1977–78 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
1977–78 season
Chairman	Loukas Barlos
Manager	František Fadrhonc; (until 23 September); Andreas Stamatiadis; (until 10 October); Zlatko Čajkovski
Stadium	AEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	1st
Greek Cup	Winners
UEFA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Thomas Mavros (22); All: ; Thomas Mavros (31)
Highest home attendance	30,000 vs Olympiacos; (17 May 1978)
Lowest home attendance	5,482 vs Ethnikos Piraeus; (26 December 1977)
Average home league attendance	16,591
Biggest win	Ethnikos Piraeus 1–6 AEK Athens; AEK Athens 6–1 AO Chania; AEK Athens 6–1 Olympiacos
Biggest defeat	Standard Liège 4–1 AEK Athens
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 season was the 54th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 19th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup. The season began on 11 September 1977 and finished on 4 June 1978.

Overview

AEK started the season "boosted" from last season's course to the UEFA Cup semi-finals, as well as the quality they presented in their games, showed the unquenchable willingness of the club of Loukas Barlos to constantly look for more. The staffing of the team continued at a steady pace. The full-back of Egaleo, Aris Damianidis, the Uruguayan midfielder Milton Viera from Olympiacos, the top scorer of last season second division with AEL, Giannis Mousouris, who was converted into a right-back and most importantly the Yugoslav international striker, Dušan Bajević from Velež Mostar, filled any gaps in the club's roster.

At the beginning of the season, the first rifts appreared over the relations of Barlos and František Fadrhonc. The philosophical differences between the two men regarding the future course of the team were presented, as Barlos wanted the staffing of AEK with big names, who would launch them to the top, while the "grandfather" seemed to prefer the gradual staffing of the team through their academies, which he had under his supervision and had upgraded to a fairly high level.

The price of their difference of philosophy resulted in the removal of Fadrhonc after the away defeat against Olympiacos at the 2nd matchday. The Czech's assistant Andreas Stamatiadis sat on the team's bench for the next two games as an interim coach and from there Zlatko Čajkovski took over the fate of AEK. The so-called "Čik" as an ardent supporter of attacking and spectacular football, continued Fadrhonc's work handling the club's roster perfectly.

In the UEFA Cup, AEK faced the Romanian ASA Târgu Mureș, for the first round. In Romania, AEK presented a mediocre appearance, which was largely due to the tragic condition of the field. It rained torrentially at the city for two consecutive days before the match, resulting in a mud-flooded pitch. The Romanians, took advantage of AEK's inability to develop their technical virtues on the field and not only did they defend effectively, but also won by 1–0. In the replay match, AEK were imposing and the score stopped at 3–0, while they lost many opportunities for more throughout the second half. The draw brought AEK at the second round opponents with the Belgian Standard Liège, which proved to be a difficult opponent and managed to leave the AEK stadium with a draw. The replay match found AEK unlucky, as they were left behind 1–0 by an own goal. The yellow-blacks managed to recover from the shock and they equalized to 1–1, but in the last half hour of the match found AEK exhausted and Standard Liège with everything on their side, including necessary luck, they scored 3 goals.

At the 15th matchday, the games took place the day after Christmas and the footballers' union proceeded to the first mobilization of the industry, claiming a strike for the specific matchday, which resulted the clubs lining up with players from the amateur divisions and only foreign professionals.^[1] After the passing of the first months and the recovery of the injured Bajević, AEK looked like a goal machine.

They achieved a total of 74 goals having the best attack of the league, which they won with a difference of 7 points from the second PAOK. It was characteristic that after the defeat in the 2nd match that brought about the removal of Fadrhonc, AEK were defeated only once. Thomas Mavros was the league's top scorer with 22 goals, while in fourth place was Takis Nikoloudis with 15.

