2008–09 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens

2008–09 season
Chairman	Demis Nikolaidis (until 2008-11-02) Giorgos Kintis (until 2009-01-23) Nikos Thanopoulos
Manager	Giorgos Donis (until 2008-11-17) Dušan Bajević
Super League Greece	3rd (4th in regular season)
Greek Cup	Final
UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Ismael Blanco (14) All: Ismael Blanco (23)
Highest home attendance	44,104 vs Olympiacos (1 February 2009)
Lowest home attendance	4,315 vs Kerkyra (22 January 2009)
Average home league attendance	14,138
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

AEK Athens F.C. competes for the fiftieth consecutive season in the Greek topflight. They started their European campaign in the UEFA Cup Second qualifying round after finishing second in last season's playoffs.

Overview

After the end of an indifferent season, the team initially finished in first place in the league, but after the court case between Apollon Kalamaria and Olympiacos for the illegal use of a player in the 1-0 Apollon Kalamaria win earlier in the season, Olympiacos were awarded the 3 points in a court hearing, thus finishing 2 points ahead of AEK.^[1] AEK then finished 2nd in the national playoffs which saw them qualify for the UEFA Cup.

The club sold 18,200 season tickets. The new season started nervously, since the team was constantly under-performing during friendly games. The apparent nervousness reached a new high, when the team was defeated at home by underdogs Omonia at the first leg of the UEFA Cup Second qualifying round, followed by the chairman Demis Nikolaidis' resignation announcement for the end of the season, and Rivaldo's sudden intention to leave the club in order to join FC Bunyodkor from Uzbekistan. AEK was eventually eliminated from the UEFA Cup. Despite the disappointment, the team responded surprisingly well and put an assertive performance against fierce rivals Panathinaikos by beating them 2-1 at home during matchday 1, but poor performances and results from then on left AEK in a difficult situation. Head coach Giorgos Donis was eager to leave the club, but president Demis Nikolaidis did not allow him to leave. Nevertheless, Nikolaidis left due to these disappointing results and after a controversy with the clubs supporters Original 21,^[2] leaving the presidency to member of the D.C., Nikos Koulis and Takis Kanellopoulos.^[3]

However, the series of disappointing results continued, bringing anger and insecure situations for everyone in the team. The first to be hit by this wave of disappointment and with the council of the team upset, was the coach Giorgos Donis, who was asked to leave the team.^[4] On November 21, 2008, AEK hired Dušan Bajević as head coach for the third time.^[5]

On 2 May 2009, AEK participated in the Greek Cup final at Athens Olympic Stadium in an effort to obtain the Greek Cup title for 14th time. However the result did not go in their favour after losing 14-15 on penalties vs their arch rival Olympiacos.

Events

• 14 May: Giorgos Donis replaces Nikos Kostenoglou as head manager.^[6]

• 16 May: Midfielder Antonis Rikka agrees to join AEK from Skoda Xanthi^[7]

• 20 May: Defender Daniel Majstorović agrees to join AEK from Basel^[8]

• 5 June: Midfielder Dániel Tőzsér joins Genk^[9]

• 1 July: Goalkeeper Sebastián Saja agrees to join AEK from San Lorenzo de Almagro^[10]

• 1 July: Striker Nacho Scocco agrees to join AEK from Club Universidad Nacional^[11]

• 1 July: Striker Nathan Burns agrees to join AEK from Adelaide United^[12]

• 1 July: Midfielder Julio Cesar signs for Rapid Bucureşti on a free transfer^[13]

• 1 July: Striker Pantelis Kapetanos is released from the club after his contract expired.^[14]

• 3 July: Goalkeeper Stefano Sorrentino joins ChievoVerona on loan until the end of the season.^[15]

• 7 July: Striker Nikos Liberopoulos is released from the club.^[16]

• 23 July: Defender Traianos Dellas is released from the club.^[17]

• 30 July: Defender JuanFran agrees to join AEK from Real Zaragoza^[18]

• 31 July: Midfielder Angelos Basinas agrees to join AEK from Mallorca^[19]

• 1 August: Defender Sotiris Kyrgiakos agrees to join AEK from Eintracht Frankfurt^[20]

• 1 August: AEK is drawn against AC Omonia in the UEFA Cup Second qualifying round^[21]

