2008–09 AEK Athens F.C. season

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AEK Athens
2008–09 season
ChairmanDemis Nikolaidis
(until 2 November)
Giorgos Kintis
(until 23 January)
Nikos Thanopoulos
ManagerGiorgos Donis
(until 17 November)
Dušan Bajević
StadiumAthens Olympic Stadium
Super League3rd
4th (Regular season)
Greek CupRunners-up
UEFA CupSecond qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague: Ismael Blanco (14)
All: Ismael Blanco (23)
Highest home attendance44,104 vs Olympiacos
(1 February 2009)
Lowest home attendance4,315 vs Kerkyra
(22 January 2009)
Average home league attendance14,671
Away colours
Third colours

AEK Athens F.C. competed for the 50th consecutive season in the Greek topflight. They started their European campaign in the UEFA Cup Second qualifying round after finishing second in last season's play–offs.

Overview[]

After the end of an indifferent season, the team initially finished in first place in the league, but after the court case between Apollon Kalamaria and Olympiacos for the illegal use of a player in the 1-0 Apollon Kalamaria win earlier in the season, Olympiacos were awarded the 3 points in a court hearing, thus finishing 2 points ahead of AEK.[1] AEK then finished 2nd in the national playoffs which saw them qualify for the UEFA Cup.

The club sold 18,200 season tickets. The new season started nervously, since the team was constantly under-performing during friendly games. The apparent nervousness reached a new high, when the team was defeated at home by underdogs Omonia at the first leg of the UEFA Cup Second qualifying round, followed by the chairman Demis Nikolaidis' resignation announcement for the end of the season, and Rivaldo's sudden intention to leave the club in order to join FC Bunyodkor from Uzbekistan. AEK was eventually eliminated from the UEFA Cup. Despite the disappointment, the team responded surprisingly well and put an assertive performance against fierce rivals Panathinaikos by beating them 2-1 at home during matchday 1, but poor performances and results from then on left AEK in a difficult situation. Head coach Giorgos Donis was eager to leave the club, but president Demis Nikolaidis did not allow him to leave. Nevertheless, Nikolaidis left due to these disappointing results and after a controversy with the club's supporters Original 21,[2] leaving the presidency to member of the D.C., Nikos Koulis and Takis Kanellopoulos.[3]

However, the series of disappointing results continued, bringing anger and insecure situations for everyone in the team. The first to be hit by this wave of disappointment and with the council of the team upset, was the coach Giorgos Donis, who was asked to leave the team.[4] On November 21, 2008, AEK hired Dušan Bajević as head coach for the third time.[5]

On 2 May 2009, AEK participated in the Greek Cup final at Athens Olympic Stadium in an effort to obtain the Greek Cup title for 14th time. However the result did not go in their favour after losing 14-15 on penalties vs their arch rival Olympiacos.

Events[]

  • 14 May: Giorgos Donis replaces Nikos Kostenoglou as head manager.[6]
  • 16 May: Midfielder Antonis Rikka agrees to join AEK from Skoda Xanthi[7]
  • 20 May: Defender Daniel Majstorović agrees to join AEK from Basel[8]
  • 5 June: Midfielder Dániel Tőzsér joins Genk[9]
  • 1 July: Goalkeeper Sebastián Saja agrees to join AEK from San Lorenzo de Almagro[10]
  • 1 July: Striker Nacho Scocco agrees to join AEK from Club Universidad Nacional[11]
  • 1 July: Striker Nathan Burns agrees to join AEK from Adelaide United[12]
  • 1 July: Midfielder Julio Cesar signs for Rapid București on a free transfer[13]
  • 1 July: Striker Pantelis Kapetanos is released from the club after his contract expired.[14]
  • 3 July: Goalkeeper Stefano Sorrentino joins Chievo on loan until the end of the season.[15]
  • 7 July: Striker Nikos Liberopoulos is released from the club.[16]
  • 23 July: Defender Traianos Dellas is released from the club.[17]
  • 30 July: Defender Juanfran agrees to join AEK from Real Zaragoza[18]
  • 31 July: Midfielder Angelos Basinas agrees to join AEK from Mallorca[19]
  • 1 August: Defender Sotiris Kyrgiakos agrees to join AEK from Eintracht Frankfurt[20]
  • 1 August: AEK is drawn against AC Omonia in the UEFA Cup Second qualifying round[21]
  • 2 August: Defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos joins Genoa[22]
  • 22 August: Chairman Demis Nikolaidis announces his intention to resign from his position at the end of the season.[23]
  • 27 August: Midfielder Rivaldo joins FC Bunyodkor.[24]
  • 30 August: Striker Rafik Djebbour agrees to join AEK from Panionios[25]
  • 1 September: Midfielder Agustín Pelletieri agrees to join AEK on loan from Lanús[26]
  • 2 November: Chairman Demis Nikolaidis resigns as president of AEK[2]
  • 5 November: Takis Kanellopoulos and Nikos Koulis take temporary charge of the club[3]
  • 17 November: AEK part ways with manager Giorgos Donis[4]
  • 21 November: Stelios Manolas becomes technical director of the club[27]
  • 21 November: Dušan Bajević becomes manager for the third time[5]
  • 1 December: Georgios Kintis becomes 43rd president of AEK.[28]
  • 27 January: Defender Edson Ratinho joins Mogi Mirim[29]
  • 2 February: Midfielder Angelos Basinas joins Portsmouth[30]

