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AEK Athens

1961–62 season
Chairman	Nikos Goumas
Manager	Tryfon Tzanetis
Stadium	AEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	4th
Greek Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Kostas Nestoridis (29) All: Kostas Nestoridis (29)
Highest home attendance	35,000 vs Panathinaikos (28 March 1962)
Lowest home attendance	3,535 vs Egaleo (4 February 1962)
Average home league attendance	12,841
Biggest win	Egaleo 0–8 AEK Athens
Biggest defeat	Panathinaikos 4–1 AEK Athens
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The 1961–62 season was the 38th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and their third consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki and the Greek Cup. The season began on 9 September 1961 and finished on 17 June 1962.

Home

Away

In the summer of 1961, AEK Athens aspired to return to the championship claim. With Tryfon Tzanetis on the wheel of the team and Kleanthis Maropoulos essentially in the position of technical director, they carried out the transfers of Panikos Krystallis and Dimitris Zagylos from Cyprus, who were considered very skilled footballers.

AEK started strongly in the league with three consecutive wins including the emphatic 8–0 away win against Egaleo, which is the biggest away win at first national division level, while in the 4th matchday they drew 0–0 with Olympiacos in Nea Filadelfeia, though were better than their opponent. In the 6th matchday, AEK were at the top of the standings alongside Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, where they remained until the 8th matchday when without conceding a single goal, they faced Panathinaikos at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. AEK found themselves losing by 2–0 and they managed to reduce the score to 2–1, however in the last quarter of the match they collapsed resulting in a 4–1 defeat while the "greens" were able to extend the score even more. Thus, AEK moved into second place, however they continued to have good performances. However, they were also defeated by Apollon Athens, which at that time had a formidable team and was in the first positions of the standings. With various ups and downs, they remained with 5 points from the top until the 28th matchday, when the derby against Panathinaikos took place. In a packed Nea Filadelfeia Stadium, AEK entered intensively and by half an hour into the game they were leading 2–0. Shortly before the end of the half, Panathinaikos managed to reduce the score to 2–1 and during the second half they made the comeback and won by 2–3, which mainly happened due to mistakes by the players of AEK. They continued, aiming for the second place with Olympiacos and Apollon as their main competitors, with the latter defeating them at home and passed them in the standings and at the end of the championship AEK finished in 4th place.

In the round of 32 of the cup, AEK were awarded the game against Kalamata, as they resigned from the match. In the round of 16, they faced Apollon Athens at home and in the presence of fifteen thousand spectators, AEK were defeated by 2–1 and were eliminated. It was the third time that Apollon defeated AEK in the same year, as they had already them won two times in the league.

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 17 June 1962, 23:59 UTC+2.

Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
Sotiris Fakis		GK	1934 (aged 27–28)	1957	Amyna Ambelokipoi	Free	1963
Stelios Serafidis		GK	(1935-08-06)6 August 1935 (aged 26)	1953	AEK Athens U20	—	1972
Defenders
Giannis Marditsis		CB / ST	(1933-02-19)19 February 1933 (aged 29)	1959	Egaleo	₯103,000	1964
Petros Stamatelopoulos		LB	(1934-03-19)19 March 1934 (aged 28)	1959	Panerythraikos	₯100,000	1962
Mimis Anastasiadis		RB / CB / ST	(1936-10-26)26 October 1936 (aged 25)	1956	A.O. Nea Ionia	Free	1964
Alekos Sofianidis		LB / LM / LW	(1937-08-03)3 August 1937 (aged 24)	1959	Beşiktaş	Free	1969
Theofilos Vernezis		RB / CB / GK	1938 (aged 23–24)	1956	AEK Athens U20	—	1965
Dimitris Tzaneras		CB / DM	1942 (aged 19–20)	1960	Atromitos Piraeus	Free	1962
Midfielders
Miltos Papapostolou		DM / CB	(1935-09-09)9 September 1935 (aged 26)	1956	Egaleo	Free	1965
Giorgos Petridis		AM / SS / ST	(1938-02-10)10 February 1938 (aged 24)	1957	Pera Club	Free	1966
Panikos Krystallis		AM / SS / CM / RM / LM	(1938-07-01)1 July 1938 (aged 23)	1961	Apollon Limassol	₯1,900,000	1964
Stelios Skevofilakas		LM / RM / AM	(1939-01-06)6 January 1939 (aged 23)	1960	Eleftheroupoli	Free	1972
Thanasis Gouvas		AM / RW / SS / ST	(1939-04-00)April 1939 (aged 23)	1960	A.E. Messolonghi	Free	1965
Stefanos Demiris		AM / SS / ST	(1941-01-19)19 January 1941 (aged 21)	1959	AE Kavalas	—	1961
Alekos Daispangos		DM / CB	1942 (aged 19–20)	1960	AEK Athens U20	—	1964
Forwards
Kostas Nestoridis		ST / SS	(1930-03-15)15 March 1930 (aged 32)	1955	Panionios	Free	1966
Andreas Stamatiadis (Captain)		RW / LW / SS / ST	(1935-08-16)16 August 1935 (aged 26)	1952	AEK Athens U20	—	1969
Christos Ampos		LW / SS / ST	(1937-10-19)19 October 1937 (aged 24)	1956	AO Kifisia	Free	1962
Dimitris Zagylos		RW	(1938-03-15)15 March 1938 (aged 24)	1961	Anorthosis Famagusta	₯320,000	1964
Argyris Argyropoulos		ST	1939 (aged 22–23)	1958	AEK Athens U20	—	1962
Nikos Zagotsis		ST / SS	(1940-03-16)16 March 1940 (aged 22)	1960	AEK Athens U20	—	1965
Aris Tsachouridis		LW / LM / RM / RW	(1940-12-10)10 December 1940 (aged 21)	1960	Makedonikos	Free	1965
Simos Vavaleros		ST	1943 (aged 18–19)	1961	Egaleo	Free	1964
Spyros Pomonis		LW / LM	(1944-02-12)12 February 1944 (aged 18)	1960	AEK Athens U20	—	1973

Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
MF	Panikos Krystallis	Apollon Limassol	₯1,900,000	1 July 1961	30 June 1964
FW	Dimitris Zagylos	Anorthosis Famagusta	₯320,000	1 July 1961	30 June 1964
FW	Simos Vavaleros	Egaleo	Free transfer	1 July 1961	30 June 1964

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Kimon Dimitriou	Olympiacos Chalkida	End of contract	1 July 1961
DF	Nikos Melissis	Retired		1 July 1961
DF	Antonis Gavanas	Panegialios	End of contract	1 July 1961
DF	Dimitris Diakakis	Free agent	End of contract	1 July 1961
MF	Thymios Polyzos	Panachaiki	End of contract	1 July 1961
MF	Pavlos Emmanouilidis	Panachaiki	End of contract	1 July 1961
FW	Dimitris Tsanoulas	Free agent	End of contract	1 July 1961

Expenditure: ₯2,220,000

Income: ₯0

Net Total: ₯2,220,000

Apollon Limassol v AEK Athens

14 October 1961 Friendly	Apollon Limassol	1–6	AEK Athens	Nicosia
				Stadium: GSP Stadium

Omonia v AEK Athens

18 October 1961 Friendly	Omonia	1–4	AEK Athens	Nicosia
				Stadium: GSP Stadium

AEK Athens v Barcelona

3 January 1962 Friendly	AEK Athens	0–6	Barcelona	Nea Filadelfeia
		Report	Vicente 4' Evaristo 22' Kocsis 38', Marañón 49' Pereda 50' Zaldúa 64'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 31,960
Note: Inauguration of the large stand and turf of the AEK Stadium. The game was attended by the then heir to the Spanish throne Juan Carlos and his future wife, Sofia.

AEK Athens v Panathinaikos

5 January 1962 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–3	Panathinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

Olympiacos v AEK Athens

25 March 1962 Friendly	Olympiacos	1–2	AEK Athens	Nea Filadelfeia
	Psychos 60'	Report	Petridis 19', 47'	Stadium: AEK Stadium
Note: AEK offered all the earnings for the construction of the stadium of Olympiacos, repaying the gesture of the latter who had donated all the earnings from their match against Barcelona, two months ago, for the newly built AEK Stadium. Olympiacos were typically the host team, since at the time they often used AEK Stadium as a home ground.

AEK Athens v Bolton

2 May 1962 Friendly	AEK Athens	4–1	Bolton	Nea Filadelfeia
	Krystallis 2' Stamatiadis 10' Nestoridis 20', 83'		Hartle 90'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 6,000

AEK Athens v Barcelona

24 May 1962 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–5	Barcelona	Nea Filadelfeia
		Report	Ré 12' Zaldúa 36', 47', 89' Pereda 79'	Stadium: AEK Stadium

AEK entered the Greek Cup at the round of 32.

