The 1992–93 season was the 69th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 34th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup, the Greek Super Cup and the UEFA Champions League. The season began on 16 August 1992 and finished on 6 June 1993.
Kits
Overview
The summer of 1992 was historic, since the club changed hands after 11 whole years. Andreas Zafiropoulos transferred the majority of the shares to the duo of Melissanidis and Ioannis Karras. The new owners of the club, without being famous for their huge "wealth" at the time, but with their experience from managing smaller clubs, their passion for football and their indisputable abilities, proved to be decisive factors during their administrative tenure. The first thing they did was to back up Dušan Bajević. However, their term at the club began with great difficulties since two very important players from the previous season left before the 2 businessmen took over the team. Specifically, Daniel Batista chose to move to Olympiacos, while Giorgos Savvidis decided to return to Cyprus. On the other hand, they made some not so impressive, but useful transfers with the signings of Slišković, Agorogiannis, Mitropoulos, Papadopoulos and Atmatsidis. Furthermore, in December Tsiartas and Kopitsis were transferred to the club.
Bajević again displayed a well-worked team, which passionately claimed the championship since the beginning of the season, while also presenting quite a spectacle. Eventually, AEK won the championship for the second consecutive season, this time with a one-point difference from the second Panathinaikos. The biggest victory of the season was an impressive 7–0 over Korinthos. The victory during the last game against the indifferent Olympiacos at Nea Filadelfeia, sealed the title over Panathinaikos. AEK had the total of 17 wins out of 17 games at their home ground and were first in the standings for 32 of the 34 matchdays of the championship.
In the first round of UEFA Champions League, AEK faced APOEL in a seemingly easy draw for the Greek champions. Fast enough, their excitement proved reckless in the first leg, which ended at 1–1. Thus, the Cypriots gained a qualification advantage and AEK's trip to Nicosia was predicted to be much more difficult than expected. In the second leg, AEK led relatively early with 2–0, however, towards the end of the match and after defensive mistakes, they were equalized, with the result that until the end of the match was in danger of being disqualified. The Cypriots pressed hard, the moments in defense were nightmarish, however, after hard work and suffering, the team secured qualification to the second round of the competition. AEK's next opponent was the mighty PSV Eindhoven, who lined up with all their stars except Romário, who Westerhof kept in the bench. Very quickly, however, due to Vanenburg's injury, the great Brazilian striker entered the game and forced AEK to back down in the second half, despite their offensive approach until that time. During the second half, AEK took the lead with a goal of incredible beauty by Dimitriadis. From that point on, the Dutch began to press hard and show their footballing qualities with AEK resisting with great success and eventually securing the victory. The rematch in the Netherlands did not start with the best of signs, as already at the end of the game in the match at Nikos Goumas Stadium, Romário boldly declared that PSV would not face a problem in the rematch, as he himself would score 3 goals. In a nightmarish night for Christos Vasilopoulos, Romário's "prophecy" came true and PSV scattered AEK with a score of 3–0, with a hat-trick by the Brazilian superstar. At no point in the game the team of Bajević was able to react and fatefully the fair elimination came to be.
In the first round of the Cup, AEK easily finished first in a group with Apollon Athens, Panargiakos, Poseidon Michaniona. Afterwards they easily eliminated Ionikos with 2 victories and with much more difficulty, Atromitos. In the quarter-finals, they lost 1–0 to AEL at the Alcazar Stadium and won 1–0 at home. The match went to extra time, at the beginning of which AEL scored, but in the end with 2 goals the yellow-blacks got a great qualification-thriller, with a final score of 3–1. In the semi-finals of the tournament, AEK were drawn against Olympiacos, from whom they lost in the first match 1–0, away from home. In the rematch, AEK equalized the score of the first match and the match went to extra time for the 3rd consecutive round. The red and whites scored with a questionable penalty and then made it 1–2, while AEK again scoring 2 goals in the last quarter of overtime, simply got an honorable victory by 3–2 and the elimination from the tournament.
