2007–08 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
2007–08 season
Chairman Greece Demis Nikolaidis
Manager Spain Lorenzo Serra Ferrer
(until 12 February 2008)
Greece Nikos Kostenoglou
Superleague Greece 3rd (2nd in regular season)
Greek Cup Fifth Round
UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
UEFA Cup Round of 32
Top goalscorer League:
Ismael Blanco (19)

All:
Ismael Blanco (21)
Highest home attendance 40,955 vs Olympiacos
(30 March 2008)
Lowest home attendance 5,032 vs Panathinaikos
(14 May 2008)
Average home league attendance 20,228
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

For the 2007/08 season, AEK Athens F.C. competed in its 49th consecutive season in the Greek topflight.

Overview

AEK bolstered the strength of their squad with the signings of Brazilian legend Rivaldo, following up with several other strong signings in Arruabarrena and Ismael Blanco. The club sold 25,495 season tickets.

After finishing 2nd in Superleague Greece previous season, AEK entered the UEFA Champions League in the 3rd Qualifying round. On 3 August, AEK were drawn against Sevilla FC, the first leg was played in Seville on 15 August, while the second leg was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium. After being eliminated from the UEFA Champions League, AEK were drawn to play with FC Salzburg in the UEFA Cup. After defeating Salzburg 3-1 on aggregate, AEK were on 9 October drawn in Group C in the UEFA Cup group stage along with Villarreal, Fiorentina, Mladá Boleslav, and Elfsborg. On 20 December, AEK booked their place in the knockout stage finishing third in the group. AEK were drawn to play Getafe CF in the next round of the UEFA Cup where they were knocked out 4-1 on aggregate. On 12 February AEK parted company with Llorenç after a poor run of form and un-successful signings.[1] The team initially finished in the first place in the league, but after the court case between Apollon Kalamarias and Olympiacos for the illegal line-up of a player in the 1-0 Apollon Kalamaria win earlier in the season, Olympiacos were awarded the 3 points thus finishing 2 points ahead of AEK. AEK then finished 2nd in the national playoff's which saw them qualify for the UEFA Cup.

Players

Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Greece MF Pantelis Kafes (Captain)
2 Brazil DF Edson Ramos Silva
3 Argentina DF Rodolfo Arruabarrena
4 Portugal DF Geraldo Alves
5 Greece DF Traianos Dellas
6 Greece DF Georgios Alexopoulos
7 Greece FW Charilaos Pappas
8 Malawi MF Tam Nsaliwa
9 Greece FW Pantelis Kapetanos
10 Brazil MF Rivaldo
11 Brazil FW Gustavo Manduca
14 Argentina MF Federico Azcárate
15 Greece DF Socratis Papastathopoulos
16 Greece MF Akis Zikos
18 Argentina FW Ismael Blanco
19 Greece MF Panagiotis Lagos
No. Position Player
20 Portugal MF Manú
22 Greece MF Panagiotis Kone
23 Sierra Leone MF Mohammed Kallon
25 Greece MF Vasileios Pliatsikas
27 Greece MF Christos Bourbos
31 Greece DF Nikolaos Georgeas
32 Brazil GK Marcelo Moretto
33 Greece FW Nikos Liberopoulos
34 Greece MF Panagiotis Tachtsidis
36 Portugal FW Edinho
50 Austria GK Jürgen Macho
80 Cyprus FW Giorgos Tofas
83 Greece FW Michalis Pavlis
84 Greece GK Giannis Arabatzis
88 Hungary MF Dániel Tőzsér
99 Brazil FW Júlio César

