2007–08 AEK Athens F.C. season

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AEK Athens
2007–08 season
ChairmanDemis Nikolaidis
ManagerLorenzo Serra Ferrer
(until 12 February)
Nikos Kostenoglou
StadiumAthens Olympic Stadium
Super League3rd (After play-offs)
2nd (Regular season)
Greek CupFifth round
Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Ismael Blanco (19)
All: Ismael Blanco (21)
Highest home attendance40,955 vs Olympiacos
(30 March 2008)
Lowest home attendance5,032 vs Panathinaikos
(14 May 2008)
Average home league attendance20,228
Away colours
Third colours

AEK Athens F.C. competed for the 49th consecutive season in the Greek top flight and 84th year in existence as a football club. They competed in the Super League, the Greek Cup, the UEFA Champions League Qualifying round and the UEFA Cup. The season begun at 15 August 2007 and finished at 14 May 2008.

Overview[]

AEK bolstered the strength of their squad with the signings of Brazilian legend Rivaldo, following up with several other strong signings in Arruabarrena and Ismael Blanco. The club sold 25,495 season tickets.

After finishing 2nd in Super League Greece previous season, AEK entered the UEFA Champions League in the 3rd Qualifying round. On 3 August, AEK were drawn against Sevilla FC, the first leg was played in Seville on 15 August, while the second leg was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium. After being eliminated from the UEFA Champions League, AEK were drawn to play with FC Salzburg in the UEFA Cup. After defeating Salzburg 3–1 on aggregate, AEK were on 9 October drawn in Group C in the UEFA Cup group stage along with Villarreal, Fiorentina, Mladá Boleslav, and Elfsborg. On 20 December, AEK booked their place in the knockout stage finishing third in the group. AEK were drawn to play Getafe CF in the next round of the UEFA Cup where they were knocked out 4–1 on aggregate. On 12 February AEK parted company with Llorenç after a poor run of form and un-successful signings.[1] The team initially finished in the first place in the league, but after the court case between Apollon Kalamarias and Olympiacos for the illegal line-up of a player in the 1–0 Apollon Kalamaria win earlier in the season, Olympiacos were awarded the 3 points thus finishing 2 points ahead of AEK. AEK then finished 2nd in the national playoffs which saw them qualify for the UEFA Cup.

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 2008.

No. Pos. Name Age League Play–offs Cup Europe Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Yellow card.svg Red card.svg
Goalkeepers
32 GK Brazil Marcelo Moretto 30 15 0 1 0 2 0 7 0 25 0 1 1
50 GK Austria Jürgen Macho 30 17 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 24 0 2 1
84 GK Greece Giannis Arabatzis 24 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Brazil Edson Ratinho 22 23 1 5 0 2 0 8 0 38 1 6 0
3 DF Argentina Rodolfo Arruabarrena 32 16 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 25 0 6 0
4 DF Portugal Geraldo Alves 27 21 0 5 0 1 0 7 1 34 1 10 1
5 DF Greece Traianos Dellas (C) 32 22 2 2 0 1 0 7 0 32 2 8 0
6 DF Greece Georgios Alexopoulos 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF Argentina Federico Azcárate 24 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
15 DF Greece Sokratis Papastathopoulos 20 24 1 4 0 1 0 8 0 37 1 11 1
31 DF Greece Nikolaos Georgeas (VC3) 31 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 0
Midfielders
1 MF Greece Pantelis Kafes (VC2) 30 20 3 5 0 2 0 8 0 35 3 13 1
8 MF Canada Tam Nsaliwa 26 17 0 5 1 0 0 10 1 32 2 7 0
10 MF Brazil Rivaldo 36 29 8 6 4 0 0 8 3 43 15 3 0
11 MF Brazil Gustavo Manduca 28 20 3 2 0 1 0 9 0 32 3 8 0
16 MF Greece Akis Zikos 34 20 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 24 0 8 0
19 MF Greece Panagiotis Lagos 22 11 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 17 0 2 0
22 MF Greece Panagiotis Kone 20 10 1 2 0 2 0 6 1 20 2 5 0
25 MF Greece Vasilis Pliatsikas 20 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 4 0
27 MF Greece Christos Bourbos 25 11 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 20 0 5 0
34 MF Greece Panagiotis Tachtsidis 17 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
80 MF Cyprus Georgios Tofas 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
88 MF Hungary Dániel Tőzsér 23 12 1 2 0 2 0 8 0 24 1 4 0
Forwards
7 FW Greece Charilaos Pappas 25 8 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 13 2 2 0
9 FW Greece Pantelis Kapetanos 25 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0
18 FW Argentina Ismael Blanco 25 28 19 6 1 2 0 7 1 43 21 3 0
20 FW Portugal Manú 25 13 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 20 0 5 0
23 FW Sierra Leone Mohamed Kallon 28 8 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 13 3 2 0
33 FW Greece Nikos Liberopoulos (VC) 32 24 11 6 2 1 0 8 0 39 13 5 0
36 FW Portugal Edinho 25 10 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 15 6 4 0
83 FW Greece Michalis Pavlis 18 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 1 1 0
99 FW Brazil Júlio César 28 17 3 2 0 2 1 7 0 28 4 2 0
Left during Winter Transfer Window
81 DF Greece Xenofon Panos 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
89 DF Greece Nikos Barboudis 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF Senegal El Hadji Diouf 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
56 MF Finland Përparim Hetemaj 21 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Transfers[]

