AEK Athens F.C. in European football

A.E.K. Athens F.C. history and statistics in the UEFA competitions.

Campaign to the 1976–77 UEFA Cup semi-finals

With František Fadrhonc as head coach, AEK reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in 1977.

Stergioudas

Nikolaou

Ravousis

Intzoglou

Theodoridis

Tsamis

Tasos

Nikoloudis

Papaioannou

Wagner

Mavros

Lineup against QPR (2 March 1977)

The clubs most memorable moment in European competitions was the campaign to the semi-final of the UEFA Cup during the 1976–77 season under František Fadrhonc's management. In the way to the semi-final AEK Athens managed to eliminate four clubs. In the first round they faced Soviet champions Dynamo Moscow. In Athens won 2–0 with goals by Takis Nikoloudis and Mimis Papaioannou. In Moscow, Dynamo paid them back by winning 2–0 and leading the match to extra time. In the last minute of extra time, AEK Athens managed to score thanks to a penalty kick by Tasos Konstantinou and proceeded to the second round. They were drawn against English 4th placed side Derby County. In Athens a goal by Walter Wagner and an own goal by Rod Thomas gave AEK the 2-0 win. In Derby AEK Athens found themselves behind in the score line but responded scoring three times with Takis Nikoloudis, Tasos Konstantinou and Walter Wagner. Derby Country only managed to score a consolation goal and the match ended in a 2-3 win for AEK Athens. In the third round AEK Athens had to oppose Yugoslav giants Red Star Belgrade. In Athens AEK was once again victorious by winning 2-0. Mimis Papaioannou and Thomas Mavros were the goal-scorers. In Belgrade Red Star took the lead with a goal by Petar Baralić but Walter Wagner quickly equalised. The two additional goals scored by Zoran Filipović and Dušan Savić were not enough and AEK Athens won on away goals. In the quarter-final AEK Athens faced their greatest challenge to that moment, English league's runners-up QPR. The first leg was played in London. The two penalty kick goals in the first ten minutes scored by Gerry Francis and another one scored by Stan Bowles gave QPR the 3–0 win and what looked like a certain qualification. Nevertheless, AEK Athens made the impossible possible. With two goals by Thomas Mavros and ano more by Mimis Papaioannou AEK Athens sent the match to extra time and eventually to a penalty shootout. Three minutes before the final whistle, František Fadrhonc had Nikos Christidis substitute Lakis Stergioudas, the team's regular goalkeeper. His move proved vital as Nikos Christidis saved two penalties and gave AEK Athens a 7-6 win. In the semi-finals draw AEK Athens were to play either Italian league's runner-up side Juventus or Spanish league's third placed side Athletic Bilbao. Ultimately AEK Athens had to face the Italians. In Turin, Juventus scored first with Antonello Cuccureddu but AEK Athens responded with a goal by Lefteris Papadopoulos. Two goals by Roberto Bettega and one by Franco Causio followed, giving Juventus a 4-1 victory. Juventus also won in Nikos Goumas Stadium thanks to a goal scored by Roberto Boninsegna end went on to win their first European title.

