2020–21 AEK Athens F.C. season

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AEK Athens
2020–21 season
PresidentEvangelos Aslanidis
Administrative LeaderDimitris Melissanidis
ManagerMassimo Carrera
(until 22 December)
Manolo Jiménez
StadiumAthens Olympic Stadium
Super League4th (After play-offs)
3rd (Regular Season)
Greek CupSemi-finals
Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Karim Ansarifard (13)
All: Karim Ansarifard (14)
Away colours
Third colours

The 2020–21 season was AEK Athens' 60th competitive season in the top flight of Greek football, 11th season in the Super League 1, and 97th year in existence as a football club. They also compete in the Greek Cup and in the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 20 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

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 as of 16 May 2021, 23:00 EEST UTC+3.

No. Pos. Name Age League Cup Europa League Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Yellow card.svg Red card.svg
Goalkeepers
1 GK Greece Panagiotis Tsintotas 27 17 0 5 0 5 0 27 0 4 0
16 GK Greece Vasilis Chatziemmanouil 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Greece Giorgos Athanasiadis 28 19 0 1 0 1 0 21 0 0 0
99 GK Greece Giorgos Theocharis 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Greece Michalis Bakakis (VC2) 30 15 0 0 0 3 0 18 0 1 0
3 DF Portugal Hélder Lopes 32 29 1 6 0 2 0 37 1 7 0
5 DF Romania Ionuț Nedelcearu 25 25 1 4 0 6 0 35 1 9 0
15 DF Slovenia Žiga Laci 18 11 0 2 0 0 0 13 0 2 0
19 DF Ukraine Dmytro Chyhrynskyi (VC3) 34 16 0 3 0 5 0 24 0 6 0
24 DF Greece Stratos Svarnas 23 30 0 4 0 7 0 41 0 7 0
26 DF Tunisia Nassim Hnid 24 10 0 2 0 2 0 14 0 3 1
33 DF Ukraine Oleh Danchenko 26 7 0 4 0 0 0 11 0 3 0
37 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Vedad Radonja 19 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
40 DF Albania Mario Mitaj 17 10 0 2 0 1 0 13 0 0 0
88 DF Greece Stavros Vasilantonopoulos 29 13 1 2 0 8 1 23 2 3 0
Midfielders
4 MF Poland Damian Szymański 26 21 3 6 1 0 0 27 4 5 0
6 MF Serbia Nenad Krstičić 30 25 1 4 0 7 0 36 1 16 0
8 MF Portugal André Simões (VC) 31 18 2 3 0 5 1 26 3 6 0
20 MF Greece Petros Mantalos (C) 29 33 2 5 1 7 1 45 4 10 1
25 MF Greece Kostas Galanopoulos (VC4) 23 19 4 4 1 4 0 27 5 5 0
28 MF Ukraine Yevhen Shakhov 30 25 3 3 0 7 0 35 3 6 2
51 MF Greece Giannis Sardelis 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Trinidad and Tobago Levi García 23 26 5 5 1 4 0 35 6 5 0
11 FW Iran Karim Ansarifard 31 34 13 5 0 8 1 47 14 4 0
14 FW Greece Christos Albanis 26 22 2 5 0 2 0 29 2 2 0
17 FW Sweden Muamer Tanković 26 27 4 5 2 5 2 37 8 5 0
18 FW Portugal Nélson Oliveira 29 26 6 4 2 6 2 36 10 6 0
35 FW Greece Michalis Kosidis 19 6 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0
52 FW Greece Efthymis Christopoulos 20 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
53 FW Greece Theodosis Macheras 21 16 1 4 0 5 0 25 1 0 0
Left during Summer Transfer window
12 FW Nigeria Bright Enobakhare 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Left during Winter Transfer window
22 DF Argentina Emanuel Insúa 30 13 0 0 0 6 0 18 0 10 1
27 DF Portugal Paulinho 29 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 1
29 MF Portugal David Simão 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina Anel Šabanadžović 22 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0
70 MF Greece Giannis Fivos Botos 20 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
10 FW Croatia Marko Livaja 27 17 3 1 0 5 2 23 5 8 0
69 FW Serbia Petar Karaklajić 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Transfers[]

