From the beginning, the Hungarian-German coach imposed his philosophy to the players, which consisted of iron discipline, appeal to learning, mood for competition and willingness to sacrifice and work.

The above were put into practice very early, when already in the first month he was at AEK he punished Nestoridis and Anastasiadis with exclusion from the team's squad to Spain, absence from training for several days and a monetary fine, because they were a few minutes late to come to the stadium ahead of a friendly match.

Despite the remorse of the athletes and the relative pressure from the media and the public, Csaknády refused to lift the penalty and the administration respected his decision.

Passing on his beliefs and knowledge and having done a lot of quality and intensive work in preparation and training, AEK quickly began to show that were capable of the winning the title.

The following season, Csaknády's AEK proved to be relentless, tireless with the players having great mental strength and quite strong and leading the standings after an emphatic 4–1 away victory over Olympiacos on the 9th matchday.

[5] A few months later, he triumphantly won the championship with 22 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses,[6] while in the semi-final of the Greek Cup, AEK was eliminated, losing 2–1 to Olympiacos.

In the summer of 1969, Csaknády returned to Greece on behalf of PAOK, with a warm and massive acceptance from the fans of the club from Thessaloniki.