2004–05 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
2004–05 season
ChairmanDemis Nikolaidis
ManagerFernando Santos
StadiumAthens Olympic Stadium
Alpha Ethniki3rd
Greek CupSemi-finals
UEFA CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Alessandro Soares (11)

All:
Alessandro Soares (15)
Highest home attendance63,129 vs Olympiacos
(7 November 2004)
Lowest home attendance763 vs Agios Dimitrios
(22 December 2004)
Average home league attendance21,925
Biggest winAgios Dimitrios 1–4 AEK Athens
AEK Athens 4–1 Kallithea
AEK Athens 3–0 Agios Dimitrios
AEK Athens 3–0 Apollon Kalamarias
Biggest defeatZenit Saint Petersburg 5–1 AEK Athens

The 2004–05 season was the 81st season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 46th 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 11 September 2004 and finished on 25 May 2005.

Kits

Supplier: Adidas / Nike
Sponsor(s): TIM

Home
Away
Third
Home 2004
Away 2004
Third 2004

Overview

The season found AEK faced with annihilation, since their debts were unmanageable and unmanageable for anyone. The former star of the team, Demis Nikolaidis and a group of partners and friends of the club, put on the carpet the plan of being included in the article 44 of the bankruptcy law and on 7 July he took over the administration. The article 44 was an inspiration of the economist Giorgos Kintis, who elaborated the plan and as soon as the first financiers and the leader Nikolaidis were found, hope began to fade. AEK went to court, but its first application in May was rejected. In the meantime, Nikolaidis, having the full support of the club's supportes, came to an agreement with the majority of the footballers for part of the dues and planned as best he could the continuation of the team's competition. Nikolaidis proceeded with some partial agreements, managed and set up a budget and mainly persuaded the team's former coach Fernando Santos to return to Greece, with a clause that if the team went bankrupt, he would be free. The roster that the Portuguese had in his hands to work with was lacking, since the big stars had left with the only remaining ones being Kostas Katsouranis and Nikos Liberopoulos as well as the veterans, Nikos Kostenoglou and Nikolaos Georgeas, while at the end of the transfer period, with personal actions of Santos, they acquired Bruno Alves and Paulo Assunção on loan from Porto. Meanwhile, the article 44 legal battle continued and the season of uncertainty began with the world turning its attention to the very existence of AEK, which depended on the court's final verdict. The fans of AEK showed their opposition to the annihilation of the team in every way either with a banner in Rizoupoli or with the historic rally of October 2004 in the centor of Athens, where more than 10 thousand people demonstrated in favor of saving the team. On 18 November the club was vindicated and the team looked to the future with optimism.

Freed from the stress of existence itself and in an unprecedented climate of rallying and unity, AEK began an incredible run in the league with back-to-back victories and April found them equal contenders for the championship. AEK became the favorite, since in front of them is the easy game against Ionikos at the Olympic Stadium, but the team from Nikaia with a goal at the end, cut the hopes for the championship in history and as if that was not enough, the 0–0 draw in the game against Panathinaikos at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, in a match where AEK had many complaints from the referee, limited them in the third place.

The participation in the groups of the UEFA Cup was of vital importance for AEK, who were in dire need of the income from the European participation, which was barely secured from UEFA. The Slovenians from Gorica seemed like an easy opponent, but for AEK, which were in the uncertainty of bankruptcy, they turned out to be difficult. The game at Sports Park went wrong from the beginning, as AEK conceded a goal, but luckily, they equalized by the end of the half-time. The score did not change despite the pressure from the Slovenians, AEK stood up and became the favorite. The tense rematch was played in an intense atmosphere in Georgios Kamaras Stadium, after AEK fans turned it into a sustained protest against the negative decision of the article 44. The team in the first half tried, but in the second half they were in serious danger even with exclusion from the Slovenians, but with a goal at the end of the game, AEK advanced to the group stage. There, in a relatively difficult draw, they found themselves in the same group as Sevilla, Lille, Zenit Saint Petersburg and Alemannia Aachen, where they had a very bad campaign with 4 defeats in equal matches, thus staying out of the continuation of the tournament.

