2007–08 AEK Athens F.C. season explained

Club:	AEK Athens
Season:	2007–08
Manager:	Lorenzo Serra Ferrer (until 12 February) Nikos Kostenoglou
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Chairman:	Demis Nikolaidis
Chrtitle:	Chairman
League:	Super League
League Result:	3rd (After play-offs) 2nd (Regular season)
Cup1:	Greek Cup
Cup1 Result:	Round of 16
Cup2:	UEFA Champions League
Cup2 Result:	Third qualifying round
Cup3:	UEFA Cup
Cup3 Result:	Round of 32
League Topscorer:	Ismael Blanco (19)
Season Topscorer:	Ismael Blanco (21)
Highest Attendance:	40,955 vs Olympiacos (30 March 2008)
Lowest Attendance:	5,032 vs Panathinaikos (14 May 2008)
Average Attendance:	20,228
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Prevseason:	2006–07
Nextseason:	2008–09

The 2007–08 season was the 84th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 49th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Super League, the Greek Cup, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The season began on 15 August 2007 and finished on 14 May 2008.

Kits

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Overview

In the summer of 2007, AEK strengthened their roster with many players with the more resounding transfer being that of Rivaldo, while also Blanco, Macho, Arruabarrena and Nsaliwa among others, joined the team, as the Spanish Serra Ferrer remained at their bench. The club sold 25,495 season tickets.

The draw of the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League brought the Spanish Sevilla against AEK. AEK had a very positive presence at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, but lost with two goals in the second half. The rematch of Athens was overshadowed by the tragedy of the death of the Sevilla player, Antonio Puerta.^[1] UEFA postponed the game, ordering it to be played a week later. AEK welcomed Sevilla on the evening of September 3, lined up with full offensive orientations. They put a lot of pressure on Sevilla in the first twenty minutes, but a penalty by Júlio César put an end to any chances of qualification for AEK, who finally went on to the UEFA Cup with a heavy 1–4.

In the first round of the UEFA Cup, AEK were drawn with the Austrian Salzburg, which had now moved to the Red Bull group. In Athens, AEK took the lead early in the match and in the second half, AEK doubled the lead the goal-poem from Rivaldo with a mixture of volley and scissor-kick. Towards the end, AEK scored a third goal and gained a huge lead for the rematch. At the Red Bull Arena, Salzburg's goal put AEK in danger and by defending properly, kept the difference from the first leg and thus the qualification to the group stage. There they met Villarreal, Fiorentina, Mladá Boleslav and Elfsborg, where with 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss they finished third and advanced to the round of 32.

In the league, the yellow-blacks started the year strong by winning the first 6 matches and it took until the 7th match to have their first loss. They were also defeated by Asteras Tripolis in a match after which the vice-president, Nikos Koulis stated that AEK had the right to object to the illegal participation of the footballer of Asteras, Sokratis Fyntanidis,^[2] but such a move did not suit the mentality of AEK and so the matter did not proceed. Something that AEK would to find in front of them later in the season. Then 2 consecutive defeats in the middle of the season, left AEK well behind in the league race. On 3 February, Olympiacos lost to Apollon Kalamarias with 1–0. After the match, the red and whites found out that the player of Apollon, Roman Wallner had an irregular participation because he had already played in the same season in 2 teams and therefore did not have the right to play in a third one. The HFF nevertheless issued a report to the footballer. Olympiacos, who did not share the same morals as AEK, filed an objection and asked to win the match "on paper". The decision that came out ordered the replay of the match, which did not satisfy the Piraeus who appealed the decision.

In the Cup, AEK eliminated Fostiras of Daniel Batista in the round of 32. In the next phase, AEK faced Skoda Xanthi in a knockout game where, playing bad football, were eliminated with a 2–0 defeat. The people of the team disapproved of players, coach and management and 3 days later Serra Ferrer was sacked.^[3] The position of coach was taken over by his assistant and former footballer of the team, Nikos Kostenoglou.

