1976–77 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 1976–77 season was the 53rd season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 18th 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 15 September 1976 and finished on 26 June 1977.

AEK Athens

1976–77 season
Chairman	Loukas Barlos
Manager	František Fadrhonc
Stadium	AEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	4th
Greek Cup	Round of 16
UEFA Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Thomas Mavros (18) All: Thomas Mavros (21)
Highest home attendance	35,000 vs QPR (16 March 1977)
Lowest home attendance	5,440 vs Panachaiki (19 June 1977)
Average home league attendance	19,769
Biggest win	AEK Athens 5–1 PAS Giannina AEK Athens 4–0 Panetolikos
Biggest defeat	Juventus 4–1 AEK Athens
Home colours
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Overview

The vision that Loukas Barlos had left in the hands of František Fadrhonc was beginning to take shape. Barlos, according to his usual strategy, increasingly enriched the galaxy of stars in the club's roster. The experienced goalkeeper, Nikos Christidis and the diligent shooter and free-kick specialist, Takis Nikoloudis were integrated in the team of Fadrhonc, both coming from Thessaloniki, Aris and Iraklis respectively, while their defensive capabilities were strengthened with Babis Intzoglou from Panionios. The crowning glory of AEK, of course, was the free move of the great Thomas Mavros in their offense, after the end of the legal dispute with Panionios that kept him out of any competitive activity for a year.^[1] Fadrhonc, considering the playing intelligence and high technical qualities of Papaioannou, decided to relocate him as a "classic number 10", in order to fit all the great attackers the club had to offer.^[2]

The negative results that were occurred in matches that coincided near European games, costed AEK points that prevented them from winning the title. As a result, AEK finished 4th place with 51 points at a distance of only 3 points from the top, as the first 4 teams finished with 54, 52, 52 and 51 points, respectively. Thomas Mavros showed from the beginning a sample of his skills, by scoring with 18 goals in the league.

In the Greek Cup, AEK eliminated away from home Proodeftiki in the first round and Iraklis in the second round. In the round of 16, AEK, again away from home, faced PAOK and were eliminated by a 2–1 defeat.^[3]

The campaign in the UEFA Cup

The season was overshadowed by the magnificent European course of AEK to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, which was the biggest international distinction of the club and second greatest in Greek football at a club level at the time, after the campaign of Panathinaikos to the 1971 European Cup Final.

The draw for the first round of the UEFA Cup, brought AEK facing the Soviet club, Dynamo Moscow. The opponent was considered anything but easy, as the Dynamo players were the backbone of the Soviet national team. At Nea Filadelfeia, Dynamo started offensively, but AEK balanced the game and in the 34th minute won a foul outside the area. Nikoloudis introduced to the fans of AEK his power free-kicks and opened the score. AEK continued in pressuring their opponents and took the victory by 2–0. The yellow-blacks entered the Central Dynamo Stadium in icy Moscow and at the end of the first half were back at the score by 1–0, while at the beginning of the second half Dynamo managed to equalize the score of the first match. The match was led to extra time, where at the 119th minute in AEK's last offensive effort, Wagner attempted a shot from the right which was blocked by Dolmatov's hand who, fortunately for AEK, was not the goalkeeper. The referee gave the undisputed penalty and Konstantinou, showing unparalleled composure, sent the ball to the right, the goalkeeper at the opposite direction and AEK Athens to the next round.

AEK entered the draw of the next round, where they were found themselves against Derby County. The opponent's size was huge considering that the creation of Brian Clough were English champion in 1972 and 1975, FA Community Shield winner of 1975 and semi-finalists at the 1972–73 European Cup. In the first match at Athens, AEK had a great performance and won 2–0. At the second leg AEK were lucky to have Lakis Stergioudas in perhaps the greatest night of his career, keeping the 0–0 at the half time. At the second half Derby opened the score, bringing AEK in distress. However, AEK increased their tempo and at the 64th minute they managed to equalize by a free-kick by Nikoloudis. AEK did not stop there, as at the 77th minute took the lead and 8 minutes later they doubled their advantage. The final 2–3 found AEK qualifying to the next round and were the first club in European tournaments' history to achieve a victory in English ground.^[4]

AEK were drawn for the third round, against Red Star Belgrade. At AEK Stadium, AEK were superior taking the lead early on and after an imposing performance won with the poor 2–0. At the rematch in Belgrade, the apparent superiority of AEK in the first match was not confirmed at the beginning of the match, as the Yugoslavs were ahead from the 20th minute. AEK, managed to equalize 5 minutes later only to find themselves back in the score by 2 goals at the end of the half time. Red Star needed just one more goal to qualify, which never came, thus AEK were among the 8 best teams of the tournament.