The course of the team in the Cup was similar, where after eliminating PANO Malia and Agios Dimitrios, they found in front of them the double winner of the previous season, Panathinaikos. The first leg ended in a draw at the Olympic Stadium, after Liberopoulos equalized the goal of Konstantinou. Panathinaikos confirmed the title of favourite, until the return leg, on a big night for AEK, who opened the scoring through Katsouranis early on, but were equalized after heavy pressure from Panathinaikos. Somewhere there the team of Santos woke up and immediately took the lead again, until in the 77th minute Vladimir Ivić in his most important goal with AEK, sealed an emphatic qualification calling the fans of the host to be quiet. The quarter-finals seemed like an easy mission for AEK and indeed Panionios turned out to be an easy opponent, since after the indifferent 0–0 at Nea Smyrni, prevailed easyly by 2–0. AEK were in the semi-finals and they were going for the double. Their opponent were Olympiacos who had re-hired Dušan Bajević, whom they dominated at the Olympic Stadium, despite the final loss with 0–1. The rematch at Karaiskakis Stadium seemed difficult, but AEK scored and the match went to extra time. The referee and his assistants were doing everything they could to push Olympiacos to qualify and thus with the expulsion of Júlio César the game turned into a monologue for Olympiacos who was redeemed by an own from Moras and while the attacks of AEK were cut as allegedly offside, Okkas sealed his team's qualification 2 minutes before the end of extra time. AEK were eliminated in the semi-finals that were admittedly better than their opponent.[1]

Management team

Position Staff
Manager Fernando Santos
Assistant manager Jasminko Velić
Assistant manager Jorge Rosário
Assistant manager Antonis Minou
Goalkeeping coach Slobodan Šujica
Fitness coach Antonis Kezos
Technical director Eugène Gerards
U-17 Manager Charis Kopitsis
Director of Football Ilija Ivić
Academy director Toni Savevski
Academy manager Bledar Kola
Scout Eugène Gerards
Head of Medical Lakis Nikolaou
Head of Rehabilitation Christos Karvounidis
Orthopedist Giannis Levakos
Physiotherapist Christos Pegios
Physiotherapist Giannis Zouridakis
Physiotherapist Nikos Zafiropoulos
Physiotherapist Nikos Zarakovitis
Caretaker Nikos Koromilas
Nutritionist Giorgos Moulinos
Rehabilitation coach Vasilis Kalapotharakos

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 25 May 2005, 23:59 UTC+3.

