2008–09 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens

2008–09 season
Chairman	Demis Nikolaidis (until 2 November) Giorgos Kintis (until 23 January) Nikos Thanopoulos
Manager	Giorgos Donis (until 17 November) Dušan Bajević
Super League	3rd 4th (Regular season)
Greek Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Ismael Blanco (14) All: Ismael Blanco (23)
Highest home attendance	44,104 vs Olympiacos (1 February 2009)
Lowest home attendance	4,315 vs Kerkyra (22 January 2009)
Average home league attendance	14,138
Home colours Away colours Third colours

AEK Athens F.C. competes for the fiftieth consecutive season in the Greek topflight. They started their European campaign in the UEFA Cup Second qualifying round after finishing second in last season's playoffs.

Overview

After the end of an indifferent season, the team initially finished in first place in the league, but after the court case between Apollon Kalamaria and Olympiacos for the illegal use of a player in the 1-0 Apollon Kalamaria win earlier in the season, Olympiacos were awarded the 3 points in a court hearing, thus finishing 2 points ahead of AEK. AEK then finished 2nd in the national playoffs which saw them qualify for the UEFA Cup.

The club sold 18,200 season tickets. The new season started nervously, since the team was constantly under-performing during friendly games. The apparent nervousness reached a new high, when the team was defeated at home by underdogs Omonia at the first leg of the UEFA Cup Second qualifying round, followed by the chairman Demis Nikolaidis' resignation announcement for the end of the season, and Rivaldo's sudden intention to leave the club in order to join FC Bunyodkor from Uzbekistan. AEK was eventually eliminated from the UEFA Cup. Despite the disappointment, the team responded surprisingly well and put an assertive performance against fierce rivals Panathinaikos by beating them 2-1 at home during matchday 1, but poor performances and results from then on left AEK in a difficult situation. Head coach Giorgos Donis was eager to leave the club, but president Demis Nikolaidis did not allow him to leave. Nevertheless, Nikolaidis left due to these disappointing results and after a controversy with the club's supporters Original 21, leaving the presidency to member of the D.C., Nikos Koulis and Takis Kanellopoulos.

However, the series of disappointing results continued, bringing anger and insecure situations for everyone in the team. The first to be hit by this wave of disappointment and with the council of the team upset, was the coach Giorgos Donis, who was asked to leave the team. On November 21, 2008, AEK hired Dušan Bajević as head coach for the third time.

On 2 May 2009, AEK participated in the Greek Cup final at Athens Olympic Stadium in an effort to obtain the Greek Cup title for 14th time. However the result did not go in their favour after losing 14-15 on penalties vs their arch rival Olympiacos.

Events

• 14 May: Giorgos Donis replaces Nikos Kostenoglou as head manager.
• 16 May: Midfielder Antonis Rikka agrees to join AEK from Skoda Xanthi
• 20 May: Defender Daniel Majstorović agrees to join AEK from Basel
• 5 June: Midfielder Dániel Tőzsér joins Genk
• 1 July: Goalkeeper Sebastián Saja agrees to join AEK from San Lorenzo de Almagro
• 1 July: Striker Nacho Scocco agrees to join AEK from Club Universidad Nacional
• 1 July: Striker Nathan Burns agrees to join AEK from Adelaide United
• 1 July: Midfielder Julio Cesar signs for Rapid București on a free transfer
• 1 July: Striker Pantelis Kapetanos is released from the club after his contract expired.
• 3 July: Goalkeeper Stefano Sorrentino joins ChievoVerona on loan until the end of the season.
• 7 July: Striker Nikos Liberopoulos is released from the club.
• 23 July: Defender Traianos Dellas is released from the club.
• 30 July: Defender JuanFran agrees to join AEK from Real Zaragoza
• 31 July: Midfielder Angelos Basinas agrees to join AEK from Mallorca
• 1 August: Defender Sotiris Kyrgiakos agrees to join AEK from Eintracht Frankfurt
• 1 August: AEK is drawn against AC Omonia in the UEFA Cup Second qualifying round
• 2 August: Defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos joins Genoa
• 22 August: Chairman Demis Nikolaidis announces his intention to resign from his position at the end of the season.
• 27 August: Midfielder Rivaldo joins FC Bunyodkor.
• 30 August: Striker Rafik Djebbour agrees to join AEK from Panionios
• 1 September: Midfielder Agustín Pelletieri agrees to join AEK on loan from Lanús
• 2 November: Chairman Demis Nikolaidis resigns as president of AEK
• 5 November: Takis Kanellopoulos and Nikos Koulis take temporary charge of the club
• 17 November: AEK part ways with manager Giorgos Donis
• 21 November: Stelios Manolas becomes technical director of the club
• 21 November: Dušan Bajević becomes manager for the third time
• 1 December: Georgios Kintis becomes 43rd president of AEK.
• 29 January: defender Edson Ratinho joins Mogi Mirim
• 2 February: midfielderr Angelos Basinas joins Portsmouth

