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AEK Athens
1977–78 season
ChairmanLoukas Barlos
ManagerFrantišek Fadrhonc
(until 23 September)
Andreas Stamatiadis
(until 10 October)
Zlatko Čajkovski
StadiumAEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki1st
Greek CupWinners
UEFA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Thomas Mavros (22)
All:
Thomas Mavros (31)
Highest home attendance30,000 vs Olympiacos
(17 May 1978)
Lowest home attendance5,482 vs Ethnikos Piraeus
(26 December 1977)
Average home league attendance16,591
Biggest winEthnikos Piraeus 1–6 AEK Athens
AEK Athens 6–1 AO Chania
AEK Athens 6–1 Olympiacos
Biggest defeatStandard Liège 4–1 AEK Athens

The 1977–78 season was the 54th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 19th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup. The season began on 11 September 1977 and finished on 4 June 1978.

Overview

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AEK started the season "boosted" from last season's course to the UEFA Cup semi-finals, as well as the quality they presented in their games, showed the unquenchable willingness of the club of Loukas Barlos to constantly look for more. The staffing of the team continued at a steady pace. The full-back of Egaleo, Aris Damianidis, the Uruguayan midfielder Milton Viera from Olympiacos, the top scorer of last season's second division with AEL, Giannis Mousouris, who was converted into a right-back and most importantly the Yugoslav international striker, Dušan Bajević from Velež Mostar, filled any gaps in the club's roster.

At the beginning of the season, the first rifts appeared over the relations of Barlos and František Fadrhonc. The philosophical differences between the two men regarding the future course of the team were presented, as Barlos wanted the staffing of AEK with big names, who would launch them to the top, while the "grandfather" seemed to prefer the gradual staffing of the team through their academies, which he had under his supervision and had upgraded to a fairly high level.

The price of their difference of philosophy resulted in the removal of Fadrhonc after the away defeat against Olympiacos at the 2nd matchday. The Czech's assistant Andreas Stamatiadis sat on the team's bench for the next two games as an interim coach and from there Zlatko Čajkovski took over the wheel of AEK. The so-called "Čik" as an ardent supporter of attacking and spectacular football, continued Fadrhonc's work handling the club's roster perfectly.

In the UEFA Cup, AEK faced the Romanian ASA Târgu Mureș, for the first round. In Romania, AEK presented a mediocre appearance, which was largely due to the tragic condition of the field. It rained torrentially at the city for two consecutive days before the match, resulting in a mud-flooded pitch. The Romanians, took advantage of AEK's inability to develop their technical virtues on the field and not only did they defend effectively, but also won by 1–0. In the replay match, AEK were imposing and the score stopped at 3–0, while they lost many opportunities for more throughout the second half. The draw brought AEK at the second round opponents with the Belgian Standard Liège, which proved to be a difficult opponent and managed to leave the AEK stadium with a draw. The replay match found AEK unlucky, as they were left behind 1–0 by an own goal. The yellow-blacks managed to recover from the shock and they equalized to 1–1, but in the last half hour of the match found AEK exhausted and Standard Liège with everything on their side, including necessary luck, they scored 3 goals.

At the 15th matchday, the games took place the day after Christmas and the footballers' union proceeded to the first mobilization of the industry, claiming a strike for the specific matchday, which resulted the clubs lining up with players from the amateur divisions and only foreign professionals.[1] After the passing of the first months and the recovery of the injured Bajević, AEK looked like a goal machine.

They achieved a total of 74 goals having the best attack of the league, which they won with a difference of 7 points from the second PAOK. It was characteristic that after the defeat in the 2nd match that brought about the removal of Fadrhonc, AEK were defeated only once. Thomas Mavros was the league's top scorer with 22 goals, while in fourth place was Takis Nikoloudis with 15.

