2004–05 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens

2005–06 season
Chairman	Demis Nikolaidis
Manager	Fernando Santos
Alpha Ethniki	3rd
Greek Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Soares (11) All: Soares (15)
Highest home attendance	63,129 vs Olympiacos (7 November 2004)
Lowest home attendance	763 vs Ag. Dimitrios (22 December 2004)
Average home league attendance	21,925
Home colours Away colours Third colours

For the 2004-05 season, AEK Athens F.C. competed in its 46th consecutive season in the Greek topflight.

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	SRB	Nikola Malbaša
4	DF	POR	Bruno Alves
7	FW	BRA	Soares
8	MF	BUL	Milen Petkov
10	MF	BUL	Ivan Rusev
12	GK	GRE	Chrisostomos Michailidis
14	DF	GRE	Stavros Tziortziopoulos
17	MF	SRB	Vladimir Ivić
18	DF	GRE	Vangelis Moras
19	FW	GRE	Leonidas Kabantais
21	MF	GRE	Kostas Katsouranis
22	GK	CYP	Dionisis Chiotis

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	DF	GRE	Christos Kontis
25	DF	GHA	Kofi Amponsah
26	MF	GRE	Ilias Kyriakidis
28	DF	GRE	Christos Bourbos
31	DF	GRE	Nikos Georgeas (captain)
32	DF	MKD	Goran Popov
33	FW	GRE	Nikos Liberopoulos
50	FW	SWE	Christos Christoforidis
54	MF	FRA	Sakis Dione (on loan from Panathinaikos)
77	MF	BRA	Paulo Assunção
80	FW	CYP	Simos Krassas
99	FW	BRA	Júlio César

Players on loan

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	POR	Bruno Alves (from Porto until June 2005)
7	FW	BRA	Soares (from OFI until June 2005)
54	MF	FRA	Sakis Theodoropoulos (from Panathinaikos until June 2005)
77	MF	BRA	Paulo Assunção (from Porto until June 2005)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GRE	Dimitris Karameris (to Levadiakos until June 2005)
—	MF	GRE	Nikos Pourtoulidis (to Thrasyvoulos until June 2005)

Foreign players

In the Greek league only five non-EU nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team. Those non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Greek citizenship after playing in Greece for 7 years.

EU Nationals Milen Petkov Ivan Rusev Simos Krassas Bruno Alves

EU Nationals (Dual citizenship) Paulo Assunção Sakis Theodoropoulos

Non-EU Nationals Júlio César Soares Kofi Amponsah Vladimir Ivić Nikola Malbaša

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  Bruno Alves (2011)
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  Paulo Assunção (2010)

International players

Dionisis Chiotis Kostas Katsouranis Nikos Liberopoulos

Milen Petkov Kofi Amponsah

Vladimir Ivić Nikola Malbaša

Squad changes (Summer 2004)

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	POR	Bruno Alves (on loan from Porto for free)
6	DF	GRE	Stelios Maistrellis (loan return from Akratitos)
7	FW	BRA	Soares (on loan from OFI for 60K)
11	FW	GRE	Leonidas Kabantais (from Aris for free)
14	DF	GRE	Stavros Tziortziopoulos (from Panionios for free)
20	FW	GRE	Ilias Solakis (loan return from Niki Volou)
44	DF	GRE	Christos Kontis (from Panionios for free)
28	DF	GRE	Christos Bourbos (from PAS Giannina F.C. for free)
50	FW	SWE	Christos Christoforidis (from Assyriska for free)
30	MF	CYP	Simos Krassas (from AEL for 150K)
44	GK	GRE	Nikos Voulgaris (from Torino for 100K)
77	MF	POR	Paulo Assunção (on loan from Porto for free)
54	MF	FRA	Sakis Dione (on loan from Panathinaikos for 120K)

Total spending: €310K

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	GRE	Vasilis Borbokis (to Anorthosis Famagusta for free)
5	DF	GRE	Nikos Kostenoglou (retired)
6	MF	GRE	Thodoris Zagorakis (to Bologna for free)
10	MF	GRE	Vasilis Tsiartas (to Köln for free)
17	DF	GRE	Michalis Kasapis (to Thrasyvoulos for free)
32	DF	GRE	Michalis Kapsis (to Bordeaux for 500K)

Total income: €500K

Squad changes (Winter 2005)

