1972–73 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
1972–73 season
Chairman	Kosmas Chatzicharalampous
Manager	Branko Stanković; (until 7 February); Billy Bingham
Stadium	AEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	5th
Greek Cup	Round of 16
UEFA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mimis Papaioannou; Giannis Dandelis; Kostas Nikolaidis (7 each); All: ; Kostas Nikolaidis (13)
Highest home attendance	29,812 vs Olympiacos; (26 November 1972)
Lowest home attendance	2,292 vs Ethnikos Asteras; (3 January 1973)
Average home league attendance	15,949
Biggest win	AEK Athens 9–0 Ethnikos Asteras
Biggest defeat	AEK Athens 1–5 Olympiacos
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 season was the 49th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 14th 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 13 September 1972 and finished on 3 June 1973.

Kits

Home

Away

Overview

The declining course of AEK Athens continued during the period 1972–73. Important players such as Petros Ravousis, Tasos Konstantinou and Dionysis Tsamis were acquired. On the other hand, the arrival of dubious value of Latin American footballers, according to the current of the time, such as Néstor Errea, Rodolfo Vicente and Hugo Zeer did not offer anything special to the problematic AEK.

AEK participated in the UEFA Cup for the first time in their history. In the first round, they were drawn against the Hungarian Salgótarján. It was characteristic, that the two matches against AEK constitute the whole of the European presence in Salgótarján's history. In the first leg at Nea Filadelfeia, AEK prevailed easily with 3–1.^[1] The rematch in Hungary had acquired a purely procedural character and the yellow-blacks qualified with a 1–1 draw.^[2] In the second round, luck completely turned its back on AEK, bringing them against the great Liverpool of Bill Shankly. The first match on Anfield, Liverpool's unquestionable superiority was certified, as the reds took the victory with 3–0 and largely ensured the qualification for the next round.^[3] In the rematch of AEK Stadium, Liverpool finished the job with a 3–1 win,^[4] which sent them to the next round and in the conquest of the title, at the end of the season.^[5]

For another year AEK stayed away from claiming the cup. In the first round, they eliminated Korinthos at home and in the round of 32, they overcame Ethnikos Asteras, with an impressive 9–0 home win. At the round of 16, AEK were drawn against the second division club Apollon Kalamarias and were eliminated with a 2–1 defeat at Kalamaria. That resulted in the removal of Branko Stanković from the bench of the team, after 5 years at the club.

After a period with the manager of the reserve team, Kostas Chatzimichail at the wheel, Billy Bingham, the then manager of the national team, was hired in February at a very difficult turn for the club, which was plagued by administrative and competitive problems. AEK were far from the top and the Irishman failed to change the situation and was fired at the end of the season. As a result, the club finished 5th, at a distance of 23 points from the top. The counterproductive attack of AEK in contrast to their long tradition in this section, was remarkable, as they scored only 39 goals while conceding 36.^[6]

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 3 June 1973, 23:59 UTC+2.

