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AEK Athens
2018–19 season
PresidentEvangelos Aslanidis
Administrative LeaderDimitris Melissanidis
ManagerMarinos Ouzounidis
StadiumOlympic Stadium
Super League4th
Greek CupFourth Round
Champions LeagueGroup Stage
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

Players

Squad statistics

Updated as of 2 September 2018, 04:21 UTC +2.

No. Pos. Name Age League Cup Champions League Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Greece Vasilis Barkas 24 2 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 0
16 GK Greece Panagiotis Tsintotas 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK Greece Makis Giannikoglou 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
99 GK Greece Panagiotis Gkinis 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Greece Michalis Bakakis 27 2 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 0
3 DF Portugal Hélder Lopes 29 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 1
4 DF Greece Marios Oikonomou 26 1 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 1 0
5 DF Greece Vasilis Lampropoulos 28 2 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 0
12 DF Brazil Rodrigo Galo 32 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0
15 DF Serbia Uroš Ćosić 26 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0
19 DF Ukraine Dmytro Chygrynskiy 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF Sweden Niklas Hult 28 1 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 0 0
24 DF Greece Stratos Svarnas 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF Greece Giorgos Giannoutsos 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF Albania Astrit Ajdarević 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Portugal André Simões 29 1 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 1 0
20 MF Greece Petros Mantalos (c) 27 2 1 0 0 3 1 5 2 1 0
25 MF Greece Kostas Galanopoulos 21 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 3 1
32 MF Greece Paris Bampis 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF Spain Erik Morán 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
70 MF Greece Giannis-Fivos Botos 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 MF Greece Christos Giousis 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
95 MF Brazil Alef 23 2 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 1 0
Forwards
7 FW Greece Christos Albanis 24 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
9 FW Greece Giorgos Giakoumakis 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
10 FW Croatia Marko Livaja 25 2 1 0 0 4 1 6 2 1 1
11 FW Greece Giannis Gianniotas 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW Greece Tasos Bakasetas 25 2 0 0 0 3 1 5 1 0 1
17 FW Belgium Viktor Klonaridis 26 1 0 0 0 4 2 5 2 2 0
22 FW Argentina Ezequiel Ponce 21 2 1 0 0 3 0 5 1 1 0
31 FW Argentina Lucas Boyé 22 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 Source
7 FW Greece Christos Albanis Greece Apollon Smyrnis Transfer €400,000 26 June 2018 June 2021 Summer
40 GK Greece Makis Giannikoglou Greece PAS Giannina Contract expiration Free 26 June 2018 June 2021 Summer
10 FW Croatia Marko Livaja Spain Las Palmas Transfer €1.8m 29 June 2018 June 2021 Summer
MF Brazil Pedro Vitor Brazil Sport Recife U20 Transfer Undisclosed 11 August 2018 June 2023 Summer
24 DF Greece Stratos Svarnas Greece Xanthi Transfer Undisclosed 16 August 2018 June 2023 Summer
11 FW Greece Giannis Gianniotas Greece Olympiacos Transfer Free 29 August 2018 June 2021 Summer

Out

No. Pos Player Transferred To Type Fee Date End Source
4 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Ognjen Vranješ Belgium Anderlecht Transfer €3.2m 20 June 2018 [8]
7 FW Greece Lazaros Christodoulopoulos Greece Olympiacos Contract expiration Free 1 July 2018
16 GK Greece Panagiotis Dounis Greece Panegialios Released Free 1 July 2018
24 MF Iran Masoud Shojaei Iran Tractor Sazi Contract expiration Free 1 July 2018
22 GK Greece Giannis Anestis Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva Contract expiration Free 1 July 2018
18 MF Sweden Jakob Johansson France Stade Rennais Contract expiration Free 1 July 2018
11 FW Argentina Sergio Araujo Spain Las Palmas End of loan Free 1 July 2018
21 MF Greece Panagiotis Kone Italy Udinese End of loan Free 1 July 2018
55 DF Greece Adam Tzanetopoulos Greece Apollon Smyrnis Released Free 5 July 2018
31 FW Greece Dimitris Melikiotis Greece Volos Released Free 11 July 2018
98 GK Greece Athanasios Pantos Greece Sparta Released Free 13 July 2018
MF Brazil Pedro Vitor Greece Aris Thessaloniki Co-Ownership Undisclosed 31 August 2018