The draw sent yet again, AEK against another English club, Queens Park Rangers. In Loftus Road, the match quickly turned into a real nightmare for AEK, as the English entered aggressively and scored 2 goals from the penalty spot, while by the end of half time, made the final 3–0. The English considered that they had a secure score for the rematch and AEK was looking for a miracle. In Greece at a hot atmosphere made by the fans, AEK entered the game doing what they knew how to do best, to attack. The efforts bear fruit after a great offensive team performance managed to equalize the score of the first leg, which sent the match to extra time. At the end of the extra time, Fadrhonc, to everyone's surprise, subbed his goalkeeper, putting the "cold-blooded" Christidis in the match knowing that the experienced goalkeeper was a cerebral player who psychologized the opponent and in training had about 70% success rate in penalty saves. AEK won 7–6 in the penalty shoot-out with a block from Christidis at the final penalty that justified Fandronk and AEK were in the semi-finals.

The draw put the Italian giants, Juventus on the road of AEK to the final of the UEFA Cup. Trapattoni's club had in their roster, players such as Dino Zoff at the goalpost, Gaetano Scirea in defence, Marco Tardelli at the midfield and Roberto Bettega in offense. In Turin AEK, without having anything to lose, played with confidence and despite the fact that were losing 1–0 in the 18th minute they stare their great opponent at even managing to equalize at the 31st minute. In the second half, AEK were inattentive and the unforgiving Italians punished them with 3 goals that made the final 4–1. At the rematch, AEK played their attractive football, but did not succeed in a yet another miracle, as they lost by 0–1 ending their great European journey.^[5]

Management team

Position	Staff
Manager	František Fadrhonc
Assistant manager	Andreas Stamatiadis
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 26 June 1977, 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 32)	1976	Aris	Free	1982
Giorgos Sidiropoulos		GK	(1949-06-25)25 June 1949 (aged 28)	1973	AO Trikala	Free	1978
Lakis Stergioudas		GK	(1952-12-11)11 December 1952 (aged 24)	1972	Niki Poligyrou	Free	1985
Defenders
Giorgos Skrekis		RB / CB	(1945-02-02)2 February 1945 (aged 32)	1974	Panionios	Free	1977
Apostolos Toskas		CB	(1947-12-28)28 December 1947 (aged 29)	1969	Trikala	Free	1979
Lakis Nikolaou		CB / RB / ST / DM	(1949-07-17)17 July 1949 (aged 27)	1971	Atromitos	₯600,000	1979
Babis Intzoglou		RB / LB / CB	(1949-04-01)1 April 1949 (aged 28)	1976	Panionios	Free	1980
Sakis Zarzopoulos		CB / RB / LB	(1949-12-15)15 December 1949 (aged 27)	1973	Panserraikos	Free	1977
Stefanos Theodoridis		CB / RB	(1950-06-19)19 June 1950 (aged 27)	1969	AEK Athens U20	—	1978
Petros Ravousis		CB / RB	(1954-10-01)1 October 1954 (aged 22)	1972	Aetos Skydra	Free	1985
Michalis Michalas		CB	1959 (aged 17–18)	1976	Free agent	Free	1977
Midfielders
Timo Zahnleiter		CM / DM	(1948-12-16)16 December 1948 (aged 28)	1974	1860 München	Free	1978
Lazaros Papadopoulos		RM / RW	(1950-01-03)3 January 1950 (aged 27)	1973	Veria	Free	1979
Dionysis Tsamis		CM / DM / AM	(1951-05-21)21 May 1951 (aged 26)	1972	Panetolikos	₯2,300,000	1980
Takis Nikoloudis		CM / AM / RM / LM	(1951-08-26)26 August 1951 (aged 25)	1977	Iraklis	Free	1981
Christos Ardizoglou		RM / LM / RW / AM	(1953-03-25)25 March 1953 (aged 24)	1974	Apollon Athens	₯5,000,000	1982
Fotis Outsikas		LM / LB / LW	(1957-05-26)26 May 1957 (aged 20)	1975	AEK Athens U20	—	1980
Giorgos Vlantis		CM	(1958-01-30)30 January 1958 (aged 19)	1976	AEK Athens U20	—	1984
Forwards
Mimis Papaioannou (Captain)		SS / ST / AM	(1942-08-23)23 August 1942 (aged 34)	1962	Veria	₯175,000	1979
Georgios Dedes		ST / SS / RW / LW	(1943-02-25)25 February 1943 (aged 34)	1974	Panionios	Free	1977
Walter Wagner		ST / SS / RW / LW	(1949-07-26)26 July 1949 (aged 27)	1974	Austria Wien	Free	1977
Tasos Konstantinou		RW / SS / ST / RM / AM	(1951-03-11)11 March 1951 (aged 26)	1972	EPA Larnaca	Free	1980
Alekos Papadopoulos		ST / SS	(1951-06-05)5 June 1951 (aged 26)	1976	Pakhtakor Tashkent	Free	1977
Thomas Mavros		ST / LW	(1954-05-31)31 May 1954 (aged 23)	1976	Panionios	₯4,000,000	1980
Andreas Xenos		ST	1959 (aged 17–18)	1976	Free agent	Free	1977

