2025–26 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
2025–26 season
Chairman	Evangelos Aslanidis
Manager	Marko Nikolić
Stadium	Agia Sophia Stadium
Super League	Pre-season
Greek Cup	Pre-season
UEFA Conference League	Second qualifying round

The 2025–26 season is the 102nd season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 65th competitive season and eleventh consecutive in the top flight of Greek football. They compete in the Super League, the Greek Cup and the Conference League. The season will begin on 24 July 2025 and finish on 30 June 2026.

Management team

Position	Staff
Manager	Marko Nikolić
Assistant manager	Aleksandar Rogić
Assistant manager	Radoje Smiljanić
Assistant manager	Ilias Kyriakidis
Goalkeeping coach	Marco Garofalo
Fitness coach	Goran Basarić
Fitness coach	Kostas Konstantopoulos
Fitness coach	Sotiris Mavros
Sporting director
Video Analyst	Vasilis Armatas
Video Analyst	Kostas Charpidis
Technical director
Director of football	Javier Ribalta
Scout	Stamoulis Petrou
Scout	Dimitrios Xouris
Head of Medical	Lakis Nikolaou
Team doctor	Charis Lalos
Head of Rehabilitation	Erik Bouracchi
Podiatrist	Manos Arvanitakis
Physiotherapist	Christos Dedousis
Physiotherapist	Konstantinos Pavlidis
Physiotherapist	Dimitris Prevenos
Physiotherapist	Vasilis Laosoglou
Assistant Physiotherapist	Alexis Asprogiannis
Assistant Physiotherapist	Taxiarchis Kagiaros
Εrgophysiologist	Dimitris Stergiopoulos
Nutritionist	Daniel Kapsis
Nutritionist	Dimitris Kakouros
Rehabilitation coach	Ignatios Sakellaridis
Academy manager	Nikolaos Georgeas
Academy director	Georgios Georgiadis
Team manager	Dimitris Nalitzis

Source: aekfc.gr

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's arrival or exit is announced. Updated 28 June 2025, 23:59 UTC+3.