Player	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
Néstor Errea	GK	(1939-04-27)27 April 1939 (aged 34)	1972	Banfield	Free	1974
Stelios Konstantinidis	GK	(1947-06-06)6 June 1947 (aged 26)	1967	AEK Athens U20	—	1973
Lakis Stergioudas	GK	(1952-12-11)11 December 1952 (aged 20)	1972	Niki Poligyrou	Free	1985
Giorgos Daditsos	GK	(1953-03-09)9 March 1953 (aged 20)	1970	AEK Athens U20	—	1975
Defenders
Giorgos Tanidis	CB	(1946-12-25)25 December 1946 (aged 26)	1971	Aris Ptolemaidas	Free	1974
Rizos Lelis	CB	(1947-11-13)13 November 1947 (aged 25)	1972	AEL	Free	1973
Apostolos Toskas	CB	(1947-12-28)28 December 1947 (aged 25)	1969	Trikala	Free	1979
Nikos Karapoulitidis	CB / RB	(1948-11-30)30 November 1948 (aged 24)	1967	Free agent	Free	1975
Stefanos Theodoridis	CB / RB	(1950-06-19)19 June 1950 (aged 23)	1969	AEK Athens U20	—	1978
Lefteris Istorios	RB / LB / CM / DM	(1951-10-02)2 October 1951 (aged 21)	1971	AEK Athens U20	—	1976
Petros Ravousis	CB / RB	(1954-10-01)1 October 1954 (aged 18)	1972	Aetos Skydra	Free	1985
Midfielders
Nikos Stathopoulos	LM / LB	(1943-11-08)8 November 1943 (aged 29)	1965	AEK Athens U20	—	1974
Hugo Horacio Zerr	CM / AM	(1946-11-13)13 November 1946 (aged 26)	1972	Nueva Chicago	Free	1974
Giorgos Karafeskos	CM / DM / RM / RW	(1946-12-08)8 December 1946 (aged 26)	1963	AEK Athens U20	—	1974
Giorgos Lavaridis	CM / DM	(1947-10-15)15 October 1947 (aged 25)	1968	AEK Athens U20	—	1975
Dionysis Tsamis	CM / DM / AM	(1951-05-21)21 May 1951 (aged 22)	1972	Panetolikos	₯2,300,000	1980
Vangelis Makos	CM	1952 (aged 20–21)	1972	Thriamvos Athens	Free	1975
Forwards
Mimis Papaioannou (Captain)	SS / ST / AM	(1942-08-23)23 August 1942 (aged 30)	1962	Veria	₯175,000	1979
Spyros Pomonis	LW / LM	(1944-02-12)12 February 1944 (aged 29)	1960	AEK Athens U20	—	1973
Kostas Nikolaidis	RW / LW / SS / ST	(1944-09-10)10 September 1944 (aged 28)	1965	PAO Safrabolis	Free	1973
Giannis Dandelis	ST	(1945-05-31)31 May 1945 (aged 28)	1972	Veria	Free	1977
Rodolfo Vicente	RW / RM	(1946-07-21)21 July 1946 (aged 26)	1972	Atlanta	Free	1974
Babis Psimogiannos	ST	(1947-08-13)13 August 1947 (aged 25)	1971	Aris Agios Konstantinos	Free	1976
Lakis Nikolaou	ST / CB / RB / DM	(1949-07-17)17 July 1949 (aged 23)	1971	Atromitos	₯600,000	1979
Tasos Konstantinou	RW / SS / ST / RM / AM	(1951-03-11)11 March 1951 (aged 22)	1972	EPA Larnaca	Free	1980
Christos Karypidis	RW / ST / RM / AM	(1952-08-01)1 August 1952 (aged 20)	1972	AEK Athens U20	—	1977

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
GK	Néstor Errea	Banfield	Free transfer	1 July 1972	30 June 1974
GK	Lakis Stergioudas	Niki Poligyrou	Free transfer	1 July 1972	30 June 1985
DF	Rizos Lelis	AEL	Free transfer	1 July 1972	30 June 1973
DF	Petros Ravousis	Aetos Skydra	Free transfer	1 July 1972	30 June 1985
MF	Hugo Horacio Zerr	Nueva Chicago	Free transfer	1 July 1972	30 June 1974
MF	Dionysis Tsamis	Panetolikos	₯2,300,000	1 July 1972	30 June 1980	^[7]
MF	Vangelis Makos	Thriamvos Athens	Free transfer	1 July 1972	30 June 1975
FW	Rodolfo Vicente	Atlanta	Free transfer	1 July 1972	30 June 1974
FW	Tasos Konstantinou	EPA Larnaca	Free transfer	1 July 1972	1 December 1980
FW	Christos Karypidis	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	1 July 1972	30 June 1977
FW	Giannis Dandelis	Veria	₯540,000^[a]	29 June 1972	30 June 1977	^[8]
FW	Dimitris Palasidis	AO Koropi	Loan return	1 July 1972	30 June 1974

a. ^{^} plus Dimitris Palasidis as exchange and the incomes of a friendly between the two clubs.

