2015–16 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens

2015–16 season
President	Evangelos Aslanidis
Administrative Leader	Dimitris Melissanidis
Manager	Stelios Manolas
Stadium	Olympic Stadium
Super League	3rd (regular season)
2015–16 Greek Football Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Aravidis, Vargas (9) All: Aravidis, Vargas, Buonanotte (11)
Highest home attendance	31.121 AEK vs Olympiacos (13 February 2016)
Lowest home attendance	6.171 AEK vs Iraklis (24 October 2015)
Average home league attendance	11.558 (Only Superleague)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was AEK Athens Football Club's 55th competitive season in the top flight of Greek football, 7th season in the Super League Greece, and 91st year in existence as a football club. They also competed in the Greek Cup.

On 20 October 2015, Traianos Dellas quits as AEK Athens F.C. coach after 2 and a half years and 21 October 2015 Stelios Manolas AEK's under-20 coach will take up the post on an interim basis until a new coach is found.^[1] On 29 October 2015,^[2] Gus Poyet reached an agreement with AEK Athens F.C. and on 30 October sign contract^[3] with AEK Athens F.C., the agreement is until the summer of 2016 with renewal option for two years, a discussion that will take place towards the end of the period.

Events

• 30 January 2015 Before the campaign was over, André Simões agreed to a two-year contract with AEK Athens F.C. which was made effective on 1 July.
• 13 May 2015 Rodrigo Galo signed a two-year contract with AEK Athens F.C.
• 10 June 2015 AEK Athens F.C. gains promotion to the Super League.
• 11 June 2015 Stavros Vasilantonopoulos joins AEK Athens F.C. from Apollon Smyrni for 2+1 years.
• 17 June 2015 Rafik Djebbour joins AEK Athens F.C. from APOEL for 1+1 year.
• 16 July 2015 Alain Baroja joins AEK Athens F.C. from Caracas FC on a 1-year loan.
• 7 August 2015 Dídac Vilà joins AEK Athens F.C. for 3 years.
• 20 October 2015 Traianos Dellas quits as AEK Athens F.C. coach after 2 and a half years.
• 21 October 2015 Stelios Manolas AEK's under-20 coach will take up the post on an interim basis until a new coach is found.
• 29 October 2015 Gus Poyet reached an agreement with AEK Athens F.C.
• 30 October 2015 Gus Poyet sign contract with AEK Athens F.C. The agreement is until the summer of 2016 with renewal option for two years, a discussion that will take place towards the end of the period.

Players

Squad statistics

Updated as of 29 November 2015, 20:00 UTC +2.

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	League			Cup			Play-Offs			Total			Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Start	Apps	Goals	Start	Apps	Goals	Start	Apps	Goals	Start
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Alain Baroja	25	14	0	14	1	0	1	0	0	0	15	0	15	2	0
22	GK	Giannis Anestis	24	6	0	6	5	0	5	0	0	0	11	0	11	0	0
16	GK	Ilias Vouras	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
55	DF	Adam Tzanetopoulos	20	7	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	7	1	0
26	DF	Dimitrios Kolovetsios (4th Captain)	23	9	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	10	0	10	1	0
5	DF	Vassilis Lambropoulos	25	8	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	9	0	7	1	0
4	DF	César Arzo	29	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
12	DF	Rodrigo Galo	28	12	1	12	1	0	1	0	0	0	13	1	13	3	0
23	DF	Dídac Vilà	26	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	6	2	0
2	DF	Aris Soiledis	24	6	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	7	1	0
27	DF	Michalis Bakakis	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Stratos Svarnas	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
18	MF	Jakob Johansson (3rd Captain)	25	12	2	12	1	0	1	0	0	0	13	2	13	0	0
8	MF	André Simões	25	11	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	0	12	3	0
20	MF	Petros Mantalos (Captain)	23	10	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	8	3	0
6	MF	Miguel Cordero	27	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	2	0
36	MF	Bruno Zuculini	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	Vangelis Platellas	26	8	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	5	0	0
77	MF	Stavros Vasilantonopoulos	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
30	FW	Diego Buonanotte	27	12	5	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	13	5	6	2	0
9	FW	Ronald Vargas	28	9	4	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	10	4	9	3	1
7	FW	Hélder Barbosa	28	12	2	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	13	2	10	5	0
21	FW	Christos Aravidis (2nd Captain)	28	11	3	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	3	10	2	0
99	FW	Macauley Chrisantus	24	8	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	9	2	3	0	0
19	FW	Rafik Djebbour	31	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0
14	FW	Tomáš Pekhart	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	Ivan Brečević	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Left During Winter Transfer Window
3	DF	Stavros Petavrakis	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	Kyriakos Andreopoulos	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Dimitris Grontis	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF	Ablaye Yare Faye	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	Dimitris Anakoglou	23	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	0

