AEK Athens F.C. season 2008–09

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AEK Athens F.C.

Season 2008–09
Manager	Giorgos Donis (until 2008-11-17) Dušan Bajević
Chairman	Demis Nikolaidis (until 2008-11-02) Giorgos Kintis (until 2009-01-23) Nikos Thanopoulos
Super League Greece	4th
Greek Cup	Final
UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round
Super League Greece Playoffs	2nd
Top goalscorer	League: Ismael Blanco (14) All: Ismael Blanco (23)
Highest home attendance	44,104 (vs Olympiacos, 1 February 2009)
Lowest home attendance	4,315 (vs Kerkyra, 22 January 2009)
Average home attendance	14,138
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

AEK Athens F.C. competes for the fiftieth 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 playoffs.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Events 3 Players 3.1 Squad information 3.2 Players out on loan 3.3 Foreign players 3.4 International players 3.5 Squad changes (Summer 2008) 3.6 Squad changes (Winter 2008) 3.7 Squad stats 3.8 Captains 3.9 Start formations 3.10 Starting 11 4 Club 4.1 Management 4.2 Kit 4.3 Other information 5 Manager stats 6 Competitions 6.1 Super League Greece 6.1.1 Classification 6.1.2 Results summary 6.1.3 Results by round 6.2 Play-off table 7 UEFA rankings 8 Matches 8.1 Friendly 8.2 Play Off's 8.3 Competitive 9 References 10 External links 11 See also

[edit] 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 clubs 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 there favour after loseing 14-15 on penalties vs there arch rival Olympiacos.

[edit] 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 Bucureşti 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 ChievoVerona 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] .

• 29 January: defender Edson joins Mogi Mirim^[29]

• 2 February: midfielderr Angelos Basinas joins Portsmouth^[30]

[edit] Players

[edit] Squad information

EU	Country	N	P	Name	Cap	Age	Since	App (L/C/E/P)	(L/C/E/P)	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
	GRE	1	CM	Kafes	VC2	29	2007	78 (49/7/12/10)	8 (7/1/0/0)	2009	Free
	POR	4	CB	Geraldo		28	2007	50 (31/5/7/7)	1 (0/0/1/0)	2010	€350K
	SWE	5	CB	Majstorović	VC3	32	2008	43 (28/7/2/6)	3 (2/1/0/0)	2011	Free
	GRE	6	CB	Alexopoulos		32	2005	55 (42/5/3/5)	3 (3/0/0/0)	2010	Free
	ESP	7	LB	Juanfran		32	2008	27 (21/4/2/0)	0 (0/0/0/0)	2010	€200K
	CAN	8	DM	Nsaliwa		27	2007	60 (35/5/10/10)	1 (0/0/0/1)	2010	€450K
	POR	9	CF	Edinho		26	2008	51 (35/6/1/9)	13 (12/0/0/1)	2011	€500K
	ALG	10	CF	Djebbour		25	2008	33 (23/5/0/5)	10 (7/2/0/1)	2011	€3.1M
	BRA	11	LW	Manduca		28	2006	83 (56/5/14/8)	9 (8/0/0/1)	2010	€750K
	FRA	12	CB	N'Siabamfumu		23	2009	2 (1/0/0/1)	0 (0/0/0/0)	2009	Free
	GRE	13	RB	Koutromanos		22	2005	17 (10/2/0/5)	0 (0/0/0/0)	2011	€50K
	GRE	16	DM	Pliatsikas		21	2005	49 (37/8/1/3)	0 (0/0/0/0)	2010	€70K	20% of his next transfer fee will go to Chaidari
	GRE	17	DM	Rikka		23	2008	5 (3/0/2/0)	0 (0/0/0/0)	2013	€575K
N	ARG	18	CF	Blanco		26	2007	87 (58/8/9/12)	44 (33/5/2/4)	2011	€1.3M
	GRE	19	LM	Lagos		23	2006	49 (35/3/7/4)	1 (1/0/0/0)	2010	€900K
N	AUS	20	SS	Burns		21	2008	5 (5/0/0/0)	0 (0/0/0/0)	2012	€450K
	ARG	23	GK	Saja		28	2008	42 (29/5/2/6)	0 (0/0/0/0)	2012	Free
	ARG	24	DM	Pelletieri		27	2008	32 (23/5/0/4)	0 (0/0/0/0)	2009	€700K	On loan from Lanús
	GRE	25	CB	Kyrgiakos	Cap	29	2008	26 (19/5/1/1)	0 (0/0/0/0)	2013	Free
	GRE	31	RB	Georgeas	VC1	32	2001	194 (126/36/25/7)	0 (0/0/0/0)	2010	€925K
N	ARG	32	SS	Scocco		24	2008	41 (27/7/2/5)	10 (6/3/0/1)	2011	€1.5M
	GRE	34	DM	Tachtsidis		18	2008	15 (9/5/0/1)	1 (1/0/0/0)	2010	Youth system
	FIN	56	CM	Hetemaj		22	2006	28 (16/4/5/3)	0 (0/0/0/0)	2010	€450K
	AUT	77	GK	Macho		31	2007	27 (18/2/3/4)	0 (0/0/0/0)	2009	€300K
N	SEN	80	RW	Diouf		20	2007	10 (6/2/0/2)	0 (0/0/0/0)	2011	Youth system
	GRE	83	CF	Pavlis		19	2007	23 (12/3/3/5)	3 (1/0/1/1)	2010	Youth system
	GRE	84	GK	Arabatzis		25	2002	1 (0/0/0/1)	0 (0/0/0/0)	2009	Youth system
	GRE	90	DM	Gentsoglou		18	2007	5 (1/0/0/4)	0 (0/0/0/0)	2013	Youth system

