2003–04 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
2003–04 season
Chairman	Giannis Granitsas
Manager	Dušan Bajević; (until 26 January); Ilie Dumitrescu
Stadium	Various:; Nea Smyrni Stadium; Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium; Leoforos Alexandras Stadium; Tavros Stadium; Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	4th
Greek Cup	Semi-finals
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Nikos Liberopoulos (13); All: Nikos Liberopoulos (17)
Highest home attendance	16,045* vs Grasshopper; (27 August 2003); *Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Lowest home attendance	388 vs Doxa Drama; (2 September 2003); Nea Smyrni Stadium
Average home league attendance	4,914
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 season was the 80th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 45th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Champions League. The season began on 17 August 2003 and finished on 22 May 2004.

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 30 June 2004, 23:59 UTC+3.

No.	Player	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Chrysostomos Michailidis	GK	(1975-01-15)15 January 1975 (aged 29)	Eordaikos
12	Sotiris Liberopoulos	GK	(1977-06-29)29 June 1977 (aged 27)	Kalamata
22	Dionysis Chiotis	GK	(1977-06-04)4 June 1977 (aged 27)	AEK Athens U20
41	Giannis Arabatzis	GK	(1984-05-28)28 May 1984 (aged 20)	Makrochori
Defenders
2	Vasilios Borbokis	RB / RM	(1969-02-10)10 February 1969 (aged 35)	PAOK
5	Nikos Kostenoglou (Vice-captain 2)	CB / RB	(1970-10-03)3 October 1970 (aged 33)	Skoda Xanthi
8	Michel Kreek	LB / CB / LM / CM / DM	(1971-01-16)16 January 1971 (aged 33)	Vitesse
16	Nikolaos Georgeas	RB / LB / DM	(1976-12-27)27 December 1976 (aged 27)	Kalamata
17	Michalis Kasapis (Captain)	LB / LM	(1971-08-06)6 August 1971 (aged 32)	Levadiakos
18	Vangelis Moras	CB / DM / RB	(1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 22)	Proodeftiki
19	Kofi Amponsah	CB / LB	(1978-04-19)19 April 1978 (aged 26)	PAOK
25	Goran Popov	LB / CB / RB	(1984-10-02)2 October 1984 (aged 19)	Proodeftiki
32	Michalis Kapsis	CB	(1973-10-18)18 October 1973 (aged 30)	Ethnikos Piraeus
38	Panagiotis Stergiatos	CB	(1986-03-03)3 March 1986 (aged 18)	AEK Athens U20
39	Grigoris Toskas	CB / DM	(1983-01-08)8 January 1983 (aged 21)	AEK Athens U20
81	Stathis Kappos	RB	(1979-07-31)31 July 1979 (aged 24)	Kalamata
Midfielders
3	Milen Petkov	DM / CM / AM / RM / LM	(1974-01-12)12 January 1974 (aged 30)	CSKA Sofia
6	Theodoros Zagorakis	CM / DM / AM / RM / CB / RB	(1971-10-27)27 October 1971 (aged 32)	Leicester City
10	Vasilios Tsiartas (Vice-captain)	AM / RM / LM / SS	(1972-11-12)12 November 1972 (aged 31)	Sevilla
14	Ivan Rusev	AM / RM / LM / CM	(1979-05-10)10 May 1979 (aged 25)	Athinaikos
21	Kostas Katsouranis	CM / DM / RM / LM / AM / CB / RB / LB	(1979-06-21)21 June 1979 (aged 25)	Panachaiki
23	Vasilios Lakis	RM / RW / AM / CM	(1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 27)	Paniliakos
35	Dimitris Karameris	CM / DM	(1983-04-16)16 April 1983 (aged 21)	AEK Athens U20
40	Christos Tsevas	AM	(1985-06-08)8 June 1985 (aged 19)	AEK Athens U20
—	Peter Philipakos	RM / AM	(1983-01-21)21 January 1983 (aged 21)	American Eagles
Forwards
9	Giannis Okkas	CF / RW / LW / SS / AM	(1974-12-15)15 December 1974 (aged 29)	PAOK
20	Sotiris Konstantinidis	RW / LW / RM / LM / AM	(1979-04-19)19 April 1979 (aged 25)	Iraklis
26	Christos Kostis	SS / CF / AM	(1972-01-15)15 January 1972 (aged 32)	Anderlecht
30	Ilija Ivić	CF / LW	(1971-02-17)17 February 1971 (aged 33)	Aris
33	Nikos Liberopoulos	SS / CF / AM	(1975-08-04)4 August 1975 (aged 28)	Panathinaikos
36	Tasos Thanos	CF	(1984-04-01)1 April 1984 (aged 20)	AEK Athens U20
88	Dimitris Nalitzis	CF	(1976-01-25)25 January 1976 (aged 28)	Udinese
Left during Winter Transfer Window
31	Grigoris Georgatos	LB / LM / LW / CM	(1972-10-31)31 October 1972 (aged 31)	Internazionale
—	Stelios Maistrellis	CB	(1979-11-10)10 November 1979 (aged 24)	Aiolikos
7	Christos Maladenis	CM / RM / LM / AM / RW / LW / SS	(1974-05-23)23 May 1974 (aged 30)	Skoda Xanthi
34	Nikos Pourtoulidis	CM / AM	(1983-10-07)7 October 1983 (aged 20)	Nea Karvali

