1987–88 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 1987–88 season was the 64th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 29th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki and the Greek Cup. The season began on 6 September 1987 and finished on 15 May 1988.

AEK Athens

1987–88 season
Chairman	Andreas Zafiropoulos (until 16 May)  Kostas Generakis (until 12 June) Stratos Gidopoulos
Manager	Todor Veselinović
Stadium	AEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	2nd
Greek Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Henrik Nielsen (21) All: Henrik Nielsen (23)
Highest home attendance	31,306 vs Olympiacos (31 January 1988)
Lowest home attendance	4,440 vs Kallithea (13 January 1988)
Average home league attendance	16,993
Biggest win	AEK Athens 7–1 Veria
Biggest defeat	Aris 4–1 AEK Athens OFI 3–0 AEK Athens
Home colours Away colours
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

Kits

Supplier: Zita Hellas
Sponsor(s): Ethniki Asfalistiki

Home

Away

Overview

In the summer of 1987, AEK returned to the Nea Filadelfeia Stadium and were called to carry on without their legend, Thomas Mavros as well as Håkan Sandberg. On the other hand, some useful players were acquired such as Giorgos Savvidis, Henrik Nielsen and Vasilios Vasilakos. The Yugoslav Todor Veselinović was hired as the new manager, who had very good knowledge of the Greek championship with spells at Olympiacos, Apollon Athens and Diagoras.

Under Veselinović the team had a good presence and were in the claiming of the championship and with both Panathinaikos and Olympiacos out of the title race early on, AEK were the main contenders for the title, alongside the strong at that time AEL. However, the "Tsingov case" played crucial role in the outcome of the championship. The footballer of AEL, Georgi Tsingov was tested positive in a dropping test after the match against Panathinaikos. The court's decision was as the regulation predicted, punishing AEL by zeroing for the match, a 2-point deduction and punishment of the player, which brought AEK at the top of the table. AEL appealed with their fans revolting by blocking the highway, closing railway lines among other things. Before the appeal was heard the then Minister of Sports, Sifis Valirakis changed the regulation "overnight". The new regulation dictated that in cases of doping, only the footballer would be punished and not the club. Thus, the points were returned to AEL who eventually won the championship. Essentially, AEK were entitled to win the championship on courts, but since AEL emerged as champions on the pitch, the mentality and principles of the yellow-blacks are such that did not allow them to proceed in such actions.^[1]

In the Cup, AEK after elinating Iraklis at the first round and Kallithea at the round of 32, were drawn against Olympiacos for the round of 16. In the first match at Karaiskakis Stadium, AEK got a significant 1–1 draw. On the eve of the rematch, a big scandal broke out as the former footballer of AEK, Dinos Ballis visited at the hotel where the team were located with a bouquet for the goalkeeper, Theologis Papadopoulos and created strong suspicions that he was trying to bribe him. The match took place, with Olympiacos winning 1–3 and the story continued in the courts. The Koskotas brothers were accused of trying to bribe Papadopoulos and Vasilakos through Ballis, while many fans of AEK believe that the management of AEK was involved in the whole case. Eventually, in a very strange court decision, the only one who was punished for the whole case was Ballis for attempted bribery.^[2]

Another scandal of the season was the "Vosdos case". The president of Panachaiki, Aris Loukopoulos, denounced AEK for an attempt to bribe the defender of the team, Leonidas Vosdos, before the match between the two teams at Patras. The footballer himself stated that no one approached him and the judges concluded that the story was an "invention" of Loukopoulos to create a climate of tension in view of the match. Thus the president of Panachaiki was punished.^[3]

The last match of the season at Nea Filadelfeia against Iraklis was marked by terrible incidents. The ultra's stand had enough with Zafiropoulos, who was considered unable to lift the "weight" of the club's management, but the tension that existed did not justify the following events. Riot police, in an incomprehensible decision, entered the ultra's stand and beat whoever stood in their way. That resulted in very heated encounters with the ultras, which is believed by many that Zafiropoulos influenced the police officers to act in this way.^[4] The best players of the season for AEK were Manolas, Nielsen, Savvidis, Vasilakos, Janjanin and Patikas. The greatest victory of the season was the 7–1 at home against Veria Henrik Nielsen with 21 goals finished the season as the league's top scorer.^[5]

Management team

Position	Staff
Manager	Todor Veselinović
Assistant manager	Giorgos Petridis
Goalkeeping coach	Stelios Serafidis
Head of Medical	Lakis Nikolaou
Physiotherapist	Nikos Pantazis

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 15 May 1988, 23:59 UTC+3.

Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
Spyros Ikonomopoulos		GK	(1959-07-25)25 July 1959 (aged 28)	1978	AEK Athens U20	—	1989
Theologis Papadopoulos		GK	(1960-01-12)12 January 1960 (aged 28)	1984	AEL	₯9,000,000	1989
Fanis Kofinas		GK	(1960-09-05)5 September 1960 (aged 27)	1982	Pelopas Kiato	Free	1992
Defenders
Makis Chatzis		RB / LB	(1957-03-30)30 March 1957 (aged 31)	1984	Apollon Athens	₯6,750,000	1989
Takis Karagiozopoulos		CB / DM / ST	(1961-02-04)4 February 1961 (aged 27)	1981	Veria	₯8,000,000	1991
Polyvios Chatzopoulos		CB / DM	(1961-07-17)17 July 1961 (aged 26)	1985	Panionios	₯10,400,000	1990
Stelios Manolas (Captain)		CB / RB	(1961-07-13)13 July 1961 (aged 26)	1980	AEK Athens U20	—	1989
Giorgos Peppes		CB	(1961-10-26)26 October 1961 (aged 26)	1986	Ethnikos Piraeus	₯10,000,000	1991
Sotiris Mavrodimos		CB / DM / RB / LB	(1962-07-18)18 July 1962 (aged 25)	1986	Kozani	₯5,500,000	1991
Christos Vasilopoulos		RB / LB	(1962-11-12)12 November 1962 (aged 25)	1986	Panachaiki	₯8,000,000	1991
Georgios Koutoulas		CB / LB	(1967-02-09)9 February 1967 (aged 21)	1987	AEK Athens U20	—	1990
Dimitris Volonakis		LB / CB	(1967-02-27)27 February 1967 (aged 21)	1987	AEK Athens U20	—	1990
Midfielders
Rajko Janjanin		CM / AM / DM	(1957-01-18)18 January 1957 (aged 31)	1986	OFI	Free	1988
Dimitris Pittas		AM / SS / CM	(1958-04-08)8 April 1958 (aged 30)	1986	PAOK	Free	1988
Pavlos Papaioannou (Vice-captain)		DM / RB / LB / RM	(1959-05-19)19 May 1959 (aged 29)	1983	Rodos	₯10,000,000	1988
Nikos Pias		CM / DM	(1960-04-07)7 April 1960 (aged 28)	1984	Rodos	₯1,350,000	1989
Vasilios Vasilakos		AM	(1960-09-07)7 September 1960 (aged 27)	1987	PAOK	₯10,000,000	1990
Giorgos Savvidis		RM / AM / RW / SS / ST	(1961-02-08)8 February 1961 (aged 27)	1987	Omonia	₯20,940,600	1992
Lampros Georgiadis		LM / AM / LB	(1963-07-11)11 July 1963 (aged 24)	1986	Anagennisi Arta	₯12,000,000	1991
Jim Patikas		RM / LM / RW / LW / SS	(1963-10-18)18 October 1963 (aged 24)	1985	Sydney Croatia	₯5,000,000	1988
Forwards
Giannis Dintsikos		ST / SS / RW / LW / AM	(1960-06-25)25 June 1960 (aged 28)	1981	Kastoria	₯20,000,000	1991
Henrik Nielsen		ST / SS	(1965-03-29)29 March 1965 (aged 23)	1987	B93	₯7,000,000	1990
Left during Winter Transfer Window
Panagiotis Stylianopoulos		RB / LB / RM / DM	(1957-09-04)4 September 1957 (aged 30)	1978	AEK Athens U20	—	1988
Georgios Christodoulou		ST / SS / LW	(1967-05-20)20 May 1967 (aged 21)	1985	Akratitos	Free	1993

