2008–09 AEK Athens F.C. season explained

Club:AEK Athens
Season:2008–09
Manager:Georgios Donis
(until 17 November)
Dušan Bajević
Mgrtitle:Manager
Chairman:Demis Nikolaidis
(until 2 November)
Giorgos Kintis
(until 23 January)
Nikos Thanopoulos
Chrtitle:Chairman
League:Super League
League Result:3rd (After play-offs)
4th (Regular season)
Cup1:Greek Cup
Cup1 Result:Runners-up
Cup2:UEFA Cup
Cup2 Result:Second qualifying round
League Topscorer:
Ismael Blanco (14)
Season Topscorer:
Ismael Blanco (23)
Highest Attendance:44,104 vs Olympiacos
(1 February 2009)
Lowest Attendance:4,315 vs Kerkyra
(22 January 2009)
Average Attendance:14,671
Largest Loss:
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Prevseason:2007–08
Nextseason:2009–10

The 2008–09 season was the 85th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 50th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Super League, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup. The season began on 14 August 2008 and finished on 31 May 2009.

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Overview

A strange and ultimately unsuccessful season for AEK, who failed to handle the outcome of the previous season's Wallner case,[1] mainly at the administrative level, but also at the financial level. The president, Demis Nikolaidis, decided to put his resignation at the disposal of the shareholders of the club, but he proceeded with fundamental changes in both the roster and the technical leadership of the team. He spent a lot of money, in order to change the balance in dressing room by essentially releasing the captains, Dellas and Liberopoulos and selling the talented Papastathopoulos to Genoa. He even proceeded with very expensive transfers for the club's standards, especially with that of Rafik Djebbour from Panionios, who spent the record amount of 3,200,000 euros. Alonsgside Djebbour, AEK also proceeded in the transfers of Kyrgiakos, Basinas, Majstorović, Saja, Pelletieri, Burns, Geraldo Alves and Juanfran, but the one who stood out was that of Ignacio Scocco, which was also the highest quality transfer during the Nikolaidis presidency. The most debatable choice of Nikolaidis was the hiring of Georgios Donis for the position of coach, since Donis had only worked with teams of a lower magnitude, where there wasn't the high pressure of the league race. The club sold 18,200 season tickets.

For the UEFA Cup, AEK were drawn with Cypriot Omonia and seemingly seemed the absolute favorite for the qualification. Donis, trying to change AEK's playing philosophy from the previous seasons, tried to implement an unattractive football model and very soon AEK paid the price. In Athens, Omonia, with a lucky goal towards the end of the first half, took the lead and finally got the victory against the unrecognizable and lazy AEK. AEK in the last match of Rivaldo, who in the following days surpisingly left for Bunyodkor from Uzbekistan, did not react at any point of the match, unable to produce phases and reduced to meaningless possession. The completely wrong approach and preparation of the match by Donis and his footballers made the task of AEK very difficult out of nowhere. The disaster for AEK was completed in the second leg at GSP Stadium, where spirited and tough Omonia limited them again, taking the lead in the score and despite being equalized by AEK did not lose control of the match, regaining the lead in the second half and only AEK managed to avoid the second defeat, equalizing at the end of the match. The disastrous exclusion from Europe effectively put AEK out of financial plans, which increased introversion and essentially forced Nikolaidis to leave earlier than the end of his presidency as he had informed the shareholders from the beginning of the summer.

AEK started the championship with a great victory, winning 2–1 against the newly rich Panathinaikos of the "multi-shareholder" era, but the continuation was disappointing. A series of 4 unsuccessful results brought Donis near to the exit door. On the 8th matchday amid heavy disapproval, AEK beat Asteras Tripolis with two goals in stoppage time at the Olympic Stadium and after the end of the match, Nikolaidis resigned implicitly attributing responsibilities to the ultras of the club.[2] Donis was already fully exposed and the pressure appeared with yet another draw in Skoda Xanthi and along with a draw with Panserraikos at home, he resigned.[3] The remaining management, Kanellopoulos and Koulis,[4] believing that the team needed a great personality, hired Dušan Bajević, with the intention to turn him into general manager of AEK.[5] The shareholders, after a final rift between them, decided to appoint Giorgos Kintis to the presidency, who immediately offered AEK a shop instead of one euro, as long as the prospective buyer took over the settled debts of the team, as well as the heavy opening of 15 million euros from the expensive transfer moves of the summer. No one appeared except for a written statement of intent by Dimitris Melissanidis and AEK continued with the internal upheavals being indescribable. Bajević had an indifferent season, which he also attributed to a lack of confidence in himself and was asking for big investments to be able to watch Olympiacos and Panathinaikos matches. Kintis, after a month and a half, being at a dead end and advocating a completely different philosophy from Bajević, resigned, Kanellopoulos resigned and left his shares to the Amateur AEK with Koulis following the same path. Nikos Thanopoulos, the chosen of the then major shareholder, Nikos Notias, took over as president after intense back-and-forth. And while the season was heading towards an unremarkable close, Bajević seemed to lack confidence in his players and was more concerned with management reshuffles than the team. So AEK ended the season with many draws, unattractive football and in fourth place behind Olympiakos, PAOK and Panathinaikos and without a competitive identity entered the play-offs with just one point, starting from a disadvantageous position .

