2014–15 AEK Athens F.C. season explained

Club:	AEK Athens
Season:	2014–15
Manager:	Traianos Dellas
Chrtitle:	Chairman
Chairman:	Evangelos Aslanidis
League Result:	1st
Cup1:	Greek Cup
Cup1 Result:	Quarter-finals
League Topscorer:	Christos Aravidis (17)
Season Topscorer:	Christos Aravidis (20)
Highest Attendance:	64,256 (vs Olympiacos) (11 March 2015)
Lowest Attendance:	1,803 (vs Olympiacos Volos) (20 May 2015)
Average Attendance:	10,308
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Prevseason:	2013–14
Nextseason:	2015–16

The 2014–15 season was the 91st season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the first in the second tier of Greek football. They competed in the Football League and the Greek Cup. The season began on 29 August 2014 and finished on 10 June 2015.

Kits

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Overview

Having been promoted to the second division of Greek football, AEK needed to win yet another promotion in order to return to the normal division for this and to end the unhappy period of the smaller divisions. Quite a few additions on the roster with Petros Mantalos the standing out, as well as Hélder Barbosa. During the winter transfer window, AEK made a particularly successful transfer, that of Jakob Johansson, who proved to be a tremendously useful tool in the midfield. The season started with a delay due to a protest by the second division teams, except AEK, which they demanded more money from OPAP. Due to the delay in the start of the championship, AEK played many friendly games, the most important of which was against Roma and Panathinaikos.

AEK started the league sluggishly, however without facing any point losses, with their opponents playing harsh against them, unable to fill the gap in quality of the rosters. After a few matches, the course of AEK became easier, with victories coming easily and the team occasionally playing good football. With the exception of 2 away matches where they drew, the team won all of their matches finishing first in their group. The play-offs that year between the top three teams of each group, forced AEK to compete until June, without any interest since essentially everything had already been decided by the normal duration of the championship. AEK and Iraklis easily won the promotion to the first division with the yellow-blacks finishing first in the standings. Thus, AEK finally finished their big return in Greece's top division.

AEK, after a year's absence, returned to the Greek Cup, starting from the preliminary round where they faced Fokikos, who they eliminated with 2 wins. Then they participated in the group stage, where they were placed with 2 first division teams, Atromitos and Panthrakikos, as well as Iraklis Psachna. With 2 wins and 1 draw, AEK advanced to the round of 16 as first. The next opponent was Kerkyra, who were also a first division team and after the 1–1 draw away from home, AEK prevailed with 2–0 at Olympic Stadium to face Olympiacos in the next round. In the first match at Karaiskakis Stadium, AEK were better and made the 0–1 with Olympiacos unable to react and with questionable fouls, brought their players into the area of AEK and made it 1–1. Nothing changed after that, with AEK being more pressing and dominating the midfield, with some of their clean attacks being ruled offside. In the rematch on 11 March, the Olympic Stadium was full with fans of the yellow-black and AEK were having the match under control at 0–0, but after the serious injury of Mantalos, they gave Olympiacos space to press and in the last minutes of the game, with a controversial goal, made the score 0–1 and the coach of Olympiacos, Pereira and Kasami, moved towards the stands making obscene gestures.^[1] A few ultras of AEK invaded for seconds and the match was interrupeted and later awarded to Olympiacos with 0–3.^[2]

Management team

Events

30 July 2014: The Greek parliament passed the bill for AEK Stadium.^[3]
7 September 2014: AEK Athens' player Petros Mantalos debuted in Greece national team, against Romania.^[4]
18 November 2014: Michalis Bakakis becomes AEK Athens' 101st player to play for the Greece national team, in a friendly match against Serbia.^[5]
27 March 2015 AEK were deducted 3 points for interruption of the match, 2 games behind closed doors and fine of 17,000€ after violations at the Cup match against Olympiacos on 11 March 2015 at Olympic Stadium.^[6] The game was awarded 0-3 to Olympiacos.
4 April 2015 AEK Athens finished the Football League regular season with 12 Home wins, 10 Away wins and 2 Away draws. AEK Athens will enter the Promotion play-offs with 10 points bonus.
11 July 2015 AEK Athens finally returns to Super League.^[7]

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 10 June 2015, 23:59 UTC+3.

