1967–68 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
1967–68 season
Chairman	Kosmas Kyriakidis
Manager	Jenő Csaknády
Stadium	AEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	1st
Greek Cup	Semi-finals
Balkans Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mimis Papaioannou (19); All: ; Mimis Papaioannou (21)
Highest home attendance	32,382 vs Olympiacos; (31 March 1968)
Lowest home attendance	4,152 vs Panserraikos; (12 November 1967)
Average home league attendance	13,356
Biggest win	AEK Athens 6–1 Vyzas Megara; AEK Athens 5–0 Olympiakos Nicosia
Biggest defeat	AEK Athens 0–3 Spartak Sofia; Fenerbahçe 3–0 AEK Athens
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1966–67 1968–69 →

The 1967–68 season was the 44th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the ninth consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the Balkans Cup. The season began on 7 October 1967 and finished on 31 August 1968.

Overview

In the summer of 1967, the good course of the club was guaranteed by the presence, from the beginning of the season, of Jenő Csaknády.^[1] Evaluating the team's existing roster, he decided that without the need of particular transfer additions, he could turn it into a worthy contender for the title.^[2] The experience of the previous season, in which Csaknády took the team 6 points behind Olympiacos and managed to make them equal contenders, the confidence and admiration of the players towards his person and his undoubted ability and hard work, convinced everyone in AEK that better days were ahead for the club, even talking about the repeat of the championship conquest of 1963. Csaknády managed to turn the players into soldiers, ready to give their best to the team and their coach.^[3]

AEK entered the championship race and in their first six matches achieved 5 wins and a draw in the derby against Panathinaikos at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The team appeared complete in all their lines and under the guidance of Csaknády, seemed capable of subduing any opponent. The defeat in Katerini against Pierikos by 1–0 on 29 November, temporarily removed them from the top of the standings. The yellow-blacks reacted in a deafening and thunderous way at the very next matchday, when they destroyed the other contender, Olympiacos and their hopes in winning the league, by crushing them by 1–4 at Karaiskakis Stadium. On 31 March, AEK with their second victory by 2–1 over the club of Piraeus at Nea Filadelfeia, ultimately secured the title from the 26th matchday.^[4]^[5]

While AEK had already been crowned champions, it seemed that they would achieve the conquest of the domestic double, as they eliminated Vyzas Megara, Aris and Panionios for the cup and were drawn against Olympiacos in the semi-final at Karaiskakis Stadium. However, the red and whites took their revenge for their loss of the league, by eliminating AEK by 2–1^[6] and eventually winning the title.^[7]^[8]

The Hungarian-German coach, consistent to the "tradition" he had created, did not agree on staying in the club for the next season, thus achieving the absolute of two championship wins in his two full seasons on the bench of AEK.^[9]^[10]^[11]