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
GK	Nikos Christidis	Aris	Free transfer	1 July 1976	30 June 1982
DF	Michalis Michalas	Free agent	Free transfer	1 July 1976	30 June 1977
DF	Babis Intzoglou	Panionios	Free transfer	1 July 1976	30 June 1980
MF	Takis Nikoloudis	Iraklis	Free transfer	1 July 1976	30 June 1981
MF	Giorgos Vlantis	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	1 July 1976	30 June 1984
FW	Thomas Mavros	Panionios	₯4,000,000[a]	2 July 1976	31 July 1980	[1]
FW	Alekos Papadopoulos	Pakhtakor Tashkent	Free transfer	1 July 1976	30 June 1977
FW	Andreas Xenos	Free agent	Free transfer	1 July 1976	30 June 1977

Notes

a. ^{^} AEK gave Panionios ₯10,000,000 in an out-of-court settlement between the two clubs. ₯4,000,000 for the player and the rest from incomes from 6 friendly matches.^[6] Τhe amount received was ₯1,500,000 in cash and the remaining ₯8,500,000 in two-year bills.

Out

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Spyros Stefanidis	Atromitos	End of contract	1 July 1976
MF	Takis Timotheou	Apollon Athens	End of contract	1 July 1976

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure: ₯4,000,000

Income: ₯0

Net Total: ₯4,000,000

Pre-season and friendlies

AEK Athens v Slavia Prague

9 August 1976 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–2	Slavia Prague	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

AEK Athens v Twente

16 August 1976 Friendly	AEK Athens	0–1	Twente	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

8 September 1976 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–2	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

AEK Athens v MTK Budapest

13 October 1976 Friendly	AEK Athens	4–4	MTK Budapest	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium

AEK Athens v Slavia Prague

26 January 1977 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–0	Slavia Prague	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

AEL v AEK Athens

26 May 1977 Friendly	AEL	1–2	AEK Athens	Larissa
	Mandravelis 78'		A. Papadopoulos 23' Mavros 72'	Stadium: Alcazar Stadium
Note: Friendly game for the people of AEK to scout Giannis Mousouris, in order to acquire him. The first match at Alcazar Stadium under floodlights.[7]

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Alpha Ethniki	3 October 1976	26 June 1977	Matchday 1	4th	34	24	3	7	63	29	+34	070.59
Greek Cup	1 December 1976	9 February 1977	First round	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	066.67
UEFA Cup	15 September 1976	20 April 1977	First round	Semi-finals	10	5	0	5	15	15	+0	050.00
Total					47	31	3	13	84	48	+36	065.96

Last updated: 26 June 1977
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

Main article: 1976–77 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Olympiacos	34	23	6	5	70	27	+43	52	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	PAOK	34	21	10	3	63	27	+36	52	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
4	AEK Athens	34	24	3	7	63	29	+34	51	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	Aris	34	17	8	9	58	34	+24	42
6	OFI	34	14	5	15	57	51	+6	33

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd total goal ratio; 3rd decision match.
Notes:

1. Since Panathinaikos, winners of 1976–77 Greek Cup, was qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup, runner-up PAOK earned a spot in the first round of the 1977–78 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	24	3	7	63	29	+34	51	15	1	1	42	13	+29	9	2	6	21	16	+5

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	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W
Position	1	1	1	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

Fixtures

AEK Athens v Panionios

3 October 1976 1	AEK Athens	2–0	Panionios	Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Konstantinou 70' (pen.) Mavros 86'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 20,593 Referee: Panagiotis Tsolakidis (Thessaloniki)

Kastoria v AEK Athens

17 October 1976 2	Kastoria	0–3	AEK Athens	Kastoria
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)			Ardizoglou 63' Mavros 71', 88'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kastoria Attendance: 3,257 Referee: Giorgos Petropoulos (Athens)

AEK Athens v Aris

24 October 1976 3	AEK Athens	2–0	Aris	Nea Filadelfeia
	Nikoloudis 32' Konstantinou 40'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 21,317 Referee: Kostas Xanthos (Dodecanese)

Pierikos v AEK Athens

31 October 1976 4	Pierikos	3–1	AEK Athens	Katerini
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Panteliadis 10' Giannoulis 56' L. Papaioannou 64'		Mavros 3'	Stadium: Katerini Stadium Attendance: 8,356 Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa)

AEK Athens v Panserraikos

7 November 1976 5	AEK Athens	4–1	Panserraikos	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Mavros 61', 84' Papaioannou 67', 75'		Sofias 8'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 18,871 Referee: Giorgos Petropoulos (Athens)

Olympiacos v AEK Athens

14 November 1976 6	Olympiacos	2–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Karavitis 68' (pen.) Galakos 90+4'			Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 39,138 Referee: Giorgos Armodoros (Piraeus)

AEK Athens v Iraklis

21 November 1976 7	AEK Athens	1–0	Iraklis	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Konstantinou 71'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 18,624 Referee: Vasilis Patarakis (Piraeus)

AEK Athens v Panetolikos

28 November 1976 8	AEK Athens	4–0	Panetolikos	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Nikoloudis 61', 74' L. Papadopoulos 79' Ardizoglou 89'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 11,113 Referee: Egoustos Sapatakidis (Thessaloniki)

PAS Giannina v AEK Athens

15 December 1976 9	PAS Giannina	0–1	AEK Athens	Ioannina
14:30 EET (UTC+2)			Nikoloudis 64'	Stadium: Zosimades Stadium Attendance: 7,287 Referee: Theodoros Tsanaklidis (Kavala)
Note: The match originally took place at 5 December, but it was suspended due to rainfall.

AEK Athens v Ethnikos Piraeus

12 December 1976 10	AEK Athens	4–1	Ethnikos Piraeus	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Tsamis 19' Wagner 25', 43', 89'		T. Intzoglou 59'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 9,134 Referee: Nikos Fakis (Athens)

PAOK v AEK Athens

19 December 1976 11	PAOK	0–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
14:30 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 45,252 Referee: Kostas Levogiannis (Athens)

AEK Athens v Panathinaikos

26 December 1976 12	AEK Athens	0–2	Panathinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)			Theodoridis 7' (o.g.) Antoniadis 23'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 29,106 Referee: Stefanos Rammos (Thessaloniki)

Apollon Athens v AEK Athens

2 January 1977 13	Apollon Athens	0–2	AEK Athens	Rizoupoli
14:30 EET (UTC+2)			Papaioannou 43' Wagner 63'	Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 11,320 Referee: Giorgos Parasidis (Thessaloniki)
Note: Mimis Papaioannou became all time top scorer in the Greek Championship, surpassing Giorgos Sideris.