2002–03 UEFA Champions League unbeaten run

Chiotis

Wright

Kostenoglou

Kapsis

Borbokis

Kasapis

Zagorakis

Katsouranis

Lakis

Tsiartas

Nikolaidis

2002–03 Champions League usual lineup

Another unforgettable feat was the unbeaten run in the UEFA Champions League was the highlight of the season. The club played against Cypriot champions APOEL in the third qualifying round. In the first leg in Nicosia APOEL scored first with Marinos Ouzounidis but AEK Athens managed to take the lead with Vasilis Borbokis scoring twice. A late equaliser by Costas Malekkos did not prove enough for APOEL as Demis Nikolaidis scored during stoppage time giving his club the win. In Athens AEK Athens won thanks to a header by Mauricio Wright and entered the group stage where they were drawn against Belgian champions Racing Genk, Italian runner-up side Roma and UEFA Champions League's holders Real Madrid. AEK Athens secured two goalless draws against Racing Genk in Genk and Roma in Athens before confronting Real Madrid. Defending champions Madrid drew 3-3 with AEK, but were twice behind against the Greek side. Vasilis Tsiartas became the first player to score against the Spanish side in this season's competition with a sixth-minute free-kick. However, Madrid were soon back on level terms thanks to Zinedine Zidane's goal after 15 minutes before further goals from Christos Maladenis and Demis Nikolaidis put the hosts in the driving seat. However, another Zidane strike and a second-half Guti goal ensured Madrid left with a point.^[1] An in a way opposite match was played in Madrid where Steve McManaman's two goals put Real Madrid in front during half-time and AEK Athens equilised with goal by Kostas Katsouranis and Walter Centeno.^[2] The next match was against Racing Genk in Athens. Racing Genk scored first and AEK Athens responded with Vasilis Lakis scoring. The group stage was concluded in Rome against Roma where AEK Athens was once again behind in the scoreline by a goal scored by Marco Delvecchio but managed to score a late equiliser with Walter Centeno. The six draws AEK Athens secured are a feat no other club has ever accomplished.

The team continued in the UEFA Cup and smashed Israeli champions Maccabi Haifa by achieving two of their biggest wins ever in European competitions. They first won in Athens 4-0 with goals by Grigoris Georgatos, Demis Nikolaidis, Milen Petkov and Thodoris Zagorakis and then 4-1 in Nicosia with two goals by Vasilis Lakis and two more by Kostas Katsouranis and Dimitris Nalitzis. Walid Badir had earlier scored a penalty kick for Maccabi Haifa. AEK Athens' run was brought to an end in the last-16 round by Spanish side Málaga. They drew 0-0 in Málaga but lost 0-1 in Athens thanks to a goal by Manu.

Overall record

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
UEFA Champions League / European Cup	62	16	20	26	71	98	−27	25.81
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup	112	39	22	51	155	173	−18	34.82
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup	22	10	3	9	33	27	+6	45.45
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	00.00
Total	198	65	45	88	259	302	−43	32.83

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Last updated: 2011-12-15
Source: uefa.com

Match table

Key

• PR = Preliminary round
• QR2 = Second qualifying round
• QR3 = Third qualifying round
• PO = Play-off
• Grp = Group stage
• R1 = First round
• R2 = Second round
• R3 = Third round
• R4 = Fourth round
• 32 = Round of 32
• QF = Quarter final
• SF = Semi final

