1980–81 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
1980–81 season
ChairmanLoukas Barlos
ManagerMiltos Papapostolou
StadiumAEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki2nd
Greek CupSemi-finals
Balkans CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Dušan Bajević (12)
All:
Thomas Mavros
Dušan Bajević (18 each)
Highest home attendance36,766 vs Panathinaikos
(30 November 1980)
Lowest home attendance2,885 vs Flamurtari
(8 October 1980)
Average home league attendance15,377
Biggest winAEK Athens 6–2 Egaleo
AEK Athens 5–1 Kavala
AEK Athens 4–0 Korinthos
AEK Athens 4–0 PAOK
Biggest defeatOlympiacos 6–0 AEK Athens

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.

Kits

Supplier: Adidas

Home
Away

Overview

AEK entered the decade, essentially closing one of their most successful historical periods, since this season was the last year of Loukas Barlos at the management of the club. That was the second championship since the establishment of the professional football in Greece. AEK did not compete in any 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 achieving 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, after 36,766 tickets were sold in the league game against Panathinaikos. However, the continuation was not proportionate. AEK, although they finished the championship having by far the best attack with 63 goals and Dušan Bajević as their top scorer 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 on the top of the table. 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 was overshadowed by the tragic events at gate 7 of the stadium, where the fans, trying to leave the field, were trapped and many were trampled, resulting in the death of 21 people and the injury of more than 50 people. 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 from the previous season.

In the Cup, AEK eliminated Egaleo in the first round and the title-holder, Kastoria in the second round. Afterwards, they eliminated Panathinaikos at the round of 16 and Aris in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals they were drawn against PAOK and were eliminated with 2 defeats without scoring a single goal.

"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. I thank God for the moments he gave me at AEK. This club is the most important thing I've had in my life"

Statements of Loukas Barlos on leaving AEK

In the Balkans Cup, AEK were placed in the group with Velež Mostar and Flamurtari. Since all three teams finished on par with 2 wins and 2 defeats, Velež Mostar were qualified to the final of the institution, since they had a better goal.

At the end of the season, after seven years of owneship, Barlos left AEK Athens as a result of the dire financial situation that came from his involvement with the club, but also due to his inability to adapt to the new model of professional football, fearing alienation through the professionalism that was entering into the field of football. Moreover, Dušan Bajević, one of the stars of the team, left with him as well.

Management team

Position Staff
Manager Miltos Papapostolou
Goalkeeping coach Stelios Serafidis
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 14 June 1981, 23:59 UTC+3.