No. Player Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Signed Previous club Transfer fee Contract until
Goalkeepers
1 Chrysostomos Michailidis GK (1975-01-15)15 January 1975 (aged 30) 1997 Eordaikos Free 2005
12 Giannis Arabatzis GK (1984-05-28)28 May 1984 (aged 21) 2002 Makrochori €22,000 2007
22 Dionysis Chiotis (Vice-captain 2) GK (1977-06-04)4 June 1977 (aged 28) 1995 AEK Athens U20 2007
Defenders
3 Nikola Malbaša LB / LM (1977-09-12)12 September 1977 (aged 27) 2004 Terek Grozny Free 2007
4 Bruno Alves CB / DM (1981-11-27)27 November 1981 (aged 23) 2004 Porto Free 2005
5 Nikos Kostenoglou (Vice-captain) CB / RB (1970-10-03)3 October 1970 (aged 34) 1994 Skoda Xanthi €200,000 2005
14 Stavros Tziortziopoulos LB / CB / LM (1978-08-15)15 August 1978 (aged 26) 2004 Panionios Free 2007
15 Dimitris Koutsikos RB / DM (1988-04-20)20 April 1988 (aged 17) 2004 AEK Athens U20 2006
16 Nikolaos Georgeas RB / LB / DM (1976-12-27)27 December 1976 (aged 28) 2001 Kalamata €1,500,000 2008
18 Vangelis Moras CB / DM / RB (1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 23) 2003 Proodeftiki €260,000 2007
24 Christos Kontis RB / CB / LB (1975-05-13)13 May 1975 (aged 30) 2004 Panionios Free 2007
27 Panagiotis Stergiatos CB (1986-03-03)3 March 1986 (aged 19) 2003 AEK Athens U20 2008
39 Grigoris Toskas CB (1983-01-08)8 January 1983 (aged 22) 2000 AEK Athens U20 2005
Midfielders
8 Ivan Rusev AM / RM / LM / CM (1979-05-10)10 May 1979 (aged 26) 2001 Spartak Varna Free 2005
9 Milen Petkov DM / CM / AM / RM / LM (1974-01-12)12 January 1974 (aged 31) 2000 CSKA Sofia €800,000 2005
17 Vladan Ivić AM / CM / RM / LM (1977-05-07)7 May 1977 (aged 28) 2004 Borussia Mönchengladbach Free 2007
21 Kostas Katsouranis (Captain) CM / DM / RM / LM / AM / CB / RB / LB (1979-06-21)21 June 1979 (aged 26) 2002 Panachaiki Free 2007
26 Ilias Kyriakidis DM / CM / AM (1985-08-05)5 August 1985 (aged 19) 2004 Ionikos €200,000 2009
28 Christos Bourbos RM / RB / LM / LB / RW / DM (1983-06-01)1 June 1983 (aged 22) 2004 PAS Giannina Free 2008
77 Paulo Assunção DM / CM (1980-01-25)25 January 1980 (aged 25) 2004 Porto Free 2005
Forwards
7 Alessandro Soares RW / SS / ST / LW (1973-02-05)5 February 1973 (aged 32) 2004 OFI €60,000 2005
10 Sotiris Konstantinidis RW / LW / RM / LM / AM (1979-04-19)19 April 1979 (aged 26) 1999 Iraklis Free 2005
11 Leonidas Kampantais ST / SS / RW (1982-03-08)8 March 1982 (aged 23) 2004 Aris Free 2007
20 Ilias Solakis ST (1974-12-15)15 December 1974 (aged 28) 2002 APOEL Free 2007
29 Christos Christoforidis LW / ST / SS (1981-12-31)31 December 1981 (aged 23) 2005 Assyriska FF Free 2005
30 Simos Krassas RW / LW / RM / LM (1982-06-10)10 June 1982 (aged 23) 2004 AEL Limassol €120,000 2008
33 Nikos Liberopoulos SS / ST / AM (1975-08-04)4 August 1975 (aged 29) 2003 Panathinaikos Free 2007
44 Nikos Voulgaris ST (1985-08-30)30 August 1985 (aged 19) 2004 Torino Primavera €100,000 2005
99 Júlio César LW / SS / AM / RW / ST (1980-02-26)26 February 1980 (aged 25) 2005 Gil Vicente €540,000 2005
Christos Kostis SS / ST / AM / RW / LW (1972-01-15)15 January 1972 (aged 33) 2000 Anderlecht Free 2005
Left during Winter Transfer Window
2 Stathis Kappos RB (1979-07-31)31 July 1979 (aged 25) 2001 Kalamata Free 2005
6 Stelios Maistrellis CB (1979-11-10)10 November 1979 (aged 25) 2002 Aiolikos Free 2006
25 Kofi Amponsah CB / LB (1978-04-19)19 April 1978 (aged 27) 2003 PAOK Free 2006
19 Manolis Tsagarogiannakis AM (1986-01-30)30 January 1986 (aged 19) 2004 Gyziakos Free 2009
32 Christos Tsevas AM (1985-06-08)8 June 1985 (aged 20) 2003 AEK Athens U20 2008

Transfers

In

Summer

No. Pos. Player From Fee Date Contract Until Source
6 DF Stelios Maistrellis Akratitos Loan return 1 July 2004 30 June 2006
11 FW Leonidas Kampantais Aris Free transfer 30 July 2004 30 June 2007 [2]
14 DF Stavros Tziortziopoulos Panionios Free transfer 14 July 2004 30 June 2007 [3]
15 DF Dimitris Koutsikos AEK Athens U20 Promotion 30 July 2004 30 June 2006 [2]
19 MF Manolis Tsagarogiannakis Gyziakos Free transfer 2 August 2004 30 June 2009 [4]
20 FW Ilias Solakis Niki Volos Loan return 1 July 2004 30 June 2006
24 DF Christos Kontis Panionios Free transfer 19 July 2004 30 June 2007 [5]
28 MF Christos Bourbos PAS Giannina Free transfer 30 July 2004 30 June 2008 [2]
30 FW Simos Krassas AEL Limassol €120,000 30 July 2004 30 June 2008 [2]
44 FW Nikos Voulgaris Torino Primavera €100,000 30 July 2004 30 June 2005 [2]

