1980–81 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
1980–81 season
Chairman	Loukas Barlos
Manager	Miltos Papapostolou
Stadium	AEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	2nd
Greek Cup	Semi-finals
Balkans Cup	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Dušan Bajević (15); All: Thomas Mavros (18); Dušan Bajević
Highest home attendance	36,766 vs Panathinaikos; (30 November 1980)
Lowest home attendance	2,885 vs Flamurtari; (8 October 1980)
Average home league attendance	15,377
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	← 1979–80 1981–82 →

The 1980–81 season was the 57th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the Balkans Cup. The season began on 7 September 1980 and finished on 14 June 1981.

Overview

AEK entered the decade, essentially closing one of its most successful historical periods, since this season was the last year of Loukas Barlos at the management of the team. The championship of this season was the second in a row professional football championship in Greece. The club did not play in the UEFA competitions this year, thus they played in the Balkans Cup instead.

AEK with their veteran player and 1963 champion with the yellow-black jersey, Miltos Papapostolou on the bench started ideally the league scoring a 6 wins in a row. Among others, they beat PAOK away and Olympiacos at home, as a result they were named by many as favorite for the title early on. It was noteworthy that AEK set an all time ticket record at home, in a league game against Panathinaikos, after 36,766 tickets were sold.^[1] However, the follow-up was not proportionate. AEK, although they finished the championship having by far the best attack with 63 goals and their first scorer Dušan Bajević with 12, were betrayed by their mediocre defensive performance. The second round of the championship was not good for the team, culminating in the derby with Olympiacos at Karaiskakis Stadium. AEK went down in the match having 2 points less than the first Olympiacos and were looking for the victory that would bring them to top of the standings. Nevertheless, they play a terrible game and a disastrous second half where they conceded 5 goals in 27 minutes and experienced one of the worst defeats in their history by 6–0. However, the defeat and the match were overshadowed by the tragic events at gate 7 of the stadium, where the fans, trying to leave the field, were trapped and many are trampled, resulting in the death of 21 people and the injury of more than 50 people.^[2] At the end of the season AEK finished at the second place five points behind Olympiacos, but were not qualified for any European competition, carrying a ban^[3] from the previous season.

In the Greek Cup, AEK eliminated Egaleo at the first round, the title defender, Kastoria at the second round, Panathinaikos at the round of 16 and Aris in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals they were drawn with PAOK and faced elimination by 2 defeats without scoring a single goal. In the Balkans Cup, AEK were eliminated in the group stage, where all three teams were on par and Velež Mostar with a better goal ratio were qualified to the final of the institution.

Barlos left AEK Athens at the end of the season as a result of the dire financial situation that came from his involvement with the team, but also due to his inability to follow the new model of professional football. "I do not want to take from AEK, I just wanted to give. I am not an investor and I probably do not have a place in modern football.",^[4] was his last distillate, fearing alienation through the professionalism paid by the field. At the end of the year, one of the stars of the team, Dušan Bajević, left with him.^[5]

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 30 June 1981, 23:59 UTC+3.