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 2009.

No. Pos. Name Age League Play–offs Cup UEFA Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Yellow card.svg Red card.svg
Goalkeepers
23 GK Argentina Sebastián Saja 30 29 0 6 0 5 0 2 0 42 0 5 0
77 GK Austria Jürgen Macho 31 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
84 GK Greece Giannis Arabatzis 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
4 DF Portugal Geraldo Alves 28 10 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 16 0 6 0
5 DF Sweden Daniel Majstorović (VC3) 32 28 2 6 0 7 1 2 0 43 3 9 0
6 DF Greece Georgios Alexopoulos 32 12 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 20 0 5 0
7 DF Spain Juanfran 32 21 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 27 0 7 2
12 DF France Olivier N'Siabamfumu 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
13 DF Greece Dimitris Koutromanos 22 10 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 17 0 2 0
25 DF Greece Sotiris Kyrgiakos (C) 29 19 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 26 0 10 1
31 DF Greece Nikolaos Georgeas (VC2) 32 19 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 29 0 4 1
Midfielders
1 MF Greece Pantelis Kafes (VC) 31 22 3 5 0 5 1 3 0 35 4 7 0
8 MF Canada Tam Nsaliwa 27 18 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 28 0 10 0
11 MF Brazil Gustavo Manduca 29 13 0 6 1 4 0 0 0 23 1 2 0
16 MF Greece Vasilis Pliatsikas 21 14 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 17 0 4 0
17 MF Greece Antonis Rikka 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 1 0
19 MF Greece Panagiotis Lagos 23 14 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 18 0 3 0
24 MF Argentina Agustín Pelletieri 27 23 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 32 0 5 0
34 MF Greece Panagiotis Tachtsidis 18 8 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 13 1 1 0
56 MF Finland Përparim Hetemaj 22 9 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 16 0 6 1
80 MF Senegal El Hadji Diouf 19 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 0
90 MF Greece Savvas Gentsoglou 18 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Portugal Edinho 26 25 7 4 0 6 0 1 0 36 7 6 0
10 FW Algeria Rafik Djebbour 25 23 7 5 1 5 2 0 0 33 10 1 0
18 FW Argentina Ismael Blanco 26 30 14 6 3 6 5 2 1 44 23 2 0
20 FW Australia Nathan Burns 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0
32 FW Argentina Ignacio Scocco 24 27 6 5 1 7 3 2 0 41 10 11 1
83 FW Greece Michalis Pavlis 19 7 0 3 1 3 0 2 1 15 2 1 0
Left during Summer Transfer Window
— MF Brazil Rivaldo 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
Left during Winter Transfer Window
2 DF Brazil Edson Ratinho 23 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6 0 0 0
14 MF Greece Angelos Basinas 33 14 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 17 0 10 0
40 FW Greece Panagiotis Zorbas 22 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 7 0 1 0

Transfers[]

In[]

Summer[]

