1987–88 AEK Athens F.C. season

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AEK Athens
1987–88 season
ChairmanAndreas Zafiropoulos
ManagerTodor Veselinović
StadiumAEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki2nd
Greek CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Henrik Nielsen (21)

All:
Henrik Nielsen (23)
Highest home attendance31,306 vs Olympiacos
(31 January 1988)
Lowest home attendance4,440 vs Kallithea
(13 January 1988)
Average home league attendance16,993
Biggest winAEK Athens 7–1 Veria
Biggest defeatAris 4–1 AEK Athens
OFI 3–0 AEK Athens

The 1987–88 season was the 64th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 29th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki and the Greek Cup. The season began on 6 September 1987 and finished on 15 May 1988.

Kits[edit]

Supplier: Zita Hellas
Sponsor(s): Ethniki Asfalistiki

Home
Away

Overview[edit]

The final year of the presidency of Andreas Zafiropoulos, finally found AEK Athens at the second place of the league, behind AEL. The season was overshadowed by various non-competitive cases, the "Tsingov case", the "Ballis-Papadopoulos case" and the "Vosdos case". In the summer of 1987, AEK returned to the Nea Filadelfeia Stadium and was called to carry on without the club's legend, Thomas Mavros and as well as Håkan Sandberg. On the other hand, some useful players were acquired such as Savvidis, Nielsen and Vasilakos. Led by Todor Veselinović and with Panathinaikos and Olympiacos out of the title race early on, the team had a good presence and were in the claiming of the championship, but eventually lost it to the strong at that time AEL. The best players of the season for AEK were Manolas, Nielsen, Savvidis, Vasilakos, Janjanin and Patikas. Henrik Nielsen with 21 goals finished the season as the league's top scorer. The greatest victory of the season was the 7–1 at home against Veria.[1]

However, the "Tsingov case" played crucial role in the outcome of the championship. The Bulgarian footballer, Georgi Tsingov of AEL was tested positive in a dropping test after the match against Panathinaikos. The court's decision was as the regulation predicted and punished AEL by zeroing them for that match, 2 points deduction and punishment of the player which brought AEK to the first place of the table. AEL appealed and their fans were revolted by blocking the highway, closing railway lines among other things. Before the appeal was heard the then Minister of Sports, Sifis Valyrakis changed the regulation "overnight", which predicted in cases of doping a footballer, only the footballer would be punished and not the club. So the points were returned back to AEL and finally won the championship. Essentially, AEK was entitled to win the championship on "papers", but AEL was a worthy champion, inside the football pitch and the club's mentality and principles are such that did not allow them to proceed in such actions.[2]

Another scandal of the season was the "Vosdos case". The president of Panachaiki, Aris Loukopoulos, denounced AEK for an attempt to bribe the defender of the team, Leonidas Vosdos, before the match between the two teams at Patras. The footballer himself stated that no one approached him, the judges concluded that the story was an "invention" of Loukopoulos to create a climate of tension in view of the match and the president of Panachaiki was punished.[3]

Noteworthy were also the incidents in the last match of the season at Nea Filadelfeia against Iraklis. The ultras stand had enough with Zafiropoulos, who was considered unable to lift the "weight" of handling the club, but the tension that existed did not justify the following events. Riot police, in an incomprehensible decision, entered the ultras stand and beat whoever stood in front of them which resulted in very heated encounters with the ultras. There were many who believe that Zafiropoulos influenced the police officers to act in this way.[4]

In the Cup, AEK were eliminated at the round of 16 by Olympiacos. In the first match at Karaiskakis Stadium, AEK got a significant result with 1–1. On the eve of the rematch, a big scandal broke out as the former AEK footballer, Dinos Ballis visited at the hotel where the team were located with a bouquet for the goalkeeper, Theologis Papadopoulos and created strong suspicions that he was trying to bribe him. The match took place, with Olympiacos winning 1–3 and the story continued in the courts. The Koskotas brothers were accused of trying to bribe Papadopoulos and Vasilakos through Ballis, while many AEK fans believe that AEK was involved in the whole case. Eventually, in a very strange court decision, the only one who was punished for the whole case was Ballis for attempted bribery.[5]

