1997–98 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens F.C. competed for the 39th consecutive season in the Greek top flight and 75th year in existence as a football club. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. The season begun at 31 August 1997 and finished at 17 May 1998.

AEK Athens
1997–98 season
ChairmanAlexis Kougias
(until 8 October)
Lakis Nikolaou
ManagerDumitru Dumitriu
(until 29 March)
Antonis Minou
StadiumNikos Goumas Stadium
Alpha Ethniki3rd
Greek CupThird round
UEFA Cup Winners' CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Demis Nikolaidis (19)
All: Demis Nikolaidis (21)
Highest home attendance24,367 vs Lokomotiv Moscow
(5 March 1998)
Lowest home attendance2,271 vs Apollon Athens
(23 March 1998)
Average home league attendance11,420

Overwiew

A difficult season for AEK, with intense administrative changes, which concluded in third place in the league. On the other hand, the team did very well in Europe, reaching the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and losing by a slight margin a very historic qualification to the tournament's semi-finals.

In the summer of 1997, Michalis Trochanas, no longer able to bear the weight of managing the club, but also with the vast majority of the fans against him, unsuccessfully looked for a buyer. Finally, the season started with this major shareholder for another year and Alexis Kougias in the position of president. The team lost 2 more important players, Temur Ketsbaia and Vassilios Borbokis, who left for England. Also, Stelios Manolas who was against the club's major shareholder and did not join in the team at the start of the season.

The first gathering of the team was episodic with about 2,000 gathered fans "boiling" against the administration. Tensions and incidednts occurred between the fans with Alexis Kougias and Vasilis Karagiannis being the main victims.[1] The season started with these adverse conditions and the Romanian coach Dumitru Dumitriu. The team entered the championship relatively well, however, and after a few months the psychology of the world rose, since Michalis Trochanas finally sold his shares to the financially powerful, English multinational ENIC. Lakis Nikolaou took over as president, Manolas returned, there were rich contract renewals and in January some transfers were made. AEK, despite being the winter champions, were affected by the injuries on the roster, left quite behind in the league table and finally could not claim the title from Olympiacos. Towards the end of the season, Dumitriu is fired, who had already started to have problems with the administration, during the January transfer window. In his position as an interim, Antonis Minou was hired to close the season.[2]

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 1999, 23:59 UTC+3.

No. Pos. Name Age League Cup Cup Winners' Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1GK Ilias Atmatsidis 29330206041020
15GK Chrysostomos Michailidis 230000000000
22GK Vasilis Karagiannis 281000001000
26GK Dionisis Chiotis 211000001000
Defenders
3DF Michalis Kasapis 26300116037190
4DF Anton Doboș 32193005024341
5DF Nikos Kostenoglou (VC2) 272812050351111
9DF Giorgos Koutoulas 312010003000
12DF Charis Kopitsis 29243106331640
13DF Vaios Karagiannis 30170101019051
23DF Vangelis Kefalas 240000101000
25DF Ioannis Kalitzakis 32280205135181
29DF Stelios Manolas (C) 36130002015040
Midfielders
2MF Triantafyllos Macheridis 24270104032080
7MF Christos Maladenis 24279105033960
8MF Toni Savevski (VC) 34325206040520
18MF Evripidis Katsavos 24180103122140
19MF Mattheos Platakis 210020002000
24MF Arnar Grétarsson 26271206035130
27ΜF Georgios Passios 161000001010
30MF Kelvin Sebwe 26190002021010
Forwards
10FW Christos Kostis 266400319500
11FW Demis Nikolaidis 24261910523221100
21FW Marcelo Veridiano 32293205236550
20FW Daniel Batista 33167203121840
28FW Giorgos Donis 28172000017240
31FW Goran Tomić 21122000012210
Left during Winter Transfer Window
6DF Michalis Vlachos 30110103115130
16DF Kostas Pavlopoulos 291010002000
14MF Theodoros Alexis 234010005000

Transfers


Summer

No. Pos Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
14 MF Theodoros Alexis Apollon Athens Transfer Free 1 July 1997 30 June 2001 [1]
15 GK Chrysostomos Michailidis Eordaikos Transfer Free 1 July 1997 30 June 2002
18 MF Evripidis Katsavos Veria Transfer Free 31 July 1997 30 June 2001 [3]
23 DF Vangelis Kefalas Apollon Athens Transfer Free 4 July 1997 30 June 2000 [1]
24 MF Arnar Grétarsson Leiftur Transfer Free 1 July 1997 30 June 2000 [4]
25 DF Ioannis Kalitzakis Panathinaikos Transfer Free 1 July 1997 30 June 2000 [5]
27 MF Georgios Passios AEK Athens U20 Promotion 1 July 1997 30 June 2003
MF Giorgos Ananiadis Atromitos End of loan 1 July 1997 30 June 1997

Winter

No. Pos Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
28 FW Giorgos Donis Blackburn Rovers Transfer Free 12 December 1997 30 June 2003 [6]
30 MF Kelvin Sebwe Skoda Xanthi Transfer Free 12 December 1997 31 December 2003 [6]

