1988–89 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens F.C. competed for the 30th consecutive season in the Greek top flight and 65th year in existence as a football club. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup. The season begun at 21 August 1988 and finished at 21 May 1989.

AEK Athens
1988–89 season
ChairmanStratos Gidopoulos
ManagerDušan Bajević
StadiumAEK Stadium
Alpha EthnikiWinners
Greek CupRound of 32
UEFA CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Miroslaw Okonski (11)
All: Miroslaw Okonski (11)
Highest home attendance28,399 (vs Panathinaikos)
Lowest home attendance4,053* (vs Olympiacos)
*The match was held at Diagoras Stadium.
Average home league attendance15,676

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 30 June 1989, 23:59 UTC+3.

Player Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Previous club
Goalkeepers
Antonis MinouGK (1958-05-04)4 May 1958 (aged 31) Panathinaikos
Spyros IkonomopoulosGK (1959-07-25)25 July 1959 (aged 29) AO Akratas
Fanis KofinasGK (1960-09-05)5 September 1960 (aged 28) Pelopas Kiato
Defenders
Makis ChatzisRB / LB (1957-03-30)30 March 1957 (aged 32) Apollon Athens
Takis KaragiozopoulosCB / DM (1961-02-04)4 February 1961 (aged 28) Veria
Stelios ManolasCB (1961-07-13)13 July 1961 (aged 27) AEK Athens U20
Giorgos PeppesCB (1961-10-26)26 October 1961 (aged 27) Ethnikos Piraeus
Sotiris MavrodimosCB / RB / LB / DM (1962-07-18)18 July 1962 (aged 26) Kozani
Christos VasilopoulosRB / LB (1962-11-12)12 November 1962 (aged 26) Panachaiki
Georgios KoutoulasCB / LB (1967-02-09)9 February 1967 (aged 22) AEK Athens U20
Dimitris VolonakisLB / CB (1967-02-27)27 February 1967 (aged 22) AEK Athens U20
Michalis KarousisCB (1967-01-01)1 January 1967 (aged 22) AEK Athens U20
Midfielders
Dimitris PittasAM / CM (1958-04-08)8 April 1958 (aged 31) PAOK
Mirosław OkońskiAM / CF / SS (1958-12-08)8 December 1958 (aged 30) Hamburger SV
Pavlos Papaioannou (Captain)DM / RB (1959-05-19)19 May 1959 (aged 30) Rodos
Giorgos SavvidisAM / RM / RW / SS / CF (1961-02-08)8 February 1961 (aged 28) Omonia
Lampros GeorgiadisAM / LM (1963-07-11)11 July 1963 (aged 25) Anagennisi Arta
Toni SavevskiCM / LM / DM (1963-07-14)14 July 1963 (aged 25) Vardar
Jim PatikasRM / LM / RW / LW / SS (1963-10-18)18 October 1963 (aged 25) Sydney Croatia
Stavros StamatisDM / CM / CB / RB / LB / AM (1966-01-31)31 January 1966 (aged 23) Florina
Giorgos FamelisCM (1967-08-19)19 August 1967 (aged 21) A.O. Vouliagmeni
Charalampos ZarotiadisCM / AM / SS (1968-04-28)28 April 1968 (aged 21) AEK Athens U20
Michalis ManginasCM (1969-04-13)13 April 1969 (aged 20) Free agent
Giorgos PapakostoulisCM (1971-10-02)2 October 1971 (aged 17) Atromitos Agioi Anargyroi
Forwards
Giannis DintsikosCF / SS / RW / LW (1960-06-25)25 June 1960 (aged 29) Kastoria
Dimosthenis BatalisCF (1964-06-20)20 June 1964 (aged 25) Sydney Olympic
Frank KlopasSS / CF / AM (1966-09-01)1 September 1966 (aged 22) Chicago Sting
Giorgos ChristodoulouCF / SS / LW (1967-05-20)20 May 1967 (aged 22) Akratitos
Left during Winter Transfer window
Polyvios ChatzopoulosCB / DM (1961-07-17)17 July 1961 (aged 27) Panionios
Henrik NielsenCF / SS (1965-03-29)29 March 1965 (aged 24) B93
Giannakis IoannouCF (1966-08-29)29 August 1966 (aged 22) New York Pancyprian