Winter

No. Pos. Player From Fee Date Contract Until Source
3 DF Nikola Malbaša Terek Grozny Free transfer 18 December 2004 30 June 2007 [6]
17 MF Vladan Ivić Borussia Mönchengladbach Free transfer 21 December 2004 31 December 2007 [7]
26 MF Ilias Kyriakidis Ionikos €200,000 28 December 2004 31 December 2009 [8]
29 FW Christos Christoforidis Assyriska FF Free transfer 18 January 2005 31 December 2005 [9]
99 FW Júlio César Gil Vicente €540,000 17 January 2005 31 December 2005 [10]

Out

Summer

No. Pos. Player To Fee Date Source
2 DF Vasilios Borbokis Anorthosis Famagusta End of contract 3 August 2004 [11]
6 MF Theodoros Zagorakis Bologna Contract termination 24 July 2004 [12]
8 DF Michel Kreek Willem II End of contract 1 July 2004 [13]
9 FW Ioannis Okkas Olympiacos Contract termination 2 August 2004 [14]
10 MF Vasilios Tsiartas 1. FC Köln Contract termination 30 November 2004 [15]
12 GK Sotiris Liberopoulos Aris Contract termination 20 July 2004 [16]
17 DF Michalis Kasapis Retired 4 August 2004 [17]
23 MF Vasilios Lakis Crystal Palace Contract termination 29 September 2004 [18][19]
25 DF Goran Popov Belasica Loan return 1 July 2004
30 FW Ilija Ivić Retired 11 July 2004 [20]
32 DF Michalis Kapsis Bordeaux €500,000 26 July 2004 [21]
88 FW Dimitris Nalitzis Kerkyra Contract termination 28 July 2004 [22]
MF Peter Philipakos Olympiacos Contract termination 31 July 2004 [23]

Winter

No. Pos. Player To Fee Date Source
2 DF Stathis Kappos Aris Contract termination 14 January 2005 [24]
6 DF Stelios Maistrellis Levadiakos Contract termination 31 January 2005 [25]
19 DF Kofi Amponsah Egaleo Contract termination 29 January 2005 [26]
32 MF Christos Tsevas Akratitos Contract termination 12 January 2005 [27]

Loan in

Summer

No. Pos. Player From Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
4 DF Bruno Alves Porto Free 2 August 2004 30 June 2005 N [4]
7 FW Alessandro Soares OFI €60,000 23 July 2004 30 June 2005 Y [28]
77 MF Paulo Assunção Porto Free 2 August 2004 30 June 2005 N [4]

Loan out

Summer

No. Pos. Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
35 MF Dimitris Karameris Levadiakos Free 31 July 2004 30 June 2005 N

Winter

No. Pos. Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
19 MF Manolis Tsagarogiannakis Agia Paraskevi Free 1 January 2005 30 June 2006 N

Contract renewals

No. Pos. Player Date Former Exp. Date New Exp. Date Source
9 MF Milen Petkov 22 July 2004 30 June 2004 30 June 2005 [29]
10 FW Sotiris Konstantinidis 22 July 2004 30 June 2007 30 June 2005 [29]
21 MF Kostas Katsouranis 24 July 2004 30 June 2005 30 June 2007 [30]
22 GK Dionysis Chiotis 1 June 2005 30 June 2005 30 June 2007 [31]
33 FW Nikos Liberopoulos 21 July 2004 30 June 2006 30 June 2007 [32]

