1971–72 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
1971–72 season
Chairman	Kosmas Chatzicharalampous
Manager	Branko Stanković
Stadium	AEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	3rd
Greek Cup	Round of 16
European Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mimis Papaioannou (12); All: ; Mimis Papaioannou (13)
Highest home attendance	30,267 vs Olympiacos; (31 October 1971)
Lowest home attendance	3,494 vs Olympiakos Nicosia; (28 May 1972)
Average home league attendance	17,971
Biggest win	AEK Athens 5–0 Olympiakos Nicosia; AEK Athens 5–0 Pierikos
Biggest defeat	Internazionale 4–1 AEK Athens
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 season was the 48th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 13th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the European Cup. The season began on 29 August 1971 and finished on 11 June 1972.

Overview

After the distinctions of the previous years, AEK seemed to operate in a "frantic tempo", until this season, which was the passing to a declining period for the team. The team's roster was constantly renewed as a generation of players left, passing the torch to the next one. The new generation was consisted of great and talented players, however the club was not ready to claim a leading role in the league.

AEK participated in the European Cup. The draw was tough for them, as from the very first round faced one of the greastest European clubs over time, the great Internazionale of Ivano Bordon, Giacinto Facchetti and Sandro Mazzola. The first match at San Siro in front of almost 80,000 spectators, AEK managed to take the lead at the 14th minute with Pomonis, but Inter's superiority was obvious and after equalizing 5 minutes later, they finished the first half leading by 3–1. The second half turned out to be a standard procedure with Inter raising the score to 4–1 and likewise the few chances of AEK qualifying disappeared.^[1] In the rematch at the crowded AEK Stadium no one expected what was about to happen. Everything started wrong for the yellow-blacks, as they were left behind the score at the 17th minute with a goal by Mazzola. Bertini's dismissal two minutes later and Stankovic's offensive style, brought AEK in taking the lead at the half time with Ventouris and Papaioannou, while also having two shoots hit the post. The Italians, wanting if nothing else not to lose, chased the goal and equalized with Boninsegna at the 76th minute. The players of AEK, realizing that the qualification was lost definitively, sought the victory and achieved it with a goal by Nikolaidis at the 89th minute, that made the final 3–2. One of the greatest victories for the then "poor" Greek football and the first great European night for AEK.^[2]^[3]

In the league AEK paid their bad performances in the away matches, dropping points in almost every away game, achieving only 4 wins out of the 17 away games. That resulted in a third-place finish with 6 points away from the top.

This season was one of the worst for the club's history for the cup. A very important year for the development of the tournament, as the amateur teams of the local legal associations cease to participate and only the teams of the national divisions could participate. The ties of the first round competed again according to geographical criteria, while from the second round onwards the draw was free. AEK easily overcame PAO Rouf in the first round and Kozani in the second round, but in the round of 16 they faced Lamia, who to everyone's surprise, eliminated them with 1–0 at the extra time.^[4]