Players out on loan

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Since
App (L/C/E)
Goals (L/C/E)
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
GK Italy Sorrentino 29EU 2005 64 (50/3/11) 0 (0/0/0) 2010 €100K to Recreativo Huelva
RB GreeceRomania Barboudis 19EU 2007 0 (0/0/0) 0 (0/0/0) 2010 €60Κ to Fostiras
RB Greece Koutromanos 22EU 2005 0 (0/0/0) 0 (0/0/0) 2011 €50K to Anagennisi Karditsa
DM Greece Gentsoglou 17EU 2006 0 (0/0/0) 0 (0/0/0) 2013 Youth system to Nea Ionia
DM Greece Paligeorgos 18EU 2006 1 (1/0/0) 0 (0/0/0) 2011 Youth system to Anagennisi Karditsa
56 CM FinlandKosovo Hetemaj 21EU 2006 13 (7/2/4) 0 (0/0/0) 2010 €450Κ to Apollon Kalamarias
RW Senegal Diouf 19Non-EU 2007 0 (0/0/0) 0 (0/0/0) 2011 Youth system to Ilisiakos
RW Greece Zorbas 21EU 2004 0 (0/0/0) 0 (0/0/0) 2011 Youth system to Panetolikos

International players

Squad changes

In:

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Ref.
3 LB Argentina Arruabarrena 31EU Villarreal Spain Transfer Summer 2010 Free aekfc.gr
83 CF Greece Pavlis 17EU Youth system Promotion Summer 2010
11 LW Brazil Manduca 26EU Youth system Transfer Summer 2010 €750K aekfc.gr
2 RB Brazil Edson Ratinho 20Non-EU Mogi Mirim Brazil Transfer Summer 2012 €250K aekfc.gr
8 DM CanadaMalawi Nsaliwa 25EU Panionios Transfer Summer 2010 €450K aekfc.gr
10 SS Brazil Rivaldo 35EU Olympiacos Transfer Summer 2009 Free aekfc.gr
27 RM Greece Bourbos 23EU Kerkyra Loan Return Summer 2010
40 RW Greece Zorbas 17EU Niki Volos Loan Return Summer 2011
80 RW Cyprus Tofas 17EU Ethnikos Piraeus Loan Return Summer 2010
87 RB Greece Koutromanos 20EU Thrasyvoulos Loan Return Summer 2011
4 CB Portugal Geraldo 26EU Paços de Ferreira Portugal Transfer Summer 2010 €300K uefa.com
14 CB Argentina Azcárate 23EU Atlético Madrid Spain Transfer Summer 2011 Free aekfc.gr
7 SS Greece Pappas 24EU Olympiacos Transfer Summer 2010 Free aekfc.gr
89 RB GreeceRomania Barboudis 18EU Ilisiakos Transfer Summer 2010 €60K
32 GK Brazil Moretto 29Non-EU Benfica Portugal Loan Summer 2008 Free uefa.com
RW Senegal Diouf 18Non-EU Xam-Xam Senegal Transfer Summer 2011 Free aekfc.gr
18 CF Argentina Blanco 23Non-EU Colón Argentina Loan Summer 2008 €450K aekfc.gr
20 RW Portugal Manú 25EU Benfica Portugal Loan Summer 2008 Free
50 GK Austria Macho 30EU 1. FC Kaiserslautern Germany Transfer Summer 2009 €300K aekfc.gr
34 CM Greece Tachtsidis 16EU Youth system Promotion Summer 2010
DM Greece Gentsoglou 17EU Panachaiki Loan return Winter 2013
23 AM Sierra Leone Kallon 28Non-EU Monaco France Transfer Winter 2008 Free aekfc.gr
36 CF Portugal Edinho 25EU Vitória de Setúbal Portugal Loan Winter 2008 €150K

Total spending: Decrease €2,71M

Out:

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
13 RB Argentina Pautasso 27EU Olimpia Paraguay Released Summer Free aekfc.gr
5 CB Italy Cirillo 30EU Levante Spain Released Summer Free aekfc.gr
11 LW Brazil Manduca 26EU BenficaPortugal Loan return Summer aekfc.gr
79 CF Greece Kampantais 25EU Arminia BielefeldGermany End of contract Summer Free arminia-bielefeld.de
14 LB Greece Tziortziopoulos 28EU Omonia NicosiaCyprus End of contract Summer Free aekfc.gr
7 DM Greece Kyriakidis 21EU Larissa Transfer Summer €300K uefa.com
25 DM Brazil Emerson 35Non-EU APOELCyprus End of contract Summer Free uefa.com
4 CB Greece Moras 25EU BolognaItaly End of contract Summer Free
22 GK Greece Chiotis 30EU Kerkyra End of contract Summer Free
22 RW Greece Lakis 30EU PAOK Released Summer Free aekfc.gr
28 GK Italy Sorrentino 28EU RecreativoSpain Loan Summer €340K aekfc.gr
RW Greece Zorbas 20EU Panachaiki Loan Summer Free
CF Greece Komvolidis 19EU Iraklis ThessalonikiGreece Released Summer Free
17 AM SerbiaSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivić 30Non-EU Aris Released Summer Free
90 DM Greece Gentsoglou 16EU Panachaiki Loan Summer Free
RW Senegal Diouf 19Non-EU Ilisiakos Loan Winter Free
56 CM FinlandKosovo Hetemaj 21EU Apollon Kalamaria Loan Winter Free
DM Greece Gentsoglou 17EU Nea Ionia Loan Winter Free

Total income: Increase €640K

Last updated: 2010-01-06

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
77 Greece MF Giorgos Paligiorgos (on loan to Anagennisi Karditsa)
87 Greece DF Dimitris Koutromanos (on loan to Anagennisi Karditsa)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
89 Greece DF Nikos Barboudis (on loan to Fostiras)

Squad stats

Players in italics have left during the season.

Total Super League Greece Greek CupChampions LeagueUEFA 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
A
Mins.
Gls.
Y
R
Greece 1 CM Kafes 29 35 3 14 25 3 11 2 2 1 7 1
Brazil 2 RB Edson Ratinho 33 38 1 7 28 1 4 2 1 2 6 2
Argentina 3 LB Arruabarrena 25 25 6 16 3 1 1 8 2
Portugal 4 CB Geraldo 31 34 1 11 26 8 1 1 2 5 12
Greece 5 CB Dellas 31 32 2 8 1 24 2 7 1 1 1 6 1
Greece 7 SS Pappas 3 13 2 2 8 1 2 1 4 1
Canada
Malawi
8 DM Nsaliwa 25 32 2 8 22 1 6 2 8 12
Greece 9 CF Kapetanos 2 3 1 2 1 1
Brazil 10 AM Rivaldo 41 43 15 3 35 12 3 2 1 6 2
Greece 11 LW Samouhos 24 32 25 30 22 25 30 1 2 7
Argentina 14 CB Azcárate 2 2 1 1
Greece 15 CB Papastathopoulos 33 37 1 12 28 1 8 1 1 1 1 7 2
Greece 16 DM Zikos 24 24 9 20 6 2 2 2 1
Argentina 18 CF Blanco 34 43 21 3 34 20 3 2 7 1
Greece 19 LM Lagos 12 17 2 15 2 1 1
Portugal 20 RW Manú 8 20 5 13 3 2 2 5
Greece
Albania
22 AM Kone 5 20 2 4 13 1 4 1 1 5 1
Sierra Leone 23 AM Kallon 6 13 3 2 11 3 2 2
Greece 25 DM Pliatsikas 8 11 4 11 4
Greece 27 RM Bourbos 20 20 5 16 4 2 1 1 1
Greece 31 RB Georgeas 5 8 2 8 2
Brazil 32 GK Moretto 23 25 1 1 16 1 1 2 2 5
Greece 33 CF Liberopoulos 35 39 13 5 30 13 2 1 1 2 6 2
Greece 34 CM Tachtsidis 1 2 1 1
Portugal 36 CF Edinho 12 15 6 4 15 6 4
Austria 50 GK Macho 24 24 3 1 21 3 1 3
Finland
Kosovo
56 CM Hetemaj 1 1
Greece 83 CF Pavlis 1 8 1 7 1 1
Greece 84 GK Arabatzis 1 1 1
Hungary 88 DM Tőzsér 16 24 1 4 14 1 3 2 2 6 1
Brazil 99 LW Júlio César 14 28 4 2 19 3 2 2 1 2 5

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.