AEK's superiority and the big difference of points which they won the league was also confirmed in the Greek Cup. Čajkovski's team seemed unstoppable as they eliminated AO Chania at home in the first round, Panathinaikos away in the second round and Panionios at home in the round of 16. In the quarter-finals, AEK defeated Panelefsiniakos away and advanced to the semi-finals, where they faced Olympiacos in Nea Filadelfeia. The "mistake" of Olympiacos to take the lead at the beginning of the match, made AEK "furious" and retaliated with 6 goals. Confirming their characterization as "unstoppable" in the final, AEK defeated PAOK as well by 2–0 and won the title, achieving the domestic double for the second time in their history after 39 years. Dušan Bajević emergerd as the top scorer in the tournament with 9 goals.[2]

Management team

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Position Staff
Manager Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zlatko Čajkovski
Assistant manager Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Alexi Petrović
Assistant manager Greece Andreas Stamatiadis
Goalkeeping coach Greece Stelios Serafidis
Academy director Czechoslovakia František Fadrhonc

Players

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Squad information

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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 4 June 1978, 23:59 UTC+3.

Player Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Signed Previous club Transfer fee Contract until
Goalkeepers
Nikos Christidis Greece GK (1944-08-02)2 August 1944 (aged 33) 1976 Greece Aris Free 1982
Lakis Stergioudas Greece GK (1952-12-11)11 December 1952 (aged 25) 1972 Greece Niki Poligyrou Free 1985
Defenders
Apostolos Toskas Greece CB (1947-12-28)28 December 1947 (aged 30) 1969 Greece Trikala Free 1979
Lakis Nikolaou (Vice-captain) Greece CB / RB / ST / DM (1949-07-17)17 July 1949 (aged 28) 1971 Greece Atromitos ₯600,000 1979
Babis Intzoglou Greece RB / LB / CB (1949-04-01)1 April 1949 (aged 29) 1976 Greece Panionios Free 1980
Stefanos Theodoridis Greece CB / RB (1950-06-19)19 June 1950 (aged 28) 1969 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 1978
Giannis Mousouris Greece RB / RM / ST (1951-01-26)26 January 1951 (aged 27) 1977 Greece AEL ₯3,000,000 1982
Petros Ravousis Greece CB / RB (1954-10-01)1 October 1954 (aged 23) 1972 Greece Aetos Skydra Free 1985
Aris Damianidis Greece CB / RB (1955-03-02)2 March 1955 (aged 23) 1977 Greece Egaleo Free 1980
Midfielders
Milton Viera Uruguay CM / DM (1946-05-11)11 May 1946 (aged 32) 1977 Greece Olympiacos Free 1980
Lazaros Papadopoulos Greece RM / RW (1950-01-03)3 January 1950 (aged 28) 1973 Greece Veria Free 1979
Dionysis Tsamis Greece CM / DM / AM (1951-05-21)21 May 1951 (aged 27) 1972 Greece Panetolikos ₯2,300,000 1980
Takis Nikoloudis Greece CM / AM / RM / LM (1951-08-26)26 August 1951 (aged 26) 1977 Greece Iraklis Free 1981
Christos Ardizoglou Greece RM / LM / RW / AM (1953-03-25)25 March 1953 (aged 25) 1974 Greece Apollon Athens ₯5,000,000 1982
Fotis Outsikas Greece LM / LB / LW (1957-05-26)26 May 1957 (aged 21) 1975 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 1980
Giorgos Vlantis Greece CM (1958-01-30)30 January 1958 (aged 20) 1976 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 1984
Giorgos Vlachonikolis Greece AM / SS 1958 (aged 19–20) 1977 Greece Ilisiakos Free 1978
Forwards
Mimis Papaioannou (Captain) Greece SS / ST / AM (1942-08-23)23 August 1942 (aged 35) 1962 Greece Veria ₯175,000 1979
Dušan Bajević Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ST / SS (1948-12-10)10 December 1948 (aged 29) 1977 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Velež Mostar Free 1981
Tasos Konstantinou Cyprus RW / SS / ST / RM / AM (1951-03-11)11 March 1951 (aged 27) 1972 Cyprus EPA Larnaca Free 1980
Thomas Mavros Greece ST / LW (1954-05-31)31 May 1954 (aged 24) 1976 Greece Panionios ₯4,000,000 1980
Left during season
Giorgos Sidiropoulos Greece GK (1949-06-25)25 June 1949 (aged 29) 1973 Greece AO Trikala Free 1978
From Reserve Squad
Spyros Ikonomopoulos Greece GK (1959-07-25)25 July 1959 (aged 18) — Greece AO Akratas —
Panagiotis Stylianopoulos Greece RB / LB (1957-09-04)4 September 1957 (aged 20) — Greece AEK Athens U20 —
Theodoros Apostolopoulos Greece CB 1959 (aged 18–19) — Greece Chaidari —
Kottidis Greece CB 1959 (aged 18–19) — Greece AEK Athens U20 —
Saxanidis Greece CB 1959 (aged 18–19) — Greece AEK Athens U20 —
Takis Papatheodorou Greece CB 1959 (aged 18–19) — Greece AEK Athens U20 —
Christos Kalaitzidis Greece LM (1959-02-06)6 February 1959 (aged 19) — Greece PO.K.E. —
Stefanos Kallinteroglou Greece ST 1954 (aged 23–24) — Greece AEK Athens U20 —
Thomas Stafylas Greece ST (1958-04-04)4 April 1958 (aged 20) — Greece AEK Athens U20 —
Giannis Outsikas Greece ST 1959 (aged 18–19) — Greece AEK Athens U20 —
Stefanos Zografos Greece ST 1959 (aged 18–19) — Greece AEK Athens U20 —
Tasos Boulmentis Greece ST 1959 (aged 18–19) — Greece AEK Athens U20 —

