# 1982–83 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 1982–83 season was the 59th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup. The season began on 19 September 1982 and finished on 29 June 1983.

## Kits

Supplier: Zita Hellas / Adidas Sponsor(s): Citizen
| Home | Away | Home 1982 | Away 1982 |

## Overview

In the summer of 1982, Andreas Zafiropoulos stepped out of the presidency of AEK Athens due to the "displeasure" of the fans. He retained the team's shares, but handed over the management of the team to the shipowner Michalis Arkadis. Arkadis was for years the right hand of Loukas Barlos, while apart from president, he also served as vice president and general manager of the team. Takis Nikoloudis returned to the team after his passing from Olympiacos, while AEK also proceeded with the transfer of the goalkeeper Christos Arvanitis. Hristo Bonev left the team and returned to Lokomotiv Plovdiv. Zlatko Čajkovski remained on the bench, thus "cashing in" the good finish of the previous season, which found AEK qualified in the UEFA Cup.
After an absence of two years, AEK participated in the UEFA Cup, but they had a bad draw facing the mighty Köln of the great Rinus Michels, which was last year's runner-up in Germany with players in the likes of Littbarski, Fischer, Alofs, Steiner and Schumacher. Thus, AEK's task was by definition very difficult. The first match took place at 14 September, however, it was not to be completed due to the large fire at Tatoi and the inevitable power outage of the stadium at the 88th minute without AEK being responsible. In the game, AEK were ahead from early on, however, trapped in the slow pace of the Germans, the tie of the match was turned by the 33rd minute with AEK managing to equalize at the end of half time. In the second half, AEK increased their offensive pace and made the score 3–2, but almost immediately were equalized. As game progressed AEK were pushing on, until in the 88th minute the current voltage subsided and the stadium sunk into darkness. The match was stopped, mini-meetings followed and the referee, denied the solution of ending of the match at this point. The suspension of the game was decided and the game was scheduled to be repeated two weeks later, on 28 September. The coaches changed their tactics based on the conclusions from the first match. The match went with AEK having the initiative of the moves, however the goal conceded in the 58th minute and the fatigue of the players, led it to the defeat which made the qualification even harder. The things got even worse as they presented an extremely bad image, as the players could not even hold the ball on their feet. As if this were not enough, Mavros also missed a penalty when the score was at 4–0, in an opportunity to reduce the extent of the score. On the other hand, the Germans presented a fast-moving team and did whatever they wanted throughout the game scoring 5 goals, while losing opportunities for even more, but they did not succeed thanks to the decent performance of Arvanitis. The 6,000 Greeks were present at the stadium, expressed their dissatisfaction with the overall image of the team and left extremely disappointed.
Even though the championship started with a defeat by Ethnikos Piraeus, the team continued well. As time progressed, the relations of some players with the coach, as well as the concerns of the management of the club about the physical condition of the players, caused controversy in the face of the coach. The culmination of all this was the home game of the 13th game against OFI. AEK were leading by 2–0 and eventually were defeated by 2–3, which resulted in the dismissal of Čajkovski. The decision to expel the Croatian coach was opposed by the vast majority of the fans of the club, as until that moment AEK were in the race for the championship, just 1 point behind the first Olympiacos. The technical leadership of AEK was taken over temporarily for the next five games by Kostas Nestoridis. From the 19th game on the bench of AEK, the well-known from his term at Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, Helmut Senekowitsch was hired. The changes of coaches also greatly affected the course of the team. The team finished in the 3rd place, equaling with AEL and 5 points behind the Olympiacos. Thomas Mavros emerged as the club's top scorer in the league with 19 goals.
AEK completed the season with the conquest of the Greek Cup, eliminating Olympiacos in the quarter-finals with 2 wins and defeating PAOK by 2–0 at the Olympic Stadium in the final that was marked by crowd incidents.

