The 1986–87 season was the 63rd season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 28th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup. The season began on 7 September 1986 and finished on 7 June 1987.
Kits
Overview
In the summer of 1986, AEK Athens continued to be administratively at the hands of Andreas Zafiropoulos. The reactions of the fans towards the administration became even more intense, while the financial problems began to appear in the club. Nevertheless, AEK proceeded with the transfers of Dimitris Pittas from PAOK, Giorgos Peppes from Ethnikos Piraeus and Lampros Georgiadis from Anagennisi Arta. As for the wheel of the team, Zafiropoulos decided to entrust it to a practitioner of the Dutch "school" and brought Ab Fafié to Athens and signed him on July 7. The Dutch manager presented himself as a strict manager and from his first days on the yellow-black bench and punished various players in order to impose himself in the locker rooms. The expectations in his person were high, but his term at AEK was crowned with absolute failure. AEK faced many problems beyond the financial ones. Thomas Mavros was suffering from injuries and Márton Esterházy was in bad condition. In addition, AEK started the championship with 3 points deducted, from a punishment that they "carried" from the previous season, due to the "Chrysovitsianos" case. The club continued to use the Athens Olympic Stadium as their home ground and this would be another burden throughout the season.
AEK started the Championship badly. Even though they prevailed in difficult grounds, such as Aris Stadium and Alkazar Stadium, they won at home only once against PAS Giannina in the 2nd matchday. It was noteworthy that it took five months to win again at home. In the UEFA Cup, AEK were unlucky since they were drawn against Internazionale of Giovanni Trapattoni with players such as Pasarella, Rummenigge and Bergomi. In the first match at San Siro, AEK stood with the demands and surprised by their performance, especially in the first half during which they had the opportunity to score a goal. However, in the second half, they conceded the two goals that shaped the final result, in a match that was attended by about 1,000 Greek fans. In Athens, Inter took the lead very quickly and ended the qualifying case. However, the players of AEK tried their best and had two opportunities in the first half, while in the second there was a significant improvement with the creation of several dangerous chances, but without scoring a goal. At the end of the first half, the Swedish referee, Eriksson did not count AEK's goal, as he whistled for half time in a corner kick while the ball was midair and fractions of a second before the ball reached the net, to everyone's surprise, which fruistrated the supporters.
In the Cup, AEK exceeded the obstacle of Olympiacos Volos in the first round, but were eliminated at the next round by Panionios at the extra time. Fafié was fired in December and would take over the bench of the only team he ever won at home. Furthermore in another game of fate for the AEK, they were defeated by their former manager in the game of the second round at Ioannina.
In one of the worst choices in his presidency, Zafiropoulos entrusted the technical leadership of AEK to Nikos Alefantos. In the winter transfer window they were strengthened with Rajko Janjanin, from OFI. At the same time, however, Esterházy left for Panathinaikos and Ballis returned to Aris. The team continued their instability in their performances until the end of one of the worst seasons in their history. The fans were running out of patience for a long time and found the opportunity to break out on 11 April, in the home game against Apollon Kalamarias. The match was at the 80th minute and AEK were ahead by 2–0, when Alefantos provocatively subbed off Thomas Mavros, who had returned after many months of injury, resulting in the supporters turning against the manager and the president. In the press conference of the match, Alefantos spoke out against Mavros, considering him "finished" as a footballer. All that in combination with the unjustified tolerance of the administration, led to the departure of Mavros from the team as a result of which that would be his final match at AEK. Shortly after, Alefantos was sacked and AEK finished the season with Nikos Christidis as an interim manager. In the last three matchdays of the league, AEK did compete along with 11 other clubs in the strike declared by the Footballers' Union. The result of their participation in the strike was the deduction of 6 points, which in the end did not affect the final standings. Eventually, AEK finished at the 7th place, 30 points behind the champions Olympiacos. Theologis Papadopoulos, Stelios Manolas and Jim Patikas were the players whose performances stood out, in a very bad season for the club.
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 7 June 1987, 23:59 UTC+3.
