2017–18 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was AEK Athens' 57th competitive season in the top flight of Greek football, 8th season in the Super League Greece, and 94th year in existence as a football club. They also competed in the Greek Cup and in the UEFA Champions League for the first time since the 2007–08 season, having earned the 1st position in Play–offs for the first time last season.

AEK Athens
2017–18 season
PresidentEvangelos Aslanidis
Administrative LeaderDimitris Melissanidis
ManagerManolo Jiménez
StadiumAthens Olympic Stadium
Super LeagueChampions
Greek CupRunners-up
Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
Europa LeagueRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Sergio Araujo (11)
All: Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (16)
Highest home attendance50,141 (vs Levadiakos)
(22 April 2018)
Lowest home attendance4,102 (vs Lamia)
(27 January 2018)
Average home league attendance18,554

Events

  • June 7, 2017 Ilias Vouras and Christos Aravidis leave the club as their contract is not renewed.[1]
  • June 9, 2017 AEK players Anastasios Bakasetas, Petros Mantalos and Ognjen Vranješ face each other at an international national team match for 2018 World Cup qualifying round, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece, at Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica. Mantalos and Vranješ played all 90 minutes, Mantalos missing a great chance for Greece at 82nd minute, when shot the ball out at a one-on-one against Asmir Begović. The match ended 0–0, satisfying Greece, who needed at least the draw to stay at the top two places.
  • June 10, 2017 In Nea Philadelphia the presentation of the book from journalist Nikos Angelidis called "Every AEK of the world" took place. The book had as a subject the 302 clubs of the world that are named or were named after AEK and have the two-headed eagle as an emblem. AEK FC president, Evangelos Aslanidis went to the presentation and made a speech. AEK FC is a sponsor of the book.[2]
  • June 14, 2017 The minister of infrastructure, transport and networks, Christos Spirtzis, signs the necessary height-related study for Agia Sophia Stadium, the proposed stadium for AEK in Nea Philadelphia. As the club's official announcement states, the particular study was "the last obstacle" for the start of the construction of the stadium, and the official construction license for the stadium is about to be published "within the next days".[3]
  • June 21, 2017 Portuguese left-back Hélder Lopes signs a two-year deal with AEK, in a free transfer from Las Palmas.[4]
  • June 27, 2017 Ronald Vargas and Dimitrios Kolovetsios leave the club as no deal for their announcement was made.[5]
  • June 29, 2017 Greek-Belgian winger Viktor Klonaridis signs a three-year deal with AEK from RC Lens.[6] On the same day, Super League newcomers Lamia announced a loan transfer of Stavros Vasilantonopoulos from AEK.[7]
  • July 1, 2017 Croatian striker Marko Livaja signs from Las Palmas on a season long loan deal for €200,000 with a purchase option of €1,800,000 in the summer of 2018. Livaja became the third player which was transferred from Las Palmas to AEK within 2017, after Sergio Araujo and Hélder Lopes. Marko, as presented in the official club video, will wear the shirt with number 10.[8]
  • July 3, 2017 Serbian centre-back Uroš Ćosić signs with AEK for three years, with an extension clause of one more year, in a full transfer from Empoli F.C.. Uroš, as observed in the official video of his signing, will wear the shirt with number 15.[9]
  • July 5, 2017 Icelander left winger Arnór Traustason signs with AEK on loan for one year from Rapid Wien, with a permanent buyout clause at the summer of 2018. Arnór, as presented in the official video, will wear the shirt with number 30.[10] This transfer would be the seventh summer transfer for AEK of summer 2017. On the same day, newly promoted to Super League club Lamia officially announced that, after Stavros Vasilantonopoulos, another player will be loaned from AEK to Lamia, midfielder Ilias Tselios.[11]
  • July 12, 2017 The talk of AEK administrative leader, Dimitris Melissanidis, during the AEK Sports Club General Assembly, was featured in an official AEK F.C. TV video. Melissanidis mentioned all the "hindrances" during the "extremely painful road" until the license which would enable the, then proposed, Agia Sophia Stadium broke ground. The official announcement states that procedures are ending and that the stadium will soon break ground, and that the members whose actions toughened the procedures for the stadium were unanimously deleted from the club.[12]
  • July 14, 2017 The UEFA Champions League draw brought Russian club CSKA Moscow as opponents of AEK for the third qualifying round.[13]
  • July 24, 2017 It is officially announced from the official AEK website, that the club has received the official construction license, so that the Agia Sophia Stadium breaks ground, simultaneously inviting the team fans to celebrate the license in the upcoming match against CSKA Moscow for the Champions League third qualifying round.[14]
  • July 25, 2017 As mentioned the day before, AEK obtained the official construction license, announcing it officially on the football club page, with the title "It's not a dream! IT'S A FACT!", inviting the fans of AEK to the sanctification on upcoming Thursday, where the new stadium will break ground at Nea Filadelfeia.[15] On the same day, the construction license was featured on the giant screen of the Olympic Stadium, where AEK faced CSKA Moscow for the Champions League.
  • July 27, 2017 The sanctification for the beginning of the construction of Agia Sophia Stadium took place, with more than 15,000 fans of AEK being present, in Nea Filadelfeia, with the club officially thanking them for their presence. Among others, he club's administrative leader Dimitris Melissanidis, former club player Stelios Serafidis made a speech about the new stadium. Dimitris Melissanidis, in his speech, mentioned, among others, that "the walls of Agia Sophia will be high, invincible and will never, ever, fall again!".[16][17][18][19]
  • July 28, 2017 Agia Sophia Stadium officially broke ground.[18]