## Management team

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Helmut Senekowitsch |
| Assistant manager | Kostas Nestoridis |
| 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 29 June 1983, 23:59 UTC+3.
| Player | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed | Previous club | Transfer fee | Contract until |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| Lakis Stergioudas | GK | (1952-12-11)11 December 1952 (aged 30) | 1972 | Niki Poligyrou | Free | 1985 |
| Christos Arvanitis | GK | (1953-01-23)23 January 1953 (aged 30) | 1982 | Olympiacos | ₯7,000,000 | 1986 |
| Spyros Ikonomopoulos | GK | (1959-07-25)25 July 1959 (aged 23) | 1978 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1984 |
| Fanis Kofinas | GK | (1960-09-05)5 September 1960 (aged 22) | 1982 | Pelopas Kiato | Free | 1987 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| Michalis Tzirakis | CB / RB / RM | (1954-03-06)6 March 1954 (aged 29) | 1980 | OFI | ₯8,000,000 | 1985 |
| Petros Ravousis (Vice-captain) | CB / RB | (1954-10-01)1 October 1954 (aged 28) | 1972 | Aetos Skydra | Free | 1985 |
| Vangelis Paraprastanitis | LB / CB / DM | (1955-02-10)10 February 1955 (aged 28) | 1979 | Trikala | Free | 1985 |
| Stavros Letsas | RB / RM / CB | (1957-03-06)6 March 1957 (aged 26) | 1978 | Agioi Anargyroi | Free | 1986 |
| Panagiotis Stylianopoulos | RB / LB | (1957-09-04)4 September 1957 (aged 25) | 1978 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1986 |
| Takis Karagiozopoulos | CB / DM / ST | (1961-02-04)4 February 1961 (aged 22) | 1981 | Veria | Free | 1986 |
| Stelios Manolas | CB / RB | (1961-07-13)13 July 1961 (aged 21) | 1979 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1984 |
| Lysandros Georgamlis | RB / CB / DM / LB | (1962-02-25)25 February 1962 (aged 21) | 1979 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1985 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| Christos Ardizoglou | RM / LM / RW / LW / AM / LB | (1953-03-25)25 March 1953 (aged 30) | 1974 | Apollon Athens | ₯5,000,000 | 1986 |
| Angel Kolev | AM / RM / LM | (1953-08-22)22 August 1953 (aged 29) | 1982 | Lokomotiv Sofia | Free | 1983 |
| Spyros Thodis | CM / AM / DM | (1955-07-23)23 July 1955 (aged 27) | 1979 | Anagennisi Karditsa | Free | 1984 |
| Dinos Ballis | AM / CM / DM / SS / ST / CB | (1957-05-25)25 May 1957 (aged 26) | 1981 | Aris | ₯17,000,000 | 1986 |
| Giorgos Vlantis | CM | (1958-01-30)30 January 1958 (aged 25) | 1976 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1984 |
| Vangelis Vlachos (Captain) | AM / CM | (1962-01-06)6 January 1962 (aged 21) | 1979 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1984 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| Mojaš Radonjić | ST / SS | (1949-02-23)23 February 1949 (aged 34) | 1981 | Budućnost Podgorica | Free | 1984 |
| Thomas Mavros | ST / LW | (1954-05-31)31 May 1954 (aged 29) | 1976 | Panionios | ₯4,000,000 | 1987 |
| Manolis Kottis | ST / LW | (1955-01-25)25 January 1955 (aged 28) | 1980 | Rodos | Free | 1985 |
| Christos Tatidis | LW | 1959(1959-00-00) (aged 23–24) | 1982 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1984 |
| Giannis Dintsikos | ST / SS / RW / LW / AM | (1960-06-25)25 June 1960 (aged 23) | 1981 | Kastoria | ₯20,000,000 | 1986 |
| Giorgos Chatziioannidis | ST | (1960-11-30)30 November 1960 (aged 22) | 1979 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1984 |
| Panagiotis Angelidis | ST | 1961 (aged 21–22) | 1981 | Free agent | Free | 1986 |
| Left during Winter Transfer Window ||||||||
| Takis Nikoloudis | CM / AM / RM / LM | (1951-08-26)26 August 1951 (aged 31) | 1982 | Olympiacos | ₯5,000,000 | 1984 |
| Petros Karavitis | DM / CM / CB / LB / LM / LW | (1952-03-11)11 March 1952 (aged 31) | 1980 | Olympiacos | Free | 1983 |

