2018–19 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
2018–19 season
President	Evangelos Aslanidis
Administrative Leader	Dimitris Melissanidis
Manager	Marinos Ouzounidis
Stadium	Olympic Stadium
Super League	TBD
Greek Cup	TBD
Champions League	Third Qualifying Round
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season will be AEK Athens' 58th competitive season in the top flight of Greek football, 9th season in the Super League, and 95th year in existence as a football club. They also compete in the Greek Cup and in the UEFA Champions League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Events

May 25, 2018 Manolo Jiménez decides against renewing his contract in order to return to Spain and take over Las Palmas in order to be closer to his family.^[1]
May 25, 2018 Marinos Ouzounidis becomes the new head coach of AEK.^[2]
June 26, 2018 Christos Albanis joins AEK from Apollon Smyrnis on a three year deal.^[3]
June 26, 2018 Makis Giannikoglou joins AEK from PAS Giannina signing three year deal.^[4]
June 28, 2018 Marios Oikonomou joins AEK on loan from Bologna.^[5]
June 29, 2018 Marko Livaja signs a three year contract joining AEK permanently having spent last season on loan from Las Palmas.^[6]
July 2, 2018 Vladimir Matijašević becomes the new Sports Director of AEK.^[7]

Players

Squad statistics

Updated as of 20 July 2018, 00:21 UTC +2.

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	League		Cup		Europe		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Vasilis Barkas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK	Panagiotis Tsintotas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	Makis Giannikoglou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	GK	Panagiotis Ginis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	Michalis Bakakis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Hélder Lopes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Marios Oikonomou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Vasilis Lampropoulos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	Rodrigo Galo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Uroš Ćosić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	Dmytro Chygrynskiy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	Niklas Hult	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	Giorgos Giannoutsos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	Astrit Ajdarević	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	André Simões (vc)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Petros Mantalos (c)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	Kostas Galanopoulos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	Paris Bampis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF	Erik Morán	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	MF	Giannis-Fivos Botos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF	Christos Giousis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
95	MF	Alef	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	Christos Albanis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Giorgos Giakoumakis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	Marko Livaja	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	Tasos Bakasetas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	Victor Klonaridis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	Ezequiel Ponce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	Lucas Boyé	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Left during Summer Transfer window
Left during Winter Transfer Window

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Transfer Window
7	FW	Christos Albanis	Apollon Smyrnis	Transfer	€400,000	26 June 2018	June 2021	Summer
40	GK	Makis Giannikoglou	PAS Giannina	Contract expiration	Free	26 June 2018	June 2021	Summer
10	FW	Marko Livaja	Las Palmas	Transfer	€1.8m	29 June 2018	June 2021	Summer

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
4	DF	Ognjen Vranješ	Anderlecht	Transfer	€3.2m	20 June 2018	^[8]
7	FW	Lazaros Christodoulopoulos	Olympiacos	Contract expiration	Free	1 July 2018
16	GK	Panagiotis Dounis	Free agent	Released	Free	1 July 2018
24	FW	Masoud Shojaei	Free agent	Contract expiration	Free	1 July 2018
22	GK	Giannis Anestis	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Contract expiration	Free	1 July 2018
18	MF	Jakob Johansson	Rennes	Contract expiration	Free	1 July 2018
11	FW	Sergio Araujo	Las Palmas	End of loan	Free	1 July 2018
21	MF	Panagiotis Kone	Udinese	End of loan	Free	1 July 2018
55	DF	Adam Tzanetopoulos	Apollon Smyrnis	Released	Free	5 July 2018
31	FW	Dimitris Melikiotis	Volos	Released	Free	11 July 2018
98	GK	Athanasios Pantos	Sparta	Released	Free	13 July 2018

Loan in

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned From	Fee	Date	End	Permanent Transfer option
4	DF	Marios Oikonomou	Bologna	Free	1 July 2018	30 June 2019	€1,000,000
31	FW	Lucas Boyé	Torino	€450,000	18 July 2018	30 June 2019	€6,000,000
22	FW	Ezequiel Ponce	Roma	Undisclosed	19 July 2018	30 June 2019	€6,000,000
95	MF	Alef	Braga	€150,000	20 July 2018	30 June 2019	€1,850,000

Loan out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned To	Fee	Date	End	Permanent Transfer option
—	DF	Stavros Vasilantonopoulos	Lamia	Free	4 July 2018	30 June 2019	No
—	MF	Ilias Tselios	Ergotelis	Free	20 July 2018	30 June 2019	No
—	FW	Christos Antoniou	Ergotelis	Free	25 July 2018	30 June 2019	No

Renewals/Buyout clauses

No.	Pos	Player	Renewal/Buyout Clause	Date	Former Exp Date	New Exp Date	Source
—	DF	Stavros Vasilantonopoulos	Renewal	30 May 2018	June 2018	June 2020
1	GK	Vasilis Barkas	Renewal	7 June 2018	June 2019	June 2022

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: €2,850,000

Winter: €0

Total: €2,850,000

Income

Summer: €3,200,000

Winter: €0

Total: €3,200,000

Net Totals

Summer: €350,000

Winter:

