2008–09 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
2008–09 season
Chairman	Demis Nikolaidis; (until 2 November); Giorgos Kintis; (until 23 January); Nikos Thanopoulos
Manager	Georgios Donis; (until 17 November); Dušan Bajević
Stadium	Athens Olympic Stadium
Super League	3rd (After play-offs); 4th (Regular season)
Greek Cup	Runners-up
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	14,671
Biggest win	Panserraikos 1–5 AEK Athens
Biggest defeat	AEK Athens 0–2 Panathinaikos; Olympiacos 2–0 AEK Athens
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 season was the 85th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 50th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Super League, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup. The season began on 14 August 2008 and finished on 31 May 2009.

Kits

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

Home

Away

Third

Overview

A strange and ultimately unsuccessful season for AEK, who failed to handle the outcome of the previous season's Wallner case,^[1] mainly at the administrative level, but also at the financial level. The president, Demis Nikolaidis, decided to put his resignation at the disposal of the shareholders of the club, but he proceeded with fundamental changes in both the roster and the technical leadership of the team. He spent a lot of money, in order to change the balance in dressing room by essentially releasing the captains, Dellas and Liberopoulos and selling the talented Papastathopoulos to Genoa. He even proceeded with very expensive transfers for the club's standards, especially with that of Rafik Djebbour from Panionios, who spent the record amount of 3,200,000 euros. Alonsgside Djebbour, AEK also proceeded in the transfers of Kyrgiakos, Basinas, Majstorović, Saja, Pelletieri, Burns, Geraldo Alves and Juanfran, but the one who stood out was that of Ignacio Scocco, which was also the highest quality transfer during the Nikolaidis presidency. The most debatable choice of Nikolaidis was the hiring of Georgios Donis for the position of coach, since Donis had only worked with teams of a lower magnitude, where there wasn't the high pressure of the league race. The club sold 18,200 season tickets.

For the UEFA Cup, AEK were drawn with Cypriot Omonia and seemingly seemed the absolute favorite for the qualification. Donis, trying to change AEK's playing philosophy from the previous seasons, tried to implement an unattractive football model and very soon AEK paid the price. In Athens, Omonia, with a lucky goal towards the end of the first half, took the lead and finally got the victory against the unrecognizable and lazy AEK. AEK in the last match of Rivaldo, who in the following days surpisingly left for Bunyodkor from Uzbekistan, did not react at any point of the match, unable to produce phases and reduced to meaningless possession. The completely wrong approach and preparation of the match by Donis and his footballers made the task of AEK very difficult out of nowhere. The disaster for AEK was completed in the second leg at GSP Stadium, where spirited and tough Omonia limited them again, taking the lead in the score and despite being equalized by AEK did not lose control of the match, regaining the lead in the second half and only AEK managed to avoid the second defeat, equalizing at the end of the match. The disastrous exclusion from Europe effectively put AEK out of financial plans, which increased introversion and essentially forced Nikolaidis to leave earlier than the end of his presidency as he had informed the shareholders from the beginning of the summer.

AEK started the championship with a great victory, winning 2–1 against the newly rich Panathinaikos of the "multi-shareholder" era, but the continuation was disappointing. A series of 4 unsuccessful results brought Donis near to the exit door. On the 8th matchday amid heavy disapproval, AEK beat Asteras Tripolis with two goals in stoppage time at the Olympic Stadium and after the end of the match, Nikolaidis resigned implicitly attributing responsibilities to the ultras of the club.^[2] Donis was already fully exposed and the pressure appeared with yet another draw in Skoda Xanthi and along with a draw with Panserraikos at home, he resigned.^[3] The remaining management, Kanellopoulos and Koulis,^[4] believing that the team needed a great personality, hired Dušan Bajević, with the intention to turn him into general manager of AEK.^[5] The shareholders, after a final rift between them, decided to appoint Giorgos Kintis to the presidency, who immediately offered AEK a shop instead of one euro, as long as the prospective buyer took over the settled debts of the team, as well as the heavy opening of 15 million euros from the expensive transfer moves of the summer. No one appeared except for a written statement of intent by Dimitris Melissanidis and AEK continued with the internal upheavals being indescribable. Bajević had an indifferent season, which he also attributed to a lack of confidence in himself and was asking for big investments to be able to watch Olympiacos and Panathinaikos matches. Kintis, after a month and a half, being at a dead end and advocating a completely different philosophy from Bajević, resigned, Kanellopoulos resigned and left his shares to the Amateur AEK with Koulis following the same path. Nikos Thanopoulos, the chosen of the then major shareholder, Nikos Notias, took over as president after intense back-and-forth. And while the season was heading towards an unremarkable close, Bajević seemed to lack confidence in his players and was more concerned with management reshuffles than the team. So AEK ended the season with many draws, unattractive football and in fourth place behind Olympiakos, PAOK and Panathinaikos and without a competitive identity entered the play-offs with just one point, starting from a disadvantageous position .

The activities in the Cup started with a near exclusion from Ilisiakos who were left with 10 players and AEK taking the qualification in extra time. In the next phase against Kerkyra AEK were qualified with an amazing goal by Scocco in the 89th minute. In the quarter-finals, AEK's opponent was Skoda Xanthi, from who were lost 2–1 away, but managed to qualify thanks to a header from Blanco in the rematch. AEK easily qualified for the final after overcoming the obstacle of Panserraikos. The final that the club and the fans needed, especially against a great rival like Olympiacos, was ahead. On May 2, the best Cup final in the history of Greek football took place. AEK got off to a magical start, taking a 2–0 lead, thanks to two great goals from Blanco, but were leveled by goals from Derbyshire and Dudu. In the 90th minute, the class of Ignacio Scocco spoke, who passed everyone in front of him and perfectly shot past Nikopolidis. AEK, affected by the Argentine's superb goal, did not handle the stoppage time as needed and were leveled again by Derbyshire in the 96th minute. The game went to overtime, where AEK were shocked and conceded a fourth goal in the 102nd minute from Galletti. However, Ignacio Scocco in the 108th minute, again with a goal of rare beauty, equalized once more for AEK with the two teams going to the penalty shootout. So after 32 penalties and the score having reached the admirable 15–14, the final ended with the Olympiacos being crowned as the cup winner.^[6]

The play-offs started with ambition for AEK, who despite not winning the Cup, seemed determined to chase the position that led to the Champions League qualifiers. Indeed, until the last game AEK was the favorite along with Panathinaikos and the first place would be decided in the derby between them. Panathinaikos appeared more ready and determined and beat AEK by 0–2, which ended the season, without managing to return in the beficial qualifiers of the Champions League.^[7]

