2004–05 AEK Athens F.C. season

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.

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

Kits

Supplier: Adidas
Sponsor(s): TIM

Home
Away
Third

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. 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 team's audience, 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 material that the Portuguese had in his hands to work with is lacking, the big stars had left with the only remaining ones, Kostas Katsouranis and Nikos Liberopoulos and the veterans Nikos Kostenoglou and Nikolaos Georgeas, while at the end of the transfer period, with personal actions of Santos, they acquired on loan from Porto Bruno Alves and Paulo Assunção. 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. Vindication came on November 18 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]

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 Greece GK (1975-01-15)15 January 1975 (aged 30) 1997 Greece Eordaikos Free 2005
12 Giannis Arabatzis Greece GK (1984-05-28)28 May 1984 (aged 21) 2002 Greece Makrochori Free 2011
22 Dionysis Chiotis (Vice-captain 2) Greece GK (1977-06-04)4 June 1977 (aged 28) 1994 Greece AEK Athens U20 2007
Defenders
3 Nikola Malbaša Serbia and Montenegro LB / LM (1977-09-12)12 September 1977 (aged 27) 2004 Russia Terek Grozny Free 2007
4 Bruno Alves Portugal CB / DM (1981-11-27)27 November 1981 (aged 23) 2004 Portugal Porto Free 2005
5 Nikos Kostenoglou (Vice-captain) Greece CB / RB (1970-10-03)3 October 1970 (aged 34) 1994 Greece Skoda Xanthi €400,000 2005
14 Stavros Tziortziopoulos Greece LB / CB / LM (1978-08-15)15 August 1978 (aged 26) 2004 Greece Panionios Free 2007
15 Dimitris Koutsikos Greece RB / DM (1988-04-20)20 April 1988 (aged 17) 2004 Greece AEK Athens U20 2006
16 Nikolaos Georgeas Greece RB / LB / DM (1976-12-27)27 December 1976 (aged 28) 2001 Greece Kalamata €1,500,000 2008
18 Vangelis Moras Greece CB / DM / RB (1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 23) 2003 Greece Proodeftiki €260,000 2007
24 Christos Kontis Greece RB / CB / LB (1975-05-13)13 May 1975 (aged 30) 2004 Greece Panionios Free 2007
25 Kofi Amponsah Ghana CB / LB (1978-04-19)19 April 1978 (aged 27) 2003 Greece PAOK Free 2006
27 Panagiotis Stergiatos Greece CB (1986-03-03)3 March 1986 (aged 19) 2003 Greece AEK Athens U20 2008
39 Grigoris Toskas Greece CB (1983-01-08)8 January 1983 (aged 22) 2000 Greece AEK Athens U20 2005
Midfielders
8 Ivan Rusev Bulgaria AM / RM / LM / CM (1979-05-10)10 May 1979 (aged 26) 2001 Bulgaria Spartak Varna Free 2005
9 Milen Petkov Bulgaria DM / CM / AM / RM / LM (1974-01-12)12 January 1974 (aged 31) 2000 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia €800,000 2005
17 Vladan Ivić Serbia and Montenegro AM / CM / RM / LM (1977-05-07)7 May 1977 (aged 28) 2004 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach Free 2007
21 Kostas Katsouranis (Captain) Greece CM / DM / RM / LM / AM / CB / RB / LB (1979-06-21)21 June 1979 (aged 26) 2002 Greece Panachaiki Free 2007
26 Ilias Kyriakidis Greece DM / CM / AM (1985-08-05)5 August 1985 (aged 19) 2004 Greece Ionikos €200,000 2009
28 Christos Bourbos Greece RM / RB / RW / DM (1983-06-01)1 June 1983 (aged 22) 2004 Greece PAS Giannina Free 2008
77 Paulo Assunção Brazil DM / CM (1980-01-25)25 January 1980 (aged 25) 2004 Portugal Porto Free 2005
Forwards
7 Alessandro Soares Brazil RW / SS / ST / LW (1973-02-05)5 February 1973 (aged 32) 2004 Greece OFI €60,000 2005
10 Sotiris Konstantinidis Greece RW / LW / RM / LM / AM (1979-04-19)19 April 1979 (aged 26) 1999 Greece Iraklis Free 2005
11 Leonidas Kampantais Greece ST / SS / RW (1982-03-08)8 March 1982 (aged 23) 2004 Greece Aris Free 2007
20 Ilias Solakis Greece ST (1974-12-15)15 December 1974 (aged 28) 2002 Cyprus APOEL Free 2007
27 Christos Christoforidis SwedenGreece LW / ST / SS (1981-12-31)31 December 1981 (aged 23) 2005 Sweden Assyriska FF Free 2005
30 Simos Krassas CyprusGreece RW / LW / RM / LM (1982-06-10)10 June 1982 (aged 23) 2004 Cyprus AEL Limassol €120,000 2008
33 Nikos Liberopoulos Greece SS / ST / AM (1975-08-04)4 August 1975 (aged 29) 2003 Greece Panathinaikos Free 2007
44 Nikos Voulgaris Greece ST (1985-08-30)30 August 1985 (aged 19) 2004 Italy Torino €100,000 2005
99 Júlio César Brazil LW / SS / AM / RW / ST (1980-02-26)26 February 1980 (aged 25) 2005 Portugal Gil Vicente €540,000 2008
Christos Kostis Greece SS / ST / AM / RW / LW (1972-01-15)15 January 1972 (aged 33) 2000 Belgium Anderlecht Free 2005
Left during Winter Transfer Window
2 Stathis Kappos GreeceCanada RB (1979-07-31)31 July 1979 (aged 25) 2001 Greece Kalamata Free 2005
6 Stelios Maistrellis Greece CB (1979-11-10)10 November 1979 (aged 25) 2002 Greece Aiolikos Free 2006
19 Manolis Tsangarogiannakis Greece AM (1986-01-30)30 January 1986 (aged 19) 2004 Greece AEK Athens U20 2008
32 Christos Tsevas Greece AM (1985-06-08)8 June 1985 (aged 20) 2003 Greece AEK Athens U20 2008

