1978–79 AEK Athens F.C. season
1978–79 season | ||
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Chairman | Loukas Barlos | |
Manager | Ferenc Puskás (until 17 March) Andreas Stamatiadis | |
Stadium | AEK Stadium | |
Alpha Ethniki | 1st | |
Greek Cup | Runners-up | |
European Cup | Second round | |
Top goalscorer | League: Thomas Mavros (31) All: Thomas Mavros (40) | |
Highest home attendance | 35,000 vs Nottingham Forest (18 October 1978) | |
Lowest home attendance | 2,204 vs Kavala (8 November 1978) | |
Average home league attendance | 14,631 | |
Biggest win | AEK Athens 7–0 Kavala | |
Biggest defeat | Nottingham Forest 5–1 AEK Athens | |
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The 1978–79 season was the 55th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 20th 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 3 September 1978 and finished on 16 June 1979.
Overview
The peculiarities of the 1978–79 season could well mark it as historic for the Greek Football, while it was also the last semi-professional season as with the enactment of law 879/79 in March, all the football clubs were obliged to be converted into S.A. to participate in the first professional championship of the next season. In the summer, there was an "epidemic" of transfers by iconic players among the big teams. AEK were the only club that was left intact. Georgios Delikaris moved from Olympiacos to Panathinaikos, Antonis Antoniadis followed the opposite path and Mimis Domazos left Panathinaikos. Loukas Barlos seized the chance and signed him to AEK. Thus, for one season, AEK had in their roster at the same time the two best Greek footballers of the century, both born in 1942, both named "Mimis": Papaioannou and Domazos. The addition of the "general", Mimis Domazos to the roster, with his leadership skills and tactical mind, gave the already impressive team, the element that made them one of the most spectacular that have ever played in the Greek stadiums. Furthermore, after the departure of the double winner, Zlatko Čajkovski for Zürich, Barlos brought to the club's bench the great Ferenc Puskás, who alongside Domazos were the architects of Panathinaikos' campaign to the 1971 European Cup Final, hoping that AEK would do a similar breakthrough at the European stage.
In the championship, AEK started impressively and were ahead in the standings. Olympiacos were the only rival for the title. While AEK were generously scattering goals and spectacle, while in the opposite of the event, there were many official complaints of the opponents of Olympiacos for attempts of bribery. In the 12th matchday, Oikonomou of Apollon Athens and on the 23rd and the goalkeeper of PAS Giannina, Lisa, reported of bribery on the side of Olympiacos and on the 32nd matchday, after their match against Olympiacos, Rodos punished Doxakis, Papaoikonomou and Skartados for having reduced performance in the match as Olympiacos turned their 3–1 lead in 23 minutes, with the help of the referee as well.[1]
AEK also started their obligations in the European Cup against Porto. The quality of the opponent and the fullness of AEK foreshadowed two ambiguous matches with an uncertain outcome. In Nea Filadelfeia, AEK and their fans experienced a magical European night and witnessed the club's biggest victory in the European Cup with 6–1, which gave AEK a largely securing qualification to the next round. In the rematch AEK opened the score in the first half and in the last half hour of the match they turned off the engines as the Portuguese grabbed the opportunity and scored four goals. Next opponent for AEK, Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest. The "reds" having learned not to underestimate their opponents and being aware of AEK's impressive performance against Porto, came to Nea Filadelfeia for the first leg, completely focused on their goal. Nottingham took the lead early on and at the 21st minute, AEK were left with 10 players after the suspension of Milton Viera. At the end of the half Nottingham doubled their lead and until the match was over the Englishmen played conservatively with AEK managing to reduce in the final 1–2. In the second leg AEK entered the pitch knowing well that a difficult night that awaited them. In the first half, Nottingham easily scored three goals having lost several opportunities to a widen the score, while at the second half, AEK reduced to 3–1 with a header from Bajević. Nottingham completed their imposing appearance with a 5–1 victory and eventually won the trophy.