No. Pos Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
5 DF Sweden Daniel Majstorović Switzerland Basel Transfer Free 1 July 2008 30 June 2011 [8]
7 DF Spain Juanfran Spain Real Zaragoza Transfer Free 30 July 2008 30 June 2010 [18]
9 FW Portugal Edinho Portugal Vitória de Setúbal Transfer €350,000 1 July 2008 30 June 2011 [31]
10 FW Algeria Rafik Djebbour Greece Panionios Transfer €3,200,000 1 July 2008 30 June 2011 [32]
13 DF Greece Dimitris Koutromanos Greece Anagennisi Karditsa End of loan — 1 July 2008 30 June 2011
14 MF Greece Angelos Basinas Spain RCD Mallorca Transfer Free 31 July 2008 30 June 2011 [19]
17 MF Greece Antonis Rikka Greece Skoda Xanthi Transfer €575,000 1 July 2008 30 June 2013 [7]
18 FW Argentina Ismael Blanco Argentina Colón Transfer €850,000 1 July 2008 30 June 2011 [33]
20 FW Australia Nathan Burns Australia Adelaide United Transfer €450,000 1 July 2008 30 June 2012 [12]
23 GK Argentina Sebastián Saja Argentina San Lorenzo Transfer Free 1 July 2008 30 June 2012 [10]
25 DF Greece Sotiris Kyrgiakos Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Transfer Free 1 August 2008 30 June 2013 [20]
32 FW Argentina Ignacio Scocco Mexico UNAM Transfer €1,500,000 1 July 2008 30 June 2011 [11]
40 FW Greece Panagiotis Zorbas Greece Panetolikos End of loan — 1 July 2008 30 June 2011
56 MF Finland Përparim Hetemaj Greece Apollon Kalamarias End of loan — 1 July 2008 30 June 2010
90 MF Greece Savvas Gentsoglou Greece Nea Ionia End of loan — 1 July 2008 30 June 2011
– GK Italy Stefano Sorrentino Spain Recreativo de Huelva End of loan — 1 July 2008 30 June 2010
— GK Greece Giannis Fysekis Greece Lamia End of loan — 1 July 2008 30 June 2010
— DF Greece Nikolaos Kourkoulas Greece Nea Ionia End of loan — 1 July 2008 30 June 2010
— DF Greece Panagiotis Stergiatos Greece Anagennisi Karditsa End of loan — 1 July 2008 30 June 2008
— DF Greece Nikos Barboudis Greece Fostiras End of loan — 1 July 2008 30 June 2010
— DF Greece Dimitrios Amarantidis Greece Anagennisi Karditsa Transfer Free 1 July 2008 30 June 2010
— DF Greece Vasilis Vallianos Greece Nea Ionia End of loan — 1 July 2008 30 June 2008
— MF Greece Nikolaos Kaltsas Greece Acharnaikos End of loan — 1 July 2008 30 June 2010
— MF Greece Manolis Tsagarogiannakis Greece Thiva End of loan — 1 July 2008 30 June 2008
— MF Senegal El Hadji Diouf Greece Ilisiakos End of loan — 1 July 2008 30 June 2011

Winter[]

No. Pos Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
12 DF France Olivier N'Siabamfumu Free agent Transfer Free 11 February 2009 30 June 2009 [34]
80 MF Senegal El Hadji Diouf Greece Anagennisi Karditsa Loan termination — 20 November 2008 30 June 2011 [35]
— MF Cyprus Georgios Tofas Greece Anagennisi Karditsa Loan termination — 31 December 2008 30 June 2010

Out[]

Summer[]

No. Pos Player To Type Fee Date Source
3 DF Argentina Rodolfo Arruabarrena Argentina Tigre Contract termintion — 12 August 2008 [36]
5 DF Greece Traianos Dellas Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta Contract termintion — 23 July 2008 [17]
7 FW Greece Charilaos Pappas Greece Skoda Xanthi Transfer €60,000 5 July 2008 [37]
9 FW Greece Pantelis Kapetanos Romania Steaua București Contract termintion — 1 July 2008 [14]
10 MF Brazil Rivaldo Uzbekistan Bunyodkor Transfer €1,000,000 30 August 2008 [38]
14 DF Argentina Federico Azcárate Spain Polideportivo Ejido End of contract — 22 July 2008 [39]
15 DF Greece Sokratis Papastathopoulos Italy Genoa Transfer €3,800,000[a] 1 August 2008 [40]
16 MF Greece Akis Zikos Retired — 30 June 2008 [41]
18 FW Argentina Ismael Blanco Argentina Colón End of loan — 30 June 2008
20 FW Portugal Manú Portugal Benfica End of loan — 30 June 2008
22 MF Greece Panagiotis Kone Greece Iraklis Transfer Free 29 August 2008 [42]
23 FW Sierra Leone Mohamed Kallon United Arab Emirates Al Shabab End of contract — 1 July 2008 [43]
27 MF Greece Christos Bourbos Greece Iraklis End of contract — 1 July 2008 [44]
32 GK Brazil Marcelo Moretto Portugal Benfica End of loan — 30 June 2008
33 FW Greece Nikos Liberopoulos Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Contract termintion — 13 July 2008 [16]
36 FW Portugal Edinho Portugal Vitória de Setúbal End of loan — 30 June 2008
88 MF Hungary Dániel Tőzsér Belgium Genk Transfer €1,500,000 5 June 2008 [45]
99 FW Brazil Júlio César Romania Rapid București Transfer Free 1 July 2008 [13]
— DF Greece Panagiotis Stergiatos Greece Anagennisi Arta End of contract — 1 July 2008
— DF Greece Vasilis Vallianos Greece Panachaiki Transfer Free 1 July 2008
— MF Greece Manolis Tsagarogiannakis Greece Vyzas Megara End of contract — 1 July 2008 [46]

