1984–85 AEK Athens F.C. season explained

The 1984–85 season was the 61st season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 26th 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 1984 and finished on 16 June 1985.

Kits

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Overview

In the summer of 1984, Zafiropoulos returned to the spotlight of the administrative activities of the club and took over the presidency. The team continued to be in a state of competitive change. Petros Ravousis, one of the team's pillars for 12 years, left and continued at Levadiakos and Takis Nikoloudis to Apollon Kalamarias, since the previous December. AEK were strengthened with the Swedish striker, Håkan Sandberg from Göteborg and Czech midfielder, František Štambachr. From the Greek market, AEK acquired Nikos Pias, Theologis Papadopoulos, Andreas Votsidis and Makis Chatzis. The coach was Václav Halama, a Czech by origin, with a spells at the benches of Austria Vien and Munich 1860. Zafiropoulos hired him with great ambition, while he was presented as a coach that controlled the locker rooms, however, these expectations were shortly refuted.

AEK did not start well, even though they showed elements of a strongly offensive team in the pitch. In the first 10 games, the team achieved 4 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat, while away from home they managed to win only once. In first round of the cup, AEK were drawn to play against Lamia away from home. In the "dry" stadium of the home team, AEK experienced one of the most shameful and unexpected eliminations in the history of the institution. The team did not treat the match with seriousness and at the 20th minute were behind with a goal by Mantzikos. In the remaining minutes AEK players did not manage to do anything resulting in their elimination from the tournament.

At the end of the 10th matchday Zafiropoulos proceeded to replace Halama, who had lost control of the locker rooms, with the former coach of Aris, Antonis Georgiadis. The team made changes also in their roster, as well. In December, Štambachr left for Apollon Athens, due to the fact that he occupied a foreigner's position, Lakis Stergioudas moved to PAOK and Paraprastanitis alongside Kottis for Egaleo. On the other hand, the president of the "yellow blacks" performed a great deal as he dressed the Hungarian Márton Esterházy in AEK Athens' colors. The Hungarian ace quickly proved his value, as together with Thomas Mavros and Håkan Sandberg composed a "magic" triplet for the double-headed eagle. The team played very offensive football for the season while Thomas Mavros finished as the league's top scorer, with 27 goals and alongside Sandberg scored the 42 of the total 58 goals of the team. Nevertheless, although AEK finished the league with only 3 defeats all of them away from home, remained at third place in the league, equaling the second Panathinaikos, 3 points behind PAOK.^[1]

Management team

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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 16 June 1985, 23:59 UTC+3.

Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
Christos Arvanitis		GK	June 30, 1985	1982	Olympiacos	₯7,000,000	1986
Spyros Ikonomopoulos		GK	June 30, 1985	1978	AEK Athens U20	—	1989
Theologis Papadopoulos		GK	June 30, 1985	1984		₯9,000,000	1989
Defenders
Makis Chatzis		RB / LB	June 30, 1985	1984	Apollon Athens	₯6,750,000	1989
Stavros Letsas		RB / RM / CB	June 30, 1985	1978	Agioi Anargyroi	Free	1986
Panagiotis Stylianopoulos		RB / LB	June 30, 1985	1978	AEK Athens U20	—	1986
Pavlos Papaioannou		RB / LB / DM / RM	June 30, 1985	1983	Rodos	₯10,000,000	1988
Takis Karagiozopoulos		CB / DM / ST	June 30, 1985	1981	Veria	Free	1986
Stelios Manolas		CB / RB	June 30, 1985	1979	AEK Athens U20	—	1989
Lysandros Georgamlis		RB / CB / DM / LB	June 30, 1985	1979	AEK Athens U20	—	1985
Dimos Tsimiliotis		CB	June 30, 1985	1984	Anagennisi Mantoudi	₯2,000,000	1989
Midfielders
Christos Ardizoglou (Captain)		RM / LM / RW / AM	June 30, 1985	1974	Apollon Athens	₯5,000,000	1986
Dinos Ballis		AM / CM / DM / SS / ST / CB	June 30, 1985	1981	Aris	₯17,000,000	1986
Nikos Pias		CM	June 30, 1985	1984	Rodos	₯1,350,000	1989
Babis Akrivopoulos		AM / SS / ST	June 30, 1985	1983	Veria	₯8,400,000	1988
Vangelis Vlachos (Vice-captain 2)		AM / CM	June 30, 1985	1979	AEK Athens U20	—	1989
Forwards
Thomas Mavros (Vice-captain)		ST / LW	June 30, 1985	1976	Panionios	₯4,000,000	1987
Márton Esterházy		SS / ST / RW / LW / AM	June 30, 1985	1984	Honvéd	₯25,000,000	1986
Håkan Sandberg		ST	June 30, 1985	1984	IFK Göteborg	₯8,000,000	1986
Andreas Voitsidis		ST / RW / LW	June 30, 1985	1984	Kastoria	₯2,400,000	1989
Giannis Dintsikos		ST / SS / RW / LW / AM	June 30, 1985	1981	Kastoria	₯20,000,000	1986
Michalis Pytharoulis		ST		1984	A.O. Agios Nikolaos	Free	1989
Left during Winter Transfer Window
Lakis Stergioudas		GK	June 30, 1985	1972	Niki Poligyrou	Free	1985
Vangelis Paraprastanitis		LB / CB / DM	June 30, 1985	1979	Trikala	Free	1985
František Štambachr		LM / CM / AM	June 30, 1985	1984	Dukla Prague	₯14,000,000	1986
Manolis Kottis		ST / LW	June 30, 1985	1980	Rodos	Free	1985