Last updated: 2009-05-31
Source: ]
Ordered by position on pitch.
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position; Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on the name); Cap: Cap = Captain, VC = Vice-captain; Since = the year the player start be a permanent part of the squad ( for winter transfer); App and = Only competitive appearances and goals. See source for more detail; Ends = when the player's current contract ends.

(L/C/E/P) = League/Cup/Europe/Play-Off)

[edit] Players out on loan

EU	Country	N	P	Name	Cap	Age	Since	App (L/C/E/P)	(L/C/E/P)	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
	USA	24	LM	Chronis		20	2007	0 (0/0/0/0)	0 (0/0/0/0)	2012	Youth system	to Nea Ionia until June 2009
	ITA	28	GK	Sorrentino		30	2005	64 (50/3/11/0)	0 (0/0/0/0)	2010	€100K	to Chievo until June 2009
	GRE	40	RW	Zorbas		22	2004	7 (3/2/2/0)	0 (0/0/0/0)	2011	Youth system	to Panetolikos until June 2009
	GRE	77	DM	Paligeorgos		19	2006	1 (1/0/0/0)	0 (0/0/0/0)	2011	Youth system	to Anagennisi Karditsa until June 2009
	GRE	80	GK	Fysekis		23	2006	0 (0/0/0/0)	0 (0/0/0/0)	2011	Free	to Apollon Kalamarias until June 2009
	CYP	80	AM	Tofas		23	2007	0 (0/0/0/0)	0 (0/0/0/0)	2010	Free	to Anorthosis Famagusta until June 2009
	GRE	81	CB	Kourkoulas		20	2006	0 (0/0/0/0)	0 (0/0/0/0)	2011	Free	to Nea Ionia until June 2009
	GRE	89	RB	Barboudis		20	2007	0 (0/0/0/0)	0 (0/0/0/0)	2010	€60Κ	to Apollon Kalamarias until June 2009

Last updated: 2009-05-31
Source:^{[citation needed]}
Ordered by position on pitch.
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position; Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on the name); Cap: Cap = Captain, VC = Vice-captain; Since = the year the player start be a permanent part of the squad ( for winter transfer); App and = Only competitive appearances and goals. See source for more detail; Ends = when the player's current contract ends.

[edit] Foreign players

Up to five non-EU nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the Greek Super league. Those non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Greek citizenship after playing in Greece for 7 years. Players such as Sebastián Saja are not registerd as non-EU because they have dual citizenship with a EU country.

EU Nationals Jürgen Macho Perparim Hetemaj Olivier N'Siabamfumu Geraldo Alves Edinho Juanfran Daniel Majstorović

EU Nationals (Dual citizenship) Rafik Djebbour Manduca Tam Nsaliwa Agustín Pelletieri Sebastián Saja

Non-EU Nationals Ismael Blanco Nacho Scocco Nathan Burns El Hadji Diouf

[edit] International players

Giorgos Alexopoulos Pantelis Kafes Sotiris Kyrgiakos Panagiotis Lagos Vasilis Pliatsikas

Rafik Djebbour Sebastián Saja Nathan Burns Jürgen Macho

Tam Nsaliwa Edinho Juanfran Daniel Majstorović

[edit] Squad changes (Summer 2008)

In:

No. Position Player 5 DF Daniel Majstorović (from Basel for free) 7 DF Juanfran (from Real Zaragoza for €200K) 9 FW Edinho (from Vitória Setúbal for €350K) 10 FW Rafik Djebbour (from Panionios for €3,1M) 13 DF Dimitris Koutromanos (loan return from Anagennisi Karditsa) 14 MF Angelos Basinas (from Mallorca for free) 17 MF Antonis Rikka (from Skoda Xanthi for €575K) 18 FW Ismael Blanco (from Colón Santa Fe for €850K) 20 FW Nathan Burns (from Adelaide United for €450K) 23 GK Sebastián Saja (from San Lorenzo for free) 24 MF Agustín Pelletieri (on loan from Lanús for €700K) 25 DF Sotiris Kyrgiakos (from Eintracht Frankfurt for free) 28 GK Stefano Sorrentino (loan return from Recreativo Huelva) 32 FW Nacho Scocco (from UNAM Pumas for €1,5M) 40 FW Panagiotis Zorbas (loan return from Panetolikos) 56 MF Perparim Hetemaj (loan return from Apollon Kalamarias) 80 MF El Hadji Diouf (loan return from Ilisiakos) 80 GK Giannis Fysekis (loan return from Lamia) 89 DF Nikos Barboudis (loan return from Fostiras) 90 DF Savvas Gentsoglou (loan return from Nea Ionia)

Total spending: ▼ €7,725M

Out:

No. Position Player 3 DF Rodolfo Arruabarrena (to Tigre for free) 5 DF Traianos Dellas (to Anorthosis Famagusta for free) 7 MF Charis Pappas (to Skoda Xanthi for €60K)[31] 9 FW Pantelis Kapetanos (to Steaua Bucureşti for free) 10 MF Rivaldo (to Bunyodkor for €1M) 14 DF Federico Azcárate (to Poli Ejido for free) 15 DF Sokratis Papastathopoulos (to Genoa for €3,8M) 16 MF Akis Zikos (retired) 20 MF Manú (loan return to Benfica) 22 MF Panagiotis Kone (to Iraklis for free) 23 FW Mohamed Kallon (to Al-Shabab for free) 27 DF Christos Bourbos (to Iraklis for free) 28 GK Stefano Sorrentino (on loan to Chievo Verona for €200K) 32 GK Marcelo Moretto (loan return to Benfica) 33 FW Nikos Liberopoulos (to Eintracht Frankfurt for free) 36 FW Edinho (loan return to Vitória Setúbal) 80 FW Giorgos Tofas (on loan to Anagennisi Karditsa for free) 80 MF El Hadji Diouf (on loan to Anagennisi Karditsa for free) 80 GK Giannis Fysekis (on loan to Apollon Kalamarias for free) 81 DF Nikos Kourkoulas (on loan to Nea Ionia for free) 88 MF Dániel Tőzsér (to Racing Genk for €1,5M) 89 DF Nikos Barboudis (on loan to Apollon Kalamarias for free) 99 FW Júlio César (to Rapid Bucureşti for free)

Total income: ▲ €6,56M

[edit] Squad changes (Winter 2008)

In:

No. Position Player 12 DF Olivier N'Siabamfumu (from Ascoli for free) 80 MF El Hadji Diouf (loan return from Anagennisi Karditsa) 80 FW Giorgos Tofas (loan return from Anagennisi Karditsa)

Total spending: ▼ €0

Out:

No. Position Player 2 DF Edson (to Mogi Mirim for €350K)[32] 14 MF Angelos Basinas (to Portsmouth for free) 40 FW Panagiotis Zorbas (on loan to Panetolikos for free) 80 FW Giorgos Tofas (on loan to Anorthosis Famagusta for free)