AEK recovered competitively by making some victories, while Olympiacos, who rested on their high difference started throwing away points, but did not show that their top spot was seriously threatened. While the Wallner case was unfolding, the championship was coming to an end with Olympiacos losing their concentration and AEK covering up the difference. On 30 March, AEK beat Olympiacos with an emphatic 4–0 and got the upper hand on claiming the league. However, the decision of the Appeals Committee of the HFF ruled the game on paper in favor of Olympiacos and with their victory against AEL on the 27th matchday secured the championship. Apollon Kalamarias finally appealed to CAS, which considered itself incompetent, did not proceed with the examination of the case and the standings were validated since the championship had already ended.^[4] In the penultimate matchday against PAOK in Toumba Stadium, AEK played outstanding football and won easily by 0–4. In the last match against Asteras Tripolis, AEK honored Akis Zikos for his contribution to the club, while there was tension in the stands as the crowd wanted to honor the "champion" of that season, AEK who, however, would not lift the cup that afternoon.^[5] In Piraeus, however, they celebrated as if nothing had happened. Eventually the regular season ended with a message on the stadium matrix reading "Proud of AEK 2007–2008".

In the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup, AEK were drawn with the Spanish Getafe. Kostenoglou made a lot of changes in faces and the formation, but the team did not seem to respond. Getafe took the lead three minutes before the end and AEK reacted, closing the Spaniards in their area, reaching the equalizer with a rare beauty back-heel shot of Blanco. The second leg at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez was one of AEK's worst nights in European cups. Getafe chased the qualification and easily won with 3–0. AEK was unacceptable, passionless and indifferent and ended the month with exclusion from the European cups.

After the team were deprived of winning the league and without administrative reactions and collisions within the club, AEK went down to the play-offs under the shadow of the Wallner case. After the easy victory in the first game against Panionios, bad appearances followed, lackluster and with obvious internal problems in the team's performance. As it turned out later, many boardmembers and footballers did not even want to participate in the play-offs. AEK suffered great defeats at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium and Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium and with the last two matches being completely indifferent, the team finished third, where they should have been crowned champions.^[6]

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 2008, 23:59 UTC+3.

No.	Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
32	Marcelo Moretto		GK	June 30, 2008	2007	Benfica	€800,000	2008
50	Jürgen Macho		GK	June 30, 2008	2007	Kaiserslautern	€300,000	2009
84	Giannis Arabatzis		GK	June 30, 2008	2002	Makrochori	Free	2011
Defenders
2	Edson Ratinho		RB / RM / RW	June 30, 2008	2007	Mogi Mirim	€350,000	2012
3	Rodolfo Arruabarrena		LB	June 30, 2008	2007	Villarreal	Free	2009
4	Geraldo Alves		CB / RB	June 30, 2008	2007	Paços de Ferreira	€300,000	2010
5	Traianos Dellas (Captain)		CB	June 30, 2008	2005	Roma	Free	2009
6	Georgios Alexopoulos		CB / RB	June 30, 2008	2005	Egaleo	Free	2010
14	Federico Azcárate		CB	June 30, 2008	2007	Atlético Madrid B	Free	2011
15	Sokratis Papastathopoulos		CB / RB / LB / DM	June 30, 2008	2005	Apollon Petalidiou	Free	2008
31	Nikolaos Georgeas (Vice-captain 3)		RB / LB / DM	June 30, 2008	2001	Kalamata	€1,500,000	2010
Midfielders
1	Pantelis Kafes (Vice-captain 2)		CM / DM / AM / RM / LM	June 30, 2008	2007	Olympiacos	Free	2010
8	Tam Nsaliwa		DM / CM / CB	June 30, 2008	2007	Panionios	€400,000	2010
10	Rivaldo		AM / SS / LM	June 30, 2008	2007	Olympiacos	Free	2009
11	Gustavo Manduca		RM / AM / RW / LM / LW / CM / SS / ST	June 30, 2008	2007	Benfica	€800,000	2010
16	Akis Zikos		DM / CM	June 30, 2008	2006	Monaco	Free	2008
19	Panagiotis Lagos		LM / LW / LB / CM / DM	June 30, 2008	2006	Iraklis	€900,000	2010
22	Panagiotis Kone		AM / RM / LM / RW / LW / CM	June 30, 2008	2005	Lens U19	Free	2010
25	Vasilios Pliatsikas		DM / CM / RB / CB	June 30, 2008	2005	Chaidari	Free	2010
27	Christos Bourbos		RM / RB / RW / DM	June 30, 2008	2004	PAS Giannina	Free	2008
34	Panagiotis Tachtsidis		CM / DM / AM	June 30, 2008	2007	AEK Athens U20	—	2010
80	Georgios Tofas		AM / RM / LM	June 30, 2008	2007	Enosis Neon Paralimni	Free	2010
88	Dániel Tőzsér		AM / CM / DM / LM	June 30, 2008	2006	Ferencváros	€150,000	2010
Forwards
7	Charilaos Pappas		RW / LM / LW / SS	June 30, 2008	2007	Olympiacos	Free	2009
9	Pantelis Kapetanos		ST / RW	June 30, 2008	2006	Iraklis	€400,000	2011
18	Ismael Blanco		ST / SS	June 30, 2008	2007	Colón	€450,000	2008
20	Manú		RW / RM / LW / LM	June 30, 2008	2007	Benfica	Free	2008
23	Mohamed Kallon		ST / SS / LW	June 30, 2008	2008	Free agent	Free	2008
33	Nikos Liberopoulos (Vice-captain)		SS / ST / AM	June 30, 2008	2003	Panathinaikos	Free	2009
36	Edinho		ST / SS / RW	June 30, 2008	2008	Vitória de Setúbal	€150,000	2008
83			SS / ST / RW / LW	June 30, 2008	2006	AEK Athens U20	—	2011
99	Júlio César		LW / SS / AM / RW / ST	June 30, 2008	2005	Gil Vicente	€540,000	2009
Left during Winter Transfer Window
81	Xenofon Panos		RB / RM / LB	June 30, 2008	2007	AEK Athens U20	—	2011
89	Nikos Barboudis		RB / CB	June 30, 2008	2007	Ilisiakos	€60,000	2010
24	El Hadji Diouf		AM / CM	June 30, 2008	2007	Xam-Xam	Free	2011
56	Përparim Hetemaj		CM / DM / AM / RM / LM / RW / LW	June 30, 2008	2006	HJK Helsinki	€450,000	2010

