2004–05 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens

2005–06 season
Chairman	Demis Nikolaidis
Manager	Fernando Santos
Alpha Ethniki	3rd
Greek Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Soares (11) All: Soares (15)
Highest home attendance	63,129 vs Olympiacos (7 November 2004)
Lowest home attendance	763 vs Ag. Dimitrios (22 December 2004)
Average home league attendance	21,925
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

For the 2004-05 season, AEK Athens F.C. competed in its 46th consecutive season in the Greek topflight.

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Dionisis Chiotis 2 MF Stathis Kappos 3 DF Nikola Malbaša 4 DF Bruno Alves 5 DF Nikos Kostenoglou (captain) 6 DF Stelios Maistrellis 7 FW Soares 8 MF Ivan Rusev 9 MF Milen Petkov 10 FW Sotiris Konstantinidis 11 FW Leonidas Kabantais 14 DF Stavros Tziortziopoulos 16 DF Nikos Georgeas 17 MF Vladimir Ivić 18 DF Vangelis Moras 20 FW Ilias Solakis

No. Position Player 21 MF Kostas Katsouranis 22 GK Chrisostomos Michailidis 24 DF Christos Kontis 25 DF Kofi Amponsah 26 MF Ilias Kyriakidis 28 DF Christos Bourbos 30 MF Simos Krassas 33 FW Nikos Liberopoulos 39 FW Grigoris Toskas 44 GK Nikos Voulgaris 50 FW Christos Christoforidis 77 MF Paulo Assunção 99 FW Júlio César

Players on loan

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 4 DF Bruno Alves (from Porto until June 2005) 7 FW Soares (from OFI until June 2005) 77 MF Paulo Assunção (from Porto until June 2005)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player MF Dimitris Karameris (to Levadiakos until June 2005) MF Nikos Pourtoulidis (to Thrasyvoulos until June 2005)

Foreign players

In the Greek league only five non-EU nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team. Those non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Greek citizenship after playing in Greece for 7 years.

EU Nationals Milen Petkov Ivan Rusev Simos Krassas Bruno Alves

EU Nationals (Dual citizenship) Paulo Assunção

Non-EU Nationals Júlio César Soares Kofi Amponsah Vladimir Ivić Nikola Malbaša

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  Bruno Alves (2011)

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  Paulo Assunção (2010)

International players

Dionisis Chiotis Kostas Katsouranis Nikos Liberopoulos

Milen Petkov Kofi Amponsah

Vladimir Ivić Nikola Malbaša

Squad changes (Summer 2004)

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 4 DF Bruno Alves (on loan from Porto for free) 6 DF Stelios Maistrellis (loan return from Akratitos) 7 FW Soares (on loan from OFI for 60K) 11 FW Leonidas Kabantais (from Aris for free) 14 DF Stavros Tziortziopoulos (from Panionios for free) 20 FW Ilias Solakis (loan return from Niki Volou) 24 DF Christos Kontis (from Panionios for free) 28 DF Christos Bourbos (from PAS Giannina F.C. for free) 29 FW Christos Christoforidis (from Assyriska for free) 30 MF Simos Krassas (from AEL for 150K) 44 GK Nikos Voulgaris (from Torino for 100K) 77 MF Paulo Assunção (on loan from Porto for free)

Total spending: €310K

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 DF Vasilis Borbokis (to Anorthosis Famagusta for free) 6 MF Thodoris Zagorakis (to Bologna for free) 8 MF Michel Kreek (to Willem II for free) 9 FW Giannis Okkas (to Olympiacos for free) 10 MF Vasilis Tsiartas (to Köln for free) 12 GK Sotiris Liberopoulos (to Aris for free) 17 DF Michalis Kasapis (to Thrasyvoulos for free) 23 MF Vasilis Lakis (to Crystal Palace for free) 25 DF Goran Popov (roan return to Belasica) 30 FW Ilija Ivić (retired) 32 DF Michalis Kapsis (to Bordeaux for 500K) 88 FW Dimitris Nalitzis (to Kerkyra for free)

