1966–67 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 1966–67 season was the 43rd season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup, the European Cup Winners' Cup and the Balkans Cup. The season began on 1 March 1966 and finished on 30 May 1968.

AEK Athens

1966–67 season
Chairman	Michail Trikoglou Emmanouil Kalitsounakis
Manager	Tryfon Tzanetis (until 31 January) Jenő Csaknády
Stadium	AEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	2nd
Greek Cup	Quarter-finals
European Cup Winners' Cup	First round
Balkans Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Panagiotis Ventouris (13) All: Mimis Papaioannou (22)
Highest home attendance	35,000 vs Panathinaikos (25 June 1967)
Lowest home attendance	3,000 vs Athinaikos (14 May 1967)
Average home league attendance	14,870
Biggest win	Aspida Xanthi 1–5 AEK Athens AEK Athens 5–1 Panserraikos Vyzas Megara 0–4 AEK Athens AEK Athens 4–0 Athinaikos
Biggest defeat	Fenerbahçe 3–1 AEK Athens
Home colours
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Overview

The presence of AEK Athens in the championship of the previous season may have left them with the bitterness for not winning it, but taking into account the injustice and punishments they suffered, combined with the serious issue of the abstention of Mimis Papaioannou, gave the impression that the club was ready for the new championship race without significant transfer additions. The departures of Giorgos Petridis, Fanis Tasinos and, above all, the legendary Kostas Nestoridis, after nine active seasons at the club, did not disturb the manager, Tryfon Tzanetis, who did not proceed in any particular transfer move. Considering that the already existing roster that had been gradually acquired in the early 60's was sufficient to cope with the club's needs, proceeding only in the acquisition of the forward of Apollon Athens, Vasilis Mastrakoulis as a backup choice to Papaioannou and Papageorgiou who had formed an irreplaceable attacking duo. As far as covering the gap in the midfield was concerned, this was filled with the definitive return to the team of the versatile Panagiotis Ventouris, after the end of his spell in South Africa during the previous season.

AEK started the season in the first round of the European Cup Winners' Cup. Their opponent was the Braga, who in the previous season had won their first title and made their maiden appearance in European competitions. The club's performance in both legs was not enough as they were eliminated by 2 defeats. The championship race started with Olympiacos, having found in the person of Márton Bukovi their own reformer, seemed unstoppable, as they achieved 11 straight victories in the same number of games. Additionally, the unexpected draw in Serres from Panserraikos, shook the management of AEK and playing their last card in the race for the league, removed Tzanetis from the team's bench and brought back after three and a half years the emblematic 1963 league winner, Jenő Csaknády.^[1] The Hungarian-German coach made his mark from the start, when in the first two matches he achieved as many victories, including a home win against Olympiacos, reducing the distance from the top to 4 points. The imposing 5–1 victory over Panserraikos on 16 April reduced the distance even more to 3 points from Olympiacos.

However, five days later, the championship was interrupted for over a month, as the football stadiums were used by the rulers of the military dictatorship, that had meanwhile been imposed on the country as gathering places for arrested dissidents. Sports matches were some of the first social events that the dictatorial regime restored to their regular conduction.

AEK returned to action on 21 May, winning Egaleo by 0–2, which combined with the draw of the red and whites, brought them within a breathing distance of 2 points from the top. However, a goalless draw against Ethnikos at home, as well as the 1–1 at Karaiskakis Stadium against Olympiacos marked the end of the league race, as they finished second with a difference of 3 points from the red and whites.

In the cup, AEK, like the other teams that reached the round of 16 of the previous season, entered directly into the second round where they defeated with ease Athinaikos and Aspida Xanthi, respectively. In the quarter-finals they faced the eventual winners, Panathinaikos and were eliminated by a 2–1 defeat at home.

AEK also competed in the Balkans Cup of the season, placed in the 2nd group alongside FK Vardar, Lokomotiv Sofia and Farul Constanța. They managed to finish first undefeated as they achieved 3 wins and 3 draws and qualified for the 2-legged final, facing Fenerbahçe. In the first game at Nea Filadelfeia, AEK won by 2–1 and went to Istanbul to defend their slight lead. The Turks managed to equalize the lead of the first leg, winning by 1–0 and since the away goals rule was not applied in the tournament, a third match was set. In order for a free date for the match to be found, 7 months had to pass, and on 30 May 1968 at Mithat Paşa, AEK were defeated by 3–1 and a lost a great opportunity to win an international trophy, that in those years had not yet lost its glory.^[2]

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 31 December 1967, 23:59 UTC+2.

Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
Stelios Serafidis		GK	(1935-08-06)6 August 1935 (aged 31)	1953	AEK Athens U20	—	1972
Vangelis Petrakis		GK	(1938-09-07)7 September 1938 (aged 28)	1962	Aris	Free	1967
Theodoros Maniateas		GK	(1945-03-19)19 March 1945 (aged 22)	1964	Panthisiakos	Free	1969
Defenders
Alekos Sofianidis		LB / LM / LW	(1937-08-03)3 August 1937 (aged 29)	1959	Beşiktaş	Free	1969
Aleko Yordan		CB	(1938-01-10)10 January 1938 (aged 29)	1962	Beykoz	Free	1969
Tasos Vasiliou		CB	(1938-08-04)4 August 1938 (aged 28)	1965	Apollon Athens	₯1,500,000	1970
Giorgos Kefalidis		RB / CB	(1941-03-21)21 March 1941 (aged 26)	1964	Pierikos	Free	1972
Fotis Balopoulos		CB / DM / CM / ST	(1943-12-17)17 December 1943 (aged 23)	1964	Proodeftiki	₯450,000	1970
Lakis Fragoudakis		CB / DM	1944 (aged 22–23)	1964	Free agent	Free	1970
Midfielders
Stelios Skevofilakas		LM / RM / AM	(1939-01-06)6 January 1939 (aged 28)	1960	Eleftheroupoli	Free	1972
Panagiotis Ventouris		AM / SS	(1943-03-01)1 March 1943 (aged 24)	1965	Fostiras	₯435,000	1972
Nikos Stathopoulos		LM / LB	(1943-11-08)8 November 1943 (aged 23)	1965	AEK Athens U20	—	1974
Michalis Simigdalas		CM	(1944-06-23)23 June 1944 (aged 23)	1963	AEK Athens U20	—	1969
Giorgos Karafeskos		CM / DM / RM / RW	(1946-12-08)8 December 1946 (aged 20)	1963	AEK Athens U20	—	1974
Forwards
Andreas Stamatiadis (Captain)		RW / LW / SS / ST	(1935-08-16)16 August 1935 (aged 31)	1952	AEK Athens U20	—	1969
Vasilis Mastrakoulis		RW / ST / SS	1939 (aged 27–28)	1966	Hellenic	Free	1968
Kostas Papageorgiou		ST	(1941-01-01)1 January 1941 (aged 26)	1963	Atromitos	₯200,000	1969
Mimis Papaioannou		SS / ST / AM	(1942-08-23)23 August 1942 (aged 24)	1962	Veria	₯175,000	1979
Spyros Pomonis		LW / LM	(1944-02-12)12 February 1944 (aged 23)	1960	AEK Athens U20	—	1973
Kostas Nikolaidis		RW / LW / SS / ST	(1944-09-10)10 September 1944 (aged 22)	1965	PAO Safrabolis	Free	1973
Left during season
Giorgos Petridis		AM / SS / ST	(1938-02-10)10 February 1938 (aged 29)	1957	Pera Club	Free	1966
Nikos Sevastopoulos		RW / SS / AM / ST	(1945-02-26)26 February 1945 (aged 22)	1963	AEK Athens U20	—	1971

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
MF	Panagiotis Ventouris	Hellenic	Loan return	1 July 1966	30 June 1972
FW	Vasilis Mastrakoulis	Hellenic	Free transfer	16 August 1966	30 June 1968

Out

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Fanis Tasinos	Free agent	End of contract	1 July 1966
MF	Giorgos Petridis	Vyzas Megara	End of contract	1 July 1966
FW	Dimitris Antoniou	Apollon Limassol	Free transfer	1 July 1966

Loan out

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
FW	Nikos Sevastopoulos	Hellenic	Free	1 April 1967	30 June 1968	N

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure: ₯0

Income: ₯0

Net Total: ₯0

Pre-season and friendlies

Santos v AEK Athens

25 August 1966 New York Champions Cup	Santos	1–0	AEK Athens	New York
	Toninho	Report		Stadium: Randall's Island Stadium

Benfica v AEK Athens

28 August 1966 New York Champions Cup	Benfica	2–2	AEK Athens	New York
		Report	Papaioannou	Stadium: Randall's Island Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Alpha Ethniki	23 October 1966	18 June 1967	Matchday 1	2nd	30	18	10	2	52	21	+31	060.00
Greek Cup	14 May 1967	25 June 1967	Round of 32	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	10	3	+7	066.67
European Cup Winners' Cup	28 September 1966	5 October 1966	First round	First round	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	000.00
Balkans Cup	1 March 1966	29 May 1968	Group Stage	Runners-up	9	4	3	2	13	10	+3	044.44
Total					44	24	13	7	77	38	+39	054.55

