# 1969–70 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 1969–70 season was the 46th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 11th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki and the Greek Cup. The season began on 21 September 1969 and finished on 7 June 1970.

## Kits

| Home | Away |

## Overview

The second consecutive transitional season for AEK of Branko Stanković. AEK proceeded to a great renewal in their roster. Promising players such as Stefanos Theodoridis and Giorgos Triantafyllou were promoted to the first team, while transfers of young and talented players were made, with Apostolos Toskas being the most important addition. At the same time, players with a huge offer to the club left, such as Sofianidis, Vasiliou, Yordan and the legendary captain, Andreas Stamatiadis.
This season the team did not compete in any European competition. The conquest of the second place in the league was considered a complete success, taking into account the circumstances and the magnitude of Panathinaikos' team at the time. Mimis Papaioannou emerged as the top scorer of the club with 18 goals and second in the league behind Antonis Antoniadis. At the 10th place were Kostas Nikolaidis and Panagiotis Ventouris, with 12 goals each. This season was marked by the bribery scandal of Loukanidis and Syropoulos of Aris by people of the newly-promoted Panachaiki. The evidence were overwhelming and the verdict was issued immediately. Thus, despite the 0–0 draw at Aris Stadium, the match was awarded to Aris with 2–0, and Panachaiki were eliminated from the league and they were zeroed in their remaining 13 matches. As was natural, the team of Patras finished last and were relegated. It was the first time in the history of Greek football that a team was relegated due to bribery.
In the Greek Cup, AEK qualified without a match in the second round, where they faced Panathinaikos in a single game at Nea Filadelfeia Stadium and after 120 minutes of football the match found the two teams tied 1–1. The match was led to the penalty shoot-out, as for the first year the specific procedure was applied, as until then the winner occurred by a draw. At penalties AEK lost 3–5, as Papaioannou and Ventouris sent the ball out.