Management team

Position	Staff
Manager	Dušan Bajević
Assistant manager	Lysandros Georgamlis
Goalkeeping coach	Slobodan Šujica
Fitness coach	Antonis Kezos
Fitness coach	Dimitris Bouroutzikas
U-17 Manager	Charis Kopitsis
Technical director	Eugène Gerards
Academy director	Toni Savevski
Academy manager	Bledar Kola
Scout	Eugène Gerards
Scout	Kostas Tsanas
Scout	Periklis Papapanagis
Head of Medical	Lakis Nikolaou
Physiotherapist	Nikos Pantazis

Events

14 May: Georgios Donis replaces Nikos Kostenoglou as head manager.^[8]
16 May: Midfielder Antonis Rikka agrees to join AEK from Skoda Xanthi^[9]
20 May: Defender Daniel Majstorović agrees to join AEK from Basel^[10]
5 June: Midfielder Dániel Tőzsér joins Genk^[11]
1 July: Goalkeeper Sebastián Saja agrees to join AEK from San Lorenzo de Almagro^[12]
1 July: Striker Nacho Scocco agrees to join AEK from Club Universidad Nacional^[13]
1 July: Striker Nathan Burns agrees to join AEK from Adelaide United^[14]
1 July: Midfielder Júlio César signs for Rapid București on a free transfer^[15]
1 July: Striker Pantelis Kapetanos is released from the club after his contract expired.^[16]
3 July: Goalkeeper Stefano Sorrentino joins Chievo on loan until the end of the season.^[17]
7 July: Striker Nikos Liberopoulos is released from the club.^[18]
23 July: Defender Traianos Dellas is released from the club.^[19]
30 July: Defender Juanfran agrees to join AEK from Real Zaragoza^[20]
31 July: Midfielder Angelos Basinas agrees to join AEK from Mallorca^[21]
1 August: Defender Sotirios Kyrgiakos agrees to join AEK from Eintracht Frankfurt^[22]
1 August: AEK is drawn against Omonia in the UEFA Cup Second qualifying round<
2 August: Defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos joins Genoa^[23]
22 August: Chairman Demis Nikolaidis announces his intention to resign from his position at the end of the season.^[24]
27 August: Midfielder Rivaldo joins FC Bunyodkor.^[25]
30 August: Striker Rafik Djebbour agrees to join AEK from Panionios^[26]
1 September: Midfielder Agustín Pelletieri agrees to join AEK on loan from Lanús^[27]
2 November: Chairman Demis Nikolaidis resigns as president of AEK^[2]
5 November: Takis Kanellopoulos and Nikos Koulis take temporary charge of the club^[4]
17 November: AEK part ways with manager Giorgos Donis^[3]
21 November: Stelios Manolas becomes technical director of the club^[28]
21 November: Dušan Bajević becomes manager for the third time^[5]
1 December: Georgios Kintis becomes 43rd president of AEK.^[29]
27 January: Defender Edson Ratinho joins Mogi Mirim^[30]
2 February: Midfielder Angelos Basinas joins Portsmouth^[31]

Players

Squad information

NOTE: The players are the ones that have been announced by the AEK Athens' press release. No edits should be made unless a player arrival or exit is announced. Updated 31 May 2009, 23:59 UTC+3.

No.	Player	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
23	Sebastián Saja	GK	(1979-06-05)5 June 1979 (aged 30)	2008	San Lorenzo	Free	2012
77	Jürgen Macho	GK	(1977-08-24)24 August 1977 (aged 31)	2007	Kaiserslautern	€300,000	2009
84	Giannis Arabatzis	GK	(1984-05-28)28 May 1984 (aged 25)	2002	Makrochori	€22,000	2011
Defenders
4	Geraldo Alves	CB / RB	(1980-11-08)8 November 1980 (aged 28)	2007	Paços de Ferreira	€300,000	2010
5	Daniel Majstorović (Vice-captain 3)	CB	(1977-04-05)5 April 1977 (aged 32)	2008	Basel	Free	2011
6	Georgios Alexopoulos	CB / RB	(1977-02-07)7 February 1977 (aged 32)	2005	Egaleo	Free	2010
7	Juanfran	LB / LM / CB	(1976-07-15)15 July 1976 (aged 32)	2008	Real Zaragoza	Free	2010
12	Olivier N'Siabamfumu	CB / RB / DM	(1986-03-17)17 March 1986 (aged 23)	2009	Free agent	Free	2009
13	Dimitrios Koutromanos	RB / LB / DM	(1987-02-25)25 February 1987 (aged 22)	2009	Panetolikos	€50,000	2011
25	Sotirios Kyrgiakos (Captain)	CB	(1979-07-23)23 July 1979 (aged 29)	2008	Eintracht Frankfurt	Free	2013
31	Nikolaos Georgeas (Vice-captain 2)	RB / LB / DM	(1976-12-27)27 December 1976 (aged 32)	2001	Kalamata	€1,500,000	2010
Midfielders
1	Pantelis Kafes (Vice-captain)	CM / DM / AM / RM / LM	(1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 31)	2007	Olympiacos	Free	2009
8	Tam Nsaliwa	DM / CM / CB	(1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 27)	2007	Panionios	€400,000	2010
11	Gustavo Manduca	RM / AM / RW / LM / LW / CM / SS / ST	(1980-06-08)8 June 1980 (aged 29)	2007	Benfica	€800,000	2010
16	Vasilios Pliatsikas	DM / CM / RB / CB	(1988-04-20)20 April 1988 (aged 21)	2005	Chaidari	Free	2010
17	Antonis Rikka	DM / CM	(1986-03-03)3 March 1986 (aged 23)	2008	Skoda Xanthi	€600,000	2013
19	Panagiotis Lagos	LM / LW / LB / CM / DM	(1985-07-18)18 July 1985 (aged 23)	2006	Iraklis	€900,000	2010
24	Agustín Pelletieri	DM / CM	(1982-05-17)17 May 1982 (aged 27)	2008	Lanús	€700,000	2009
34	Panagiotis Tachtsidis	CM / DM / AM	(1991-02-15)15 February 1991 (aged 18)	2007	AEK Athens U20	—	2010
56	Përparim Hetemaj	CM / DM / AM / RM / LM / RW / LW	(1986-12-12)12 December 1986 (aged 22)	2006	HJK Helsinki	€450,000	2010
80	El Hadji Diouf	AM / CM	(1989-08-20)20 August 1989 (aged 19)	2007	Xam-Xam	Free	2011
90	Savvas Gentsoglou	DM / CB / CM	(1990-09-19)19 September 1990 (aged 18)	2006	AEK Athens U20	—	2013
Forwards
9	Edinho	ST / SS / RW	(1982-07-07)7 July 1982 (aged 26)	2008	Vitória de Setúbal	€350,000	2011
10	Rafik Djebbour	ST / SS / RW / LW	(1984-03-08)8 March 1984 (aged 25)	2008	Panionios	€3,200,000	2011
18	Ismael Blanco	ST / SS	(1983-01-19)19 January 1983 (aged 26)	2008	Colón	€850,000	2011
20	Nathan Burns	RW / SS / ST / LW / AM	(1988-05-07)7 May 1988 (aged 21)	2008	Adelaide United	€450,000	2012
32	Ignacio Scocco	SS / LW / AM / ST / LM / RW / RM	(1985-05-29)29 May 1985 (aged 24)	2008	UNAM	€1,500,000	2011
83	Michalis Pavlis	SS / ST / RW / LW	(1989-09-22)22 September 1989 (aged 19)	2006	AEK Athens U20	—	2011
Left during Summer Transfer Window
—	Rivaldo	AM / SS / LM	(1972-04-19)19 April 1972 (aged 37)	2007	Olympiacos	Free	2009
Left during Winter Transfer Window
2	Edson Ratinho	RB / RM / RW	(1986-05-31)31 May 1986 (aged 23)	2007	Mogi Mirim	€350,000	2012
14	Angelos Basinas	DM / CM / AM	(1976-01-03)3 January 1976 (aged 33)	2008	Mallorca	Free	2011
40	Panagiotis Zorbas	AM / RW / LM / LW / CM	(1987-04-21)21 April 1987 (aged 22)	2005	Bayer 04 Leverkusen U19	Free	2011

