2008–09 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
2008–09 season
Chairman	Demis Nikolaidis; (until 2 November); Giorgos Kintis; (until 23 January); Nikos Thanopoulos
Manager	Giorgos Donis; (until 17 November); Dušan Bajević
Stadium	Athens Olympic Stadium
Super League	3rd; 4th (Regular season)
Greek Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round
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 league attendance	14,671

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

Overview

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

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

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

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

Events

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

Players

Squad statistics

NOTE: The players are the ones that have been announced by the AEK Athens' press release. No edits should be made unless a player arrival or exit is announced. Updated 30 June 2009, 23:59 UTC+3.

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

Transfers

Summer

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

Winter

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

Summer

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

Winter

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

Summer

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

Summer

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

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
40	FW	Panagiotis Zorbas	Panetolikos	Free	31 December 2008	30 June 2009	N
—	MF	Georgios Tofas	Anorthosis Famagusta	Free	31 December 2008	30 June 2010	Y

Notes

a. ^{^} plus 15% of next sale.

Renewals

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

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: €7,625,000

Winter: €0

Total: €7,625,000

Income

Summer: €6,560,000

Winter: €350,000

Total: €6,910,000

Net Totals

Summer: €1,065,000

Winter: €350,000

Total: €715,000

Club

Management

Position	Staff
Manager	Dušan Bajević
Assistant manager	Lysandros Georgamlis
Fitness Coach	Antonis Kezos
Fitness Coach	Dimitris Bouroutzikas
Goalkeeping Coach	Slobodan Suica
Youth Team Coach	Georgos Vamvakas

Last updated: 21 November 2008
Source: aekfc.gr

Kit

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

Home

Away

Third

Source:

Other information

Home

Away and 3rd

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

Source: aekfc.gr

Manager stats

Name	Nat	From	To	Record							Honours
Name	Nat	From	To	P	W	D	L	F	A	%W	Honours
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.

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

18 July 2008 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Leogang
18:30 EET	Scocco 22'	Report	Tesche 59'	Stadium: Steinbergstadion Leogang

26 July 2008 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–2	Greuther Fürth	Leogang
18:00 EET	83' (o.g.) Pliatsikas 85'	Report	Iličević 1' Meichelbeck 32'	Stadium: Steinbergstadion Leogang

29 July 2008 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–1	Energie Cottbus	Kufstein
18:30 EET	Kafes 56'	Report	Rangelov 55' (pen.)	Stadium: Kufstein Arena Attendance: 800

30 July 2008 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–0	Bursaspor	Jenbach
18:00 EET	Rivaldo 58' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadion Jenbach

1 August 2008 Friendly	AEK Athens	0–1	Genoa	Jenbach
17:00 EET		Report	Di Gennaro 59'	Stadium: Stadion Jenbach

3 August 2008 Friendly	AEK Athens	5–0	Ankaragücü	Jenbach
18:15 EET	Scocco 19' Blanco 20' Majstorović 28' Pavlis 70' Burns 73'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Jenbach

8 August 2008 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Marousi
21:00 EET	Hetamaj 17'	Report	Cahill 19'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 10,022

18 August 2008 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–1	Bologna	Marousi
19:00 EET	Rivaldo 65'	Report	Adaílton 31'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 2,305 Referee: Michalis Germanakos (Athens)

21 August 2008 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–1	Groningen	Marousi
21:00 EET	Scocco 71' Kone 88'	Report	Powel 41'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)

6 September 2008 Friendly	Anagennisi Karditsa	2–2	AEK Athens	Karditsa
19:30 EET	Chatzirizos 54' Diouf 68'	Report	Djebbour 5' Kafes 30'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Karditsa Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Periklis Golias (Athens)

7 September 2008 Friendly	Olympiakos Volou	0–3	AEK Athens	Volos
19:00 EET		Report	Lagos 27' Blanco 38' Zorbas 48'	Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium Attendance: 9,000

Super League Greece

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	PAOK	30	18	9	3	39	16	+23	63	Qualification for the Play-offs
3	Panathinaikos	30	17	10	3	51	18	+33	61
4	AEK Athens	30	14	13	3	40	24	+16	55
5	Larissa	30	12	13	5	36	26	+10	49
6	Aris	30	13	8	9	30	31	−1	47

Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
According to the official Super League playoff regulation, the position after the playoffs replaces the regular season position.[48]

Results summary

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

Last updated: 2009-04-26.
Source: Super League Greece

Results by Matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	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

