# 1961–62 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 1961–62 season was the 38th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and their third consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki and the Greek Cup. The season began on 9 September 1961 and finished on 17 June 1962.

## Kits

| Home | Away |

## Overview

In the summer of 1961, AEK Athens aspired to return to the championship claim. With Tryfon Tzanetis on the wheel of the team and Kleanthis Maropoulos essentially in the position of technical director, they carried out the transfers of Panikos Krystallis and Dimitris Zagylos from Cyprus, who were considered very skilled footballers.
AEK started strongly in the league with three consecutive wins including the emphatic 8–0 away win against Egaleo, which is the biggest away win at first national division level, while in the 4th matchday they drew 0–0 with Olympiacos in Nea Filadelfeia, though were better than their opponent. In the 6th matchday, AEK were at the top of the standings alongside Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, where they remained until the 8th matchday when without conceding a single goal, they faced Panathinaikos at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. AEK found themselves losing by 2–0 and they managed to reduce the score to 2–1, however in the last quarter of the match they collapsed resulting in a 4–1 defeat while the "greens" were able to extend the score even more. Thus, AEK moved into second place, however they continued to have good performances. However, they were also defeated by Apollon Athens, which at that time had a formidable team and was in the first positions of the standings. With various ups and downs, they remained with 5 points from the top until the 28th matchday, when the derby against Panathinaikos took place. In a packed Nea Filadelfeia Stadium, AEK entered intensively and by half an hour into the game they were leading 2–0. Shortly before the end of the half, Panathinaikos managed to reduce the score to 2–1 and during the second half they made the comeback and won by 2–3, which mainly happened due to mistakes by the players of AEK. They continued, aiming for the second place with Olympiacos and Apollon as their main competitors, with the latter defeating them at home and passed them in the standings and at the end of the championship AEK finished in 4th place.
In the round of 32 of the cup, AEK were awarded the game against Kalamata, as they resigned from the match. In the round of 16, they faced Apollon Athens at home and in the presence of fifteen thousand spectators, AEK were defeated by 2–1 and were eliminated. It was the third time that Apollon defeated AEK in the same year, as they had already them won two times in the league.

## 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 17 June 1962, 23:59 UTC+2.
| Player | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed | Previous club | Transfer fee | Contract until |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| Sotiris Fakis | GK | 1934 (aged 27–28) | 1957 | Amyna Ambelokipoi | Free | 1963 |
| Stelios Serafidis | GK | (1935-08-06)6 August 1935 (aged 26) | 1953 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1972 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| Giannis Marditsis | CB / ST | (1933-02-19)19 February 1933 (aged 29) | 1959 | Egaleo | ₯103,000 | 1964 |
| Petros Stamatelopoulos | LB | (1934-03-19)19 March 1934 (aged 28) | 1959 | Panerythraikos | ₯100,000 | 1962 |
| Mimis Anastasiadis | RB / CB / ST | (1936-10-26)26 October 1936 (aged 25) | 1956 | A.O. Nea Ionia | Free | 1964 |
| Alekos Sofianidis | LB / LM / LW | (1937-08-03)3 August 1937 (aged 24) | 1959 | Beşiktaş | Free | 1969 |
| Theofilos Vernezis | RB / CB / GK | 1938 (aged 23–24) | 1956 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1965 |
| Dimitris Tzaneras | CB / DM | 1942 (aged 19–20) | 1960 | Atromitos Piraeus | Free | 1962 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| Miltos Papapostolou | DM / CB | (1935-09-09)9 September 1935 (aged 26) | 1956 | Egaleo | Free | 1965 |
| Giorgos Petridis | AM / SS / ST | (1938-02-10)10 February 1938 (aged 24) | 1957 | Pera Club | Free | 1966 |
| Panikos Krystallis | AM / SS / CM / RM / LM | (1938-07-01)1 July 1938 (aged 23) | 1961 | Apollon Limassol | ₯1,900,000 | 1964 |
| Stelios Skevofilakas | LM / RM / AM | (1939-01-06)6 January 1939 (aged 23) | 1960 | Eleftheroupoli | Free | 1972 |
| Thanasis Gouvas | AM / RW / SS / ST | (1939-04-00)April 1939 (aged 23) | 1960 | A.E. Messolonghi | Free | 1965 |
| Stefanos Demiris | AM / SS / ST | (1941-01-19)19 January 1941 (aged 21) | 1959 | AE Kavalas | — | 1962 |
| Alekos Daispangos | DM / CB | 1942 (aged 19–20) | 1960 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1964 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| Kostas Nestoridis | ST / SS | (1930-03-15)15 March 1930 (aged 32) | 1955 | Panionios | Free | 1966 |
| Andreas Stamatiadis (Captain) | RW / LW / SS / ST | (1935-08-16)16 August 1935 (aged 26) | 1952 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1969 |
| Christos Ampos | LW / SS / ST | (1937-10-19)19 October 1937 (aged 24) | 1956 | AO Kifisia | Free | 1962 |
| Dimitris Zagylos | RW | (1938-03-15)15 March 1938 (aged 24) | 1961 | Anorthosis Famagusta | ₯320,000 | 1964 |
| Argyris Argyropoulos | ST | 1939 (aged 22–23) | 1958 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1962 |
| Nikos Zagotsis | ST / SS | (1940-03-16)16 March 1940 (aged 22) | 1960 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1965 |
| Aris Tsachouridis | LW / LM / RM / RW | (1940-12-10)10 December 1940 (aged 21) | 1960 | Makedonikos | Free | 1965 |
| Simos Vavaleros | ST | 1943 (aged 18–19) | 1961 | Egaleo | Free | 1964 |
| Spyros Pomonis | LW / LM | (1944-02-12)12 February 1944 (aged 18) | 1960 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1973 |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until |
| MF | Panikos Krystallis | Apollon Limassol | ₯1,900,000 | 1 July 1961 | 30 June 1964 |
| FW | Dimitris Zagylos | Anorthosis Famagusta | ₯320,000 | 1 July 1961 | 30 June 1964 |
| FW | Simos Vavaleros | Egaleo | Free transfer | 1 July 1961 | 30 June 1964 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| GK | Kimon Dimitriou | Olympiacos Chalkida | End of contract | 1 July 1961 |
| DF | Nikos Melissis | Retired | Retired | 1 July 1961 |
| DF | Antonis Gavanas | Panegialios | End of contract | 1 July 1961 |
| DF | Dimitris Diakakis | Free agent | End of contract | 1 July 1961 |
| MF | Thymios Polyzos | Panachaiki | End of contract | 1 July 1961 |
| MF | Pavlos Emmanouilidis | Panachaiki | End of contract | 1 July 1961 |
| FW | Dimitris Tsanoulas | Free agent | End of contract | 1 July 1961 |