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
5	DF	Daniel Majstorović	Basel	Free transfer	1 July 2008	30 June 2011	^[10]
7	DF	Juanfran	Real Zaragoza	Free transfer	30 July 2008	30 June 2010	^[20]
9	FW	Edinho	Vitória de Setúbal	€350,000	1 July 2008	30 June 2011	^[32]
10	FW	Rafik Djebbour	Panionios	€3,200,000	1 July 2008	30 June 2011	^[33]
13	DF	Dimitrios Koutromanos	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan return	1 July 2008	30 June 2011
14	MF	Angelos Basinas	Mallorca	Free transfer	31 July 2008	30 June 2011	^[21]
17	MF	Antonis Rikka	Skoda Xanthi	€600,000	1 July 2008	30 June 2013	^[9]^[34]
18	FW	Ismael Blanco	Colón	€850,000	1 July 2008	30 June 2011	^[35]
20	FW	Nathan Burns	Adelaide United	€450,000	1 July 2008	30 June 2012	^[14]
23	GK	Sebastián Saja	San Lorenzo	Free transfer	1 July 2008	30 June 2012	^[12]
25	DF	Sotirios Kyrgiakos	Eintracht Frankfurt	Free transfer	1 August 2008	30 June 2013	^[22]
32	FW	Ignacio Scocco	UNAM	€1,500,000	1 July 2008	30 June 2011	^[13]
40	MF	Panagiotis Zorbas	Panetolikos	Loan return	1 July 2008	30 June 2011
56	MF	Përparim Hetemaj	Apollon Kalamarias	Loan return	1 July 2008	30 June 2010
90	MF	Savvas Gentsoglou	A.O. Nea Ionia	Loan return	1 July 2008	30 June 2011
–	GK	Stefano Sorrentino	Recreativo de Huelva	Loan return	1 July 2008	30 June 2010
—	GK	Giannis Fysekis	Lamia	Loan return	1 July 2008	30 June 2010
—	DF	Nikolaos Kourkoulas	A.O. Nea Ionia	Loan return	1 July 2008	30 June 2010
—	DF	Panagiotis Stergiatos	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan return	1 July 2008	30 June 2008
—	DF	Nikos Barboudis	Fostiras	Loan return	1 July 2008	30 June 2010
—	DF	Dimitrios Amarantidis	Anagennisi Karditsa	Free transfer	1 July 2008	30 June 2010
—	DF	Vasilios Vallianos	A.O. Nea Ionia	Loan return	1 July 2008	30 June 2008
—	MF	Nikolaos Kaltsas	Acharnaikos	Loan return	1 July 2008	30 June 2010
—	MF	Manolis Tsagarogiannakis	Thiva	Loan return	1 July 2008	30 June 2009
—	MF	El Hadji Diouf	Ilisiakos	Loan return	1 July 2008	30 June 2011

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
12	DF	Olivier N'Siabamfumu	Free agent	Free transfer	11 February 2009	30 June 2009	^[36]
80	MF	El Hadji Diouf	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan termination	20 November 2008	30 June 2011	^[37]
—	MF	Georgios Tofas	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan termination	31 December 2008	30 June 2010

Out

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
3	DF	Rodolfo Arruabarrena	Tigre	Contract termintion	12 August 2008	^[38]
5	DF	Traianos Dellas	Anorthosis Famagusta	Contract termintion	23 July 2008	^[19]
7	FW	Charilaos Pappas	Skoda Xanthi	€60,000	5 July 2008	^[39]
9	FW	Pantelis Kapetanos	Steaua București	Contract termintion	1 July 2008	^[16]
10	MF	Rivaldo	Bunyodkor	€1,000,000	30 August 2008	^[40]
14	DF	Federico Azcárate	Polideportivo Ejido	End of contract	22 July 2008	^[41]
15	DF	Sokratis Papastathopoulos	Genoa	€3,800,000^[a]	1 August 2008	^[42]
16	MF	Akis Zikos	Retired		30 June 2008	^[43]
18	FW	Ismael Blanco	Colón	Loan return	30 June 2008
20	FW	Manú	Benfica	Loan return	30 June 2008
22	MF	Panagiotis Kone	Iraklis	Free transfer	29 August 2008	^[44]
23	FW	Mohamed Kallon	Al Shabab	End of contract	1 July 2008	^[45]
27	MF	Christos Bourbos	Iraklis	End of contract	1 July 2008	^[46]
32	GK	Marcelo Moretto	Benfica	Loan return	30 June 2008
33	FW	Nikos Liberopoulos	Eintracht Frankfurt	Contract termintion	13 July 2008	^[18]
36	FW	Edinho	Vitória de Setúbal	Loan return	30 June 2008
88	MF	Dániel Tőzsér	Genk	€1,500,000	5 June 2008	^[47]
99	FW	Júlio César	Rapid București	Free transfer	1 July 2008	^[15]
—	DF	Panagiotis Stergiatos	Anagennisi Arta	End of contract	1 July 2008
—	DF	Vasilios Vallianos	Panachaiki	Free transfer	1 July 2008
—	MF	Manolis Tsagarogiannakis	Vyzas Megara	Free transfer	1 July 2008	^[48]

