Club: | AEK Athens |
Season: | 1993–94 |
Manager: | Dušan Bajević |
Mgrtitle: | Manager |
Chairman: | Giannis Karras |
Chrtitle: | Chairman |
League: | Alpha Ethniki |
League Result: | 1st |
Cup1: | Greek Cup |
Cup1 Result: | Runners-up |
Cup2: | Greek Super Cup |
Cup2 Result: | Runners-up |
Cup3: | UEFA Champions League |
Cup3 Result: | First round |
League Topscorer: | Alexis Alexandris (24) |
Season Topscorer: | Alexis Alexandris (30) |
Highest Attendance: | 22,982 (vs Monaco) (29 September 1993) |
Lowest Attendance: | 2,009 (vs Paniliakos) (10 November 1993) |
Average Attendance: | 10,858 |
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Prevseason: | 1992–93 |
Nextseason: | 1994–95 |
The 1993–94 season was the 70th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 35th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup, the Greek Super Cup and the UEFA Champions League. The season began on 18 August 1993 and finished on 24 April 1994.
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The supporters of AEK Athens were living historic moments, as the club won the Greek championship for the third consecutive season. In the summer of 1993, the administration of Karras-Melissanidis, in collaboration with the coach, Dušan Bajević, decided to make a small renewal in the roster, even though the team won the championship of the previous season. So the older "veterans" Minou, Vasilopoulos, Karagiozopoulos, Papaioannou and Georgiadis left the club and the younger and talented Kasapis, Borbokis, Vlachos and Vasilis Karagiannis came in, while it was also decided that the "young" Atmatsidis, Tsiartas and Kopitsis, that were acquired in the previous season, would have a more active role within the team.
Bajević presented for yet another year a very strong team and AEK conquered the championship easilier than the previous season, while the team was establishing itself as one of the most important teams in Greek football. The important victories were against Panathinaikos with 1–2 away and 2–0 at home, while the biggest victory in terms of score was against Apollon Athens with 4–0. The title was mathematically sealed after the penultimate match against Apollon Kalamarias. After the game of last matchday against OFI, there was a beautiful title fiesta.
For the first round of the UEFA Champions League, AEK were drawn against the powerful Monaco of Arsène Wenger. In the first match at Stade Louis II, lined up without Manolas, AEK appeared frivolous, unprepared and disjointed, as they were vulnerable in their defensive line, problematic in the midfield and the offense was not particularly threatening. The French created a flurry of chances, but got the win thanks to an own goal by Vlachos. In the rematch of Nikos Goumas Stadium, AEK were not bold and quickly found themselves back in the score with a goal by Djorkaeff, but managed to equalize early enough with Slišković, but without becoming particularly threatening. Afterwards, the fatigue and in general the bad condition of some of their players, as well as the superiority of their opponent, did not allow her to achieve anything special and they were inevitably eliminated. Arsène Wenger, who in the previous season had been eliminated by Olympiacos with two draws, admitted that AEK was a more technical team than the red and whites, but with the difference that the latter had played stronger in the match between them.
In the institution of the cup, AEK initially easily overcame the obstacles of Paniliakos and Asteras Ambelokipoi and reached the quarter-finals of the competition where they faced AEL. They won 0–1 away from home and drew 1–1 at Nea Filadelfeia. In the semi-finals they played against Aris, where they kept the goalless draw in Thessaloniki and beat them in Athens with 2–1. In the final of the against Panathinaikos in the packed Olympic Stadium, one of the best Cup finals of all time took place. Panathinaikos took the lead with a goal by Warzycha in the 31st minute, while in the 54th minute they double their goals with an own goal by Manolas, but AEK found the focus to equalize with goals by Alexandris at the 71st minute and Dimitriadis at the 77th minute, sending the match to extra time. There, Alexandris made it 2–3 in the 95th minute, but three minutes before the end, Panathinaikos equalized with Markos. The match went to penalty shooy-out where Panathinaikos won with 4–2 and took the trophy.
The best players of the team for this period were Alexis Alexandris, Toni Savevski, Refik Šabanadžović, Stelios Manolas, Michalis Kasapis and Vasilis Dimitriadis. The top scorer of both the team and the league was Alexandris, who together with Warzycha scored 24 goals.[1]
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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 24 April 1994, 23:59 UTC+3.
