1994–95 AEK Athens F.C. season explained

Club:AEK Athens
Season:1994–95
Manager:Dušan Bajević
Mgrtitle:Manager
Chairman:Dimitris Melissanidis
Chrtitle:Chairman
League:Alpha Ethniki
League Result:5th
Cup1:Greek Cup
Cup1 Result:Runners-up
Cup2:Greek Super Cup
Cup2 Result:Runners-up
Cup3 Result:Group Stage
League Topscorer:
Dimitris Saravakos (21)
Season Topscorer:
Dimitris Saravakos (26)
Highest Attendance:24,747 vs Ajax
(28 September 1994)
Lowest Attendance:539 vs Doxa Vyronas
(30 November 1994)
Average Attendance:8,740
Largest Loss:
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Prevseason:1993–94
Nextseason:1995–96

The 1994–95 season was the 71st season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 36th 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 10 August 1994 and finished on 3 June 1995.

Overview

In the summer of 1994, AEK having won three consecutive championships, were concentrated in the European competitions with the team leaders, Melissanidis-Karras-Bajevic, decision to make a transfer excess, in an attempt to qualify for the groups of the then debut UEFA Champions League. So, despite the departure of the last season's top scorer, Alexis Alexandris for Olympiacos, there was a big transfer relapse. The "hottest" name of the domestic transfer market, Christos Kostis, the iconic player of Panathinaikos, Dimitris Saravakos, who was released by the "greens", the Georgian Temur Ketsbaia from Anorthosis and Nikos Kostenoglou from Skoda Xanthi stood out among other players that were transferred to the club.

The season did not start well for the team, as they were defeated in the Super Cup at the hands of Panathinakos.[1] AEK were building a very good roster, but, not being able to bear the weight of the consecutive games in Greece and Europe, they soon were left behind in the league race. In the second round, the administrative uncertainty in the team returned to the spotlight, since Melissanidis-Karras faced problems in their business activities and decided to search for a buyer for the club, where they finally found in the person of Michalis Trochanas.[2] All that had a negative effect on the team and as a result AEK finished at fifth place, with the champion being Panathinaikos, with great ease.

AEK entered the draw of the Champions League qualifiers with moderate optimism. The draw brought them against Walter Smith's Rangers. On 10 August and while Athens was almost empty, the Nikos Goumas Stadium was on fire. Saravakos took AEK by the hand and with his own personal goals made it 2–0 with AEK then maintaining the score for the rest of the match. Rangers were determined to exhaust their chances of qualification in the rematch, but in front of them they find a great AEK on a very big night. After a cross from Tsiartas, Savevski made it 1–0 at the end of the first half. From there, AEK followed an impeccable tactical approach to the game, which led to a historic victory-qualification for their first appearance in the group stage of the top inter-club competition. In a very difficult group with the great Ajax of Louis van Gaal, who eventually won the trophy, the also great Milan of Fabio Capello, the eventual runners-up and Casino Salzburg, AEK finished fourth with a total of 2 draws and 4 defeats.[3]

Having been out of the league race early on, AEK were focused on claiming the cup. They easily passed the first round, coming out first in a group with Panargiakos, Atromitos, Kastoria and Ethnikos Asteras. Afterwards, they prevailed over Doxa Vyronas, then Panetolikos and in the quarter-finals they easily eliminated Ethnikos Piraeus. In the semi-finals they faced Edessaikos who also they overcame with relative ease. Thus, AEK faced Panathinaikos at the Olympic Stadium on April 19, for the second consecutive season. AEK were protesting the definition of the final that stadium because according to their people it was the home ground of Panathinaikos and the opponent knew the pitch better. In order to express their protest, AEK entered the pitch alone and waited for Panathinaikos instead of the established simultaneous entrance of the opponents. Saravakos missed a penalty at the 6th minute and then a very nervous match ended 0–0. In extra time, the match was the same and everything showed that the match would be decided for the second year in a row in the penalty shootout. The referee, however, had a different opinion, attributing a penalty to Vlachos marking Warzycha at the 115th minute, a penalty which was very strongly contested by AEK and on the field there was "decimation", as players and agents of the yellow-blacks team fell on the referee of the match, as a result of which Manolas and Vlachos were expelled. At the same time, the yellow-black stands were also "boiling" and later incidents occurred outside the playing field as well. Finally Warzycha scored from the penalty spot and gave the trophy to Panathinaikos. In the aftermath of the episodic final, was the fact that some AEK players refused to attend the award ceremony, while a few days after the final the referee, Filippos Bakas, was attacked by strangers.[4]