Transfers


Summer

Pos Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
GK Antonis Minou Panathinaikos Transfer ₯50,000,000 13 July 1988 30 June 1993 [1]
DF Michalis Karousis AEK Athens U20 Promotion 1 July 1988 30 June 1989
MF Charalampos Zarotiadis AEK Athens U20 Promotion 1 July 1988 30 June 1989
MF Giorgos Famelis A.O. Vouliagmeni Transfer Free 1 July 1988 30 June 1991
MF Giorgos Papakostoulis Atromitos Agioi Anargyroi Transfer Free 1 July 1988 30 June 1991
MF Michalis Manginas Free agent Transfer Free 1 July 1988 30 June 1989
MF Mirosław Okoński Hamburger SV Transfer ₯220,000,000 4 July 1989 30 June 1991 [2]
FW Frank Klopas Chicago Sting Transfer Free 1 July 1988 30 June 1994
FW Giorgos Christodoulou Acharnaikos End of loan 1 July 1988 30 June 1991
FW Giannakis Ioannou New York Pancyprian Transfer Free 1 July 1988 30 June 1989
FW Dimosthenis Batalis Sydney Olympic Transfer Free 1 July 1988 30 June 1990

Winter

Pos Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
MF Stavros Stamatis Florina Transfer Free 31 December 1988 30 June 1993
MF Toni Savevski Vardar Transfer Free 22 November 1988 30 June 1993 [3]

Summer

Pos Player To Type Fee Date Source
GK Theologis Papadopoulos Panionios Contract termination 1 July 1988
DF Panagiotis Stylianopoulos Korinthos End of contract 1 July 1988
MF Nikos Pias Olympiacos Volos End of contract 1 July 1988
MF Rajko Janjanin Retired 1 July 1988
MF Vasilios Vasilakos Panionios Contract termination 1 July 1988

Winter

Pos Player To Type Fee Date Source
DF Polyvios Chatzopoulos Diagoras Transfer Free 31 December 1988
FW Henrik Nielsen Iraklis Transfer ₯30,000,000 18 December 1988 [4]

Winter

Pos Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
FW Giannakis Ioannou Olympiacos Chalkida Free 15 December 1988 30 June 1989 N

Renewals

Pos Player Date Former Exp Date New Exp Date Source
DF Michalis Karousis 1 July 1988 30 June 1989
MF Charalampos Zarotiadis 1 July 1988 30 June 1989

Overall transfer activity

Pre-season and friendlies

27 July 1988 Friendly AEK Athens 2–2 Galatasaray Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Okoński 11'
  • Christodoulou 68'
Report Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
1 August 1988 Friendly AEK Athens 1–2 Dundee United Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Pittas 83'
Stadium: AEK Stadium
3 August 1988 Friendly AEK Athens 4–1 Aris Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium
8 August 1988 Friendly Galatasaray 3–4 AEK Athens Istanbul
Report
Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
23 August 1988 Friendly AEK Athens 0–2 Ethnikos Piraeus Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 3,877
25 August 1988 Friendly Olympiacos Chalkidas 1–1 AEK Athens Chalkida
17:45 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Christodoulou (pen.)
Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Chalkida
30 August 1988 Friendly AEK Athens 4–1 Doxa Drama Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Kalaitzidis 60'
Stadium: AEK Stadium
12 October 1988 Friendly AEK Athens 3–2 Velež Mostar Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium
11 January 1989 Friendly AEK Athens 1–2 Sarıyer Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium
22 February 1989 Friendly AEK Athens 2–2 Łódź Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AEK Athens (C) 30 19 6 5 45 20 +25 44 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Olympiacos 30 16 9 5 54 25 +29 41 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Panathinaikos 30 14 9 7 45 25 +20 37 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Iraklis 30 13 10 7 43 27 +16 36 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5 OFI 30 13 8 9 45 36 +9 34
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champion

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 19 6 5 45 20  +25 63 10 3 2 31 13  +18 9 3 3 14 7  +7

Source:

Results by Matchday

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAH
ResultLWWLWDWDWWWWDLWWWDLWWWWWWDLWWD
Position14106837323221132212222111111111
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

