2001–02 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
2001–02 season
ChairmanCornelius Sierhuis
(until 11 July)
Filon Antonopoulos
(until 2 January)
Charilaos Psomiadis
ManagerFernando Santos
StadiumNikos Goumas Stadium
Alpha Ethniki2nd
Greek CupWinners
UEFA CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Demis Nikolaidis (17)
All:
Demis Nikolaidis
Vasilios Tsiartas (28 each)
Highest home attendance18,151 vs Olympiacos
(20 January 2002)
Lowest home attendance124 vs Agios Nikolaos
(28 November 2001)
Average home league attendance7,675
Biggest winAEK Athens 6–0 Grevenmacher
AEK Athens 6–0 Kilkisiakos
Biggest defeatInternazionale 3–1 AEK Athens
Ethnikos Asteras 2–0 AEK Athens
Panathinaikos 2–0 AEK Athens

The 2001–02 season was the 78th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 43rd consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup. The season began on 6 August 2001 and finished on 8 May 2002.

Kits

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): Alpha Digital

Home
Away
Third

Overview

The summer of 2001 found AEK Athens once again in the midst of great administrative and financial problems. The multinationals ENIC and Netmed were searching all summer for interested parties to buy the or take over the management of the club. Eventually, the controversial businessman and well known from his past in the basketball team, Makis Psomiadis, through the company "Ippoventure", became the new boss of AEK.[1] Psomiadis initially put in the position of president his friend and businessman, Filon Antonopoulos and later his cousin, Charilaos.[2] In the competitive part, however, Psomiadis seemed to be quite capable, as he brought Fernando Santos as the new coach and added to the roster, the Paraguayan international defender, Carlos Gamarra, on loan from Flamengo.

AEK started the championship very well and from an outsider they slowly became a favorite for the title, with Santos demonstrating a disciplined and well-done team. However, 3 consecutive defeats in January suddenly made the situation very difficult and the first problems in the Psomiadis-Santos relations begun. Nevertheless, the team continued well and competed with Olympiacos for the title until the end. Eventually, on 20 April, in a match that was deemed as "final" for the penultimate matchday at the Olympic Stadium, Olympiacos won by 4–3 and conclusively AEK lost the title in a draw with 58 points each.

In the first round of the UEFA Cup, AEK had a theoretically easy task, having to face the weak Grevenmacher from Luxembourg. The first match took place at Nea Filadelfeia and AEK were storming. The 2 goals in the first half by Tsiartas and Zagorakis and another 4 in the second half by Nikolaidis, Lakis and Konstantinidis, gave an impressive victory to the yellow-blacks. The crowd was extremely satisfied and the rematch was of a formal procedure. In the rematch in Luxembourg AEK didn't struggle at all with 1 goal in each half with Lakis and Konstantinidis, while also missing plenty of chances. The majority of AEK's fans at the stadium was remarkable. In the second round, AEK found the obstacle of the Scottish Hibernian. The first match was played in Athens and in front of about 18,000 people, AEK won a penalty with Georgeas at the 55th minute and Tsiartas capitalized on it. In the 68th minute, a header by Nikolaidis made it 2–0 and gave AEK a good score for the second match. It was worth noting that with this goal, Demis Nikolaidis reached 17 goals for the UEFA Cup and became the Greek top scorer of all time for this competition. At the Easter Road, Hibernian pressed AEK, who were lucky to draw the first half 0–0. However, in the second half, 2 goals by Luna equalized the score of the first match and the game went to extra-time, where Tsiartas showed his class and with 2 personal goals with a shot and a direct corner kick, gave AEK the qualification. All the Scots managed to do was to score a third goal 5 minutes before the end of extra-time, getting an honorable victory with 3–2. In the third round, the draw again favored AEK, who found in front of them another "passable" opponent, the Croatian Osijek. In the first match in Croatia, AEK entered the game strongly and took the lead in the 12th minute with Zagorakis, while in the 70th minute Nikolaidis made it 0–2, but immediately after that the Croatians reduced it to 1–2. AEK kept the score in their favor until the end and was the clear favorite for qualification. In the second leg in Athens, AEK soon found themselves behind with a 15th-minute own goal by Ferrugem, but turned the score around to be leveled by the Osijek at 2–2 before half-time. Eventually, a goal by Konstantinidis in the 79th minute, gave the yellow-blacks the qualification. In the next round, another theoretically passable opponent was drawn against AEK, the Bulgarian Litex Lovech. The first match took place at Nikos Goumas Stadium and AEK came in impressively from the start and scoring 3 goals by the 23rd minute and with the Bulgarians reducing it to 3–1 in the 30th minute. In the second half, AEK conceded another goal for the final 3–2 and the Bulgarians to re-enter the qualification game. In the rematch in frozen Lovech, AEK were called upon to qualify in a match that took place in very difficult weather conditions. A goal by their top player in the match, Gamarra, at the 6th minute, brought AEK very close to the qualification, who even though conceding a goal at the end of the match, had already qualified. AEK reached the round of 16 of the institution and the margins for passable draws were narrowed. They were eventually drawn with the mighty Internazionale and things became extremely difficult. The first match at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza started impressively for AEK, who took the lead in the 8th minute with a great shot by Zagorakis. However, the Italian team quickly recovered and with two goals from Zanetti and Kallon made it 2–1 before the break, while their superiority was then sealed with another goal in the 56th minute from Ventola. The rematch was indeed difficult. In a packed Nikos Goumas Stadium, AEK tried to press, but in their first chance of Inter conceded a goal with free-kick by Greško in the 20th minute. AEK equalized after 3 minutes with a header by Konstantinidis and overturned the score with Nikolaidis at the 56th minute making the crowd heated as it brought the team just one goal away from extra-time, but the experienced and quality Italians immediately equalized with Ventola, which shaped the final 2–2. AEK's European course ended there, with an elimination with their "heads up".