Last updated: 29 May 1968
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

Main article: 1966–67 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	30	21	7	2	59	17	+42	79	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	AEK Athens	30	18	10	2	52	21	+31	76
3	Panathinaikos	30	17	7	6	42	24	+18	71	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	PAOK	30	13	11	6	36	20	+16	67	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
5	Aris	30	14	5	11	38	30	+8	63

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

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	18	10	2	52	21	+31	76	12	3	0	33	9	+24	6	7	2	19	12	+7

Source: Competitive matches

Results by Matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	Η	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W
Position	3	1	1	2	4	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

Matches

Trikala v AEK Athens

23 October 1966 1	Trikala	1–2	AEK Athens	Trikala
	Charitidis 90' (pen.)		Papageorgiou 30' Papaioannou 48', 78'	Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium Attendance: 9,262 Referee: Graci (Switzerland)

AEK Athens v Vyzas Megara

30 October 1966 2	AEK Athens	2–0	Vyzas Megara	Nea Filadelfeia
	Ventouris 67', 75', 84'		Vasilakis  67'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 13,708 Referee: Christos Paschalidis (Athens)

Panionios v AEK Athens

6 November 1966 3	Panionios	0–1	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
			Nikolaidis 5'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 14,861 Referee: Veluto (Italy)

AEK Athens v Panathinaikos

13 November 1966 4	AEK Athens	0–0	Panathinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 30,855 Referee: Joseph Heymann (Switzerland)

PAOK v AEK Athens

20 November 1966 5	PAOK	1–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
	Giakoumis 42'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 19,640 Referee: Seren (Switzerland)

AEK Athens v Iraklis

27 November 1966 6	AEK Athens	3–1	Iraklis	Nea Filadelfeia
	Ventouris 8' Nikolaidis 21' Pomonis 49'		Kasapis 57'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 13,629 Referee: Ermenegildo Piantoni (Italy)

Apollon Athens v AEK Athens

4 December 1966 7	Apollon Athens	0–1	AEK Athens	Rizoupoli
			Pomonis 72'	Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 9,806 Referee: Nikos Giannopoulos (Athens)

Aris v AEK Athens

11 December 1966 8	Aris	2–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Grimpelakos 55' Alexiadis 74'			Stadium: Aris Stadium Attendance: 13,690 Referee: Aharon Shoshani (Israel)

AEK Athens v Veria

18 December 1966 9	AEK Athens	2–1	Veria	Nea Filadelfeia
	Skevofilakas 40' Ventouris 56' Stamatiadis 60'		Papafotiou 19'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 8,250 Referee: Ahmed El-Kholy (United Arab Republic)

Panserraikos v AEK Athens

26 December 1966 10	Panserraikos	1–1	AEK Athens	Serres
	Tsakiris 78'		Papaioannou 15'	Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium Attendance: 7,619 Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)

AEK Athens v Egaleo

8 January 1967 11	AEK Athens	2–1	Egaleo	Nea Filadelfeia
	Papaioannou 51', 69'		Anastopoulos 48'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 12,303 Referee: André Petit (France)

Pierikos v AEK Athens

15 January 1967 12	Pierikos	4–4	AEK Athens	Katerini
	Amanatidis 23', 65' Foulidis 42' Liapis 68'		Pomonis 6' Skevofilakas 10' Papaioannou 57' Nikolaidis 63'	Stadium: Katerini Stadium Attendance: 2,256 Referee: Thomas Vergotis (Rhodes)

Ethnikos Piraeus v AEK Athens

21 January 1967 13	Ethnikos Piraeus	1–2	AEK Athens	Piraeus
	Leventakos 63'		Pomonis 73' Ventouris 86'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 19,243 Referee: Dimosthenis Stathatos (Athens)

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

29 January 1967 14	AEK Athens	1–0	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:15 EET (UTC+2)	Papaioannou 88'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 31,920 Referee: Francesco De Robbio (Italy)

Proodeftiki v AEK Athens

4 February 1967 15	Proodeftiki	1–1	AEK Athens	Piraeus
	Sideris 35'		Papaioannou 31'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 24,405 Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