Transfers

In

Summer

Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
GK	Fanis Kofinas	Ionikos	Loan return	1 July 1987	30 June 1992
DF	Georgios Koutoulas	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	1 July 1987	30 June 1990
DF	Dimitris Volonakis	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	1 July 1987	30 June 1990	[6]
MF	Giorgos Savvidis	Omonia	₯20,940,600[a][7]	14 July 1987	30 June 1992	[8]
MF	Vasilios Vasilakos	PAOK	₯10,000,000	15 July 1987	30 June 1990	[9]
FW	Henrik Nielsen	B93	₯7,000,000[7]	10 July 1987	30 June 1990	[10]
FW	Michalis Pytharoulis	Fostiras	Loan return	1 July 1987	30 June 1989

Winter

Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
MF	Dimitris Stafylidis	Pannafpliakos	Loan return	1 December 1987	30 June 1988

Out

Summer

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Stefanos Porfyris	Ionikos	Contract termination	1 August 1987	[11]
DF	Ilias Armodoros	Levadiakos	Contract termination	8 July 1987	[12]
MF	Pavlos Dimitriou	Panserraikos	₯3,000,000	15 July 1987	[13]
FW	Thomas Mavros	Panionios	End of contract	15 July 1987	[14]
FW	Håkan Sandberg	Olympiacos	Contract termination	2 July 1987	[15]
FW	Andreas Voitsidis	PAS Giannina	Free transfer	15 July 1987	[16]

Winter

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Panagiotis Stylianopoulos	Ionikos	Contract termination	17 December 1987	[17]
MF	Dimitris Stafylidis	Free agent	Contract termination	16 December 1987	[18]

Loan out

Summer

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
FW	Michalis Pytharoulis	Fostiras	Free	6 July 1987	30 June 1988	N	[19]

Winter

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
FW	Georgios Christodoulou	Acharnaikos	Free	15 December 1987	30 June 1988	N	[18]

Contract renewals

Pos.	Player	Date	Former Exp. Date	New Exp. Date	Source
GK	Fanis Kofinas	14 July 1987	30 June 1987	30 June 1992	[20]
FW	Georgios Christodoulou	29 June 1987	30 June 1988	30 June 1993[b]	[21]

Notes

a. ^{^} and a friendly game between the two teams.

b. ^{^} The 5-year duration of the new contract is effective from June 30, when the previous contract ends.

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure Summer: ₯37,940,600 Winter: ₯0 Total: ₯37,940,600

Income Summer: ₯3,000,000 Winter: ₯0 Total: ₯3,000,000

Net Totals Summer: ₯34,940,600 Winter: ₯0 Total: ₯34,940,600

Pre-season and friendlies

Stentun XI v AEK Athens

23 July 1987 Friendly	Stentun XI	3–3	AEK Athens	Stentun
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Jurna 73', 78', 80'	[22]	Pias 27' Volonakis 47' Mavrodimos 53'

DSC v AEK Athens

25 July 1987 Friendly	DSC	0–14	AEK Athens	Zaterntant
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)		[23]	Nielsen 2', 46', 64' Manolas 28' Patikas 31', 38' Vasilakos 33', 85' Georgiadis 35' Savvidis 53', 79' Janjanin 63', 74' (pen.), 90'

FEVV v AEK Athens

27 July 1987 Friendly	FEVV	0–10	AEK Athens	Gieten
		[24]	Nielsen 3', 30', 38', 43' Savvidis 51', 63' Vasilakos 73' Papaioannou 75' Pittas 77' Dintsikos

Twente v AEK Athens

28 July 1987 Friendly	Twente	4–2	AEK Athens	Gieten
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Winbelin 5', 27' Lipponen 80' Keur 82'	[25]	Nielsen 62' (pen.) Dintsikos 84'

Assen v AEK Athens

30 July 1987 Friendly	Assen	0–6	AEK Athens	Gieten
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)		[26]	Nielsen 51', 57', 65' Savvidis 53' Pias 75', 80'

Panargiakos v AEK Athens

5 August 1987 Friendly	Panargiakos	0–7	AEK Athens	Argos
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)		[27]	Janjanin 8', 33' Georgiadis 18' Pias 47', 67', 84' Papaioannou 62' Christodoulou 71'	Stadium: Argos Municipal Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Tatsoulis

AEL v AEK Athens

10 August 1987 Friendly	AEL	2–3	AEK Athens	Larissa
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Mitsibonas 23' (pen.) Kanieba 50'	[28]	Pias 20' Georgiadis 44' Manolas 80'	Stadium: Alcazar Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Ilias Karamanis (Boeotia)