In the Cup, AEK initially qualified by playing in a group with Panserraikos, Egaleo, and Nafpaktiakos Asteras. After an easy qualification over Agios Nikolaos, their next opponent were Kilkisiakos with the yellow-blacks achieving an even easier qualification. In the quarter-finals, AEK faced PAOK. In the first leg of Nikos Goumas Stadium, AEK prevailed with 2–1, while in the second leg of Toumba Stadium seemed difficult, but in the end it turned out to be a "strawl" as the yellow-blacks won by 0–4. In the semi-finals, AEK were drawn against Skoda Xanthi. The first match at Xanthi ended with 0–0 and AEK seemed as the favorite for the rematch. In the end, the Xanthi team proved to be "tougher", the match ended 0–0 and went to extra-time. There, however, a goal by Ilija Ivić in the 106th minute gave AEK the qualification for the final, against Olympiacos. The cup final took place a week after the "championship final" and beyond its given importance, it was AEK's opportunity for a revenge. The match was very strong from the start and despite the chances, the first-half ended 0–0. In the 51st minute, Nikolaidis won a penalty, Tsiartas executed it, the ball hit the two posts, reached Nikolaidis who shot, and after going against the body of Konstantinidis, ended up in the net. Olympiacos then pushed for the equalizer and eventually succeeded at the 70th minute with a header by Giovanni, who was sent-off 9 minutes later for an unsportsmanlike hit on Konstantinidis. At the 81st minute, Ivić entered the match and 2 minutes later, after a foul by Tsiartas, he scored the winning goal with a header and AEK won the title.[3]

The top scorer of the season for the yellow-blacks in the championship was Nikolaidis with 17 goals, while Tsiartas also scored 16 goals. The presence of Gamarra in defense was also noteworthy.[4]

Management team

Position Staff
Manager Fernando Santos
Assistant manager Jasminko Velić
Assistant manager Jorge Rosário
Assistant manager Antonis Minou
Academy director Andreas Stamatiadis
Academy manager Giorgos Karafeskos
Head of Medical Lakis Nikolaou
Physiotherapist Nikos Pantazis
Caretaker Nikos Koromilas

Players

Squad information

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 8 May 2002, 23:59 UTC+3.