Player Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Signed Previous club Transfer fee Contract until
Goalkeepers
Nikos Christidis GK (1944-08-02)2 August 1944 (aged 36) 1976 Aris Free 1982
Lakis Stergioudas GK (1952-12-11)11 December 1952 (aged 28) 1972 Niki Poligyrou Free 1985
Spyros Ikonomopoulos GK (1959-07-25)25 July 1959 (aged 21) 1978 AEK Athens U20 — 1984
Defenders
Lakis Nikolaou (Captain) CB / RB / ST / DM (1949-07-17)17 July 1949 (aged 31) 1971 Atromitos ₯600,000 1982
Giannis Mousouris RB / RM / ST (1951-01-26)26 January 1951 (aged 30) 1977 AEL ₯3,000,000 1982
Giorgos Rigas CB / RB / DM (1953-12-06)6 December 1953 (aged 27) 1980 Kavala Free 1982
Michalis Tzirakis CB / RB / RM (1954-03-06)6 March 1954 (aged 27) 1980 OFI ₯8,000,000 1985
Giorgos Kalogeropoulos RB (1954-09-14)14 September 1954 (aged 26) 1979 Panionios Free 1981
Petros Ravousis CB / RB (1954-10-01)1 October 1954 (aged 26) 1972 Aetos Skydra Free 1985
Vangelis Paraprastanitis LB / CB / DM (1955-02-10)10 February 1955 (aged 26) 1979 Trikala Free 1985
Stavros Letsas RB / RM / CB (1957-03-06)6 March 1957 (aged 24) 1978 Agioi Anargyroi Free 1986
Stelios Manolas RB / CB (1961-07-13)13 July 1961 (aged 19) 1979 AEK Athens U20 — 1984
Lysandros Georgamlis RB / CB / DM / LB (1962-02-25)25 February 1962 (aged 19) 1979 AEK Athens U20 — 1985
Midfielders
Kostas Eleftherakis RM / AM (1950-07-18)18 July 1950 (aged 30) 1980 Panathinaikos Free 1981
Franjo Vladić AM / SS (1950-10-19)19 October 1950 (aged 30) 1979 Velež Mostar Free 1981
Petros Karavitis DM / CM / CB / LB / LM / LW (1952-03-11)11 March 1952 (aged 29) 1980 Olympiacos Free 1983
Christos Ardizoglou RM / LM / RW / LW / AM / LB (1953-03-25)25 March 1953 (aged 28) 1974 Apollon Athens ₯5,000,000 1982
Spyros Thodis CM / AM / DM (1955-07-23)23 July 1955 (aged 25) 1979 Anagennisi Karditsa Free 1984
Vangelis Vlachos AM / CM (1962-01-06)6 January 1962 (aged 19) 1979 AEK Athens U20 — 1984
Forwards
Dimitrios Gesios ST (1948-10-24)24 October 1948 (aged 32) 1980 Iraklis Free 1982
Dušan Bajević ST / SS (1948-12-10)10 December 1948 (aged 32) 1977 Velež Mostar Free 1981
Dimitrios Papadopoulos ST (1950-03-01)1 March 1950 (aged 31) 1980 OFI Free 1982
Thomas Mavros ST / LW (1954-05-31)31 May 1954 (aged 27) 1976 Panionios ₯4,000,000 1983
Manolis Kottis ST / LW (1955-01-25)25 January 1955 (aged 26) 1980 Rodos Free 1985
Thomas Stafylas ST (1958-04-04)4 April 1958 (aged 23) 1980 AEK Athens U20 — 1982
Left during Winter Transfer Window
Tasos Konstantinou RW / SS / ST / RM / AM (1951-03-11)11 March 1951 (aged 30) 1972 EPA Larnaca Free 1981
Giorgos Chatziioannidis ST (1960-11-30)30 November 1960 (aged 20) 1979 AEK Athens U20 — 1984

Transfers

In

Summer

Pos. Player From Fee Date Contract Until Source
DF Giorgos Rigas Kavala Free transfer 1 July 1980 30 June 1982
DF Michalis Tzirakis OFI ₯8,000,000 1 July 1980 30 June 1985
DF Stavros Letsas Panelefsiniakos End of loan 1 July 1980 30 June 1985
MF Giorgos Vlantis Panachaiki Loan return 1 July 1980 30 June 1984
ΜF Kostas Eleftherakis Panathinaikos Free transfer 1 July 1980 30 June 1981
FW Dimitrios Gesios Iraklis Free transfer 1 July 1980 30 June 1982
FW Dimitrios Papadopoulos OFI Free transfer 1 July 1980 30 June 1982
FW Manolis Kottis Rodos Free transfer[a] 1 July 1980 30 June 1985
FW Thomas Stafylas Acharnaikos Loan return 1 July 1980 30 June 1982
a. ^ and Christos Kalaitzidis as an exchange.

Winter

Pos. Player From Fee Date Contract Until Source
MF Petros Karavitis Olympiacos Free transfer 17 December 1980 30 June 1983

Out

Summer

Pos. Player To Fee Date Source
DF Dimitris Argyros Kastoria Free transfer 1 July 1980
DF Aris Damianidis Olympiacos End of contract 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 Free transfer 1 July 1980
ΜF Stelios Kaselakis Agioi Anargyroi Free transfer 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 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
MF 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

Contract renewals

Pos. Player Date Former Exp. Date New Exp. Date Source
DF Lakis Nikolaou 1 December 1980 30 June 1980 31 July 1982
FW Thomas Mavros 13 June 1980 31 July 1980 31 July 1983

Overall transfer activity

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
 Report
Stadium: AEK Stadium
13 August 1980 Friendly AEK Athens 1–4 Baník Ostrava Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium
3 December 1980 Friendly AEK Athens 2–2 Stoke City Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • 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
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 1,500

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Alpha Ethniki 7 September 1980 14 June 1981 Matchday 1 2nd 34 17 10 7 63 42 +21 050.00
Greek Cup 29 October 1980 10 June 1981 First round Semi-finals 8 4 1 3 14 10 +4 050.00
Balkans Cup 18 September 1980 19 March 1981 Group stage Group stage 4 2 0 2 7 7 +0 050.00
Total 46 23 11 12 84 59 +25 050.00

Last updated: 14 June 1981
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

Main article: 1980–81 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos Team
 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
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) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ 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

