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1964–65 AEK Athens F.C. season

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The 1964–65 season was the 41st season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the sixth consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup. The season began on 9 September 1964 and finished on 2 July 1965.

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In the summer of 1964, the management of AEK Athens, having the goal of winning the league, hired Mirko Kokotović, a successful coach at the time, who had won the Turkish championship with Fenerbahçe and participated in the quarter-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup. Furthermore, with the great Kleanthis Maropoulos acting as the technical director, AEK proceeded in great transfer moves, as Fotis Balopoulos was acquired from Proodeftiki, Giorgos Kefalidis was also acquired from Pierikos, as well as the legendary Lefter Küçükandonyadis from Fenerbahce, even though he was at an advanced age. At the first training and the consecration of AEK, 4,000-5,000 fans were gathered and showed great enthusiasm, while the management of the team expressed faith and optimism for winning the championship.[1]

AEK played for the first time in their history in the final stage of UEFA competitions and specifically of the Cup Winners' Cup, which were drawn for its first round against Dinamo Zagreb. Over 30,000 fans rushed to AEK Stadium on 9 September, to see the top scorer of the World Cup of Chile, Dražan Jerković, and the rest of the famous Yugoslavs play. However, the spectacle was not what was expected, since both clubs started scared and harsh. The Yugoslavs were extremely unsportsmanlike in their game, as they wanted a draw and to kill the time off, while AEK pressed unorthodoxly, but were unable to create many dangerous chances. The referee refused the penalty and the players of the Union were overcome by intense irritation and the bad match continued in the second half, but in the hourmark, the Yugoslavs had gone too far with unsportsmanlike tackling which resulted in Zdenko Kobeščak dismissal with a straight red after a harsh tackle that lifted Mimis Papaioannou in the air. A fight between the players ensued, the enraged fans threw oranges and objects on the pitch and the game was almost stopped at the expense of AEK. That interruption favored AEK who scored twice within 5 minutes with Papaioannou and Nestoridis and the game ended with AEK gaining an important advantage, while also achieving a historic victory, the first in their history in the UEFA competitions.[2] The rematch at Stadion Maksimir turned into a battle after the Yugoslavs showed unprecedented fanaticism and played even tougher than the first leg. The referee decided to take cards out of his pocket only when things got dangerously out of hand in the second half. Dynamo played much more aggressively, but the very good performance of Stelios Serafidis and Aleko Yordan limited the Yugoslavs' striker, Dražan Jerković, however the half ended in the worst possible way for AEK, as they found themselves losing by 1–0 at the stoppage time. With the game bordering on unsportsmanlike, Dynamo quickly equalized the score of the first match and 7 minutes later they made it 3-0. From that point on, no football was played as the players of AEK, clearly irritated and overwhelmed by the hard play of their opponents, started to play unsportsmanlike, while the atmosphere was particularly tense and Spyros Pomonis was sent off in the 76th minute, as well as Slaven Zambata at the 85th minte. A new series of incidents followed, which culminated in the end, when some of the fans of Dynamo entered the playing field and moved against the Greek team. The worst were avoided, but the final result remained, which left AEK out of the tournament.[3]

Their beginning in the championship was not the best. In the first three matches AEK had two draws and a victory away from home by the emphatic 1–7 against Apollon Athens, but since then, their performance was stabilized at a satisfactory level for the first round of the championship. On the 12th matchday, they faced Panathinaikos at home and after their 2-2 draw in a match that, due to the large crowd at the stadium and its pressure, the billboards caved in resulting in 27 injuries, they improved their performance. In the crucial postponed match at Karaiskakis Stadium against Olympiacos, who was the other contender for the championship before 45,000 spectators, AEK found themselves losing 1–0 but with a sustained counter-attack in the second half they won 1–2, taking the second place, leaving the red and whites one point behind. The crucial match that largely decided the champion took place on the 26th matchday with AEK facing Panathinaikos away from home. AEK started the match decisively losing several chances, however Panathinaikos took a 1–0 lead immediately after the first half hour, while in the second half, Panathinaikos were better and the footballers of AEK were fruistated by not being able to turn the situation around. Thus, AEK was left behind in claiming the championship and in the last matchday, they faced Olympiakos and in front of 25,000 spectators even though they were ahead by 3–1, they eventually were equalized in the 90th minute, resulting in the match ending 3–3 with AEK finishing second in the league.[4]

In the Cup, AEK eliminated Athinaikos and PAOK winning both by 4–0 at home for the round of 32 and the round of 16, respectivelly. At the quarter-finals, they were left out of the continuation of the institution losing by 3–1 from Olympiacos away from home.[5][6]

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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 2 July 1965, 23:59 UTC+2.

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Transfers

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Overall transfer activity

Expenditure: Decrease ₯450,000

Income: Increase ₯0

Net Total: Decrease ₯450,000

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Pre-season and friendlies

23 September 1964 Friendly AEK Athens 2–0 PAOK Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium
12 May 1965 Friendly AEK Athens 3–3 Real Madrid Nea Filadelfeia
Report
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 29,158[7]

Competitions

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Overall record

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Last updated: 2 July 1965
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

League table

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Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd decision match; 3rd head-to-head goal difference.
(C) Champions

Results summary

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Results by Matchday

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Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