Management team[edit]

Position Staff
Manager Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Todor Veselinović
Assistant manager Greece Giorgos Petridis
Goalkeeping coach Greece Stelios Serafidis
Head of Medical Greece Lakis Nikolaou

Players[edit]

Squad information[edit]

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 15 May 1988, 23:59 UTC+3.

Player Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Signed Previous club Transfer fee Contract until
Goalkeepers
Spyros Ikonomopoulos Greece GK (1959-07-25)25 July 1959 (aged 28) 1978 Greece AEK Athens U20 1993
Theologis Papadopoulos Greece GK (1960-01-12)12 January 1960 (aged 28) 1984 Greece AEL Free 1989
Fanis Kofinas Greece GK (1960-09-05)5 September 1960 (aged 27) 1982 Greece Pelopas Kiato Free 1992
Defenders
Makis Chatzis Greece RB / LB (1957-03-30)30 March 1957 (aged 31) 1984 Greece Apollon Athens Free 1992
Panagiotis Stylianopoulos Greece RB / LB (1957-09-04)4 September 1957 (aged 30) 1978 Greece AEK Athens U20 1988
Takis Karagiozopoulos Greece CB / DM / ST (1961-02-04)4 February 1961 (aged 27) 1981 Greece Veria Free 1993
Polyvios Chatzopoulos Greece CB / DM (1961-07-17)17 July 1961 (aged 26) 1985 Greece Panionios Free 1989
Stelios Manolas Greece CB / RB (1961-07-13)13 July 1961 (aged 26) 1979 Greece AEK Athens U20 1988
Giorgos Peppes Greece CB (1961-10-26)26 October 1961 (aged 26) 1986 Greece Ethnikos Piraeus Free 1992
Sotiris Mavrodimos Greece CB / RB / LB / DM (1962-07-18)18 July 1962 (aged 25) 1986 Greece Kozani Free 1989
Christos Vasilopoulos Greece RB / LB (1962-11-12)12 November 1962 (aged 25) 1987 Greece Panachaiki Free 1993
Georgios Koutoulas Greece CB / LB (1967-02-09)9 February 1967 (aged 21) 1987 Greece AEK Athens U20 1999
Dimitris Volonakis GreeceAustralia LB / CB (1967-02-27)27 February 1967 (aged 21) 1987 Greece AEK Athens U20 1990
Midfielders
Rajko Janjanin Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia CM (1957-01-18)18 January 1957 (aged 31) 1986 Greece OFI Free 1988
Dimitris Pittas Greece AM / CM (1958-04-08)8 April 1958 (aged 30) 1986 Greece PAOK Free 1989
Pavlos Papaioannou (Captain) GreeceBrazil DM / RB / RM (1959-05-19)19 May 1959 (aged 29) 1983 Greece Rodos ₯10,000,000 1993
Nikos Pias Greece CM (1960-04-07)7 April 1960 (aged 28) 1984 Greece Rodos Free 1988
Vasilios Vasilakos Greece AM (1960-09-07)7 September 1960 (aged 27) 1987 Greece PAOK Free 1989
Giorgos Savvidis Cyprus AM / RM / RW / SS / ST (1961-02-08)8 February 1961 (aged 27) 1987 Cyprus Omonia ₯40,000,000 1990
Lampros Georgiadis Greece AM / LM / LB (1963-07-11)11 July 1963 (aged 24) 1986 Greece Anagennisi Arta ₯12,000,000 1993
Jim Patikas AustraliaGreece RM / LM / RW / LW / SS (1963-10-18)18 October 1963 (aged 24) 1985 Australia Sydney Croatia Free 1993
Forwards
Giannis Dintsikos Greece ST / SS / RW / LW / AM (1960-06-25)25 June 1960 (aged 28) 1981 Greece Kastoria Free 1989
Henrik Nielsen Denmark ST / SS (1965-03-29)29 March 1965 (aged 23) 1987 Denmark B93 Free 1990
Left during Winter Transfer Window
Georgios Christodoulou Greece ST / SS / LW (1967-05-20)20 May 1967 (aged 21) 1985 Greece Akratitos Free 1991

