2005–06 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens

2005–06 season
Chairman	Demis Nikolaidis
Manager	Fernando Santos
Alpha Ethniki	2nd
Greek Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Nikos Liberopoulos (14) All: Nikos Liberopoulos (16)
Highest home attendance	34,842 vs Olympiacos (2 October 2005)
Lowest home attendance	4,102 vs Agrotikos Asteras (22 February 2006)
Average home league attendance	14,107
Home colours Away colours Third colours

For the 2005-06 season, AEK Athens F.C. competed in its 47th 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
1	GK	GRE	Dionisis Chiotis
3	DF	SCG	Nikola Malbaša
5	DF	ITA	Bruno Cirillo
6	DF	GRE	Giorgos Alexopoulos
7	FW	BRA	Soares
8	MF	GRE	Miltos Sapanis
9	FW	GRE	Angelos Komvolidis
10	MF	GRE	Panagiotis Kone
11	FW	UKR	Oleh Venglinsky
12	GK	GRE	Giannis Arabatzis
14	DF	GRE	Stavros Tziortziopoulos
17	MF	SCG	Vladimir Ivić
18	DF	GRE	Vangelis Moras
19	DF	GRE	Dimitris Koutromanos

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	GRE	Vasilis Pliatsikas
21	MF	GRE	Kostas Katsouranis (captain)
22	GK	ITA	Stefano Sorrentino
23	MF	GRE	Vasilis Lakis
24	DF	GRE	Christos Kontis
25	MF	BRA	Emerson
26	MF	GRE	Ilias Kyriakidis
27	MF	SWE	Louay Chanko
28	DF	GRE	Christos Bourbos
31	DF	GRE	Nikos Georgeas
33	FW	GRE	Nikos Liberopoulos
35	FW	GRE	Pantelis Kapetanos
55	DF	GRE	Traianos Dellas
99	FW	BRA	Júlio César

Players on loan

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
15	DF	GRE	Sokratis Papastathopoulos (to Niki Volou until June 2006)
30	MF	CYP	Simos Krassas (to Panionios until June 2006)
34	MF	GRE	Nikos Pourtoulidis (to Thrasyvoulos until June 2006)
35	MF	GRE	Dimitris Karameris (to Apollon Smyrnis until June 2006)
79	FW	GRE	Leonidas Kabantais (to Panionios until June 2006)

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 Bruno Cirillo Stefano Sorrentino Louay Chanko Oleh Venglinsky

Non-EU Nationals Emerson Júlio César Soares Vladimir Ivić Nikola Malbaša

International players

Giorgos Alexopoulos Dionisis Chiotis Traianos Dellas Kostas Katsouranis Vassilis Lakis

Nikos Liberopoulos Vladimir Ivić Nikola Malbaša Oleh Venglinsky

• 
  Stefano Sorrentino (2012)
• 
  Louay Chanko (2010)
• 
  Sokratis Papastathopoulos (2010-11-17)
• 
  Panagiotis Kone (2010)
• 
  Bruno Cirillo (2008)
• 
  Pantelis Kapetanos (2010)

Squad changes (Summer 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
1	GK	ITA	Stefano Sorrentino (on loan from Torino for €100K)
5	DF	ITA	Bruno Cirillo (from U.S. Lecce for free)
6	DF	GRE	Giorgos Alexopoulos (from Egaleo for free)
7	FW	BRA	Soares (from OFI for €150K)
8	MF	GRE	Miltos Sapanis (from Panathinaikos for free)
9	FW	GRE	Angelos Komvolidis (from VfB Stuttgart U-19 for free)
10	MF	GRE	Panagiotis Kone (promoted from AEK Athens U-19)
11	FW	UKR	Oleh Venglinsky (from Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk for €850K)
15	DF	GRE	Sokratis Papastathopoulos (from Apollon Petalidiou)
12	GK	GRE	Giannis Arabatzis (promoted from AEK Athens U-19)
19	DF	GRE	Dimitris Koutromanos (from Panetolikos for €50K)
20	MF	GRE	Vasilis Pliatsikas (from Chaidari for €70K)
23	MF	GRE	Vasilis Lakis (from Crystal Palace for free)
27	MF	SWE	Louay Chanko (from Malmö FF for €250K)
35	MF	GRE	Dimitris Karameris (loan return from Levadiakos)
55	DF	GRE	Traianos Dellas (from Roma for free)

Total spending: €1.47M

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
1	GK	GRE	Chrisostomos Michailidis (to Atromitos for free)
4	DF	POR	Bruno Alves (loan return to Porto)
5	DF	GRE	Nikos Kostenoglou (retired)
7	FW	BRA	Soares (loan return to OFI)
8	MF	BUL	Ivan Rusev (to Levadiakos for free)
9	MF	BUL	Milen Petkov (to Atromitos for free)
10	FW	GRE	Sotiris Konstantinidis (to Ionikos for free)
11	FW	GRE	Leonidas Kabantais (on loan to Anorthosis Famagusta for free)
20	FW	GRE	Ilias Solakis (to Doxa Dramas for free)
25	DF	GHA	Kofi Amponsah (to Egaleo for free)
29	FW	GRE	Christos Christoforidis (to Apollon Kalamarias)
35	MF	GRE	Dimitris Karameris (on loan to Apollon Smyrnis for free)
39	FW	GRE	Grigoris Toskas (to Kerkyra for free)
44	GK	GRE	Nikos Voulgaris (to Kerkyra for free)
77	MF	POR	Paulo Assunção (loan return to Porto)

