2000–01 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 2000–01 season was the 77th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 42nd 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 2000 and finished on 26 May 2001.

AEK Athens
2000–01 season
ChairmanCornelius Sierhuis
ManagerGiannis Pathiakakis
(until 24 January)
Toni Savevski
StadiumNikos Goumas Stadium
Alpha Ethniki3rd
Greek CupRound of 16
UEFA CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Demis Nikolaidis (15)
All:
Demis Nikolaidis (26)
Highest home attendance24,404 vs Barcelona
(25 February 2001)
Lowest home attendance770 vs AEL
(30 August 2000)
Average home league attendance6,833
Biggest winAEK Athens 9–1 Olympiacos Volos
AEK Athens 8–0 Ethnikos Piraeus
Biggest defeatOlympiacos 6–1 AEK Athens
Barcelona 5–0 AEK Athens

Overview

The season started with the multinational Netmed and ENIC at the wheel and with Cornelius Sierhuis and Petros Stathis in command. Giannis Pathiakakis, having made a very good finish in the previous season, took charge of the club's transfers, having a pretty good budget. After a transfer journey in Latin America he brought Fernando Navas, Emanuel Ruiz and Ferrugem to the team, but the transfer "bombs" occurred with Greek footballers. Vasilios Tsiartas returned from Sevilla after 4 years, while Theodoros Zagorakis returned from England to wear the colors of AEK Athens.

In the first round of the UEFA Cup, AEK were drawn against Hungarian Vasas. At Ferenc Puskás Stadium, AEK appeared sluggish, but at the start of the second half, they woke up and quickly scored 2 goals, while later the laziness returned with the result of being equalizing with 2 goals in the last minutes of the match. In rematch of Nikos Goumas Stadium AEK appeared more serious and with Maladenis, who was the protagonist of the match, scored a goal in the 27th minute and two minutes later, won a penalty scored by Nikolaidis, with the 2–0 being the final score. The next opponent for the yellow-blacks was Herfølge from Denmark. First match in Athens, where the amazing Nikolaidis scored an impressive of 4 of goals and Zikos scored another goal with a nice shot and AEK achieved an emphatic victory. In the repmatch, the Danes took the lead from very early on with AEK equalizing. In the second half, Herfølge again took the lead with a penalty and the match ended with an unacceptable defeat for the Greek club. In the round of 32, the difficult times came for AEK, who were drawn with the German Bayer Leverkusen, were in the top of the Bundesliga at that time. The first match at the BayArena, where in a historic night for the Greek team, AEK took the lead early on, but then conceded 2 goals. However, AEK pressed and equalized, but before the celebrations were stopped, Bayer made it 3–2 with the yellow-blacks equalizing with a penalty. In the 79th minute, AEK made it 3–4 and while the Germans continued to press hard eventually AEK's defense hold again, conceding a goal at the end of the game which ended in the impressive 4–4. The rematch of Nikos Goumas on 7th December was an even more impressive night for AEK who scored at the beginning of the match, while in the second half they doubled their lead with a direct free kick and achieved a huge qualification win, which was one of the important in their European history. In the round of 16, things became even more difficult since AEK were drawn with the great Barcelona of Rivaldo, Kluivert, Overmars, Luis Enrique, Guardiola and De Boer. In the first leg at Nea Filadelfeia in a fantastic atmosphere, AEK stood up well, but a mistake by the yellow-black defense in the 42nd was enough for the Spanish team to open the score, where it remained until the end of the match and their few hopes of qualification they seemed to fly away. In the rematch at Camp Nou, the Greek club entered strongly, but Barcelona did not panic and crushed the yellow-blacks with a wide score of 5–0. AEK Athens' European run ended with elimination by the mighty Spanish team.[1]