Towards the end of the championship, AEK presented an inexplicable decline in their performance and in the face of the risk of losing the title after the away defeat by Aris on March 11, Barlos decided to remove Puskás from bench of the team and assigned it to his assistant, Andreas Stamatiadis for the rest of the season. In the cup, it was the first year that the two legged tie, for the quarter-finals and the semi-finals were established, according to the model of European cups. AEK marched through the first three rounds eliminating Kavala, Proodeftiki and Acharnaikos, respectively. In the quarter-final against Anagennisi Epanomi after a 1–1 away draw, AEK won 2–0 in the second leg and qualified to the semi-finals where they faced Panachaiki. In Patras, they were defeated by 3–2, but at home AEK won easily by 5–1. In the final AEK met Panionios who came from two consecutive unexpected qualifications. In the game, while AEK managed to take the lead early on, Panionios succeeded in putting AEK to "sleep", by not letting them impose their frenetic tempo and completed the comeback winning by 3–1, in one of the biggest surprises in the history of the institution.[2]
The end of the championship found AEK and Olympiacos, even in the first place with 56 points and a play-off match for the title was set. Olympiacos either in fear of a possible embarrassment from AEK, or as part of an unofficial deal with the HFF in exchange for silencing allegations of bribery and consequently avoiding demotion, were not going to show up to the match. The excuse was the protest for the refereeing of Charalampos Pamporidis against OFI in the last matchday, considering him responsible for not managing to complete the comeback of a 3–1 loss that would resulted in winning the league. On June 16, at the stadium on Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, AEK were the only team lined up on the pitch. The absence of Olympiacos automatically declared AEK champion with a 2–0 victory without a match.[3] During the season AEK were an unstoppable football machine that dismantled their opponents as they achieved the league's best offense with a total of 90 goals, rewarding their opponents 6 times with 5 goals and 2 with 7 goals. Thomas Mavros was declared the top scorer of the league with 31 goals and 40 in total, winning the European Silver Shoe, just 3 goals behind Kees Kist.[4] In the third place of the top scorers of the league was Dušan Bajević with 24 goals and in the 8th, Takis Nikoloudis with 12. That season would be the last at AEK for the emblematic leader, Mimis Papaioannou which after 17 consecutive years of presence, he would be passed on the pantheon of the legends in the history of the club.[5]
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 16 June 1979, 23:59 UTC+3.
Player | Nat. | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed | Previous club | Transfer fee | Contract until |
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Goalkeepers | |||||||
Nikos Christidis | ![]() | GK | (1944-08-02)2 August 1944 (aged 34) | 1976 | ![]() | Free | 1982 |
Lakis Stergioudas | ![]() | GK | (1952-12-11)11 December 1952 (aged 26) | 1972 | ![]() | Free | 1985 |
Spyros Ikonomopoulos | ![]() | GK | (1959-07-25)25 July 1959 (aged 19) | 1978 | ![]() | — | 1984 |
Defenders | |||||||
Apostolos Toskas | ![]() | CB | (1947-12-28)28 December 1947 (aged 31) | 1969 | ![]() | Free | 1979 |
Lakis Nikolaou (Captain) | ![]() | CB / RB / ST / DM | (1949-07-17)17 July 1949 (aged 29) | 1971 | ![]() | ₯600,000 | 1979 |
Babis Intzoglou | ![]() | RB / LB / CB | (1949-04-01)1 April 1949 (aged 30) | 1976 | ![]() | Free | 1980 |
Giannis Mousouris | ![]() | RB / RM / ST | (1951-01-26)26 January 1951 (aged 28) | 1977 | ![]() | ₯3,000,000 | 1982 |
Petros Ravousis | ![]() | CB / RB | (1954-10-01)1 October 1954 (aged 24) | 1972 | ![]() | Free | 1985 |
Aris Damianidis | ![]() | CB / RB | (1955-03-02)2 March 1955 (aged 24) | 1977 | ![]() | Free | 1980 |
Dimitris Kotsos | ![]() | LB | (1955-03-30)30 March 1955 (aged 24) | 1978 | ![]() | Free | 1980 |
Stavros Letsas | ![]() | RB / RM / CB | (1957-03-06)6 March 1957 (aged 22) | 1978 | ![]() | Free | 1986 |
Panagiotis Stylianopoulos | ![]() | RB / LB | (1957-09-04)4 September 1957 (aged 21) | 1978 | ![]() | — | 1986 |
Theodoros Apostolopoulos | ![]() | CB | 1959 (aged 19–20) | 1978 | ![]() | — | 1980 |
Midfielders | |||||||
Mimis Domazos | ![]() | AM / SS | (1942-01-22)22 January 1942 (aged 37) | 1978 | ![]() | Free | 1980 |
Milton Viera | ![]() | CM / DM | (1946-05-11)11 May 1946 (aged 33) | 1977 | ![]() | Free | 1980 |
Lazaros Papadopoulos | ![]() | RM / RW | (1950-01-03)3 January 1950 (aged 29) | 1973 | ![]() | Free | 1979 |
Dionysis Tsamis | ![]() | CM / DM / AM | (1951-05-21)21 May 1951 (aged 28) | 1972 | ![]() | ₯2,300,000 | 1980 |