AEK Athens v Dukla Prague

17 August 1987 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–1	Dukla Prague	Nea Filadelfeia
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Stylianopoulos 70' Volonakis  77'	Report	Luhový 90+2'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 19,429[29] Referee: Makis Germanakos (Athens)

AEK Athens v Iraklis

19 August 1987 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–1	Iraklis	Marousi
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nielsen 1', 13'	Report	Anastasiadis 78'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 10,248[30] Referee: Christos Kolokythas (Athens)

Egaleo v AEK Athens

22 August 1987 Friendly	Egaleo	0–1	AEK Athens	Aigaleo
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)		[31]	Georgiadis 24'	Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Dimitris Giakoumatos (Athens)

Ethnikos Piraeus v AEK Athens

24 August 1987 Friendly	Ethnikos Piraeus	1–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Batista 65'	[32]		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Vangelis Giannakoudakis (Piraeus)

Rodos v AEK Athens

26 August 1987 Friendly	Rodos	2–5	AEK Athens	Rhodes
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Vasilarakis 34' Rigas 51' (pen.) Dourdounias 90' (pen.)	[33]	Vasilakos 3', 8' Mavrodimos 49' Nielsen 61', 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Diagoras Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Orestis Pavlidis (Dodecanese)

Omonia v AEK Athens

29 August 1987 Friendly	Omonia	2–1	AEK Athens	Nicosia
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Dzhevizov 29' Kantilos 62'	Report	Nielsen 67'	Stadium: Makario Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: A. Georgiou (Cyprus)
Note: Friendly match as part of the transfer of Giorgos Savvidis.

Acharnaikos v AEK Athens

16 September 1987 Friendly	Acharnaikos	1–4	AEK Athens	Acharnes
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Pissas 82'	[34]	Christodoulou 26', 39' Georgiadis 41' Savvidis 76'	Stadium: Acharnes Stadium Referee: Kostas Akridas (Athens)

A.O. Kifisia v AEK Athens

23 September 1987 Friendly	A.O. Kifisia	0–6	AEK Athens	Kifissia
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)		[35]	Vasilakos 5', 42' Mavrodimos 12', 67' Savvidis 15' Pittas 30' Tzogias 81'	Stadium: Zirineio Stadium

Fostiras v AEK Athens

30 September 1987 Friendly	Fostiras	1–1	AEK Athens	Tavros
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Papageorgiou 69'	[36]	Pittas 32'	Stadium: Tavros Stadium Referee: G. Pappas (Athens)

Egaleo v AEK Athens

7 October 1987 Friendly	Egaleo	1–6	AEK Athens	Aigaleo
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Theodoridis 58' (pen.)	[37]	Savvidis 4', 53' Pias 35' Nielsen 40' (pen.) Patikas 44' Christodoulou 72'	Stadium: Aigaleo Municipal Stadium Referee: Ilias Doutsias (Piraeus)

Korinthos v AEK Athens

9 December 1987 Friendly	Korinthos	0–0	AEK Athens	Corinth
14:30 EET (UTC+2)		[38]		Stadium: Korinthos Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Chatzis

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Alpha Ethniki	6 September 1987	15 May 1988	Matchday 1	2nd	30	15	10	5	51	31	+20	050.00
Greek Cup	25 October 1987	10 February 1988	First round	Round of 16	5	2	1	2	9	8	+1	040.00
Total					35	17	11	7	60	39	+21	048.57

Last updated: 15 May 1988
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

Main article: 1987–88 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AEL (C)	30	18	7	5	51	22	+29	43	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	AEK Athens	30	15	10	5	51	31	+20	40	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	PAOK	30	17	5	8	60	27	+33	39
4	OFI	30	17	3	10	54	41	+13	37
5	Panathinaikos	30	15	6	9	47	34	+13	36	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(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	15	10	5	51	31	+20	40	13	2	0	36	10	+26	2	8	5	15	21	−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
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	W
Position	8	7	6	8	7	9	6	6	6	6	6	3	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	2	2

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

Matches

PAOK v AEK Athens

6 September 1987 1	PAOK	2–2	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bannon 10' Karasavvidis 74'		Volonakis Vasilakos 5' Nielsen 83'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 33,243 Referee: Giorgos Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

Olympiacos v AEK Athens

13 September 1987 2	Olympiacos	2–2	AEK Athens	Marousi
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Papachristou Alexiou Mitropoulos   79' Zelelidis 2' Vaitsis 76'		Papadopoulos Mavrodimos Volonakis Manolas 4', 12',	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 72,047 Referee: Nikos Andreou (Athens)

AEK Athens v Panachaiki

27 September 1987 3	AEK Athens	3–2	Panachaiki	Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Karagiozopoulos 25', Patikas 46', 57'		Zerdevas Papagiannopoulos Vujadinović 3', Giotis 23'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 19,831 Referee: Stavros Zakestidis (Thessaloniki)
Note: First official match at AEK Stadium after 2 years.