• 2 August: Defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos joins Genoa^[22]

• 22 August: Chairman Demis Nikolaidis announces his intention to resign from his position at the end of the season.^[23]

• 27 August: Midfielder Rivaldo joins FC Bunyodkor.^[24]

• 30 August: Striker Rafik Djebbour agrees to join AEK from Panionios^[25]

• 1 September: Midfielder Agustín Pelletieri agrees to join AEK on loan from Lanús^[26]

• 2 November: Chairman Demis Nikolaidis resigns as president of AEK^[2]

• 5 November: Takis Kanellopoulos and Nikos Koulis take temporary charge of the club^[3]

• 17 November: AEK part ways with manager Giorgos Donis^[4]

• 21 November: Stelios Manolas becomes technical director of the club^[27]

• 21 November: Dušan Bajević becomes manager for the third time^[5]

• 1 December: Georgios Kintis becomes 43rd president of AEK.^[28]

• 29 January: defender Edson Ratinho joins Mogi Mirim^[29]

• 2 February: midfielderr Angelos Basinas joins Portsmouth^[30]

Players

Squad information

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App (L/C/E)	Goals (L/C/E)	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	CM		Kafes (VC2)	29	EU	2007 (Winter)	78 (59/7/12)	8 (7/1/0)	2009	Free
4	CB		Geraldo	28	EU	2007	50 (38/5/7)	1 (0/0/1)	2010	€350K
5	CB		Majstorović (VC3)	32	EU	2008	43 (34/7/2)	3 (2/1/0)	2011	Free
6	CB		Alexopoulos	32	EU	2005	55 (47/5/3)	3 (3/0/0)	2010	Free
7	LB		Juanfran	32	EU	2008	27 (21/4/2)	0 (0/0/0)	2010	€200K
8	DM		Nsaliwa	27	EU	2007	60 (45/5/10)	2 (1/0/1)	2010	€450K
9	CF		Edinho	26	EU	2008 (Winter)	51 (44/6/1)	13 (13/0/0)	2011	€500K
10	CF		Djebbour	25	EU	2008	33 (28/5/0)	10 (8/2/0)	2011	€3.1M
11	LW		Manduca	28	EU	2006	83 (64/5/14)	9 (9/0/0)	2010	€750K
12	CB		N'Siabamfumu	23	EU	2009 (Winter)	2 (2/0/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2009	Free
13	RB		Koutromanos	22	EU	2005	17 (15/2/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2011	€50K
16	DM		Pliatsikas	21	EU	2005	49 (40/8/1)	0 (0/0/0)	2010	€70K	20% of his next transfer fee will go to Chaidari
17	DM		Rikka	23	EU	2008	5 (3/0/2)	0 (0/0/0)	2013	€575K
18	CF		Blanco	26	Non-EU	2007	87 (70/8/9)	44 (37/5/2)	2011	€1.3M
19	LM		Lagos	23	EU	2006	49 (39/3/7)	1 (1/0/0)	2010	€900K
20	SS		Burns	21	Non-EU	2008	5 (5/0/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2012	€450K
23	GK		Saja	28	EU	2008	42 (35/5/2)	0 (0/0/0)	2012	Free
24	DM		Pelletieri	27	EU	2008	32 (27/5/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2009	€700K	On loan from Lanús
25	CB		Kyrgiakos (captain)	29	EU	2008	26 (20/5/1)	0 (0/0/0)	2013	Free
31	RB		Georgeas (VC1)	32	EU	2001 (Winter)	194 (133/36/25)	0 (0/0/0)	2010	€925K
32	SS		Scocco	24	EU	2008	41 (32/7/2)	10 (7/3/0)	2011	€1.5M
34	CM		Tachtsidis	18	EU	2007	15 (10/5/0)	1 (1/0/0)	2010	Youth system
56	CM		Hetemaj	22	EU	2006	28 (19/4/5)	0 (0/0/0)	2010	€450K
77	GK		Macho	31	EU	2007	27 (22/2/3)	0 (0/0/0)	2009	€300K
80	RW		Diouf	20	Non-EU	2007	10 (8/2/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2011	Youth system
83	CF		Pavlis	19	EU	2007	23 (17/3/3)	3 (2/0/1)	2010	Youth system
84	GK		Arabatzis	25	EU	2002	1 (1/0/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2009	Youth system
90	DM		Gentsoglou	18	EU	2006	5 (5/0/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2013	Youth system

• Last updated: 2009-05-31
• Source:
• Ordered by Squad number.