Out

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date
GK	Stelios Serafidis	Retired		1 July 1972
GK	Kostas Silivistras	Kallithea	Free transfer	1 July 1972
DF	Kostas Triantafyllou	Atromitos	Free transfer	1 July 1972
DF	Giorgos Kefalidis	Atromitos	Free transfer	1 July 1972
MF	Stelios Skevofilakas	Atromitos	Free transfer	1 July 1972
MF	Panagiotis Ventouris	Anorthosis Famagusta	End of contract	1 July 1972
FW	Andreas Papaemmanouil	Retired		1 July 1972
FW	Giorgos Kachris	Atromitos	Free transfer	1 July 1972
FW	Kostas Chanios	Atromitos	Free transfer	1 July 1972
FW	Dimitris Palasidis	Veria	Free transfer	1 July 1972

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure: ₯2,840,000

Income: ₯0

Net Total: ₯2,840,000

Pre-season and friendlies

14 August 1972 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–2	Colombia	Nea Filadelfeia
				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	17 September 1972	3 June 1973	Matchday 1	5th	34	13	11	10	39	36	+3	038.24
Greek Cup	15 October 1972	7 February 1973	First round	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	12	2	+10	066.67
UEFA Cup	13 September 1972	7 November 1972	First round	Second round	4	1	1	2	5	8	−3	025.00
Total					41	16	12	13	56	46	+10	039.02

Last updated: 3 June 1973
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Panathinaikos^[a]	34	22	7	5	89	29	+60	82	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Panachaiki	34	16	12	6	42	27	+15	78	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	AEK Athens	34	13	11	10	39	36	+3	71
6	Ethnikos Piraeus	34	10	15	9	35	32	+3	69
7	Panionios	34	13	9	12	41	39	+2	69

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

^ Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points and had 3 games penalty.

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	13	11	10	39	36	+3	71	10	4	3	26	16	+10	3	7	7	13	20	−7

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	D
Position	4	4	4	3	6	4	4	5	5	5	4	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

Fixtures

17 September 1972 1	Kavala	0–1	AEK Athens	Kavala
16:15 EET (UTC+2)			Papaioannou 39'	Stadium: Kavala National Stadium Attendance: 12,174 Referee: Pan Marinos (Piraeus)

24 September 1972 2	AEK Athens	2–1	Panserraikos	Nea Filadelfeia
16:15 EET (UTC+2)	Karafeskos 19' Pomonis 71'		Tsirikas 50'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 21,134 Referee: Pyloridis

1 October 1972 3	Kalamata	0–0	AEK Athens	Kalamata
15:30 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Messiniakos Stadium Attendance: 9,200 Referee: Dionysis Voulgaris (Athens)

8 October 1972 4	AEK Athens	0–0	Panionios	Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 27,953 Referee: Karkatsoulis (Thessaloniki)

6 December 1972 5	Olympiacos Volos	1–1	AEK Athens	Volos
14:15 EET (UTC+2)	Karaiskos 90+2' (pen.)		Nikolaidis 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Volos Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,525 Referee: Dionysis Voulgaris (Athens)

29 October 1972 6	AEK Athens	3–1	Aris	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Papaioannou 50' Dandelis 60' Psimogiannos 68'		Kokkoris 41'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 20,840 Referee: Dimitris Protonotarios (Athens)

20 December 1972 7	Omonia	2–4	AEK Athens	Nicosia
	Kaiafas 27' Frățilă 59'		Nikolaou 17' Nikolaidis 19' Vicente 64' Lavaridis 83'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Stathis Papavasileiou (Piraeus)

12 November 1972 8	Trikala	0–0	AEK Athens	Trikala
15:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium Attendance: 6,459 Referee: Giannakos (Macedonia)

26 November 1972 9	AEK Athens	1–5	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 58' (pen.)		Triantafyllos 35' Argyroudis 48' Delikaris 50' Gioutsos 60' Synetopoulos 55'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 29,812 Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)

3 December 1972 10	PAOK	0–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
14:45 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 39,954 Referee: Pan Marinos (Piraeus)

10 December 1972 11	AEK Athens	1–0	Egaleo	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 40' (pen.)			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 14,407 Referee: Stathis Papavasileiou (Piraeus)