Results by Matchday

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GroundHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAA
ResultWWWWWWDDLWDDLWDDWLWLWDWWLWLWDWDDWL
Position1111111121113233333333333333333322
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures

7 September 1980 1 AEK Athens 5–1 Kavala Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Kakkalis 89'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 21,279
Referee: Makis Mersinis (Chalkidiki)
14 September 1980 2 PAOK 1–2 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 36,964
Referee: Vasilis Vourakis (Piraeus)
21 September 1980 3 AEK Athens 2–1 Olympiacos Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Papadopoulos 17'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 36,191
Referee: Giorgos Loutridis (Larissa)
28 September 1980 4 Atromitos 1–2 AEK Athens Peristeri
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Paunovski 18'
Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Attendance: 12,799
Referee: Giannis Aggelidis (Serres)
5 October 1980 5 AEK Athens 2–1 Panserraikos Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Batis 73'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 20,249
Referee: Kostas Tsouris (Thrace)
19 October 1980 6 Kastoria 2–3 AEK Athens Kastoria
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Voitsidis 25'
  • Chounouzidis 73'
Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kastoria
Attendance: 5,144
Referee: Vasilis Tikmoglou (Thessaloniki)
26 October 1980 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 8 AEK Athens 1–1 AEL Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 20,687
Referee: Dimitris Koutoulas (Serres)
9 November 1980 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 10 AEK Athens 4–0 Korinthos Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 15,019
Referee: Giorgos Koukoulakis (Heraklion)
23 November 1980 11 Panionios 1–1 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
  • Mavrikis 65'
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 14,549
Referee: Giorgos Kounalakis (Heraklion)
30 November 1980 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.
14 December 1980 13 PAS Giannina 3–1 AEK Athens Ioannina
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
  • Papageorgiou 50'
  • Ananiadis 84'
  • Sofias 89'
Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
Attendance: 8,245
Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus)
21 December 1980 14 AEK Athens 2–1 Doxa Drama Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 13,691
Referee: Manolis Vardakas (Kozani)
28 December 1980 15 Aris 1–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Aris Stadium
Attendance: 20,690
Referee: Vasilis Messalas (Patras)
4 January 1981 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 17 AEK Athens 3–0 OFI Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 10,898
Referee: G. Moschopoulos (Thessaloniki)
18 January 1981 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 19 AEK Athens 4–0 PAOK Nea Filadelfeia
15:15 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 21,973
Referee: Giorgos Loutridis (Larissa)
8 February 1981 20 Olympiacos 6–0 AEK Athens Piraeus
15:15 EET (UTC+2)
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.
18 February 1981 21 AEK Athens 3–0 Atromitos Nea Filadelfeia
15:15 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 3,528
Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus)
22 February 1981 22 Panserraikos 1–1 AEK Athens Serres
15:15 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 6,615
Referee: Antonis Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
1 March 1981 23 AEK Athens 3–1 Kastoria Nea Filadelfeia
15:45 EET (UTC+2)
  • Liolios 64'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 6,726
Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)
22 March 1981 24 AEK Athens 3–0 Apollon Athens Nea Filadelfeia
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 9,972
Referee: Nikos Karathanasis (Athens)
29 March 1981 25 AEL 2–1 AEK Athens Trikala
Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 11,364
Referee: G. Moschopoulos (Thessaloniki)
5 April 1981 26 AEK Athens 3–1 Panachaiki Nea Filadelfeia
  • Spentzopoulos 54'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 12,714
Referee: Dimitris Sidiropoulos (Thessaloniki)
12 April 1981 27 Korinthos 2–1 AEK Athens Corinth
  • Pissas 18'
  • Togias 40'
Stadium: Korinthos Stadium
Attendance: 7,950
Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)
19 April 1981 28 AEK Athens 3–1 Panionios Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Kaltsas 89'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 14,724
Referee: Leonidas Printezis (Athens)
10 May 1981 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 30 AEK Athens 3–2 PAS Giannina Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 13,611
Referee: Thanasis Nikolitsas (Argolida)
24 May 1981 31 Doxa Drama 2–2 AEK Athens Drama
Stadium: Doxa Drama Stadium
Attendance: 5,284
Referee: Theoklis Kontzalis (Thessaloniki)
31 May 1981 32 AEK Athens 4–4 Aris Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 13,728
Referee: Makis Mersinis (Chalkidiki)
7 June 1981 33 Ethnikos Piraeus 0–2 AEK Athens Piraeus
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 5,551
Referee: Pounartzis (Thessaloniki)
14 June 1981 34 OFI 3–1 AEK Athens Heraklion
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Karaiskos 30'
  • Georgiadis 31'
  • Drakos 66'
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 3,141
Referee: Kostas Dedes (Messinia)