AEK Athens v Trikala

12 February 1967 16	AEK Athens	2–1	Trikala	Nea Filadelfeia
	Ventouris 21' Vasiliou 90+2'		Rachavelias 49' Michailidis  55'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 10,849 Referee: Stathis Papavasiliou (Piraeus)

Vyzas Megara v AEK Athens

19 February 1967 17	Vyzas Megara	0–4	AEK Athens	Megara
			Pomonis 16', 52' Ventouris 27', 72'	Stadium: Megara Stadium Attendance: 2,981 Referee: Lefas (Piraeus)

AEK Athens v Panionios

26 February 1967 18	AEK Athens	3–0	Panionios	Nea Filadelfeia
	Nikolaidis 19', 89' Pomonis 11'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 16,800 Referee: Iosif Ritter (Romania)

Panathinaikos v AEK Athens

5 March 1967 19	Panathinaikos	0–0	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
				Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 24,069 Referee: Álvarez (Spain)

AEK Athens v PAOK

12 March 1967 20	AEK Athens	2–0	PAOK	Nea Filadelfeia
	Papaioannou 15' Ventouris 34'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 13,443

Iraklis v AEK Athens

19 March 1967 21	Iraklis	0–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
				Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 5,729 Referee: Vincent Rios (France)

AEK Athens v Apollon Athens

26 March 1967 22	AEK Athens	1–1	Apollon Athens	Nea Filadelfeia
	Stamatiadis 74'		Porichis 9'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 15,947 Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)
Note: At the 84th minute, while the match was in progress, Serafidis left his post, moved towards Balopoulos and punched him, with the latter collapsing to the ground. The referee stopped the game for a few minutes until Balopoulos recovered. With the end of the match, Serafidis jumped the railing and entered the stands, where he stayed for a few minutes and then immediately run το the locker rooms. Accoarding to his statements, he entered the stands searching for a fan who was insulting him and his family throughout the match, while regarding the incident with Balopoulos, he said that his teammate insulted him twice when he tried to give him instructions. A section of the fans, believing that the match was fixed and combined with the disfavor with the team's administration, besieged the locker rooms after the match. Some attempted to assault Balopoulos and Papaioannou, with the latter being in danger of lynching and ultimately fleeing with the help of the gendarmerie. The result was that the stadium was severely damaged, while the club's offices at Amerikis Square were also besieged.[3]

AEK Athens v Aris

2 April 1967 23	AEK Athens	3–0	Aris	Nea Filadelfeia
15:45 EET (UTC+2)	Vasiliou 62' Pomonis 72' Karafeskos 83'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 12,011 Referee: Francesco De Robbio (Italy)

Veria v AEK Athens

9 April 1967 24	Veria	0–0	AEK Athens	Veria
				Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 7,242 Referee: Lig (Germany)

AEK Athens v Panserraikos

16 April 1967 25	AEK Athens	5–1	Panserraikos	Nea Filadelfeia
	Ventouris 1' Nikolaidis 16', 64', 76' Skevofilakas 62'		Chatzipantazis  25' Bitzidis 81'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 12,445 Referee: Giannis Korkidis (Athens)

Egaleo v AEK Athens

21 May 1967 26	Egaleo	0–2	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
			Ventouris 66', 85'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 11,142

AEK Athens v Pierikos

28 May 1967 27	AEK Athens	3–0	Pierikos	Nea Filadelfeia
	Nikolaidis 20' Ventouris 86' Fragoudakis 90'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 6,993 Referee: Leonidas Vamvakopoulos (Athens)

AEK Athens v Ethnikos Piraeus

4 June 1967 28	AEK Athens	0–0	Ethnikos Piraeus	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 10,153 Referee: Dimitris Protonotarios (Athens)

Olympiacos v AEK Athens

10 June 1967 29	Olympiacos	1–1	AEK Athens	Piraeus
	Gaitatzis 18'		Papaioannou 14'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Daniel (England)

AEK Athens v Proodeftiki

18 June 1967 30	AEK Athens	4–3	Proodeftiki	Nea Filadelfeia
	Papaioannou 8' Pomonis 48' Nikolaidis 59', 88'		Tsachouridis 30' Gripaios 56' Makanas 71'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 3,616 Referee: Eleftheriadis (Athens)

Greek Cup

Main article: 1966–67 Greek Football Cup

AEK entered the Greek Cup at the round of 32.

