# 1960–61 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 1960–61 season was the 37th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the second consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the Balkans Cup. The season began on 18 September 1960 and finished on 25 June 1961.

## Overview

AEK Athens continued this season with one of their "Patriarchs", Tryfon Tzanetis in the technical leadership, who was officially hired in January with the task of revitalizing the team. However, his predecessor, Lukas Aurednik, remained in the team and alongside Christos Ribas formed a coaching triumvirate with Tzanetis apparently having the first say, but Auretnik maintaining the tactical support and the acceptance of the vast majority of the fans. Aurednik promoted the team's future star, Spyros Pomonis from their academies, while the additions of Thanasis Gouvas from A.E. Messolonghi and Aris Tsachouridis from Makedonikos were also noteworthy.
The first objections to the objectivity of the referees begun and made their appearance in Greek football, culminating in the Athenian derby, in the following matchday. Three days before the match there was strong dissatisfaction with the presence of certain people from Panathinaikos in the central arbitration committee. AEK was severely wronged by the referee Ioannidis and the dissatisfaction was confirmed since the referee denied an obvious penalty to Nestoridis in the 87th minute and while the score was 2–2. In the tension that followed, the referee showed Anastasiadis a red card and the refusal of the latter to come out of the pitch resulted in the game being awarded to Panathinaikos and AEK being zeroed. Another 2 consecutive defeats followed, which kept AEK away from the top. The incidents with the referees continued, with the suspension of the match against Proodeftiki and its resumption 4 months later, as on 18 February in Karaiskakis Stadium, at the 80th minute, while the game was at 1–1, Gouvas scored a goal where the ball hit the inner post at the bottom of the goal and went out again with the referee Bakirzis indicating "play on", considering that the ball hit the post. A scuffle between players followed on the pitch and after several incidents the referee called it off and it was repeated on 14 June, when AEK was indifferent and mathematically out of the title. In the rest of the season, the team briought mediocre results, losing in both matches to the then strong Panionios, while they achieved a 4–1 victory over Olympiacos. The 27 goals scored by Kostas Nestoridis, who emerged again as the top scorer of the league, did not manage to give AEK anything better than fourth place.
AEK entered the Cup facing AE Kaisarianis in December and they achieved one of the highest scoring victories in their history with 9–0. In the next round they eliminated Agioi Anargyroi easily with 5–1 and then Doxa Metaxourgio with 3–2. Afterwards they played against PAO Kalogreza and eliminated them with 2–1 and in the next round they faced Niki Plakas and won with a triumphant 8–1. In the round of 32, AEK came across Prasina Poulia, one of the historic teams from Kalamata, who would compete in Athens for the first time. The match was held under intense emotional charge due to the presence of Kleanthis Maropoulos and the Messinian team held a historic 2–2 draw until the 60th minute, when AEK "woke up" and in the end the result was a satisfying 7–3. In the round of 16, they easily eliminated Proodetiki by 4–1, but in the quarter-finals, Iraklis ended their course in the institution, by winning them with 1–0 in Thessaloniki.