In[]

Summer[]

No. Pos Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
2 DF Brazil Edson Ratinho Brazil Mogi Mirim Transfer €350,000 1 July 2007 30 June 2012 [2]
3 DF Argentina Rodolfo Arruabarrena Spain Villarreal Transfer Free 1 July 2007 30 June 2009 [3]
4 DF Portugal Geraldo Alves Romania Paços de Ferreira Transfer €300,000 1 July 2007 30 June 2010 [4]
7 FW Greece Charilaos Pappas Greece Olympiacos Transfer Free 1 July 2007 30 June 2010 [5]
8 MF Canada Tam Nsaliwa Greece Panionios Transfer €400,000 1 July 2007 30 June 2010 [6]
10 MF Brazil Rivaldo Greece Olympiacos Transfer Free 1 July 2007 30 June 2009 [7]
11 MF Brazil Gustavo Manduca Portugal Benfica Transfer €800,000 1 July 2007 30 June 2010 [8]
14 DF Argentina Federico Azcárate Spain Atlético Madrid B Transfer Free 1 July 2007 30 June 2011 [9]
24 MF Senegal El Hadji Diouf Senegal Xam-Xam Transfer Free 25 July 2007 30 June 2011 [10]
27 MF Greece Christos Bourbos Greece Kerkyra End of loan — 1 July 2007 30 June 2010
34 MF Greece Panagiotis Tachtsidis Greece AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 1 November 2007 30 June 2010 [11]
50 GK Austria Jürgen Macho Germany Kaiserslautern Transfer €300,000 31 August 2007 30 June 2009 [12]
80 MF Cyprus Georgios Tofas Greece Ethnikos Piraeus End of loan — 1 July 2007 30 June 2010
81 DF Greece Xenofon Panos Greece AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 1 July 2007 30 June 2011
89 DF Greece Nikos Barboudis Greece Ilisiakos Transfer €60,000 1 July 2007 30 June 2010 [13]
— GK Greece Giannis Fysekis Greece Anagennisi Karditsa End of loan — 1 July 2007 30 June 2010
— DF Greece Dimitris Koutromanos Greece Ethnikos Piraeus End of loan — 1 July 2007 30 June 2011
— DF Greece Vasilis Vallianos Greece Anagennisi Karditsa End of loan — 1 July 2007 30 June 2008
— FW Greece Panagiotis Zorbas Greece Niki Volos End of loan — 1 July 2007 30 June 2011
— FW Greece Aggelos Komvolidis Greece Ethnikos Piraeus End of loan — 1 July 2007 30 June 2010

Winter[]

No. Pos Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
23 FW Sierra Leone Mohamed Kallon Free agent Transfer Free 29 January 2008 30 June 2008 [14]
— DF Greece Savvas Gentsoglou Greece Panachaiki Loan termination — 31 December 2007 30 June 2009
— MF Greece Nikolaos Kaltsas Greece Anagennisi Karditsa Loan termination — 31 December 2007 30 June 2010

Out[]

Summer[]