In[]

Summer[]

No. Pos Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
4 MF Poland Damian Szymański Russia Akhmat Grozny Transfer €1,300,000 1 July 2020 30 June 2024 [1]
5 DF Romania Ionuț Nedelcearu Russia Ufa Transfer €550,000 5 October 2020 30 June 2024 [2]
9 FW Trinidad and Tobago Levi García Israel Beitar Jerusalem Transfer €2,600,000[a] 16 September 2020 30 June 2025 [3]
11 FW Iran Karim Ansarifard Qatar Al-Sailiya Transfer Free 25 August 2020 30 June 2023 [4]
12 FW Nigeria Bright Enobakhare England Wolves Transfer Free 1 July 2020 30 June 2023 [5]
16 GK Greece Vasilis Chatziemmanouil Greece Fostiras End of loan — 1 July 2020 30 June 2021
17 FW Sweden Muamer Tanković Sweden Hammarby Transfer Free 6 October 2020 30 June 2024 [6]
22 DF Argentina Emanuel Insúa Greece Panathinaikos Transfer Free 13 August 2020 30 June 2023 [7]
26 DF Tunisia Nassim Hnid Tunisia Sfaxien Transfer €600,000 20 August 2020 30 June 2024 [8]
28 MF Ukraine Yevhen Shakhov Italy Lecce Transfer Free 19 September 2020 30 June 2022 [9]
29 MF Portugal David Simão Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva End of loan — 31 July 2020 30 June 2022
37 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Vedad Radonja Croatia Dinamo Zagreb U19 Transfer Undisclosed 18 September 2020 30 June 2025 [10]
40 DF Albania Mario Mitaj Greece AEK Athens U17 Promotion — 12 August 2020 30 June 2023 [11]
69 FW Serbia Petar Karaklajić Serbia Proleter Transfer Undisclosed 7 August 2020 30 June 2025 [12]
88 DF Greece Stavros Vasilantonopoulos Poland Górnik Zabrze End of loan — 31 July 2020 30 June 2021
99 GK Greece Giorgos Theocharis Greece AEK Athens U19 Promotion — 27 August 2020 30 June 2024 [13]
— GK Greece Panagiotis Ginis Greece Aspropyrgos End of loan — 1 July 2020 30 June 2023
— GK Greece Thanasis Pantos Greece Ethnikos Piraeus End of loan — 1 July 2020 30 June 2020
— DF Greece Michalis Bousis Greece Ergotelis End of loan — 1 July 2020 30 June 2023
— DF Greece Giorgos Kornezos Greece Ionikos End of loan — 1 July 2020 30 June 2024
— DF Greece Giorgos Giannoutsos Cyprus Alki Oroklini End of loan — 1 July 2020 30 June 2021
— MF Greece Paris Babis Greece Platanias End of loan — 1 July 2020 30 June 2022
— FW Serbia Miloš Deletić Greece Asteras Tripolis End of loan — 1 July 2020 30 June 2022
— FW Greece Christos Giousis Greece Platanias End of loan — 1 July 2020 30 June 2022
— FW Greece Giannis Iatroudis Greece Ergotelis Transfer Free 7 August 2020 30 June 2024 [14]
— FW Greece Giorgos Giakoumakis Poland Górnik Zabrze End of loan — 1 July 2020 30 June 2021

Winter[]

No. Pos Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
33 DF Ukraine Oleh Danchenko Russia Rubin Kazan Transfer €400,000 31 January 2021 30 June 2024 [15]
35 FW Greece Michalis Kosidis Greece AEK Athens U19 Promotion — 2 February 2021 30 June 2026 [16]

Out[]

Summer[]