Greek Cup

Main article: 1980–81 Greek Football Cup

Matches

29 October 1980 First round AEK Athens 6–2 Egaleo Nea Filadelfeia
14:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Mavronasios  8'
  • 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)
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)
Report
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)
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)
Report
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)
  • Tzifopoulos  10'
  • Zelelidis  41'
 Report
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)
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
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

Main article: 1980–81 Balkans Cup

Group Α

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification VEL AEK FLA
1 Velež Mostar 4 2 0 2 8 6 1.333 4 Advance to Final — 2–0 4–1
2 AEK Athens 4 2 0 2 7 7 1.000 4 3–1 — 3–2
3 Flamurtari 4 2 0 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 1 Velež Mostar 2–0 AEK Athens Mostar, Yugoslavia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Bijeli Brijeg
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Stjepan Glavina (Yugoslavia)
8 October 1980 2 AEK Athens 3–2 Flamurtari Athens, Greece
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 2,885
Referee: Cumhur Demir (Turkey)
5 March 1981 3 AEK Athens 3–1 Velež Mostar Athens, Greece
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
  • Mulahasanović  14'
  • Međedović 25'
 Stadium: AEK Stadium
Referee: Georgescu (Romania)
19 March 1981 4 Flamurtari 2–1 AEK Athens Vlorë, Albania
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Flamurtari Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Ivan Yosifov (Bulgaria)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 14 June 1981
No. Pos Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Balkans Cup Total
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 Michalis Tzirakis 22 0 5 0 4 0 31 0
— DF Giorgos Kalogeropoulos 8 0 3 0 2 0 13 0
— DF Petros Ravousis 21 1 5 1 1 0 27 2
— DF Vangelis Paraprastanitis 32 2 7 0 1 0 40 2
— DF Stavros Letsas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— DF Stelios Manolas 23 1 5 0 4 0 32 1
— DF Lysandros Georgamlis 3 0 2 0 1 0 6 0
Midfielders
— MF Kostas Eleftherakis 23 5 3 0 3 1 29 6
— MF Franjo Vladić 21 2 4 1 2 0 27 3
— 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 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

Goalscorers

As of 14 June 1981
Rank Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Balkans Cup Total
1 FW Dušan Bajević 12 3 0 15
FW Thomas Mavros 9 3 3 15
3 MF Vangelis Vlachos 9 0 0 9
4 FW Dimitrios Gesios 7 1 0 8
5 MF Christos Ardizoglou 5 1 0 6
MF Kostas Eleftherakis 5 0 1 6
FW Manolis Kottis 2 3 1 6
8 MF Spyros Thodis 4 1 0 5
9 MF Franjo Vladić 2 1 0 3
10 DF Giannis Mousouris 2 0 0 2
DF Vangelis Paraprastanitis 2 0 0 2
DF Petros Ravousis 1 1 0 2
DF Giorgos Rigas 1 0 1 2
14 DF Stelios Manolas 1 0 0 1
FW Thomas Stafylas 0 0 1 1
Own goals 1 0 0 1
Totals 63 14 7 84

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player Against Result Date Competition Source
Thomas Mavros Velež Mostar 3–1 (H) 5 March 1981 Balkans Cup

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 14 June 1981
Rank Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Balkans Cup Total
1 Spyros Ikonomopoulos 8 2 0 10
2 Lakis Stergioudas 1 1 0 1
3 Nikos Christidis 1 0 0 1
Totals 10 3 0 13

Disciplinary record

As of 14 June 1981
N P Nat. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek 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 Michalis Tzirakis 1 2 3
— DF Giorgos Kalogeropoulos 3 3
— DF Petros Ravousis 4 4
— DF Vangelis Paraprastanitis 4 1 5
— DF Stavros Letsas
— DF Stelios Manolas 5 1 5 1
— DF Lysandros Georgamlis
Midfielders
— MF Kostas Eleftherakis 1 1 2
— MF Franjo Vladić 2 1 2 1
— MF Petros Karavitis
— MF Christos Ardizoglou 4 2 1 6 1
— MF Spyros Thodis 4 4
— 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

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