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
9	FW	Giannis Okkas	PAOK	Transfer	Free	2 July 2003	30 June 2005	^[1]
12	GK	Sotiris Liberopoulos	La Louvière	End of loan	—	1 July 2003	30 June 2004
18	DF	Vangelis Moras	Proodeftiki	Transfer	€260,000^[a]	6 August 2003	30 June 2007
19	DF	Kofi Amponsah	PAOK	Transfer	Free	31 July 2003	30 June 2006	^[2]
33	FW	Nikos Liberopoulos	Panathinaikos	Transfer	Free	31 July 2003	30 June 2006	^[3]
36	FW	Tasos Thanos	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	1 July 2003	30 June 2007
38	DF	Panagiotis Stergiatos	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	1 July 2003	30 June 2008
40	MF	Christos Tsevas	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	1 July 2003	30 June 2008	^[4]
88	FW	Dimitris Nalitzis	Udinese	Transfer	€200,000	4 July 2003	30 June 2007	^[5]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
25	DF	Goran Popov	Proodeftiki	Transfer	Free	9 January 2004	30 June 2004	^[6]
—	MF	Peter Philipakos	American Eagles	Transfer	Free	31 December 2003	30 June 2007	^[7]

Out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
11	FW	Demis Nikolaidis	Atlético Madrid	End of contract	—	11 July 2003	^[8]
13	MF	Georgios Passios	AEL	End of contract	—	1 July 2003
15	FW	Livio Prieto	Nueva Chicago	Contract termination	—	1 July 2003
18	MF	Walter Centeno	Saprissa	Contract termination	—	1 July 2003
19	DF	Mauricio Wright	Shenyang Ginde	Contract termination	—	18 August 2003	^[9]
37	FW	Dimitris Nalitzis	Udinese	End of loan	—	1 July 2003

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
7	MF	Christos Maladenis	PAOK	Contract termination	—	30 January 2004	^[10]
31	DF	Grigoris Georgatos	Olympiacos	Contract termination^[b]	—	4 December 2004

Notes

a. ^{^} Plus 25% of resale.^[11]

b. ^{^} Georgatos paid €400,000 to AEK Athens for his contract termination so he can rejoin Olympiacos.^[12]

Loan out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
20	FW	Ilias Solakis	Niki Volos	Free	1 July 2003	30 June 2004	N

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
34	MF	Nikos Pourtoulidis	Thrasyvoulos	Free	1 January 2004	30 June 2005	N
—	DF	Stelios Maistrellis	Akratitos	Free	1 January 2004	30 June 2004	N