No. Player Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Signed Previous club Transfer fee Contract until
Goalkeepers
1 Ilias Atmatsidis GK (1969-04-24)24 April 1969 (aged 33) 1992 Pontioi Veria €120,000 2002
22 Dionysis Chiotis GK (1977-06-04)4 June 1977 (aged 25) 1995 AEK Athens U20 — 2005
27 Sotiris Liberopoulos GK (1977-06-29)29 June 1977 (aged 25) 2001 Kalamata Free 2005
Defenders
3 Ferrugem CB / DM (1980-10-06)6 October 1980 (aged 21) 2000 Palmeiras Free 2005
4 Carlos Gamarra CB (1971-02-17)17 February 1971 (aged 31) 2001 Flamengo €600,000 2002
5 Nikos Kostenoglou (Vice-captain) CB / RB (1970-10-03)3 October 1970 (aged 31) 1994 Skoda Xanthi €200,000 2003
12 Georgios Xenidis LB / CB (1974-12-06)6 December 1974 (aged 27) 2002 Iraklis Free 2004
15 Éric Rabésandratana CB / DM (1972-09-18)18 September 1972 (aged 29) 2001 Paris Saint-Germain €1,800,000 2004
16 Nikolaos Georgeas RB / LB / DM (1976-12-27)27 December 1976 (aged 25) 2001 Kalamata €1,500,000 2006
17 Michalis Kasapis LB / LM (1971-08-06)6 August 1971 (aged 30) 1993 Levadiakos €75,000 2006
21 Vaios Karagiannis LB / CB (1968-06-25)25 June 1968 (aged 34) 1990 A.O. Karditsa €35,000 2002
25 Stathis Kappos RB (1979-07-31)31 July 1979 (aged 22) 2001 Kalamata Free 2005
32 Michalis Kapsis CB (1973-10-18)18 October 1973 (aged 28) 1999 Ethnikos Piraeus €250,000 2003
39 Grigoris Toskas CB (1983-01-08)8 January 1983 (aged 19) 2000 AEK Athens U20 — 2005
Midfielders
6 Theodoros Zagorakis (Captain) CM / DM / AM / RM / CB / RB (1971-10-27)27 October 1971 (aged 30) 2000 Leicester City Free 2003
7 Christos Maladenis CM / RM / LM / AM / DM / RW / LW / SS (1974-05-23)23 May 1974 (aged 28) 1995 Skoda Xanthi €300,000 2003
10 Vasilios Tsiartas (Vice-captain 2) AM / RM / LM / SS (1972-11-12)12 November 1972 (aged 29) 2000 Sevilla €3,500,000 2003
14 Akis Zikos DM / CM (1974-06-01)1 June 1974 (aged 28) 1998 Skoda Xanthi €700,000 2006
18 Georgios Passios DM / CM / CB (1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 20) 1997 AEK Athens U20 — 2003
19 Bledar Kola LM / CM / DM / LB (1972-08-01)1 August 1972 (aged 29) 2001 Panathinaikos Free 2003
23 Vasilios Lakis RM / RW / AM / CM / RB (1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 25) 1998 Paniliakos €1,000,000 2003
28 Milen Petkov DM / CM / AM / RM / LM (1974-01-12)12 January 1974 (aged 28) 2000 CSKA Sofia €800,000 2003
33 Fernando Navas LM / AM / RM (1977-01-29)29 January 1977 (aged 25) 2000 Boca Juniors €2,000,000 2005
41 Dimitris Karameris CM / DM (1983-04-16)16 April 1983 (aged 19) 2000 AEK Athens U20 — 2005
Forwards
11 Demis Nikolaidis ST / SS (1973-09-17)17 September 1973 (aged 28) 1996 Apollon Athens €1,000,000 2004
20 Sotiris Konstantinidis RW / LW / RM / LM / AM (1979-04-19)19 April 1979 (aged 23) 1999 Iraklis Free 2004
24 Christos Kostis SS / ST / AM / RW / LW (1972-01-15)15 January 1972 (aged 30) 2000 Anderlecht Free 2002
26 António Folha LW / LM / AM (1971-05-21)21 May 1971 (aged 31) 2002 Porto Free 2002
30 Ilija Ivić ST / LW (1971-02-17)17 February 1971 (aged 31) 2002 Aris Free 2005
Left during Winter Transfer Window
2 Maricá RB (1979-09-24)24 September 1979 (aged 22) 2001 Vasco da Gama Free 2002
9 Grzegorz Mielcarski ST (1971-05-19)19 May 1971 (aged 31) 2001 Pogoń Szczecin Free 2003
29 Ilias Anastasakos ST / LW / LM (1978-03-03)3 March 1978 (aged 24) 1995 A.O. Dafniou Free 2002
31 Georgios Trichias RW / ST (1979-10-14)14 October 1979 (aged 22) 2001 Niki Volos Free 2005