17 December 1972 12	Panathinaikos	3–1	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Antoniadis 10', 45', 77'		Dandelis 62'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 24,760 Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa)

24 December 1972 13	AEK Athens	1–0	Ethnikos Piraeus	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 4'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 11,206 Referee: Giorgos Armodoros (Piraeus)

31 December 1972 14	Iraklis	1–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Gesios 7'		Papaioannou 2'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 8,896 Referee: Eleftheriadis (Athens)

7 January 1973 15	AEK Athens	1–0	Atromitos	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Papaioannou 1'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 14,883 Referee: Theodorou (Athens)

21 January 1973 16	AEK Athens	3–0	Fostiras	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Dandelis 3', 43', 80'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 16,901 Referee: Theodoros Tsanaklidis (Kavala)

28 January 1973 17	Panachaiki	1–1	AEK Athens	Patras
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Michalopoulos 39'		Nikolaou 87'	Stadium: Panachaiki Stadium Attendance: 9,395 Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)

4 February 1973 18	AEK Athens	1–1	Kavala	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Pomonis 85'		Papadopoulos 3'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 15,005 Referee: Anthis

11 February 1973 19	Panserraikos	2–0	AEK Athens	Serres
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Seizis 27' Kokkinos 70'			Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium Attendance: 5,011 Referee: Martinis (Thessaloniki)

25 February 1973 20	AEK Athens	2–0	Kalamata	Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Papaioannou 12' Psimogiannos 55'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 16,452 Referee: Kostas Krikonis (Epirus)

4 March 1973 21	Panionios	2–1	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Toskas 45' (o.g.) Dedes 60'		Psimogiannos 18'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 14,423 Referee: Christos Kougias (Athens)

11 March 1973 22	AEK Athens	2–0	Olympiacos Volos	Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 32' Papaioannou 69'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 8,316 Referee: Makris (Athens)

18 March 1973 23	Aris	2–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Kapernekas 57', 75'			Stadium: Aris Stadium Attendance: 8,021 Referee: Margaritis Doumousiadis (Magnesia)

26 March 1973 24	AEK Athens	1–0	Omonia	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaou 35'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 5,504 Referee: Pan Marinos (Piraeus)

1 April 1973 25	AEK Athens	5–1	Trikala	Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Psimogiannos 18', 55' Nikolaidis 24' (pen.) Papaioannou 70' Nikolaou 77'		Sinatkas 30'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 14,340 Referee: Giorgos Ampatzoglou (Athens)

8 April 1973 26	Olympiacos	2–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Argyroudis 55' Triantafyllos 57'			Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 41,049 Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)

15 April 1973 27	AEK Athens	0–2	PAOK	Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EET (UTC+2)			Sarafis 48' Apostolidis 52'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 29,654 Referee: Leonidas Vamvakopoulos (Athens)

22 April 1973 28	Egaleo	1–2	AEK Athens	Aigaleo
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Rellakis 79'		Lelis 35' Dandelis 89'	Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium Attendance: 8,504 Referee: Dimitris Protonotarios (Athens)

30 April 1973 29	AEK Athens	0–2	Panathinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
			Verón 68' Antoniadis 72'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 25,042 Referee: Christos Michas (Athens)

6 May 1973 30	Ethnikos Piraeus	0–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
17:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 7,777 Referee: Pyloridis

13 May 1973 31	AEK Athens	2–2	Iraklis	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Psimogiannos 19' Nikolaou 65'		Batakis 4' Koutroubelis 72'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 8,964 Referee: Kanakaris

20 May 1973 32	Atromitos	1–0	AEK Athens	Peristeri
	Misailidis 61'			Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 6,221 Referee: Kostas Levogiannis (Athens)

27 May 1973 33	Fostiras	2–1	AEK Athens	Tavros
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Panopoulos 31' Gerakis 86'		Dandelis 55'	Stadium: Tavros Stadium Attendance: 4,091 Referee: Moniakis (Heraklion)

