1997–98 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
1997–98 season
Chairman	Alexis Kougias; (until 8 October); Lakis Nikolaou
Manager	Dumitru Dumitriu; (until 29 March); Antonis Minou
Stadium	Nikos Goumas Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	3rd
Greek Cup	Third round
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Demis Nikolaidis (19); All: Demis Nikolaidis (21)
Highest home attendance	24,367 vs Lokomotiv Moscow; (5 March 1998)
Lowest home attendance	2,271 vs Apollon Athens; (23 March 1998)
Average home league attendance	11,420
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

AEK Athens F.C. competed for the 39th consecutive season in the Greek top flight and 75th year in existence as a football club. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. The season begun at 31 August 1997 and finished at 17 May 1998.

Overwiew[]

A difficult season for AEK, with intense administrative changes, which concluded in third place in the league. On the other hand, the team did very well in Europe, reaching the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and losing by a slight margin a very historic qualification to the tournament's semi-finals.

In the summer of 1997, Michalis Trochanas, no longer able to bear the weight of managing the club, but also with the vast majority of the fans against him, unsuccessfully looked for a buyer. Finally, the season started with this major shareholder for another year and Alexis Kougias in the position of president. The team lost 2 more important players, Temur Ketsbaia and Vassilios Borbokis, who left for England. Also, Stelios Manolas who was against the club's major shareholder and did not join in the team at the start of the season.

The first gathering of the team was episodic with about 2,000 gathered fans "boiling" against the administration. Tensions and incidednts occurred between the fans with Alexis Kougias and Vasilis Karagiannis being the main victims.^[1] The season started with these adverse conditions and the Romanian coach Dumitru Dumitriu. The team entered the championship relatively well, however, and after a few months the psychology of the world rose, since Michalis Trochanas finally sold his shares to the financially powerful, English multinational ENIC. Lakis Nikolaou took over as president, Manolas returned, there were rich contract renewals and in January some transfers were made. AEK, despite being the winter champions, were affected by the injuries on the roster, left quite behind in the league table and finally could not claim the title from Olympiacos. Towards the end of the season, Dumitriu is fired, who had already started to have problems with the administration, during the January transfer window. In his position as an interim, Antonis Minou was hired to close the season.^[2]

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 1999, 23:59 UTC+3.

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	League		Cup		Cup Winners' Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Ilias Atmatsidis	29	33	0	2	0	6	0	41	0	2	0
15	GK	Chrysostomos Michailidis	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	Vasilis Karagiannis	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
26	GK	Dionisis Chiotis	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	Michalis Kasapis	26	30	0	1	1	6	0	37	1	9	0
4	DF	Anton Doboș	32	19	3	0	0	5	0	24	3	4	1
5	DF	Nikos Kostenoglou (VC2)	27	28	1	2	0	5	0	35	1	11	1
9	DF	Giorgos Koutoulas	31	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
12	DF	Charis Kopitsis	29	24	3	1	0	6	3	31	6	4	0
13	DF	Vaios Karagiannis	30	17	0	1	0	1	0	19	0	5	1
23	DF	Vangelis Kefalas	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
25	DF	Ioannis Kalitzakis	32	28	0	2	0	5	1	35	1	8	1
29	DF	Stelios Manolas (C)	36	13	0	0	0	2	0	15	0	4	0
Midfielders
2	MF	Triantafyllos Macheridis	24	27	0	1	0	4	0	32	0	8	0
7	MF	Christos Maladenis	24	27	9	1	0	5	0	33	9	6	0
8	MF	Toni Savevski (VC)	34	32	5	2	0	6	0	40	5	2	0
18	MF	Evripidis Katsavos	24	18	0	1	0	3	1	22	1	4	0
19	MF		21	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
24	MF	Arnar Grétarsson	26	27	1	2	0	6	0	35	1	3	0
27	ΜF		16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
30	MF	Kelvin Sebwe	26	19	0	0	0	2	0	21	0	1	0
Forwards
10	FW	Christos Kostis	26	6	4	0	0	3	1	9	5	0	0
11	FW	Demis Nikolaidis	24	26	19	1	0	5	2	32	21	10	0
21	FW	Marcelo Veridiano	32	29	3	2	0	5	2	36	5	5	0
20	FW	Daniel Batista	33	16	7	2	0	3	1	21	8	4	0
28	FW	Giorgos Donis	28	17	2	0	0	0	0	17	2	4	0
31	FW	Goran Tomić	21	12	2	0	0	0	0	12	2	1	0
Left during Winter Transfer Window
6	DF	Michalis Vlachos	30	11	0	1	0	3	1	15	1	3	0
16	DF	Kostas Pavlopoulos	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
14	MF	Theodoros Alexis	23	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0