Transfers

In

Summer

No. Pos. Player From Fee Date Contract Until Source
9 FW Grzegorz Mielcarski Pogoń Szczecin Free transfer 31 July 2001 30 June 2003 [5]
15 DF Éric Rabésandratana Paris Saint-Germain €1,800,000[6] 27 July 2001 30 June 2004 [7]
25 DF Stathis Kappos Kalamata Free transfer 9 August 2001 30 June 2005 [8]
27 GK Sotiris Liberopoulos Kalamata Free transfer 9 August 2001 30 June 2005 [8]
29 FW Ilias Anastasakos Kalamata Loan return 1 July 2001 30 June 2002
31 FW Georgios Trichias Panetolikos Loan return 1 July 2001 31 December 2005
— GK Lefteris Petkaris Kilkisiakos Loan return 1 July 2001 30 June 2001
— DF Georgios Paraskevaidis Panionios Loan return 1 July 2001 30 June 2001
— MF Ivan Rusev Athinaikos Loan return 1 July 2001 30 June 2005
— MF Luis Darío Calvo Kalamata Loan return 1 July 2001 30 June 2001
— FW Giorgos Kartalis Agios Nikolaos Loan return 1 July 2001 30 June 2001
— FW Giorgos Kavazis Kalamata Loan return 1 July 2001 30 June 2003

Winter

No. Pos. Player From Fee Date Contract Until Source
12 DF Georgios Xenidis Iraklis Free transfer 3 January 2002 30 June 2004 [2]
30 FW Ilija Ivić Aris Free transfer 2 January 2002 30 June 2005 [9]
33 MF Fernando Navas Aris Loan return 25 February 2002 30 June 2004 [10]

Out

Summer

No. Pos. Player To Fee Date Source
2 DF Traianos Dellas Perugia Contract termination 4 September 2001 [11][12]
12 DF Charis Kopitsis Egaleo Contract termination 10 August 2001 [13][14]
27 DF Hernán Medina Boca Juniors Loan return 1 July 2001
— GK Lefteris Petkaris Aris End of contract 1 July 2001
— DF Georgios Paraskevaidis Athinaikos End of contract 1 July 2001
— MF Luis Darío Calvo Boca Juniors Loan return 1 July 2001
— FW Giorgos Kartalis Trikala End of contract 1 July 2001
— FW Giorgos Kavazis Apollon Limassol Contract termination 1 July 2001

Winter

No. Pos. Player To Fee Date Source
2 DF Maricá Vasco da Gama Loan termination 28 December 2001 [15]
9 FW Grzegorz Mielcarski Amica Wronki Contract termination 9 January 2002 [16]
29 FW Ilias Anastasakos Athinaikos Contract termination 18 January 2002 [17]

Loan in

Summer

No. Pos. Player From Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
2 DF Maricá Vasco da Gama Free 10 August 2001 30 June 2002 N [18]
4 DF Carlos Gamarra Flamengo €600,000[6] 24 July 2001 30 June 2002 Y [19]

Winter

No. Pos. Player From Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
26 FW António Folha Porto Free 3 January 2002 30 June 2002 N [2]

Loan out

Summer

No. Pos. Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
15 GK Chrysostomos Michailidis Ethnikos Asteras Free 9 August 2002 30 June 2002 N [8]
31 DF Christos Pitos Marko Free 1 July 2001 30 June 2002 N
30 FW Emanuel Ruiz Unión Santa Fe Free 22 August 2001 30 June 2002 N [20]
— MF Ivan Rusev Apollon Smyrnis Free 1 July 2001 30 June 2002 N

Winter

No. Pos. Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
31 FW Georgios Trichias Apollon Smyrnis Free 18 January 2002 30 June 2002 N [21]
33 MF Fernando Navas Aris Free 29 January 2002 30 June 2002 N [22]

Contract renewals

No. Pos. Player Date Former Exp. Date New Exp. Date Source
14 MF Akis Zikos 16 October 2001 30 June 2002 30 June 2006 [23]
17 DF Michalis Kasapis 2 August 2001 30 June 2002 30 June 2006 [24]
21 DF Vaios Karagiannis 12 July 2001 30 June 2001 30 June 2002 [25]
24 FW Christos Kostis 12 July 2001 30 June 2001 30 June 2002 [25]