Takis Nikoloudis | ![]() | CM / AM / RM / LM | (1951-08-26)26 August 1951 (aged 27) | 1977 | ![]() | Free | 1981 |
Christos Ardizoglou | ![]() | RM / LM / RW / AM | (1953-03-25)25 March 1953 (aged 26) | 1974 | ![]() | ₯5,000,000 | 1986 |
Christos Kalaitzidis | ![]() | LM | (1959-02-06)6 February 1959 (aged 20) | 1978 | ![]() | — | 1981 |
Dimitris Kokkinopoulos | ![]() | RM / RW | 1960 (aged 18–19) | 1978 | ![]() | — | 1980 |
Forwards | |||||||
Mimis Papaioannou (Vice-captain) | ![]() | SS / ST / AM | (1942-08-23)23 August 1942 (aged 36) | 1962 | ![]() | ₯175,000 | 1979 |
Dušan Bajević | ![]() | ST / SS | (1948-12-10)10 December 1948 (aged 30) | 1977 | ![]() | Free | 1981 |
Tasos Konstantinou | ![]() | RW / SS / ST / RM / AM | (1951-03-11)11 March 1951 (aged 28) | 1972 | ![]() | Free | 1980 |
Thomas Mavros | ![]() | ST / LW | (1954-05-31)31 May 1954 (aged 25) | 1976 | ![]() | Free | 1984 |
Transfers
In
Pos. | Player | From | Type | Fee | Date | Contract Until | Source |
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GK | ![]() | ![]() | Promotion | — | 1 July 1978 | 30 June 1984 | |
DF | ![]() | ![]() | Promotion | — | 1 July 1978 | 30 June 1980 | |
DF | ![]() | ![]() | Transfer | Free | 1 July 1978 | 30 June 1986 | |
DF | ![]() | ![]() | Promotion | — | 1 July 1978 | 30 June 1986 | |
DF | ![]() | ![]() | Transfer | Free | 1 July 1978 | 30 June 1980 | |
ΜF | ![]() | ![]() | Promotion | — | 1 July 1978 | 30 June 1980 | |
ΜF | ![]() | ![]() | Promotion | — | 1 July 1978 | 30 June 1981 | |
MF | ![]() | ![]() | Transfer | Free | 17 July 1978 | 30 June 1980 |
Out
Pos. | Player | To | Type | Fee | Date | Source |
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DF | ![]() | ![]() | End of contract | — | 1 July 1978 | |
MF | ![]() | ![]() | Contract termination | — | 1 July 1978 | |
MF | ![]() | Free agent | End of contract | — | 1 July 1978 |
Loan out
Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy | Source |
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FW | ![]() | ![]() | Free | 1 July 1978 | 30 June 1980 | ![]() |
Overall transfer activity
Expenditure: ₯0
Income: ₯0
Net Total: ₯0
Pre-season and friendlies
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2 August 1978 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) |
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| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Alexopoulos |
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png)
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7 August 1978 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
21:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Stadium: AEK Stadium |
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png)
![Czechoslovakia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png)
9 August 1978 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
19:30 EEST (UTC+3) |
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| Stadium: AEK Stadium |
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png)
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16 August 1978 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) |
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| Stadium: AEK Stadium |
![Belgium](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png)
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19 August 1978 Friendly | La Louvière ![]() | 3–4 | ![]() | La Louvière |
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) |
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| Stadium: Stade du Tivoli |
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22 August 1978 Friendly | Beveren ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Beveren |
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) |
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| Stadium: Freethiel Stadion |
![Belgium](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png)
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png)
23 August 1978 Friendly | Cercle Brugge ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Bruges |
| Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium |
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png)
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png)
27 August 1978 Friendly | Chalkida ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Chalcis |
| Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Chalkida |
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png)
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30 August 1978 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
17:30 EEST (UTC+3) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium |
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png)
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png)
22 September 1978 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 7–0 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
