# 1981–82 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 1981–82 season was the 58th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki and the Greek Cup. The season began on 6 September 1981 and finished on 30 May 1982.

## Kits

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## Overview

After the departure of Loukas Barlos at the end of the previous season, AEK Athens entered in a strange period, which would be marked by administrative changes and successive changes of managers on their bench. The administrative wheel of the club for the season was taken over by the sports goods businessman, Andreas Zafiropoulos. Bajević and Vladić had already left the roster of the team. The new administration proceeded with the renewal of the roster with the addition of Karagiozopoulos from Veria, the promising young striker of Kastoria, Dintsikos, Ballis from Aris, the Yugoslav Radonjić, as the replacement of Bajević and the well-known Bulgarian international, Hristo Bonev, who however, suffered from injuries. Former German international goalkeeper, Hans Tilkowski took over at the yellow-black bench. The team did not compete in any European competition.
The championship did not start well at all for the team, as it took the team 5 games to achieve their first victory and in the first 10 matches they counted only 3 wins, a statistic that was recorded as one of the worst starts in their history. The German coach due to the bad results was fired at the end of the first round, 2 days after a defeat against Kastoria. His place was taken by Zlatko Čajkovski, who had won the 1978 double and was beloved by the fans. AEK recovered competitively, but not at an extent to claim any title.
In the Cup, AEK were drawn against PAOK at the round of 16 and were eliminated for second consecutive year, by the club of Thessaloniki. AEK finished the league at 4th place, 5 points behind the champion Olympiacos and managed to secure a spot in next season's European competitions. Top scorer for AEK in the league was again Thomas Mavros with 17 goals. In the few positives of the year, was the transition of the young Stelios Manolas from the position of right back to that of the center back, a position in which he would culminate in the future years with both AEK and the national team.