No.	Player	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
1	Thomas Strakosha	GK	(1995-03-19) 19 March 1995	2024	Brentford	Free	2029
81	Angelos Angelopoulos	GK	(2003-02-19) 19 February 2003	2024	AEK Athens U19	—	2027
91	Alberto Brignoli	GK	(1991-08-19) 19 August 1991	2024	Panathinaikos	Free	2027
Defenders
2	Harold Moukoudi	CB	(1997-11-27) 27 November 1997	2022	Saint-Étienne	Free	2028
3	Stavros Pilios	LB / LM	(2000-12-10) 10 December 2000	2023	PAS Giannina	Free	2027
12	Lazaros Rota	RB / RM	(1997-08-23) 23 August 1997	2021	Fortuna Sittard	Free	2026
18	Alexander Callens	CB / LB	(1992-05-04) 4 May 1992	2024	Girona	€300,000	2026
21	Domagoj Vida (Captain)	CB / RB	(1989-04-29) 29 April 1989	2022	Beşiktaş	Free	2026
24	Gerasimos Mitoglou	CB	(1999-10-20) 20 October 1999	2021	Volos	€300,000	2026
27	Vedad Radonja	RB / LB / RM / DM	(2001-09-06) 6 September 2001	2020	Dinamo Zagreb U19	Free	2026
28	Moses Odubajo	RB / RM / LB / LM	(1993-07-28) 28 July 1993	2024	Aris	€1,000,000	2026
29	James Penrice	LB / LM / CM	(1998-12-22) 22 December 1998	2025	Hearts	€2,300,000	2028
44	Filipe Relvas	CB / LB	(1999-09-20) 20 September 1999	2025	Vitória Guimarães	€3,500,000	2029
55	Konstantinos Chrysopoulos	CB	(2003-05-21) 21 May 2003	2023	Aris	€800,000	2028
Midfielders
4	Damian Szymański (Vice-captain)	DM / CM / AM / CB	(1995-06-16) 16 June 1995	2020	Akhmat Grozny	€1,300,000	2027
6	Jens Jønsson	DM / CM / CB	(1993-01-10) 10 January 1993	2022	Cádiz	Free	2026
8	Mijat Gaćinović	AM / CM / LM / LW / RM / RW	(1995-02-08) 8 February 1995	2022	Hoffenheim	€1,000,000	2026
13	Orbelín Pineda	AM / CM / LM / LW / RM / RW / SS / DM / RB	(1996-03-24) 24 March 1996	2023	Celta de Vigo	€6,500,000	2027
17	Dimitris Kaloskamis	AM	(2005-03-01) 1 March 2005	2025	Atromitos	€1,100,000	2030
19	Niclas Eliasson	RM / LM / RW / LW	(1995-12-07) 7 December 1995	2022	Nîmes	€2,000,000	2028
20	Petros Mantalos	AM / LM / CM / LW / SS / RM / RW	(1991-08-31) 31 August 1991	2014	Xanthi	€500,000	2026
22	Paolo Fernandes	AM / RM / LM / RW / LW	(1998-08-19) 19 August 1998	2023	Volos	€700,000	2027
23	Robert Ljubičić	CM / DM / LM / LB / AM / SS	(1999-07-14) 14 July 1999	2024	Dinamo Zagreb	€4,000,000	2029
37	Roberto Pereyra	CM / AM / LM / RM / SS	(1991-01-07) 7 January 1991	2024	Udinese	Free	2026
Forwards
7	Dereck Kutesa	LW / RW / LM / RM / AM / ST	(1997-12-06) 6 December 1997	2025	Servette	Free	2028
9	Erik Lamela	RW / LW / SS / RM / LM / AM	(1992-03-04) 4 March 1992	2024	Sevilla	Free	2027
11	Aboubakary Koïta	LW / LM / ST / RW / RM	(1998-09-20) 20 September 1998	2024	Sint-Truidense	€4,000,000	2029
14	Frantzdy Pierrot	ST	(1995-03-29) 29 March 1995	2024	Maccabi Haifa	€2,500,000	2027
16	Sotiris Tsiloulis	RW / LW / RM / LM / AM / ST / SS / CM	(1995-02-14) 14 February 1995	2024	Lamia	Free	2026
26	Anthony Martial	ST / RW / LW	(1995-12-05) 5 December 1995	2024	Manchester United	Free	2027
90	Zini	ST / SS / LW / LM / RW / RM	(2002-07-03) 3 July 2002	2023	1º de Agosto	€350,000	2028

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
7	FW	Dereck Kutesa	Servette	Free transfer	1 July 2025	30 June 2028	^[1]
17	MF	Dimitris Kaloskamis	Atromitos	€1,100,000	17 June 2025	30 June 2030	^[2]^[3]
27	DF	Vedad Radonja	Lamia	Loan return	1 July 2025	30 June 2026
29	DF	James Penrice	Hearts	€2,300,000	5 July 2025	30 June 2028	^[4]
44	DF	Filipe Relvas	Vitória Guimarães	€3,500,000	28 June 2025	30 June 2029	^[5]^[6]
55	DF	Konstantinos Chrysopoulos	Anorthosis Famagusta	Loan return	1 July 2025	30 June 2028
81	GK	Angelos Angelopoulos	AEK Athens Β	Promotion	1 July 2025	30 June 2027
90	FW	Zini	Levadiakos	Loan return	1 July 2025	30 June 2028

Out

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
28	DF	Ehsan Hajsafi	Free agent	End of contract	1 July 2025
—	GK	Cican Stanković	Free agent	End of contract	1 July 2025

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: €6,900,000

Winter: €0

Total: €6,900,000

Income

Summer: €0

Winter: €0

Total: €0

Net Totals

Summer: €6,900,000

Winter: €0

Total: €6,900,000

Pre-season and friendlies

28 June 2025 Friendly	FC De Westhoek	0–6	AEK Athens	Burgh-Haamstede
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Kutesa 2' Eliasson 10', 30', 39' Golfinos 65' Fernandes 69'	Stadium: Sportpark van Zuijen

2 July 2025 Friendly	AEK Athens	0–2	Zulte Waregem	Burgh-Haamstede
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Opoku 8' Emeka 75'	Stadium: Sportpark van Zuijen