PlayerNat.Position(s)Date of birth (Age)SignedPrevious clubTransfer feeContract until Goalkeepers Spyros Ikonomopoulos GK 1979 AEK Athens U20 — 1989 Theologis Papadopoulos (Vice-captain) GK 1984 AEL ₯9,000,000 1989 Defenders Makis Chatzis RB / LB 1984 Apollon Athens ₯6,750,000 1989 Panagiotis Stylianopoulos RB / LB / RM / DM 1978 AEK Athens U20 — 1988 Ilias Armodoros LB / DM 1985 Ethnikos Piraeus Free 1990 Takis Karagiozopoulos CB / DM / ST 1981 Veria ₯8,000,000 1991 Polyvios Chatzopoulos CB / DM 1985 Panionios ₯10,400,000 1990 Stelios Manolas CB / RB 1980 AEK Athens U20 — 1989 Giorgos Peppes CB 1986 Ethnikos Piraeus ₯10,000,000 1991 Sotiris Mavrodimos CB / DM / RB / LB 1986 Kozani ₯5,500,000 1991 Christos Vasilopoulos RB / LB 1986 Panachaiki ₯8,000,000 1991 Stefanos Porfyris CB 1985 AEK Athens U20 — 1990 Midfielders Rajko Janjanin CM / AM / DM 1986 OFI Free 1988 Pavlos Dimitriou AM / LM / LB 1985 Panserraikos ₯11,000,000 1989 Dimitris Pittas AM / SS / CM 1986 PAOK Free 1989 Pavlos Papaioannou DM / RB / LB / RM 1983 Rodos ₯10,000,000 1988 Nikos Pias CM / DM 1984 Rodos ₯1,350,000 1989 Lampros Georgiadis LM / AM / LB 1986 Anagennisi Arta ₯11,000,000 1991 Jim Patikas RM / LM / RW / LW / SS 1985 Sydney Croatia ₯5,000,000 1988 Forwards Thomas Mavros (Captain) ST / LW 1976 Panionios ₯10,000,000 1987 Håkan Sandberg ST 1984 IFK Göteborg ₯8,000,000 1988 Andreas Voitsidis ST / RW / LW 1984 Kastoria ₯2,400,000 1989 Giannis Dintsikos ST / SS / RW / LW / AM 1981 Kastoria ₯20,000,000 1991 Georgios Christodoulou ST / SS / LW 1985 Akratitos Free 1988 Left during Winter Transfer Window Vasilios Georgopoulos AM / RM / LM / SS / RW / LW 1986 Panionios Free 1988 Dinos Ballis AM / CM / DM / SS / ST / CB 1981 Aris ₯17,000,000 1991 Babis Akrivopoulos AM / RM / LM / SS / ST 1983 Veria ₯8,400,000 1988 Dimitris Stafylidis CM 1985 AEK Athens U20 — 1988 Márton Esterházy SS / AM / ST / RW / LW / RM / LM 1984 Honvéd ₯22,950,000 1986 From Reserve Squad Panagiotis Savvidis GK — AEK Athens U20 — Antonis Sideris RB — AEK Athens U20 — Dimitris Volonakis LB / CB — Kalymnikos — Giorgos Markou CB — Atromitos U17 — Babis Vafiadis CB — AEK Athens U20 — Charalampos Zarotiadis CM / AM / SS — AEK Athens U20 — Nikos Kotzabasakis DM — AEK Athens U20 — Andreas Anagnostopoulos CM — AEK Athens U20 — Giorgos Dimitriadis CM — AEK Athens U20 — Dimitris Dimitriadis CM — AEK Athens U20 — Giannis Giannitsis ST — AEK Athens U20 — Giannis Tzogias ST — AEK Athens U20 — Babis Marangos ST — AEK Athens U20 —
Transfers
In
Summer
PlayerFromFeeDateContract UntilSource Kozani₯5,500,00030 June 1991 AcharnaikosLoan return30 June 1989 Panachaiki₯8,000,00030 June 1991 Anagennisi Arta₯11,000,00030 June 1991 PanioniosFree transfer30 June 1988 Vyzas MegaraLoan return30 June 1989
Winter
PlayerFromFeeDateContract UntilSource Ethnikos Piraeus₯10,000,00030 November 1991 OFIFree transfer30 November 1988 PAOKFree transfer30 November 1988
Out
Summer
PlayerToFeeDateSource AcharnaikosContract termination
Winter
PlayerToFeeDateSource ArisContract termination KalamataContract termination VeriaContract termination PanathinaikosEnd of contract
Loan out
Summer
PlayerToFeeDateUntilOption to buySource FostirasFree30 June 1987
Winter
PlayerToFeeDateUntilOption to buySource PannafpliakosFree30 November 1987
Notes
a. 4,000,000 in cash, 1,500,000 in sports material and the incomes from an arranged friendly match between the two clubs.
b. 8,500,000 in cash, 1,500,000 in sports material and 1,000,000 from the incomes from an arranged friendly match between the two clubs.
Contract renewals
PlayerDateFormer Exp. DateNew Exp. DateSource 30 June 198630 June 1988 30 June 198630 June 1991
Overall transfer activity
Expenditure Summer: ₯34,500,000
Winter: ₯10,000,000
Total: ₯44,500,000
Income Summer: ₯0
Winter: ₯0
Total: ₯0
Net Totals Total: ₯34,500,000
Winter: ₯10,000,000
Total: ₯44,500,000
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overall record
Alpha Ethniki
League table
Results summary
Results by Matchday
Matches
Greek Cup
Matches
UEFA Cup
First round
Statistics
Squad statistics
! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers
! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders
! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders
! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards
! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer Window
! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| From Reserve Squad
Goalscorers
The list is sorted by competition order when total goals are equal, then by position and then alphabetically by surname. RankPlayerAlpha EthnikiGreek CupUEFA CupTotal1 5 0 052 3 1 043 3 0 03 3 0 03 3 0 03 3 0 037 2 0 02 2 0 02 2 0 0210 1 0 01 1 0 01 1 0 01 1 0 01 1 0 01Own goals 0 0 00Totals31 1 032
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 CupUEFA CupTotal1 7 1 082 0 0 00Totals 7 1 0 8
Disciplinary record
! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers
! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders
! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders
! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards
! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer Window
! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| From Reserve Squad
Starting 11 This section presents the most frequently used formation along with the players with the most starts across all competitions.
Formation Matchday(s)164–4–21–12154–3–312–27
Player Theologis Papadopoulos (C)GKStelios ManolasRCBGiorgos PeppesLCBMakis ChatzisRBIlias ArmodorosLBPolyvios ChatzopoulosDMRajko JanjaninCMPavlos PapaioannouRMLampros GeorgiadisLMJim PatikasSSHåkan SandbergCF
References
External links AEK Athens F.C. Official Website A.E.K. FC Database