Transfers

In

Summer

		width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=180 style="background:#FFDE00	From	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Type	width=100 style="background:#FFDE00	Fee	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Date	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Contract Until	Source
2			Mogi Mirim	Transfer	€350,000		30 June 2012	^[7]
3			Villarreal	Transfer	Free		30 June 2009	^[8]
4			Paços de Ferreira	Transfer	€300,000		30 June 2010	^[9]
7			Olympiacos	Transfer	Free		30 June 2010	^[10]
8			Panionios	Transfer	€400,000		30 June 2010	^[11]
10			Olympiacos	Transfer	Free		30 June 2009	^[12]
11			Benfica	Transfer	€800,000		30 June 2010	^[13]
14			Atlético Madrid B	Transfer	Free		30 June 2011	^[14]
24			Xam-Xam	Transfer	Free		30 June 2011	^[15]
27			Kerkyra	End of loan	—		30 June 2010
34			AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—		30 June 2010
50			Kaiserslautern	Transfer	€300,000		30 June 2009	^[16]
80			Ethnikos Piraeus	End of loan	—		30 June 2010
81			AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—		30 June 2011
89			Ilisiakos	Transfer	€60,000		30 June 2010	^[17]
—			Anagennisi Karditsa	End of loan	—		30 June 2010
—			Ethnikos Piraeus	End of loan	—		30 June 2011
—			Anagennisi Karditsa	End of loan	—		30 June 2008
—			NY Red Bulls Academy	Transfer	Free		31 December 2010	^[18]
—			Niki Volos	End of loan	—		30 June 2011
—			Ethnikos Piraeus	End of loan	—		30 June 2010

Winter

		width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=180 style="background:#FFDE00	From	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Type	width=100 style="background:#FFDE00	Fee	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Date	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Contract Until	Source
23			Free agent	Transfer	Free		30 June 2008	^[19]
—			Panachaiki	Loan termination	—		30 June 2009
—			Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan termination	—		30 June 2010

Out

Summer

		width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=180 style="background:#FFDE00	To	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Type	width=100 style="background:#FFDE00	Fee	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Date	Source
4			Bologna	End of contract	—		^[20]
5			Levante	Contract termintion	—		^[21]
7			AEL	Transfer	€225,000		^[22]
11			Benfica	End of loan	—
13			Club Olimpia	Contract termintion	—		^[23]
14			Omonia Nicosia	End of contract	—		^[24]
17			Aris	Contract termintion	—		^[25]
22			Kerkyra	End of contract	—		^[26]
23			PAOK	Contract termintion	—		^[27]
25			APOEL	End of contract	—		^[28]
70			Boulogne	End of contract	—
79			Arminia Bielefeld	End of contract	—		^[29] ^[30]
—			Free agent	Contract termintion	—
—			Iraklis	Contract termintion	—		^[31]