Renewals

No.	Pos	Player	Date	Former Exp Date	New Exp Date	Source
2	DF	Vasilios Borbokis	11 June 2003	30 June 2003	30 June 2004	^[13]
3	MF	Milen Petkov	25 June 2003	30 June 2003	30 June 2005	^[4]
5	DF	Nikos Kostenoglou	11 June 2003	30 June 2003	30 June 2005	^[13]
6	MF	Theodoros Zagorakis	9 June 2003	30 June 2003	30 June 2005	^[14]
7	MF	Christos Maladenis	11 June 2003	30 June 2003	30 June 2005	^[13]
10	MF	Vasilios Tsiartas	2 July 2003	30 June 2003	30 June 2004	^[1]
16	DF	Nikolaos Georgeas	4 January 2004	30 June 2006	30 June 2008	^[15]
20	FW	Sotiris Konstantinidis	11 December 2003	30 June 2003	30 June 2006	^[16]
23	MF	Vasilios Lakis	3 June 2003	30 June 2003	30 June 2007	^[17]
30	FW	Ilija Ivić	11 June 2003	30 June 2003	30 June 2006	^[13]
32	DF	Michalis Kapsis	3 October 2003	31 December 2003	30 June 2007	^[18]
36	FW	Tasos Thanos	1 July 2003	—	30 June 2007
38	DF	Panagiotis Stergiatos	25 June 2003	—	30 June 2008
40	MF	Christos Tsevas	25 June 2003	—	30 June 2008	^[4]

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: €460,000

Winter: €0

Total: €460,000

Income

Summer: €0

Winter: €0

Total: €0

Net Totals

Summer: €460,000

Winter: €0

Total: €460,000

Pre-season and friendlies

9 July 2003 Friendly	Teplice	0–0	AEK Athens	Loita
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Farchant Stadium

12 July 2003 Friendly	Axams	2–6	AEK Athens	Tyrol
	65' 65'		Tsevas 10' Borbokis 21' Lakis 77' Tsiartas 71' (pen.) 85' Georgatos 80'	Stadium: Axams Ruifach Stadium

15 July 2003 Friendly	Slavia Prague	1–0	AEK Athens	Loita
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Kinkel 74'			Stadium: Farchant Stadium

17 July 2003 Friendly	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–3	AEK Athens	Tyrol
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Prohorenkovs 60'		Nalitzis 10' Maladenis 40' Ivić 64'	Stadium: Axams Ruifach Stadium

21 July 2003 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–0	Steaua București	Ampelokipoi
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Katsouranis 16' Stoica 34' (o.g.) Dumitru 59' (o.g.)	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 10,000

24 July 2003 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–1	Chalkidona	Korydallos
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Okkas 18' Georgatos 19'	Report	Drenova 65'	Stadium: Korydallos Stadium Attendance: 700

28 July 2003 Friendly	Proodeftiki	1–3	AEK Athens	Korydallos
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Rush 75'	Report	Tsiartas 17' Georgatos 44', 64'	Stadium: Korydallos Stadium

1 August 2003 Friendly	Apollon Smyrnis	2–4	AEK Athens	Rizoupoli
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Stratis 31' Karademitros 76'		Maladenis 37' Konstantinidis 80' Katsouranis 85'	Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Attendance: 3,000

7 September 2003 Friendly	AEL Limassol	3–2	AEK Athens	Limassol
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Carabaș 51' N'Diaye 59' Christofi 89'	Report	Ivić 35' Nalitzis 57'	Stadium: Tsirio Stadium

15 November 2003 Friendly	Fostiras	1–1	AEK Athens	Tavros
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ziokos 85'	Report	Tsevas 52'	Stadium: Tavros Stadium

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Olympiacos	30	24	3	3	70	19	+51	75	Qualification for Champions League group stage
3	PAOK	30	18	6	6	47	27	+20	60	Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
4	AEK Athens	30	16	7	7	57	32	+25	55	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	Egaleo	30	15	7	8	37	26	+11	52
6	Panionios	30	12	11	7	40	29	+11	47

Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	16	7	7	57	32	+25	55	7	5	3	27	13	+14	9	2	4	30	19	+11

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by Matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	W
Position	5	2	2	4	4	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

23 August 2003 Matchday 1	Egaleo	0–1	AEK Athens	Egaleo
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)			Okkas 19'	Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium Attendance: 2,606 Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)