Winter[]

No. Pos Player To Type Fee Date Source
2 DF Brazil Edson Ratinho Brazil Mogi Mirim Transfer €350,000 27 January 2009 [29]
14 MF Greece Angelos Basinas England Portsmouth Contract termination — 2 February 2009 [30]

Loan in[]

Summer[]

No. Pos Player From Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
24 MF Argentina Agustín Pelletieri Argentina Lanús €700,000 1 September 2008 30 June 2009 Green tickY [26]

Loan out[]

Summer[]

No. Pos Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
— GK Italy Stefano Sorrentino Italy Chievo €200,000 3 July 2008 30 June 2009 Green tickY [15]
— GK Greece Giannis Fysekis Greece Apollon Kalamarias Free 30 June 2008 30 June 2009 Red XN
— DF Greece Nikolaos Kourkoulas Greece Nea Ionia Free 30 June 2008 30 June 2010 Red XN
— DF Greece Nikos Barboudis Greece Apollon Kalamarias Free 23 July 2008 30 June 2009 Red XN
— DF Greece Dimitrios Amarantidis Greece Anagennisi Karditsa Free 30 June 2008 30 June 2010 Red XN
— MF Greece Nikolaos Kaltsas Greece Haidari Free 30 June 2008 30 June 2010 Red XN
— MF Senegal El Hadji Diouf Greece Anagennisi Karditsa Free 30 June 2008 30 June 2009 Red XN
— MF Cyprus Georgios Tofas Greece Anagennisi Karditsa Free 30 June 2008 30 June 2009 Red XN

Winter[]

No. Pos Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
40 FW Greece Panagiotis Zorbas Greece Panetolikos Free 31 December 2008 30 June 2009 Red XN
— MF Cyprus Georgios Tofas Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta Free 31 December 2008 30 June 2010 Green tickY

Notes

a. ^ plus 15% of next sale.

Renewals[]

No. Pos Player Date Former Exp Date New Exp Date Source
13 DF Greece Dimitris Koutromanos 25 June 2008 30 June 2010 30 June 2011 [47]
90 MF Greece Savvas Gentsoglou 25 June 2008 30 June 2009 30 June 2013 [47]

Overall transfer activity[]

Club[]

Management[]

Position Staff
Manager Bosnia and Herzegovina Dušan Bajević
Assistant manager Greece Lysandros Georgamlis
Fitness Coach Cyprus Antonis Kezos
Fitness Coach Greece Dimitris Bouroutzikas
Goalkeeping Coach Serbia Slobodan Suica
Youth Team Coach Greece Georgos Vamvakas

Last updated: 21 November 2008
Source: aekfc.gr

Kit[]

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

Home
Away
Third

Source:[citation needed]

Other information[]

Home
Away and 3rd
Chairman Greece Nikos Thanopoulos
Director of football Greece Stelios Manolas
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
Giorgos Donis Greece August 14, 2008 November 17, 2008 13 4 7 2 17 16 30.77 –
Dušan Bajević Bosnia and Herzegovina November 21, 2008 Incumbent 32 17 11 4 45 25 53.13 –
Totals – August 14, 2008 May 31, 2009 45 21 18 6 62 41 46.66 –