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App (L/C/E)	Goals (L/C/E)	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	CM		Kafes (VC2)	29	EU	2007 (Winter)	78 (59/7/12)	8 (7/1/0)	2009	Free
4	CB		Geraldo	28	EU	2007	50 (38/5/7)	1 (0/0/1)	2010	€350K
5	CB		Majstorović (VC3)	32	EU	2008	43 (34/7/2)	3 (2/1/0)	2011	Free
6	CB		Alexopoulos	32	EU	2005	55 (47/5/3)	3 (3/0/0)	2010	Free
7	LB		Juanfran	32	EU	2008	27 (21/4/2)	0 (0/0/0)	2010	€200K
8	DM		Nsaliwa	27	EU	2007	60 (45/5/10)	2 (1/0/1)	2010	€450K
9	CF		Edinho	26	EU	2008 (Winter)	51 (44/6/1)	13 (13/0/0)	2011	€500K
10	CF		Djebbour	25	EU	2008	33 (28/5/0)	10 (8/2/0)	2011	€3.1M
11	LW		Manduca	28	EU	2006	83 (64/5/14)	9 (9/0/0)	2010	€750K
12	CB		N'Siabamfumu	23	EU	2009 (Winter)	2 (2/0/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2009	Free
13	RB		Koutromanos	22	EU	2005	17 (15/2/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2011	€50K
16	DM		Pliatsikas	21	EU	2005	49 (40/8/1)	0 (0/0/0)	2010	€70K	20% of his next transfer fee will go to Chaidari
17	DM		Rikka	23	EU	2008	5 (3/0/2)	0 (0/0/0)	2013	€575K
18	CF		Blanco	26	Non-EU	2007	87 (70/8/9)	44 (37/5/2)	2011	€1.3M
19	LM		Lagos	23	EU	2006	49 (39/3/7)	1 (1/0/0)	2010	€900K
20	SS		Burns	21	Non-EU	2008	5 (5/0/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2012	€450K
23	GK		Saja	28	EU	2008	42 (35/5/2)	0 (0/0/0)	2012	Free
24	DM		Pelletieri	27	EU	2008	32 (27/5/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2009	€700K	On loan from Lanús
25	CB		Kyrgiakos (captain)	29	EU	2008	26 (20/5/1)	0 (0/0/0)	2013	Free
31	RB		Georgeas (VC1)	32	EU	2001 (Winter)	194 (133/36/25)	0 (0/0/0)	2010	€925K
32	SS		Scocco	24	EU	2008	41 (32/7/2)	10 (7/3/0)	2011	€1.5M
34	CM		Tachtsidis	18	EU	2007	15 (10/5/0)	1 (1/0/0)	2010	Youth system
56	CM		Hetemaj	22	EU	2006	28 (19/4/5)	0 (0/0/0)	2010	€450K
77	GK		Macho	31	EU	2007	27 (22/2/3)	0 (0/0/0)	2009	€300K
80	RW		Diouf	20	Non-EU	2007	10 (8/2/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2011	Youth system
83	CF		Pavlis	19	EU	2007	23 (17/3/3)	3 (2/0/1)	2010	Youth system
84	GK		Arabatzis	25	EU	2002	1 (1/0/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2009	Youth system
90	DM		Gentsoglou	18	EU	2006	5 (5/0/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2013	Youth system

• Last updated: 2009-05-31
• Source:
• Ordered by Squad number.

Players out on loan

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App (L/C/E)	Goals (L/C/E)	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
—	GK		Sorrentino	30	EU	2005	64 (50/3/11)	0 (0/0/0)	2010	€100K	to Chievo
—	RB		Barboudis	20	EU	2007	0 (0/0/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2010	€60Κ	to Apollon Kalamarias
—	DM		Paligeorgos	19	EU	2006	1 (1/0/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2011	Youth system	to Anagennisi Karditsa
—	DM		Yahaya	19	Non-EU	2008	0 (0/0/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2009	€50K	to Anagennisi Karditsa
—	AM		Tofas	23	EU	2007 (Winter)	0 (0/0/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2010	Free	to Anorthosis Famagusta
40	RW		Zorbas	22	EU	2004	7 (3/2/2)	0 (0/0/0)	2011	Youth system	to Panetolikos

• Last updated: 2009-05-31
• Source:
• Ordered by position on pitch.

International players

Name	Nation	Apps	Gls	Debut
Alexopoulos	Greece	03	0	2005
Kafes	Greece	31	3	2001
Kyrgiakos	Greece	49	4	2002
Lagos	Greece	08	0	2006
Pliatsikas	Greece	01	0	2008
Djebbour	Algeria	10	2	2006
Saja	Argentina	04	0	2002
Burns	Australia	02	0	2007
Macho	Austria	17	0	2002
Nsaliwa	Canada	13	0	2001
Hetemaj	Finland	01	0	2009
Edinho	Portugal	03	1	2009
Juanfran	Spain	11	0	2000
Majstorović	Sweden	25	2	2003

Squad changes

In:

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
—	DM		Yahaya	18	Non-EU	Real Sportive	Transfer	Summer	2009	€ 50K
18	CF		Blanco	24	Non-EU	Colón	Transfer	Summer	2011	€850K
9	CF		Edinho	25	EU	Vitória de Setúbal	Transfer	Summer	2011	€350K	aekfc.gr
17	DM		Rikka	22	EU	Skoda Xanthi	Transfer	Summer	2013	€575K	aekfc.gr
5	CB		Majstorovic	31	EU	Basel	Transfer	Summer	2011	Free	aekfc.gr
13	GK		Koutromanos	21	EU	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan return	Summer	2011	—
40	RW		Zorbas	21	EU	Panetolikos	Loan return	Summer	2011	—
56	CM		Hetemaj	21	EU	Apollon Kalamarias	Loan return	Summer	2010	—
90	DM		Gentsoglou	17	EU	Nea Ionia	Loan return	Summer	2013	—
—	RB		Barboudis	19	EU	Fostiras	Loan return	Summer	2010	—
—	RW		Diouf	19	Non-EU	Ilisiakos	Loan return	Summer	2011	—
—	GK		Sorrentino	29	EU	Recreativo	Loan return	Summer	2010	—
20	SS		Burns	20	Non-EU	Adelaide United	Transfer	Summer	2012	€450K	aekfc.gr
32	SS		Scocco	23	EU	UNAM	Transfer	Summer	2011	€1.5M	aekfc.gr
23	GK		Saja	28	EU	San Lorenzo	Transfer	Summer	2012	Free	aekfc.gr
7	LB		Juanfran	32	EU	Zaragoza	Transfer	Summer	2010	€200K	aekfc.gr
14	DM		Basinas	32	EU	Mallorca	Transfer	Summer	2011	Free	aekfc.gr
25	CB		Kyrgiakos	29	EU	Eintracht Frankfurt	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free	aekfc.gr
10	CF		Djebbour	24	EU	Panionios	Transfer	Summer	2011	€3.1M	aekfc.gr
24	DM		Pelletieri	26	EU	Lanús	Loan	Summer	2009	€700K	aekfc.gr
80	RW		Diouf	20	Non-EU	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan return	Winter	2011	—
—	AM		Tofas	19	EU	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan return	Winter	2010	—
12	CB		N'Siabamfumu	22	EU	Ascoli	Transfer	Winter	2009	Free	aekfc.gr

Total spending: €7,775M

• 
  Sotirios Kyrgiakos (2011-06-23)
• 
  Juanfran
• 
  Daniel Majstorović
• 
  Nathan Burns (2011-10-20)
• Olivier N'Siabamfumu (2009)
  Olivier N'Siabamfumu (2009)

Out:

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
16	DM		Zikos	33	EU	Retirement	Retired	Summer	—
18	CF		Blanco	24	Non-EU	Colón	Loan return	Summer	—
36	CF		Edinho	25	EU	Vitória de Setúbal	Loan return	Summer	—
88	DM		Tozser	23	EU	Genk	Transfer	Summer	€1.5M	aekfc.gr
27	RM		Bourbos	25	EU	Iraklis Thessaloniki	Released	Summer	Free	aekfc.gr
14	CB		Azcarate	24	EU	Poli Ejido	End of contract	Summer	Free
—	RW		Diouf	19	Non-EU	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan	Summer	—
99	LW		Júlio César	28	Non-EU	Rapid București	End of contract	Summer	Free
20	RW		Manu	25	EU	Benfica	Loan return	Summer	—
32	GK		Moretto	30	Non-EU	Benfica	Loan return	Summer	—
23	AM		Kallon	28	Non-EU	Al Shabab	End of contract	Summer	Free
9	CF		Kapetanos	25	EU	Steaua București	Released	Summer	Free	aekfc.gr
80	AM		Tofas	19	EU	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan	Summer	—
—	GK		Sorrentino	29	EU	Chievo	Loan	Summer	€200K	aekfc.gr
7	SS		Pappas	25	EU	Skoda Xanthi	Transfer	Summer	€ 60K	aekfc.gr
33	CF		Liberopoulos	32	EU	Eintracht Frankfurt	Released	Summer	Free	aekfc.gr
—	DM		Yahaya	18	Non-EU	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan	Summer	—
89	RB		Barboudis	19	EU	Apollon Kalamarias	Loan	Summer	—
5	CB		Dellas	32	EU	Anorthosis Famagusta	Released	Summer	Free	aekfc.gr
15	CB		Papastathopoulos	20	EU	Genoa	Transfer	Summer	€3.8M + 15% of the profit from next sale	aekfc.gr
3	LB		Arruabarrena	33	EU	Tigre	Released	Summer	Free	aekfc.gr
10	SS		Rivaldo	36	EU	Bunyodkor	Transfer	Summer	€1M
22	AM		Kone	21	EU	Iraklis Thessaloniki	Transfer	Summer	Free	aekfc.gr
2	RB		Edson Ratinho	22	Non-EU	Mogi Mirim	Transfer	Winter	€350K	aekfc.gr
14	DM		Basinas	33	EU	Portsmouth	Released	Winter	Free	aekfc.gr
40	RW		Zorbas	21	EU	Panetolikos	Loan	Winter	—	panetolikos.gr
—	AM		Tofas	19	EU	Anorthosis Famagusta	Loan	Winter	—	anorthosisfc.com