AEK Athens v OFI

9 January 1977 14	AEK Athens	4–1	OFI	Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Ardizoglou 13' Mavros 46', 87' Wagner 65'		D. Papadopoulos 70'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 16,696 Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa)

Kavala v AEK Athens

16 January 1977 15	Kavala	0–1	AEK Athens	Kavala
14:30 EET (UTC+2)			Konstantinou 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Kavala National Stadium Attendance: 12,536 Referee: Pan Marinos (Piraeus)

Panachaiki v AEK Athens

23 January 1977 16	Panachaiki	0–2	AEK Athens	Patras
14:30 EET (UTC+2)			Mavros 87' Wagner 90'	Stadium: Panachaiki Stadium Attendance: 16,081 Referee: Giannis Petrakis (Heraklion)

AEK Athens v Atromitos

30 January 1977 17	AEK Athens	1–0	Atromitos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Konstantinou 49'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 17,789 Referee: Stefanos Rammos (Thessaloniki)
Note: Before the beginning of the match, Loukas Barlos awarded Mimis Papaioannou the "Golden Double-Headed Eagle".[8]

Panionios v AEK Athens

6 February 1977 18	Panionios	3–0	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Anastopoulos 10', 75' Moraitelis 61'			Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 18,470 Referee: Dimitris Pantzalis (Piraeus)

AEK Athens v Kastoria

13 February 1977 19	AEK Athens	2–1	Kastoria	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Mavros 61' Wagner 82' (pen.)		Kopanos 48'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 11,574 Referee: Vasilis Patarakis (Piraeus)

Aris v AEK Athens

20 February 1977 20	Aris	0–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
15:00 EET (UTC+2)			Wagner 64'	Stadium: Aris Stadium Attendance: 20,462 Referee: Dimitris Pantzalis (Piraeus)

AEK Athens v Pierikos

27 February 1977 21	AEK Athens	2–2	Pierikos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Konstantinou 80' (pen.) Tsamis 88' (pen.)		Adamopoulos 43' L. Papaioannou 90+3'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 18,349 Referee: Antonis Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

Panserraikos v AEK Athens

6 March 1977 22	Panserraikos	1–1	AEK Athens	Serres
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Sofias 52'		Mavros 55'	Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium Attendance: 4,980 Referee: Thomaidis (Piraeus)

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

13 March 1977 23	AEK Athens	1–0	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Wagner 16'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 29,003 Referee: Kostas Krikonis (Epirus)

Iraklis v AEK Athens

20 March 1977 24	Iraklis	1–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Christoforidis 78'			Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 30,408 Referee: Michalis Ornerakis (Chania)

Panetolikos v AEK Athens

27 March 1977 25	Panetolikos	1–3	AEK Athens	Agrinio
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)	K. Papaioannou 37' (pen.)		Nikoloudis 2' Konstantinou 6', 75'	Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium Attendance: 9,811 Referee: Thomaidis (Piraeus)

AEK Athens v PAS Giannina

3 April 1977 26	AEK Athens	5–1	PAS Giannina	Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Wagner 22', 75' L. Papadopoulos 25' Konstantinou 34' Ravousis 41'		Glasmanis 44'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 18,746 Referee: Chiotakis (Thessaloniki)

Ethnikos Piraeus v AEK Athens

11 April 1977 27	Ethnikos Piraeus	1–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)	T. Intzoglou 36'			Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 20,446 Referee: Theodoros Tsanaklidis (Kavala)

AEK Athens v PAOK

1 May 1977 28	AEK Athens	1–0	PAOK	Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Nikoloudis 12'			Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 22,161 Referee: Tsoukaladelis (Lamia)

Panathinaikos v AEK Athens

15 May 1977 29	Panathinaikos	2–0	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Antoniadis 22', 80'			Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 24,200 Referee: Vasilis Patarakis (Piraeus)

AEK Athens v Apollon Athens

22 May 1977 30	AEK Athens	2–1	Apollon Athens	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nikoloudis 61', 66'		Pathiakakis 90'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 5,926 Referee: Chiotakis (Thessaloniki)

OFI v AEK Athens

5 June 1977 31	OFI	1–4	AEK Athens	Heraklion
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	P. Papadopoulos 35'		Mavros 21', 28' Vlantis 80' L. Papadopoulos 84'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 8,027 Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens v Kavala

12 June 1977 32	AEK Athens	3–1	Kavala	Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Mavros 34' (pen.), 79' (pen.) Nikoloudis 74'		Macheridis 14'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 10,325 Referee: Giannis Petrakis (Heraklion)

AEK Athens v Panachaiki

19 June 1977 33	AEK Athens	4–2	Panachaiki	Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Wagner 27' Mavros 49' Nikoloudis 53', 57'		Stravopodis 73', 88' (pen.)	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 5,440 Referee: Thomaidis (Piraeus)

Atromitos v AEK Athens

26 June 1977 34	Atromitos	1–2	AEK Athens	Peristeri
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Pantelidis 51'		Mavros 15', 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 2,604 Referee: Dimitris Pantzalis (Piraeus)

