1996–97 AEK Athens F.C. season

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AEK Athens
1996–97 season
ChairmanMichalis Trochanas
(until 31 December)
Giorgos Kiriopoulos
ManagerPetros Ravousis
StadiumNikos Goumas Stadium
Alpha Ethniki2nd
Greek CupWinners
Greek Super CupWinners
Cup Winners' CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Christos Kostis (21)
All: Christos Kostis (24)
Highest home attendance27,200 (vs Paris Saint Germain)
(20 March 1997)
Lowest home attendance329 (vs Lykoi)
(27 November 1996)
Average home league attendance8,019

AEK Athens F.C. competed for the 38th consecutive season in the Greek top flight and 74th year in existence as a football club. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup, the Greek Super Cup and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. The season begun at 11 August 1996 and finished at 25 May 1997.

Players[]

Squad statistics[]

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 30 June 1997.

Pos. Name Age League Cup Super Cup Cup Winners' Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Yellow card.svg Red card.svg
Goalkeepers
GK Greece Ilias Atmatsidis 28 31 0 8 0 1 0 6 0 46 0 2 1
GK Greece Vasilis Karagiannis 27 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0
GK Greece Dionisis Chiotis 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
DF Greece Stelios Manolas (C) 35 23 2 6 2 1 0 6 0 36 4 14 2
DF Romania Anton Doboș 31 22 2 7 0 1 0 4 0 34 2 7 0
DF Greece Giorgos Koutoulas 30 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
DF Greece Michalis Vlachos 29 25 1 7 1 1 0 5 0 38 2 3 2
DF Greece Vaios Karagiannis 29 14 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 22 0 7 1
DF Greece Kostas Pavlopoulos 28 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0
DF Greece Vassilios Borbokis 28 27 4 6 0 1 0 6 0 40 4 8 0
DF Greece Charis Kopitsis 28 29 2 7 0 1 0 5 0 42 2 6 0
DF Greece Nikos Kostenoglou 26 29 0 7 0 0 0 5 0 41 0 12 1
DF Greece Michalis Kasapis 25 30 1 6 2 1 0 6 0 42 3 9 0
Midfielders
MF North Macedonia Toni Savevski 33 33 4 8 0 1 1 6 1 48 6 3 0
MF Georgia (country) Temur Ketsbaia 29 30 5 7 5 1 0 6 1 44 11 10 0
MF Greece Triantafyllos Macheridis 23 15 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 23 0 6 1
MF Greece Christos Maladenis 23 22 0 5 0 1 0 5 1 33 1 3 0
MF Greece Mattheos Platakis 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
Forwards
FW Greece Daniel Batista 32 21 7 5 2 1 0 5 3 32 12 5 1
FW Brazil Marcelo Veridiano 31 27 6 8 3 1 0 3 0 39 9 1 0
FW Greece Christos Kostis 25 34 21 8 1 1 0 5 2 48 24 1 0
FW Greece Giorgos Kartalis 25 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
FW Greece Demis Nikolaidis 23 31 19 7 3 1 0 6 1 45 23 10 0
FW Greece Ilias Anastasakos 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Left during Winter Transfer Window
FW Greece Vasilis Dimitriadis 31 5 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 8 3 1 0

Transfers[]

In[]

Summer[]

Pos Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
DF Romania Anton Doboș Romania Steaua București Transfer Free 1 July 1996 30 June 1999
MF Greece Triantafyllos Macheridis Greece Skoda Xanthi Transfer Free 1 July 1996 30 June 1999
MF Greece Pantelis Konstantinidis Greece Kavala End of loan 1 July 1996 30 June 1996
MF Greece Mattheos Platakis Greece AEK Athens U20 Promotion 1 July 1996 30 June 1999
FW Greece Demis Nikolaidis Greece Apollon Athens Transfer ₯288,000,000[a] 20 June 1996 30 June 1999 [1]
FW Brazil Marcelo Veridiano Greece Skoda Xanthi Transfer Free 1 July 1996 30 June 1998
a. ^ plus Pantelis Konstantinidis.