Transfers

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In

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Pos. Player From Fee Date Contract Until Source
DF Greece Aris Damianidis Greece Egaleo Free transfer 1 July 1977 30 June 1980
DF Greece Giannis Mousouris Greece AEL ₯3,000,000 26 July 1977 30 June 1982 [3]
ΜF Uruguay Milton Viera Greece Olympiacos Free transfer 1 July 1977 30 June 1980
MF Greece Giorgos Vlachonikolis Greece Ilisiakos Free transfer 1 July 1977 30 June 1978
FW Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Bajević Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Velež Mostar Free transfer 1 July 1977 30 June 1981

Out

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Pos. Player To Fee Date Source
GK Greece Giorgos Sidiropoulos Greece AEL Contract termination 1 January 1978
DF Greece Sakis Zarzopoulos Greece OFI End of contract 1 July 1977
DF Greece Michalis Michalas Free agent End of contract 1 July 1977
DF Greece Giorgos Skrekis Greece Panionios End of contract 1 July 1977
MF West Germany Timo Zahnleiter West Germany VfR Bürstadt End of contract 1 July 1977
FW Greece Georgios Dedes Greece Panionios End of contract 1 July 1977
FW West Germany Walter Wagner Greece Aris End of contract 1 July 1977
FW Greece Alekos Papadopoulos Greece OFI End of contract 1 July 1977
FW Greece Andreas Xenos Free agent End of contract 1 July 1977

Overall transfer activity

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Expenditure: Decrease ₯3,000,000

Income: Increase ₯0

Net Total: Decrease ₯3,000,000

Pre-season and friendlies

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5 August 1977 Friendly QPR England 1–3 Greece AEK Athens
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
7 August 1977 Friendly Club Brugge Belgium 2–2 Greece AEK Athens
10 August 1977 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 4–0 Czechoslovakia Slovan Bratislava Nea Filadelfeia
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
17 August 1977 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 4–0 Romania Sportul Studențesc Nea Filadelfeia
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 17,423
21 August 1977 Friendly Olympiacos Greece 1–2 Greece AEK Athens Piraeus
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
24 August 1977 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 1–0 Poland Stal Mielec Nea Filadelfeia
 Report Stadium: AEK Stadium
28 August 1977 Friendly PAOK Greece 0–0 Greece AEK Athens Thessaloniki
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)
31 August 1977 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 4–0 Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam Nea Filadelfeia
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
4 September 1977 Friendly Chalkida Greece 1–0 Greece AEK Athens Chalcis
 Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Chalkida
5 September 1977 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 5–1 Greece Ethnikos Piraeus Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium
29 November 1977 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 7–0 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia U20 Nea Filadelfeia
 Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
28 December 1977 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 2–1 Greece Olympiacos Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium
29 March 1978 Friendly Ethnikos Asteras Greece 1–0 Greece AEK Athens Kaisariani
 Stadium: Kaisariani Stadium
12 April 1978 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 5–1 Greece AE Kesarianis Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium
1 May 1978 Friendly Kickers Offenbach West Germany 2–2 Greece AEK Athens Offenbach
Stadium: Bieberer Berg
4 May 1978 Friendly 1. FC Herzogenaurach West Germany 3–7 Greece AEK Athens Nuremberg
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Penen
  • King
  • Nurber
Stadium: Rudolf-Dassler-Sportfeld
Attendance: 2,500
10 May 1978 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 3–1 Greece Alexandria all stars Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
21 May 1978 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 2–0 England QPR Nea Filadelfeia
 Report Stadium: AEK Stadium
24 May 1978 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 2–3 Greece PSAT all stars Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Alpha Ethniki 11 September 1977 28 May 1978 Matchday 1 Winners 34 21 11 2 74 27 +47 061.76
Greek Cup 21 December 1977 4 June 1978 First round Winners 6 6 0 0 22 4 +18 100.00
UEFA Cup 14 September 1977 2 November 1977 First round Second round 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 025.00
Total 44 28 12 4 102 38 +64 063.64

