1970–71 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 1970–71 season was the 47th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 12th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The season began on 2 September 1970 and finished on 27 June 1971.

AEK Athens

1970–71 season
Chairman	Kosmas Chatzicharalampous
Manager	Branko Stanković
Stadium	AEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	1st
Greek Cup	Semi-finals
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Mimis Papaioannou (27) All: Mimis Papaioannou (37)
Highest home attendance	29,429 vs Iraklis (14 February 1971)
Lowest home attendance	6,713 vs Egaleo (25 October 1970)
Average home league attendance	19,397
Biggest win	AEK Athens 20–0 Kipoupoli
Biggest defeat	Twente 3–0 AEK Athens
Home colours
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Overview

This season AEK Athens showed that were ready to claim titles and distinctions.^[1] Branko Stanković completed the renewall of the roster that he started from the previous season.^[1]

AEK began their competitive obligations with the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, where the draw for the first round brought them against the newly-formed Dutch Twente.^[1] Due to the unsuitability of AEK Stadium, the first match took place at Karaiskakis Stadium.^[1] At the 7th minute, after a cross by Pahlplatz, Konstantinidis miscalculated the trajectory of the ball that passed past him and van de Kerkhof sent it into the net. Afterwards, the Dutchmen played to keep their goalpost intact. Eventually, Twente left an important win in their hands, which gave them a big advantage for the 2nd leg.^[1][2] The rematch at Diekman Stadion emerged into a total disaster for AEK from its start to its end. At the 30th minute, Konstantinidis was injured and AEK had to play for the rest of the game with the 36-year-old, Serafidis.^[3] By the end of the first half, the Dutchmen secured the qualification within 6 minutes, with 2 goals by Pahlplatz and van de Kerkhof. Moreover, the start of the second half found Twente expanding their lead as Pahlplatz made the final 3–0 and AEK were eliminated from the competition without scoring a single goal.^[1][3]

In the Cup, the club reached overpowered their opponents with a remarkable 20–0 win against the local amateur club, Kipoupoli, on a Papaemmanouil's 7-goal performance at the first round. Another home win with a double digit score followed with 10–0 against Agia Eleousa with four goals by Papaioannou. At the third round, AEK passed the obsticle of Orfeas Egaleo with a 0–1 win away from and in the following round the beat Atromitos Piraeus by 5–0 at home. Afterwards they won Olympiakos Neon Liosion and Foivos Kremasti at home by 2–1 and 5–1, respectively. At the round of 32 they were drawn against Lamia away from home and were qualified with a 1–4 win. Their next opponent was Paniliakos at home, where they got the qualification with an easy 4–0 win. In the quarter-finals they were against Olympiacos Volos at Nea Filadelfeia and again they achieved an easy win by 6–1 and were qualified to the semi-finals. There, they faced PAOK at Toumba Stadium and were eliminated with a dramatic 3–2 defeat.^[1][4]

Even though they were eliminated from the other competitions, AEK played spectacular football in general, while they also demonstrated a solid defensive performance as they concieded only 18 league goals. The matches that stood out this season from the league was a 8–2 win against Veria,^[5] which marks the highest scoring league victory in their history, while they also achieved another 6-goal win against Proodeftiki in a match that ended 6–0.^[6] The club remained undefeated for 12 games and after a brief fall in their performance in the middle of the season, finished the league with a total of only 3 defeats. Their great performance was rewarded with the conquest of the league, relatively early on in the season. Even though Panionios finished second with a distance of only 5 points from the top, AEK never faced any threats in claiming the title.^[1][7][8] Mimis Papaioannou adapted perfectly under his new role behind the strikers and scored league 27 goals, while Kostas Nikolaidis also had a great performance scoring 15 goals.^[1] As the season was approaching to its end, the club was beginning to struggle financially. The administrative disputes and the over the top for the time demands of the players, which appeared within the club, resulted in a series of issues. Those issues would mark the start of a declining period for AEK.^[9]