Players out on loan

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App (L/C/E)	Goals (L/C/E)	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
—	GK		Sorrentino	30	EU	2005	64 (50/3/11)	0 (0/0/0)	2010	€100K	to Chievo
—	RB		Barboudis	20	EU	2007	0 (0/0/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2010	€60Κ	to Apollon Kalamarias
—	DM		Paligeorgos	19	EU	2006	1 (1/0/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2011	Youth system	to Anagennisi Karditsa
—	DM		Yahaya	19	Non-EU	2008	0 (0/0/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2009	€50K	to Anagennisi Karditsa
—	AM		Tofas	23	EU	2007 (Winter)	0 (0/0/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2010	Free	to Anorthosis Famagusta
40	RW		Zorbas	22	EU	2004	7 (3/2/2)	0 (0/0/0)	2011	Youth system	to Panetolikos

• Last updated: 2009-05-31
• Source:
• Ordered by position on pitch.

International players

Name	Nation	Apps	Gls	Debut
Alexopoulos	Greece	03	0	2005
Kafes	Greece	31	3	2001
Kyrgiakos	Greece	49	4	2002
Lagos	Greece	08	0	2006
Pliatsikas	Greece	01	0	2008
Djebbour	Algeria	10	2	2006
Saja	Argentina	04	0	2002
Burns	Australia	02	0	2007
Macho	Austria	17	0	2002
Nsaliwa	Canada	13	0	2001
Hetemaj	Finland	01	0	2009
Edinho	Portugal	03	1	2009
Juanfran	Spain	11	0	2000
Majstorović	Sweden	25	2	2003

Squad changes

In:

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
—	DM		Yahaya	18	Non-EU	Real Sportive	Transfer	Summer	2009	€ 50K
18	CF		Blanco	24	Non-EU	Colón	Transfer	Summer	2011	€850K
9	CF		Edinho	25	EU	Vitória de Setúbal	Transfer	Summer	2011	€350K	aekfc.gr
17	DM		Rikka	22	EU	Skoda Xanthi	Transfer	Summer	2013	€575K	aekfc.gr
5	CB		Majstorovic	31	EU	Basel	Transfer	Summer	2011	Free	aekfc.gr
13	GK		Koutromanos	21	EU	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan return	Summer	2011	—
40	RW		Zorbas	21	EU	Panetolikos	Loan return	Summer	2011	—
56	CM		Hetemaj	21	EU	Apollon Kalamarias	Loan return	Summer	2010	—
90	DM		Gentsoglou	17	EU	Nea Ionia	Loan return	Summer	2013	—
—	RB		Barboudis	19	EU	Fostiras	Loan return	Summer	2010	—
—	RW		Diouf	19	Non-EU	Ilisiakos	Loan return	Summer	2011	—
—	GK		Sorrentino	29	EU	Recreativo	Loan return	Summer	2010	—
20	SS		Burns	20	Non-EU	Adelaide United	Transfer	Summer	2012	€450K	aekfc.gr
32	SS		Scocco	23	EU	UNAM	Transfer	Summer	2011	€1.5M	aekfc.gr
23	GK		Saja	28	EU	San Lorenzo	Transfer	Summer	2012	Free	aekfc.gr
7	LB		Juanfran	32	EU	Zaragoza	Transfer	Summer	2010	€200K	aekfc.gr
14	DM		Basinas	32	EU	Mallorca	Transfer	Summer	2011	Free	aekfc.gr
25	CB		Kyrgiakos	29	EU	Eintracht Frankfurt	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free	aekfc.gr
10	CF		Djebbour	24	EU	Panionios	Transfer	Summer	2011	€3.1M	aekfc.gr
24	DM		Pelletieri	26	EU	Lanús	Loan	Summer	2009	€700K	aekfc.gr
80	RW		Diouf	20	Non-EU	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan return	Winter	2011	—
—	AM		Tofas	19	EU	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan return	Winter	2010	—
12	CB		N'Siabamfumu	22	EU	Ascoli	Transfer	Winter	2009	Free	aekfc.gr