Out[]

Summer[]

Pos Player To Type Fee Date Source
GK Greece Spyros Ikonomopoulos Retired 1 July 1996 [2]
DF Greece Georgios Theodoridis Greece Edessaikos End of contract 1 July 1996
MF Bosnia and Herzegovina Refik Šabanadžović Greece Olympiacos End of contract 1 July 1996
MF Greece Pantelis Konstantinidis Greece Apollon Athens Transfer Free 1 July 1996
MF Greece Giorgos Aggelis Greece Ethnikos Katerini Transfer Free 1 July 1996
MF Greece Vasilios Tsiartas Spain Sevilla Transfer ₯500,000,000 1 July 1996 [3]
FW Greece Dimitris Saravakos Free agent Contract termination 1 July 1996 [4]

Winter[]

Pos Player To Type Fee Date Source
FW Greece Vasilis Dimitriadis Greece Aris Transfer Free 1 January 1997

Loan out[]

Summer[]

Pos Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
MF Greece Giorgos Ananiadis Greece Atromitos Free 1 July 1996 30 June 1997 Red XN

Renewals[]

Pos Player Date Former Exp Date New Exp Date Source
MF Greece Mattheos Platakis 1 July 1996 30 June 1999

Overall transfer activity[]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

19 July 1996 Friendly Wohlen Switzerland 1–10 Greece AEK Athens
21 July 1996 Friendly Kreuzlingen Switzerland 1–0 Greece AEK Athens
23 July 1996 Friendly 1. FC Kaiserslautern Germany 1–5 Greece AEK Athens
26 July 1996 Friendly Zwickau Germany 2–4 Greece AEK Athens
26 July 1996 Friendly Chemnitzer Germany 1–1 Greece AEK Athens
31 July 1996 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 1–1 Greece Iraklis Nea Filadelfeia
Report Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Giannis Papapetrou (Athens)
5 August 1996 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 5–0 Greece Skoda Xanthi Nea Filadelfeia
Report Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
5 August 1996 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 5–0 Greece Apollon Athens Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
19 August 1996 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 3–2 Spain Sevilla Nea Filadelfeia
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Referee: Sotiris Vorgias (Athens)
26 August 1996 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 3–1 Greece PAOK Nea Filadelfeia
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
21 September 1996 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 4–0 Greece Korinthos Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
18 December 1996 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 3–1 Greece Apollon Athens Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
21 May 1997 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 5–3 Greece Apollon Athens Nea Filadelfeia
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium

Greek Super Cup[]

17 August 1996 Final AEK Athens 1–1
(9–8 p)
Panathinaikos Piraeus
20:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 21,926
Referee: Giannis Latsios (Larissa)
Penalties

Alpha Ethniki[]

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 34 26 6 2 72 14 +58 84 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 AEK Athens 34 22 6 6 75 28 +47 72 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 OFI 34 20 6 8 51 28 +23 66 Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4 PAOK 34 19 9 6 53 28 +25 66
5 Panathinaikos 34 20 4 10 60 25 +35 64
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champion

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
34 22 6 6 75 28  +47 72 15 0 2 47 12  +35 7 6 4 28 16  +12

Source:[citation needed]

Results by Matchday[]

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAH
ResultDWLWWWWDWLWLWDWWWWWLDWWWWWWDWDLLWW
Position7686532424244433332333322222222222
Source:[citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures[]