Aris v AEK Athens

4 October 1987 4	Aris	4–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Moustakidis Gioukoudis 27', 69' Samolis 32' Ballis  85'  86' Dimitriadis 90',		Savvidis Georgiadis Mavrodimos   86' Nielsen 51'	Stadium: Aris Stadium Attendance: 15,335 Referee: Vassilios Nikakis (Aetoloacarnania)

AEK Athens v Diagoras

18 October 1987 5	AEK Athens	4–0	Diagoras	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nielsen 10', 31' (pen.) Manolas 28' Savvidis 50'		Kastanos Lukač	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 13,509 Referee: Miniatis (Corfu)

OFI v AEK Athens

1 November 1987 6	OFI	3–0	AEK Athens	Heraklion
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Andreanidis Papavasileiou 25' Charalampidis 29' Samaras 52',  68'		Georgiadis	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 10,978 Referee: Vangelis Giannakoudakis (Piraeus)

AEK Athens v AEL

8 November 1987 7	AEK Athens	2–1	AEL	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Vasilakos  4' Manolas  9' Chatzopoulos  11' Patikas 48' Nielsen 82'		Tsiolis  72' Mitsibonas  77' Tsingov 88'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 24,149 Referee: Stelios Charlavanis (Euboea)

AEK Athens v Panserraikos

22 November 1987 8	AEK Athens	2–1	Panserraikos	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Chatzopoulos Georgiadis Nielsen 25' Vasilakos  80' Koutoulas 88'		Dimitriou 26' Galatidis  80'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 9,280 Referee: Giorgos Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

Panionios v AEK Athens

29 November 1987 9	Panionios	1–1	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Lima   62' Papachristopoulos Aposporis Juričić 70'		Karagiozopoulos 36' Savvidis 83'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 10,703 Referee: Nikos Vournelis (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens v Veria

6 December 1987 10	AEK Athens	7–1	Veria	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Nielsen 10', 36' (pen.), 40', 47' Vasilakos 24', 84' Peppes 25',		Kaltsas 12'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 7,932 Referee: Dimitris Naoum (Thessaloniki)

Levadiakos v AEK Athens

20 December 1987 11	Levadiakos	1–1	AEK Athens	Levadia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Bletsas 30'		Vasilakos Patikas 1'	Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 7,631 Referee: Dimitris Koutroulis (Pyrgos)

AEK Athens v Apollon Kalamarias

27 December 1987 12	AEK Athens	2–0	Apollon Kalamarias	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Nielsen 7' (pen.) Koutoulas 24' Karagiozopoulos  72'		Vazakas  30'  83' Simeunović  83'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 17,173 Referee: Giannis Georgiadis (Drama)

Panathinaikos v AEK Athens

3 January 1988 13	Panathinaikos	1–1	AEK Athens	Marousi
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Dimopoulos 26' Vamvakoulas  40'		Koutoulas 18' Peppes  45' Karagiozopoulos  51' Vasilakos  61'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 59,481 Referee: Giorgos Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

AEK Athens v Ethnikos Piraeus

10 January 1988 14	AEK Athens	2–0	Ethnikos Piraeus	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Chatzopoulos  17' Manolas  17' Koutoulas  23' Vasilakos 47' Nielsen 81' (pen.) Peppes  84'		Doxakis  30' Dimitropoulos  38' Lyris  88' Katsikogiannis  88'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 19,895 Referee: Giannis Kosmidis (Alexandroupoli)
Note: At halftime, a strange incident occurred when people began to set up cameras and crews, attendees and footballers with yellow and blue and white shirts entered the pitch. AEK Stadium was chosen for the shooting of the movie "The Striker with Number 9" by Pantelis Voulgaris, with the crowd having no idea of what was happening. However, despite the difficulties of the shooting, Stratos Tzortzoglou stated the experience was shocking and magical having 30,000 people chanting and booing on set.[39]

