2018–19 AEK Athens F.C. season: Difference between revisions

AEK Athens
2018–19 season
President	Evangelos Aslanidis
Administrative Leader	Dimitris Melissanidis
Manager	Marinos Ouzounidis
Stadium	Olympic Stadium
Super League	TBD
Greek Cup	TBD
Champions League	Play-Off Round
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The 2018–19 season will be AEK Athens' 58th competitive season in the top flight of Greek football, 9th season in the Super League, and 95th year in existence as a football club. They also compete in the Greek Cup and in the UEFA Champions League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Events

May 25, 2018 Manolo Jiménez decides against renewing his contract in order to return to Spain and take over Las Palmas in order to be closer to his family.^[1]
May 25, 2018 Marinos Ouzounidis becomes the new head coach of AEK.^[2]
June 26, 2018 Christos Albanis joins AEK from Apollon Smyrnis on a three year deal.^[3]
June 26, 2018 Makis Giannikoglou joins AEK from PAS Giannina signing three year deal.^[4]
June 28, 2018 Marios Oikonomou joins AEK on loan from Bologna.^[5]
June 29, 2018 Marko Livaja signs a three year contract joining AEK permanently having spent last season on loan from Las Palmas.^[6]
July 2, 2018 Vladimir Matijašević becomes the new Sports Director of AEK.^[7]

Players

Squad statistics

Updated as of 20 July 2018, 00:21 UTC +2.

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	League		Cup		Europe		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Vasilis Barkas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK	Panagiotis Tsintotas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	Makis Giannikoglou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	GK	Panagiotis Ginis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	Michalis Bakakis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Hélder Lopes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Marios Oikonomou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Vasilis Lampropoulos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	Rodrigo Galo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Uroš Ćosić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	Dmytro Chygrynskiy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	Niklas Hult	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	Stratos Svarnas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	Giorgos Giannoutsos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	Astrit Ajdarević	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	André Simões (vc)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Petros Mantalos (c)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	Kostas Galanopoulos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	Paris Bampis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF	Erik Morán	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	MF	Giannis-Fivos Botos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF	Christos Giousis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
95	MF	Alef	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	Christos Albanis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Giorgos Giakoumakis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	Marko Livaja	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	Tasos Bakasetas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	Viktor Klonaridis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	Ezequiel Ponce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	Lucas Boyé	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Left during Summer Transfer window
Left during Winter Transfer Window

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Transfer Window
7	FW	Christos Albanis	Apollon Smyrnis	Transfer	€400,000	26 June 2018	June 2021	Summer
40	GK	Makis Giannikoglou	PAS Giannina	Contract expiration	Free	26 June 2018	June 2021	Summer
10	FW	Marko Livaja	Las Palmas	Transfer	€1.8m	29 June 2018	June 2021	Summer
—	FW	Pedro Vitor	Sport Recife U20	Transfer	Undisclosed	11 August 2018	June 2023	Summer
24	DF	Stratos Svarnas	Xanthi	Transfer	Undisclosed	16 August 2018	June 2023	Summer

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
4	DF	Ognjen Vranješ	Anderlecht	Transfer	€3.2m	20 June 2018	^[8]
7	FW	Lazaros Christodoulopoulos	Olympiacos	Contract expiration	Free	1 July 2018
16	GK	Panagiotis Dounis	Free agent	Released	Free	1 July 2018
24	MF	Masoud Shojaei	Tractor Sazi	Contract expiration	Free	1 July 2018
22	GK	Giannis Anestis	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Contract expiration	Free	1 July 2018
18	MF	Jakob Johansson	Rennes	Contract expiration	Free	1 July 2018
11	FW	Sergio Araujo	Las Palmas	End of loan	Free	1 July 2018
21	MF	Panagiotis Kone	Udinese	End of loan	Free	1 July 2018
55	DF	Adam Tzanetopoulos	Apollon Smyrnis	Released	Free	5 July 2018
31	FW	Dimitris Melikiotis	Volos	Released	Free	11 July 2018
98	GK	Athanasios Pantos	Sparta	Released	Free	13 July 2018

Loan in

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned From	Fee	Date	End	Permanent Transfer option
4	DF	Marios Oikonomou	Bologna	Free	1 July 2018	30 June 2019	€1,000,000
31	FW	Lucas Boyé	Torino	€450,000	18 July 2018	30 June 2019	€6,000,000
22	FW	Ezequiel Ponce	Roma	Undisclosed	19 July 2018	30 June 2019	€6,000,000
95	MF	Alef	Braga	€150,000	20 July 2018	30 June 2019	€1,850,000