11 September 1988 Matchday 1 Panionios 1–0 AEK Athens Piraeus
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 26,515
Referee: Dimitris Giakoumatos (Athens)
18 September 1988 Matchday 2 AEK Athens 3–1 Apollon Kalamarias Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Bakitas 89'
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 12,860
Referee: Sotiris Vorgias (Athens)
25 September 1988 Matchday 3 Panathinaikos 0–1 AEK Athens Marousi
15:30 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 60,145
Referee: Kostas Dimitriadis (Piraeus)
2 October 1988 Matchday 4 Aris 1–0 AEK Athens Trikala
15:30 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 12,026
Referee: Grigoris Brentas (Thessaloniki)
9 October 1988 Matchday 5 AEK Athens 2–0 Ethnikos Piraeus Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 11,365
Referee: Giorgos Plevritis (Thessaloniki)
23 October 1988 Matchday 6 Levadiakos 0–0 AEK Athens Levadia
15:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 4,631
Referee: Orestis Pavlidis (Dodecanese)
6 November 1988 Matchday 7 AEK Athens 2–0 Doxa Drama Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 5,334
Referee: Thanasis Mantas (Athens)
13 November 1988 Matchday 8 Olympiacos Volos 1–1 AEK Athens Volos
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Karamichalos 3'
Stadium: Volos Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 7,475
Referee: Sotiris Vorgias (Athens)
20 November 1988 Matchday 9 AEK Athens 2–1 Diagoras Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
  • Pseftis 70'
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 8,146
Referee: Nikos Andreou (Athens)
27 November 1988 Matchday 10 AEK Athens 3–0 OFI Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 17,863
Referee: Orestis Pavlidis (Dodecanese)
4 December 1988 Matchday 11 AEL 0–1 AEK Athens Larissa
14:45 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Alcazar Stadium
Attendance: 12,695
Referee: Kostas Dimitriadis (Piraeus)
11 December 1988 Matchday 12 AEK Athens 4–2 Apollon Athens Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
  • Apostolou 19'
  • Karavelis 24'
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 13,079
Referee: Grigoris Brentas (Thessaloniki)
31 December 1988 Matchday 13 Iraklis 0–0 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
14:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 13,800
Referee: Nikos Chrisanis (Imathia)
Note: The game was scheduled to take place on 18 December but was postponed due to heavy snowfall that hit Thessaloniki.
7 January 1989 Matchday 14 AEK Athens 1–2 Olympiacos Rhodes
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
  • Peppes 50'
Stadium: Diagoras Stadium
Attendance: 4,053
Referee: Makis Germanakos (Athens)
Note: The game was held in Rhodes because of a punishment with a game away from home due to the incidents of the Cup match against Levadiakos.
15 January 1989 Matchday 15 PAOK 0–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
  • Christodoulou 24'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 31,969
Referee: Vasilis Nikakis (Aetoloacarnania)
22 January 1989 Matchday 16 AEK Athens 2–0 Panionios Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 18,855
Referee: Stelios Charlavanis (Euboea)
29 January 1989 Matchday 17 Apollon Kalamarias 0–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
14:45 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium
Attendance: 5,796
Referee: Dimitris Bentas (Trikala)
5 February 1989 Matchday 18 AEK Athens 0–0 Panathinaikos Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 28,399
Referee: Makis Germanakos (Athens)
12 February 1989 Matchday 19 AEK Athens 0–1 Aris Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Oikonomidis 54'
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 16,009
Referee: Giorgos Giannopoulos (Athens)
20 February 1989 Matchday 20 Ethnikos Piraeus 1–2 AEK Athens Piraeus
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Kottidis 10'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 13,977
Referee: Ilias Karamanis (Boeotia)
Note: The matchday was scheduled for 19 February, but was postponed for the following day due to the abdication of the referees.
26 February 1989 Matchday 21 AEK Athens 5–1 Levadiakos Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 14,804
Referee: Giorgos Giannopoulos (Athens)
5 March 1989 Matchday 22 Doxa Drama 1–2 AEK Athens Drama
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Doxa Drama Stadium
Attendance: 5,547
Referee: Ilias Karamanis (Boeotia)
12 March 1989 Matchday 23 AEK Athens 3–2 Olympiacos Volos Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 13,588
Referee: Giorgos Koukoulas (Lesbos)
19 March 1989 Matchday 24 Diagoras 0–2 AEK Athens Rhodes
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Diagoras Stadium
Attendance: 3,552
Referee: Nikos Andreou (Athens)
26 March 1989 Matchday 25 OFI 0–1 AEK Athens Marousi
16:30 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 27,936
Referee: Giorgos Koukoulas (Lesbos)
Note: Due to the punishment of OFI, the game took place at the Olympic Stadium.
2 April 1989 Matchday 26 AEK Athens 3–3 AEL Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 20,939
Referee: Nikos Vournelis (Thessaloniki)
9 April 1989 Matchday 27 Apollon Athens 2–1 AEK Athens Rizoupoli
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 10,729
Referee: Dimitris Bentas (Trikala)
16 April 1989 Matchday 28 AEK Athens 1–0 Iraklis Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 20,461
Referee: Giannis Iatropoulos (Piraeus)
7 May 1989 Matchday 29 Olympiacos 0–1 AEK Athens Marousi
19:30 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 57,151
Referee: Ilias Karamanis (Boeotia)
Note: Before and also after the match there were several clashes inside and outside the stadium with 1000 broken seats and 25 injuries. Episodic was also the game, that was considered a final for the conquest of the league, in which there were five dismissals of players with red, two for Olympiacos and three for AEK Athens.
21 May 1989 Matchday 30 AEK Athens 0–0 PAOK Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 25,934
Referee: Giannis Iatropoulos (Piraeus)