Iraklis v AEK Athens

17 January 1988 15	Iraklis	0–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Manolas  16' Pittas  53'		Vakalopoulos  11' D. Papadopoulos  49' Kofidis  17'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 15,998 Referee: Giorgos Koukoulas (Lesbos)

AEK Athens v PAOK

24 January 1988 16	AEK Athens	1–0	PAOK	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Pittas  23', 30'		Bannon  44'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 26,217 Referee: Giorgos Koukoulakis (Heraklion)
Note: At the 30th minute, AEK won an indirect foul from quite a long distance and Pittas had not seen the gesture of the referee for an indirect foul, which he executed directly with the ball hitting the goalkeeper's hand and ending up in the net. If the goalkeeper had let the ball go straight to the net, the goal would not count. PAOK objected to the replay of the match but, this objection fell on deaf ears.[40]

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

31 January 1988 17	AEK Athens	2–0	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Patikas 1' Mavrodimos  2' Nielsen 49' (pen.) Manolas  73'  88'		Pachatouridis  40' Funes  87'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 31,306 Referee: Dimitris Naoum (Thessaloniki)
Note: All-time record income for the AEK Stadium, which was ₯25,648,400.

Panachaiki v AEK Athens

7 February 1988 18	Panachaiki	2–1	AEK Athens	Patras
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Vujadinović   80' Spanosotiropoulos  22' Vaitsis  63' Panagiotidis 43' Zikos 59'		Vasilopoulos  3' Nielsen 65'	Stadium: Panachaiki Stadium Attendance: 15,003 Referee: Kostas Akridas (Athens)

AEK Athens v Aris

14 February 1988 19	AEK Athens	2–1	Aris	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nielsen 9', 43' Kofinas  84' Patikas  89'		Bougiouklis  36' Dimitriadis 74',  83' Tziolas  87' Mouratidis  87'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 4,714 Referee: Grigoris Brentas (Thessaloniki)

Diagoras v AEK Athens

22 February 1988 20	Diagoras	0–0	AEK Athens	Rhodes
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kostikos  4' Chatzoglou  4' D. Athanasiou  71' V. Athanasiou  78'		Nielsen 41' Koutoulas  43' Chatzis  70'	Stadium: Diagoras Stadium Attendance: 3,553 Referee: Kostas Akridas (Athens)

AEK Athens v OFI

28 February 1988 21	AEK Athens	2–1	OFI	Livadeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Pias Chatzopoulos Janjanin , 81' Savvidis 49' Manolas 81'		Michalitsos Samaras 5',	Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 5,177 Referee: Vassilios Nikakis (Aetoloacarnania)
Note: AEK were punished with 3 games away from home, due to the incidents in the away league game against Panachaiki.

AEL v AEK Athens

6 March 1988 22	AEL	2–0	AEK Athens	Larissa
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Ziogas 1' Karapialis 23' Kolomitrousis  65'		Papaioannou  67' Mavrodimos  84'	Stadium: Alcazar Stadium Attendance: 17,810 Referee: Stelios Charlavanis (Euboea)

Panserraikos v AEK Athens

13 March 1988 23	Panserraikos	0–1	AEK Athens	Serres
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Savvidis  46', 57' Pergaminos  68' Aivazidis  84'		Volonakis  23' Pias  35'  68' Pittas 88'	Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium Attendance: 9,071 Referee: Dimitris Daoulas (Aetoloacarnania)

AEK Athens v Panionios

20 March 1988 24	AEK Athens	1–1	Panionios	Volos
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Koutoulas 82'		Kanaras 63' Marangos  75' Manikas  82'	Stadium: Volos Municipal Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Stavros Zakestidis (Thessaloniki)

Veria v AEK Athens

27 March 1988 25	Veria	1–0	AEK Athens	Veria
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Peppes 1' (o.g.) Mantzoukis  48' Mantziounis  49' Karaiskos  88'		Mavrodimos  6' Peppes  37' Manolas  38' Papaioannou  58'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 4,521 Referee: Kostas Adamopoulos (Athens)

AEK Athens v Levadiakos

3 April 1988 26	AEK Athens	3–0	Levadiakos	Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Georgiadis 13' Nielsen 63', 80' (pen.)			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 16,688 Referee: Grigoris Brentas (Thessaloniki)