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 27 June 1971, 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 35)	1953	AEK Athens U20	—	1972
Stelios Konstantinidis		GK	(1947-06-06)6 June 1947 (aged 24)	1967	AEK Athens U20	—	1973
Giorgos Daditsos		GK	(1953-03-09)9 March 1953 (aged 18)	1970	AEK Athens U20	—	1975
Defenders
Giorgos Kefalidis		RB / CB	(1941-03-21)21 March 1941 (aged 30)	1964	Pierikos	Free	1972
Dimitris Liakouris		CB	1947 (aged 23–24)	1970	Oropos	Free	1975
Apostolos Toskas		CB	(1947-12-28)28 December 1947 (aged 23)	1969	Trikala	Free	1979
Nikos Karapoulitidis		CB / RB	(1948-11-30)30 November 1948 (aged 22)	1967	Free agent	Free	1975
Stefanos Theodoridis		CB / RB	(1950-06-19)19 June 1950 (aged 21)	1969	AEK Athens U20	—	1978
Kostas Triantafyllou		CB / DM	1950 (aged 20–21)	1969	AEK Athens U20	—	1972
Midfielders
Stelios Skevofilakas		LM / RM / AM	(1939-01-06)6 January 1939 (aged 32)	1960	Eleftheroupoli	Free	1972
Panagiotis Ventouris		AM / SS	(1943-03-01)1 March 1943 (aged 28)	1965	Fostiras	₯435,000	1972
Nikos Stathopoulos		LM / LB	(1943-11-08)8 November 1943 (aged 27)	1965	AEK Athens U20	—	1974
Lakis Avramidis		DM	1945 (aged 25–26)	1970	Olympiakos Nicosia	Free	1975
Giorgos Karafeskos		CM / DM / RM / RW	(1946-12-08)8 December 1946 (aged 24)	1963	AEK Athens U20	—	1974
Giorgos Lavaridis		CM / DM	(1947-10-15)15 October 1947 (aged 23)	1968	AEK Athens U20	—	1975
Forwards
Andreas Papaemmanouil		RW / LW / SS / ST	(1939-02-18)18 February 1939 (aged 32)	1969	Canterbury	Free	1972
Mimis Papaioannou (Captain)		SS / ST / AM	(1942-08-23)23 August 1942 (aged 28)	1962	Veria	₯175,000	1979
Spyros Pomonis		LW / LM	(1944-02-12)12 February 1944 (aged 27)	1960	AEK Athens U20	—	1973
Kostas Nikolaidis		RW / LW / SS / ST	(1944-09-10)10 September 1944 (aged 26)	1965	PAO Safrabolis	Free	1973
Kostas Chanios		ST / SS	1947 (aged 23–24)	1969	Levadiakos	Free	1972
Giorgos Kachris		RW / LW / RM / LM	1949 (aged 21–22)	1969	Amyna Ampelokipoi	Free	1972
Dimitris Palasidis		ST	1950 (aged 20–21)	1969	Lefkada Imathias	₯150,000	1972
Panagiotis Psychogios		ST	(1950-12-23)23 December 1950 (aged 20)	1969	AEK Athens U20	—	1972

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
GK	Giorgos Daditsos	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	1 July 1970	30 June 1975
DF	Dimitris Liakouris	Oropos	Free transfer	1 July 1970	30 June 1975
MF	Lakis Avramidis	Olympiakos Nicosia	Free transfer	1 July 1970	30 June 1975

Out

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Tasos Vasiliou	Ionikos	End of contract	1 July 1970
DF	Fotis Balopoulos	Vyzas Megara	End of contract	1 July 1970
DF	Lakis Fragoudakis	Free agent	End of contract	1 July 1970
DF	Giannis Spyropoulos	Free agent	End of contract	1 July 1970
MF	Minas Stavridis	Vyzas Megara	End of contract	1 July 1970
FW	Kostas Sarris	Pannafpliakos	End of contract	1 July 1970