## 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 7 June 1970, 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 34) | 1953 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1972 |
| Stelios Konstantinidis | GK | (1947-06-06)6 June 1947 (aged 23) | 1967 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1973 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| Tasos Vasiliou | CB | (1938-08-04)4 August 1938 (aged 31) | 1965 | Apollon Athens | ₯1,500,000 | 1970 |
| Giorgos Kefalidis | RB / CB | (1941-03-21)21 March 1941 (aged 29) | 1964 | Pierikos | Free | 1972 |
| Fotis Balopoulos | CB / DM / CM / ST | (1943-12-17)17 December 1943 (aged 26) | 1964 | Proodeftiki | ₯450,000 | 1970 |
| Lakis Fragoudakis | CB / DM | 1944 (aged 25–26) | 1964 | Free agent | Free | 1970 |
| Giannis Spyropoulos | CB / RB | 1945 (aged 24–25) | 1968 | PAO Patisia | Free | 1970 |
| Apostolos Toskas | CB | (1947-12-28)28 December 1947 (aged 22) | 1969 | Trikala | Free | 1979 |
| Nikos Karapoulitidis | CB / RB | (1948-11-30)30 November 1948 (aged 21) | 1967 | Free agent | Free | 1975 |
| Kostas Triantafyllou | CB / DM | 1950 (aged 19–20) | 1969 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1972 |
| Stefanos Theodoridis | CB / RB | (1950-06-19)19 June 1950 (aged 20) | 1969 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1978 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| Stelios Skevofilakas | LM / RM / AM | (1939-01-06)6 January 1939 (aged 31) | 1960 | Eleftheroupoli | Free | 1972 |
| Panagiotis Ventouris | AM / SS | (1943-03-01)1 March 1943 (aged 27) | 1965 | Fostiras | ₯435,000 | 1972 |
| Nikos Stathopoulos | LM / LB | (1943-11-08)8 November 1943 (aged 26) | 1965 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1974 |
| Minas Stavridis | AM / SS / ST | 1945 (aged 24–25) | 1968 | Ionikos | Free | 1970 |
| Giorgos Karafeskos | CM / DM / RM / RW | (1946-12-08)8 December 1946 (aged 23) | 1963 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1974 |
| Giorgos Lavaridis | CM / DM | (1947-10-15)15 October 1947 (aged 22) | 1968 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1975 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| Andreas Papaemmanouil | RW / LW / SS / ST | (1939-02-18)18 February 1939 (aged 31) | 1969 | Canterbury | Free | 1972 |
| Mimis Papaioannou (Captain) | SS / ST / AM | (1942-08-23)23 August 1942 (aged 27) | 1962 | Veria | ₯175,000 | 1979 |
| Spyros Pomonis | LW / LM | (1944-02-12)12 February 1944 (aged 26) | 1960 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1973 |
| Kostas Nikolaidis | RW / LW / SS / ST | (1944-09-10)10 September 1944 (aged 25) | 1965 | PAO Safrabolis | Free | 1973 |
| Kostas Chanios | ST / SS | 1947 (aged 22–23) | 1969 | Levadiakos | Free | 1972 |
| Kostas Sarris | ST | 1949 (aged 20–21) | 1968 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1970 |
| Giorgos Kachris | RW / LW / RM / LM | 1949 (aged 20–21) | 1969 | Amyna Ampelokipoi | Free | 1972 |
| Dimitris Palasidis | ST | 1950 (aged 19–20) | 1969 | Lefkada Imathias | ₯150,000 | 1972 |
| Panagiotis Psychogios | ST | (1950-12-23)23 December 1950 (aged 19) | 1969 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1972 |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until |
| DF | Apostolos Toskas | Trikala | Free transfer | 1 July 1969 | 30 June 1979 |
| DF | Kostas Triantafyllou | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | 1 July 1969 | 30 June 1972 |
| DF | Stefanos Theodoridis | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | 1 July 1969 | 30 June 1978 |
| FW | Andreas Papaemmanouil | Canterbury | Free transfer | 1 July 1969 | 30 June 1972 |
| FW | Giorgos Kachris | Amyna Ampelokipoi | Free transfer | 1 July 1969 | 30 June 1972 |
| FW | Nikos Sevastopoulos | Hellenic | Loan return | 1 September 1969 | 30 June 1971 |
| FW | Kostas Chanios | Levadiakos | Free transfer | 1 July 1969 | 30 June 1972 |
| FW | Dimitris Palasidis | Lefkada Imathias | ₯150,000 | 1 July 1969 | 30 June 1972 |
| FW | Panagiotis Psychogios | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | 1 July 1969 | 30 June 1972 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| GK | Theodoros Maniateas | Retired | Retired | 1 July 1969 |
| GK | Vyronas Amelidis | Free agent | Contract termination | 1 July 1969 |
| DF | Aleko Yordan | Egaleo | End of contract | 1 July 1969 |
| DF | Christos Antonopoulos | Vyzas Megara | Contract termination | 1 July 1969 |
| DF | Alekos Sofianidis | Panachaiki | End of contract | 1 July 1969 |
| MF | Michalis Simigdalas | Apollon Athens | End of contract | 1 July 1969 |
| FW | Andreas Stamatiadis | Retired | Retired | 1 July 1969 |
| FW | Nikos Sevastopoulos | Vyzas Megara | Contract termination | 1 September 1969 |
| FW | Kostas Papageorgiou | Apollon Athens | End of contract | 1 July 1969 |
| FW | Andreas Karakidis | Fostiras | Contract termination | 1 September 1969 |
| FW | Dimitris Kyrmizas | Vyzas Megara | Free transfer | 1 July 1969 |