No.	Player	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
1	Ilias Vouras	GK	June 30, 2015	2013	Niki Volos	Free	2017
12	Fotis Karagiolidis	GK	June 30, 2015	2013	Atromitos	Free	2016
22	Giannis Anestis	GK	June 30, 2015	2014	Panionios	Free	2018
30	Panagiotis Dounis	GK	June 30, 2015	2013	AEK Athens U20	—	2017
Defenders
2	Aristidis Soiledis	LB / LM / LW	June 30, 2015	2014	Niki Volos	Free	2017
3	Stavros Petavrakis	LB / LM	June 30, 2015	2013	Fostiras	Free	2017
5	Vasilios Lampropoulos	CB / RB	June 30, 2015	2014	Panionios	Free	2017
15	Stratos Svarnas	CB / RB	June 30, 2015	2014	Triglia Rafinas	Free	2017
26	Dimitrios Kolovetsios	CB / RB	June 30, 2015	2014	PAS Giannina	€250,000	2017
27	Michalis Bakakis	RB / LB / CB / RM	June 30, 2015	2014	Panetolikos	€250,000	2017
31	Nikolaos Georgeas (Captain)	RB / LB / DM	June 30, 2015	2013	Veria	Free	2015
55	Adam Tzanetopoulos	CB / DM / CM	June 30, 2015	2013	Niki Volos	Free	2016
89	Georgios Sarris	CB / DM	June 30, 2015	2014	Ergotelis	Free	2016
Midfielders
4	Vasilios Rovas	DM / CM / CB / RB	June 30, 2015	2013	Apollon Smyrnis	Free	2016
6	Miguel Cordero (Vice-captain)	CM / DM	June 30, 2015	2012	Xerez	€70,000	2017
10	Dimitrios Anakoglou (Vice-captain 2)	AM / CM / RM / LM	June 30, 2015	2013	Panserraikos	€50,000	2016
14	Dimitrios Grontis	CM / AM / LM / RM / LW / RW	June 30, 2015	2012	AEK Athens U20	—	2016
18	Jakob Johansson	DM / CM / CB	June 30, 2015	2014	Göteborg	Free	2018
20	Petros Mantalos	AM / LM / CM / LW / SS / RM / RW	June 30, 2015	2014	Skoda Xanthi	€500,000	2019
44	Ablaye Faye	DM / CM	June 30, 2015	2014	Kallithea	Free	2017
Forwards
7	Hélder Barbosa	LW / LM / AM / RW / RM / SS	June 30, 2015	2014	Braga	Free	2017
8	Alexandre D'Acol	ST / SS / LW / AM	June 30, 2015	2013	Kallithea	Free	2015
9	Ivan Brečević	ST	June 30, 2015	2013	Koper	Free	2016
11	Vangelis Platellas (Vice-captain 3)	RW / RM / LM / LW / SS / AM	June 30, 2015	2013	Skoda Xanthi	Free	2016
17	Darko Zorić	SS / ST/ RW / LW / AM	June 30, 2015	2014	Čelik Nikšić	€150,000	2017
21	Christos Aravidis	SS / ST / RW / LW / RM / LM	June 30, 2015	2014	Panionios	Free	2017
23	Markos Dounis	RW / LW / RM / LM	June 30, 2015	2014	Panionios	Free	2017
99	Macauley Chrisantus	ST/ SS / RW / LW	June 30, 2015	2015	Sivasspor	Free	2016
Left during Winter Transfer Window
16	Vasilios Tsevas	ST / SS	June 30, 2015	2013	AEK Athens U20	—	2017

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		Niki Volos	Transfer	Free		30 June 2017	^[8]
5		Panionios	Transfer	Free		30 June 2017	^[9]
7		Braga	Transfer	Free		30 June 2017	^[10]
15		Triglia Rafinas	Transfer	Free		30 June 2017	^[11]
17		Čelik Nikšić	Transfer	€150,000		30 June 2017	^[12]
20		Skoda Xanthi	Transfer	€500,000		30 June 2019	^[13]
21		Panionios	Transfer	Free		30 June 2017	^[14]
22		Panionios	Transfer	Free		30 June 2018	^[15]
23		Panionios	Transfer	Free		30 June 2017	^[16]
26		PAS Giannina	Transfer	€250,000		30 June 2017	^[17]
27		Panetolikos	Transfer	€250,000		30 June 2017	^[18]
89		Ergotelis	Transfer	Free		30 June 2016	^[19]
44		Kallithea	End of loan	—		30 June 2017
—		Peramaikos	End of loan	—		30 June 2017
—		Nea Ionia	End of loan	—		30 June 2017
—		Peramaikos	End of loan	—		30 June 2017
—		A.O. Nea Ionia	End of loan	—		30 June 2017

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
18		Göteborg	Transfer	Free		30 June 2018	^[20]
99		Sivasspor	Transfer	Free		30 June 2016	^[21]
—		Niki Volos	Loan termination	—		30 June 2017