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure: ₯0

Income: ₯0

Net Total: ₯0

Pre-season and friendlies

Florina v AEK Athens

13 August 1970 Friendly	Florina	2–4	AEK Athens	Florina
				Stadium: Florina Municipal Stadium

Neapoli Piraeus v AEK Athens

26 August 1970 Friendly	Neapoli Piraeus	2–4	AEK Athens	Nikaia
				Stadium: Neapoli Stadium

Vyzas Megara v AEK Athens

28 August 1970 Friendly	Vyzas Megara	0–4	AEK Athens	Piraeus
				Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

Paniliakos v AEK Athens

6 September 1970 Friendly	Paniliakos	2–1	AEK Athens	Pyrgos
	Nestoridis 71'			Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium
Note: Kostas Nestoridis who was the coach of Paniliakos at that time, competed against his former club and scored the winning goal with a free-kick.

Ethnikos Piraeus v AEK Athens

12 September 1970 Friendly	Ethnikos Piraeus	3–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
				Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

AEK Athens v Panathinaikos

11 October 1970 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–0	Panathinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

AEK Athens v Ikaros Athens

12 May 1971 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–1	Ikaros Athens	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Alpha Ethniki	20 September 1970	13 June 1971	Matchday 1	Winners	34	23	8	3	67	18	+49	067.65
Greek Cup	13 September 1970	26 May 1971	First round	Semi-finals	10	9	0	1	59	7	+52	090.00
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	2 September 1971	8 September 1970	First round	First round	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	000.00
Total					46	32	8	6	126	29	+97	069.57

Last updated: 13 June 1971
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

Main article: 1970–71 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AEK Athens (C)	34	23	8	3	67	18	+49	88	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Panionios	34	21	7	6	61	34	+27	83	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Panathinaikos	34	19	10	5	62	26	+36	82
4	Egaleo	34	15	11	8	31	24	+7	75
5	Iraklis	34	13	15	6	40	30	+10	75

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
34	23	8	3	67	18	+49	88	16	1	0	48	5	+43	7	7	3	19	13	+6

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	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W
Position	6	5	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

Matches

Aris v AEK Athens

20 September 1970 1	Aris	1–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
16:15 EET (UTC+2)	Alexiadis 81'		Papaioannou 64'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 27,786 Referee: Pan Marinos (Piraeus)

AEK Athens v PAOK

27 September 1970 2	AEK Athens	2–0	PAOK	Nea Filadelfeia
16:15 EET (UTC+2)	Pomonis 63' Nikolaidis 78'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 29,406 Referee: Stathis Papavasiliou (Piraeus)

Iraklis v AEK Athens

4 October 1970 3	Iraklis	0–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Nikoloudis 32'		Papaioannou 16'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 7,588 Referee: Lepidas

AEK Athens v Veria

4 November 1970 4	AEK Athens	8–2	Veria	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Stathopoulos 9' Pomonis 27' Papaioannou 53', 59', 81' Skevofilakas 70' Papaemmanouil 74' Ventouris 84'		Michailidis 14' Papafotiou 57'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 11,344 Referee: Kostas Dikopoulos (Larissa)
Note: AEK Athens highest scoring victory in the league.

EPA Larnaca v AEK Athens

17 October 1970 5	EPA Larnaca	0–1	AEK Athens	Nicosia
			Nikolaidis 56'	Stadium: GSZ Stadium Attendance: 4,242 Referee: Komninakis (Athens)

AEK Athens v Egaleo

25 October 1970 6	AEK Athens	2–0	Egaleo	Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Papaioannou 4', 34'		Lykourinos  54'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 6,713 Referee: Nikos Giannopoulos (Athens)

Panserraikos v AEK Athens

1 November 1970 7	Panserraikos	0–1	AEK Athens	Serres
15:00 EET (UTC+2)			Papaioannou 23'	Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium Attendance: 8,182 Referee: Giorgos Katsoras (Thessaloniki)