31 August 2003 Matchday 2	AEK Athens	3–0	Ionikos	Nea Smyrni
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Maladenis 20' Ivić 39', 79' (pen.)			Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 3,480 Referee: Avraam Kebaridis (Thessaloniki)

13 September 2003 Matchday 3	Iraklis	2–2	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Mięciel 77' Drougas 84'		Georgatos 6' Katsouranis 81'	Stadium: Makedonikos Stadium Attendance: 4,677 Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)

21 September 2003 Matchday 4	AEK Athens	2–2	Panathinaikos	Nea Smyrni
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Georgatos 43' (88)		Kyrgiakos 20' Fyssas 28'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 9,472 Referee: Makis Efthimiadis (Drama)
Note: Both teams were punished due to fan incidents.

27 September 2003 Matchday 5	Panionios	2–2	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Raguel 43' Katsouranis 75' (o.g.)		Georgatos 60' (90+4)	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

15 October 2003 Matchday 6	AEK Athens	1–2	Chalkidona	Nea Smyrni
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ivić 90+2'		Manousakis 55' Korakakis 74'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Efthimios Damianos (Kozani)
Note: The match was held behind closed doors because of the punishment for the match against Panathinaikos.

18 October 2003 Matchday 7	Aris	1–2	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Lazanas 49'		Konstantinidis 45' Liberopoulos 54'	Stadium: Makedonikos Stadium Attendance: 1,181 Referee: Giannis Spyropoulos (Phthiotis)

26 October 2003 Matchday 8	AEK Athens	0–1	Olympiacos	Nea Smyrni
21:00 EET (UTC+2)			Stoltidis 67'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 8,310 Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)
Note: AEK was punished with 3 games behind closed doors due to fan incidents.^[19]

1 November 2003 Matchday 9	AEK Athens	3–1	PAOK	Ano Liosia
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Liberopoulos 16' Okkas 63' Lakis 90'		Salpingidis 83'	Stadium: Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium Attendance: 2,134 Referee: Makis Efthimiadis (Drama)

9 November 2003 Matchday 10	Akratitos	2–7	AEK Athens	Ano Liosia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Skoufalis 3' Iliopoulos 14'		Liberopoulos 26', 52', 64' Bletsas 34' (o.g.) Lakis 57' Konstantinidis 76' Nalitzis 90+2'	Stadium: Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium Attendance: 1,348 Referee: Kostas Finokaliotis (Athens)

22 November 2003 Matchday 11	AEK Athens	3–0	Proodeftiki	Ano Liosia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nalitzis 38' Okkas 59' Katsouranis 72'			Stadium: Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Efthimios Damianos (Kozani)
Note: The match was held behind closed doors because of the punishment for the match against Olympiacos.

30 November 2003 Matchday 12	Paniliakos	1–0	AEK Athens	Pyrgos
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Thomaidis 60'			Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium Attendance: 2,143 Referee: Giannis Kaminaris (Thessaly)

7 December 2003 Matchday 13	AEK Athens	3–0	Skoda Xanthi	Ampelokipoi
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Liberopoulos 16' Okkas 31' Lakis 74'			Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
Note: The match was held behind closed doors because of the punishment for the match against Olympiacos.

14 December 2003 Matchday 14	OFI	0–2	AEK Athens	Heraklion
18:00 EET (UTC+2)			Rusev 68' Tsiartas 72'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 3,950 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

20 December 2003 Matchday 15	AEK Athens	1–1	Kallithea	Tavros
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Liberopoulos 45+1'		Skarmoutsos 87'	Stadium: Tavros Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki)
Note: The match was held behind closed doors because of the punishment for the match against Olympiacos.