Last updated: 4 June 1978
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

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Main article: 1977–78 Alpha Ethniki

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AEK Athens (C) 34 21 11 2 74 27 +47 53 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 PAOK 34 16 14 4 48 24 +24 46 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
3 Panathinaikos 34 19 7 8 63 25 +38 45 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 Olympiacos 34 17 10 7 46 20 +26 44
5 PAS Giannina 34 14 10 10 45 39 +6 38
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since AEK Athens also won the Greek Cup and qualified for the 1978–79 European Cup, the Cup finalists, PAOK earned a spot in the Cup Winners' Cup first round.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 21 11 2 74 27  +47 53 15 2 0 49 12  +37 6 9 2 25 15  +10

Results by Matchday

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHA
ResultWLWWWWDWWDDWDWDDWDWWWWWWDWDWDWDWWL
Position1861211111111111111111111111111111
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures

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11 September 1977 1 AEK Athens 6–2 Veria Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 14,754
Referee: Ampatzis (Thessaloniki)
18 September 1977 2 Olympiacos 1–0 AEK Athens Piraeus
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 37,868
Referee: Aggelopoulos (Argolida)
2 October 1977 3 AEK Athens 5–1 Panionios Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Zoumas 54'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 13,216
Referee: Vasilis Messalas (Patras)
9 October 1977 4 Panserraikos 0–2 AEK Athens Serres
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 5,674
Referee: Vasilis Patarakis (Piraeus)
16 October 1977 5 Kavala 2–3 AEK Athens Kavala
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Balian 25' (pen.)
  • Machairidis 74'
Stadium: Kavala National Stadium
Attendance: 9,507
Referee: Manolis Vardakas (Kozani)
23 October 1977 6 AEK Athens 3–1 Egaleo Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 12,461
Referee: Lolos (Athens)
30 October 1977 7 Panathinaikos 1–1 AEK Athens Chalcis
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Chalkida
Attendance: 14,150
Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus)
Note: Match held at Chalcis because Panathinaikos had a stadium ban due to player incidents in the away game against Olympiacos.[4]
6 November 1977 8 AEK Athens 2–0 Apollon Athens Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 10,793
Referee: Kefalas (Thessaloniki)
13 November 1977 9 Pierikos 0–2 AEK Athens Katerini
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Katerini Stadium
Attendance: 4,872
Referee: Pachigiannakis
23 November 1977 10 AEK Athens 1–1 OFI Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Tzirakis 44'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 11,600
Referee: Kostas Karakitsos (Lamia)
27 November 1977 11 PAS Giannina 0–0 AEK Athens Ioannina
14:30 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
Attendance: 3,881
Referee: Antonis Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
4 December 1977 12 AEK Athens 4–0 Panachaiki Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 6,877
Referee: Miltiadis Paschalidis (Serres)
11 December 1977 13 Iraklis 3–3 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Michailidis 13'
  • Chatzieleftheriou 68'
  • Gesios 70'
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 12,104
Referee: Charalampos Pamporidis (Pella)
18 December 1977 14 AEK Athens 1–0 Kastoria Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 10,951
Referee: G. Moschopoulos (Thessaloniki)
26 December 1977 15 AEK Athens 1–1 Ethnikos Piraeus Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Βoulmentis 28'
  • Chouchoulis 59'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 5,482
Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)
Note: The Greek professional footballers were on strike in that matchday, thus all the clubs of the division were forced to compete with either amateur players or foreigners.[1]
8 January 1978 16 PAOK 1–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 17,552
Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa)
15 January 1978 17 AEK Athens 4–2 Aris Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 20,169
Referee: Dimitris Bazakoulas (Aetoloacarnania)
22 January 1978 18 Veria 1–1 AEK Athens Veria
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 7,036
Referee: Stefanos Rammos (Thessaloniki)
29 January 1978 19 AEK Athens 2–0 Olympiacos Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 26,607
Referee: Egoustos Sapatakidis (Thessaloniki)
5 February 1978 20 Panionios 0–1 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 11,498
Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa)
12 February 1978 21 AEK Athens 2–1 Panserraikos Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 16,030
Referee: Panagiotis Kolliropoulos (Patras)
19 February 1978 22 AEK Athens 3–0 Kavala Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 16,302
Referee: Michalis Ornerakis (Chania)
26 February 1978 23 Egaleo 2–4 AEK Athens Aigaleo
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Aigaleo Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 9,919
Referee: Panagiotis Tsolakidis (Thessaloniki)
5 March 1978 24 AEK Athens 2–0 Panathinaikos Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 29,806
Referee: Tsoukaladelis (Lamia)
12 March 1978 25 Apollon Athens 0–0 AEK Athens Rizoupoli
15:30 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Referee: Aristeidis Lekkas (Piraeus)
19 March 1978 26 AEK Athens 5–2 Pierikos Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Miskos 29'
  • Kalampakas 74'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 11,768
Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)
26 March 1978 27 OFI 0–0 AEK Athens Heraklion
15:30 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 6,747
Referee: Manolis Vardakas (Kozani)
2 April 1978 28 AEK Athens 3–0 PAS Giannina Nea Filadelfeia
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 20,728
Referee: Abatzis (Thessaloniki)
9 April 1978 29 Panachaiki 0–0 AEK Athens Patras
16:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Panachaiki Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Panagiotis Tsolakidis (Thessaloniki)
16 April 1978 30 AEK Athens 3–1 Iraklis Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 15,430
Referee: Giannis Triantafyllou (Dodecanese)
23 April 1978 31 Kastoria 1–1 AEK Athens Kastoria
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Paunovski 65'
Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kastoria
Attendance: 4,332
Referee: G. Moschopoulos (Thessaloniki)
7 May 1978 32 Ethnikos Piraeus 1–6 AEK Athens Piraeus
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Papalamprou 14'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 12,923
Referee: Antonis Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
14 May 1978 33 AEK Athens 2–0 PAOK Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 21,741
Referee: Theodoros Tsanaklidis (Kavala)
28 May 1978 34 Aris 2–0 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Aris Stadium
Attendance: 6,112
Referee: Dimitris Pantzalis (Piraeus)