Loan in

Summer

No. Pos Player Loaned From Fee Date End Permanent Transfer option Source
4 DF Greece Marios Oikonomou Italy Bologna Free 1 July 2018 30 June 2019 €1,000,000
31 FW Argentina Lucas Boyé Italy Torino €450,000 18 July 2018 30 June 2019 €6,000,000
22 FW Argentina Ezequiel Ponce Italy Roma Undisclosed 19 July 2018 30 June 2019 €6,000,000
95 MF Brazil Alef Portugal 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 Source
DF Greece Stavros Vasilantonopoulos Greece Lamia Free 4 July 2018 30 June 2019 No
MF Greece Ilias Tselios Greece Ergotelis Free 20 July 2018 30 June 2019 No
FW Greece Christos Antoniou Greece Ergotelis Free 25 July 2018 30 June 2019 No
FW Greece Andreas Vlachomitros Greece Sparta Free 2 August 2018 30 June 2019 No
MF Greece Konstantinos Malai Greece Trikala Free 31 August 2018 30 June 2019 No

Renewals/Buyout clauses

No. Pos Player Renewal/Buyout Clause Date Former Exp Date New Exp Date Source
DF Greece Stavros Vasilantonopoulos Renewal 30 May 2018 June 2018 June 2020
1 GK Greece Vasilis Barkas Renewal 7 June 2018 June 2019 June 2022
16 GK Greece Panagiotis Tsintotas Renewal 29 August 2018 June 2020 June 2023
2 DF Greece Michalis Bakakis Renewal 29 August 2018 June 2020 June 2023

Overall transfer activity

Pre-season and friendlies

AEK Athens preceded the 2018–19 campaign with a pre-season tour of Poland, with matches against Miedź Legnica and AEK Larnaca. The Greek champions also faced Atromitos, Galatasaray and Trikala.

7 July 2018 Friendly Miedź Legnica Poland 1–0 Greece AEK Athens Kielce
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Kunić 31'
Stadium: Kielce City Stadium
7 September 2018 Friendly Trikala Greece 1–4 Greece AEK Athens Trikala
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Symelidis 15'
Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium

Super League

League Table

Pos Team 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
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).[11]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ PAOK were deducted 2 points by court decision.[9]
  2. ^ AEK Athens were deducted 3 points by court decision.[10]

Results by Matchday

Matchday123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHA
ResultWWWLWDWWDLLW
Position232536[12]335574
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2018. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

The Super League Greece fixture list was announced on 9 August 2018. AEK Athens began their title defence against PAS Giannina at Olympic Stadium.

25 August 2018 Matchday 1 AEK Athens 2–0 PAS Giannina Marousi
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 7,504
Referee: Athanasios Sezos (Kilkis)
Man of the Match: Marko Livaja
1 September 2018 Matchday 2 Asteras Tripolis 0–1 AEK Athens Tripoli
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium
Attendance: 3,844
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Macedonia)
Man of the Match: Marko Livaja
15 September 2018 Matchday 3 AEK Athens 4–0 Panionios Marousi
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 10,433
Referee: Evangelos Evangelou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Petros Mantalos
23 September 2018 Matchday 4 PAOK 2–0 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 23,763
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)
Man of the Match: Aleksandar Prijović
29 September 2018 Matchday 5 OFI 0–3 AEK Athens Heraklion
19:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 4,701
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
Man of the Match: Rodrigo Galo
7 October 2018 Matchday 6 AEK Athens 1–1 Olympiacos Marousi
19:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 27,419
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)
Man of the Match: Kostas Fortounis
20 October 2018 Matchday 7 Apollon Smyrnis 0–2 AEK Athens Rizoupoli
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium
Attendance: 3,002
Referee: Evangelos Gratsanis (Trikala)
Man of the Match: Petros Mantalos
28 October 2018 Matchday 8 AEK Athens 4–0 Aris Thessaloniki Marousi
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)
Man of the Match: Lucas Boyé
3 November 2018 Matchday 9 Panathinaikos 0–0 AEK Athens Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 24,731
Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)
Man of the Match: Dimitris Kourbelis
11 November 2018 Matchday 10 AEK Athens 0–2 Atromitos Marousi
15:00 EET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia)
Man of the Match: Spyros Risvanis
24 November 2018 Matchday 11 Panetolikos 2–1 AEK Athens Agrinio
19:00 EET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium
Attendance: 3,541
Referee: Emmanouil Skoulas (Thessaly)
Man of the Match: Alhassan Kamara
2 December 2018 Matchday 12 AEK Athens 2–0 Xanthi Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Referee: Fotis Fotiadis (Kastoria)
Man of the Match: Ezequiel Ponce
16 December 2018 Matchday 14 AEL v AEK Athens Larissa
17:15 EET (UTC+1) Stadium: AEL FC Arena

Greek Cup

AEK Athens entered the Greek Cup at the fourth round.