AEK's superiority and the big difference of points which they won the league was also confirmed in the Greek Cup. Čajkovski's team seemed unstoppable as they eliminated AO Chania at home in the first round, Panathinaikos away in the second round and Panionios at home in the round of 16. In the quarter-finals, AEK defeated Panelefsiniakos away and advanced to the semi-finals, where they faced Olympiacos in Nea Filadelfeia. The "mistake" of Olympiacos to precede at the beginning of the match, made AEK "furious" and retaliated with 6 goals. AEK confirming their characterization as "unstoppable", defeated PAOK 2–0 in the final and won the Greek Cup, as well as the Double for the second time in their history after 39 years. Dušan Bajević emergerd as the top scorer in the tournament with 9 goals.^[2]

Management team

Position	Staff
Manager	Zlatko Čajkovski
Assistant manager	Alexi Petrović
Assistant manager	Andreas Stamatiadis
Goalkeeping coach	Stelios Serafidis
Academy director	František Fadrhonc

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 4 June 1978, 23:59 UTC+3.

Player	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
Nikos Christidis	GK	(1944-08-02)2 August 1944 (aged 33)	1976	Aris	Free	1982
Lakis Stergioudas	GK	(1952-12-11)11 December 1952 (aged 25)	1972	Niki Poligyrou	Free	1984
Defenders
Apostolos Toskas	CB	(1947-12-28)28 December 1947 (aged 30)	1969	Trikala	Free	1979
Lakis Nikolaou (Vice-captain)	DM	(1949-07-17)17 July 1949 (aged 28)	1971	Atromitos	₯600,000	1979
Babis Intzoglou	CB	(1949-04-01)1 April 1949 (aged 29)	1976	Panionios	Free	1980
Stefanos Theodoridis	RB	(1950-06-19)19 June 1950 (aged 28)	1969	AEK Athens U20	—	1978
Giannis Mousouris	ST	(1951-01-26)26 January 1951 (aged 27)	1977	AEL	₯3,000,000	1982
Petros Ravousis	RB	(1954-10-01)1 October 1954 (aged 23)	1972	Aetos Skydra	Free	1984
Aris Damianidis	RB	(1955-03-02)2 March 1955 (aged 23)	1977	Egaleo	Free	1980
Midfielders
Milton Viera	DM	(1946-05-11)11 May 1946 (aged 32)	1977	Olympiacos	Free	1980
Lazaros Papadopoulos	RW	(1950-01-03)3 January 1950 (aged 28)	1973	Veria	Free	1979
Dionysis Tsamis	AM	(1951-05-21)21 May 1951 (aged 27)	1972	Panetolikos	₯2,300,000	1980
Takis Nikoloudis	LM	(1951-08-26)26 August 1951 (aged 26)	1977	Iraklis	Free	1981
Christos Ardizoglou	AM	(1953-03-25)25 March 1953 (aged 25)	1974	Apollon Athens	₯5,000,000	1986
Fotis Outsikas	LW	(1957-05-26)26 May 1957 (aged 21)	1975	AEK Athens U20	—	1980
Giorgos Vlachonikolis	SS	1958 (aged 19–20)	1977	Ilisiakos	Free	1978
Forwards
Mimis Papaioannou (Captain)	AM	(1942-08-23)23 August 1942 (aged 35)	1962	Veria	₯175,000	1979
Dušan Bajević	SS	(1948-12-10)10 December 1948 (aged 29)	1977	Velež Mostar	Free	1981
Tasos Konstantinou	AM	(1951-03-11)11 March 1951 (aged 27)	1972	EPA Larnaca	Free	1980
Thomas Mavros	SS	(1954-05-31)31 May 1954 (aged 24)	1976	Panionios	Free	1984
Giorgos Vlantis	ST	(1958-01-30)30 January 1958 (aged 20)	1976	AEK Athens U20	—	1983
Left during season
Giorgos Sidiropoulos	GK	(1949-06-25)25 June 1949 (aged 29)	1973	AO Trikala	Free	1978
From Reserve Squad
Spyros Ikonomopoulos	GK	(1959-07-25)25 July 1959 (aged 18)	—	AO Akratas	—
Panagiotis Stylianopoulos	LB	(1957-09-04)4 September 1957 (aged 20)	—	AEK Athens U20	—
Theodoros Apostolopoulos	CB	1959 (aged 18–19)	—	Chaidari	—
Kottidis	CB	1959 (aged 18–19)	—	AEK Athens U20	—
Saxanidis	CB	1959 (aged 18–19)	—	AEK Athens U20	—
Takis Papatheodorou	CB	1959 (aged 18–19)	—	AEK Athens U20	—
Christos Kalaitzidis	LM	(1959-02-06)6 February 1959 (aged 19)	—	PO.K.E.	—
Stefanos Kallinteroglou	ST	1954 (aged 23–24)	—	AEK Athens U20	—
Thomas Stafylas	ST	(1958-04-04)4 April 1958 (aged 20)	—	AEK Athens U20	—
Giannis Outsikas	ST	1959 (aged 18–19)	—	AEK Athens U20	—
Stefanos Zografos	ST	1959 (aged 18–19)	—	AEK Athens U20	—
Tasos Boulmentis	ST	1959 (aged 18–19)	—	AEK Athens U20	—

