# 1964–65 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 1964–65 season was the 41st season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the sixth consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup. The season began on 9 September 1964 and finished on 2 July 1965.

## Overview

In the summer of 1964, the management of AEK Athens, having the goal of winning the league, hired Mirko Kokotović, a successful coach at the time, who had won the Turkish championship with Fenerbahçe and participated in the quarter-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup. Furthermore, with the great Kleanthis Maropoulos acting as the technical director, AEK proceeded in great transfer moves, as Fotis Balopoulos was acquired from Proodeftiki, Giorgos Kefalidis was also acquired from Pierikos, as well as the legendary Lefter Küçükandonyadis from Fenerbahce, even though he was at an advanced age. At the first training and the consecration of AEK, 4,000-5,000 fans were gathered and showed great enthusiasm, while the management of the team expressed faith and optimism for winning the championship.
AEK played for the first time in their history in the final stage of UEFA competitions and specifically of the Cup Winners' Cup, which were drawn for its first round against Dinamo Zagreb. Over 30,000 fans rushed to AEK Stadium on 9 September, to see the top scorer of the World Cup of Chile, Dražan Jerković, and the rest of the famous Yugoslavs play. However, the spectacle was not what was expected, since both clubs started scared and harsh. The Yugoslavs were extremely unsportsmanlike in their game, as they wanted a draw and to kill the time off, while AEK pressed unorthodoxly, but were unable to create many dangerous chances. The referee refused the penalty and the players of the Union were overcome by intense irritation and the bad match continued in the second half, but in the hourmark, the Yugoslavs had gone too far with unsportsmanlike tackling which resulted in Zdenko Kobeščak dismissal with a straight red after a harsh tackle that lifted Mimis Papaioannou in the air. A fight between the players ensued, the enraged fans threw oranges and objects on the pitch and the game was almost stopped at the expense of AEK. That inrerruption favored AEK who scored twice within 5 minutes with Papaioannou and Nestoridis and the game ended with AEK gaining an important advantage, while also achieving a historic victory, the first in their history in the UEFA competitions. The rematch at Stadion Maksimir turned into a battle after the Yugoslavs showed unprecedented fanaticism and played even tougher than the first leg. The referee decided to take cards out of his pocket only when things got dangerously out of hand in the second half. Dynamo played much more aggressively, but the very good performance of Stelios Serafidis and Aleko Yordan limited the Yugoslavs' striker, Dražan Jerković, however the half ended in the worst possible way for AEK, as they found themselves losing by 1–0 at the stoppage time. With the game bordering on unsportsmanlike, Dynamo quickly equalized the score of the first match and 7 minutes later they made it 3-0. From that point on, no football was played as the players of AEK, clearly irritated and overwhelmed by the hard play of their opponents, started to play unsportsmanlike, while the atmosphere was particularly tense and Spyros Pomonis was sent off in the 76th minute, as well as Slaven Zambata at the 85th minte. A new series of incidents followed, which culminated in the end, when some of the fans of Dynamo entered the playing field and moved against the Greek team. The worst were avoided, but the final result remained, which left AEK out of the tournament.
Their beginning in the championship was not the best. In the first three matches AEK had two draws and a victory away from home by the emphatic 1–7 against Apollon Athens, but since then, their performance was stabilized at a satisfactory level for the first round of the championship. On the 12th matchday, they faced Panathinaikos at home and after their 2-2 draw in a match that, due to the large crowd at the stadium and its pressure, the billboards caved in resulting in 27 injuries, they improved their performance. In the crucial postponed match at Karaiskakis Stadium against Olympiacos, who was the other contender for the championship before 45,000 spectators, AEK found themselves losing 1–0 but with a sustained counter-attack in the second half they won 1–2, taking the second place, leaving the red and whites one point behind. The crucial match that largely decided the champion took place on the 26th matchday with AEK facing Panathinaikos away from home. AEK started the match decisively losing several chances, however Panathinaikos took a 1–0 lead immediately after the first half hour, while in the second half, Panathinaikos were better and the footballers of AEK were fruistated by not being able to turn the situation around. Thus, AEK was left behind in claiming the championship and in the last matchday, they faced Olympiakos and in front of 25,000 spectators even though they were ahead by 3–1, they eventually were equalized in the 90th minute, resulting in the match ending 3–3 with AEK finishing second in the league.
In the Greek Cup, AEK were eliminated at the quarter-finals, losing by 3–1 from Olympiacos away from home, after they had eliminated Athinaikos and PAOK winning both by 4–0 at home.