Overall transfer activity

Pre-season and friendlies

31 July 2004 Friendly AEK Athens 3–0 Chaidari Thrakomakedones
  • Soares 23'
  • Rusev 29'
  • Kontis 45'
Report Stadium: AEK Athens' training complex
Referee: 1,500[33]
6 August 2004 Friendly Marko 1–2 AEK Athens Markopoulo
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) [34]
Stadium: Municipal Markopoulo Stadium
Attendance: 3,000[35]
11 August 2004 Friendly Mantova 2–0 AEK Athens Verona
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Centro Sportivo Veronello
14 August 2004 Troffeo Sky[36] Internazionale 5–1 AEK Athens Pisa
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Arena Garibaldi
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)
18 August 2004 Friendly AEK Athens 2–3 Al Shabab Verona
19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Veronello
Referee: Soraorni (Italy)
21 August 2004 Friendly Brescia 1–2 AEK Athens Ospitaletto
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Stadio Comunale Ospitaletto
Referee: Mario Mazzoleni (Italy)
27 August 2004 Friendly Apollon Limassol 3–3 AEK Athens Limassol
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report (page 10) Stadium: Tsirio Stadium
Referee: Kostas Theodotou (Cyprus)
29 August 2004 Friendly Anorthosis 0–4 AEK Athens Larnaca
Report
Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
4 September 2004 Trofeo Hellboy Deportivo de La Coruña 1–1
(2–4 p)
AEK Athens Madrid
23:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Victor José Esquinas Torres (Spain)
Penalties
Note: 45-minute match.
5 September 2004 Trofeo Hellboy Atlético Madrid 0–0
(3–2 p)
AEK Athens Madrid
1:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Victor José Esquinas Torres (Spain)
Penalties
Note: 45-minute match.
12 October 2004 Friendly Galatasaray 2–1 AEK Athens Istanbul
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)
13 November 2004 Friendly AEK Athens 0–0 Galatasaray Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 13,399

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Alpha Ethniki 19 September 2004 25 May 2005 Matchday 1 3rd 30 17 11 2 46 22 +24 056.67
Greek Cup 11 September 2004 27 April 2005 First round Semi-finals 10 5 3 2 17 8 +9 050.00
UEFA Cup 16 September 2004 15 December 2004 First round Group stage 6 1 1 4 6 13 −7 016.67
Total 46 23 15 8 69 43 +26 050.00

Last updated: 25 May 2005
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos[a] (C) 30 19 8 3 54 18 +36 65 Qualification for Champions League group stage
2 Panathinaikos 30 19 7 4 51 18 +33 64 Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3 AEK Athens 30 17 11 2 46 22 +24 62 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 Skoda Xanthi 30 14 8 8 43 29 +14 50
5 PAOK 30 13 7 10 43 39 +4 46
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. ^ Olympiacos and Panionios originally had three points deducted for the incidents before their match in the round 16 but these deductions were cancelled on appeal.

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 17 11 2 46 22  +24 62 12 2 1 25 5  +20 5 9 1 21 17  +4

Results by Matchday

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ResultDWWWWDDWWDDDWWLWDDWWWDWDWWWLDW
Position842211221233323323333323222333
Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2005. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

