2005–06 AEK Athens F.C. season explained

Club:AEK Athens
Season:2005–06
Manager:Fernando Santos
Mgrtitle:Manager
Chairman:Demis Nikolaidis
Chrtitle:Chairman
League:Alpha Ethniki
League Result:2nd
Cup1:Greek Cup
Cup1 Result:Runners-up
Cup2:UEFA Cup
Cup2 Result:First round
League Topscorer:
Nikos Liberopoulos (14)
Season Topscorer:
Nikos Liberopoulos (16)
Highest Attendance:34,842 vs Olympiacos
(2 October 2005)
Lowest Attendance:4,102 vs Agrotikos Asteras
(22 February 2006)
Average Attendance:16,752
Largest Win:


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Prevseason:2004–05
Nextseason:2006–07

The 2005–06 season was the 82nd season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 47th 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 29 August 2005 and finished on 14 May 2006.

Kits

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Overview

Second season in a row for the administration of Demis Nikolaidis and for Fernando Santos on the team's bench. The plan was the same as that of the previous season, the tight budget and step by step for the team to finish as high as possible. However, in relation to the previous year, the enthusiasm and above all the same-mindedness was lacking. A huge role for the lack of unity was played by the events of the first match, in the away match against Atromitos, where, after incidents, Nikolaidis turned against with some of the ultras of AEK and since then nothing has interfered in the same way in the relations between Demis and a portion of the fans. In the summer transfer window, AEK made some useful additions, mainly those of the two Italians, Bruno Cirillo and Stefano Sorrentino, but also of the Ukrainian Oleh Venhlinskyi.

The team, with Nikos Liberopoulos and Kostas Katsouranis as their main players, even though they went for the championship, but it did not seem at any stage of the season to be able to displace Olympiacos from the top. In the end, he finished in 2nd place in a tie with Panathinaikos, 3 points behind the red and whites, but he took the ticket for the Champions League qualifiers of the next season. Also, there began to be a questioning of a part of the world and also of the management towards Fernando Santos, not so much for the efficiency, but for the defensive way the team was playing.

Just one year after the first meeting between the two teams, fortune again brought Zenit Saint Petersburg to the road of AEK in the UEFA Cup. This time, AEK were much more careful in defense and managed to leave St. Petersburg's Petrovsky Stadium with a goalless draw that gave them plenty of chances to qualify. The rematch of Olympic Stadium was expected to be difficult from the start and AEK again approached the game in the same way they faced Zenit in Russia. In the second half, AEK tried to take a little more risk by raising the lines, they had some good phases, but very soon the pace dropped again and while the game was heading to extra time, Andrey Arshavin, in the 89th minute, raced from the left, converged to the center and unleashed a powerful right-footed shot into Sorrentino's corner that touched of the ball but failed to clear the goal. The final result was 0–1 and AEK were left out of European competitions.

In the Greek Cup, AEK initially eliminated PAS Giannina with 0–3 in a single match. He then eliminated Ethnikos Piraeus in the penalty shoot-out and in the quarter-finals he eliminated Niki Volos. In the semi-finals, they played against Agrotikos Asteras, where they eliminated easily and thus advanced to the final against Olympiacos. On May 10 at the Pankritio Stadium, after a poor performance, AEK were defeated with their "hands down" by 3–0 and lost the title.[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 14 May 2006, 23:59 UTC+3.