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
1963–64	European Cup	PR	AS Monaco	1 – 1	2 – 7
1964–65	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Dinamo Zagreb	2 – 0	0 – 3
1966–67	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Braga	0 – 1	2 – 3
1968–69	European Cup	R1	Jeunesse Esch	3 – 0	2 – 3
		R2	AB	0 – 0	2 – 0
		QF	Spartak Trnava	1 – 1	1 – 2
1970–71	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R1	FC Twente	0 – 1	0 – 3
1971–72	European Cup	R1	Inter	3 – 2	1 – 4
1972–73	UEFA Cup	R1	Salgótarján	3 – 1	1 – 1
		R2	Liverpool	1 – 3	0 – 3
1975–76	UEFA Cup	R1	Vojvodina	3 – 1	0 – 0
		R2	Inter Bratislava	3 – 1 (a)	0 – 2
1976–77	UEFA Cup	R1	Dynamo Moscow	2 – 0	1 – 2 (aet)
		R2	Derby County	2 – 0	3 – 2
		R3	Red Star Belgrade	2 – 0	1 – 3 (a)
		QF	QPR	3 – 0	0 – 3
				7 – 6 (p)	—
		SF	Juventus	0 – 1	1 – 4
1977-78	UEFA Cup	R1	Târgu Mureş	3 – 0	0 – 1
		R2	Standard Liège	2 – 2	1 – 4
1978-79	European Cup	R1	Porto	6 – 1	1 – 4
		R2	Nottingham Forest	1 – 2	1 – 5
1979-80	European Cup	R1	Argeş Piteşti	2 – 0	0 – 3
1982-83	UEFA Cup	R1	Köln	0 – 1 [3]	0 – 5
1983-84	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Újpest	2 – 0	1 – 4
1985-86	UEFA Cup	R1	Real Madrid	1 – 0	0 – 5
1986-87	UEFA Cup	R1	Inter	0 – 1	0 – 2
1988-89	UEFA Cup	R1	Athletic Bilbao	1 – 0	0 – 2
1989-90	European Cup	R1	Dynamo Dresden	5 – 3	0 – 1
		R2	Marseille	1 – 1	0 – 2
1991-92	UEFA Cup	R1	Vllaznia	2 – 0	1 – 0
		R2	Spartak Moscow	2 – 1	0 – 0
		R3	Torino	2 – 2	0 – 1
1992-93	Champions League	R1	APOEL	1 – 1	2 – 2 (a)
		R2	PSV	1 – 0	0 – 3
1993-94	Champions League	R1	AS Monaco	1 – 1	0 – 1
1994-95	Champions League	QR	Rangers	2 – 0	1 – 0
		Grp	Casino Salzburg	1 – 3	0 – 0
			Ajax	1 – 2	0 – 2
			Milan	0 – 0	1 – 2
1995-96	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Sion	2 – 0	2 – 2
		R2	Borussia M'gladbach	0 – 1	1 – 4
1996-97	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Humenné	1 – 0	2 – 1
		R2	Olimpija Ljubljana	4 – 0	2 – 0
		QF	PSG	0 – 3	0 – 0
1997-98	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Dinaburg	5 – 0	4 – 2
		R2	Sturm Graz	2 – 0	0 – 1
		QF	Lokomotiv Moscow	0 – 0	1 – 2
1998-99	UEFA Cup	QR2	Ferencváros	4 – 0	2 – 4
		R1	Vitesse Arnhem	3 – 3	0 – 3
1999-00	Champions League	QR3	AIK	0 – 0	0 – 1
	UEFA Cup	R1	Torpedo Kutaisi	6 – 1	1 – 0
		R2	MTK	1 – 0 (a)	1 – 2
		R3	AS Monaco	2 – 2	0 – 1
2000-01	UEFA Cup	R1	Vasas	2 – 0	2 – 2
		R2	Herfølge	5 – 0	1 – 2
		R3	Bayer Leverkusen	2 – 0	4 – 4
		R4	Barcelona	0 – 1	0 – 5
2001-02	UEFA Cup	QR	Grevenmacher	6 – 0	2 – 0
		R1	Hibernian	2 – 0	2 – 3 (aet)
		R2	Osijek	2 – 1	3 – 2
		R3	Litex Lovech	3 – 2	1 – 1
		R4	Inter	2 – 2	1 – 3
2002-03	Champions League	QR3	APOEL	1 – 0	3 – 2
		Grp	Racing Genk	1 – 1	0 – 0
			Roma	0 – 0	1 – 1
			Real Madrid	3 – 3	2 – 2
	UEFA Cup	R3	Maccabi Haifa	4 – 0	4 – 1
		R4	Málaga	0 – 1	0 – 0
2003-04	Champions League	QR3	Grasshopper	3 – 1	0 – 1
		Grp	Deportivo La Coruña	1 – 1	0 – 3
			AS Monaco	0 – 0	0 – 4
			PSV	0 – 1	0 – 2
2004-05	UEFA Cup	R1	Gorica	1 – 0	1 – 1
		Grp	Zenit St. Petersburg	—	1 – 5
			Lille	1 – 2	—
			Sevilla	—	2 – 3
			Alemannia Aachen	0 – 2	—
2005-06	UEFA Cup	R1	Zenit St. Petersburg	0 – 1	0 – 0
2006-07	Champions League	QR3	Hearts	3 – 0	2 – 1
		Grp	Milan	1 – 0	0 – 3
			Anderlecht	1 – 1	2 – 2
			Lille	1 – 0	1 – 3
	UEFA Cup	32	PSG	0 – 2	0 – 2
2007-08	Champions League	QR3	Sevilla	1 – 4	0 – 2
	UEFA Cup	R1	Red Bull Salzburg	3 – 0	0 – 1
		Grp	Elfsborg	—	1 – 1
			Fiorentina	1 – 1	—
			Mladá Boleslav	—	1 – 0
			Villarreal	1 – 2	—
		32	Getafe	1 – 1	0 – 3
2008-09	UEFA Cup	QR2	Omonia	0 – 1	2 – 2
2009-10	Europa League	PO	Vaslui	3 – 0	1 – 2
		Grp	Everton	0 – 1	0 – 4
			Benfica	1 – 0	1 – 2
			BATE Borisov	2 – 2	1 – 2
2010-11	Europa League	PO	Dundee United	1 – 1	1 – 0
		Grp	Zenit St. Petersburg	0 – 3	2 – 4
			Anderlecht	1 – 1	0 – 3
			Hajduk Split	3 – 1	3 – 1
2011-12	Europa League	PO	Dinamo Tbilisi	1 – 0	1 – 1 (aet)
		Grp	Anderlecht	1 – 2	1 – 4
			Sturm Graz	1 – 2	3 – 1
			Lokomotiv Moscow	1 – 3	1 – 3