OFI v AEK Athens

8 November 1970 8	OFI	1–1	AEK Athens	Heraklion
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Gravias 43'		Papaioannou 43'	Stadium: Ergotelis Stadium Attendance: 7,518 Referee: Leonidas Vamvakopoulos (Athens)

AEK Athens v Fostiras

15 November 1970 9	AEK Athens	2–0	Fostiras	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 24' Pomonis 41'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 23,809 Referee: Martinis (Thessaloniki)

Pierikos v AEK Athens

29 November 1970 10	Pierikos	0–0	AEK Athens	Katerini
14:45 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Katerini Stadium Attendance: 5,456 Referee: Dionysopoulos

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

6 December 1970 11	AEK Athens	2–0	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Pomonis 50' Pappas 72' (o.g.)			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 25,604 Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)

Apollon Athens v AEK Athens

20 December 1970 12	Apollon Athens	2–1	AEK Athens	Rizoupoli
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Papageorgiou 39', 86'		Nikolaidis 22'	Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 11,487 Referee: Eleftheriadis (Athens)

AEK Athens v Panathinaikos

27 December 1970 13	AEK Athens	1–1	Panathinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Karafeskos 75'		Grammos 32'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 29,174 Referee: Stathis Papavasiliou (Piraeus)

Kavala v AEK Athens

3 January 1971 14	Kavala	0–0	AEK Athens	Kavala
15:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Kavala National Stadium Attendance: 11,902 Referee: Pan Marinos (Piraeus)

AEK Athens v Ethnikos Piraeus

10 January 1971 15	AEK Athens	2–1	Ethnikos Piraeus	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 60' Lavaridis 68'		Eleftheriadis 34',  60'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 10,272 Referee: Pyloridis

AEK Athens v Panionios

17 January 1971 16	AEK Athens	1–0	Panionios	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Papaioannou 83'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 25,738 Referee: Christos Michas (Athens)

Proodeftiki v AEK Athens

23 January 1971 17	Proodeftiki	1–2	AEK Athens	Piraeus
	Glezos 70'		Kachris 66', 87'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Giorgos Katsoras (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens v Aris

31 January 1971 18	AEK Athens	2–0	Aris	Nea Filadelfeia
15:15 EET (UTC+2)	Karafeskos 13' Kachris 53'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 21,836 Referee: Andreas Kouniaidis (Cyprus)

PAOK v AEK Athens

7 February 1971 19	PAOK	0–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
15:15 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 25,660 Referee: Stathis Papavasiliou (Piraeus)

AEK Athens v Iraklis

14 February 1971 20	AEK Athens	2–0	Iraklis	Nea Filadelfeia
	Lavaridis 2' Nikolaidis 10'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 29,429 Referee: Kostas Xanthos (Dodecanese)

Veria v AEK Athens

21 February 1971 21	Veria	1–1	AEK Athens	Veria
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Th. Theodoridis 69'		Nikolaidis 60'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 6,983 Referee: Perperidis

AEK Athens v EPA Larnaca

7 March 1971 22	AEK Athens	3–0	EPA Larnaca	Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Papaioannou 47', 82', 90'		Chatzigiannakos  85'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 12,544 Referee: Kostas Dikopoulos (Larissa)

Egaleo v AEK Athens

14 March 1971 23	Egaleo	0–2	AEK Athens	Aigaleo
16:00 EET (UTC+2)			Karafeskos 37' Nikolaidis 87'	Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium Attendance: 15,067 Referee: Christos Kougias (Athens)

AEK Athens v Panserraikos

21 March 1971 24	AEK Athens	2–0	Panserraikos	Nea Filadelfeia
	Papaioannou 35' Ventouris 90'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 15,440 Referee: Stathis Papavasiliou (Piraeus)