27 September 1964 1 Doxa Drama 1–1 AEK Athens Drama
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Ioannou 70'
Stadium: Doxa Drama Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Fabio Monti (Italy)
4 October 1964 2 AEK Athens 1–1 Proodeftiki Nea Filadelfeia
15:45 EET (UTC+2)
  • Mavrikos 67'
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 15,906
Referee: Petar Djonev (Bulgaria)
10 October 1964 3 Apollon Athens 1–7 AEK Athens Rizoupoli
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 10,426
Referee: Thomas Vergotis (Rhodes)
18 October 1964 4 AEK Athens 3–1 Apollon Kalamarias Nea Filadelfeia
  • Nifadopoulos 63'
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ermenegildo Piantoni (Italy)
25 October 1964 5 Pierikos 1–0 AEK Athens Katerini
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Felekidis 5'
Stadium: Katerini Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Stassle (Switzerland)
1 November 1964 6 AEK Athens 2–1 Iraklis Nea Filadelfeia
15:15 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 13,778
Referee: Machiorti (Italy)
8 November 1964 7 Ethnikos Piraeus 0–0 AEK Athens Piraeus
15:15 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 38,174
Referee: Lajos Aranyosi (Hungary)
15 November 1964 8 AEK Athens 0–0 Aris Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 28,375
Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)
6 December 1964 9 Panegialios 2–3 AEK Athens Aigio
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Loukanidis 49'
  • Papadopoulos 90+2'
Stadium: Aigio National Stadium
Attendance: 3,654
Referee: Kostas Xanthos (Dodecanese)
13 December 1964 10 Trikala 0–3 AEK Athens Trikala
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 7,682
Referee: Janusz Marcinkowski (Poland)
20 December 1964 11 AEK Athens 1–0 PAOK Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 12,897
Referee: Günter Sparing (West Germany)
3 January 1965 12 AEK Athens 2–2 Panathinaikos Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 34,054
Referee: Willi Thier (West Germany)
Note: The first half ended with a 10-minute delay, due to the protests at the sent-off of Loukanidis at the 5th minute and the injury of Andreou at the 32nd minute.
10 January 1965 13 Niki Volos 0–0 AEK Athens Volos
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Niki Volos Stadium
Attendance: 4,404
Referee: Heinz Siebert (West Germany)
17 January 1965 14 AEK Athens 1–0 Panionios Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Kazantzidis Red card 85'
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 13,134
Referee: Fabio Monti (Italy)
7 April 1965 15 Olympiacos 1–2 AEK Athens Piraeus
16:30 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 42,415
Referee: Bruno De Marchi (Italy)
Note: The match was scheduled for 24 January and despite the rain that rained incessantly all day and turned the stadium into mud, 35,000 fans of both clubs were gathered, thus the German referee Horst Mathieu allowed of the conduct of the game. In the 32nd minute the rain intensified and the referee tried to stop the game but the fans threatened to invade the pitch, so the match continued until the end of the half. After the end of the half-time break, the referee went out on the pitch with the captains of the two teams, Stamatiadis and Polychroniou and decided the suspension of the match which at that point was at 0–0.
31 January 1965 16 AEK Athens 6–0 Doxa Drama Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 13,775
Referee: Kostas Xanthos (Dodecanese)
6 February 1965 17 Proodeftiki 0–2 AEK Athens Piraeus
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 22,875
14 February 1965 18 AEK Athens 2–1 Apollon Athens Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 17,324
Referee: Giannis Korkidis (Athens)
21 February 1965 19 Apollon Kalamarias 0–0 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
15:30 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Aris Stadium
Attendance: 4,858
28 February 1965 20 AEK Athens 3–1 Pierikos Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Amanatidis 42'
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 13,268
Referee: Joseph Heymann (Switzerland)
7 March 1965 21 Iraklis 2–2 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Tsigos 21'
  • Xilas 39'
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 8,356
Referee: Thodoros Giavropoulos (Piraeus)
21 March 1965 22 AEK Athens 3–0 Ethnikos Piraeus Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 3,425
Referee: Fabio Monti (Italy)
28 March 1965 23 Aris 0–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
16:30 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 5,961
Referee: Alessandro D'Agostini (Italy)
14 April 1965 24 AEK Athens 3–2 Panegialios Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 13,240
Referee: Famelis (Athens)
9 May 1965 25 AEK Athens 3–0 Trikala Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 16,804
16 May 1965 26 PAOK 1–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 9,378
Referee: Eugen Boller (Switzerland)
6 June 1965 27 Panathinaikos 1–0 AEK Athens Ampelokipoi
17:30 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 24,915
Referee: Rudibert Jacobi (West Germany)
13 June 1965 28 AEK Athens 5–0 Niki Volos Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 4,953
Referee: Giuliano Acernese (Italy)
19 June 1965 29 Panionios 0–4 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
17:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 11,324
Referee: Giovanni Sebastio (Italy)
27 June 1965 30 AEK Athens 3–3 Olympiacos Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 20,000

Greek Cup

AEK entered the Greek Cup at the round of 32.

Matches

4 April 1965 Round of 32 AEK Athens 4–0 Athinaikos Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Referee: Velentzas
18 April 1965 Round of 16 AEK Athens 4–0 PAOK Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 11,066
2 July 1965 Quarter-finals Olympiacos 3–1 AEK Athens Piraeus
21:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 45,000

European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

9 September 1964 First leg AEK Athens Greece 2–0 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb Athens, Greece
16:45 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 23,650
Referee: Mihai Popa (Romania)
Note: First victory in a UEFA game and first European Cup Winners' Cup game for AEK Athens.
16 September 1964 Second leg Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 3–0
(3–2 agg.)
Greece AEK Athens Zagreb, Yugoslavia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Maksimir
Attendance: 10,418
Referee: Petre Sotir (Romania)
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Statistics

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Squad statistics

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Goalscorers

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Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

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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.

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Disciplinary record

As of 2 July 1965
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