Last updated: 2011-12-15
Source: aekfc.gr

Record by country of opposition

Country	Total							Home							Away
	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Albania	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Austria	8	3	1	4	10	8	+2	4	2	0	2	7	5	+2	4	1	1	2	3	3	0
Belgium	10	0	6	4	10	20	-10	5	0	4	1	6	7	-1	5	0	2	3	4	13	-9
Belarus	2	0	1	1	3	4	-1	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1
Bulgaria	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Croatia	4	4	0	0	11	5	+6	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	2	2	0	0	6	3	+3
Cyprus	6	2	3	1	9	8	+1	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3	1	2	0	7	6	+1
Czech Republic	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Czechoslovakia ^1	4	1	1	2	5	6	-1	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	2	0	0	2	1	4	-3
Denmark	4	2	1	1	8	2	+6	2	1	1	0	5	0	+5	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
East Germany ^1	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	1	1	0	0	5	3	+2	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1
England	10	3	0	7	11	23	-12	5	2	0	3	7	6	+1	5	1	0	4	4	17	-13
France	17	1	6	10	10	32	-22	9	1	5	3	7	12	-5	8	0	1	7	3	20	-17
Georgia	4	3	1	0	9	2	+8	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Germany	5	1	1	3	7	11	-4	3	1	0	2	2	3	-1	2	0	1	1	5	8	-3
Hungary	10	5	2	3	19	14	+5	5	5	0	0	12	1	+11	5	0	2	3	7	13	-6
Israel	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
Italy	17	2	6	9	14	29	-15	9	2	5	2	9	9	0	8	0	1	7	5	20	-15
Latvia	2	2	0	0	9	2	+7	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2
Luxembourg	4	3	0	1	13	3	+10	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
Netherlands	8	1	1	6	5	16	-15	4	1	1	2	5	7	-2	4	0	0	4	0	13	-13
Portugal	6	2	0	4	11	11	0	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	3	0	0	3	4	9	-5
Romania	6	3	0	3	9	6	+3	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	3	0	0	3	1	6	-5
Russia	9	0	2	7	6	21	-15	4	0	1	3	1	7	-6	5	0	1	4	5	14	-9
Scotland	8	6	1	1	14	5	+9	4	3	1	0	8	1	+7	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2
SFR Yugoslavia ^1	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	3	0	1	2	1	6	-5
Slovakia	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Slovenia	4	3	1	0	8	1	+7	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
Soviet Union ^1	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1
Spain	18	2	5	11	13	38	-25	9	2	3	4	9	13	-4	9	0	2	7	4	25	-21
Sweden	3	0	2	1	1	2	-1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1
Switzerland	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1
West Germany ^1	2	0	0	2	0	6	-6	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	1	0	0	1	0	5	-5
Europe	196	65	45	86	259	298	-39	98	48	26	24	163	87	+76	98	17	19	62	96	211	-115

Last updated: 2011-12-15
Source: aekfc.gr

Notes

• 1 Now-defunct countries.