11 January 2004 Matchday 16	AEK Athens	2–2	Egaleo	Ano Liosia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Katsouranis 39' Liberopoulos 71'		Psomas 65', 75'	Stadium: Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium Attendance: 697 Referee: Makis Efthimiadis (Drama)

18 January 2004 Matchday 17	Ionikos	0–1	AEK Athens	Nikaia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)			Okkas 56'	Stadium: Neapoli Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,355 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

25 January 2004 Matchday 18	AEK Athens	4–0	Iraklis	Ano Liosia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Katsouranis 10' Petkov 59' Lakis 87', 90+2'			Stadium: Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium Attendance: 1,023 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
Note: At the 30th minute of the match on the stands there was a well-known banner that disapproved the coach of AEK, Dušan Bajević and in those days the administration took measures to ban its hanging on the railings, however that banner made its appearance on the field again, but what bothered the Bajević was a slogan that had to do with his family and specifically with his wife. Bajević left the field stating that it is his last match, his relations with the fans were never good during the 1,5 years he was in the team and with him also resigned the vice president, Petros Stathis. Bajević's assistant, Meletis Persias took over for the rest of the match.^[20]

1 February 2004 Matchday 19	Panathinaikos	2–1	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Basinas 18' Sapanis 68'		Liberopoulos 78'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 10,645 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

7 February 2004 Matchday 20	AEK Athens	0–1	Panionios	Ano Liosia
19:00 EET (UTC+2)			Parodi 80'	Stadium: Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium Attendance: 2,594 Referee: Makis Efthimiadis (Drama)
Note: AEK was punished with 2 games behind closed doors due to fan incidents.^[21]

22 February 2004 Matchday 21	Chalkidona	2–0	AEK Athens	Nikaia
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Katemis 35' Zacharopoulos 59'			Stadium: Neapoli Municipal Stadium Attendance: 859 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki)

28 February 2004 Matchday 22	AEK Athens	1–0	Aris	Ano Liosia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Amponsah 90+1'			Stadium: Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Nikos Koulias (Thesprotia)
Note: The match was held behind closed doors because of the punishment for the match against Panionios.

14 March 2004 Matchday 23	Olympiacos	0–1	AEK Athens	Rizoupoli
19:00 EET (UTC+2)			Lakis 85'	Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Attendance: 11,311 Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Argolida)

21 March 2004 Matchday 24	PAOK	3–2	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Yiasoumi 45', 45+2' Salpingidis 57'		Liberopoulos 34', 42'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 24,829 Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis (Messinia)

4 April 2004 Matchday 25	AEK Athens	1–1	Akratitos	Ano Liosia
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Lakis 80'		Iliopoulos 40'	Stadium: Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Nikos Koulias (Thesprotia)
Note: The match was held behind closed doors because of the punishment for the match against Panionios.

17 April 2004 Matchday 26	Proodeftiki	2–4	AEK Athens	Korydallos
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kazantzis 37' Frantzeskos 50'		Tsiartas 33' Borbokis 35' Liberopoulos 69' Ivić 82'	Stadium: Korydallos Stadium Attendance: 1,483 Referee: Dimitris Dabosis (Pieria)

24 April 2004 Matchday 27	AEK Athens	1–0	Paniliakos	Ano Liosia
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Lakis 54'			Stadium: Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium Attendance: 1,204 Referee: Giannis Tsachilidis (Piraeus)

1 May 2004 Matchday 28	Skoda Xanthi	1–2	AEK Athens	Xanthi
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Papadimitriou 89' (pen.)		Liberopoulos 25' Katsouranis 46'	Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium Attendance: 1,699 Referee: Dimitris Dabosis (Pieria)

16 May 2004 Matchday 29	AEK Athens	2–2	OFI	Kallithea
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Lakis 46' Katsouranis 67'		Bykowski 5' Deyanov 52' (pen.)	Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium Attendance: 1,287 Referee: Giannis Tsachilidis (Piraeus)

22 May 2004 Matchday 30	Kallithea	1–3	AEK Athens	Kallithea
17:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Skarmoutsos 52'		Lakis 19' Ivić 21' Katsouranis 90+2'	Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium Attendance: 1,480 Referee: Nikos Koulias (Thesprotia)

Greek Cup

First Round

17 August 2003 First leg	Doxa Drama	0–4	AEK Athens	Drama
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Rusev 11' Okkas 42', 89', 90'	Stadium: Doxa Drama Stadium Attendance: 5,684 Referee: Manolis Tapatzas (Thrace)

2 September 2003 Second leg	AEK Athens	3–0 (7–0 agg.)	Doxa Drama	Nea Smyrni
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Rusev 50' Konstantinidis 57' (pen.) Kostis 70'	Report		Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 388 Referee: Stavros Georgopoulos (Arcadia)

Second Round

AEK Athens qualified to the Round of 16 without a match.