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

18 July 2008 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 1–1 Germany Arminia Bielefeld Leogang
18:30 EET
  • Scocco Goal 22'
 Report
Stadium: Steinbergstadion Leogang
26 July 2008 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 2–2 Germany Greuther Fürth Leogang
18:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Steinbergstadion Leogang
29 July 2008 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 1–1 Germany Energie Cottbus Kufstein
18:30 EET
  • Kafes Goal 56'
 Report
Stadium: Kufstein Arena
Attendance: 800
30 July 2008 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 1–0 Turkey Bursaspor Jenbach
18:00 EET
  • Rivaldo Goal 58' (pen.)
 Report Stadium: Stadion Jenbach
1 August 2008 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 0–1 Italy Genoa Jenbach
17:00 EET Report
  • Di Gennaro Goal 59'
 Stadium: Stadion Jenbach
3 August 2008 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 5–0 Turkey Ankaragücü Jenbach
18:15 EET
  • Scocco Goal 19'
  • Blanco Goal 20'
  • Majstorović Goal 28'
  • Pavlis Goal 70'
  • Burns Goal 73'
 Report Stadium: Stadion Jenbach
8 August 2008 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 1–0 England Bolton Wanderers Marousi
21:00 EET
  • Hetamaj Goal 17'
 Report
  • Cahill Red card 19'
 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 10,022
18 August 2008 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 1–1 Italy Bologna Marousi
19:00 EET
  • Rivaldo Goal 65'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 2,305
Referee: Michalis Germanakos (Athens)
21 August 2008 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 2–1 Netherlands Groningen Marousi
21:00 EET
  • Scocco Goal 71'
  • Kone Goal 88'
 Report
  • Powel Goal 41'
 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)
6 September 2008 Friendly Anagennisi Karditsa Greece 2–2 Greece AEK Athens Karditsa
19:30 EET
  • Chatzirizos Goal 54'
  • Diouf Goal 68'
 Report
  • Djebbour Goal 5'
  • Kafes Goal 30'
 Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Karditsa
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Periklis Golias (Athens)
7 September 2008 Friendly Olympiakos Volou Greece 0–3 Greece AEK Athens Volos
19:00 EET Report
Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium
Attendance: 9,000

Super League Greece[]

Main article: 2008–09 Super League Greece

League table[]

Pos Team
 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 Larissa 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: 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.[48]

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[]

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA
ResultWDWDLDDWDDDDWDWDWWWLDWWWWWWDLD
Position543477754557664444444444434444
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2009. Source: Super League Greece
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures[]