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
2	DF	Edson Ratinho	Mogi Mirim	€350,000	27 January 2009	^[30]
14	MF	Angelos Basinas	Portsmouth	Contract termination	2 February 2009	^[31]

Loan in

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
24	MF	Agustín Pelletieri	Lanús	€700,000	1 September 2008	30 June 2009	Y	^[27]

Loan out

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
—	GK	Stefano Sorrentino	Chievo Verona	€200,000	3 July 2008	30 June 2009	Y	^[17]
—	GK	Giannis Fysekis	Apollon Kalamarias	Free	1 July 2008	30 June 2009	N
—	DF	Nikolaos Kourkoulas	A.O. Nea Ionia	Free	1 July 2008	30 June 2010	N
—	DF	Nikos Barboudis	Apollon Kalamarias	Free	23 July 2008	30 June 2009	N
—	DF	Dimitrios Amarantidis	Anagennisi Karditsa	Free	1 July 2008	30 June 2010	N
—	MF	Nikolaos Kaltsas	Chaidari	Free	1 July 2008	30 June 2010	N
—	MF	El Hadji Diouf	Anagennisi Karditsa	Free	1 July 2008	30 June 2009	N
—	MF	Georgios Tofas	Anagennisi Karditsa	Free	1 July 2008	30 June 2009	N

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
40	MF	Panagiotis Zorbas	Panetolikos	Free	31 December 2008	30 June 2009	N
—	MF	Georgios Tofas	Anorthosis Famagusta	Free	31 December 2008	30 June 2010	Y

Notes

a. ^{^} plus 15% of next sale.

Contract renewals

No.	Pos.	Player	Date	Former Exp. Date	New Exp. Date	Source
13	DF	Dimitris Koutromanos	25 June 2008	30 June 2010	30 June 2011	^[49]
90	MF	Savvas Gentsoglou	25 June 2008	30 June 2009	30 June 2013	^[49]

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: €7,650,000

Winter: €0

Total: €7,650,000

Income

Summer: €6,560,000

Winter: €350,000

Total: €6,910,000

Net Totals

Summer: €1,090,000

Winter: €350,000

Total: €740,000

Pre-season and friendlies

18 July 2008 Friendly	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	AEK Athens	Leogang
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Tesche 59'	Report	Scocco 22'	Stadium: Steinbergstadion Leogang

26 July 2008 Friendly	Greuther Fürth	2–2	AEK Athens	Leogang
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Iličević 1' Meichelbeck 32'	Report	83' (o.g.) Pliatsikas 85'	Stadium: Steinbergstadion Leogang

29 July 2008 Friendly	Energie Cottbus	1–1	AEK Athens	Kufstein
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Rangelov 55' (pen.)	Report	Kafes 56'	Stadium: Kufstein Arena Attendance: 800

30 July 2008 Friendly	Bursaspor	0–1	AEK Athens	Jenbach
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Rivaldo 58' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Jenbach

1 August 2008 Friendly	Genoa	1–0	AEK Athens	Jenbach
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Di Gennaro 59'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Jenbach

3 August 2008 Friendly	Ankaragücü	0–5	AEK Athens	Jenbach
19:15 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Scocco 19' Blanco 20' Majstorović 28' Pavlis 70' Burns 73'	Stadium: Stadion Jenbach

8 August 2008 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Marousi
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Hetamaj 17'	Report	Cahill 19'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 10,022 Referee: Ilias Spathas (Piraeus)

18 August 2008 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–1	Bologna	Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Rivaldo 65'	Report	Adaílton 31'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 2,305 Referee: Michalis Germanakos (Athens)

21 August 2008 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–1	Groningen	Marousi
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Edinho 54' Scocco 71' Kone 88'	Report	García 15' Powel 41', 66'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)

6 September 2008 Friendly	Anagennisi Karditsa	2–2	AEK Athens	Karditsa
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Chatzirizos 54' Diouf 68'	Report	Djebbour 5' Kafes 30'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Karditsa Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Periklis Golias (Athens)

7 September 2008 Friendly	Olympiacos Volos	0–3	AEK Athens	Volos
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Lagos 27' Blanco 38' Zorbas 48'	Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium Attendance: 9,000

8 October 2008 Friendly	A.O. Nea Ionia	0–3	AEK Athens	Acharnes
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Pavlis 45' Djebbour 53' Zorbas 81'	Stadium: Acharnes Stadium

29 October 2008 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–1	A.O. Nea Ionia	Thrakomakedones
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Pavlis 55', 67' Pliatsikas 75'	Report	Balaskas 25'	Stadium: AEK Athens' training complex

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super League	31 August 2008	26 April 2009	Matchday 1	4th	30	14	13	3	40	24	+16	046.67
Super League Play-offs	10 May 2009	31 May 2009	Matchday 1	3rd	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	050.00
Greek Cup	29 October 2009	29 October 2009	Round of 32	Runners-up	7	4	2	1	12	8	+4	057.14
UEFA Cup	14 August 2008	28 August 2008	Second qualifying round	Second qualifying round	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Total					45	21	18	6	62	41	+21	046.67

Last updated: 31 May 2009
Source: Competitions

Super League Greece

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	PAOK	30	18	9	3	39	16	+23	63	Qualification for the Play-offs
3	Panathinaikos	30	17	10	3	51	18	+33	61
4	AEK Athens	30	14	13	3	40	24	+16	55
5	AEL	30	12	13	5	36	26	+10	49
6	Aris	30	13	8	9	30	31	−1	47

Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Play-offs (neutral ground).
(Note: Criterion 4 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[50]

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: 2009-04-26.
Source: Super League Greece

Results by Matchday

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

Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2009. Source: slgr.gr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures

31 August 2008 1	AEK Athens	2–1	Panathinaikos	Marousi
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Edinho 20' Blanco 45+5' (pen.)	Report	Karagounis 90+4'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 30,140 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Edinho

14 September 2008 2	PAOK	1–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Muslimović 15'	Report	Blanco 45+2'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 25,203 Referee: Vasilis Paboridis (Kilkis) Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco

21 September 2008 3	AEK Athens	1–0	Iraklis	Marousi
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Scocco 14'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 17,459 Referee: Nikitas Ntatis (Chios) Man of the Match: Sebastián Saja

28 September 2008 4	Panionios	2–2	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kyrgiakos 26' (o.g.) Delura 68'	Report	Scocco 58' Kafes 90+4'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 4,409 Referee: Giannis Stavridis (Pieria) Man of the Match: Ignacio Scocco

