2018–19 AEK Athens F.C. season

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AEK Athens
2018–19 season
PresidentEvangelos Aslanidis
Administrative LeaderDimitris Melissanidis
ManagerMarinos Ouzounidis
(until 5 February)
Manolo Jiménez
StadiumAthens Olympic Stadium
Super League3rd
Greek CupRunners-up
Champions LeagueGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Ezequiel Ponce (16)
All: Ezequiel Ponce (21)
Highest home attendance56,865 (vs Bayern Munich)
(23 October 2018)
Lowest home attendance1,594 (vs Apollon Smyrnis)
(23 February 2019)
Average home league attendance14,208
Away colours
Third colours

The 2018–19 season was AEK Athens' 58th competitive season in the top flight of Greek football, 9th season in the Super League, and 95th year in existence as a football club. They also competed in the Greek Cup, reaching the final for the third consecutive time, and in the UEFA Champions League, reaching the Group Stage. The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Events[]

  • May 25, 2018 Manolo Jiménez decides against renewing his contract in order to return to Spain and take over Las Palmas in order to be closer to his family.[1]
  • May 25, 2018 Marinos Ouzounidis becomes the new head coach of AEK.[2]
  • June 26, 2018 Christos Albanis joins AEK from Apollon Smyrnis on a three-year deal.[3]
  • June 26, 2018 Makis Giannikoglou joins AEK from PAS Giannina signing three-year deal.[4]
  • June 28, 2018 Marios Oikonomou joins AEK on loan from Bologna.[5]
  • June 29, 2018 Marko Livaja signs a three-year contract joining AEK permanently having spent last season on loan from Las Palmas.[6]
  • July 2, 2018 Vladimir Matijašević becomes the new Sports Director of AEK.[7]

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 2019, 23:59 UTC+3.

No. Pos. Name Age League Cup Champions League Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Yellow card.svg Red card.svg
Goalkeepers
1 GK Greece Vasilis Barkas 25 26 0 5 0 10 0 41 0 0 0
16 GK Greece Panagiotis Tsintotas 25 4 0 5 0 0 0 9 0 0 0
40 GK Greece Makis Giannikoglou 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
99 GK Greece Panagiotis Ginis 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Greece Michalis Bakakis (VC2) 28 25 0 7 0 10 0 42 0 4 0
3 DF Portugal Hélder Lopes 30 6 0 0 0 3 0 9 0 0 1
4 DF Greece Marios Oikonomou 26 21 2 7 1 8 0 36 3 8 0
5 DF Greece Vasilis Lampropoulos 29 8 0 1 0 7 0 16 0 1 0
12 DF Brazil Rodrigo Galo 32 26 1 8 2 7 1 41 4 4 0
15 DF Serbia Uroš Ćosić 26 19 0 6 0 6 0 31 0 9 0
19 DF Ukraine Dmytro Chyhrynskyi 32 15 0 6 0 5 0 26 0 3 0
23 DF Sweden Niklas Hult 29 22 0 6 0 10 0 38 0 3 0
24 DF Greece Stratos Svarnas 21 5 0 6 0 0 0 11 0 2 0
31 DF Greece Konstantinos Stamoulis 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF Greece Giorgos Giannoutsos 20 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
50 DF Greece Michalis Bousis 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— DF Greece Giannis Tsivelekidis 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF Serbia Nenad Krstičić 28 13 0 5 2 0 0 18 2 3 0
8 MF Portugal André Simões (VC) 29 15 1 5 0 8 0 28 1 8 0
20 MF Greece Petros Mantalos (C) 27 25 5 6 3 9 1 40 9 7 0
25 MF Greece Kostas Galanopoulos 21 17 1 1 0 9 0 27 1 6 2
51 MF Greece Giannis Sardelis 18 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
70 MF Greece Giannis Fivos Botos 18 0 0 5 1 0 0 5 1 1 0
95 MF Brazil Alef 24 22 1 6 1 8 0 36 2 6 0
Forwards
7 FW Greece Christos Albanis 24 13 1 3 0 1 0 17 1 0 0
10 FW Croatia Marko Livaja 25 25 7 8 4 5 1 38 12 10 2
11 FW Greece Giannis Gianniotas 26 7 0 4 0 2 0 13 0 4 0
14 FW Greece Tasos Bakasetas 26 22 4 3 1 5 1 30 6 4 1
17 FW Belgium Victor Klonaridis 26 22 2 6 0 9 4 37 6 4 0
22 FW Argentina Ezequiel Ponce 22 28 16 7 5 9 0 43 21 9 1
31 FW Argentina Lucas Boyé 23 23 6 9 0 4 0 36 6 2 0
77 FW Greece Christos Giousis 19 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Left during Winter Transfer Window
32 MF Greece Paris Babis 19 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
39 MF Spain Erik Morán 28 4 0 4 1 2 0 10 1 3 0
— MF Albania Astrit Ajdarević 29 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
9 FW Greece Giorgos Giakoumakis 24 6 0 2 1 3 0 11 1 2 0