Stadium: AEK Stadium |
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png)
![United States](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png)
4 October 1978 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 3–5 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) |
| Report | Stadium: AEK Stadium |
![Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png)
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png)
25 October 1978 Friendly | Velež Mostar ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() | Mostar |
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| Stadium: Bijeli Brijeg |
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png)
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26 November 1978 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: AEK Stadium |
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png)
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3 December 1978 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
20:00 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: AEK Stadium |
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png)
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15 March 1979 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium |
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png)
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4 April 1979 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 5–3 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
16:30 EEST (UTC+3) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium | ||
Note: Thomas Mavros played with Greece military, against his team since he was serving in the Greek Army at the time. |
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png)
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1 May 1979 Friendly | OFI ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Heraklion |
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| Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium |
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png)
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10 May 1979 Friendly | AEL ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Larissa |
| Stadium: Alcazar Stadium |
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png)
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png)
6 June 1979 Mimis Papaioannou Testimonial | AEK Athens ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | Nea Filadelfeia |
| Report | Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 8,777 | ||
Note: Friendly match in honour of Mimis Papaioannou, who was leaving AEK after 17 years of presence at the club. AEK played with a mixed team, consisting of football friends who wanted to honor Papaioannou. The yellow and black jersey that day, was worn by footballers of Aris, Giannis Venos and Georgios Firos, Fanis Theofanous of Pezoporikos Larnaca, Manolis Kottis of Rodos a year before his transfer to AEK, Walter Schachner of Austria Wien, Kurt Jara of Duisburg, Pantelidis of PAS Giannina, Eleftheriadis of Veria, Vaggis of Egaleo, Antonis Antoniadis of Olympiacos, Michalis Tzirakis and Dimitrios Papadopoulos of OFI both before moving to AEK at some time, Charalampos Xanthopoulos of Iraklis and Lakis Papaioannou of Pierikos, but most importantly by Vasilis Hatzipanagis, one of the greatest Greek footballers of all time. |
Competitions
Overall record
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Alpha Ethniki | 3 September 1978 | 3 June 1979 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 90 | 60 | +30 | 073.53 |
Championship play-off | 16 June 1979 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 100.00 | |
Greek Cup | 8 November 1978 | 9 June 1979 | First round | Runners-up | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 8 | +16 | 062.50 |
European Cup | 13 September 1978 | 1 November 1978 | First round | Second round | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 025.00 |
Total | 47 | 32 | 7 | 8 | 123 | 80 | +43 | 068.09 |
Last updated: 16 June 1979
Source: Competitions
Alpha Ethniki
League table
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | AEK Athens[a] (C) | 34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 90 | 30 | +60 | 56 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
2 | Olympiacos[a] | 34 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 63 | 27 | +36 | 56 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
3 | Aris | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 63 | 26 | +37 | 50 | |
4 | PAOK | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 73 | 23 | +50 | 45 | |
5 | Panathinaikos | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 38 |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ a b AEK Athens pronounced champions, because Olympiacos did not show up for the play-off match.