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
—		Pune City	End of contract	—		^[22]
—		Ayia Napa	Contract termination	—		^[23]
—		Asteras Magoula	Contract termination	—		^[24]
—		Fokikos	Contract termination	—		^[25]
—		Panelefsiniakos	Contract termination	—		^[26]
—		Nea Ionia	Contract termination	—		^[27]
—		Othellos Athienou	Contract termination	—
—		Mandraikos	Contract termination	—		^[28]
—		Panargiakos	Contract termination	—		^[29]
—		Fostiras	Contract termination	—		^[30]
—		Glyfada	Contract termination	—
—		Hellas Verona U19	Contract termination	—		^[31]
—		AEK Athens U20	Demotion	—
—		Free agent	Contract termination	—		^[32]
—		Vendsyssel	Contract termination	—

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
—		Triglia Rafinas	Free		30 June 2015		^[33]
—		Niki Volos	Free		30 June 2015		^[34]
—		Anagennisi Ierapetras	Free		30 June 2015		^[35]
—		Nea Ionia	Free		30 June 2015
—		A.E. Kifisia	Free		30 June 2015		^[36]
—		Ilisiakos	Free		30 June 2015		^[37]

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
16		Iraklis Psachna	Free		30 June 2015		^[38]
—		Episkopi	Free		30 June 2015		^[39]

Contract renewals

		width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Date	Former Exp. Date	New Exp. Date	Source
31				30 June 2014	30 June 2015	^[40]

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: €1,150,000

Winter: €0

Total: €1,150,000

Income

Summer: €0

Winter: €0

Total: €0

Net Totals

Summer: €1,150,000

Winter: €0

Total: €1,150,000

Competitions

Football League

South Group League Table

See main article: 2014–15 Football League.

Fixtures

Promotion play-offs

Fixtures

Greek Cup

See main article: 2014–15 Greek Football Cup.

Group E

Matches

Quarter-finals

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

Rank			width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Football League	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Football League Play-offs	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Greek Cup	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Total
1	21			13	4	5	20
2	20			8	0	2	10
3	11			7	1	1	9
4	9			8	0	0	8
5	99			3	3	0	6
5	7			3	2	1	6
7	23			5	0	0	5
7	10			3	1	1	5
9	8			4	0	0	4
10	17			3	0	0	3
10	5			2	0	1	3
12	26			1	0	1	2
12	27			0	1	1	2
12	6			0	0	1	1
	44			0	0	1	1
	55			0	0	1	1
	18			1	0	0	1
	2			0	1	0	1
	14			0	1	0	1
Own goals	0	0	1	1
Totals	61	14	15	90

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Against	width=70 style="background:#FFDE00	Result	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Date	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Competition	Source
Petros Mantalos	Episkopi	7–0 (H)	7 December 2014	Football League	^[41]
Ivan Brečević	Kallithea	5–1 (H)	11 January 2015	Football League	^[42]

Assists

Rank			width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Football League	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Football League Play-offs	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Greek Cup	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Total
1	20			11	0	4	15
2	7			6	4	4	14
3	11			4	1	2	7
4	2			3	0	1	4
4	8			1	2	1	4
6	3			3	0	0	3
6	23			3	0	0	3
8	4			2	0	0	2
	10			2	0	0	2
	21			2	0	0	2
	55			1	1	0	2
	17			1	1	0	2
13	27			1	0	0	1
	14			1	0	0	1
	9			1	0	0	1
	6			0	1	0	1
Totals	42	10	12	64

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	Football League	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Promotion Play-offs	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Greek Cup	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Total
1	22		9	2	6	17
2	1		2	2	0	4
3	12		1	0	0	1
Totals	12	4	6	22

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

	Player
22	Giannis Anestis	GK
26	Dimitrios Kolovetsios	RCB
5	Vasilios Lampropoulos	LCB
27	Michalis Bakakis	RB
2	Aristidis Soiledis	LB
18	Jakob Johansson	DM
10	Dimitrios Anakoglou (C)	CM
11	Vangelis Platellas	RM
7	Hélder Barbosa	LM
20	Petros Mantalos	AM
21	Christos Aravidis	CF

Awards

Player		Award	Source
Christos Aravidis	FW	Player of the Year (South Group)	^[43]
Jakob Johansson	MF	Foreign Player of the Year (South Group)
Traianos Dellas	—	Manager of the Year (South Group)
Christos Aravidis	FW	Football League Top Scorer

External links

Notes and References

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Web site: Δύο αγωνιστικές, πρόστιμο 17.000 ευρώ και -3 βαθμοί στην ΑΕΚ. 27 March 2015. iefimerida.gr.
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Web site: Πήρε και Λαμπρόπουλο η ΑΕΚ. www.contra.gr.
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Web site: AEK Kallithea 5–1. aekfc.gr. Online.
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