At the same time, players with a huge offer to the club left, such as Sofianidis, Vasiliou, Yordan and the legendary captain, Andreas Stamatiadis.

The conquest of the second place in the league was considered a complete success, taking into account the circumstances and the magnitude of Panathinaikos' team at the time.

Mimis Papaioannou emerged as the top scorer of the club with 18 goals and second in the league behind Antonis Antoniadis.

This season was marked by the bribery scandal of Loukanidis and Syropoulos of Aris by people of the newly-promoted Panachaiki.

The match was led to the penalty shoot-out, as for the first year the specific procedure was applied, as until then the winner occurred by a draw.