Round of 16

7 January 2004 First leg	Agrotikos Asteras	0–2	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Petkov 54' Tsiartas 90'	Report (page 15)		Stadium: Agrotikos Asteras Stadium Referee: Manolis Tapatzas (Thrace)

14 January 2004 Second leg	AEK Athens	2–2 (4–2 agg.)	Agrotikos Asteras	Ano Liosia
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Katsouranis 27' Liberopoulos 90+2'	Report (page 15)	Karatziotis 17' Bekiaris 41'	Stadium: Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium Referee: Antonis Kouklakis (Chania)

Quarter-finals

4 March 2004 First leg	AEK Athens	1–0	Iraklis	Ano Liosia
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Tsiartas 4' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Giannis Tsacheilidis (Piraeus)

16 March 2004 Second leg	Iraklis	2–3 (2–4 agg.)	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ioannou 36' Mięciel 86'	Report	Okkas 28' Liberopoulos 64', 77'	Stadium: Nea Efkarpia Stadium Attendance: 4,594 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

Semi-finals

27 March 2004 First leg	Panathinaikos	2–2	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Basinas 29' (pen.) Olisadebe 90+2'	Report	Katsouranis 20' Lakis 88'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 8,657 Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)

7 April 2004 Second leg	AEK Athens	0–1 (2–3 agg.)	Panathinaikos	Ano Liosia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Goumas 9'	Stadium: Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

13 August 2003 First leg	Grasshopper	1–0	AEK Athens	Zürich, Switzerland
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Núñez 83'	Report		Stadium: Hardturm Attendance: 12,400 Referee: Éric Poulat (France)

27 August 2003 Second leg	AEK Athens	3–1 (3–2 agg.)	Grasshopper	Athens, Greece
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Katsouranis 20' Liberopoulos 25' Castillo 39' (o.g.)	Report	Núñez 68'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 16,045 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MON	DEP	PSV	AEK
1	Monaco	6	3	2	1	15	6	+9	11	Advance to knockout stage	—	8–3	1–1	4–0
2	Deportivo La Coruña	6	3	1	2	12	12	0	10	Advance to knockout stage	1–0	—	2–0	3–0
3	PSV Eindhoven	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10	Transfer to UEFA Cup	1–2	3–2	—	2–0
4	AEK Athens	6	0	2	4	1	11	−10	2		0–0	1–1	0–1	—

Source: RSSSF

17 September 2003 Matchday 1	AEK Athens	1–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Athens, Greece
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Tsiartas 86'	Report	Pandiani 12'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 13,583 Referee: Mike McCurry (Scotland)

30 September 2003 Matchday 2	Monaco	4–0	AEK Athens	Fontvieille, Monaco
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Giuly 23' Morientes 25', 56' Pršo 86'	Report		Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)

21 October 2003 Matchday 3	AEK Athens	0–1	PSV Eindhoven	Athens, Greece
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Lucius 37'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 7,290 Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)

5 November 2003 Matchday 4	PSV Eindhoven	2–0	AEK Athens	Eindhoven, Netherlands
21:45 EET (UTC+2)	Bouma 51' Robben 63'	Report		Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

25 November 2003 Matchday 5	Deportivo La Coruña	3–0	AEK Athens	A Coruña, Spain
21:45 EET (UTC+2)	Héctor 22' Valerón 51' Luque 71'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Mike Riley (England)

10 December 2003 Matchday 6	AEK Athens	0–0	Monaco	Athens, Greece
21:45 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 1,205 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 30 June 2004