31 August 2008 Matchday 1 AEK Athens 2–1 Panathinaikos Marousi
21:15 EET
  • Edinho Goal 20'
  • Kyrgiakos Yellow card 21'
  • Basinas Yellow card 45'
  • Blanco Goal 45+5' (pen.)
  • Pliatsikas Yellow card 62'
  • Scocco Yellow card 77'
  • Lagos Yellow card 79'
 Report
  • Karagounis Yellow card 42' Goal 90+4'
  • Spiropoulos Yellow card 45+3'
  • Sarriegi Yellow card 55'
  • Vyntra Yellow card 79'
 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 30,140
Referee: Kyros Vassaras ()
Man of the Match: Edinho
14 September 2008 Matchday 2 PAOK 1–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
21:15 EET
Report
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 25,203
Referee: Vasilis Paboridis ()
Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco
21 September 2008 Matchday 3 AEK Athens 1–0 Iraklis Marousi
21:15 EET
  • Scocco Goal 14' Yellow card 72'
  • Basinas Yellow card 30'
  • Saja Yellow card 90+4'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 17,459
Referee: Nikitas Ntatis ()
Man of the Match: Sebastián Saja
28 September 2008 Matchday 4 Panionios 2–2 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
19:00 EET
Report
  • Lagos Yellow card 28'
  • Scocco Yellow card 30' Goal 58'
  • Kafes Goal 90+4'
 Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 4,409
Referee: Giannis Stavridis ()
Man of the Match: Ignacio Scocco
5 October 2008 Matchday 5 Olympiacos 2–0 AEK Athens Piraeus
21:15 EET
Report
  • Kyrgiakos Yellow card 7'
  • Basinas Yellow card 29'
  • Juanfran Yellow card 57' Yellow-red card 78'
 Attendance: 30,074
Referee: Kyros Vassaras ()
Man of the Match: Luís Diogo
19 October 2008 Matchday 6 AEK Athens 1–1 Larissa Marousi
16:45 EET
  • Blanco Goal pen.' (84)
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 19,407
Referee: Anastasios Kakos ()
Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco
26 October 2008 Matchday 7 Thrasyvoulos 3–3 AEK Athens Fyli
19:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Fyli Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 1,742
Referee: Kyros Vassaras ()
Man of the Match: Ignacio Scocco
2 November 2008 Matchday 8 AEK Athens 2–1 Asteras Tripolis Marousi
16:45 EET
  • Kafes Yellow card 45'
  • Rikka Yellow card 66'
  • Majstorović Goal 90'
  • Djebbour Goal 90+3'
  • Georgeas Yellow card 90+5'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 14,108
Referee: Ilias Spathas (Piraeus)
Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour
8 November 2008 Matchday 9 Skoda Xanthi 1–1 AEK Athens Xanthi
19:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena
Attendance: 3,763
Referee: Anastasios Kakos ()
Man of the Match: Ignacio Scocco
15 November 2008 Matchday 10 AEK Athens 0–0 Panserraikos Marousi
19:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 10,170
Referee: Dimitris Kyrkos (Epirus)
Man of the Match: Dimitrios Kottaras
23 November 2008 Matchday 11 OFI Crete 1–1 AEK Athens Heraklion
16:45 EET
Report
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 4,732
Referee: Michalis Ntakos ()
Man of the Match: Aleksandar Simić
30 November 2008 Matchday 12 Levadiakos 0–0 AEK Athens Livadeia
16:45 EET
Report
  • Nsaliwa Yellow card 32'
  • Basinas Yellow card 38'
 Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 3,156
Referee: Nikitas Ntatis ()
Man of the Match: Srđan Blažić
7 December 2008 Matchday 13 AEK Athens 1–0 Panthrakikos Marousi
19:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 12,054
Referee: Vasilis Paboridis ()
Man of the Match: Tam Nsaliwa
14 December 2008 Matchday 14 Aris 1–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:00 EET
  • Calvo Goal 39' Yellow card 59'
  • Lembo Yellow card 51'
 Report
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 13,783
Referee: Giorgos Daloukas (Thessaly)
Man of the Match: Edinho
21 December 2008 Matchday 15 AEK Athens 3–2 Ergotelis Marousi
16:45 EET
  • Djebbour Goal 6'
  • Blanco Goal 39'
  • Basinas Yellow card 42'
  • Nsaliwa Yellow card 50'
  • Kyrgiakos Yellow card 80'
  • Edinho Goal 85'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 12,019
Referee: Vangelis Katsidonis ()
Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour
4 January 2009 Matchday 16 Panathinaikos 0–0 AEK Athens Marousi
19:00 EET
  • Spiropoulos Yellow card 18'
  • Melissis Yellow card 26'
  • Karagounis Yellow card 88'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 42,018
Referee: Kyros Vassaras ()
Man of the Match: Angelos Basinas
11 January 2009 Matchday 17 AEK Athens 1–0 PAOK Marousi
20:15 EET
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 19,194
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos ()
Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour
17 January 2009 Matchday 18 Iraklis 0–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:00 EET
Report
  • Blanco Goal 69'
  • Juanfran Yellow card 78'
  • Saja Yellow card 90'
  • Basinas Yellow card 90+3'
 Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 7,897
Referee: Michalis Lambropoulos ()
Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco
25 January 2009 Matchday 19 AEK Athens 3–0 Panionios Marousi
19:00 EET
  • Blanco Goal 7'
  • Edinho Goal 27'
  • Juanfran Yellow card 28'
  • Scocco Goal 47'
  • Geraldo Alves Yellow card 90'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 13,187
Referee: Anastasios Kakos ()
Man of the Match: Ignacio Scocco
1 February 2009 Matchday 20 AEK Athens 0–1 Olympiacos Marousi
19:00 EET
  • Juanfran Yellow card 10'
  • Kyrgiakos Yellow card 41'
  • Nsaliwa Yellow card 56'
 Report
  • Galletti Goal 5'
  • Torosidis Yellow card 44'
  • Papadopoulos Yellow card 73'
 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 44,104
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos ()
Man of the Match: Luciano Galletti
8 February 2009 Matchday 21 Larissa 1–1 AEK Athens Larissa
16:45 EET
Report
Stadium: Alkazar
Attendance: 6,148
Referee: Ilias Spathas (Piraeus)
Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour
14 February 2009 Matchday 22 AEK Athens 1–0 Thrasyvoulos Marousi
19:00 EET
  • P. Hetemaj Yellow card 28'
  • Kyrgiakos Yellow card 64'
  • Tachtsidis Goal 90+2'
  • Pliatsikas Yellow card 90+5'
  • Saja Yellow card 90+5'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 6,532
Referee: Lazaros Polatian ()
Man of the Match: Panagiotis Tachtsidis
22 February 2009 Matchday 23 Asteras Tripolis 0–1 AEK Athens Tripoli
19:00 EET
  • Fitanidis Yellow card 36'
  • Marcelão Yellow card 85'
  • Flávio Yellow card 90+4'
 Report
  • Scocco Yellow card 26'
  • Hetemaj Yellow card 53'
  • Geraldo Alves Yellow card 84'
  • Majstorovic Goal 86'
 Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium
Attendance: 2,952
Referee: Dimitris Kyrkos (Epirus)
Man of the Match: Daniel Majstorovic
28 February 2009 Matchday 24 AEK Athens 2–1 Skoda Xanthi Marousi
19:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 6,587
Referee: Michalis Lambropoulos ()
Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco
8 March 2009 Matchday 25 Panserraikos 1–5 AEK Athens Serres
16:45 EET
Report
  • Blanco Goal 6', 43'
  • Alexopoulos Yellow card 18'
  • Djebbour Goal 28' (pen.), 35'
  • Scocco Goal 45+1'
  • Pelletieri Yellow card 52'
 Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 5,673
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos ()
Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco
14 March 2009 Matchday 26 AEK Athens 1–0 OFI Marousi
19:00 EET
  • Kafes Goal 23'
  • Scocco Yellow card 56'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 11,860
Referee: Vasilis Paboridis ()
Man of the Match: Panagiotis Tachtsidis
22 March 2009 Matchday 27 AEK Athens 3–1 Levadiakos Marousi
20:00 EET
  • Djebbour Goal 2'
  • Blanco Goal 39'
  • Scocco Yellow card 63'
  • Juanfran Yellow card 76'
  • Edinho Goal 81'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 6,045
Referee: Petros Konstantineas (Messinia)
Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour
5 April 2009 Matchday 28 Panthrakikos 1–1 AEK Athens Komotini
19:00 EET
  • Matthys Goal 24'
  • Clément Yellow card 27'
  • Velasco Yellow card 90+5'
 Report
Stadium: Komotini Stadium
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Ilias Mazarakos ()
Man of the Match: Spyros Vrontaras
12 April 2009 Matchday 29 AEK Athens 0–1 Aris Marousi
19:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 13,847
Referee: Anastasios Kakos ()
Man of the Match: Sergio Koke
26 April 2009 Matchday 30 Ergotelis 1–1 AEK Athens Heraklion
19:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Pankritio Stadium
Attendance: 3,652
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos ()
Man of the Match: Michail Fragoulakis