Goalscorers

Nat.	Name	Goals
		Total	EC1	EC2	EC3
	Nikolaidis D.	26	2	3	21
	Papaioannou P.	11	4	2	5
	Tsiartas V.	10	2	0	8
	Lakis V.	8	2	0	6
	Batista D.		0	5	3
	Blanco I.		0	0	8
	Savevski T.	6	5	1	0
	Liberopoulos N.		3	0	3
	Tasos		2	0	4
	Mavros T.		2	0	4
	Kopitsis C.		0	3	3
	Maladenis C.	5	1	2	2
	Konstantinidis S.		0	0	5
	Wagner W.		0	0	5
	Zagorakis T.		0	0	5
	Júlio César	4	4	0	0
	Dimitriadis V.		2	0	2
	Katsouranis K.		2	0	2
	Scocco N.		0	0	4
	Bajević D.	3	3	0	0
	Ventouris P.		3	0	0
	Borbokis V.		2	1	0
	Vlachos M.		1	2	0
	Nikolaidis K.		1	0	2
	Nikolaou L.		1	0	2
	Rivaldo		1	0	2
	Kostis C.		0	3	0
	Ćirić D.		0	0	3
	Leonardo		0	0	3
	Navas F.		0	0	3
	Nikoloudis T.		0	0	3
	Centeno W.	2	2	0	0
	Saravakos D.		2	0	0
	Savvidis G.		2	0	0
	Nestoridis K.		1	1	0
	Ardizoglou C.		1	0	1
	Šabanadžović R.		1	0	1
	Ketsbaia T.		0	2	0
	Marcelo V.		0	2	0
	Djebbour R.		0	0	2
	Manduca G.		0	0	2
	Manolas K.		0	0	2
	Papadopoulos L.		0	0	2
	Papaioannou P.		0	0	2
	Petkov M.		0	0	2
	Sialmas D.		0	0	2
	Zikos A.		0	0	2
	Alexandris A.	1	1	0	0
	Cirillo B.		1	0	0
	Ivić V.		1	0	0
	Kapetanos P.		1	0	0
	Karafeskos G.		1	0	0
	Okoński M.		1	0	0
	Papageorgiou I.		1	0	0
	Pomonis A.		1	0	0
	Sevastopoulos N.		1	0	0
	Slišković Z.		1	0	0
	Stamatiadis A.		1	0	0
	Tasinos F.		1	0	0
	Theofanidis K.		1	0	0
	Vladić F.		1	0	0
	Wright M.		1	0	0
	Kalitzakis G.		0	1	0
	Katsavos E.		0	1	0
	Kottis M.		0	1	0
	Ross T.		0	1	0
	Vlachos V.		0	1	0
	Amponsah K.		0	0	1
	Bjeković N.		0	0	1
	Bouba Diop		0	0	1
	Burns N.		0	0	1
	Donis G.		0	0	1
	Gamarra C.		0	0	1
	Georgatos G.		0	0	1
	Geraldo		0	0	1
	José Carlos		0	0	1
	Kafes P.		0	0	1
	Klonaridis V.		0	0	1
	Kone P.		0	0	1
	Krassas S.		0	0	1
	Majstorovic D.		0	0	1
	Mousouris G.		0	0	1
	Nalitzis D.		0	0	1
	Nsaliwa T.		0	0	1
	Pappas C.		0	0	1
	Pavlis M.		0	0	1
	Pittas D.		0	0	1
	Sebwe K.		0	0	1
	Soares A.		0	0	1
	Tziortziopoulos S.		0	0	1
	Vicente		0	0	1
	Viera M.		0	0	1
	Own goals	9	4	1	4
	Total	259	71	33	155

