1979–80 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
1979–80 season
Chairman	Loukas Barlos
Manager	Hermann Stessl; (until 26 March); Miltos Papapostolou
Stadium	AEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	4th
Greek Cup	Round of 16
European Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Dušan Bajević (25); All: ; Dušan Bajević (28)
Highest home attendance	36,100 vs Panathinaikos; (7 October 1979)
Lowest home attendance	3,279 vs Panetolikos; (6 February 1980)
Average home league attendance	16,291
Biggest win	AEK Athens 6–1 Rodos
Biggest defeat	PAOK 4–0 AEK Athens
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 season was the 56th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 21st 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 19 September 1979 and finished on 24 May 1980.

Kits

Supplier: Adidas

Home

Away

Overview

The enactment of law 879/79 from March 1979 led Greek football to full professionalism and men of a large financial surface stepped on the surface. The Vardinogiannis family took over the wheel of Panathinaikos, with Yiorgos Vardinogiannis as president and a group of shipowners led by Stavros Daifas took over the ownership Olympiacos. On July 30, AEK Athens was also converted into a S.A. under the leadership of Loukas Barlos. Barlos realizing that it was impossible to compete financially with his rivals of and having an aversion to the professionalization of sports, he was preparing the ground for his departure. His last great offer to AEK and the Greek football, was the construction of the first two-story podium in a Greek stadium on October 7, when in Nea Filadelfeia the much-loved "Skepasti" (The Covered) was inaugurated.^[1] Transferwise, AEK was mostly staffed by the first talents that emerged from their famous academies managed by František Fadrhonc. The position of a foreigner which was vacated by the departure of Milton Viera, was covered by Franjo Vladić, Dušan Bajević's alter ego for many years at Velež Mostar. Barlos played his "last card" and brought to the bench of AEK the Austrian champion with Austria Wien, Hermann Stessl.

Τhe draw brought AEK against the Romanian Argeș Pitești for the first round of the European Cup. That caused feelings of euphoria in the team and the fans of AEK as the triumph against Porto at the last season's first round was still fresh. At the Stadionul 1 Mai, AEK were left with ten players due to the dismissal of Damianidis from the 52nd minute and the Romanians got the victory and a relative safe score of 3–0. Despite the heavy loss of the first match, the conditions under which this occurred, allowed AEK to be optimistic for the replay match. In Nea Filadelfeia, AEK were tasked for the comeback once again in their history. At the beginning of the game they showed that they were capable of that as they opened the score at the 13th minute, with an own goal by Ivan and after 7 minutes, Vladić doubled their advantage. AEK had more than an hour to score a third goal that would equalize the score of the first match. However, that goal did not take place thanks to the Swiss referee, André Daina, who denied AEK three clear penalties and the possibility of the qualification to the next round. The anger of the AEK players and staff overflowed and the incidents that followed in the locker room and the referees' room brought the punishment of AEK with a one-year ban from the European competitions by UEFA.^[2]

AEK started the championship quietly and was left behind in the standings. In the Greek Cup, AEK eliminated Panachaiki at the first round, Panetolikos at the second round, only to be eliminated by PAOK in Thessaloniki, at the round of 16. The introduction of the winter transfer period brought by the professionalism of football contributed to the weakening of the roster, as Mimis Domazos left for Panathinaikos, Takis Nikoloudis for Olympiacos and Dionysis Tsamis for Korinthos. AEK recovered in a great deal afterwards, but a series of unfortunate results brought the dismissal of Stessl in April and the veteran AEK player Miltos Papapostolou on the bench with the help of Fadrhonc. The team returned to the successful results and assisted significantly by the 25 goals of Bajević who emerged as the legue's top scorer, finished tied with Panathinaikos in the third place, two points behind the equal in the first place Olympiacos and Aris.^[3] This tie led to play-off matches for both the first place for the championship and the third place for a ticket to the UEFA Cup.

