Club: | AEK Athens |
Season: | 2012–13 |
Manager: | Vangelis Vlachos (until 30 September) Ewald Lienen (until 9 April) Traianos Dellas |
Mgrtitle: | Manager |
Chairman: | Thomas Mavros (until 1 October) Andreas Dimitrelos |
Chrtitle: | Chairman |
League: | Super League |
League Result: | 15th (Relegated) |
Cup1: | Greek Cup |
Cup1 Result: | Round of 32 |
League Topscorer: | Taxiarchis Fountas (4) |
Season Topscorer: | Taxiarchis Fountas (4) |
Highest Attendance: | 22,587 (vs Panthrakikos) (14 April 2013) |
Lowest Attendance: | 300 (vs Kavala) (20 December 2012) |
Average Attendance: | 9,977 |
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Prevseason: | 2011–12 |
Nextseason: | 2013–14 |
The 2012–13 season was the 89th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 54th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Super League and the Greek Cup. The season began on 25 August 2012 and finished on 21 April 2013.
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AEK, on the verge of dissolution, started the season without even the team's preparation being self-evident. The financial crisis had hit AEK for good and in combination with the abandonment of the team by the shareholders, created a heated atmosphere within the club. From the summer it was obvious that the team would fight for their stay in the first division, a tragic fact because AEK by nature could not handle that kind of circumstances. AEK terminated the contracts of most of their players and sold some of them at bargain prices in order to save money, while they acquired low-quality and young footballers who were unable to carry the burden of the size of the club. In the midst of this situation, the team naturally did not receive a license for their participation in Europa League.[1] The assumption of the presidency by the old legend of the club, Thomas Mavros, managed to rally a significant part of the world of the group around it. Mavros hired another former AEK player for the position of coach, Vangelis Vlachos. The position of technical director was taken over by Vasilios Tsiartas, who only managed to bring Miguel Cordero, whο was the most successful transfer of the team.[2]
In the championship, AEK started with defeats with the crowd showing the support to the team. The situation continued, resulting in the removal of Vlachos, a decision that also led to the resignation of Mavros from the presidency of AEK. Andreas Dimitrelos returned to the presidency of the team with the German Ewald Lienen being hired as the coach. It took October 28 for AEK to score their first victory of the season. In the cup, AEK were drawn against Kavala, who at the time were competing in the second division and after the away 0–0, they were eliminated, losing ny 0–1 at the Olympic Stadium. In the winter having only 3 wins, the team were strengthened with Antonis Petropoulos, Pavlos Mitropoulos, Anastasios Tsoumagas and Dimitrios Anakoglou and carried on with the hope that they could save the season. After a 6 match unbeaten streak, AEK regained their hopes and believed that their dignity would be saved and the team would avoid relegation. On 16 March, in another "final" AEK beat Veria with a redemption goal by the footballer Georgios Katidis in the last minutes of the match, but instead of celebrating, the scorer gave a Nazi salute to the people of the team, resulting in his punishment with exclusion, both from AEK and for the Greek national teams.[3] During that period, the conditions began to shape up perfectly in order for the team to be relegated. After an embarrassing defeat in Ioannina, Lienen resigned, with the former defender of the club, Traianos Dellas taking his place, while at the same time AEK's rivals for the stay suddenly transformed competitively and started to bring positive results. As things were set, AEK wanted 3 points to save themselves in the last 2 matches, with Panthrakikos at home and with Atromitos away from home. The match against the Thracians gathered a lot of crowd, who went to support their team in a "final" for the stay, in a match dominated by anxiety and nervousness on the field, with AEK being harmless and fearless, while as time passed, Panthrakikos continuously gained ground and 10 minutes before the end, Bougaidis scored an own goal, resulting in the invasion of the yellow and black ultras on the playing field, who stormed against everyone and looted the stadium.[4] From that moment on, it was all over for AEK, since they lost the match on paper with 0–3, while a 3-point deduction was imposed on them from the championship.[5] AEK then desperately appealed to sports justice to exhaust any chance of having the points returned to them, so that they could have a mathematical hope of avoiding relegation with a win in the last match.[6] In Peristeri Stadium, AEK, conceding a goal in the last minute of the game, were relegated for the first time in their glorious history, spreading sadness to their millions of fans across the globe.[7]
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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 21 April 2013, 23:59 UTC+3.