## 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 July 1965, 23:59 UTC+2.
| Player | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed | Previous club | Transfer fee | Contract until |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| Stelios Serafidis | GK | (1935-08-06)6 August 1935 (aged 29) | 1953 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1972 |
| Vangelis Petrakis | GK | (1938-09-07)7 September 1938 (aged 26) | 1962 | Aris | Free | 1967 |
| Theodoros Maniateas | GK | (1945-03-19)19 March 1945 (aged 20) | 1964 | Panthisiakos | Free | 1969 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| Alekos Sofianidis | LB / LM / LW | (1937-08-03)3 August 1937 (aged 27) | 1959 | Beşiktaş | Free | 1969 |
| Aleko Yordan | CB | (1938-01-10)10 January 1938 (aged 27) | 1962 | Beykoz | Free | 1969 |
| Manolis Kanellopoulos | RB / CB | (1938-01-12)12 January 1938 (aged 27) | 1962 | Egaleo | Free | 1965 |
| Theofilos Vernezis | RB / CB / GK | 1938 (aged 26–27) | 1956 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1965 |
| Giorgos Kefalidis | RB / CB | (1941-03-21)21 March 1941 (aged 24) | 1964 | Pierikos | Free | 1972 |
| Fotis Balopoulos | CB / DM / CM / ST | (1943-12-17)17 December 1943 (aged 21) | 1964 | Proodeftiki | ₯450,000 | 1970 |
| Lakis Fragoudakis | CB / DM | 1944 (aged 20–21) | 1964 | Free agent | Free | 1970 |
| Panagiotis Stasinopoulos | CB | 1944 (aged 20–21) | 1963 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1969 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| Miltos Papapostolou | DM / CB | (1935-09-09)9 September 1935 (aged 29) | 1956 | Egaleo | Free | 1965 |
| Giorgos Petridis | AM / SS / ST | (1938-02-10)10 February 1938 (aged 27) | 1957 | Pera Club | Free | 1966 |
| Stelios Skevofilakas | LM / RM / AM | (1939-01-06)6 January 1939 (aged 26) | 1960 | Eleftheroupoli | Free | 1972 |
| Emilios Theofanidis | CM / CB | (1939-11-30)30 November 1939 (aged 25) | 1963 | Aris Ptolemaidas | Free | 1965 |
| Fanis Tasinos | LM / CM | (1941-10-28)28 October 1941 (aged 23) | 1963 | Korinthos | ₯500,000 | 1966 |
| Michalis Simigdalas | CM | (1944-06-23)23 June 1944 (aged 21) | 1963 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1969 |
| Giorgos Karafeskos | CM / DM / RM / RW | (1946-12-08)8 December 1946 (aged 18) | 1963 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1974 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| Lefter Küçükandonyadis | LW / RW / SS / ST | (1925-12-22)22 December 1925 (aged 39) | 1964 | Fenerbahçe | Free | 1965 |
| Kostas Nestoridis | ST / SS | (1930-03-15)15 March 1930 (aged 35) | 1955 | Panionios | Free | 1966 |
| Andreas Stamatiadis (Captain) | RW / LW / SS / ST | (1935-08-16)16 August 1935 (aged 29) | 1952 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1969 |
| Kostas Papageorgiou | ST | (1941-01-01)1 January 1941 (aged 24) | 1963 | Atromitos | ₯200,000 | 1969 |
| Mimis Papaioannou | SS / ST / AM | (1942-08-23)23 August 1942 (aged 22) | 1962 | Veria | ₯175,000 | 1970 |
| Spyros Pomonis | LW / LM | (1944-02-12)12 February 1944 (aged 21) | 1960 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1973 |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until |
| GK | Theodoros Maniateas | Panthisiakos | Free transfer | 1 July 1964 | 30 June 1969 |
| DF | Fotis Balopoulos | Proodeftiki | ₯450,000 | 1 July 1964 | 30 June 1970 |
| DF | Lakis Fragoudakis | Free agent | Free transfer | 1 July 1964 | 30 June 1970 |
| DF | Giorgos Kefalidis | Pierikos | Free transfer | 1 July 1964 | 30 June 1972 |
| FW | Lefter Küçükandonyadis | Fenerbahçe | Free transfer | 1 July 1964 | 30 June 1965 |
    a. $^^$ plus Aris Tsachouridis.

### Out

| Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| DF | Giannis Marditsis | Korinthos | End of contract | 1 July 1964 |
| DF | Panagiotis Charalampidis | Iraklis | Free transfer | 1 July 1964 |
| DF | Mimis Anastasiadis | Free agent | End of contract | 1 July 1964 |
| MF | Sofos Koulidis | Panegialios | Free transfer | 1 July 1964 |
| FW | Aris Tsachouridis | Proodeftiki | Free transfer | 1 July 1964 |

### Loan out

| Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy | Source |
| FW | Nikos Sevastopoulos | Hellenic | Free | 1 July 1964 | 30 June 1965 | N | |