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 2018, 23:59 UTC+3.

No. Pos. Name Age League Cup Europe Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1GK Vasilis Barkas 2450702014010
16GK Panagiotis Tsintotas 24150201018010
22GK Giannis Anestis 27100009019010
87GK Panagiotis Dounis 210000000000
GK Thanasis Pantos 190000000000
Defenders
2DF Michalis Bakakis 272605010043060
3DF Hélder Lopes 29191418031250
4DF Ognjen Vranješ 2819430110334150
5DF Vasilis Lampropoulos 28180702028030
12DF Rodrigo Galo 31271819044240
15DF Uroš Ćosić 2590206017041
19DF Dmytro Chyhrynskyi 31151507027140
23DF Niklas Hult 2880200010000
33DF Giorgos Giannoutsos 191030004010
55DF Adam Tzanetopoulos 231042207220
Midfielders
6MF Astrit Ajdarević 28160516127220
8MF André Simões (VC2) 282004011235290
18MF Jakob Johansson (VC) 2881108017130
20MF Petros Mantalos (C) 26122117120470
21MF Panagiotis Kone 30131502020160
24MF Masoud Shojaei 34120511018130
25MF Kostas Galanopoulos 201905010034070
32MF Paris Babis 180000000000
39MF Erik Morán 277020009010
Forwards
7FW Lazaros Christodoulopoulos 3127776123461660
9FW Giorgos Giakoumakis 23111514020200
10FW Marko Livaja 24278401024110161
11FW Sergio Araujo 26231172813814111
14FW Tasos Bakasetas 25276828043830
28FW Victor Klonaridis 25121408024100
31FW Dimitris Melikiotis 210000000000
70FW Christos Antoniou 200000000000
77FW Christos Giousis 181022003200
Left during Summer Transfer window
FW Hugo Almeida 341100203101
Left during Winter Transfer Window
17DF Vinícius 253030006010
30MF Arnór Ingvi Traustason 253021005100
29FW Patito Rodríguez 282010205010
40FW Andreas Vlachomitros 201010002000

Transfers


Summer

No. Pos Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
3 DF Hélder Lopes Las Palmas Transfer Free 1 July 2017 30 June 2019 [20]
11 FW Giorgos Giakoumakis Platanias Transfer €300,000 26 June 2017 30 June 2021 [21]
15 DF Uroš Ćosić Empoli Transfer €500,000 3 July 2017 30 June 2020 [22]
16 GK Panagiotis Tsintotas Levadiakos Transfer Free 1 July 2017 30 June 2020 [23]
28 FW Victor Klonaridis Lens Transfer €200,000 29 June 2017 30 June 2020 [24]
32 MF Paris Babis AEK Athens U20 Promotion 1 July 2017 30 June 2022 [25]
55 DF Adam Tzanetopoulos Iraklis End of loan 1 July 2017 30 June 2020
70 FW Christos Antoniou AEK Athens U20 Promotion 1 July 2017 30 June 2022 [25]
77 FW Christos Giousis AEK Athens U20 Promotion 1 July 2017 30 June 2022 [25]
87 GK Panagiotis Dounis Kallithea End of loan 1 July 2017 30 June 2019
GK Thanasis Pantos AEK Athens U20 Promotion 1 July 2017 30 June 2020
DF Stavros Vasilantonopoulos Veria End of loan 1 July 2017 30 June 2018
MF Vasilios Karvounidis Triglia Rafinas End of loan 1 July 2017 30 June 2019
FW Antonis Kyriazis Kifisia End of loan 1 July 2017 30 June 2017