No. | Player | Nat. | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed | Previous club | Transfer fee | Contract until | |
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Goalkeepers | |||||||||
1 | Dimitrios Konstantopoulos (Vice-captain 2) | GK | June 30, 2013 | 2011 | Kerkyra | €75,000 | 2013 | ||
28 | Theodoros Moschonas | GK | June 30, 2013 | 2009 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2013 | ||
89 | Ilias Makryonitis | GK | June 30, 2013 | 2012 | PAO Rouf | Free | 2016 | ||
99 | Giannis Arabatzis (Vice-captain 3) | GK | June 30, 2013 | 2002 | Makrochori | Free | 2013 | ||
Defenders | |||||||||
3 | Yago Fernández | CB / DM | June 30, 2013 | 2012 | Girona | Free | 2015 | ||
18 | Konstantinos Nikolopoulos | LB / LM | June 30, 2013 | 2012 | Paniliakos | Free | 2016 | ||
24 | Konstantinos Vlachos | CB | June 30, 2013 | 2012 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2015 | ||
34 | Anastasios Tsoumagas | LB / LM | June 30, 2013 | 2013 | Leixões | Free | 2015 | ||
37 | Valentinos Vlachos | RB / RM | June 30, 2013 | 2012 | Kavala | Free | 2015 | ||
47 | Mavroudis Bougaidis | CB / LB | June 30, 2013 | 2011 | Aris | Free | 2014 | ||
77 | Christos Arkoudas | RB / LB / RM | June 30, 2013 | 2012 | Kallithea | Free | 2016 | ||
81 | Konstantinos Tsoupros | CB | June 30, 2013 | 2012 | Asteras Magoula | Free | 2016 | ||
91 | Georgios Koutroumpis | CB / DM | June 30, 2013 | 2012 | Kallithea | €35,000 | 2016 | ||
92 | Sokratis Tsoukalas | RB / LB | June 30, 2013 | 2011 | Palermo | Free | 2014 | ||
Midfielders | |||||||||
6 | Miguel Cordero | CM / DM | June 30, 2013 | 2012 | Xerez | €70,000 | 2014 | ||
8 | Georgios Katidis | AM / RM / LM / CM / RW / LW | June 30, 2013 | 2012 | Aris | €100,000 | 2016 | ||
10 | Roger Guerreiro (Vice-captain) | AM / CM / LM / LW / SS | June 30, 2013 | 2009 | Legia Warsaw | €250,000 | 2013 | ||
13 | Antonis Rikka (Captain) | DM / CM | June 30, 2013 | 2008 | Skoda Xanthi | €600,000 | 2013 | ||
21 | Taxiarchis Fountas | AM / SS / ST / RM / LM / CM / RW / LW | June 30, 2013 | 2011 | Acheloos Neochoriou | Free | 2014 | ||
23 | Xenofon Fetsis | DM / CM / CB | June 30, 2013 | 2011 | Panathinaikos | Free | 2013 | ||
30 | Joseph Agyriba | DM / CB / CM | June 30, 2013 | 2010 | Benevento | Free | 2014 | ||
32 | Enias Kalogeris | RM / RW | June 30, 2013 | 2012 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2016 | ||
39 | Dimitrios Anastasopoulos | CM / DM / AM | June 30, 2013 | 2013 | Kavala | Free | 2015 | ||
44 | Dimitrios Anakoglou | AM / CM / RM / LM | June 30, 2013 | 2013 | Panserraikos | €50,000 | 2016 | ||
63 | Christos Papadimitriou | LM / LW / LB / RM | June 30, 2013 | 2012 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2016 | ||
66 | Alexandros Nikolias | CM / AM / RM / LM | June 30, 2013 | 2012 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2016 | ||
80 | Dimitrios Grontis | CM / AM / LM / RM / LW / RW | June 30, 2013 | 2012 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2016 | ||
82 | Pavlos Mitropoulos | DM / CM | June 30, 2013 | 2012 | Panionios | Free | 2013 | ||
88 | Nikos Kourellas | LM / LW / LB | June 30, 2013 | 2012 | Aris | Free | 2016 | ||
— | Georgios Aresti | CM / DM | June 30, 2013 | 2012 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2016 | ||
Forwards | |||||||||
7 | Nikolaos Katsikokeris | ST / RW | June 30, 2013 | 2012 | Ergotelis | €150,000 | 2015 | ||
9 | Thomas Tsitas | ST | June 30, 2013 | 2011 | Iraklis | Free | 2014 | ||
11 | Michalis Pavlis | SS / ST / RW / LW | June 30, 2013 | 2012 | Kavala | Free | 2013 | ||
14 | Andreas Stamatis | ST / RW | June 30, 2013 | 2012 | Panionios | Free | 2016 | ||
20 | José Furtado | ST / SS | June 30, 2013 | 2012 | Panachaiki | €60,000 | 2014 | ||
33 | Antonis Petropoulos | ST | June 30, 2013 | 2012 | Panathinaikos | Free | 2014 | ||
70 | Giannis Karalis | RW / LW / SS / ST / AM | June 30, 2013 | 2013 | Kerkyra | Free | 2015 | ||
Left during Winter Transfer Window | |||||||||
2 | Giannis Kontoes | CB / RB / LB / DM | June 30, 2013 | 2011 | Panionios | Free | 2014 | ||