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
DF	Aris Damianidis	Egaleo	Transfer	Free	1 July 1977	30 June 1980
DF	Giannis Mousouris	AEL	Transfer	₯3,000,000	26 July 1977	30 June 1982	^[3]
ΜF	Milton Viera	Olympiacos	Transfer	Free	1 July 1977	30 June 1980
MF	Giorgos Vlachonikolis	Ilisiakos	Transfer	Free	1 July 1977	30 June 1978
FW	Dušan Bajević	Velež Mostar	Transfer	Free	1 July 1977	30 June 1981

Out

Pos.	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date
GK	Giorgos Sidiropoulos	AEL	Contract termination	—	1 January 1978
DF	Sakis Zarzopoulos	OFI	End of contract	—	1 July 1977
DF	Michalis Michalas	Free agent	End of contract	—	1 July 1977
DF	Giorgos Skrekis	Panionios	End of contract	—	1 July 1977
MF	Timo Zahnleiter	VfR Bürstadt	End of contract	—	1 July 1977
FW	Georgios Dedes	Panionios	End of contract	—	1 July 1977
FW	Walter Wagner	Aris	End of contract	—	1 July 1977
FW	Alekos Papadopulos	OFI	End of contract	—	1 July 1977
FW	Andreas Xenos	Free agent	End of contract	—	1 July 1977

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure: ₯3,000,000

Income: ₯0

Net Total: ₯3,000,000

Pre-season and friendlies

5 August 1977 Friendly	QPR	1–3	AEK Athens
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)

7 August 1977 Friendly	Club Brugge	2–2	AEK Athens

10 August 1977 Friendly	AEK Athens	4–0	Slovan Bratislava	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

17 August 1977 Friendly	AEK Athens	4–0	Sportul Studențesc	Nea Filadelfeia
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 17,423

21 August 1977 Friendly	Olympiacos	1–2	AEK Athens	Piraeus
	Galakos 36'		Nikoloudis 60' Mavros 66'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

24 August 1977 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–0	Stal Mielec	Nea Filadelfeia
		Report		Stadium: AEK Stadium

28 August 1977 Friendly	PAOK	0–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
				Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)

31 August 1977 Friendly	AEK Athens	4–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

4 September 1977 Friendly	Chalkida	1–0	AEK Athens	Chalcis
				Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Chalkida

5 September 1977 Friendly	AEK Athens	5–1	Ethnikos Piraeus	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

29 November 1977 Friendly	AEK Athens	7–0	Saudi Arabia U20	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium

28 December 1977 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–1	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

29 March 1978 Friendly	Ethnikos Asteras	1–0	AEK Athens	Kaisariani
				Stadium: Kaisariani Stadium

12 April 1978 Friendly	AEK Athens	5–1	AE Kesarianis	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

1 May 1978 Friendly	Kickers Offenbach	2–2	AEK Athens	Offenbach
			Mavros	Stadium: Bieberer Berg

4 May 1978 Friendly	1. FC Herzogenaurach	3–7	AEK Athens	Nuremberg
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Penen King Nurber		Nikoloudis 12', 57' Mousouris 25' Bajević 42' Nikolaou 72' Katsaros 76' Mavros 80'	Stadium: Rudolf-Dassler-Sportfeld Attendance: 2,500