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

Fixtures

31 August 2008 Matchday 1	AEK Athens	2–1	Panathinaikos	Marousi
21:15 EET	Edinho 20' Kyrgiakos 21' Basinas 45' Blanco 45+5' (pen.) Pliatsikas 62' Scocco 77' Lagos 79'	Report	Karagounis 42' 90+4' Spiropoulos 45+3' Sarriegi 55' Vyntra 79'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 30,140 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Edinho

14 September 2008 Matchday 2	PAOK	1–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
21:15 EET	Muslimović 15' 90+4' Darlas 33' Veron 41'	Report	Edinho 33' Blanco 45+2' Georgeas 70' Majstorović 90+4'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 25,203 Referee: Vasilis Paboridis (Kilkis) Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco

21 September 2008 Matchday 3	AEK Athens	1–0	Iraklis	Marousi
21:15 EET	Scocco 14' 72' Basinas 30' Saja 90+4'	Report	Konstantinou 32' Bourbos 33'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 17,459 Referee: Nikitas Ntatis (Chios) Man of the Match: Sebastián Saja

28 September 2008 Matchday 4	Panionios	2–2	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
19:00 EET	Kyrgiakos 26' (o.g.) Delura 68' Krešić 90+2'	Report	Lagos 28' Scocco 30' 58' Kafes 90+4'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 4,409 Referee: Giannis Stavridis (Pieria) Man of the Match: Ignacio Scocco

5 October 2008 Matchday 5	Olympiacos	2–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
21:15 EET	Kovačević 63' Diogo 66' Domi 68' Patsatzoglou 82'	Report	Kyrgiakos 7' Basinas 29' Juanfran 57' 78'	Attendance: 30,074 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Luís Diogo

19 October 2008 Matchday 6	AEK Athens	1–1	Larissa	Marousi
16:45 EET	Blanco pen.' (84)	Report	Venetidis 15' Iglesias 64' Dabizas 67' Katsiaros 79' Parra 88' Sarmiento 90+1'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 19,407 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu) Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco

26 October 2008 Matchday 7	Thrasyvoulos	3–3	AEK Athens	Fyli
19:00 EET	Tsiolis 21' Vedoura 29' Gonçalves 52', 56' Alves 71' 76' Belegrinis 83' Sotirhos 90+2'	Report	Scocco 10' 41' Blanco 31' Alexopoulos 51'	Stadium: Fyli Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,742 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Ignacio Scocco

2 November 2008 Matchday 8	AEK Athens	2–1	Asteras Tripolis	Marousi
16:45 EET	Kafes 45' Rikka 66' Majstorović 90' Djebbour 90+3' Georgeas 90+5'	Report	Damonte 39' Marcelao 67' Cesarec 84' Kanakoudis 89' Filomeno 90'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 14,108 Referee: Ilias Spathas (Piraeus) Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour

8 November 2008 Matchday 9	Skoda Xanthi	1–1	AEK Athens	Xanthi
19:00 EET	Pappas 2' Taïder 33' Maciel 35' Fliskas 74' Vallas 89'	Report	Pelletieri 35' Majstorović 44' Blanco 62'	Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 3,763 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu) Man of the Match: Ignacio Scocco

15 November 2008 Matchday 10	AEK Athens	0–0	Panserraikos	Marousi
19:00 EET	Majstorović 30' Alexopoulos 68' Kafes 90+2'	Report	Abubakari 59' Zoundi 67' Kottaras 73' Kali 83' Pipinis 90+2'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 10,170 Referee: Dimitris Kyrkos (Epirus) Man of the Match: Dimitrios Kottaras

23 November 2008 Matchday 11	OFI Crete	1–1	AEK Athens	Heraklion
16:45 EET	Simić 33' Roubakis 65' 84' Taralidis 73' 75' Sfakianakis 90+3'	Report	Juanfran 43' Nsaliwa 66' Majstorović 81' Kafes 86'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 4,732 Referee: Michalis Ntakos (Xanthi) Man of the Match: Aleksandar Simić

30 November 2008 Matchday 12	Levadiakos	0–0	AEK Athens	Livadeia
16:45 EET	Katsikogiannis 55' Tzormbatzakis 60' Leonardo 71' Blažić 76' Pastos 90+5'	Report	Nsaliwa 32' Basinas 38'	Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 3,156 Referee: Nikitas Ntatis (Chios) Man of the Match: Srđan Blažić