The main players of AEK for this season were Vasilis Dimitriadis, Toni Savevski, Stelios Manolas, Alexis Alexandris, Refik Šabanadžović and Antonis Minou. Dimitriadis was the top scorer of AEK and of the league with 33 goals in 34 matches and even emerged as the 2nd scorer in Europe, winning the European Silver Shoe.
Management team
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 6 June 1993, 23:59 UTC+3.
PlayerNat.Position(s)Date of birth (Age)SignedPrevious clubTransfer feeContract until Goalkeepers Antonis Minou (Vice-captain 2) GK 1988 Panathinaikos ₯50,000,000 1993 Spyros Ikonomopoulos GK 1979 AEK Athens U20 — 1995 Ilias Atmatsidis GK 1992 Pontioi Veria ₯40,000,000 1996 Defenders Takis Karagiozopoulos CB / DM / ST 1981 Veria ₯8,000,000 1993 Stelios Manolas CB / RB 1980 AEK Athens U20 — 1993 Christos Vasilopoulos (Captain) RB / LB 1986 Panachaiki ₯8,000,000 1993 Georgios Agorogiannis RB / RM / RW 1992 AEL ₯35,000,000 1996 Georgios Koutoulas (Vice-captain) CB / LB 1987 AEK Athens U20 — 1996 Manolis Papadopoulos CB 1992 Olympiacos Free 1995 Vaios Karagiannis LB / CB 1990 A.O. Karditsa ₯11,000,000 1996 Charis Kopitsis RB / RM / LB / LM 1992 Panionios Free 1997 Midfielders Tasos Mitropoulos AM / SS / ST 1992 Olympiacos Free 1994 Pavlos Papaioannou DM / RB / LB / RM 1983 Rodos ₯10,000,000 1993 Lampros Georgiadis LM / AM / LB 1986 Anagennisi Arta ₯11,000,000 1994 Toni Savevski CM / LM / DM 1988 Vardar ₯34,000,000 1993 Refik Šabanadžović DM / CM / CB / RB 1991 Red Star Belgrade ₯18,700,000 1994 Stavros Stamatis DM / CM / CB / RB / LB / AM 1988 Charavgiakos ₯22,000,000 1993 Vasilios Tsiartas AM / RM / LM / SS 1992 Naoussa ₯70,000,000 1997 Forwards Vasilis Dimitriadis ST 1991 Aris ₯95,000,000 1996 Zoran Slišković ST / SS 1992 HAŠK Građanski Free 1995 Frank Klopas SS / ST / AM 1988 Chicago Sting Free 1993 Alexis Alexandris ST / RW 1991 Veria ₯45,000,000 1994 Samouil Drakopulos ST / RW 1992 Grasshopper ₯55,000,000 1995 Left during Winter Transfer window Georgios Theodoridis CB 1991 Doxa Markochori ₯5,700,000 1995 Jim Patikas RM / LM / RW / LW / SS 1985 Sydney Croatia Free 1993 Nikos Ladogiannis CM 1991 AEK Athens U20 — 1996 Giorgos Kakousios ST 1991 1. FC Nürnberg II Free 1994
Transfers
In
Summer
PlayerFromFeeDateContract UntilSource Pontioi Veria₯40,000,00030 June 1996 OlympiacosFree transfer30 June 1995 AEL₯35,000,00030 June 1996 OlympiacosFree transfer30 June 1993 HAŠK Građanski₯60,000,00030 June 1995
Winter
PlayerFromFeeDateContract UntilSource PanioniosFree transfer31 December 1997 Naoussa₯70,000,00031 December 1997 Grasshopper₯55,000,00031 December 1996
Notes
a. plus the incomes from their two scheduled friendly games.