Total income: ▲ €350K

[edit] Squad stats

				Total			Super League Greece		Greek Cup		UEFA Cup		Super League Greece

Country	N	P	Name	GS	A					A					A					A					A
GRE	1	CM	Kafes	28	34	1687	4	6		22	1687	3	4		5		1	1		2					5			1
BRA	2	RB	Edson	5	5	241				3	241									2
POR	4	CB	Geraldo	13	16	734		7		10	734		3		4			2							2			2
SWE	5	CB	Majstorovic	43	43	2612	3	9		28	2612	2	6		7		1	2		2			1		6
GRE	6	CB	Alexopoulos	18	20	1037		5		12	1037		4		2					1					5			1
ESP	7	LB	Juanfran	27	27	1796		8	1	21	1796		7		4			1		2				1
CAN	8	DM	Nsaliwa	28	28	1555		10		18	1555		5		5			3							5			2
POR	9	CF	Edinho	13	36	989	7	6		25	989	7	4		6			1		1			1		4
ALG	10	CF	Djebbour	29	33	1844	10	1		23	1844	7	1		5		2								5		1
BRA	10	AM	Rivaldo	1	1			1												1			1
BRA	11	LW	Manduca	11	22	616	1	2		13	616				4			1							5		1	1
FRA	12	CB	N'Siabamfumu	2	2	94				1	94														1
GRE	13	RB	Koutromanos	14	17	651		2		10	651		2		2										5
GRE	14	DM	Basinas	17	17	1265		10		14	1265		8		2			1		1			1
GRE	16	DM	Pliatsikas	10	17	737		4		14	737		4		3
GRE	17	DM	Rikka	4	5	190		1		3	190		1							2
ARG	18	CF	Blanco	43	44	2633	23	2		30	2633	14	1		6		5	1		2		1			6		3
GRE	19	LM	Lagos	6	17	699		3		14	699		2		1			1		2
AUS	20	SS	Burns		5	86		1		5	86		1
ARG	23	GK	Saja	42	42	2721		5		29	2721		4		5					2					6			1
ARG	24	DM	Pelletieri	24	32	1706		5		23	1706		4		5			1							4
GRE	25	CB	Kyrgiakos	25	26	1780		10	1	19	1780		7		5			3	1	1					1
GRE	31	RB	Georgeas	25	29	1440		5		19	1440		3		5										5			2
ARG	32	SS	Scocco	40	41	2334	10	11		27	2334	6	7		7		3			2			3		5		1	1
GRE	34	DM	Tachtsidis	7	13	341	1	1		8	341	1			4										1			1
GRE	40	RW	Zorbas	5	7	191		1		3	191				2					2			1
FIN	56	CM	Hetemaj	6	15	392		7		9	392		4		2					1					3			3
AUT	77	GK	Macho	3	3	93				1	93				2
SEN	80	RW	Diouf	2	10	225				6	225				2										2
GRE	83	CF	Pavlis	4	15	242	2	1		7	242				3					2		1			3		1	1
GRE	84	GK	Arabatzis
GRE	90	DM	Gentsoglou	1	5	9				1	9														4

Last updated: 2009-05-31
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, superleaguegreece.net
Ordered by start team, game starts and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
0 shown as blank
Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position; Name = Name on jersey (for more extended name, pause the mouse pointer on the name); GS = Game Started; A = Appearances.

Players in italics have left during the season.

[edit] Captains

1. Sotiris Kyrgiakos
2. Nikos Georgeas
3. Pantelis Kafes
4. Daniel Majstorović

Source: aekfc.gr

[edit] Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
1	4-4-2	19
3	4-3-3	13
2	4-4-2 diamond or 4-1-2-1-2	12
4	4-2-3-1	1

Last updated: 15 May 2009
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

[edit] Starting 11

N P Name Country GS Notes 23 GK Saja  ARG 42 25 CB Kyrgiakos  GRE 25 5 CB Majstorović  SWE 43 7 LB Juanfran  ESP 27 31 RB Georgeas  GRE 25 8 DM Nsaliwa  CAN 28 24 CM Pelletieri  ARG 24 1 RM Kafes  GRE 28 32 LW Scocco  ARG 40 10 SS Djebbour  ALG 29 18 CF Blanco  ARG 43

Saja Kyrgiakos Majstorović Juanfran Georgeas Nsaliwa Pelletieri Kafes Scocco Djebbour Blanco

Last updated: 18 May 2009
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).
Country: 1st flag=country of birth, 2nd flag=country that plays for internationally (if different); N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name).

[edit] Club

[edit] Other information

Chairman	Nikos Thanopoulos
Director of football	Stelios Manolas
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Athens Olympic Stadium (71,030 / 120x80 m)

Source: aekfc.gr

[edit] Manager stats

Name	Nat	From	To	Record							Honours
				P	W	D	L	F	A	%W
Giorgos Donis		August 14, 2008	November 17, 2008	13	4	7	2	17	16	30.77	–
Dušan Bajević		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.

[edit] Competitions

[edit] Super League Greece

[edit] Classification

This is the classification of the regular season:

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos	30	22	5	3	50	14	+36	71	UEFA Champions League 2009–10 Third qualifying round
3	PAOK	30	18	9	3	39	16	+23	63	Super League Greece 2008–09 Playoffs
2	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

Updated to games played on 1 March 2009
Source: Detailed Standings
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th goals scored.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Head-to-Head: used when two or more teams need the head-to-head rules to break a tie.

