The 1960–61 season was the 37th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the second consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the Balkans Cup. The season began on 18 September 1960 and finished on 25 June 1961.
Overview
AEK Athens continued this season with one of their "Patriarchs", Tryfon Tzanetis in the technical leadership, who was officially hired in January with the task of revitalizing the team. However, his predecessor, Lukas Aurednik, remained in the team and alongside Christos Ribas formed a coaching triumvirate with Tzanetis apparently having the first say, but Auretnik maintaining the tactical support and the acceptance of the majority of the supporters. Aurednik promoted the prominent winger, Spyros Pomonis from the academy, while the signings of Thanasis Gouvas from A.E. Messolonghi and Aris Tsachouridis from Makedonikos were also noteworthy.
The first objections to the objectivity of the referees begun and made their appearance in Greek football, culminating in the Athenian derby, in the following matchday. Three days before the match there was strong dissatisfaction with the presence of certain people from Panathinaikos in the central arbitration committee. AEK was severely wronged by the referee Ioannidis and the dissatisfaction was confirmed since the referee denied an obvious penalty to Nestoridis in the 87th minute and while the score was 2–2. In the tension that followed, the referee showed Anastasiadis a red card and the refusal of the latter to come out of the pitch resulted in the game being awarded to Panathinaikos and AEK being zeroed. Another 2 consecutive defeats followed, which kept AEK away from the top.
AEK entered the Cup facing AE Kaisarianis at the first round and they achieved one of the highest scoring victories in their history by 9–0 at home. At the second round they eliminated Agioi Anargyroi easily by 5–1 at home and then Doxa Metaxourgio with a 3–2 home win for the third round. Afterwards they played against PAO Kalogreza and eliminated them by 2–1 at home and at the fifth round they faced Niki Plakas and won with a triumphant 8–1 at home. In the round of 32, AEK came across Prasina Poulia, one of the historic teams from Kalamata, who came to compete in Athens for the first time. The match was held under intense emotional charge due to the presence of the former player of both clubs, Kleanthis Maropoulos and the Messinian team held a historic 2–2 draw until the 60th minute, when AEK "woke up" and in the end the result was a satisfying 7–3. At the round of 16, they easily eliminated Proodetiki by 4–1 at home, and were qualified to the quarter-finals. There, they faced Iraklis at Thessaloniki and were defeated by 1–0, ending their campaign in the tournament.
The incidents with the referees continued, with the suspension of the match against Proodeftiki and its resumption 4 months later, as on 18 February at Karaiskakis Stadium. At the 80th minute and while the game was at 1–1, Gouvas scored a goal where the ball hit the inner post at the bottom of the goal and went out again with the referee indicating "play on", considering that the ball hit the post. A scuffle between players followed on the pitch and after several incidents the referee called it off and it was repeated on 14 June, when AEK was indifferent and mathematically out of the title. In the rest of the season, the team briought mediocre results, losing in both matches to the then strong Panionios, while they achieved a 4–1 victory over Olympiacos. The 27 goals scored by Kostas Nestoridis, who emerged again as the top scorer of the league, did not manage to give AEK anything better than fourth place.
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 25 June 1961, 23:59 UTC+2.