Player	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
Nikos Christidis	GK	(1944-09-18)18 September 1944 (aged 36)	Aris
Lakis Stergioudas	GK	(1955-12-10)10 December 1955 (aged 25)	Niki Poligyrou
Spyros Ikonomopoulos	GK	(1959-07-25)25 July 1959 (aged 21)	AEK Athens U20
Defenders
Lakis Nikolaou (Captain)	CB / RB / CF / DM	(1949-07-17)17 July 1949 (aged 31)	Atromitos
Giannis Mousouris	RB / RM / CF	(1951-01-26)26 January 1951 (aged 30)	AEL
Giorgos Rigas	CB / RB / DM	(1953-12-06)6 December 1953 (aged 27)	Kavala
Petros Ravousis	CB / RB	(1954-10-01)1 October 1954 (aged 26)	Aetos Skydra
Michalis Tzirakis	CB / RB / RM	(1954-03-06)6 March 1954 (aged 27)	OFI
Giorgos Kalogeropoulos	RB	(1954-03-14)14 March 1954 (aged 27)	Panionios
Vangelis Paraprastanitis	LB / CB / DM	(1954-10-18)18 October 1954 (aged 26)	Trikala
Stelios Manolas	RB / CB	(1961-07-13)13 July 1961 (aged 19)	AEK Athens U20
Lysandros Georgamlis	RB / CB / DM	(1962-02-25)25 February 1962 (aged 19)	AEK Athens U20
Midfielders
Franjo Vladić	AM / SS	(1950-10-19)19 October 1950 (aged 30)	Velež Mostar
Kostas Eleftherakis	RM / AM	(1950-07-18)18 July 1950 (aged 30)	Panathinaikos
Petros Karavitis	DM / CB / LB / LM / LW	(1952-03-11)11 March 1952 (aged 29)	Olympiacos
Christos Ardizoglou	RM / LM / RW / AM	(1953-03-25)25 March 1953 (aged 28)	Apollon Athens
Spyros Thodis	CM / AM / DM	(1955-07-23)23 July 1955 (aged 25)	Anagennisi Karditsa
Stavros Letsas	RM / RB / CB	(1957-03-06)6 March 1957 (aged 24)	Agioi Anargyroi
Vangelis Vlachos	AM / CM	(1962-01-06)6 January 1962 (aged 19)	AEK Athens U20
Forwards
Dimitrios Gesios	CF	(1948-10-24)24 October 1948 (aged 32)	Iraklis
Dušan Bajević	CF / SS	(1948-12-10)10 December 1948 (aged 32)	Velež Mostar
Dimitrios Papadopoulos	CF	(1950-03-01)1 March 1950 (aged 31)	OFI
Thomas Mavros	CF / SS	(1954-05-31)31 May 1954 (aged 27)	Panionios
Manolis Kottis	CF / SS	(1955-01-25)25 January 1955 (aged 26)	Rodos
Thomas Stafylas	CF	(1958-04-04)4 April 1958 (aged 23)	AEK Athens U20
Left during Winter Transfer Window
Tasos Konstantinou	RW / SS / CF	(1951-03-11)11 March 1951 (aged 30)	EPA Larnaca
Giorgos Chatziioannidis	CF	(1960-11-30)30 November 1960 (aged 20)	AEK Athens U20

Transfers

In

Summer

Pos	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until
DF	Giorgos Rigas	Kavala	Transfer	Free	1 July 1980	30 June 1982
DF	Michalis Tzirakis	OFI	Transfer	₯8,000,000	1 July 1980	30 June 1983
ΜF	Kostas Eleftherakis	Panathinaikos	Transfer	Free	1 July 1980	30 June 1983
ΜF	Stavros Letsas	Panelefsiniakos	End of loan	—	1 July 1980	30 June 1985
FW	Dimitrios Gesios	Iraklis	Transfer	Free	1 July 1980	30 June 1982
FW	Dimitrios Papadopoulos	OFI	Transfer	Free	1 July 1980	30 June 1982
FW	Manolis Kottis	Rodos	Transfer	Free^[a]	1 July 1980	30 June 1985
FW	Thomas Stafylas	Acharnaikos	End of loan	—	1 July 1980	30 June 1982
FW	Giorgos Vlantis	Panachaiki	End of loan	—	1 July 1980	30 June 1983

a. ^{^} and Christos Kalaitzidis as an exchange.

Winter

Pos	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
MF	Petros Karavitis	Olympiacos	Transfer	Free	1 December 1980	30 June 1983

Out

Summer

Pos	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date
DF	Aris Damianidis	Olympiacos	End of contract	—	1 July 1980
DF	Dimitris Argyros	Kastoria	Transfer	Free	1 July 1980
DF	Babis Intzoglou	Diagoras	End of contract	—	1 July 1980
DF	Dimitris Kotsos	Free agent	End of contract	—	1 July 1980
ΜF	Christos Kalaitzidis	Rodos	Transfer	Free	1 July 1980
ΜF	Stelios Kaselakis	Agioi Anargyroi	Transfer	Free	1 July 1980
FW	Panikos Hatziloizou	Aris Limassol	End of contract	—	1 July 1980
FW	Stefanos Zografos	Free agent	End of contract	—	1 July 1980