10 May 1978 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–1	Alexandria all stars	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: AEK Stadium

21 May 1978 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–0	QPR	Nea Filadelfeia
	Konstantinou 62' (pen.) Bajević 69'	Report		Stadium: AEK Stadium

24 May 1978 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–3	PSAT all stars	Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)				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	11 September 1977	28 May 1978	Matchday 1	Winners	34	21	11	2	74	27	+47	061.76
Greek Cup	21 December 1977	4 June 1978	First round	Winners	6	6	0	0	22	4	+18	100.00
UEFA Cup	14 September 1977	2 November 1977	First round	Second round	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1	025.00
Total					44	28	12	4	102	38	+64	063.64

Last updated: 4 June 1978
Source: Competitions

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	21	11	2	74	27	+47	53	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	PAOK	34	16	14	4	48	24	+24	46	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
3	Panathinaikos	34	19	7	8	63	25	+38	45	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Olympiacos	34	17	10	7	46	20	+26	44	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	PAS Giannina	34	14	10	10	45	39	+6	38

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Since AEK Athens also won the Greek Cup and qualified for the 1978–79 European Cup, the Cup finalists, PAOK earned a spot in the Cup Winners' Cup first round.

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	21	11	2	74	27	+47	53	15	2	0	49	12	+37	6	9	2	25	15	+10

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	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	H	A
Result	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	L
Position	1	8	6	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	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

Fixtures

11 September 1977 1	AEK Athens	6–2	Veria	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Intzoglou 6' Ardizoglou 14', 33' Mousouris 42' Mavros 84' (pen.) Nikoloudis 90'		Yfantidis 76' Sioutis 88'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 14,754 Referee: Ampatzis (Thessaloniki)

18 September 1977 2	Olympiacos	1–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Persias 17'			Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 37,868 Referee: Aggelopoulos (Argolida)

2 October 1977 3	AEK Athens	5–1	Panionios	Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Konstantinou 44' (pen.) Nikoloudis 56' Papaioannou 58' Mousouris 82' Nikolaou 84'		Zoumas 54'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 13,216 Referee: Vasilis Messalas (Patras)

9 October 1977 4	Panserraikos	0–2	AEK Athens	Serres
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)			Mavros 8' Nikoloudis 63'	Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium Attendance: 5,674 Referee: Vasilis Patarakis (Piraeus)

16 October 1977 5	Kavala	2–3	AEK Athens	Kavala
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Balian 25' (pen.) Machairidis 74'		Mousouris 23', 85' Konstantinou 36' (pen.)	Stadium: Kavala National Stadium Attendance: 9,507 Referee: Manolis Vardakas (Kozani)

23 October 1977 6	AEK Athens	3–1	Egaleo	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Nikoloudis 5' Mavros 17' Mousouris 19'		Chatziskoulidis 33'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 12,461 Referee: Lolos (Athens)

30 October 1977 7	Panathinaikos	1–1	AEK Athens	Chalcis
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Aslanidis 27'		Mavros 74'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Chalkida Attendance: 14,150 Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus)
Note: Match held at Chalcis because Panathinaikos had a stadium ban due to player incidents in the away game against Olympiacos.^[4]

6 November 1977 8	AEK Athens	2–0	Apollon Athens	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Nikoloudis 53' Mavros 55'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 10,793 Referee: Kefalas (Thessaloniki)

13 November 1977 9	Pierikos	0–2	AEK Athens	Katerini
14:30 EET (UTC+2)			Nikoloudis 59' Papaioannou 77'	Stadium: Katerini Stadium Attendance: 4,872 Referee: Pachigiannakis