No.	Pos	Player	League		Cup		Champions League		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Chrysostomos Michailidis	19	0	2	0	4	0	25	0
12	GK	Sotiris Liberopoulos	4	0	4	0	0	0	8	0
22	GK	Dionysis Chiotis	7	0	2	0	4	0	13	0
41	GK	Giannis Arabatzis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	Vasilios Borbokis	20	1	4	0	6	0	30	1
5	DF	Nikos Kostenoglou	8	0	2	0	6	0	16	0
8	DF	Michel Kreek	18	0	7	0	3	0	28	0
16	DF	Nikolaos Georgeas	12	0	4	0	6	0	22	0
17	DF	Michalis Kasapis	9	0	3	0	5	0	17	0
18	DF	Vangelis Moras	25	0	5	0	5	0	35	0
19	DF	Kofi Amponsah	15	1	4	0	4	0	23	1
25	DF	Goran Popov	8	0	3	0	0	0	11	0
32	DF	Michalis Kapsis	19	0	4	0	6	0	29	0
38	DF	Panagiotis Stergiatos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF	Grigoris Toskas	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
81	DF	Stathis Kappos	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
Midfielders
3	MF	Milen Petkov	15	1	7	1	1	0	23	2
6	MF	Theodoros Zagorakis	27	0	5	0	8	0	40	0
10	MF	Vasilios Tsiartas	26	2	6	2	8	1	40	5
14	MF	Ivan Rusev	10	1	2	2	2	0	14	3
21	MF	Kostas Katsouranis	27	7	7	2	8	1	42	10
23	MF	Vasilios Lakis	23	10	5	1	4	0	32	11
35	MF	Dimitris Karameris	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
40	MF	Christos Tsevas	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
—	MF	Peter Philipakos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	Giannis Okkas	24	5	7	4	8	0	39	9
20	FW	Sotiris Konstantinidis	18	2	4	1	3	0	25	3
26	FW	Christos Kostis	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
30	FW	Ilija Ivić	13	5	2	0	4	0	19	5
33	FW	Nikos Liberopoulos	27	13	7	3	6	1	40	17
36	FW	Tasos Thanos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	FW	Dimitris Nalitzis	23	2	5	0	4	0	32	2
Left during Winter Transfer Window
31	DF	Grigoris Georgatos	6	5	0	0	3	0	9	5
—	DF	Stelios Maistrellis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	Christos Maladenis	8	1	2	0	4	0	14	1
34	MF	Nikos Pourtoulidis	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0

Disciplinary record

As of 30 June 2004

N	P	Nat.	Name											Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	League			Cup		Champions League		Total			Notes
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Chrysostomos Michailidis	2							2
12	GK		Sotiris Liberopoulos
22	GK		Dionysis Chiotis	1							1
41	GK		Giannis Arabatzis
Defenders
2	DF		Vasilios Borbokis	4			1		1		6
5	DF		Nikos Kostenoglou	2					1		3
8	DF		Michel Kreek	2			2	1			4	1
16	DF		Nikolaos Georgeas	4					1		5
17	DF		Michalis Kasapis	2					1		3
18	DF		Vangelis Moras	2			1				3
19	DF		Kofi Amponsah	4	1		1		2	1	7	1	1
25	DF		Goran Popov	3	1						3	1
32	DF		Michalis Kapsis	1		1			1		2		1
38	DF		Panagiotis Stergiatos
39	DF		Grigoris Toskas
81	DF		Stathis Kappos
Midfielders
3	MF		Milen Petkov				3	1			3	1
6	MF		Theodoros Zagorakis	4					1		5
10	MF		Vasilios Tsiartas						2		2
14	MF		Ivan Rusev	1							1
21	MF		Kostas Katsouranis	6			1		1		8
23	MF		Vasilios Lakis	1							1
35	MF		Dimitris Karameris
40	MF		Christos Tsevas
—	MF		Peter Philipakos
Forwards
9	FW		Giannis Okkas	8					2		10
20	FW		Sotiris Konstantinidis	3							3
26	FW		Christos Kostis
30	FW		Ilija Ivić	3							3
33	FW		Nikos Liberopoulos	3			2		1		6
36	FW		Tasos Thanos
88	FW		Dimitris Nalitzis	2							2
Left during Winter Transfer window
31	DF		Grigoris Georgatos	1					1		2
—	DF		Stelios Maistrellis
7	MF		Christos Maladenis	3							3
34	MF		Nikos Pourtoulidis

