1973–74 AEK Athens F.C. season explained

The 1973–74 season was the 50th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki and the Greek Cup. The season began on 23 September 1973 and finished on 19 June 1974.

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Overview

The 1973–74 season was another bad year for AEK Athens. The combination of administrative changes and financial difficulties left AEK out of claiming titles and distinctions for another year, while the equally bad previous season had left the team out of European competitions. In the administration, the then political regime proposed to the businessman, Loukas Barlos, the assignment of the presidency of AEK. He refused as he did not agree with the method of assignment and Dimitris Avramidis took over the chairmanship of the team for a short time and then Ioannis Theodorakopoulos. In addition, the departure of Branko Stanković from the bench of AEK during the last season, after five consecutive seasons and for his replacement AEK ended up in hiring the Englishman Stan Anderson, a former international midfielder, who his only coaching service was at Middlesbrough from 1966, until he came to AEK. The administrativde changes with the eventual arrival of Barlos in April and the 4–0 away defeat to Olympiacos, led to firing of Anderson a few days later, leaving AEK in sixth place in the standings. His assistant Kostas Chatzimichail stepped up to end the season as an interim coach. AEK eventual finished in 5th place in the standings for the second consecutive year, at a distance of 19 points from the top.

In the cup AEK eliminated Olympiakos Neon Liosion and Atromitos on penalties in the first round and the round of 16, respectively. At the round of 16 faced PAOK and were eliminaded with a 3–1 defeat at the Toumba Stadium, with the club of Thessaloniki eventually winning the title.^[1]

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 19 June 1974, 23:59 UTC+2.

Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
Néstor Errea		GK	June 30, 1974	1972	Banfield	Free	1974
Giorgos Sidiropoulos		GK	June 30, 1974	1973	AO Trikala	Free	1978
Lakis Stergioudas		GK	June 30, 1974	1972	Niki Poligyrou	Free	1985
Giorgos Daditsos		GK	June 30, 1974	1970	AEK Athens U20	—	1975
Defenders
Spyros Stefanidis		CB / RB	June 30, 1974	1973	Panserraikos	Free	1976
Giorgos Tanidis		CB	June 30, 1974	1971	Aris Ptolemaidas	Free	1974
Apostolos Toskas		CB	June 30, 1974	1969	Trikala	Free	1979
Nikos Karapoulitidis		CB / RB	June 30, 1974	1967	Free agent	Free	1975
Sakis Zarzopoulos		CB / RB / LB	June 30, 1974	1973	Panserraikos	Free	1977
Stefanos Theodoridis		CB / RB	June 30, 1974	1969	AEK Athens U20	—	1978
Nikos Karoulias		LB / LM / AM	June 30, 1974	1973	AEK Athens U20	—	1978
Giorgos Kontopoulos		LB / CB	June 30, 1974	1973	AEK Athens U20	—	1978
Petros Ravousis		CB / RB	June 30, 1974	1972	Aetos Skydra	Free	1985
Midfielders
Nikos Stathopoulos		LM / LB	June 30, 1974	1965	AEK Athens U20	—	1974
Giorgos Karafeskos		CM / DM / RM / RW	June 30, 1974	1963	AEK Athens U20	—	1974
Giorgos Lavaridis		CM / DM	June 30, 1974	1968	AEK Athens U20	—	1975
Lazaros Papadopoulos		RM / RW	June 30, 1974	1973	Veria	Free	1979
Dionysis Tsamis		CM / DM / AM	June 30, 1974	1972	Panetolikos	₯2,300,000	1980
Vangelis Makos		CM		1972	Thriamvos Athens	Free	1975
Forwards
Mimis Papaioannou (Captain)		SS / ST / AM	June 30, 1974	1962	Veria	₯175,000	1979
Takis Karachisaridis		ST		1973	Makedonikos	Free	1976
Babis Psimogiannos		ST	June 30, 1974	1971	Aris Agios Konstantinos	Free	1976
Lakis Nikolaou		ST / CB / RB / DM	June 30, 1974	1971	Atromitos	₯600,000	1979
Tasos Konstantinou		RW / SS / ST / RM / AM	June 30, 1974	1972	EPA Larnaca	Free	1980
Christos Karypidis		RW / ST / RM / AM	June 30, 1974	1972	AEK Athens U20	—	1977
Jorge Falero Fanìs		ST	June 30, 1974	1973	Danubio	Free	1975
Kostas Panagiotopoulos		RW	June 30, 1974	1973	Moudania	Free	1978
Ivan Kypritidis		RW / ST / RM / AM	June 30, 1974	1973	Asteras Zografou	Free	1978

Transfers

In

	width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	From	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Fee	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Date	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Contract Until	Source
		AO Trikala	Free transfer		30 June 1978
		Panserraikos	Free transfer		30 June 1977
		Panserraikos	Free transfer		30 June 1976
		AEK Athens U20	Promotion		30 June 1978
		AEK Athens U20	Promotion		30 June 1978
		Veria	Free transfer		30 June 1979
		Moudania	Free transfer		30 June 1978
		Asteras Zografou	Free transfer		30 June 1978	[2]
		Makedonikos	Free transfer		30 June 1976	[3]
		Danubio	Free transfer		30 June 1975

Out

	width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	To	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Fee	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Date	Source
		Atromitos	End of contract
		AEL	End of contract
		Atromitos	Contract termination
		Lanús	Contract termination
		PAS Giannina	End of contract
		Ferro Carril Oeste	End of contract
		Ethnikos Piraeus	End of contract
		Panachaiki	Free transfer

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure: ₯0

Income: ₯0

Net Total: ₯0

Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

See main article: 1973–74 Alpha Ethniki.

Fixtures

Greek Cup

See main article: 1973–74 Greek Football Cup.

Matches

Statistics

Squad statistics

! colspan="9" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers|-! colspan="9" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders|-! colspan="9" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders|-! colspan="9" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards|-|}

Goalscorers

Rank		width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Alpha Ethniki	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Greek Cup	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Total
1			14	0	14
2			7	4	11
3			9	0	9
4			7	0	7
5			6	0	6
6			3	0	3
7			2	0	2
			2	0	2
9			1	0	1
			1	0	1
Own goals	1	0	1
Totals	53	4	57

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Against	width=70 style="background:#FFDE00	Result	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Date	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Competition	Source
Lakis Nikolaou		3–0 (H)	26 December 1973	Greek Cup

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.

Rank	width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Alpha Ethniki	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Greek Cup	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Total
1		6	0	6
2		3	2	5
3		0	0	0
Totals	9	2	11

Disciplinary record

|-! colspan="14" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers|-! colspan="14" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders|-! colspan="14" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders|-! colspan="14" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards|}

External links

• AEK Athens F.C. Official Website
• A.E.K. FC Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Περίοδος 1973-1974. 20 May 2015. aekpedia.com. el.
2. newspaper Athletic Echo 4/7/1973 page 1
3. newspaper Athletic Echo 1/8/1973 pages 1, 7