Greek Cup

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Main article: 1977–78 Greek Football Cup

Matches

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21 December 1977 First round AEK Athens 6–1 AO Chania Nea Filadelfeia
14:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Troumpoukis 70'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)
1 February 1978 Second round Panathinaikos 0–1 AEK Athens Ampelokipoi
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 23,050
Referee: Giorgos Armodoros (Piraeus)
8 March 1978 Round of 16 AEK Athens 3–0 Panionios Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 10,969
Referee: G. Moschopoulos (Thessaloniki)
19 April 1978 Quarter-finals Panelefsiniakos 2–4 AEK Athens Elefsina
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Tsivgoulis 3'
  • Vourdamis 90'
Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Elefsina
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Stefanos Rammos (Thessaloniki)
17 May 1978 Semi-finals AEK Athens 6–1 Olympiacos Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Theodoros Tsanaklidis (Kavala)
4 June 1978 Final AEK Athens 2–0 PAOK Piraeus
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report (pages 4,5) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 23,483
Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)

UEFA Cup

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Main article: 1977–78 UEFA Cup

First round

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14 September 1977 First leg ASA Târgu Mureș Romania 1–0 Greece AEK Athens Târgu Mureș, Romania
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Onutan Yellow card 66'
  • Fănici 81'
 Report
Stadium: Stadionul 23 August
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Mitko Chukov (Bulgaria)
28 September 1977 Second leg AEK Athens Greece 3–0
(3–1 agg.)		 Romania ASA Târgu Mureș Athens, Greece
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 14,730
Referee: Tome Manojlovski (Yugoslavia)

