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1999–2000 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 1999–2000 season was the 76th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 41st consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The season began on 7 August 1999 and finished on 27 May 2000.

AEK Athens
1999–2000 season
ChairmanDimitris Melissanidis
(until 11 November)
Stefanos Mamatzis
(until 11 January)
Cornelius Sierhuis
ManagerLjubiša Tumbaković
(until 7 January)
Giannis Pathiakakis
StadiumNikos Goumas Stadium (Main)
Nea Smyrni Stadium (UEFA Cup)
Alpha Ethniki3rd
Greek CupWinners
UEFA Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Demis Nikolaidis (22)
All:
Demis Nikolaidis (36)
Highest home attendance17,786 vs AIK
(11 August 1999)
Lowest home attendance364 vs Akratitos
(13 October 1999)
Average home league attendance5,553
Biggest winAEK Athens 6–0 Trikala
Biggest defeatOlympiacos 3–0 AEK Athens

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Overview edit

From the middle of previous season, Dimitris Melissanidis had taken over the management of the team again and had been credited the success of the entrance to the Champions League qualifiers. Melissanidis decided to follow the example of Dušan Bajević's success and addressed the Serbian market to build a new title-winning team. The upcoming Serbian coach Ljubiša Tumbaković from Partizan arrived at AEK and brought with him Matijašević, Petrić and Bjeković. The highlight was the loan of Dragan Ćirić from Barcelona, which raised a storm of excitement in the AEK fans, who rushed to the airport to welcome him. At the beginning of September a big earthquake took place in Parnitha and damaged part of Nikos Goumas Stadium, which was deemed unsuitable and from that moment on, AEK were forced to play most of their home mathces at Nea Smyrni Stadium.[1]

The season started with great enthusiasm, title expectations and a draw in the Champions League qualifiers that gave AEK the assurance of qualifying at the group stage, therefore financial independency and self-sufficiency. Amidst an atmosphere of excitement and a new beginning for the Champions League, AEK were drawn against the very passable Swedish AIK. However, the team of Tumbaković was not presented ready for the first leg at Nikos Goumas Stadium in August and the Swedish champions left with a valuable 0–0 draw. Tumbaković had assured that the team would be more ready in the rematch. Indeed, AEK were more offensive and created chances, but an inactivity of Atmatsidis at the 57th minute, costed them the presence in the group stage. AIK, despite being outsiders, managed to qualify after withstanding the pressure of AEK at the end, when even Dellas stepped up to the attack and played as a center forward. Thus, AEK contunued their European campaign in the UEFA Cup.

The disappointed AEK, were drawn with Torpedo Kutaisi from Georgia. In a bad match at Ramaz Shengelia Stadium, the yellow-blacks again showed up unmotivated, but got the 1–0 victory in the end of the match thanks to a goal by Zikos. The rematch was a chance to cool off against a very easy opponent. However, the only 5,000 fans were in Nea Smyrni to watch the comfortable and satisfying 6–1 against the Georgians. Next stop for AEK was the Hungarian MTK Budapest. Despite this, AEK put in a poor performance at the Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium and were stymied by Henk ten Cate's complex tactical ploys. Fortunately After Ćirić scored midway through the second half and a nightmarish 2–0 in the half-time, turned into an attractive 2–1, a scoreline that could easily be overturned in Athens. The rematch in Nea Smyrni almost turned out to be a nightmare for AEK, since the well-prepared MTK, playing hard, managed to stress AEK before Ćirić redeemed himself with a penalty again, fifteen minutes before the end of the game and qualification was lost. Eventually AEK entered the draw for the third round of the UEFA Cup. There, AEK came across an old acquaintance, Monaco. On 23 November in an initially difficult match and eventually, Monaco with the help of the referee, left Nea Filadelfeia with the precious 2–2. In Louis De's second leg, AEK were as good as in the first game, as they fought and created the chances that would have given them the qualification, but a miscalculation by Atmatsidis, brought the goal by Simone just after half an hour. The rest of the game continued with AEK trying to equalize and Monaco limiting themselves to drugged counter-attacks to seal qualification. In the end, the 1–0 remained, despite the sensational play of Dellas and Nikolaidis. With this unfair elimination, AEK exited to the European Cups and the new millennium found them participating only in domestic competitions.