Summer

No. Pos Player To Type Fee Date Source
DF Vassilios Borbokis Sheffield United Transfer ₯400,000,000 1 July 1997 [7]
ΜF Temur Ketsbaia Newcastle United End of contract 1 July 1997 [4]
MF Giorgos Ananiadis Free agent End of contract 1 July 1997

Winter

No. Pos Player To Type Fee Date Source
6 DF Michalis Vlachos Portsmouth Transfer Free 29 January 1998 [8]
14 MF Theodoros Alexis Athinaikos Contract termination 15 January 1998 [9]
16 DF Kostas Pavlopoulos OFI Crete Transfer Free 1 January 1998

Winter

No. Pos Player From Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
31 FW Goran Tomić Vicenza ₯80,000,000 3 February 1998 30 June 1998 Y [10]

Summer

No. Pos Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
FW Ilias Anastasakos Aris Petroupolis Free 1 July 1997 30 June 1998 N

Renewals

No. Pos Player Date Former Exp Date New Exp Date Source
3 DF Michalis Kasapis 16 October 1997 30 June 1998 30 June 2002 [11]
5 DF Nikos Kostenoglou 14 October 1997 30 June 1998 30 June 2003 [12]
6 DF Michalis Vlachos 23 June 1997 30 June 1997 30 June 1998 [4]
12 DF Charis Kopitsis 14 October 1997 30 June 1998 30 June 2002 [13]
20 FW Daniel Batista 23 June 1997 30 June 1997 30 June 1999 [4]
27 MF Georgios Passios 1 July 1997 30 June 2003
29 DF Stelios Manolas 29 December 1997 30 June 1997 30 June 1998 [14]

Overall transfer activity

Pre-season and friendlies

13 July 1997 Friendly Fenerbahçe 2–1 AEK Athens Tegernsee
Report
Attendance: 3,000
18 July 1997 Friendly Rottach-Egern 1–7 AEK Athens Tegernsee
  •  75'
Report
28 July 1997 Friendly Herakles Munchen 0–8 AEK Athens Tegernsee
Report
7 August 1997 Friendly AEK Athens 2–2 Boavista Nea Filadelfeia
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 3,122
Referee: Georgios Psichomanis (Athens)
11 August 1997 Friendly AEK Athens 5–0 Kavala Nea Filadelfeia
Report Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Referee: Dionisis Stefanopoulos (Piraeus)
19 August 1997 Friendly Ionikos 4–1 AEK Athens Nikaia
Report
Stadium: Neapoli Stadium
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)
20 August 1997 Friendly AEK Athens 3–2 Panachaiki Nea Filadelfeia
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 1,126
Referee: Dimitris Kalivas (Boeotia)

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 34 29 1 4 88 27 +61 88 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Panathinaikos 34 28 1 5 90 24 +66 85
3 AEK Athens 34 22 8 4 61 30 +31 74 Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4 PAOK 34 21 7 6 74 41 +33 70
5 Ionikos 34 18 8 8 46 31 +15 62
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champion

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 22 8 4 61 30  +31 74 12 2 3 33 15  +18 10 6 1 28 15  +13

Source:

Results by Matchday

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAH
ResultDWWWWLWWWWWWWWWWDWLWDDDWLWWDLWDWDW
Position9644333331111111112133333333333333
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

