Kostas Negrepontis was in the last years of his career, when AEK won its first title. During the first Cup competition in the 1931-32 season, AEK made it to the final of November 8, 1931 at Alexandras Avenue against the then powerful Aris from Thessaloniki. A 5-3 win for AEK (5’ Iliaskos, 27’, 65’ Mpaltas, 70’ og. Oikonomou, 78’ Negrepontis- 40’, 43’,80’ Kitsos) and a title of historic proportions. The lineup of our first title ever: Giamalis, Mallios, Daispangos, Argiropoulos, Konstantinidis, Patroklos, Negrepontis, Baltas, Tziralidis I., Iliaskos, Tziralidis P.
In the late 1930s Nea Filadelfia is the team's home and AEK will become the utterly dominant team in Greek football after winning the double of the 1939 Championship and Cup and the 1940 Championship. Maropoulos, Delavinias, Rimpas, Sklavounos, Manettas, Tzanetis, Magiras, Chatzistavridis, Xenos, and other outstanding footballers coached by Kostas Negrepontis, seemed capable of dominating Greek football for years.
However, the course of this team came to an abrupt end due to World War II. A generation of great footballers missed out on its youth (Spiros Kontoulis was actually killed by a German machine gun in Mets), whereas the stadium was looted by conquerors.