AEK Athens v OFI

28 March 1971 25	AEK Athens	4–0	OFI	Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Papaioannou 5', 35', 80', 85'		Stamatis  37'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 12,962 Referee: Pyloridis

Fostiras v AEK Athens

26 March 1972 26	Fostiras	0–2	AEK Athens	Tavros
16:30 EET (UTC+2)			Papaioannou 11' Nikolaidis 41' (pen.)	Stadium: Tavros Stadium Attendance: 8,749 Referee: Giorgos Katsoras (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens v Pierikos

11 April 1971 27	AEK Athens	3–1	Pierikos	Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 13' Papaioannou 29', 68'		Foulidis 82'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 18,768 Referee: Martinis (Thessaloniki)

Olympiacos v AEK Athens

25 April 1971 28	Olympiacos	2–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Gaitatzis  37' Gioutsos 39' Papadopoulos 47', 59'		Toskas  37'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Giorgos Katsoras (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens v Apollon Athens

2 May 1971 29	AEK Athens	2–0	Apollon Athens	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Papaioannou 47', 74'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 18,913 Referee: Dimitris Protonotarios (Athens)

Panathinaikos v AEK Athens

23 June 1971 30	Panathinaikos	2–1	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Eleftherakis 15' Domazos 58'		Nikolaidis 50'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 25,338 Referee: Dimitris Protonotarios (Athens)
Note: It was the first match in the league's history that was conducted under light projectors.[10]

AEK Athens v Kavala

23 May 1971 31	AEK Athens	4–0	Kavala	Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 17', 53' Papaioannou 57', 59' Skevofilakas 81'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 11,312 Referee: Stathis Papavasiliou (Piraeus)

Ethnikos Piraeus v AEK Athens

30 May 1971 32	Ethnikos Piraeus	1–3	AEK Athens	Piraeus
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Kritikopoulos 29'		Papaioannou 57' Nikolaidis 63' (pen.) Pomonis 83'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 26,202 Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)

Panionios v AEK Athens

27 June 1971 33	Panionios	2–2	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Mavros 22' Dedes 49'		Karafeskos 14' Papaioannou 23'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 10,682 Referee: Christos Kougias (Athens)
Note: Originally scheduled at 6 June, but was postponed, because that day a second division play-off match was held at the Nea Smyrni Stadium.

AEK Athens v Proodeftiki

13 June 1971 34	AEK Athens	6–0	Proodeftiki	Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Papaemmanouil 15', 76' Karafeskos 27' Nikolaidis 31', 88' Stathopoulos 49'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 19,764 Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)

Greek Cup

Main article: 1970–71 Greek Football Cup

Matches

AEK Athens v Kipoupoli

13 September 1970 First round	AEK Athens	20–0	Kipoupoli	Nea Ionia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Skevofilakas 5', 19', 41' Papaemmanouil 6', 9', 14' (pen.), 61', 72', 77', 89' Papaioannou 42' Lavaridis 50', 54', 62' Palasidis 53' Ventouris 57' (pen.) Theodoridis 64' Pomonis 70', 87', 90'		Dimitropoulos 85'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Nea Ionia Referee: Spiliotopoulos

AEK Athens v Agia Eleousa

30 September 1970 Second round	AEK Athens	10–0	Agia Eleousa	Rizoupoli
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 10', 60' Lavaridis 40', 88' Papaioannou 47', 70', 75', 85' Papaemmanouil 52' Ventouris 63'			Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Referee: Karpodinis (Piraeus)

Orfeas Egaleo v AEK Athens

11 November 1970 Third round	Orfeas Egaleo	0–1	AEK Athens	Egaleo
14:30 EET (UTC+2)			Psychogios 13'	Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium Referee: Ourailidis

AEK Athens v Atromitos Piraeus

6 January 1971 Fourth round	AEK Athens	5–0	Atromitos Piraeus	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Pomonis 13', 78' Nikolaidis 36' (pen.), 45+3' Papaioannou 90'		Chatzichristos  37'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Referee: Kostas Levogiannis (Athens)