[edit] Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	55	14	13	3	40	24	+16	11	2	2	21	9	+12	3	11	1	19	15	+4

Last updated: 22 March 2009
Source:^{[citation needed]}
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

[edit] Results by round

Round	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	D
Position	5	4	3	4	7	7	7	5	4	5	5	7	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4

Last updated: 22 March,2009.
Source: superleaguegreece.net (Greek)
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

[edit] Play-off table

Last updated May 31, 2009

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Panathinaikos  (Q)	6	5	1	0	12	3	+9	18	UEFA Champions League 2009–10 Third qualifying round
2	AEK Athens  (Q)	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	12	UEFA Europa League 2009–10 Play-off round
3	PAOK  (Q)	6	2	0	4	5	9	−4	9	UEFA Europa League 2009–10 Third qualifying round
4	Larissa  (Q)	6	0	1	5	3	10	−7	1	UEFA Europa League 2009–10 Second qualifying round

Updated to games played on 31 May 2009
Source: superleaguegreece.net (Greek)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th goals scored.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Head-to-Head: used when two or more teams need the head-to-head rules to break a tie.

(*) The teams started the play-offs with the following number of points:

• PAOK – 3 points ((63 – 49) / 5 = 2.8, rounded up to 3)
• Panathinaikos – 2 points ((61 – 49) / 5 = 2.4, rounded down to 2)
• AEK Athens – 1 point ((55 – 49) / 5 = 1.2, rounded down to 1)
• Larissa – 0 points ((49 –49) / 5 = 0)

[edit] UEFA rankings

UEFA team ranking Rank Form Previous Country Team Points 80 77 Feyenoord 25,825 81 69 Dinamo Bucuresti 25,781 82 83 AEK Athens 25,632 83 84 Slavia Prague 25,150 84 95 Nancy 25,033

UEFA country ranking Rank Form Previous Country League Points 10 8 Liga Sagres 36,462 11 11 Turkcell Super Lig 32,225 12 14 Super League Greece 28,165 13 10 Clydesdale Bank Premier League 27,875 14 13 Jupiler Pro League 25,325

[edit] Matches

[edit] Friendly

All times EET

2008-07-18 18:30	AEK Athens	1 – 1	Arminia Bielefeld	Hof, Vienna
	Scocco  22'	Report	Tesche  59'

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2008-07-26 18:00	AEK Athens	2 – 2	Greuther Fürth	Leogang, Vienna
	83' (o.g.) Pliatsikas  85'	Report	Iličević  1' Meichelbeck  32'

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2008-07-29 18:30	AEK Athens	1 – 1	Energie Cottbus	Kufstein, Vienna
	Kafes  56'	Report	Rangelov  55' (pen.)

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2008-07-30 18:00	AEK Athens	1 – 0	Bursaspor	Leogang, Vienna
	Rivaldo  58' (pen.)	Report

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2008-08-01 17:00	AEK Athens	0 – 1	Genoa	Jenbach, Vienna
		Report	Di Gennaro  59'

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2008-08-03 18:15	AEK Athens	5 – 0	Ankaragücü	Saint Johan, Vienna
	Scocco  19' Blanco  20' Majstorović  28' Pavlis  70' Burns  73'	Report

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2008-08-08 21:00	AEK Athens	1 – 0	Bolton Wanderers	Olympic Stadium, Athens Attendance: 6,000
	Hetamaj  17'	Report	Cahill  19'

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2008-08-18 19:00	AEK Athens	1 – 1	Bologna	Olympic Stadium, Athens Attendance: 3,127 Referee: Michalis Germanakos
	Rivaldo  65'	Report	Adaílton  31'

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2008-08-21 21:00	AEK Athens	2 – 1	Groningen	Olympic Stadium, Athens Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Christoforos Zografos
	Scocco  71' Kone  88'	Report	Powel  41'

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2008-09-06 19:30	Anagennisi Karditsas	2 – 2	AEK Athens	Karditsa Stadium, Karditsa Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Periklis Golias
	Chatzirizos  54' Diouf  68'		Djebbour  5' Kafes  30'

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2008-09-07 19:00	Olympiakos Volou	0 – 3	AEK Athens	Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos Attendance: 9,000
			Lagos  27' Blanco  38' Zorbas  48'

[edit] Play Off's

All times EET

2009-05-10 21:10	AEK Athens	3 – 2	Larissa	Olympic Stadium, Athens Attendance: 8,864 Referee: Michalis Koukoulakis
	Pavlis 8'  14' Manduca  40' Blanco  79' (pen.) Geraldo 84' Tachtsidis 87' Scocco 90+1'	Report	Parra  9' 55' Ilić 21'  24' Dabizas 79' Tsigas 84' Venetidis 90+1' Kyriakos 90+3'