Transfers


Summer

No. Pos. Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
6 DF Greece Stelios Maistrellis Greece Akratitos End of loan 1 July 2004 30 June 2006
11 FW Greece Leonidas Kampantais Greece Aris Transfer Free 30 July 2004 30 June 2007 [2]
14 DF Greece Stavros Tziortziopoulos Greece Panionios Transfer Free 14 July 2004 30 June 2007
15 DF Greece Dimitris Koutsikos Greece AEK Athens U20 Promotion 30 July 2004 30 June 2006 [2]
19 MF Greece Manolis Tsangarogiannakis Greece AEK Athens U20 Promotion 1 July 2004 30 June 2008
20 FW Greece Ilias Solakis Greece Niki Volos End of loan 1 July 2004 30 June 2006
24 DF Greece Christos Kontis Greece Panionios Transfer Free 19 July 2004 30 June 2007
28 MF Greece Christos Bourbos Greece PAS Giannina Transfer Free 30 July 2004 30 June 2008 [2]
30 FW Cyprus Simos Krassas Cyprus AEL Limassol Transfer €120,000 30 July 2004 30 June 2008 [2]
44 FW Greece Nikos Voulgaris Italy Torino Transfer €100,000 30 July 2004 30 June 2005 [2]

Winter

No. Pos. Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
3 DF Serbia and Montenegro Nikola Malbaša Russia Terek Grozny Transfer Free 18 December 2004 30 June 2007 [3]
17 MF Serbia and Montenegro Vladan Ivić Germany Borussia M'gladbach Transfer Free 21 December 2004 31 December 2007 [4]
26 MF Greece Ilias Kyriakidis Greece Ionikos Transfer €200,000 28 December 2004 31 December 2009 [5]
29 FW Sweden Christos Christoforidis Sweden Assyriska FF Transfer Free 18 January 2005 31 December 2005 [6]
99 FW Brazil Júlio César Portugal Gil Vicente Transfer €540,000 18 January 2005 31 December 2008 [7]

Summer

No. Pos. Player To Type Fee Date Source
2 DF Greece Vasilios Borbokis Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta End of contract 1 July 2004
6 MF Greece Theodoros Zagorakis Italy Bologna Contract termination 24 July 2004 [8]
8 DF Netherlands Michel Kreek Netherlands Willem II End of contract 1 July 2004
9 FW Cyprus Ioannis Okkas Greece Olympiacos Contract termination 2 August 2004 [9]
10 MF Greece Vasilios Tsiartas Germany 1. FC Köln Contract termination 30 November 2004 [10]
12 GK Greece Sotiris Liberopoulos Greece Aris End of contract 20 July 2004 [11]
17 DF Greece Michalis Kasapis Retired 1 July 2004
23 MF Greece Vasilios Lakis England Crystal Palace Contract termination 29 September 2004 [12]
25 DF North Macedonia Goran Popov Serbia and Montenegro Red Star Belgrade End of contract 1 July 2004
30 FW Serbia and Montenegro Ilija Ivić Retired 1 July 2004 [13]
32 DF Greece Michalis Kapsis France Bordeaux Transfer €500,000 26 July 2004 [14]
36 FW Greece Tasos Thanos Greece Proodeftiki Transfer Free 1 July 2004
88 FW Greece Dimitris Nalitzis Greece Kerkyra Contract termination 28 July 2004 [15]
MF Greece Peter Philipakos Greece Olympiacos Contract termination 31 July 2004

