1965–66 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
1965–66 season
Chairman	Alexandros Makridis; Georgios Toubalidis
Manager	Tryfon Tzanetis
Stadium	AEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	3rd
Greek Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mimis Papaioannou (23); All: ; Mimis Papaioannou (28)
Highest home attendance	30,912 vs Panathinaikos; (3 April 1966)
Lowest home attendance	3,122 vs Iraklis; (12 June 1966)
Average home league attendance	13,078
Biggest win	AEK Athens 6–0 Niki Volos
Biggest defeat	Olympiacos 4–0 AEK Athens
	Home colours
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	← 1964–65 1966–67 →

The 1965–66 season was the 42nd season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the seventh consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki and the Greek Cup. The season began on 28 November 1965 and finished on 10 July 1966.

Overview

The 1965–66 season was characterized both for AEK Athens and for Greek football in general, by both interesting and strange events. The strictness of the football authorities was the price paid by the yellow-blacks on the effort made at the beginning of the season with their agent and former player, Kleanthis Maropoulos, in order to cooperate with the representatives of the regional clubs, creating a block of reaction to the dominance of Olympiacos and Panathinaikos in the decisions of the centers of authority. The "eternals", alarmed by the coalition of the rest that Maropoulos seemed to be succeeding even threatened to withdraw from the national Championship, terrorizing the smaller ones with the suspicion of loss of revenue from it, delaying its start until 28 November, when the first matchday was set.^[1]^[2]

In AEK, the start of the season was overshadowed by the conflict between the management and

Faliro, Olympiacos was sweeping, winning by 4–0 and in 3 April in the match against Panathinaikos, as the game was at 1–1 and while there had been previous violent episodes between the players in the first half, Panathinaikos scored at the 88th minute with Takis Loukanidis from an offside position. The referee awarded the goal and wild incidents occurred with the participation of fans entering the field, which resulted in the match permanently stopped at the expense of AEK, who were zeroed and the game awarded to Panathinaikos.^[8] These incidents, led the officials of AEK not to participate in the next match in Serres against Panserraikos as a sign of protest.^[9] AEK were again zeroed and the threat of relegation after a possible third zeroing forced the club to return to the Championship, eventually finishing 3rd.^[10]

AEK began their obligations in the Greek Cup eliminating Edessaikos at home for the round of 32, then Apollon Kalamarias away at the round of 16 and Ethnikos Piraeus at home in the quarter-finals. The semi-final draw that came out were AEK–Kavala and Olympiacos–Trikala. Kavala demanded that the match be played at their home ground citing a provision of the then regulations that stipulated that if one of the two teams came from Northern Greece in a pair of semi-finals, then the home team was automatically designated. AEK did not accept it, arguing that this regulation only concerned the clubs from Thessaloniki and not all clubs of Northern Greece in general. In order to reconcile things, the HFF, set the match at a neutral ground, the Kaftanzoglio Stadium, but Kavala refused to compete, insisting that the match should be played at their stadium. Thus, AEK advanced to the final as they were awarded the game without a match, where Olympiacos had already qualified after their 5–0 victory over Trikala. The definition by the HFF of setting the Final on 10 July 1966, at the Karaiskakis Stadium, brought the reactions of the Olympiacos whose management sent a letter to the Federation announcing their decision not to show up, protesting the advanced date in relation to the preparation of the club of Piraeus for the next season's European Cup. Thus, on 7 July, the HFF, unable to convince Olympiacos for their participation in the final, declared AEK the winner with a 2–0 victory without a match.^[11]

In the midst of such situations, Kostas Nestoridis, one of the greatest Greek footballers and one of the timeless "yellow-black" legends, departed from the club after 11 years of presence.^[12]

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 10 July 1966, 23:59 UTC+2.