In the cup, AEK initially played in a group with Panathinaikos, AEL, Ethnikos Piraeus, Kozani and Olympiacos Volos and passed as second behind Panathinaikos in the next round, where it were drawn against Olympiacos. The first match took place in Nea Filadelfeia, where AEK entered the match well and took the lead with Nikolaidis. However, in a tackle by Zikos, where ended up to Nikolaidis, went to score another goal, the referee whistled for a foul. Zikos protested and the referee sent him off with a second yellow. In the midst of chaos that followed the referee expelled Nikolaidis as well with a straight red. AEK with 9 men, were equalized and as the heated crowd in the stands were angrier, Petros Stathis made a decision that would mark the history of the club and after whispering to Pathiakakis, 3 players of AEK fell down pretending to be wounded. The AEK ultras broke the railings of the roof and invade the pitch and as a result the match was suspended with the red and whites winning by 2–0 without a match. In the rematch Pathiakakis made a confusing decision, using a mixture of substitutes and main players in the lineup in another nightmare evening for AEK, where the match ended in a 6–1 defeat. After the game Pathiakakis left AEK.[2]

In the championship, AEK started mediocre, but the psychology went up in the European matches with the qualification against Bayer Leverkusen. The first problems, however, started with the 4–1 defeat from Olympiacos for the championship and eventually AEK fell psychologically later, in the elimination from the cup by Olympiacos. After the departure of Pathiakakis, Toni Savevski retired as a footballer and "overnight" he became the coach of the team as a "duo" with Eugène Gerards,[3] however AEK did not manage to save many things from the season, as they finished in third place, 17 points from the top.

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 26 May 2001, 23:59 UTC+3.

No. Player Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Signed Previous club Transfer fee Contract until
Goalkeepers
1 Ilias Atmatsidis (Captain) Greece GK (1969-04-24)24 April 1969 (aged 32) 1992 Greece Pontioi Veria Free 2002
15 Chrysostomos Michailidis Greece GK (1975-01-15)15 January 1975 (aged 26) 1997 Greece Eordaikos Free 2005
22 Dionysis Chiotis Greece GK (1977-06-04)4 June 1977 (aged 24) 1994 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 2005
Defenders
2 Traianos Dellas Greece CB (1976-01-31)31 January 1976 (aged 25) 1999 England Sheffield United Free 2002
3 Ferrugem Brazil CB / DM (1980-10-06)6 October 1980 (aged 20) 2000 Brazil Palmeiras Free 2003
5 Nikos Kostenoglou Greece CB / RB (1970-10-03)3 October 1970 (aged 30) 1994 Greece Skoda Xanthi ₯100,000,000 2003
12 Charis Kopitsis Greece RB / RM / LM (1969-03-05)5 March 1969 (aged 32) 1992 Greece Panionios Free 2002
16 Nikolaos Georgeas Greece RB / LB / DM (1976-12-27)27 December 1976 (aged 24) 2001 Greece Kalamata ₯500,000,000 2006
17 Michalis Kasapis (Vice-captain 2) Greece LB / LM (1971-08-06)6 August 1971 (aged 29) 1993 Greece Levadiakos ₯50,000,000 2002
19 Grigoris Toskas Greece CB (1983-01-08)8 January 1983 (aged 18) 2000 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 2005
21 Vaios Karagiannis Greece LB / CB (1968-06-25)25 June 1968 (aged 33) 1990 Greece A.O. Karditsa Free 2001
27 Hernán Medina Argentina CB / DM (1974-09-05)5 September 1974 (aged 26) 2001 Argentina Boca Juniors ₯100,000,000 2001
31 Christos Pitos Greece CB / DM / CM (1979-09-24)24 September 1979 (aged 21) 2001 Greece Naoussa Free 2006
32 Michalis Kapsis Greece CB (1973-10-18)18 October 1973 (aged 27) 1999 Greece Ethnikos Piraeus Free 2003
Midfielders
6 Theodoros Zagorakis Greece CM / DM / AM / RM / CB / RB (1971-10-27)27 October 1971 (aged 29) 2000 England Leicester City Free 2003
7 Christos Maladenis Greece CM / RM / LM / AM / RW / LW / SS (1974-05-23)23 May 1974 (aged 27) 1995 Greece Skoda Xanthi ₯120,000,000 2003
10 Vasilios Tsiartas Greece AM / RM / LM / SS (1972-11-12)12 November 1972 (aged 28) 2000 Spain Sevilla ₯1,400,000,000 2003
14 Akis Zikos Greece DM / CM (1974-06-01)1 June 1974 (aged 27) 1998 Greece Skoda Xanthi ₯130,000,000 2002
18 Georgios Passios Greece DM / CM / CB (1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 19) 1997 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 2003
23 Vasilios Lakis Greece RM / RW / AM / CM (1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 24) 1998 Greece Paniliakos ₯600,000,000 2003
24 Dimitris Karameris Greece CM / DM (1983-04-16)16 April 1983 (aged 18) 2000 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 2005
26 Bledar Kola AlbaniaGreece LM / CM / DM / LB (1972-08-01)1 August 1972 (aged 28) 2001 Greece Panathinaikos Free 2003
28 Milen Petkov Bulgaria DM / CM / AM / RM / LM (1974-01-12)12 January 1974 (aged 27) 2000 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia ₯260,000,000 2003
33 Fernando Navas Argentina LM / AM / RM (1977-01-29)29 January 1977 (aged 24) 2000 Argentina Boca Juniors ₯700,000,000 2005
Forwards
9 Christos Kostis Greece SS / ST / AM / RW / LW (1972-01-15)15 January 1972 (aged 29) 2000 Belgium Anderlecht Free 2001
11 Demis Nikolaidis (Vice-captain) GreeceGermany ST / SS (1973-09-17)17 September 1973 (aged 27) 1996 Greece Apollon Athens ₯288,000,000 2004
20 Sotiris Konstantinidis Greece RW / LW / RM / LM / AM (1979-04-19)19 April 1979 (aged 22) 1999 Greece Iraklis Free 2003
30 Emanuel Ruiz Argentina SS / ST / RW (1978-07-07)7 July 1978 (aged 22) 2000 Argentina Boca Juniors Free 2005
Left during Winter Transfer Window
4 Diyan Donchev Bulgaria LB (1974-01-08)8 January 1974 (aged 27) 2000 Bulgaria Spartak Varna ₯200,000,000 2002
— Georgios Paraskevaidis Greece CB (1982-10-09)9 October 1982 (aged 18) 2000 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 2005
8 Toni Savevski North Macedonia CM / LM / DM (1963-07-14)14 July 1963 (aged 37) 1988 North Macedonia Vardar Free 2001
25 Luis Darío Calvo Argentina AM / LW (1977-10-10)10 October 1977 (aged 23) 2001 Argentina Banfield Free 2002