Winter

Pos	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Tasos Konstantinou	Atromitos	End of contract	—	1 December 1980

Loan out

Summer

Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
DF	Panagiotis Stylianopoulos	Atromitos	Free	1 July 1980	30 June 1981	N
FW	Giorgos Vlantis	Diagoras	Free	1 July 1980	30 June 1982	N

Winter

Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
FW	Giorgos Chatziioannidis	PAS Giannina	Free	1 December 1980	30 June 1981	N

Renewals

Pos	Player	Date	Former Exp Date	New Exp Date	Source
DF	Lakis Nikolaou	1 December 1980	30 June 1980	30 June 1982

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: ₯8,000,000

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯8,000,000

Income

Summer: ₯0

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯0

Net Totals

Summer: ₯8,000,000

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯8,000,000

Pre-season and friendlies

26 July 1980 Friendly	Fenerbahçe	0–0	AEK Athens	Istanbul
				Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium

27 July 1980 Friendly	Tennis Borussia Berlin	0–0	AEK Athens	Berlin
				Stadium: Mommsenstadion

30 July 1980 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–2	Twente	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

4 August 1980 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

11 August 1980 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–2	Chelsea	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

13 August 1980 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–4	Baník Ostrava	Nea Filadelfeia
	Bajević 45'			Stadium: AEK Stadium

3 December 1980 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–2	Stoke City	Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Kottis 3' Bajević 42'		69' 88'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Referee: Giorgos Saraliotis (Kavala)
Note: The game was briefly interrupted at the 57th minute, due to a fierce downhill.

26 January 1981 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–0	CSKA Sofia	Nea Filadelfeia
	Kottis 62'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 1,500

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	34	20	9	5	47	18	+29	49	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	AEK Athens	34	17	10	7	63	42	+21	44
3	Aris	34	16	11	7	57	33	+24	43	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	PAOK	34	15	12	7	52	31	+21	42	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
5	Panathinaikos	34	13	13	8	44	21	+23	39	Qualification for UEFA 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) Champion
Notes:

^ Since Olympiacos, winners of 1980–81 Greek Football Cup, was qualified for the 1981–82 European Cup, losing cup finalists PAOK earned a spot in the first round of the 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup.

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	17	10	7	63	42	+21	44	13	4	0	45	14	+31	4	6	7	18	28	−10

Source:^{[citation needed]}

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	L
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2

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

Fixtures

7 September 1980 Matchday 1	AEK Athens	5–1	Kavala	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Thodis 7' Mavros 1' Gesios 54', 69' Bajević 78' Eleftherakis 88'		Kakkalis 89'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 21,279 Referee: Makis Mersinis (Chalkidiki)

14 September 1980 Matchday 2	PAOK	1–2	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Sarafis 45'		Ardizoglou 24' Mavros 45'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 36,964 Referee: Vasilis Vourakis (Piraeus)

21 September 1980 Matchday 3	AEK Athens	2–1	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Mavros 14', 33'		Papadopoulos 17'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 36,191 Referee: Giorgos Loutridis (Larissa)

28 September 1980 Matchday 4	Atromitos	1–2	AEK Athens	Peristeri
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Paunovski 18'		Gesios 38' Bajević 57'	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 12,799 Referee: Giannis Aggelidis (Serres)

5 October 1980 Matchday 5	AEK Athens	2–1	Panserraikos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Mavros 53' Eleftherakis 89'		Batis 73'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 20,249 Referee: Kostas Tsouris (Thrace)

19 October 1980 Matchday 6	Kastoria	2–3	AEK Athens	Kastoria
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Voitsidis 25' Chounouzidis 73'		Mavros 10' Ardizoglou 70' Rigas 88'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kastoria Attendance: 5,144 Referee: Vasilis Tikmoglou (Thessaloniki)