19 September 2004 1 Egaleo 1–1 AEK Athens Egaleo
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium
Attendance: 2,969
Referee: Fragiskos Somarakakis (Athens)
26 September 2004 2 AEK Athens 2–0 Kerkyra Rizoupoli
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium
Attendance: 11,136
Referee: Avraam Kebaridis (Thessaloniki)
3 October 2004 3 AEK Athens 2–0 Panionios Rizoupoli
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium
Attendance: 11,820
Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)
17 October 2004 4 Iraklis 1–2 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 10,100
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
24 October 2004 5 AEK Athens 4–1 Kallithea Marousi
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 27,325
Referee: Dimitris Takidis (Kilkis)
31 October 2004 6 Aris 1–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 10,900
Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis (Messinia)
7 November 2004 7 AEK Athens 0–0 Olympiacos Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 63,129
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
21 November 2004 8 Ergotelis 0–1 AEK Athens Heraklion
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Pankritio Stadium
Attendance: 16,850
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki)
28 November 2004 9 AEK Athens 1–0 Chalkidona Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 21,877
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Argolida)
5 December 2004 10 PAOK 1–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 9,568
Referee: Giannis Tsachilidis (Piraeus)
11 December 2004 11 Skoda Xanthi 1–1 AEK Athens Xanthi
16:45 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena
Attendance: 5,383
Referee: Avraam Kebaridis (Thessaloniki)
19 December 2004 12 AEK Athens 1–1 OFI Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 10,458
Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)
29 December 2004 13 Ionikos 2–3 AEK Athens Nikaia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Neapolis Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 1,925
Referee: Gerasimos Mazarakis (Kefalonia)
9 January 2005 14 AEK Athens 1–0 Panathinaikos Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 44,193
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
15 January 2005 15 Apollon Kalamarias 2–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
17:45 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium
Attendance: 1,695
Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)
23 January 2005 16 AEK Athens 1–0 Egaleo Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 21,230
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
30 January 2005 17 Kerkyra 2–2 AEK Athens Corfu
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium
Attendance: 2,642
Referee: Giannis Spyropoulos (Phthiotis)
13 February 2005 18 Panionios 1–1 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 834
Referee: Dimitris Styliaras (Aetoloacarnania)
19 February 2005 19 AEK Athens 2–1 Iraklis Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 18,859
Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)
26 February 2005 20 Kallithea 1–2 AEK Athens Kallithea
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium
Attendance: 2,439
Referee: Charalampos Karatzas (Euboea)
6 March 2005 21 AEK Athens 1–0 Aris Marousi
17:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 23,213
Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)
13 March 2005 22 Olympiacos 1–1 AEK Athens Piraeus
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Argolida)
20 March 2005 23 AEK Athens 3–0 Ergotelis Marousi
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 30,273
Referee: Christos Vasileiou (Thessaly)
2 April 2005 24 Chalkidona 1–1 AEK Athens Nikaia
17:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikaia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,972
Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)
10 April 2005 25 AEK Athens 2–0 PAOK Marousi
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 35,994
Referee: Charalampos Karatzas (Euboea)
17 April 2005 26 AEK Athens 2–1 Skoda Xanthi Marousi
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 31,525
Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis (Messinia)
24 April 2005 27 OFI 2–3 AEK Athens Heraklion
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Pankritio Stadium
Attendance: 5,537
Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)
8 May 2005 28 AEK Athens 0–1 Ionikos Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 41,331
Referee: Spyros Vasileiou (Elis)
15 May 2005 29 Panathinaikos 0–0 AEK Athens Ampelokipoi
18:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
25 May 2005 30 AEK Athens 3–0 Apollon Kalamarias Marousi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 18,327
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

Greek Cup

First round

11 September 2004 First leg PANO Malia 1–1 AEK Athens Chania
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Katsoulis  60'
  • Dermitzakis 85'
Report
Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Antonis Kouklakis (Chania)
6 October 2004 Second leg AEK Athens 2–1
(3–2 agg.)
PANO Malia Rizoupoli
16:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
  • Katsoulis  57'
  • Ieronimakis  63'
  • Tsafantakis 78'
  • Marris  89'
Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium
Attendance: 1,120
Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)

Round of 32

22 December 2004 First leg AEK Athens 3–0 Agios Dimitrios Marousi
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 763
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion)
11 January 2005 Second leg Agios Dimitrios 1–4
(1–7 agg.)
AEK Athens Agios Dimitrios
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Agios Dimitrios Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Antonis Kouklakis (Chania)

Round of 16

27 January 2005 First leg AEK Athens 1–1 Panathinaikos Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 17,280
Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis (Messinia)
3 February 2005 Second leg Panathinaikos 1–3
(2–4 agg.)
AEK Athens Ampelokipoi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 5,153
Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)

Quarter-finals

2 March 2005 First leg Panionios 0–0 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
19:00 EET (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Argolida)
16 March 2005 Second leg AEK Athens 2–0
(2–0 agg.)
Panionios Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

Semi-finals

20 April 2005 First leg AEK Athens 0–1 Olympiacos Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 29,851
Referee: Dimitris Takidis (Kilkis)
Note: AEK had five attempts hit the crossbar during the 2nd half, three of which in the same play.[37]
27 April 2005 Second leg Olympiacos 2–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 agg.)
AEK Athens Piraeus
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 27,441
Referee: Charalampos Karatzas (Euboea)