Player	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
Stelios Serafidis	GK	(1935-08-06)6 August 1935 (aged 30)	1953	AEK Athens U20	—	1972
Vangelis Petrakis	GK	(1938-09-07)7 September 1938 (aged 27)	1962	Aris	Free	1967
Theodoros Maniateas	GK	(1945-03-19)19 March 1945 (aged 21)	1964	Panthisiakos	Free	1969
Defenders
Alekos Sofianidis	LW	(1937-08-03)3 August 1937 (aged 28)	1959	Beşiktaş	Free	1969
Aleko Yordan	CB	(1938-01-10)10 January 1938 (aged 28)	1962	Beykoz	Free	1969
Tasos Vasiliou	CB	(1938-08-04)4 August 1938 (aged 27)	1965	Apollon Athens	₯1,500,000	1970
Giorgos Kefalidis	CB	(1941-03-21)21 March 1941 (aged 25)	1964	Pierikos	Free	1972
Fotis Balopoulos	ST	(1943-12-17)17 December 1943 (aged 22)	1964	Proodeftiki	₯450,000	1970
Lakis Fragoudakis	DM	1944 (aged 21–22)	1964	Free agent	Free	1970
Midfielders
Giorgos Petridis	ST	(1938-02-10)10 February 1938 (aged 28)	1957	Pera Club	Free	1966
Stelios Skevofilakas	AM	(1939-01-06)6 January 1939 (aged 27)	1960	Eleftheroupoli	Free	1972
Fanis Tasinos	CM	(1941-10-28)28 October 1941 (aged 24)	1963	Korinthos	₯500,000	1966
Nikos Stathopoulos	LB	(1943-11-08)8 November 1943 (aged 22)	1965	AEK Athens U20	—	1974
Michalis Simigdalas	CM	(1944-06-23)23 June 1944 (aged 22)	1963	AEK Athens U20	—	1969
Giorgos Karafeskos	RW	(1946-12-08)8 December 1946 (aged 19)	1963	AEK Athens U20	—	1974
Forwards
Andreas Stamatiadis (Captain)	ST	(1935-08-16)16 August 1935 (aged 30)	1952	AEK Athens U20	—	1969
Dimitris Antoniou	ST	1939 (aged 26–27)	1965	Apollon Limassol	Free	1968
Kostas Papageorgiou	ST	(1941-01-01)1 January 1941 (aged 25)	1963	Atromitos	₯200,000	1969
Mimis Papaioannou	AM	(1942-08-23)23 August 1942 (aged 23)	1962	Veria	₯175,000	1979
Spyros Pomonis	LM	(1944-02-12)12 February 1944 (aged 22)	1960	AEK Athens U20	—	1973
Kostas Nikolaidis	ST	(1944-09-10)10 September 1944 (aged 21)	1965	PAO Safrabolis	Free	1973
Nikos Sevastopoulos	ST	(1945-02-26)26 February 1945 (aged 21)	1963	AEK Athens U20	—	1971
Left during season
Panagiotis Ventouris	SS	(1943-03-01)1 March 1943 (aged 23)	1965	Fostiras	₯435,000	1972
Kostas Nestoridis	SS	(1930-03-15)15 March 1930 (aged 36)	1955	Panionios	Free	1966

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until
DF	Tasos Vasiliou	Apollon Athens	Transfer	₯1,500,000^[a]	1 August 1965	30 June 1970
MF	Nikos Stathopoulos	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	1 July 1965	30 June 1974
MF	Panagiotis Ventouris	Fostiras	Transfer	₯435,000	1 July 1965	30 June 1972
FW	Dimitris Antoniou	Apollon Limassol	Transfer	Free	1 July 1965	30 June 1968
FW	Kostas Nikolaidis	PAO Safrabolis	Transfer	Free	1 July 1965	30 June 1973
FW	Nikos Sevastopoulos	Hellenic	End of loan	—	1 July 1965	30 June 1971

a. ^{^} plus Panagiotis Stasinopoulos.

Out

Pos.	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Panagiotis Stasinopoulos	Apollon Athens	Transfer	Free	1 August 1965
DF	Theofilos Vernezis	Free agent	End of contract	—	1 July 1965
DF	Manolis Kanellopoulos	Egaleo	End of contract	—	1 July 1965
MF	Miltos Papapostolou	Retired		—	1 July 1965
MF	Emilios Theofanidis	PAOK	End of contract	—	1 July 1965
FW	Lefter Küçükandonyadis	Retired		—	1 July 1965
FW	Kostas Nestoridis	South Melbourne Hellas	Transfer	Free	12 January 1966	^[13]

Loan out

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
MF	Panagiotis Ventouris	Hellenic	Free	1 January 1966	30 June 1966	N

Contract renewals

Pos.	Player	Date	Former Exp. Date	New Exp. Date	Source
FW	Mimis Papaioannou	1 December 1965	30 June 1970	30 June 1979	^[6]

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure: ₯1,935,000

Income: ₯0

Net Total: ₯1,935,000

Pre-season and friendlies

2 September 1965 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–0	Lokomotiv Sofia	Ampelokipoi
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nestoridis 23', 23' Nikolaidis 72'			Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Referee: 10,000