26 October 1980 Matchday 7	Apollon Athens	0–0	AEK Athens	Rizoupoli
14:45 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 13,241 Referee: Manolis Platopoulos (Athens)

2 November 1980 Matchday 8	AEK Athens	1–1	AEL	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Bajević 62'		Valaoras 45'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 20,687 Referee: Dimitris Koutoulas (Serres)

9 November 1980 Matchday 9	Panachaiki	2–0	AEK Athens	Patras
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Psarras 13' Xanthopoulos 44'			Stadium: Panachaiki Stadium Attendance: 10,644 Referee: Apostolos Karavasilis (Larissa)

16 November 1980 Matchday 10	AEK Athens	4–0	Korinthos	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Ardizoglou 11' Eleftherakis 25' Bajević 39', 46'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 15,019 Referee: Giorgos Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

23 November 1980 Matchday 11	Panionios	1–1	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Mavrikis 65'		Paraprastanitis 45'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 14,549 Referee: Giorgos Kounalakis (Heraklion)

30 November 1980 Matchday 12	AEK Athens	0–0	Panathinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 36,766 Referee: Giorgos Kifonidis (Kavala)
Note: All time attendance record for AEK Stadium.^[1]

14 December 1980 Matchday 13	PAS Giannina	3–1	AEK Athens	Ioannina
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Papageorgiou 50' Ananiadis 84' Sofias 89'		Ravousis 59'	Stadium: Zosimades Stadium Attendance: 8,245 Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus)

21 December 1980 Matchday 14	AEK Athens	2–1	Doxa Drama	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Kottis 11' Vlachos 37'		Charalampidis 54' (pen.)	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 13,691 Referee: Manolis Vardakas (Kozani)

28 December 1980 Matchday 15	Aris	1–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Kouis 38' (pen.)		Vlachos 80'	Stadium: Aris Stadium Attendance: 20,690 Referee: Vasilis Messalas (Patras)

4 January 1981 Matchday 16	AEK Athens	0–0	Ethnikos Piraeus	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 19,103 Referee: Theoklis Kontzalis (Thessaloniki)

11 January 1981 Matchday 17	AEK Athens	3–0	OFI	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Eleftherakis 64' Thodis 71' Bajević 84'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 10,898 Referee: G. Moschopoulos (Thessaloniki)

18 January 1981 Matchday 18	Kavala	1–0	AEK Athens	Kavala
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Kakkalis 49'			Stadium: Kavala National Stadium Attendance: 5,175 Referee: Kostas Tsouris (Thrace)

1 February 1981 Matchday 19	AEK Athens	4–0	PAOK	Nea Filadelfeia
15:15 EET (UTC+2)	Manolas 22' Gesios 32' Mavros 59' Vlachos 65'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 21,973 Referee: Giorgos Loutridis (Larissa)

8 February 1981 Matchday 20	Olympiacos	6–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
15:15 EET (UTC+2)	Galakos 30', 54', 84' Kousoulakis 68' Orfanos 75' Vamvakoulas 80'			Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 35,450 Referee: Dimitris Koutoulas (Serres)
Note: The biggest football tragedy in Greece occurred at the end of the game when 20 fans of Olympiacos and 1 of AEK died in their effort to get out of the gate 7 of the Stadium where they found the door closed and were trampled by passing fans.^[2]

18 February 1981 Matchday 21	AEK Athens	3–0	Atromitos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:15 EET (UTC+2)	Bajević 22' Thodis 51' Vlachos 61'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 3,528 Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus)

22 February 1981 Matchday 22	Panserraikos	1–1	AEK Athens	Serres
15:15 EET (UTC+2)	Anastasiadis 30'		Bajević 82'	Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium Attendance: 6,615 Referee: Antonis Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

1 March 1981 Matchday 23	AEK Athens	3–1	Kastoria	Nea Filadelfeia
15:45 EET (UTC+2)	Bajević 38', 58' Vlachos 69'		Liolios 64'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 6,726 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)

22 March 1981 Matchday 24	AEK Athens	3–0	Apollon Athens	Nea Filadelfeia
	Paraprastanitis 18' Mavros 83' Vlachos 89'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 9,972 Referee: Nikos Karathanasis (Athens)