31 August 1997 Matchday 1 PAOK 0–0 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:00 EET Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 30,347
Referee: Ilias Chatzis (Karditsa)
14 September 1997 Matchday 2 AEK Athens 2–1 Proodeftiki Nea Filadelfeia
18:45 EET
  • Bairamoglou  77'
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 13,028
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
22 September 1997 Matchday 3 Olympiacos 0–1 AEK Athens Marousi
20:00 EET
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 31,470
Referee: Grigoris Kechagias (Thessaloniki)
28 September 1997 Matchday 4 AEK Athens 1–0 Kavala Nea Filadelfeia
15:45 EET
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 13,252
Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)
6 October 1997 Matchday 5 Iraklis 1–4 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
18:00 EET
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 10,057
Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)
19 October 1997 Matchday 6 AEK Athens 0–2 Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EET
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 8,614
Referee: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)
27 October 1997 Matchday 7 AEK Athens 2–1 Panathinaikos Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EET
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 19,516
Referee: Naoum Mintiouris (Serres)
2 November 1997 Matchday 8 Paniliakos 2–4 AEK Athens Pyrgos
15:00 EET
  • Barniak  7', 35'
Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium
Attendance: 4,443
Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)
10 November 1997 Matchday 9 AEK Athens 2–0 Panionios Nea Filadelfeia
18:00 EET
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 7,522
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
15 November 1997 Matchday 10 Apollon Athens 3–4 AEK Athens Rizoupoli
15:00 EET
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 4,207
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)
23 November 1997 Matchday 11 AEK Athens 5–1 Panachaiki Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 9,492
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
29 November 1997 Matchday 12 Veria 1–2 AEK Athens Veria
15:00 EET
Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 2,570
Referee: Grigoris Kechagias (Thessaloniki)
7 December 1997 Matchday 13 AEK Athens 2–1 Ethnikos Piraeus Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET
  • Stavrakakis  84'
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 6,513
Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)
15 December 1997 Matchday 14 Athinaikos 0–1 AEK Athens Vyronas
15:00 EET
Stadium: Vyronas National Stadium
Attendance: 1,254
Referee: Thanasis Velliodis (Athens)
22 December 1997 Matchday 15 Kalamata 1–2 AEK Athens Kalamata
15:00 EET
  • Albertis  15'
Stadium: Kalamata Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 3,957
Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)
4 January 1998 Matchday 16 AEK Athens 3–0 OFI Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 21,667
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
12 January 1998 Matchday 17 Skoda Xanthi 0–0 AEK Athens Xanthi
16:30 EET Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium
Attendance: 6,093
Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Chalkidiki)
18 January 1998 Matchday 18 AEK Athens 3–0 PAOK Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 22,129
Referee: Stratos Papoutselis (Lesbos)
25 January 1998 Matchday 19 Proodeftiki 3–2 AEK Athens Nikaia
15:00 EET
Stadium: Nikaia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
2 February 1998 Matchday 20 AEK Athens 1–0 Olympiacos Nea Filadelfeia
18:00 EET
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 22,378
Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)
8 February 1998 Matchday 21 Kavala 1–1 AEK Athens Kavala
17:00 EET
Stadium: Kavala Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 4,616
Referee: Michalis Kalathenos (Dodecanese)
15 February 1998 Matchday 22 AEK Athens 2–2 Iraklis Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 14,846
Referee: Dionisis Stefanopoulos (Piraeus)
23 February 1998 Matchday 23 Ionikos 1–1 AEK Athens Nikaia
15:00 EET
Stadium: Neapoli Stadium
Attendance: 2,433
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
1 March 1998 Matchday 24 Panathinaikos 0–1 AEK Athens Marousi
18:00 EET
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 30,093
Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)
9 March 1998 Matchday 25 AEK Athens 1–2 Paniliakos Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 4,375
Referee: Stratos Papoutselis (Lesbos)
14 March 1998 Matchday 26 Panionios 0–1 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
19:00 EET
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 2,491
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
23 March 1998 Matchday 27 AEK Athens 1–0 Apollon Athens Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 2,271
Referee: Andreas Aronis (Piraeus)
29 March 1998 Matchday 28 Panachaiki 0–0 AEK Athens Patras
17:00 EET Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium
Attendance: 4,553
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
5 April 1998 Matchday 29 AEK Athens 1–2 Veria Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 5,188
Referee: Pavlos Konstantinidis (Piraeus)
12 April 1998 Matchday 30 Ethnikos Piraeus 1–3 AEK Athens Piraeus
20:30 EET
  • Palacios  39'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 2,478
Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)
3 May 1998 Matchday 31 AEK Athens 1–1 Athinaikos Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 3,149
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
10 May 1998 Matchday 32 AEK Athens 4–2 Kalamata Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET
  • Drougas  22'
  • Dodoo  83'
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 6,682
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
13 May 1998 Matchday 33 OFI 1–1 AEK Athens Heraklion
19:00 EET
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 3,660
Referee: Christos Mittas (Thessaloniki)
17 May 1998 Matchday 34 AEK Athens 2–0 Skoda Xanthi Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 6,724
Referee: Dimitris Kalivas (Boeotia)

Greek Cup

AEK Athens entered the Greek Cup at the third round.

Third Round

19 November 1997 First leg Skoda Xanthi 2–1 AEK Athens Xanthi
15:00 EET
Report
Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium
Attendance: 3,132
Referee: Pavlos Konstantinidis (Piraeus)
3 December 1997 Second leg AEK Athens 0–2
(1–4 agg.)
Skoda Xanthi Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 4,198
Referee: Platonas Bozatzidis (Thessaloniki)

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

First round

18 September 1997 First leg AEK Athens 5–0 Dinaburg Athens, Greece
18:30 CET
Report Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 10,587
Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Germany)
2 October 1997 Second leg Dinaburg 2–4
(2–9 agg.)
AEK Athens Riga, Latvia
21:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Daugava Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Second round

23 October 1997 First leg AEK Athens 2–0 Sturm Graz Athens, Greece
20:00 CET
Report Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 13,329
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)
2 October 1997 Second leg Sturm Graz 1–0
(1–2 agg.)
AEK Athens Graz, Austria
21:00 CET
Report Stadium: Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadium
Attendance: 15,400
Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

Quarter-finals

5 March 1998 First leg AEK Athens 0–0 Lokomotiv Moscow Athens, Greece
20:00 CET Report Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 24,367
Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)
19 March 1998 Second leg Lokomotiv Moscow 2–1
(2–1 agg.)
AEK Athens Moscow, Russia
19:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 11,256
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

References

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