1977–78 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
1977–78 season
ChairmanLoukas Barlos
ManagerFrantišek Fadrhonc
(until 23 September)
Andreas Stamatiadis
(interim, 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

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 defender of Egaleo, Aris Damianidis, the Uruguayan midfielder Milton Viera from Olympiacos, the top scorer of last season's second division with AEL, Giannis Mousouris 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. Bajević emergerd as the top scorer in the tournament with 9 goals.[2]

Management team

Position Staff
Manager Zlatko Čajkovski
Assistant manager Alexi Petrović
Assistant manager Andreas Stamatiadis
Goalkeeping coach Stelios Serafidis
Academy director František Fadrhonc
Academy manager Stelios Serafidis
Head of Medical Lakis Nikolaou
Physiotherapist Nikos Pantazis

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 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 GK (1944-08-02)2 August 1944 (aged 33) 1976 Aris ₯1,500,000 1984
Giorgos Sidiropoulos GK (1949-06-25)25 June 1949 (aged 29) 1973 AO Trikala ₯1,800,000 1981
Lakis Stergioudas GK (1952-12-11)11 December 1952 (aged 25) 1972 Niki Poligyrou Free 1981
Defenders
Apostolos Toskas CB (1947-12-28)28 December 1947 (aged 30) 1969 Trikala Free 1979
Lakis Nikolaou (Vice-captain) CB / RB / ST / DM (1949-07-17)17 July 1949 (aged 28) 1971 Atromitos ₯600,000 1979
Babis Intzoglou RB / LB / CB (1949-04-01)1 April 1949 (aged 29) 1976 Panionios ₯3,000,000 1984
Stefanos Theodoridis CB / RB (1950-06-19)19 June 1950 (aged 28) 1969 AEK Athens U20 — 1981
Giannis Mousouris RB / RM / ST (1951-01-26)26 January 1951 (aged 27) 1977 AEL ₯2,500,000 1985
Petros Ravousis CB / RB (1954-10-01)1 October 1954 (aged 23) 1972 Aetos Skydra Free 1981
Aris Damianidis CB / RB (1955-03-02)2 March 1955 (aged 23) 1977 Egaleo ₯3,500,000 1985
Midfielders
Milton Viera CM / DM (1946-05-11)11 May 1946 (aged 32) 1977 Olympiacos Free 1979
Lazaros Papadopoulos RM / RW (1950-01-03)3 January 1950 (aged 28) 1973 Veria Free 1981
Dionysis Tsamis CM / DM / AM (1951-05-21)21 May 1951 (aged 27) 1972 Panetolikos ₯2,300,000 1980
Takis Nikoloudis CM / AM / RM / LM (1951-08-26)26 August 1951 (aged 26) 1976 Iraklis Free 1984
Christos Ardizoglou RM / LM / RW / LW / AM / RB / LB (1953-03-25)25 March 1953 (aged 25) 1974 Apollon Athens ₯5,000,000 1982
Giorgos Vlachonikolis AM / SS 1955 (aged 22–23) 1977 Ilisiakos ₯1,100,000 1985
Fotis Outsikas LM / LB / LW (1957-05-26)26 May 1957 (aged 21) 1975 AEK Athens U20 — 1983
Giorgos Vlantis CM / AM (1958-01-30)30 January 1958 (aged 20) 1976 AEK Athens U20 — 1984
Forwards
Mimis Papaioannou (Captain) SS / ST / AM (1942-11-17)17 November 1942 (aged 35) 1962 Veria ₯175,000 1979
Dušan Bajević ST / SS (1948-12-10)10 December 1948 (aged 29) 1977 Velež Mostar Free 1979
Tasos Konstantinou RW / SS / ST / RM / AM (1951-03-11)11 March 1951 (aged 27) 1972 EPA Larnaca Free 1980
Thomas Mavros ST / LW (1954-05-31)31 May 1954 (aged 24) 1976 Panionios ₯10,000,000 1983
From Reserve Squad
Spyros Ikonomopoulos GK (1959-07-25)25 July 1959 (aged 18) 1977 AO Akratas —
Panagiotis Stylianopoulos RB / LB / RM / DM (1957-09-04)4 September 1957 (aged 20) — AEK Athens U20 —
Kottidis CB 1959 (aged 18–19) — AEK Athens U20 —
Saxanidis CB 1959 (aged 18–19) — AEK Athens U20 —
Takis Papatheodorou CB 1959 (aged 18–19) — AEK Athens U20 —
Theodoros Apostolopoulos RB / LB 1959 (aged 18–19) 1977 Chaidari —
Christos Kalaitzidis LM / LW / LB (1959-02-06)6 February 1959 (aged 19) 1973 PO.K.E. —
Stefanos Kallinteroglou ST 1954 (aged 23–24) — AEK Athens U20 —
Thomas Stafylas ST / RW / LW / RM / LM (1958-04-04)4 April 1958 (aged 20) — AEK Athens U20 —
Giannis Outsikas ST 1959 (aged 18–19) — AEK Athens U20 —
Stefanos Zografos ST 1959 (aged 18–19) 1977 Vyzas Megara —
Tasos Boulmentis ST 1959 (aged 18–19) — AEK Athens U20 —