29 March 1981 Matchday 25	AEL	2–1	AEK Athens	Trikala
	Koutas 16' Mousouris 74' (o.g.)		Bajević 44'	Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium Attendance: 11,364 Referee: G. Moschopoulos (Thessaloniki)

5 April 1981 Matchday 26	AEK Athens	3–1	Panachaiki	Nea Filadelfeia
	Ardizoglou 46' Vladić 61' Vlachos 65'		Spentzopoulos 54'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 12,714 Referee: Dimitris Sidiropoulos (Thessaloniki)

12 April 1981 Matchday 27	Korinthos	2–1	AEK Athens	Corinth
	Pissas 18' Togias 40'		Pittas 72' (o.g.)	Stadium: Korinthos Stadium Attendance: 7,950 Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)

19 April 1981 Matchday 28	AEK Athens	3–1	Panionios	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Vlachos 19', 82' Vladić 86'		Kaltsas 89'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 14,724 Referee: Leonidas Printezis (Athens)

10 May 1981 Matchday 29	Panathinaikos	0–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 25,387 Referee: Pantelis Argyriou (Dodecanese)
Note: Match held at Karaiskakis Stadium due to the inappropriateness of the Leoforos Alexandras Stadium which had damages caused by a strong earthquake at 24 February.

17 May 1981 Matchday 30	AEK Athens	3–2	PAS Giannina	Nea Filadelfeia
	Gesios 28' Bajević 38' Eleftherakis 82'		Liakos 4' Kontogeorgakis 55'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 13,611 Referee: Thanasis Nikolitsas (Argolida)

24 May 1981 Matchday 31	Doxa Drama	2–2	AEK Athens	Drama
	Charalampidis 46' (pen.) Strantzalis 81'		Thodis 22' (pen.) Ardizoglou 52'	Stadium: Doxa Drama Stadium Attendance: 5,284 Referee: Theoklis Kontzalis (Thessaloniki)

31 May 1981 Matchday 32	AEK Athens	4–4	Aris	Nea Filadelfeia
	Kottis 23' Mavros 54' Mousouris 56', 64'		Kouis 37', 45+3' (pen.) Chatziantoniou 55' Zindros 86'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 13,728 Referee: Makis Mersinis (Chalkidiki)

7 June 1981 Matchday 33	Ethnikos Piraeus	0–2	AEK Athens	Piraeus
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)			Gesios 50', 73'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 5,551 Referee: Pounartzis (Thessaloniki)

14 June 1981 Matchday 34	OFI	3–1	AEK Athens	Heraklion
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Karaiskos 30' Georgiadis 31' Drakos 66'		Mavros 18'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 3,141 Referee: Kostas Dedes (Messinia)

Greek Cup

Matches

29 October 1980 First round	AEK Athens	6–2	Egaleo	Nea Filadelfeia
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Bajević 15', 60' Vladić 66' Ardizoglou 76' Mavros 82', 85'		Konstantopoulos 78' Pigaditis 84'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 3,382 Referee: Panagiotis Tsolakidis (Thessaloniki)

17 December 1980 Second round	AEK Athens	2–0	Kastoria	Nea Filadelfeia
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Thodis 18' Kottis 38'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 4,003 Referee: Kanaris (Thessaloniki)

Round of 16

7 January 1981 First leg	Panathinaikos	3–2	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Katsiakos 25' Tzirakis 70' (o.g.) Simeoforidis 78'	Report	Ravousis 51' Bajević 84'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 18,094 Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)

4 February 1981 Second leg	AEK Athens	1–0 (3(a)–3 agg.)	Panathinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Gesios 34'	Report		Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 27,797 Referee: Ioannis Ioannidis (Thessaloniki)

Quarter-finals

13 May 1981 First leg	AEK Athens	2–2	Aris	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kottis 55', 85'	Report	Alexiou 18' Zindros 74'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Thanasis Nikolitsas (Argolida)
Note: AEK were punished 2 games away from home due to fan incidents.