Play-offs[]

Pos Team
 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 Larissa 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.

Fixtures[]

10 May 2009 Matchday 1 AEK Athens 3–2 Larissa Marousi
21:10 EET
  • Pavlis Yellow card 8' Goal 14'
  • Manduca Goal 40'
  • Blanco Goal 79' (pen.)
  • Geraldo Alves Yellow card 84'
  • Tachtsidis Yellow card 87'
  • Scocco Yellow card 90+1'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 8,864
Referee: Michalis Koukoulakis (Heraklion)
Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco
13 May 2009 Matchday 2 Panathinaikos 1–1 AEK Athens Marousi
19:00 EET
  • Gabriel Goal 43' (pen.) Yellow card 56'
  • Spiropoulos Yellow card 69'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 22,980
Referee: Ilias Spathas (Piraeus)
Man of the Match: Gabriel
17 May 2009 Matchday 3 PAOK 0–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
21:15 EET
Report
  • Nsaliwa Yellow card 6'
  • Georgeas Yellow card 14' Yellow-red card 71'
  • Blanco Goal 40'
  • Manduca Yellow card 47'
  • Hetemaj Yellow card 67' Yellow-red card 84'
 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 28,703
Referee: Giorgos Daloukas (Thessaly)
Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco
20 May 2009 Matchday 4 AEK Athens 3–1 PAOK Marousi
19:00 EET
  • Djebbour Goal 9'
  • Blanco Goal 39'
  • Geraldo Alves Yellow card 63'
  • Chalkias Goal 60' (o.g.)
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 14,831
Referee: Anastasios Kakos ()
Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour
24 May 2009 Matchday 5 Larissa 0–0 AEK Athens Larissa
19:00 EET
  • Giannakopoulos Yellow card 9'
  • Iglesias Yellow card 35' Yellow-red card 45'
  • Katsiaros Yellow card 84'
 Report
  • Nsaliwa Yellow card 35'
  • Hetemaj Yellow card 79'
 Stadium: Alkazar
Attendance: 4,328
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos ()
Man of the Match: Dino Seremet
31 May 2009 Matchday 6 AEK Athens 0–2 Panathinaikos Marousi
21:15 EET
  • Saja Yellow card 29'
 Report
  • Moon Yellow card 9'
  • Karagounis Goal 30' (pen.)
  • Rukavina Goal 36'
  • Mattos Yellow card 84'
 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 30,435
Referee: Anastasios Kakos ()
Man of the Match: Giorgos Karagounis

Greek Cup[]

Main article: 2008–09 Greek Football Cup

AEK entered the Greek Cup at the fourth round.