5 October 2008 5	Olympiacos	2–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Kovačević 63' Diogo 66'	Report		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 30,074 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Luís Diogo

19 October 2008 6	AEK Athens	1–1	AEL	Marousi
16:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Blanco pen.' (84)	Report	Sarmiento 90+1'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 19,407 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu) Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco

26 October 2008 7	Thrasyvoulos	3–3	AEK Athens	Fyli
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Gonçalves 52', 56' Alves 71'	Report	Scocco 10', 41' Blanco 31'	Stadium: Fyli Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,742 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Ignacio Scocco

2 November 2008 8	AEK Athens	2–1	Asteras Tripolis	Marousi
16:45 EET (UTC+2)	Majstorović 90' Djebbour 90+3'	Report	Marcelão 67'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 14,108 Referee: Ilias Spathas (Piraeus) Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour

8 November 2008 9	Skoda Xanthi	1–1	AEK Athens	Xanthi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Taïder 33'	Report	Blanco 62'	Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 3,763 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu) Man of the Match: Ignacio Scocco

15 November 2008 10	AEK Athens	0–0	Panserraikos	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 10,170 Referee: Dimitris Kyrkos (Epirus) Man of the Match: Dimitrios Kottaras

23 November 2008 11	OFI	1–1	AEK Athens	Heraklion
16:45 EET (UTC+2)	Taralidis 75'	Report	Kafes 86'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 4,732 Referee: Michalis Dakos (Xanthi) Man of the Match: Aleksandar Simić

30 November 2008 12	Levadiakos	0–0	AEK Athens	Livadeia
16:45 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 3,156 Referee: Nikitas Ntatis (Chios) Man of the Match: Srđan Blažić

7 December 2008 13	AEK Athens	1–0	Panthrakikos	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Blanco 28'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 12,054 Referee: Vasilis Paboridis (Kilkis) Man of the Match: Tam Nsaliwa

14 December 2008 14	Aris	1–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Calvo 39'	Report	Edinho 71'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 13,783 Referee: Giorgos Daloukas (Thessaly) Man of the Match: Edinho

21 December 2008 15	AEK Athens	3–2	Ergotelis	Marousi
16:45 EET (UTC+2)	Djebbour 6' Blanco 39' Edinho 85'	Report	Fragoulakis 35' Budimir 76'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 12,019 Referee: Vangelis Katsidonis (Dodecanese) Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour

4 January 2009 16	Panathinaikos	0–0	AEK Athens	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 42,018 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Angelos Basinas

11 January 2009 17	AEK Athens	1–0	PAOK	Marousi
20:15 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 19,194 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour

17 January 2009 18	Iraklis	0–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Blanco 69'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 7,897 Referee: Michalis Lambropoulos (Elis) Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco

25 January 2009 19	AEK Athens	3–0	Panionios	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Blanco 7' Edinho 27' Scocco 47'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 13,187 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu) Man of the Match: Ignacio Scocco

1 February 2009 20	AEK Athens	0–1	Olympiacos	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Galletti 5'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 44,104 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Luciano Galletti

8 February 2009 21	AEL	1–1	AEK Athens	Larissa
16:45 EET (UTC+2)	Fotakis 76'	Report	Djebbour 90+1'	Stadium: Alcazar Stadium Attendance: 6,148 Referee: Ilias Spathas (Piraeus) Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour

14 February 2009 22	AEK Athens	1–0	Thrasyvoulos	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Tachtsidis 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,532 Referee: Lazaros Polatian (Pella) Man of the Match: Panagiotis Tachtsidis

22 February 2009 23	Asteras Tripolis	0–1	AEK Athens	Tripoli
19:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Majstorović 86'	Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium Attendance: 2,952 Referee: Dimitris Kyrkos (Epirus) Man of the Match: Daniel Majstorović

28 February 2009 24	AEK Athens	2–1	Skoda Xanthi	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Edinho 10' Blanco 49'	Report	Poy 57'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,587 Referee: Michalis Lambropoulos (Elis) Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco

8 March 2009 25	Panserraikos	1–5	AEK Athens	Serres
16:45 EET (UTC+2)	Čeh 19' (pen.)	Report	Blanco 6', 43' Djebbour 28' (pen.), 35' Scocco 45+1'	Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium Attendance: 5,673 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco

14 March 2009 26	AEK Athens	1–0	OFI	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kafes 23'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 11,860 Referee: Vasilis Paboridis (Kilkis) Man of the Match: Panagiotis Tachtsidis

22 March 2009 27	AEK Athens	3–1	Levadiakos	Marousi
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Djebbour 2' Blanco 39' Edinho 81'	Report	Kiassos 27'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,045 Referee: Petros Konstantineas (Messinia) Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour

5 April 2009 28	Panthrakikos	1–1	AEK Athens	Komotini
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Matthys 24'	Report	Blanco 57'	Stadium: Komotini Stadium Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Ilias Mazarakos (Arta) Man of the Match: Spyros Vrontaras

12 April 2009 29	AEK Athens	0–1	Aris	Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Koke 23'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 13,847 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu) Man of the Match: Sergio Koke

26 April 2009 30	Ergotelis	1–1	AEK Athens	Heraklion
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Fragoulakis 86'	Report	Edinho 84'	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Attendance: 3,652 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Michail Fragoulakis

Play-offs

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Panathinaikos	6	5	1	0	12	3	+9	18	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	AEK Athens	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	12	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4	PAOK	6	2	0	4	5	9	−4	9	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	AEL	6	0	1	5	3	10	−7	1	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round

Source: Super League Greece and Worldfootball.net
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.

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
6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	12	2	0	1	6	5	+1	1	2	0	2	1	+1

Last updated: 2009-05-31.
Source: Super League Greece

Results by Matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	D	L
Position	4	4	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2009. Source: slgr.gr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures

10 May 2009 1	AEK Athens	3–2	AEL	Marousi
21:10 EEST (UTC+3)	Pavlis 8', 14' Manduca 40' Blanco 79' (pen.) Alves 84' Tachtsidis 87' Scocco 90+1'	Report	Parra 9', 21' Ilić 21', 24' Tsigas 84' Venetidis 90+1' Kyriakos 90+3'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 8,864 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion) Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco

13 May 2009 2	Panathinaikos	1–1	AEK Athens	Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Salpingidis 27 Gabriel 43' (pen.), 56' Spyropoulos 70' Christodoulopoulos 82'	Report	Scocco 12' Alexopoulos 26' Kafes 72'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 22,980 Referee: Ilias Spathas (Piraeus) Man of the Match: Gabriel

17 May 2009 3	PAOK	0–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Bakayoko 24' Contreras 77' Conceição 90+3'	Report	Nsaliwa 6' Georgeas 12' 71' Blanco 40' Manduca 47' Hetemaj 67' 84'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 28,703 Referee: Giorgos Daloukas (Thessaly) Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco

20 May 2009 4	AEK Athens	3–1	PAOK	Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Djebbour 9' Blanco 39' Alves 53' Chalkias 60' (o.g.)	Report	Ivić 35' Sorlin 45' 45' Chalkias 45+1'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 14,831 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu) Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour

24 May 2009 5	AEL	0–0	AEK Athens	Larissa
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Giannakopoulos 9' Parra 18 Iglesias 34' 45' Katsiaros 83'	Report	Nsaliwa 34' Hetemaj 79'	Stadium: Alkazar Stadium Attendance: 4,328 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Dino Seremet

31 May 2009 6	AEK Athens	0–2	Panathinaikos	Marousi
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Saja 29'	Report	Simão 8' Karagounis 30' (pen.) Rukavina 36' Mattos 83'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 30,435 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu) Man of the Match: Giorgos Karagounis

Greek Cup

AEK entered the Greek Cup at the round of 32.

Matches

11 November 2008 Round of 32	Ilisiakos	1–2 (a.e.t.)	AEK Athens	Egaleo
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nastos 22' Tampasis 57' Mondroni 64' 111' Pavlidis 76' Tsitsomitsos 99' Veletis 103'	Report	Juanfran 54' Lagos 96' Blanco 94' Kafes 107'	Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium Attendance: 499 Referee: Petros Konstantineas (Messinia)

22 January 2009 Round of 16	AEK Athens	1–0	Kerkyra	Marousi
16:45 EET (UTC+2)	Alves 14' Basinas 21' Edinho 45+1' Scocco 89'	Report	Vitouladitis 45+1' Tsemperidis 69' Gustavinho 78'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 4,315 Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)

Quarter-finals

18 February 2009 First leg	Skoda Xanthi	2–1	AEK Athens	Xanthi
21:30 EET (UTC+2)	Papadimitriou 7' Abrahám 43' Došek 68' Poy 69' Tziortziopoulos 80' Abrahám 90'	Report	Blanco 5' (pen.), 79' Kyrgiakos 16' Nsaliwa 30' Majstorović 73'	Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 2,449 Referee: Giorgos Stathopoulos (Achaia)

25 February 2009 Second leg	AEK Athens	1–0 (2(a)–2 agg.)	Skoda Xanthi	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Pelletieri 45' Nsaliwa 68' Blanco 83' Kyrgiakos 87'	Report	Poy 25' Zuela 54' Vallas 54' Fliskas 80'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,480 Referee: Giannis Stavridis (Pieria) Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco

Semi-finals

18 March 2009 First leg	AEK Athens	3–1	Panserraikos	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Djebbour 20', 40' Majstorović 38'	Report	Aurélio 24'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 7,642 Referee: Nathanail Charalabidis (Kavala) Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour

8 April 2009 Second leg	Panserraikos	0–0 (1–3 agg.)	AEK Athens	Serres
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Papazoglou 38' Galanopoulos 45' 90'	Report	Manduca 90'	Stadium: Stadium of Serres Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Giorgos Kastanidis (Thessaloniki)

Final

2 May 2009 Final	AEK Athens	4–4 (a.e.t.) (14–15 p)	Olympiacos	Marousi
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Blanco 4', 8' Kafes 28' Kyrgiakos 35' 90+1' Nsaliwa 53' Alves 72' Scocco 90', 107', 107' Edinho 111'	Report	Papadopoulos 35' 105' Derbyshire 47', 90+6' Galletti 68' 104', 102' Dudu 72'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 48,594 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)
	Penalties
	Kafes Blanco Scocco Edinho Majstorović Nsaliwa Saja Pelletieri Georgeas Kafes Blanco Scocco Edinho Majstorović Nsaliwa Saja Pelletieri		Óscar Dudu Diogo Domi Đorđević Torosidis Belluschi Nikopolidis Antzas Óscar Dudu Diogo Domi Đorđević Torosidis Belluschi Nikopolidis

UEFA Cup

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 1 August 2008.^[51]

14 August 2008 First leg	AEK Athens	0–1	Omonia	Athens, Greece
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Rivaldo 5' Scocco 90+1'	Report	Duro 18' Clayton 20' Cafú 40' Ndikumana 51'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 13,472 Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

28 August 2008 Second leg	Omonia	2–2 (3–2 agg.)	AEK Athens	Nicosia, Cyprus
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Duro 11', 70' Wenzel 64' Niculescu 90+1'	Report	Majstorović 12' Blanco 16' Scocco 22' 58' Edinho 30' Basinas 37' Zorbas 86' Pavlis 89' Juanfran 90+2'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 20,267 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 31 May 2009

No.	Pos	Player	Super League		Super League Play-offs		Greek Cup		UEFA Cup		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
23	GK	Sebastián Saja	29	0	6	0	5	0	2	0	42	0
77	GK	Jürgen Macho	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
84	GK	Giannis Arabatzis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
4	DF	Geraldo Alves	10	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	16	0
5	DF	Daniel Majstorović	28	2	6	0	7	1	2	0	43	3
6	DF	Georgios Alexopoulos	12	0	5	0	2	0	1	0	20	0
7	DF	Juanfran	21	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	27	0
12	DF	Olivier N'Siabamfumu	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
13	DF	Dimitrios Koutromanos	10	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	17	0
25	DF	Sotirios Kyrgiakos	19	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	26	0
31	DF	Nikolaos Georgeas	19	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	29	0
Midfielders
1	MF	Pantelis Kafes	22	3	5	0	5	1	3	0	35	4
8	MF	Tam Nsaliwa	18	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	28	0
11	MF	Gustavo Manduca	13	0	6	1	4	0	0	0	23	1
16	MF	Vasilios Pliatsikas	14	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	17	0
17	MF	Antonis Rikka	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
19	MF	Panagiotis Lagos	14	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	17	0
24	MF	Agustín Pelletieri	23	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	32	0
34	MF	Panagiotis Tachtsidis	8	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	13	1
56	MF	Përparim Hetemaj	9	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	16	0
80	MF	El Hadji Diouf	6	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	10	0
90	MF	Savvas Gentsoglou	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Forwards
9	FW	Edinho	25	7	4	0	6	0	1	0	36	7
10	FW	Rafik Djebbour	23	7	5	1	5	2	0	0	33	10
18	FW	Ismael Blanco	30	14	6	3	6	5	2	1	44	23
20	FW	Nathan Burns	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
32	FW	Ignacio Scocco	27	6	5	1	7	3	2	0	41	10
83	FW	Michalis Pavlis	7	0	3	1	3	0	2	1	15	2
Left during Summer Transfer Window
—	MF	Rivaldo	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Left during Winter Transfer Window
2	DF	Edson Ratinho	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	6	0
14	MF	Angelos Basinas	14	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	17	0
40	MF	Panagiotis Zorbas	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	7	0