22 | Michalis Tsamourlidis | LB | June 30, 2013 | 2012 | Glyfada | Free | 2016 | ||
12 | Konstantinos Kotsaridis | DM / CM / LB | June 30, 2013 | 2012 | Olympiacos U20 | Free | 2015 | ||
19 | Panagiotis Lagos | LM / LW / LB / CM / DM | June 30, 2013 | 2006 | Iraklis | €900,000 | 2013 |
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 | ||
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3 | Girona | Transfer | Free | 30 June 2015 | [14] | |||||||||
6 | Xerez | Transfer | €70,000 | 30 June 2014 | [15] | |||||||||
7 | Ergotelis | Transfer | €150,000 | 30 June 2015 | [16] | |||||||||
8 | Aris | Transfer | €100,000 | 30 June 2016 | [17] | |||||||||
11 | Kavala | Transfer | Free | 30 June 2013 | [18] | |||||||||
12 | Olympiacos U20 | Transfer | Free | 30 June 2015 | [19] | |||||||||
14 | Panionios | Transfer | Free | 30 June 2016 | [20] | |||||||||
18 | Paniliakos | Transfer | Free | 30 June 2016 | [21] | |||||||||
20 | Panachaiki | Transfer | €60,000 | 30 June 2014 | [22] | |||||||||
22 | Glyfada | Transfer | Free | 30 June 2016 | [23] | |||||||||
23 | Glyfada | End of loan | — | 30 June 2013 | ||||||||||
24 | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | — | 30 June 2015 | [24] | |||||||||
30 | Glyfada | End of loan | — | 30 June 2014 | ||||||||||
32 | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | — | 30 June 2016 | ||||||||||
37 | Thrasyvoulos | End of loan | — | 30 June 2015 | ||||||||||
63 | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | — | 30 June 2016 | [25] | |||||||||
66 | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | — | 30 June 2016 | [26] | |||||||||
77 | Kallithea | Transfer | Free | 30 June 2016 | [27] | |||||||||
80 | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | — | 30 June 2016 | [28] | |||||||||
81 | Asteras Magoula | Transfer | Free | 30 June 2016 | [29] | |||||||||
88 | Aris | Transfer | Free | 30 June 2016 | [30] | |||||||||
89 | PAO Rouf | Transfer | Free | 30 June 2016 | [31] | |||||||||
91 | Kallithea | Transfer | €35,000 | 30 June 2016 | [32] | |||||||||
92 | Apollon Smyrnis | End of loan | — | 30 June 2014 | ||||||||||
— | Diagoras | End of loan | — | 30 June 2014 | ||||||||||
— | Thrasyvoulos | End of loan | — | 30 June 2012 | ||||||||||
— | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | — | 30 June 2016 | [33] | |||||||||
— | Fokikos | End of loan | — | 30 June 2012 |
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 | ||
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33 | Panathinaikos | Transfer | Free | 30 June 2014 | [34] | |||||||||
34 | Leixões | Transfer | Free | 30 June 2015 | [35] [36] | |||||||||
39 | Kavala | Transfer | Free | 30 June 2015 | [37] | |||||||||
44 | Panserraikos | Transfer | €50,000 | 30 June 2016 | [38] | |||||||||
70 | Kerkyra | Transfer | Free | 30 June 2015 | [39] | |||||||||
— | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | — | 30 June 2016 | [40] | |||||||||
— | Glyfada | Loan termination | — | 30 June 2016 | [41] |
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 | ||
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1 | Veria | End of contract | — | [42] | ||||||||
3 | Stabæk | Contract termination | — | [43] | ||||||||
4 | Olympiacos | End of contract | — | [44] | ||||||||
5 | align=center colspan=2 | Retired | — | [45] | ||||||||
8 | Udinese Calcio | End of loan | — | |||||||||
9 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Transfer | €850,000 | [46] | ||||||||
10 | Rayo Vallecano | End of contract | — | [47] | ||||||||
11 | Khazar Lankaran | Contract termination | — | [48] | ||||||||
14 | 1860 Munich | Transfer | €300,000 | [49] | ||||||||
15 | Levante | Contract termination | — | [50] | ||||||||
16 | Rangers | Contract termination | — | [51] | ||||||||
17 | Catania U19 | Contract termination | — | [52] | ||||||||
21 | Independiente | Contract termination | — | [53] | ||||||||
22 | Cercle Brugge | Contract termination | — | [54] | ||||||||
31 | Veria | End of contract | — | [55] | ||||||||
33 | align=center colspan=2 | Retired | — | [56] | ||||||||
77 | Lille | Transfer | €800,000 | [57] | ||||||||