The activities in the Cup started with a near exclusion from Ilisiakos who were left with 10 players and AEK taking the qualification in extra time. In the next phase against Kerkyra AEK were qualified with an amazing goal by Scocco in the 89th minute. In the quarter-finals, AEK's opponent was Skoda Xanthi, from who were lost 2–1 away, but managed to qualify thanks to a header from Blanco in the rematch. AEK easily qualified for the final after overcoming the obstacle of Panserraikos. The final that the club and the fans needed, especially against a great rival like Olympiacos, was ahead. On May 2, the best Cup final in the history of Greek football took place. AEK got off to a magical start, taking a 2–0 lead, thanks to two great goals from Blanco, but were leveled by goals from Derbyshire and Dudu. In the 90th minute, the class of Ignacio Scocco spoke, who passed everyone in front of him and perfectly shot past Nikopolidis. AEK, affected by the Argentine's superb goal, did not handle the stoppage time as needed and were leveled again by Derbyshire in the 96th minute. The game went to overtime, where AEK were shocked and conceded a fourth goal in the 102nd minute from Galletti. However, Ignacio Scocco in the 108th minute, again with a goal of rare beauty, equalized once more for AEK with the two teams going to the penalty shootout. So after 32 penalties and the score having reached the admirable 15–14, the final ended with the Olympiacos being crowned as the cup winner.[6]

The play-offs started with ambition for AEK, who despite not winning the Cup, seemed determined to chase the position that led to the Champions League qualifiers. Indeed, until the last game AEK was the favorite along with Panathinaikos and the first place would be decided in the derby between them. Panathinaikos appeared more ready and determined and beat AEK by 0–2, which ended the season, without managing to return in the beficial qualifiers of the Champions League.[7]

Management team

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Events

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 31 May 2009, 23:59 UTC+3.

No.PlayerNat.Position(s)Date of birth (Age)SignedPrevious clubTransfer feeContract until
Goalkeepers
23Sebastián SajaGKJune 30, 20092008 San LorenzoFree2012
77Jürgen MachoGKJune 30, 20092007 Kaiserslautern€300,0002009
84Giannis ArabatzisGKJune 30, 20092002 MakrochoriFree2011
Defenders
4Geraldo AlvesCB / RBJune 30, 20092007 Paços de Ferreira€300,0002010
5Daniel Majstorović (Vice-captain 3)CBJune 30, 20092008 BaselFree2011
6Georgios AlexopoulosCB / RBJune 30, 20092005 EgaleoFree2010
7JuanfranLB / LM / CBJune 30, 20092008 Real ZaragozaFree2010
12Olivier N'SiabamfumuCB / RB / DMJune 30, 20092009Free agentFree2009
13Dimitrios KoutromanosRB / LB / DMJune 30, 20092009 Panetolikos€50,0002011
25Sotirios Kyrgiakos (Captain)CBJune 30, 20092008 Eintracht FrankfurtFree2013
31Nikolaos Georgeas (Vice-captain 2)RB / LB / DMJune 30, 20092001 Kalamata€1,500,0002010
Midfielders
1Pantelis Kafes (Vice-captain)CM / DM / AM / RM / LMJune 30, 20092007 OlympiacosFree2009
8Tam NsaliwaDM / CM / CBJune 30, 20092007 Panionios€400,0002010
11Gustavo ManducaRM / AM / RW / LM / LW / CM / SS / STJune 30, 20092007 Benfica€800,0002010
16Vasilios PliatsikasDM / CM / RB / CBJune 30, 20092005 ChaidariFree2010
17Antonis RikkaDM / CMJune 30, 20092008 Skoda Xanthi€600,0002013
19Panagiotis LagosLM / LW / LB / CM / DMJune 30, 20092006 Iraklis€900,0002010
24Agustín PelletieriDM / CMJune 30, 20092008 Lanús€700,0002009
34Panagiotis TachtsidisCM / DM / AMJune 30, 20092007 AEK Athens U202010
56Përparim HetemajCM / DM / AM / RM / LM / RW / LWJune 30, 20092006 HJK Helsinki€450,0002010
80El Hadji DioufAM / CMJune 30, 20092007 Xam-XamFree2011
90Savvas GentsoglouDM / CB / CMJune 30, 20092006 AEK Athens U202013
Forwards
9EdinhoST / SS / RWJune 30, 20092008 Vitória de Setúbal€350,0002011
10Rafik DjebbourST / SS / RW / LWJune 30, 20092008 Panionios€3,200,0002011
18Ismael BlancoST / SSJune 30, 20092008 Colón€850,0002011
20Nathan BurnsRW / SS / ST / LW / AMJune 30, 20092008 Adelaide United€450,0002012
32Ignacio ScoccoSS / LW / AM / ST / LM / RW / RMJune 30, 20092008 UNAM€1,500,0002011
83SS / ST / RW / LWJune 30, 20092006 AEK Athens U202011
Left during Summer Transfer Window
RivaldoAM / SS / LMJune 30, 20092007 OlympiacosFree2009
Left during Winter Transfer Window
2Edson RatinhoRB / RM / RWJune 30, 20092007 Mogi Mirim€350,0002012
14Angelos BasinasDM / CM / AMJune 30, 20092008 MallorcaFree2011
40Panagiotis ZorbasAM / RW / LM / LW / CMJune 30, 20092005 Bayer 04 Leverkusen U19Free2011