Winter

No. Pos Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
23 DF Niklas Hult Panathinaikos Transfer €200,000 31 January 2018 30 June 2020 [26]
24 MF Masoud Shojaei Panionios Transfer Free 28 December 2017 30 June 2018 [27]
31 FW Dimitris Melikiotis Kerkyra Loan termination 30 January 2018 30 June 2021
39 MF Erik Morán Leganés Transfer €130,000 2 January 2018 30 June 2021 [28]
GK Thanasis Pantos Acharnaikos Loan termination 31 December 2017 30 June 2020
MF Ilias Tselios Lamia End of loan 28 December 2017 30 June 2020

Summer

No. Pos Player To Type Fee Date Source
9 FW Hugo Almeida Hajduk Split Contract termination 30 August 2017 [29]
10 MF Ronald Vargas Newcastle Jets End of contract 16 September 2017 [30]
11 FW Sergio Araujo Las Palmas End of loan 30 June 2017
14 FW Tomáš Pekhart Hapoel Be'er Sheva End of contract 21 July 2017 [31]
16 GK Ilias Vouras Doxa Drama End of contract 7 August 2017 [32]
21 FW Christos Aravidis Free agent End of contract 30 June 2017 [32]
23 DF Dídac Vilà Espanyol Contract termination[a] 29 August 2017 [33]
24 DF Konstantinos Manolas Levadiakos Contract termination 29 August 2017 [34]
26 DF Dimitrios Kolovetsios Panathinaikos End of contract 3 July 2017 [35]
MF Vasilios Karvounidis Acharnaikos Contract termination 1 July 2017 [36]
FW Antonis Kyriazis Aris Limassol End of contract 1 September 2017 [37]

Winter

No. Pos Player To Type Fee Date Source
17 DF Vinícius Chapecoense Contract termination 18 January 2018 [38]
29 FW Patito Rodríguez Newcastle Jets Contract termination 8 December 2017 [39]
30 MF Arnór Ingvi Traustason Rapid Wien Loan termination 6 December 2017 [40]

Summer

No. Pos Player From Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
10 FW Marko Livaja Las Palmas €200,000 1 July 2017 30 June 2018 Y [41]
11 FW Sergio Araujo Las Palmas €800,000 31 August 2017 30 June 2018 N [42]
21 MF Panagiotis Kone Udinese Free 31 August 2017 30 June 2018 Y [43]
30 MF Arnór Ingvi Traustason Rapid Wien Free 5 July 2017 30 June 2018 Y [44]

Summer

No. Pos Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
31 FW Dimitris Melikiotis Kerkyra Free 16 August 2017 30 June 2018 N [45]
87 GK Giannis Papadopoulos Kissamikos Free 9 August 2017 30 June 2018 N [46]
GK Thanasis Pantos Acharnaikos Free 2 September 2017 30 June 2018 N [47]
DF Alkis Markopouliotis Kissamikos Free 9 August 2017 30 June 2018 N [46]
DF Stavros Vasilantonopoulos Lamia Free 26 June 2017 30 June 2018 N [7]
MF Ilias Tselios Lamia Free 5 July 2017 31 December 2017 N [11]

Winter

No. Pos Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
MF Ilias Tselios Ergotelis Free 10 January 2018 30 June 2018 N [48]
MF Andreas Vlachomitros Apollon Pontou Free 25 January 2018 30 June 2018 N [49]

Notes

a. ^ The player paid €250,000 to AEK Athens for the termination of his contract.