93 | Free agent | Contract termination | — | [58] | ||||||||
— | Thrasyvoulos | Contract termination | — | [59] | ||||||||
— | Glyfada | Contract termination | — | [60] |
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 | ||
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2 | Asteras Tripolis | Contract termination | — | [61] | ||||||||
17 | Aris | Contract termination | — | [62] | ||||||||
19 | Vorskla Poltava | Contract termination | — | [63] |
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 | ||
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82 | Panetolikos | Free | 30 June 2013 | [64] |
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 | ||
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66 | Nea Salamis Famagusta | Free | 30 June 2013 | [65] | |||||||||
— | Korinthos | Free | 30 June 2013 | ||||||||||
— | Glyfada | Free | 30 June 2013 |
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 | ||
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22 | Panionios | Free | 30 June 2013 | [66] | |||||||||
— | Asteras Magoula | Free | 30 June 2013 |
Notes
a. plus 10% of resale fee.
b. The player also agreed to give up the club's debt on him which was €165,000.
c. plus 50% of resale.
Summer: €415,000
Winter: €50,000
Total: €465,000
Summer: €1,950,000
Winter: €0
Total: €1,950,000
Summer: €1,535,000
Winter: €50,000
Total: €1,485,000
See main article: 2012–13 Super League Greece.
See main article: 2012–13 Greek Football Cup.
! 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|-|}
Rank | width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | Player | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Super League | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Greek Cup | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Total | ||
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1 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
33 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
7 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
91 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Totals | 21 | 0 | 21 |
Rank | width=200 style="background:#FFDE00 | Player | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Super League | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Greek Cup | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Total | ||
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1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
2 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Totals | 11 | 0 | 11 |
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 | Greek Cup | width=120 style="background:#FFDE00 | Total | |
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1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||||
2 | 99 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Totals | 7 | 1 | 8 |
|-! colspan="14" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers|-! colspan="14" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders|-! colspan="14" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders|-! colspan="14" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards|-! colspan="14" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer window|}
Formation | Matchday(s) | ||
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17 | 4–4–2 (D) | 13–29 | |
12 | 4–2–3–1 | 2, 4–7, 9–12, 30 | |
2 | 4–3–3 | 1, 8 | |
1 | 4–4–2 | 3 |
Player | ||||
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1 | Dimitrios Konstantopoulos | GK | ||
91 | Georgios Koutroumpis | RCB | ||
47 | Mavroudis Bougaidis | LCB | ||
37 | Valentinos Vlachos | RB | ||
34 | Anastasios Tsoumagas | LB | ||
82 | Pavlos Mitropoulos | DM | ||
23 | Xenofon Fetsis | RCM | ||
6 | Miguel Cordero | LCM | ||
10 | Roger Guerreiro (C) | AM | ||
21 | Taxiarchis Fountas | SS | ||
33 | Antonis Petropoulos | CF |
Player | Award | Source | ||
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Taxiarchis Fountas | FW | Best Goal Award (11th Matchday) | [67] | |
Antonis Petropoulos | FW | Best Goal Award (17th Matchday) | [68] |