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 11 June 1972, 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 36)	1953	AEK Athens U20	—	1972
Stelios Konstantinidis	GK	(1947-06-06)6 June 1947 (aged 25)	1967	AEK Athens U20	—	1973
Giorgos Daditsos	GK	(1953-03-09)9 March 1953 (aged 19)	1970	AEK Athens U20	—	1975
Kostas Silivistras	GK	1954 (aged 17–18)	1971	Atromitos	Free	1976
Defenders
Giorgos Kefalidis	RB / CB	(1941-03-21)21 March 1941 (aged 31)	1964	Pierikos	Free	1972
Giorgos Tanidis	CB	(1946-12-25)25 December 1946 (aged 25)	1971	Aris Ptolemaidas	Free	1974
Apostolos Toskas	CB	(1947-12-28)28 December 1947 (aged 24)	1969	Trikala	Free	1979
Nikos Karapoulitidis	CB / RB	(1948-11-30)30 November 1948 (aged 23)	1967	Free agent	Free	1975
Stefanos Theodoridis	CB / RB	(1950-06-19)19 June 1950 (aged 22)	1969	AEK Athens U20	—	1978
Kostas Triantafyllou	CB / DM	1950 (aged 21–22)	1969	AEK Athens U20	—	1972
Lefteris Istorios	RB / LB / CM / DM	(1951-10-02)2 October 1951 (aged 20)	1971	AEK Athens U20	—	1976
Midfielders
Stelios Skevofilakas	LM / RM / AM	(1939-01-06)6 January 1939 (aged 33)	1960	Eleftheroupoli	Free	1972
Panagiotis Ventouris	AM / SS	(1943-03-01)1 March 1943 (aged 29)	1965	Fostiras	₯435,000	1972
Nikos Stathopoulos	LM / LB	(1943-11-08)8 November 1943 (aged 28)	1965	AEK Athens U20	—	1974
Giorgos Karafeskos	CM / DM / RM / RW	(1946-12-08)8 December 1946 (aged 25)	1963	AEK Athens U20	—	1974
Giorgos Lavaridis	CM / DM	(1947-10-15)15 October 1947 (aged 24)	1968	AEK Athens U20	—	1975
Forwards
Andreas Papaemmanouil	RW / LW / SS / ST	(1939-02-18)18 February 1939 (aged 33)	1969	Canterbury	Free	1972
Mimis Papaioannou (Captain)	SS / ST / AM	(1942-08-23)23 August 1942 (aged 29)	1962	Veria	₯175,000	1979
Spyros Pomonis	LW / LM	(1944-02-12)12 February 1944 (aged 28)	1960	AEK Athens U20	—	1973
Kostas Nikolaidis	RW / LW / SS / ST	(1944-09-10)10 September 1944 (aged 27)	1965	PAO Safrabolis	Free	1973
Kostas Chanios	ST / SS	1947 (aged 24–25)	1969	Levadiakos	Free	1972
Babis Psimogiannos	ST	(1947-08-13)13 August 1947 (aged 24)	1971	Aris Agios Konstantinos	Free	1976
Giorgos Kachris	RW / LW / RM / LM	1949 (aged 22–23)	1969	Amyna Ampelokipoi	Free	1972
Lakis Nikolaou	ST / CB / RB / DM	(1949-07-17)17 July 1949 (aged 22)	1971	Atromitos	₯600,000	1979

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
GK	Kostas Silivistras	Atromitos	Free transfer	1 July 1971	30 June 1976
DF	Giorgos Tanidis	Aris Ptolemaidas	Free transfer	1 July 1971	30 June 1974
DF	Lefteris Istorios	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	1 July 1971	30 June 1976
FW	Babis Psimogiannos	Aris Agios Konstantinos	Free transfer	1 July 1971	30 June 1976
FW	Lakis Nikolaou	Atromitos	₯600,000^[a]	31 July 1971	1 December 1979	^[5]

a. ^{^} plus Dimitris Liakouris and Kostas Chanios, Giorgos Kefalidis and Stelios Skevofilakas as exchange from the next season.

Out

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date
DF	Dimitris Liakouris	Atromitos	Free transfer	31 July 1971
MF	Lakis Avramidis	Olympiakos Nicosia	Free transfer	1 July 1971
FW	Panagiotis Psychogios	Atromitos	₯300,000	31 July 1971

Loan out

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
FW	Dimitris Palasidis	AO Koropi	Free	1 July 1971	30 June 1972	N

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure: ₯600,000

Income: ₯300,000

Net Total: ₯300,000

Pre-season and friendlies

1 August 1971 Friendly	Florina	0–3	AEK Athens	Florina
				Stadium: Florina Municipal Stadium

3 August 1971 Friendly	Kastoria	1–2	AEK Athens	Kastoria
				Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kastoria

4 August 1971 Friendly	Aris Ptolemaidas	0–8	AEK Athens	Ptolemaida
				Stadium: Municipal Ptolemaida Stadium

9 August 1971 OPAP Summer Championship	AEK Athens	1–1	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

11 August 1971 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–1	Atromitos	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

15 August 1971 Friendly	AEK Athens	0–1	Peñarol	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

22 August 1971 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–0	Ethnikos Piraeus	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

1 September 1971 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–0	Universidad Católica	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

7 September 1971 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–4	Hamburger SV	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

25 September 1971 Friendly	AEK Athens	6–0	Atromitos	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

28 December 1971 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–0	Bayern Munich	Nea Filadelfeia
	Papaemmanouil 88'	Report		Stadium: AEK Stadium