No.PlayerNat.Position(s)Date of birth (Age)SignedPrevious clubTransfer feeContract until
Goalkeepers
1Stefano SorrentinoGKJune 30, 20062005 Torino€100,0002009
12Giannis ArabatzisGKJune 30, 20062002 MakrochoriFree2011
22Dionysis ChiotisGKJune 30, 20061994 AEK Athens U20—2007
Defenders
3Nikola MalbašaLB / LMJune 30, 20062004 Terek GroznyFree2007
5Bruno CirilloCB / RBJune 30, 20062005 LecceFree2008
6Georgios AlexopoulosCB / RBJune 30, 20062005 EgaleoFree2008
14Stavros TziortziopoulosLB / CB / LMJune 30, 20062004 PanioniosFree2007
18Vangelis MorasCB / DM / RBJune 30, 20062003 Proodeftiki€260,0002007
19Dimitrios KoutromanosRB / LB / DMJune 30, 20062005 Panetolikos€50,0002010
24Christos KontisRB / CB / LBJune 30, 20062004 PanioniosFree2007
31Nikolaos GeorgeasRB / LB / DMJune 30, 20062001 Kalamata€1,500,0002008
55Traianos Dellas (Vice-captain)CBJune 30, 20062005 RomaFree2007
Midfielders
8Miltiadis SapanisCM / LM / AMJune 30, 20062005 PanathinaikosFree2008
10Panagiotis KoneAM / RM / LM / RW / LW / CMJune 30, 20062005 Lens U19Free2010
17Vladan IvićAM / CM / RM / LMJune 30, 20062004 Borussia MönchengladbachFree2007
20Vasilios PliatsikasDM / CM / RB / CBJune 30, 20062005 ChaidariFree2010
21Kostas Katsouranis (Captain)CM / DM / RM / LM / AM / CB / RB / LBJune 30, 20062002 PanachaikiFree2007
23Vasilios LakisRM / RW / AM / CMJune 30, 20062005 Crystal PalaceFree2008
25EmersonDM / CMJune 30, 20062006 Skoda Xanthi€150,0002007
26Ilias KyriakidisDM / CM / AMJune 30, 20062004 Ionikos€200,0002009
27Louay ChankoDM / CM / AM / RMJune 30, 20062005 Malmö€250,0002008
28Christos BourbosRM / RB / RW / DMJune 30, 20062004 PAS GianninaFree2008
—Panagiotis ZorbasAM / RW / LM / LW / CMJune 30, 20062005 Bayer 04 Leverkusen U19Free2011
Forwards
7Alessandro SoaresRW / SS / ST / LWJune 30, 20062005 OFI€150,0002006
9Angelos KomvolidisLW / STJune 30, 20062005 VfB Stuttgart U19€50,0002010
11Oleh VenhlinskyiST / SS / RWJune 30, 20062005 Dnipro€850,0002007
33Nikos Liberopoulos (Vice-captain 2)SS / ST / AMJune 30, 20062003 PanathinaikosFree2007
35Pantelis KapetanosST / RWJune 30, 20062006 Iraklis€400,0002011
99Júlio CésarLW / SS / AM / RW / STJune 30, 20062005 Gil Vicente€540,0002009
Left during Winter Transfer Window
15Sokratis PapastathopoulosCB / RB / LB / DMJune 30, 20062005 Apollon PetalidiouFree2008
30Simos KrassasRW / LW / RM / LMJune 30, 20062004 AEL Limassol€120,0002008

Transfers

In

Summer

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5 LecceTransferFree30 June 2008[2]
6 EgaleoTransferFree30 June 2008[3]
7 OFITransfer€150,00030 June 2006
8 PanathinaikosTransferFree30 June 2008[4]
9 VfB Stuttgart U19Transfer€50,00030 June 2010
10 Lens U19TransferFree30 June 2010[5]
11 DniproTransfer€850,00030 June 2007[6]
15 Apollon PetalidiouTransferFree30 June 2008[7]
19 PanetolikosTransfer€50,00030 June 2010
20 ChaidariTransferFree30 June 2010
23 Crystal PalaceTransferFree30 June 2008[8]
27 MalmöTransfer€250,00030 June 2008[9]
55 RomaTransferFree30 June 2007[10]
— ThrasyvoulosEnd of loan—30 June 2006
— LevadiakosEnd of loan—30 June 2010
— Bayer 04 Leverkusen U19TransferFree30 June 2011

Winter

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1 TorinoTransferFree30 June 2009
25 Skoda XanthiTransfer€150,00030 June 2007[11]
35 IraklisTransfer€400,00030 June 2011[12]
— Anorthosis FamagustaEnd of loan—30 June 2007

Out

Summer

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1 AtromitosEnd of contract—[13]
4 PortoEnd of loan—
5align=center colspan=2Retired—[14]
7 OFIEnd of loan—
8 LevadiakosEnd of contract—[15]
9 AtromitosEnd of contract—[16]
10 IonikosEnd of contract—
15 Agios DimitriosEnd of contract—
20 Doxa DramaTransferFree
29 Apollon KalamariasContract termintion—
39 KerkyraEnd of contract—
44 KerkyraContract termintion—
77 PortoEnd of loan—
— Alki LarnacaEnd of contract—

Winter

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1 TorinoEnd of loan—

Loan in

Summer

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1 Torino€100,00030 June 2006[17]

Loan out

Summer

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11 Anorthosis FamagustaFree30 June 2006
27 Doxa DramaFree30 June 2006
— Apollon SmyrnisFree30 June 2006
— ThrasyvoulosFree30 June 2006

Winter

width=200 style="background:#FFDE00Playerwidth=180 style="background:#FFDE00Towidth=100 style="background:#FFDE00Feewidth=150 style="background:#FFDE00Datewidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00UntilOption to buySource
15 Niki VolosFree30 June 2006
30 Panionios€75,00030 June 2006[18]
— Panionios€50,00030 June 2007[19]

Contract renewals

width=200 style="background:#FFDE00Playerwidth=150 style="background:#FFDE00DateFormer Exp. DateNew Exp. DateSource
130 June 200630 June 2009
9931 December 200830 June 2009

Notes

a. AEK Athens enabled the player's buy-out clause, prematurely. The player's loan was expiring at 30 June 2006.