Overall transfer activity

Pre-season and friendlies

15 July 2001 Friendly Eintracht Braunschweig 0–3 AEK Athens Schneverdingen
15:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
  • Petkov 18'
  • Konstantinidis 38'
  • Trichias 66'
 Stadium: Schneverdingen sports center
Attendance: 100
17 July 2001 Friendly Einheit Wernigerode 0–6 AEK Athens Schneverdingen
[26]
Stadium: Schneverdingen sports center
20 July 2001 Friendly St. Pauli 0–3 AEK Athens Hamburg
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) [27]
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 200
21 July 2001 Friendly AEK Athens 0–0 Osnabrück Osnabrück
[28] Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke
Attendance: 4,000
28 July 2001 Friendly AEK Athens 7–0 Apollon Kalamarias Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Theofilaktos Papapanagiotou (Piraeus)
3 August 2001 Nova Supersports Cup AEK Athens 0–1 Bologna Nea Filadelfeia
19:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
Note: 45-minute match.
3 August 2001 Nova Supersports Cup AEK Athens 1–0 Sevilla Nea Filadelfeia
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)
Note: 45-minute match.
12 August 2001 Friendly AEK Athens 2–1 Tottenham Nea Filadelfeia
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)
8 September 2001 Friendly AEK Athens 3–1 Panionios Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
[29]
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)
16 September 2001 Friendly AEK Athens 2–1 Panachaiki Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Spyros Voulgaris (Piraeus)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Alpha Ethniki 23 September 2001 8 May 2002 Matchday 1 2nd 26 19 1 6 65 28 +37 073.08
Greek Cup 6 August 2001 27 April 2002 Group stage Winners 15 13 2 0 45 9 +36 086.67
UEFA Cup 9 August 2001 28 February 2002 Qualifying round Fourth round 10 6 2 2 24 14 +10 060.00
Total 51 38 5 8 134 51 +83 074.51

Last updated: 8 May 2002
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

Main article: 2001–02 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 26 17 7 2 69 30 +39 58[a] Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2 AEK Athens 26 19 1 6 65 28 +37 58[a] Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3 Panathinaikos 26 16 7 3 53 25 +28 55 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 PAOK 26 14 6 6 55 45 +10 48
5 Skoda Xanthi 26 12 6 8 34 26 +8 42
Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: AEK Athens–Olympiacos 2–3, Olympiacos–AEK Athens 4–3.

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
26 19 1 6 65 28  +37 58 12 0 1 40 9  +31 7 1 5 25 19  +6

Results by Matchday

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAH
ResultWWWLWWWWWWLLLWWDWLWWWWWWLW
Position51122111111221111222111122
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

23 September 2001 1 Ionikos 1–2 AEK Athens Nikaia
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Kakiousis  4'
  • Vilanakis 79'
  • Vlachos  81'
Stadium: Neapoli Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,661
Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)
30 September 2001 2 AEK Athens 4–0 Egaleo Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 5,238
Referee: Vasilis Skoufitsas (Athens)
14 October 2001 3 AEK Athens 2–0 Skoda Xanthi Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 6,707
Referee: Christos Trikalis (Trikala)
21 October 2001 4 Ethnikos Asteras 2–0 AEK Athens Kaisariani
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium
Attendance: 3,450
Referee: Giannis Bisogiannis (Thessaloniki)
4 November 2001 5 AEK Athens 2–0 Panathinaikos Nea Filadelfeia
21:15 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 13,169
Referee: Makis Efthimiadis (Drama)
18 November 2001 6 OFI 0–1 AEK Athens Heraklion
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 6,696
Referee: Nikos Angelakis (Thessaloniki)
25 November 2001 7 AEK Athens 3–0 Akratitos Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 3,398
Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)
2 December 2001 8 Panachaiki 0–1 AEK Athens Patras
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium
Attendance: 7,225
Referee: Stavros Kremastiotis (Argolida)
9 December 2001 9 Panionios 2–6 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 4,390
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
16 December 2001 10 AEK Athens 4–2 Aris Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 7,474
Referee: Spyros Voulgaris (Piraeus)
13 January 2002 11 Iraklis 3–2 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 11,624
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
20 January 2002 12 AEK Athens 2–3 Olympiacos Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 18,151
Referee: Makis Efthimiadis (Drama)
27 January 2002 13 PAOK 3–2 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
3 February 2002 14 AEK Athens 4–0 Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Dimitris Pissas (Imathia)
10 February 2002 15 Egaleo 1–3 AEK Athens Nikaia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikaia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,920
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
17 February 2002 16 Skoda Xanthi 1–1 AEK Athens Xanthi
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium
Attendance: 7,656
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
24 February 2002 17 AEK Athens 1–0 Ethnikos Asteras Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 7,028
Referee: Vasilis Skoufitsas (Athens)
3 March 2002 18 Panathinaikos 2–0 AEK Athens Ampelokipoi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 15,166
Referee: Giorgos Tsangarakis (Chania)
10 March 2002 19 AEK Athens 3–0 OFI Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 5,944
Referee: Lambros Gouvas (Arta)
17 March 2002 20 Akratitos 0–1 AEK Athens Ano Liosia
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium
Attendance: 2,826
Referee: Dimitris Takidis (Kilkis)
23 March 2002 21 AEK Athens 4–1 Panachaiki Nea Filadelfeia
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 4,291
Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)
31 March 2002 22 AEK Athens 2–1 Panionios Nea Filadelfeia
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 7,199
Referee: Kostas Finokaliotis (Athens)
7 April 2002 23 Aris 0–3 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
17:15 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Aris Stadium
Attendance: 7,330
Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)
14 April 2002 24 AEK Athens 3–0 Iraklis Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 8,651
Referee: Makis Efthimiadis (Drama)
20 April 2002 25 Olympiacos 4–3 AEK Athens Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 60,292
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
8 May 2002 26 AEK Athens 6–2 PAOK Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 11,079
Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)