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 90 | 30 | +60 | 56 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 12 | +50 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 18 | +10 |
Source: Competitive matches
Results by Matchday
Fixtures
3 September 1978 1 | Egaleo | 0–2 | AEK Athens | Aigaleo |
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Stadium: Aigaleo Municipal Stadium Attendance: 10,206 Referee: Nikos Lampropoulos (Elis) |
10 September 1978 2 | AEK Athens | 3–2 | PAOK | Nea Filadelfeia |
17:00 EET (UTC+2) | Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 27,854 Referee: Grippas (Kavala) |
24 September 1978 3 | Olympiacos | 0–1 | AEK Athens | Piraeus |
16:30 EEST (UTC+3) |
| Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 38,934 Referee: Antonis Vassaras (Thessaloniki) |
1 October 1978 4 | AEK Athens | 5–1 | Iraklis | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:30 EEST (UTC+3) |
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| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 16,595 Referee: Dimitris Pantzalis (Piraeus) |
14 October 1978 5 | Panionios | 0–1 | AEK Athens | Nea Smyrni |
| Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 9,951 Referee: Vasilis Patarakis (Piraeus) |
21 October 1978 6 | AEK Athens | 1–1 | Aris | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:00 EEST (UTC+3) |
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| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 10,660 Referee: Giannis Tsionas (Larissa) |
5 November 1978 7 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 3–1 | AEK Athens | Piraeus |
14:30 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 24,067 Referee: Kostas Karakitsos (Athens) |
12 November 1978 8 | AEK Athens | 4–0 | Panachaiki | Nea Filadelfeia |
14:30 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 8,704 Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus) |
19 November 1978 9 | AEK Athens | 2–0 | Apollon Athens | Nea Filadelfeia |
14:30 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 10,257 Referee: Aristeidis Lekkas (Piraeus) |
10 December 1978 10 | Panathinaikos | 2–2 | AEK Athens | Ampelokipoi |
14:30 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 23,150 Referee: Panagiotis Tsolakidis (Thessaloniki) |
17 December 1978 11 | AEK Athens | 2–1 | Kastoria | Nea Filadelfeia |
14:30 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 10,606 Referee: Kostas Karakitsos (Lamia) |
24 December 1978 12 | Rodos | 0–1 | AEK Athens | Rhodes |
14:30 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: Municipal Stadium Ekonomideio Attendance: 4,552 Referee: Dimitris Pantzalis (Piraeus) |
31 December 1978 13 | AEK Athens | 5–0 | Panserraikos | Nea Filadelfeia |
14:30 EET (UTC+2) | Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 9,223 Referee: Giorgos Katsoras (Thessaloniki) |
7 January 1979 14 | OFI | 0–0 | AEK Athens | Heraklion |
14:30 EET (UTC+2) | Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 8,228 Referee: Panagiotis Tsolakidis (Thessaloniki) |
14 January 1979 15 | AEK Athens | 4–2 | AEL | Nea Filadelfeia |
14:30 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 11,436 Referee: Giannis Triantafyllou (Dodecanese) |
26 December 1979 16 | Kavala | 1–2 | AEK Athens | Kavala |
14:30 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: Kavala National Stadium Attendance: 9,651 Referee: Tsoukaladelis (Lamia) |
28 January 1979 17 | PAS Giannina | 1–1 | AEK Athens | Ioannina |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: Zosimades Stadium Attendance: 11,166 Referee: Grippas |
4 February 1979 18 | AEK Athens | 5–0 | Egaleo | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) | Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 13,402 Referee: Manolis Platopoulos (Athens) |
11 February 1979 19 | PAOK | 2–1 | AEK Athens | Thessaloniki |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 41,909 Referee: Kostas Dedes (Messinia) |
18 February 1979 20 | AEK Athens | 0–0 | Olympiacos | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) | Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 29,807 Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki) |
25 February 1979 21 | Iraklis | 2–3 | AEK Athens | Thessaloniki |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 14,354 Referee: Manolis Vardakas (Kozani) |
4 March 1979 22 | AEK Athens | 4–0 | Panionios | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:00 EET (UTC+2) | Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 13,554 Referee: Giorgos Petropoulos (Athens) |
11 March 1979 23 | Aris | 2–1 | AEK Athens | Thessaloniki |
15:30 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: Aris Stadium Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Giorgos Armodoros (Piraeus) |