Greek Cup

Group 13

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AEK PAR EGA
1 AEK Athens 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 4 Round of 32 2–1
2 Panarkadikos 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 2 2–0
3 Egaleo 2 0 0 2 0 5 5 0 0–3
Source: epo.gr

Matches

21 August 1988 Matchday 1 AEK Athens 2–1 Panarkadikos Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Moutsios 17' (pen.)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Dimitris Bentas (Trikala)
28 August 1988 Matchday 2 Egaleo 0–3 AEK Athens Aigaleo
17:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium
Attendance: 6,498
Referee: Nikos Chrisanis (Imathia)

Round of 32

30 November 1988 First leg Levadia 3–1 AEK Athens Levadia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
Report
  • Famelis 27'
Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,308
Referee: Theodoros Kefalas (Athens)
14 December 1988 Second leg AEK Athens 1–0
(2–3 agg.)
Levadia Nea Filadelfeia
14:15 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 11,473
Referee: Panagiotis Koutris (Thessaloniki)

UEFA Cup

First round

7 September 1988 First leg AEK Athens 1–0 Athletic Bilbao Athens, Greece
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Pittas 32'
Report Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 26,997
Referee: Bob Valentine (Scotland)
5 October 1988 Second leg Athletic Bilbao 2–0
(2–1 agg.)
AEK Athens Bilbao, Spain
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Estadio San Mamés
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 30 June 1989
No.PosPlayerLeagueCupUEFA Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
GK Antonis Minou 000000 00
GK Spyros Ikonomopoulos 3004020 360
GK Fanis Kofinas 000000 00
Defenders
DF Makis Chatzis 2203020 270
DF Takis Karagiozopoulos 310000 31
DF Stelios Manolas 2444120 305
DF Giorgos Peppes 1611000 171
DF Sotiris Mavrodimos 502120 91
DF Christos Vasilopoulos 2001020 230
DF Georgios Koutoulas 2804020 340
DF Dimitris Volonakis 100000 10
DF Michalis Karousis 000000 00
Midfielders
MF Dimitris Pittas 2222121 264
MF Mirosław Okoński 30113020 3511
MF Pavlos Papaioannou 2404010 290
MF Giorgos Savvidis 2674110 318
MF Lampros Georgiadis 1702000 190
MF Toni Savevski 1761000 186
MF Jim Patikas 1413020 191
MF Stavros Stamatis 910000 91
MF Giorgos Famelis 1612110 192
MF Charalampos Zarotiadis 101000 20
MF Michalis Manginas 100000 10
MF Giorgos Papakostoulis 100000 10
Forwards
FW Giannis Dintsikos 202000 40
FW Dimosthenis Batalis 1010000 101
FW Frank Klopas 710000 71
FW Giorgos Christodoulou 2633020 313
Left during Winter Transfer window
DF Polyvios Chatzopoulos 300000 30
FW Henrik Nielsen 1054220 167
FW Giannakis Ioannou 001000 10

Disciplinary record

As of 30 June 1989
N P Nat. Name League Cup European Cup Total Notes
Goalkeepers
GK Antonis Minou
GK Spyros Ikonomopoulos
GK Fanis Kofinas
Defenders
DF Makis Chatzis 1 1 1 1
DF Takis Karagiozopoulos
DF Stelios Manolas 6 1 2 8 1
DF Giorgos Peppes 3 1 3 1
DF Sotiris Mavrodimos
DF Christos Vasilopoulos 3 1 3 1
DF Georgios Koutoulas 1 1 2
DF Dimitris Volonakis
DF Michalis Karousis
Midfielders
MF Dimitris Pittas 4 1 1 5 1
MF Mirosław Okoński 1 1 2
MF Pavlos Papaioannou 7 7
MF Giorgos Savvidis 1 1
MF Lampros Georgiadis 2 1 3
MF Toni Savevski 3 3
MF Jim Patikas 1 1
MF Stavros Stamatis 1 1
MF Giorgos Famelis 1 1
MF Charalampos Zarotiadis
MF Michalis Manginas
MF Giorgos Papakostoulis
Forwards
FW Giannis Dintsikos
FW Dimosthenis Batalis
FW Frank Klopas
FW Giorgos Christodoulou
Left during Winter Transfer window
DF Polyvios Chatzopoulos
FW Henrik Nielsen 1 1
FW Giannakis Ioannou

References

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