Second round

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19 October 1977 First leg AEK Athens Greece 2–2 Belgium Standard Liège Athens, Greece
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 20,458
Referee: Ken Burns (England)
2 November 1977 Second leg Standard Liège Belgium 4–1
(6–3 agg.)		 Greece AEK Athens Liège, Belgium
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Walter Hungerbühler (Switzerland)
Note: The official report states that Standard Liège's first goal at the 41st minute was scored by Labarbe, but in the highlights of the game it appears clearly that it was an own goal by Nikoloudis.[5]

Statistics

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Squad statistics

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As of 4 June 1978
No. Pos Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
— GK Kingdom of Greece Nikos Christidis 19 0 5 0 0 0 24 0
— GK Kingdom of Greece Lakis Stergioudas 14 0 0 0 4 0 18 0
Defenders
— DF Kingdom of Greece Apostolos Toskas 13 0 3 0 0 0 16 0
— DF Kingdom of Greece Lakis Nikolaou 31 2 5 0 4 0 40 2
— DF Kingdom of Greece Babis Intzoglou 25 1 5 0 3 0 33 1
— DF Kingdom of Greece Stefanos Theodoridis 10 0 2 0 4 0 16 0
— DF Kingdom of Greece Giannis Mousouris 31 8 6 0 4 1 41 9
— DF Kingdom of Greece Petros Ravousis 30 0 6 0 4 0 40 0
— DF Kingdom of Greece Aris Damianidis 14 0 3 0 2 0 19 0
Midfielders
— MF Uruguay Milton Viera 25 0 4 1 4 1 33 2
— MF Kingdom of Greece Lazaros Papadopoulos 5 0 3 0 0 0 8 0
— MF Kingdom of Greece Dionysis Tsamis 26 1 4 0 2 0 32 1
— MF Kingdom of Greece Takis Nikoloudis 32 15 6 1 4 1 42 17
— MF Kingdom of Greece Christos Ardizoglou 17 4 3 0 3 1 23 5
— MF Kingdom of Greece Fotis Outsikas 8 0 1 0 2 0 11 0
— MF Kingdom of Greece Giorgos Vlantis 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1
— MF Kingdom of Greece Giorgos Vlachonikolis 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Forwards
— FW Kingdom of Greece Mimis Papaioannou 31 7 5 1 3 1 39 9
— FW Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Bajević 19 4 5 9 0 0 24 13
— FW Cyprus Tasos Konstantinou 25 9 5 1 2 0 32 10
— FW Kingdom of Greece Thomas Mavros 33 22 5 8 4 1 42 31
Left during season
— GK Kingdom of Greece Giorgos Sidiropoulos 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
From Reserve Squad
— GK Kingdom of Greece Spyros Ikonomopoulos 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— DF Kingdom of Greece Panagiotis Stylianopoulos 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— DF Kingdom of Greece Theodoros Apostolopoulos 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
— DF Kingdom of Greece Kottidis 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— DF Kingdom of Greece Saxanidis 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— DF Kingdom of Greece Takis Papatheodorou 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— MF Kingdom of Greece Christos Kalaitzidis 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— FW Kingdom of Greece Stefanos Kallinteroglou 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— FW Kingdom of Greece Thomas Stafylas 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— FW Kingdom of Greece Giannis Outsikas 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— FW Kingdom of Greece Stefanos Zografos 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— FW Kingdom of Greece Tasos Boulmentis 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1

Goalscorers

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As of 4 June 1978
Rank Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 FW Greece Thomas Mavros 22 8 1 31
2 MF Greece Takis Nikoloudis 15 1 1 17
3 FW Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Bajević 4 9 0 13
4 FW Cyprus Tasos Konstantinou 9 1 0 10
5 DF Greece Giannis Mousouris 8 0 1 9
FW Greece Mimis Papaioannou 7 1 1 9
7 MF Greece Christos Ardizoglou 4 0 1 5
8 DF Greece Lakis Nikolaou 2 0 0 2
MF Uruguay Milton Viera 0 1 1 2
10 DF Greece Babis Intzoglou 1 0 0 1
MF Greece Dionysis Tsamis 1 0 0 1
MF Greece Giorgos Vlantis 0 1 0 1
FW Greece Tasos Boulmentis 1 0 0 1
Own goals 0 0 0 0
Totals 74 22 6 102