3 June 1973 34	AEK Athens	1–1	Panachaiki	Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Lavaridis 62'		Davourlis 52'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 10,208 Referee: Christos Mittas (Thessaloniki)

Greek Cup

Matches

15 October 1972 First round	AEK Athens	2–0	Korinthos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Dandelis 73' Pomonis 76'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 7,804 Referee: Christos Kougias (Athens)

3 January 1973 Round of 32	AEK Athens	9–0	Ethnikos Asteras	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Pomonis 6' Nikolaidis 8', 44', 52', 55', 86' Karafeskos 18' Papaioannou 38', 75' Karypidis 67'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 2,292 Referee: Kostas Dikopoulos (Larissa)

7 February 1973 Round of 16	Apollon Kalamarias	2–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Gogos 8' Salapasidis 90' (pen.)		Papaioannou 31'	Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Giorgos Armodoros (Piraeus)

UEFA Cup

First round

13 September 1972 First leg	AEK Athens	3–1	Salgótarján	Athens, Greece
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Psimogiannos 1' Toskas 1' Nikolaou 1', 54' (pen.) Vicente 42'	Report	Jeck 89' (pen.)	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 14,798 Referee: Günter Männig (East Germany)

27 September 1972 Second leg	Salgótarján	1–1 (2–4 agg.)	AEK Athens	Nógrád County, Hungary
	Básti 53' (pen.)	Report	Nikolaidis 51' Nikolaou 86'	Stadium: Malinovski út Sporttél Attendance: 4,004 Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)

Second round

24 October 1972 First leg	Liverpool	3–0	AEK Athens	Liverpool, England
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Boersma 9' Cormack 28' Smith 78' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 31,906 Referee: Joaquim Campos (Portugal)

7 November 1972 Second leg	AEK Athens	1–3 (1–6 agg.)	Liverpool	Athens, Greece
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 34' (pen.) Pomonis 35'	Report	Cormack 13' Hughes 17', 44' Boersma 87'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 19,412 Referee: Petar Kostovski (Yugoslavia)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 3 June 1973

No.	Pos	Player	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		UEFA Cup		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
—	GK	Néstor Errea	27	0	1	0	4	0	32	0
—	GK	Stelios Konstantinidis	5	0	2	0	0	0	7	0
—	GK	Lakis Stergioudas	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
—	GK	Giorgos Daditsos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
—	DF	Giorgos Tanidis	31	0	2	0	2	0	35	0
—	DF	Rizos Lelis	30	1	2	0	4	0	36	1
—	DF	Apostolos Toskas	19	0	2	0	4	0	25	0
—	DF	Nikos Karapoulitidis	2	0	1	0	2	0	5	0
—	DF	Stefanos Theodoridis	34	0	3	0	4	0	41	0
—	DF	Lefteris Istorios	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
—	DF	Petros Ravousis	16	0	1	0	0	0	17	0
Midfielders
—	MF	Nikos Stathopoulos	13	0	1	0	0	0	14	0
—	MF	Hugo Horacio Zerr	5	0	2	0	1	0	8	0
—	MF	Giorgos Karafeskos	23	1	3	1	0	0	26	2
—	MF	Giorgos Lavaridis	28	2	2	0	2	0	32	2
—	MF	Dionysis Tsamis	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
—	MF	Vangelis Makos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
—	FW	Mimis Papaioannou	21	7	3	3	4	0	28	10
—	FW	Spyros Pomonis	21	2	3	2	4	0	28	4
—	FW	Kostas Nikolaidis	28	7	3	4	4	2	35	13
—	FW	Giannis Dandelis	26	7	2	1	3	0	31	8
—	FW	Rodolfo Vicente	17	1	1	0	4	1	22	2
—	FW	Babis Psimogiannos	24	6	0	0	3	0	27	6
—	FW	Lakis Nikolaou	31	5	1	0	4	2	36	7
—	FW	Tasos Konstantinou	14	0	1	0	1	0	16	0
—	FW	Christos Karypidis	8	0	2	1	0	0	10	1