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

| Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until |
| GK | Christos Arvanitis | Olympiacos | ₯7,000,000 | 25 July 1982 | 30 June 1986 |
| GK | Fanis Kofinas | Pelopas Kiato | ₯1,500,000 | 26 July 1982 | 30 June 1987 |
| MF | Takis Nikoloudis | Olympiacos | ₯5,000,000 | 25 July 1982 | 30 June 1984 |
| MF | Giorgos Vlantis | Diagoras | Loan return | 1 July 1982 | 30 June 1984 |
| MF | Angel Kolev | Lokomotiv Sofia | ₯3,500,000 | 21 July 1982 | 31 December 1983 |
| FW | Christos Tatidis | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | 1 July 1982 | 30 June 1984 |

#### Winter

| Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until | Source |
| FW | Manolis Kottis | Rodos | Loan return | 1 December 1982 | 30 June 1985 | |
Notes
    a. $^^$ Plus a conduction of a friendly match between the two clubs.

### Out
#### Summer

| Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| GK | Nikos Christidis | Retired | Retired | 30 July 1982 |
| DF | Lakis Nikolaou | Retired | Retired | 31 July 1982 |
| DF | Giorgos Rigas | Makedonikos | Contract termination | 2 August 1982 |
| DF | Giannis Mousouris | Veria | Contract termination | 25 July 1982 |
| MF | Hristo Bonev | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | End of contract | 30 July 1982 |

#### Winter

| Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Source |
| MF | Petros Karavitis | Proodeftiki | Free transfer | 11 December 1982 | |

### Loan out
#### Winter

| Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy | Source |
| MF | Takis Nikoloudis | Inter-Montréal | Free | 2 June 1983 | 10 July 1983 | N | |

### Contract renewals

| Pos. | Player | Date | Former Exp. Date | New Exp. Date | Source |
| ΜF | Christos Ardizoglou | 29 June 1982 | 30 June 1982 | 30 June 1986 | |
| FW | Thomas Mavros | 20 June 1983 | 31 July 1983 | 30 June 1987 | |

### 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 | 19 September 1982 | 26 June 1983 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 055.88 |
| Greek Cup | 15 December 1982 | 29 June 1983 | First round | Winners | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 8 | +15 | 088.89 |
| UEFA Cup | 28 September 1982 | 6 October 1982 | First round | First round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 77 | 53 | +24 | 060.00 |
Last updated: 29 June 1983 Source: Competitions

### Alpha Ethniki
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 50 | 22 | +28 | 50 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | AEL | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 54 | 27 | +27 | 45 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 45 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | PAOK | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 28 | +21 | 42 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Aris | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 41 | |