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2009-05-13 19:00	Panathinaikos	1 – 1	AEK Athens	Olympic Stadium, Athens Attendance: 22,980 Referee: Elias Spathas
	Gabriel  43' (pen.) 56' Spiropoulos 69'	Report	Scocco  12' Alexopoulos 30'

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2009-05-17 21:15	PAOK	0 – 1	AEK Athens	Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki Attendance: 28,703 Referee: Giorgos Daloukas
	Bakayoko 24' Contreras 77' Conceição 90+3'	Report	Nsaliwa 6' Georgeas  14', 71' Blanco  40' Manduca 47' Hetemaj  67', 84'

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2009-05-20 19:00	AEK Athens	3 – 1	PAOK	Olympic Stadium, Athens Attendance: 14,831 Referee: Anastasios Kakos
	Djebbour  9' Blanco  39' Geraldo 63' Chalkias  60' (o.g.)	Report	Ivić  35' Sorlin  45+1', 45+1' Chalkias 45+2'

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2009-05-24 19:00	Larissa	0 – 0	AEK Athens	Alkazar Stadium, Larissa Attendance: 4,328 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos
	Giannakopoulos 9' Iglesias  35', 45' Katsiaros 84'	Report	Nsaliwa 35' Hetemaj 79'

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2009-05-31 21:15	AEK Athens	0 – 2	Panathinaikos	Olympic Stadium, Athens Attendance: 30,435 Referee: Anastasios Kakos
	Saja 29'	Report	Moon 9' Karagounis  30' (pen.) Rukavina  36' Mattos 84'