Transfers

In

Summer

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5 BaselFree transfer30 June 2011
7 Real ZaragozaFree transfer30 June 2010
9 Vitória de Setúbal€350,00030 June 2011[32]
10 Panionios€3,200,00030 June 2011[33]
13 Anagennisi KarditsaLoan return30 June 2011
14 MallorcaFree transfer30 June 2011
17 Skoda Xanthi€600,00030 June 2013[34]
18 Colón€850,00030 June 2011[35]
20 Adelaide United€450,00030 June 2012
23 San LorenzoFree transfer30 June 2012
25 Eintracht FrankfurtFree transfer30 June 2013
32 UNAM€1,500,00030 June 2011
40 PanetolikosLoan return30 June 2011
56 Apollon KalamariasLoan return30 June 2010
90 Nea IoniaLoan return30 June 2011
Recreativo de HuelvaLoan return30 June 2010
LamiaLoan return30 June 2010
Nea IoniaLoan return30 June 2010
Anagennisi KarditsaLoan return30 June 2008
FostirasLoan return30 June 2010
Anagennisi KarditsaFree transfer30 June 2010
Nea IoniaLoan return30 June 2008
AcharnaikosLoan return30 June 2010
ThivaLoan return30 June 2009
IlisiakosLoan return30 June 2011

Winter

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12Free agentFree transfer30 June 2009[36]
80 Anagennisi KarditsaLoan termination30 June 2011[37]
Anagennisi KarditsaLoan termination30 June 2010

Out

Summer

width=200 style="background:#FFDE00Playerwidth=200 style="background:#FFDE00Towidth=150 style="background:#FFDE00Feewidth=150 style="background:#FFDE00DateSource
3 TigreContract termintion[38]
5 Anorthosis FamagustaContract termintion
7 Skoda Xanthi€60,000[39]
9 Steaua BucureștiContract termintion
10 Bunyodkor€1,000,000[40]
14 Polideportivo EjidoEnd of contract[41]
15 Genoa€3,800,000[42]
16align=center colspan=2Retired[43]
18 ColónLoan return
20 BenficaLoan return
22 IraklisFree transfer[44]
23 Al ShababEnd of contract[45]
27 IraklisEnd of contract[46]
32 BenficaLoan return
33 Eintracht FrankfurtContract termintion
36 Vitória de SetúbalLoan return
88 Genk€1,500,000[47]
99 Rapid BucureștiFree transfer
Anagennisi ArtaEnd of contract
PanachaikiFree transfer
Vyzas MegaraFree transfer[48]

Winter

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2 Mogi Mirim€350,000
14 PortsmouthContract termination

Loan in

Summer

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24 Lanús€700,00030 June 2009

Loan out

Summer

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Chievo Verona€200,00030 June 2009
Apollon KalamariasFree30 June 2009
Nea IoniaFree30 June 2010
Apollon KalamariasFree30 June 2009
Anagennisi KarditsaFree30 June 2010
ChaidariFree30 June 2010
Anagennisi KarditsaFree30 June 2009
Anagennisi KarditsaFree30 June 2009

Winter

width=200 style="background:#FFDE00Playerwidth=200 style="background:#FFDE00Towidth=150 style="background:#FFDE00Feewidth=150 style="background:#FFDE00Datewidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00UntilOption to buySource
40 PanetolikosFree30 June 2009
Anorthosis FamagustaFree30 June 2010

Notes

a. plus 15% of next sale.