No. Pos Player To Type Fee Date Source
4 DF Greece Vangelis Moras Italy Bologna End of contract — 1 July 2007 [15]
5 DF Italy Bruno Cirillo Spain Levante Contract termintion — 4 July 2007 [16]
7 MF Greece Ilias Kyriakidis Greece Larissa Transfer €225,000 17 June 2007 [17]
11 MF Brazil Gustavo Manduca Portugal Benfica End of loan — 30 June 2007
13 DF Argentina Martin Pautasso Paraguay Club Olimpia Contract termintion — 30 June 2007 [18]
14 DF Greece Stavros Tziortziopoulos Cyprus Omonia Nicosia End of contract — 1 July 2007 [19]
17 MF Serbia Vladan Ivić Greece Aris Thessaloniki Contract termintion — 31 August 2007 [20]
22 GK Greece Dionisis Chiotis Greece Kerkyra End of contract — 27 July 2007 [21]
23 MF Greece Vassilis Lakis Greece PAOK Contract termintion — 3 July 2007 [22]
25 MF Brazil Emerson Cyprus APOEL End of contract — 1 July 2007 [23]
79 FW Greece Leonidas Kampantais Greece Arminia Bielefeld End of contract — 1 July 2007 [24]
— GK Greece Antonis Lykouris Free agent Contract termintion — 30 June 2007
— FW Greece Aggelos Komvolidis Greece Iraklis Contract termintion — 24 July 2007 [25]

Loan in[]

Summer[]

No. Pos Player From Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
18 FW Argentina Ismael Blanco Argentina Colón €450,000 10 August 2007 30 June 2008 Green tickY [26]
20 FW Portugal Manú Portugal Benfica Free 30 August 2007 30 June 2008 Green tickY [27]
32 GK Brazil Marcelo Moretto Portugal Benfica €800,000 13 July 2007 30 June 2008 Green tickY [28]

Winter[]

No. Pos Player From Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
36 FW Portugal Edinho Portugal Vitória de Setúbal €150,000 1 February 2008 30 June 2008 Green tickY [29]

Loan out[]

Summer[]

No. Pos Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
28 GK Italy Stefano Sorrentino Spain Recreativo de Huelva €340,000 16 July 2007 30 June 2008 Green tickY [30]
90 DF Greece Savvas Gentsoglou Greece Panachaiki Free 30 August 2007 30 June 2008 Red XN [31]
— GK Greece Giannis Fysekis Greece Lamia Free 30 June 2007 30 June 2008 Red XN
— DF Greece Nikolaos Kourkoulas Greece Nea Ionia Free 30 June 2007 30 June 2008 Red XN
— DF Greece Dimitris Koutromanos Greece Anagennisi Karditsa Free 30 June 2007 30 June 2008 Red XN
— DF Greece Andreas Chronis Greece Nea Ionia Free 30 June 2007 30 June 2009 Red XN
— DF Greece Vasilis Vallianos Greece Nea Ionia Free 30 June 2007 30 June 2008 Red XN
— MF Greece Giorgos Paligiorgos Greece Anagennisi Karditsa Free 30 June 2007 30 June 2009 Red XN

Winter[]

No. Pos Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
24 MF Senegal El Hadji Diouf Greece Ilisiakos Free 31 December 2007 30 June 2008 Red XN
56 MF Finland Përparim Hetemaj Greece Apollon Kalamarias Free 31 December 2007 30 June 2008 Red XN
81 DF Greece Xenofon Panos Greece Nea Ionia Free 31 December 2007 30 June 2009 Red XN
89 DF Greece Nikos Barboudis Greece Fostiras Free 31 December 2007 30 June 2008 Red XN
— DF Greece Savvas Gentsoglou Greece Nea Ionia Free 31 December 2007 30 June 2008 Red XN
— MF Greece Nikolaos Kaltsas Greece Acharnaikos Free 31 December 2007 30 June 2008 Red XN

Renewals[]

No. Pos Player Date Former Exp Date New Exp Date Source
5 DF Greece Traianos Dellas 1 June 2007 30 June 2007 30 June 2009 [32]
6 DF Greece Georgios Alexopoulos 22 May 2008 30 June 2008 30 June 2010 [33]
31 DF Greece Nikolaos Georgeas 22 May 2008 30 June 2008 30 June 2010 [33]
34 MF Greece Panagiotis Tachtsidis 1 November 2007 — 30 June 2010 [11]
81 DF Greece Xenofon Panos 1 July 2007 — 30 June 2011