Transfers


Summer
No. Pos. Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
3 DF Brazil Ferrugem Brazil Palmeiras Transfer Free[a] 11 July 2000 30 June 2003 [4]
4 DF Bulgaria Diyan Donchev Bulgaria Spartak Varna Transfer ₯200,000,000 13 July 2000 30 June 2002 [5]
6 MF Greece Theodoros Zagorakis England Leicester City Transfer Free 3 July 2000 30 June 2003 [6]
9 FW Greece Christos Kostis Belgium Anderlecht Transfer Free 19 July 2000 30 June 2001 [7]
10 MF Greece Vasilios Tsiartas Spain Sevilla Transfer ₯1,400,000,000[8] 6 July 2000 30 June 2003 [9]
19 DF Greece Grigoris Toskas Greece AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 29 November 2000 30 June 2005 [10]
22 GK Greece Dionysis Chiotis Greece Proodeftiki End of loan — 1 July 2000 30 June 2005
24 MF Greece Dimitris Karameris Greece AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 29 November 2000 30 June 2005 [10]
25 MF Argentina Luis Darío Calvo Argentina Banfield Transfer Free 31 July 2001 30 June 2002 [11]
30 FW Argentina Emanuel Ruiz Argentina Boca Juniors Transfer Free 4 July 2000 30 June 2005 [12]
33 MF Argentina Fernando Navas Argentina Boca Juniors Transfer ₯700,000,000 4 July 2000 30 June 2005 [12][13]
— FW Greece Georgios Trichias Greece Athinaikos End of loan — 1 July 2000 31 December 2003
a. ^ On 28 December 2001, FIFA awarded Palmeiras the fee of ₯650,000,000, as compensation, due to the player's free transfer upon his contract's expiration.[14]

Winter
No. Pos. Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
16 DF Greece Nikolaos Georgeas Greece Kalamata Transfer ₯500,000,000 17 January 2001 30 June 2006 [15]
19 MF Albania Bledar Kola Greece Panathinaikos Transfer Free 19 January 2001 31 December 2003 [16]
31 DF Greece Christos Pitos Greece Naoussa Transfer Free 18 January 2001 30 June 2006
— MF Bulgaria Ivan Rusev Bulgaria Spartak Varna Transfer Free 1 January 2001 30 June 2005