Transfers[]

In[]

Summer[]

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
14	MF	Theodoros Alexis	Apollon Athens	Transfer	Free	1 July 1997	30 June 2001	^[1]
15	GK	Chrysostomos Michailidis	Eordaikos	Transfer	Free	1 July 1997	30 June 2002
18	MF	Evripidis Katsavos	Veria	Transfer	Free	31 July 1997	30 June 2001	^[3]
23	DF	Vangelis Kefalas	Apollon Athens	Transfer	Free	4 July 1997	30 June 2000	^[1]
24	MF	Arnar Grétarsson	Leiftur	Transfer	Free	1 July 1997	30 June 2000	^[4]
25	DF	Ioannis Kalitzakis	Panathinaikos	Transfer	Free	1 July 1997	30 June 2000	^[5]
27	MF		AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	1 July 1997	30 June 2003
—	MF	Giorgos Ananiadis	Atromitos	End of loan	—	1 July 1997	30 June 1997

Winter[]

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
28	FW	Giorgos Donis	Blackburn Rovers	Transfer	Free	12 December 1997	30 June 2003	^[6]
30	MF	Kelvin Sebwe	Skoda Xanthi	Transfer	Free	12 December 1997	31 December 2003	^[6]

Out[]

Summer[]

No.	Pos	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
—	DF	Vassilios Borbokis	Sheffield United	Transfer	₯400,000,000	1 July 1997	^[7]
—	ΜF	Temur Ketsbaia	Newcastle United	End of contract	—	1 July 1997	^[4]
—	MF	Giorgos Ananiadis	Free agent	End of contract	—	1 July 1997

Winter[]

No.	Pos	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
6	DF	Michalis Vlachos	Portsmouth	Transfer	Free	29 January 1998	^[8]
14	MF	Theodoros Alexis	Athinaikos	Contract termination	—	15 January 1998	^[9]
16	DF	Kostas Pavlopoulos	OFI Crete	Transfer	Free	1 January 1998

Loan in[]

Winter[]

No.	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
31	FW	Goran Tomić	Vicenza	₯80,000,000	3 February 1998	30 June 1998	Y	^[10]

Loan out[]

Summer[]

No.	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
—	FW	Ilias Anastasakos	Aris Petroupolis	Free	1 July 1997	30 June 1998	N

Renewals[]

No.	Pos	Player	Date	Former Exp Date	New Exp Date	Source
3	DF	Michalis Kasapis	16 October 1997	30 June 1998	30 June 2002	^[11]
5	DF	Nikos Kostenoglou	14 October 1997	30 June 1998	30 June 2003	^[12]
6	DF	Michalis Vlachos	23 June 1997	30 June 1997	30 June 1998	^[4]
12	DF	Charis Kopitsis	14 October 1997	30 June 1998	30 June 2002	^[13]
20	FW	Daniel Batista	23 June 1997	30 June 1997	30 June 1999	^[4]
27	MF		1 July 1997	—	30 June 2003
29	DF	Stelios Manolas	29 December 1997	30 June 1997	30 June 1998	^[14]

Overall transfer activity[]

Expenditure[]

Summer: ₯80,000,000

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯80,000,000

Income[]

Summer: ₯400,000,000

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯400,000,000

Net Totals[]

Summer: ₯320,000,000

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯320,000,000

Pre-season and friendlies[]

13 July 1997 Friendly	Fenerbahçe	2–1	AEK Athens	Tegernsee
	Okocha 19' Elgor 57'	Report	Nikolaidis 45'	Attendance: 3,000

18 July 1997 Friendly	Rottach-Egern	1–7	AEK Athens	Tegernsee
	75'	Report	Kopitsis 15' (pen.) Batista 22' Kasapis 35' Marcelo 55' Kefalas 80' Grétarsson 81' Alexis 84'