Total income: €6,91M

Last updated: 2009-05-31

Squad stats

				Total						Super League Greece					Greek Cup					UEFA Cup
Country	N	P	Name	GS	A	Mins.	Gls.	Y	R	A	Mins.	Gls.	Y	R	A	Mins.	Gls.	Y	R	A	Mins.	Gls.	Y	R
	1	CM	Kafes	28	34	2548	4	6		27	1983	3	5		5	385	1	1		2	180
	2	RB	Edson Ratinho2	5	5	421				3	241									2	180
	4	CB	Geraldo	13	16	1281		7		12	861		5		4	420		2
	5	CB	Majstorovic	43	43	3872	3	9		34	3047	2	6		7	645	1	2		2	180		1
	6	CB	Alexopoulos	18	20	1680		5		17	1442		5		2	148				1	90
	7	LB	Juanfran1	27	27	2307		8	1	21	1737		7		4	390		1		2	180			1
	8	DM	Nsaliwa	28	28	2407		10		23	1927		7		5	480		3
	9	CF	Edinho	13	36	1319	7	6		29	967	7	4		6	273		1		1	79		1
	10	CF	Djebbour	29	33	2657	10	1		28	2246	8	1		5	411	2
	10	AM	Rivaldo2	1	1	78		1												1	78		1
	11	LW	Manduca	11	22	1190	1	2		18	969	1	1		4	221		1
	12	CB	N'Siabamfumu	2	2	135				2	135
	13	RB	Koutromanos	14	17	1290		2		15	1080		2		2	210
	14	DM	Basinas2	17	17	1550		10		14	1265		8		2	195		1		1	90		1
	16	DM	Pliatsikas	10	17	874		4		14	704		4		3	170
	17	DM	Rikka	4	5	303		1		3	166		1							2	137
	18	CF	Blanco	43	44	3564	23	2		36	2851	17	1		6	533	5	1		2	180	1
	19	LM	Lagos	6	17	797		3		14	650		2		1	120		1		2	27
	20	SS	Burns		5	67		1		5	67		1
	23	GK	Saja	42	42	3810		5		35	3150		5		5	480				2	180
	24	DM	Pelletieri	24	32	2287		5		27	1943		4		5	344		1
	25	CB	Kyrgiakos	25	26	2247		10	1	20	1780		7		5	377		3	1	1	90
	31	RB	Georgeas1	25	29	2248		5		24	1768		5		5	480
	32	SS	Scocco1	40	41	3410	10	11		32	2668	7	8		7	594	3			2	148		3
	34	CM	Tachtsidis	7	13	553	1	1		9	328	1	1		4	225
	40	RW	Zorbas2	5	7	365		1		3	189				2	116				2	60		1
	56	CM	Hetemaj1	6	15	639		7		12	557		7		2	54				1	28
	77	GK	Macho	3	3	300				1	90				2	210
	80	RW	Diouf	2	10	265				8	247				2	18
	83	CF	Pavlis	4	15	460	2	1		10	321	1	1		3	83				2	56	1
	90	DM	Gentsoglou	1	5	131				5	131

Last updated: 2009-05-31
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, galanissportsdata.com
Ordered by start team, game starts and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
0 shown as blank
Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position; Name = Name on jersey (for more extended name, pause the mouse pointer on the name); GS = Game Started; A = Appearances.

Notes

• 1 Player has once been sent off after being booked twice ( 1 x   )
• 2 Player has left during the season.

Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
13	4-4-2 diamond or 4-1-2-1-2	11-12, 15, 21, 23-25, 29, 32, 34, 36-37, 39
12	4-4-2	5-6, 8-9, 19, 22, 26-27, 30, 38, 40, 42
10	4-3-3	1-4, 7, 20, 28, 33, 43, 45
4	4-4-1-1	10, 13, 16, 18
3	4-2-3-1	17, 31, 35
3	4-3-2-1 (the 'Christmas Tree' formation)	14, 41, 44

Last updated: 15 May 2009
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Overall

Games played	45
Games won	21
Games drawn	18
Games lost	6
Goals scored	62
Goals conceded	41
Goal difference	+11
Yellow cards	124
Red cards	2
Worst discipline	Sotiris Kyrgiakos ( 1 x + 10 x )
Best result	5 – 1 vs Panserraikos
Worst result	0 – 2 vs Olympiacos 0 – 2 vs Panathinaikos
Most appearances	Ismael Blanco (44)
Top scorer	Ismael Blanco (23)
Points	81/135 (60.00%)

Last updated: 2009-05-31
Source: Competitive matches and Squad stats

Club

Management

Position	Staff
Manager	Dušan Bajević
Assistant manager	Lysandros Georgamlis
Fitness Coach	Antonis Kezos
Fitness Coach	Dimitris Bouroutzikas
Goalkeeping Coach	Slobodan Suica
Youth Team Coach	Georgos Vamvakas

Last updated: 21 November 2008
Source: aekfc.gr

Kit

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): LG
Features: Chevrolet, Diners Club

Home

Away

Third

Source:

Other information

Home

Away and 3rd

Chairman	Nikos Thanopoulos
Director of football	Stelios Manolas
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Athens Olympic Stadium (71,030 / 120x80 m)

Source: aekfc.gr

Manager stats

Name	Nat	From	To	Record							Honours
				P	W	D	L	F	A	%W
Giorgos Donis		August 14, 2008	November 17, 2008	13	4	7	2	17	16	30.77	–
Dušan Bajević		November 21, 2008	Incumbent	32	17	11	4	45	25	53.13	–
Totals	–	August 14, 2008	May 31, 2009	45	21	18	6	62	41	46.66	–

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

Competitions

Super League Greece

Classification

This is the classification of the regular season:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	PAOK	30	18	9	3	39	16	+23	63	Qualification for the Play-offs
3	Panathinaikos	30	17	10	3	51	18	+33	61
4	AEK Athens	30	14	13	3	40	24	+16	55
5	AEL	30	12	13	5	36	26	+10	49
6	Aris	30	13	8	9	30	31	−1	47

Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Play-offs (neutral ground).
(Note: Criterion 4 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).