Transfers[]

In[]

Summer[]

No. Pos Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
7 FW Greece Christos Albanis Greece Apollon Smyrnis Transfer €400,000 26 June 2018 30 June 2021 [8]
10 FW Croatia Marko Livaja Spain Las Palmas Transfer €1,800,000 1 July 2018 30 June 2021 [9][10][11]
11 FW Greece Giannis Gianniotas Greece Olympiacos Transfer Free 29 August 2018 30 June 2021 [12]
24 DF Greece Stratos Svarnas Greece Xanthi Transfer Undisclosed 16 August 2018 30 June 2023 [13]
31 DF Greece Konstantinos Stamoulis Greece AEK Athens U19 Promotion — 1 July 2018 30 June 2021 [14]
40 GK Greece Makis Giannikoglou Greece PAS Giannina Transfer Free 1 July 2018 30 June 2021 [15]
50 DF Greece Michalis Bousis Greece AEK Athens U19 Promotion — 1 July 2018 30 June 2021 [14]
51 MF Greece Giannis Sardelis Greece AEK Athens U19 Promotion — 2 July 2018 30 June 2021 [16]
70 MF Greece Giannis Fivos Botos Greece AEK Athens U19 Promotion — 1 July 2018 30 June 2021 [14]
99 GK Greece Panagiotis Ginis Greece AEK Athens U19 Promotion — 1 July 2018 30 June 2021 [14]
— GK Greece Giannis Papadopoulos Greece AO Chania Kissamikos End of loan — 1 July 2018 30 June 2020
— GK Greece Vasilis Chatziemmanouil Greece AEK Athens U19 Promotion — 1 July 2018 30 June 2021 [14]
— DF Greece Alkis Markopouliotis Greece AO Chania Kissamikos End of loan — 1 July 2018 30 June 2019
— DF Greece Giannis Tsivelekidis Greece AEK Athens U19 Promotion — 1 July 2018 30 June 2021 [14]
— DF Greece Stavros Vasilantonopoulos Greece Lamia End of loan — 1 July 2018 30 June 2020
— MF Greece Konstantinos Malai Greece Paniliakos Transfer Free 31 July 2018 30 June 2021 [17]
— MF Brazil Pedro Vitor Brazil Sport Recife U20 Transfer Undisclosed 11 August 2018 30 June 2023 [18]
— FW Greece Andreas Vlachomitros Greece Apollon Pontou End of loan — 1 July 2018 30 June 2019

Winter[]

No. Pos Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
4 DF Greece Marios Oikonomou Italy Bologna Transfer €700,000 22 January 2019 30 June 2022 [19]
6 MF Serbia Nenad Krstičić Serbia Red Star Transfer €500,000 4 January 2019 30 June 2022 [20]
— MF Greece Konstantinos Malai Greece Trikala Loan termination — 31 December 2018 30 June 2021
— MF Bosnia and Herzegovina Anel Šabanadžović Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar Transfer €450,000 11 January 2019 31 December 2023 [21]
— FW Greece Christos Antoniou Greece Ergotelis Loan termination — 7 January 2019 30 June 2022
— FW Greece Andreas Vlachomitros Greece Sparta End of loan — 31 December 2018 30 June 2021