Goalscorers

As of 31 May 2009

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Super League	Super League Play-offs	Greek Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	18	FW	Ismael Blanco	14	3	5	1	23
2	10	FW	Rafik Djebbour	7	1	2	0	10
2	32	FW	Ignacio Scocco	6	1	3	0	10
4	9	FW	Edinho	7	0	0	0	7
5	1	MF	Pantelis Kafes	3	0	1	0	4
6	5	DF	Daniel Majstorović	2	0	1	0	3
7	83	FW	Michalis Pavlis	0	1	0	1	2
8	34	MF	Panagiotis Tachtsidis	1	0	0	0	1
8	11	MF	Gustavo Manduca	0	1	0	0	1
Own goals				0	1	0	0	1
Totals				40	8	12	2	62

Assists

As of 31 May 2009

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Super League	Super League Play-offs	Greek Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	32	FW	Ignacio Scocco	9	0	1	0	10
2	18	FW	Ismael Blanco	2	1	2	1	6
3	31	DF	Nikolaos Georgeas	3	0	0	0	3
	11	MF	Gustavo Manduca	2	0	1	0	3
	9	FW	Edinho	1	0	2	0	3
6	25	DF	Sotirios Kyrgiakos	2	0	0	0	2
	34	MF	Panagiotis Tachtsidis	2	0	0	0	2
	8	MF	Tam Nsaliwa	1	1	0	0	2
	10	FW	Rafik Djebbour	1	0	1	0	2
10	1	MF	Pantelis Kafes	1	0	0	0	1
	19	MF	Panagiotis Lagos	1	0	0	0	1
	56	MF	Përparim Hetemaj	0	1	0	0	1
	6	DF	Georgios Alexopoulos	0	0	1	0	1
	4	DF	Geraldo Alves	0	0	1	0	1
	14	MF	Angelos Basinas	0	0	0	1	1
Totals				25	3	9	2	39

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by competition order when total clean sheets are equal, then by shirt number and then alphabetically by surname. Clean sheets in games where both goalkeepers participated are awarded to the goalkeeper who started the game. Goalkeepers with no appearances are not included.

As of 31 May 2009

Rank	No.	Player	Super League	Super League Play-offs	Greek Cup	Total
1	23	Sebastián Saja	11	2	2	15
2	77	Jürgen Macho	0	0	1	1
Totals			11	2	3	16

Disciplinary record

As of 31 May 2009

N	P	Nat.	Name													Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Super League		Super League Play-offs		Greek Cup		UEFA Cup			Total			Notes
Goalkeepers
23	GK		Sebastián Saja	4		1							5
77	GK		Jürgen Macho					1					1
84	GK		Giannis Arabatzis
Defenders
4	DF		Geraldo Alves	3		1		2					6
5	DF		Daniel Majstorović	6				2		1			9
6	DF		Georgios Alexopoulos	4		1							5
7	DF		Juanfran	6	1			1				1	7	1	1
12	DF		Olivier N'Siabamfumu
13	DF		Dimitrios Koutromanos	2									2
25	DF		Sotirios Kyrgiakos	7				3	1				10		1
31	DF		Nikolaos Georgeas	3		2	1						5	1
Midfielders
1	MF		Pantelis Kafes	4		2		1					7
8	MF		Tam Nsaliwa	5		2		3					10
11	MF		Gustavo Manduca			1		1					2
16	MF		Vasilios Pliatsikas	4									4
17	MF		Antonis Rikka	1									1
19	MF		Panagiotis Lagos	2				1					3
24	MF		Agustín Pelletieri	4				1					5
34	MF		Panagiotis Tachtsidis			1							1
56	MF		Përparim Hetemaj	4		2	1						6	1
80	MF		El Hadji Diouf
90	MF		Savvas Gentsoglou
Forwards
9	FW		Edinho	4				1		1			6
10	FW		Rafik Djebbour	1									1
18	MF		Ismael Blanco	1				1					2
20	FW		Nathan Burns	1									1
32	FW		Ignacio Scocco	7		1		1		2	1		11	1
83	FW		Michalis Pavlis			1							1
Left during Summer Transfer window
—	MF		Rivaldo							1			1
Left during Winter Transfer window
2	DF		Edson Ratinho
14	MF		Angelos Basinas	8				1		1			10
40	MF		Panagiotis Zorbas							1			1

Starting 11

N.	Formation	Matchday(s)
40	4–3–3	1–15, 17, 18, 21–30
3	4–4–2 (D)	16, 19, 20
2	4–4–2

No.	Player	Pos.
23	Sebastián Saja	GK
25	Sotirios Kyrgiakos (C)	RCB
5	Daniel Majstorović	LCB
31	Nikolaos Georgeas	RB
7	Juanfran	LB
8	Tam Nsaliwa	DM
24	Agustín Pelletieri	RCM
1	Pantelis Kafes	LCM
9	Edinho	RW
32	Ignacio Scocco	LW
18	Ismael Blanco	CF

Saja

Kyrgiakos (C)

Majstorović

Georgeas

Juanfran

Nsaliwa

Pelletieri

Kafes

Edinho

Scocco

Blanco

Last updated: 2009-05-31

UEFA rankings

UEFA team ranking

#	Previous	Team	Ranking
80	77	Feyenoord	25.825
81	69	Dinamo București	25.781
82	83	AEK Athens	25.632
83	84	Slavia Prague	25.150
84	95	Nancy	25.033

UEFA country ranking

#	Previous	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

Awards

Player	Pos.	Award	Source
Rafik Djebbour	FW	Best Goal Award (8th Matchday)	^[52]
Edinho	FW	Best Goal Award (14th Matchday)	^[53]
Ignacio Scocco	FW	MVP Award (19th Matchday)	^[54]
Ignacio Scocco	FW	Best Goal Award (19th Matchday)	^[54]
Panagiotis Tachtsidis	MF	Best Goal Award (22nd Matchday)	^[55]
Edinho	FW	Best Goal Award (24th Matchday)	^[56]
Ignacio Scocco	FW	MVP Award (27th Matchday)	^[57]
Ismael Blanco	FW	Super League Top Scorer (shared)
Ismael Blanco	FW	Greek Cup Top Scorer

References

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^ ^a ^b "AEK move for Basel's Majstorovic".
^ Projects, Sanmax. "News | KRC Genk". krcgenk.be.
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^ ^a ^b "AEK FC signs Scocco". Archived from the original on August 3, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "AEK FC signs Burns". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
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^ ^a ^b "AEK FC release Dellas". Archived from the original on 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
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^ ^a ^b "AEK FC signs Basinas". Archived from the original on 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
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External links

[1] "Legal Dispute". uefa.com. 2008-04-20. Retrieved 2008-05-15.