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	14	13	3	40	24	+16	55	11	2	2	21	9	+12	3	11	1	19	15	+4

Last updated: 22 March 2009.
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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	D
Position	5	4	3	4	7	7	7	5	4	5	5	7	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4

Source: superleaguegreece.net (in Greek)
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Play-off table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Panathinaikos	6	5	1	0	12	3	+9	18	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	AEK Athens	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	12	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4	PAOK	6	2	0	4	5	9	−4	9	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	AEL	6	0	1	5	3	10	−7	1	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round

Source: Super League Greece and Worldfootball.net
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.

(*) The teams started the play-offs with the following number of points:

• PAOK – 3 points ((63 – 49) / 5 = 2.8, rounded up to 3)
• Panathinaikos – 2 points ((61 – 49) / 5 = 2.4, rounded down to 2)
• AEK Athens – 1 point ((55 – 49) / 5 = 1.2, rounded down to 1)
• Larissa – 0 points ((49 –49) / 5 = 0)

UEFA rankings

UEFA team ranking # Form Previous Country Team Ranking 80 77 Feyenoord 25.825 81 69 Dinamo București 25.781 82 83 AEK Athens 25.632 83 84 Slavia Prague 25.150 84 95 Nancy 25.033

UEFA country ranking # Form Previous Country League Ranking 10 8 Liga Sagres 36.462 11 11 Turkcell Super Lig 32.225 12 14 Super League Greece 28.165 13 10 Clydesdale Bank Premier League 27.875 14 13 Jupiler Pro League 25.325

Matches

Pre-season

Game	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
1	2008-07-18	Friendly	—	N	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	Report Report link Kick off 18:30 EET AEK Athens Arminia Bielefeld Scocco 22' Tesche 59'
2	2008-07-26	Friendly	—	N	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	2–2	Report Report link Kick off 18:00 EET AEK Athens SpVgg Greuther Fürth 83' (o.g.) Pliatsikas 85' Iličević 1' Meichelbeck 32'
3	2008-07-29	Friendly	—	N	Energie Cottbus	1–1	Report Report link Kick off 18:30 EET AEK Athens Energie Cottbus Kafes 56' Rangelov 55' (pen.)
4	2008-07-30	Friendly	—	N	Bursaspor	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 18:00 EET AEK Athens Bursaspor Rivaldo 58' (pen.)
5	2008-08-01	Friendly	—	N	Genoa	0–1	Report Report link Kick off 17:00 EET AEK Athens Genoa Di Gennaro 59'
6	2008-08-03	Friendly	—	N	MKE Ankaragücü	5–0	Report Report link Kick off 18:15 EET AEK Athens MKE Ankaragücü Scocco 19' Blanco 20' Majstorović 28' Pavlis 70' Burns 73'
7	2008-08-08	Friendly	—	H	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 21:00 EET Attendance 6,000 AEK Athens Bolton Wanderers Hetamaj 17' Cahill  19'
8	2008-08-18	Friendly	—	H	Bologna	1–1	Report Report link Kick off 19:00 EET Attendance 3,127 Referee Michalis Germanakos AEK Athens Bologna Rivaldo 65' Adaílton 31'
9	2008-08-21	Friendly	—	H	Groningen	2–1	Report Report link Kick off 21:00 EET Attendance 3,000 Referee Christoforos Zografos AEK Athens Groningen Scocco 71' Kone 88' Powel 41'
10	2008-09-06	Friendly	—	N	Anagennisi Karditsa	2–2	Kick off 19:30 EET Attendance 6,000 Referee Periklis Golias Anagennisi Karditsa AEK Athens Chatzirizos 54' Diouf 68' Djebbour 5' Kafes 30'
11	2008-09-07	Friendly	—	N	Olympiakos Volou	3–0	Kick off 19:00 EET Attendance 9,000 Olympiakos Volou AEK Athens Lagos 27' Blanco 38' Zorbas 48'

Last updated: 15 July 2009
Source: aekfc
¹AEK Athens goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of AEK Athens.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Competitive