#### 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 | 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 |
| Result | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 16 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Fixtures
### UEFA Cup
#### First round
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of 29 June 1983
| No. | Pos | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| — | GK | Lakis Stergioudas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | GK | Christos Arvanitis | 33 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| — | GK | Spyros Ikonomopoulos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | GK | Fanis Kofinas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| — | DF | Michalis Tzirakis | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| — | DF | Petros Ravousis | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| — | DF | Vangelis Paraprastanitis | 30 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| — | DF | Stavros Letsas | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| — | DF | Panagiotis Stylianopoulos | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| — | DF | Takis Karagiozopoulos | 29 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 2 |
| — | DF | Stelios Manolas | 29 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| — | DF | Lysandros Georgamlis | 28 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| — | MF | Christos Ardizoglou | 30 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 8 |
| — | MF | Angel Kolev | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| — | MF | Spyros Thodis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | MF | Dinos Ballis | 19 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| — | MF | Giorgos Vlantis | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| — | MF | Vangelis Vlachos | 32 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 9 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| — | FW | Mojaš Radonjić | 24 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 4 |
| — | FW | Thomas Mavros | 32 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 31 |
| — | FW | Manolis Kottis | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| — | FW | Christos Tatidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | FW | Giannis Dintsikos | 33 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 4 |
| — | FW | Giorgos Chatziioannidis | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| — | FW | Panagiotis Angelidis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Left during Winter Transfer Window |||||||||||
| — | MF | Takis Nikoloudis | 29 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3 |
| — | MF | Petros Karavitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 29 June 1983
| Rank | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Thomas Mavros | 19 | 12 | 0 | 31 |
| 2 | MF | Vangelis Vlachos | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | MF | Christos Ardizoglou | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | FW | Mojaš Radonjić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | Giannis Dintsikos | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | Manolis Kottis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | Takis Nikoloudis | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | Takis Karagiozopoulos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | Dinos Ballis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | Stelios Manolas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | Stavros Letsas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | Vangelis Paraprastanitis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 52 | 23 | 0 | 75 |

### Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.
| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Thomas Mavros | Rodos | 4–0 (H) | 26 September 1982 | Alpha Ethniki |
| Thomas Mavros | Panathinaikos | 4–1 (H) | 3 April 1983 | Alpha Ethniki |
| Thomas Mavros$^5$ | Irodotos | 6–0 (A) | 20 April 1983 | 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 29 June 1983
| Rank | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | Christos Arvanitis | 12 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | Spyros Ikonomopoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Lakis Stergioudas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | 12 | 4 | 0 | 16 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 29 June 1983
| N | P | Name | Alpha Ethniki | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||||||
| — | GK | Lakis Stergioudas | | | | | | |
| — | GK | Christos Arvanitis | | | 1 | | 1 | |
| — | GK | Spyros Ikonomopoulos | | | | | | |
| — | GK | Fanis Kofinas | | | | | | |
| Defenders |||||||||||||||||
| — | DF | Michalis Tzirakis | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| — | DF | Petros Ravousis | | | | | | |
| — | DF | Vangelis Paraprastanitis | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| — | DF | Stavros Letsas | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| — | DF | Panagiotis Stylianopoulos | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | |
| — | DF | Takis Karagiozopoulos | | | 1 | | 1 | |
| — | DF | Stelios Manolas | 3 | 1 | | | 3 | 1 |
| — | DF | Lysandros Georgamlis | | | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||||||
| — | MF | Christos Ardizoglou | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| — | MF | Angel Kolev | | | | | | |
| — | MF | Spyros Thodis | | | | | | |
| — | MF | Dinos Ballis | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | |
| — | MF | Giorgos Vlantis | | | | | | |
| — | MF | Vangelis Vlachos | 2 | | 1 | | 3 | |
| Forwards |||||||||||||||||
| — | FW | Mojaš Radonjić | 8 | | | | 8 | |
| — | FW | Thomas Mavros | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | |
| — | FW | Manolis Kottis | | | | | | |
| — | FW | Christos Tatidis | | | | | | |
| — | FW | Giannis Dintsikos | 2 | | | | 2 | |
| — | FW | Giorgos Chatziioannidis | | | | | | |
| — | FW | Panagiotis Angelidis | | | | | | |
| Left during Winter Transfer Window |||||||||||||||||
| — | MF | Takis Nikoloudis | 2 | | 1 | | 3 | |
| — | MF | Petros Karavitis | | | | | | |

## Awards

| Player | Pos. | Award | Source |
| Thomas Mavros | FW | Greek Cup Top Scorer | |