Overall transfer activity[]

Club[]

Management[]

Position Staff
Manager Greece Nikos Kostenoglou
Assistant manager Spain Pep Alomar
First team coach Cyprus Antonis Kezos
Goalkeeping coach Serbia Slobodan Suica
Youth Team coach Greece Georgos Vamvakas

Last updated: 26 Feb 2008
Source: aekfc.gr

Kit[]

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): LG
Features: Chevrolet, Forthnet

Home
Away
Third

Source: sport24.gr

Other information[]

Chairman Greece Demis Nikolaidis
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Athens Olympic Stadium (71,030 / 120x80 m)

Source: aekfc.gr

Manager stats[]

Name Nat From To Record Honours
P W D L F A %W
Lorenzo Serra Ferrer Spain 15 August 2007 12 February 2008 30 17 2 11 51 26 56.66 –
Nikos Kostenoglou* Greece 12 February 2008 14 May 2008 18 10 5 3 35 19 55.55 –
Totals – 15 August 2007 14 May 2008 48 27 7 14 86 45 56.25 –
Key
* Served as Caretaker-manager.

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

Pre-season and friendlies[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

10 July 2007 Friendly Emst Netherlands 0–11 Greece AEK Athens Doorwerth
20:30 EET Report
Stadium: Doorwerth Stadium
12 July 2007 Friendly Bocholt Germany 1–4 Greece AEK Athens Bocholt
20:30 EET
  • Massop Goal 20'
 Report
Stadium: Stadion am Hünting
14 July 2007 Friendly AGOVV Apeldoorn Netherlands 0–4 Greece AEK Athens Doorwerth
19:00 EET Report
Stadium: Doorwerth Stadium
16 July 2007 Friendly Steaua București Romania 1–1 Greece AEK Athens Doorwerth
21:00 EET
Report
  • Rivaldo Goal 15'
 Stadium: Doorwerth Stadium
19 July 2007 Friendly Ankaraspor Turkey 1–1 Greece AEK Athens Doorwerth
20:00 EET
  • Denizhan Goal 53'
 Report
  • Pavlis Goal 83'
 Stadium: Doorwerth Stadium
24 July 2007 Friendly Agios Dimitrios Greece 1–0 Greece AEK Athens Brahami
19:00 EET
Report Stadium: Agios Dimitrios Municipal Stadium
26 July 2007 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 1–0 Greece Nea Ionia Thrakomakedones
19:00 EET
  • Edson Ratinho Goal 26'
 Report Stadium: AEK Athens' training complex
Note: The game lasted 60 minutes due to the unbearable heat in Thrakomakedones.
29 July 2007 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 2–0 Belgium Club Brugge Marousi
21:30 EET
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 14,036
5 August 2007 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 1–3 Italy Livorno Marousi
21:15 EET
Report
  • A. Filippini Goal 21'
  • Volpe Goal 79', 86'
 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 11,480
18 August 2007 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 1–1 Greece Ethnikos Asteras Marousi
18:45 EET
  • Tozsér Goal 11'
 Report
  • Evangelatos Goal 44'
 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
30 August 2007 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 5–1 Greece AEK Athens Youth Team Thrakomakedones
  • Kone Goal 19'
  • Pliatsikas Goal 25'
  • Tozsér Goal 30'
  • Kafes Goal 37'
  • Manú Goal 39'
 Report
  • Pavlis Goal 37' (pen.)
 Stadium: AEK Athens' training complex
Note: 50 minutes game.
30 August 2007 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 3–1 Greece Nea Ionia Thrakomakedones
 Report
  • Yfantis Goal 43' (pen.)
 Stadium: AEK Athens' training complex
Note: 50 minutes game.
9 September 2007 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 1–1 Greece PAOK Marousi
18:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Note: Friendly game to gathering money for the victims of fire, that lasted 45 minutes.
9 September 2007 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 0–1 Greece AEL Marousi
19:00 EET Report
  • Cleyton Goal 23'
 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Note: Friendly game to gathering money for the victims of fire, that lasted 45 minutes.
14 September 2007 Friendly Thrasyvoulos Greece 1–3 Greece AEK Athens Fyli
17:30 EET
Report
Stadium: Fyli Municipal Stadium