Greek Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Greek Football Cup

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AEK EGA PNS NAF
1 AEK Athens 6 5 1 0 25 7 +18 16 Second Round 2–0 5–0 4–0
2 Egaleo 6 2 3 1 10 8 +2 9 3–3 0–0 3–1
3 Panserraikos 6 2 2 2 7 12 −5 8 1–5 1–1 2–1
4 Nafpaktiakos Asteras 6 0 0 6 6 21 −15 0 3–6 1–3 0–3
Source: epo.gr

Matches

6 August 2001 1 Panserraikos 1–5 AEK Athens Serres
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Chibuzor 84'
 Report (page 1)
Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium
Referee: Giannis Bisogiannis (Thessaloniki)
29 August 2001 2 Nafpaktiakos Asteras 3–6 AEK Athens Nafpaktos
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Loukopoulos 18'
  • Zapantiotis 70'
  • Kyparissis 76'
 Report (page 1-2)
Stadium: Papacharalambeio National Stadium
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
19 August 2001 3 AEK Athens 2–0 Egaleo Nikaia
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report (page 2)
Stadium: Nikaia Municipal Stadium
Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)
26 August 2001 4 AEK Athens 5–0 Panserraikos Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report (page 2)
  • Savvidis
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis (Messinia)
11 October 2001 5 AEK Athens 4–0 Nafpaktiakos Asteras Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report (page 3)
  • Panourgias
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 287
Referee: Pavlos Papilias (Piraeus)
7 November 2001 6 Egaleo 3–3 AEK Athens Nikaia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Makris 55', 59'
  • Nikolopoulos 58'
 Report (page 3)
Stadium: Nikaia Municipal Stadium
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)
Second round
28 November 2001 First leg AEK Athens 3–0 Agios Nikolaos Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report (page 33)
  • Seliniotakis
  • Angelakis
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 124
Referee: Spyros Voulgaris (Piraeus)
19 December 2001 Second leg Agios Nikolaos 0–1
(0–4 agg.)		 AEK Athens Agios Nikolaos
14:45 EET (UTC+2) Report (page 34)
Stadium: Agios Nikolaos Municipal Stadium
Referee: Giorgos Tsangarakis (Chania)
Round of 16
9 January 2002 First leg Kilkisiakos 0–1 AEK Athens Kilkis
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Pavlidis
Report (page 37)
Stadium: Kilkis Municipal Stadium
Referee: Giannis Bisogiannis (Thessaloniki)
17 January 2002 Second leg AEK Athens 6–0
(7–0 agg.)		 Kilkisiakos Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report (page 39)
  • Charalampidis
  • Kalpakis
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)
Quarter-finals
30 January 2002 First leg AEK Athens 2–1 PAOK Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report (page 39)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 6,310
Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)
6 February 2002 Second leg PAOK 0–4
(1–6 agg.)		 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report (page 40)
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 15,109
Referee: Giorgos Tsangarakis (Chania)
Semi-finals
13 March 2002 First leg Skoda Xanthi 0–0 AEK Athens Xanthi
16:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report (page 41)
Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium
Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis (Messinia)
10 April 2002 Second leg AEK Athens 1–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–0 agg.)		 Skoda Xanthi Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report (page 41) Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Referee: Pavlos Papilias (Piraeus)
Final
27 April 2002 Final AEK Athens 2–1 Olympiacos Marousi
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 45,258
Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Cup