Matches

AEK Athens v Athinaikos

14 May 1967 Round of 32	AEK Athens	4–0	Athinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Papaioannou 28' Ventouris 34' Papageorgiou 44' Nikolaidis 55'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Leventas

Aspida Xanthi v AEK Athens

14 June 1967 Round of 16	Aspida Xanthi	1–5	AEK Athens	Xanthi
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Tsagalidis 82' (pen.)		Nikolaidis 6', 56', 88' Papaioannou 9', 65'	Stadium: Municipal Ground of Xanthi Attendance: 4,452 Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa)

AEK Athens v Panathinaikos

25 June 1967 Quarter-finals	AEK Athens	1–2	Panathinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Skevofilakas 35'		Loukanidis 55' Papaemmanouil 62'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Fulvio Pieroni (Italy)

European Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

AEK Athens v Braga

28 September 1966 First leg	AEK Athens	0–1	Braga	Athens, Greece
16:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Luciano 26'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 23,207 Referee: Josip Horvat (Yugoslavia)

Braga v AEK Athens

5 October 1966 Second leg	Braga	3–2 (4–2 agg.)	AEK Athens	Braga, Portugal
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Espingardeiro 15' Perrichon 30', 44'	Report	Papaioannou 6' Coimbra 87' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio 1º de Maio Attendance: 13,892 Referee: John Adair (Northern Ireland)

Balkans Cup

Main article: 1966–67 Balkans Cup

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	AEK Athens (A)	6	3	3	0	10	5	2.000	9	Advances to finals
2	Lokomotiv Sofia	6	2	2	2	11	10	1.100	6
3	Farul Constanța	6	2	1	3	8	14	0.571	5
4	FK Vardar	6	1	2	3	6	6	1.000	4

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round

Matches

Group stage

Lokomotiv Sofia v AEK Athens

1 March 1966 1	Lokomotiv Sofia	3–3	AEK Athens	Sofia, Bulgaria
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Georgiev 27' Mihalyov 77' Debarski 78'	[4]	Papaioannou 37' Nikolaidis 47' Karafeskos 71'	Stadium: Balgarska Armia Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Vladimir Stanković (Yugoslavia)

AEK Athens v Lokomotiv Sofia

8 June 1966 2	AEK Athens	1–0	Lokomotiv Sofia	Athens, Greece
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Papaioannou 68'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Stelios Mavrogenis (Cyprus)

AEK Athens v Farul Constanța

14 December 1966 3	AEK Athens	3–0	Farul Constanța	Athens, Greece
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Pomonis 16' Papaioannou 19', 85'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 5,000

AEK Athens v FK Vardar

19 April 1967 4	AEK Athens	1–0	FK Vardar	Athens, Greece
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Papageorgiou 50'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 8,813 Referee: Andreas Kouniaidis (Cyprus)

FK Vardar v AEK Athens

6 September 1967 5	FK Vardar	1–1	AEK Athens	Skopje, Yugoslavia
	Manolov 60' Mojsov 85'		Papaioannou 18'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Ratko Čanak (Yugoslavia)
Note: Due to the blockade from the Eastern Bloc, Jenő Csaknády could not enter Yugoslavia, so the academies' coach, Georgios Daispangos sat at the bench of AEK.

Farul Constanța v AEK Athens

13 September 1967 6	Farul Constanța	1–1	AEK Athens	Constanța, Romania
	Ologu 87' Tilvescu 90+3'		Papaioannou 75'	Stadium: Stadionul Farul Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Vasile Dumitrescu (Romania)
Note: Due to the blockade from the Eastern Bloc, Jenő Csaknády could not enter Romania, so the academies' coach, Georgios Daispangos sat at the bench of AEK.

Finals

AEK Athens v Fenerbahçe

11 October 1967 First leg	AEK Athens	2–1	Fenerbahçe	Athens, Greece
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Papaioannou 14' Sofianidis 42' (pen.)	Report	Soydan 16'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 24,200 Referee: Luben Spasov (Bulgaria)

Fenerbahçe v AEK Athens

26 October 1967 Second leg	Fenerbahçe	1–0	AEK Athens	Istanbul, Turkey
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Aktuna 45+1' (pen.)			Stadium: Fenerbahçe Stadium Attendance: 42,181 Referee: Božidar Botić (Yugoslavia)

Fenerbahçe v AEK Athens

29 May 1968 Play–off	Fenerbahçe	3–1	AEK Athens	Istanbul, Turkey
	Altıparmak 2', 70' Şen 33'		Papaioannou 71'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadium Attendance: 24,817 Referee: Teodor Bechirov (Bulgaria)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 29 May 1968