23 November 1977 10	AEK Athens	1–1	OFI	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nikoloudis 47'		Tzirakis 44'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 11,600 Referee: Kostas Karakitsos (Lamia)

27 November 1977 11	PAS Giannina	0–0	AEK Athens	Ioannina
14:30 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Zosimades Stadium Attendance: 3,881 Referee: Antonis Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

4 December 1977 12	AEK Athens	4–0	Panachaiki	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Mavros 23', 68', 73' Tsamis 85'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 6,877 Referee: Miltiadis Paschalidis (Serres)

11 December 1977 13	Iraklis	3–3	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Michailidis 13' Chatzieleftheriou 68' Gesios 70'		Papaioannou 3' Konstantinou 53' (pen.) Mavros 84'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 12,104 Referee: Charalampos Pamporidis (Pella)

18 December 1977 14	AEK Athens	1–0	Kastoria	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Konstantinou 43' (pen.)			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 10,951 Referee: G. Moschopoulos (Thessaloniki)

26 December 1977 15	AEK Athens	1–1	Ethnikos Piraeus	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Βoulmentis 28'		Chouchoulis 59'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 5,482 Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)
Note: The Greek professional footballers were on strike in that matchday, thus all the clubs of the division were forced to compete with either amateur players or foreigners.^[1]

8 January 1978 16	PAOK	1–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Damanakis 67'		Bajević 44'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 17,552 Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa)

15 January 1978 17	AEK Athens	4–2	Aris	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Nikoloudis 15' Mavros 31' Papaioannou 56' Bajević 74'		Semertzidis 18' Drampis 87'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 20,169 Referee: Dimitris Bazakoulas (Aetoloacarnania)

22 January 1978 18	Veria	1–1	AEK Athens	Veria
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Yfantidis 4'		Nikolaou 11'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 7,036 Referee: Stefanos Rammos (Thessaloniki)

29 January 1978 19	AEK Athens	2–0	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Mavros 13', 53'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 26,607 Referee: Egoustos Sapatakidis (Thessaloniki)

5 February 1978 20	Panionios	0–1	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
15:00 EET (UTC+2)			Mavros 75'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 11,498 Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa)

12 February 1978 21	AEK Athens	2–1	Panserraikos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Konstantinou 13', 22' (pen.)		Dimitriou 44'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 16,030 Referee: Panagiotis Kolliropoulos (Patras)

19 February 1978 22	AEK Athens	3–0	Kavala	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Bajević 7' Konstantinou 29', 75'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 16,302 Referee: Michalis Ornerakis (Chania)

26 February 1978 23	Egaleo	2–4	AEK Athens	Aigaleo
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Chatziskoulidis 9' Konstantopoulos 41'		Nikoloudis 55', 75', 82' Mavros 90'	Stadium: Aigaleo Municipal Stadium Attendance: 9,919 Referee: Panagiotis Tsolakidis (Thessaloniki)

5 March 1978 24	AEK Athens	2–0	Panathinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Konstantinou 50' (pen.) Mousouris 89'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 29,806 Referee: Tsoukaladelis (Lamia)

12 March 1978 25	Apollon Athens	0–0	AEK Athens	Rizoupoli
15:30 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Referee: Aristeidis Lekkas (Piraeus)

19 March 1978 26	AEK Athens	5–2	Pierikos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Ardizoglou 3' Nikoloudis 35', 51' Mavros 5' (pen.), 90' (pen.)		Miskos 29' Kalampakas 74'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 11,768 Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)

26 March 1978 27	OFI	0–0	AEK Athens	Heraklion
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 6,747 Referee: Manolis Vardakas (Kozani)

2 April 1978 28	AEK Athens	3–0	PAS Giannina	Nea Filadelfeia
	Papaioannou 6' Mavros 25', 50'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 20,728 Referee: Abatzis (Thessaloniki)

9 April 1978 29	Panachaiki	0–0	AEK Athens	Patras
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Panachaiki Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Panagiotis Tsolakidis (Thessaloniki)