Super League Greece[]

Main article: 2007–08 Super League Greece

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos[a] (C) 30 21 7 2 55 27 +28 70 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 AEK Athens 30 22 2 6 65 17 +48 68 Qualification for the Play-offs
3 Panathinaikos 30 20 6 4 44 18 +26 66
4 Aris 30 14 8 8 32 20 +12 50
5 Panionios 30 13 6 11 39 42 −3 45[b]
Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
According to the official Super League playoff regulation, the position after the playoffs replaces the regular season position.
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. ^ The match of Apollon Kalamarias vs. Olympiacos, originally 1–0 to the home side, was awarded to Olympiacos 0–3 by the Greek sports court giving Olympiacos the three points, on the basis that the home side fielded an ineligible player. Apollon Kalamarias were docked one extra point.
  2. ^ Head-to-head record: Panionios–Larissa 3–1, Larissa–Panionios 1–0.

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 22 2 6 65 17  +48 68 11 2 2 38 9  +29 11 0 4 27 8  +19

Last updated: 2008-04-20.
Source: Super League Greece

Results by Matchday[]

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Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2008. Source: Super League Greece
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures[]

26 September 2007 Matchday 1 Veria 0–1 AEK Athens Veria
21:15 EET
Report
  • Blanco Goal 34'
  • Manduca Yellow card 50'
  • Kone Yellow card 86'
 Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 3,960
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos ()
23 September 2007 Matchday 2 AEK Athens 2–0 Atromitos Marousi
19:00 EET
  • Manú Yellow card 69'
  • Blanco Goal 79', 87'
  • Zikos Yellow card 80'
 slgr.gr/en/game/708013/
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 18,372
Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis (Messinia)
30 September 2007 Matchday 3 Levadiakos 0–4 AEK Athens Levadeia
16:45 EET
slgr.gr/en/game/708020/
  • Tozsér Goal 31'
  • Blanco Goal 37'
  • Manduca Yellow card 43'
  • Edson Ratinho Goal 58'
  • Kone Yellow card 73' Goal 77'
 Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 3,272
Referee: Anastasios Kakos ()
7 October 2007 Matchday 4 Panionios 0–3 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
19:00 EET
  • Fernandez Yellow card 24'
  • Djebbour Yellow card 66'
  • Pletsch Yellow card 79'
 Report
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 4,174
Referee: Kyros Vassaras ()
20 October 2007 Matchday 5 AEK Athens 1–0 AEL Marousi
19:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 13,752
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)
28 October 2007 Matchday 6 Skoda Xanthi 0–1 AEK Athens Xanthi
16:45 EET
Report
Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena
Attendance: 3,624
Referee: Michalis Koukoulakis (Heraklion)
4 November 2007 Matchday 7 AEK Athens 1–2 Iraklis Marousi
19:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 21,370
Referee: Dimitris Kyrkos (Epirus)
11 November 2007 Matchday 8 Panathinaikos 2–1 AEK Athens Marousi
19:00 EET
Report
  • Papastathopoulos Yellow card 22'
  • Manduca Yellow card 34'
  • Liberopoulos Goal 42'
  • Geraldo Alves Yellow card 54'
  • Dellas Yellow card 72' Yellow-red card 78'
 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 15,202
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos ()
25 November 2007 Matchday 9 AEK Athens 4–0 OFI Marousi
19:00 EET
  • Lagos Yellow card 42'
  • Rivaldo Goal 47'
  • Manduca Goal 50'
  • Blanco Goal 62'
  • Pappas Goal 74'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 16,738
Referee: Nathanail Charalambidis ()
2 December 2007 Matchday 10 Aris 0–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:00 EET
Report
  • Zikos Yellow card 20'
  • Edson Ratinho Yellow card 78'
  • Dellas Goal 82'
  • Kafes Yellow card 90+2'
 Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 13,042
Referee: Michalis Koukoulakis (Heraklion)
9 December 2007 Matchday 11 AEK Athens 4–0 Apollon Kalamarias Marousi
19:00 EET
  • Liberopoulos Goal 4', 85'
  • Rivaldo Goal 16' (pen.)
  • Blanco Goal 40' Yellow card 41'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 13,375
Referee: Stavros Tritsonis (Athens)
16 December 2007 Matchday 12 Olympiacos 1–0 AEK Athens Piraeus
19:00 EET
Report
  • Arruabarrena Yellow card 17'
  • Rivaldo Yellow card 45+2'
  • Pappas Yellow card 77'
  • Moretto Red card 90+4'
 Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30,229
Referee: Anastasios Kakos ()
23 December 2007 Matchday 13 Ergotelis 1–4 AEK Athens Heraklion
19:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Pankritio Stadium
Attendance: 5,940
Referee: Vasilis Paboridis ()
30 December 2007 Matchday 14 AEK Athens 2–0 PAOK Marousi
19:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 24,257
Referee: Konstantinos Papastamatis (Athens)
6 January 2008 Matchday 15 Asteras Tripolis 2–1 AEK Athens Tripoli
16:45 EET
Report
  • Geraldo Alves Yellow card 11'
  • Manduca Yellow card 39'
  • Dellas Yellow card 55'
  • Blanco Goal 77'
  • Kafes Yellow card 90+5'
 Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium
Attendance: 4,167
Referee: Kyros Vassaras ()
12 January 2008 Matchday 16 AEK Athens 5–1 Veria Marousi
19:00 EET
  • Rivaldo Goal 4'
  • Kafes Goal 13'
  • Zikos Yellow card 15'
  • Blanco Goal 18' (pen.), 60'
  • Pavlis Goal 90+2'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 12,041
Referee: Ilias Mazarakos ()
19 January 2008 Matchday 17 Atromitos 0–1 AEK Athens Peristeri
16:45 EET
Report
Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Attendance: 3,501
Referee: Vasilis Paboridis ()
27 January 2008 Matchday 18 AEK Athens 3–0 Levadiakos Marousi
19:00 EET
  • Nsaliwa Yellow card 36'
  • Lagos Yellow card 43'
  • Rivaldo Goal 44'
  • Emeran Goal 53' (o.g.)
  • Blanco Goal 55'
 Report
  • Diamantis Yellow card 37' Yellow-red card 45+1'
 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 16,168
Referee: Dimitris Kyrkos (Epirus)
3 February 2008 Matchday 19 AEK Athens 2–3 Panionios Marousi
19:00 EET
  • Pappas Yellow card 48'
  • Kallon Goal 60'
  • Blanco Goal 74'
  • Kafes Yellow card 75'
  • Manú Yellow card 84'
 Report
  • Djebbour Goal 10'
  • Choutos Goal 15', 54'
  • Krešić Yellow card 34'
  • Diawara Yellow card 71'
  • Aravidis Yellow card 89'
 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 19,926
Referee: Theofilos Fotiadis ()
9 February 2008 Matchday 20 AEL 1–0 AEK Athens Larissa
19:00 EET
Report
  • Nsaliwa Yellow card 45'
  • Geraldo Alves Yellow card 55' Yellow-red card 66'
  • Papastathopoulos Yellow card 88'
 Stadium: Alkazar
Attendance: 6,778
Referee: Michalis Koukoulakis (Heraklion)
17 February 2008 Matchday 21 AEK Athens 3–0 Skoda Xanthi Marousi
17:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 8,594
Referee: Giorgos Daloukas (Thessaly)
24 February 2008 Matchday 22 Iraklis 0–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 5,971
Referee: Anastasios Kakos ()
2 March 2008 Matchday 23 AEK Athens 1–1 Panathinaikos Marousi
19:00 EET
  • Rivaldo Goal 67' (pen.) Yellow card 86'
  • Manduca Yellow card 71'
  • Liberopoulos Yellow card 72'
  • Papastathopoulos Yellow card 87'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 40,610
Referee: Vasilis Paboridis ()
9 March 2008 Matchday 24 OFI 1–4 AEK Athens Heraklion
16:45 EET
Report
  • Blanco Goal 16'
  • Pitsos Goal 18' (o.g.)
  • Kallon Yellow card 54'
  • Pliatsikas Yellow card 61'
  • Bărcăuan Goal 64' (o.g)
  • Edinho Goal 80'
 Stadium: Pankritio Stadium
Attendance: 4,141
Referee: Giannis Stavridis ()
16 March 2008 Matchday 25 AEK Athens 1–1 Aris Marousi
19:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 20,976
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)
23 March 2008 Matchday 26 Apollon Kalamarias 0–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium
Attendance: 2,436
Referee: Giorgos Daloukas (Thessaly)
30 March 2008 Matchday 27 AEK Athens 4–0 Olympiacos Marousi
19:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 40,955
Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)
6 April 2008 Matchday 28 AEK Athens 3–1 Ergotelis Marousi
19:00 EET
  • Rivaldo Goal 6' (pen.)
  • Georgeas Yellow card 13'
  • Bourbos Yellow card 20'
  • Kafes Goal 39'
  • Blanco Goal 51'
 Report
  • Kefaloukos Yellow card 5'
  • Kiliaras Yellow card 17'
  • Κordonouris Goal 53'
  • Kenedy Yellow card 71'
 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 18,155
Referee: Anastasios Kakos ()
13 April 2008 Matchday 29 PAOK 0–4 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:00 EET
Report
  • Papastathopoulos Goal 20'
  • Blanco Goal 23'
  • Liberopoulos Goal 25'
  • Edinho] Yellow card 45+2'
  • Zikos Yellow card 47'
  • Kallon Goal 82'
 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Dimitris Kyrkos (Epirus)
20 April 2008 Matchday 30 AEK Athens 2–0 Asteras Tripolis Marousi
19:00 EET
  • Bourbos Yellow card 23'
  • Rivaldo Goal 43' Yellow card 45+2'
  • Blanco Goal 56'
  • Papastathopoulos Yellow card 65'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 37,996
Referee: Michalis Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