Winter

No. Pos. Player To Type Fee Date Source
2 DF Canada Stathis Kappos Greece Aris Contract termination 14 January 2005 [16]
6 DF Greece Stelios Maistrellis Greece Levadiakos Contract termination 21 January 2005
19 DF Ghana Kofi Amponsah Greece Egaleo Contract termination 29 January 2005 [17]
32 MF Greece Christos Tsevas Greece Akratitos Transfer Free 1 January 2005

Summer

No. Pos. Player From Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
4 DF Portugal Bruno Alves Portugal Porto Free 3 August 2004 30 June 2005 Red XN [18]
7 FW Brazil Alessandro Soares Greece OFI €60,000 23 July 2004 30 June 2005 Green tickY [19]
77 MF Brazil Paulo Assunção Portugal Porto Free 3 August 2004 30 June 2005 Red XN [18]

Summer

No. Pos. Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
19 MF Greece Manolis Tsangarogiannakis Greece Agia Paraskevi Free 1 July 2004 30 June 2006 Red XN
35 MF Greece Dimitris Karameris Greece Levadiakos Free 1 July 2004 30 June 2005 Red XN

Contract renewals

No. Pos. Player Date Former Exp. Date New Exp. Date Source
9 MF Bulgaria Milen Petkov 22 July 2004 30 June 2004 30 June 2005 [20]
10 FW Greece Sotiris Konstantinidis 22 July 2004 30 June 2006 30 June 2005 [20]
21 MF Greece Kostas Katsouranis 24 July 2004 30 June 2005 30 June 2007 [21]
22 GK Greece Dionysis Chiotis 1 June 2005 30 June 2005 30 June 2007 [22]
33 FW Greece Nikos Liberopoulos 21 July 2004 30 June 2006 30 June 2007 [23]

Overall transfer activity

Pre-season and friendlies

31 July 2004 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 3–0 Greece Chaidari Thrakomakedones
Stadium: AEK Athens' training complex
6 August 2004 Friendly Marko Greece 1–2 Greece AEK Athens Markopoulo
Stadium: Municipal Markopoulo Stadium
11 August 2004 Friendly Mantova Italy 2–0 Greece AEK Athens Verona
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Veronello
14 August 2004 Troffeo Sky Internazionale Italy 5–1 Greece AEK Athens Pisa
Report
Stadium: Stadio Romeo Anconetani
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)
14 August 2004 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 2–3 Saudi Arabia Al Shabab Verona
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Veronello
18 August 2004 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 1–2 Italy Brescia Verona
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Veronello
27 August 2004 Friendly Apollon Limassol Cyprus 3–3 Greece AEK Athens Limassol
Stadium: Tsirio Stadium
29 August 2004 Friendly Anorthosis Cyprus 0–4 Greece AEK Athens Larnaca
Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
4 September 2004 Trofeo Hellboy Deportivo de La Coruña Spain 1–1
(2–4 p)
Greece 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 Spain 0–0
(3–2 p)
Greece 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 Turkey 2–1 Greece AEK Athens Istanbul
Report
Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi
Attendance: 7,000
13 November 2004 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 0–0 Turkey Galatasaray Marousi
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 40,000

Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos[lower-alpha 1] (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

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 17 11 2 46 22  +24 62 12 2 1 25 5  +20 5 9 1 21 17  +4

Results by Matchday

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAH
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