16 April 1978 30	AEK Athens	3–1	Iraklis	Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Mavros 13', 16' Mousouris 24'		Xanthopoulos 19'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 15,430 Referee: Giannis Triantafyllou (Dodecanese)

23 April 1978 31	Kastoria	1–1	AEK Athens	Kastoria
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Paunovski 65'		Papaioannou 73'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kastoria Attendance: 4,332 Referee: G. Moschopoulos (Thessaloniki)

7 May 1978 32	Ethnikos Piraeus	1–6	AEK Athens	Piraeus
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Papalamprou 14'		Nikoloudis 2', 86' Mavros 44' Papaioannou 57' Ardizoglou 69' Mousouris 79'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 12,923 Referee: Antonis Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

14 May 1978 33	AEK Athens	2–0	PAOK	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bajević 17' Mavros 88'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 21,741 Referee: Theodoros Tsanaklidis (Kavala)

28 May 1978 34	Aris	2–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Skouboe 34' (pen.) Papetas 74'			Stadium: Aris Stadium Attendance: 6,112 Referee: Dimitris Pantzalis (Piraeus)

Greek Cup

Matches

21 December 1977 First round	AEK Athens	6–1	AO Chania	Nea Filadelfeia
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Bajević 2', 20', 40', 80' Viera 32' Vlantis 37'		Troumpoukis 70'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)

1 February 1978 Second round	Panathinaikos	0–1	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
14:30 EET (UTC+2)			Bajević 56'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 23,050 Referee: Giorgos Armodoros (Piraeus)

8 March 1978 Round of 16	AEK Athens	3–0	Panionios	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Mavros 16', 90' Papaioannou 58'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 10,969 Referee: G. Moschopoulos (Thessaloniki)

19 April 1978 Eleusis
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Tsivgoulis 3' Vourdamis 90'		Bajević 14', 59' Mavros 30', 83'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Elefsina Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Stefanos Rammos (Thessaloniki)

17 May 1978 Semi-finals	AEK Athens	6–1	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Bajević 14' Mavros 19', 76', 89' Konstantinou 36' Nikoloudis 57'	Report	Spence 12'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Theodoros Tsanaklidis (Kavala)

4 June 1978 Final	AEK Athens	2–0	PAOK	Piraeus
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bajević 50' Mavros 80'	Report (pages 4,5)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 23,483 Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)

UEFA Cup

First round

14 September 1977 First leg	ASA Târgu Mureș	1–0	AEK Athens	Târgu Mureș, Romania
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Onutan 66' Fănici 81'	Report	Stergioudas 56'	Stadium: Stadionul 23 August Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Mitko Chukov (Bulgaria )

28 September 1977 Second leg	AEK Athens	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	ASA Târgu Mureș	Athens, Greece
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Papaioannou 24' Viera 25', 35' Intzoglou 30' Mousouris 44'	Report	Both 5' Hajnal 39'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 14,730 Referee: Tome Manojlovski (Yugoslavia)

Second round

19 October 1977 First leg	AEK Athens	2–2	Standard Liège	Athens, Greece
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Mavros 57' Nikoloudis 83' Ravousis 77' Intzoglou 90'	Report	Sigurvinsson 14' Visnyei 25' Poel 42'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 20,458 Referee: Ken Burns (England)

2 November 1977 Second leg	Standard Liège	4–1 (6–3 agg.)	AEK Athens	Liège, Belgium
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nikoloudis 41' (o.g.) Riedl 64' Nickel 69' Gorez 85'	Report	Mavros 1' Ardizoglou 1', 63' Viera 1'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Walter Hungerbühler (Switzerland)
Note: The official report states that Standard Liège's first goal at the 41st minute was scored by Labarbe, but in the highlights of the game it appears clearly that it was an own goal by Nikoloudis.^[5]