## Management team

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Zlatko Čajkovski |
| Assistant manager | Alexi Petrović |
| Assistant manager | Kostas Nestoridis |
| 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 30 May 1982, 23:59 UTC+3.
| Player | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed | Previous club | Transfer fee | Contract until |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| Nikos Christidis | GK | (1944-08-02)2 August 1944 (aged 37) | 1976 | Aris | Free | 1982 |
| Lakis Stergioudas | GK | (1952-12-11)11 December 1952 (aged 29) | 1972 | Niki Poligyrou | Free | 1985 |
| Spyros Ikonomopoulos | GK | (1959-07-25)25 July 1959 (aged 22) | 1978 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1984 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| Lakis Nikolaou (Captain) | CB / RB / ST / DM | (1949-07-17)17 July 1949 (aged 32) | 1971 | Atromitos | ₯600,000 | 1982 |
| Giannis Mousouris | RB / RM / ST | (1951-01-26)26 January 1951 (aged 31) | 1977 | AEL | ₯3,000,000 | 1982 |
| Giorgos Rigas | CB / RB / DM | (1953-12-06)6 December 1953 (aged 28) | 1980 | Kavala | Free | 1982 |
| Michalis Tzirakis | CB / RB / RM | (1954-03-06)6 March 1954 (aged 28) | 1980 | OFI | ₯8,000,000 | 1985 |
| Petros Ravousis | CB / RB | (1954-10-01)1 October 1954 (aged 27) | 1972 | Aetos Skydra | Free | 1985 |
| Vangelis Paraprastanitis | LB / CB / DM | (1955-02-10)10 February 1955 (aged 27) | 1979 | Trikala | Free | 1985 |
| Stavros Letsas | RB / RM / CB | (1957-03-06)6 March 1957 (aged 25) | 1978 | Agioi Anargyroi | Free | 1986 |
| Panagiotis Stylianopoulos | RB / LB | (1957-09-04)4 September 1957 (aged 24) | 1978 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1986 |
| Stelios Manolas | CB / RB | (1961-07-13)13 July 1961 (aged 20) | 1979 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1984 |
| Lysandros Georgamlis | RB / CB / DM / LB | (1962-02-25)25 February 1962 (aged 20) | 1979 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1985 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| Hristo Bonev | AM / SS | (1947-02-03)3 February 1947 (aged 35) | 1981 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Free | 1982 |
| Petros Karavitis | DM / CM / CB / LB / LM / LW | (1952-03-11)11 March 1952 (aged 30) | 1980 | Olympiacos | Free | 1983 |
| Christos Ardizoglou | RM / LM / RW / LW / AM / LB | (1953-03-25)25 March 1953 (aged 29) | 1974 | Apollon Athens | ₯5,000,000 | 1982 |
| Spyros Thodis | CM / AM / DM | (1955-07-23)23 July 1955 (aged 26) | 1979 | Anagennisi Karditsa | Free | 1984 |
| Dinos Ballis | AM / CM / DM / SS / ST / CB | (1957-05-25)25 May 1957 (aged 25) | 1981 | Aris | ₯17,000,000 | 1986 |
| Vangelis Vlachos | AM / CM | (1962-01-06)6 January 1962 (aged 20) | 1979 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1984 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| Mojaš Radonjić | ST / SS | (1949-02-23)23 February 1949 (aged 33) | 1981 | Budućnost Podgorica | Free | 1984 |
| Thomas Mavros | ST / LW | (1954-05-31)31 May 1954 (aged 28) | 1976 | Panionios | ₯4,000,000 | 1983 |
| Giannis Dintsikos | ST / SS / RW / LW / AM | (1960-06-25)25 June 1960 (aged 22) | 1981 | Kastoria | ₯20,000,000 | 1986 |
| Giorgos Chatziioannidis | ST | (1960-11-30)30 November 1960 (aged 21) | 1979 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1984 |
| Takis Karagiozopoulos | ST / CB / DM | (1961-02-04)4 February 1961 (aged 21) | 1981 | Veria | Free | 1986 |
| Panagiotis Angelidis | ST | 1961 (aged 20–21) | 1981 | Free agent | Free | 1986 |
| Left during Winter Transfer Window ||||||||
| Manolis Kottis | ST / LW | (1955-01-25)25 January 1955 (aged 27) | 1980 | Rodos | Free | 1985 |
| Thomas Stafylas | ST | (1958-04-04)4 April 1958 (aged 24) | 1980 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1982 |

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

| Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until |
| DF | Panagiotis Stylianopoulos | Atromitos | Loan return | 1 July 1981 | 30 June 1986 |
| MF | Hristo Bonev | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Free transfer | 1 July 1981 | 30 July 1982 |
| MF | Dinos Ballis | Aris | ₯17,000,000 | 1 July 1981 | 30 June 1986 |
| FW | Takis Karagiozopoulos | Veria | Free transfer | 1 July 1981 | 30 June 1986 |
| FW | Giannis Dintsikos | Kastoria | ₯20,000,000 | 6 July 1981 | 30 June 1986 |
| FW | Panagiotis Angelidis | Free agent | Free transfer | 1 July 1981 | 30 June 1986 |

#### Winter

| Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until | Source |
| FW | Mojaš Radonjić | Budućnost Podgorica | Free transfer | 1 December 1981 | 30 June 1984 | |

### Out
#### Summer

| Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| DF | Giorgos Kalogeropoulos | Free agent | End of contract | 1 July 1981 |
| ΜF | Kostas Eleftherakis | Fostiras | End of contract | 1 July 1981 |
| MF | Franjo Vladić | Partizan | End of contract | 1 July 1981 |
| FW | Dimitrios Gesios | Veria | Free transfer | 1 July 1981 |
| FW | Dimitrios Papadopoulos | Irodotos | Contract termination | 1 July 1981 |
| FW | Dušan Bajević | Velež Mostar | End of contract | 1 July 1981 |

#### Winter

| Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Source |
| FW | Thomas Stafylas | Acharnaikos | Contract termination | 1 December 1981 | |

### Loan out
#### Winter

| Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy | Source |
| FW | Manolis Kottis | Rodos | Free | 31 December 1981 | 30 November 1982 | Y | |