Start formations

Qnt Formation Match(es)
29 4-4-2 3, 5-6, 8-9, 11-13, 15-19, 22-30, 33, 35, 38-42
6 4-4-1-1 1-2, 7, 10, 20, 31
4 4-2-3-1 14, 21, 32, 36
2 4-4-2 diamond or 4-1-2-1-2 4, 34
1 4-3-2-1 (the 'Christmas Tree' formation) 37

Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Overall

Games played 48
Games won 27
Games drawn 7
Games lost 14
Goals scored 86
Goals conceded 45
Goal difference +41
Yellow cards 134
Red cards 3
Worst discipline Traianos Dellas ( 1 x Red card + 8 x )
Best result 5 – 0 vs Panionios
Worst result 0 – 4 vs Aris
Most appearances Rivaldo (43)
Ismael Blanco (43)
Top scorer Ismael Blanco (21)
Points 88/144 (61.11%)

Last updated: 2008-05-15
Source: Competitive matches and Squad stats

Club

Management

Position Staff
Manager Greece Nikos Kostenoglou
Assistant manager Spain Pep Alomar
First team coach Cyprus Antonis Kezos
Goalkeeping coach Serbia Slobodan Suica
Youth Team coach Greece Georgos Vamvakas

Last updated: 26 Feb 2008
Source: aekfc.gr

Kit

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): LG
Features: Chevrolet, Forthnet

Home
Away
Third

Source: sport24.gr

Other information

Chairman Greece Demis Nikolaidis
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Athens Olympic Stadium (71,030 / 120x80 m)

Source: aekfc.gr

Manager stats

Name Nat From To Record Honours
PWDLFA%W
Lorenzo Serra Ferrer Spain 15 August 2007 12 February 2008 3017211512656.66
Nikos Kostenoglou* Greece 12 February 2008 14 May 2008 181053351955.55
Totals 15 August 2007 14 May 2008 4827714864556.25
Key
* Served as Caretaker-manager.

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

Competitions

Superleague Greece

Classification

This is the classification for the regular season:

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 21 7 2 58 23+35 70 UEFA Champions League 2008-09
Third Qualifying Round
2 AEK Athens 30 22 2 6 65 17+48 68 Super League Greece 2007-08
Playoffs
3 Panathinaikos 30 20 6 4 44 18+26 66
4 Aris 30 14 8 8 32 20+12 50
5 Panionios 30 13 6 11 39 423 45

Updated to games played on 20 April 2008.
Source: Superleague Greece 2007-08
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
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 22 2 6 65 17  +48 68 11 2 2 38 9  +29 11 0 4 27 8  +19

Last updated: 6 April 2008.
Source: Super League Greece

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAAHAHAHAHAAAHAHHAAAHHAHAHHAH
Result W W W W W W L L W W W L W W L W W W L L W D W W D W W W W W
Position 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2

Last updated: 6 March 2008.
Source: aekfc.gr
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Playoffs Table

Last updated 13 May 2008

Pos Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts*
1Panathinaikos6420145+921
2AEK Athens62221011-116
3Aris161239907
4Panionios6123715-85
UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying Round
UEFA Cup Second Qualifying Round
Intertoto Cup Second Round

(*) The teams started the minileague with the following number of points:

    • AEK Athens - 8
    • Panathinaikos - 7
    • Aris - 2
    • Panionios - 0

1 Aris is guaranteed at least to play in the UEFA Cup 2008-09 Second Qualifying Round through their Greek Cup performance.