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 31 August 1968, 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 33)	1953	AEK Athens U20	—	1972
Theodoros Maniateas	GK	(1945-03-19)19 March 1945 (aged 23)	1964	Panthisiakos	Free	1969
Stelios Konstantinidis	GK	(1947-06-06)6 June 1947 (aged 21)	1967	AEK Athens U20	—	1973
Mimis Maniakis	GK	1949 (aged 18–19)	1967	Panionios	Free	1972
Defenders
Alekos Sofianidis	LB / LM / LW	(1937-08-03)3 August 1937 (aged 31)	1959	Beşiktaş	Free	1969
Aleko Yordan	CB	(1938-01-10)10 January 1938 (aged 30)	1962	Beykoz	Free	1969
Tasos Vasiliou	CB	(1938-08-04)4 August 1938 (aged 30)	1965	Apollon Athens	₯1,500,000	1970
Giorgos Kefalidis	RB / CB	(1941-03-21)21 March 1941 (aged 27)	1964	Pierikos	Free	1972
Fotis Balopoulos	CB / DM / CM / ST	(1943-12-17)17 December 1943 (aged 24)	1964	Proodeftiki	₯450,000	1970
Lakis Fragoudakis	CB / DM	1944 (aged 23–24)	1964	Free agent	Free	1970
Nikos Karapoulitidis	CB / RB	(1948-11-30)30 November 1948 (aged 19)	1967	Free agent	Free	1975
Midfielders
Stelios Skevofilakas	LM / RM / AM	(1939-01-06)6 January 1939 (aged 29)	1960	Eleftheroupoli	Free	1972
Panagiotis Ventouris	AM / SS	(1943-03-01)1 March 1943 (aged 25)	1965	Fostiras	₯435,000	1972
Nikos Stathopoulos	LM / LB	(1943-11-08)8 November 1943 (aged 24)	1965	AEK Athens U20	—	1974
Michalis Simigdalas	CM	(1944-06-23)23 June 1944 (aged 24)	1963	AEK Athens U20	—	1969
Giorgos Karafeskos	CM / DM / RM / RW	(1946-12-08)8 December 1946 (aged 21)	1963	AEK Athens U20	—	1974
Forwards
Andreas Stamatiadis (Captain)	RW / LW / SS / ST	(1935-08-16)16 August 1935 (aged 33)	1952	AEK Athens U20	—	1969
Vasilis Mastrakoulis	RW / ST / SS	1939 (aged 28–29)	1966	Hellenic	Free	1968
Kostas Papageorgiou	ST	(1941-01-01)1 January 1941 (aged 27)	1963	Atromitos	₯200,000	1969
Mimis Papaioannou	SS / ST / AM	(1942-08-23)23 August 1942 (aged 26)	1962	Veria	₯175,000	1979
Spyros Pomonis	LW / LM	(1944-02-12)12 February 1944 (aged 24)	1960	AEK Athens U20	—	1973
Kostas Nikolaidis	RW / LW / SS / ST	(1944-09-10)10 September 1944 (aged 23)	1965	PAO Safrabolis	Free	1973

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until
GK	Mimis Maniakis	Panionios	Free transfer	1 July 1967	30 June 1972
GK	Stelios Konstantinidis	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	1 July 1967	30 June 1973
DF	Nikos Karapoulitidis	Free agent	Free transfer	1 July 1967	30 June 1975

Out

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Vangelis Petrakis	OFI	End of contract	1 July 1967

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure: ₯0

Income: ₯0

Net Total: ₯0

Pre-season and friendlies

20 August 1967 Friendly	Rodiakos	1–7	AEK Athens	Rhodes
	Skiathitis 81'		Papageorgiou 15', 43', 53', 80' Stamatiadis 23' Nikolaidis 63' Simigdalas 85'	Stadium: Diagoras Stadium

27 August 1967 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–3	PAOK	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 12,000

30 August 1967 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–0	Ikaros Athens	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: AEK Stadium

3 September 1967 Friendly	PAOK	2–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
				Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 18,795

17 September 1967 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–0	Ethnikos Piraeus	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

21 September 1967 Friendly	AEK Athens	6–0	Athinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

24 September 1967 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–0	Panelefsiniakos	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

27 September 1967 Friendly	AEK Athens	7–0	Atromitos	Nea Filadelfeia
16:15 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: AEK Stadium

1 October 1967 Friendly	AEK Athens	0–1	Fostiras	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

1 November 1967 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–2	Eskimo	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

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	7 October 1967	9 June 1968	Matchday 1	Winners	34	22	6	6	68	24	+44	064.71
Greek Cup	16 June 1968	14 July 1968	Round of 32	Semi-finals	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	075.00
Balkans Cup	6 March 1968	31 August 1968	Group Stage	Group Stage	6	1	2	3	7	12	−5	016.67
Total					44	26	8	10	80	39	+41	059.09

Last updated: 31 August 1968
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AEK Athens (C)	34	22	6	6	68	24	+44	84	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Olympiacos	34	21	4	9	63	32	+31	80	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Panathinaikos	34	17	11	6	44	19	+25	79	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
4	Aris	34	16	9	9	61	49	+12	75	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
5	Pierikos	34	15	5	14	42	46	−4	69