The play-off match between AEK and Panathinaikos was from all sides a very strange match. AEK had already been punished with exclusion from the European Cups by UEFA, which meant that whatever the result of the game, Panathinaikos would play in the UEFA Cup. If AEK won, they would simply had the benefit of serving their sentence immediately. The people of Panathinaikos implied that they did not want the match to take place. Barlos, showing a high sense of honor and having in mind the incident of Olympiacos not showing up in the last season's play-off match against AEK,^[4] demanded the match to be held, regardless of any risk for his team. On May 24 at Karaiskaki Stadium, the crowd witnessed the honesty that defined Barlos' team, regardless of their eventual 1–0 loss, which marked the beginning of the club's absence from the UEFA competitions.^[5]

Management team

Position	Staff
Manager	Miltos Papapostolou
Assistant manager	František Fadrhonc
Goalkeeping coach	Stelios Serafidis

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 24 May 1980, 23:59 UTC+3.

Player	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
Nikos Christidis	GK	(1944-08-02)2 August 1944 (aged 35)	1976	Aris	Free	1982
Lakis Stergioudas	GK	(1952-12-11)11 December 1952 (aged 27)	1972	Niki Poligyrou	Free	1985
Spyros Ikonomopoulos	GK	(1959-07-25)25 July 1959 (aged 20)	1978	AEK Athens U20	—	1984
Defenders
Dimitris Argyros	CB / LB	(1948-12-06)6 December 1948 (aged 31)	1979	Kastoria	₯7,000,000	1982
Lakis Nikolaou (Captain)	CB / RB / ST / DM	(1949-07-17)17 July 1949 (aged 30)	1971	Atromitos	₯600,000	1980
Babis Intzoglou	RB / LB / CB	(1949-04-01)1 April 1949 (aged 31)	1976	Panionios	Free	1980
Giannis Mousouris	RB / RM / ST	(1951-01-26)26 January 1951 (aged 29)	1977	AEL	₯3,000,000	1982
Giorgos Kalogeropoulos	RB	(1954-09-14)14 September 1954 (aged 25)	1979	Panionios	Free	1981
Petros Ravousis	CB / RB	(1954-10-01)1 October 1954 (aged 25)	1972	Aetos Skydra	Free	1985
Vangelis Paraprastanitis	LB / CB / DM	(1955-02-10)10 February 1955 (aged 25)	1979	Trikala	Free	1985
Aris Damianidis	CB / RB	(1955-03-02)2 March 1955 (aged 25)	1977	Egaleo	Free	1980
Dimitris Kotsos	LB	(1955-03-30)30 March 1955 (aged 25)	1978	Kastoria	Free	1980
Panagiotis Stylianopoulos	RB / LB	(1957-09-04)4 September 1957 (aged 22)	1978	AEK Athens U20	—	1986
Stelios Manolas	RB / CB	(1961-07-13)13 July 1961 (aged 18)	1979	AEK Athens U20	—	1984
Lysandros Georgamlis	RB / CB / DM / LB	(1962-02-25)25 February 1962 (aged 18)	1979	AEK Athens U20	—	1985
Midfielders
Franjo Vladić	AM / SS	(1950-10-19)19 October 1950 (aged 29)	1979	Velež Mostar	Free	1981
Christos Ardizoglou	RM / LM / RW / AM	(1953-03-25)25 March 1953 (aged 27)	1974	Apollon Athens	₯5,000,000	1982
Stelios Kaselakis	RM / RB / CM	1954 (aged 25–26)	1979	Agioi Anargyroi	₯2,500,000	1982
Spyros Thodis	CM / AM / DM	(1955-07-23)23 July 1955 (aged 24)	1979	Anagennisi Karditsa	Free	1984
Christos Kalaitzidis	LM	(1959-02-06)6 February 1959 (aged 21)	1978	AEK Athens U20	—	1981
Vangelis Vlachos	AM / CM	(1962-01-06)6 January 1962 (aged 18)	1979	AEK Athens U20	—	1984
Forwards
Dušan Bajević	ST / SS	(1948-12-10)10 December 1948 (aged 31)	1977	Velež Mostar	Free	1981
Tasos Konstantinou	RW / SS / ST / RM / AM	(1951-03-11)11 March 1951 (aged 29)	1972	EPA Larnaca	Free	1980
Thomas Mavros	ST / LW	(1954-05-31)31 May 1954 (aged 26)	1976	Panionios	₯4,000,000	1980
Panikos Hatziloizou	ST / AM	(1959-09-30)30 September 1959 (aged 20)	1979	Aris Limassol	₯3,000,000	1980
Stefanos Zografos	ST	(1960-04-28)28 April 1960 (aged 20)	1979	AEK Athens U20	—	1980
Giorgos Chatziioannidis	ST	(1960-11-30)30 November 1960 (aged 19)	1979	AEK Athens U20	—	1984
Left during Winter Transfer Window
Mimis Domazos	AM / SS	(1942-01-22)22 January 1942 (aged 38)	1978	Panathinaikos	Free	1980
Dionysis Tsamis	CM / DM / AM	(1951-05-21)21 May 1951 (aged 29)	1972	Panetolikos	₯2,300,000	1980
Takis Nikoloudis	CM / AM / RM / LM	(1951-08-26)26 August 1951 (aged 28)	1977	Iraklis	Free	1981