Summer
No. Pos. Player To Type Fee Date Source
6 MF Greece Dimitris Markos Greece Aris Contract termination — 1 July 2000 [17]
9 FW Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Bjeković Netherlands Fortuna Sittard Contract termination — 31 July 2000 [11]
10 MF Serbia and Montenegro Dragan Ćirić Spain Barcelona End of loan — 1 July 2000
16 MF Iceland Arnar Grétarsson Belgium Lokeren End of contract — 1 July 2000
18 MF Greece Evripidis Katsavos Greece OFI Crete End of contract — 5 July 2000 [18]
19 FW Cyprus Giorgos Kavazis Greece Kalamata End of contract — 1 July 2000
24 MF Serbia and Montenegro Vladimir Matijašević Serbia and Montenegro Red Star End of contract — 1 July 2000
25 DF Greece Giannis Kalitzakis Greece Ethnikos Asteras End of contract — 1 July 2000 [19]
29 DF Italy Davide Belotti Italy Vicenza End of loan — 1 July 2000
30 MF Argentina Pablo Cantero Argentina Central Córdoba Contract termination — 1 July 2000
— GK Greece Vasilis Karagiannis Greece Diagoras End of contract — 1 July 2000
— DF Italy Filippo Dal Moro Italy Roma End of loan — 1 July 2000

Winter
No. Pos. Player To Type Fee Date Source
4 DF Bulgaria Diyan Donchev Bulgaria Spartak Varna Contract termination — 19 January 2001 [16]
8 MF North Macedonia Toni Savevski Retired — 31 January 2001 [20]
25 MF Argentina Luis Darío Calvo Greece Kalamata Contract termination — 29 January 2001 [21]

Winter
No. Pos. Player From Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
27 DF Argentina Hernán Medina Argentina Boca Juniors ₯100,000,000 25 January 2001 30 June 2001 Green tickY [22][23]

Summer
No. Pos. Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
22 GK Greece Lefteris Petkaris Greece Kilkisiakos Free 1 July 2000 30 June 2001 Red XN
31 FW Greece Ilias Anastasakos Greece Kalamata Free 1 July 2000 30 June 2001 Red XN
— FW Greece Georgios Trichias Greece Panetolikos Free 1 July 2000 30 June 2001 Red XN

Winter
No. Pos. Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
— DF Greece Georgios Paraskevaidis Greece Panionios Free 1 January 2001 30 June 2001 Red XN
— MF Bulgaria Ivan Rusev Greece Athinaikos Free 31 January 2001 30 June 2001 Red XN [24]

Contract renewals
No. Pos. Player Date Former Exp. Date New Exp. Date Source
21 DF Greece Vaios Karagiannis 18 July 2000 30 June 2000 30 June 2001

Overall transfer activity

Pre-season and friendlies
21 July 2000 Friendly Harkemase Boys Netherlands 0–2 Greece AEK Athens Arnhem
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: De Branding Training Center
23 July 2000 Friendly Nijmegen Netherlands 1–0 Greece AEK Athens Arnhem
 Report Stadium: De Branding Training Center
Attendance: 3,000
27 July 2000 Friendly Heracles Almelo Netherlands 0–2 Greece AEK Athens Arnhem
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: De Branding Training Center
31 July 2000 Friendly Agioi Anargyroi Greece 0–4 Greece AEK Athens Ano Liosia
Report
Stadium: Ano Liosia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
4 August 2000 Nova Supersports Cup AEK Athens Greece 4–2 Austria Rapid Wien Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
5 August 2000 Nova Supersports Cup AEK Athens Greece 2–3 Italy Brescia Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
21 August 2000 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 2–1 Greece Atromitos Nea Filadelfeia
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
24 August 2000 Friendly Roma Italy 0–0 Greece AEK Athens Rome
22:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
3 September 2000 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 1–2 Spain Espanyol Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
8 September 2000 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 2–1 Greece Kalamata Nea Filadelfeia
7:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
15 October 2000 Friendly Atromitos Greece 2–2 Greece AEK Athens Peristeri
Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
18 October 2000 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 3–0 Greece Egaleo Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
21 October 2000 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 3–4 Greece Proodeftiki Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
31 January 2001 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 3–0 Greece Atromitos Nea Filadelfeia
 Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
6 February 2001 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 1–1 Greece Panelefsiniakos Thrakomakedones
 Report
  • Brilis 75'
 Stadium: AEK Athens' training complex