Loan in

Summer

		width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=180 style="background:#FFDE00	From	width=100 style="background:#FFDE00	Fee	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Date	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Until	Option to buy	Source
18			Colón	€450,000		30 June 2008		^[32]
20			Benfica	Free		30 June 2008		^[33]
32			Benfica	€800,000		30 June 2008		^[34]

Winter

		width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=180 style="background:#FFDE00	From	width=100 style="background:#FFDE00	Fee	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Date	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Until	Option to buy	Source
36			Vitória de Setúbal	€150,000		30 June 2008		^[35]

Loan out

Summer

		width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=180 style="background:#FFDE00	To	width=100 style="background:#FFDE00	Fee	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Date	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Until	Option to buy	Source
28			Recreativo de Huelva	€340,000		30 June 2008		^[36]
90			Panachaiki	Free		30 June 2008		^[37]
—			Lamia	Free		30 June 2008
—			Nea Ionia	Free		30 June 2008
—			Anagennisi Karditsa	Free		30 June 2008
—			Nea Ionia	Free		30 June 2009
—			A.O. Nea Ionia	Free		30 June 2008
—			Anagennisi Karditsa	Free		30 June 2009

Winter

		width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=180 style="background:#FFDE00	To	width=100 style="background:#FFDE00	Fee	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Date	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Until	Option to buy	Source
24			Ilisiakos	Free		30 June 2008
56			Apollon Kalamarias	Free		30 June 2008
81			Nea Ionia	Free		30 June 2009
89			Fostiras	Free		30 June 2008
—			Nea Ionia	Free		30 June 2008
—			Acharnaikos	Free		30 June 2008

Contract renewals

		width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Date	Former Exp. Date	New Exp. Date	Source
5				30 June 2007	30 June 2009	^[38]
6				30 June 2008	30 June 2010	^[39]
31				30 June 2008	30 June 2010	^[40]

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: €3,460,000

Winter: €150,000

Total: €3,610,000

Income

Summer: €565,000

Winter: €0

Total: €565,000

Net Totals

Summer: €2,895,000

Winter: €150,000

Total: €3,045,000

Competitions

Super League Greece

See main article: 2007–08 Super League Greece.

Regular season

Fixtures

Play-offs

Fixtures

Greek Cup

See main article: 2007–08 Greek Football Cup.

AEK entered the Greek Cup at the round of 32.

Matches

UEFA Champions League

See main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League.

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 3 August 2007.

UEFA Cup

See main article: 2007–08 UEFA Cup.

First round

The draw for the first round was held on 31 August 2007.^[41]

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 9 October 2007.

Knockout phase

See main article: 2007–08 UEFA Cup knockout stage.

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 21 December 2007.

Statistics

Squad statistics

! colspan="15" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers|-! colspan="15" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders|-! colspan="15" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders|-! colspan="15" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards|-! colspan="15" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer Window|-|}

Goalscorers

Rank			width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Super League	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Super League Play-offs	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Greek Cup	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Champions League	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	UEFA Cup	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Total
1	18			19	1	0	0	1	21
2	10			8	4	0	1	2	15
3	33			11	2	0	0	0	13
4	36			5	1	0	0	0	6
5	99			3	0	1	0	0	4
6	1			3	0	0	0	0	3
	11			3	0	0	0	0	3
	23			2	1	0	0	0	3
9	5			2	0	0	0	0	2
	22			1	0	0	0	1	2
	7			1	0	0	0	1	2
	8			0	1	0	0	1	2
13	15			1	0	0	0	0	1
	2			1	0	0	0	0	1
	88			1	0	0	0	0	1
	83			1	0	0	0	0	1
	9			0	0	1	0	0	1
	4			0	0	0	0	1	1
Own goals	2	0	0	0	1	3
Totals	64	10	2	1	8	85