Transfers

In

Summer

Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until
DF	Dimitris Argyros	Kastoria	₯7,000,000	1 July 1979	30 June 1982
DF	Stelios Manolas	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	1 July 1979	30 November 1984
DF	Lysandros Georgamlis	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	1 July 1979	31 December 1985
MF	Spyros Thodis	Anagennisi Karditsa	Free transfer	1 July 1979	30 June 1984
ΜF	Stelios Kaselakis	Agioi Anargyroi	₯2,500,000	1 July 1979	30 June 1982
MF	Franjo Vladić	Velež Mostar	Free transfer	1 July 1979	30 June 1981
MF	Vangelis Vlachos	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	1 July 1979	30 June 1984
FW	Panikos Hatziloizou	Aris Limassol	₯3,000,000	16 August 1979	30 June 1980
FW	Stefanos Zografos	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	1 July 1979	30 June 1980
FW	Giorgos Chatziioannidis	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	1 July 1979	30 November 1984
FW	Thomas Stafylas	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	1 July 1979	30 June 1982

Winter

Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
DF	Giorgos Kalogeropoulos	Panionios	Free transfer	1 December 1979	30 June 1981
DF	Vangelis Paraprastanitis	Trikala	₯4,000,000	1 December 1979	30 June 1985

Out

Summer

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date
DF	Apostolos Toskas	Atromitos	End of contract	2 August 1979
DF	Theodoros Apostolopoulos	Apollon Athens	Free transfer	1 July 1979
ΜF	Milton Viera	Retired		1 July 1979
ΜF	Lazaros Papadopoulos	Rodos	End of contract	1 July 1979
ΜF	Dimitris Kokkinopoulos	Acharnaikos	Contract termniation	1 July 1979
FW	Mimis Papaioannou	New York Pancyprian	End of contract	1 July 1979

Winter

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date
MF	Dionysis Tsamis	Korinthos	End of contract	31 December 1979
MF	Takis Nikoloudis	Olympiacos	Free transfer	31 December 1979
MF	Mimis Domazos	Panathinaikos	Free transfer	1 January 1980

Loan out

Summer

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
DF	Stavros Letsas	Panelefsiniakos	Free	1 July 1979	30 June 1980	N
FW	Thomas Stafylas	Acharnaikos	Free	1 July 1979	30 June 1980	N

Contract renewals

Pos.	Player	Date	Former Exp. Date	New Exp. Date	Source
DF	Lakis Nikolaou	1 July 1979	1 December 1979	30 June 1980