In the league Tumbaković did not start well, he lost both of the derbies from Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, as a result of which, the protests of the fans started early. Already after the exclusion from the Champions League, it was a common secret that Melissanidis had left the management, a fact that Petros Stathis kept as secret as possible, before the multinational owners of the team took the matter into their hands and appoint the first foreigner president in history of the club, Cornelius Sierhuis. In the competitive part, Tumbaković brought irrational results and the patience was starting to run out at the end of December. After a home defeat by Panionios, Tumbaković could no longer remain on the bench of AEK, since he was left out of the UEFA Cup. Among others, his transfers proved to be mediocre, Ćirić did not live up to the expectations around his reputation. The situation brought Takis Karagiozopoulos as an interim coach and immediately after Giannis Pathiakakis on the team's bench, with the entire organization of AEK considering the season wasted. Pathiakakis raised the psychology of the divided team, but also lost the derbies. AEK finished in 3rd place, far from the first two places.

In the Cup, AEK were drawn in the 8th group with Trikala, Egaleo, Athinaikos, Akratitos and A.O. Karditsa and finished first with winning all their matches. They passed through the round of 32 without opponent and in the round of 16 came across Trikala again, which won by 6–0. The draw for the quarter-finals found AEK against Olympiacos. Olympiacos welcomed AEK at Olympic Stadium, already having a difference of 20 points in the league and everyone expected an easy night for the red and whites. Strict security measures were taken, but the game as usual in these cases went smoothly. AEK opened the score with an amazing goal by Vasilis Lakis and then accepted the pressure of Olympiacos, which bore fruit in the 75th minute when Alexandris also equalized to make the final 1–1. After 21 nights, Nea Filadelfeia was on fire, AEK and their people are "thirsty" to restore the injustice and on the evening of March 8, Olympiacos were scattered, losing already by the 48th minute by 3–0. There was delirium in the stands and the yellow-black party just ended in the second half. The semi-finals with Panionios was of a standard procedure, as the final itself was expected to be. Panionios didn't last a single half in Nea Filadelfeia, already losing 3–0, to finally close the score in the honorary 4–1 for the club of Nea Smyrni. The rematch was very quickly forgotten, after AEK cut off from the 22nd minute any thought of a comeback with a goal from Ćirić and Panionios simply indulged in the hunt for a honorary victory, which he eventually achieved with two goals by the end of the game. AEK were in the final facing Ionikos. On 10 May at the Olympic Stadium, where 35,000 AEK fans rushed to celebrate the expected conquest of the title. Ionikos put up a relatively strong resistance and until the 76th minute maintained the fluid 1–0 that has already been formed since the 37th minute by a goal Nikolaidis. Two goals by Petkov and Maladenis followed and AEK won the Cup amidst celebrations and emotion from the "rookie" in titles, Pathiakakis. Highlights of the match included the fair play move by Nikolaidis, who after scoring a goal with his hand, asked the referee to disallow it, which led the International Olympic Committee to award him for his sportsmanship.[2]

Demis Nikolaidis who seemed to had been "waken up" during the second half of the season, achieved 22 league goals, which was perhaps the second positive element of the season after winning the Cup, since the team did not manage to win any derby.[3]

Management team edit

Position Staff
Manager   Giannis Pathiakakis
Assistant manager   Antonis Minou
Fitness Coach   Nikolaos Karydas
Head of Medical   Lakis Nikolaou

Players edit

Squad information edit

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 27 May 2000, 23:59 UTC+3.