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	SRB	Nikola Malbaša (from Terek for free)
17	MF	SRB	Vladimir Ivić (from Borussia Mönchengladbach for free)
26	MF	GRE	Ilias Kyriakidis (from Ionikos for 200K)
99	FW	BRA	Júlio César (from Gil Vicente for 540K)

Total spending: €740K

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	MF	CAN	Stathis Kappos (to Aris for free)
6	DF	GRE	Stelios Maistrellis (to Levadiakos for free)
15	DF	GRE	Dimitris Koutsikos (to Athinaikos for free)
19	MF	GRE	Manolis Tsagarogiannakis (to Agia Paraskevi for free)
32	DF	GRE	Christos Tsevas (to Akratitos for free)

Total income: €0

Squad stats

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	GRE	Dionisis Chiotis	21	0	13	0	4	0	4	0
2	MF	CAN	Stathis Kappos	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	SRB	Nikola Malbaša	17	0	13	0	4	0	0	0
4	DF	POR	Bruno Alves	42	1	27	0	10	1	5	0
5	DF	GRE	Nikos Kostenoglou	29	0	21	0	3	0	5	0
6	DF	GRE	Stelios Maistrellis	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
7	FW	BRA	Soares	34	15	25	11	9	3	0	1
8	MF	BUL	Ivan Rusev	15	1	10	1	3	0	2	0
9	MF	BUL	Milen Petkov	25	2	15	1	6	1	4	0
10	FW	GRE	Sotiris Konstantinidis	33	2	22	0	8	2	3	0
11	FW	GRE	Leonidas Kabantais	18	4	11	2	3	2	4	0
14	DF	GRE	Stavros Tziortziopoulos	18	1	11	0	2	0	5	1
16	DF	GRE	Nikos Georgeas	9	0	6	0	1	0	2	0
17	MF	SRB	Vladimir Ivić	23	5	17	4	6	1	0	0
18	DF	GRE	Vangelis Moras	29	1	19	0	8	1	2	0
19	MF	GRE	Manolis Tsagarogiannakis	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
20	FW	GRE	Ilias Solakis	10	0	6	0	2	0	2	0
21	MF	GRE	Kostas Katsouranis	41	12	28	10	7	1	6	1
22	GK	GRE	Chrisostomos Michailidis	26	0	18	0	6	0	2	0
23	DF	GRE	Christos Kontis	37	1	25	1	8	0	4	0
25	DF	GHA	Kofi Amponsah	9	1	5	0	1	0	3	1
26	MF	GRE	Ilias Kyriakidis	16	0	11	0	5	0	0	0
28	DF	GRE	Christos Bourbos	23	1	15	0	6	1	2	0
29	FW	SWE	Christos Christoforidis	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
30	MF	CYP	Simos Krassas	36	3	24	2	6	0	6	1
32	DF	GRE	Christos Tsevas	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
33	FW	GRE	Nikos Liberopoulos	43	13	28	9	9	3	6	1
39	FW	GRE	Grigoris Toskas	12	0	6	0	3	0	3	0
54	MF	FRA	Sakis Dione	18	6	14	4	0	0	4	2
77	DF	POR	Paulo Assunção	35	0	23	0	8	0	4	0
99	FW	BRA	Júlio César	19	5	13	4	6	1	0	0

Players in italics have left during the season.

Manager stats

Name	Nat	From	To	Record							Honours
				P	W	D	L	F	A	%W
Fernando Santos		September 11, 2004	May 25, 2005	46	23	15	8	70	43	50.00	–

Only competitive matches are counted. Wins, losses and draws are results at the final whistle; the results of penalty shootouts are not counted.

Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

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	17	11	2	46	22	+24	62	12	2	1	25	5	+20	5	9	1	21	17	+4

Source:

Results by round

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W

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

UEFA rankings

UEFA team ranking # Form Previous Country Team Ranking 36 44 Club Brugge 50.476 37 32 Deportivo Alavés 50.326 38 34 AEK Athens 47.715 39 38 Anderlecht 47.476 40 54 Olympiacos 46.715

UEFA country ranking # Form Previous Country League Ranking 6 6 Liga Sagres 44.666 7 8 Eredivisie 39.831 8 7 Super League Greece 35.498 9 12 Jupiler Pro League 31.750 10 11 Clydesdale Bank Premier League 31.750

Team kit

2004

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): TIM

Home

Away

Third

Source:

2005

Supplier: Adidas
Sponsor(s): TIM

Home

Away

Third

Source: aek.com 21-01-2005