28 July 1997 Friendly	Herakles Munchen	0–8	AEK Athens	Tegernsee
		Report	Nikolaidis 4', 28' Macheridis 9' Koutoulas 18' Batista 73', 76' 82' Kefalas 85'

7 August 1997 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–2	Boavista	Nea Filadelfeia
	Kalitzakis 29' Nikolaidis 57'	Report	Miguel 50' Simić 88'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 3,122 Referee: Georgios Psichomanis (Athens)

11 August 1997 Friendly	AEK Athens	5–0	Kavala	Nea Filadelfeia
	Maladenis 14' Marcelo 39' Kasapis 60' Nikolaidis 81', 88'	Report		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Referee: Dionisis Stefanopoulos (Piraeus)

19 August 1997 Friendly	Ionikos	4–1	AEK Athens	Nikaia
	Frousos 14', 52' Kljajević 25' (pen.) Afash 48'	Report	Maladenis 8'	Stadium: Neapoli Stadium Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)

20 August 1997 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–2	Panachaiki	Nea Filadelfeia
	Maladenis 26', 71' (pen.), 90'	Report	Palapanis 16' Klejch 68'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 1,126 Referee: Dimitris Kalivas ()

Alpha Ethniki[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	34	29	1	4	88	27	+61	88	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Panathinaikos	34	28	1	5	90	24	+66	85	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
3	AEK Athens	34	22	8	4	61	30	+31	74	Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4	PAOK	34	21	7	6	74	41	+33	70	Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
5	Ionikos	34	18	8	8	46	31	+15	62

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	8	4	61	30	+31	74	12	2	3	33	15	+18	10	6	1	28	15	+13

Source:^{[citation needed]}

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	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	W
Position	9	6	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Source:^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures[]

31 August 1997 Matchday 1	PAOK	0–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET				Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 30,347 Referee: Ilias Chatzis ()

14 September 1997 Matchday 2	AEK Athens	2–1	Proodeftiki	Nea Filadelfeia
18:45 EET	Kostis 23' (pen.), 63'		Bairamoglou 77'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 13,028 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

22 September 1997 Matchday 3	Olympiacos	0–1	AEK Athens	Marousi
20:00 EET			Nikolaidis 60'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 31,470 Referee: Grigoris Kechagias ()

28 September 1997 Matchday 4	AEK Athens	1–0	Kavala	Nea Filadelfeia
15:45 EET	Kopitsis 36'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 13,252 Referee: Spyros Papadakos ()

6 October 1997 Matchday 5	Iraklis	1–4	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
18:00 EET	Gonias 52' (pen.)		Kostis 25', 81' Savevski 34' Nikolaidis 35'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 10,057 Referee: Manolis Giannadakis ()

19 October 1997 Matchday 6	AEK Athens	0–2	Ionikos	Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EET			Daraklitsas 25' Stamatis 68'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 8,614 Referee: Malamas Tevekelis ()

27 October 1997 Matchday 7	AEK Athens	2–1	Panathinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EET	Savevski 42' Nikolaidis 73'		Georgiadis 50' (pen.)	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 19,516 Referee: Naoum Mintiouris ()

2 November 1997 Matchday 8	Paniliakos	2–4	AEK Athens	Pyrgos
15:00 EET	Barniak 7', 35'		Maladenis 57' Batista 59', 70' Kopitsis 74'	Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium Attendance: 4,443 Referee: Spyros Papadakos ()

10 November 1997 Matchday 9	AEK Athens	2–0	Panionios	Nea Filadelfeia
18:00 EET	Nikolaidis 7' Savevski 17'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 7,522 Referee: Kyros Vassaras ()

15 November 1997 Matchday 10	Apollon Athens	3–4	AEK Athens	Rizoupoli
15:00 EET	Dikoumé 9', 62' Tatsis 90+1'		Nikolaidis 21', 67', 72' Batista 32'	Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 4,207 Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)

23 November 1997 Matchday 11	AEK Athens	5–1	Panachaiki	Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET	Marcelo 15' Savevski 57' Nikolaidis 69' Kyriakopoulos 73' (o.g.) Batista 77'		Klejch 85'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 9,492 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

29 November 1997 Matchday 12	Veria	1–2	AEK Athens	Veria
15:00 EET	Troupkos 6'		Nikolaidis 30' Maladenis 58'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 2,570 Referee: Grigoris Kechagias ()

