The 1991–92 season was the 68th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 33rd 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 18 August 1991 and finished on 7 June 1992.
Kits
Overview
In the summer of 1991 Kostas Generakis took over as the new president of the club, despite Andreas Zafiropoulos remaining the majority shareholder. The new administration put the club's finances in order, maintained their full support for Dušan Bajević and completed three major signings. The last season's European champion with Red Star Belgrade, Refik Šabanadžović, the international striker of Aris, Vasilis Dimitriadis and the top scorer of last season's second division from Veria, Alexis Alexandris arrived at the club. Furthermore, on 7 September, "AEK Stadium" was renamed into "Nikos Goumas Stadium", after the former president of the club, who had a significant financial contribution in various phases of its construction.
Bajević built a squad that dominated the league almost from the beginning. In the end, AEK produced consistent performances, while from time to time they also produced entertaining football and won the title by three points over the second Olympiacos. The ten consecutive wins until the penultimate matchday proved decisive in securing the title. Thus, in the final matchday at Toumba Stadium, about 6,000 supporters of AEK attended the awarding ceremony of the Championship trophy to their team. Their biggest wins of the season were a 6–0 against Panionios, a 5–1 against Panachaiki at home, while they also won Doxa Drama by 1–5 away from home. Furthermore, the yellow-blacks won the title despite failing to win a single derby against both Panathinaikos and Olympiacos.
In the UEFA Cup, AEK were drawn for the first round against the Albanian Vllaznia Shkodër. Thus, in September they traveled to Shkodër, where Vllaznia surprised the yellow-blacks, putting a lot of pressure on from the beginning. However, as the minutes went by and the initial excitement of the Albanians wore out, AEK leveled the game and took the away victory with a goal by Dimitriadis. The rematch at Nikos Goumas Stadium was little more than a formality and the tie was effectively settled early, with a quick goal by Papaioannou and eventually they won 2–0. The draw for the second round brought them against Aleksandr Mostovoi's and Valery Karpin's Spartak Moscow. In the freezing Luzhniki Stadium they earned a goalless draw against Oleg Romanchev's squad. In Athens, the Russians took the lead in the first quarter with a penalty by Mostovoi and the qualification appeared all but lost. However, with remarkable determination and with the crowd that overwhelmed the stadium, AEK managed to turn the game around in the last half hour. The atmosphere inspired the team and at the 64th minute Batista leveled the score while 11 minutes later, Dimitriadis gave AEK the lead. In the minutes that followed, the Russians put heavy pressure on AEK and missed many chances to equalize, but the yellow-blacks endured and eventually celebrated the qualification. For the next round, AEK were drawn against Torino. In the first match at home the stadium was buzzing, the team was carried away by the excitement and pinned Toro back in their own half, taking the lead early on with a powerful strike from Batista. AEK continued to attack relentlessly, but were punished by the Italians' first counterattack. The equaliser stunned the hosts and before the team realized it, Torino completed the comeback. For the remainder match AEK dominated the pitch, but the counter-attacking Italians held firm defensively and just conceded an equalizer by Šabanadžović. AEK arrived in Turin for the rematch knowing that their task was inherently difficult. They pressed on and worried Emiliano Mondonico's team, but early in the second half, Toro with a header by Casagrande, secured qualification. Several years later and due to the preliminary investigation into the "Calciopolis" scandal, the then general manager of Torino, Luciano Mozzi, was accused of having also influenced the referees in Toro's European matches of that season, securing favor for the Piedmontese club including the games against AEK.
In the Cup, AEK easily qualified as winners of their group with Doxa Vyronas, EAR, Panachaiki and Aris Nikaias. In the knockout stage, they easily eliminated Ionikos and Iraklis, as well. In the quarter-finals they faced OFI and after a goalless draw in the first match, AEK won in Crete and secured qualification. In the semi-finals, AEK came across PAOK and although in the first leg they at Nea Filadelfeia got an advantage with a 2–0 win, they were eliminated in the extra time at Thessaloniki with a 3–0 defeat.
The team's key players were Manolas in defense, Savevski with Šabanadžović in midfield and Dimitriadis, Batista, Savvidis and Alexandris in the offense. However, the rest of the "starters" also performed at a high level. In his debut season with AEK, Dimitriadis emerged as the top scorer of the league with 28 goals.
At the end of the season Generakis resigned from the presidency of AEK. Immediately after, the business duo of Dimitris Melissanidis and Giannis Karras made an offer for the shares of Zafiropoulos. The major shareholder of AEK who was looking for a buyer, began the necessary procedures, clearing the way for them to begin planning for the following season.
Management team
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 7 June 1992, 23:59 UTC+3.