Total spending: €7,775M

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  Sotirios Kyrgiakos (2011-06-23)

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  Juan Francisco García

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  Daniel Majstorović

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  Nathan Burns (2011-10-20)

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  Olivier N'Siabamfumu (2009)

Out:

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
16	DM		Zikos	33	EU	Retirement	Retired	Summer	—
18	CF		Blanco	24	Non-EU	Colón	Loan return	Summer	—
36	CF		Edinho	25	EU	Vitória de Setúbal	Loan return	Summer	—
88	DM		Tozser	23	EU	Genk	Transfer	Summer	€1.5M	aekfc.gr
27	RM		Bourbos	25	EU	Iraklis Thessaloniki	Released	Summer	Free	aekfc.gr
14	CB		Azcarate	24	EU	Poli Ejido	End of contract	Summer	Free
—	RW		Diouf	19	Non-EU	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan	Summer	—
99	LW		Julio Cesar	28	Non-EU	Rapid Bucureşti	End of contract	Summer	Free
20	RW		Manu	25	EU	Benfica	Loan return	Summer	—
32	GK		Moretto	30	Non-EU	Benfica	Loan return	Summer	—
23	AM		Kallon	28	Non-EU	Al Shabab	End of contract	Summer	Free
9	CF		Kapetanos	25	EU	Steaua Bucureşti	Released	Summer	Free	aekfc.gr
80	AM		Tofas	19	EU	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan	Summer	—
—	GK		Sorrentino	29	EU	Chievo	Loan	Summer	€200K	aekfc.gr
7	SS		Pappas	25	EU	Skoda Xanthi	Transfer	Summer	€ 60K	aekfc.gr
33	CF		Liberopoulos	32	EU	Eintracht Frankfurt	Released	Summer	Free	aekfc.gr
—	DM		Yahaya	18	Non-EU	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan	Summer	—
89	RB		Barboudis	19	EU	Apollon Kalamarias	Loan	Summer	—
5	CB		Dellas	32	EU	Anorthosis Famagusta	Released	Summer	Free	aekfc.gr
15	CB		Papastathopoulos	20	EU	Genoa	Transfer	Summer	€3.8M + 15% of the profit from next sale	aekfc.gr
3	LB		Arruabarrena	33	EU	Tigre	Released	Summer	Free	aekfc.gr
10	SS		Rivaldo	36	EU	Bunyodkor	Transfer	Summer	€1M
22	AM		Kone	21	EU	Iraklis Thessaloniki	Transfer	Summer	Free	aekfc.gr
2	RB		Edson Ratinho	22	Non-EU	Mogi Mirim	Transfer	Winter	€350K	aekfc.gr
14	DM		Basinas	33	EU	Portsmouth	Released	Winter	Free	aekfc.gr
40	RW		Zorbas	21	EU	Panetolikos	Loan	Winter	—	panetolikos.gr
—	AM		Tofas	19	EU	Anorthosis Famagusta	Loan	Winter	—	anorthosisfc.com