Transfers

In

Summer

	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
		AEL	₯9,000,000		30 June 1989	[2]
		Anagennisi Mantoudi	₯2,000,000		30 June 1989
		Apollon Athens	₯6,750,000		30 June 1989	[3]
		Rodos	₯1,350,000		30 June 1989	[4]
		Dukla Prague	₯14,000,000		30 June 1986	[5]
		IFK Göteborg	₯8,000,000[6]		30 June 1986	[7]
		Kastoria	₯2,400,000		30 June 1989	[8]
		A.O. Agios Nikolaos	Free transfer		30 June 1989	[9]

Winter

	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
		Honvéd	₯25,000,000[10]		31 December 1986	[11]

Out

Summer

	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
		Levadiakos	Contract termination		[12]
		Anagennisi Karditsa	End of contract		[13]
		Canberra City	Loan termination		[14] [15]
		PAS Giannina	₯2,800,000		[16]

Winter

	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
		PAOK	Contract termination		[17] [18]
		Egaleo	₯500,000		[19]
		Apollon Athens	Contract termination		[20]
		Egaleo	₯1,200,000		[21]

Contract renewals

	width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Date	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Former Exp. Date	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	New Exp. Date	Source
			30 June 1984	30 June 1989	[22]
			30 November 1984	30 November 1989	[23]
			30 June 1984	30 June 1989

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: ₯43,500,000

Winter: ₯25,000,000

Total: ₯69,500,000

Income

Summer: ₯2,800,000

Winter: ₯1,700,000

Total: ₯4,500,000

Net Totals

Summer: ₯40,700,000

Winter: ₯23,300,000

Total: ₯64,000,000

Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

See main article: 1984–85 Alpha Ethniki.

Fixtures

Greek Cup

See main article: 1984–85 Greek Football Cup.

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|-! colspan="9" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer Window|-|}

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			27	0	27
2			15	0	15
3			5	0	5
4			4	0	4
5			3	0	3
6			1	0	1
			1	0	1
			1	0	1
Own goals	1	0	1
Totals	58	0	58

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
Giannis Dintsikos	Pierikos	7–2 (H)	21 October 1984	Alpha Ethniki	[24]
Thomas Mavros	Apollon Athens	3–0 (H)	2 December 1984	Alpha Ethniki	[25]
Thomas Mavros5	Egaleo	5–2 (H)	27 January 1985	Alpha Ethniki	[26]
Håkan Sandberg	Panachaiki	5–1 (H)	10 February 1985	Alpha Ethniki	[27]
Thomas Mavros	Aris	3–1 (H)	28 April 1985	Alpha Ethniki	[28]
Håkan Sandberg	Ethnikos Piraeus	3–1 (A)	5 May 1985	Alpha Ethniki	[29]

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		5	0	5
2		3	0	3
3		1	0	1
Totals	9	0	9

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|-! colspan="14" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer Window|}