The best players of the season for AEK are Saravakos, Savevski, Šabanadžović, Manolas, Kasapis, Atmatsidis, Tsiartas, Kostis and Dimitriadis. Top scorer of AEK and second in the league for the season, was Dimitris Saravakos with 21 goals.[5]

Management team

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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 3 June 1995, 23:59 UTC+3.

PlayerNat.Position(s)Date of birth (Age)SignedPrevious clubTransfer feeContract until
Goalkeepers
Spyros IkonomopoulosGKJune 30, 19951978 AEK Athens U20—1997
Ilias AtmatsidisGKJune 30, 19951992 Pontioi VeriaFree1999
Vasilis KaragiannisGKJune 30, 19951993 DiagorasFree2000
Dionysis ChiotisGKJune 30, 19951994 AEK Athens U20—2005
Defenders
Stelios Manolas (Captain)CB / RBJune 30, 19951979 AEK Athens U20—1996
Georgios AgorogiannisJune 30, 19951992 AELFree1995
Georgios KoutoulasCB / LBJune 30, 19951987 AEK Athens U20—1999
Michalis VlachosCB / DMJune 30, 19951993 OlympiacosFree1997
Manolis PapadopoulosCBJune 30, 19951992 IonikosFree1995
Vaios KaragiannisLB / CBJune 30, 19951990 A.O. KarditsaFree1995
Vasilios BorbokisRB / RMJune 30, 19951993 Apollon KalamariasFree1997
Charis KopitsisRB / RM / LB / LMJune 30, 19951992 PanioniosFree1997
Nikos KostenoglouCB / RBJune 30, 19951994 Skoda Xanthi₯100,000,0001998
Michalis KasapisLB / LMJune 30, 19951993 Levadiakos₯50,000,0001998
Fanouris ChalarisCBJune 30, 19951994 AEK Athens U20—1997
Dimitris KonstantelosCBJune 30, 19951994 AEK Athens U20—1997
Midfielders
Toni SavevskiCM / LM / DMJune 30, 19951988 Vardar₯34,000,0001996
Refik ŠabanadžovićDM / CM / CB / RBJune 30, 19951991 Red Star Belgrade₯47,800,0001996
Stavros Stamatis (Vice-captain)DM / CM / CB / RB / LB / AMJune 30, 19951988 Charavgiakos₯22,000,0001995
Temur KetsbaiaRM / LM / RW / LW / AM / CMJune 30, 19951994 Anorthosis Famagusta₯200,000,0001997
Vasilios TsiartasAM / RM / LM / SSJune 30, 19951992 Naoussa₯100,000,0001998
Giorgos AnaniadisRMJune 30, 19951994 AEK Athens U20—1997
Giorgos AngelisAMJune 30, 19951994 AEK Athens U20—1997
Forwards
Dimitris SaravakosRW / LW / SS / AMJune 30, 19951994 PanathinaikosFree1997
Vasilis DimitriadisSTJune 30, 19951991 Aris₯95,000,0001997
Christos KostisSS / ST / AM / RW / LWJune 30, 19951994 Iraklis₯450,000,0001998
Samouil DrakopulosSTJune 30, 19951992 GrasshopperFree1995
Left during Winter Transfer Window
Andreas TheodoropoulosCBJune 30, 19951993 ProodeftikiFree1998
Stathis KaralagasDMJune 30, 19951994 AEK Athens U20—1997
Nikos MirtsekisSTJune 30, 19951994 Panionios₯70,000,0001996

Transfers

In

Summer

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AEK Athens U20Promotion30 June 2005
Skoda Xanthi₯100,000,00030 June 1998[6]
AEK Athens U20Promotion30 June 1997
AEK Athens U20Promotion30 June 1997
AEK Athens U20Promotion30 June 1997
Anorthosis Famagusta₯200,000,00030 June 1997[7]
AEK Athens U20Promotion30 June 1997
AEK Athens U20Promotion30 June 1997
PanathinaikosFree transfer30 June 1997[8]
Iraklis₯450,000,00030 June 1998[9]
Panionios₯70,000,00030 June 1996[10]