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Summer[edit]

Pos. Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
GK Greece Fanis Kofinas Greece Ionikos End of loan 1 July 1987 30 June 1992
DF Greece Georgios Koutoulas Greece AEK Athens U20 Promotion 1 July 1987 30 June 1992
DF Greece Christos Vasilopoulos Greece Panachaiki Transfer Free 1 July 1987 30 June 1993
DF Greece Dimitris Volonakis Greece AEK Athens U20 Promotion 1 July 1987 30 June 1990
MF Greece Vasilios Vasilakos Greece PAOK Transfer Free 1 July 1987 30 June 1989
MF Cyprus Giorgos Savvidis Cyprus Omonia Transfer ₯40,000,000 14 July 1987 30 June 1990 [6]
FW Denmark Henrik Nielsen Denmark B93 Transfer Free 10 July 1987 30 June 1990 [7]
FW Greece Georgios Christodoulou Greece Akratitos End of loan 11 July 1987 30 June 1991

Out[edit]

Summer[edit]

Pos. Player To Type Fee Date Source
DF Greece Ilias Armodoros Greece Levadiakos End of contract 1 July 1987
MF Greece Pavlos Dimitriou Greece Panserraikos End of contract 1 July 1987
FW Greece Thomas Mavros Greece Panionios Contract termination 1 July 1987
FW Sweden Håkan Sandberg Greece Olympiacos End of contract 1 July 1987
FW Greece Andreas Voitsidis Greece PAS Giannina End of contract 1 July 1987

Loan out[edit]

Winter[edit]

Pos. Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
FW Greece Georgios Christodoulou Greece Acharnaikos Free 15 December 1987 30 June 1988 Red XN

Overall transfer activity[edit]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

28 July 1987 Friendly Twente Netherlands 4–2 Greece AEK Athens
5 August 1987 Friendly Panargiakos Greece 0–7 Greece AEK Athens Argos
Stadium: Argos Municipal Stadium
17 August 1987 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 1–1 Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague Nea Filadelfeia
Report
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
19 August 1987 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 2–1 Greece Iraklis Marousi
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
29 August 1987 Friendly Omonia Cyprus 2–1 Greece AEK Athens Nicosia
Report Stadium: Makario Stadium

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Alpha Ethniki 6 September 1987 15 May 1988 Matchday 1 2nd 30 15 10 5 51 31 +20 050.00
Greek Cup 25 October 1987 10 February 1988 First round Round of 16 5 2 1 2 9 8 +1 040.00
Total 35 17 11 7 60 39 +21 048.57

Last updated: 15 May 1988
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AEL (C) 30 18 7 5 51 22 +29 43 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 AEK Athens 30 15 10 5 51 31 +20 40 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 PAOK 30 17 5 8 60 27 +33 39
4 OFI 30 17 3 10 54 41 +13 37
5 Panathinaikos 30 15 6 9 47 34 +13 36 Qualification for Cup Winners' 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

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 15 10 5 51 31  +20 40 13 2 0 36 10  +26 2 8 5 15 21  −6

Results by Matchday[edit]

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAH
ResultDDWLWLWWDWDWDWDWWLWDWLWDLWDDWW
Position876879666663444223332323333422
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures[edit]