7 December 2008 Matchday 13	AEK Athens	1–0	Panthrakikos	Marousi
19:00 EET	Blanco 28' 29' Pliatsikas 35'	Report	Kanotidis 39'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 12,054 Referee: Vasilis Paboridis (Kilkis) Man of the Match: Tam Nsaliwa

14 December 2008 Matchday 14	Aris	1–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET	Calvo 39' 59' Lembo 51'	Report	Kafes 15' Pliatsikas 17' Basinas 67' Edinho 71'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 13,783 Referee: Giorgos Daloukas (Thessaly) Man of the Match: Edinho

21 December 2008 Matchday 15	AEK Athens	3–2	Ergotelis	Marousi
16:45 EET	Djebbour 6' Blanco 39' Basinas 42' Nsaliwa 50' Kyrgiakos 80' Edinho 85'	Report	Fragoulakis 35' Ogunsoto 45+2' Κordonouris 61' Budimir 76' Martins 77'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 12,019 Referee: Vangelis Katsidonis (Dodecanese) Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour

4 January 2009 Matchday 16	Panathinaikos	0–0	AEK Athens	Marousi
19:00 EET	Spiropoulos 18' Melissis 26' Karagounis 88'	Report	Basinas 17' Kafes 38' Majstorović 84' Saja 87' Edinho 90+1' Scocco 90+3'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 42,018 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Angelos Basinas

11 January 2009 Matchday 17	AEK Athens	1–0	PAOK	Marousi
20:15 EET	Djebbour 45' 66' Edinho 56' Kyrgiakos 69' Pelletieri 74'	Report	Contreras 27' 66' Ivić 45+3'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 19,194 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour

17 January 2009 Matchday 18	Iraklis	0–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET	Perperidis 67' Sarakatsanos 79'	Report	Blanco 69' Juanfran 78' Saja 90' Basinas 90+3'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 7,897 Referee: Michalis Lambropoulos (Elis) Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco

25 January 2009 Matchday 19	AEK Athens	3–0	Panionios	Marousi
19:00 EET	Blanco 7' Edinho 27' Juanfran 28' Scocco 47' Geraldo Alves 90'	Report	Kontoes 17'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 13,187 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu) Man of the Match: Ignacio Scocco

1 February 2009 Matchday 20	AEK Athens	0–1	Olympiacos	Marousi
19:00 EET	Juanfran 10' Kyrgiakos 41' Nsaliwa 56'	Report	Galletti 5' Torosidis 44' Papadopoulos 73'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 44,104 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Luciano Galletti

8 February 2009 Matchday 21	Larissa	1–1	AEK Athens	Larissa
16:45 EET	Giannakopoulos 29' Guela 76' Fotakis 76'	Report	Koutromanos 36' Nsaliwa 74' Djebbour 90+1' Edinho 90+3'	Stadium: Alkazar Attendance: 6,148 Referee: Ilias Spathas (Piraeus) Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour

14 February 2009 Matchday 22	AEK Athens	1–0	Thrasyvoulos	Marousi
19:00 EET	P. Hetemaj 28' Kyrgiakos 64' Tachtsidis 90+2' Pliatsikas 90+5' Saja 90+5'	Report	M. Hetemaj 30' Liapakis 56' Michos 83' Peçanha 86' Katsikis 90+6'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,532 Referee: Lazaros Polatian (Pella) Man of the Match: Panagiotis Tachtsidis

22 February 2009 Matchday 23	Asteras Tripolis	0–1	AEK Athens	Tripoli
19:00 EET	Fitanidis 36' Marcelão 85' Flávio 90+4'	Report	Scocco 26' Hetemaj 53' Geraldo Alves 84' Majstorovic 86'	Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium Attendance: 2,952 Referee: Dimitris Kyrkos (Epirus) Man of the Match: Daniel Majstorovic

28 February 2009 Matchday 24	AEK Athens	2–1	Skoda Xanthi	Marousi
19:00 EET	Edinho 10' Koutromanos 46' Blanco 49' Kyrgiakos 76' Hetemaj 88'	Report	Grzelak 15' Agali 41' Poy 57' Vallas 74' Papadimitriou 81'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,587 Referee: Michalis Lambropoulos (Elis) Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco

8 March 2009 Matchday 25	Panserraikos	1–5	AEK Athens	Serres
16:45 EET	Čeh 19' (pen.) Galanopoulos 24' Kali 26' Abubakari 27' Milenković 79'	Report	Blanco 6', 43' Alexopoulos 18' Djebbour 28' (pen.), 35' Scocco 45+1' Pelletieri 52'	Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium Attendance: 5,673 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco

14 March 2009 Matchday 26	AEK Athens	1–0	OFI	Marousi
19:00 EET	Kafes 23' Scocco 56'	Report	Malarz 29' Bezares 33' Arvanitis 71'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 11,860 Referee: Vasilis Paboridis (Kilkis) Man of the Match: Panagiotis Tachtsidis

22 March 2009 Matchday 27	AEK Athens	3–1	Levadiakos	Marousi
20:00 EET	Djebbour 2' Blanco 39' Scocco 63' Juanfran 76' Edinho 81'	Report	Kiassos 27' Koltzos 64' Machado 79'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,045 Referee: Petros Konstantineas (Messinia) Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour

5 April 2009 Matchday 28	Panthrakikos	1–1	AEK Athens	Komotini
19:00 EET	Matthys 24' Clément 27' Velasco 90+5'	Report	Georgeas 49' Blanco 57' Pelletieri 77'	Stadium: Komotini Stadium Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Ilias Mazarakos (Arta) Man of the Match: Spyros Vrontaras

12 April 2009 Matchday 29	AEK Athens	0–1	Aris	Marousi
19:00 EET	Alexopoulos 43' Majstorović 75' Burns 90+1' Geraldo Alves 90+5'	Report	Koke 23' 27' 85' Regueiro 90+4'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 13,847 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu) Man of the Match: Sergio Koke

26 April 2009 Matchday 30	Ergotelis	1–1	AEK Athens	Heraklion
19:00 EET	Beto 81' Fragoulakis 86' Κordonouris 90+3'	Report	Edinho 84' Hetemaj 90'	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Attendance: 3,652 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Michail Fragoulakis

Play-offs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Panathinaikos	6	5	1	0	12	3	+9	18	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	AEK Athens	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	12	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4	PAOK	6	2	0	4	5	9	−4	9	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	Larissa	6	0	1	5	3	10	−7	1	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round

Source: Super League Greece and Worldfootball.net
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.

Fixtures

10 May 2009 Matchday 1	AEK Athens	3–2	Larissa	Marousi
21:10 EET	Pavlis 8' 14' Manduca 40' Blanco 79' (pen.) Geraldo Alves 84' Tachtsidis 87' Scocco 90+1'	Report	Parra 9' 55' Ilić 21' 24' Dabizas 79' Tsigas 84' Venetidis 90+1' Kyriakos 90+3'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 8,864 Referee: Michalis Koukoulakis (Heraklion) Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco

13 May 2009 Matchday 2	Panathinaikos	1–1	AEK Athens	Marousi
19:00 EET	Gabriel 43' (pen.) 56' Spiropoulos 69'	Report	Scocco 12' Alexopoulos 30'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 22,980 Referee: Ilias Spathas (Piraeus) Man of the Match: Gabriel

17 May 2009 Matchday 3	PAOK	0–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
21:15 EET	Bakayoko 24' Contreras 77' Conceição 90+3'	Report	Nsaliwa 6' Georgeas 14' 71' Blanco 40' Manduca 47' Hetemaj 67' 84'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 28,703 Referee: Giorgos Daloukas (Thessaly) Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco

20 May 2009 Matchday 4	AEK Athens	3–1	PAOK	Marousi
19:00 EET	Djebbour 9' Blanco 39' Geraldo Alves 63' Chalkias 60' (o.g.)	Report	Ivić 35' Sorlin 45+1' 45+1' Chalkias 45+2'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 14,831 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu) Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour

24 May 2009 Matchday 5	Larissa	0–0	AEK Athens	Larissa
19:00 EET	Giannakopoulos 9' Iglesias 35' 45' Katsiaros 84'	Report	Nsaliwa 35' Hetemaj 79'	Stadium: Alkazar Attendance: 4,328 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Dino Seremet

31 May 2009 Matchday 6	AEK Athens	0–2	Panathinaikos	Marousi
21:15 EET	Saja 29'	Report	Moon 9' Karagounis 30' (pen.) Rukavina 36' Mattos 84'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 30,435 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu) Man of the Match: Giorgos Karagounis

Greek Cup

AEK entered the Greek Cup at the fourth round.