18 March 1979 24 | AEK Athens | 5–1 | Ethnikos Piraeus | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:30 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 17,454 Referee: Panagiotis Tsolakidis (Thessaloniki) |
25 March 1979 25 | Panachaiki | 1–2 | AEK Athens | Patras |
15:30 EEST (UTC+3) |
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| Stadium: Panachaiki Stadium Attendance: 11,833 Referee: Giannis Petrakis (Heraklion) |
1 April 1979 26 | Apollon Athens | 1–3 | AEK Athens | Rizoupoli |
16:00 EEST (UTC+3) |
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| Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 14,169 Referee: Nikos Fakis (Athens) |
8 April 1979 27 | AEK Athens | 1–0 | Panathinaikos | Nea Filadelfeia |
16:00 EEST (UTC+3) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 28,789 Referee: Giorgos Petropoulos (Athens) | ||
Note: A few minutes before the half time whistle a fierce clash between the players broke out, after a foul by Eleftherakis on Mavros. The wild beating between the players resulted in the expulsion of Nikoloudis and Livathinos. After the match Álvarez spoke out against Domazos, accusing him of spitting him while threatening, in which the latter responded the following day accepting the charges and challenging him to a fight.[6] |
15 April 1979 28 | Kastoria | 1–1 | AEK Athens | Kastoria |
16:00 EEST (UTC+3) |
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| Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kastoria Attendance: 3,513 Referee: G. Moschopoulos (Thessaloniki) |
25 April 1979 29 | AEK Athens | 5–2 | Rodos | Nea Filadelfeia |
16:30 EEST (UTC+3) |
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| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 15,001 Referee: Manolis Vardakas (Kozani) |
6 May 1979 30 | Panserraikos | 2–5 | AEK Athens | Serres |
16:30 EEST (UTC+3) |
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| Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,716 Referee: Giorgos Katsoras (Thessaloniki) |
13 May 1979 31 | AEK Athens | 2–0 | OFI | Nea Filadelfeia |
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 13,634 Referee: G. Moschopoulos (Thessaloniki) |
20 May 1979 32 | AEL | 0–1 | AEK Athens | Larissa |
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) |
| Stadium: Alcazar Stadium Attendance: 11,731 Referee: Antonis Vassaras (Thessaloniki) |
27 May 1979 33 | AEK Athens | 7–0 | Kavala | Nea Filadelfeia |
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 10,306 Referee: Grippas |
3 June 1979 34 | AEK Athens | 7–2 | PAS Giannina | Nea Filadelfeia |
17:15 EEST (UTC+3) |
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| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 7,244 Referee: Thomaidis (Piraeus) |
Championship play-off
16 June 1979 Play-off match | AEK Athens | 2–0 (Awarded) | Olympiacos | Ampelokipoi |
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Report | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ioannis Ioannidis (Thessaloniki) | ||
Note: Olympiacos did not show up, so the match, as well as the title, were awarded to AEK Athens. |
Greek Cup
Matches
8 November 1978 First round | AEK Athens | 5–2 | Kavala | Nea Filadelfeia |
14:00 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 2,204 Referee: Thomaidis (Piraeus) |
31 January 1979 Second round | AEK Athens | 4–0 | Proodeftiki | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:30 EET (UTC+2) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 6,071 Referee: Stefanos Rammos (Thessaloniki) |
21 February 1979 Round of 16 | AEK Athens | 4–0 | Acharnaikos | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:30 EET (UTC+2) | Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 2,546 Referee: Antonis Patrikas (Euboea) |
Quarter-finals
14 March 1979 First leg | Anagennisi Epanomi | 1–1 | AEK Athens | Thessaloniki |
15:30 EET (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium: Epanomi Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,598 Referee: Charalampos Pamporidis (Pella) |
18 April 1979 Second leg | AEK Athens | 2–0 (3–1 agg.) | Anagennisi Epanomi | Nea Filadelfeia |
15:30 EEST (UTC+3) |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 6,092 Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus) |
Semi-finals
16 May 1979 First leg | Panachaiki | 3–2 | AEK Athens | Patras |
16:30 EEST (UTC+3) |
| Stadium: Panachaiki Stadium Attendance: 7,956 Referee: Thomaidis (Piraeus) |
30 May 1979 Second leg | AEK Athens | 5–1 (7–4 agg.) | Panachaiki | Nea Filadelfeia |
17:30 EEST (UTC+3) |
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| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 11,703 Referee: Manolis Vardakas (Kozani) |