Total: €350,000

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

7 July 2018 Friendly^[9]	Miedź Legnica	1-0	AEK Athens	Kielce
20:00 UTC +3				Stadium: Kielce City Stadium

13 July 2018 Friendly^[9]	AEK Athens	0-0	AEK Larnaca	Kielce
17:00 UTC +3				Stadium: Kielce City Stadium

21 July 2018 Friendly^[9]	Atromitos	0–0	AEK Athens	Peristeri
20:00 UTC +3				Stadium: Peristeri Stadium

31 July 2018 Friendly^[9]	AEK Athens	v	Galatasaray	Marousi
				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

Competitions

Super League Greece

League Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PAOK^[a] (C)	30	26	4	0	66	14	+52	80	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Olympiacos	30	24	3	3	71	17	+54	75	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	AEK Athens^[b]	30	18	6	6	50	19	+31	57	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Atromitos	30	15	7	8	41	28	+13	52	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	Aris	30	15	4	11	46	33	+13	49	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6	Panionios	30	11	5	14	27	45	−18	38
7	Lamia	30	9	10	11	28	37	−9	37
8	Panathinaikos^[c]	30	13	8	9	38	30	+8	36^[d]
9	Panetolikos	30	10	6	14	34	48	−14	36^[d]
10	AEL	30	8	10	12	26	34	−8	34
11	Asteras Tripolis	30	8	9	13	25	30	−5	33
12	Xanthi	30	7	11	12	22	34	−12	32^[e]
13	OFI (O)	30	7	11	12	30	42	−12	32^[e]	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
14	PAS Giannina (R)	30	7	6	17	19	38	−19	27	Relegation to Super League 2
15	Levadiakos (R)	30	5	6	19	15	45	−30	21
16	Apollon Smyrnis (R)	30	2	4	24	11	55	−44	10

Source: Super League Greece, Soccerway
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: Criteria 7 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[13]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ PAOK were deducted 2 points by court decision.^[10]
^ AEK Athens were deducted 3 points by court decision.^[11]
^ Panathinaikos were deducted 11 points. 6 points for financial reasons plus 5 points by court decision.^[12]
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Panathinaikos 6, Panetolikos 0.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Xanthi 4, OFI 1.

Results summary

Last updated: 5 July 2018.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by Matchday

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Fixtures

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UEFA Champions League

AEK Athens will enter the Champions League at the third qualifying round.

Third Qualifying Round

8 August 2018 1st Leg	Rosenborg / Celtic	v	AEK Athens
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)

14 August 2018 2nd Leg	AEK Athens	v	Rosenborg / Celtic	Athens
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

Goal scorers

No.	Pos.	Nation	Name	Super League	Europe	Cup	Total
-	-	-	Own goal				'
TOTAL							'

References

^ "Manolo, thank you for everything" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 25 May 2018.
^ "Marinos Ouzounidis becomes the new head coach" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 25 May 2018.
^ "Albanis joins AEK FC". aekfc.gr. 26 June 2018.
^ "AEK is ideal for every Greek" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 26 June 2018.
^ "Crucial for me the Champions League" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 28 June 2018.
^ "Marko Livaja sings for three more years". aekfc.gr. 29 June 2018.
^ "Vladimir Matijašević becomes new Sports Director at AEK" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 2 July 2018.
^ "Ognjen Vranjes joins Anderlecht" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 26 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "AEK FC Matches" (in Greek). aekfc.gr.
^ "Αφαίρεση δύο βαθμών στο πρωτάθλημα της επόμενης σεζόν". protothema.gr. 27 August 2018.
^ sdna.gr Aφαίρεση τριών βαθμών στην ΑΕΚ!
^ "Οριστικό: Περιορισμός μεταγραφών και -6 για τον Παναθηναϊκό". sport-fm.gr. 27 August 2018.
^ "Super League Greece 2018/2019". soccerway.com. 7 February 2020.

External links

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[table_note_PAOK0.86424022208165-11] PAOK were deducted 2 points by court decision.^[10]

[table_note_AEK0.86424022208165-13] AEK Athens were deducted 3 points by court decision.^[11]

[table_note_PAO0.86424022208165-15] Panathinaikos were deducted 11 points. 6 points for financial reasons plus 5 points by court decision.^[12]

[table_hth_PAO0.86424022208165-16] Head-to-head points: Panathinaikos 6, Panetolikos 0.

[table_hth_XAN0.86424022208165-17] Head-to-head points: Xanthi 4, OFI 1.

[1] "Manolo, thank you for everything" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 25 May 2018.

[2] "Marinos Ouzounidis becomes the new head coach" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 25 May 2018.

[3] "Albanis joins AEK FC". aekfc.gr. 26 June 2018.

[4] "AEK is ideal for every Greek" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 26 June 2018.

[5] "Crucial for me the Champions League" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 28 June 2018.

[6] "Marko Livaja sings for three more years". aekfc.gr. 29 June 2018.

[7] "Vladimir Matijašević becomes new Sports Director at AEK" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 2 July 2018.

[8] "Ognjen Vranjes joins Anderlecht" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 26 June 2018.

[AEKfriendlies-9] "AEK FC Matches" (in Greek). aekfc.gr.

[10] "Αφαίρεση δύο βαθμών στο πρωτάθλημα της επόμενης σεζόν". protothema.gr. 27 August 2018.

[12] sdna.gr Aφαίρεση τριών βαθμών στην ΑΕΚ!

[14] "Οριστικό: Περιορισμός μεταγραφών και -6 για τον Παναθηναϊκό". sport-fm.gr. 27 August 2018.

[18] "Super League Greece 2018/2019". soccerway.com. 7 February 2020.

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