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
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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]
June 21, 2017 Portuguese left-back Hélder Lopes signs a two-year deal with AEK, in a free transfer from Las Palmas.^[4]
June 27, 2017 Ronald Vargas and Dimitrios Kolovetsios leave the club as no deal for their announcement was made.^[5]
June 29, 2017 Greek-Belgian winger Viktor Klonaridis signs a three-year deal with AEK from RC Lens.^[6] On the same day, Superleague newcomers Lamia F.C. announced a loan transfer of Stavros Vasilantonopoulos from AEK.^[7]
July 1, 2017 Croatian striker Marko Livaja signs from Las Palmas on a season long loan deal for €200,000 with a purchase option of €1,800,000 in the summer of 2018. Livaja became the third player which was transferred from Las Palmas to AEK within 2017, after Sergio Araujo and Hélder Lopes. Marko, as presented in the official club video, will wear the shirt with number 10.^[8]
July 3, 2017 Serbian centre-back Uroš Ćosić signs with AEK for three years, with an extension clause of one more year, in a full transfer from Empoli F.C.. Uroš, as observed in the official video of his signing, will wear the shirt with number 15.^[9]
July 5, 2017 Icelander left winger Arnór Traustason signs with AEK on loan for one year from Rapid Wien, with a permanent buyout clause at the summer of 2018. Arnór, as presented in the official video, will wear the shirt with number 30.^[10] This transfer would be the seventh summer transfer for AEK of summer 2017. On the same day, newly promoted to Superleague club Lamia F.C. officially announced that, after Stavros Vasilantonopoulos, another player will be loaned from AEK to Lamia, midfielder Ilias Tselios.^[11]

Players

Squad statistics

Updated as of 5 July 2017, 13:22 UTC +3.

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
16	GK	Panagiotis Tsintotas	24	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
87	GK	Giannis Papadopoulos	19	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
3	DF	Hélder Lopes	28	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
5	DF	Vassilis Lambropoulos	27	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
15	DF	Uroš Ćosić	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	Vinícius Freitas	24	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
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
6	MF	Astrit Ajdarević	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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
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	Arnór Ingvi Traustason	24	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
10	FW	Marko Livaja	24	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
–	FW	Giorgos Giakoumakis	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	FW	Viktor Klonaridis	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
16	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
–	FW	Giorgos Giakoumakis	Platanias	Free	1 June 2017
–	GK	Panagiotis Dounis	Kallithea	End of loan	12 June 2017
3	DF	Hélder Lopes	Las Palmas	Free	21 June 2017	^[4]
–	MF	Viktor Klonaridis	Lens	€200,000	29 June 2017	^[6]
15	DF	Uroš Ćosić	Empoli	€500,000	3 July 2017	^[9]

Out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
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
10	MF	Ronald Vargas		End of contract	27 June 2017	^[5]
14	FW	Tomáš Pekhart		End of contract	3 July 2017
26	DF	Dimitrios Kolovetsios	Panathinaikos	End of contract	3 July 2017	^[5]

Loan in

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned From	Fee	Date	End	Permanent Transfer option	Source
10	FW	Marko Livaja	Las Palmas	€200,000	1 July 2017	30 June 2018	Yes	^[8]
30	FW	Arnór Ingvi Traustason	Rapid Wien	€200,000	5 July 2017	30 June 2018	Yes	^[10]

Loan out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned To	Fee	Date	End	Source
–	DF	Stavros Vasilantonopoulos	Lamia	Free	29 June 2017	30 June 2018	^[7]
–	MF	Ilias Tselios	Lamia	Free	5 July 2017	30 June 2018	^[11]

Overall transfer activity

Spending

Summer: €1,100,000

Winter: €0

Total: €1,100,000

Income

Summer: €0

Winter: €0

Total: €0

Expenditure

Summer: €1,100,000

Winter: €0

Total: €1,100,000

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

8 July 2017 Friendly^[12]	AEK Athens	v	Karpaty Lviv	Kielce
18:00 UTC +3				Stadium: Kielce City Stadium

9 July 2017 Friendly^[12]	Korona Kielce	v	AEK Athens	Kielce
19:00 UTC +3				Stadium: Kielce City Stadium

15 July 2017 Friendly^[12]	AEK Athens	v	Bnei Sakhnin	Kielce
19:00 UTC +3				Stadium: Kielce City Stadium

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).^[15]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ PAOK were deducted 3 points by court decision.^[13]
^ Olympiacos were deducted 3 points due to crowd behavior against AEK on 4 February 2018.^[14]
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b "Hélder Lopes signed" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 21 June 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "AEK FC Announcement" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 27 June 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Victor Klonaridis signed for AEK FC" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 29 June 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Beginning of cooperation with Stavros Vasilantonopoulos" (in Greek). lamia1964.gr. 29 June 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Marko Livaja signs for AEK" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 1 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Uroš Ćosić signs for AEK" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 3 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Arnór Traustason signs for AEK" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 5 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Beginning of cooperation with Ilias Tselios" (in Greek). lamia1964.gr. 5 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "AEK FC Matches" (in Greek). aekfc.gr.
^ "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_PAOK0.96143759924985-14] PAOK were deducted 3 points by court decision.^[13]

[table_hth_OLY0.96143759924985-16] Olympiacos were deducted 3 points due to crowd behavior against AEK on 4 February 2018.^[14]

[table_hth_AST0.96143759924985-17] 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.

[LopesAEK-4] "Hélder Lopes signed" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 21 June 2017.

[VarKol-5] "AEK FC Announcement" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 27 June 2017.

[KlonAEK-6] "Victor Klonaridis signed for AEK FC" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 29 June 2017.

[VasLAM-7] "Beginning of cooperation with Stavros Vasilantonopoulos" (in Greek). lamia1964.gr. 29 June 2017.

[LivAEK-8] "Marko Livaja signs for AEK" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 1 July 2017.

[CosAEK-9] "Uroš Ćosić signs for AEK" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 3 July 2017.

[TraAEK-10] "Arnór Traustason signs for AEK" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 5 July 2017.

[TseLAM-11] "Beginning of cooperation with Ilias Tselios" (in Greek). lamia1964.gr. 5 July 2017.

[AEKfriendlies-12] "AEK FC Matches" (in Greek). aekfc.gr.

[PAOK_deduction-13] "Long-overdue decision deducts points from PAOK, slaps three-year ban on Savvidis". Kathimerini. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.

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

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

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