Squad changes

In:

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
	MF		Simões	25	EU	Moreirense	Transfer	Summer	2017	—	—
	DF		Galo	28	EU	Paços de Ferreira	Transfer	Summer	2017	—	—
	DF		Argyriou	21	EU	Episkopi	Loan Return	Summer	2017	—	—
	FW		Tsevas	20	EU	Iraklis Psachna	Loan Return	Summer	2017	—	—
	DF		Duberet	21	EU	Triglia Rafinas	Loan Return	Summer	2017	—	—
	MF		Paliaroutas	20	EU	A.E. Kifisia	Loan Return	Summer	2017	—	—
	MF		Zivanović	19	EU	Anagennisi Ierapetras	Loan Return	Summer	2017	—	—
	FW		Thanailakis	19	EU	Ilisiakos	Loan Return	Summer	2017	—	—
	MF		Vasilantonopoulos	23	EU	Apollon Smyrni	Transfer	Summer	2018	—	—
	FW		Djebbour	31	EU	APOEL	Transfer	Summer	2016	—	—
	DF		Arzo	28	EU	Beitar Jerusalem	Transfer	Summer	2017	—	—
	FW		Vargas	28	Non-EU	Balıkesirspor	Transfer	Summer	2017	—	—
	MF		Andreopoulos	20	EU	Kerkyra	Transfer	Summer	2018	€160K	—
	GK		Baroja	25	Non-EU	Caracas FC	Loan	Summer	2016	—	—
	DF		Dídac Vilà	26	EU	Milan	Transfer	Summer	2018	—	—
	FW		Buonanotte	27	Non-EU	Granada CF	Transfer	Summer	2017	—	—
	FW		Pekhart	26	EU	FC Ingolstadt 04	Transfer	Winter	2017	—	—
	MF		Zuculini	22	Non-EU	Manchester City F.C.	Loan	Winter	2016	—	—

Out:

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
	DF		Argyriou	21	EU	Anagennisi Karditsa	Free	Summer	—	—
	DF		Duberet	21	EU	Inter Leipzig	Free	Summer	—	—
	MF		Paliaroutas	20	EU	A.E. Kifisia	Free	Summer	—	—
	MF		Zivanović	19	EU	Atromitos U20	Free	Summer	—	—
	FW		Thanailakis	19	EU	PAS Lamia	Free	Summer	—	—
	DF		Georgeas	38	EU	Retirement	Free	Summer	—	—
	FW		D'Acol	28	EU	Hamilton Academical F.C.	Free	Summer	—	—
	MF		Rovas	31	EU	Aris	Free	Summer	—	—
	DF		Sarris	22	EU	Kayseri Erciyesspor	Free	Summer	—	—
	FW		Dounis	23	EU	Aris	Free	Summer	—	—
	FW		Tsevas	20	EU	Pierikos	Free	Summer	—
	MF		Zoric	21	EU	Borac Čačak	Loan	Summer	—	—
	DF		Petavrakis	23	EU	Panthrakikos	Free	Winter	—	—
	MF		Grontis	21	EU	Atromitos	Free	Winter	—	—
	MF		Andreopoulos	21	EU	Kerkyra	Loan	Winter	—	—
	MF		Anakoglou	24	EU	Veria	Loan	Winter	—	—
	MF		Faye	21	EU	Trikala	Loan	Winter	—	—

Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
9	4–3–3	16
10	4–2–3–1	10

Last updated: 29-11-2015
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Starting 11

No. Pos Nat Name MS Notes 1 GK Alain Baroja 14 Anestis has 6 apps 26 CB Dimitrios Kolovetsios 16 Lambropoulos has 12 apps 4 CB César Arzo 10 Tzanetopoulos has 8 apps 12 RB Rodrigo Galo 20 23 LB Dídac Vilà 7 Soiledis has 10 apps 8 DM André Simões 19 Cordero has 9 apps 18 CM Jakob Johansson 20 20 CM Petros Mantalos 17 7 FW Helder Barbosa 19 Buonanotte has 17 apps 9 FW Ronald Vargas 16 Platellas has 11 apps 21 CF Christos Aravidis 19 Djebbour has 11 apps Chrisantus has 8 apps

Baroja Kolovetsios Arzo Galo Dídac Simões Johansson Mantalos Aravidis Barbosa Vargas

International players

Name	Nation	Apps	Gls	Debut
Baroja	Venezuela	12	0	2015
Bakakis	Greece	1	0	2014
Tzanetopoulos	Greece	1	0	2015
Vargas	Venezuela	22	3	2008
Johansson	Sweden	3	0	2013
Mantalos	Greece	4	0	2014
Barbosa	Portugal	1	0	2012
Platellas	Greece	0	0	2015
Djebbour	Algeria	33	5	2006
Aravidis	Greece	3	1	2015
Pekhart	Czech Republic	19	2	2010

Last updated: 29-11-2015
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Management

Position	Staff
Manager	Gus Poyet
Assistant Manager	Mauricio Taricco
Assistant Manager	Charlie Oatway
General Captain	Vasilis Dimitriadis
Goalkeeper coach	Kostas Kabolis
Trainer	Panagiotis Voulgaris
Head of Health Department	Pantelis Nikolaou
Doctor of the Team	Alkis Kalliakmanis
Head of Rehabilitation	Nikos Pantazis
Physiotherapists	Dionisis Egkarhos Giannis Bouroutzikas Giannhs Stathas
Dietitian	Dionisis Panos
Monitoring opponent	Michalis Kasapis
Statistician	Giannis Antonopoulos
Caretaker	Vangellis Giannisis
Caregivers	Nikos Koromilas Giorgos Simos Spiros Mallioras
U-20 Manager	Stelios Manolas
U-17 Manager	Markos Dimos
Youth goalkeeper coach U-20	Chrisostomos Michailidis
Youth goalkeeper coach U-17	Elias Atmatsidis
Director of youth academies	Michalis Mitrotasios

Last updated: 29-11-2015
Source: aekfc.gr

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

AEK Athens F.C. v Hapoel Tel Aviv

23 July 2015 Friendly	AEK Athens F.C.	1–1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Słubice
18:00 UTC +3	Aravidis  38'	Report	Abu Alhija  55'	Stadium: OSiR Stadium

Korona Kielce v AEK Athens F.C.

26 July 2015 Friendly	Korona Kielce	0–2	AEK Athens F.C.	Opalenica
12:00 UTC +3		Report	Chrisantus  70' Vargas  73'	Stadium: Remes Training Ground

AEK Athens F.C. v Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem

29 July 2015 Friendly	AEK Athens F.C.	1–0	Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem	Opalenica
18:00 UTC +3	Galo  67'	Report		Stadium: Remes Training Center

AEK Athens F.C. v Anorthosis Famagusta

2 August 2015 Friendly	AEK Athens F.C.	1–2	Anorthosis Famagusta	Opalenica
19:00 UTC +3	Grontis  82'	Report	Makris  32' Ndlovu  33' (pen.)	Stadium: Remes Training Center

Miedź Legnica v AEK Athens F.C.

5 August 2015 Friendly	Miedź Legnica	0–2	AEK Athens F.C.	Opalenica
19:00 UTC +3			Anakoglou  33' Crisantus  76'	Stadium: Remes Training Center

AEK Athens F.C. v Sevilla

8 August 2015 Friendly	AEK Athens F.C.	1–1	Sevilla	Amaroussion
21:00 UTC +3	Aravidis  3'		Reyes  19'	Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Andreas Pappas

Inter Milan v AEK Athens F.C.