Apollon Kalamarias v AEK Athens

17 April 1988 27	Apollon Kalamarias	2–2	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Sachinis  4' Semertzidis 54' Tsekos 55' Chatziioannidis  80'		Chatzis  4' Vasilopoulos  10' Nielsen 44', 50'	Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium Attendance: 3,509 Referee: Makis Germanakos (Athens)

AEK Athens v Panathinaikos

24 April 1988 28	AEK Athens	2–2	Panathinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Peppes 23' Vasilopoulos  35' Koutoulas  45' Savvidis 60' Pittas  87'		Batsinilas 41' L. Christodoulou  45' Kalitzakis  67' Chatziathanasiou 84'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 27,708 Referee: Tasos Kantartzis (Thessaloniki)

Ethnikos Piraeus v AEK Athens

1 May 1988 29	Ethnikos Piraeus	0–3	AEK Athens	Piraeus
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kampolis		Janjanin 52' Nielsen 82' (pen.) Savvidis 89'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 16,361 Referee: Dimitris Daoulas (Aetoloacarnania)

AEK Athens v Iraklis

15 May 1988 30	AEK Athens	1–0	Iraklis	Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Chatzopoulos 8' Vasilopoulos  36'		Georgiev  19'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 20,504 Referee: Alexandros Naziris (Thessaloniki)

Greek Cup

Main article: 1987–88 Greek Football Cup

Matches

AEK Athens v Iraklis

25 October 1987 First round	AEK Athens	3–1	Iraklis	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Vasilakos Manolas Patikas 26' Nielsen 61', 72'	Report	Iliadis Zifkas Karaiskos Kofidis 86'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 25,424 Referee: Christos Kolokythas (Athens)

Round of 32

Kallithea v AEK Athens

30 December 1987 First leg	Kallithea	3–2	AEK Athens	Kallithea
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Chatziraptis 11' Tsevretzis 21' Tzimas 63'	Report	Pittas 4', 56'	Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium Referee: Giorgos Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

AEK Athens v Kallithea

13 January 1988 Second leg	AEK Athens	2–0 (4–3 agg.)	Kallithea	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Pittas 1' Georgiadis 65'	Report	Syrtis Tsouvaltsidis	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 4,440 Referee: Giorgos Plevritis (Thessaloniki)

Round of 16

Olympiacos v AEK Athens

27 January 1988 First leg	Olympiacos	1–1	AEK Athens	Piraeus
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Apostolakis Moustakidis 76'	Report	Georgiadis Pittas Papadopoulos Vasilakos 24'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 33,373 Referee: Makis Germanakos (Athens)
Note: After the game, serious incidents between the fans took place, which resulted in at least 4 injuries.

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

10 February 1988 Second leg	AEK Athens	1–3 (2–4 agg.)	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Manolas  30'  84' Mavrodimos 37' Peppes  56'	Report	Hantzidis 11' Baniotis  46' Nentidis  56' Mitropoulos 60',  62'  84' Funes 75'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 23,929 Referee: Vasilis Nikakis (Aetoloacarnania)
Note: The match was followed by allegations of bribe and various machinations at AEK's expense, with former Olympiacos footballer, Gounaris and former AEK footballer, Ballis involved as intermediaries. Although nothing was proven, Ballis was punished for active bribery. Neither the receivers of the bribe, nor the one who orchestreatd the whole scheme were ever made public.[2]