Qualifying round

9 August 2001 First leg AEK Athens 6–0 Grevenmacher Athens, Greece
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 6,082
Referee: Ghenadie Orlic (Moldova)
23 August 2001 Second leg Grevenmacher 0–2
(0–8 agg.)		 AEK Athens Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Buschmann  79'
 Report
Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel
Attendance: 500
Referee: Brian Lawlor (Wales)

First round

20 September 2001 First leg AEK Athens 2–0 Hibernian Athens, Greece
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 15,525
Referee: Attila Hanacsek (Hungary)
27 September 2001 Second leg Hibernian 3–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 agg.)		 AEK Athens Edinburgh, Scotland
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 16,647
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

Second round

18 October 2001 First leg Osijek 1–2 AEK Athens Osijek, Croatia
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Gradski Vrt Stadium
Referee: Eric Romain (Belgium)
30 October 2001 Second leg AEK Athens 3–2
(5–3 agg.)		 Osijek Athens, Greece
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 3,446
Referee: Ivan Dobrinov (Bulgaria)

Third round

22 November 2001 First leg AEK Athens 3–2 Litex Lovech Athens, Greece
21:15 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 12,428
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
6 December 2001 Second leg Litex Lovech 1–1
(3–4 agg.)		 AEK Athens Lovech, Bulgaria
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Lovech Stadium
Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)

Fourth round

21 February 2002 First leg Internazionale 3–1 AEK Athens Milan, Italy
22:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 14,030
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
28 February 2002 Second leg AEK Athens 2–2
(3–5 agg.)		 Internazionale Athens, Greece
21:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 14,310
Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 8 May 2002
No. Pos Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Ilias Atmatsidis 9 0 8 0 6 0 23 0
22 GK Dionysis Chiotis 17 0 5 0 4 0 26 0
27 GK Sotiris Liberopoulos 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
Defenders
3 DF Ferrugem 24 1 12 3 9 0 45 4
4 DF Carlos Gamarra 24 0 8 0 8 1 40 1
5 DF Nikos Kostenoglou 14 0 8 0 4 0 26 0
12 DF Georgios Xenidis 9 0 3 0 1 0 13 0
15 DF Éric Rabésandratana 0 0 3 0 2 0 5 0
16 DF Nikolaos Georgeas 21 0 12 0 8 0 41 0
17 DF Michalis Kasapis 19 0 9 0 8 0 36 0
21 DF Vaios Karagiannis 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0
25 DF Stathis Kappos 1 0 4 0 1 0 6 0
32 DF Michalis Kapsis 6 0 6 0 3 0 15 0
39 DF Grigoris Toskas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF Theodoros Zagorakis 26 3 9 1 10 4 45 8
7 MF Christos Maladenis 21 6 13 6 6 0 40 12
10 MF Vasilios Tsiartas 24 16 8 6 9 6 41 28
14 MF Akis Zikos 24 1 12 1 9 0 45 2
18 MF Georgios Passios 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0
19 MF Bledar Kola 2 0 8 2 4 0 14 2
23 MF Vasilios Lakis 26 8 10 4 10 3 46 15
28 MF Milen Petkov 14 0 9 1 9 0 32 1
33 MF Fernando Navas 0 0 4 1 2 0 6 1
41 MF Dimitris Karameris 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Forwards
11 FW Demis Nikolaidis 24 17 7 6 8 5 39 28
20 FW Sotiris Konstantinidis 21 4 9 4 10 5 40 13
24 FW Christos Kostis 0 0 4 1 0 0 4 1
26 FW António Folha 9 0 5 1 1 0 15 1
30 FW Ilija Ivić 15 4 5 4 1 0 21 8
Left during Winter Transfer Window
2 DF Maricá 7 0 4 0 4 0 15 0
9 FW Grzegorz Mielcarski 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 2
29 FW Ilias Anastasakos 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0
31 FW Georgios Trichias 1 0 4 3 1 0 6 3