Total income: €6,91M

Last updated: 2009-05-31

Squad stats

				Total						Super League Greece					Greek Cup					UEFA 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
	1	CM	Kafes	28	34	2548	4	6		27	1983	3	5		5	385	1	1		2	180
	2	RB	Edson Ratinho^2	5	5	421				3	241									2	180
	4	CB	Geraldo	13	16	1281		7		12	861		5		4	420		2
	5	CB	Majstorovic	43	43	3872	3	9		34	3047	2	6		7	645	1	2		2	180		1
	6	CB	Alexopoulos	18	20	1680		5		17	1442		5		2	148				1	90
	7	LB	Juanfran^1	27	27	2307		8	1	21	1737		7		4	390		1		2	180			1
	8	DM	Nsaliwa	28	28	2407		10		23	1927		7		5	480		3
	9	CF	Edinho	13	36	1319	7	6		29	967	7	4		6	273		1		1	79		1
	10	CF	Djebbour	29	33	2657	10	1		28	2246	8	1		5	411	2
	10	AM	Rivaldo^2	1	1	78		1												1	78		1
	11	LW	Manduca	11	22	1190	1	2		18	969	1	1		4	221		1
	12	CB	N'Siabamfumu	2	2	135				2	135
	13	RB	Koutromanos	14	17	1290		2		15	1080		2		2	210
	14	DM	Basinas^2	17	17	1550		10		14	1265		8		2	195		1		1	90		1
	16	DM	Pliatsikas	10	17	874		4		14	704		4		3	170
	17	DM	Rikka	4	5	303		1		3	166		1							2	137
	18	CF	Blanco	43	44	3564	23	2		36	2851	17	1		6	533	5	1		2	180	1
	19	LM	Lagos	6	17	797		3		14	650		2		1	120		1		2	27
	20	SS	Burns		5	67		1		5	67		1
	23	GK	Saja	42	42	3810		5		35	3150		5		5	480				2	180
	24	DM	Pelletieri	24	32	2287		5		27	1943		4		5	344		1
	25	CB	Kyrgiakos	25	26	2247		10	1	20	1780		7		5	377		3	1	1	90
	31	RB	Georgeas^1	25	29	2248		5		24	1768		5		5	480
	32	SS	Scocco^1	40	41	3410	10	11		32	2668	7	8		7	594	3			2	148		3
	34	CM	Tachtsidis	7	13	553	1	1		9	328	1	1		4	225
	40	RW	Zorbas^2	5	7	365		1		3	189				2	116				2	60		1
	56	CM	Hetemaj^1	6	15	639		7		12	557		7		2	54				1	28
	77	GK	Macho	3	3	300				1	90				2	210
	80	RW	Diouf	2	10	265				8	247				2	18
	83	CF	Pavlis	4	15	460	2	1		10	321	1	1		3	83				2	56	1
	90	DM	Gentsoglou	1	5	131				5	131

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.

Notes

• 1 Player has once been sent off after being booked twice ( 1 x )
• 2 Player has left during the season.

Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
13	4-4-2 diamond or 4-1-2-1-2	11-12, 15, 21, 23-25, 29, 32, 34, 36-37, 39
12	4-4-2	5-6, 8-9, 19, 22, 26-27, 30, 38, 40, 42
10	4-3-3	1-4, 7, 20, 28, 33, 43, 45
4	4-4-1-1	10, 13, 16, 18
3	4-2-3-1	17, 31, 35
3	4-3-2-1 (the 'Christmas Tree' formation)	14, 41, 44

Last updated: 15 May 2009
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Overall

Games played	45
Games won	21
Games drawn	18
Games lost	6
Goals scored	62
Goals conceded	41
Goal difference	+11
Yellow cards	124
Red cards	2
Worst discipline	Sotiris Kyrgiakos ( 1 x + 10 x )
Best result	5 – 1 vs Panserraikos
Worst result	0 – 2 vs Olympiacos 0 – 2 vs Panathinaikos
Most appearances	Ismael Blanco (44)
Top scorer	Ismael Blanco (23)
Points	81/135 (60.00%)

Last updated: 2009-05-31
Source: Competitive matches and Squad stats

Club

Management

Position	Staff
Manager	Dušan Bajević
Assistant manager	Lysandros Georgamlis
Fitness Coach	Antonis Kezos
Fitness Coach	Dimitris Bouroutzikas
Goalkeeping Coach	Slobodan Suica
Youth Team Coach	Georgos Vamvakas

Last updated: 21 November 2008
Source: aekfc.gr

Kit

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): LG
Features: Chevrolet, Diners Club

Home

Away

Third

Source:

Other information

Home

Away and 3rd

Chairman	Nikos Thanopoulos
Director of football	Stelios Manolas
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Athens Olympic Stadium (71,030 / 120x80 m)

Source: aekfc.gr

Manager stats

Name	Nat	From	To	Record							Honours
				P	W	D	L	F	A	%W
Giorgos Donis		August 14, 2008	November 17, 2008	13	4	7	2	17	16	30.77	–
Dušan Bajević		November 21, 2008	Incumbent	32	17	11	4	45	25	53.13	–
Totals	–	August 14, 2008	May 31, 2009	45	21	18	6	62	41	46.66	–