6 July 2025 Friendly	AEK Athens	4–1	Beerschot	Burgh-Haamstede
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ljubičić 10' Pierrot 27' Pereyra 44' Gacinovic 88'		Trialist 90'	Stadium: Sportpark van Zuijen

9 July 2025 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–1	K.V. Kortrijk	Burgh-Haamstede
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Pereyra 67' Zini 88'		Lambert 28'	Stadium: Sportpark van Zuijen

17 July 2025 Friendly	AEK Athens	v	Omonia	Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Agia Sophia Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super League	23 August 2025	TBD	Matchday 1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Super League Play-offs	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Greek Cup	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Conference League	24 July 2025	TBD	Second qualifying round	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: 2 June 2025
Source: Competitions

Super League Greece

Regular season

League table

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 2025-5-13.
Source: Super League Greece

Results by Matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2025. Source: slgr.gr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

1	AEK Athens	v	Panserraikos	Nea Filadelfeia
00:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Agia Sophia Stadium

2	AEK Athens	v	Asteras Tripolis	Nea Filadelfeia
00:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Agia Sophia Stadium

3	Levadiakos	v	AEK Athens	Livadeia
00:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium

4	AEL	v	AEK Athens	Larissa
00:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: AEL FC Arena

5	AEK Athens	v	Volos	Nea Filadelfeia
00:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Agia Sophia Stadium

6	Kifisia	v	AEK Athens	Kifissia
00:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Zirineio Stadium

7	AEK Athens	v	PAOK	Nea Filadelfeia
00:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Agia Sophia Stadium

8	Olympiacos	v	AEK Athens	Piraeus
00:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium

9	AEK Athens	v	Panetolikos	Nea Filadelfeia
00:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Agia Sophia Stadium

10	OFI	v	AEK Athens	Heraklion
00:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Pankritio Stadium

11	AEK Athens	v	Aris	Nea Filadelfeia
00:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Agia Sophia Stadium

12	Panathinaikos	v	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
00:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium

13	AEK Athens	v	Atromitos	Nea Filadelfeia
00:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Agia Sophia Stadium

14	Panetolikos	v	AEK Athens	Agrinio
00:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium

15	AEK Athens	v	OFI	Nea Filadelfeia
00:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Agia Sophia Stadium

16	Aris	v	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
00:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

17	AEK Athens	v	Panathinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
00:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Agia Sophia Stadium

18	Asteras Tripolis	v	AEK Athens	Tripoli
00:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium

19	AEK Athens	v	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
00:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Agia Sophia Stadium

20	Panserraikos	v	AEK Athens	Serres
00:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium

21	PAOK	v	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
00:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Toumba Stadium

22	AEK Athens	v	Levadiakos	Nea Filadelfeia
00:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Agia Sophia Stadium

23	Volos	v	AEK Athens	Volos
00:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium

24	AEK Athens	v	AEL	Nea Filadelfeia
00:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Agia Sophia Stadium

25	Atromitos	v	AEK Athens	Peristeri
00:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Peristeri Stadium

26	AEK Athens	v	Kifisia	Nea Filadelfeia
00:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Agia Sophia Stadium

Greek Cup

UEFA Conference League

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 18 June 2025

24 July 2025 First leg	AEK Athens	v	PFC Levski Sofia / Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Athens, Greece
00:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Agia Sophia Stadium

31 July 2025 Second leg	PFC Levski Sofia / Hapoel Be'er Sheva	v	AEK Athens
00:00 EEST (UTC+3)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 2 June 2025

No.	Pos	Player	Super League		Super League Play-offs		Greek Cup		Conference League		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Thomas Strakosha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
81	GK	Angelos Angelopoulos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
91	GK	Alberto Brignoli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	Harold Moukoudi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Stavros Pilios	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	Lazaros Rota	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	Alexander Callens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	Domagoj Vida	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	Gerasimos Mitoglou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	Vedad Radonja	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	Moses Odubajo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	James Penrice	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	Filipe Relvas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	DF	Konstantinos Chrysopoulos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	Damian Szymański	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Jens Jønsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	Mijat Gaćinović	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	Orbelín Pineda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	Dimitris Kaloskamis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Niclas Eliasson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Petros Mantalos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	Paolo Fernandes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	Robert Ljubičić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	Roberto Pereyra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	Dereck Kutesa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Erik Lamela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	Aboubakary Koïta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	Frantzdy Pierrot	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW	Sotiris Tsiloulis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW	Anthony Martial	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
90	FW	Zini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 2 June 2025