PlayerNat.Position(s)Date of birth (Age)SignedPrevious clubTransfer fee Goalkeepers Sotiris Fakis GK 1957 Amyna Ampelokipoi Free Stelios Serafidis GK 1953 AEK Athens U20 — Kimon Dimitriou GK 1959 Propontis Chalkida Free Defenders Giannis Marditsis CB / ST 1959 Egaleo ₯103,000 Petros Stamatelopoulos LB 1959 Panerythraikos ₯100,000 Nikos Melissis CB / DM / ST 1953 PAO Kalogreza Free Mimis Anastasiadis RB / CB / ST 1956 A.O. Nea Ionia Free Antonis Gavanas CB 1956 Ethnikos Asteras Free Theofilos Vernezis RB / CB / GK 1956 AEK Athens U20 — Dimitris Tzaneras CB / DM 1960 Atromitos Piraeus Free Dimitris Diakakis CB 1959 Free agent Free Midfielders Pavlos Emmanouilidis RM / RW / ST / SS 1947 AEK Athens U20 — Miltos Papapostolou DM / CB 1956 Egaleo Free Giorgos Petridis AM / SS / ST 1957 Pera Club Free Stelios Skevofilakas LM / RM / AM / CM 1961 Eleftheroupoli Free Thanasis Gouvas AM / RW / SS / ST 1960 A.E. Messolonghi Free Thymios Polyzos CM 1956 Free agent Free Alekos Daispangos DM / CB 1960 AEK Athens U20 — Forwards Kostas Nestoridis ST / SS 1955 Panionios Free Alekos Sofianidis LW / LM / LB 1959 Beşiktaş Free Andreas Stamatiadis (Captain) RW / LW / SS / ST 1952 AEK Athens U20 — Dimitris Tsanoulas ST 1956 Free agent Free Christos Ampos LW / SS / ST 1956 A.O. Kifisia Free Argyris Argyropoulos ST 1958 AEK Athens U20 — Nikos Zagotsis ST / SS 1960 AEK Athens U20 — Aris Tsachouridis LW / LM / RM / RW 1960 Makedonikos Free Stefanos Demiris ST / SS / AM 1959 AE Kavala — Spyros Pomonis LW / LM 1960 AEK Athens U20 —
Transfers
In
PlayerFromFeeDateSource Atromitos PiraeusFree transfer AEK Athens U20Promotion A.E. MessolonghiFree transfer MakedonikosFree transfer AEK Athens U20Promotion AEK Athens U20Promotion
Out
PlayerToFeeDateSource PanerythraikosContract termination Free agentContract termination Free agentContract termination Free agentContract termination
Loan in
PlayerFromFeeDateUntilOption to buySource EleftheroupoliFree30 June 1961
Overall transfer activity
Expenditure: ₯0
Income: ₯0
Net Total: ₯0
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overall record
Alpha Ethniki
League table
Results summary
Results by Matchday
Matches
Greek Cup
Matches
Balkans Cup
Matches
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
Goalscorers
The list is sorted by competition order when total goals are equal, then by position and then alphabetically by surname. RankPlayerAlpha EthnikiGreek CupBalkans CupTotal12713 4442 9 9 0183 7 2 094 7 0 18 4 2 286 5 1 067 2 3 05 1 3 159 0 3 0310 0 2 0211 1 0 01 1 0 01 1 0 01Own goals 1 0 01Totals 66 38 8112
Hat-tricks Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored. PlayerAgainst Result Date Competition Source Kostas Nestoridis Panegialios 6–0 (H) 18 September 1960 Alpha Ethniki Aris Tsachouridis AE Kesarianis 9–0 (H) 11 December 1960 Greek Cup Kostas Nestoridis4 Agioi Anargyroi 5–1 (H) 12 January 1961 Greek Cup Kostas Nestoridis Atromitos Piraeus 7–0 (H) 22 January 1961 Alpha Ethniki Nikos Zagotsis Niki Plakas 8–1 (H) 15 March 1961 Greek Cup Andreas Stamatiadis Niki Plakas 8–1 (H) 15 March 1961 Greek Cup Kostas Nestoridis4 Prasina Poulia 7–3 (H) 2 April 1961 Greek Cup Kostas Nestoridis Fostiras 4–2 (H) 23 April 1961 Alpha Ethniki Kostas Nestoridis4 Proodeftiki 4–1 (H) 7 May 1961 Greek Cup
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 CupBalkans CupTotal1 9 0 092 2 0 02 1 1 02Totals12 1 013
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
Awards PlayerAwardSource Kostas Nestoridis FW Alpha Ethniki Top Scorer Kostas Nestoridis FW Greek Cup Top Scorer
References
External links AEK Athens F.C. Official Website A.E.K. FC Database