16 August 2015 Friendly	Inter Milan	0–0	AEK Athens F.C.	Ancona
22:00 UTC +3				Stadium: Stadio del Conero

Panetolikos v AEK Athens F.C.

4 September 2015 Friendly	Panetolikos	0–3	AEK Athens F.C.	Agrinio
19:00 UTC +3		Report	Buonanotte  33' (pen.) Crisantus  76' Vasilantonopoulos  85'	Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium Referee: Vasilis Panagiotopoulos

AEK Athens F.C. v Apollon Smyrni F.C.

15 September 2015 Friendly	AEK Athens F.C.	1–1	Apollon Smyrni F.C.	Amarousion
16:00 UTC +3				Stadium: Olympic Stadium (Athens)

AEK Athens F.C. v Greek national homeless team

29 December 2015 Charity Friendly	AEK Athens F.C.	6–1	Greek national homeless team	Amarousion
17:00 UTC +3				Stadium: Olympic Stadium (Athens)

AEK Athens F.C. v Ilisiakos F.C.

28 April 2016 Friendly	AEK Athens F.C.	6–0	Ilisiakos F.C.	Spata
16:00 UTC +3				Stadium: Spata

Competitions

Super League

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	30	28	1	1	81	16	+65	85	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Panathinaikos[lower-alpha 1]	30	18	4	8	52	26	+26	55	Qualification to UEFA play-offs
3	AEK Athens[lower-alpha 2]	30	17	6	7	43	21	+22	54
4	PAOK[lower-alpha 3]	30	13	9	8	45	32	+13	45
5	Panionios	30	12	8	10	33	27	+6	44

Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground); 7) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[6]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos. The match was awarded as a 3–0 win for Olympiacos.^[4]
2. AEK were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Atromitos.
3. PAOK were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos in Greek Cup semifinal match.^[5]

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	6	7	43	21	+22	57	13	0	2	31	6	+25	4	6	5	12	15	−3

Last updated: 17 April 2016.
Source: aekfc.gr

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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	L
Position	1	6	2	3	4	3	4	3	3	5	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3

Last updated: 17 April 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures

AEK Athens F.C. v Platanias

22 August 2015 1	AEK Athens F.C.	3–0	Platanias	Amaroussion
21:30 UTC +3	Vargas  27' Galo  47' Aravidis  58'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 15.868 Referee: G. Kominis Man of the Match: Platellas

Skoda Xanthi v AEK Athens F.C.

29 August 2015 2	Skoda Xanthi	0–0	AEK Athens F.C.	Xanthi
21:30 UTC +3				Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 2.978 Referee: G. Kizas Man of the Match: Simões

AEK Athens F.C. v PAS Giannina

13 September 2015 3	AEK Athens F.C.	3–1	PAS Giannina	Amaroussion
16:00 UTC +3	Buonanotte  35' (pen)  45' Vargas  87'	Report	Acosta  20' Michail  30', 74' Struna  32' Berios  30' Tzimopoulos  30', 74'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 14.567 Referee: S. Mantalos Man of the Match: Buonanotte

PAOK v AEK Athens F.C.

23 September 2015 4	PAOK	2–1	AEK Athens F.C.	Thessaloniki
20:30 UTC +3	Rodrigues  64' Athanasiadis  84' (pen)	Report	Aravidis  47'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 21.199 Referee: A. Sidiropoulos Man of the Match: Rodrigues

Veria v AEK Athens F.C.

28 September 2015 5	Veria	1–2	AEK Athens F.C.	Veria
19:30 UTC +3	Neto  32'	Report	Buonanotte  49' Barbosa  90'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 3.348 Referee: A. Aretopoulos Man of the Match: Barbosa

AEK Athens F.C. v Atromitos

4 October 2015 6	AEK Athens F.C.	1–0	Atromitos	Amaroussion
16:00 UTC +3	Chrisantus  82'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 15.342 Referee: G. Kominis Man of the Match: Chrisantus

Olympiacos v AEK Athens F.C.