Transfers

In

Pos. Player From Fee Date Contract Until Source
DF Aris Damianidis Egaleo ₯3,500,000 11 July 1977 30 June 1985 [3]
DF Giannis Mousouris AEL ₯2,500,000 26 July 1977 30 June 1985 [4][5]
ΜF Milton Viera Olympiacos Free transfer 1 August 1977 30 June 1978 [6]
MF Giorgos Vlachonikolis Ilisiakos ₯1,100,000[7] 23 July 1977 30 June 1985 [8]
FW Dušan Bajević Velež Mostar Free transfer 23 July 1977 30 June 1979 [9]

Out

Pos. Player To Fee Date Source
DF Sakis Zarzopoulos OFI Contract termination 3 August 1977 [10][11]
DF Giorgos Skrekis Panionios Contract termination 1 August 1977 [10][12]
FW Georgios Dedes Panionios Contract termination 12 August 1977 [10][13]
FW Walter Wagner Aris Contract termination 1 August 1977 [10][12]
FW Alekos Papadopoulos OFI Contract termination 29 July 1977 [10][14]

Contract renewals

Pos. Player Date Former Exp. Date New Exp. Date Source
DF Apostolos Toskas 1 July 1977 30 June 1977 30 June 1979
DF Stefanos Theodoridis 21 July 1977 30 June 1977 30 June 1981 [15]
ΜF Milton Viera 30 June 1978 30 June 1978 30 June 1979 [16]

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure: ₯7,100,000

Income: ₯0

Net Total: ₯7,100,000

Pre-season and friendlies

5 August 1977 Brugge tournament QPR 3–1 AEK Athens Bruges
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Bowles 11', 53'
  • Eastoe 12'
 Report[17]
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Julien Herpoel (Belgium)
7 August 1977 Brugge tournament Club Brugge 2–2
(5–4 p)		 AEK Athens Bruges
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report[18]
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Jean-Claude Jourquin (Belgium)
Penalties
10 August 1977 Friendly AEK Athens 4–0 Slovan Bratislava Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report[19] Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 22,050
Referee: Stelios Marinelis (Athens)
17 August 1977 Friendly AEK Athens 4–0 Sportul Studențesc Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report[20] Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 17,423
Referee: Nikos Fakis (Athens)
21 August 1977 Friendly Olympiacos 1–2 AEK Athens Piraeus
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report[21]
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Vasilis Patarakis (Piraeus)
24 August 1977 Friendly AEK Athens 1–0 Stal Mielec Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 15,574[22]
Referee: Giorgos Saraliotis (Kavala)
28 August 1977 Friendly PAOK 0–0 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report[23] Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 25,174[24]
Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)
31 August 1977 Friendly AEK Athens 4–0 Sparta Rotterdam Nea Filadelfeia
 Report[25] Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 14,365
Referee: Alexopoulos (Athens)
4 September 1977 Friendly Chalkida 0–1 AEK Athens Chalcis
17:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report[26]
Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Chalkida
Referee: Giannis Adamakis (Chalkida)
5 September 1977 Friendly AEK Athens 5–1 Ethnikos Piraeus Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report[27]
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 8,307
Referee: Kontogiannis (Athens)
25 November 1977 Friendly AEK Athens 3–2 Saudi Arabia U19 Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
Report[28]
  • Callars 50'
  • Jassim 65'
 Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Referee: Stelios Serafidis
29 November 1977 Friendly AEK Athens 7–0 Saudi Arabia Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report[29] Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Referee: Andreas Stamatiadis
28 December 1977 Friendly AEK Athens 2–1 Olympiacos Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report[30]
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Nikos Makris (Athens)
29 March 1978 Friendly Ethnikos Asteras 1–0 AEK Athens Kaisariani
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Koronellos 77'
 Report[31] Stadium: Kaisariani Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Methenitis
12 April 1978 Friendly AEK Athens 5–1 AE Kesarianis Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report[32]
  • Anagnostopoulos 5'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Referee: Andreas Stamatiadis
1 May 1978 Friendly Kickers Offenbach 2–2 AEK Athens Offenbach
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report[33]
Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg
Attendance: 7,000
4 May 1978 Friendly 1. FC Herzogenaurach 3–7 AEK Athens Nuremberg
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Penen 7'
  • Zink 22'
  • Nurber 60'
 Report[34]
Stadium: Rudolf-Dassler-Sportfeld
Attendance: 3,000
10 May 1978 Friendly AEK Athens 3–2 Alexandria XI Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Vlachonikolis 22'
  • Kottidis 52'
  • Saxanidis 90'
 Report[35]
  • Shehta 25'
  • Ahmed 80'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Kattis
21 May 1978 Friendly AEK Athens 2–0 QPR Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 6,289[36][37]
Referee: K. Kritikos
24 May 1978 Friendly AEK Athens 2–3 PSAT XI Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report[38][39]
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 1,822[40]
Referee: Nikos Makris (Athens)
Note: The incomes of the match were donated to the former football player of AEK, Nestor Errea.