No. Player Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Signed Previous club Transfer fee Contract until
Goalkeepers
1 Ilias Atmatsidis (Captain)   GK (1969-04-24)24 April 1969 (aged 31) 1992   Pontioi Veria Free 2002
15 Chrysostomos Michailidis   GK (1975-01-15)15 January 1975 (aged 25) 1997   Eordaikos Free 2005
22 Lefteris Petkaris   GK (1982-03-05)5 March 1982 (aged 18) 1999   Makedonikos Free 2001
— Vasilis Karagiannis   GK (1969-09-27)27 September 1969 (aged 30) 1993   Diagoras Free 2000
Defenders
2 Traianos Dellas   CB (1976-01-31)31 January 1976 (aged 24) 1999   Sheffield United Free 2002
5 Nikos Kostenoglou   CB / RB (1970-10-03)3 October 1970 (aged 29) 1994   Skoda Xanthi ₯100,000,000 2003
12 Charis Kopitsis   RB / RM / LB / LM (1969-03-05)5 March 1969 (aged 31) 1992   Panionios Free 2002
17 Michalis Kasapis (Vice-captain)   LB / LM (1971-08-06)6 August 1971 (aged 28) 1993   Levadiakos ₯50,000,000 2002
21 Vaios Karagiannis (Vice-captain 3)   LB / CB (1968-06-25)25 June 1968 (aged 32) 1990   A.O. Karditsa Free 2000
25 Giannis Kalitzakis   CB (1966-02-10)10 February 1966 (aged 34) 1997   Panathinaikos Free 2000
29 Davide Belotti   RB / CB (1972-05-24)24 May 1972 (aged 28) 2000   Vicenza Free 2000
32 Michalis Kapsis   CB (1973-10-18)18 October 1973 (aged 26) 1999   Ethnikos Piraeus Free 2003
— Georgios Paraskevaidis   CB (1982-10-09)9 October 1982 (aged 17) 2000   AEK Athens U20 — 2005
— Filippo Dal Moro   LB (1970-08-11)11 August 1970 (aged 29) 2000   Roma Free 2000
Midfielders
6 Dimitris Markos   CM / DM / LB / LM (1971-01-31)31 January 1971 (aged 29) 1998   Kalamata Free 2001
7 Christos Maladenis   CM / RM / LM / AM / RW / LW / SS (1974-05-23)23 May 1974 (aged 26) 1995   Skoda Xanthi ₯120,000,000 2003
8 Toni Savevski   CM / LM / DM (1963-07-14)14 July 1963 (aged 36) 1988   Vardar Free 2001
10 Dragan Ćirić   AM (1974-09-15)15 September 1974 (aged 25) 1999   Barcelona ₯300,000,000 2002
14 Akis Zikos   DM / CM (1974-06-01)1 June 1974 (aged 26) 1998   Skoda Xanthi ₯130,000,000 2002
16 Arnar Grétarsson   CM / DM (1972-02-20)20 February 1972 (aged 28) 1997   Leiftur Free 2000
18 Evripidis Katsavos   CM / DM / RM (1973-09-14)14 September 1973 (aged 26) 1997   Veria Free 2001
23 Vasilios Lakis   RM / RW / AM / CM (1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 23) 1998   Paniliakos ₯600,000,000 2003
24 Vladimir Matijašević   DM / CM / RB / LB / CB (1978-05-10)10 May 1978 (aged 22) 1999   Vojvodina ₯400,000,000 2002
26 Georgios Passios   DM / CM / CB (1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 18) 1997   AEK Athens U20 — 2003
28 Milen Petkov   DM / CM / AM / RM / LM (1974-01-12)12 January 1974 (aged 26) 2000   CSKA Sofia ₯260,000,000 2003
30 Pablo Cantero   CM (1977-10-30)30 October 1977 (aged 22) 2000   Estudiantes Free 2005
Forwards
9 Nenad Bjeković   ST (1974-02-17)17 February 1974 (aged 26) 1999   Partizan ₯250,000,000 2004
11 Demis Nikolaidis (Vice-captain 2)    ST / SS (1973-09-17)17 September 1973 (aged 26) 1996   Apollon Athens ₯288,000,000 2004
19 Giorgos Kavazis   ST (1980-01-15)15 January 1980 (aged 20) 1999   Apollon Limassol Free 2002
20 Sotiris Konstantinidis   RW / LW / RM / LM / AM (1979-04-19)19 April 1979 (aged 21) 1999   Iraklis Free 2003
31 Ilias Anastasakos   ST (1978-03-03)3 March 1978 (aged 22) 1995   A.O. Dafniou Free 2000
Left during Winter Transfer Window
3 Gordan Petrić   CB (1969-07-30)30 July 1969 (aged 30) 1999   Hearts Free 2001

Transfers edit

In edit

Summer edit

No. Pos. Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
2 DF   Traianos Dellas   Sheffield United Transfer Free 1 July 1999 30 June 2002 [4]
3 DF   Gordan Petrić   Crystal Palace Transfer Free 2 July 1999 30 June 2001 [5]
9 FW   Nenad Bjeković   Partizan Transfer ₯250,000,000 5 July 1999 30 June 2004 [6]
19 FW   Giorgos Kavazis   Apollon Limassol Transfer Free 1 July 1999 30 June 2002
20 FW   Sotiris Konstantinidis   Iraklis Transfer Free 1 July 1999 30 June 2003
22 GK   Lefteris Petkaris   Makedonikos Transfer Free 1 July 1999 30 June 2001
24 MF   Vladimir Matijašević   Vojvodina Transfer ₯400,000,000 5 August 1999 30 June 2002 [7]
— GK   Dionysis Chiotis   Ethnikos Piraeus End of loan — 1 July 1999 30 June 2005
— MF   Triantafyllos Macheridis   PAOK End of loan — 1 July 1999 30 June 2000
— MF   Michalis Tzivelekis   Panelefsiniakos Transfer Free 1 July 1999 30 June 2000 [8]
— MF   Mattheos Platakis   Ethnikos Piraeus End of loan — 1 July 1999 30 June 2002
— FW   Georgios Trichias   Panelefsiniakos End of loan — 1 July 1999 31 December 2003