Out[]

Summer[]

No. Pos Player To Type Fee Date Source
4 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Ognjen Vranješ Belgium Anderlecht Transfer €3,200,000 20 June 2018 [22]
7 FW Greece Lazaros Christodoulopoulos Greece Olympiacos End of contract — 1 July 2018 [23]
11 FW Argentina Sergio Araujo Spain Las Palmas End of loan — 30 June 2018
16 GK Greece Panagiotis Dounis Greece Panegialios Contract termination — 20 August 2018 [24]
18 MF Sweden Jakob Johansson France Stade Rennais End of contract — 1 July 2018 [25]
21 MF Greece Panagiotis Kone Italy Udinese End of loan — 30 June 2018
22 GK Greece Giannis Anestis Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva End of contract — 5 July 2018 [26]
24 MF Iran Masoud Shojaei Iran Tractor Sazi End of contract — 2 August 2018 [27]
31 FW Greece Dimitris Melikiotis Greece Volos Contract termination — 11 July 2018 [28]
55 DF Greece Adam Tzanetopoulos Greece Apollon Smyrnis Contract termination — 8 July 2018 [29]
— MF Brazil Pedro Vitor Greece Aris Thessaloniki Co-Ownership Undisclosed 31 August 2018 [30]

Winter[]

No. Pos Player To Type Fee Date Source
4 DF Greece Marios Oikonomou Italy Bologna End of loan — 22 January 2019 [19]
6 MF Albania Astrit Ajdarević Sweden Djurgårdens Contract termination — 30 November 2018 [31]

Loan in[]

Summer[]

No. Pos Player From Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
4 DF Greece Marios Oikonomou Italy Bologna €100,000 1 July 2018 30 June 2019 Green tickY [32]
22 FW Argentina Ezequiel Ponce Italy Roma Free 19 July 2018 30 June 2019 Green tickY [33]
31 FW Argentina Lucas Boyé Italy Torino €450,000 18 July 2018 30 June 2019 Green tickY [34]
95 MF Brazil Alef Portugal Braga €150,000 20 July 2018 30 June 2019 Green tickY [35]

Loan out[]

Summer[]

No. Pos Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
— GK Greece Thanasis Pantos Greece Sparta Free 14 July 2018 30 June 2019 Red XN [36]
— DF Greece Stavros Vasilantonopoulos Greece Lamia Free 4 July 2018 30 June 2019 Red XN [37]
— MF Greece Konstantinos Malai Greece Trikala Free 4 September 2018 30 June 2019 Red XN [38]
— MF Greece Ilias Tselios Greece Ergotelis Free 19 July 2018 30 June 2019 Red XN [39]
— FW Greece Christos Antoniou Greece Ergotelis Free 25 July 2018 30 June 2019 Red XN [40]
— FW Greece Andreas Vlachomitros Greece Sparta Free 2 August 2018 30 June 2019 Red XN [41]

Winter[]

No. Pos Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
9 FW Greece Giorgos Giakoumakis Greece OFI Undislosed 24 January 2019 30 June 2019 Green tickY [42]
32 MF Greece Paris Babis Greece Apollon Pontou Free 28 January 2019 30 June 2019 Red XN [43]
39 MF Spain Erik Morán Spain Málaga Undisclosed 29 January 2019 30 June 2019 Green tickY [44]
— MF Greece Konstantinos Malai Greece Paniliakos Free 29 January 2019 30 June 2019 Red XN
— MF Bosnia and Herzegovina Anel Šabanadžović Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar Free 11 January 2019 30 June 2019 Red XN [21]
— FW Greece Christos Antoniou Greece Diagoras Free 1 February 2019 30 June 2019 Red XN [45]
— FW Greece Andreas Vlachomitros Greece Aiginiakos Free 1 February 2019 30 June 2019 Red XN [46]