No. Pos Player To Type Fee Date Source
1 GK Greece Vasilis Barkas Scotland Celtic Transfer €5,000,000[b] 30 July 2020 [17]
4 DF Greece Marios Oikonomou Denmark Copenhagen Transfer €1,000,000 3 September 2020 [18]
11 FW Argentina Sergio Araujo Spain Las Palmas End of loan — 31 July 2020
12 FW Nigeria Bright Enobakhare Free agent Contract termitation — 5 October 2020 [19]
17 FW Belgium Victor Klonaridis Cyprus APOEL End of contract — 7 July 2020 [20]
21 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Ognjen Vranješ Belgium Anderlecht Loan termitation — 16 June 2020 [21]
23 DF Sweden Niklas Hult Germany Hannover 96 End of contract — 28 August 2020 [22]
— GK Greece Thanasis Pantos Greece Kallithea End of contract — 30 July 2020 [23]
— FW Greece Giorgos Giakoumakis Netherlands VVV-Venlo Transfer €200,000[c] 11 August 2020 [24]

Winter[]

No. Pos Player To Type Fee Date Source
27 DF Portugal Paulinho Portugal Gil Vicente Contract termitation — 26 January 2021 [25]
10 FW Croatia Marko Livaja Croatia Hajduk Split Contract termitation — 17 February 2021 [26]

Loan out[]

Summer[]

No. Pos Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
7 FW Italy Daniele Verde Italy Spezia €300,000 26 September 2020 30 June 2021 Green tickY [27]
31 DF Greece Kostas Stamoulis Greece Lamia Free 1 October 2020 30 June 2021 Red XN [28]
— GK Greece Panagiotis Ginis Greece Ionikos Free 12 September 2020 30 June 2021 Red XN [29]
— DF Greece Giorgos Kornezos Greece Asteras Vlachioti Free 13 August 2020 30 June 2021 Red XN [30]
— DF Greece Michalis Bousis Greece Apollon Larissa Free 6 October 2020 30 June 2021 Red XN [31]
— DF Greece Giorgos Giannoutsos Greece Episkopi Free 6 October 2020 30 June 2021 Red XN [31]
— MF Greece Paris Babis Greece Apollon Larissa Free 6 October 2020 30 June 2021 Red XN [31]
— FW Greece Giannis Iatroudis Netherlands Volendam Free 2 October 2020 30 June 2021 Red XN [32]
— FW Serbia Miloš Deletić Greece Lamia Free 2 October 2020 30 June 2021 Red XN [33]
— FW Greece Christos Giousis Greece Panachaiki Free 5 October 2020 30 June 2021 Red XN [34]

Winter[]

No. Pos Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
22 DF Argentina Emanuel Insúa Argentina Aldosivi Free 16 February 2021 30 June 2021 Green tickY [35]
30 MF Portugal David Simão Portugal Moreirense Free 2 January 2021 30 June 2021 Green tickY [36]
44 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina Anel Šabanadžović Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar Free 3 March 2021 30 June 2021 Red XN [37]
69 FW Serbia Petar Karaklajić Serbia Rad Free 12 January 2021 30 June 2021 Red XN [38]
70 MF Greece Giannis Fivos Botos Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles Free 30 December 2020 30 June 2022 Red XN [39]

Notes

a. ^ Beitar Jerusalem maintains a 40% of the player's rights.[40]
b. ^ plus €1,000,000 bonuses.
c. ^ plus 15% of resale fee.

Renewals[]

No. Pos Player Date Former Exp Date New Exp Date Source
14 FW Greece Christos Albanis 7 January 2021 30 June 2021 30 June 2024 [41]
16 GK Greece Vasilis Chatziemmanouil 10 August 2020 30 June 2021 30 June 2025 [42]
20 MF Greece Petros Mantalos 15 June 2021 30 June 2022 30 June 2024 [43]
24 DF Greece Stratos Svarnas 22 September 2020 30 June 2023 30 June 2025 [44]
25 MF Greece Kostas Galanopoulos 25 August 2020 30 June 2021 30 June 2023 [45]
35 FW Greece Michalis Kosidis 2 February 2021 — 30 June 2026 [16]
40 DF Albania Mario Mitaj 12 August 2020 — 30 June 2023 [11]
40 DF Albania Mario Mitaj 2 February 2021 30 June 2023 31 December 2023 [46]
53 FW Greece Theodosis Macheras 2 February 2021 30 June 2023 30 June 2026 [46]
99 GK Greece Giorgos Theocharis 27 August 2020 — 30 June 2024 [13]