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

Competitions

Super League Greece

Classification

This is the classification of the regular season:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos	30	22	5	3	50	14	+36	71	UEFA Champions League 2009–10 Third qualifying round
2	PAOK	30	18	9	3	39	16	+23	63	Super League Greece 2008–09 Playoffs
3	Panathinaikos	30	17	10	3	51	18	+33	61
4	AEK Athens	30	14	13	3	40	24	+16	55
5	Larissa	30	12	13	5	36	26	+10	49

Updated to games played on 1 March 2009.
Source: Detailed Standings
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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	14	13	3	40	24	+16	55	11	2	2	21	9	+12	3	11	1	19	15	+4

Last updated: 22 March 2009.
Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	D
Position	5	4	3	4	7	7	7	5	4	5	5	7	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4

Last updated: 22 March 2009.
Source: superleaguegreece.net (Greek)
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Play-off table

Last updated May 31, 2009

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Panathinaikos (Q)	6	5	1	0	12	3	+9	18	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2	AEK Athens (Q)	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	12	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
3	PAOK (Q)	6	2	0	4	5	9	−4	9	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
4	Larissa (Q)	6	0	1	5	3	10	−7	1	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round

Updated to games played on 31 May 2009.
Source: superleaguegreece.net (Greek)
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.

(*) The teams started the play-offs with the following number of points:

• PAOK – 3 points ((63 – 49) / 5 = 2.8, rounded up to 3)
• Panathinaikos – 2 points ((61 – 49) / 5 = 2.4, rounded down to 2)
• AEK Athens – 1 point ((55 – 49) / 5 = 1.2, rounded down to 1)
• Larissa – 0 points ((49 –49) / 5 = 0)

UEFA rankings

UEFA team ranking # Form Previous Country Team Ranking 80 77 Feyenoord 25.825 81 69 Dinamo Bucureşti 25.781 82 83 AEK Athens 25.632 83 84 Slavia Prague 25.150 84 95 Nancy 25.033

UEFA country ranking # Form Previous Country League Ranking 10 8 Liga Sagres 36.462 11 11 Turkcell Super Lig 32.225 12 14 Super League Greece 28.165 13 10 Clydesdale Bank Premier League 27.875 14 13 Jupiler Pro League 25.325

Matches

Pre-season

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score^1	Report
1	2008-07-18	Friendly	—	N	Arminia Bielefeld	1 – 1
2	2008-07-26	Friendly	—	N	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	2 – 2
3	2008-07-29	Friendly	—	N	Energie Cottbus	1 – 1
4	2008-07-30	Friendly	—	N	Bursaspor	1 – 0
5	2008-08-01	Friendly	—	N	Genoa	0 – 1
6	2008-08-03	Friendly	—	N	MKE Ankaragücü	5 – 0
7	2008-08-08	Friendly	—	H	Bolton Wanderers	1 – 0
8	2008-08-18	Friendly	—	H	Bologna	1 – 1
9	2008-08-21	Friendly	—	H	Groningen	2 – 1
10	2008-09-06	Friendly	—	N	Anagennisi Karditsa	2 – 2
11	2008-09-07	Friendly	—	N	Olympiakos Volou	3 – 0

Last updated: 15 July 2009
Source: aekfc
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.

