[1] Evaluating the team's existing roster, he decided that without the need of particular transfer additions, he could turn it into a worthy contender for the title.

[2] The experience of the previous season, in which Csaknády took the team 6 points behind Olympiacos and managed to make them equal contenders, the confidence and admiration of the players towards his person and his undoubted ability and hard work, convinced everyone in AEK that better days were ahead for the club, even talking about the repeat of the championship conquest of 1963.

[3] AEK entered the championship race and in their first six matches achieved 5 wins and a draw in the derby against Panathinaikos at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.

The yellow-blacks reacted in a deafening and thunderous way at the very next matchday, when they destroyed the other contender, Olympiacos and their hopes in winning the league, by crushing them by 1–4 at Karaiskakis Stadium.

[4][5] While AEK had already been crowned champions, it seemed that they would achieve the conquest of the domestic double, as they eliminated Vyzas Megara, Aris and Panionios for the cup and were drawn against Olympiacos in the semi-final at Karaiskakis Stadium.