6 September 1987 1 PAOK 2–2 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 33,243
Referee: Giorgos Koukoulakis (Heraklion)
13 September 1987 2 Olympiacos 2–2 AEK Athens Marousi
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 72,047
Referee: Nikos Andreou (Athens)
27 September 1987 3 AEK Athens 3–2 Panachaiki Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 19,831
Referee: Stavros Zakestidis (Thessaloniki)
Note: First official match in AEK Stadium after 2 years.
4 October 1987 4 Aris 4–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Aris Stadium
Attendance: 15,335
Referee: Vasilis Nikakis (Aetoloacarnania)
18 October 1987 5 AEK Athens 4–0 Diagoras Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 13,509
Referee: Miniatis (Corfu)
1 November 1987 6 OFI 3–0 AEK Athens Heraklion
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 10,978
Referee: Vangelis Giannakoudakis (Piraeus)
8 November 1987 7 AEK Athens 2–1 AEL Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Tsingov 88'
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 24,149
Referee: Stelios Charlavanis (Euboea)
22 November 1987 8 AEK Athens 2–1 Panserraikos Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 9,280
Referee: Giorgos Koukoulakis (Heraklion)
29 November 1987 9 Panionios 1–1 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
  • Juričić 70'
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 10,703
Referee: Nikos Vournelis (Thessaloniki)
6 December 1987 10 AEK Athens 7–1 Veria Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
  • Kaltsas 12'
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 7,932
Referee: Dimitris Naoum (Thessaloniki)
20 December 1987 11 Levadiakos 1–1 AEK Athens Levadia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
  • Bletsas 30'
Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 7,631
Referee: Dimitris Koutroulis (Pyrgos)
27 December 1987 12 AEK Athens 2–0 Apollon Kalamarias Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 17,173
Referee: Giannis Georgiadis (Drama)
3 January 1988 13 Panathinaikos 1–1 AEK Athens Marousi
14:45 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 59,481
Referee: Giorgos Koukoulakis (Heraklion)
10 January 1988 14 AEK Athens 2–0 Ethnikos Piraeus Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 19,895
Referee: Giannis Kosmidis (Alexandroupoli)
Note: At halftime, a strange incident occurred when people began to set up cameras and crews, attendees and footballers with yellow and blue and white shirts entered the pitch. AEK Stadium was chosen for the shooting of the movie "The Striker with Number 9" by Pantelis Voulgaris, with the crowd having no idea of what was happening. However, despite the difficulties of the shooting, Stratos Tzortzoglou stated the experience was shocking and magical having 30,000 people chanting and booing on set.[8]
17 January 1988 15 Iraklis 0–0 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
14:45 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 15,998
Referee: Giorgos Koukoulas (Lesbos)
24 January 1988 16 AEK Athens 1–0 PAOK Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 26,217
Referee: Giorgos Koukoulakis (Heraklion)
Note: At the 30th minute, AEK won an indirect foul from quite a long distance and Pittas had not seen the gesture of the referee Koukoulakis for an indirect foul, which he executed directly with the ball hitting the goalkeeper's hand and ending up in the net. If the goalkeeper had let the ball go straight to the net, the goal would not count. PAOK objected to the replay of the match but, this objection fell on deaf ears.[9]
31 January 1988 17 AEK Athens 2–0 Olympiacos Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 31,306
Referee: Dimitris Naoum (Thessaloniki)
Note: All-time record income for the AEK Stadium, which was ₯25,648,400.
7 February 1988 18 Panachaiki 2–1 AEK Athens Patras
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Panagiotidis 43'
  • Zikos 59'
Stadium: Panachaiki Stadium
Attendance: 15,003
Referee: Kostas Akridas (Athens)
14 February 1988 19 AEK Athens 2–1 Aris Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 4,714
Referee: Grigoris Brentas (Thessaloniki)
22 February 1988 20 Diagoras 0–0 AEK Athens Rhodes
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Diagoras Stadium
Attendance: 3,553
Referee: Kostas Akridas (Athens)
28 February 1988 21 AEK Athens 2–1 OFI Livadeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 5,177
Referee: Vasilis Nikakis (Aetoloacarnania)
Note: AEK were punished with 3 games away from home, due to the incidents in the away league game against Panachaiki.
6 March 1988 22 AEL 2–0 AEK Athens Larissa
15:30 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Alcazar Stadium
Attendance: 17,810
Referee: Stelios Charlavanis (Euboea)
13 March 1988 23 Panserraikos 0–1 AEK Athens Serres
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 9,071
Referee: Dimitris Daoulas (Aetoloacarnania)
20 March 1988 24 AEK Athens 1–1 Panionios Volos
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Kanaras 63'
Stadium: Volos Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Stavros Zakestidis (Thessaloniki)
27 March 1988 25 Veria 1–0 AEK Athens Veria
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 4,521
Referee: Kostas Adamopoulos (Athens)
3 April 1988 26 AEK Athens 3–0 Levadiakos Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 16,688
Referee: Grigoris Brentas (Thessaloniki)
17 April 1988 27 Apollon Kalamarias 2–2 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium
Attendance: 3,509
Referee: Makis Germanakos (Athens)
24 April 1988 28 AEK Athens 2–2 Panathinaikos Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 27,708
Referee: Tasos Kantartzis (Thessaloniki)
1 May 1988 29 Ethnikos Piraeus 0–3 AEK Athens Piraeus
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 16,361
Referee: Dimitris Daoulas (Aetoloacarnania)
15 May 1988 30 AEK Athens 1–0 Iraklis Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 20,504
Referee: Alexandros Naziris (Thessaloniki)