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Super League	Super League Play-offs	Greek Cup	Conference League	Total
Own goals				0	0	0	0	0
Totals				0	0	0	0	0

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Source

Assists

As of 2 June 2025

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Super League	Super League Play-offs	Greek Cup	Conference League	Total
Totals				0	0	0	0	0

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 2 June 2025

Rank	No.	Player	Super League	Super League Play-offs	Greek Cup	Conference League	Total
Totals			0	0	0	0	0

Disciplinary record

As of 2 June 2025

N	P	Nat.	Name						Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Super League	Super League Play-offs	Greek Cup	Conference League	Total	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Thomas Strakosha
91	GK		Alberto Brignoli
81	GK		Angelos Angelopoulos
Defenders
2	DF		Harold Moukoudi
3	DF		Stavros Pilios
12	DF		Lazaros Rota
18	DF		Alexander Callens
21	DF		Domagoj Vida
24	DF		Gerasimos Mitoglou
27	DF		Vedad Radonja
28	DF		Moses Odubajo
29	DF		James Penrice
44	DF		Filipe Relvas
55	DF		Konstantinos Chrysopoulos
Midfielders
4	MF		Damian Szymański
6	MF		Jens Jønsson
8	MF		Mijat Gaćinović
13	MF		Orbelín Pineda
17	MF		Dimitris Kaloskamis
19	MF		Niclas Eliasson
20	MF		Petros Mantalos
22	MF		Paolo Fernandes
23	MF		Robert Ljubičić
37	MF		Roberto Pereyra
Forwards
7	FW		Dereck Kutesa
9	FW		Erik Lamela
11	FW		Aboubakary Koïta
14	FW		Frantzdy Pierrot
16	FW		Sotiris Tsiloulis
26	FW		Anthony Martial
90	FW		Zini

Awards

Player	Pos.	Award	Source

References

^ "Dereck Kutesa joins AEK FC!". aekfc.gr. Online. 22 May 2025.
^ "Dimitris Kaloskamis joins AEK!". aekfc.gr. Online. 17 June 2025.
^ Αρναούτογλου, Βαγγέλης (26 June 2025). "ΑΕΚ: Το "μόνο στην Ένωση" του Καλοσκάμη στον Σπανό λόγω Νίκολιτς και ο ρόλος του κόουτς στις υποθέσεις Γιούρασεκ και Ρέλβας". sport24.gr (in Greek). Online.
^ "James Penrice joins AEK FC!". aekfc.gr. Online. 5 July 2025.
^ "Filipe Relvas joins AEK FC!". aekfc.gr. Online. 28 June 2025.
^ Αρναούτογλου, Βαγγέλης (28 June 2025). "ΑΕΚ, μεταγραφές: Ανακοίνωσε τον Φιλίπε Ρέλβας". sport24.gr (in Greek). Online.

External links

AEK Athens F.C. Official Website

[1] "Dereck Kutesa joins AEK FC!". aekfc.gr. Online. 22 May 2025.

[2] "Dimitris Kaloskamis joins AEK!". aekfc.gr. Online. 17 June 2025.

[3] Αρναούτογλου, Βαγγέλης (26 June 2025). "ΑΕΚ: Το "μόνο στην Ένωση" του Καλοσκάμη στον Σπανό λόγω Νίκολιτς και ο ρόλος του κόουτς στις υποθέσεις Γιούρασεκ και Ρέλβας". sport24.gr (in Greek). Online.

[4] "James Penrice joins AEK FC!". aekfc.gr. Online. 5 July 2025.

[5] "Filipe Relvas joins AEK FC!". aekfc.gr. Online. 28 June 2025.

[6] Αρναούτογλου, Βαγγέλης (28 June 2025). "ΑΕΚ, μεταγραφές: Ανακοίνωσε τον Φιλίπε Ρέλβας". sport24.gr (in Greek). Online.

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