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Περίοδος 1984-1985. 21 May 2015. aekpedia.com. el.
2. News: 23 June 1984. Η ΑΕΚ θωράκησε την άμυνά της με Χατζή. 1, 3. Athetic Echo. Διονύσης Αβούρης. el.
3. News: 26 June 1984. Η ΑΕΚ δε θα μετανιώσει. 3. Athetic Echo. Διονύσης Αβούρης. el.
4. News: 30 June 1984. Η ΑΕΚ πήρε τον Πιά. 1, 4. Athetic Echo. Διονύσης Αβούρης. el.
5. News: 13 June 1984. Με το «δέκα το καλό» ο Στάμπαχρ στην ΑΕΚ. 1, 3. Athetic Echo. Γιώργος Πάστρας. el.
6. News: 7 July 1984. Φοβερή υποδοχή περιμένει σήμερα το Χ. Σάντμπεργκ. 1, 3. Athetic Echo. Γιώργος Πάστρας. el.
7. Web site: Ο "οδοστρωτήρας" Σάντμπεργκ στην ΑΕΚ. 5 July 2020.
8. News: 11 July 1984. «Κιτρινόμαυροι» από χθες οι Βοϊτσίδης Τσιμιλιώτης. 1, 6. Athetic Echo. Γιώργος Πάστρας. el.
9. News: 11 July 1984. Πίστωση χρόνου ζητά ο κ. Αν. Ζαφειρόπουλος. 4. Athetic Echo. Γιώργος Πάστρας. el.
10. News: 13 December 1984. Ήρθε ο Εστερχάζι. 1, 6. Athetic Echo. Γιώργος Πάστρας. el.
11. Web site: ΑΕΚ: Η "κλοπή" του Εστερχάζι από την Μπαρτσελόνα και η ονειρική τριπλέτα με Μαύρο και Σάντμπεργκ. bankingnews.gr.
12. News: 6 August 1984. Η Λειβαδιά υπόταξε 2-0 το Βύζαντα. 6. Athetic Echo. Χ. Κακοσαίος. el.
13. News: 5 August 1984. Δυναμομένη η Καρδίτσα. 3. Athetic Echo. Δημήτρης Κοκοταράς. el.
14. News: 3 June 1984. Η ΑΕΚ χάνει το Χριστόπουλο. 3. Athetic Echo. Γιώργος Πάστρας. el.
15. News: SOCCER Goalkeeper facing test to hold spot. 4 August 1984. trove.nla.gov.au.
16. News: 17 July 1984. Ο ΠΑΣ απόκτησε το Γιώργο Χατζηιωαννίδη. 3, 6. Athetic Echo. Ν. Τσόλης. el.
17. News: 29 September 1984. Χωρίς τον Βλάχο η ΑΕΚ άυριο κατά του Ηρακλή. 4. Athetic Echo. Γιώργος Πάστρας. el.
18. News: 24 November 1984. Ο ΠΑΟΚ πήρε τον Στεριούδα. 1, 4. Athetic Echo. el.
19. News: 18 December 1984. Είκοσι εκατομμύρια ξόδεψε το Αιγάλεω!. 1, 6. Athetic Echo. Διονύσης Μαχαίρας. el.
20. News: 15 December 1984. Πανηγυρίζουν στον Απόλλωνα με την απόκτηση του Σταμπάχερ. 1, 3. Athetic Echo. Κ. Πάσχος. el.
21. News: 29 September 1984. Υπέγραψε ο Κώττης. 1, 4. Athetic Echo. Διονύσης Μαχαίρας. el.
22. News: 9 June 1984. Η ΑΕΚ με κόντρα-ρελάνς κράτησε τον αεροπόρο!. 1, 6. Athetic Echo. Γιώργος Πάστρας. el.
23. News: 24 November 1984. Ο Μανωλάς έμεινε στην ΑΕΚ με 13,5εκ.. 1, 4. Athetic Echo. Γιώργος Πάστρας. el.
24. Web site: 1984-85 (4) ΑΕΚ-ΠΙΕΡΙΚΟΣ. YouTube.
25. Web site: ΑΕΚ - Mια φάση, μια ιστορία: Όταν ο Μαύρος έπαιξε βόλεϊ με τον Σάντμπεργκ στην άμυνα του Απόλλωνα!. 13 June 2020. gazzetta.gr. Online. el.
26. Web site: Τα πέντε γκολ του Θωμά Μαύρου σε ένα παιχνίδι με την ΑΕΚ και ο εκπληκτικός λόγος που... στεναχωρήθηκε ο πατέρας του!. 27 January 2022. bankingnews.gr. Online. el.
27. Web site: AEK-ΠΑΝΑΧΑΙΚΗ 5-1 1984-85. YouTube.
28. Web site: Θωμάς... εφ' όλης της ύλης!. 28 April 2020. aek-live.gr. Online. el.
29. Web site: 1984-85 (26) ΕΘΝΙΚΟΣ-ΑΕΚ. YouTube.