Contract renewals

width=200 style="background:#FFDE00Playerwidth=150 style="background:#FFDE00Datewidth=150 style="background:#FFDE00Former Exp. Datewidth=150 style="background:#FFDE00New Exp. DateSource
1330 June 201030 June 2011[49]
9030 June 200930 June 2013

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: €7,650,000

Winter: €0

Total: €7,650,000

Income

Summer: €6,560,000

Winter: €350,000

Total: €6,910,000

Net Totals

Summer: €1,090,000

Winter: €350,000

Total: €740,000

Competitions

Super League Greece

See main article: 2008–09 Super League Greece.

Regular season

Fixtures

Play-offs

Fixtures

Greek Cup

See main article: 2008–09 Greek Football Cup.

AEK entered the Greek Cup at the round of 32.

Matches

Final

UEFA Cup

See main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup.

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 1 August 2008.[50]

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

Goalscorers

Rankwidth=200 style="background:#FFDE00Playerwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Super Leaguewidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Super League Play-offswidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Greek Cupwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00UEFA Cupwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Total
1181435123
210712010
326 13010
4970007
5130104
6520103
78301012
83410001
110 1001
Own goals01001
Totals40 812 262

Assists

Rankwidth=200 style="background:#FFDE00Playerwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Super Leaguewidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Super League Play-offswidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Greek Cupwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00UEFA Cupwidth=120 style="background:#FFDE00Total
1329 01010
21821216
33130003
112 0103
910203
62520002
3420002
811002
1010102
10110001
1910001
5601001
600101
400101
1400011
Totals25 3 9 239

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.

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1231122015
27700101
Totals11 2 3 016

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

Starting 11

FormationMatchday(s)
404–3–31–15, 17, 18, 21–30
34–4–2 (D)16, 19, 20
24–4–2
Player
23Sebastián SajaGK
25Sotirios Kyrgiakos (C)RCB
5Daniel MajstorovićLCB
31Nikolaos GeorgeasRB
7JuanfranLB
8Tam NsaliwaDM
24Agustín PelletieriRCM
1Pantelis KafesLCM
9EdinhoRW
32Ignacio ScoccoLW
18Ismael BlancoCF

UEFA rankings

UEFA team ranking
FormPreviousCountryTeamRanking
8077Feyenoord25.825
8169Dinamo București25.781
8283AEK Athens25.632
8384Slavia Prague25.150
8495Nancy25.033
UEFA country ranking
FormPreviousCountryLeagueRanking
108Liga Sagres36.462
1111Turkcell Super Lig32.225
1214Super League Greece28.165
1310Clydesdale Bank Premier League27.875
1413Jupiler Pro League25.325

Awards

PlayerAwardSource
Rafik DjebbourFWBest Goal Award (8th Matchday)[51]
EdinhoFWBest Goal Award (14th Matchday)[52]
Ignacio ScoccoFWMVP Award (19th Matchday)[53]
Ignacio ScoccoFWBest Goal Award (19th Matchday)
Panagiotis TachtsidisMFBest Goal Award (22nd Matchday)[54]
EdinhoFWBest Goal Award (24th Matchday)[55]
Ignacio ScoccoFWMVP Award (27th Matchday)[56]
Ismael BlancoFWSuper League Top Scorer (shared)
Ismael BlancoFWGreek Cup Top Scorer

