2017–18 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
2017–18 season
President	Evangelos Aslanidis
Administrative Leader	Dimitris Melissanidis
Manager	Manolo Jiménez
Stadium	Olympic Stadium
Super League	1st
Greek Cup	Second round
Champions League	Third Qualifying Round
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season is AEK Athens Football Club's 57th competitive season in the top flight of Greek football, 8th season in the Super League Greece, and 94th year in existence as a football club. They also compete in the Greek Cup and in the UEFA Champions League for the first time since the 2007–08 season, having earned the first position in playoffs for the first time last season.

Events

June 7, 2017 Ilias Vouras and Christos Aravidis leave the club as their contract is not renewed.^[1]
June 9, 2017 AEK players Anastasios Bakasetas, Petros Mantalos and Ognjen Vranješ face each other at an international national team match for 2018 World Cup qualifying round, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece, at Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica. Mantalos and Vranješ played all 90 minutes, Mantalos missing a great chance for Greece at 82nd minute, when shot the ball out at a one-on-one against Asmir Begović. The match ended 0–0, satisfying Greece, who needed at least the draw to stay at the top two places.
June 10, 2017 In Nea Philadelphia the presentation of the book from journalist Nikos Angelidis called "Every AEK of the world" took place. The book had as a subject the 302 clubs of the world that are named or were named after AEK and have the two-headed eagle as an emblem. AEK FC president, Evangelos Aslanidis went to the presentation and made a speech. AEK FC is a sponsor of the book.^[2]
June 14, 2017 The minister of infrastructure, transport and networks, Christos Spirtzis, signs the necessary height-related study for Agia Sophia Stadium, the proposed stadium for AEK in Nea Philadelphia. As the club's official announcement states, the particular study was "the last obstacle" for the start of the construction of the stadium, and the official construction license for the stadium is about to be published "within the next days".^[3]

Players

Squad statistics

Updated as of 1 June 2017, 23:37 UTC +2.

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	League		Play-Offs		Cup		Europe		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Vasilios Barkas	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	Giannis Anestis	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	GK	Panagiotis Tsintotas	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	GK	Panagiotis Dounis	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
17	DF	Vinícius Freitas	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Vassilis Lambropoulos	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Ognjen Vranješ	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	Rodrigo Galo	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	Dmytro Chygrynskiy	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	Dídac Vilà	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	Konstantinos Manolas	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	Dimitrios Kolovetsios	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	Michalis Bakakis	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	Giorgos Giannoutsos	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	DF	Adam Tzanetopoulos	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	Lazaros Christodoulopoulos	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	André Simões	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	Ronald Vargas	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Astrit Ajdarević	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	Jakob Johansson	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Petros Mantalos (Captain)	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	Konstantinos Galanopoulos	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	Patito Rodríguez	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	Ilias Tselios	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	MF	Stavros Vasilantonopoulos	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	Hugo Almeida	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	Tomáš Pekhart	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW	Anastasios Bakasetas	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	Dimitris Melikiotis	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	FW	Antonios Kyriazis	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date
–	GK	Panagiotis Tsintotas	Levadiakos	Free	1 June 2017
–	DF	Adam Tzanetopoulos	Iraklis	End of loan	1 June 2017
–	MF	Stavros Vasilantonopoulos	Veria	End of loan	1 June 2017
–	FW	Antonios Kyriazis	Kifisia	End of loan	1 June 2017
–	GK	Panagiotis Dounis	Kallithea	End of loan	12 June 2017

Out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date
11	FW	Sergio Araujo	Las Palmas	End of loan	1 June 2017
16	GK	Ilias Vouras		End of contract	7 June 2017
21	FW	Christos Aravidis		End of contract	7 June 2017

Loan out

Summer

Competitions

Super League

League Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AEK Athens (C)	30	21	7	2	50	12	+38	70	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	PAOK	30	21	4	5	59	19	+40	64^[a]	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Olympiacos	30	18	6	6	63	28	+35	57^[b]	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Atromitos	30	15	11	4	43	21	+22	56	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	Asteras Tripolis	30	12	9	9	39	24	+15	45^[c]	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round

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

^ PAOK were deducted 3 points by court decision.^[4]
^ Olympiacos were deducted 3 points due to crowd behavior against AEK on 4 February 2018.^[5]
^ Head-to-head points: Asteras Tripolis 2, Xanthi 2.

Last updated: August 2017.
Source: Superleague Greece

Greek Cup

UEFA Champions League

References

^ "Vouras and Aravidis do not renew" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 7 June 2017.
^ ""Every AEK of the world" in PPIED" (in Greek). e-filadelfeia.gr. 10 June 2017.
^ "AEK FC Announcement" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 14 June 2017.
^ "Long-overdue decision deducts points from PAOK, slaps three-year ban on Savvidis". Kathimerini. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
^ "Soccer - Olympiakos deducted three points for derby violence". Reuters. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "Superleague Greece 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

External links

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[table_hth_PAOK0.56210994374105-5] PAOK were deducted 3 points by court decision.^[4]

[table_hth_OLY0.56210994374105-7] Olympiacos were deducted 3 points due to crowd behavior against AEK on 4 February 2018.^[5]

[table_hth_AST0.56210994374105-8] Head-to-head points: Asteras Tripolis 2, Xanthi 2.

[1] "Vouras and Aravidis do not renew" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 7 June 2017.

[2] ""Every AEK of the world" in PPIED" (in Greek). e-filadelfeia.gr. 10 June 2017.

[3] "AEK FC Announcement" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 14 June 2017.

[PAOK_deduction-4] "Long-overdue decision deducts points from PAOK, slaps three-year ban on Savvidis". Kathimerini. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.

[6] "Soccer - Olympiakos deducted three points for derby violence". Reuters. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[9] "Superleague Greece 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

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