17 October 2015 7	Olympiacos	4–0	AEK Athens F.C.	Piraeus
20:30 UTC +3	Botia  28' Ideye  70' Fortounis  78', 90+4' (pen)	Report		Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 30.056 Referee: G. Kizas Man of the Match: Ideye

AEK Athens F.C. v Iraklis

24 October 2015 8	AEK Athens F.C.	5–1	Iraklis	Amaroussion
19:30 UTC +3	Vargas  31', 60' Aravidis  35' Barbosa  67' Buonanotte  89'	Report	Velios  64'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6.171 Referee: Stavros Tritsonis Man of the Match: Vargas

Panathinaikos v AEK Athens F.C.

1 November 2015 9	Panathinaikos	0–0	AEK Athens F.C.	Athens
19:30 UTC +2		Report		Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium Attendance: 15.640 Referee: S. Mantalos Man of the Match: Jakob Johansson

AEK Athens F.C. v Asteras Tripoli

8 November 2015 10	AEK Athens F.C.	0–1	Asteras Tripoli	Amaroussion
19:30 UTC +2		Report	Papadopoulos  89'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 10.051 Referee: M. Koukoulakis Man of the Match: Kolovetsios

Panthrakikos v AEK Athens F.C.

22 November 2015 11	Panthrakikos	1–2	AEK Athens F.C.	Komotini
19:30 UTC +2	Martins  68'	Report	Johansson  18' Buonanotte  61' (pen)	Stadium: Komotini Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2.005 Referee: I. Delfakis Man of the Match: Jakob Johansson

AEK Athens F.C. v Panetolikos

29 November 2015 12	AEK Athens F.C.	2–0	Panetolikos	Amaroussion
15:00 UTC +2	Johansson  44' Platellas  74'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Thanasis Giaxos Man of the Match: Jakob Johansson

AEK Athens F.C. v Kalloni

6 December 2015 13	AEK Athens F.C.	3–0	Kalloni	Amaroussion
17:15 UTC +2	Djebbour  5' Aravidis  19'  62'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6.471 Referee: Thanasis Tzilos

Panionios v AEK Athens F.C.

12 December 2015 14	Panionios	1–1	AEK Athens F.C.	Nea Smyrni
19:30 UTC +2	Bakasetas  25' Boumale  37'  54'	Summary	Djebbour  24' César Arzo  25' Hélder Barbosa  56' Mantalos  88'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 2,394 Referee: Dimitrios Zigouris

AEK Athens F.C. v Levadiakos

21 December 2015 15	AEK Athens F.C.	1–2	Levadiakos	Amaroussion
19:30 UTC +2	Johansson  16' César Arzo  77'	Summary	D. Domovchiyski  21',  70' M. Nikolaou  44' A. Moulopoulos  54' T. Tripotseris  62' G. Stathis  84'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5007 Referee: G. Kominis

Platanias v AEK Athens F.C.

3 January 2016 16	Platanias	0–3	AEK Athens F.C.	Chania
15:00 UTC +2	Milunović  53' Ramos  76', 77'	Summary	Hélder Barbosa  26',  31' Dídac  64' Djebbour  81' Cordero  86'	Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2605 Referee: C. Kalogeropoulos

AEK Athens F.C. v Skoda Xanthi

9 January 2016 17	AEK Athens F.C.	2–1	Skoda Xanthi	Amaroussion
19:30 UTC +2	Aravidis  10',  84' Hélder Barbosa  53' Dídac  81'	Summary	Soltani  17',  57' T. Vasilakakis  36' Dani Nieto  48' C. Lisgaras  85'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6422 Referee: M. Koukoulakis

PAS Giannina v AEK Athens F.C.