Matches

11 November 2008 Third round	Ilisiakos	1–2 (a.e.t.)	AEK Athens	Egaleo
19:00 EET	Nastos 22' Tabasis 57' Modroni 64' 110' Pavlidis 76' Tsitsomitsos 99' Veletis 103'	Report	Juanfran 54' Blanco 94' Lagos 96' Kafes 107'	Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Petros Konstantineas (Messinia)

22 January 2009 Round of 16	AEK Athens	1–0	Kerkyra	Marousi
16:45 EET	Geraldο Alves 14' Basinas 21' Scocco 89'	Report	Vitouladitis 45+1' Tsemperidis 69' Gustavo 78'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 4,315 Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)

Quarter-finals

18 February 2009 First leg	Skoda Xanthi	2–1	AEK Athens	Xanthi
21:30 EET	Papadimitriou 7' Abrahám 43' 89' Došek 68' Poy 69' Tziortziopoulos 78'	Report	Blanco 5' (pen.) 78' Kyrgiakos 17' Nsaliwa 30' Majstorović 73'	Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Giorgos Stathopoulos (Achaia)

25 February 2009 Second leg	AEK Athens	1–0 (2a–2 agg.)	Skoda Xanthi	Marousi
19:00 EET	Pelletieri 45' Nsaliwa 62' Blanco 83' Kyrgiakos 87'	Report	Poy 25' Vallas 51' Fliskas 81'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,480 Referee: Giannis Stavridis (Pieria) Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco

Semi-finals

18 March 2009 First leg	AEK Athens	3–1	Panserraikos	Marousi
19:00 EET	Djebbour 20', 40' Majstorović 38'	Report	Aurélio 24'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 7,642 Referee: Nathanail Charalabidis (Kavala) Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour

8 April 2009 Second leg	Panserraikos	0–0 (1–3 agg.)	AEK Athens	Serres
17:00 EET	Papazoglou 38' Galanopoulos 45' 90'	Report	Majstorović 56' Manduca 90'	Stadium: Stadium of Serres Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Giorgos Kastanidis (Thessaloniki)

Final

2 May 2009 Final	AEK Athens	4–4 (a.e.t.) (14–15 p)	Olympiacos	Marousi
20:30 EET	Blanco 4', 8' Kafes 28' Kyrgiakos 34' 90' Nsaliwa 43' Geraldo Alves 74' Scocco 90', 107' Edinho 111'	Report	Papadopoulos 34' 107' Derbyshire 47', 90+6' Galletti 68' 102' 102' Dudu 72'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 48,594 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)
	Penalties
	Kafes Blanco Scocco Edinho Majstorović Nsaliwa Saja Pelletieri Georgeas Kafes Blanco Scocco Edinho Majstorović Nsaliwa Saja Pelletieri		Óscar Dudu Cearense Diogo Domi Đorđević Torosidis Belluschi Nikopolidis Antzas Óscar Dudu Cearense Diogo Domi Đorđević Torosidis Belluschi Nikopolidis

UEFA Cup

Second qualifying round

14 August 2008 First leg	AEK Athens	0–1	Omonia	Athens, Greece
20:30 CET	Rivaldo 5' Scocco 90+1'	Report	Duro 18' Clayton 20' Cafu 40' Ndikumana 51'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 13,472 Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

28 August 2008 Second leg	Omonia	2–2 (3–4 agg.)	AEK Athens	Nicosia, Cyprus
19:00 CET	Duro 11', 70' Wenzel 64' Niculescu 90+1'	Report	Majstorović 12' Blanco 16' Scocco 22' 58' Edinho 30' Basinas 37' Zorbas 86' Pavlis 89' Juanfran 90+2'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 20,267 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany)

UEFA rankings

UEFA team ranking

#	Previous	Team	Ranking
80	77	Feyenoord	25.825
81	69	Dinamo București	25.781
82	83	AEK Athens	25.632
83	84	Slavia Prague	25.150
84	95	Nancy	25.033

UEFA country ranking

#	Previous	League	Ranking
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

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External links

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[Nikolaidis_Resigns-2] "Nikolaidis Resigns". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2008-11-08.

[aekfc.gr-3] "Kanellopoulos and Koulis take charge". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2008-11-08.

[Donis's_brief_tenure_at_AEK_is_over-4] "Sport In Greece.gr ::Front Page News". www.sportingreece.com. Archived from the original on February 17, 2012.

[AEK_FC_sign_Dusan_Bajevic-5] "AEK FC sign Dusan Bajevic". Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2008-11-21.

[6] "uefa.com: Donis handed AEK post".