Renewals

No. Pos Player Date Former Exp Date New Exp Date Source
19 DF Dmytro Chyhrynskyi 30 March 2018 30 June 2018 30 June 2020 [50]
20 MF Petros Mantalos 16 November 2017 30 June 2019 30 June 2022 [51]
32 MF Paris Babis 12 June 2017 30 June 2022 [25]
70 FW Christos Antoniou 12 June 2017 30 June 2022 [25]
77 FW Christos Giousis 12 June 2017 30 June 2022 [25]
GK Thanasis Pantos 12 June 2017 30 June 2022
DF Stavros Vasilantonopoulos 30 May 2018 30 June 2018 30 June 2020 [52]

Overall transfer activity

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 July 2017 Friendly AEK Athens 1–1 Karpaty Lviv Kielce
18:00 (UTC+3) Report Chacua  10' Stadium: Kielce City Stadium
9 July 2017 Friendly Korona Kielce 0–1 AEK Athens Kielce
19:00 (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Kielce City Stadium
Referee: Damian Gavetski (Poland)
14 July 2017 Friendly AEK Athens 3–1 Banik Ostrava Kielce
18:00 (UTC+3)
Report
  • Sasinka  15'  34'
  • Šindelář  79'
Stadium: Kielce City Stadium
15 July 2017 Friendly AEK Athens 2–0 Bnei Sakhnin Kielce
19:00 (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Kielce City Stadium
19 July 2017 Friendly AEK Athens 1–1 Gent Marousi
20:30 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Referee: Aristidis Vatsios (West Attica)
10 August 2017 Friendly AEK Athens 2–1 Platanias Marousi
20:00 (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Referee: Tasos Papapetrou (Athens)
31 August 2017 Friendly AEK Athens 3–1 Kallithea Spata
19:30 (UTC+3) Report Candé Stadium: Spata Training Centre
Attendance: Behind closed doors
5 October 2017 Friendly Panachaiki 2–3 AEK Athens Patras
19:00 (UTC+3)
  • Eleftheriadis  29'
  • Kynigopoulos  81'
Report
Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium
Referee: Nikos Makripodis (Achaia)
9 November 2017 Friendly AEK Athens 0–1 Čukarički Spata
18:30 (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Spata Training Centre
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Andreas Gamaris (Athens)
16 March 2018 Friendly AEK Athens 5–0 Lamia Marousi
18:00 (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Nikos Ratsiatos (Argolida)
21 March 2018 Friendly AEK Athens 4–0 Panetolikos Marousi
17:00 (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Alexandros Tsamouris (Piraeus)

Super League Greece

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AEK Athens (C) 30 21 7 2 50 12 +38 70 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 PAOK 30 21 4 5 59 19 +40 64[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Olympiacos 30 18 6 6 63 28 +35 57[lower-alpha 2] Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Atromitos 30 15 11 4 43 21 +22 56 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5 Asteras Tripolis 30 12 9 9 39 24 +15 45
Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground); 7) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[55]
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. PAOK were deducted 3 points by court decision.[53]
  2. Olympiacos were deducted 3 points due to crowd behavior against AEK on 4 February 2018.[54]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 21 7 2 50 12  +38 70 13 1 1 32 5  +27 8 6 1 18 7  +11

Last updated: 2018-06-30.
Source: Super League Greece

Results by Matchday

Matchday123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAA
ResultWDWWWLDLWWDWWWDWWDWWWWDWWWWWDW
Position231111233211112223322221111111
Source: Super League Greece
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