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: €1,350,000

Winter: €550,000

Total: €1,900,000

Income

Summer: €0

Winter: €150,000

Total: €0

Net Totals

Summer: €1,350,000

Winter: €400,000

Total: €1,750,000

Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

See main article: 2005–06 Alpha Ethniki.

Fixtures

Greek Cup

See main article: 2005–06 Greek Football Cup.

AEK Athens entered the Greek Cup at the round of 32.

Final

UEFA Cup

See main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup.

First round

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:#FFDE00UEFA Cupwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Total
133142016
2216107
3234004
72204
563003
173003
113003
52103
9992002
180202
11251001
271001
351001
150101
80101
Own goals0000
Totals4210 052

Assists

Rankwidth=200 style="background:#FFDE00Playerwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Alpha Ethnikiwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Greek Cupwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00UEFA Cupwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Total
199100010
2214004
234004
4313003
173003
333003
732002
72002
9181001
Totals32 0 032

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by competition order when total clean sheets are equal, then by shirt number 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:#FFDE00UEFA Cupwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Total
128151117
2223306
Totals18 4 123

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)
274–4–21,2 4–6, 8–16, 18–30
64–3–3
44–2–1–33, 7, 17
24–4–2 (D)
15–4–1
Player
28Stefano SorrentinoGK
5Bruno CirilloRCB
6Georgios AlexopoulosLCB
31Nikolaos GeorgeasRB
3Nikola MalbašaLB
21Kostas Katsouranis (C)DM
17Vladan IvićCM
23Vasilios LakisRM
99Júlio CésarLM
7Alessandro SoaresSS
33Nikos LiberopoulosCF

UEFA rankings

UEFA team ranking
FormPreviousCountryTeamRanking
5449Mallorca40.006
—49Málaga40.006
5678Lens39.757
5738AEK Athens39.587
5839Anderlecht38.981
5955Beşiktaş38.634
UEFA country ranking
FormPreviousCountryLeagueRanking
66Liga Sagres44.041
77Eredivisie41.331
88Alpha Ethniki32.081
913Russian Premier League31.833
1025Liga I31.457

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Περίοδος 2005-2006. 22 May 2015. aekpedia.com. el.
  2. Web site: Υπέγραψε ο Μπρούνο Τσιρίλο στην AEK. kathimerini.gr. 14 July 2005. el.
  3. Web site: Για τρία χρόνια Αλεξόπουλος. 30 May 2005. flash.gr.
  4. Web site: Συμβόλαιο 2+1 υπέγραψε στην ΑΕΚ ο Σαπάνης-Στην "Ένωση" και ο Πλιάτσικας. in.gr. 2 June 2005. el.
  5. Web site: Τελικά με τη φανέλα της ΑΕΚ θα αγωνισθεί ο Κονέ. in.gr. 21 December 2005. el.
  6. Web site: Βενγλίνσκι: Πήγα στην ΑΕΚ γιατί με ήθελε πάρα πολύ. aek365.org. el.
  7. Web site: Όταν η ΑΕΚ απόκτησε τον Παπασταθόπουλο. June 21, 2021. aek1924.gr. el.
  8. Web site: Λάκης… η επιστροφή. sport-fm.gr. el.
  9. Web site: Στα "κιτρινόμαυρα" ο Τσάνκο. sport-fm.gr. el.
  10. Web site: Dellas happy to return to AEK. 19 September 2005. UEFA.com.
  11. Web site: Ο Εμερσον στην ΑΕΚ. 22 January 2006. flash.gr. el.
  12. Web site: Συμβόλαιο πενταετούς συνεργασίας με την ΑΕΚ υπέγραψε ο Παντελής Καπετάνος. 19 January 2006. in.gr.
  13. Web site: ΑΤΡΟΜΗΤΟΣ: Απέκτησε τον Μιχαηλίδη. 30 June 2005. sport-fm.gr. el.
  14. Web site: "Αντίο" στα γήπεδα είπε ο Κωστένογλου. sport-fm.gr. el.
  15. Web site: ΛΕΒΑΔΕΙΑΚΟΣ: Ανακοινώθηκε ο Ρούσεφ. sport-fm.gr. el.
  16. Web site: Συμβόλαιο δύο ετών υπέγραψε στον Ατρόμητο ο Μίλεν Πέτκοφ. in.gr. 14 June 2005. el.
  17. Web site: Η ΑΕΚ ανακοίνωσε την απόκτηση του Σορεντίνο και "κλείνει" τον Τσιρίλο. in.gr. 7 July 2005. el.
  18. Web site: "Κάτοικος" Νέας Σμύρνης μέχρι το τέλος της σεζόν ο Κρασσάς, δανεικός στον Πανιώνιο. in.gr. 5 January 2006. el.
  19. Web site: Στα "κυανέρυθρα" ο Καμπάνταης. sport-fm.gr. el.
  20. Web site: Κορυφαίοι Λυμπερόπουλος-Στολτίδης. sport24.gr. 11 December 2006. el.

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