# 1989–90 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 1989–90 season was the 66th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 31st consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup, the Greek Super Cup, the Greek League Cup and the European Cup. The season began on 26 August 1989 and finished on 2 June 1990.

## Kits

Supplier: Diadora Sponsor(s): Ethniki Asfalistiki
| Home | Away | Third |

## Overview

With Stratos Gidopoulos and Dušan Bajević at the wheel for the second season in a row, having won the championship of the previous year and having included Daniel Batista in their roster, AEK started the 1989–90 season with great optimism. They played good football and had the best defense in the league for the second consecutive year, but in the end they finished in the second place behind Panathinaikos. The greatest victories of the season were the 8–0 against Skonda Xanthi and the 7–1 against Panionios.
The start was good, as AEK won the Super Cup on penalties against Panathinaikos. Shortly afterwards, the epic showdown came in the European Cup match against Dynamo Dresden where, despite the defeat in Germany by 1–0, AEK played a magical game in the rematch of AEK Stadium and prevailed with the incredible 5–3 in a game that had it all and showed the potential of the team. However, the draw brought AEK Athens facing Marseille of Bernard Tapie. In the first match in Marseille, the referee Sandoz canceled a clean goal by Patikas and AEK lost 2–0. In the rematch in Nea Filadelfeia, the French reported an attack on the team bus, the match ended in a 1–1 draw and in addition to their elimination from the tournament, UEFA eventually punished the club with one-year ban from all European competitions.
In the Cup, the team finished at the top of their group without a defeat, but they got knocked-out for the second consecutive season of exclusion-shock in the round of 32, this time by the newly promoted Ionikos.
AEK completed their competitive obligations with the conquest of the League Cup against Olympiacos on 2 June, in an event that took place only this season.
Many players stood out this season such as Savevski, Okoński, Batista, Manolas, Savvidis, Patikas and Christodoulou. The club's top scorer for the season in the league was Daniel Batista with 15 goals.

## Management team

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Dušan Bajević |
| Assistant manager | Petros Ravousis |
| Goalkeeping coach | Stelios Serafidis |
| Head of Medical | Lakis Nikolaou |
| 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 2 June 1990, 23:59 UTC+3.
| Player | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed | Previous club | Transfer fee | Contract until |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| Antonis Minou | GK | (1958-05-04)4 May 1958 (aged 32) | 1988 | Panathinaikos | ₯50,000,000 | 1991 |
| Spyros Ikonomopoulos | GK | (1959-07-25)25 July 1959 (aged 30) | 1978 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1993 |
| Fanis Kofinas | GK | (1960-09-05)5 September 1960 (aged 29) | 1982 | Pelopas Kiato | Free | 1992 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| Makis Chatzis | RB / LB | (1957-03-30)30 March 1957 (aged 33) | 1984 | Apollon Athens | ₯6,750,000 | 1992 |
| Takis Karagiozopoulos | CB / DM / ST | (1961-02-04)4 February 1961 (aged 29) | 1981 | Veria | Free | 1991 |
| Stelios Manolas (Vice-captain) | CB / RB | (1961-07-13)13 July 1961 (aged 28) | 1979 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1993 |
| Giorgos Peppes | CB | (1961-10-26)26 October 1961 (aged 28) | 1986 | Ethnikos Piraeus | Free | 1992 |
| Christos Vasilopoulos | RB / LB | (1962-11-12)12 November 1962 (aged 27) | 1987 | Panachaiki | Free | 1991 |
| Georgios Koutoulas | CB / LB | (1967-02-09)9 February 1967 (aged 23) | 1987 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1992 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| Mirosław Okoński | AM / ST / SS | (1958-12-08)8 December 1958 (aged 31) | 1988 | Hamburger SV | ₯220,000,000 | 1991 |
| Pavlos Papaioannou (Captain) | DM / RB / LB / RM | (1959-05-19)19 May 1959 (aged 31) | 1983 | Rodos | ₯10,000,000 | 1993 |
| Giorgos Savvidis | AM / RM / RW / SS / ST | (1961-02-08)8 February 1961 (aged 29) | 1987 | Omonia | ₯20,940,600 | 1992 |
| Lampros Georgiadis | AM / LM / LB | (1963-07-11)11 July 1963 (aged 26) | 1986 | Anagennisi Arta | ₯12,000,000 | 1991 |
| Toni Savevski | CM / LM / DM | (1963-07-14)14 July 1963 (aged 26) | 1988 | Vardar | ₯34,000,000 | 1991 |
| Jim Patikas | RM / LM / RW / LW / SS | (1963-10-18)18 October 1963 (aged 26) | 1985 | Sydney Croatia | ₯5,000,000 | 1991 |
| Stavros Stamatis | DM / CM / CB / RB / LB / AM | (1966-01-31)31 January 1966 (aged 24) | 1988 | Charavgiakos | ₯22,000,000 | 1995 |
| Giorgos Famelis | CM | (1967-08-19)19 August 1967 (aged 22) | 1988 | AO Vouliagmenis | Free | 1991 |
| Panagiotis Pangratis | AM / CM / DM | (1971-05-04)4 May 1971 (aged 19) | 1989 | Galatsi | ₯2,200,000 | 1991 |
| Giorgos Papakostoulis | CM | (1971-10-02)2 October 1971 (aged 18) | 1988 | Atromitos Agioi Anargyroi | Free | 1993 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| Dimosthenis Batalis | ST | (1964-06-20)20 June 1964 (aged 26) | 1988 | Sydney Olympic | Free | 1990 |
| Daniel Batista | ST / SS / AM | (1964-09-09)9 September 1964 (aged 25) | 1989 | Ethnikos Piraeus | Free | 1992 |
| Frank Klopas | SS / ST / AM | (1966-09-01)1 September 1966 (aged 23) | 1988 | Chicago Sting | Free | 1994 |
| Georgios Christodoulou | ST / SS / LW | (1967-05-20)20 May 1967 (aged 23) | 1985 | Akratitos | Free | 1992 |
| Spyros Goumas | ST | (1970-02-24)24 February 1970 (aged 20) | 1989 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1992 |

