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

Overview

Since the middle of the previous season, Zafiropoulos had returned to the spotlight of the administrative activities of the club and assumed the presidency. The team continued to be in a state of competitive change. Petros Ravousis, one of the team's main players for 12 years, left and joined Levadiakos, while Takis Nikoloudis moved to Apollon Kalamarias, since the previous December. AEK were strengthened with the Swedish striker, Håkan Sandberg and the Czech midfielder, František Štambachr, while from the Greek market, they signed Nikos Pias, Theologis Papadopoulos, Andreas Voitsidis and Makis Chatzis. Zafiropoulos appointed Václav Halama, as the new manager, who had had previously managed Austria Wien and 1860 Munich. The Czech arrived with great ambition, while he was presented as a manager that controlled the locker rooms, however, these expectations were soon dashed.

AEK did not start well, even though they showed signs of being a highly attacking team on 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 the first round of the Cup, AEK were drawn Lamia away from home. At the home ground of Lamia, the team did not take the match seriously and at the 20th minute were left behind with a goal by Mantzikos. In the remaining minutes the players of AEK did not manage to do anything resulting in one of the most shocking eliminations in the club's history.

The negative results of the team led to intense disapproval from the supporters. Halama, who had lost control of the dressing room and was unable to handle the situation resigned from the club. Following the 10th matchday, Zafiropoulos replaced him with the former manager of Aris, Antonis Georgiadis. The club made changes to their roster, as well. During the winter transfer window, Štambachr left for Apollon Athens, as he occupied one of the club's foreigner slots, Stergioudas moved to PAOK, while Paraprastanitis and Kottis signed for Egaleo. On the other hand, the president of the yellow-blacks completed a major signing, as he signed the Hungarian international Márton Esterházy from Honvéd.

Esterházy quickly proved his value, as alongside Thomas Mavros and Håkan Sandberg formed a prolific attacking trio in the team's offense. The team played highly attacking football, while Mavros finished as the league's top scorer with 27 goals, while he and Sandberg combined for 42 of the team's 58 league goals. Nevertheless, despite AEK finishing the league with only three defeats, all of them away from home, they finished in third place, equaling the second Panathinaikos, 3 points behind PAOK.

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 16 June 1985, 23:59 UTC+3.

PlayerNat.Position(s)Date of birth (Age)SignedPrevious clubTransfer feeContract until Goalkeepers Christos Arvanitis GK 1982 Olympiacos ₯7,000,000 1986 Spyros Ikonomopoulos GK 1979 AEK Athens U20 — 1989 Theologis Papadopoulos GK 1984 AEL ₯9,000,000 1989 Defenders Makis Chatzis RB / LB 1984 Apollon Athens ₯6,750,000 1989 Stavros Letsas RB / RM / CB 1979 Agioi Anargyroi Free 1986 Panagiotis Stylianopoulos RB / LB / RM / DM 1978 AEK Athens U20 — 1986 Pavlos Papaioannou RB / LB / DM / RM 1983 Rodos ₯10,000,000 1988 Takis Karagiozopoulos CB / DM / ST 1981 Veria ₯8,000,000 1986 Stelios Manolas CB / RB 1980 AEK Athens U20 — 1989 Lysandros Georgamlis RB / CB / DM / LB 1980 AEK Athens U20 — 1985 Dimos Tsimiliotis CB 1984 Anagennisi Mantoudi ₯2,000,000 1989 Midfielders Christos Ardizoglou (Captain) RM / LM / RW / LW / AM / RB / LB 1974 Apollon Athens ₯12,000,000 1986 Dinos Ballis AM / CM / DM / SS / ST / CB 1981 Aris ₯17,000,000 1986 Nikos Pias CM / DM 1984 Rodos ₯1,350,000 1989 Babis Akrivopoulos AM / RM / LM / SS / ST 1983 Veria ₯8,400,000 1988 Vangelis Vlachos (Vice-captain 2) AM / CM / RM / LM 1979 AEK Athens U20 — 1989 Forwards Thomas Mavros (Vice-captain) ST / LW 1976 Panionios ₯10,000,000 1987 Márton Esterházy SS / AM / ST / RW / LW / RM / LM 1984 Honvéd ₯22,950,000 1986 Håkan Sandberg ST 1984 IFK Göteborg ₯8,000,000 1986 Andreas Voitsidis ST / RW / LW 1984 Kastoria ₯2,400,000 1989 Giannis Dintsikos ST / SS / RW / LW / AM 1981 Kastoria ₯20,000,000 1986 Michalis Pytharoulis ST 1984 A.O. Agios Nikolaos Free 1989 Left during Winter Transfer Window Lakis Stergioudas GK 1972 Niki Poligyrou ₯36,000 1985 Vangelis Paraprastanitis LB / CB / DM 1980 Trikala ₯4,000,000 1985 František Štambachr LM / CM / AM 1984 Dukla Prague ₯14,000,000 1986 Manolis Kottis ST / LW / RW 1980 Rodos ₯7,500,000 1985

Transfers

In

Summer

PlayerFromFeeDateContract UntilSource AEL₯9,000,00030 June 1989 Anagennisi Mantoudi₯2,000,00030 June 1989 Apollon Athens₯6,750,00030 June 1989 Rodos₯1,350,00030 June 1989 Dukla Prague₯14,000,00030 June 1986 IFK Göteborg₯8,000,00030 June 1986 Kastoria₯2,400,00030 June 1989 A.O. Agios NikolaosFree transfer30 June 1989

Winter

PlayerFromFeeDateContract UntilSource Honvéd₯22,950,00030 November 1986

Out

Summer

PlayerToFeeDateSource LevadiakosContract termination Anagennisi KarditsaEnd of contract Canberra CityLoan termination PAS Giannina₯2,800,000

Winter

PlayerToFeeDateSource PAOKContract termination Egaleo₯500,000 Apollon AthensContract termination Egaleo₯1,200,000

Contract renewals

PlayerDateFormer Exp. DateNew Exp. DateSource 30 November 198430 November 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

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Results summary

Results by Matchday

Matches

Greek 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

The list is sorted by competition order when total goals are equal, then by position and then alphabetically by surname. RankPlayerAlpha EthnikiGreek CupTotal127 027215 0153 5 054 4 045 3 036 1 01 1 01 1 01Own goals 1 01Totals58 058

Hat-tricks Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored. PlayerAgainst Result Date Competition Source Giannis Dintsikos Pierikos 7–2 (H) 21 October 1984 Alpha Ethniki Thomas Mavros Apollon Athens 3–0 (H) 2 December 1984 Alpha Ethniki Thomas Mavros5 Egaleo 5–2 (H) 27 January 1985 Alpha Ethniki Håkan Sandberg Panachaiki 5–1 (H) 10 February 1985 Alpha Ethniki Thomas Mavros Aris 3–1 (H) 28 April 1985 Alpha Ethniki Håkan Sandberg Ethnikos Piraeus 3–1 (A) 5 May 1985 Alpha Ethniki

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 CupTotal1 5 052 3 033 1 01Totals 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

Starting 11 This section presents the most frequently used formation along with the players with the most starts across all competitions.

Formation Matchday(s)204–4–211–30114–3–31–10

Player Theologis PapadopoulosGKStelios ManolasRCBTakis KaragiozopoulosLCBMakis ChatzisRBPanagiotis StylianopoulosLBLysandros GeorgamlisDMDinos BallisCMPavlos PapaioannouRMMárton EsterházyLMHåkan SandbergRCFThomas Mavros (C)LCF

Awards PlayerAwardSource Thomas Mavros FW Alpha Ethniki Top Scorer

References

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