Assists

Rank			width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Super League	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Super League Play-offs	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Greek Cup	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Champions League	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	UEFA Cup	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Total
1	10			12	1	0	0	0	13
2	33			5	0	0	0	1	6
3	18			1	3	0	0	0	4
4	1			3	0	0	0	0	3
	36			3	0	0	0	0	3
	88			2	0	0	0	1	3
	23			1	1	0	0	1	3
8	4			2	0	0	0	0	2
	20			2	0	0	0	0	2
10	2			1	0	0	0	0	1
	11			1	0	0	0	0	1
	27			1	0	0	0	0	1
	7			1	0	0	0	0	1
	25			0	1	0	0	0	1
	83			0	0	0	1	0	1
	8			0	0	0	0	1	1
	99			0	0	0	0	1	1
Totals	35	6	0	1	5	47

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.

Rank		width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Super League	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Super League Play-offs	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Greek Cup	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Champions League	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	UEFA Cup	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Total
1	50		10	2	0	0	1	13
2	32		8	0	1	0	1	10
3	84		0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	18	2	1	0	2	23

Disciplinary record

|-! colspan="23" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers|-! colspan="23" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders|-! colspan="23" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders|-! colspan="23" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards|-! colspan="23" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer window|}

Starting 11

	Formation	Matchday(s)
36	4–4–2	1–20, 22–24, 25–30
7	4–3–3	21, 25
5	4–2–3–1

		Player
50		Jürgen Macho	GK
15		Sokratis Papastathopoulos	RCB
5		Traianos Dellas (C)	LCB
2		Edson Ratinho	RB
3		Rodolfo Arruabarrena	LB
8		Tam Nsaliwa	DM
1		Pantelis Kafes	CM
11		Gustavo Manduca	RM
10		Rivaldo	LM
33		Nikos Liberopoulos	SS
18		Ismael Blanco	CF

UEFA rankings

UEFA team ranking Form Previous Country Team Ranking 81 89 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 31.932 82 86 Austria Vienna 31.840 83 69 AEK Athens 31.525 84 77 Slavia Prague 31.496 85 79 RC Strasbourg 31.380

UEFA country ranking Form Previous Country League Ranking 12 11 Ukrainian Premier League 30.100 13 12 Jupiler League 26.700 14 15 Super League Greece 25.831 15 13 1. Gambrinus Liga 25.750 16 17 Axpo Super League 24.225

Correct as of 27 May 2008

Awards

Player		Award	Source
Sokratis Papastathopoulos	FW	MVP Award (10th Matchday)	^[42]
Ismael Blanco	FW	MVP Award (30th Matchday)	^[43]
Ismael Blanco	FW	Super League Top Scorer
Ismael Blanco	FW	Foreign Player of the Season	^[44]
Sokratis Papastathopoulos	DF	Young Player of the Season

External links

• AEK Athens F.C. Official Website
• A.E.K. FC Database

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4. Web site: Η υπόθεση "Βάλνερ" που έδωσε το πρωτάθλημα στον Ολυμπιακό. 2 February 2017. sportcyclades.gr.
5. Web site: ΑΕΚ-Αστέρας Τρίπολης: Από τη «φιέστα» του 2008, στο αντίο του Ντέμη και στον «εμφύλιο» για τον Σκόκο. 18 April 2021. sport-fm.gr.
6. Web site: Περίοδος 2007-2008. 22 May 2015. aekpedia.com. el.
7. Web site: Η ΑΕΚ ανακοίνωσε τον Εντσον Ράμος Σίλβα. contra.gr.
8. Web site: Ο Αρουαμπαρένα στην ΑΕΚ!. contra.gr.
9. Web site: Geraldo follows fraternal path to AEK. 5 June 2007. UEFA.
10. Web site: Εδώ… Παππάς!. sport-fm. newsroom. sport-fm.gr.
11. Web site: Ενσαλίβα και με τη βούλα. contra.gr.
12. Web site: Στα "κιτρινόμαυρα" ο Ριβάλντο!. sport-fm. newsroom. sport-fm.gr.
13. Web site: "Ήθελα να μείνω". sport-fm. newsroom. sport-fm.gr.
14. Web site: Ανακοινώθηκε από την ΑΕΚ ο Ασκάρατε. contra.gr.
15. Web site: "Κιτρινόμαυρος" ο Ντιουφ – Φιλικό με τη Νέα Ιωνία δίνει την Πέμπτη η ΑΕΚ. 25 July 2007. in.gr.
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