## Transfers
### In
#### Summer

| Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until |
| DF | Theodosis Kokotos | Kallithea | Loan return | 1 July 1989 | 30 June 1989 |
| MF | Panagiotis Pangratis | Galatsi | ₯2,200,000 | 1 July 1989 | 30 June 1991 |
| FW | Michalis Manginas | Kallithea | Loan return | 1 July 1989 | 30 June 1990 |
| FW | Daniel Batista | Ethnikos Piraeus | Free transfer | 1 July 1989 | 30 June 1992 |
| FW | Spyros Goumas | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | 1 July 1989 | 30 June 1992 |
| FW | Giannakis Ioannou | Olympiacos Chalkida | Loan return | 1 July 1989 | 30 June 1989 |

### Out
#### Summer

| Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| DF | Michalis Karousis | Free agent | End of contract | 1 July 1989 |
| DF | Theodosis Kokotos | Free agent | End of contract | 1 July 1989 |
| MF | Charalampos Zarotiadis | Free agent | End of contract | 1 July 1989 |
| MF | Dimitris Pittas | E.A. Rethymniakou | Free transfer | 1 July 1989 |
| FW | Giannakis Ioannou | Free agent | End of contract | 1 July 1989 |

### Loan out
#### Summer

| Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy | Source |
| DF | Dimitris Volonakis | Diagoras | Free | 1 July 1989 | 30 June 1990 | N | |
| FW | Michalis Manginas | Egaleo | Free | 1 July 1989 | 30 June 1990 | N | |

### Contract renewals

| Pos. | Player | Date | Former Exp. Date | New Exp. Date | Source |
| GK | Spyros Ikonomopoulos | 1 July 1989 | 30 June 1989 | 30 June 1993 | |
| DF | Makis Chatzis | 1 July 1989 | 30 June 1989 | 30 June 1992 | |

### Overall transfer activity
## 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 | 17 September 1989 | 27 May 1990 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 64 | 18 | +46 | 058.82 |
| Greek Cup | 20 August 1989 | 20 December 1989 | Group Stage | Round of 32 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 050.00 |
| Greek Super Cup | 30 August 1989 | 30 August 1989 | Final | Winners | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Greek League Cup | 31 January 1990 | 2 June 1990 | First round | Winners | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 060.00 |
| European Cup | 13 September 1989 | 1 November 1989 | First round | Second round | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 92 | 37 | +55 | 054.00 |
Last updated: 2 June 1990 Source: Competitions

### Alpha Ethniki
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Panathinaikos (C) | 34 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 75 | 35 | +40 | 53 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 64 | 18 | +46 | 50 | 1-year ban from European competitions |
| 3 | PAOK | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 46 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Olympiacos | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 45 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | Iraklis | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 39 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ AEK Athens were punished with a one-year ban from all European competitions by the UEFA disciplinary committee after being charged for the eventful European Cup match against Marseille on 1 November 1989.