20 August 2017 Matchday 1 AEK Athens 2−0 Panetolikos Marousi
19:15 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)
Man of the Match: Giannis Anestis
27 August 2017 Matchday 2 PAS Giannina 0−0 AEK Athens Ioannina
21:30 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
Attendance: 4,052
Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos (Trikala)
Man of the Match: Bruno Challkiadakis
10 September 2017 Matchday 3 AEK Athens 4−0 AEL Marousi
18:15 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Evangelos Evangelou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Petros Mantalos
17 September 2017 Matchday 4 Lamia 0−1 AEK Athens Peristeri
20:30 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Attendance: 3,677
Referee: Aristidis Vatsios (West Attica)
Man of the Match: Lazaros Christodoulopoulos
Note: Change of venue due to unavailability of the Lamia Municipal Stadium.
24 September 2017 Matchday 5 AEK Athens 3−2 Olympiacos Marousi
20:30 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 25,156
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
Man of the Match: Lazaros Christodoulopoulos
1 October 2017 Matchday 6 Asteras Tripolis 2−0 AEK Athens Tripoli
20:30 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium
Attendance: 3,344
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Tasos Douvikas
15 October 2017 Matchday 7 Xanthi 1−1 AEK Athens Xanthi
20:30 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena
Attendance: 3,483
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Macedonia)
Man of the Match: Živko Živković
23 October 2017 Matchday 8 AEK Athens 0−1 Atromitos Marousi
19:30 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia)
Man of the Match: Amr Warda
29 October 2017 Matchday 9 Panionios 0−1 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
19:30 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 2,907
Referee: Stavros Mantalos (Kavala)
Man of the Match: Sergio Araujo
5 November 2017 Matchday 10 AEK Athens 1–0 PAOK Marousi
19:30 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 14,056
Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos (Trikala)
Man of the Match: Marko Livaja
19 November 2017 Matchday 11 Panathinaikos 1−1 AEK Athens Ampelokipoi
19:30 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium
Attendance: 8,734
Referee: Charalampos Kalogeropoulos (Athens)
Man of the Match: Marko Livaja
27 November 2017 Matchday 12 AEK Athens 3−0 Platanias Marousi
19:30 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 20,586
Referee: Georgios Tzovaras (Phthiotis)
Man of the Match: Marko Livaja
3 December 2017 Matchday 13 Levadiakos 0–2 AEK Athens Livadeia
19:30 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 1,470
Referee: Georgios Kominis (Thesprotia)
Man of the Match: Marko Livaja
11 December 2017 Matchday 14 AEK Athens 3−1 Kerkyra Marousi
19:30 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 5,011
Referee: Athanasios Sezos (Kilkis)
Man of the Match: Panagiotis Kone
16 December 2017 Matchday 15 AEK Athens 0−0 Apollon Smyrnis Marousi
17:15 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 6,324
Referee: Stefanos Koumparakis (Thrace)
Man of the Match: Marko Livaja
6 January 2018 Matchday 16 Panetolikos 1−4 AEK Athens Agrinio
19:30 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium
Attendance: 3,744
Referee: Dimitrios Karantonis (Imathia)
Man of the Match: Τasos Bakasetas
14 January 2018 Matchday 17 AEK Athens 3−1 PAS Giannina Marousi
19:30 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 6,014
Referee: Dimitris Styliaras (Aetoloacarnania)
Man of the Match: Marko Livaja
20 January 2018 Matchday 18 AEL 0−0 AEK Athens Larissa
19:30 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: AEL FC Arena
Attendance: 5,519
Referee: Emmanouil Skoulas (Thessaly)
Man of the Match: Radomir Milosavljević
27 January 2018 Matchday 19 AEK Athens 2–0 Lamia Marousi
19:30 (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 4,102
Referee: Aristomenis Koutsiaftis (Arta)
Man of the Match: Τasos Bakasetas
4 February 2018 Matchday 20 Olympiacos 1–2 AEK Athens Piraeus
19:30 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 31,231
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Giorgos Giakoumakis
11 February 2018 Matchday 21 AEK Athens 1–0 Asteras Tripolis Marousi
17:15 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 8,315
Referee: Evangelos Evangelou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Niklas Hult
18 February 2018 Matchday 22 AEK Athens 4–0 Xanthi Marousi
17:15 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 7,562
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia)
Man of the Match: Ognjen Vranješ
26 February 2018 Matchday 23 Atromitos 1–1 AEK Athens Peristeri
19:30 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Attendance: 1,013
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
Man of the Match: Amr Warda
4 March 2018 Matchday 24 AEK Athens 1–0 Panionios Marousi
17:15 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 12,931
Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos (Trikala)
Man of the Match: Marko Livaja
11 March 2018 Matchday 25 PAOK 0−3
(Awarded)
AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:30 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 21,431
Referee: Georgios Kominis (Thesprotia)
Man of the Match: —
Note: In the 90th minute PAOK opened the score with Varela's header, while PAOK's footballer, Mauricio who participated in the effort, was in a prominent offside position. While the referee Kominis showed goal, after a few seconds and after protests of AEK players to the linesman Pontikis and after an discussion between the him and referee they decided to cancel the goal as offside. When this decision was made, the owner of PAOK, Ivan Savvidis entered the field with bodyguards in order to get the team and leave. When the footballer of PAOK, Vieirinha made sense not to do so, he attacked referee Kominis. Shortly after, he pulled out his jacket and a gun was revealed being attached to his belt. Then the referee of Kominis decided to stop the match and enter the teams in the locker rooms, for the threats that he had to himself, his assistants and members of the AEK staff by Ivan Savvidis and Lubos Michel. The referee came in the field with PAOK players to continue the match and with the score 1–0 for PAOK, but AEK players refused to come out in fear for their lives. The match was interrupted with the score 1–0 in favour for PAOK, but on court AEK Athens was awarded the 0–3 victory without a match.[56]
1 April 2018 Matchday 26 AEK Athens 3−0 Panathinaikos Marousi
19:30 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 27,106
Referee: Dimitrios Thanos (Grevena)
Man of the Match: Sergio Araujo
15 April 2018 Matchday 27 Platanias 0−1 AEK Athens Chania
19:30 (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,751
Referee: Stefanos Koubarakis (Thrace)
Man of the Match: Lazaros Christodoulopoulos
22 April 2018 Matchday 28 AEK Athens 2−0 Levadiakos Marousi
19:00 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 50,141
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)
Man of the Match: Tasos Bakasetas
29 April 2018 Matchday 29 Kerkyra 0–0 AEK Athens Corfu
19:00 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium
Attendance: 1,364
Referee: Ioannis Neofitiadis (Corinth)
Man of the Match: Fotis Koutzavasilis
5 May 2018 Matchday 30 Apollon Smyrnis 0−1 AEK Athens Rizoupoli
19:00 (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium
Attendance: 12,950
Referee: Georgios Tzovaras (Phthiotis)
Man of the Match: Sergio Araujo