AEK Athens v Olympiakos Neon Liosion

20 January 1971 Fifth round	AEK Athens	2–1	Olympiakos Neon Liosion	Nea Filadelfeia
	Papaioannou 39' Papaemmanouil 75'		Skafidas 57'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Referee: Geroukalis (Athens)

AEK Athens v Foivos Kremasti

3 February 1971 Sixth round	AEK Athens	5–1	Foivos Kremasti	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Kachris 5', 30' Karafeskos 62', 85' Stathopoulos 82'		Psarras 25'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Referee: Stathis Papavasiliou (Piraeus)

Lamia v AEK Athens

28 February 1971 Round of 32	Lamia	1–4	AEK Athens	Lamia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Trachanas 18'		Karafeskos 35' Ventouris 73' Papaioannou 75' Papaemmanouil 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium Referee: Dionysopoulos

AEK Athens v Paniliakos

31 March 1971 Round of 16	AEK Athens	4–0	Paniliakos	Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Karafeskos 9' Nikolaidis 15' Papaemmanouil 42' Stathopoulos 81'		Tsitsaras 90'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Referee: Pagourtzis (Phthiotis)

AEK Athens v Olympiacos Volos

5 May 1971 Quarter-finals	AEK Athens	6–1	Olympiacos Volos	Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Papaemmanouil 17' Nikolaidis 29' (pen.), 90' Ventouris 42' Papaioannou 50', 59'		Rigoulias 67' (pen.)	Stadium: AEK Stadium Referee: Michalis Kyriakidis (Cyprus)

PAOK v AEK Athens

26 May 1971 Semi-finals	PAOK	3–2	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Aslanidis 40', 61' Paridis 43'		Nikolaidis 28' Papaemmanouil 47'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 28,815 Referee: Christos Michas (Athens)

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Main article: 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

First round

AEK Athens v Twente

2 September 1971 First leg	AEK Athens	0–1	Twente	Piraeus, Greece
17:30 EET (UTC+2)		Report	R. van de Kerkhof 12'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 26,124 Referee: Josip Strmečki (Yugoslavia)
Note: The match was held at Karaiskakis Stadium, since the pitch of AEK Stadium was not suitable to host matches and Olympiacos did not have any European obligations at the time.[11]

Twente v AEK Athens

8 September 1970 Second leg	Twente	3–0 (4–0 agg.)	AEK Athens	Enschede, Netherlands
	Pahlplatz 37', 50' R. van de Kerkhof 43'	Report		Stadium: Diekman Stadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Ken Burns (England)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 27 June 1971

No.	Pos	Player	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		Inter-Cities Fairs Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
—	GK	Stelios Serafidis	2	0	3	0	1	0	6	0
—	GK	Stelios Konstantinidis	34	0	8	0	2	0	44	0
—	GK	Giorgos Daditsos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
—	DF	Giorgos Kefalidis	26	0	7	0	2	0	35	0
—	DF	Dimitris Liakouris	5	0	3	0	0	0	8	0
—	DF	Apostolos Toskas	32	0	7	0	2	0	41	0
—	DF	Nikos Karapoulitidis	2	0	4	0	1	0	7	0
—	DF	Stefanos Theodoridis	30	0	7	1	1	0	38	1
—	DF	Kostas Triantafyllou	25	0	8	0	2	0	35	0
Midfielders
—	MF	Stelios Skevofilakas	26	2	8	3	2	0	36	5
—	MF	Panagiotis Ventouris	21	2	9	4	2	0	32	6
—	MF	Nikos Stathopoulos	30	2	8	2	2	0	40	4
—	MF	Lakis Avramidis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	MF	Giorgos Karafeskos	25	5	6	4	0	0	31	9
—	MF	Giorgos Lavaridis	32	2	7	5	2	0	41	7
Forwards
—	FW	Andreas Papaemmanouil	29	3	9	13	1	0	39	16
—	FW	Mimis Papaioannou	34	27	8	10	2	0	44	37
—	FW	Spyros Pomonis	25	5	7	5	2	0	34	10
—	FW	Kostas Nikolaidis	34	15	8	8	2	0	44	23
—	FW	Kostas Chanios	4	0	4	0	0	0	8	0
—	FW	Giorgos Kachris	13	3	4	2	0	0	17	5
—	FW	Dimitris Palasidis	2	0	2	1	0	0	4	1
—	FW	Panagiotis Psychogios	4	0	3	1	0	0	7	1