#### 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | W |
| Position | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Fixtures
### Greek Cup
#### Group 5

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AEK | PAR | ALE | ASA | ANA |
| 1 | AEK Athens | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 7 | Round of 32 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | — |
| 2 | Panargiakos | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | Round of 32 | — | | 1–0 | — | 2–1 |
| 3 | Alexandreia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 5 | | — | — | | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Anagennisi Karditsa | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 2 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | | — |
| 5 | Anagennisi Arta | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 | | 1–4 | — | — | 1–1 | |

#### Matches
##### Round of 32
### European Cup
#### First round
#### Second round
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of 2 June 1990
| No. | Pos | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Greek Super Cup | Greek Super Cup | Greek League Cup | Greek League Cup | European Cup | European Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||||
| — | GK | Antonis Minou | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| — | GK | Spyros Ikonomopoulos | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| — | GK | Fanis Kofinas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||||
| — | DF | Makis Chatzis | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| — | DF | Takis Karagiozopoulos | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
| — | DF | Stelios Manolas | 33 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 4 |
| — | DF | Giorgos Peppes | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| — | DF | Christos Vasilopoulos | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| — | DF | Georgios Koutoulas | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||||
| — | MF | Mirosław Okoński | 29 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 10 |
| — | MF | Pavlos Papaioannou | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| — | MF | Giorgos Savvidis | 34 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 13 |
| — | MF | Lampros Georgiadis | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 |
| — | MF | Toni Savevski | 34 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 9 |
| — | MF | Jim Patikas | 29 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 15 |
| — | MF | Stavros Stamatis | 24 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| — | MF | Giorgos Famelis | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 |
| — | MF | Panagiotis Pangratis | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| — | MF | Giorgos Papakostoulis | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||||
| — | FW | Dimosthenis Batalis | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| — | FW | Daniel Batista | 29 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 17 |
| — | FW | Frank Klopas | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| — | FW | Georgios Christodoulou | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 11 |
| — | FW | Spyros Goumas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 2 June 1990
| Rank | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Greek Super Cup | Greek League Cup | European Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Daniel Batista | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | MF | Jim Patikas | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| 3 | MF | Giorgos Savvidis | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | FW | Georgios Christodoulou | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | MF | Mirosław Okoński | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | MF | Toni Savevski | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | DF | Stelios Manolas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | Giorgos Famelis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | Lampros Georgiadis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | Takis Karagiozopoulos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | Christos Vasilopoulos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Panagiotis Pangratis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | Giorgos Peppes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Stavros Stamatis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Dimosthenis Batalis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 64 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 92 |

### Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.
| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition | Source |
| Daniel Batista$^4$ | Panionios | 7–1 (H) | 28 October 1989 | Alpha Ethniki | |
| Georgios Christodoulou | Xanthi | 8–0 (H) | 10 December 1989 | 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 2 June 1990
| Rank | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Greek Super Cup | Greek League Cup | European Cup | Total |
| 1 | Antonis Minou | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | Spyros Ikonomopoulos | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Fanis Kofinas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 2 June 1990
| N | P | Name | Alpha Ethniki | Alpha Ethniki | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Super Cup | Greek League Cup | European Cup | European Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||||||||||||
| — | GK | Antonis Minou | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | | |
| — | GK | Spyros Ikonomopoulos | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | GK | Fanis Kofinas | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| Defenders |||||||||||||||||||||||
| — | DF | Makis Chatzis | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | DF | Takis Karagiozopoulos | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | | |
| — | DF | Stelios Manolas | 7 | 1 | | | | | | 7 | 1 | |
| — | DF | Giorgos Peppes | 3 | | 1 | | | | | 3 | | 1 |
| — | DF | Christos Vasilopoulos | 9 | | | | | 1 | | 10 | | |
| — | DF | Georgios Koutoulas | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 2 | | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||||||||||||
| — | MF | Mirosław Okoński | 2 | | | | 1 | | | 3 | | |
| — | MF | Pavlos Papaioannou | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | | |
| — | MF | Giorgos Savvidis | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 2 | | |
| — | MF | Lampros Georgiadis | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | | |
| — | MF | Toni Savevski | 2 | | | | | 1 | | 3 | | |
| — | MF | Jim Patikas | 4 | | | 1 | | 1 | | 6 | | |
| — | MF | Stavros Stamatis | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | 2 | | 1 |
| — | MF | Giorgos Famelis | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | | |
| — | MF | Panagiotis Pangratis | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | MF | Giorgos Papakostoulis | | | | | | | | | | |
| Forwards |||||||||||||||||||||||
| — | FW | Dimosthenis Batalis | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | FW | Daniel Batista | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | | |
| — | FW | Frank Klopas | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | FW | Georgios Christodoulou | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | | |
| — | FW | Spyros Goumas | | | | | | | | | | |