Greek Cup

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OFI PLA APS IRA
1 OFI 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6 Round of 16 1–0 2–1
2 Platanias 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 1–0
3 Apollon Smyrnis 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 0
4 Iraklis[lower-alpha 1] (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: epo.gr
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points, 3) head-to-head goal difference, 4) head-to-head best offense, 5) overall goal difference, 6) overall best offense, 7) overall best defense
(W) Withdrew
Notes:
  1. Iraklis withdrew from the league because of Financial Problems. The founding club (Athlitiki Enosis Pontion Katerini) stopped to exist too. The original Gymnastikos Syllogos Iraklis would decide if a new football team will start from the Third Category of the local championship Macedonia Football Clubs Association, or if the football team of G.S. Iraklis will be merged with 1st category (A1) Macedonia Football Clubs Association club Iraklis Ampelokipi, as it happened before 5 years with Athlitiki Enosis Pontion Katerinis F.C.. The club was therefore automatically disqualified from the tournament.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AEK LAM APL KAL
1 AEK Athens 3 3 0 0 12 2 +10 9 Round of 16 2–0
2 Lamia 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6 1–0
3 Apollon Larissa 3 1 0 2 3 10 7 3 0–7 0–2
4 Kallithea 3 0 0 3 3 6 3 0 2–3 1–2
Source: epo.gr
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points, 3) head-to-head goal difference, 4) head-to-head best offense, 5) overall goal difference, 6) overall best offense, 7) overall best defense

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

20 September 2017 Matchday 1 AEK Athens 2–0 Lamia Rizoupoli
20:30 (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Dimitris Styliaras (Aetoloacarnania)
Man of the Match: Tasos Bakasetas
26 October 2017 Matchday 2 Apollon Larissa 0–7 AEK Athens Larissa
19:30 (UTC+3)
  • Milić  27'
  • Savvas  55'
Report
Stadium: Alcazar Stadium
Referee: Vasilis Fotias (Pella)
Man of the Match: Tasos Bakasetas
30 November 2017 Matchday 3 Kallithea 2–3 AEK Athens Kallithea
19:30 (UTC+2)
  • Papangelis  32'
  • Talento  38' (pen.)
  • Mingos  56'
Report
Stadium: Gregoris Lambrakis Stadium
Referee: Andreas Gamaris (Athens)
Man of the Match: Christos Giousis

Round of 16

20 December 2017 First leg Panetolikos 0−4 AEK Athens Agrinio
19:30 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium
Referee: Praxitelis Zachariadis (Macedonia)
Man of the Match: Tasos Bakasetas
9 January 2018 Second leg AEK Athens 1−0
(5–0 agg.)
Panetolikos Marousi
19:30 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Referee: Alexandros Tsamouris (Piraeus)
Man of the Match: Masoud Shojaei

