Tanidis | CB | (1946-12-25)25 December 1946 (aged 27) | 1971 | Aris Ptolemaidas | Free | 1974 |
| Apostolos Toskas | CB | (1947-12-28)28 December 1947 (aged 26) | 1969 | Trikala | Free | 1979 |
| Nikos Karapoulitidis | CB / RB | (1948-11-30)30 November 1948 (aged 25) | 1967 | Free agent | Free | 1975 |
| Sakis Zarzopoulos | CB / RB / LB | (1949-12-15)15 December 1949 (aged 24) | 1973 | Panserraikos | Free | 1977 |
| Stefanos Theodoridis | CB / RB | (1950-06-19)19 June 1950 (aged 24) | 1969 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1978 |
| Nikos Karoulias | LB / LM / AM | (1953-05-25)25 May 1953 (aged 21) | 1973 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1978 |
| Giorgos Kontopoulos | LB / CB | (1954-01-01)1 January 1954 (aged 20) | 1973 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1978 |
| Petros Ravousis | CB / RB | (1954-10-01)1 October 1954 (aged 19) | 1972 | Aetos Skydra | Free | 1985 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| Nikos Stathopoulos | LM / LB | (1943-11-08)8 November 1943 (aged 30) | 1965 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1974 |
| Giorgos Karafeskos | CM / DM / RM / RW | (1946-12-08)8 December 1946 (aged 27) | 1963 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1974 |
| Giorgos Lavaridis | CM / DM | (1947-10-15)15 October 1947 (aged 26) | 1968 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1975 |
| Lazaros Papadopoulos | RM / RW | (1950-01-03)3 January 1950 (aged 24) | 1973 | Veria | Free | 1979 |
| Dionysis Tsamis | CM / DM / AM | (1951-05-21)21 May 1951 (aged 23) | 1972 | Panetolikos | ₯2,300,000 | 1980 |
| Vangelis Makos | CM | 1952 (aged 21–22) | 1972 | Thriamvos Athens | Free | 1975 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| Mimis Papaioannou (Captain) | SS / ST / AM | (1942-08-23)23 August 1942 (aged 31) | 1962 | Veria | ₯175,000 | 1979 |
| Takis Karachisaridis | ST | 1947 (aged 26–27) | 1973 | Makedonikos | Free | 1976 |
| Babis Psimogiannos | ST | (1947-08-13)13 August 1947 (aged 26) | 1971 | Aris Agios Konstantinos | Free | 1976 |
| Lakis Nikolaou | ST / CB / RB / DM | (1949-07-17)17 July 1949 (aged 24) | 1971 | Atromitos | ₯600,000 | 1979 |
| Tasos Konstantinou | RW / SS / ST / RM / AM | (1951-03-11)11 March 1951 (aged 23) | 1972 | EPA Larnaca | Free | 1980 |
| Christos Karypidis | RW / ST / RM / AM | (1952-08-01)1 August 1952 (aged 21) | 1972 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1977 |
| Jorge Falero Fanìs | ST | (1952-08-00)August 1952 (aged 21) | 1973 | Danubio | Free | 1975 |
| Kostas Panagiotopoulos | RW | (1953-09-03)3 September 1953 (aged 20) | 1973 | Moudania | Free | 1978 |
| Ivan Kypritidis | RW / ST / RM / AM | (1954-05-07)7 May 1954 (aged 20) | 1973 | Asteras Zografou | Free | 1978 |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until |
| GK | Giorgos Sidiropoulos | AO Trikala | Free transfer | 1 July 1973 | 30 June 1978 |
| DF | Sakis Zarzopoulos | Panserraikos | Free transfer | 1 July 1973 | 30 June 1977 |
| DF | Spyros Stefanidis | Panserraikos | Free transfer | 1 July 1973 | 30 June 1976 |
| DF | Nikos Karoulias | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | 1 July 1973 | 30 June 1978 |
| DF | Giorgos Kontopoulos | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | 1 July 1973 | 30 June 1978 |
| ΜF | Lazaros Papadopoulos | Veria | Free transfer | 1 July 1973 | 30 June 1979 |
| FW | Kostas Panagiotopoulos | Moudania | Free transfer | 1 July 1973 | 30 June 1978 |
| FW | Ivan Kypritidis | Asteras Zografou | Free transfer | 3 July 1973 | 30 June 1978 |
| FW | Takis Karachisaridis | Makedonikos | Free transfer | 31 July 1973 | 30 June 1976 |
| FW | Jorge Falero Fanìs | Danubio | Free transfer | 31 July 1973 | 30 June 1975 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| GK | Stelios Konstantinidis | Atromitos | End of contract | 1 July 1973 |
| DF | Rizos Lelis | AEL | End of contract | 1 July 1973 |
| DF | Lefteris Istorios | Atromitos | Contract termination | 1 July 1973 |
| MF | Hugo Horacio Zerr | Lanús | Contract termination | 1 July 1973 |
| FW | Kostas Nikolaidis | PAS Giannina | End of contract | 1 July 1973 |
| FW | Rodolfo Vicente | Ferro Carril Oeste | End of contract | 1 July 1973 |
| FW | Spyros Pomonis | Ethnikos Piraeus | End of contract | 28 August 1973 |
| FW | Giannis Dandelis | Panachaiki | Free transfer | 1 July 1973 |