UEFA Cup

First round

16 September 2004 First leg Gorica 1–1 AEK Athens Nova Gorica, Slovenia
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Sports Park
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)
30 September 2004 Second leg AEK Athens 1–0
(2–1 agg.)
Gorica Athens, Greece
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium
Attendance: 11,550
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LIL SEV AAC ZEN AEK
1 Lille 4 3 0 1 5 3 +2 9 Advance to knockout stage 1–0 2–1
2 Sevilla 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 7 2–0 3–2
3 Alemannia Aachen 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 1–0 2–2
4 Zenit Saint Petersburg 4 1 2 1 9 6 +3 5 1–1 5–1
5 AEK Athens 4 0 0 4 4 12 −8 0 1–2 0–2
Source: RSSSF
21 October 2004 1 Zenit Saint Petersburg 5–1 AEK Athens Saint Petersburg, Russia
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 29,500
Referee: Antonio Costa (Portugal)
25 November 2004 2 AEK Athens 1–2 Lille Athens, Greece
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 22,015
Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)
2 December 2004 3 Sevilla 3–2 AEK Athens Seville, Spain
20:45 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
15 December 2004 4 AEK Athens 0–2 Alemannia Aachen Athens, Greece
20:45 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Serhiy Shebek (Ukraine)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 25 May 2005
No. Pos Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Chrysostomos Michailidis 13 0 4 0 4 0 21 0
12 GK Giannis Arabatzis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 GK Dionysis Chiotis 18 0 6 0 2 0 26 0
Defenders
3 DF Nikola Malbaša 13 0 4 0 0 0 17 0
4 DF Bruno Alves 27 0 10 1 5 0 42 1
5 DF Nikos Kostenoglou 21 0 3 0 5 0 29 0
14 DF Stavros Tziortziopoulos 11 0 2 0 5 1 18 1
15 DF Dimitris Koutsikos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF Nikolaos Georgeas 6 0 1 0 2 0 9 0
18 DF Vangelis Moras 19 0 8 1 2 0 29 1
24 DF Christos Kontis 25 1 8 0 4 0 37 1
27 DF Panagiotis Stergiatos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 DF Grigoris Toskas 6 0 3 0 3 0 12 0
Midfielders
8 MF Ivan Rusev 9 1 3 0 2 0 14 1
9 MF Milen Petkov 15 1 6 0 4 0 25 1
17 MF Vladan Ivić 17 4 6 1 0 0 23 5
21 MF Kostas Katsouranis 28 10 7 1 6 1 41 12
26 MF Ilias Kyriakidis 11 0 5 0 0 0 16 0
28 MF Christos Bourbos 15 0 6 1 2 0 23 1
77 MF Paulo Assunção 24 0 8 0 5 0 37 0
Forwards
7 FW Alessandro Soares 25 11 9 3 5 1 39 15
10 FW Sotiris Konstantinidis 22 0 8 2 3 0 33 2
11 FW Leonidas Kampantais 11 2 3 2 4 0 18 4
20 FW Ilias Solakis 6 0 2 0 1 0 9 0
29 FW Christos Christoforidis 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
30 FW Simos Krassas 24 2 6 0 6 1 36 3
33 FW Nikos Liberopoulos 28 9 9 3 6 1 43 13
44 FW Nikos Voulgaris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
99 FW Júlio César 13 4 6 1 0 0 19 5
FW Christos Kostis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Left during Winter Transfer Window
2 DF Stathis Kappos 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
6 DF Stelios Maistrellis 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
25 DF Kofi Amponsah 5 0 1 0 4 1 10 1
19 MF Manolis Tsagarogiannakis 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
32 MF Christos Tsevas 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0

Goalscorers

As of 25 May 2005
Rank No. Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 7 FW Alessandro Soares 11 3 1 15
2 33 FW Nikos Liberopoulos 9 3 1 13
3 21 MF Kostas Katsouranis 10 1 1 12
4 17 MF Vladan Ivić 4 1 0 5
99 FW Júlio César 4 1 0 5
6 11 FW Leonidas Kampantais 2 2 0 4
7 30 FW Simos Krassas 2 0 1 3
8 10 FW Sotiris Konstantinidis 0 2 0 2
9 24 DF Christos Kontis 1 0 0 1
9 MF Milen Petkov 1 0 0 1
8 MF Ivan Rusev 1 0 0 1
4 DF Bruno Alves 0 1 0 1
18 DF Vangelis Moras 0 1 0 1
28 MF Christos Bourbos 0 1 0 1
25 DF Kofi Amponsah 0 0 1 1
14 DF Stavros Tziortziopoulos 0 0 1 1
Own goals 1 0 0 1
Totals 46 16 6 68