Renewals[]

No. Pos Player Date Former Exp Date New Exp Date Source
1 GK Greece Vasilis Barkas 7 June 2018 30 June 2019 30 June 2022 [47]
2 DF Greece Michalis Bakakis 29 August 2018 30 June 2020 30 June 2023 [48]
3 DF Portugal Hélder Lopes 8 January 2019 30 June 2019 30 June 2022 [49]
4 DF Greece Marios Oikonomou 22 January 2019 30 June 2019[a] 30 June 2022 [19]
8 MF Portugal André Simões 8 January 2019 30 June 2019 30 June 2023 [50]
14 FW Greece Tasos Bakasetas 10 January 2019 30 June 2019 30 June 2022 [51]
16 GK Greece Panagiotis Tsintotas 29 August 2018 30 June 2020 30 June 2023 [52]
31 DF Greece Konstantinos Stamoulis 27 June 2018 — 30 June 2021 [14]
50 DF Greece Michalis Bousis 27 June 2018 — 30 June 2021 [14]
51 MF Greece Giannis Sardelis 2 July 2018 — 30 June 2021 [16]
70 MF Greece Giannis Fivos Botos 27 June 2018 — 30 June 2021 [14]
99 GK Greece Panagiotis Ginis 27 June 2018 — 30 June 2021 [14]
— GK Greece Vasilis Chatziemmanouil 27 June 2018 — 30 June 2021 [14]
— DF Greece Giannis Tsivelekidis 27 June 2018 — 30 June 2021 [14]

Notes

a. ^ AEK Athens enabled the player's buy-out clause, prematurely. The player's loan was expiring at 30 June 2019.

Overall transfer activity[]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

7 July 2018 Friendly Miedź Legnica Poland 1–0 Greece AEK Athens Kielce
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Kunić 31'
 Report Stadium: Kielce City Stadium
13 July 2018 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 0–0 Cyprus AEK Larnaca Kielce
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Kielce City Stadium
21 July 2018 Friendly Atromitos Greece 0–0 Greece AEK Athens Peristeri
19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos ()
31 July 2018 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 3–2 Turkey Galatasaray Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
  • Maicon 22', 67'
 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)
7 September 2018 Friendly Trikala Greece 1–4 Greece AEK Athens Trikala
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Symelidis 15'
 Report
Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium
Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos ()

Super League[]

Main article: 2018–19 Super League

League Table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 PAOK[a] (C) 30 26 4 0 66 14 +52 80 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Olympiacos 30 24 3 3 71 17 +54 75 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 AEK Athens[b] 30 18 6 6 50 19 +31 57 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Atromitos 30 15 7 8 41 28 +13 52 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5 Aris Thessaloniki 30 15 4 11 46 33 +13 49
Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 7 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[55]
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. ^ PAOK were deducted 2 points by court decision.[53]
  2. ^ AEK Athens were deducted 3 points by court decision.[54]

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 18 6 6 50 19  +31 60 10 3 2 27 6  +21 8 3 4 23 13  +10

Last updated: 2019-06-30.
Source: Super League Greece

Results by Matchday[]

Matchday123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHA
ResultWWWLWDWWDLLWWDWWWWDWLWLDWWWDLW
Position232536[56]335574444333333343333333
Source: Super League Greece
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures[]

The Super League Greece fixture list was announced on 9 August 2018. AEK Athens began their title defence against PAS Giannina at Olympic Stadium.