7 December 1997 Matchday 13	AEK Athens	2–1	Ethnikos Piraeus	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET	Nikolaidis 25' (pen.) Batista 39'		Stavrakakis 84'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 6,513 Referee: Spyros Papadakos ()

15 December 1997 Matchday 14	Athinaikos	0–1	AEK Athens	Vyronas
15:00 EET			Nikolaidis 43' (pen.)	Stadium: Vyronas National Stadium Attendance: 1,254 Referee: Thanasis Velliodis (Athens)

22 December 1997 Matchday 15	Kalamata	1–2	AEK Athens	Kalamata
15:00 EET	Albertis 15'		Bastios 17' (o.g.) Nikolaidis 29'	Stadium: Kalamata Municipal Stadium Attendance: 3,957 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis ()

4 January 1998 Matchday 16	AEK Athens	3–0	OFI	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET	Nikolaidis 35', 45' Batista 58'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 21,667 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

12 January 1998 Matchday 17	Skoda Xanthi	0–0	AEK Athens	Xanthi
16:30 EET				Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium Attendance: 6,093 Referee: Giorgos Bikas ()

18 January 1998 Matchday 18	AEK Athens	3–0	PAOK	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET	Maladenis 17', 90+1' Batista 58'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 22,129 Referee: Stratos Papoutselis ()

25 January 1998 Matchday 19	Proodeftiki	3–2	AEK Athens	Nikaia
15:00 EET	Zajmi 10', 22' Almanidis 44'		Maladenis 18' Kostenoglou 80'	Stadium: Nikaia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

2 February 1998 Matchday 20	AEK Athens	1–0	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
18:00 EET	Marcelo 66'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 22,378 Referee: Spyros Papadakos ()

8 February 1998 Matchday 21	Kavala	1–1	AEK Athens	Kavala
17:00 EET	Papandreou 62' (pen.)		Doboș 50'	Stadium: Kavala Municipal Stadium Attendance: 4,616 Referee: Michalis Kalathenos ()

15 February 1998 Matchday 22	AEK Athens	2–2	Iraklis	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET	Maladenis 5' Doboș 77'		Xenidis 83' Kashimba 84'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 14,846 Referee: Dionisis Stefanopoulos (Piraeus)

23 February 1998 Matchday 23	Ionikos	1–1	AEK Athens	Nikaia
15:00 EET	Frousos 45+1'		Doboș 35' (pen.)	Stadium: Neapoli Stadium Attendance: 2,433 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

1 March 1998 Matchday 24	Panathinaikos	0–1	AEK Athens	Marousi
18:00 EET			Maladenis 14'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 30,093 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis ()

9 March 1998 Matchday 25	AEK Athens	1–2	Paniliakos	Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET	Tomić 84'		Rosales 48' Lakis 54'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 4,375 Referee: Stratos Papoutselis ()

14 March 1998 Matchday 26	Panionios	0–1	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
19:00 EET			Maladenis 10'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 2,491 Referee: Kyros Vassaras ()

23 March 1998 Matchday 27	AEK Athens	1–0	Apollon Athens	Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET	Nikolaidis 48'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 2,271 Referee: Andreas Aronis (Piraeus)

29 March 1998 Matchday 28	Panachaiki	0–0	AEK Athens	Patras
17:00 EET				Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium Attendance: 4,553 Referee: Kyros Vassaras ()

5 April 1998 Matchday 29	AEK Athens	1–2	Veria	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET	Nikolaidis 45'		Poursaitidis 5' Stoica 84'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 5,188 Referee: Pavlos Konstantinidis (Piraeus)

12 April 1998 Matchday 30	Ethnikos Piraeus	1–3	AEK Athens	Piraeus
20:30 EET	Palacios 39'		Savevski 22' Marcelo 24' Donis 81'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 2,478 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis ()

3 May 1998 Matchday 31	AEK Athens	1–1	Athinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET	Grétarsson 70'		Agathokleous 81'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 3,149 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

10 May 1998 Matchday 32	AEK Athens	4–2	Kalamata	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET	Nikolaidis 11', 21' Maladenis 59' Tomić 77'		Drougas 22' Dodoo 83'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 6,682 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

13 May 1998 Matchday 33	OFI	1–1	AEK Athens	Heraklion
19:00 EET	Anastasiou 77'		Nikolaidis 26'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 3,660 Referee: Christos Mittas ()

17 May 1998 Matchday 34	AEK Athens	2–0	Skoda Xanthi	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET	Donis 16' Kopitsis 43'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 6,724 Referee: Dimitris Kalivas ()

Greek Cup[]

AEK Athens entered the Greek Cup at the third round.