Greek Cup[edit]

Matches[edit]

25 October 1987 First round AEK Athens 3–1 Iraklis Nea Filadelfeia
14:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 25,424
Referee: Christos Kolokythas (Athens)
Round of 32[edit]
30 December 1987 First leg Kallithea 3–2 AEK Athens Kallithea
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
  • Chatziraptis 11'
  • Tsevretzis 21'
  • Tzimas 63'
Report
Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium
Referee: Giorgos Koukoulakis (Heraklion)
13 January 1988 Second leg AEK Athens 2–0
(4–3 agg.)
Kallithea Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Report Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 4,440
Referee: Giorgos Plevritis (Thessaloniki)
Round of 16[edit]
27 January 1988 First leg Olympiacos 1–1 AEK Athens Piraeus
14:45 EET (UTC+2)
  • Moustakidis 76'
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 33,373
Referee: Makis Germanakos (Athens)
Note: After the game, serious incidents between the fans took place, which resulted in at least 4 injuries including 2 women and 1 police officer.
10 February 1988 Second leg AEK Athens 1–3
(2–4 agg.)
Olympiacos Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2) Report Stadium: AEK Stadium
Attendance: 23,929
Referee: Vasilis Nikakis (Aetoloacarnania)
Note: The match was followed by allegations of bribe and various machinations at AEK's expense, with former Olympiacos footballer, Gounaris and former AEK footballer, Ballis involved as intermediaries. Although nothing was proven, Ballis was punished for active bribery. Neither the receivers of the bribe, nor the one who orchestreatd the whole scheme were ever made public.

Statistics[edit]

Squad statistics[edit]