Competitions

Alpha Ethniki
Main article: 2000–01 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 25 3 2 84 22 +62 78 Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2 Panathinaikos 30 20 6 4 61 20 +41 66 Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3 AEK Athens 30 19 4 7 61 34 +27 61 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
4 PAOK 30 14 9 7 66 48 +18 51 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Iraklis 30 14 4 12 45 40 +5 46
Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against; 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criterion 7 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. PAOK were qualified for first round of the 2001–02 UEFA Cup as Greek Football Cup winners.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 19 4 7 61 34  +27 61 11 2 2 35 16  +19 8 2 5 26 18  +8

Results by Matchday
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHA
ResultWWDWLWLWLWDWDLWWWWWLLWDWWLWWWW
Position222242645343365433334333333333
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures
18 September 2000 Matchday 1 AEK Athens 2–0 Iraklis Nea Filadelfeia
20:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 13,012
Referee: Makis Efthimiadis (Drama)
24 September 2000 Matchday 2 Athinaikos 0–3 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 4,188
Referee: Christos Daglis (Thessaloniki)
1 October 2000 Matchday 3 AEK Athens 2–2 Ethnikos Asteras Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 4,741
Referee: Panagiotis Nikou (Imathia)
29 October 2000 Matchday 4 Ionikos 0–2 AEK Athens Nikaia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikaia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 3,573
Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)
4 November 2000 Matchday 5 Olympiacos 4–1 AEK Athens Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 26,138
Referee: Giorgos Tsaggarakis (Chania)
12 November 2000 Matchday 6 AEK Athens 2–1 Panachaiki Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 3,886
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
19 November 2000 Matchday 7 Kalamata 3–1 AEK Athens Kalamata
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Messiniakos Stadium
Attendance: 1,710
Referee: Stavros Flotsios (Boeotia)
27 November 2000 Matchday 8 AEK Athens 4–2 PAS Giannina Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 2,699
Referee: Spyros Voulgaris (Piraeus)
2 December 2000 Matchday 9 Panionios 2–0 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 2,169
Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)
10 December 2000 Matchday 10 AEK Athens 3–1 Aris Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 8,072
Referee: Kostas Vallianos (Aetoloacarnania)
18 December 2000 Matchday 11 OFI 3–3 AEK Athens Heraklion
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 3,696
Referee: Giorgos Tsaggarakis (Chania)
3 January 2001 Matchday 12 AEK Athens 2–1 Paniliakos Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 4,567
Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)
7 January 2001 Matchday 13 AEK Athens 1–1 Panathinaikos Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 12,301
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)
14 January 2001 Matchday 14 PAOK 2–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 7,058
Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)
21 January 2001 Matchday 15 AEK Athens 2–0 Skoda Xanthi Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 3,589
Referee: Theofilaktos Papapanagiotou (Piraeus)
Note: Last league game for Giannis Pathiakakis as AEK's coach and end of career for Toni Saveski as footballer, with the later replacing Pathiakakis as the team's coach.
28 January 2001 Matchday 16 Iraklis 1–2 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 7,519
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
5 February 2001 Matchday 17 AEK Athens 2–1 Athinaikos Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 4,101
Referee: Pavlos Papilias (Piraeus)
11 February 2001 Matchday 18 Ethnikos Asteras 0–3 AEK Athens Kaisariani
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium
Attendance: 3,980
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
18 February 2001 Matchday 19 AEK Athens 2–0 Ionikos Alexandroupoli
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Alexandroupoli Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 3,319
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
Note: The match was held in the Alexandroupoli Stadium because AEK had been punished with 3 games away from home for fan invasion during the Cup game against Olympiacos.
26 February 2001 Matchday 20 AEK Athens 1–2 Olympiacos Heraklion
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 4,836
Referee: Paraskevas Chelis (Kavala)
5 March 2001 Matchday 21 Panachaiki 1–0 AEK Athens Patras
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium
Attendance: 2,743
Referee: Spyros Voulgaris (Piraeus)
12 March 2001 Matchday 22 AEK Athens 3–0 Kalamata Rhodes
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Diagoras Stadium
Attendance: 1,250
Referee: Paraskevas Chelis (Kavala)
19 March 2001 Matchday 23 PAS Giannina 2–2 AEK Athens Ioannina
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
Attendance: 5,393
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
1 April 2001 Matchday 24 AEK Athens 5–1 Panionios Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 2,858
Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)
7 April 2001 Matchday 25 Aris 0–3 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Aris Stadium
Attendance: 3,482
Referee: Paraskevas Chelis (Kavala)
22 April 2001 Matchday 26 AEK Athens 1–2 OFI Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 4,467
Referee: Dimitris Pontikis (Thessaloniki)
29 April 2001 Matchday 27 Paniliakos 0–3 AEK Athens Pyrgos
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium
Attendance: 3,442
Referee: Giorgos Tsaggarakis (Chania)
7 May 2001 Matchday 28 Panathinaikos 0–1 AEK Athens Ampelokipoi
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 4,109
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
19 May 2001 Matchday 29 AEK Athens 3–2 PAOK Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 6,070
Referee: Paraskevas Chelis (Kavala)
26 May 2001 Matchday 30 Skoda Xanthi 0–1 AEK Athens Xanthi
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium
Attendance: 934
Referee: Spyros Voulgaris (Piraeus)