Out

Summer

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PanathinaikosEnd of contract
Apollon AthensEnd of contract
PaniliakosEnd of contract
OlympiacosEnd of contract

Winter

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Apollon AthensFree transfer
IraklisFree transfer

Loan out

Summer

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KavalaFree30 June 1996

Winter

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MarkoFree30 June 1995

Contract renewals

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30 June 199430 June 1996

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: ₯820,000,000

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯820,000,000

Income

Summer: ₯0

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯0

Net Totals

Summer: ₯820,000,000

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯820,000,000

Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

See main article: 1994–95 Alpha Ethniki.

Fixtures

Greek Cup

See main article: 1994–95 Greek Football Cup.

Matches

Final

Greek Super Cup

See main article: Greek Super Cup.

UEFA Champions League

See main article: 1994–95 UEFA Champions League.

Qualifying round

The draw for the qualifying round as well as group formations was held on 20 July 1994. The knockout phase pairs were made automatically by a predetermined bracket.

Group stage

Statistics

Squad statistics

! 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|-! colspan="13" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer Window|-|}

Goalscorers

Rankwidth=200 style="background:#FFDE00Playerwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Alpha Ethnikiwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Greek Cupwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Greek Super Cupwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Champions Leaguewidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Total
12130226
2880016
31100011
454009
54009
630036
712003
03003
920002
11002
11002
10012
1310001
10001
01001
Own goals00000
Totals6127 0 694

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

width=200 style="background:#FFDE00Playerwidth=200 style="background:#FFDE00Against width=70 style="background:#FFDE00Result width=150 style="background:#FFDE00Date width=150 style="background:#FFDE00Competition Source
Dimitris Saravakos OFI4–0 (H)29 January 1995Alpha Ethniki[11]

Clean sheets

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.

Rankwidth=200 style="background:#FFDE00Playerwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Alpha Ethnikiwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Greek Cupwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Greek Super Cupwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Champions Leaguewidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Total
11240420
224006
Totals14 8 0 426

Disciplinary record

|-! 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|-! colspan="20" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer window|}

Starting 11

Player
Ilias AtmatsidisGK
Stelios Manolas (C)RCB
Manolis PapadopoulosCB
Michalis VlachosLCB
Refik ŠabanadžovićRDM
Toni SavevskiLDM
Charis KopitsisRM
Michalis KasapisLM
Vasilios TsiartasAM
Christos KostisLCF
Dimitris SaravakosRCF

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Παναθηναϊκός-ΑΕΚ 3-0: Το... pregame του «τελικού του Μπάκα». 25 March 2019.
  2. Web site: Πέθανε ο πρώην πρόεδρος της ΑΕΚ Μιχάλης Τροχανάς. 6 March 2020. in.gr.
  3. Web site: H Α.E.K. για πρώτη φορά στους ομίλους. 7 November 2020. dieci10.gr.
  4. Web site: Παναθηναϊκός-ΑΕΚ 1-0: O «τελικός του Μπάκα». 19 April 2018. sport-retro.gr.
  5. Web site: Περίοδος 1994-1995. 22 May 2015. aekpedia.com. el.
  6. Web site: Νίκος Κωστένογλου. pagenews.gr. 26 August 2019.
  7. Web site: Πώς ο Κετσπάγια "εκβίασε" τη μεταγραφή του στην ΑΕΚ. omada.reporter.com.
  8. Web site: ΓΙΑΤΙ Ο ΣΑΡΑΒΑΚΟΣ ΕΦΥΓΕ ΑΠΟ ΠΑΝΑΘΗΝΑΪΚΟ, ΓΙΑΤΙ ΠΗΓΕ ΑΕΚ. apodytiriakias.gr.
  9. Web site: Γιατί δεν πήγα Ολυμπιακό, 20 χρόνια κάνουν αίσχη!. sportdog.gr.
  10. Web site: Όταν ο Μελισσανίδης τίναξε την μπάνκα στον αέρα. youtube.com.
  11. Web site: ΑΕΚ - ΟΦΗ (4-0), 29/01/1995. YouTube.

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