Overall transfer activity[]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

23 August 2020 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 1–2 Greece Atromitos Marousi
19:00 EET, UTC+02:00
  • Paulinho Goal 26'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Angelos Evangelou (Athens)
10 October 2020 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 2–0 Greece Ionikos Spata
17:00 EET, UTC+02:00
  • Hnid Goal 16'
  • Livaja Goal 72' (pen.)
 Report Stadium: Spata Training Centre
Attendance: Behind closed doors

Super League Greece[]

Main article: 2020–21 Super League Greece

Regular season[]

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Olympiacos 26 21 4 1 64 13 +51 67 Qualification for the Play-off round
2 Aris Thessaloniki 26 15 6 5 34 16 +18 51
3 AEK Athens 26 14 6 6 41 29 +12 48
4 PAOK 26 13 8 5 49 26 +23 47
5 Panathinaikos 26 13 6 7 30 19 +11 45
Source: Superleague Greece
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against

Results by Matchday[]

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDWWLDWWWWWLWDLWWWDLWLWDDWL
Position45255434444444422232434433
Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2021. Source: Super League Greece
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures[]

16 December 2020 Matchday 1 AEK Athens 1–1 Olympiacos Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
Man of the Match: André Simões
Note: The match was postponed to 16 December due to the 2019–20 Cup final between them.
19 September 2020 Matchday 2 Panetolikos 0–2 AEK Athens Agrinio
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report
  • Livaja Goal 68'
  • Mantalos Goal 87'
 Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Praxitelis Zachariadis (Macedonia)
Man of the Match: Panagiotis Tsintotas
27 September 2020 Matchday 3 AEK Athens 3–0 Lamia Marousi
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)
Man of the Match: Theodosis Macheras
4 October 2020 Matchday 4 Atromitos 1–0 AEK Athens Peristeri
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Tasos Papapetrou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Charis Charisis
18 October 2020 Matchday 5 AEK Athens 1–1 PAOK Marousi
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Ansarifard Goal 23'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
Man of the Match: Karim Ansarifard
25 October 2020 Matchday 6 PAS Giannina 0–1 AEK Athens Ioannina
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report
  • Ansarifard Goal 16' (pen.)
 Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Aris Diamantopoulos (Arcadia)
Man of the Match: Nassim Hnid
1 November 2020 Matchday 7 AEK Athens 2–1 OFI Marousi
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Aristomenis Koutsiaftis ()
Man of the Match: Yevhen Shakhov
14 January 2021 Matchday 8 Aris 0–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:30 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Man of the Match: Levi García
Note: The game was schuduled for 8 November but was postponed to 14 January 2021 due to the COVID-19 cases in AEK's team.
22 November 2020 Matchday 9 AEK Athens 4–1 AEL Rizoupoli
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
  • Sparv Goal 68'
 Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Vasilis Fotias ()
Man of the Match: Theodosis Macheras
Note: Change of venue due to unavailability of the Olympic Stadium.
29 November 2020 Matchday 10 Asteras Tripolis 1–2 AEK Athens Tripoli
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
  • Livaja Goal 13'
  • Ansarifard Goal 58'
 Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Macedonia)
Man of the Match: Marko Livaja
6 December 2020 Matchday 11 AEK Athens 1–2 Panathinaikos Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Oliveira Goal 87'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Man of the Match: Lucas Villafáñez
13 December 2020 Matchday 12 Apollon Smyrnis 3–4 AEK Athens Rizoupoli
17:15 EET (UTC+2)
Report
  • Ansarifard Goal 6', 25'
  • García Goal 19'
  • Oliveira Goal 88'
 Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Efstathios Gortsilas (Macedonia)
Man of the Match: Karim Ansarifard
21 December 2020 Matchday 13 AEK Athens 2–2 Volos Rizoupoli
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Tankovic Goal 7'
  • Ansarifard Goal 70'
 Report
Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos ()
Man of the Match: Julián Bartolo
Note: Change of venue due to unavailability of the Olympic Stadium.
3 January 2021 Matchday 14 Olympiacos 3–0 AEK Athens Piraeus
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • El-Arabi Goal 13', 68'
  • Valbuena Goal 90+4' (pen.)
 Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Man of the Match: Youssef El-Arabi
6 January 2021 Matchday 15 AEK Athens 1–0 Panetolikos Marousi
17:15 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Evangelos Manouhos (Argolida)
Man of the Match: Konstantinos Galanopoulos
11 January 2021 Matchday 16 Lamia 0–1 AEK Athens Lamia
19:30 EET (UTC+2) Report
  • Ansarifard Goal 9'
 Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Aristomenis Koutsiaftis ()
Man of the Match: Karim Ansarifard
17 January 2021 Matchday 17 AEK Athens 2–1 Atromitos Marousi
21:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Oliveira Goal 63' (pen.)
  • Livaja Goal 73'
 Report
  • Christodoulopoulos Goal 89' (pen)
 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Dimitris Karantonis (Imathia)
Man of the Match: Marko Livaja
24 January 2021 Matchday 18 PAOK 2–2 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
Man of the Match: Vieirinha
27 January 2021 Matchday 19 AEK Athens 0–2 PAS Giannina Marousi
17:15 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Evangelos Manouhos (Argolida)
Man of the Match: Marvin Peersman
31 January 2021 Matchday 20 OFI 0–2 AEK Athens Heraklion
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Praxitelis Zachariadis (Macedonia)
Man of the Match: Yevhen Shakhov
7 February 2021 Matchday 21 AEK Athens 0–2 Aris Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
Man of the Match: James Jeggo
15 February 2021 Matchday 22 AEL 2–4 AEK Athens Larissa
17:15 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Alcazar Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Efstathios Gortsilas (Macedonia)
Man of the Match: Giorgos Athanasiadis
Note: The game was scheduled for 14 February but was postponed to 15 February due to snowfall.
20 February 2021 Matchday 23 AEK Athens 2–2 Asteras Tripolis Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Man of the Match: Damian Szymański
28 February 2021 Matchday 24 Panathinaikos 1–1 AEK Athens Ampelokipoi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
Man of the Match: Fran Vélez
8 March 2021 Matchday 25 AEK Athens 2–0 Apollon Smyrnis Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Ansarifard Goal 7', 25'
 Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)
Man of the Match: Karim Ansarifard
14 March 2021 Matchday 26 Volos 1–0 AEK Athens Volos
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Evangelos Manouhos (Argolida)
Man of the Match: Anastasios Douvikas

Play-Offs[]

Results by Matchday[]

Matchday12345678910
GroundAHAHHAHAAH
ResultLLWWDLLWDD
Position4544444444
Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2021. Source: slgr.gr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures[]

21 March 2021 Matchday 1 PAOK 3–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)
Man of the Match: Andrija Živković
4 April 2021 Matchday 2 AEK Athens 1–5 Olympiacos Marousi
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Ansarifard Goal 90'
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
Man of the Match: Giorgos Masouras
11 April 2021 Matchday 3 Aris 1–3 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Ansarifard Goal 90'
 Report
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Alexey Kulbakov (Belarus)
Man of the Match: Stavros Vasilantonopoulos
18 April 2021 Matchday 4 AEK Athens 3–1 Asteras Tripolis Marousi
17:15 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Angelos Evangelou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Hélder Lopes
21 April 2021 Matchday 5 AEK Athens 1–1 Panathinaikos Marousi
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)
Man of the Match: Kostas Galanopoulos
25 April 2021 Matchday 6 Olympiacos 2–0 AEK Athens Piraeus
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)
Man of the Match: Armindo Bruma
5 May 2021 Matchday 7 AEK Athens 1–2 PAOK Marousi
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Man of the Match: Michael Krmenčík
9 May 2021 Matchday 8 Panathinaikos 0–1 AEK Athens Ampelokipoi
19:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report
  • Mantalos Goal 50'
 Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Yavhenii Aranovkyi (Ukraine)
Man of the Match: Petros Mantalos
12 May 2021 Matchday 9 Asteras Tripolis 1–1 AEK Athens Tripoli
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Kotsiras Goal 63'
 Report
  • Ansarifard Goal 56'
 Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Angelos Evangelou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Christos Albanis
16 May 2021 Matchday 10 AEK Athens 0–0 Aris Marousi
19:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
Man of the Match: Petros Mantalos