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Legal Dispute. 2008-05-15. 2008-04-20. uefa.com.
  2. Web site: Nikolaidis Resigns. 2008-11-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20120324210841/http://www.aekfc.gr/index.asp?a_id=74&n_id=4584. 2012-03-24. dead.
  3. Web site: Sport In Greece.gr ::Front Page News. https://web.archive.org/web/20120217162426/http://www.sportingreece.com/kb/article.asp?fIndex=2557. dead. February 17, 2012. sportingreece.com.
  4. Web site: Kanellopoulos and Koulis take charge. 2008-11-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20120324210841/http://www.aekfc.gr/index.asp?a_id=74&n_id=4584. 2012-03-24. dead.
  5. Web site: AEK FC sign Dusan Bajevic. 2008-11-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20120214174700/http://www.aekfc.gr/index.asp?a_id=74&n_id=4638. 2012-02-14. dead.
  6. Web site: http://www.sport24.gr/football/ellada/GreekCup/article339422.ece. el:ΑΕΚ-Ολυμπιακός 3-3 (4-4 παράταση,14-15 πεν.). el. sport24.gr. 21 May 2016.
  7. Web site: Περίοδος 2008-2009. 22 May 2015. aekpedia.com. el.
  8. Web site: uefa.com: Donis handed AEK post.
  9. Web site: AEK FC signs Rikka. 2008-05-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20080520024247/http://www.aekfc.gr/index.asp?a_id=305&n_id=4185. 2008-05-20. dead.
  10. Web site: AEK move for Basel's Majstorovic.
  11. Web site: News | KRC Genk. Sanmax. Projects. krcgenk.be.
  12. Web site: AEK FC signs Saja. 2008-07-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20080704122919/http://www.aekfc.gr/index.asp?a_id=74&n_id=4229. 2008-07-04. dead.
  13. Web site: AEK FC signs Scocco. https://web.archive.org/web/20080803185214/http://www.aekfc.gr/index.asp?a_id=305&n_id=4219. dead. August 3, 2008.
  14. Web site: AEK FC signs Burns. 2008-07-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716122257/http://www.sportingreece.com/kb/article.asp?fIndex=1941. 2011-07-16. dead.
  15. Web site: FC Rapid sign Julio Cesar. 2008-07-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20111005224747/http://www.fzr.ro/stire_detaliata/Interviuri/_Rivaldo_mi_a_zis___Du_te_la_Rapid___/6884.htm. 2011-10-05. dead.
  16. Web site: AEK FC release Kapetanos. 2008-07-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20080705111248/http://www.aekfc.gr/index.asp?a_id=74&n_id=4227. 2008-07-05. dead.
  17. Web site: Sorrentino joins Chievo on loan. 2008-07-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20080708061538/http://www.aekfc.gr/index.asp?a_id=74&n_id=4238. 2008-07-08. dead.
  18. Web site: AEK FC release Liberopoulos. https://web.archive.org/web/20080708170457/http://www.aekfc.gr/index.asp?a_id=74&n_id=4242. dead. July 8, 2008.
  19. Web site: AEK FC release Dellas. 2008-07-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20080725095632/http://www.aekfc.gr/index.asp?a_id=74&n_id=4281. 2008-07-25. dead.
  20. Web site: AEK FC signs Juanfran. 2008-07-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20080805100601/http://www.aekfc.gr/index.asp?a_id=74&n_id=4301. 2008-08-05. dead.
  21. Web site: AEK FC signs Basinas. 2008-07-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20080805100604/http://www.aekfc.gr/index.asp?a_id=74&n_id=4307. 2008-08-05. dead.
  22. Web site: AEK FC signs Kyrgiakos. https://web.archive.org/web/20080806095059/http://www.aekfc.gr/index.asp?a_id=74&n_id=4309. dead. August 6, 2008.
  23. Web site: Genoa sign Papastathopoulos. https://web.archive.org/web/20080805100628/http://www.aekfc.gr/index.asp?a_id=74&n_id=4314. dead. August 5, 2008.
  24. Web site: Nikolaidis press conference (greek). 2008-08-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20080827023016/http://www.aekfc.gr/index.asp?a_id=74&n_id=4370. 2008-08-27. dead.
  25. Web site: Rivaldo leaves club (greek). 2008-08-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20120324210854/http://www.aekfc.gr/index.asp?a_id=74&n_id=4383. 2012-03-24. dead.
  26. Web site: AEK FC signs Djebbour. 2008-08-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20080901220928/http://www.aekfc.gr/index.asp?a_id=74&n_id=4390. 2008-09-01. dead.
  27. Web site: AEK FC signs Pelletieri. 2008-09-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20080903213757/http://www.aekfc.gr/index.asp?a_id=74&n_id=4396. 2008-09-03. dead.
  28. Web site: Stelios Manolas becomes technical director. 2008-11-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20120324210858/http://www.aekfc.gr/index.asp?a_id=74&n_id=4639. 2012-03-24. dead.
  29. Web site: Kintis elected new president. 2008-12-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20090727215759/http://www.sportingreece.com/kb/article.asp?fIndex=2617. 2009-07-27. dead.
  30. Web site: Mogo Mirim signs Edson Ratinho. 2009-01-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20120214174620/http://www.aekfc.gr/index.asp?a_id=74&n_id=4807. 2012-02-14. dead.
  31. Web site: Portsmouth sign Basinas. 2009-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20120214174641/http://www.aekfc.gr/index.asp?a_id=74&n_id=4823. 2012-02-14. dead.
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