## 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 25 June 1961, 23:59 UTC+2.
| Player | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed | Previous club | Transfer fee | Contract until |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| Sotiris Fakis | GK | 1934 (aged 26–27) | 1957 | Amyna Ambelokipoi | Free | 1963 |
| Stelios Serafidis | GK | (1935-08-06)6 August 1935 (aged 25) | 1953 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1972 |
| Kimon Dimitriou | GK | 1938 (aged 22–23) | 1959 | Propontis Chalkida | Free | 1961 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| Giannis Marditsis | CB / ST | (1933-02-19)19 February 1933 (aged 28) | 1959 | Egaleo | ₯103,000 | 1964 |
| Petros Stamatelopoulos | LB | (1934-03-19)19 March 1934 (aged 27) | 1959 | Panerythraikos | ₯100,000 | 1962 |
| Nikos Melissis | CB / DM / ST | 1936 (aged 24–25) | 1953 | PAO Kalogreza | Free | 1961 |
| Mimis Anastasiadis | RB / CB / ST | (1936-10-26)26 October 1936 (aged 24) | 1956 | A.O. Nea Ionia | Free | 1964 |
| Alekos Sofianidis | LB / LM / LW | (1937-08-03)3 August 1937 (aged 23) | 1959 | Beşiktaş | Free | 1969 |
| Antonis Gavanas | CB | 1938 (aged 22–23) | 1956 | Ethnikos Asteras | Free | 1961 |
| Theofilos Vernezis | RB / CB / GK | 1938 (aged 22–23) | 1956 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1965 |
| Dimitris Tzaneras | CB / DM | 1942 (aged 18–19) | 1960 | Atromitos Piraeus | Free | 1962 |
| Dimitris Diakakis | CB | 1942 (aged 18–19) | 1959 | Free agent | Free | 1961 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| Pavlos Emmanouilidis | RM / RW / ST / SS | (1929-10-15)15 October 1929 (aged 31) | 1947 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1961 |
| Miltos Papapostolou | DM / CB | (1935-09-09)9 September 1935 (aged 25) | 1956 | Egaleo | Free | 1965 |
| Giorgos Petridis | AM / SS / ST | (1938-02-10)10 February 1938 (aged 23) | 1957 | Pera Club | Free | 1966 |
| Stelios Skevofilakas | LM / RM / AM | (1939-01-06)6 January 1939 (aged 22) | 1960 | Eleftheroupoli | Free | 1972 |
| Thanasis Gouvas | AM / RW / SS / ST | (1939-04-00)April 1939 (aged 22) | 1960 | A.E. Messolonghi | Free | 1965 |
| Thymios Polyzos | CM | 1939 (aged 21–22) | 1956 | Free agent | Free | 1961 |
| Stefanos Demiris | AM / SS / ST | (1941-01-19)19 January 1941 (aged 20) | 1959 | AE Kavalas | — | 1962 |
| Alekos Daispangos | DM / CB | 1942 (aged 18–19) | 1960 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1964 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| Kostas Nestoridis | ST / SS | (1930-03-15)15 March 1930 (aged 31) | 1955 | Panionios | Free | 1966 |
| Andreas Stamatiadis (Captain) | RW / LW / SS / ST | (1935-08-16)16 August 1935 (aged 25) | 1952 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1969 |
| Christos Ampos | LW / SS / ST | (1937-10-19)19 October 1937 (aged 23) | 1956 | AO Kifisia | Free | 1962 |
| Dimitris Tsanoulas | ST | 1938 (aged 22–23) | 1956 | Free agent | Free | 1961 |
| Argyris Argyropoulos | ST | 1939 (aged 21–22) | 1958 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1962 |
| Nikos Zagotsis | ST / SS | (1940-03-16)16 March 1940 (aged 21) | 1960 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1965 |
| Aris Tsachouridis | LW / LM / RM / RW | (1940-12-10)10 December 1940 (aged 20) | 1960 | Makedonikos | Free | 1965 |
| Spyros Pomonis | LW / LM | (1944-02-12)12 February 1944 (aged 17) | 1960 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1973 |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until |
| DF | Dimitris Tzaneras | Atromitos Piraeus | Free transfer | 1 July 1960 | 30 June 1962 |
| ΜF | Alekos Daispangos | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | 1 July 1960 | 30 June 1964 |
| MF | Stelios Skevofilakas | Eleftheroupoli | Free transfer | 1 April 1961 | 30 June 1972 |
| MF | Thanasis Gouvas | A.E. Messolonghi | Free transfer | 1 July 1960 | 30 June 1965 |
| FW | Aris Tsachouridis | Makedonikos | Free transfer | 1 July 1960 | 30 June 1965 |
| FW | Spyros Pomonis | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | 1 July 1960 | 30 June 1973 |
| FW | Nikos Zagotsis | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | 1 July 1960 | 30 June 1965 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| DF | Thanasis Tsangaris | Panerythraikos | End of contract | 1 July 1960 |
| MF | Kostas Zografos | Free agent | End of contract | 1 July 1960 |
| MF | Giannis Kanakis | Retired | Retired | 1 July 1960 |
| AM | Samaras | Free agent | Contract termination | 1 July 1960 |
| FW | Loukas Sismanis | Free agent | Contract termination | 1 July 1960 |

### 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 | 18 September 1960 | 25 June 1961 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 056.67 |
| Greek Cup | 11 December 1960 | 7 June 1961 | First round | Quarter-finals | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 10 | +28 | 087.50 |
| Balkans Cup | 15 February 1961 | 17 May 1961 | Group stage | Group stage | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 012.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 25 | 7 | 14 | 110 | 66 | +44 | 054.35 |
Last updated: 25 June 1961 Source: Competitions

### Alpha Ethniki
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 62 | 23 | +39 | 73 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Panionios | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 70 | |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 69 | |
| 5 | Apollon Athens | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 56 | 41 | +15 | 63 | |
| 6 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 62 | |
* ↑ AEK Athens and Atromitos Piraeus were deducted 1 points each.
* ↑ 6th place playoff: Ethnikos Piraeus–Doxa Drama 2–1.