Play-offs[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Panathinaikos 6 4 2 0 14 5 +9 21 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 AEK Athens 6 2 2 2 10 11 −1 16 Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4 Aris[a] 6 1 2 3 9 9 0 7
5 Panionios 6 1 2 3 7 15 −8 5 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
Source: Super League Greece
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.
Notes:
  1. ^ Aris is guaranteed at least to play in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup second qualifying round through their Greek Football Cup performance.

Fixtures[]

23 April 2008 Matchday 1 AEK Athens 5–0 Panionios Marousi
21:00 EET
  • Edinho Goal 28' Yellow card 29'
  • Rivaldo Goal 39', 77'
  • Blanco Goal 74'
  • Kallon Goal 90'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 7,372
Referee: Michalis Germanakos (Athens)
30 April 2008 Matchday 2 Panathinaikos 4–1 AEK Athens Marousi
19:00 EET
  • Papadopoulos Goal 8'
  • Mattos Goal 27'
  • Ivanschitz Goal 32'
  • Sarriegi Yellow card 73'
  • Tziolis Yellow card 83'
 Report
  • Macho Yellow card 54'
  • Kafes Yellow card 54'
  • Nsaliwa Yellow card 59'
  • Rivaldo Goal 71'
  • Papastathopoulos Yellow card 82'
  • Kallon Yellow card 90+5'
 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 8,528
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos ()
4 May 2008 Matchday 3 AEK Athens 1–0 Aris Marousi
19:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 9,995
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)
7 May 2008 Matchday 4 Aris 4–0 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
16:45 EET
Report
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 2,257
Referee: Michalis Koukoulakis (Heraklion)
11 May 2008 Matchday 5 Panionios 2–2 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
19:00 EET
Report
  • Rivaldo Goal 25' (pen.)
  • Geraldo Alves Yellow card 32'
  • Liberopoulos Goal 39' Yellow card 90+3'
  • Bourbos Yellow card 42'
  • Kafes Yellow card 59' Yellow-red card 90+2'
  • Pliatsikas Yellow card 69'
  • Kone Yellow card 87'
 Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 1,011
Referee: Lazaros Polatian ()
14 May 2008 Matchday 6 AEK Athens 1–1 Panathinaikos Marousi
19:00 EET
  • Nsaliwa Yellow card 45' Goal 51'
  • Geraldo Alves Yellow card 66'
  • Manduca Yellow card 88'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 5,032
Referee: Kyros Vassaras ()

Greek Cup[]

Main article: 2007–08 Greek Football Cup

AEK entered the Greek Cup at the fourth round.