### Overall transfer activity

Expenditure: ₯2,220,000
Income: ₯0
Net Total: ₯2,220,000

## 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 | 9 September 1961 | 17 June 1962 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 73 | 31 | +42 | 063.33 |
| Greek Cup | 8 April 1962 | 16 May 1962 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 76 | 33 | +43 | 062.50 |
Last updated: 17 June 1962 Source: Competitions

### Alpha Ethniki
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 65 | 23 | +42 | 78 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round |
| 3 | Apollon Athens | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 55 | 26 | +29 | 74 | |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 73 | 31 | +42 | 73 | |
| 5 | Panionios | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 61 | |
| 6 | PAOK | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 60 | |
* ↑ Apollon Kalamarias and Panionios were deducted 1 point each.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | H | A | H | H | H | Η | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | D |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |

#### Fixtures
### Greek Cup

AEK entered the Greek Cup at the round of 32.

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

    As of 17 June 1962
| No. | Pos | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| — | GK | Sotiris Fakis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| — | GK | Stelios Serafidis | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| — | DF | Giannis Marditsis | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| — | DF | Petros Stamatelopoulos | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| — | DF | Mimis Anastasiadis | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| — | DF | Alekos Sofianidis | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| — | DF | Theofilos Vernezis | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| — | DF | Dimitris Tzaneras | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| — | MF | Miltos Papapostolou | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| — | MF | Giorgos Petridis | 26 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 12 |
| — | MF | Panikos Krystallis | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
| — | MF | Stelios Skevofilakas | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 3 |
| — | MF | Thanasis Gouvas | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
| — | MF | Stefanos Demiris | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| — | MF | Alekos Daispangos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| — | FW | Kostas Nestoridis | 29 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 29 |
| — | FW | Andreas Stamatiadis | 24 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 11 |
| — | FW | Christos Ampos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | FW | Dimitris Zagylos | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| — | FW | Argyris Argyropoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | FW | Nikos Zagotsis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | FW | Aris Tsachouridis | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 |
| — | FW | Simos Vavaleros | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | FW | Spyros Pomonis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 17 June 1962
| Rank | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Kostas Nestoridis | 29 | 0 | 29 |
| 2 | MF | Giorgos Petridis | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | FW | Andreas Stamatiadis | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | FW | Aris Tsachouridis | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | MF | Thanasis Gouvas | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | Stelios Skevofilakas | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | Dimitris Zagylos | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | Panikos Krystallis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | Stefanos Demiris | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 73 | 1 | 74 |

### Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.
| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Kostas Nestoridis | Egaleo | 8–0 (A) | 9 September 1961 | Alpha Ethniki |
| Kostas Nestoridis | Doxa Drama | 4–0 (A) | 8 October 1961 | Alpha Ethniki |
| Giorgos Petridis | Panelefsiniakos | 6–3 (A) | 16 December 1961 | Alpha Ethniki |
| Kostas Nestoridis$^4$ | Panelefsiniakos | 8–3 (H) | 20 May 1962 | 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 17 June 1962
| Rank | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | Stelios Serafidis | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Sotiris Fakis | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Theofilos Vernezis | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | 14 | 0 | 14 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 17 June 1962 N P Nat. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Total Notes Goalkeepers — GK Sotiris Fakis — GK Stelios Serafidis Defenders — DF Giannis Marditsis — DF Petros Stamatelopoulos — DF Mimis Anastasiadis — DF Alekos Sofianidis — DF Theofilos Vernezis — DF Dimitris Tzaneras Midfielders — MF Miltos Papapostolou — MF Giorgos Petridis — MF Panikos Krystallis — MF Stelios Skevofilakas — MF Thanasis Gouvas — MF Stefanos Demiris — MF Alekos Daispangos Forwards — FW Kostas Nestoridis — FW Andreas Stamatiadis — FW Christos Ampos — FW Dimitris Zagylos — FW Argyris Argyropoulos — FW Nikos Zagotsis — FW Aris Tsachouridis — FW Simos Vavaleros — FW Spyros Pomonis

## Awards

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