### 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 | 23 September 1973 | 19 June 1974 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 047.06 |
| Greek Cup | 26 December 1973 | 24 February 1974 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 045.95 |
Last updated: 19 June 1974 Source: Competitions

### Alpha Ethniki
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Aris | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 48 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | PAOK | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 62 | 32 | +30 | 43 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | AEK Athens | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 40 | |
| 6 | Panachaiki | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 38 | |
| 7 | Iraklis | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 33 | |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Fixtures
### Greek Cup
#### Matches
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of 19 June 1974
| No. | Pos | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| — | GK | Néstor Errea | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| — | GK | Giorgos Sidiropoulos | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| — | GK | Lakis Stergioudas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | GK | Giorgos Daditsos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| — | DF | Spyros Stefanidis | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| — | DF | Giorgos Tanidis | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| — | DF | Apostolos Toskas | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| — | DF | Nikos Karapoulitidis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | DF | Sakis Zarzopoulos | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 9 |
| — | DF | Stefanos Theodoridis | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| — | DF | Nikos Karoulias | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| — | DF | Giorgos Kontopoulos | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| — | DF | Petros Ravousis | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| — | MF | Nikos Stathopoulos | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 |
| — | MF | Giorgos Karafeskos | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| — | MF | Giorgos Lavaridis | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| — | MF | Lazaros Papadopoulos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | MF | Dionysis Tsamis | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
| — | MF | Vangelis Makos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| — | FW | Mimis Papaioannou | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 |
| — | FW | Takis Karachisaridis | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| — | FW | Babis Psimogiannos | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| — | FW | Lakis Nikolaou | 28 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 11 |
| — | FW | Tasos Konstantinou | 33 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 14 |
| — | FW | Christos Karypidis | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| — | FW | Jorge Falero Fanìs | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 6 |
| — | FW | Kostas Panagiotopoulos | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| — | FW | Ivan Kypritidis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 19 June 1974
| Rank | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Tasos Konstantinou | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | FW | Lakis Nikolaou | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | DF | Sakis Zarzopoulos | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | FW | Mimis Papaioannou | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | FW | Jorge Falero Fanìs | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | MF | Nikos Stathopoulos | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | Dionysis Tsamis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | Kostas Panagiotopoulos | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | Nikos Karoulias | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Christos Karypidis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 53 | 4 | 57 |

### Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.
| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition | Source |
| Lakis Nikolaou | Olympiakos Neon Liosion | 3–0 (H) | 26 December 1973 | Greek Cup | |

### 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 19 June 1974
| Rank | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | Giorgos Sidiropoulos | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Néstor Errea | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Lakis Stergioudas | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | 9 | 2 | 11 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 19 June 1974
| N | P | Name | Alpha Ethniki | Alpha Ethniki | Total | Total |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| — | GK | Néstor Errea | | | | |
| — | GK | Giorgos Sidiropoulos | | | | |
| — | GK | Lakis Stergioudas | | | | |
| — | GK | Giorgos Daditsos | | | | |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| — | DF | Spyros Stefanidis | 3 | | 3 | |
| — | DF | Giorgos Tanidis | | 1 | | 1 |
| — | DF | Apostolos Toskas | | | | |
| — | DF | Nikos Karapoulitidis | | | | |
| — | DF | Sakis Zarzopoulos | 2 | | 2 | |
| — | DF | Stefanos Theodoridis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| — | DF | Nikos Karoulias | | | | |
| — | DF | Giorgos Kontopoulos | | | | |
| — | DF | Petros Ravousis | | | | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| — | MF | Nikos Stathopoulos | 1 | | 1 | |
| — | MF | Giorgos Karafeskos | | | | |
| — | MF | Giorgos Lavaridis | | | | |
| — | MF | Lazaros Papadopoulos | | | | |
| — | MF | Dionysis Tsamis | | | | |
| — | MF | Vangelis Makos | | | | |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| — | FW | Mimis Papaioannou | 1 | | 1 | |
| — | FW | Takis Karachisaridis | | | | |
| — | FW | Babis Psimogiannos | | | | |
| — | FW | Lakis Nikolaou | | | | |
| — | FW | Tasos Konstantinou | | | | |
| — | FW | Christos Karypidis | | | | |
| — | FW | Jorge Falero Fanìs | | | | |
| — | FW | Kostas Panagiotopoulos | | | | |
| — | FW | Ivan Kypritidis | | | | |