Game	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
1	2008-08-14	UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	H	Omonia Nicosia	0–1	Report Report link Kick off 20:30 CET Attendance 13,472 Referee Serge Gumienny AEK Athens Omonia Nicosia Rivaldo  5' Scocco  90+1' Duro  18' Clayton  20' Cafu 40' Ndikumana  51'
2	2008-08-28	UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	A	Omonia Nicosia	2–2	Report Report link Kick off 19:00 CET Attendance 20,267 Referee Thorsten Kinhöfer Omonia Nicosia AEK Athens Duro 11' 70' Wenzel  64' Niculescu  90+1' Majstorović  12' Blanco 16' Scocco  22'  58' Edinho  30' Basinas  37' Zorbas  86' Pavlis 89' Juanfran  90+2'
3	2008-08-31	Super League Greece	1	H	Panathinaikos	2–1	Report Report link Kick off 21:15 EET Attendance 30,140 Referee Kyros Vassaras Man of the match Edinho AEK Athens Panathinaikos Edinho 20' Kyrgiakos  21' Basinas  45' Blanco 45+5' (pen.) Pliatsikas  62' Scocco  77' Lagos  79' Karagounis  42' 90+4' Spiropoulos  45+3' Sarriegi  55' Vyntra  79'
4	2008-09-14	Super League Greece	2	A	PAOK	1–1	Report Report link Kick off 21:15 EET Attendance 25,203 Referee Vasilis Paboridis PAOK AEK Athens Muslimović 15'  90+4' Darlas  33' Veron  41' Edinho  33' Blanco 45+2' Georgeas  70' Majstorović  90+4'
5	2008-09-21	Super League Greece	3	H	Iraklis Thessaloniki	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 21:15 EET Attendance 17,459 Referee Nikitas Ntatis Man of the match Sebastián Saja AEK Athens Iraklis Thessaloniki Scocco 14'  72' Basinas  30' Saja  90+4' Konstantinou  32' Bourbos  33'
6	2008-09-28	Super League Greece	4	A	Panionios	2–2	Report Report link Kick off 19:00 EET Attendance 4,409 Referee Ilias Stavridis Panionios AEK Athens Kyrgiakos 26' (o.g.) Delura 68' Krešić  90+2' Lagos  28' Scocco  30' 58' Kafes 90+4'
7	2008-10-05	Super League Greece	5	A	Olympiacos	0–2	Report Report link Kick off 21:15 EET Attendance 30,074 Referee Kyros Vassaras Olympiacos AEK Athens Kovačević 63' Diogo 66' Domi  68' Patsatzoglou  82' Kyrgiakos  7' Basinas  29' Juanfran  57'  78'
8	2008-10-19	Super League Greece	6	H	Larissa	1–1	Report Report link Kick off 16:45 EET Attendance 19,407 Referee Tasos Kakos Man of the match Ismael Blanco AEK Athens Larissa Blanco pen.' (84) Venetidis  15' Iglesias  64' Dabizas  67' Katsiaros  79' Parra  88' Sarmiento 90+1'
9	2008-10-26	Super League Greece	7	A	Thrasyvoulos	3–3	Report Report link Kick off 19:00 EET Attendance 1,742 Referee Kyros Vassaras Thrasyvoulos AEK Athens Tsiolis  21' Vedoura  29' Gonçalves 52' 56' Alves 71'  76' Belegrinis  83' Sotirhos  90+2' Scocco 10' 41' Blanco 31' Alexopoulos  51'
10	2008-11-02	Super League Greece	8	H	Asteras Tripoli	2–1	Report Report link Kick off 16:45 EET Attendance 14,108 Referee Ilias Spathas AEK Athens Asteras Tripoli Kafes  45' Rikka  66' Majstorović 90' Djebbour 90+3' Georgeas  90+5' Damonte  39' Marcelao 67' Cesarec  84' Kanakoudis  89' Filomeno  90'
11	2008-11-08	Super League Greece	9	A	Xanthi	1–1	Report Report link Kick off 19:00 EET Attendance 3,763 Referee Tasos Kakos Xanthi AEK Athens Pappas  2' Taïder 33' Dorival  35' Fliaskas  74' Vallas  89' Pelletieri  35' Majstorović  44' Blanco 62'
12	2008-11-11	Greek Cup	Fourth round	A	Ilisiakos	2–1	Report Report link Kick off 19:00 EET Attendance 500 Referee Petros Konstadineas Ilisiakos AEK Athens Nastos  22' Tabasis  57' Modroni  64'  110' Pavlidis  76' Veletis Tsitsomitsos 99' Juanfran  54' Blanco 94' Lagos  96' Kafes 107'
13	2008-11-15	Super League Greece	10	H	Panserraikos	0–0	Report Report link Kick off 19:00 EET Attendance 10,170 Referee Dimitris Kyrkos AEK Athens Panserraikos Majstorović  30' Alexopoulos 68' Kafes  90+2' Abubakari  59' Zoundi  67' Kottaras  73' Kali  83' Pipinis  90+2'
14	2008-11-23	Super League Greece	11	A	OFI	1–1	Report Report link Kick off 16:45 EET Attendance 4,732 Referee Manolis Ntakos OFI AEK Athens Simić  33' Roubakis  65'  84' Taralidis  73' 75' Sfakianakis  90+3' Juanfran  43' Nsaliwa  66' Majstorović  81' Kafes 86'
15	2008-11-30	Super League Greece	12	A	Levadiakos	0–0	Report Report link Kick off 16:45 EET Attendance 3,156 Referee Nikitas Ntatis Levadiakos AEK Athens Katsikogiannis  55' Tzormbatzakis  60' Leonardo  71' Blažić  76' Pastos  90+5' Nsaliwa  32' Basinas  38'