[RikAEK-7] "AEK FC signs Rikka". Archived from the original on 2008-05-20. Retrieved 2008-05-17.

[MajAEK-8] "AEK move for Basel's Majstorovic".

[TozAEK-9] Projects, Sanmax. "News | KRC Genk". www.krcgenk.be.

[SajAEK-10] "AEK FC signs Saja". Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-07-02.

[ScoAEK-11] "AEK FC signs Scocco". Archived from the original on August 3, 2008.

[BurAEK-12] "AEK FC signs Burns". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2008-07-07.

[CesAEK-13] "FC Rapid sign Julio Cesar". Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2008-07-25.

[KapAEK-14] "AEK FC release Kapetanos". Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2008-07-02.

[SorAEK-15] "Sorrentino joins Chievo on loan". Archived from the original on 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2008-07-05.

[LibAEK-16] "AEK FC release Liberopoulos". Archived from the original on July 8, 2008.

[DelAEK-17] "AEK FC release Dellas". Archived from the original on 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2008-07-23.

[JuanAEK-18] "AEK FC signs JuanFran". Archived from the original on 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2008-07-31.

[Bas1AEK-19] "AEK FC signs Basinas". Archived from the original on 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2008-07-31.

[KyrAEK-20] "AEK FC signs Kyrgiakos". Archived from the original on August 6, 2008.

[21] "Error 404 - The official website for European football". UEFA.com.

[SokrAEK-22] "Genoa sign Papastathopoulos". Archived from the original on August 5, 2008.

[23] "Nikolaidis press conference (greek)". Archived from the original on 2008-08-27. Retrieved 2008-08-27.

[RivAEK-24] "Rivaldo leaves club (greek)". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2008-08-27.

[DjeAEK-25] "AEK FC signs Djebbour30". Archived from the original on 2008-09-01. Retrieved 2008-08-30.

[AEK_FC_signs_Pelletieri-26] "AEK FC signs Pelletieri". Archived from the original on 2008-09-03. Retrieved 2008-09-01.

[27] "Stelios Manolas becomes technical director". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2008-11-21.

[28] "Kintis elected new president". Archived from the original on 2009-07-27. Retrieved 2008-12-01.

[EdsAEK-29] "Mogo Mirim signs Edson Ratinho". Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2009-01-27.

[Bas2AEK-30] "Portsmouth sign Basinas". Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2009-02-02.

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[32] "Ο "τρομοκράτης" Ράφικ Τζιμπούρ και όσα έκανε με τη φανέλα της ΑΕΚ (VIDEO)". Enwsi.gr. June 17, 2015.

[33] "Με κίτρινη μάσκα! - ΤΑ ΝΕΑ".

[34] "ΠΑΤΡΙΣ - ΑΡΧΕΙΟ ΗΛΕΚΤΡΟΝΙΚΗΣ ΕΚΔΟΣΗΣ". archive.patris.gr.

[35] "Τέλος ο Ντιουφ". www.contra.gr.

[36] "Τέλος ο Αρουαμπαρένα". www.contra.gr.

[37] "Νέα μεγάλη μεταγραφή για Ξάνθη με την απόκτηση του Χάρη Παππά". in.gr. July 5, 2008.

[38] "Ο Ριβάλντο "στοίχειωσε" τον Αύγουστο". sport24.gr. Online.

[39] "El Poli Ejido presenta a Nakor Bueno y Fede Azcárate y cierra el fichaje del francés Charpenet". Teleprensa.

[40] "Στη Τζένοα με 3,8 εκ. ευρώ ο Παπασταθόπουλος, πάει για το μπαμ με Κυργιάκο η ΑΕΚ". in.gr. Online. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[41] "Το αντίο του Άκη Ζήκου". www.sport24.gr.

[42] wsroom, sport-fm. "Ολοκληρώθηκε του Κονέ". sport-fm.gr.

[43] "Τέλος ο Καλόν". www.sport24.gr.

[44] "Υπέγραψε στον Ηρακλή ο Μπούρμπος". www.contra.gr.

[45] "Ανακοινώθηκε η πώληση Τόζερ στην Γκενκ". contra.gr. Online. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[46] "ΒΥΖΑΣ Μεγαρων". byzas.blogspot.com.

[GenAEK-47] "Παραμένουν κι επισήμως Γκέντσογλου, Κουτρουμάνος". www.contra.gr.

[48] Playoff regulation (pdf, greek)

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