[edit] Competitive

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
1	2008-08-14	UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	H	Omonia	0 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:30 CET 13,472 Serge Gumienny AEK Athens Rivaldo 5' Scocco 90+1' Omonia Duro 18' Clayton 20' Cafu  40' Ndikumana 51'
2	2008-08-28	UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	A	Omonia	2 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:00 CET 20,267 Thorsten Kinhöfer Omonia Duro  11'  70' Wenzel 64' Niculescu 90+1' AEK Athens Majstorović 12' Blanco  16' Scocco  22', 58' Edinho 30' Basinas 37' Zorbas 86' Pavlis  89' Juanfran  90+2'
3	2008-08-31	Super League Greece	1	H	Panathinaikos	2 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Man of the match Report link 21:15 EET 30,140 Kyros Vassaras Edinho AEK Athens Edinho  20' Kyrgiakos 21' Basinas 45' Blanco  45+5' (pen.) Pliatsikas 62' Scocco 77' Lagos 79' Panathinaikos Karagounis 42'  90+4' Spiropoulos 45+3' Sarriegi 55' Vyntra 79'
4	2008-09-14	Super League Greece	2	A	PAOK	1 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 21:15 EET 25,203 Vasilis Paboridis PAOK Muslimović  15' 90+4' Darlas 33' Veron 41' AEK Athens Edinho 33' Blanco  45+2' Georgeas 70' Majstorović 90+4'
5	2008-09-21	Super League Greece	3	H	Iraklis	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Man of the match Report link 21:15 EET 17,459 Nikitas Ntatis Sebastián Saja AEK Athens Scocco  14' 72' Basinas 30' Saja 90+4' Iraklis Konstantinou 32' Bourbos 33'
6	2008-09-28	Super League Greece	4	A	Panionios	2 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:00 EET 4,409 Ilias Stavridis Panionios Kyrgiakos  26' (o.g.) Delura  68' Krešić 90+2' AEK Athens Lagos 28' Scocco 30'  58' Kafes  90+4'
7	2008-10-05	Super League Greece	5	A	Olympiacos	0 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 21:15 EET 30,074 Kyros Vassaras Olympiacos Kovacevic  63' Diogo  66' Domi 68' Patsatzoglou 82' AEK Athens Kyrgiakos 7' Basinas 29' Juanfran  57', 78'
8	2008-10-19	Super League Greece	6	H	Larissa	1 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Man of the match Report link 16:45 EET 19,407 Tasos Kakos Ismael Blanco AEK Athens Blanco  pen.' (84) Larissa Venetidis 15' Iglesias 64' Dabizas 67' Katsiaros 79' Parra 88' Sarmiento  90+1'
9	2008-10-26	Super League Greece	7	A	Thrasyvoulos	3 – 3	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:00 EET 1,742 Kyros Vassaras Thrasyvoulos Tsiolis 21' Vedoura 29' Gonçalves  52'  56' Alves  71' 76' Belegrinis 83' Sotirhos 90+2' AEK Athens Scocco  10'  41' Blanco  31' Alexopoulos 51'
10	2008-11-02	Super League Greece	8	H	Asteras Tripolis	2 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 16:45 EET 14,108 Ilias Spathas AEK Athens Kafes 45' Rikka 66' Majstorović  90' Djebbour  90+3' Georgeas 90+5' Asteras Tripolis Damonte 39' Marcelao  67' Cesarec 84' Kanakoudis 89' Filomeno 90'
11	2008-11-08	Super League Greece	9	A	Skoda Xanthi	1 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:00 EET 3,763 Tasos Kakos Skoda Xanthi Pappas 2' Taïder  33' Dorival 35' Fliaskas 74' Vallas 89' AEK Athens Pelletieri 35' Majstorović 44' Blanco  62'
12	2008-11-11	Greek Cup	Fourth Round	A	Ilisiakos	2 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:00 EET 500 Petros Konstadineas Ilisiakos Nastos 22' Tabasis 57' Modroni  64', 110' Pavlidis 76' Veletis Tsitsomitsos  99' AEK Athens Juanfran 54' Blanco  94' Lagos 96' Kafes  107'
13	2008-11-15	Super League Greece	10	H	Panserraikos	0 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:00 EET 10,170 Dimitris Kyrkos AEK Athens Majstorović 30' Alexopoulos 68' Kafes 90+2' Panserraikos Abubakari 59' Zoundi 67' Kottaras 73' Kali 83' Pipinis 90+2'
14	2008-11-23	Super League Greece	11	A	OFI	1 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 16:45 EET 4,732 Manolis Ntakos OFI Simić 33' Roubakis  65', 84' Taralidis 73'  75' Sfakianakis 90+3' AEK Athens Juanfran 43' Nsaliwa 66' Majstorović 81' Kafes  86'
15	2008-11-30	Super League Greece	12	A	Levadiakos	0 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 16:45 EET 3,156 Nikitas Ntatis Levadiakos Katsikogiannis 55' Tzormbatzakis 60' Leonardo 71' Blažić 76' Pastos 90+5' AEK Athens Nsaliwa 32' Basinas 38'
16	2008-12-07	Super League Greece	13	H	Panthrakikos	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Man of the match Report link 19:00 EET 12,054 Vasilis Paboridis Tam Nsaliwa AEK Athens Blanco  28' 29' Pliatsikas 35' Panthrakikos Kanotidis 39'
17	2008-12-14	Super League Greece	14	A	Aris	1 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:00 EET 13,783 Giorgos Daloukas Aris Calvo  39' 59' Lembo 51' AEK Athens Kafes 15' Pliatsikas 17' Basinas 67' Edinho  71'
18	2008-12-21	Super League Greece	15	H	Ergotelis	3 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Man of the match Report link 16:45 EET 12,019 Vangelis Katsidonis Rafik Djebbour AEK Athens Djebbour  6' Blanco  39' Basinas 42' Nsaliwa 50' Kyrgiakos 80' Edinho  85' Ergotelis Fragoulakis  35' Ogunsoto 45+2' Κordonouris 61' Budimir  76' Martins 77'