Out
Summer
PlayerToFeeDateSource EgaleoContract termination Retired OmoniaEnd of contract OlympiacosEnd of contract
Winter
PlayerToFeeDateSource AthinaikosContract termination
Loan out
Winter
PlayerToFeeDateUntilOption to buySource PierikosFree30 November 1993 CharavgiakosFree30 June 1993 DiagorasFree30 June 1993
Contract renewals
PlayerDateFormer Exp. DateNew Exp. DateSource 30 June 199330 June 1995 30 June 199330 June 1996 30 June 199330 June 1994 30 June 199330 June 1996
Overall transfer activity
Expenditure Summer: ₯135,000,000
Winter: ₯125,000,000
Total: ₯260,000,000
Income Summer: ₯0
Winter: ₯0
Total: ₯0
Net Totals Summer: ₯135,000,000
Winter: ₯125,000,000
Total: ₯260,000,000
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overall record
Alpha Ethniki
League table
Results summary
Results by Matchday
Matches
Greek Cup
Group 15
Matches
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Greek Super Cup
UEFA Champions League
First round The draw for the first round was held on 15 July 1992.
Second round The draw for the first round was held on 2 October 1992.
Statistics
Squad statistics
! colspan="13" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers
! colspan="13" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders
! colspan="13" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders
! colspan="13" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards
! colspan="13" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer window
Goalscorers
The list is sorted by competition order when total goals are equal, then by position and then alphabetically by surname. RankPlayerAlpha EthnikiGreek CupGreek Super CupChampions LeagueTotal13310 0 144214 4 1 2213 9 3 0 0124 6 1 0 075 4 0 0 046 3 0 0 03 2 1 0 03 1 1 0 139 2 0 0 0210 1 0 0 01 1 0 0 01 0 1 0 01 1 0 0 01 0 1 0 01 0 1 0 01Own goals 1 0 0 01Totals 78 23 1 4106
Hat-tricks Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored. PlayerAgainst Result Date Competition Source Vasilis Dimitriadis Poseidon Michaniona 6–0 (H) 23 August 1992 Greek Cup Vasilis Dimitriadis Athinaikos 5–1 (H) 13 September 1992 Alpha Ethniki Vasilis Dimitriadis PAOK 3–1 (H) 29 November 1992 Alpha Ethniki Vasilis Dimitriadis Apollon Athens 3–0 (Η) 25 April 1993 Alpha Ethniki
Assists
The list is sorted by competition order when total goals are equal, then by position and then alphabetically by surname. RankPlayerAlpha EthnikiGreek CupGreek Super CupChampions LeagueTotal123 7 0 1312 7 1 0 083 5 1 0 064 2 2 0 155 3 1 0 04 2 2 0 047 3 0 0 03 2 1 0 039 2 0 0 02 1 1 0 02 1 1 0 02 0 2 0 0213 1 0 0 01 1 0 0 01 1 0 0 01 1 0 0 01 1 0 0 01 0 1 0 01Totals5620 0 278
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. RankPlayerAlpha EthnikiGreek CupGreek Super CupChampions LeagueTotal114 3 0 1182 0 0 0 00Totals14 3 0 118
Disciplinary record
! colspan="20" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers
! colspan="20" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders
! colspan="20" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders
! colspan="20" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards
! colspan="20" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer window
Starting 11 This section presents the most frequently used formation along with the players with the most starts across all competitions.
Formation Matchday(s)504–2–1–31–34
Player Antonis MinouGKStelios ManolasRCBManolis PapadopoulosLCBPavlos Papaioannou (C)RBVaios KaragiannisLBRefik ŠabanadžovićDMToni SavevskiCMTasos MitropoulosAMAlexis AlexandrisRWZoran SliškovićLWVasilis DimitriadisCF
Awards PlayerAwardSource Vasilis Dimitriadis FW Alpha Ethniki Top Scorer Vasilis Dimitriadis FW Greek Cup Top Scorer Stelios Manolas DF Greek Player of the Season Dušan Bajević — Foreign Manager of the Season
References
External links AEK Athens F.C. Official Website A.E.K. FC Database