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 4 June 1978

No.	Pos	Player	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		UEFA Cup		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
—	GK	Nikos Christidis	19	0	5	0	0	0	24	0
—	GK	Lakis Stergioudas	14	0	0	0	4	0	18	0
Defenders
—	DF	Apostolos Toskas	13	0	3	0	0	0	16	0
—	DF	Lakis Nikolaou	31	2	5	0	4	0	40	2
—	DF	Babis Intzoglou	25	1	5	0	3	0	33	1
—	DF	Stefanos Theodoridis	10	0	2	0	4	0	16	0
—	DF	Giannis Mousouris	31	8	6	0	4	1	41	9
—	DF	Petros Ravousis	30	0	6	0	4	0	40	0
—	DF	Aris Damianidis	14	0	3	0	2	0	19	0
Midfielders
—	MF	Milton Viera	25	0	4	1	4	1	33	2
—	MF	Lazaros Papadopoulos	5	0	3	0	0	0	8	0
—	MF	Dionysis Tsamis	26	1	4	0	2	0	32	1
—	MF	Takis Nikoloudis	32	15	6	1	4	1	42	17
—	MF	Christos Ardizoglou	17	4	3	0	3	1	23	5
—	MF	Fotis Outsikas	8	0	1	0	2	0	11	0
—	MF	Giorgos Vlachonikolis	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Forwards
—	FW	Mimis Papaioannou	31	7	5	1	3	1	39	9
—	FW	Dušan Bajević	19	4	5	9	0	0	24	13
—	FW	Tasos Konstantinou	25	9	5	1	2	0	32	10
—	FW	Thomas Mavros	33	22	5	8	4	1	42	31
—	FW	Giorgos Vlantis	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	1
Left during season
—	GK	Giorgos Sidiropoulos	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
From Reserve Squad
—	GK	Spyros Ikonomopoulos	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
—	DF	Panagiotis Stylianopoulos	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
—	DF	Theodoros Apostolopoulos	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
—	DF	Kottidis	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
—	DF	Saxanidis	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
—	DF	Takis Papatheodorou	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
—	MF	Christos Kalaitzidis	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
—	FW	Stefanos Kallinteroglou	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
—	FW	Thomas Stafylas	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
—	FW	Giannis Outsikas	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
—	FW	Stefanos Zografos	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
—	FW	Tasos Boulmentis	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1

Goalscorers

As of 4 June 1978

Rank	Pos.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	FW	Thomas Mavros	22	8	1	31
2	MF	Takis Nikoloudis	15	1	1	17
3	FW	Dušan Bajević	4	9	0	13
4	FW	Tasos Konstantinou	9	1	0	10
5	DF	Giannis Mousouris	8	0	1	9
5	FW	Mimis Papaioannou	7	1	1	9
7	MF	Christos Ardizoglou	4	0	1	5
8	DF	Lakis Nikolaou	2	0	0	2
8	MF	Milton Viera	0	1	1	2
10	DF	Babis Intzoglou	1	0	0	1
	MF	Dionysis Tsamis	1	0	0	1
	FW	Tasos Boulmentis	1	0	0	1
	FW	Giorgos Vlantis	0	1	0	1
Own goals			0	0	0	0
Totals			74	22	6	102

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Source
Thomas Mavros	Panachaiki	4–0 (H)	4 December 1977	Alpha Ethniki
Dušan Bajević⁴	AO Chania	6–1 (A)	21 December 1977	Greek Cup
Takis Nikoloudis	Egaleo	4–2 (Α)	26 February 1978	Alpha Ethniki	^[6]
Thomas Mavros	Olympiacos	6–1 (H)	17 May 1978	Greek Cup	^[7]

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 4 June 1978

Rank	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	Nikos Christidis	10	3	0	13
2	Lakis Stergioudas	5	0	1	6
3	Spyros Ikonomopoulos	0	0	0	0
3	Giorgos Sidiropoulos	0	0	0	0
Totals		15	3	1	19

