AEK Athens

1975–76 season
Chairman	Loukas Barlos
Manager	František Fadrhonc
Stadium	AEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	2nd
Greek Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Georgios Dedes (15) All: Georgios Dedes (19)
Highest home attendance	30,000 vs Olympiacos (12 May 1976)
Lowest home attendance	4,081 vs Anagennisi Karditsa (8 February 1976)
Average home league attendance	16,778
Biggest win	AEK Athens 7–0 Agios Dimitrios
Biggest defeat	Inter Bratislava 2–0 AEK Athens PAS Giannina 2–0 AEK Athens
Home colours Away colours
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The 1975–76 season was the 52nd season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 17th 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 17 September 1975 and finished on 23 May 1976.

Home

Away

In the summer of 1975, Loukas Barlos, setting aside everything else, threw himself into the acquisition of Thomas Mavros. The 21-year-old striker of Panionios had dazzled everyone with his talent and had decided that it was time to move on to one of the greats of the league. Barlos, according to his favorite strategy, was in favor of the proper gallant player in his offer, but Panionios was blocking the transfer. The president of AEK approached Mavros and convinced him immediately, showing his love for AEK and football. Mavros pushed for the transfer, but collided with a relentless attitude of Panionios. A legal dispute began, based on a finding of Thomas's brother and his lawyer that had to do with their father's unsigned consent when the minor Thomas first joined Panionios. The ending of this dispute came a year later after the out-of-court settlement between the two clubs, with Mavros paying the price of a complete absence of one year from the stadiums, ^[1] recalling the respective case of Nestoridis several years ago. Fadrhonc's work in the football department was becoming effective, creating a team that combined spectacle and results.

After two consecutive years of absence from the European competitions, AEK returned in the UEFA Cup. The draw brought them against the Yugoslav Vojvodina. The first match took place at Karađorđe Stadium and ended 0–0. Fantronk's team confirmed their superiority and took the victory and the qualification with a score of 3–1. In the second round, the draw brought AEK against the Czechoslovak Inter Bratislava. In the first match at Bratislava, AEK faced defeat by 2–0. In the rematch at Nea Filadelfeia the Czechoslovaks "froze" the stadium opening the score at the 2nd minute and the task of AEK became even more difficult. The Union managed to turn the tie by scoring three goals in the second half, but unfortunately the fourth goal that would send them to the next round did not occur. In the league, AEK remained undefeated for 23 consecutive games and reached seven matches before the finish holding their luck in their own hands. Unfortunately, in the next two matches they suffered an equal number of defeats from Panathinaikos and Aris and in combination with the defeat from PAOK, they finished at second place, 5 points from the top, handing over the title to PAOK. The offensiveness that Fadrhonc gave to team's playing style, resulted in Georgios Dedes as the league's top scorer with 15 goals, while in the top 10 were also Walter Wagner and Mimis Papaioannou with 11 goals each. In the Greek Cup, AEK reached the semi-finals, where they lost 2–3 and were eliminated by Olympiacos. ^[2]

Position	Staff
Manager	František Fadrhonc
Assistant manager	Andreas Stamatiadis
Goalkeeping coach	Stelios Serafidis

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 23 May 1976, 23:59 UTC+3.

Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
Giorgos Sidiropoulos		GK	(1949-06-25)25 June 1949 (aged 27)	1973	AO Trikala	Free	1978
Lakis Stergioudas		GK	(1952-12-11)11 December 1952 (aged 23)	1972	Niki Poligyrou	Free	1984
Defenders
Giorgos Skrekis		RB / CB	(1945-02-02)2 February 1945 (aged 31)	1974	Panionios	Free	1977
Spyros Stefanidis		CB / RB	(1946-12-18)18 December 1946 (aged 29)	1973	Panserraikos	Free	1976
Apostolos Toskas		CB	(1947-12-28)28 December 1947 (aged 28)	1969	Trikala	Free	1979
Lakis Nikolaou		CB / RB / ST / DM	(1949-07-17)17 July 1949 (aged 26)	1971	Atromitos	₯600,000	1979
Sakis Zarzopoulos		CB / RB / LB	(1949-12-15)15 December 1949 (aged 26)	1973	Panserraikos	Free	1977
Stefanos Theodoridis		CB / RB	(1950-06-19)19 June 1950 (aged 26)	1969	AEK Athens U20	—	1978
Petros Ravousis		CB / RB	(1954-10-01)1 October 1954 (aged 21)	1972	Aetos Skydra	Free	1984
Midfielders
Timo Zahnleiter		CM / DM	(1948-12-16)16 December 1948 (aged 27)	1974	1860 München	Free	1978
Takis Timotheou		AM / CB	1949 (aged 26–27)	1974	APOEL	Free	1976
Lazaros Papadopoulos		RM / RW	(1950-01-03)3 January 1950 (aged 26)	1973	Veria	Free	1979
Dionysis Tsamis		CM / DM / AM	(1951-05-21)21 May 1951 (aged 25)	1972	Panetolikos	₯2,300,000	1980
Christos Ardizoglou		RM / LM / RW / AM	(1953-03-25)25 March 1953 (aged 23)	1974	Apollon Athens	₯5,000,000	1986
Fotis Outsikas		LM / LB / LW	(1957-05-26)26 May 1957 (aged 19)	1975	AEK Athens U20	—	1980
Forwards
Mimis Papaioannou (Captain)		SS / ST / AM	(1942-08-23)23 August 1942 (aged 33)	1962	Veria	₯175,000	1979
Georgios Dedes		ST / SS / RW / LW	(1943-02-25)25 February 1943 (aged 33)	1974	Panionios	Free	1977
Walter Wagner		ST / SS / RW / LW	(1949-07-26)26 July 1949 (aged 26)	1974	Austria Wien	Free	1977
Tasos Konstantinou		RW / SS / ST / RM / AM	(1951-03-11)11 March 1951 (aged 25)	1972	EPA Larnaca	Free	1980

Pos.	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
MF	Fotis Outsikas	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	1 July 1975	30 June 1980

Pos.	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Giorgos Daditsos	Panachaiki	End of contract	—	1 July 1975
DF	Victor Theofilopoulos	Kastoria	End of contract	—	1 July 1975
MF	Giorgos Lavaridis	Panserraikos	End of contract	—	1 July 1975
MF	Vangelis Makos	Panionios	End of contract	—	1 July 1975
FW	Jorge Falero Fanìs	Montevideo Wanderers	End of contract	—	1 July 1975

Expenditure: ₯0

Income: ₯0

Net Total: ₯0

AEK Athens v Club Brugge

6 August 1975 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–2	Club Brugge	Nea Filadelfeia
	Dedes 31'			Stadium: AEK Stadium

AEK Athens v Rapid București

13 August 1975 Friendly	AEK Athens	4–1	Rapid București	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

AEK Athens v OFK Beograd

20 August 1975 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–0	OFK Beograd	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

AEK Athens v ADO Den Haag

3 September 1975 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–2	ADO Den Haag	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium

AEK Athens v Panathinaikos

September 1975 Friendly	AEK Athens	4–0	Panathinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
	Ardizoglou 51' Wagner 52' Papaioannou 60' Dedes 75'	Report		Stadium: AEK Stadium

AEK Athens v Alemannia Aachen

8 January 1976 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–0	Alemannia Aachen	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET ( UTC+2)	Nikolaou 1' Mavros 55'			Stadium: AEK Stadium

Vojvodina v AEK Athens

17 September 1975 First leg	Vojvodina	0–0	AEK Athens	Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
19:30 EEST ( UTC+3)		Report	Nikolaou  60'	Stadium: Karađorđe Stadium Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Heinz Einbeck ( East Germany)

AEK Athens v Vojvodina

1 October 1975 Second leg	AEK Athens	3–1 (3–1 agg.)	Vojvodina	Athens, Greece
21:00 EEST ( UTC+3)	Papaioannou 41' Papadopoulos 60' Wagner 71'	Report	Ivezić  62' Rutonjski 89'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 27,541 Referee: Pavel Kazakov ( Soviet Union)

Inter Bratislava v AEK Athens

22 October 1975 First leg	Inter Bratislava	2–0	AEK Athens	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
	Luprich 36' ( pen.) Mráz 81'	Report		Stadium: Tehelné pole Attendance: 8,120 Referee: John Gordon ( Scotland)