[NikAEK-2] "Nikolaidis Resigns". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2008-11-08.

[DonAEK-3] "Sport In Greece.gr ::Front Page News". sportingreece.com. Archived from the original on February 17, 2012.

[aekfc.gr-4] "Kanellopoulos and Koulis take charge". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2008-11-08.

[BajAEK-5] "AEK FC sign Dusan Bajevic". Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2008-11-21.

[6] ΑΕΚ-Ολυμπιακός 3-3 (4-4 παράταση,14-15 πεν.). sport24.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 21 May 2016.

[7] "Περίοδος 2008-2009". aekpedia.com (in Greek). 22 May 2015.

[8] "uefa.com: Donis handed AEK post".

[RikAEK-9] "AEK FC signs Rikka". Archived from the original on 2008-05-20. Retrieved 2008-05-17.

[MajAEK-10] "AEK move for Basel's Majstorovic".

[TozAEK-11] Projects, Sanmax. "News | KRC Genk". krcgenk.be.

[SajAEK-12] "AEK FC signs Saja". Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-07-02.

[ScoAEK-13] "AEK FC signs Scocco". Archived from the original on August 3, 2008.

[BurAEK-14] "AEK FC signs Burns". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2008-07-07.

[CesAEK-15] "FC Rapid sign Julio Cesar". Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2008-07-25.

[KapAEK-16] "AEK FC release Kapetanos". Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2008-07-02.

[SorAEK-17] "Sorrentino joins Chievo on loan". Archived from the original on 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2008-07-05.

[LibAEK-18] "AEK FC release Liberopoulos". Archived from the original on July 8, 2008.

[DelAEK-19] "AEK FC release Dellas". Archived from the original on 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2008-07-23.

[JuanAEK-20] "AEK FC signs Juanfran". Archived from the original on 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2008-07-31.

[Bas1AEK-21] "AEK FC signs Basinas". Archived from the original on 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2008-07-31.

[KyrAEK-22] "AEK FC signs Kyrgiakos". Archived from the original on August 6, 2008.

[SokrAEK-23] "Genoa sign Papastathopoulos". Archived from the original on August 5, 2008.

[24] "Nikolaidis press conference (greek)". Archived from the original on 2008-08-27. Retrieved 2008-08-27.

[RivAEK-25] "Rivaldo leaves club (greek)". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2008-08-27.

[DjeAEK-26] "AEK FC signs Djebbour". Archived from the original on 2008-09-01. Retrieved 2008-08-30.

[PelAEK-27] "AEK FC signs Pelletieri". Archived from the original on 2008-09-03. Retrieved 2008-09-01.

[28] "Stelios Manolas becomes technical director". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2008-11-21.

[29] "Kintis elected new president". Archived from the original on 2009-07-27. Retrieved 2008-12-01.

[EdsAEK-30] "Mogo Mirim signs Edson Ratinho". Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2009-01-27.

[Bas2AEK-31] "Portsmouth sign Basinas". Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2009-02-02.

[32] "Ανακοίνωση". aekfc.gr. 11 May 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-05-11.

[33] "Ο "τρομοκράτης" Ράφικ Τζιμπούρ και όσα έκανε με τη φανέλα της ΑΕΚ". enwsi.gr. 17 June 2015.

[34] "Ανακοίνωσε Ρίκκα". sport24.gr. 16 May 2008.

[35] "Με κίτρινη μάσκα!". tanea.gr.

[36] "ΠΑΤΡΙΣ - ΑΡΧΕΙΟ ΗΛΕΚΤΡΟΝΙΚΗΣ ΕΚΔΟΣΗΣ". archive.patris.gr.

[37] "Τέλος ο Ντιουφ". contra.gr.

[38] "Τέλος ο Αρουαμπαρένα". contra.gr (in Greek). 12 August 2008.

[39] "Νέα μεγάλη μεταγραφή για Ξάνθη με την απόκτηση του Χάρη Παππά". in.gr (in Greek). 5 July 2008.

[40] "Ο Ριβάλντο "στοίχειωσε" τον Αύγουστο". sport24.gr. Online.

[41] "El Poli Ejido presenta a Nakor Bueno y Fede Azcárate y cierra el fichaje del francés Charpenet". Teleprensa.

[42] "Στη Τζένοα με 3,8 εκ. ευρώ ο Παπασταθόπουλος, πάει για το μπαμ με Κυργιάκο η ΑΕΚ". in.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[43] "Το αντίο του Άκη Ζήκου". sport24.gr (in Greek).

[44] "Ολοκληρώθηκε του Κονέ". sport-fm.gr (in Greek). 29 August 2008.

[45] "Τέλος ο Καλόν". sport24.gr (in Greek).

[46] "Υπέγραψε στον Ηρακλή ο Μπούρμπος". contra.gr (in Greek).

[47] "Ανακοινώθηκε η πώληση Τόζερ στην Γκενκ". contra.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[48] "ΒΥΖΑΣ Μεγαρων". byzas.blogspot.com (in Greek).

[GenAEK-49] "Παραμένουν κι επισήμως Γκέντσογλου, Κουτρουμάνος". contra.gr.

[50] "Playoff regulation (pdf, greek)" (PDF).

[51] "Draws for UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup" (PDF). UEFA.com. 22 July 2008.

[52] "Γκάμπριελ και Τζεμπούρ τα βραβεία της 8ης αγωνιστικής". slgr.gr (in Greek). Online. 5 November 2008.

[53] "Γιώργος Καραγκούνης και Εντίνιο τα βραβεία της 14ης αγωνιστικής". slgr.gr (in Greek). Online. 17 December 2008.

[MD19-54] "Στο Νάτσο Σκόκο τα βραβεία της 19ης αγωνιστικής". slgr.gr (in Greek). Online. 28 January 2009.

[55] "Τάσος Παπάζογλου και Παναγιώτης Ταχτσίδης τα βραβεία της 22ης αγωνιστικής". slgr.gr (in Greek). Online. 18 February 2009.

[56] "Ιμπραΐμα Μπακαγιόκο και Εντίνιο τα βραβεία της 24ης αγωνιστικής". slgr.gr (in Greek). Online. 4 March 2009.

[57] "Νάτσο Σκόκο και Στέλιος Σφακιανάκης τα βραβεία της 27ης αγωνιστικής". slgr.gr (in Greek). Online. 26 March 2009.

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