2 February 1972 Friendly	AEK Athens	0–3	CSKA Sofia	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

10 February 1972 Friendly	Ikaros Athens	1–1	AEK Athens

16 February 1972 Friendly	Panetolikos	1–2	AEK Athens	Agrinio
				Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium

16 February 1972 Friendly	Apollon Athens	0–2	AEK Athens	Rizoupoli
				Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium

26 April 1972 Friendly	Korinthos	2–0	AEK Athens	Corinth
				Stadium: Korinthos Stadium

3 May 1972 Friendly	Panargiakos	3–1	AEK Athens	Argos
				Stadium: Argos Municipal Stadium

7 May 1972 Friendly	Olympiacos	3–1	AEK Athens	Piraeus
17:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

24 May 1972 Friendly	Panarkadikos	1–4	AEK Athens	Tripoli
				Stadium: Panarkadikos Stadium Attendance: 4,000

14 June 1972 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–0	Željezničar	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

Greek Super Cup

30 June 1971 First leg	Olympiacos	2–2	AEK Athens	Piraeus
	Gioutsos 1' Kapernekas 67'	Report	Kachris 52', 82'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 36,449 Referee: Stathis Papavasileiou (Piraeus)
Note: Due to the departure of the national team to Mexico, for a friendly match on July 6, it was agreed that the internationals would play only in the first half of the match, resulting in the usage of a total of 31 players. However, only Papaioannou competed for one half, while Glezos did not play at all. On the contrary, Toskas, Stathopoulos, Gaitatzis played throughout the match.

4 September 1971 Second leg	AEK Athens	1–1 (4–2 p)	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
	Ventouris 21'	Report	Karavitis 13'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 25,136 Referee: Famelis (Athens)
	Penalties
	Nikolaidis Karafeskos Toskas Ventouris Papaioannou		Gioutsos Siokos Papadimitriou Karavitis
Note: Karavitis was subbed off at the 46th minute and was subbed on again, at the 71st minute.

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Alpha Ethniki	19 September 1971	11 June 1972	Matchday 1	3rd	34	20	8	6	57	23	+34	058.82
Greek Cup	29 August 1971	8 March 1972	First round	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	066.67
European Cup	15 September 1971	29 September 1971	First round	First round	2	1	0	1	4	6	−2	050.00
Total					39	23	8	8	69	31	+38	058.97

Last updated: 11 June 1972
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Panathinaikos (C)	34	24	6	4	89	23	+66	88	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Olympiacos	34	20	9	5	61	33	+28	83	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	AEK Athens	34	20	8	6	57	23	+34	82	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Aris	34	18	11	5	52	25	+27	81
5	PAOK	34	18	10	6	53	27	+26	80	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	20	8	6	57	23	+34	82	15	1	1	39	7	+32	5	7	5	18	16	+2

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L
Position	6	11	4	7	4	6	8	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures

19 September 1971 1	AEK Athens	1–0	PAOK	Nea Filadelfeia
16:15 EET (UTC+2)	Ventouris 77'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 28,581 Referee: Michalis Kyriakidis (Cyprus)

6 October 1971 2	Veria	1–0	AEK Athens	Veria
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Rantidis 60'			Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Stathis Papavasileiou (Piraeus)

3 October 1971 3	AEK Athens	3–0	Panachaiki	Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Papaioannou 52' Psimogiannos 62', 78'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 25,548 Referee: Lepidas
Note: At the 69th minute the goalkeeper of AEK Athens, Konstantinidis was injured and was replaced by forward Papaioannou, since the team had already used the two permitted substitutions. At the 88th minute, Panachaiki suffered the same fate, with defender Androutsos replacing Saraliotis.^[6]

10 October 1971 4	Egaleo	0–0	AEK Athens	Aigaleo
15:30 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium Attendance: 11,614 Referee: Perperidis

17 October 1971 5	AEK Athens	2–1	Panathinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 10', 32'		Domazos 57'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 29,966 Referee: Stathis Papavasileiou (Piraeus)