Competitions

Overall record

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

Main article: 1977–78 Alpha Ethniki

League table

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 decision match; 3rd head-to-head goal difference.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since AEK Athens also won the Greek Cup and were qualified for the 1978–79 European Cup, the Cup runners-up, PAOK earned a spot in the Cup Winners' Cup first round.

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 21 11 2 74 27  +47 53 15 2 0 49 12  +37 6 9 2 25 15  +10

Results by Matchday

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

Matches

11 September 1977 1 AEK Athens 6–2 Veria Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 14,754
Referee: Abatzis (Thessaloniki)
18 September 1977 2 Olympiacos 1–0 AEK Athens Piraeus
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 37,868
Referee: Angelopoulos (Argolida)
2 October 1977 3 AEK Athens 5–1 Panionios Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Alexopoulos
  • 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)
  • Aritzis   64'
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',
  • Ioannou
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.[41]
6 November 1977 8 AEK Athens 2–0 Apollon Athens Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Vrettos
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)
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)
  • Spentzopoulos
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  3', 13'
  • Kalaitzidis  42'
  • 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: Giorgos 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)
  • Yfantidis 4'
  • Terzis  29'
  • Spyridon  40'
  • Kousoulakis  74'
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: Avgoustos Sapatakidis (Thessaloniki)
5 February 1978 20 Panionios 0–1 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Mavrikis  8'
  • Sempekos  32'
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)
  • Vlachos
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: Giorgos 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

Main article: 1977–78 Greek Football Cup

Matches

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: Giorgos 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

Main article: 1977–78 UEFA Cup

First round

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

Second round

19 October 1977 First leg AEK Athens 2–2 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 4–1
(6–3 agg.)		 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.[42]

Statistics

Squad statistics

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 Nikos Christidis 19 0 5 0 0 0 24 0
— GK Giorgos Sidiropoulos 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
— GK Lakis Stergioudas 14 0 0 0 4 0 18 0
Defenders
— DF Apostolos Toskas 13 0 3 0 0 0 16 0
— DF Lakis Nikolaou 31 2 5 0 4 0 40 2
— DF Babis Intzoglou 25 1 5 0 3 0 33 1
— DF Stefanos Theodoridis 10 0 2 0 4 0 16 0
— DF Giannis Mousouris 31 8 6 0 4 1 41 9
— DF Petros Ravousis 30 0 6 0 4 0 40 0
— DF Aris Damianidis 14 0 3 0 2 0 19 0
Midfielders
— MF Milton Viera 25 0 4 1 4 1 33 2
— MF Lazaros Papadopoulos 5 0 3 0 0 0 8 0
— MF Dionysis Tsamis 26 1 4 0 2 0 32 1
— MF Takis Nikoloudis 32 15 6 1 4 1 42 17
— MF Christos Ardizoglou 17 4 3 0 3 1 23 5
— MF Giorgos Vlachonikolis 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
— MF Fotis Outsikas 8 0 1 0 2 0 11 0
— MF Giorgos Vlantis 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1
Forwards
— FW Mimis Papaioannou 31 7 5 1 3 1 39 9
— FW Dušan Bajević 19 4 5 9 0 0 24 13
— FW Tasos Konstantinou 25 9 5 1 2 0 32 10
— FW Thomas Mavros 33 22 5 8 4 1 42 31
From Reserve Squad
— GK Spyros Ikonomopoulos 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— DF Panagiotis Stylianopoulos 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— DF Kottidis 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— DF Saxanidis 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— DF Takis Papatheodorou 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— DF Theodoros Apostolopoulos 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
— MF Christos Kalaitzidis 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— FW Stefanos Kallinteroglou 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— FW Thomas Stafylas 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— FW Giannis Outsikas 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— FW Stefanos Zografos 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— FW Tasos Boulmentis 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1

Goalscorers

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

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player Against Result Date Competition Source
Thomas Mavros Panachaiki 4–0 (H) 4 December 1977 Alpha Ethniki
Dušan Bajević4 AO Chania 6–1 (A) 21 December 1977 Greek Cup
Takis Nikoloudis Egaleo 4–2 (Α) 26 February 1978 Alpha Ethniki [43]
Thomas Mavros Olympiacos 6–1 (H) 17 May 1978 Greek Cup [44]

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

Disciplinary record

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

Starting 11

Awards

Player Pos. Award Source
Thomas Mavros FW Alpha Ethniki Top Scorer
Dušan Bajević FW Greek Cup Top Scorer

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