16	2008-12-07	Super League Greece	13	H	Panthrakikos	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 19:00 EET Attendance 12,054 Referee Vasilis Paboridis Man of the match Tam Nsaliwa AEK Athens Panthrakikos Blanco 28'  29' Pliatsikas  35' Kanotidis  39'
17	2008-12-14	Super League Greece	14	A	Aris	1–1	Report Report link Kick off 19:00 EET Attendance 13,783 Referee Giorgos Daloukas Aris AEK Athens Calvo 39'  59' Lembo  51' Kafes  15' Pliatsikas  17' Basinas  67' Edinho 71'
18	2008-12-21	Super League Greece	15	H	Ergotelis	3–2	Report Report link Kick off 16:45 EET Attendance 12,019 Referee Vangelis Katsidonis Man of the match Rafik Djebbour AEK Athens Ergotelis Djebbour 6' Blanco 39' Basinas  42' Nsaliwa  50' Kyrgiakos  80' Edinho 85' Fragoulakis 35' Ogunsoto  45+2' Κordonouris  61' Budimir 76' Martins  77'
19	2009-01-04	Super League Greece	16	A	Panathinaikos	0–0	Report Report link Kick off 19:00 EET Attendance 42,018 Referee Kyros Vassaras Panathinaikos AEK Athens Spiropoulos  18' Melissis  26' Karagounis  88' Basinas  17' Kafes  38' Majstorović  84' Saja  87' Edinho  90+1' Scocco  90+3'
20	2009-01-11	Super League Greece	17	H	PAOK	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 20:15 EET Attendance 19,194 Referee Dimitris Kalopoulos Man of the match Rafik Djebbour AEK Athens PAOK Djebbour 45'  66' Edinho  56' Kyrgiakos  69' Pelletieri  74' Contreras  27'  66' Ivić  45+3'
21	2009-01-17	Super League Greece	18	A	Iraklis Thessaloniki	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 19:00 EET Attendance 7,897 Referee Michalis Lambropoulos Iraklis Thessaloniki AEK Athens Perperidis  67' Sarakatsanos  79' Blanco 69' Juanfran  78' Saja  90' Basinas  90+3'
22	2009-01-22	Greek Cup	Fifth round	H	Kerkyra	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 16:45 EET Attendance 4,315 Referee Christoforos Zografos AEK Athens Kerkyra Geraldο  14' Basinas  21' Scocco 89' Vitouladitis  45+1' Tsemperidis  69' Gustavo  78'
23	2009-01-25	Super League Greece	19	H	Panionios	3–0	Report Report link Kick off 19:00 EET Attendance 13,187 Referee Tasos Kakos Man of the match Ignacio Scocco AEK Athens Panionios Blanco 7' Edinho 27' Juanfran  28' Scocco 47' Geraldo  90' Kontoes  17'
24	2009-02-01	Super League Greece	20	H	Olympiacos	0–1	Report Report link Kick off 19:00 EET Attendance 44,104 Referee Dimitris Kalopoulos AEK Athens Olympiacos Juanfran  10' Kyrgiakos  41' Nsaliwa  56' Galletti 5' Torosidis  44' Papadopoulos  73'
25	2009-02-08	Super League Greece	21	A	Larissa	1–1	Report Report link Kick off 16:45 EET Attendance 6,148 Referee Spathas Ilias Larissa AEK Athens Giannakopoulos  29' Guela  76' Fotakis 76' Koutromanos  36' Nsaliwa  74' Djebbour 90+1' Edinho  90+3'
26	2009-02-14	Super League Greece	22	H	Thrasyvoulos	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 19:00 EET Attendance 6,532 Referee Polatian Lazaros AEK Athens Thrasyvoulos Hetemaj  28' Kyrgiakos  64' Tachtsidis 90+2' Pliatsikas  90+5' Saja  90+5' Hetemaj  30' Liapakis  56' Mihos  83' Peçanha  86' Katsikis  90+6'
27	2009-02-18	Greek Cup	Quarterfinals	A	Xanthi	1–2	Report Report link Kick off 21:30 EET Attendance 1,500 Referee Giorgos Stathopoulos Xanthi AEK Athens Papadimitriou  7' Abrahám 43'  89' Došek 68' Poy  69' Tziortziopoulos  78' Blanco 5' (pen.)  78' Kyrgiakos  17' Nsaliwa  30' Majstorović  73'
28	2009-02-22	Super League Greece	23	A	Asteras Tripoli	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 19:00 EET Attendance 2,952 Referee Dimitris Kyrkos Asteras Tripoli AEK Athens Fitanidis  36' Marcelão  85' Flávio  90+4' Scocco  26' Hetemaj  53' Alves  84' Majstorovic 86'
29	2009-02-25	Greek Cup	Quarterfinals	H	Xanthi	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 19:00 EET Attendance 6,480 Referee Ilias Stavridis Man of the match Ismael Blanco AEK Athens Xanthi Pelletieri  45' Nsaliwa  62' Blanco 83' Kyrgiakos  87' Poy  25' Vallas  51' Fliskas  81'
30	2009-02-28	Super League Greece	24	H	Xanthi	2–1	Report Report link Kick off 19:00 EET Attendance 6,587 Referee Michalis Lambropoulos Man of the match Ismael Blanco AEK Athens Xanthi Edinho 10' Koutromanos  46' Blanco 49' Kyrgiakos  76' Hetemaj  88' Grzelak  15' Agali  41' Poy 57' Vallas  74' Papadimitriou  81'
31	2009-03-08	Super League Greece	25	A	Panserraikos	5–1	Report Report link Kick off 16:45 EET Attendance 5,673 Referee Dimitris Kalopoulos Panserraikos AEK Athens Čeh 19' (pen.) Galanopoulos  24' Kali  26' Abubakari  27' Milenković  79' Blanco 6' 43' Alexopoulos  18' Djebbour 28' (pen.) 35' Scocco 45+1' Pelletieri  52'