24 October 1971 6	Aris	3–2	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Keramidas 25' Alexiadis 63' Tyriakidis 81'		Nikolaidis 53' Nikolaou 73'	Stadium: Aris Stadium Attendance: 14,196 Referee: Christos Kougias (Athens)

31 October 1971 7	AEK Athens	1–1	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Papaioannou 54'		Synetopoulos 25' (pen.)	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 29,812 Referee: Stathis Papavasileiou (Piraeus)

7 November 1971 8	AEK Athens	3–0	Fostiras	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaou 7', 60' Papaioannou 54'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 12,982 Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa)

14 November 1971 9	Trikala	0–0	AEK Athens	Trikala
15:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium Attendance: 15,728 Referee: Christos Michas (Athens)

21 November 1971 10	AEK Athens	4–0	Iraklis	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Pomonis 25' Nikoloudis 48' (o.g.) Papaioannou 70' Nikolaidis 77' (pen.)			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 19,067 Referee: Christos Kougias (Athens)

12 December 1971 11	Ethnikos Piraeus	2–2	AEK Athens	Piraeus
	Triantafyllou 54' (o.g.) Michailidis 75'		Pomonis 6', 89'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 17,256 Referee: Christos Michas (Athens)

19 December 1971 12	AEK Athens	2–0	Apollon Athens	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Ventouris 37' Papaioannou 80'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 12,710 Referee: Komninakis (Athens)

26 December 1971 13	Olympiacos Volos	0–0	AEK Athens	Volos
14:45 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Volos Municipal Stadium Attendance: 7,364 Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)

2 January 1972 14	AEK Athens	1–0	Kavala	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Papaioannou 76'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 17,552 Referee: Christos Kougias (Athens)

9 January 1972 15	Olympiakos Nicosia	1–3	AEK Athens	Nicosia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Efthimiadis 87' (pen.)		Kachris 53' Nikolaou 65' Papaemmanouil 85'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 4,231 Referee: Manolis Platopoulos (Athens)

16 January 1972 16	Pierikos	0–0	AEK Athens	Katerini
14:45 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Katerini Stadium Attendance: 1,962 Referee: Kostas Xanthos (Dodecanese)

23 January 1972 17	AEK Athens	1–0	Panionios	Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaou 10'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 11,820 Referee: Famelis (Athens)

30 January 1972 18	PAOK	2–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
15:15 EET (UTC+2)	Sarafis 19' Paridis 55'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 35,411 Referee: Pyloridis

6 February 1972 19	AEK Athens	3–1	Veria	Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 1' Karafeskos 80' Pomonis 30'		Gaitanos 40'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 11,616 Referee: Giannakos (Macedonia)

13 February 1972 20	Panachaiki	1–1	AEK Athens	Patras
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Rigas 30'		Karafeskos 7'	Stadium: Panachaiki Stadium Attendance: 14,555 Referee: Giorgos Katsoras (Thessaloniki)

20 February 1972 21	AEK Athens	2–1	Egaleo	Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Papaioannou 49', 53'		Chrisostomou 86'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 17,201 Referee: Nanos

27 February 1972 22	Panathinaikos	1–2	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Domazos 15'		Pomonis 55' Nikolaidis 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 24,817 Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)

12 March 1972 23	AEK Athens	2–0	Aris	Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Papaioannou 18', 71'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 22,276 Referee: Pan Marinos (Piraeus)

19 March 1972 24	Olympiacos	1–1	AEK Athens	Piraeus
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Triantafyllos 45'		Papaioannou 75'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 38,376 Referee: Stathis Papabasileiou (Piraeus)

26 March 1972 25	Fostiras	0–2	AEK Athens	Tavros
16:30 EET (UTC+2)			Pomonis 26' Nikolaidis 42'	Stadium: Tavros Stadium Attendance: 8,517 Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus)

2 April 1972 26	AEK Athens	1–2	Trikala	Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Pomonis 76'		Kalantzis 34' Sinatkas 85'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 20,108 Referee: Giorgos Armodoros (Piraeus)

16 April 1972 27	Iraklis	1–2	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Koutroubelis 16'		Papaioannou 10' Pomonis 58'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 9,087 Referee: Kostas Xanthos (Dodecanese)

23 April 1972 28	AEK Athens	1–0	Ethnikos Piraeus	Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 22'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 18,504 Referee: Christos Michas (Athens)