Greek Cup

Main article: 1976–77 Greek Football Cup

Matches

Proodeftiki v AEK Athens

1 December 1976 First round	Proodeftiki	1–3	AEK Athens	Nikaia
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Xanthopoulos 18',  36'		Wagner 25' Ardizoglou 66' Dedes 80'	Stadium: Nikaia Municipal Stadium Referee: Margaritis Doumousiadiss (Magnesia)

Iraklis v AEK Athens

5 January 1977 Second round	Iraklis	1–2 (a.e.t.)	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Xanthopoulos  10' Kousoulakis  24' Antonijević 40'		Papaioannou 70' Konstantinou 102' (pen.)	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 21,759 Referee: Moumtzis (Athens)

PAOK v AEK Athens

9 February 1977 Round of 16	PAOK	2–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Guerino 21' Apostolidis 50'		Papaioannou 44' Intzoglou 57'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 44,045 Referee: Kostas Levogiannis (Athens)

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1976–77 UEFA Cup

First round

AEK Athens v Dynamo Moscow

15 September 1976 First leg	AEK Athens	2–0	Dynamo Moscow	Athens, Greece
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nikoloudis 32' Ravousis  42' Papaioannou 51'	Report		Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 26,151 Referee: Marijan Raus (Yugoslavia)

Dynamo Moscow v AEK Athens

29 September 1976 Second leg	Dynamo Moscow	2–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 agg.)	AEK Athens	Moscow, Soviet Union
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Bubnov 43' Yakubik 52' (pen.) Nikulin  55' Makhovikov  81'	Report	Intzoglou  44' Konstantinou 120' (pen.)	Stadium: Central Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Hugh Alexander (Scotland)

Second round

AEK Athens v Derby County

20 October 1976 First leg	AEK Athens	2–0	Derby County	Athens, Greece
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Wagner 65' Thomas 69' (o.g.)	Report	Todd  49'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Francis Rion (Belgium)

Derby County v AEK Athens

3 November 1976 Second leg	Derby County	2–3 (2–5 agg.)	AEK Athens	Derby, England
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	George 53' Rioch 88'	Report	Nikoloudis  44', 64' Wagner  69', 85' Konstantinou 79'	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Heinz Einbeck (East Germany)

Third round

AEK Athens v Red Star Belgrade

24 November 1976 First leg	AEK Athens	2–0	Red Star Belgrade	Athens, Greece
18:30 EET (UTC+3)	Papaioannou 19' Mavros 28'	Report		Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Viktor Zharkov (Soviet Union)

Red Star Belgrade v AEK Athens

8 December 1976 Second leg	Red Star Belgrade	3–1 (3–3(a) agg.)	AEK Athens	Belgrade, Yugoslavia
	Savić  10', 33' Baralić 21',  25' Filipović 30'	Report	Wagner 25' Intzoglou  81'	Stadium: Red Star Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy)

Quarter-finals

QPR v AEK Athens

3 March 1977 First leg	QPR	3–0	AEK Athens	London, England
	Francis 7' (pen.), 11' (pen.) Bowles 43' Kelly  68'	Report		Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 23,039 Referee: Ole Amundsen (Denmark)

AEK Athens v QPR

16 March 1977 Second leg	AEK Athens	3–0 (3–3 agg.) (7–6 p)	QPR	Athens, Greece
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Mavros 8', 65' Papaioannou 82' Intzoglou  93'	Report	Webb  8'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany)
	Penalties
	Konstantinou Theodoridis Ravousis Nikoloudis Wagner Intzoglou Zarzopoulos Papaioannou		McLintock Masson Hollins Eastoe Bowles Givens Shanks Webb

Semi-finals

Juventus v AEK Athens

6 April 1977 First leg	Juventus	4–1	AEK Athens	Turin, Italy
22:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Cuccureddu 18' Bettega 59', 83' Causio 67'	Report	L. Papadopoulos 31' Nikoloudis  72'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 60,922 Referee: Viktor Zharkov (Soviet Union)

AEK Athens v Juventus

20 April 1977 Second leg	AEK Athens	0–1 (1–5 agg.)	Juventus	Athens, Greece
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Theodoridis  18'	Report	Bettega 84'	Stadium: AEK Stadium Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 26 June 1977