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	22	6	6	68	24	+44	84	14	2	1	44	10	+34	8	4	5	24	14	+10

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	Η	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W
Position	3	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

Fixtures

7 October 1967 1	Panionios	1–2	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Intzoglou 17'		Papaioannou 37' Stamatiadis 87'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 17,460 Referee: Nikos Giannopoulos (Athens)

15 October 1967 2	AEK Athens	2–0	Apollon Athens	Nea Filadelfeia
	Ventouris 45' Karafeskos 74'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 16,168 Referee: Christos Paschalidis (Athens)

22 October 1967 3	Panathinaikos	1–1	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Domazos 14'		Papaioannou 41'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 22,887 Referee: Stathis Papavasileiou (Piraeus)

15 November 1967 4	AEK Athens	2–0	PAOK	Nea Filadelfeia
	Pomonis 75' Stamatiadis 89'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 12,295 Referee: Stathis Papavasileiou (Piraeus)

29 November 1967 5	Pierikos	1–0	AEK Athens	Katerini
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Foulidis 29'			Stadium: Katerini Stadium Attendance: 4,150 Referee: Pimenidis

12 November 1967 6	AEK Athens	4–0	Panserraikos	Nea Filadelfeia
	Balopoulos 14' Papaioannou 35', 65', 83'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 4,152 Referee: Kostas Xanthos (Dodecanese)

19 November 1967 7	Proodeftiki	0–2	AEK Athens	Piraeus
15:00 EET (UTC+2)			Sofianidis 18' Papaioannou 74'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 18,142 Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa)

20 December 1967 8	AEK Athens	5–0	Olympiakos Nicosia	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Stamatiadis 13' Nikolaidis 22', 31', 72' Papaioannou 76'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 7,182 Referee: Lepidas

3 December 1967 9	Olympiacos	1–4	AEK Athens	Piraeus
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Gioutsos 19'		Karafeskos 8' Papaioannou 56', 70' Pomonis 83'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Leonidas Vamvakopoulos (Athens)

10 December 1967 10	Aris	1–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Alexiadis 69'		Stamatiadis 52'	Stadium: Aris Stadium Attendance: 18,359 Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa)

17 December 1967 11	AEK Athens	2–3	Ethnikos Piraeus	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ventouris 82' Papaioannou 87'		Leventakos 15' Antonatos 26' Chatziioannoglou 70'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 20,262 Referee: Stathis Papavasileiou (Piraeus)

24 December 1967 12	AEK Athens	0–0	Panelefsiniakos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 11,176 Referee: Dilzas (Thessaloniki)

31 December 1967 13	Olympiacos Volos	1–0	AEK Athens	Anavros
	Tsouknidas 44'			Stadium: Hunting association of Anavros Stadium Attendance: 5,829 Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa)

7 January 1968 14	Egaleo	1–1	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Chrisostomou 23'		Papaioannou 58'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 18,113 Referee: Kitsoukalis

14 January 1968 15	AEK Athens	2–1	Veria	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 3', 29'		Mittas 39'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 7,064 Referee: Vlasiadis (Macedonia)

21 January 1968 16	AEK Athens	6–1	Vyzas Megara	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Stamatiadis 9' Nikolaidis 13' Papageorgiou 34' Papaioannou 48', 53', 86'		Kouvas 76'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 5,360 Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)

28 January 1968 17	Iraklis	0–2	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
15:00 EET (UTC+2)			Nikolaidis 30' (pen.) Papaioannou 69'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Referee: Christos Michas (Athens)

4 February 1968 18	AEK Athens	1–1	Panionios	Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 80' (pen.)		Intzoglou 38'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 25,757 Referee: Stathis Papavasileiou (Piraeus)

11 February 1968 19	Apollon Athens	0–3	AEK Athens	Rizoupoli
15:30 EET (UTC+2)			Papaioannou 64', 86' Nikolaidis 76'	Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Christos Michas (Athens)