Greek Cup
Main article: 2000–01 Greek Football Cup

Group 6

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAO AEK AEL ETP KOZ OLV
1 Panathinaikos 10 9 0 1 25 7 +18 27 Round of 16 2–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 4–1
2 AEK Athens 10 8 1 1 38 10 +28 25 3–1 1–0 8–0 5–2 9–1
3 AEL 10 3 2 5 10 13 −3 11 0–2 2–2 1–2 2–1 2–0
4 Ethnikos Piraeus 10 3 1 6 10 23 −13 10 0–3 0–3 0–1 2–1 3–1
5 Kozani 10 2 2 6 13 23 −10 8 1–3 1–4 1–1 1–1 2–0
6 Olympiakos Volos 10 2 0 8 10 30 −20 6 0–3 1–2 1–0 3–2 2–3
Source: epo.gr

Matches
6 August 2000 Matchday 1 AEK Athens 5–2 Kozani Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Antonis Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
9 August 2000 Matchday 2 Olympiacos Volos 1–2 AEK Athens Volos
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report (page 31)
Stadium: Volos Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,900
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
13 August 2000 Matchday 3 Panathinaikos 2–1 AEK Athens Marousi
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report (page 31)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 6,490
Referee: Kostas Finokaliotis (Athens)
17 August 2000 Matchday 4 AEK Athens 8–0 Ethnikos Piraeus Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report (page 32) Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 1,063
Referee: Giorgos Tsaggarakis (Chania)
28 August 2000 Matchday 5 Kozani 1–4 AEK Athens Kozani
18:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report (page 33)
Stadium: Kozani Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Panagiotis Nikou (Imathia)
30 August 2000 Matchday 6 AEK Athens 1–0 AEL Nea Filadelfeia
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report (page 32) Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 770
Referee: Dimitris Pontikis (Thessaloniki)
6 September 2000 Matchday 7 AEK Athens 9–1 Olympiacos Volos Nea Filadelfeia
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report (page 33)
  • Manta 75'
 Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 1,016
Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)
9 October 2000 Matchday 8 AEL 2–2 AEK Athens Larissa
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Gentch 60'
  • Kantimoiris 86'
 Report (page 35)
Stadium: Alcazar Stadium
Attendance: 545
Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)
29 November 2000 Matchday 9 AEK Athens 3–1 Panathinaikos Nea Filadelfeia
19:45 EET (UTC+2)
Report (page 34)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 1,309
Referee: Stavros Flotsios (Boeotia)
13 December 2000 Matchday 10 Ethnikos Piraeus 0–3 AEK Athens Kaisariani
19:30 EET (UTC+2) Report (page 34)
Stadium: Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium
Referee: Kiriakos Voutsalas (Thessaloniki)
Round of 16
10 January 2001 First leg AEK Athens 0–2
(Awarded)		 Olympiacos Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Dimitris Pontikis (Thessaloniki)
Note: At the 52nd minute, while AEK were leading by 1–0, the referee awarded a foul on a clean tackle by Zikos where the ball ended up to Nikolaidis who came out one-on-one with the opposing goalkeeper to make the score 2–0. Zikos protested calmly, but Pontikis showed him a second yellow card and expelled him. Then chaos was created and in the midst of that situation, the referee expelled Nikolaidis as well, with a straight red card. AEK played with 9 men and later Olympiacos managed to equalize with Niniadis. The atmosphere was very electrified and then Petros Stathis whispered something to Pathiakakis and right then and there, 3 AEK players fell down pretending to be injured. At the same time, AEK fans broke the railings of the gate and invaded the area behind the goalpost, resulting in the suspension of the match in the 72nd minute and the 0–2 win without a match for Olympiacos.[2]
24 January 2001 Second leg Olympiacos 6–1
(8–1 agg.)		 AEK Athens Marousi
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 11,925
Referee: Makis Efthimiadis (Drama)