Last updated: 2011-12-15
Source: aekfc.gr

Most Appearances

Nat.	Name	Apps				Active
		Total	EC1	EC2	EC3
	Kasapis M.	66	23	15	28	N
	Atmatsidis I.	51	12	16	23	N
	Nikolaidis D.		10	11	30	N
	Lakis V.	50	19	0	31	N
	Kostenoglou N.	49	13	13	23	N
	Tsiartas V.	47	25	3	19	N
	Savevski T.		18	15	14	N
	Maladenis C.	45	11	12	22	N
	Liberopoulos N.	40	16	0	24	N
	Manolas S.	38	14	13	11	N
	Zikos A.	37	8	0	29	N
	Zagorakis T.	36	15	0	21	N
	Georgeas N.	35	13	0	22
	Kopitsis C.	34	10	14	10	N
	Papaioannou M.	33	9	3	21	N
	Nikolaou L.	30	8	0	22	N
	Dellas T.	29	7	0	22	N
	Konstantinidis S.		6	0	23	N
	Kafes P.		1	0	28	N
	Katsouranis K.	26	16	0	10
	Kapsis M.		14	0	12	N
	Mavros T.	25	6	2	17	N
	Borbokis V.	24	12	10	2	N
	Blanco I.		0	0	24
	Chiotis D.	23	13	0	10
	Ravousis P.		6	1	16	N
	Vlachos M.	22	10	12	0	N
	Karagiannis V.		10	3	9	N
	Manduca G.		5	0	17
	Papaioannou P.	21	8	2	11	N
	Nikoloudis T.		6	0	15	N
	Tasos		5	0	16	N
	Leonardo		0	0	21
	Šabanadžović R.	20	11	3	6	N
	Stergioudas L.		4	0	16	N
	Lagos P.		4	0	16

Last updated: 2011-11-02
Source: aekfc.gr

Longest campaigns

Season	Manager	Round	Notes
Champions League / European Cup
1968-69	Branko Stanković	Quarterfinal	eliminated by Spartak Trnava (1 – 2 in Trnava, 1 – 1 in Athens)
1978-79	Ferenc Puskás	Last 16	eliminated by Nottingham Forest (1 – 2 in Athens, 1 – 5 in West Bridgford)[4]
1989-90	Dušan Bajević	Last 16	eliminated by Marseille (0 – 2 in Marseille, 1 – 1 in Athens)
1992-93	Dušan Bajević	Last 16	eliminated by PSV (1 – 0 in Athens, 0 – 3 in Eindhoven)
1994-95	Dušan Bajević	Last 16	eliminated by Ajax and Milan[5]
Cup Winners' Cup
1995-96	Dušan Bajević	Last 16	eliminated by Borussia M'gladbach (1 – 4 in Mönchengladbach, 0 – 1 in Athens)
1996-97	Petros Ravousis	Quarterfinal	eliminated by Paris Saint-Germain (0 – 0 in Paris, 0 – 3 in Athens)
1997-98	Dumitru Dumitriu	Quarterfinal	eliminated by Lokomotiv Moscow (0 – 0 in Athens, 1 – 2 in Moscow)
Europa League / UEFA Cup
1976-77	František Fadrhonc	Semifinal	eliminated by Juventus (1 – 4 in Turin, 0 – 1 in Athens)
1991-92	Dušan Bajević	Last 16	eliminated by Torino (2 – 2 in Athens, 0 – 1 in Turin)[6]
2000-01	Toni Savevski	Last 16	eliminated by Barcelona (0 – 1 in Athens, 0 – 5 in Barcelona)[7]
2001-02	Fernando Santos	Last 16	eliminated by Inter (1 – 3 in Milan, 2 – 2 in Athens)
2002-03	Dušan Bajević	Last 16	eliminated by Málaga (0 – 0 in Málaga, 0 – 1 in Athens)

UEFA rankings

UEFA team ranking Rank 12-13 Mvmt Rank 11-12 Team Coeff. 94 +12 106 Levante 16.690 95 –3 92 Austria Wien 16.475 96 –13 83 AEK Athens 16.400 97 –3 94 Palermo 16.396 98 +11 109 Unirea Urziceni 16.344

UEFA country ranking Rank 12-13 Mvmt Rank 11-12 League Coeff. 8 8 Eredivisie 42.729 9 –2 7 Russian Premier League 39.665 10 10 Super League Greece 32.000 11 +1 12 Belgian Pro League 31.000 12 –1 11 Süper Lig 26.500