17 January 2016 18	PAS Giannina	0–2	AEK Athens F.C.	Ioannina
15:00 UTC +2	Lila  18' Tsoukalas  53'	Summary	Vargas  6' Soiledis  23' Simões  49' Mantalos  55' Hélder Barbosa  59'	Stadium: Zosimades Stadium Attendance: 3222 Referee: I. Papadopoulos

AEK Athens F.C. v PAOK

24 January 2016 19	AEK Athens F.C.	1–0	PAOK	Amaroussion
19:30 UTC +2	Hélder Barbosa  31' Vargas  33' Dídac  36' Aravidis  85'	Summary	Athanasiadis  8' Mak  33' Berbatov  83' Harissis  79'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 13792 Referee: A. Giachos

AEK Athens F.C. v Veria

31 January 2016 20	AEK Athens F.C.	3–0	Veria	Amaroussion
15:00 UTC +2	Galo  37' Vargas  39' César Arzo  45+1' Aravidis  55' Mantalos  82',  89'	Summary	Malón  53', 89' Giannoulis  78'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6463 Referee: C. Kalogeropoulos

Atromitos v AEK Athens F.C.

07 February 2016 21	Atromitos	1–0	AEK Athens F.C.	Peristeri
17:15 UTC +2	Eduardo Brito  53',  54' Chumbinho  49' Stojčev 73'	Summary	Mantalos  13' Aravidis  64' Dídac  66' Zuculini  76'	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 1928 Referee: G. Kominis

AEK Athens F.C. v Olympiacos

13 February 2016 22	AEK Athens F.C.	1–0	Olympiacos	Amaroussion
19:45 UTC +2	Vargas  78' Galo  45', 87' Kolovetsios  56' Didac  85' Pekhart  90+2'	Summary	Botía  47' Milivojevic  69', 76' Dominguez  90+4'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 31121 Referee: C. Kalogeropoulos Man of the Match: Vargas

Iraklis v AEK Athens F.C.

20 February 2016 23	Iraklis	1–1	AEK Athens F.C.	Thessaloniki
19:30 UTC +2	Romano  29' Vellios  41' Ziabaris  79' Loukinas  89' Perrone  90+3'	Summary	Hélder Barbosa  26' César Arzo  36' Vargas  51' Pekhart  74'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 3929 Referee: I. Spathas

AEK Athens F.C. v Panathinaikos

28 February 2016 24	AEK Athens F.C.	1–0	Panathinaikos	Amaroussion
	Vargas  78'	Summary		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 20930 Referee: M. Koukoulakis

Asteras Tripoli v AEK Athens F.C.

07 March 2016 25	Asteras Tripoli	0–0	AEK Athens F.C.	Tripoli
				Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium

AEK Athens F.C. v Panthrakikos

14 March 2016 26	AEK Athens F.C.	3–0	Panthrakikos	Amaroussion
				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

Panetolikos v AEK Athens F.C.

20 March 2016 27	Panetolikos	1–0	AEK Athens F.C.	Agrinio
				Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium

Kalloni v AEK Athens F.C.

03 April 2016 28	Kalloni	0–0	AEK Athens F.C.	Mytilene
				Stadium: Mytilene Municipal Stadium

AEK Athens F.C. v Panionios

10 April 2016 29	AEK Athens F.C.	2–0	Panionios	Amaroussion
				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

Levadiakos v AEK Athens F.C.

17 April 2016 30	Levadiakos	3–0	AEK Athens F.C.	Livadeia
				Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium

UEFA play-offs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	PAOK	6	3	3	0	8	3	+5	12	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Panathinaikos	6	2	3	1	8	6	+2	11	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4	AEK Athens	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	9
5	Panionios[lower-alpha 2]	6	1	1	4	2	7	−5	4

Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Regular season position.^[7]
Notes:

1. AEK Athens qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Greek Football Cup.
2. The fifth-placed team of the 2015–16 Superleague Greece Panionios would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, but were excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by UEFA for financial reasons. As a result, the berth was given to the sixth-placed team PAS Giannina.

