2018–19 AEK Athens F.C. season
2018–19 season | ||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | Source |
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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 | End | Source |
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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 | Source |
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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 | Source |
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— | 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 |
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— | 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
ExpenditureSummer: €2,850,000 Winter: €0 Total: €2,850,000
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IncomeSummer: €3,200,000 Winter: €0 Total: €3,200,000
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Net TotalsSummer: €350,000 Winter: Total: €350,000
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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) |
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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) |
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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 | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 |
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:
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) | 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) |
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Report |
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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) | Report |
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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) |
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Report |
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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 |
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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.