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: ₯13,500,000

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯13,500,000

Income

Summer: ₯0

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯0

Net Totals

Summer: ₯13,500,000

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯13,500,000

Pre-season and friendlies

1 August 1979 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–1	Kapfenberger SV	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

6 August 1979 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–1	Apollon Athens	Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: AEK Stadium

8 August 1979 Friendly	AEK Athens	5–5	Velež Mostar	Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bajević	Report		Stadium: AEK Stadium

12 August 1979 Friendly	Victoria mixed	4–0	AEK Athens	Sydney
				Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground

15 August 1979 Friendly	Australia mixed	1–0	AEK Athens	Sydney
				Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground

15 August 1979 Friendly	Marconi Stallions	5–5	AEK Athens	Sydney
	Raskopoulos 1' Krncevic 12', 37' Beggs 76', 86'	Report	Intzoglou 14' Bajević 15' (pen.), 90' Vladić 31' Ardizoglou 56'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 14,626 Referee: H. Witschge

2 September 1979 Friendly	PAOK	3–2	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
	Vasilakos 50', 64' Damanakis 82'		Ardizoglou 34', 69'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Abatzis (Thessaloniki)

5 September 1979 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–1	Zürich	Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bajević 1' Mavros 6' Kalaitzidis 85'	Report	Botteron 22'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Chiotakis (Thessaloniki)

29 November 1979 Friendly	AEK Athens	10–2	Charavgi	Nea Filadelfeia
	Hatziloizou	Report		Stadium: AEK Stadium

16 April 1980 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–2	Wolves	Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: AEK Stadium

21 May 1980 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–1	Fulham	Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Intzoglou 48' Mavros 59'			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	30 September 1979	18 May 1980	Matchday 1	4th	34	18	9	7	64	39	+25	052.94
3rd place play-off	24 May 1980		Final	Runners-up	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Greek Cup	21 November 1979	20 February 1980	First round	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4	066.67
European Cup	19 September 1979	8 October 1980	First round	First round	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	050.00
Total					40	21	9	10	75	48	+27	052.50

Last updated: 24 May 1980
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Aris	34	19	9	6	46	20	+26	47^[a]	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Panathinaikos	34	15	15	4	38	24	+14	45^[b]	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	AEK Athens	34	18	9	7	64	39	+25	45^[b]
5	PAOK	34	17	7	10	53	33	+20	41
6	PAS Giannina	34	14	9	11	50	44	+6	37

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

^ Championship play-off: Olympiacos–Aris 2–0
^ ^a ^b 3rd-place play-off: Panathinaikos–AEK Athens 1–0

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	18	9	7	64	39	+25	45	12	3	2	44	20	+24	6	6	5	20	19	+1

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	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W
Position	3	14	14	13	9	13	8	7	7	5	5	7	6	4	4	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4

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

Fixtures

30 September 1979 1	Rodos	0–2	AEK Athens	Rhodes
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)			Mavros 48' Nikoloudis 55'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium Ekonomideio Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)

7 October 1979 2	AEK Athens	0–1	Panathinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)			Oré 79'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 36,100 Referee: Makis Germanakos (Athens)
Note: Official inauguration for the new high-raised gate "Skepasti" of stadium with capacity of 8,000 spectators.^[1]

14 October 1979 3	PAOK	4–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Guerino 9', 37' Orfanos 68' Vasilakos 76'			Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 24,082 Referee: Dimitris Pantzalis (Piraeus)

21 October 1979 4	OFI	0–0	AEK Athens	Heraklion
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Apostolos Karavasilis (Larissa)

4 November 1979 5	AEK Athens	4–2	Kastoria	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Bajević 3', 23' (pen.), 39' (pen.) Mavros 37'		Chounouzidis 85' Papavasiliou 88' (pen.)	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 5,902 Referee: Vasilis Vourakis (Piraeus)

11 November 1979 6	PAS Giannina	3–2	AEK Athens	Ioannina
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Glasmanis 13' Seitaridis 31' Kontogeorgakis 38'		Papageorgiou 57' (og.) Bajević 72'	Stadium: Zosimades Stadium Attendance: 6,273 Referee: Giorgos Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