Starting 11

N.	Formation	Matchday(s)
44	4–4–2	1–30
2	4–2–3–1

No.	Player	Pos.
1	Chrysostomos Michailidis	GK
18	Vangelis Moras	RCB
32	Michalis Kapsis	LCB
2	Vasilios Borbokis	RB
8	Michel Kreek	LB
6	Theodoros Zagorakis (C)	DM
21	Kostas Katsouranis	CM
23	Vasilios Lakis	RM
10	Vasilios Tsiartas	LM
33	Nikos Liberopoulos	SS
9	Giannis Okkas	CF

Michailidis

Moras

Kapsis

Borbokis

Kreek

Katsouranis

Zagorakis (C)

Lakis

Tsiartas

Liberopoulos

Okkas

Last updated: 2004-06-30
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

References

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External links

masternews.gr Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine Kit source
AEK Athens F.C. Official Website

[renamed_from_1_on_20220108152602-1] "Στην ΑΕΚ υπέγραψε ο Γ.Οκκάς – Συμφώνησε με την "Ένωση" και ο Β.Τσάρτας". in.gr (in Greek). 2 July 2003.

[2] "Υπέγραψε στην ΑΕΚ ο Κόφι Αμπονσά για τρία χρόνια - Αγωνία για Λυμπερόπουλο". in.gr (in Greek). 31 July 2003.

[3] "Φόρεσε τελικά τη φανέλα της ΑΕΚ ο Λυμπερόπουλος". in.gr (in Greek). 31 July 2003.

[renamed_from_2_on_20220108152602-4] "Φοβού τα... χειρότερα το μήνυμα του Μπάγεβιτς για την ΑΕΚ". in.gr (in Greek). 25 June 2003.

[5] "Οριστικά παίκτης της ΑΕΚ ο Δημήτρης Ναλιτζής". in.gr (in Greek). 4 July 2003.

[6] "Αλλοι φεύγουν, αυτός ήλθε - Ο Ποπόφ στην ΑΕΚ". in.gr (in Greek). 9 January 2004.

[7] Quillen, Ian (26 January 2004). "AU soccer star signs with pros". The Eagle.

[8] "Στην Ατλέτικο Μαδρίτης για ένα χρόνο ο Ντέμης Νικολαΐδης". in.gr (in Greek). 11 July 2003.

[9] "Wright jugará en China". La Nación (in Spanish). 18 August 2003.

[10] "Στον ΠΑΟΚ θα συνεχίσει τελικά ο Χρήστος Μαλαδένης". in.gr (in Greek). 30 January 2004.

[11] "Οι παίκτες που αγωνίστηκαν σε Λάρισα και ΑΕΚ". Enwsi.gr (in Greek). 6 June 2015.

[12] "Ποτέ δεν άντεξε μακριά από τον Ολυμπιακό". www.sport24.gr (in Greek). 2 July 2015.

[BobAEK-13] "Συνεχίζουν στην ΑΕΚ Μαλαδένης, Μπορμπόκης, Ίβιτς και Κωστένογλου". 11 June 2003.

[14] "Παίκτης της ΑΕΚ για τρία ακόμη χρόνια παραμένει ο Θοδωρής Ζαγοράκης". in.gr. 9 June 2003.

[15] "Ζήτα συγγνώμη". 29 November 2000.

[16] "Μέχρι το 2006 στην ΑΕΚ ο Σωτήρης Κωνσταντινίδης". 11 December 2003.

[17] "Ανανεώνει τη συνεργασία του με την ΑΕΚ ο Βασίλης Λάκης - Τη Δευτέρα οι υπογραφές". 2 June 2003.

[18] "Υπέγραψε ο Καψής". flash.gr (in Greek). 3 October 2003.

[19] "Τρεις αγωνιστικές κεκλεισμένων των θυρών η ποινή της ΑΕΚ για τα έκτροπα στο ντέρμπι". in.gr. 31 October 2003.

[20] "Το αντίο ανήμερα του Αγίου Γρηγορίου". aek365.org.

[21] "Με βαριά τιμωρία κινδυνεύει η ΑΕΚ-Σε απολογία και ο Ιωνικός". in.gr. 10 February 2004.

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