25 August 2018 Matchday 1 AEK Athens 2–0 PAS Giannina Marousi
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Ponce 37'
  • Livaja 47'
 Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 7,504
Referee: Athanasios Sezos ()
Man of the Match: Marko Livaja
1 September 2018 Matchday 2 Asteras Tripolis 0–1 AEK Athens Tripoli
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium
Attendance: 3,844
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Macedonia)
Man of the Match: Marko Livaja
15 September 2018 Matchday 3 AEK Athens 4–0 Panionios Marousi
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Ponce 45+1'
  • Bakasetas 58'
  • Klonaridis 84', 90+2'
 Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 10,433
Referee: Evangelos Evangelou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Petros Mantalos
23 September 2018 Matchday 4 PAOK 2–0 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 23,763
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)
Man of the Match: Aleksandar Prijović
29 September 2018 Matchday 5 OFI 0–3 AEK Athens Heraklion
19:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 4,701
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos ()
Man of the Match: Rodrigo Galo
7 October 2018 Matchday 6 AEK Athens 1–1 Olympiacos Marousi
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 27,419
Referee: (Denmark)
Man of the Match: Kostas Fortounis
20 October 2018 Matchday 7 Apollon Smyrnis 0–2 AEK Athens Rizoupoli
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium
Attendance: 3,002
Referee: Evangelos Gratsanis ()
Man of the Match: Petros Mantalos
28 October 2018 Matchday 8 AEK Athens 4–0 Aris Thessaloniki Marousi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Boyé 5'
  • Ponce 56', 62'
  • Livaja 72'
 Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)
Man of the Match: Lucas Boyé
3 November 2018 Matchday 9 Panathinaikos 0–0 AEK Athens Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 24,731
Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)
Man of the Match: Dimitris Kourbelis
11 November 2018 Matchday 10 AEK Athens 0–2 Atromitos Marousi
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia)
Man of the Match: Spyros Risvanis
24 November 2018 Matchday 11 Panetolikos 2–1 AEK Athens Agrinio
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium
Attendance: 3,541
Referee: Emmanouil Skoulas (Thessaly)
Man of the Match: Alhassan Kamara
2 December 2018 Matchday 12 AEK Athens 2–0 Xanthi Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Ponce 8'
  • Livaja 90'
 Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 6,114
Referee: Fotis Fotiadis ()
Man of the Match: Ezequiel Ponce
8 December 2018 Matchday 13 AEK Athens 2–0 Lamia Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 5,541
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Ezequiel Ponce
16 December 2018 Matchday 14 AEL 0–0 AEK Athens Larissa
17:15 EET (UTC+2) Report Stadium: AEL FC Arena
Attendance: 2,855
Referee: Praxitelis Zachariadis (Macedonia)
Man of the Match: Marko Livaja
30 January 2019 Matchday 15 AEK Athens 1–0 Levadiakos Marousi
17:15 EET (UTC+2)
  • Ponce 26'
 Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 5,124
Referee: Konstantinos Kotsanis (Drama)
Man of the Match: Ezequiel Ponce
14 January 2019 Matchday 16 PAS Giannina 0–4 AEK Athens Ioannina
19:30 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Stefanos Koubarakis ()
Man of the Match: Ezequiel Ponce
20 January 2019 Matchday 17 AEK Athens 3–0 Asteras Tripolis Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Livaja 9'
  • Alef 11'
  • Ponce 20' (pen.)
 Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 7,518
Referee: Vasilis Fotias ()
Man of the Match: Ezequiel Ponce
26 January 2019 Matchday 18 Panionios 0–2 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
19:30 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 2,126
Referee: Evangelos Evangelou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Ezequiel Ponce
3 February 2019 Matchday 19 AEK Athens 1–1 PAOK Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Ponce 74'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 24,291
Referee: (Denmark)
Man of the Match: Ezequiel Ponce
10 February 2019 Matchday 20 AEK Athens 1–0 OFI Marousi
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Livaja 37'
 Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 7,580
Referee: Georgios Vreskas ()
Man of the Match: Christos Albanis
17 February 2019 Matchday 21 Olympiacos 4–1 AEK Athens Piraeus
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
  • Ponce 3'
 Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 29,010
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
Man of the Match: Kostas Fortounis
23 February 2019 Matchday 22 AEK Athens 2–1 Apollon Smyrnis Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
  • El-Helwe 24'
 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 1,594
Referee: Fotios Fotiadis ()
Man of the Match: Lucas Boyé
2 March 2019 Matchday 23 Aris Thessaloniki 2–0 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Larsson 32'
  • Rose 69'
 Report Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 9,668
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia)
Man of the Match: Daniel Larsson
9 March 2019 Matchday 24 AEK Athens 0–0 Panathinaikos Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 10,145
Referee: Tobias Welz (Germany)
Man of the Match: Michalis Bakakis
17 March 2019 Matchday 25 Atromitos 0–1 AEK Athens Peristeri
16:00 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Attendance: 907
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
Man of the Match: Christos Albanis
31 March 2019 Matchday 26 AEK Athens 4–0 Panetolikos Marousi
17:15 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 5,258
Referee: Vasilis Fotias ()
Man of the Match: Marios Oikonomou
7 April 2019 Matchday 27 Xanthi 1–3 AEK Athens Xanthi
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena
Attendance: 2,166
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia)
Man of the Match: Ezequiel Ponce
14 April 2019 Matchday 28 Lamia 2–2 AEK Athens Lamia
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,459
Referee: Emmanouil Skoulas (Thessaly)
Man of the Match: Jerónimo Barrales
21 April 2019 Matchday 29 AEK Athens 0–1 AEL Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 6,556
Referee: Praxitelis Zachariadis (Macedonia)
Man of the Match: Slavko Bralić
5 May 2019 Matchday 30 Levadiakos 0–3 AEK Athens Livadeia
19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 1,468
Referee: Efstathios Gortsilas (Macedonia)
Man of the Match: Petros Mantalos