18 November 1979 7	Korinthos	0–1	AEK Athens	Corinth
15:00 EET (UTC+2)			Bajević 15'	Stadium: Korinthos Stadium Attendance: 13,180 Referee: Manolis Vardakas (Kozani)

25 November 1979 8	AEK Athens	5–2	Panionios	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Mavros 4', 74' Ardizoglou 54' Mousouris 61' Bajević 69'		Chandrakis 20' Núñez 64'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 16,889 Referee: Giorgos Voulgaris (Athens)

2 December 1979 9	Panachaiki	1–3	AEK Athens	Patras
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Apostolidis 66'		Bajević 12' (pen.), 37', 83'	Stadium: Panachaiki Stadium Attendance: 10,267 Referee: Ioannis Ioannidis (Thessaloniki)

9 January 1980 10	AEK Athens	1–0	Iraklis	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Ardizoglou 63'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 11,364 Referee: Giorgos Kounalakis (Heraklion)
Note: The matchday was originally scheduled for 9 December, but was postponed due to a strike called by the first and second division clubs.

16 December 1979 11	Apollon Athens	0–0	AEK Athens	Rizoupoli
14:30 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 9,857 Referee: Kostas Levogiannis (Athens)

23 December 1979 12	AEK Athens	0–1	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)			Kokolakis 27'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 32,888 Referee: Dimitris Tsolakis (Serres)

26 December 1979 13	Kavala	2–4	AEK Athens	Kavala
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Triantafyllidis 70' (pen.) Kapetanidis 74'		Vlachos 35', 47' Mavros 53', 55'	Stadium: Kavala National Stadium Attendance: 6,241 Referee: Vasilis Patarakis (Piraeus)
Note: The Vangelis Vlachos made a record the then youngest scorer in the history of AEK, as he scored at the age of 17 years, 11 months and 20 days.

30 December 1979 14	AEK Athens	1–1	Aris	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Bajević 42'		Drampis 20'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 20,004 Referee: Kostas Dedes (Messinia)

6 January 1980 15	AEK Athens	4–2	AEL	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Intzoglou 8' Bajević 18', 52' Konstantinou 47'		Mousouris 43' (o.g.) Valaoras 50'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 9,348 Referee: Kosmas Iordanidis (Thessaloniki)

13 January 1980 16	Ethnikos Piraeus	2–1	AEK Athens	Piraeus
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Karaiskos 26' (pen.) Diamantopoulos 49'		Bajević 34' (pen.)	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 16,196 Referee: Vasilis Tikmoglou (Thessaloniki)

20 January 1980 17	AEK Athens	2–0	Doxa Drama	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Mavros 65' Bajević 84'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 10,146 Referee: Theoklis Kontzalis (Thessaloniki)

5 October 1980 18	AEK Athens	6–1	Rodos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Bajević 24', 51' Mavros 44', 53' Vladić 76', 77'		Kottis 86'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 12,336 Referee: Giannis Aggelidis (Serres)

3 February 1980 19	Panathinaikos	1–0	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Yfantidis 56'			Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 23,200 Referee: Dimitris Sidiropoulos (Thessaloniki)

10 February 1980 20	AEK Athens	3–1	PAOK	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Vlachos 10' Bajević 28' Ardizoglou 70'		Guerino 41'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 26,949 Referee: Giorgos Kyfonidis (Kavala)

17 February 1980 21	AEK Athens	2–1	OFI	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Mavros 23', 57'		G. Vlachos 36'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 15,521 Referee: Panagiotis Tsolakidis (Thessaloniki)

24 February 1980 22	Kastoria	1–1	AEK Athens	Kastoria
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Tsironis 2'		Nikolaou 59'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kastoria Attendance: 3,797 Referee: Vasilis Vourakis (Piraeus)