UEFA Cup
Main article: 2000–01 UEFA Cup

First Round
12 September 2000 First leg Vasas Hungary 2–2 Greece AEK Athens Budapest, Hungary
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Ferenc Puskás Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)
28 September 2000 Second leg AEK Athens Greece 2–0
(4–2 agg.)		 Hungary Vasas Athens, Greece
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 11,200
Referee: Serguei Goussev (Russia)

Second Round
26 October 2000 First leg AEK Athens Greece 5–0 Denmark Herfølge Athens, Greece
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 9,075
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)
7 November 2000 Second leg Herfølge Denmark 2–1
(2–6 agg.)		 Greece AEK Athens Herfølge, Denmark
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Herfølge Stadion
Attendance: 1,645
Referee: Paulo Paraty (Portugal)

Third Round
23 November 2000 First leg Bayer Leverkusen Germany 4–4 Greece AEK Athens Leverkusen, Germany
20:15 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
7 December 2000 Second leg AEK Athens Greece 2–0
(6–4 agg.)		 Germany Bayer Leverkusen Athens, Greece
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 22,200
Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)

Fourth Round
15 February 2001 First leg AEK Athens Greece 0–1 Spain Barcelona Athens, Greece
21:30 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 24,404
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
22 February 2001 Second leg Barcelona Spain 5–0
(6–0 agg.)		 Greece AEK Athens Barcelona, Spain
22:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 33,623
Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

Statistics

Squad statistics
As of 26 May 2001
No.PosPlayerAlpha EthnikiGreek CupUEFA Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1GK Greece Ilias Atmatsidis 2509080 420
15GK Greece Chrysostomos Michailidis 304000 70
22GK Greece Dionysis Chiotis 301000 40
Defenders
2DF Greece Traianos Dellas 19110030 321
3DF Brazil Ferrugem 2205060 330
5DF Greece Nikos Kostenoglou 19110050 341
12DF Greece Charis Kopitsis 6011020 190
16DF Greece Nikolaos Georgeas 900000 90
17DF Greece Michalis Kasapis 2419080 411
19DF Greece Grigoris Toskas 002000 20
21DF Greece Vaios Karagiannis 707010 150
27DF Argentina Hernán Medina 200000 20
—DF Greece Christos Pitos 101000 20
32DF Greece Michalis Kapsis 2518070 401
Midfielders
6MF Greece Theodoros Zagorakis 2315070 351
7MF Greece Christos Maladenis 2628461 407
10MF Greece Vasilios Tsiartas 27143382 3819
14MF Greece Akis Zikos 2326081 373
18MF Greece Georgios Passios 003000 30
23MF Greece Vasilios Lakis 2827681 439
24MF Greece Dimitris Karameris 002000 20
26MF Albania Bledar Kola 901000 100
28MF Bulgaria Milen Petkov 2247061 355
33MF Argentina Fernando Navas 1025363 218
Forwards
9FW Greece Christos Kostis 715200 123
11FW Greece Demis Nikolaidis 25154586 3726
20FW Greece Sotiris Konstantinidis 228111140 3719
30FW Argentina Emanuel Ruiz 2359270 397
Left during Winter Transfer Window
4DF Bulgaria Diyan Donchev 105000 60
—DF Greece Georgios Paraskevaidis 000000 00
8MF North Macedonia Toni Savevski 308010 120
25MF Argentina Luis Darío Calvo 108400 94