9 March 1966 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–1	Aarhus	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

15 June 1966 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–0	Stirling Albion	Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Papaioannou 30' Stathopoulos 41'			Stadium: AEK Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Alpha Ethniki	28 November 1965	19 June 1966	Matchday 1	3rd	30	19	5	6	58	26	+32	063.33
Greek Cup	6 January 1966	10 July 1966	Round of 32	Winners	5	5	0	0	9	4	+5	100.00
Total					35	24	5	6	67	30	+37	068.57

Last updated: 10 July 1966
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	30	23	4	3	67	18	+49	80	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Panathinaikos	30	23	3	4	85	24	+61	79
3	AEK Athens^[a]	30	19	5	6	58	26	+32	71	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Panionios^[b]	30	12	7	11	38	37	+1	60
5	Aris	30	11	8	11	42	42	0	60	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs 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
Notes:

^ AEK Athens were deducted 2 points.
^ Panionios were deducted 1 point.

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	19	5	6	58	26	+32	71	12	1	2	39	11	+28	7	4	4	19	15	+4

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	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	Η	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W
Position	9	5	11	8	6	8	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

Fixtures

28 November 1965 1	Aris	2–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Alexiadis 5', 61'		Stamatiadis 50'	Stadium: Aris Stadium Attendance: 3,838 Referee: Rudibert Jacobi (West Germany)

4 December 1965 2	Proodeftiki	1–3	AEK Athens	Piraeus
	Kallis 56'		Nestoridis 32' Nikolaidis 57' Stamatiadis 70'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 7,082 Referee: Periklis Poulias (Athens)

12 December 1965 3	AEK Athens	0–2	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
			P. Vasiliou 63' Aganian 80'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Carl Hansen (Denmark)

19 December 1965 4	Panathinaikos	2–3	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Loukanidis 11' (pen.) Papoutsakis 40'		Nikolaidis 5', 66' Papaioannou 15'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 24,535 Referee: Helmut Frizt (West Germany)

26 December 1965 5	AEK Athens	2–1	Panserraikos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Papaioannou 52' Yordan 84'		Bitzidis 65'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 14,165 Referee: Dimosthenis Stathatos (Athens)

2 January 1966 6	PAOK	1–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
	Charalampidis 4'		Papaioannou 87'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 13,225 Referee: Manolis Panakis (Athens)

9 January 1966 7	AEK Athens	0–0	Apollon Athens	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 16,233 Referee: Petros Tzouvaras (Thessaly)

16 January 1966 8	Panionios	0–1	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
			Papageorgiou 52'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 11,466 Referee: Tittl Josef (Austria)

23 January 1966 9	AEK Athens	3–1	Trikala	Nea Filadelfeia
	Nikolaidis 6' Skevofilakas 34' (pen.) Papaioannou 76'		Poulianas 23'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 11,823 Referee: Lefas (Piraeus)

30 January 1966 10	Egaleo	0–1	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
15:15 EET (UTC+2)			Papageorgiou 90'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 11,100 Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa)

6 February 1966 11	Ethnikos Piraeus	0–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
15:15 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 23,662

13 February 1966 12	Panegialios	0–2	AEK Athens	Aigio
15:30 EET (UTC+2)			Papaioannou 38' Karafeskos 77'	Stadium: Aigio National Stadium Attendance: 4,685 Referee: Alfred Haberfellner (Austria)

20 February 1966 13	AEK Athens	3–0	Pierikos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:45 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 4' Stamatiadis 9' Papaioannou 25'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 11,488 Referee: Reuben Prizner (Israel)

27 February 1966 14	Iraklis	0–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
				Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 9,909 Referee: Alfred Haberfellner (Austria)

6 March 1966 15	AEK Athens	6–0	Niki Volos	Nea Filadelfeia
	Nikolaidis 4', 33', 53' Papaioannou 50', 58' Karafeskos 69'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 6,492 Referee: Pagourtzis (Phthiotis)

13 March 1966 16	AEK Athens	2–0	Aris	Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Papageorgiou 13' Karafeskos 63'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 19,870 Referee: Franz Mayer (Austria)

20 March 1966 17	AEK Athens	2–1	Proodeftiki	Nea Filadelfeia
	Papageorgiou 33' Papaioannou 78'		Nikolakakos 82'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 14,467 Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa)