2 March 1980 23	AEK Athens	1–1	PAS Giannina	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaou 84'		Sofias 73'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 14,678 Referee: Antonis Patrikas (Euboea)

9 March 1980 24	AEK Athens	5–1	Korinthos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Bajević 20', 38' Chatziioannidis 60', 75' Thodis 64'		Pissas 89' (pen.)	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 7,653 Referee: Vasilis Tikmoglou (Thessaloniki)

16 March 1980 25	Panionios	0–0	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
15:30 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 10,892 Referee: Stelios Marinelis (Athens)

23 March 1980 26	AEK Athens	2–2	Panachaiki	Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Ardizoglou 38', 64'		Spentzopoulos 40' Davourlis 82'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 18,413 Referee: Theoklis Kontzalis (Thessaloniki)

30 March 1980 27	Iraklis	3–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Orfanidis 13' Chatzieleftheriou 33', 82'			Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 20,398 Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus)

6 April 1980 28	AEK Athens	2–1	Apollon Athens	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Mavros 22' Bajević 39' (pen.)		Mavromatis 44'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 15,572 Referee: Manolis Platopoulos (Athens)

13 April 1980 29	Olympiacos	0–0	AEK Athens	Chalcis
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Chalkida Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Kosmas Iordanidis (Serres)
Note: Match held at Chalcis because Olympiacos had a stadium ban due to incidents in the league match against Apollon Athens. The game was also marked by incidents caused by Olympiacos' fans.^[6]

20 April 1980 30	AEK Athens	4–2	Kavala	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bajević 19', 28', 53' Ardizoglou 22'		Kontogeorgiou 8' Lemonidis 42'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 10,247 Referee: Vasilis Patarakis (Piraeus)

27 April 1980 31	Aris	0–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Aris Stadium Attendance: 17,020 Referee: Kostas Dedes (Messinia)

4 May 1980 32	AEL	1–3	AEK Athens	Larissa
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Golantas 50'		Vladić 18' Ardizoglou 32' Nikolaou 85'	Stadium: Alcazar Stadium Attendance: 10,560 Referee: Vasilis Messalas (Patras)

11 May 1980 33	AEK Athens	2–1	Ethnikos Piraeus	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Mavros 14', 38'		Lambrinos 43'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 15,185 Referee: Giorgos Loutridis (Larissa)

18 May 1980 34	Doxa Drama	1–3	AEK Athens	Drama
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Strantzalis 41'		Bajević 56', 64' Konstantinou 81'	Stadium: Doxa Drama Stadium Attendance: 5,728 Referee: Dimitris Pantzalis (Piraeus)

3rd-place play-off

24 May 1980 Play-off match	Panathinaikos	1–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Oré 61'	Report		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 18,350 Referee: Giorgos Ballis (Athens)

Greek Cup

Matches

21 November 1979 First round	Panachaiki	3–4 (a.e.t.)	AEK Athens	Patras
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ravousis 23' (o.g.) Georgopoulos 26' Spentzopoulos 40' Apostolidis 65' Papagiannopoulos 111' Davourlis 116'		Mavros 8', 55', 75' Ravousis 60' Konstantinou 94' Damianidis 95'	Stadium: Panachaiki Stadium Attendance: 6,617 Referee: Vaggelis Giannakoudakis (Piraeus)

6 February 1980 Second round	AEK Athens	5–1	Panetolikos	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Kalaitzidis 2' Bajević 14', 17' Mavros 37', 65' Kalogeropoulos 80'		Gakis 30' (pen.)	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 3,279 Referee: G. Moschopoulos (Thessaloniki)

20 February 1980 Round of 16	PAOK	1–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Guerino 9'	Report		Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 28,151 Referee: Pantelis Argyriou (Dodecanese)

European Cup

First round

19 September 1979 First leg	Argeș Pitești	3–0	AEK Athens	Pitești, Romania
16:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Barbulescu 35' Nicolae 49', 80' Radu 65'	Report	Intzoglou 25' Ardizoglou 35' Damianidis 52'	Stadium: Stadionul 1 Mai Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Enzo Barbaresco (Italy)