Competitive

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score^1	Report
1	2008-08-14	UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	H	Omonia Nicosia	0 – 1
2	2008-08-28	UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	A	Omonia Nicosia	2 – 2
3	2008-08-31	Super League Greece	1	H	Panathinaikos	2 – 1
4	2008-09-14	Super League Greece	2	A	PAOK	1 – 1
5	2008-09-21	Super League Greece	3	H	Iraklis Thessaloniki	1 – 0
6	2008-09-28	Super League Greece	4	A	Panionios	2 – 2
7	2008-10-05	Super League Greece	5	A	Olympiacos	0 – 2
8	2008-10-19	Super League Greece	6	H	Larissa	1 – 1
9	2008-10-26	Super League Greece	7	A	Thrasyvoulos	3 – 3
10	2008-11-02	Super League Greece	8	H	Asteras Tripoli	2 – 1
11	2008-11-08	Super League Greece	9	A	Skoda Xanthi	1 – 1
12	2008-11-11	Greek Cup	Fourth Round	A	Ilisiakos	2 – 1
13	2008-11-15	Super League Greece	10	H	Panserraikos	0 – 0
14	2008-11-23	Super League Greece	11	A	OFI	1 – 1
15	2008-11-30	Super League Greece	12	A	Levadiakos	0 – 0
16	2008-12-07	Super League Greece	13	H	Panthrakikos	1 – 0
17	2008-12-14	Super League Greece	14	A	Aris	1 – 1
18	2008-12-21	Super League Greece	15	H	Ergotelis	3 – 2
19	2009-01-04	Super League Greece	16	A	Panathinaikos	0 – 0
20	2009-01-11	Super League Greece	17	H	PAOK	1 – 0
21	2009-01-17	Super League Greece	18	A	Iraklis Thessaloniki	1 – 0
22	2009-01-22	Greek Cup	Fifth Round	H	Kerkyra	1 – 0
23	2009-01-25	Super League Greece	19	H	Panionios	3 – 0
24	2009-02-01	Super League Greece	20	H	Olympiacos	0 – 1
25	2009-02-08	Super League Greece	21	A	Larissa	1 – 1
26	2009-02-14	Super League Greece	22	H	Thrasyvoulos	1 – 0
27	2009-02-18	Greek Cup	Quarterfinals	A	Skoda Xanthi	1 – 2
28	2009-02-22	Super League Greece	23	A	Asteras Tripoli	1 – 0
29	2009-02-25	Greek Cup	Quarterfinals	H	Skoda Xanthi	1 – 0
30	2009-02-28	Super League Greece	24	H	Skoda Xanthi	2 – 1
31	2009-03-08	Super League Greece	25	A	Panserraikos	5 – 1
32	2009-03-14	Super League Greece	26	H	OFI	1 – 0
33	2009-03-18	Greek Cup	Semifinals	H	Panserraikos	3 – 1
34	2009-03-22	Super League Greece	27	H	Levadiakos	3 – 1
35	2009-04-05	Super League Greece	28	A	Panthrakikos	1 – 1
36	2009-04-08	Greek Cup	Semifinals	A	Panserraikos	0 – 0
37	2009-04-12	Super League Greece	29	H	Aris	0 – 1
38	2009-04-26	Super League Greece	30	A	Ergotelis	1 – 1
39	2009-05-02	Greek Cup	Final	N	Olympiacos	4 – 4 (14 – 15 pen.)
40	2009-05-10	Super League Greece	Play-offs	H	Larissa	3 – 2
41	2009-05-13	Super League Greece	Play-offs	A	Panathinaikos	1 – 1
42	2009-05-17	Super League Greece	Play-offs	A	PAOK	1 – 0
43	2009-05-20	Super League Greece	Play-offs	H	PAOK	3 – 1
44	2009-05-24	Super League Greece	Play-offs	A	Larissa	0 – 0
45	2009-05-31	Super League Greece	Play-offs	H	Panathinaikos	0 – 2

Last updated: 2009-05-31
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

1. "Legal Dispute". uefa.com. 2008-04-20. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
2. Nikolaidis Resigns
3. Kanellopoulos and Koulis take charge
4. Donis's brief tenure at AEK is over
5. AEK FC sign Dusan Bajevic
6. uefa.com: Donis handed AEK post
7. AEK FC signs Rikka
8. AEK move for Basel's Majstorovic
9. Genk sign Tozser
10. AEK FC signs Saja
11. AEK FC signs Scocco
12. AEK FC signs Burns
13. FC Rapid sign Julio Cesar
14. AEK FC release Kapetanos
15. Sorrentino joins Chievo on loan
16. AEK FC release Liberopoulos
17. AEK FC release Dellas
18. AEK FC signs JuanFran
19. AEK FC signs Basinas
20. AEK FC signs Kyrgiakos
21. AEK FC draws Omonia
22. Genoa sign Papastathopoulos
23. Nikolaidis press conference (greek)
24. Rivaldo leaves club (greek)
25. AEK FC signs Djebbour30
26. AEK FC signs Pelletieri
27. Stelios Manolas becomes technical director
28. Kintis elected new president
29. Mogo Mirim signs Edson Ratinho
30. Portsmouth sign Basinas

External links

• AEK Athens FC official website
• AEK Athens FC on Superleaguegreece.net