Disciplinary record

As of 4 June 1978

N	P	Nat.	Name							Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup	UEFA Cup	Total		Notes
Goalkeepers
—	GK		Nikos Christidis
—	GK		Lakis Stergioudas				1	1
Defenders
—	DF		Apostolos Toskas
—	DF		Lakis Nikolaou	1		1		2
—	DF		Babis Intzoglou	4		1	2	7
—	DF		Stefanos Theodoridis	1				1
—	DF		Giannis Mousouris
—	DF		Petros Ravousis	3			1	4
—	DF		Aris Damianidis
Midfielders
—	MF		Milton Viera	3		2	2	7
—	MF		Lazaros Papadopoulos
—	MF		Dionysis Tsamis
—	MF		Takis Nikoloudis	1				1
—	MF		Christos Ardizoglou				1	1
—	MF		Fotis Outsikas	3				3
—	MF		Giorgos Vlachonikolis
Forwards
—	FW		Mimis Papaioannou
—	FW		Dušan Bajević	1	1			1	1
—	FW		Tasos Konstantinou	2		1		3
—	FW		Thomas Mavros	1		1	1	3
—	FW		Giorgos Vlantis
Left during season
—	GK		Giorgos Sidiropoulos
From Reserve Squad
—	GK		Spyros Ikonomopoulos
—	DF		Panagiotis Stylianopoulos
—	DF		Theodoros Apostolopoulos
—	DF		Kottidis
—	DF		Saxanidis
—	DF		Takis Papatheodorou
—	MF		Christos Kalaitzidis
—	FW		Stefanos Kallinteroglou
—	FW		Thomas Stafylas
—	FW		Giannis Outsikas
—	FW		Stefanos Zografos
—	FW		Tasos Boulmentis

Awards

Player	Pos.	Award	Source
Thomas Mavros	FW	Alpha Ethniki Top Scorer
Dušan Bajević	FW	Greek Cup Top Scorer

References

^ ^a ^b "Το ντεμπούτο του Μπάγεβιτς και δώδεκα… πιτσιρικάδων της εποχής! Στις 26 Δεκεμβρίου του 1977 στην Ελλάδα έπαιζαν μπάλα..." filathlos.gr.
^ "Περίοδος 1977-1978". kitrinomavro.gr. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "Γιάννης Μουσούρης-Αφιέρωμα (ΑΕΛ 1975-76 & 1976-77)" – via youtube.com.
^ "Όταν ο Κομίνης λεγόταν Κρικώνης- Η φάρσα της ιστορίας 40 χρόνια μετά". fosonline.gr. 12 March 2018.
^ "1977 November 2 Standard Liege Belgium 4 AEK Athens Greece 1 UEFA Cup". YouTube.
^ "Μεγάλη ανατροπή με υπογραφή Νικολούδη". aek365.org (in Greek). Online. 26 February 2016.
^ "Τα έξι γκολ της ΑΕΚ στον Ολυμπιακό!". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Online. 17 May 2014.

External links

[table_note_res_CWC10.15433340433721-4] Since AEK Athens also won the Greek Cup and qualified for the 1978–79 European Cup, the Cup finalists, PAOK earned a spot in the Cup Winners' Cup first round.

[Strike-1] "Το ντεμπούτο του Μπάγεβιτς και δώδεκα… πιτσιρικάδων της εποχής! Στις 26 Δεκεμβρίου του 1977 στην Ελλάδα έπαιζαν μπάλα..." filathlos.gr.

[2] "Περίοδος 1977-1978". kitrinomavro.gr. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

[3] "Γιάννης Μουσούρης-Αφιέρωμα (ΑΕΛ 1975-76 & 1976-77)" – via youtube.com.

[5] "Όταν ο Κομίνης λεγόταν Κρικώνης- Η φάρσα της ιστορίας 40 χρόνια μετά". fosonline.gr. 12 March 2018.

[6] "1977 November 2 Standard Liege Belgium 4 AEK Athens Greece 1 UEFA Cup". YouTube.

[7] "Μεγάλη ανατροπή με υπογραφή Νικολούδη". aek365.org (in Greek). Online. 26 February 2016.

[8] "Τα έξι γκολ της ΑΕΚ στον Ολυμπιακό!". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Online. 17 May 2014.

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