27 May 1981 Second leg	Aris	0–1 (2–3 agg.)	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Mavros 44'	Stadium: Aris Stadium Attendance: 13,164 Referee: Kostas Dimitriadis (Piraeus)

Semi-finals

3 June 1981 First leg	PAOK	1–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kostikos 39' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 26,674 Referee: Kostas Dedes (Messinia)

10 June 1981 Second leg	AEK Athens	0–2 (0–3 agg.)	PAOK	Chalcis
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Damanakis 51' Georgopoulos 81'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Chalkida Attendance: 12,736 Referee: Manolis Vardakas (Kozani)
Note: Match held at Chalcis because AEK had a stadium ban due to incidents in the match against Aris in the previous round.

Balkans Cup

Group Α

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification	VEL	AEK	FLA
1	Velež Mostar	4	2	2	8	6	1.333	4	Advance to Final	—	2–0	4–1
2	AEK Athens	4	2	2	7	7	1.000	4		3–1	—	3–2
3	Flamurtari	4	2	2	7	9	0.778	4		2–1	2–1	—

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored

18 September 1980 Matchday 1	Velež Mostar	2–0	AEK Athens	Mostar, Yugoslavia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Skočajić 49' Matijević 89'	Report		Stadium: Bijeli Brijeg Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Stjepan Glavina (Yugoslavia)

8 October 1980 Matchday 2	AEK Athens	3–2	Flamurtari	Athens, Greece
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Stafylas 75' Kottis 77' Rigas 78'	Report	Çurri 14' Kovaçi 36'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 2,885 Referee: Cumhur Demir (Turkey)

5 March 1981 Matchday 3	AEK Athens	3–1	Velež Mostar	Athens, Greece
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Mavros 53', 58', 65'	Report	Međedović 25'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Referee: Georgescu (Romania)

19 March 1981 Matchday 4	Flamurtari	2–1	AEK Athens	Vlorë, Albania
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Çurri 21' Kovaçi 50'	Report	Eleftherakis 86'	Stadium: Flamurtari Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Ivan Yosifov (Bulgaria)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 30 June 1981

No.	Pos	Player	League		Cup		Balkans Cup		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
—	GK	Nikos Christidis	4	0	0	0	3	0	7	0
—	GK	Lakis Stergioudas	5	0	2	0	0	0	7	0
—	GK	Spyros Ikonomopoulos	26	0	6	0	1	0	33	0
Defenders
—	DF	Lakis Nikolaou	12	0	4	0	0	0	16	0
—	DF	Giannis Mousouris	13	2	3	0	4	0	20	2
—	DF	Giorgos Rigas	19	1	6	0	3	1	28	2
—	DF	Petros Ravousis	21	1	5	1	1	0	27	2
—	DF	Michalis Tzirakis	22	0	5	0	4	0	31	0
—	DF	Giorgos Kalogeropoulos	8	0	3	0	2	0	13	0
—	DF	Vangelis Paraprastanitis	32	2	7	0	1	0	40	2
—	DF	Stelios Manolas	23	1	5	0	4	0	32	1
—	DF	Lysandros Georgamlis	3	0	2	0	1	0	6	0
Midfielders
—	MF	Franjo Vladić	21	2	4	1	2	0	27	3
—	MF	Kostas Eleftherakis	23	5	3	0	3	1	29	6
—	MF	Petros Karavitis	7	0	2	0	0	0	9	0
—	MF	Christos Ardizoglou	26	5	7	1	0	0	33	6
—	MF	Spyros Thodis	28	4	7	1	3	0	38	5
—	MF	Stavros Letsas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	MF	Vangelis Vlachos	29	9	6	0	2	0	37	9
Forwards
—	FW	Dimitrios Gesios	22	7	6	1	2	0	30	8
—	FW	Dušan Bajević	27	12	6	3	1	0	34	15
—	FW	Dimitrios Papadopoulos	6	0	1	0	2	0	9	0
—	FW	Thomas Mavros	22	9	6	3	1	3	29	15
—	FW	Manolis Kottis	16	2	6	3	3	1	25	6
—	FW	Thomas Stafylas	11	0	1	0	4	1	16	1
Left during Winter Transfer Window
—	FW	Tasos Konstantinou	1	0	1	0	2	0	4	0
—	FW	Giorgos Chatziioannidis	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0