19	2009-01-04	Super League Greece	16	A	Panathinaikos	0 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:00 EET 42,018 Kyros Vassaras Panathinaikos Spiropoulos 18' Melissis 26' Karagounis 88' AEK Athens Basinas 17' Kafes 38' Majstorović 84' Saja 87' Edinho 90+1' Scocco 90+3'
20	2009-01-11	Super League Greece	17	H	PAOK	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Man of the match Report link 20:15 EET 19,194 Dimitris Kalopoulos Rafik Djebbour AEK Athens Djebbour  45' 66' Edinho 56' Kyrgiakos 69' Pelletieri 74' PAOK Contreras 27'  66' Ivić 45+3'
21	2009-01-17	Super League Greece	18	A	Iraklis	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:00 EET 7,897 Michalis Lambropoulos Iraklis Perperidis 67' Sarakatsanos 79' AEK Athens Blanco  69' Juanfran 78' Saja 90' Basinas 90+3'
22	2009-01-22	Greek Cup	Fifth Round	H	Kerkyra	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 16:45 EET 4,315 Christoforos Zografos AEK Athens Geraldο 14' Basinas 21' Scocco  89' Kerkyra Vitouladitis 45+1' Tsemperidis 69' Gustavo 78'
23	2009-01-25	Super League Greece	19	H	Panionios	3 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Man of the match Report link 19:00 EET 13,187 Tasos Kakos Ignacio Scocco AEK Athens Blanco  7' Edinho  27' Juanfran 28' Scocco  47' Geraldo 90' Panionios Kontoes 17'
24	2009-02-01	Super League Greece	20	H	Olympiacos	0 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:00 EET 44,104 Dimitris Kalopoulos AEK Athens Juanfran 10' Kyrgiakos 41' Nsaliwa 56' Olympiacos Galletti  5' Torosidis 44' Papadopoulos 73'
25	2009-02-08	Super League Greece	21	A	Larissa	1 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 16:45 EET 6,148 Spathas Ilias Larissa Giannakopoulos 29' Guela 76' Fotakis  76' AEK Athens Koutromanos 36' Nsaliwa 74' Djebbour  90+1' Edinho 90+3'
26	2009-02-14	Super League Greece	22	H	Thrasyvoulos	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:00 EET 6,532 Polatian Lazaros AEK Athens Hetemaj 28' Kyrgiakos 64' Tachtsidis  90+2' Pliatsikas 90+5' Saja 90+5' Thrasyvoulos Hetemaj 30' Liapakis 56' Mihos 83' Peçanha 86' Katsikis 90+6'
27	2009-02-18	Greek Cup	Quarterfinals	A	Skoda Xanthi	1 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 21:30 EET 1,500 Giorgos Stathopoulos Skoda Xanthi Papadimitriou 7' Abraham  43' 89' Došek  68' Poy 69' Tziortziopoulos 78' AEK Athens Blanco  5' (pen.) 78' Kyrgiakos 17' Nsaliwa 30' Majstorović 73'
28	2009-02-22	Super League Greece	23	A	Asteras Tripolis	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:00 EET 2,952 Dimitris Kyrkos Asteras Tripolis Fitanidis 36' Marcelão 85' Flávio 90+4' AEK Athens Scocco 26' Hetemaj 53' Alves 84' Majstorovic  86'
29	2009-02-25	Greek Cup	Quarterfinals	H	Skoda Xanthi	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Man of the match Report link 19:00 EET 6,480 Ilias Stavridis Ismael Blanco AEK Athens Pelletieri 45' Nsaliwa 62' Blanco  83' Kyrgiakos 87' Skoda Xanthi Poy 25' Vallas 51' Fliskas 81'
30	2009-02-28	Super League Greece	24	H	Skoda Xanthi	2 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Man of the match Report link 19:00 EET 6,587 Michalis Lambropoulos Ismael Blanco AEK Athens Edinho  10' Koutromanos 46' Blanco  49' Kyrgiakos 76' Hetemaj 88' Skoda Xanthi Grzelak 15' Agali 41' Poy  57' Vallas 74' Papadimitriou 81'
31	2009-03-08	Super League Greece	25	A	Panserraikos	5 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 16:45 EET 5,673 Dimitris Kalopoulos Panserraikos Čeh  19' (pen.) Galanopoulos 24' Kali 26' Abubakari 27' Milenković 79' AEK Athens Blanco  6'  43' Alexopoulos 18' Djebbour  28' (pen.)  35' Scocco  45+1' Pelletieri 52'
32	2009-03-14	Super League Greece	26	H	OFI	5 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Man of the match Report link 19:00 EET 11,860 Vasilis Paboridis Panagiotis Tachtsidis AEK Athens Kafes  23' Scocco 56' OFI Malarz 29' Bezares 33' Arvanitis 71'
33	2009-03-18	Greek Cup	Semifinals	H	Panserraikos	3 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Man of the match Report link 19:00 EET 7,642 Nathanail Charalabidis Rafik Djebbour AEK Athens Djebbour  20'  40' Majstorović  38' Panserraikos Aurélio  24'
34	2009-03-22	Super League Greece	27	H	Levadiakos	3 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Man of the match Report link 20:00 EET 6,045 Panos Konstantineas Rafik Djebbour AEK Athens Djebbour  2' Blanco  39' Scocco 63' Juanfran 76' Edinho  81' Levadiakos Kiassos  27' Koltzos 64' Machado 79'
35	2009-04-05	Super League Greece	28	A	Panthrakikos	1 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:00 EET 4,200 Ilias Mazarakos Panthrakikos Matthys  24' Clément 27' Velasco 90+5' AEK Athens Georgeas 49' Blanco  57' Pelletieri 77'
36	2009-04-08	Greek Cup	Semifinals	A	Panserraikos	0 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 17:00 EET 5,000 Giorgos Kastanidis Panserraikos Papazoglou 38' Galanopoulos  45', 90' AEK Athens Majstorović 56' Manduca