Goalscorers

As of 3 June 1973

Rank	Pos.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	FW	Kostas Nikolaidis	7	4	2	13
2	FW	Mimis Papaioannou	7	3	0	10
3	FW	Giannis Dandelis	7	1	0	8
4	FW	Lakis Nikolaou	5	0	2	7
5	FW	Babis Psimogiannos	6	0	0	6
6	FW	Spyros Pomonis	2	2	0	4
7	MF	Giorgos Lavaridis	2	0	0	2
	MF	Giorgos Karafeskos	1	1	0	2
	FW	Rodolfo Vicente	1	0	1	2
10	DF	Rizos Lelis	1	0	0	1
10	FW	Christos Karypidis	0	1	0	1
Own goals			0	0	0	0
Totals			39	12	5	56

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Source
Kostas Nikolaidis⁴	Ethnikos Asteras	9–0 (H)	3 January 1973	Greek Cup
Giannis Dandelis	Fostiras	3–0 (H)	21 January 1973	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 3 June 1973

Rank	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	Total
1	Néstor Errea	11	1	12
2	Stelios Konstantinidis	2	1	3
3	Lakis Stergioudas	0	0	0
Totals		13	2	15

Disciplinary record

As of 3 June 1973

N	P	Nat.	Name							Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup	UEFA Cup	Total		Notes
Goalkeepers
—	GK		Néstor Errea
—	GK		Stelios Konstantinidis
—	GK		Lakis Stergioudas
—	GK		Giorgos Daditsos
Defenders
—	DF		Giorgos Tanidis		1				1
—	DF		Rizos Lelis
—	DF		Apostolos Toskas				1	1
—	DF		Nikos Karapoulitidis
—	DF		Stefanos Theodoridis
—	DF		Lefteris Istorios
—	DF		Petros Ravousis
Midfielders
—	MF		Nikos Stathopoulos
—	MF		Hugo Horacio Zerr
—	MF		Giorgos Karafeskos
—	MF		Giorgos Lavaridis
—	MF		Dionysis Tsamis
—	MF		Vangelis Makos
Forwards
—	FW		Mimis Papaioannou
—	FW		Spyros Pomonis				1	1
—	FW		Kostas Nikolaidis				1	1
—	FW		Giannis Dandelis
—	FW		Rodolfo Vicente
—	FW		Babis Psimogiannos				1	1
—	FW		Lakis Nikolaou
—	FW		Tasos Konstantinou
—	FW		Christos Karypidis

References

^ "AEK-Salgótarján UEFA Europa League 1972/73". UEFA.com.
^ "Salgótarján-AEKUEFA Europa League 1972/73". UEFA.com.
^ "Liverpool-AEK UEFA Europa League 1972/73". UEFA.com.
^ "AEK-Liverpool UEFA Europa League 1972/73". UEFA.com.
^ "Season 1972/73 – Overview". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
^ "Περίοδος 1972-1973". aekpedia.com (in Greek). 20 May 2015.
^ "Διονύσης Τσάμης: Ο Αγρινιώτης «μαέστρος» του ποδοσφαίρου που αγωνίστηκε στην ΑΕΚ". iaitoloakarnania,gr. 6 January 2018.
^ newspaper Athetic Echo 1/7/1972 page 5

External links

[table_note_PAO0.2311431533802-9] Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points and had 3 games penalty.

[1] "AEK-Salgótarján UEFA Europa League 1972/73". UEFA.com.

[2] "Salgótarján-AEKUEFA Europa League 1972/73". UEFA.com.

[3] "Liverpool-AEK UEFA Europa League 1972/73". UEFA.com.

[4] "AEK-Liverpool UEFA Europa League 1972/73". UEFA.com.

[5] "Season 1972/73 – Overview". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 26 June 2022.

[6] "Περίοδος 1972-1973". aekpedia.com (in Greek). 20 May 2015.

[7] "Διονύσης Τσάμης: Ο Αγρινιώτης «μαέστρος» του ποδοσφαίρου που αγωνίστηκε στην ΑΕΚ". iaitoloakarnania,gr. 6 January 2018.

[8] wspaper Athetic Echo 1/7/1972 page 5

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