6 April 1969 20	AEK Athens	2–1	Panathinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 40' Papaioannou 53'		Grammos 32'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 30,811 Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)

25 February 1968 21	PAOK	1–2	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Giakoumis 80'		Nikolaidis 15' Stamatiadis 59'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 22,156 Referee: Christos Michas (Athens)

3 March 1968 22	AEK Athens	2–0	Pierikos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Stamatiadis 46' Nikolaidis 79'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 5,907 Referee: Spanos (Patras)

10 March 1968 23	Panserraikos	1–0	AEK Athens	Serres
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Naskos 68'			Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium Attendance: 9,039 Referee: Vangelis Pazaropoulos (Athens)

17 March 1968 24	AEK Athens	3–0	Proodeftiki	Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Balopoulos 47' Nikolaidis 63' Papageorgiou 84'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 17,218 Referee: Pipergias

23 March 1968 25	Olympiakos Nicosia	1–1	AEK Athens	Nicosia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Lympouris 10'		Yordan 33'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 6,867 Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa)

31 March 1968 26	AEK Athens	2–1	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 49' (pen.), 84'		Zanteroglou 27'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 32,382 Referee: Eleftheriadis (Athens)

7 April 1968 27	AEK Athens	1–0	Aris	Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Papageorgiou 80'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 20,805 Referee: Christos Michas (Athens)

14 April 1968 28	Ethnikos Piraeus	1–3	AEK Athens	Piraeus
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Antonatos 39'		Stamatiadis 4', 43' Papageorgiou 68'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 30,985 Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa)

22 April 1968 29	Panelefsiniakos	0–1	AEK Athens	Elefsina
16:30 EET (UTC+2)			Stamatiadis 33'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Elefsina Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Petros Tzouvaras (Thessaly)

5 May 1968 30	AEK Athens	5–1	Olympiacos Volos	Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 41', 76' Papageorgiou 57', 70' Stamatiadis 64'		Synetopoulos 82'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 9,871 Referee: Goudas (Piraeus)

19 May 1968 31	AEK Athens	3–1	Egaleo	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Stamatiadis 11' Papageorgiou 61' Papaioannou 75'		Lardas 24'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 7,722 Referee: Vlasiadis (Macedonia)

26 May 1968 32	Veria	1–0	AEK Athens	Veria
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Papadopoulos 46'			Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 5,724 Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa)

5 June 1968 33	Vyzas Megara	2–1	AEK Athens	Megara
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Kouvas 11' Skrivanos 56'		Nikolaidis 70'	Stadium: Megara Stadium Referee: Kostas Dikopoulos (Larissa)

9 June 1968 34	AEK Athens	2–0	Iraklis	Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Stamatiadis 46' Papageorgiou 87'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 11,290 Referee: Christos Michas (Athens)

Greek Cup

AEK entered the Greek Cup at the round of 32.

Matches

16 June 1968 Round of 32	Vyzas Megara	1–2 (a.e.t.)	AEK Athens	Megara
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Deskos 85' Sourounis 90'		Papageorgiou 77' Ventouris 85' Nikolaidis 113'	Stadium: Megara Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Michalis Kyriakidis (Cyprus)

30 June 1968 Round of 16	Aris	0–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)			Papaioannou 57'	Stadium: Aris Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Leonidas Vamvakopoulos (Athens)

7 July 1968 Quarter-finals	Panionios	0–1	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
17:00 EET (UTC+2)			Papageorgiou 64'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Eleftheriadis (Athens)

14 July 1968 Semi-finals	Olympiacos	2–1	AEK Athens	Piraeus
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	P. Vasiliou 17' Botinos 55'		Papageorgiou 75'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Leonidas Vamvakopoulos (Athens)

Balkans Cup

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Spartak Sofia (A)	6	4	1	1	10	3	3.333	9	Advances to finals
2	Olimpija Ljubljana	6	2	3	1	10	6	1.667	7
3	AEK Athens	6	1	2	3	7	12	0.583	4
4	Fenerbahçe	6	1	2	3	5	11	0.455	4