As of 17 June 1962

No.	Pos	Player	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
—	GK	Sotiris Fakis	7	0	0	0	7	0
—	GK	Stelios Serafidis	18	0	0	0	18	0
Defenders
—	DF	Giannis Marditsis	28	0	1	0	29	0
—	DF	Petros Stamatelopoulos	8	0	1	0	9	0
—	DF	Mimis Anastasiadis	22	0	0	0	22	0
—	DF	Alekos Sofianidis	29	0	1	0	30	0
—	DF	Theofilos Vernezis	5	0	1	0	6	0
—	DF	Dimitris Tzaneras	2	0	0	0	2	0
Midfielders
—	MF	Miltos Papapostolou	27	0	1	0	28	0
—	MF	Giorgos Petridis	26	12	1	0	27	12
—	MF	Panikos Krystallis	24	2	1	0	25	2
—	MF	Stelios Skevofilakas	30	3	1	0	31	3
—	MF	Thanasis Gouvas	14	4	0	0	14	4
—	MF	Stefanos Demiris	4	1	0	0	4	1
—	MF	Alekos Daispangos	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
—	FW	Kostas Nestoridis	29	29	1	0	30	29
—	FW	Andreas Stamatiadis	24	11	0	0	24	11
—	FW	Christos Ampos	1	0	0	0	1	0
—	FW	Dimitris Zagylos	15	3	1	0	16	3
—	FW	Argyris Argyropoulos	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	FW	Nikos Zagotsis	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	FW	Aris Tsachouridis	16	7	1	1	17	8
—	FW	Simos Vavaleros	1	0	0	0	1	0
—	FW	Spyros Pomonis	0	0	0	0	0	0

As of 17 June 1962

Rank	Pos.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	Total
1	FW	Kostas Nestoridis	29	0	29
2	MF	Giorgos Petridis	12	0	12
3	FW	Andreas Stamatiadis	11	0	11
4	FW	Aris Tsachouridis	7	1	8
5	MF	Thanasis Gouvas	4	0	4
6	MF	Stelios Skevofilakas	3	0	3
	FW	Dimitris Zagylos	3	0	3
8	MF	Panikos Krystallis	2	0	2
9	MF	Stefanos Demiris	1	0	1
Own goals			1	0	1
Totals			73	1	74

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Source
Kostas Nestoridis	Egaleo	8–0 (A)	9 September 1961	Alpha Ethniki
Kostas Nestoridis	Doxa Drama	4–0 (A)	8 October 1961	Alpha Ethniki
Giorgos Petridis	Panelefsiniakos	6–3 (A)	16 December 1961	Alpha Ethniki
Kostas Nestoridis	Panelefsiniakos	8–3 (H)	20 May 1962	Alpha Ethniki

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 17 June 1962

Rank	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	Total
1	Stelios Serafidis	10	0	10
2	Sotiris Fakis	4	0	4
3	Theofilos Vernezis	0	0	0
Totals		14	0	14

As of 17 June 1962

N	P	Nat.	Name	Alpha Ethniki			Greek Cup			Total			Notes
Goalkeepers
—	GK		Sotiris Fakis
—	GK		Stelios Serafidis
Defenders
—	DF		Giannis Marditsis
—	DF		Petros Stamatelopoulos
—	DF		Mimis Anastasiadis
—	DF		Alekos Sofianidis
—	DF		Theofilos Vernezis
—	DF		Dimitris Tzaneras
Midfielders
—	MF		Miltos Papapostolou
—	MF		Giorgos Petridis
—	MF		Panikos Krystallis
—	MF		Stelios Skevofilakas
—	MF		Thanasis Gouvas
—	MF		Stefanos Demiris
—	MF		Alekos Daispangos
Forwards
—	FW		Kostas Nestoridis
—	FW		Andreas Stamatiadis
—	FW		Christos Ampos
—	FW		Dimitris Zagylos
—	FW		Argyris Argyropoulos
—	FW		Nikos Zagotsis
—	FW		Aris Tsachouridis
—	FW		Simos Vavaleros
—	FW		Spyros Pomonis

Player	Pos.	Award	Source
Kostas Nestoridis	FW	Alpha Ethniki Top Scorer

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

• AEK Athens F.C. seasons
• Greek football clubs 1961–62 season