30 April 1972 29	Apollon Athens	0–2	AEK Athens	Rizoupoli
17:00 EET (UTC+2)			Lavaridis 18' Nikolaou 80'	Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 8,070 Referee: Stathis Papabasileiou (Piraeus)

14 May 1972 30	AEK Athens	2–1	Olympiacos Volos	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kefalidis 70' Pomonis 83'		Tsouknidas 87'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 14,332 Referee: Giorgos Armodoros (Piraeus)

21 May 1972 31	Kavala	1–0	AEK Athens	Kavala
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Chrisafidis 66'			Stadium: Kavala National Stadium Attendance: 10,006 Referee: Dimitris Protonotarios (Athens)

28 May 1972 32	AEK Athens	5–0	Olympiakos Nicosia	Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Pomonis 55' Nikolaidis 64' (pen.), 88' Nikolaou 69' Toskas 72'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 3,494 Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus)

4 June 1972 33	AEK Athens	5–0	Pierikos	Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaou 5', 38', 74' Skevofilakas 58' Traganos 83' (o.g.)			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 8,447 Referee: Chiotakis (Thessaloniki)

11 June 1972 34	Panionios	2–1	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Intzoglou 29' Panagiotidis 52'		Nikolaou 58'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 7,632 Referee: Giannakos (Macedonia)

Greek Cup

Matches

29 August 1971 First round	AEK Athens	4–1	PAO Rouf	Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 6' Papaioannou 38', 65' Papaemmanouil 86'		Georgopoulos 68'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 7,537 Referee: Famelis (Athens)

5 December 1971 Round of 32	AEK Athens	4–0	Kozani	Nea Filadelfeia
14:15 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 28' (pen.), 75' Papaioannou 38', 60'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 2,292 Referee: Perperidis (Athens)

8 March 1972 Round of 16	Lamia	1–0 (a.e.t.)	AEK Athens	Lamia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Zervas 110'			Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa)

European Cup

First round

15 September 1971 First leg	Internazionale	4–1	AEK Athens	Milan, Italy
	Jair 5', 44' Bertini 18' Mazzola 20' Facchetti 35' Boninsegna 61' (pen.) Corso 69'	Report	Pomonis 14', 15' Toskas 83'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 72,333 Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

29 September 1971 Second leg	AEK Athens	3–2 (4–6 agg.)	Internazionale	Athens, Greece
21:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ventouris 29' Papaioannou 45' Nikolaidis 89'	Report	Karafeskos 17' (o.g.) Bertini 1' 20' Boninsegna 75'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 29,449 Referee: Tofiq Bahramov (Soviet Union)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 11 June 1972

No.	Pos	Player	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		European Cup		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
—	GK	Stelios Serafidis	21	0	2	0	0	0	23	0
—	GK	Stelios Konstantinidis	13	0	1	0	2	0	16	0
—	GK	Giorgos Daditsos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	GK	Kostas Silivistras	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
—	DF	Giorgos Kefalidis	15	1	0	0	2	0	17	1
—	DF	Giorgos Tanidis	18	0	1	0	0	0	19	0
—	DF	Apostolos Toskas	33	1	3	0	1	0	37	1
—	DF	Nikos Karapoulitidis	21	0	1	0	0	0	22	0
—	DF	Stefanos Theodoridis	23	0	3	0	2	0	28	0
—	DF	Kostas Triantafyllou	12	0	3	0	2	0	17	0
—	DF	Lefteris Istorios	12	0	1	0	0	0	13	0
Midfielders
—	MF	Stelios Skevofilakas	25	1	2	0	0	0	27	1
—	MF	Panagiotis Ventouris	26	2	2	0	2	1	30	3
—	MF	Nikos Stathopoulos	4	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
—	MF	Giorgos Karafeskos	21	2	2	0	2	0	25	2
—	MF	Giorgos Lavaridis	24	1	2	0	2	0	28	1
Forwards
—	FW	Andreas Papaemmanouil	16	1	1	1	1	0	18	2
—	FW	Mimis Papaioannou	28	12	3	4	2	1	33	17
—	FW	Spyros Pomonis	27	10	3	0	2	1	32	11
—	FW	Kostas Nikolaidis	33	10	3	3	2	1	38	14
—	FW	Kostas Chanios	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
—	FW	Babis Psimogiannos	20	2	0	0	1	0	21	2
—	FW	Giorgos Kachris	15	1	2	0	1	0	18	1
—	FW	Lakis Nikolaou	31	11	2	0	2	0	35	11