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round

Matches

6 March 1968 1	AEK Athens	0–0	Olimpija Ljubljana	Athens, Greece
15:30 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 6,302 Referee: Todor Gerov (Bulgaria)

3 April 1968 2	AEK Athens	3–1	Fenerbahçe	Athens, Greece
	Karafeskos 36' (pen.) Ventouris 38', 81'		Aktuna 65' (pen.)	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 8,933 Referee: Josip Horvat (Yugoslavia)

15 May 1968 3	AEK Athens	0–3	Spartak Sofia	Athens, Greece
17:00 EET (UTC+2)			Vasiliev 11' Mitkov 43' Tsvetkov 79'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 6,460 Referee: Doğan Babacan (Turkey)

3 July 1968 4	Olimpija Ljubljana	3–3	AEK Athens	Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
	Ameršek 4' Bečejac 27', 34' Rogič 87'		Papaioannou 14' Stamatiadis 60' Yordan 70' Pomonis 75' Vasiliou 83'	Stadium: Bežigrad Stadium Referee: Lado Jakše (Yugoslavia)

28 August 1968 5	Spartak Sofia	2–1	AEK Athens	Sofia, Bulgaria
	Tsvetkov 28', 84'		Ventouris 43'	Stadium: Rakovski Stadium Referee: Dimitar Rumenchev (Bulgaria)

31 August 1968 6	Fenerbahçe	3–0	AEK Athens	Istanbul, Turkey
	Doğan 25' Nunweiller 65' Bartu 86'			Stadium: Fenerbahçe Stadium Referee: Constantin Ghiță (Romania)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 31 August 1968

No.	Pos	Player	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		Balkans Cup		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
—	GK	Stelios Serafidis	23	0	4	0	6	0	33	0
—	GK	Theodoros Maniateas	11	0	0	0	4	0	15	0
—	GK	Stelios Konstantinidis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	GK	Mimis Maniakis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
—	DF	Alekos Sofianidis	30	1	4	0	5	0	39	1
—	DF	Aleko Yordan	20	1	4	0	5	0	29	1
—	DF	Tasos Vasiliou	33	0	3	0	4	0	40	0
—	DF	Giorgos Kefalidis	11	0	1	0	5	0	17	0
—	DF	Fotis Balopoulos	30	2	3	0	5	0	38	2
—	DF	Lakis Fragoudakis	13	0	0	0	3	0	16	0
—	DF	Nikos Karapoulitidis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
—	MF	Stelios Skevofilakas	31	0	3	0	5	0	39	0
—	MF	Panagiotis Ventouris	18	2	1	0	5	3	24	5
—	MF	Nikos Stathopoulos	14	0	1	0	2	0	17	0
—	MF	Michalis Simigdalas	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
—	MF	Giorgos Karafeskos	21	2	3	0	6	1	30	3
Forwards
—	FW	Andreas Stamatiadis	33	13	4	0	4	1	41	14
—	FW	Vasilis Mastrakoulis	3	0	1	0	2	0	6	0
—	FW	Kostas Papageorgiou	11	8	4	3	4	0	19	11
—	FW	Mimis Papaioannou	27	19	3	1	4	1	34	21
—	FW	Spyros Pomonis	15	2	1	0	2	1	18	3
—	FW	Kostas Nikolaidis	30	18	4	1	4	0	38	19

Goalscorers

As of 31 August 1968

Rank	Pos.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	Balkans Cup	Total
1	FW	Mimis Papaioannou	19	1	1	21
2	FW	Kostas Nikolaidis	18	1	0	19
3	FW	Andreas Stamatiadis	13	0	1	14
4	FW	Kostas Papageorgiou	8	3	0	11
5	MF	Panagiotis Ventouris	2	0	3	5
6	MF	Giorgos Karafeskos	2	0	1	3
6	FW	Spyros Pomonis	2	0	1	3
8	DF	Fotis Balopoulos	2	0	0	2
9	DF	Aleko Yordan	1	0	0	1
9	DF	Alekos Sofianidis	1	0	0	1
Own goals			0	0	0	0
Totals			68	5	7	80