27 March 1966 18	Olympiacos	4–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
	Neofotistos 30' Petrakis 43' (o.g.) Sideris 58' Papazoglou 65'			Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Louis Raynard (France)

3 April 1966 19	AEK Athens	0–2 (Awarded)	Panathinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Papaioannou 50'		Sakellaridis 8' Loukanidis 88'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 30,912 Referee: Manuel Lousada (Portugal)
Note: The game was interrupted at the 37th minute due to violent incidents between the footballers of the two clubs. The match was abandoned at the 88th minute with score being 1–2 after the due intense protests of AEK players to the referee, claiming that the goal of Loukanidis was from an offside position, that also led to incidents, as well as fan invasion. Kick off never took place and the referee found that the time of the protests was two minutes and so considered as ending in the locker room. Eventually, three days later ESAPEK decided that the game was not over but abandoned and AEK Athens were zeroed, thus the game was awarded by 0–2 without a match to Panathinaikos.^[8]

11 April 1966 20	Panserraikos	2–0 (Awarded)	AEK Athens	Serres
				Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium
Note: AEK didn't show up for the match as a protest against the HFF and the bad refereeing against them in the previous match, against Panathinaikos. They were again zeroed for a second game in a row and the game was awarded without a match to Panseraikos^[9]

17 April 1966 21	AEK Athens	5–1	PAOK	Nea Filadelfeia
	Papaioannou 1', 34', 87' (pen.) Papageorgiou 6' Petridis 83'		Charalampidis 17'	Stadium: Spain )

27 April 1966 22	Apollon Athens	0–2	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
16:30 EET (UTC+2)			Nikolaidis 32' Papaioannou 70'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Dimitris Protonotarios (Athens)
Note: The match was originally scheduled to be held on 24 April, but the police department of Perissos did not give permission for the match to be conducted at Rizoupoli Stadium.

1 May 1966 23	AEK Athens	5–1	Panionios	Nea Filadelfeia
	Stathopoulos 11' Papaioannou 40', 44', 65' Stamatiadis 76'		Dedes 50'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 3,890 Referee: Lefas (Piraeus)

8 May 1966 24	Trikala	2–2	AEK Athens	Trikala
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Rachabelias 22' Charitidis 32'		Simigdalas 2' Papaioannou 54'	Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium Attendance: 6,675 Referee: Kostas Xanthos (Dodecanese)

15 May 1966 25	AEK Athens	4–1	Egaleo	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Papaioannou 15', 78', 82' Stamatiadis 23'		Markopoulos 16'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 7,424 Referee: Geroukalis (Athens)

22 May 1966 26	AEK Athens	2–1	Ethnikos Piraeus	Nea Filadelfeia
	Yordan 7' Papageorgiou 78'		Tsokataridis 42'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 10,251 Referee: Christos Pagiaslis (Piraeus)

29 May 1966 27	AEK Athens	2–0	Panegialios	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Pomonis 33' Papaioannou 85'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Periklis Poulias (Athens)

5 June 1966 28	Pierikos	1–0	AEK Athens	Katerini
	Felekidis 3'			Stadium: Katerini Stadium Attendance: 2,111 Referee: Vasile Dumitrescu (Romania)

12 June 1966 29	AEK Athens	3–0	Iraklis	Nea Filadelfeia
	Papageorgiou 24' Papaioannou 50' Nikolaidis 75'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 3,122 Referee: Epameinontas Chatzinikolaou (Athens)

19 June 1966 30	Niki Volos	0–3	AEK Athens	Volos
			Papaioannou 12' Nikolaidis 26' Stamatiadis 66'	Stadium: Niki Volos Stadium Attendance: 608 Referee: Polychronis

Greek Cup

AEK entered the Greek Cup at the round of 32.

Matches

6 January 1966 Round of 32	AEK Athens	4–3	Edessaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Papaioannou 11', 25', 62' (pen.) Nikolaidis 40'		Krontselis 36', 60' Vasdaris 46'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Referee: Adamakis

11 May 1966 Round of 16	Apollon Kalamarias	0–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
16:30 EET (UTC+2)			Papaioannou 43'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Dimosthenis Stathatos (Athens)

26 June 1966 Quarter-finals	AEK Athens	4–1	Ethnikos Piraeus	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Karafeskos 13' Papaioannou 44' Nikolaidis 48', 72'		Leventakos 5'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Giuliano Acernese (Italy)