Greek Cup[]

Main article: 2020–21 Greek Football Cup

AEK entered the Greek Cup at the sixth round.

Sixth round[]

20 January 2021 First leg AEK Athens 2–0 Apollon Smyrnis Marousi
21:30 (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Alexandros Tsakalidis ()
Man of the Match: Damian Szymański
4 February 2021 Second leg Apollon Smyrnis 2–1
(2–3 agg.)		 AEK Athens Rizoupoli
19:30 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Giorgos Tzovaras (Phthiotis)
Man of the Match: Abiola Dauda

Quarter-finals[]

10 February 2021 First leg AEK Athens 4–2 Volos Marousi
17:00 (UTC+2)
  • Mantalos Goal 14'
  • Tankovic Goal 29', 32'
  • Oliveira Goal 36' (pen.)
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Vasilis Fotias ()
Man of the Match: Muamer Tankovic
4 March 2021 Second leg Volos 1–0
(3–4 agg.)		 AEK Athens Volos
18:00 (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Giorgos Tzovaras (Phthiotis)
Man of the Match: Anastasios Douvikas

Semi-finals[]

7 April 2021 First leg AEK Athens 0–1 PAOK Marousi
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
Man of the Match: Alexandros Paschalakis
29 April 2021 Second leg PAOK 2–1
(3–1 agg.)		 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
  • Galanopoulos Goal 69'
 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Daniele Doveri (Italy)
Man of the Match: Baba Rahman

UEFA Europa League[]

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying[]

24 September 2020 Third qualifying round St. Gallen Switzerland 0–1 Greece AEK Athens St. Gallen, Switzerland
21:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Alejandro Hernández (Spain)
1 October 2020 Play-off round AEK Athens Greece 2–1 Germany Wolfsburg Athens, Greece
21:45 EEST (UTC+3) Simões Goal 64'
  • Ansarifard Goal 90+4'
 Report
  • Mehmedi Goal 45+1'
 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Group stage[]

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group G

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.[47]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LEI BRA ZOR AEK
1 England Leicester City 6 4 1 1 14 5 +9 13[a] Advance to knockout phase — 4–0 3–0 2–0
2 Portugal Braga 6 4 1 1 14 10 +4 13[a] 3–3 — 2–0 3–0
3 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk 6 2 0 4 6 11 −5 6 1–0 1–2 — 1–4
4 Greece AEK Athens 6 1 0 5 7 15 −8 3 1–2 2–4 0–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Leicester City 4, Braga 1.
22 October 2020 Matchday 1 Braga Portugal 3–0 Greece AEK Athens Braga, Portugal
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
29 October 2020 Matchday 2 AEK Athens Greece 1–2 England Leicester City Athens, Greece
19:55 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
5 November 2020 Matchday 3 Zorya Luhansk Ukraine 1–4 Greece AEK Athens Luhansk, Ukraine
22:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
26 November 2020 Matchday 4 AEK Athens Greece 0–3 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk Athens, Greece
19:55 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
3 December 2020 Matchday 5 AEK Athens Greece 2–4 Portugal Braga Athens, Greece
19:55 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
10 December 2020 Matchday 6 Leicester City England 2–0 Greece AEK Athens Leicester, England
22:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: (Belgium)

Player statistics[]

Starting 11[]

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