PlayerNat.Position(s)Date of birth (Age)SignedPrevious clubTransfer feeContract until Goalkeepers Antonis Minou (Vice-captain 2) GK 1988 Panathinaikos ₯50,000,000 1993 Spyros Ikonomopoulos GK 1979 AEK Athens U20 — 1993 Fanis Kofinas GK 1982 Pelopas Kiato Free 1992 Defenders Makis Chatzis RB / LB 1984 Apollon Athens ₯6,750,000 1994 Takis Karagiozopoulos (Vice-captain) CB / DM / ST 1981 Veria ₯8,000,000 1993 Stelios Manolas CB / RB 1980 AEK Athens U20 — 1993 Christos Vasilopoulos RB / LB 1986 Panachaiki ₯8,000,000 1993 Georgios Koutoulas CB / LB 1987 AEK Athens U20 — 1993 Vaios Karagiannis LB / CB 1990 A.O. Karditsa ₯11,000,000 1996 Georgios Theodoridis CB 1991 Doxa Markochori ₯5,700,000 1995 Midfielders Pavlos Papaioannou DM / RB / LB / RM 1983 Rodos ₯10,000,000 1993 Giorgos Savvidis (Captain) RM / AM / RW / SS / ST 1987 Omonia ₯20,940,600 1992 Lampros Georgiadis LM / AM / LB 1986 Anagennisi Arta ₯11,000,000 1994 Toni Savevski CM / LM / DM 1988 Vardar ₯34,000,000 1993 Jim Patikas RM / LM / RW / LW / SS 1985 Sydney Croatia Free 1993 Refik Šabanadžović DM / CM / CB / RB 1991 Red Star Belgrade ₯18,700,000 1994 Stavros Stamatis DM / CM / CB / RB / LB / AM 1988 Charavgiakos ₯22,000,000 1993 Nikos Ladogiannis CM 1991 AEK Athens U20 — 1996 Forwards Daniel Batista ST / SS / AM 1989 Ethnikos Piraeus Free 1992 Vasilis Dimitriadis ST 1991 Aris ₯95,000,000 1993 Frank Klopas SS / ST / AM 1988 Chicago Sting Free 1993 Alexis Alexandris ST / RW 1991 Veria ₯45,000,000 1994 Giorgos Kakousios ST 1991 1. FC Nürnberg II Free 1994 Left during Winter Transfer Window Giorgos Peppes CB 1986 Ethnikos Piraeus ₯10,000,000 1991 Spyros Goumas ST 1989 AEK Athens U20 — 1992
Transfers
In
Summer
PlayerFromFeeDateContract UntilSource Doxa Markochori₯5,700,00030 June 1995 Red Star Belgrade₯18,700,00030 June 1994 AEK Athens U20Promotion30 June 1996 KallitheaLoan return30 November 1991 Aris₯95,000,00030 June 1993 Veria₯45,000,00030 June 1994 1. FC Nürnberg IIFree transfer30 June 1994
Notes
a. plus the incomes from their two scheduled friendly games.
Out
Summer
PlayerToFeeDateSource KallitheaEnd of contract AO VouliagmenisLoan return AtromitosEnd of contract AtromitosEnd of contract KorinthosContract termination KallitheaFree transfer PaniliakosContract termination
Winter
PlayerToFeeDateSource Ethnikos PiraeusEnd of contract CharavgiakosFree transfer
Loan out
Summer
PlayerToFeeDateUntilOption to buySource PezoporikosFree30 June 1993
Contract renewals
PlayerDateFormer Exp. DateNew Exp. DateSource 30 June 199230 June 1996
Overall transfer activity
Expenditure Summer: ₯164,400,000
Winter: ₯0
Total: ₯164,400,000
Income Summer: ₯0
Winter: ₯0
Total: ₯0
Net Totals Summer: ₯164,400,000
Winter: ₯0
Total: ₯164,400,000
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overall record
Alpha Ethniki
League table
Results summary
Results by Matchday
Matches
Greek Cup
Group 6
Matches
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
UEFA Cup
First round
Second round
Third round
Statistics
Squad statistics
! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers
! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders
! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders
! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards
! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer Window
Goalscorers
The list is sorted by competition order when total goals are equal, then by position and then alphabetically by surname. RankPlayerAlpha EthnikiGreek CupUEFA CupTotal128 1 231211 6 01710 4 3174 9 0 095 4 3 076 3 2 057 1 2 03 1 1 139 2 0 0210 1 0 01 1 0 01 0 1 01 0 1 01 0 0 11Own goals 1 0 01Totals 72 21 7100
Hat-tricks Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored. PlayerAgainst Result Date Competition Source Vasilis Dimitriadis Panachaiki 5–1 (H) 12 April 1992 Alpha Ethniki Vasilis Dimitriadis Panionios 6–0 (H) 3 May 1992 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. RankPlayerAlpha EthnikiGreek CupUEFA CupTotal117 6 3262 0 0 00Totals17 6 326
Disciplinary record
! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers
! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders
! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders
! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards
! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer Window
Starting 11 This section presents the most frequently used formation along with the players with the most starts across all competitions.
Formation Matchday(s)473–4–31–5, 7–23, 25–3454–3–36, 11, 24
Player Antonis MinouGKChristos VasilopoulosRCBStelios ManolasCBVaios KaragiannisLCBPavlos PapaioannouRDMRefik ŠabanadžovićLDMGiorgos Savvidis (C)RMToni SavevskiLMAlexis AlexandrisRWDaniel BatistaLWVasilis DimitriadisCF
Awards PlayerAwardSource Vasilis Dimitriadis FW Alpha Ethniki Top Scorer Toni Savevski MF Foreign Player of the Season Dušan Bajević — Foreign Manager of the Season
References
External links AEK Athens F.C. Official Website A.E.K. FC Database