1995–96 AEK Athens F.C. season explained

Club:AEK Athens
Season:1995–96
Manager:Dušan Bajević
Mgrtitle:Manager
Chairman:Michalis Trochanas
Chrtitle:Chairman
League:Alpha Ethniki
League Result:2nd
Cup1:Greek Cup
Cup1 Result:Winners
Cup2 Result:Second round
League Topscorer:
Vasilios Tsiartas (26)
Season Topscorer:
Vasilios Tsiartas (32)
Highest Attendance:23,000 vs Borussia Mönchengladbach
(2 November 1995)
Lowest Attendance:828 vs Panegialios
(25 October 1995)
Average Attendance:10,362
Largest Win:
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Prevseason:1994–95
Nextseason:1996–97

The 1995–96 season was the 72nd season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 37th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. The season began on 20 August 1995 and finished on 29 May 1996.

Kits

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Overview

In the summer of 1995, the new major shareholder and president of the team was Michalis Trochanas. In collaboration with Dušan Bajević, he maintained the already very good existing roster and strengthened it with Batista, who returned from Olympiacos, Maladenis and Pavlopoulos. AEK had a quality player material and this was largely due to the fact that many players who were already in the team were having one of the best seasons of their careers. Bajević managing to fit all the stars of the roster in the starting eleven, built a team that seemed capable of "destroying" any domestic opponent.

In the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the team after defeating Sion in the first round they were eliminated by Borussia Mönchengladbach in the second round.

AEK played incredible football scoring 87 goals in 34 matches but finished second, behind Panathinaikos, which was much less spectacular, but proved to be slightly more substantial. During the second round, AEK lost much of their self-concentration as a team, due to the Bajević issue. The journalistic information from reports of Olympiacos, who insisted that he had agreed with Sokratis Kokkalis for his move to Olympiacos on the coming summer. Initially those rumors sounded like a joke on the side of AEK, however, the more the Bosnian-Greek coach did not deny them, the greater became the anxiety and insecurity in the club, in which Bajević was then worshiped as a god and the whole story affected the competitive part. At the same time, a big part of the issue was caused by the eccentric announcements of the idiosyncratic Michalis Trochanas, whose behavior in general was later invoked by Bajević for his eventual departure. The victory of Panathinaikos in April at the Olympic Stadium, also played an important role in the outcome of the championship.

The fantastic football that AEK played this season was rewarded by winning the Cup. A conquest that left no room for doubt, since the "yellow-blacks" after qualifying as first in their group, they eliminated with relative ease at knock-out stage Iraklis and both their rivals, Olympiacos and Panathinaikos in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, respcetivelly. In the final AEK scored a record of 7 goals against Apollon Athens, winning by 7–1, despite the dismissal of Batista at the 52nd minute.

In the end, AEK lost the championship, but the football they played during the season remained not only in the history of the club, but of Greek football in general. All the players who usually made up the starting line-up stood out, with Vasilios Tsiartas finishing as the league's top scorer with 26 goals and Kostis, Ketsbaia and Batista also scoring a double-digit number of goals.[1]

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 29 May 1996, 23:59 UTC+3.

PlayerNat.Position(s)Date of birth (Age)SignedPrevious clubTransfer feeContract until
Goalkeepers
Spyros IkonomopoulosGKJune 30, 19961978 AEK Athens U20—1997
Ilias AtmatsidisGKJune 30, 19961992 Pontioi VeriaFree1999
Vasilis KaragiannisGKJune 30, 19961993 DiagorasFree2000
Dionysis ChiotisGKJune 30, 19961994 AEK Athens U20—2005
Defenders
Stelios Manolas (Captain)CB / RBJune 30, 19961979 AEK Athens U20—1996
Georgios KoutoulasCB / LBJune 30, 19961987 AEK Athens U20—1999
Michalis VlachosCB / DMJune 30, 19961993 OlympiacosFree1997
Vaios KaragiannisLB / CBJune 30, 19961990 A.O. KarditsaFree2000
Konstantinos PavlopoulosCBJune 30, 19961995 OFIFree1998
Vasilios BorbokisRB / RMJune 30, 19961993 Apollon KalamariasFree1997
Charis KopitsisRB / RM / LB / LMJune 30, 19961992 PanioniosFree1998
Nikos KostenoglouCB / RBJune 30, 19961994 Skoda Xanthi₯100,000,0001998
Michalis KasapisLB / LMJune 30, 19961993 Levadiakos₯50,000,0001998
Georgios TheodoridisCBJune 30, 19961991 Doxa Markochori₯5,700,0001996
Midfielders
Toni Savevski (Vice-captain)CM / LM / DMJune 30, 19961988 Vardar₯34,000,0001996
Refik ŠabanadžovićDM / CM / CB / RBJune 30, 19961991 Red Star Belgrade₯47,800,0001996
Temur KetsbaiaRM / LM / RW / LW / AM / CMJune 30, 19961994 Anorthosis Famagusta₯200,000,0001997
Vasilios TsiartasAM / RM / LM / SSJune 30, 19961992 Naoussa₯100,000,0001998
Christos MaladenisCM / RM / LM / AM / RW / LW / SSJune 30, 19961995 Skoda Xanthi₯120,000,0002000
Giorgos AnaniadisRMJune 30, 19961994 AEK Athens U20—1997
Giorgos AggelisAMJune 30, 19961994 AEK Athens U20—1997
Forwards
Dimitris SaravakosRW / LW / SS / AMJune 30, 19961994 PanathinaikosFree1997
Daniel BatistaST / SS / AMJune 30, 19961995 OlympiacosFree1997
Vasilis DimitriadisSTJune 30, 19961991 Aris₯95,000,0001997
Christos KostisSS / ST / AM / RW / LWJune 30, 19961994 Iraklis₯450,000,0001998
Ilias AnastasakosSTJune 30, 19961995 A.O. DafniouFree2002
Left during Winter Transfer Window
Stavros StamatisDM / CM / CB / RB / LB / AMJune 30, 19961988 Charavgiakos₯22,000,0001995