Final
9 June 1979 Final | Panionios | 3–1 | AEK Athens | Piraeus |
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 20,299 Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus) |
European Cup
First round
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png)
![Portugal](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png)
13 September 1978 First leg | AEK Athens ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() | Athens, Greece |
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) |
| Report |
| Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Eldar Azimzade (Soviet Union) |
Note: AEK Athens' largest victory in the European Cup. |
![Portugal](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png)
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png)
27 September 1978 Second leg | Porto ![]() | 4–1 (5–7 agg.) | ![]() | Porto, Portugal |
21:45 EEST (UTC+3) |
| Report | Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 62,000 Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands) |
Second round
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png)
![England](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png)
18 October 1978 First leg | AEK Athens ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Athens, Greece |
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) |
| Report | Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Robert Wurtz (France) |
![England](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png)
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png)
1 November 1978 Second leg | Nottingham Forest ![]() | 5–1 (7–2 agg.) | ![]() | Nottingham, England |
20:30 EET (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 38,069 Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden) |
Statistics
Squad statistics
- As of 16 June 1979
No. | Pos | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | European Cup | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
— | GK | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
— | GK | ![]() | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
— | GK | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defenders | ||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
— | DF | ![]() | 28 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 2 |
— | DF | ![]() | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
— | DF | ![]() | 32 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 3 |
— | DF | ![]() | 30 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 2 |
— | DF | ![]() | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
— | DF | ![]() | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
— | DF | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
— | DF | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
— | DF | ![]() | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
Midfielders | ||||||||||
— | MF | ![]() | 29 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 5 |
— | MF | ![]() | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
— | MF | ![]() | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
— | MF | ![]() | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
— | MF | ![]() | 31 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 15 |
— | MF | ![]() | 29 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 7 |
— | MF | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
— | MF | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Forwards | ||||||||||
— | FW | ![]() | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
— | FW | ![]() | 29 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 36 |
— | FW | ![]() | 25 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 8 |
— | FW | ![]() | 33 | 31 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 40 |
Goalscorers
- As of 16 June 1979
Rank | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | European Cup | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | FW | ![]() | 31 | 7 | 2 | 40 |
2 | FW | ![]() | 24 | 9 | 3 | 36 |
3 | MF | ![]() | 12 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
4 | FW | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
5 | MF | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
6 | MF | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
7 | DF | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
8 | FW | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
MF | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
DF | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
DF | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Totals | 90 | 24 | 9 | 123 |
Hat-tricks
Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.
Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | 5–1 (H) | 1 October 1978 | Alpha Ethniki | |
![]() | ![]() | 5–2 (H) | 8 November 1978 | Greek Cup | |
![]() | ![]() | 5–0 (H) | 31 December 1978 | Alpha Ethniki | [7] |
![]() | ![]() | 4–2 (H) | 14 January 1979 | Alpha Ethniki | [8] |
![]() | ![]() | 5–0 (H) | 4 February 1979 | Alpha Ethniki | |
![]() | ![]() | 5–2 (A) | 6 May 1979 | Alpha Ethniki | [9] |
![]() | ![]() | 7–0 (H) | 27 May 1979 | 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 16 June 1979
Rank | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | European Cup | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Totals | 15 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
Disciplinary record
- As of 16 June 1979
N | P | Nat. | Name | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | European Cup | Total | Notes | ||||||||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Goalkeepers | ||||||||||||||||
— | GK | ![]() | Nikos Christidis | |||||||||||||
— | GK | ![]() | Lakis Stergioudas | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
— | GK | ![]() | Spyros Ikonomopoulos | |||||||||||||
Defenders | ||||||||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Apostolos Toskas | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Lakis Nikolaou | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Babis Intzoglou | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Giannis Mousouris | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Petros Ravousis | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Aris Damianidis | |||||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Dimitris Kotsos | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Stavros Letsas | |||||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Panagiotis Stylianopoulos | |||||||||||||
— | DF | ![]() | Theodoros Apostolopoulos | |||||||||||||
Midfielders | ||||||||||||||||
— | MF | ![]() | Mimis Domazos | |||||||||||||
— | MF | ![]() | Milton Viera | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
— | MF | ![]() | Lazaros Papadopoulos | |||||||||||||
— | MF | ![]() | Dionysis Tsamis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
— | MF | ![]() | Takis Nikoloudis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
— | MF | ![]() | Christos Ardizoglou | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
— | MF | ![]() | Christos Kalaitzidis | |||||||||||||
— | MF | ![]() | Dimitris Kokkinopoulos | |||||||||||||
Forwards | ||||||||||||||||
— | FW | ![]() | Mimis Papaioannou | |||||||||||||
— | FW | ![]() | Dušan Bajević | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
— | FW | ![]() | Tasos Konstantinou | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
— | FW | ![]() | Thomas Mavros |
Awards
Player | Pos. | Award | Source |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | FW | Alpha Ethniki Top Scorer | |
![]() | FW | Greek Cup Top Scorer |
References
- ^ "Η διαχρονική αναξιοπιστία του ομορφότερου παιχνιδιού". contra.gr.
- ^ "Το πρώτο Κύπελλο του Πανιωνίου". oldfootball.gr. 9 June 2016. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ "Σαν σήμερα: Ολυμπιακός-ΑΕΚ, "Θρύλε τρέμεις, γι' αυτό δεν κατεβαίνεις"". sdna.gr. 16 June 2018.
- ^ "Golden Boot Awards". RSSSF. 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Περίοδος 1978-1979". aekpedia.com (in Greek). 20 May 2015.
- ^ "Και γκολ…και ξύλο στον Παναθηναϊκό!". aek-live.gr.
- ^ "Σαν Σήμερα: Η «νταμπλούχος» ΑΕΚ αποχαιρέτησε το 1978 στην κορυφή!". inaek.com (in Greek). Online. 31 December 2021.
- ^ "1978-79 : 15η : ΑΕΚ - ΑΕΛ 4-2". vissini.gr (in Greek). Online.
- ^ "Χατ-τρικ μέσα σε πέντε λεπτά ο Μαύρος ο Θεός!". aek365.org (in Greek). Online. 6 May 2015.
External links
- AEK Athens F.C. Official Website
- A.E.K. FC Database