Quarter-finals

24 January 2018 First leg Olympiacos 0–0 AEK Athens Piraeus
19:30 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
Man of the Match: Guillaume Gillet
7 February 2018 Second leg AEK Athens 2–1
(2–1 agg.)
Olympiacos Marousi
19:30 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 22,035
Referee: Georgios Kominis (Thesprotia)
Man of the Match: Michalis Bakakis

Semi-finals

1 March 2018 First leg AEL 2–1 AEK Athens Larissa
19:30 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: AEL FC Arena
Referee: Praxitelis Zachariadis (Macedonia)
Man of the Match: Thomas Nazlidis
18 April 2018 Second leg AEK Athens 1–0
(2(a)–2 agg.)
AEL Marousi
19:30 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Lazaros Christodoulopoulos

Final

12 May 2018 Final AEK Athens 0–2 PAOK Marousi
20:30 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 35,545
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
Man of the Match: Vieirinha

UEFA Champions League

  Win   Draw   Loss

Third qualifying round

25 July 2017 First leg AEK Athens 0–2 CSKA Moscow Athens, Greece
20:30 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 27,589
Referee: Marco Fritz (Germany)
Man of the Match: Alan Dzagoev
2 August 2017 Second leg CSKA Moscow 1−0
(3–0 agg.)
AEK Athens Moscow, Russia
20:00 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: VEB Arena
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Benoît Millot (France)
Man of the Match: Bibras Natkho

UEFA Europa League

Play–off round

17 August 2017 First leg Club Brugge 0–0 AEK Athens Bruges, Belgium
21:45 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
24 August 2017 Second leg AEK Athens 3–0
(3–0 agg.)
Club Brugge Athens, Greece
21:00 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 20,247
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
Man of the Match: André Simões

Group Stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MIL AEK RJK AW
1 Milan 6 3 2 1 13 6 +7 11 Advance to knockout phase 0–0 3–2 5–1
2 AEK Athens 6 1 5 0 6 5 +1 8 0–0 2–2 2–2
3 Rijeka 6 2 1 3 11 12 1 7 2–0 1–2 1–4
4 Austria Wien 6 1 2 3 9 16 7 5 1–5 0–0 1–3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
14 September 2017 Matchday 1 Rijeka 1–2 AEK Athens Rijeka, Croatia
20:00 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Rujevica
Attendance: 5,932
Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)
28 September 2017 Matchday 2 AEK Athens 2–2 Austria Wien Athens, Greece
22:05 (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 16,954
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
19 October 2017 Matchday 3 Milan 0–0 AEK Athens Milan, Italy
22:05 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 20,812
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
2 November 2017 Matchday 4 AEK Athens 0–0 Milan Athens, Greece
20:00 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 40,538
Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)
23 November 2017 Matchday 5 AEK Athens 2–2 Rijeka Athens, Greece
22:05 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 17,100
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)
7 December 2017 Matchday 6 Austria Wien 0−0 AEK Athens Vienna, Austria
20:00 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Attendance: 23,133
Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

Round of 32

15 February 2018 First leg AEK Athens 1–1 Dynamo Kyiv Athens, Greece
22:05 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 30,518
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
22 February 2018 Second leg Dynamo Kyiv 0–0
(1–1 agg.)
AEK Athens Kyiv, Ukraine
20:00 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy
Attendance: 27,014
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Note: Dynamo Kyiv won on away goals.

Player statistics

Starting 11

Goalscorers

Pos Player League Europe Cup Total
FW Lazaros Christodoulopoulos 7 3 6 16
FW Sergio Araujo 11 1 2 14
FW Marko Livaja 8 2 0 10
FW Tasos Bakasetas 6 0 2 8
MF Petros Mantalos 2 1 1 4
DF Ognjen Vranješ 4 0 0 4
MF André Simões 0 2 0 2
FW Christos Giousis 0 0 2 2
DF Hélder Lopes 1 0 1 2
DF Adam Tzanetopoulos 0 0 2 2
FW Giorgos Giakoumakis 1 0 1 2
MF Astrit Ajdarević 0 1 1 2
DF Rodrigo Galo 1 0 1 2
FW Victor Klonaridis 1 0 0 1
MF Jakob Johansson 1 0 0 1
MF Panagiotis Kone 1 0 0 1
DF Dmytro Chyhrynskyi 1 0 0 1
MF Masoud Shojaei 0 0 1 1
FW Hugo Almeida 1 0 0 1
FW Arnór Traustason 0 0 1 1
Own goals 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 47 10 21 78

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