As of 15 May 1988
No. Pos Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
GK Greece Spyros Ikonomopoulos 4 0 0 0 4 0
GK Greece Theologis Papadopoulos 17 0 4 0 21 0
GK Greece Fanis Kofinas 11 0 1 0 12 0
Defenders
DF Greece Makis Chatzis 16 0 4 0 20 0
DF Greece Panagiotis Stylianopoulos 3 0 0 0 3 0
DF Greece Takis Karagiozopoulos 14 1 2 0 16 1
DF Greece Polyvios Chatzopoulos 21 1 3 0 24 1
DF Greece Stelios Manolas 21 4 4 0 25 4
DF Greece Giorgos Peppes 30 2 3 0 33 2
DF Greece Sotiris Mavrodimos 23 0 4 1 27 1
DF Greece Christos Vasilopoulos 13 0 4 0 17 0
DF Greece Georgios Koutoulas 24 4 3 0 27 4
DF Greece Dimitris Volonakis 7 0 1 0 8 0
Midfielders
MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rajko Janjanin 28 1 3 0 31 1
MF Greece Dimitris Pittas 14 2 3 3 17 5
MF Greece Pavlos Papaioannou 17 0 1 0 18 0
MF Greece Nikos Pias 16 0 4 0 20 0
MF Greece Vasilios Vasilakos 23 4 4 1 27 5
MF Cyprus Giorgos Savvidis 23 5 3 0 26 5
MF Greece Lampros Georgiadis 19 1 4 1 23 2
MF Australia Jim Patikas 15 5 2 1 17 6
Forwards
FW Greece Giannis Dintsikos 2 0 2 0 4 0
FW Denmark Henrik Nielsen 27 21 4 2 31 23
Left during Winter Transfer Window
FW Greece Georgios Christodoulou 2 0 0 0 2 0

Goalscorers[edit]

As of 15 May 1988
Rank Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Total
1 FW Denmark Henrik Nielsen 21 2 23
2 MF Australia Jim Patikas 5 1 6
3 MF Cyprus Giorgos Savvidis 5 0 5
MF Greece Vasilios Vasilakos 4 1 5
MF Greece Dimitris Pittas 2 3 5
6 DF Greece Georgios Koutoulas 4 0 4
DF Greece Stelios Manolas 4 0 4
8 DF Greece Giorgos Peppes 2 0 2
MF Greece Lampros Georgiadis 1 1 2
10 DF Greece Takis Karagiozopoulos 1 0 1
DF Greece Polyvios Chatzopoulos 1 0 1
MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rajko Janjanin 1 0 1
DF Greece Sotiris Mavrodimos 0 1 1
Own goals 0 0 0
Totals 51 9 60

Hat-tricks[edit]

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player Against Result Date Competition Source
Denmark Henrik Nielsen4 Greece Veria 7–1 (H) 6 December 1987 Alpha Ethniki [10]

Clean sheets[edit]

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 15 May 1988
Rank Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Total
1 Greece Theologis Papadopoulos 6 1 7
2 Greece Spyros Ikonomopoulos 3 0 3
3 Greece Fanis Kofinas 2 0 2
Totals 11 1 12

Disciplinary record[edit]

As of 15 May 1988
N P Nat. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Total Notes
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
Goalkeepers
GK Greece Spyros Ikonomopoulos
GK Greece Theologis Papadopoulos 1 1 2
GK Greece Fanis Kofinas 1 1
Defenders
DF Greece Makis Chatzis 1 1 1 1
DF Greece Panagiotis Stylianopoulos
DF Greece Takis Karagiozopoulos 3 3
DF Greece Polyvios Chatzopoulos 4 4
DF Greece Stelios Manolas 7 1 3 1 10 2
DF Greece Giorgos Peppes 4 1 5
DF Greece Sotiris Mavrodimos 6 1 6 1
DF Greece Christos Vasilopoulos 4 4
DF Greece Georgios Koutoulas 3 3
DF Greece Dimitris Volonakis 3 3
Midfielders
MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rajko Janjanin 1 1
MF Greece Dimitris Pittas 3 3
MF Greece Pavlos Papaioannou 2 2
MF Greece Nikos Pias 3 1 3 1
MF Greece Vasilios Vasilakos 4 1 5
MF Cyprus Giorgos Savvidis 1 1
MF Greece Lampros Georgiadis 3 1 4
MF Australia Jim Patikas 1 1
Forwards
FW Greece Giannis Dintsikos
FW Denmark Henrik Nielsen
Left during Winter Transfer Window
FW Greece Georgios Christodoulou

Awards[edit]

Player Pos. Award Source
Denmark Henrik Nielsen FW Alpha Ethniki Top Scorer

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