AEK Athens

1969–70 season
Chairman	Georgios Chrysafidis
Manager	Branko Stanković
Stadium	AEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	2nd
Greek Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Mimis Papaioannou (18) All: Mimis Papaioannou (19)
Highest home attendance	30,084 vsPanathinaikos (22 October 1969)
Lowest home attendance	4,484 vsVyzas Megara (8 March 1970)
Average home league attendance	16,424
Biggest win	AEK Athens 6–1Pierikos
Biggest defeat	PAOK 4–0 AEK Athens
Home colours Away colours
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The1969–70 season was the46th season in the existence ofAEK Athens F.C. and the 11th consecutive season in the top flight ofGreek football. They competed in theAlpha Ethniki and theGreek Cup. The season began on 21 September 1969 and finished on 7 June 1970.

Home

Away

The second consecutive transitional season for AEK underBranko Stanković. The yellow-blacks proceeded to a big renewal in their roster. Promising players such asStefanos Theodoridis and Giorgos Triantafyllou were promoted from the academies, while transfers of young and talented players were made, withApostolos Toskas being the most important of them. At the same time, players with a huge offer to the club left, such asAlekos Sofianidis,Tasos Vasiliou,Aleko Yordan as well as their 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 ofPanathinaikos at the time.Mimis Papaioannou emerged as the top scorer of the club with 18 goals and second in the league behindAntonis Antoniadis. At the 10th place wereKostas Nikolaidis andPanagiotis Ventouris, with 12 goals each. This season was marked by the bribery scandal ofLoukanidis and Syropoulos ofAris by people of the newly-promotedPanachaiki. The evidence were overwhelming and the verdict was issued immediately. Thus, despite the 0–0 draw atAris 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 ofPatras finished last and were relegated. It was the first time in the history of Greek football that a team was relegated due to bribery.^[1]

In the Cup, AEK qualified without a match in the second round, where they faced Panathinaikos in a single game atNea Filadelfeia Stadium and after 120 minutes of football the match found the two teams tied 1–1. The match was led to thepenalty shoot-out, as for the first year the specific procedure was applied, as until then the winner occurred by adraw. At penalties AEK lost 3–5, as Papaioannou and Ventouris sent the ball out.^[2]

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	Nat.	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 Frogoudakis		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	1977
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	—	1977
Midfielders
Stelios Skevofilakas		LM /RM /AM	(1939-01-06)6 January 1939 (aged 31)	1961	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	—	1976
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	(1942-11-17)17 November 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

Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
DF	Apostolos Toskas	Trikala	Free transfer	1 July 1969	30 June 1977
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 1977
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

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Theodoros Maniateas	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		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
FW	Nikos Exarchidis	Vyzas Megara	Free transfer	1 July 1969

Expenditure: ₯150,000

Income: ₯0

Net Total: ₯150,000

AEK Athens qualified to the second roundwithout a match.

As of 7 June 1970

No.	Pos	Player	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		Total
			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 Frogoudakis	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

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
	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
	FW	Giorgos Kachris	1	0	1
Own goals			1	0	1
Totals			53	1	54

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		18	0	18

As of 7 June 1970

N	P	Nat.	Name	Alpha Ethniki			Greek Cup			Total			Notes
Goalkeepers
—	GK		Stelios Serafidis
—	GK		Stelios Konstantinidis
Defenders
—	DF		Tasos Vasiliou
—	DF		Giorgos Kefalidis
—	DF		Fotis Balopoulos
—	DF		Lakis Frogoudakis
—	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

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