Group B

Team Pld W D L Goals Pts
1. AEK Athens (Q) 2 2 0 0 6–1 6
2. Volos 2 1 1 0 6–2 4
3. Lamia 2 0 1 1 2–3 1
4. Apollon Larissa 2 0 0 2 1–9 0
  AEK LAM APL VOL
AEK Athens 2–1
Lamia 1−1
Apollon Larissa 0−4
Volos 5–1
Matches
12 October 2018 Matchday 1 AEK Athens 2–1 Lamia Kallithea
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)
31 October 2018 Matchday 2 Apollon Larissa 0–4 AEK Athens Larissa
15:00 EET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Apollon Ground
Referee: Stefanos Koubarakis (Thrace)
20 December 2018 Matchday 3 Volos v AEK Athens Volos
15:00 EET (UTC+1) Stadium: Neapoli Municipal Stadium

UEFA Champions League

AEK Athens entered the Champions League at the third qualifying round.

Third Qualifying Round

On 1 August, it was determined that AEK Athens would face Celtic (Scotland) in the Third Qualifying Round of the UEFA Champions League. The Greek champions eliminated the Scottish side and secured a place into the UEFA Champions League Play-off round.

8 August 2018 First leg Celtic Scotland 1–1 Greece AEK Athens Glasgow, Scotland
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 54,370
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
14 August 2018 Second leg AEK Athens Greece 2–1
(3–2 agg.)
Scotland Celtic Athens
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 32,300
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

Play-Off Round

On 16 August, it was determined that AEK Athens would face MOL Vidi (Hungary) in the Play-Off Round of the UEFA Champions League. The Yellow-Blacks eliminated the Hungarian side and secured a place into the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League Group Stage after twelve years.

22 August 2018 First leg MOL Vidi Hungary 1–2 Greece AEK Athens Budapest, Hungary
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Groupama Arena
Attendance: 10,681
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
28 August 2018 Second leg AEK Athens Greece 1–1
(3–2 agg.)
Hungary MOL Vidi Athens
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 29,774
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Group Stage

On 30 August, the draw for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League Group Stage was made. AEK Athens were drawn in Group E along with Bayern Munich (Pot 1), Benfica (Pot 2) and Ajax (Pot 3).

Group E

Template:2018–19 UEFA Champions League group table

Matches
19 September 2018 Matchday 1 Ajax Netherlands 3–0 Greece AEK Athens Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
Attendance: 52,285
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
2 October 2018 Matchday 2 AEK Athens Greece 2–3 Portugal Benfica Athens
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 31,154
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
7 November 2018 Matchday 4 Bayern Munich Germany 2–0 Greece AEK Athens Munich, Germany
22:00 EET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
27 November 2018 Matchday 5 AEK Athens Greece 0–2 Netherlands Ajax Athens
19:55 EET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 25,756
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Statistics

Goalscorers

Updated as of 18 September 2018

No. Pos. Nation Name Super League Europe Cup Total
10 FW Croatia Marko Livaja 1 1 0 2
20 MF Greece Petros Mantalos 1 1 0 2
17 FW Belgium Viktor Klonaridis 2 2 0 4
22 FW Argentina Ezequiel Ponce 2 0 0 2
14 FW Greece Tasos Bakasetas 1 1 0 2
12 DF Brazil Rodrigo Galo 0 1 0 1
- - - Own goal
TOTAL 7 6 0 13

References

  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.
  9. ^ "Αφαίρεση δύο βαθμών στο πρωτάθλημα της επόμενης σεζόν". protothema.gr. 27 August 2018.
  10. ^ sdna.gr Aφαίρεση τριών βαθμών στην ΑΕΚ!
  11. ^ "Super League Greece 2018/2019". soccerway.com. 7 February 2020.
  12. ^ "Removal of three points in AEK for episodes in derby with Olympiacos" (in Greek). sport24.gr. 12 October 2018.