8 October 1980 Second leg	AEK Athens	2–0 (2–3 agg.)	Argeș Pitești	Athens, Greece
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Intzoglou 6' Ivan 12' (o.g.) Vladić 20'	Report	Carstea 19' Barbulescu 23' Chivescu 72'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: André Daina (Switzerland)
Note: The refereeing of Daina provoked the fans of AEK who made incidents. As a result, AEK were punished by UEFA with a 12-month exclusion from the European Cups.

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 24 May 1980

No.	Pos	Player	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		European Cup		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
—	GK	Nikos Christidis	8	0	2	0	0	0	10	0
—	GK	Lakis Stergioudas	19	0	1	0	2	0	22	0
—	GK	Spyros Ikonomopoulos	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Defenders
—	DF	Dimitris Argyros	7	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
—	DF	Lakis Nikolaou	22	3	2	0	2	0	26	3
—	DF	Babis Intzoglou	22	1	2	0	2	0	26	1
—	DF	Giannis Mousouris	35	1	2	0	1	0	38	1
—	DF	Giorgos Kalogeropoulos	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
—	DF	Petros Ravousis	34	0	3	0	2	0	39	0
—	DF	Vangelis Paraprastanitis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	DF	Aris Damianidis	21	0	1	0	1	0	23	0
—	DF	Dimitris Kotsos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	DF	Panagiotis Stylianopoulos	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
—	DF	Stelios Manolas	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
—	DF	Lysandros Georgamlis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
—	MF	Franjo Vladić	28	3	3	0	2	1	33	4
—	MF	Christos Ardizoglou	29	7	1	0	2	0	32	7
—	MF	Stelios Kaselakis	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
—	MF	Spyros Thodis	32	1	2	0	2	0	36	1
—	MF	Christos Kalaitzidis	12	0	2	1	1	0	15	1
—	MF	Vangelis Vlachos	28	3	3	0	0	0	31	3
Forwards
—	FW	Dušan Bajević	32	25	3	2	2	0	37	27
—	FW	Tasos Konstantinou	23	2	2	1	1	0	26	3
—	FW	Thomas Mavros	28	14	3	5	2	0	33	19
—	FW	Panikos Hatziloizou	9	0	1	0	0	0	10	0
—	FW	Stefanos Zografos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	FW	Giorgos Chatziioannidis	7	2	2	0	0	0	9	2
Left during Winter Transfer Window
—	MF	Mimis Domazos	5	0	1	0	1	0	7	0
—	MF	Dionysis Tsamis	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
—	MF	Takis Nikoloudis	3	1	0	0	2	0	5	1

Goalscorers

As of 24 May 1980

Rank	Pos.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	European Cup	Total
1	FW	Dušan Bajević	25	2	0	27
2	FW	Thomas Mavros	14	5	0	19
3	MF	Christos Ardizoglou	7	0	0	7
4	MF	Franjo Vladić	3	0	1	4
5	DF	Lakis Nikolaou	3	0	0	3
	MF	Vangelis Vlachos	3	0	0	3
	FW	Tasos Konstantinou	2	1	0	3
8	FW	Giorgos Chatziioannidis	2	0	0	2
9	DF	Babis Intzoglou	1	0	0	1
	DF	Giannis Mousouris	1	0	0	1
	MF	Takis Nikoloudis	1	0	0	1
	MF	Spyros Thodis	1	0	0	1
	ΜF	Christos Kalaitzidis	0	1	0	1
Own goals			0	0	1	1
Totals			63	9	2	74

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Source
Dušan Bajević	Kastoria	4–2 (H)	4 November 1979	Alpha Ethniki
Thomas Mavros	Panachaiki	4–3 (Α)	21 November 1979	Greek Cup	^[7]
Dušan Bajević	Panachaiki	3–1 (Α)	2 December 1979	Alpha Ethniki
Dušan Bajević	Kavala	4–2 (H)	20 April 1980	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 24 May 1980