#### 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 | Η | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A |
| Result | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |

#### Fixtures
### Balkans Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Steagul Roșu Brașov (C) | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 2.571 | 13 | Winners |
| 2 | Levski Sofia | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 1.455 | 8 | |
| 3 | Partizani Tirana | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1.333 | 8 | |
| 4 | Fenerbahçe | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0.818 | 8 | |
| 5 | AEK Athens | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 0.333 | 3 | |

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

    As of 25 June 1961
| No. | Pos | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Balkans Cup | Balkans Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| — | GK | Sotiris Fakis | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| — | GK | Stelios Serafidis | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| — | GK | Kimon Dimitriou | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| — | DF | Giannis Marditsis | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| — | DF | Petros Stamatelopoulos | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| — | DF | Nikos Melissis | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| — | DF | Mimis Anastasiadis | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| — | DF | Alekos Sofianidis | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 |
| — | DF | Antonis Gavanas | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| — | DF | Theofilos Vernezis | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| — | DF | Dimitris Tzaneras | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | DF | Dimitris Diakakis | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| — | MF | Pavlos Emmanouilidis | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| — | MF | Miltos Papapostolou | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| — | MF | Giorgos Petridis | 24 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 8 |
| — | MF | Stelios Skevofilakas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | MF | Thanasis Gouvas | 26 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 8 |
| — | MF | Thymios Polyzos | 18 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| — | MF | Stefanos Demiris | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 |
| — | MF | Alekos Daispangos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| — | FW | Kostas Nestoridis | 28 | 27 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 44 |
| — | FW | Andreas Stamatiadis | 29 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 18 |
| — | FW | Christos Ampos | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 9 |
| — | FW | Dimitris Tsanoulas | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| — | FW | Argyris Argyropoulos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | FW | Nikos Zagotsis | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| — | FW | Aris Tsachouridis | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 |
| — | FW | Spyros Pomonis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 25 June 1961
| Rank | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Balkans Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Kostas Nestoridis | 27 | 13 | 4 | 44 |
| 2 | FW | Andreas Stamatiadis | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | FW | Christos Ampos | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | MF | Thanasis Gouvas | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | Giorgos Petridis | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | DF | Alekos Sofianidis | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | MF | Stefanos Demiris | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | FW | Aris Tsachouridis | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | FW | Nikos Zagotsis | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | Pavlos Emmanouilidis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | Mimis Anastasiadis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Miltos Papapostolou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Thymios Polyzos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 66 | 38 | 8 | 112 |

### Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.
| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Kostas Nestoridis | Panegialios | 6–0 (H) | 18 September 1960 | Alpha Ethniki |
| Aris Tsachouridis | AE Kesarianis | 9–0 (H) | 11 December 1960 | Greek Cup |
| Kostas Nestoridis$^4$ | Agioi Anargyroi | 5–1 (H) | 12 January 1961 | Greek Cup |
| Kostas Nestoridis | Atromitos Piraeus | 7–0 (H) | 22 January 1961 | Alpha Ethniki |
| Nikos Zagotsis | Niki Plakas | 8–1 (H) | 15 March 1961 | Greek Cup |
| Andreas Stamatiadis | Niki Plakas | 8–1 (H) | 15 March 1961 | Greek Cup |
| Kostas Nestoridis$^4$ | Prasina Poulia | 7–3 (H) | 2 April 1961 | Greek Cup |
| Kostas Nestoridis | Fostiras | 4–2 (H) | 23 April 1961 | Alpha Ethniki |
| Kostas Nestoridis$^4$ | Proodeftiki | 4–1 (H) | 7 May 1961 | 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 25 June 1961
| Rank | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Balkans Cup | Total |
| 1 | Sotiris Fakis | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Stelios Serafidis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Kimon Dimitriou | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 25 June 1961 N P Nat. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Balkans Cup Total Notes Goalkeepers — GK Sotiris Fakis — GK Stelios Serafidis — GK Kimon Dimitriou Defenders — DF Giannis Marditsis — DF Petros Stamatelopoulos — DF Nikos Melissis — DF Mimis Anastasiadis 1 1 — DF Alekos Sofianidis — DF Antonis Gavanas — DF Theofilos Vernezis — DF Dimitris Tzaneras — DF Dimitris Diakakis Midfielders — MF Pavlos Emmanouilidis — MF Miltos Papapostolou — MF Giorgos Petridis — MF Stelios Skevofilakas — MF Thanasis Gouvas — MF Thymios Polyzos — MF Stefanos Demiris — MF Alekos Daispangos Forwards — FW Kostas Nestoridis — FW Andreas Stamatiadis — FW Christos Ampos — FW Dimitris Tsanoulas — FW Argyris Argyropoulos — FW Nikos Zagotsis — FW Aris Tsachouridis — FW Spyros Pomonis

## Awards

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