Goalscorers

As of 8 May 2002
Rank No. Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 11 FW Demis Nikolaidis 17 6 5 28
10 MF Vasilios Tsiartas 16 6 6 28
3 23 MF Vasilios Lakis 8 4 3 15
4 20 FW Sotiris Konstantinidis 4 4 5 13
5 7 MF Christos Maladenis 6 6 0 12
6 30 FW Ilija Ivić 4 4 0 8
6 MF Theodoros Zagorakis 3 1 4 8
8 3 DF Ferrugem 1 3 0 4
9 31 FW Georgios Trichias 0 3 0 3
10 9 FW Grzegorz Mielcarski 2 0 0 2
14 MF Akis Zikos 1 1 0 2
19 MF Bledar Kola 0 2 0 2
13 33 MF Fernando Navas 0 1 0 1
28 MF Milen Petkov 0 1 0 1
24 FW Christos Kostis 0 1 0 1
28 MF Milen Petkov 0 1 0 1
4 DF Carlos Gamarra 0 0 1 1
Own goals 3 1 0 4
Totals 65 45 24 134

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player Against Result Date Competition Source
Vasilios Tsiartas Panserraikos 5–1 (A) 6 August 2001 Greek Cup [30]
Demis Nikolaidis5 Nafpaktiakos Asteras 6–3 (A) 29 August 2001 Greek Cup [31]

Assists

As of 8 May 2002
Rank No. Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 10 MF Vasilios Tsiartas 11 0 0 11
2 23 MF Vasilios Lakis 4 0 0 4
3 11 FW Demis Nikolaidis 3 0 0 3
4 3 DF Ferrugem 2 0 0 2
17 DF Michalis Kasapis 2 0 0 2
6 MF Theodoros Zagorakis 2 0 0 2
28 MF Milen Petkov 2 0 0 2
30 FW Ilija Ivić 2 0 0 2
9 20 FW Sotiris Konstantinidis 1 0 0 1
Totals 29 0 0 29

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by competition order when total clean sheets are equal, then by shirt number and then alphabetically by surname. Clean sheets in games where both goalkeepers participated are awarded to the goalkeeper who started the game. Goalkeepers with no appearances are not included.

As of 8 May 2002
Rank No. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 22 Dionysis Chiotis 9 3 0 12
1 Ilias Atmatsidis 3 6 3 12
2 27 Sotiris Liberopoulos 0 1 0 1
Totals 12 10 3 25

Disciplinary record

As of 8 May 2002
N P Nat. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total Notes
Goalkeepers
1 GK Ilias Atmatsidis 1 1
22 GK Dionysis Chiotis 1 1 2
27 GK Sotiris Liberopoulos
Defenders
3 DF Ferrugem 4 2 2 8
4 DF Carlos Gamarra 1 1 2
5 DF Nikos Kostenoglou 3 1 1 5
12 DF Georgios Xenidis 1 2 3
15 DF Éric Rabésandratana
16 DF Nikolaos Georgeas 4 2 2 8
17 DF Michalis Kasapis 3 1 4
21 DF Vaios Karagiannis
25 DF Stathis Kappos
32 DF Michalis Kapsis 1 1
39 DF Grigoris Toskas
Midfielders
6 MF Theodoros Zagorakis 2 2 1 5
7 MF Christos Maladenis 1 1
10 MF Vasilios Tsiartas 1 1
14 MF Akis Zikos 5 2 2 9
18 MF Georgios Passios 1 1
19 MF Bledar Kola
23 MF Vasilios Lakis 2 1 2 5
28 MF Milen Petkov 2 1 3
33 MF Fernando Navas
41 MF Dimitris Karameris
Forwards
11 FW Demis Nikolaidis 2 1 2 5
20 FW Sotiris Konstantinidis 2 2 4
24 FW Christos Kostis 1 1
26 FW António Folha 1 1
30 FW Ilija Ivić 1 2 3
Left during Winter Transfer window
2 DF Maricá
9 DF Grzegorz Mielcarski
29 FW Ilias Anastasakos 1 1
31 FW Georgios Trichias

Starting 11

Awards

Player Pos. Award Source
Demis Nikolaidis FW Greek Player of the Season [32]
Fernando Santos — Manager of the Season [32]

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