Goalscorers

As of 27 June 1971

Rank	Pos.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Total
1	FW	Mimis Papaioannou	27	10	0	37
2	FW	Kostas Nikolaidis	15	8	0	23
3	FW	Andreas Papaemmanouil	3	13	0	16
4	FW	Spyros Pomonis	5	5	0	10
5	MF	Giorgos Karafeskos	5	4	0	9
6	MF	Giorgos Lavaridis	2	5	0	7
7	MF	Panagiotis Ventouris	2	4	0	6
8	FW	Giorgos Kachris	3	2	0	5
	MF	Stelios Skevofilakas	2	3	0	5
10	MF	Nikos Stathopoulos	2	2	0	4
11	DF	Stefanos Theodoridis	0	1	0	1
	FW	Dimitris Palasidis	0	1	0	1
	FW	Panagiotis Psychogios	0	1	0	1
Own goals			1	0	0	1
Totals			67	59	0	126

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Source
Stelios Skevofilakas	Kipoupoli	20–0 (H)	13 September 1970	Greek Cup	[12]
Andreas Papaemmanouil7	Kipoupoli	20–0 (H)	13 September 1970	Greek Cup	[12]
Giorgos Lavaridis	Kipoupoli	20–0 (H)	13 September 1970	Greek Cup	[12]
Spyros Pomonis	Kipoupoli	20–0 (H)	13 September 1970	Greek Cup	[12]
Mimis Papaioannou4	Agia Eleousa	10–0 (H)	30 September 1970	Greek Cup
Mimis Papaioannou	Veria	8–2 (H)	4 November 1970	Alpha Ethniki	[13]
Mimis Papaioannou	EPA Larnaca	3–0 (H)	7 March 1971	Alpha Ethniki
Mimis Papaioannou4	OFI	4–0 (H)	28 March 1971	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.

As of 27 June 1971

Rank	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Total
1	Stelios Konstantinidis	21	3	0	24
2	Stelios Serafidis	0	2	0	2
Totals		21	5	0	26

Disciplinary record

As of 27 June 1971

N	P	Nat.	Name	Alpha Ethniki			Greek Cup			Inter-Cities Fairs Cup			Total			Notes
Goalkeepers
—	GK		Stelios Serafidis
—	GK		Stelios Konstantinidis
—	GK		Giorgos Daditsos
Defenders
—	DF		Giorgos Kefalidis
—	DF		Dimitris Liakouris
—	DF		Apostolos Toskas			1									1
—	DF		Nikos Karapoulitidis
—	DF		Stefanos Theodoridis
—	DF		Kostas Triantafyllou
Midfielders
—	MF		Stelios Skevofilakas
—	MF		Panagiotis Ventouris
—	MF		Nikos Stathopoulos
—	MF		Lakis Avramidis
—	MF		Giorgos Karafeskos
—	MF		Giorgos Lavaridis
Forwards
—	FW		Andreas Papaemmanouil
—	FW		Mimis Papaioannou
—	FW		SSpyros Pomonis
—	FW		Kostas Nikolaidis
—	FW		Kostas Chanios
—	FW		Giorgos Kachris
—	FW		Dimitris Palasidis
—	FW		Panagiotis Psychogios

Awards

Player	Pos.	Award	Source
Andreas Papaemmanouil	FW	Greek Cup Top Scorer