Player | Nat. | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed | Previous club | Transfer fee | Contract until | |
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Goalkeepers | ||||||||
Spyros Ikonomopoulos | GK | June 30, 1994 | 1978 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1997 | ||
Ilias Atmatsidis | GK | June 30, 1994 | 1992 | Pontioi Veria | Free | 1999 | ||
Vasilis Karagiannis | GK | June 30, 1994 | 1993 | Diagoras | Free | 2000 | ||
Defenders | ||||||||
Stelios Manolas | CB / RB | June 30, 1994 | 1979 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1996 | ||
Georgios Agorogiannis | June 30, 1994 | 1992 | AEL | Free | 1995 | |||
Georgios Koutoulas | CB / LB | June 30, 1994 | 1987 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 1999 | ||
Michalis Vlachos | CB / DM | June 30, 1994 | 1993 | Olympiacos | Free | 1997 | ||
Manolis Papadopoulos | CB | June 30, 1994 | 1992 | Ionikos | Free | 1995 | ||
Vaios Karagiannis | LB / CB | June 30, 1994 | 1990 | A.O. Karditsa | Free | 1995 | ||
Vasilios Borbokis | RB / RM | June 30, 1994 | 1993 | Apollon Kalamarias | Free | 1997 | ||
Charis Kopitsis | RB / RM / LB / LM | June 30, 1994 | 1992 | Panionios | Free | 1998 | ||
Andreas Theodoropoulos | CB | June 30, 1994 | 1993 | Proodeftiki | Free | 1998 | ||
Michalis Kasapis | LB / LM | June 30, 1994 | 1993 | Levadiakos | ₯50,000,000 | 1998 | ||
Midfielders | ||||||||
Tasos Mitropoulos | AM / SS / ST | June 30, 1994 | 1992 | Olympiacos | Free | 1994 | ||
Toni Savevski | CM / LM / DM | June 30, 1994 | 1988 | Vardar | ₯34,000,000 | 1996 | ||
Refik Šabanadžović | DM / CM / CB / RB | June 30, 1994 | 1991 | Red Star Belgrade | ₯47,800,000 | 1994 | ||
Stavros Stamatis | DM / CM / CB / RB / LB / AM | June 30, 1994 | 1988 | Charavgiakos | ₯22,000,000 | 1995 | ||
Vasilios Tsiartas | AM / RM / LM / SS | June 30, 1994 | 1992 | Naoussa | ₯100,000,000 | 1998 | ||
Pantelis Konstantinidis | LM / LW / LB | June 30, 1994 | 1993 | PAS Florina | Free | 1998 | ||
Forwards | ||||||||
Vasilis Dimitriadis (Captain) | ST | June 30, 1994 | 1991 | Aris | ₯95,000,000 | 1997 | ||
Zoran Slišković | ST / SS / RW | June 30, 1994 | 1992 | HAŠK Građanski | Free | 1994 | ||
Frank Klopas | SS / ST / AM | June 30, 1994 | 1988 | Chicago Sting | Free | 1994 | ||
Alexis Alexandris (Vice-captain) | ST / SS | June 30, 1993 | 1991 | Veria | ₯45,000,000 | 1994 | ||
Samouil Drakopulos | ST | June 30, 1994 | 1992 | Grasshopper | Free | 1995 |
width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | Player | width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | From | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Fee | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Date | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Contract Until | Source | |
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Diagoras | Free transfer | 30 June 2000 | |||||||||
Pierikos | Loan return | 30 June 1997 | |||||||||
Proodeftiki | Free transfer | 30 June 1995 | |||||||||
Olympiacos | Free transfer | 30 June 1997 | |||||||||
Apollon Kalamarias | Free transfer | 30 June 1997 | |||||||||
Levadiakos | ₯50,000,000 | 30 June 1998 | |||||||||
PAS Florina | Free transfer | 30 June 1998 |
width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | Player | width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | To | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Fee | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Date | Source | |
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Apollon Athens | End of contract | ||||||||
Apollon Athens | End of contract | ||||||||
align=center colspan=2 | Retired | ||||||||
Kalamata | End of contract | ||||||||
Kalamata | Free transfer |
width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | Player | width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | To | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Fee | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Date | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Until | Option to buy | Source | |
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Edessaikos | Free | 30 June 1995 |
width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | Player | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Date | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Former Exp. Date | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | New Exp. Date | Source | |
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30 June 1993 | 30 June 1997 | [2] | |||||||
30 June 1993 | 30 June 1996 | ||||||||
30 June 1993 | 30 June 1994 | ||||||||
30 June 1993 | 30 June 1997 | ||||||||
30 June 1993 | 30 June 1996 | [3] |
Summer: ₯50,000,000
Winter: ₯0
Total: ₯50,000,000
Summer: ₯0
Winter: ₯0
Total: ₯0
Summer: ₯50,000,000
Winter: ₯0
Total: ₯50,000,000
See main article: 1993–94 Alpha Ethniki.
See main article: 1993–94 Greek Football Cup.
See main article: Greek Super Cup.
See main article: 1993–94 UEFA Champions League.
The draw for the first round was held on 14 July 1993.[4]
! colspan="13" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers|-! colspan="13" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders|-! colspan="13" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders|-! colspan="13" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards|-|}
Rank | width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | Player | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Alpha Ethniki | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Greek Cup | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Greek Super Cup | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Champions League | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Total | |
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1 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
2 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||
3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||
4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
Totals | 63 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 94 |
Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.
width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | Player | width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | Against | width=70 style="background:#FFDE00 | Result | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Date | width=150 style="background:#FFDE00 | Competition | Source |
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Alexis Alexandris | Keratsini | 7–0 (A) | 25 August 1993 | Greek Cup | [5] | |||||
Zoran Slišković4 | Asteras Ambelokipoi | 7–1 (A) | 29 December 1993 | Greek Cup | [6] |
The list is sorted by competition order when total clean sheets are equal 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.
Rank | width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | Player | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Alpha Ethniki | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Greek Cup | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Greek Super Cup | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Champions League | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Total |
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1 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |||||||
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Totals | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
|-! colspan="20" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers|-! colspan="20" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders|-! colspan="20" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders|-! colspan="20" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards|}
Player | Award | Source | ||
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Alexis Alexandris | FW | Alpha Ethiniki Top Scorer (shared) | ||
Zoran Slišković | FW | Greek Cup Top Scorer | ||
Alexis Alexandris | FW | Greek Player of the Season | ||
Michalis Kasapis | DF | Young Player of the Season (shared) | ||
Dušan Bajević | — | Foreign Manager of the Season |