### Overall transfer activity

Expenditure: ₯150,000
Income: ₯0
Net Total: ₯150,000

## 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 | 21 September 1969 | 7 June 1970 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 55 | 23 | +32 | 061.76 |
| Greek Cup | 22 March 1970 | 22 March 1970 | Second round | Second round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 56 | 24 | +32 | 060.00 |
Last updated: 7 June 1970 Source: Competitions

### Alpha Ethniki
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Panathinaikos (C) | 34 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 69 | 15 | +54 | 93 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 55 | 23 | +32 | 85 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 3 | Olympiacos | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 52 | 21 | +31 | 84 | |
| 4 | Aris | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 47 | 15 | +32 | 81 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | PAOK | 34 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 52 | 25 | +27 | 75 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | Η |
| Result | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Fixtures
### Greek Cup

AEK Athens qualified to the second round without a match.

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

    As of 7 June 1970
| No. | Pos | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| — | GK | Stelios Serafidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | GK | Stelios Konstantinidis | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| — | DF | Tasos Vasiliou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | DF | Giorgos Kefalidis | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| — | DF | Fotis Balopoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | DF | Lakis Fragoudakis | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| — | DF | Giannis Spyropoulos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | DF | Apostolos Toskas | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| — | DF | Nikos Karapoulitidis | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| — | DF | Kostas Triantafyllou | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| — | DF | Stefanos Theodoridis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| — | MF | Stelios Skevofilakas | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| — | MF | Panagiotis Ventouris | 31 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 12 |
| — | MF | Nikos Stathopoulos | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| — | MF | Minas Stavridis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | MF | Giorgos Karafeskos | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| — | MF | Giorgos Lavaridis | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| — | FW | Andreas Papaemmanouil | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| — | FW | Mimis Papaioannou | 32 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 19 |
| — | FW | Spyros Pomonis | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 |
| — | FW | Kostas Nikolaidis | 25 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 12 |
| — | FW | Kostas Chanios | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | FW | Kostas Sarris | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| — | FW | Giorgos Kachris | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| — | FW | Dimitris Palasidis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| — | FW | Panagiotis Psychogios | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 7 June 1970
| Rank | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Mimis Papaioannou | 18 | 1 | 19 |
| 2 | MF | Panagiotis Ventouris | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | FW | Kostas Nikolaidis | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | FW | Spyros Pomonis | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | Giorgos Karafeskos | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | Andreas Papaemmanouil | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | Giorgos Kachris | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 53 | 1 | 54 |

### 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 7 June 1970
| Rank | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Total |
| 1 | Stelios Konstantinidis | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 | Stelios Serafidis | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | 18 | 0 | 18 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 7 June 1970
| N | P | Name | Alpha Ethniki | Total |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| — | GK | Stelios Serafidis | | |
| — | GK | Stelios Konstantinidis | | |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| — | DF | Tasos Vasiliou | | |
| — | DF | Giorgos Kefalidis | | |
| — | DF | Fotis Balopoulos | | |
| — | DF | Lakis Fragoudakis | | |
| — | DF | Giannis Spyropoulos | | |
| — | DF | Apostolos Toskas | | |
| — | DF | Nikos Karapoulitidis | | |
| — | DF | Kostas Triantafyllou | | |
| — | DF | Stefanos Theodoridis | | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| — | MF | Stelios Skevofilakas | | |
| — | MF | Panagiotis Ventouris | | |
| — | MF | Nikos Stathopoulos | 1 | 1 |
| — | MF | Minas Stavridis | | |
| — | MF | Giorgos Karafeskos | | |
| — | MF | Giorgos Lavaridis | | |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| — | FW | Andreas Papaemmanouil | | |
| — | FW | Mimis Papaioannou | | |
| — | FW | Spyros Pomonis | | |
| — | FW | Kostas Nikolaidis | | |
| — | FW | Kostas Chanios | | |
| — | FW | Kostas Sarris | | |
| — | FW | Giorgos Kachris | | |
| — | FW | Dimitris Palasidis | | |
| — | FW | Panagiotis Psychogios | | |