Transfers

In

Summer

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EdessaikosLoan return30 June 1997
OFIFree transfer30 June 1998
MarkoLoan return30 June 1997
Skoda Xanthi₯120,000,00030 June 2000[2]
A.O. DafniouFree transfer30 June 2002
OlympiacosFree transfer30 June 1997

Out

Summer

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Apollon AthensEnd of contract
FostirasFree transfer
Free agentContract termination
PanioniosEnd of contract
Agios DimitriosFree transfer
PAS GianninaEnd of contract

Winter

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IonikosFree transfer

Contract renewals

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30 June 199530 June 2000

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: ₯120,000,000

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯0

Income

Summer: ₯0

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯0

Net Totals

Summer: ₯120,000,000

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯120,000,000

Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

See main article: 1995–96 Alpha Ethniki.

Fixtures

Greek Cup

See main article: 1995–96 Greek Football Cup.

Matches

Final

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

See main article: 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Second round

Statistics

Squad statistics

! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers|-! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders|-! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders|-! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards|-! colspan="11" 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:#FFDE00Cup Winners' Cupwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Total
1266032
2198027
3109120
4144119
51405
63104
2114
83003
1203
102002
1102
1012
131001
0101
0011
Own goals3104
Totals 87 38 5130

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
Daniel Batista Edessaikos5–2 (A)9 December 1995Alpha Ethniki[3]
Vasilios Tsiartas Aris4–0 (H)4 February 1996Alpha Ethniki[4]
Daniel Batista Athinaikos5–0 (H)28 February 1996Greek Cup[5]
Vasilios Tsiartas Ionikos6–0 (H)10 March 1996Alpha Ethniki[6]
Vasilios Tsiartas Apollon Athens7–1 (A)15 May 1996Greek Cup[7]
Vasilios Tsiartas Athinaikos6–0 (H)26 May 1996Alpha Ethniki[8]

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.

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1144119
21102
Totals15 5 121

Disciplinary record

|-! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers|-! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders|-! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders|-! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards|-! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer window|}

Starting 11

FormationMatchday(s)
444–2–1–31, 2, 6–33
73–5–23–5, 34
Player
Ilias AtmatsidisGK
Stelios Manolas (C)RCB
Nikos KostenoglouLCB
Vasilios BorbokisRB
Michalis KasapisLB
Refik ŠabanadžovićDM
Toni SavevskiCM
Temur KetsbaiaAM
Vasilios TsiartasRW
Christos KostisLW
Daniel BatistaCF

Awards

PlayerAwardSource
Vasilios TsiartasMFAlpha Ethiniki Top Scorer
Demis NikolaidisFWGreek Cup Top Scorer
Vasilios TsiartasMFGreek Player of the Season (shared)[9]
Temur KetsbaiaMFForeign Player of the Season
Dušan Bajević—Manager of the Season

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Περίοδος 1995-1996. 22 May 2015. aekpedia.com. el.
  2. Web site: Μαλαδενης-Μπατιστα μεταγραφες ΑΕΚ 1995 . 21 April 2011 . youtube.com.
  3. Web site: 09.12.1995 EDESSAIKOS - A.E.K. 2-5. Youtube.
  4. Web site: ΑΕΚ-ΑΡΗΣ 4-0 1995-96. Youtube.
  5. Web site: Κύπελλο 1996-1999. aek365.org. Online. el.
  6. Web site: Τα έξι γκολ της ΑΕΚ σε ένα ημίχρονο. 10 March 2023. aek365.org. Online. el.
  7. Web site: ΑΕΚ-Απόλλων Αθηνών 7-1. Online. sport-retro.gr. el.
  8. Web site: Οταν ο Τσιάρτας σταμάτησε στα 26 γκολ. 26 May 2022. aek365.org. Online. el.
  9. Web site: Kathimerini Page 15. 31 December 1996. Kathimerini. el. https://web.archive.org/web/20120131050802/http://wwk.kathimerini.gr/kath/edition/1996/31-12-1996.pdf. 31 January 2012. dead.

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