### Overall transfer activity

Expenditure: ₯450,000
Income: ₯0
Net Total: ₯450,000

## 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 | 27 September 1964 | 27 June 1965 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 30 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 64 | 22 | +42 | 060.00 |
| Greek Cup | 4 April 1965 | 2 July 1965 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 066.67 |
| European Cup Winners' Cup | 9 September 1964 | 16 September 1964 | First round | First round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 75 | 28 | +47 | 060.00 |
Last updated: 2 July 1965 Source: Competitions

### Alpha Ethniki
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Panathinaikos (C) | 30 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 76 | 19 | +57 | 79 | Qualification for European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 30 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 64 | 22 | +42 | 76 | |
| 3 | Olympiacos | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 73 | 40 | +33 | 71 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Proodeftiki | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 64 | |
| 5 | Pierikos | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 62 | |

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

#### Fixtures
### Greek Cup

AEK entered the Greek Cup at the round of 32.

#### Matches
### European Cup Winners' Cup
#### First round
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of 2 July 1965
| No. | Pos | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | European Cup Winners' Cup | European Cup Winners' Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| — | GK | Stelios Serafidis | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| — | GK | Vangelis Petrakis | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| — | GK | Theodoros Maniateas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| — | DF | Alekos Sofianidis | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| — | DF | Aleko Yordan | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| — | DF | Manolis Kanellopoulos | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| — | DF | Theofilos Vernezis | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| — | DF | Giorgos Kefalidis | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| — | DF | Fotis Balopoulos | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| — | DF | Lakis Fragoudakis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| — | DF | Panagiotis Stasinopoulos | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| — | MF | Miltos Papapostolou | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| — | MF | Giorgos Petridis | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| — | MF | Stelios Skevofilakas | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| — | MF | Emilios Theofanidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | MF | Fanis Tasinos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| — | MF | Michalis Simigdalas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | Giorgos Karafeskos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| — | FW | Lefter Küçükandonyadis | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| — | FW | Kostas Nestoridis | 26 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 20 |
| — | FW | Andreas Stamatiadis | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 4 |
| — | FW | Kostas Papageorgiou | 18 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 20 |
| — | FW | Mimis Papaioannou | 30 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 15 |
| — | FW | Spyros Pomonis | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 2 July 1965
| Rank | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | European Cup Winners' Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Kostas Nestoridis | 17 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| 1 | FW | Kostas Papageorgiou | 15 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
| 3 | FW | Mimis Papaioannou | 13 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| 4 | FW | Spyros Pomonis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | FW | Andreas Stamatiadis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | Giorgos Petridis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | Lefter Küçükandonyadis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | Giorgos Kefalidis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | Stelios Skevofilakas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 64 | 9 | 2 | 75 |

### Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.
| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Kostas Nestoridis | Apollon Athens | 7–1 (A) | 10 October 1964 | Alpha Ethniki |
| Mimis Papaioannou | Doxa Drama | 6–0 (H) | 31 January 1965 | Alpha Ethniki |
| Kostas Papageorgiou$^4$ | Athinaikos | 4–0 (H) | 4 April 1965 | Greek Cup |
| Kostas Papageorgiou$^4$ | Niki Volos | 5–0 (H) | 13 June 1965 | 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 July 1965
| Rank | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | European Cup Winners' Cup | Total |
| 1 | Vangelis Petrakis | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Stelios Serafidis | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Totals | Totals | 14 | 2 | 1 | 17 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 2 July 1965
| N | P | Name | Alpha Ethniki | European Cup Winners' Cup | Total |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||||||
| — | GK | Stelios Serafidis | | | |
| — | GK | Vangelis Petrakis | | | |
| — | GK | Theodoros Maniateas | | | |
| Defenders |||||||||||||||||
| — | DF | Alekos Sofianidis | | | |
| — | DF | Aleko Yordan | | | |
| — | DF | Manolis Kanellopoulos | | | |
| — | DF | Theofilos Vernezis | | | |
| — | DF | Giorgos Kefalidis | 1 | | 1 |
| — | DF | Fotis Balopoulos | | | |
| — | DF | Lakis Fragoudakis | | | |
| — | DF | Panagiotis Stasinopoulos | | | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||||||
| — | MF | Miltos Papapostolou | | | |
| — | MF | Giorgos Petridis | | | |
| — | MF | Stelios Skevofilakas | | | |
| — | MF | Emilios Theofanidis | | | |
| — | MF | Fanis Tasinos | | | |
| — | MF | Michalis Simigdalas | | | |
| — | MF | Giorgos Karafeskos | | | |
| Forwards |||||||||||||||||
| — | FW | Lefter Küçükandonyadis | | | |
| — | FW | Kostas Nestoridis | | | |
| — | FW | Andreas Stamatiadis | | | |
| — | FW | Kostas Papageorgiou | | | |
| — | FW | Mimis Papaioannou | | | |
| — | FW | Spyros Pomonis | | 1 | 1 |