AEK Athens v Inter Bratislava

5 November 1975 Second leg	AEK Athens	3–1 (3–3( a) agg.)	Inter Bratislava	Athens, Greece
19:30 EET ( UTC+2)	Konstantinou 58', 60' ( pen.) Wagner 74'	Report	Novotný 1'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 25,023 Referee: Milivoje Gugulović ( Yugoslavia)

As of 23 May 1976

No.	Pos	Player	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		UEFA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
—	GK	Giorgos Sidiropoulos	22	0	3	0	1	0	26	0
—	GK	Lakis Stergioudas	9	0	3	0	3	0	15	0
Defenders
—	DF	Giorgos Skrekis	16	1	0	0	3	0	19	1
—	DF	Spyros Stefanidis	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
—	DF	Apostolos Toskas	23	0	5	0	4	0	32	0
—	DF	Lakis Nikolaou	29	3	4	0	4	0	37	3
—	DF	Sakis Zarzopoulos	5	0	2	0	2	0	9	0
—	DF	Stefanos Theodoridis	22	0	5	0	3	0	30	0
—	DF	Petros Ravousis	18	0	2	0	1	0	21	0
Midfielders
—	MF	Timo Zahnleiter	27	3	5	0	1	0	33	3
—	MF	Takis Timotheou	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
—	MF	Lazaros Papadopoulos	18	0	3	0	4	1	25	1
—	MF	Dionysis Tsamis	30	0	5	1	4	0	39	1
—	MF	Christos Ardizoglou	25	5	4	5	0	0	29	10
—	MF	Fotis Outsikas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
—	FW	Mimis Papaioannou	30	11	4	3	4	1	38	15
—	FW	Georgios Dedes	27	15	5	4	4	0	36	19
—	FW	Walter Wagner	27	11	5	3	4	2	36	16
—	FW	Tasos Konstantinou	24	8	4	2	4	2	32	12

As of 23 May 1976

Rank	Pos.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	FW	Georgios Dedes	15	4	0	19
2	FW	Walter Wagner	11	3	2	16
3	FW	Mimis Papaioannou	11	3	1	15
4	FW	Tasos Konstantinou	8	2	2	12
5	MF	Christos Ardizoglou	5	5	0	10
6	DF	Lakis Nikolaou	3	0	0	3
	MF	Timo Zahnleiter	3	0	0	3
8	DF	Giorgos Skrekis	1	0	0	1
	MF	Dionysis Tsamis	0	1	0	1
	MF	Lazaros Papadopoulos	0	0	1	1
Own goals			0	0	0	0
Totals			57	18	6	81

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Source
Georgios Dedes	Kastoria	4–0 (H)	5 October 1975	Alpha Ethniki
Mimis Papaioannou	Agios Dimitrios	7–0 (H)	2 November 1975	Greek Cup
Christos Ardizoglou	Olympiakos Neon Liosion	6–1 (H)	10 March 1976	Greek Cup
Georgios Dedes	Pierikos	5–0 (H)	16 May 1976	Alpha Ethniki

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 23 May 1976

Rank	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	Giorgos Sidiropoulos	14	1	0	15
2	Lakis Stergioudas	3	2	1	6
Totals		17	3	1	21

As of 23 May 1976

N	P	Nat.	Name	Alpha Ethniki			Greek Cup			UEFA Cup			Total			Notes
Goalkeepers
—	GK		Giorgos Sidiropoulos
—	GK		Lakis Stergioudas
Defenders
—	DF		Giorgos Skrekis
—	DF		Spyros Stefanidis	1									1
—	DF		Apostolos Toskas
—	DF		Lakis Nikolaou	2						1			3
—	DF		Sakis Zarzopoulos
—	DF		Stefanos Theodoridis
—	DF		Petros Ravousis				1						1
Midfielders
—	MF		Timo Zahnleiter
—	MF		Takis Timotheou
—	MF		Lazaros Papadopoulos	1									1
—	MF		Dionysis Tsamis				1						1
—	MF		Christos Ardizoglou			1									1
—	MF		Fotis Outsikas
Forwards
—	FW		Mimis Papaioannou
—	FW		Georgios Dedes				1						1
—	FW		Walter Wagner	1									1
—	FW		Tasos Konstantinou

Player	Pos.	Award	Source
Georgios Dedes	FW	Alpha Ethniki Top Scorer
Christos Ardizoglou	MF	Greek Cup Top Scorer (shared)

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