8 September 1996 Matchday 1 Kavala 1–1 AEK Athens Kavala
17:30 EET
  • Mitev Goal 27'
Stadium: Kavala Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 8,182
Referee: Manolis Papatriantafyllou ()
16 September 1996 Matchday 2 AEK Athens 1–0 Kastoria Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 4,459
Referee: Kyros Vassaras ()
30 September 1996 Matchday 3 OFI 2–1 AEK Athens Heraklion
19:00 EET
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 7,559
Referee: Dimitris Begos (Argolida)
13 October 1996 Matchday 4 AEK Athens 6–1 Iraklis Nea Filadelfeia
17:45 EET
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 6,770
Referee: Nikos Iliadis (Piraeus)
21 October 1996 Matchday 5 Kalamata 0–3 AEK Athens Kalamata
15:00 EET
Stadium: Kalamata Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 4,363
Referee: Michalis Kalathenos ()
27 October 1996 Matchday 6 AEK Athens 2–1 Apollon Athens Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 7,779
Referee: Platonas Bozatzidis ()
4 November 1996 Matchday 7 Athinaikos 0–7 AEK Athens Vyronas
15:00 EET
Stadium: Vyronas National Stadium
Attendance: 2,254
Referee: Thanasis Zachariadis ()
17 November 1996 Matchday 8 Panachaiki 1–1 AEK Athens Patras
15:00 EET
Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium
Attendance: 11,667
Referee: Nikos Aggelakis ()
24 November 1996 Matchday 9 AEK Athens 2–0 Edessaikos Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 7,006
Referee: Savvas Chatzistavridis (Drama)
Note: In half time, the referee Chatzistavridis was replaced by Nikos Iliadis from Piraeus due to an injury.
1 December 1996 Matchday 10 Aris 3–2 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 3,154
Referee: Giorgos Bikas ()
8 December 1996 Matchday 11 AEK Athens 2–1 Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET
  • Frousos Goal 43'
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 4,439
Referee: Spyros Papadakos ()
15 December 1996 Matchday 12 Panathinaikos 2–0 AEK Athens Marousi
20:00 EET
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 20,313
Referee: Thanasis Vellios ()
22 December 1996 Matchday 13 AEK Athens 3–1 Veria Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 5,622
Referee: Giannis Latsios (Larissa)
5 January 1997 Matchday 14 PAOK 0–0 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 24,056
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
13 January 1997 Matchday 15 AEK Athens 2–0 Olympiacos Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 23,248
Referee: Savvas Chatzistavridis (Drama)
16 January 1997 Matchday 16 AEK Athens 2–0 Paniliakos Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EET
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 4,041
Referee: Argyris Papachintzios ()
19 January 1997 Matchday 17 Skoda Xanthi 1–2 AEK Athens Xanthi
Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium
Attendance: 6,359
Referee: Nikos Aggelakis ()
26 January 1997 Matchday 18 AEK Athens 2–1 Kavala Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 4,261
Referee: Thanasis Zachariadis ()
3 February 1997 Matchday 19 Kastoria 0–2 AEK Athens Kastoria
15:00 EET
Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kastoria
Attendance: 1,965
Referee: Manolis Giannadakis ()
9 February 1997 Matchday 20 AEK Athens 0–1 OFI Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 6,732
Referee: Stratos Papoutselis ()
16 February 1997 Matchday 21 Iraklis 2–2 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
17:00 EET
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 6,298
Referee: Thanasis Vellios ()
23 February 1997 Matchday 22 AEK Athens 6–1 Kalamata Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET
  • Larsson Goal 36'
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 4,794
Referee: Giorgos Bikas ()
2 March 1997 Matchday 23 Apollon Athens 1–2 AEK Athens Rizoupoli
16:00 EET
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 8,499
Referee: Stratos Papoutselis ()
10 March 1997 Matchday 24 AEK Athens 6–1 Athinaikos Nea Filadelfeia
18:00 EET
  • Armilagos Goal 84'
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 4,460
Referee: Dimitris Begos (Argolida)
16 March 1997 Matchday 25 AEK Athens 2–0 Panachaiki Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 9,050
Referee: Manolis Giannadakis ()
24 March 1997 Matchday 26 Edessaikos 0–2 AEK Athens Edessa
16:00 EET
Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Edessa
Attendance: 2,845
Referee: Malamas Tevekelis ()
27 March 1997 Matchday 27 AEK Athens 5–1 Aris Nea Filadelfeia
18:00 EET
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 4,489
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
Note: When Dimitriadis scored against AEK in the 28th minute, he experienced the applaud of AEK Athens' fans as if he had scored for AEK.
5 April 1997 Matchday 28 Ionikos 0–0 AEK Athens Nikaia
17:00 EET Stadium: Neapoli Stadium
Attendance: 4,058
Referee: Kyros Vassaras ()
12 April 1997 Matchday 29 AEK Athens 3–0 Panathinaikos Nea Filadelfeia
17:15 EET
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 8,892
Referee: Georgios Psichomanis (Athens)
21 April 1997 Matchday 30 Veria 1–1 AEK Athens Veria
17:00 EET
Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 2,961
Referee: Argyris Papachintzios ()
4 May 1997 Matchday 31 AEK Athens 1–2 PAOK Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 11,250
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
11 May 1997 Matchday 32 Olympiacos 2–0 AEK Athens Piraeus
18:15 EET
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 23,032
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
18 May 1997 Matchday 33 Paniliakos 0–2 AEK Athens Pyrgos
17:00 EET
Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium
Attendance: 969
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
25 May 1997 Matchday 34 AEK Athens 2–1 Skoda Xanthi Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 2,566
Referee: Nikos Iliadis (Piraeus)