Hat-tricks

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Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player Against Result Date Competition Source
Greece Thomas Mavros Greece Panachaiki 4–0 (H) 4 December 1977 Alpha Ethniki
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Bajević4 Greece AO Chania 6–1 (A) 21 December 1977 Greek Cup
Greece Takis Nikoloudis Greece Egaleo 4–2 (Α) 26 February 1978 Alpha Ethniki [6]
Greece Thomas Mavros Greece Olympiacos 6–1 (H) 17 May 1978 Greek Cup [7]

Clean sheets

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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 4 June 1978
Rank Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 Greece Nikos Christidis 10 3 0 13
2 Greece Lakis Stergioudas 5 0 1 6
3 Greece Spyros Ikonomopoulos 0 0 0 0
Greece Giorgos Sidiropoulos 0 0 0 0
Totals 15 3 1 19

Disciplinary record

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As of 4 June 1978
N P Nat. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total Notes
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
Goalkeepers
— GK Kingdom of Greece Nikos Christidis
— GK Kingdom of Greece Lakis Stergioudas 1 1
Defenders
— DF Kingdom of Greece Apostolos Toskas
— DF Kingdom of Greece Lakis Nikolaou 1 1 2
— DF Kingdom of Greece Babis Intzoglou 4 1 2 7
— DF Kingdom of Greece Stefanos Theodoridis 1 1
— DF Kingdom of Greece Giannis Mousouris
— DF Kingdom of Greece Petros Ravousis 3 1 4
— DF Kingdom of Greece Aris Damianidis
Midfielders
— MF Uruguay Milton Viera 3 2 2 7
— MF Kingdom of Greece Lazaros Papadopoulos
— MF Kingdom of Greece Dionysis Tsamis
— MF Kingdom of Greece Takis Nikoloudis 1 1
— MF Kingdom of Greece Christos Ardizoglou 1 1
— MF Kingdom of Greece Fotis Outsikas 3 3
— MF Kingdom of Greece Giorgos Vlantis
— MF Kingdom of Greece Giorgos Vlachonikolis
Forwards
— FW Kingdom of Greece Mimis Papaioannou
— FW Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Bajević 1 1 1 1
— FW Cyprus Tasos Konstantinou 2 1 3
— FW Kingdom of Greece Thomas Mavros 1 1 1 3
Left during season
— GK Kingdom of Greece Giorgos Sidiropoulos
From Reserve Squad
— GK Kingdom of Greece Spyros Ikonomopoulos
— DF Kingdom of Greece Panagiotis Stylianopoulos
— DF Kingdom of Greece Theodoros Apostolopoulos
— DF Kingdom of Greece Kottidis
— DF Kingdom of Greece Saxanidis
— DF Kingdom of Greece Takis Papatheodorou
— MF Kingdom of Greece Christos Kalaitzidis
— FW Kingdom of Greece Stefanos Kallinteroglou
— FW Kingdom of Greece Thomas Stafylas
— FW Kingdom of Greece Giannis Outsikas
— FW Kingdom of Greece Stefanos Zografos
— FW Kingdom of Greece Tasos Boulmentis

Awards

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Player Pos. Award Source
Greece Thomas Mavros FW Alpha Ethniki Top Scorer
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Bajević FW Greek Cup Top Scorer

References

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  1. ^ a b "Το ντεμπούτο του Μπάγεβιτς και δώδεκα… πιτσιρικάδων της εποχής! Στις 26 Δεκεμβρίου του 1977 στην Ελλάδα έπαιζαν μπάλα..." filathlos.gr.
  2. ^ "Περίοδος 1977-1978". aekpedia.com (in Greek). 20 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Γιάννης Μουσούρης-Αφιέρωμα (ΑΕΛ 1975-76 & 1976-77)" – via youtube.com.
  4. ^ "Όταν ο Κομίνης λεγόταν Κρικώνης- Η φάρσα της ιστορίας 40 χρόνια μετά". fosonline.gr. 12 March 2018.
  5. ^ "1977 November 2 Standard Liege Belgium 4 AEK Athens Greece 1 UEFA Cup". YouTube.
  6. ^ "Μεγάλη ανατροπή με υπογραφή Νικολούδη". aek365.org (in Greek). Online. 26 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Τα έξι γκολ της ΑΕΚ στον Ολυμπιακό!". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Online. 17 May 2014.
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