No.	Pos	Player	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		UEFA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
—	GK	Nikos Christidis	6	0	0	0	2	0	8	0
—	GK	Giorgos Sidiropoulos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	GK	Lakis Stergioudas	28	0	3	0	9	0	40	0
Defenders
—	DF	Giorgos Skrekis	5	0	2	0	2	0	9	0
—	DF	Apostolos Toskas	9	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
—	DF	Lakis Nikolaou	27	0	3	0	10	0	40	0
—	DF	Babis Intzoglou	31	0	3	0	7	0	41	0
—	DF	Sakis Zarzopoulos	7	0	0	0	2	0	9	0
—	DF	Stefanos Theodoridis	23	0	3	0	10	0	36	0
—	DF	Petros Ravousis	34	1	3	0	10	0	47	1
—	DF	Michalis Michalas	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
—	MF	Timo Zahnleiter	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
—	MF	Lazaros Papadopoulos	24	3	3	0	6	1	33	4
—	MF	Dionysis Tsamis	32	2	1	0	10	0	43	2
—	MF	Takis Nikoloudis	32	11	3	0	9	2	44	13
—	MF	Christos Ardizoglou	24	3	3	1	0	0	27	4
—	MF	Fotis Outsikas	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
—	MF	Giorgos Vlantis	7	1	0	0	0	0	7	1
Forwards
—	FW	Mimis Papaioannou	30	3	2	2	10	3	42	8
—	FW	Georgios Dedes	4	0	2	1	2	0	8	1
—	FW	Walter Wagner	31	12	2	1	10	3	43	16
—	FW	Tasos Konstantinou	26	9	3	1	10	2	39	12
—	FW	Alekos Papadopoulos	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
—	FW	Thomas Mavros	30	18	2	0	10	3	42	21
—	FW	Andreas Xenos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 26 June 1977

Rank	Pos.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	FW	Thomas Mavros	18	0	3	21
2	FW	Walter Wagner	12	1	3	16
3	MF	Takis Nikoloudis	11	0	2	13
4	FW	Tasos Konstantinou	9	1	2	12
5	FW	Mimis Papaioannou	3	2	3	8
6	MF	Christos Ardizoglou	3	1	0	4
	MF	Lazaros Papadopoulos	3	0	1	4
8	MF	Dionysis Tsamis	2	0	0	2
9	DF	Petros Ravousis	1	0	0	1
	MF	Giorgos Vlantis	1	0	0	1
	FW	Georgios Dedes	0	1	0	1
Own goals			1	0	0	1
Totals			64	6	14	84

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Source
Walter Wagner	Ethnikos Piraeus	4–1 (H)	12 December 1976	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 26 June 1977

Rank	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	Lakis Stergioudas	14	0	4	18
2	Nikos Christidis	0	0	0	0
Totals		14	0	4	18

Disciplinary record

As of 26 June 1977

N	P	Nat.	Name	Alpha Ethniki			Greek Cup			UEFA Cup			Total			Notes
Goalkeepers
—	GK		Nikos Christidis
—	GK		Giorgos Sidiropoulos
—	GK		Lakis Stergioudas
Defenders
—	DF		Giorgos Skrekis
—	DF		Apostolos Toskas
—	DF		Lakis Nikolaou	4	1								4	1
—	DF		Babis Intzoglou	2	1					4			6	1
—	DF		Sakis Zarzopoulos	1									1
—	DF		Stefanos Theodoridis	1						1			2
—	DF		Petros Ravousis	1						1			2
—	DF		Michalis Michalas
Midfielders
—	MF		Timo Zahnleiter
—	MF		Lazaros Papadopoulos	1									1
—	MF		DDionysis Tsamis
—	MF		Takis Nikoloudis	2						2			4
—	MF		Christos Ardizoglou	1		1							1		1
—	MF		Fotis Outsikas
—	MF		Giorgos Vlantis
Forwards
—	FW		Mimis Papaioannou	1									1
—	FW		Georgios Dedes
—	FW		Walter Wagner	1						1			2
—	FW		Tasos Konstantinou			1									1
—	FW		Alekos Papadopoulos
—	FW		Thomas Mavros			1									1
—	FW		Andreas Xenos

References

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External links

• AEK Athens F.C. Official Website
• A.E.K. FC Database