### 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 | 6 September 1981 | 30 May 1982 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 050.00 |
| Greek Cup | 24 December 1981 | 24 February 1982 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 60 | 46 | +14 | 048.65 |
Last updated: 30 May 1982 Source: Competitions

### Alpha Ethniki
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 34 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 58 | 28 | +30 | 50 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | PAOK | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 55 | 22 | +33 | 46 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 45 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Aris | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 41 | |
| 6 | Iraklis | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 40 | |
* ↑ Championship play–off: Olympiacos–Panathinaikos 2–1 (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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | 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 | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | W |
| Position | 14 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Fixtures
### Greek Cup
#### Matches

AEK Athens qualified to the Round of 16 without a match.

##### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of 30 May 1982
| No. | Pos | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| — | GK | Nikos Christidis | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| — | GK | Lakis Stergioudas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | GK | Spyros Ikonomopoulos | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| — | DF | Lakis Nikolaou | 24 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 4 |
| — | DF | Giannis Mousouris | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| — | DF | Giorgos Rigas | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| — | DF | Michalis Tzirakis | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| — | DF | Petros Ravousis | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| — | DF | Vangelis Paraprastanitis | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| — | DF | Stavros Letsas | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| — | DF | Panagiotis Stylianopoulos | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| — | DF | Stelios Manolas | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| — | DF | Lysandros Georgamlis | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 4 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| — | MF | Hristo Bonev | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| — | MF | Petros Karavitis | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 |
| — | MF | Christos Ardizoglou | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| — | MF | Spyros Thodis | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| — | MF | Dinos Ballis | 31 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 5 |
| — | MF | Vangelis Vlachos | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 4 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| — | FW | Mojaš Radonjić | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 6 |
| — | FW | Thomas Mavros | 30 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 18 |
| — | FW | Giannis Dintsikos | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 |
| — | FW | Giorgos Chatziioannidis | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| — | FW | Takis Karagiozopoulos | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| — | FW | Panagiotis Angelidis | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Left during Winter Transfer Window |||||||||
| — | FW | Manolis Kottis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| — | FW | Thomas Stafylas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 30 May 1982
| Rank | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Thomas Mavros | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | MF | Petros Karavitis | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | FW | Mojaš Radonjić | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | Dinos Ballis | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | Lysandros Georgamlis | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | Vangelis Vlachos | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | Lakis Nikolaou | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | Giannis Dintsikos | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | DF | Giannis Mousouris | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | Spyros Thodis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | Christos Ardizoglou | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | Stavros Letsas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | Giorgos Chatziioannidis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | Takis Karagiozopoulos | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 54 | 6 | 60 |

### 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 30 May 1982
| Rank | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | Nikos Christidis | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Spyros Ikonomopoulos | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Lakis Stergioudas | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | 12 | 0 | 12 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 30 May 1982 N P Nat. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Total Notes Goalkeepers — GK Nikos Christidis — GK Lakis Stergioudas — GK Spyros Ikonomopoulos Defenders — DF Lakis Nikolaou — DF Giannis Mousouris — DF Giorgos Rigas — DF Michalis Tzirakis 2 2 — DF Petros Ravousis 1 1 — DF Vangelis Paraprastanitis 2 2 — DF Stavros Letsas — DF Panagiotis Stylianopoulos 3 1 3 1 — DF Stelios Manolas 2 2 — DF Lysandros Georgamlis 2 2 Midfielders — MF Hristo Bonev — MF Petros Karavitis 3 2 1 4 2 — MF Christos Ardizoglou 1 1 — MF Spyros Thodis 1 1 1 1 — MF Dinos Ballis 1 1 2 — MF Vangelis Vlachos 3 3 Forwards — FW Mojaš Radonjić 2 1 2 1 — FW Thomas Mavros 1 1 2 — FW Giannis Dintsikos — FW Giorgos Chatziioannidis 2 2 — FW Takis Karagiozopoulos 2 2 — FW Panagiotis Angelidis Left during Winter Transfer Window — FW Manolis Kottis — FW Thomas Stafylas