Matches[]

11 November 2008 Fourth round Ilisiakos 1–2 (a.e.t.) AEK Athens Egaleo
19:00 EET
  • Nastos Yellow card 22'
  • Tabasis Yellow card 57'
  • Modroni Yellow card 64' Red card 110'
  • Pavlidis Yellow card 76'
  • Tsitsomitsos Goal 99'
  • Veletis Yellow card 103'
 Report
  • Juanfran Yellow card 54'
  • Blanco Goal 94'
  • Lagos Yellow card 96'
  • Kafes Goal 107'
 Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Petros Konstadineas (Messinia)
22 January 2009 Fifth round AEK Athens 1–0 Kerkyra Marousi
16:45 EET
  • Geraldο Yellow card 14'
  • Basinas Yellow card 21'
  • Scocco Goal 89'
 Report
  • Vitouladitis Yellow card 45+1'
  • Tsemperidis Yellow card 69'
  • Gustavo Yellow card 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
Report
Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Giorgos Stathopoulos (Achaia)
25 February 2009 Second leg AEK Athens 1–0
(2a–2 agg.)		 Skoda Xanthi Marousi
19:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 6,480
Referee: Giannis Stavridis ()
Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco

Semi-Finals[]

18 March 2009 First leg AEK Athens 3–1 Panserraikos Marousi
19:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 7,642
Referee: Nathanail Charalabidis ()
Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour
8 April 2009 Second leg Panserraikos 0–0
(1–3 agg.)		 AEK Athens Serres
17:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Stadium of Serres
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Giorgos Kastanidis ()

Final[]

2 May 2009 Final AEK Athens 4–4 (a.e.t.)
(14–15 p)		 Olympiacos Marousi
20:30 EET
  • Blanco Goal 4', 8'
  • Kafes Yellow card 28'
  • Kyrgiakos Yellow card 34' Red card 90'
  • Nsaliwa Yellow card 43'
  • Geraldo Alves Yellow card 74'
  • Scocco Goal 90', 107'
  • Edinho Yellow card 111'
 Report
  • Papadopoulos Yellow card 34' Yellow-red card 107'
  • Derbyshire Goal 47', 90+6'
  • Galletti Yellow card 68' Yellow-red card 102' Goal 102'
  • Dudu Goal 72'
 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 48,594
Referee: Anastasios Kakos ()
Penalties

UEFA Cup[]

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup

Second qualifying round[]

14 August 2008 First leg AEK Athens Greece 0–1 Cyprus Omonia Athens, Greece
20:30 CET
  • Rivaldo Yellow card 5'
  • Scocco Yellow card 90+1'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 13,472
Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)
28 August 2008 Second leg Omonia Cyprus 2–2
(3–4 agg.)		 Greece AEK Athens Nicosia, Cyprus
19:00 CET
Report
  • Majstorović Yellow card 12'
  • Blanco Goal 16'
  • Scocco Yellow card 22' Yellow-red card 58'
  • Edinho Yellow card 30'
  • Basinas Yellow card 37'
  • Zorbas Yellow card 86'
  • Pavlis Goal 89'
  • Juanfran Red card 90+2'
 Stadium: GSP Stadium
Attendance: 20,267
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany)

UEFA rankings[]

UEFA team ranking

# Form Previous Country Team Ranking
80 RedDownArrow.svg 77 Netherlands Feyenoord 25.825
81 RedDownArrow.svg 69 Romania Dinamo București 25.781
82 Green-Up-Arrow.svg 83 Greece AEK Athens 25.632
83 Green-Up-Arrow.svg 84 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 25.150
84 Green-Up-Arrow.svg 95 France Nancy 25.033

UEFA country ranking

# Form Previous Country League Ranking
10 RedDownArrow.svg 8 Portugal Liga Sagres 36.462
11 Disc Plain yellow dark.svg 11 Turkey Turkcell Super Lig 32.225
12 Green-Up-Arrow.svg 14 Greece Super League Greece 28.165
13 RedDownArrow.svg 10 Scotland Clydesdale Bank Premier League 27.875
14 RedDownArrow.svg 13 Belgium Jupiler Pro League 25.325

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