Assists

As of 25 May 2005
Rank No. Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 99 FW Júlio César 4 0 0 4
33 FW Nikos Liberopoulos 4 0 0 4
3 9 MF Milen Petkov 2 1 0 3
4 18 DF Vangelis Moras 2 0 0 2
77 MF Paulo Assunção 2 0 0 2
28 MF Christos Bourbos 2 0 0 2
7 FW Alessandro Soares 2 0 0 2
10 FW Sotiris Konstantinidis 2 0 0 2
30 FW Simos Krassas 2 0 0 2
11 22 GK Dionysis Chiotis 1 0 0 1
4 DF Bruno Alves 1 0 0 1
25 DF Kofi Amponsah 1 0 0 1
3 DF Nikola Malbaša 1 0 0 1
21 MF Kostas Katsouranis 1 0 0 1
17 MF Vladan Ivić 1 0 0 1
20 FW Ilias Solakis 1 0 0 1
Totals 29 1 0 30

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 25 May 2005
Rank No. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 22 Dionysis Chiotis 7 1 0 8
2 1 Chrysostomos Michailidis 5 2 1 8
Totals 12 3 1 16

Disciplinary record

As of 25 May 2005
N P Nat. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total Notes
Goalkeepers
1 GK Chrysostomos Michailidis
12 GK Giannis Arabatzis
22 GK Dionysis Chiotis 2 2
Defenders
3 DF Nikola Malbaša 3 1 4
4 DF Bruno Alves 7 1 3 11
5 DF Nikos Kostenoglou 2 2
14 DF Stavros Tziortziopoulos 3 1 4
15 DF Dimitris Koutsikos
16 DF Nikolaos Georgeas 1 1 2
18 DF Vangelis Moras 3 3
24 DF Christos Kontis 6 1 7
27 DF Panagiotis Stergiatos
39 DF Grigoris Toskas 1 2 3
Midfielders
8 MF Ivan Rusev 1 1 2
9 MF Milen Petkov 3 2 5
17 MF Vladan Ivić 1 2 3
21 MF Kostas Katsouranis 6 2 2 10
26 MF Ilias Kyriakidis
28 MF Christos Bourbos 3 3
77 MF Paulo Assunção 8 3 1 12
Forwards
7 FW Alessandro Soares 4 2 1 7
10 FW Sotiris Konstantinidis 1 1
11 FW Leonidas Kampantais 1 1
20 FW Ilias Solakis
29 FW Christos Christoforidis
30 FW Simos Krassas 4 4
33 FW Nikos Liberopoulos 5 1 2 7 1
44 FW Nikos Voulgaris
99 FW Júlio César 1 1 1 2 1
FW Christos Kostis
Left during Winter Transfer window
2 DF Stathis Kappos
6 DF Stelios Maistrellis
25 DF Kofi Amponsah 2 2 4
19 MF Manolis Tsagarogiannakis
32 MF Christos Tsevas

Starting 11

UEFA rankings

UEFA team ranking

# Form Previous Country Team Ranking
36 44 Club Brugge 50.476
37 32 Deportivo Alavés 50.326
38 34 AEK Athens 47.715
39 38 Anderlecht 47.476
40 54 Olympiacos 46.715

UEFA country ranking

# Form Previous Country League Ranking
6 6 Liga Sagres 44.666
7 8 Eredivisie 39.831
8 7 Alpha Ethniki 35.498
9 12 Jupiler Pro League 31.750
10 11 Clydesdale Bank Premier League 31.750

Awards

Player Pos. Award Source
Kostas Katsouranis MF Greek Player of the Season [38]
Fernando Santos Manager of the Season [38]

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