Round of 32[]

19 November 1997 First leg	Skoda Xanthi	2–1	AEK Athens	Xanthi
15:00 EET	Zikos 41' Chavos 55'	Report	Kasapis 18'	Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium Attendance: 3,132 Referee: Pavlos Konstantinidis (Piraeus)

3 December 1997 Second leg	AEK Athens	0–2 (1–4 agg.)	Skoda Xanthi	Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET		Report	Sebwe 55' Adamczyk 62'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 4,198 Referee: Platonas Bozatzidis ()

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup[]

First round[]

18 September 1997 First leg	AEK Athens	5–0	Dinaburg	Athens, Greece
18:30 CET	Kopitsis 36' (pen.), 45' Katsavos 64' Kalitzakis 67' Marcelo 77'	Report		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 10,587 Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Germany)

2 October 1997 Second leg	Dinaburg	2–4 (2–9 agg.)	AEK Athens	Riga, Latvia
21:00 CET	Fedotovs 34' Isayev 62'	Report	Nikolaidis 35', 80' Vlachos 50' Kostis 72'	Stadium: Daugava Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Second round[]

23 October 1997 First leg	AEK Athens	2–0	Sturm Graz	Athens, Greece
20:00 CET	Batista 75' Marcelo 84'	Report		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 13,329 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

2 October 1997 Second leg	Sturm Graz	1–0 (1–2 agg.)	AEK Athens	Graz, Austria
21:00 CET	Spiteri 82'	Report		Stadium: Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadium Attendance: 15,400 Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

Quarter-finals[]

5 March 1998 First leg	AEK Athens	0–0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Athens, Greece
20:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 24,367 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

19 March 1998 Second leg	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–1 (2–1 agg.)	AEK Athens	Moscow, Russia
19:00 CET	Kharlachyov 53' Chugainov 90'	Report	Kopitsis 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 11,256 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

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External links[]

[JulAEK-1] "Ξύλο με το καλημέρα". tanea.gr. 8 July 1997.

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1997–98 season
Chairman	Alexis Kougias (until 8 October) Lakis Nikolaou
Manager	Dumitru Dumitriu (until 29 March) Antonis Minou
Stadium	Nikos Goumas Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	3rd
Greek Cup	Third round
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Demis Nikolaidis (19) All: Demis Nikolaidis (21)
Highest home attendance	24,367 vs Lokomotiv Moscow (5 March 1998)
Lowest home attendance	2,271 vs Apollon Athens (23 March 1998)
Average home league attendance	11,420
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

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	8	4	61	30	+31	74	12	2	3	33	15	+18	10	6	1	28	15	+13

v t AEK Athens Football Club
Players Managers Presidents Seasons Honours Records and Statistics Current season
History	History of AEK Athens F.C. AEK Athens F.C. in European football 1976–77 UEFA Cup
Home stadium	Nikos Goumas Stadium (1930–1985, 1987–2003) Athens Olympic Stadium (1985–1987, 2003–2022) Agia Sophia Stadium (2022–present)
Training ground	Spata Training Centre (2010–present)
Other teams	AEK Athens B AEK Athens Youth Academy
Supporters	Original 21
Rivalries	Olympiacos rivalry Panathinaikos rivalry PAOK rivalry
Ownership	Loukas Barlos (1974–81) Andreas Zafiropoulos (1981–92) Dimitris Melissanidis (1992–95) ENIC Group (1995–04) Enosis 1924 (2004–10) Nicholas X. Notias (2010–13) Dimitris Melissanidis (2013–present)
Related articles	Double-headed eagle Big Three
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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	8	4	61	30	+31	74	12	2	3	33	15	+18	10	6	1	28	15	+13

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	8	4	61	30	+31	74	12	2	3	33	15	+18	10	6	1	28	15	+13