Loan out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned To	Fee	Date	End	Permanent Transfer option
—	DF	Stavros Vasilantonopoulos	Lamia	Free	4 July 2018	30 June 2019	No
—	MF	Ilias Tselios	Ergotelis	Free	20 July 2018	30 June 2019	No
—	FW	Christos Antoniou	Ergotelis	Free	25 July 2018	30 June 2019	No
—	FW	Andreas Vlachomitros	Sparta	Free	2 August 2018	30 June 2019	No

Renewals/Buyout clauses

No.	Pos	Player	Renewal/Buyout Clause	Date	Former Exp Date	New Exp Date	Source
—	DF	Stavros Vasilantonopoulos	Renewal	30 May 2018	June 2018	June 2020
1	GK	Vasilis Barkas	Renewal	7 June 2018	June 2019	June 2022

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: €2,850,000

Winter: €0

Total: €2,850,000

Income

Summer: €3,200,000

Winter: €0

Total: €3,200,000

Net Totals

Summer: €350,000

Winter:

Total: €350,000

Pre-season and friendlies

AEK Athens preceded the 2018–19 campaign with a pre-season tour of Poland, with matches against Miedź Legnica and AEK Larnaca. The Greek champions also faced Atromitos and Galatasaray.

7 July 2018 Friendly	Miedź Legnica	1–0	AEK Athens	Kielce
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kunić 31'			Stadium: Kielce City Stadium

13 July 2018 Friendly	AEK Athens	0–0	AEK Larnaca	Kielce
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Kielce City Stadium

21 July 2018 Friendly	Atromitos	0–0	AEK Athens	Peristeri
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Peristeri Stadium

31 July 2018 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–2	Galatasaray	Marousi
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Livaja 34' Bakasetas 51' Mantalos 56'		Maicon 22', 67'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium

7 September 2018 Friendly	AO Trikala	v	AEK Athens	Trikala
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium

Super League Greece

League Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PAOK^[a] (C)	30	26	4	0	66	14	+52	80	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Olympiacos	30	24	3	3	71	17	+54	75	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	AEK Athens^[b]	30	18	6	6	50	19	+31	57	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Atromitos	30	15	7	8	41	28	+13	52	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	Aris	30	15	4	11	46	33	+13	49	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round

Source: Super League Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 7 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[11]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ PAOK were deducted 2 points by court decision.^[9]
^ AEK Athens were deducted 3 points by court decision.^[10]

Results by Matchday

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Fixtures

The Super League Greece fixture list was announced on 9 August 2018. AEK Athens began their title defence against PAS Giannina at Olympic Stadium.

25 August 2018 Matchday 1	AEK Athens	2–0	PAS Giannina	Marousi
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ponce 37' Livaja 47'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Athanasios Sezos (Kilkis) Man of the Match: Marko Livaja

1 September 2018 Matchday 2	Asteras Tripolis	v	AEK Athens	Tripoli
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium

16 September 2018 Matchday 3	AEK Athens	v	Panionios	Marousi
				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

23 September 2018 Matchday 4	PAOK	v	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
				Stadium: Toumba Stadium

30 September 2018 Matchday 5	OFI	v	AEK Athens	Heraklion
				Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium

7 October 2018 Matchday 6	AEK Athens	v	Olympiacos	Marousi
				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

21 October 2018 Matchday 7	Apollon Smyrnis	v	AEK Athens	Rizoupoli
				Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium

28 October 2018 Matchday 8	AEK Athens	v	Aris Thessaloniki	Marousi
				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

4 November 2018 Matchday 9	Panathinaikos	v	AEK Athens	Marousi
				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

11 November 2018 Matchday 10	AEK Athens	v	Atromitos	Marousi
				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

25 November 2018 Matchday 11	Panetolikos	v	AEK Athens	Agrinio
				Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium

2 December 2018 Matchday 12	AEK Athens	v	Xanthi	Marousi
				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

9 December 2018 Matchday 13	AEK Athens	v	Lamia	Marousi
				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

16 December 2018 Matchday 14	AEL	v	AEK Athens	Larissa
				Stadium: AEL FC Arena

23 December 2018 Matchday 15	AEK Athens	v	Levadiakos	Marousi
				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

13 January 2019 Matchday 16	PAS Giannina	v	AEK Athens	Ioannina
				Stadium: Zosimades Stadium

20 January 2019 Matchday 17	AEK Athens	v	Asteras Tripolis	Marousi
				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

27 January 2019 Matchday 18	Panionios	v	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
				Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium

3 February 2019 Matchday 19	AEK Athens	v	PAOK	Marousi
				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

10 February 2019 Matchday 20	AEK Athens	v	OFI	Marousi
				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

17 February 2019 Matchday 21	Olympiacos	v	AEK Athens	Piraeus
				Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium

24 February 2019 Matchday 22	AEK Athens	v	Apollon Smyrnis	Marousi
				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

3 March 2019 Matchday 23	Aris Thessaloniki	v	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
				Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

10 March 2019 Matchday 24	AEK Athens	v	Panathinaikos	Marousi
				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

17 March 2019 Matchday 25	Atromitos	v	AEK Athens	Peristeri
				Stadium: Peristeri Stadium

31 March 2019 Matchday 26	AEK Athens	v	Panetolikos	Marousi
				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

7 April 2019 Matchday 27	Xanthi	v	AEK Athens	Xanthi
				Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena

14 April 2019 Matchday 28	Lamia	v	AEK Athens	Lamia
				Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium

21 April 2019 Matchday 29	AEK Athens	v	AEL	Marousi
				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

5 May 2019 Matchday 30	Levadiakos	v	AEK Athens	Livadeia
				Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium

Greek Cup

AEK Athens will enter the Greek Cup at the fourth round.

UEFA Champions League

AEK Athens entered the Champions League at the third qualifying round.

Third Qualifying Round

On 1 August, it was determined that AEK Athens would face Celtic (Scotland) in the Third Qualifying Round of the UEFA Champions League. The Greek champions eliminated the Scottish side and secured a place into the UEFA Champions League Play-off round.

8 August 2018 1st Leg	Celtic	1–1	AEK Athens	Glasgow, Scotland
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	McGregor 17'	Report	Klonaridis 44'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 54,370 Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

14 August 2018 2nd Leg	AEK Athens	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Celtic	Athens
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Galo 6' Livaja 50'	Report	Sinclair 78'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 32,300 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

Play-Off Round

On 16 August, it was determined that AEK Athens would face MOL Vidi (Hungary) in the Play-Off Round of the UEFA Champions League.

22 August 2018 1st Leg	MOL Vidi	1–2	AEK Athens	Budapest, Hungary
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lazović 68'	Report	Klonaridis 34' Bakasetas 49'	Stadium: Groupama Arena Attendance: 10,681 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

28 August 2018 2nd Leg	AEK Athens	v	MOL Vidi	Athens
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Statistics

Goalscorers

No.	Pos.	Nation	Name	Super League	Europe	Cup	Total
10	FW		Marko Livaja	1	1	0	2
17	FW		Viktor Klonaridis	0	2	0	2
22	FW		Ezequiel Ponce	1	0	0	1
14	FW		Tasos Bakasetas	0	1	0	1
12	DF		Rodrigo Galo	0	1	0	1
-	-	-	Own goal				'
TOTAL				2	5	0	7

References

^ "Manolo, thank you for everything" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 25 May 2018.
^ "Marinos Ouzounidis becomes the new head coach" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 25 May 2018.
^ "Albanis joins AEK FC". aekfc.gr. 26 June 2018.
^ "AEK is ideal for every Greek" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 26 June 2018.
^ "Crucial for me the Champions League" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 28 June 2018.
^ "Marko Livaja sings for three more years". aekfc.gr. 29 June 2018.
^ "Vladimir Matijašević becomes new Sports Director at AEK" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 2 July 2018.
^ "Ognjen Vranjes joins Anderlecht" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 26 June 2018.
^ "Αφαίρεση δύο βαθμών στο πρωτάθλημα της επόμενης σεζόν". www.protothema.gr. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
^ sdna.gr Aφαίρεση τριών βαθμών στην ΑΕΚ!
^ "Superleague Greece 2018/2019". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

External links

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[table_note_PAOK0.8785491380275-10] PAOK were deducted 2 points by court decision.^[9]

[table_note_AEK0.8785491380275-12] AEK Athens were deducted 3 points by court decision.^[10]

[1] "Manolo, thank you for everything" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 25 May 2018.

[2] "Marinos Ouzounidis becomes the new head coach" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 25 May 2018.

[3] "Albanis joins AEK FC". aekfc.gr. 26 June 2018.

[4] "AEK is ideal for every Greek" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 26 June 2018.

[5] "Crucial for me the Champions League" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 28 June 2018.

[6] "Marko Livaja sings for three more years". aekfc.gr. 29 June 2018.

[7] "Vladimir Matijašević becomes new Sports Director at AEK" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 2 July 2018.

[8] "Ognjen Vranjes joins Anderlecht" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 26 June 2018.

[9] "Αφαίρεση δύο βαθμών στο πρωτάθλημα της επόμενης σεζόν". www.protothema.gr. Retrieved 27 August 2018.

[11] sdna.gr Aφαίρεση τριών βαθμών στην ΑΕΚ!

[13] "Superleague Greece 2018/2019". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

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