UEFA Cup

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Spain Villarreal 431073+410
Italy Fiorentina 4220104+68
Greece AEK Athens 41214405
Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav 410356-13
Sweden Elfsborg 4013312-91

(KEY: Pts= Points; Pld= Matches Played; W= Matches Won; D= Matches Drawn; L= Matches Lost; GF= Goals For; GA= Goals Against; GD= Goal Difference)

Last updated: 11 December 2007
Source: UEFA

UEFA rankings

UEFA team ranking

#FormPreviousCountryTeamRanking
8189UkraineDnipro Dnipropetrovsk31.932
8286AustriaAustria Vienna31.840
8369GreeceAEK Athens31.525
8477Czech RepublicSlavia Prague31.496
8579FranceRC Strasbourg31.380

UEFA country ranking

#FormPreviousCountryLeagueRanking
1211UkraineUkrainian Premier League30.100
1312BelgiumJupiler League26.700
1415GreeceSuperleague Greece25.831
1513Czech Republic1. Gambrinus Liga25.750
1617SwitzerlandAxpo Super League24.225

Correct as of 27 May 2008

Matches

Competitive

M
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
12007-08-15UEFA Champions LeagueThird qualifying roundA SpainSevillaSpain0 2
22007-09-03UEFA Champions LeagueThird qualifying roundHSevillaSpain1 4
32007-09-20UEFA CupFirst roundHRed Bull SalzburgAustria3 0
42007-09-23Super League Greece2HAtromitos2 0
52007-09-26Super League Greece1AVeria1 0
62007-09-30Super League Greece3ALevadiakos4 0
72007-10-04UEFA CupFirst roundA AustriaRed Bull SalzburgAustria0 1
82007-10-07Super League Greece4APanionios3 0
92007-10-20Super League Greece5HLarissa1 0
102007-10-25UEFA CupGroup StageA SwedenIF ElfsborgSweden1 1
112007-10-28Super League Greece6AXanthi1 0
122007-11-01Greek CupFourth RoundFostiras2 0
132007-11-04Super League Greece7HIraklis ThessalonikiGreece1 2
142007-11-11Super League Greece8APanathinaikos1 2
152007-11-25Super League Greece9HOFI4 0
162007-11-29UEFA CupGroup StageHFiorentinaItaly1 1
172007-12-02Super League Greece10AAris1 0
182007-12-05UEFA CupGroup StageA Czech RepublicMladá BoleslavCzech Republic1 0
192007-12-09Super League Greece11HApollon Kalamaria4 0
202007-12-16Super League Greece12AOlympiacos0 1
212007-12-20UEFA CupGroup StageHVillarreal1 2
222007-12-23Super League Greece13AErgotelis4 1
232007-12-30Super League Greece14HPAOK2 0
242008-01-06Super League Greece15AAsteras Tripoli1 2
252008-01-09Greek CupFifth RoundAXanthi0 2
262008-01-12Super League Greece16HVeria5 1
272008-01-19Super League Greece17AAtromitos1 0
282008-01-27Super League Greece18HLevadiakos3 0
292008-02-03Super League Greece19HPanionios2 3
302008-02-09Super League Greece20ALarissa0 1
312008-02-13UEFA CupRound of 32HGetafeSpain1 1
322008-02-17Super League Greece21HXanthi3 0
332008-02-21UEFA CupRound of 32A SpainGetafeSpain0 3
342008-02-24Super League Greece22AIraklis ThessalonikiGreece1 0
352008-03-02Super League Greece23HPanathinaikos1 1
362008-03-09Super League Greece24AOFI4 1
372008-03-16Super League Greece25HAris1 1
382008-03-23Super League Greece26AApollon Kalamaria1 0
392008-03-30Super League Greece27HOlympiacos4 0
402008-04-06Super League Greece28HErgotelis3 1
412008-04-13Super League Greece29APAOK4 0
422008-04-20Super League Greece30HAsteras Tripoli2 0
432008-04-23Super League GreecePlayoffsHPanionios5 0
442008-04-30Super League GreecePlayoffsAPanathinaikos1 4
452008-05-04Super League GreecePlayoffsHAris1 0
462008-05-07Super League GreecePlayoffsAAris0 4
472008-05-11Super League GreecePlayoffsAPanionios2 2
482008-05-14Super League GreecePlayoffsHPanathinaikos1 1

Last updated: 2008-05-14
Source:
1AEK Athens goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of AEK Athens.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

References

See also

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