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 15 May 1988

No.	Pos	Player	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
—	GK	Spyros Ikonomopoulos	4	0	0	0	4	0
—	GK	Theologis Papadopoulos	17	0	4	0	21	0
—	GK	Fanis Kofinas	11	0	1	0	12	0
Defenders
—	DF	Makis Chatzis	16	0	4	0	20	0
—	DF	Takis Karagiozopoulos	14	1	2	0	16	1
—	DF	Polyvios Chatzopoulos	21	1	3	0	24	1
—	DF	Stelios Manolas	21	4	4	0	25	4
—	DF	Giorgos Peppes	30	2	3	0	33	2
—	DF	Sotiris Mavrodimos	23	0	4	1	27	1
—	DF	Christos Vasilopoulos	13	0	4	0	17	0
—	DF	Georgios Koutoulas	24	4	3	0	27	4
—	DF	Dimitris Volonakis	7	0	1	0	8	0
Midfielders
—	MF	Rajko Janjanin	28	1	3	0	31	1
—	MF	Dimitris Pittas	14	2	3	3	17	5
—	MF	Pavlos Papaioannou	17	0	1	0	18	0
—	MF	Nikos Pias	16	0	4	0	20	0
—	MF	Vasilios Vasilakos	23	4	4	1	27	5
—	MF	Giorgos Savvidis	23	5	3	0	26	5
—	MF	Lampros Georgiadis	19	1	4	1	23	2
—	MF	Jim Patikas	15	5	2	1	17	6
Forwards
—	FW	Giannis Dintsikos	2	0	2	0	4	0
—	FW	Henrik Nielsen	27	21	4	2	31	23
Left during Winter Transfer Window
—	DF	Panagiotis Stylianopoulos	3	0	0	0	3	0
—	FW	Georgios Christodoulou	2	0	0	0	2	0

Goalscorers

As of 15 May 1988

Rank	Pos.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	Total
1	FW	Henrik Nielsen	21	2	23
2	MF	Jim Patikas	5	1	6
3	MF	Giorgos Savvidis	5	0	5
	MF	Vasilios Vasilakos	4	1	5
	MF	Dimitris Pittas	2	3	5
6	DF	Georgios Koutoulas	4	0	4
	DF	Stelios Manolas	4	0	4
8	DF	Giorgos Peppes	2	0	2
	MF	Lampros Georgiadis	1	1	2
10	DF	Takis Karagiozopoulos	1	0	1
	DF	Polyvios Chatzopoulos	1	0	1
	MF	Rajko Janjanin	1	0	1
	DF	Sotiris Mavrodimos	0	1	1
Own goals			0	0	0
Totals			51	9	60

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Source
Henrik Nielsen4	Veria	7–1 (H)	6 December 1987	Alpha Ethniki	[41]

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 15 May 1988

Rank	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	Total
1	Theologis Papadopoulos	6	1	7
2	Spyros Ikonomopoulos	3	0	3
3	Fanis Kofinas	2	0	2
Totals		11	1	12

Disciplinary record

As of 15 May 1988

N	P	Nat.	Name	Alpha Ethniki			Greek Cup			Total			Notes
Goalkeepers
—	GK		Spyros Ikonomopoulos
—	GK		Theologis Papadopoulos	1			1			2
—	GK		Fanis Kofinas	1						1
Defenders
—	DF		Makis Chatzis	1		1				1		1
—	DF		Takis Karagiozopoulos	3						3
—	DF		Polyvios Chatzopoulos	4						4
—	DF		Stelios Manolas	7	1		3	1		10	2
—	DF		Giorgos Peppes	4			1			5
—	DF		Sotiris Mavrodimos	6	1					6	1
—	DF		Christos Vasilopoulos	4						4
—	DF		Georgios Koutoulas	3						3
—	DF		Dimitris Volonakis	3						3
Midfielders
—	MF		Rajko Janjanin	1						1
—	MF		Dimitris Pittas	3						3
—	MF		Pavlos Papaioannou	2						2
—	MF		Nikos Pias	3	1					3	1
—	MF		Vasilios Vasilakos	4			1			5
—	MF		Giorgos Savvidis	1						1
—	MF		Lampros Georgiadis	3			1			4
—	MF		Jim Patikas	1						1
Forwards
—	FW		Giannis Dintsikos
—	FW		Henrik Nielsen
Left during Winter Transfer Window
—	DF		Panagiotis Stylianopoulos
—	FW		Georgios Christodoulou

Starting 11

N. Formation Matchday(s) 35 4–2–3–1 1–30 Nat. Player Pos. Theologis Papadopoulos GK Stelios Manolas (C) RCB Giorgos Peppes LCB Polyvios Chatzopoulos RB Georgios Koutoulas LB Sotiris Mavrodimos DM Rajko Janjanin CM Giorgos Savvidis RM Jim Patikas LM Vasilios Vasilakos AM Henrik Nielsen CF

Papadopoulos Manolas (C) Peppes Chatzopoulos Koutoulas Mavrodimos Janjanin Vasilakos Savvidis Patikas Nielsen Last updated: 1988-05-15

Awards

Player	Pos.	Award	Source
Henrik Nielsen	FW	Alpha Ethniki Top Scorer