32	2009-03-14	Super League Greece	26	H	OFI	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 19:00 EET Attendance 11,860 Referee Vasilis Paboridis Man of the match Panagiotis Tachtsidis AEK Athens OFI Kafes 23' Scocco  56' Malarz  29' Bezares  33' Arvanitis  71'
33	2009-03-18	Greek Cup	Semifinals	H	Panserraikos	3–1	Report Report link Kick off 19:00 EET Attendance 7,642 Referee Nathanail Charalabidis Man of the match Rafik Djebbour AEK Athens Panserraikos Djebbour 20' 40' Majstorović 38' Aurélio 24'
34	2009-03-22	Super League Greece	27	H	Levadiakos	3–1	Report Report link Kick off 20:00 EET Attendance 6,045 Referee Panos Konstantineas Man of the match Rafik Djebbour AEK Athens Levadiakos Djebbour 2' Blanco 39' Scocco  63' Juanfran  76' Edinho 81' Kiassos 27' Koltzos  64' Machado  79'
35	2009-04-05	Super League Greece	28	A	Panthrakikos	1–1	Report Report link Kick off 19:00 EET Attendance 4,200 Referee Ilias Mazarakos Panthrakikos AEK Athens Matthys 24' Clément  27' Velasco  90+5' Georgeas  49' Blanco 57' Pelletieri  77'
36	2009-04-08	Greek Cup	Semifinals	A	Panserraikos	0–0	Report Report link Kick off 17:00 EET Attendance 5,000 Referee Giorgos Kastanidis Panserraikos AEK Athens Papazoglou  38' Galanopoulos  45'  90' Majstorović  56' Manduca  90'
37	2009-04-12	Super League Greece	29	H	Aris	0–1	Report Report link Kick off 19:00 EET Attendance 13,847 Referee Tasos Kakos AEK Athens Aris Alexopoulos  43' Majstorović  75' Burns  90+1' Geraldo  90+5' Koke 23'  27'  85' Regueiro  90+4'
38	2009-04-26	Super League Greece	30	A	Ergotelis	1–1	Report Report link Kick off 19:00 EET Attendance 3,652 Referee Dimitris Kalopoulos Ergotelis AEK Athens Beto  81' Fragoulakis 86' Κordonouris  90+3' Edinho 84' Hetemaj  90'
39	2009-05-02	Greek Cup	Final	N	Olympiacos	4–4 (14 – 15 pen.)	Report Report link Kick off 20:30 EET Attendance 48,594 Referee Tasos Kakos AEK Athens Olympiacos Blanco 4' 8' Kafes  28' Kyrgiakos  34'  90' Nsaliwa  43' Alves  74' Scocco 90' 107' Edinho  111' Penalties Kafes Blanco Scocco Edinho Majstorović Nsaliwa Saja Pelletieri Georgeas Kafes Blanco Scocco Edinho Majstorović Nsaliwa Saja Pelletieri Papadopoulos  34'  107' Derbyshire 47' 90+6' Galletti  68'  102' 102' Dudu 72' Penalties Óscar Dudu Diogo Domi Đorđević Torosidis Belluschi Nikopolidis Antzas Óscar Dudu Diogo Domi Đorđević Torosidis Belluschi Nikopolidis
40	2009-05-10	Super League Greece	Play-offs	H	Larissa	3–2	Report Report link Kick off 21:10 EET Attendance 8,864 Referee Michalis Koukoulakis Man of the match Ismael Blanco AEK Athens Larissa Pavlis  8' 14' Manduca 40' Blanco 79' (pen.) Geraldo  84' Tachtsidis  87' Scocco  90+1' Parra 9'  55' Ilić  21' 24' Dabizas  79' Tsigas  84' Venetidis  90+1' Kyriakos  90+3'
41	2009-05-13	Super League Greece	Play-offs	A	Panathinaikos	1–1	Report Report link Kick off 19:00 EET Attendance 22,980 Referee Elias Spathas Panathinaikos AEK Athens Gabriel 43' (pen.)  56' Spiropoulos  69' Scocco 12' Alexopoulos  30'
42	2009-05-17	Super League Greece	Play-offs	A	PAOK	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 21:15 EET Attendance 28,703 Referee Giorgos Daloukas PAOK AEK Athens Bakayoko  24' Contreras  77' Conceição  90+3' Nsaliwa  6' Georgeas  14'  71' Blanco 40' Manduca  47' Hetemaj  67'  84'
43	2009-05-20	Super League Greece	Play-offs	H	PAOK	3–1	Report Report link Kick off 19:00 EET Attendance 14,831 Referee Tasos Kakos Man of the match Rafik Djebbour AEK Athens PAOK Djebbour 9' Blanco 39' Geraldo  63' Chalkias 60' (o.g.) Ivić 35' Sorlin  45+1'  45+1' Chalkias  45+2'
44	2009-05-24	Super League Greece	Play-offs	A	Larissa	0–0	Report Report link Kick off 19:00 EET Attendance 4,328 Referee Dimitris Kalopoulos Larissa AEK Athens Giannakopoulos  9' Iglesias  35'  45' Katsiaros  84' Nsaliwa  35' Hetemaj  79'
45	2009-05-31	Super League Greece	Play-offs	H	Panathinaikos	0–2	Report Report link Kick off 21:15 EET Attendance 30,435 Referee Tasos Kakos AEK Athens Panathinaikos Saja  29' Moon  9' Karagounis 30' (pen.) Rukavina 36' Mattos  84'

Last updated: 2009-05-31
Source:
¹AEK Athens goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of AEK Athens.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

External links

• AEK Athens FC official website
• AEK Athens FC on Superleaguegreece.net