Greek Cup[]

AEK Athens entered the Greek Cup at the third round.

Third Round[]

3 October 1996 First leg AEK Athens 5–0 Skoda Xanthi Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EET
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 5,422
Referee: Platonas Bozatzidis ()
13 November 1996 Second leg Skoda Xanthi 3–3
(3–8 agg.)
AEK Athens Xanthi
14:30 EET
  • Panou Goal 37'
  • Tsimplidis Goal 46'
  • Luciano Goal 65'
Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium
Attendance: 956
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

Fourth Round[]

27 November 1996 First leg AEK Athens 3–1 ILTEX Lykoi Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET
  • Dotsis Goal 15'
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 329
Referee: Dimitris Begos (Argolida)
11 December 1996 Second leg ILTEX Lykoi 0–3
(1–6 agg.)
AEK Athens Thessaloniki
14:15 EET
Stadium: Lykoi Stadium
Referee: Giorgos Bikas ()

Quarter-Finals[]

8 January 1997 First leg AEK Athens 3–1 Paniliakos Nea Filadelfeia
18:15 EET
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
29 January 1997 Second leg Paniliakos 0–2
(1–5 agg.)
AEK Athens Pyrgos
15:15 EET
Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

Semi-Finals[]

12 February 1997 First leg AEK Athens 2–1 Olympiacos Nea Filadelfeia
20:30 EET
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Referee: Spyros Papadakos ()
26 February 1997 Second leg Olympiacos 0–1
(1–3 agg.)
AEK Athens Piraeus
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 25,955
Referee: Manolis Papatriantafyllou ()

Final[]

16 April 1997 Final AEK Athens 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)
Panathinaikos Piraeus
20:15 EET Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 21,926
Referee: Giorgos Psychomanis (Athens)
Penalties

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup[]

First round[]

12 September 1996 First leg AEK Athens Greece 1–0 Slovakia Chemlon Humenné Athens, Greece
20:15 CET
Report Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 15,141
Referee: (Russia)
26 September 1996 Second leg Chemlon Humenné Slovakia 1–2
(1–3 agg.)
Greece AEK Athens Humenné, Slovakia
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Chemlon Stadion
Attendance: 14,600
Referee: (Croatia)

Second round[]

17 October 1996 First leg Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 0–2 Greece AEK Athens Ljubljana, Slovenia
18:00 CET Report
Stadium: Bežigrad Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)
31 October 1996 Second leg AEK Athens Greece 4–0
(6–0 agg.)
Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana Athens, Greece
20:00 CET
Report Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 14,482
Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Germany)

Quarter-finals[]

6 March 1997 First leg Paris Saint-Germain France 0–0 Greece AEK Athens Paris, France
20:30 CET Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 21,952
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
20 March 1997 Second leg AEK Athens Greece 0–3
(0–3 agg.)
France Paris Saint-Germain Athens, Greece
20:15 CET Report
  • Loko Goal 21'44'81'
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 27,200
Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)

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