Total income: €500K

Squad changes (Winter 2005)

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 3 DF Nikola Malbaša (from Terek for free) 17 MF Vladimir Ivić (from Borussia Mönchengladbach for free) 26 MF Ilias Kyriakidis (from Ionikos for 200K) 99 FW Júlio César (from Gil Vicente for 540K)

Total spending: €740K

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 MF Stathis Kappos (to Aris for free) 6 DF Stelios Maistrellis (to Levadiakos for free) 15 DF Dimitris Koutsikos (to Athinaikos for free) 19 MF Manolis Tsagarogiannakis (to Agia Paraskevi for free) 32 DF Christos Tsevas (to Akratitos for free)

Total income: €0

Squad stats

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Dionisis Chiotis	21	0	13	0	4	0	4	0
2	MF		Stathis Kappos	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF		Nikola Malbaša	17	0	13	0	4	0	0	0
4	DF		Bruno Alves	42	1	27	0	10	1	5	0
5	DF		Nikos Kostenoglou	29	0	21	0	3	0	5	0
6	DF		Stelios Maistrellis	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
7	FW		Soares	34	15	25	11	9	3	0	1
8	MF		Ivan Rusev	15	1	10	1	3	0	2	0
9	MF		Milen Petkov	25	2	15	1	6	1	4	0
10	FW		Sotiris Konstantinidis	33	2	22	0	8	2	3	0
11	FW		Leonidas Kabantais	18	4	11	2	3	2	4	0
14	DF		Stavros Tziortziopoulos	18	1	11	0	2	0	5	1
16	DF		Nikos Georgeas	9	0	6	0	1	0	2	0
17	MF		Vladimir Ivić	23	5	17	4	6	1	0	0
18	DF		Vangelis Moras	29	1	19	0	8	1	2	0
19	MF		Manolis Tsagarogiannakis	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
20	FW		Ilias Solakis	10	0	6	0	2	0	2	0
21	MF		Kostas Katsouranis	41	12	28	10	7	1	6	1
22	GK		Chrisostomos Michailidis	26	0	18	0	6	0	2	0
24	DF		Christos Kontis	37	1	25	1	8	0	4	0
25	DF		Kofi Amponsah	9	1	5	0	1	0	3	1
26	MF		Ilias Kyriakidis	16	0	11	0	5	0	0	0
28	DF		Christos Bourbos	23	1	15	0	6	1	2	0
29	FW		Christos Christoforidis	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
30	MF		Simos Krassas	36	3	24	2	6	0	6	1
32	DF		Christos Tsevas	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
33	FW		Nikos Liberopoulos	43	13	28	9	9	3	6	1
39	FW		Grigoris Toskas	12	0	6	0	3	0	3	0
77	MF		Paulo Assunção	35	0	23	0	8	0	4	0
99	FW		Júlio César	19	5	13	4	6	1	0	0

Players in italics have left during the season.

Manager stats

Name	Nat	From	To	Record							Honours
				P	W	D	L	F	A	%W
Fernando Santos		September 11, 2004	May 25, 2005	46	23	15	8	70	43	50.00	–

Only competitive matches are counted. Wins, losses and draws are results at the final whistle; the results of penalty shootouts are not counted.

Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	17	11	2	46	22	+24	62	12	2	1	25	5	+20	5	9	1	21	17	+4

Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W

Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

UEFA rankings

UEFA team ranking # Form Previous Country Team Ranking 36 44 Club Brugge 50.476 37 32 Deportivo Alavés 50.326 38 34 AEK Athens 47.715 39 38 Anderlecht 47.476 40 54 Olympiacos 46.715

UEFA country ranking # Form Previous Country League Ranking 6 6 Liga Sagres 44.666 7 8 Eredivisie 39.831 8 7 Super League Greece 35.498 9 12 Jupiler Pro League 31.750 10 11 Clydesdale Bank Premier League 31.750

Team kit

2004

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): TIM

Home

Away

Third

Source:

2005

Supplier: Adidas
Sponsor(s): TIM

Home

Away

Third

Source: aek.com 21-01-2005

References