Matches[]

1 November 2007 Fourth round Fostiras 0–2 AEK Athens Tavros
17:45 EET
  • Dimopoulos Yellow card 10' Yellow-red card 56'
  • Vidalis Yellow card 46'
  • Boubas Yellow card 90+1'
 Report
Stadium: Tavros Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)
9 January 2008 Fifth round Skoda Xanthi 2–0 AEK Athens Xanthi
21:30 EET
Report
Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Lazaros Polatian ()

UEFA Champions League[]

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round[]

15 August 2007 First leg Sevilla Spain 2–0 Greece AEK Athens Seville, Spain
20:45 EET
Report
Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium
Attendance: 34,852
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
3 September 2007[note 1] Second leg AEK Athens Greece 1–4 Spain Sevilla Athens, Greece
20:45 EET
  • Zikos Yellow card 19'
  • Bourbos Yellow card 43'
  • Papastathopoulos Yellow card 75'
  • Rivaldo Goal 82' (pen.)
 Report
  • Fabiano Goal 32' (pen.), 45'
  • Keita Goal 40'
  • Kerzhakov Goal 53'
 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 37,777
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

UEFA Cup[]

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Cup

First round[]

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Cup first round
20 September 2007 First leg AEK Athens Greece 3–0 Austria Red Bull Salzburg Athens, Greece
18:45 CET
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 25,523
Referee: Mike Dean (England)
4 October 2007 Second leg Red Bull Salzburg Austria 1–0
(1–3 agg.)		 Greece AEK Athens Salzburg, Austria
20:45 CET
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

Group Stage[]

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Cup group stage § Group C
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Spain Villarreal 4 3 1 0 7 3 +4 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Italy Fiorentina 4 2 2 0 10 4 +6 8
3 Greece AEK Athens 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 5
4 Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav 4 1 0 3 5 6 −1 3
5 Sweden Elfsborg 4 0 1 3 3 12 −9 1
Source:[citation needed]
25 October 2007 Matchday 1 Elfsborg Sweden 1–1 Greece AEK Athens Borås, Sweden
20:00 CET
Report
  • Pappas Goal 49'
 Stadium: Borås Arena
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Peter Sippel (Germany)
29 November 2007 Matchday 2 AEK Athens Greece 1–1 Italy Fiorentina Athens, Greece
20:00 CET
  • Edson Ratinho Yellow card 12'
  • Balzaretti Goal 34' (o.g.)
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 26,836
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
5 December 2007 Matchday 3 Mladá Boleslav Czech Republic 0–1 Greece AEK Athens Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic
20:45 CET
Report
Stadium: Městský stadion
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: (Belgium)
20 December 2007 Matchday 4 AEK Athens Greece 1–2 Spain Villarreal Athens, Greece
20:45 CET
  • Rivaldo Goal 68'
  • Papastathopoulos Yellow card 86'
  • Kafes Yellow card 90+5'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 16,380
Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)

Round of 32[]

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Cup final phase
13 February 2008 First leg AEK Athens Greece 1–1 Spain Getafe Athens, Greece
19:00 CET
  • Zikos Yellow card 72'
  • Blanco Goal 90+3'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 13,038
Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)
21 February 2008 Second leg Getafe Spain 3–0
(4–1 agg.)		 Greece AEK Athens Getafe, Spain
20:45 CET
Report
Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

UEFA rankings[]

UEFA team ranking

# Form Previous Country Team Ranking
81 Green-Up-Arrow.svg 89 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 31.932
82 Green-Up-Arrow.svg 86 Austria Austria Vienna 31.840
83 RedDownArrow.svg 69 Greece AEK Athens 31.525
84 RedDownArrow.svg 77 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 31.496
85 RedDownArrow.svg 79 France RC Strasbourg 31.380

UEFA country ranking

# Form Previous Country League Ranking
12 RedDownArrow.svg 11 Ukraine Ukrainian Premier League 30.100
13 RedDownArrow.svg 12 Belgium Jupiler League 26.700
14 Green-Up-Arrow.svg 15 Greece Super League Greece 25.831
15 RedDownArrow.svg 13 Czech Republic 1. Gambrinus Liga 25.750
16 Green-Up-Arrow.svg 17 Switzerland Axpo Super League 24.225

Correct as of 27 May 2008

Notes[]

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See also[]

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