Rank	Player	Alpha Ethniki	European Cup	Total
1	Lakis Stergioudas	6	1	7
2	Spyros Ikonomopoulos	2	0	2
3	Nikos Christidis	1	0	1
Totals		9	1	10

Disciplinary record

As of 24 May 1980

N	P	Nat.	Name								Notes
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		Dimitris Argyros
—	DF		Lakis Nikolaou	3					3
—	DF		Babis Intzoglou	5	1		2		7	1
—	DF		Giannis Mousouris
—	DF		Giorgos Kalogeropoulos			1			1
—	DF		Petros Ravousis	2		1			3
—	DF		Vangelis Paraprastanitis
—	DF		Aris Damianidis	3		1		1	4	1
—	DF		Dimitris Kotsos
—	DF		Panagiotis Stylianopoulos
—	DF		Stelios Manolas
—	DF		Lysandros Georgamlis
Midfielders
—	MF		Franjo Vladić	1					1
—	MF		Christos Ardizoglou	1	1		1		2	1
—	MF		Stelios Kaselakis
—	MF		Spyros Thodis	2					2
—	MF		Christos Kalaitzidis	1					1
—	MF		Vangelis Vlachos	1					1
Forwards
—	FW		Dušan Bajević
—	FW		Tasos Konstantinou
—	FW		Thomas Mavros	2					2
—	FW		Panikos Hatziloizou
—	FW		Stefanos Zografos
—	FW		Giorgos Chatziioannidis	1					1
Left during Winter Transfer Window
—	MF		Mimis Domazos
—	MF		Dionysis Tsamis
—	MF		Takis Nikoloudis

Awards

Player	Pos.	Award	Source
Dušan Bajević	FW	Alpha Ethniki Top Scorer

References

^ ^a ^b "Η μέρα που εγκαινιάστηκε η Σκεπαστή". contra.gr. 7 October 2015.
^ "ΑΕΚ: "Εγκλημα" και τιμωρία". enwsi.gr. 3 October 2020.
^ "Περίοδος 1979-1980". aekpedia.com (in Greek). 20 May 2015.
^ "Σαν σήμερα: Ολυμπιακός-ΑΕΚ, "Θρύλε τρέμεις, γι' αυτό δεν κατεβαίνεις"". SDNA.gr. 16 June 2018.
^ "Αυτοκαστροφή της ΑΕΚ το 1980". ritorno2015.gr. 12 July 2015.
^ "1980: Ολυμπιακός-ΑΕΚ 0-0". eviasports.gr. 15 April 2020.
^ "Επική ανατροπή στη λάσπη". aek365.org (in Greek). Online. 21 November 2015.

External links

[table_hth_OLY0.4133814370322-6] Championship play-off: Olympiacos–Aris 2–0

[table_hth_PAO0.4133814370322-7] 3rd-place play-off: Panathinaikos–AEK Athens 1–0

[Skepasti-1] "Η μέρα που εγκαινιάστηκε η Σκεπαστή". contra.gr. 7 October 2015.

[UEFA-2] "ΑΕΚ: "Εγκλημα" και τιμωρία". enwsi.gr. 3 October 2020.

[3] "Περίοδος 1979-1980". aekpedia.com (in Greek). 20 May 2015.

[4] "Σαν σήμερα: Ολυμπιακός-ΑΕΚ, "Θρύλε τρέμεις, γι' αυτό δεν κατεβαίνεις"". SDNA.gr. 16 June 2018.

[5] "Αυτοκαστροφή της ΑΕΚ το 1980". ritorno2015.gr. 12 July 2015.

[8] "1980: Ολυμπιακός-ΑΕΚ 0-0". eviasports.gr. 15 April 2020.

[9] "Επική ανατροπή στη λάσπη". aek365.org (in Greek). Online. 21 November 2015.

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