Greek Cup[]

Main article: 2018–19 Greek Cup

AEK Athens entered the Greek Cup at the fourth round.

Group B[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AEK LAM VOL APL
1 AEK Athens 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9 Round of 16 2–1 — —
2 Lamia 3 1 1 1 9 3 +6 4 — 1–1 —
3 Volos 3 1 1 1 7 5 +2 4 1–3 — 5–1
4 Apollon Larissa 3 0 0 3 1 16 −15 0 0–4 0–7 —
Source: Hellenic Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1. Points 2. Head-to-head points 3. Head-to-head goal difference 4. Goals scored 5. Goals against 6. Play-offs (neutral ground).

Matches[]

Group Stage[]

12 October 2018 Matchday 1 AEK Athens 2–1 Lamia Kallithea
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Giakoumakis 73'
  • Galo 87'
 Report
Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)
31 October 2018 Matchday 2 Apollon Larissa 0–4 AEK Athens Larissa
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Apollon Ground
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Stefanos Koubarakis ()
20 December 2018 Matchday 3 Volos 1–3 AEK Athens Volos
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Neapoli Municipal Stadium
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Macedonia)

Round of 16[]

9 January 2019 First leg AO Chania−Kissamikos 1–1 AEK Athens Chania
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Riski 90+3'
 Report
  • Ponce 37'
 Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens)
23 January 2019 Second leg AEK Athens 5–0
(6–1 agg.)		 AO Chania−Kissamikos Marousi
17:15 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 1,751
Referee: Alexandros Tsamouris (Piraeus)

Quarter-finals[]

7 February 2019 First leg Atromitos 0–1 AEK Athens Peristeri
19:30 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos ()
26 February 2019 Second leg AEK Athens 3–0
(4–0 agg.)		 Atromitos Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 5,517
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens)

Semi-finals[]

3 April 2019 First leg AEK Athens 2–0 Lamia Marousi
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 12,325
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Macedonia)
25 April 2019 Second leg Lamia 0–4
(0–6 agg.)		 AEK Athens Lamia
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)

Final[]

11 May 2019 Final PAOK 1–0 AEK Athens Marousi
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 1,040
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Man of the Match: Chuba Akpom

UEFA Champions League[]

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Champions League

AEK Athens entered the Champions League at the third qualifying round.

Third Qualifying Round[]

On 1 August, it was determined that AEK Athens would face Celtic (Scotland) in the Third Qualifying Round of the UEFA Champions League. The Greek champions eliminated the Scottish side and secured a place into the UEFA Champions League Play-off round.