7 July 1966 Semi-finals	AEK Athens	2–0 (Awarded)	Kavala	Thessaloniki
				Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Note: Kavala did not show up, claiming that the match should be played in their home ground. According to relative regulation, the HFF, even though they set the match at Kaftanzoglio Stadium in Thessaloniki, did not accept Kavala's claim and awarded the game to AEK Athens by 2–0 without a match.^[11]

10 July 1966 Final	Olympiacos	0–2 (Awarded)	AEK Athens	Piraeus
		Report		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Note: The Final was scratched and AEK Athens were awarded the Cup as Olympiacos were unable to show up, because the HFF was late to determine a date for the match and they had to prepare for the next season's European Cup.^[11]

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 10 July 1966

No.	Pos	Player	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
—	GK	Stelios Serafidis	11	0	3	0	14	0
—	GK	Vangelis Petrakis	17	0	0	0	17	0
—	GK	Theodoros Maniateas	1	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
—	DF	Alekos Sofianidis	29	0	3	0	32	0
—	DF	Aleko Yordan	26	2	2	0	28	2
—	DF	Tasos Vasiliou	29	0	3	0	32	0
—	DF	Giorgos Kefalidis	18	0	1	0	19	0
—	DF	Fotis Balopoulos	13	0	2	0	15	0
—	DF	Lakis Fragoudakis	2	0	1	0	3	0
Midfielders
—	MF	Giorgos Petridis	8	1	1	0	9	1
—	MF	Stelios Skevofilakas	27	1	2	0	29	1
—	MF	Fanis Tasinos	2	0	1	0	3	0
—	MF	Nikos Stathopoulos	5	1	2	0	7	1
—	MF	Michalis Simigdalas	4	1	0	0	4	1
—	MF	Giorgos Karafeskos	22	3	3	1	25	4
Forwards
—	FW	Andreas Stamatiadis	28	6	3	0	31	6
—	FW	Kostas Papageorgiou	15	7	0	0	15	7
—	FW	Mimis Papaioannou	25	23	3	5	28	28
—	FW	Spyros Pomonis	10	1	0	0	10	1
—	FW	Kostas Nikolaidis	21	11	3	3	24	14
—	FW	Nikos Sevastopoulos	0	0	0	0	0	0
Left during season
—	MF	Panagiotis Ventouris	3	0	0	0	3	0
—	FW	Kostas Nestoridis	3	1	0	0	3	1

Goalscorers

As of 10 July 1966

Rank	Pos.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	Total
1	FW	Mimis Papaioannou	23	5	28
2	FW	Kostas Nikolaidis	11	3	14
3	FW	Kostas Papageorgiou	7	0	7
4	FW	Andreas Stamatiadis	6	0	6
5	MF	Giorgos Karafeskos	3	1	4
6	DF	Aleko Yordan	2	0	2
7	MF	Michalis Simigdalas	1	0	1
	MF	Stelios Skevofilakas	1	0	1
	MF	Nikos Stathopoulos	1	0	1
	MF	Giorgos Petridis	1	0	1
	FW	Spyros Pomonis	1	0	1
	FW	Kostas Nestoridis	1	0	1
Own goals			0	0	0
Totals			58	9	67

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Source
Mimis Papaioannou	Edessaikos	4–3 (H)	6 January 1966	Greek Cup
Kostas Nikolaidis	Niki Volos	6–0 (H)	6 March 1966	Alpha Ethniki
Mimis Papaioannou	PAOK	5–1 (H)	17 April 1966	Alpha Ethniki	^[14]
Mimis Papaioannou	Panionios	5–1 (H)	1 May 1966	Alpha Ethniki
Mimis Papaioannou	Egaleo	4–1 (H)	15 May 1966	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 10 July 1966

Rank	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	Total
1	Vangelis Petrakis	8	0	8
2	Stelios Serafidis	4	1	5
3	Theodoros Maniateas	1	0	1
Totals		13	1	14

Disciplinary record

As of 10 July 1966

N	P	Nat.	Name				Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Alpha Ethniki	Greek 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		Giorgos Petridis
—	MF		Stelios Skevofilakas
—	MF		Fanis Tasinos
—	MF		Nikos Stathopoulos
—	MF		Michalis Simigdalas
—	MF		Giorgos Karafeskos
Forwards
—	FW		Andreas Stamatiadis
—	FW		Kostas Papageorgiou
—	FW		Mimis Papaioannou
—	FW		Spyros Pomonis
—	FW		Kostas Nikolaidis
—	FW		Nikos Sevastopoulos
Left during season
—	FW		Kostas Nestoridis
—	MF		Panagiotis Ventouris