Greek Football Cup

Group Stage

Group G

Team Pld W D L Goals Pts 1. AEK 3 3 0 0 12–0 9 2. Larissa 3 2 0 1 5–6 6 3. Skoda Xanthi 3 1 0 2 5–2 3 4. Panelefsiniakos 3 0 0 3 1–15 0

SKO AEK LAR PNF Skoda Xanthi — 0–1 — — AEK Athens F.C. — — — 6–0 Larissa 1–0 0–5 — — Panelefsiniakos 0–5 — 1–4 —

Skoda Xanthi v AEK Athens F.C.

28 October 2015 1	Skoda Xanthi	0–1	AEK Athens F.C.	Xanthi
15:30 UTC +2		Report	Chrisantus  51'	Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 1.000 Referee: I. Delfakis Man of the Match: Barbosa

AEK Athens F.C. v Panelefsiniakos

2 December 2015 2	AEK Athens F.C.	6–0	Panelefsiniakos	Amaroussion
17:15 UTC +2	Platellas  8' Johansson  27' Buonaotte  31'  81' Soiledis  45+1' Aravidis  78'	Summary		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos

Larissa v AEK Athens F.C.

17 December 2015 3	Larissa	0–5	AEK Athens F.C.	Larissa
19:30 UTC +2			Djebbour  18' Buonanotte  41,54' Vargas  88' Mantalos  89'	Stadium: AEL FC Arena Referee: Athanasios Sezos

Round of 16

Levadiakos v AEK Athens F.C.

6 January 2016 1st leg	Levadiakos	0–1	AEK Athens F.C.	Livadeia
17:15 UTC +2	Matzios  16' T. Tripotseris  44' G. Stathis  55' A. Moulopoulos  87'	Summary	Buonanotte  10' Djebbour  20' Cordero  24' Vargas  30' Barbosa  45+1'	Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Referee: A. Giachos

AEK Athens F.C. v Levadiakos

13 January 2016 2nd leg	AEK Athens F.C.	2–0	Levadiakos	Amaroussion
17:15 UTC +2	Johansson  44' Buonanotte  61',  85'	Summary	A. Tsurikov  65' Matzios  69' G. Stathis  84' J. Mendy  87'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: A. Sidiropoulos

Quarter-Finals

AEK Athens F.C. v Iraklis

28 January 2016 1st leg	AEK Athens F.C.	4–1	Iraklis	Amaroussion
19:30 UTC +2	Ziabaris  7' (o.g.) Bakakis  27', 32' Kolovetsios  45+1' Platellas  72' Aravidis  85' (pen.)	Summary	Pasas  32' Boukouvalas  51' Ziabaris  67' Huanderson  84' Vellios  90'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: I. Delfakis

Iraklis v AEK Athens F.C.

4 February 2016 2nd leg	Iraklis	0–1	AEK Athens F.C.	Thessaloniki
19:30 UTC +2		Summary	Zuculini  35' Mantalos  50'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Referee: D. Thanos

Semi-Finals

AEK Athens F.C. v Atromitos

20 April 2016 1st leg	AEK Athens F.C.	1–0	Atromitos	Amaroussion
UTC +2				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

Atromitos v AEK Athens F.C.

26 April 2016 2nd leg	Atromitos	1–1	AEK Athens F.C.	Peristeri
UTC +2				Stadium: Peristeri Stadium

Final

Olympiacos v AEK Athens F.C.

17 May 2016	Olympiacos	1–2	AEK Athens F.C.	Amaroussion
20:30 UTC +3				Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: A. Sidiropoulos

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Player	League	Cup	Total
1	21	FW	Aravidis	9	2	11
	9	FW	Vargas	9	2	11
	30	FW	Buonanotte	6	5	11
4	7	FW	Barbosa	9	0	9
5	18	MF	Johansson	5	2	7
6	19	FW	Djebbour	2	3	5
	20	MF	Mantalos	2	3	5
8	14	FW	Pekhart	3	0	3
	11	MF	Platellas	1	2	3
10	99	FW	Chrisantus	1	1	2
11	12	DF	Galo	1	0	1
	26	DF	Kolovetsios	0	1	1
	2	DF	Soiledis	0	1	1
Own goals				0	1	1
TOTALS				48	23	71

Team kit

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): Pame Stoixima

Home

Away

Third

Friendlies

Source: aekfc.gr

References

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