8 August 2018 First leg Celtic Scotland 1–1 Greece AEK Athens Glasgow, Scotland
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • Klonaridis 44'
 Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 54,370
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
14 August 2018 Second leg AEK Athens Greece 2–1
(3–2 agg.)		 Scotland Celtic Athens, Greece
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • Sinclair 78'
 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 32,300
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

Play-Off Round[]

On 16 August, it was determined that AEK Athens would face MOL Vidi (Hungary) in the Play-Off Round of the UEFA Champions League. The Yellow-Blacks eliminated the Hungarian side and secured a place into the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League Group Stage after twelve years.

22 August 2018 First leg MOL Vidi Hungary 1–2 Greece AEK Athens Budapest, Hungary
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Groupama Arena
Attendance: 10,681
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
28 August 2018 Second leg AEK Athens Greece 1–1
(3–2 agg.)		 Hungary MOL Vidi Athens, Greece
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 29,774
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Group Stage[]

On 30 August, the draw for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League Group Stage was made. AEK Athens were drawn in Group E along with Bayern Munich (Pot 1), Benfica (Pot 2) and Ajax (Pot 3).

Group E[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAY AJX BEN AEK
1 Germany Bayern Munich 6 4 2 0 15 5 +10 14 Advance to knockout phase — 1–1 5–1 2–0
2 Netherlands Ajax 6 3 3 0 11 5 +6 12 3–3 — 1–0 3–0
3 Portugal Benfica 6 2 1 3 6 11 −5 7 Transfer to Europa League 0–2 1–1 — 1–0
4 Greece AEK Athens 6 0 0 6 2 13 −11 0 0–2 0–2 2–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Matches[]

19 September 2018 Matchday 1 Ajax Netherlands 3–0 Greece AEK Athens Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
Attendance: 52,285
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
2 October 2018 Matchday 2 AEK Athens Greece 2–3 Portugal Benfica Athens, Greece
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Klonaridis 53', 63'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 31,154
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
23 October 2018 Matchday 3 AEK Athens Greece 0–2 Germany Bayern Munich Athens, Greece
18:55 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 61,221
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
7 November 2018 Matchday 4 Bayern Munich Germany 2–0 Greece AEK Athens Munich, Germany
22:00 EET (UTC+1)
  • Lewandowski 31' (pen.), 71'
 Report Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
27 November 2018 Matchday 5 AEK Athens Greece 0–2 Netherlands Ajax Athens, Greece
19:55 EET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 25,756
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
12 December 2018 Matchday 6 Benfica Portugal 1–0 Greece AEK Athens Lisbon, Portugal
22:00 EET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 33,633
Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

Player statistics[]

Starting 11[]

Goalscorers[]

No. Pos. Nat. Name League Europe Cup Total
22 FW Argentina Ezequiel Ponce 16 0 5 21
10 FW Croatia Marko Livaja 7 1 4 12
20 MF Greece Petros Mantalos 5 1 3 9
31 FW Argentina Lucas Boye 6 0 0 6
14 FW Greece Tasos Bakasetas 4 1 1 6
17 FW Belgium Victor Klonaridis 2 4 0 6
12 DF Brazil Rodrigo Galo 1 1 2 4
4 DF Greece Marios Oikonomou 2 0 1 3
95 MF Brazil Alef 1 0 1 2
6 MF Serbia Nenad Krstičić 0 0 2 2
25 MF Greece Kostas Galanopoulos 1 0 0 1
8 MF Portugal André Simões 1 0 0 1
39 MF Spain Erik Morán 0 0 1 1
9 FW Greece Giorgos Giakoumakis 0 0 1 1
70 MF Greece Giannis Fivos Botos 0 0 1 1
51 MF Greece Giannis Sardelis 0 0 1 1
7 FW Greece Christos Albanis 0 0 1 1
Own goals 3 0 2 5
TOTAL 19 8 26 83

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