Goalscorers

As of 11 June 1972

Rank	Pos.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	European Cup	Total
1	FW	Mimis Papaioannou	12	4	1	17
2	FW	Kostas Nikolaidis	10	3	1	14
3	FW	Lakis Nikolaou	11	0	0	11
3	FW	Spyros Pomonis	10	0	1	11
5	MF	Panagiotis Ventouris	2	0	1	3
6	MF	Giorgos Karafeskos	2	0	0	2
	FW	Babis Psimogiannos	2	0	0	2
	FW	Andreas Papaemmanouil	1	1	0	2
9	DF	Apostolos Toskas	1	0	0	1
	DF	Giorgos Kefalidis	1	0	0	1
	MF	Giorgos Lavaridis	1	0	0	1
	MF	Stelios Skevofilakas	1	0	0	1
	FW	Giorgos Kachris	1	0	0	1
Own goals			2	0	0	2
Totals			57	8	4	69

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Source
Lakis Nikolaou	Pierikos	5–0 (H)	4 June 1972	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 11 June 1972

Rank	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	Total
1	Stelios Serafidis	11	1	12
2	Stelios Konstantinidis	6	0	6
3	Kostas Silivistras	0	0	0
Totals		17	1	18

Disciplinary record

As of 11 June 1972

N	P	Nat.	Name							Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	European Cup		Total		Notes
Goalkeepers
—	GK		Stelios Serafidis
—	GK		Stelios Konstantinidis
—	GK		Giorgos Daditsos
—	GK		Kostas Silivistras
Defenders
—	DF		Giorgos Kefalidis
—	DF		Giorgos Tanidis
—	DF		Apostolos Toskas				1		1
—	DF		Nikos Karapoulitidis
—	DF		Stefanos Theodoridis
—	DF		Kostas Triantafyllou
—	DF		Lefteris Istorios
Midfielders
—	MF		Stelios Skevofilakas
—	MF		Panagiotis Ventouris
—	MF		Nikos Stathopoulos
—	MF		Giorgos Karafeskos
—	MF		Giorgos Lavaridis
Forwards
—	FW		Andreas Papaemmanouil
—	FW		Mimis Papaioannou
—	FW		Spyros Pomonis	1		1		2
—	FW		Kostas Nikolaidis
—	FW		Kostas Chanios
—	FW		Babis Psimogiannos
—	FW		Giorgos Kachris
—	FW		Lakis Nikolaou

References

^ "Inter-AEK UEFA Champions League 1971/72". UEFA.com.
^ "Όταν η ΑΕΚ έγραφε ιστορία κόντρα στην Ίντερ". gazzetta.gr.
^ "Η πιο μεγάλη ευρωπαϊκή νίκη γοήτρου της ΑΕΚ". aek365.org.
^ "Περίοδος 1971-1972". aekpedia.com (in Greek). 20 May 2015.
^ "Οι 22 ποδοσφαιριστές, που συνδέουν ΑΕΚ και Ατρόμητο". aek365.org. 30 April 2011.
^ "Όσα μας έμαθε ο Μίμης Παπαϊωάννου". andro.gr. 27 June 2014.

External links

[1] "Inter-AEK UEFA Champions League 1971/72". UEFA.com.

[2] "Όταν η ΑΕΚ έγραφε ιστορία κόντρα στην Ίντερ". gazzetta.gr.

[3] "Η πιο μεγάλη ευρωπαϊκή νίκη γοήτρου της ΑΕΚ". aek365.org.

[4] "Περίοδος 1971-1972". aekpedia.com (in Greek). 20 May 2015.

[5] "Οι 22 ποδοσφαιριστές, που συνδέουν ΑΕΚ και Ατρόμητο". aek365.org. 30 April 2011.

[6] "Όσα μας έμαθε ο Μίμης Παπαϊωάννου". andro.gr. 27 June 2014.

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