Fixtures

19 September 2004 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 18 Panionios 1–1 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
19:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 834
Referee: Dimitris Stiliaras (Aetoloacarnania)
19 February 2005 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 24 Chalkidona 1–1 AEK Athens Nikaia
17:45 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Iliopoulos 15' (pen.)
Stadium: Nikaia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,972
Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)
10 April 2005 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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)
  • Dermitzakis 85'
Report
Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Antonis Kouklakis (Chania)
6 October 2004 Second leg AEK Athens 2–1
(3–1 agg.)
PANO Malia Rizoupoli
16:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
  • Tsafantakis 78'
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.[24]
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 Slovenia 1–1 Greece 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 Greece 1–0
(2–1 agg.)
Slovenia 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 France Lille 4 3 0 1 5 3 +2 9 Advance to knockout stage 1–0 2–1
2 Spain Sevilla 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 7 2–0 3–2
3 Germany Alemannia Aachen 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 1–0 2–2
4 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 4 1 2 1 9 6 +3 5 1–1 5–1
5 Greece AEK Athens 4 0 0 4 4 12 8 0 1–2 0–2
Source: RSSSF
21 October 2004 Matchday 1 Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 5–1 Greece AEK Athens Saint Petersburg, Russia
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 29,500
Referee: Antonio Costa (Portugal)
25 November 2004 Matchday 2 AEK Athens Greece 1–2 France Lille Athens, Greece
20:00 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 22,015
Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)
2 December 2004 Matchday 3 Sevilla Spain 3–2 Greece 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 Matchday 4 AEK Athens Greece 0–2 Germany 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.PosPlayerAlpha EthnikiGreek CupUEFA Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1GK Greece Chrysostomos Michailidis 1304040 210
12GK Greece Giannis Arabatzis 000000 00
22GK Greece Dionysis Chiotis 1806020 260
Defenders
3DF Serbia and Montenegro Nikola Malbaša 1304000 170
4DF Portugal Bruno Alves 27010150 421
5DF Greece Nikos Kostenoglou 2103050 290
14DF Greece Stavros Tziortziopoulos 1102051 181
15DF Greece Dimitris Koutsikos 000000 00
16DF Greece Nikolaos Georgeas 601020 90
18DF Greece Vangelis Moras 1908120 291
24DF Greece Christos Kontis 2518040 371
25DF Ghana Kofi Amponsah 501041 101
27DF Greece Panagiotis Stergiatos 000000 00
39DF Greece Grigoris Toskas 603030 120
Midfielders
8MF Bulgaria Ivan Rusev 913020 141
9MF Bulgaria Milen Petkov 1516040 251
17MF Serbia and Montenegro Vladan Ivić 1746100 235
21MF Greece Kostas Katsouranis 28107161 4112
26MF Greece Ilias Kyriakidis 1105000 160
28MF Greece Christos Bourbos 1506120 231
77MF Brazil Paulo Assunção 2408050 370
Forwards
7FW Brazil Alessandro Soares 25119351 3915
10FW Greece Sotiris Konstantinidis 2208230 332
11FW Greece Leonidas Kampantais 1123240 184
20FW Greece Ilias Solakis 602010 90
29FW Sweden Christos Christoforidis 101000 20
30FW Cyprus Simos Krassas 2426061 363
33FW Greece Nikos Liberopoulos 2899361 4313
44FW Greece Nikos Voulgaris 000000 00
99FW Brazil Júlio César 1346100 195
FW Greece Christos Kostis 000000 00
Left during Winter Transfer Window
2DF Greece Stathis Kappos 001000 10
6DF Greece Stelios Maistrellis 001000 10
19MF Greece Manolis Tsangarogiannakis 001000 10
32MF Greece Christos Tsevas 002010 30

Goalscorers

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

Clean sheets

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

Starting 11

Manager stats

Name Nat From To Record Honours
PWDLFA%W
Fernando Santos Portugal September 11, 2004 May 25, 2005 4623158704350.00

Only competitive matches are counted. Wins, losses and draws are results at the final whistle; the results of penalty shootouts are not counted.

UEFA rankings

UEFA team ranking

#FormPreviousCountryTeamRanking
3644BelgiumClub Brugge50.476
3732SpainDeportivo Alavés50.326
3834GreeceAEK Athens47.715
3938BelgiumAnderlecht47.476
4054GreeceOlympiacos46.715

UEFA country ranking

#FormPreviousCountryLeagueRanking
66PortugalLiga Sagres44.666
78NetherlandsEredivisie39.831
87GreeceAlpha Ethniki35.498
912BelgiumJupiler Pro League31.750
1011ScotlandClydesdale Bank Premier League31.750

2004

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): TIM

Home
Away
Third

Source:

2005

Supplier: Adidas
Sponsor(s): TIM

Home
Away
Third

Source: aek.com 21-01-2005

Awards

Player Pos. Award Source
Greece Kostas Katsouranis MF Greek Player of the Season [25]
Portugal Fernando Santos Manager of the Season [25]

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