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition
Mimis Papaioannou	Panserraikos	4–0 (H)	12 November 1967	Alpha Ethniki
Kostas Nikolaidis	Olympiakos Nicosia	5–0 (H)	20 December 1967	Alpha Ethniki
Mimis Papaioannou	Vyzas Megara	6–1 (H)	21 January 1968	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 31 August 1968

Rank	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	Balkans Cup	Total
1	Stelios Serafidis	9	2	1	12
2	Theodoros Maniateas	4	0	0	4
Totals		13	2	1	16

Disciplinary record

As of 31 August 1968

N	P	Nat.	Name									Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		Balkans Cup		Total		Notes
Goalkeepers
—	GK		Stelios Serafidis
—	GK		Theodoros Maniateas
—	GK		Stelios Konstantinidis
—	GK		Mimis Maniakis
Defenders
—	DF		Alekos Sofianidis
—	DF		Aleko Yordan		1				1		2
—	DF		Tasos Vasiliou						1		1
—	DF		Giorgos Kefalidis
—	DF		Fotis Balopoulos
—	DF		Lakis Fragoudakis
—	DF		Nikos Karapoulitidis
Midfielders
—	MF		Stelios Skevofilakas
—	MF		Panagiotis Ventouris				1				1
—	MF		Nikos Stathopoulos
—	MF		Michalis Simigdalas
—	MF		Giorgos Karafeskos
Forwards
—	FW		Andreas Stamatiadis
—	FW		Vasilis Mastrakoulis
—	FW		Kostas Papageorgiou
—	FW		Mimis Papaioannou
—	FW		Spyros Pomonis
—	FW		Kostas Nikolaidis

References

^ Καζαντζόγλου, Σταύρος (7 January 2020). "Η μέρα που «έφυγε» ο μεγάλος Τσάκναντι". enwsi.gr.
^ "Η αγωνιστική - πολιτιστική... αντίσταση της ΑΕΚ του 1968!". aek-live.gr. 17 April 2018.
^ "1959 - 1968". aekfc.gr.
^ "Greece 1967/68". RSSSF.
^ "CHAMPIONSHIP 1968". aekfc.gr.
^ "1967-68 ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ-ΑΕΚ 2-1 (Κ)" – via youtube.com.
^ "Ολυμπιακός - ΑΕΚ: Οι θρυλικές μάχες στο Κύπελλο". sport24.gr.
^ "Greek Cup Data 1967/68". RSSSF.
^ "Περίοδος 1967-1968". aekpedia.com (in Greek). 20 May 2015.
^ "Το τελευταίο χειροκρότημα στον Γένε Τσάκναντι". aek365.org.
^ "Η ΑΕΚ θυμήθηκε τον Γένε Τσάκναντι". aek-view.com.

External links

[1] Καζαντζόγλου, Σταύρος (7 January 2020). "Η μέρα που «έφυγε» ο μεγάλος Τσάκναντι". enwsi.gr.

[2] "Η αγωνιστική - πολιτιστική... αντίσταση της ΑΕΚ του 1968!". aek-live.gr. 17 April 2018.

[3] "1959 - 1968". aekfc.gr.

[4] "Greece 1967/68". RSSSF.

[5] "CHAMPIONSHIP 1968". aekfc.gr.

[6] "1967-68 ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ-ΑΕΚ 2-1 (Κ)" – via youtube.com.

[7] "Ολυμπιακός - ΑΕΚ: Οι θρυλικές μάχες στο Κύπελλο". sport24.gr.

[8] "Greek Cup Data 1967/68". RSSSF.

[9] "Περίοδος 1967-1968". aekpedia.com (in Greek). 20 May 2015.

[10] "Το τελευταίο χειροκρότημα στον Γένε Τσάκναντι". aek365.org.

[11] "Η ΑΕΚ θυμήθηκε τον Γένε Τσάκναντι". aek-view.com.

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