Awards

Player	Pos.	Award	Source
Mimis Papaioannou	FW	Alpha Ethniki Top Scorer

References

^ Andreas Bomis, Goal 2000 • A century of football: almanac, history, comments, Ed. Pelekanos, Athens 2000, ISBN 978-000-4000-05-3, page 294
^ Giorgos Pagiotelis, The Epic of the First National Team, period. The WORLD No. 13 (Jan 1995), page 34
^ "12/5/1965 ΑΕΚ-Ρεάλ Μαδρίτης 3-3". aektoday.com.
^ "Όταν η ΑΕΚ αρνήθηκε μυθική πρόταση της Ρεάλ για τον Παπαϊωάννου". contra.gr.
^ "Η ιστορία του Μίμη Παπαϊωάννου". penalty.gr.
^ ^a ^b "Το καλοκαίρι που o Μίμης Παπαϊωάννου ήταν ένα βήμα από τη Ρεάλ Μαδρίτης και τελικά βρέθηκε δίδυμο με τον… Καζαντζίδη!". bankingnews.gr.
^ "19/12/1965 Παναθηναϊκός - ΑΕΚ 2-3". aektoday.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b "ΑΕΚ – ΠΑΝΑΘΗΝΑΪΚΟΣ: Το επεισοδιακό φινάλε του 1966 και το θρίλερ του 75". sportday.gr.
^ ^a ^b "ΘΕΜΑ Ο Γιούτσος χάρισε τον τίτλο (1966) στον Ολυμπιακό". amna.gr.
^ "Greece 1965/66". RSSSF.
^ ^a ^b ^c "ΑΕΚ-Ολυμπιακός 2-0 (άνευ αγώνα)". oldfootball.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
^ "Περίοδος 1965-1966". kitrinomavro.gr. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ Κλεισαρχάκης, Νίκος (12 January 2022). "Όταν ο Θρύλος «Νέστορας» έφευγε για τα ξένα…". aek1924.gr.
^ "5άρα στον ΠΑΟΚ!". aek-live.gr (in Greek). Online. 17 April 2020.

External links

[table_note_AEK0.31449833992612-14] AEK Athens were deducted 2 points.

[table_note_PGSS0.31449833992612-15] Panionios were deducted 1 point.

[1] Andreas Bomis, Goal 2000 • A century of football: almanac, history, comments, Ed. Pelekanos, Athens 2000, ISBN 978-000-4000-05-3, page 294

[2] Giorgos Pagiotelis, The Epic of the First National Team, period. The WORLD No. 13 (Jan 1995), page 34

[3] "12/5/1965 ΑΕΚ-Ρεάλ Μαδρίτης 3-3". aektoday.com.

[4] "Όταν η ΑΕΚ αρνήθηκε μυθική πρόταση της Ρεάλ για τον Παπαϊωάννου". contra.gr.

[5] "Η ιστορία του Μίμη Παπαϊωάννου". penalty.gr.

[PapAEK-6] "Το καλοκαίρι που o Μίμης Παπαϊωάννου ήταν ένα βήμα από τη Ρεάλ Μαδρίτης και τελικά βρέθηκε δίδυμο με τον… Καζαντζίδη!". bankingnews.gr.

[7] "19/12/1965 Παναθηναϊκός - ΑΕΚ 2-3". aektoday.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

[PanAEK-8] "ΑΕΚ – ΠΑΝΑΘΗΝΑΪΚΟΣ: Το επεισοδιακό φινάλε του 1966 και το θρίλερ του 75". sportday.gr.

[PansAEK-9] "ΘΕΜΑ Ο Γιούτσος χάρισε τον τίτλο (1966) στον Ολυμπιακό". amna.gr.

[10] "Greece 1965/66". RSSSF.

[CupAEK-11] "ΑΕΚ-Ολυμπιακός 2-0 (άνευ αγώνα)". oldfootball.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2018.

[12] "Περίοδος 1965-1966". kitrinomavro.gr. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

[13] Κλεισαρχάκης, Νίκος (12 January 2022). "Όταν ο Θρύλος «Νέστορας» έφευγε για τα ξένα…". aek1924.gr.

[16] "5άρα στον ΠΑΟΚ!". aek-live.gr (in Greek). Online. 17 April 2020.

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