Total income: €0

Squad changes (Winter 2006)

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
1	GK	ITA	Stefano Sorrentino (from Torino)
79	FW	GRE	Leonidas Kabantais (loan return from Anorthosis Famagusta)
25	MF	BRA	Emerson (from Skoda Xanthi for 150K)
35	FW	GRE	Pantelis Kapetanos (from Iraklis for 400K)

Total spending: €550K

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
1	GK	ITA	Stefano Sorrentino (loan return to Torino)
79	FW	GRE	Leonidas Kabantais (on loan to Panionios for free)
15	DF	GRE	Sokratis Papastathopoulos (on loan to Niki Volou for free)
30	MF	CYP	Simos Krassas (on loan to Panionios for 75K)

Total income: €75K

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	30	0	25	0	3	0	2	0
3	DF	SCG	Nikola Malbaša	21	0	16	0	3	0	2	0
5	DF	ITA	Bruno Cirillo	28	3	24	2	2	1	2	0
6	DF	GRE	Giorgos Alexopoulos	35	3	30	3	3	0	2	0
7	FW	BRA	Soares	38	4	28	2	8	2	2	0
8	MF	GRE	Miltos Sapanis	14	1	11	0	3	1	0	0
9	FW	GRE	Angelos Komvolidis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	GRE	Panagiotis Kone	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
11	FW	UKR	Oleh Venglinsky	21	3	15	3	4	0	2	0
12	GK	GRE	Giannis Arabatzis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	GRE	Stavros Tziortziopoulos	13	0	9	0	4	0	0	0
15	DF	GRE	Sokratis Papastathopoulos	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0
17	MF	SCG	Vladimir Ivić	34	3	27	3	5	0	2	0
18	DF	GRE	Vangelis Moras	20	2	13	0	6	2	1	0
19	DF	GRE	Dimitris Koutromanos	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
20	MF	GRE	Vasilis Pliatsikas	7	0	3	0	4	0	0	0
21	MF	GRE	Kostas Katsouranis	35	7	29	6	4	1	2	0
22	GK	ITA	Stefano Sorrentino	10	0	5	0	5	0	0	0
23	MF	GRE	Vasilis Lakis	34	4	28	4	5	0	1	0
24	DF	GRE	Christos Kontis	21	0	15	0	4	0	2	0
25	MF	BRA	Emerson	17	1	13	1	4	0	0	0
26	MF	GRE	Ilias Kyriakidis	11	0	3	0	7	0	1	0
27	MF	SWE	Louay Chanko	26	1	21	1	4	0	1	0
28	DF	GRE	Christos Bourbos	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
30	MF	CYP	Simos Krassas	5	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
31	DF	GRE	Nikos Georgeas	30	0	25	0	5	0	0	0
33	FW	GRE	Nikos Liberopoulos	34	16	27	14	5	2	2	0
35	FW	GRE	Pantelis Kapetanos	14	1	10	1	4	0	0	0
55	DF	GRE	Traianos Dellas	12	0	6	0	6	0	0	0
99	FW	BRA	Júlio César	37	2	28	2	7	0	2	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		August 29, 2005	May 14, 2006	40	24	8	8	52	27	60.00	–

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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	30	23	1	6	63	23	+40	70	Qualification for Champions League group stage
2	AEK Athens	30	21	4	5	42	20	+22	67	Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3	Panathinaikos	30	21	4	5	55	23	+32	67	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Iraklis	30	15	6	9	39	31	+8	51
5	Skoda Xanthi	30	13	8	9	31	25	+6	47

Source: Galanis Sports Data
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: Criterion 7 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(C) Champions
Notes:

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	21	4	5	42	20	+22	67	12	2	1	26	8	+18	9	2	4	16	12	+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	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D

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

UEFA Cup

First round

All times CET

Zenit Saint Petersburg v AEK Athens

15 September 2005 First leg	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–0	AEK Athens	Saint Petersburg, Russia
17:00		Report		Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway)

AEK Athens v Zenit Saint Petersburg

29 September 2005 Second leg	AEK Athens	0–1 (0–1 agg.)	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Athens, Greece
20:45		Report	Arshavin 89'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

UEFA rankings

UEFA team ranking # Form Previous Country Team Ranking 54 49 Mallorca 40.006 — 49 Málaga 40.006 56 78 Lens 39.757 57 38 AEK Athens 39.587 58 39 Anderlecht 38.981 59 55 Beşiktaş 38.634

UEFA country ranking # Form Previous Country League Ranking 6 6 Liga Sagres 44.041 7 7 Eredivisie 41.331 8 8 Super League Greece 32.081 9 13 Russian Premier League 31.833 10 25 Liga I 31.457

External links

• Official website