Disciplinary record

As of 30 June 1981

N	P	Nat.	Name											Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	League			Cup			Balkans Cup	Total			Notes
Goalkeepers
—	GK		Nikos Christidis
—	GK		Lakis Stergioudas
—	GK		Spyros Ikonomopoulos
Defenders
—	DF		Lakis Nikolaou	1			2				3
—	DF		Giannis Mousouris	1			1				2
—	DF		Giorgos Rigas	2							2
—	DF		Petros Ravousis	4							4
—	DF		Michalis Tzirakis	1			2				3
—	DF		Giorgos Kalogeropoulos	3							3
—	DF		Vangelis Paraprastanitis	4						1	5
—	DF		Stelios Manolas	5	1						5	1
—	DF		Lysandros Georgamlis
Midfielders
—	MF		Franjo Vladić	2					1		2		1
—	MF		Kostas Eleftherakis	1						1	2
—	MF		Petros Karavitis
—	MF		Christos Ardizoglou	4			2	1			6	1
—	MF		Spyros Thodis	4							4
—	MF		Stavros Letsas
—	MF		Vangelis Vlachos	2			2				4
Forwards
—	FW		Dimitrios Gesios				1				1
—	FW		Dušan Bajević	1					1		1		1
—	FW		Dimitrios Papadopoulos
—	FW		Thomas Mavros	1		1					1		1
—	FW		Manolis Kottis
—	FW		Thomas Stafylas
Left during Winter Transfer Window
—	FW		Tasos Konstantinou
—	FW		Giorgos Chatziioannidis

References

^ ^a ^b "OUR OLD HOME "NIKOS GOUMAS"". www.aekfc.gr.
^ ^a ^b Κυριακόπουλος, Γιώργος (8 February 2022). "Η τραγωδία που σημάδεψε τον ελληνικό αθλητισμό". onsports.gr.
^ "ΑΕΚ: "Εγκλημα" και τιμωρία". enwsi.gr. 3 October 2020.
^ "Λουκάς Μπάρλος, ο "πρόεδρος των τίτλων" που έβαλε υποθήκη το σπίτι του για να κατασκευαστεί η σκεπαστή. "Μόλις κατάλαβα ότι η τσέπη δεν τραβάει άλλο, υπέβαλα την παραίτηση μου"". ΜΗΧΑΝΗ ΤΟΥ ΧΡΟΝΟΥ. 19 October 2017.
^ "Περίοδος 1980-1981". kitrinomavro.gr. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

External links

AEK Athens F.C. Official Website

[table_note_res_CWC10.67218467345097-6] Since Olympiacos, winners of 1980–81 Greek Football Cup, was qualified for the 1981–82 European Cup, losing cup finalists PAOK earned a spot in the first round of the 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup.

[Stadium-1] "OUR OLD HOME "NIKOS GOUMAS"". www.aekfc.gr.

[gate7-2] Κυριακόπουλος, Γιώργος (8 February 2022). "Η τραγωδία που σημάδεψε τον ελληνικό αθλητισμό". onsports.gr.

[3] "ΑΕΚ: "Εγκλημα" και τιμωρία". enwsi.gr. 3 October 2020.

[4] "Λουκάς Μπάρλος, ο "πρόεδρος των τίτλων" που έβαλε υποθήκη το σπίτι του για να κατασκευαστεί η σκεπαστή. "Μόλις κατάλαβα ότι η τσέπη δεν τραβάει άλλο, υπέβαλα την παραίτηση μου"". ΜΗΧΑΝΗ ΤΟΥ ΧΡΟΝΟΥ. 19 October 2017.

[5] "Περίοδος 1980-1981". kitrinomavro.gr. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

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1980–81 AEK Athens F.C. season

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League table

Results summary

Results by Matchday

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