Last updated: August 30, 2012
Source: xs4all.nl

Notable matches

Notable games Season Match Score Champions League / European Cup 1971-72 AEK Athens - Inter 3 – 2 1978-79 AEK Athens - Porto 6 – 1 1989-90 AEK Athens - Dynamo Dresden 5 – 3 1992-93 AEK Athens - PSV 1 – 0 1994-95 Rangers - AEK Athens 0 – 1 1994-95 AEK Athens - Rangers 2 – 0 1994-95 AEK Athens - Milan 0 – 0 2002-03 AEK Athens - Real Madrid 3 – 3 2002-03 Real Madrid - AEK Athens 2 – 2 2002-03 AEK Athens - Roma 0 – 0 2002-03 Roma - AEK Athens 1 – 1 2003-04 AEK Athens - Deportivo La Coruña 1 – 1 2006-07 AEK Athens - Milan 1 – 0 Cup Winners' Cup 1964-65 AEK Athens - Dinamo Zagreb 2 – 0 1996-97 PSG - AEK Athens 0 – 0 Europa League / UEFA Cup 1976-77 AEK Athens - Dynamo Moscow 2 – 0 1976-77 Derby County - AEK Athens 2 – 3 1976-77 AEK Athens - QPR 3 – 0 1985-86 AEK Athens - Real Madrid 1 – 0 1988-89 AEK Athens - Bilbao 1 – 0 2000-01 Bayer Leverkusen - AEK Athens 4 – 4 2000-01 AEK Athens - Bayer Leverkusen 2 – 0 2001-02 AEK Athens - Inter 2 – 2 2009-10 AEK Athens - Benfica 1 – 0

Biggest wins Season Match Score Champions League / European Cup 1968-69 AEK Athens - Jeunesse Esch 3 – 0 1978-79 AEK Athens - Porto 6 – 1 2006-07 AEK Athens - Hearts 3 – 0 Cup Winners' Cup 1996-97 AEK Athens - Olimpija Ljubljana 4 – 0 1997-98 AEK Athens - Dinaburg 5 – 0 Europa League / UEFA Cup 1976-77 AEK Athens - QPR 3 – 0 1977-78 AEK Athens - ASA Târgu Mureş 3 – 0 1998-99 AEK Athens - Ferencváros 4 – 0 1999-00 AEK Athens - Torpedo Kutaisi 6 – 1 2000-01 AEK Athens - Herfølge 5 – 0 2001-02 AEK Athens - Grevenmacher 6 – 0 2002-03 AEK Athens - Maccabi Haifa 4 – 0 2002-03 Maccabi Haifa - AEK Athens 1 – 4 2007-08 AEK Athens - Red Bull Salzburg 3 – 0 2009-10 AEK Athens - Vaslui 3 – 0

Notable records

• AEK Athens is the only club to have drawn all their games in the group stage of the Champions League (2002–03).
• AEK Athens is the only Greek club to have participated in the quarter-final round of all three European competitions at least once.
• AEK Athens is the only Greek club to have reached the semi-final of the UEFA Cup (1976–77).
• AEK Athens is the only Greek club to have participated in the Champions League without losing a single game (2002–03).
• AEK Athens is the only Greek club to have advanced to the quarter-final of European competitions 2 consecutive seasons (1996–97, 1997–98).
• AEK Athens is the only Greek club to have advanced to the last 16 of European competitions 4 consecutive seasons (1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98).
• AEK Athens is the only Greek club to have advanced to the last 16 of the Cup Winners' Cup 3 consecutive seasons (1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98).
• AEK Athens is the only Greek club to have advanced to the last 16 of the UEFA Cup 3 consecutive seasons (2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03).
• AEK Athens is the only Greek club that participates in European Competitions for 21 consecutive years (from 1991–92 to 2011–12).
• AEK Athens is the first Greek club to have reached the quarter-final round of the Champions Cup (1968–69).
• AEK Athens is the first Greek club to have participated in the Champions League (1992–93).
• AEK Athens is the first Greek club to have participated in the group stage of the Champions League (1994–95).

References

1. "AEK give Madrid a fright". uefa.com. 2002-10-03.
2. "Substitutions fire AEK revival". uefa.com. 2002-10-23.
3. The score was 3–3 when an electricity power failure occurred so the match was repeated two weeks later.
4. "AEK Athens FC in the UEFA Champions League 1978/79". uefa.com.
5. "AEK Athens FC in the UEFA Champions League 1994/95". uefa.com.
6. "AEK Athens FC in the UEFA Europa League 1991/92". uefa.com.
7. "AEK Athens FC in the UEFA Europa League 2000/01". uefa.com.