Goalscorers
As of 26 May 2001
Rank No. Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 11 FW Greece Demis Nikolaidis 15 6 5 26
2 10 MF Greece Vasilios Tsiartas 14 3 2 19
20 FW Greece Sotiris Konstantinidis 8 11 0 19
4 23 MF Greece Vasilios Lakis 2 6 1 9
5 33 MF Argentina Fernando Navas 2 3 3 8
6 30 FW Argentina Emanuel Ruiz 5 2 0 7
7 MF Greece Christos Maladenis 2 4 1 7
8 28 MF Bulgaria Milen Petkov 4 0 1 5
9 25 MF Argentina Luis Darío Calvo 0 4 0 4
10 14 MF Greece Akis Zikos 2 0 1 3
9 FW Greece Christos Kostis 1 2 0 3
12 2 DF Greece Traianos Dellas 1 0 0 1
5 DF Greece Nikos Kostenoglou 1 0 0 1
32 DF Greece Michalis Kapsis 1 0 0 1
17 DF Greece Michalis Kasapis 1 0 0 1
6 MF Greece Theodoros Zagorakis 1 0 0 1
Own goals 1 0 1 2
Totals 61 40 16 112

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player Against Result Date Competition Source
Greece Sotiris Konstantinidis Greece Kozani 5–2 (H) 6 August 2000 Greek Cup [25]
Greece Demis Nikolaidis4 Greece Ethnikos Piraeus 8–0 (H) 17 August 2000 Greek Cup [26]
Greece Vasilios Lakis Greece Olympiacos Volos 9–1 (H) 6 September 2000 Greek Cup [27]
Greece Demis Nikolaidis4 Norway Herfølge 5–0 (H) 26 October 2000 UEFA Cup [28]
Greece Sotiris Konstantinidis Greece Panionios 5–1 (H) 1 April 2001 Alpha Ethniki [29]

Clean sheets
As of 26 May 2001
Rank No. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 1 Greece Ilias Atmatsidis 9 2 3 14
2 22 Greece Dionysis Chiotis 2 0 0 2
3 15 Greece Chrysostomos Michailidis 0 1 0 1
Totals 11 3 3 17

Disciplinary record


As of 26 May 2001
N P Nat. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total Notes
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
Goalkeepers
1 GK Greece Ilias Atmatsidis 2 1 3
15 GK Greece Chrysostomos Michailidis 1 1
22 GK Greece Dionysis Chiotis
Defenders
2 DF Greece Traianos Dellas 3 3 6
3 DF Brazil Ferrugem 4 1 5
5 DF Greece Nikos Kostenoglou 5 1 2 8
12 DF Greece Charis Kopitsis 1 1 3 4 1
16 DF Greece Nikolaos Georgeas 2 2
17 DF Greece Michalis Kasapis 4 4
19 DF Greece Grigoris Toskas
21 DF Greece Vaios Karagiannis 5 1 6
27 DF Argentina Hernán Medina
31 DF Greece Christos Pitos
32 DF Greece Michalis Kapsis 5 1 1 6 1
Midfielders
6 MF Greece Theodoros Zagorakis 4 1 5
7 MF Greece Christos Maladenis 5 1 6
10 MF Greece Vasilios Tsiartas 3 3
14 MF Greece Akis Zikos 7 3 1 1 11 1
18 MF Greece Georgios Passios
23 MF Greece Vasilios Lakis 2 1 1 3 1
24 MF Greece Dimitris Karameris
26 MF Albania Bledar Kola 2 2
28 MF Bulgaria Milen Petkov 7 2 1 10
33 MF Argentina Fernando Navas 1 1 1 1 3 1
Forwards
9 FW Greece Christos Kostis 1 1
11 FW Greece Demis Nikolaidis 3 1 3 1
20 FW Greece Sotiris Konstantinidis 1 1
30 FW Argentina Emanuel Ruiz 3 1 1 5
Left during Winter Transfer window
4 DF Bulgaria Diyan Donchev 1 1
— DF Greece Georgios Paraskevaidis
8 MF North Macedonia Toni Savevski
25 MF Argentina Luis Darío Calvo

Starting 11

Awards
Player Pos. Award Source
Greece Sotiris Konstantinidis FW Greek Cup Top Scorer (shared)

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