No.	Pos	Player	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		European Cup Winners' Cup		Balkans Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
—	GK	Stelios Serafidis	21	0	2	0	0	0	7	0	30	0
—	GK	Vangelis Petrakis	6	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	10	0
—	GK	Theodoros Maniateas	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	6	0
Defenders
—	DF	Alekos Sofianidis	28	0	3	0	2	0	6	1	39	1
—	DF	Aleko Yordan	5	0	3	0	0	0	6	0	14	0
—	DF	Tasos Vasiliou	30	2	2	0	2	0	9	0	43	2
—	DF	Giorgos Kefalidis	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	18	0
—	DF	Fotis Balopoulos	25	0	1	0	2	0	8	0	36	0
—	DF	Lakis Fragoudakis	18	1	3	0	1	0	4	0	26	1
Midfielders
—	MF	Stelios Skevofilakas	23	2	3	1	2	0	7	0	35	3
—	MF	Panagiotis Ventouris	25	13	1	1	0	0	6	0	32	14
—	MF	Nikos Stathopoulos	16	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	21	0
—	MF	Michalis Simigdalas	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
—	MF	Giorgos Karafeskos	15	1	2	0	2	0	9	1	28	2
Forwards
—	FW	Andreas Stamatiadis	24	2	2	0	1	0	8	0	35	2
—	FW	Vasilis Mastrakoulis	9	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	15	0
—	FW	Kostas Papageorgiou	3	1	1	1	1	0	4	1	9	3
—	FW	Mimis Papaioannou	22	10	3	3	2	1	9	8	36	22
—	FW	Spyros Pomonis	18	9	2	0	1	0	4	1	25	10
—	FW	Kostas Nikolaidis	24	11	3	4	1	0	9	1	37	16
Left during season
—	MF	Giorgos Petridis	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
—	FW	Nikos Sevastopoulos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 29 May 1968

Rank	Pos.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	European Cup Winners' Cup	Balkans Cup	Total
1	FW	Mimis Papaioannou	10	3	1	8	22
2	FW	Kostas Nikolaidis	11	4	0	1	16
3	MF	Panagiotis Ventouris	13	1	0	0	14
4	FW	Spyros Pomonis	9	0	0	1	10
5	MF	Stelios Skevofilakas	2	1	0	0	3
	FW	Kostas Papageorgiou	1	1	0	1	3
7	DF	Tasos Vasiliou	2	0	0	0	2
	FW	Andreas Stamatiadis	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	Giorgos Karafeskos	1	0	0	1	2
10	DF	Lakis Fragoudakis	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Alekos Sofianidis	0	0	0	1	1
Own goals			0	0	1	0	1
Totals			52	10	2	13	77

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Source
Kostas Nikolaidis	Panserraikos	5–1 (H)	16 April 1967	Alpha Ethniki
Kostas Nikolaidis	Aspida Xanthi	5–1 (A)	14 June 1967	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.

As of 29 May 1968

Rank	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	European Cup Winners' Cup	Balkans Cup	Total
1	Stelios Serafidis	12	1	0	2	15
2	Vangelis Petrakis	3	0	0	0	3
3	Theodoros Maniateas	0	0	0	1	1
Totals		15	1	0	3	19

Disciplinary record

As of 29 May 1968

N	P	Nat.	Name	Alpha Ethniki			Greek Cup			European Cup Winners' Cup			Balkans Cup			Total			Notes
Goalkeepers
—	GK		Stelios Serafidis
—	GK		Vangelis Petrakis
—	GK		Theodoros Maniateas
Defenders
—	DF		Alekos Sofianidis
—	DF		Aleko Yordan
—	DF		Tasos Vasiliou
—	DF		Giorgos Kefalidis
—	DF		Fotis Balopoulos
—	DF		Lakis Fragoudakis
Midfielders
—	MF		Stelios Skevofilakas
—	MF		Panagiotis Ventouris
—	MF		Nikos Stathopoulos
—	MF		Michalis Simigdalas
—	MF		Giorgos Karafeskos
Forwards
—	FW		Andreas Stamatiadis
—	FW		Vasilis Mastrakoulis
—	FW		Kostas Papageorgiou
—	FW		Mimis Papaioannou
—	FW		Spyros Pomonis
—	FW		Kostas Nikolaidis
Left during season
—	MF		Giorgos Petridis
—	FW		Nikos Sevastopoulos

Awards

Player	Pos.	Award	Source
Kostas Nikolaidis	FW	Greek Cup Top Scorer