Winter edit

No. Pos. Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
28 MF   Milen Petkov   CSKA Sofia Transfer ₯260,000,000 25 January 2000 30 June 2003 [9]
30 MF   Pablo Cantero   Estudiantes Transfer Free 31 January 2000 30 June 2005 [10]
31 FW   Ilias Anastasakos   Apollon Athens End of loan — 1 January 2000 30 June 2002
— DF   Georgios Paraskevaidis   AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 1 January 2000 30 June 2005

Out edit

Summer edit

No. Pos. Player To Type Fee Date Source
5 DF   Boban Babunski   Logroñés Contract termination — 5 August 1999 [11]
9 FW   Paraschos Zouboulis   PAOK End of loan — 1 July 1999
10 FW   Christopher Wreh   Arsenal End of loan — 1 July 1999
17 GK   Kostas Daditsos Free agent Contract termination — 1 July 1999
19 MF   Kelvin Sebwe   Iraklis Contract termination — 1 July 1999
20 FW   Daniel Batista   Aris End of contract — 16 July 1999 [12]
23 MF   Alberto Méndez   Arsenal End of loan — 1 July 1999
24 DF   Alvin Ceccoli   Wolves End of loan — 1 July 1999
27 MF   Branko Milovanović Free agent Contract termination — 8 October 1999 [13]
— DF   Anton Doboș   Ethnikos Piraeus End of contract — 1 July 1999
— MF   Triantafyllos Macheridis   PAOK Transfer ₯100,000,000 1 July 1999
— MF   Michalis Tzivelekis   Panionios Transfer Free 15 July 1999 [14]
— MF   Mattheos Platakis   Ethnikos Piraeus Transfer Free 1 July 1999

Winter edit

No. Pos. Player To Type Fee Date Source
3 DF   Gordan Petrić   Hearts Transfer ₯250,000,000 2 December 1999 [15]

Loan in edit

Summer edit

No. Pos. Player From Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
10 MF   Dragan Ćirić   Barcelona ₯300,000,000 1 July 1999 30 June 2000  Y [16]

Winter edit

No. Pos. Player From Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
29 DF   Davide Belotti   Vicenza Free 31 January 2000 30 June 2000  N [10]
— DF   Filippo Dal Moro   Roma Free 31 January 2000 30 June 2000  N [17]

Loan out edit

Summer edit

No. Pos. Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
— GK   Dionysis Chiotis   Proodeftiki Free 1 July 1999 30 June 2000  N
— FW   Georgios Trichias   Athinaikos Free 1 July 1999 30 June 2000  N

Contract renewals edit

No. Pos. Player Date Former Exp. Date New Exp. Date Source
7 MF   Christos Maladenis 11 June 1999 30 June 2000 30 June 2003 [18]
11 FW   Demis Nikolaidis 30 July 1999 30 June 2001 30 June 2004 [19]

Overall transfer activity edit

Pre-season and friendlies edit

8 July 1999 Friendly Vichy   1–11   AEK Athens Vichy
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
10 July 1999 Friendly Saint-Étienne   1–0   AEK Athens Chiquilín
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
13 July 1999 Friendly Vichy / Clermon Feran (mixed)   4–12   AEK Athens Vichy
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Cicard        
 Report
17 July 1999 Friendly Bastia   0–1   AEK Athens Avignon
Stadium: Parc des Sports
18 July 1999 Friendly Sfaxien   2–2   AEK Athens Vichy
  •    
  •    
21 July 1999 Friendly Monaco   0–1   AEK Athens Vichy
Report
Attendance: 2,500
25 July 1999 Friendly Marko   0–3   AEK Athens Markopoulo
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Municipal Markopoulo Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
28 July 1999 Friendly AEK Athens   7–0   Akratitos Thrakomakedones
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: AEK Athens' Training Complex
Attendance: 700
31 July 1999 Nova Supersports Cup AEK Athens   3–2   Leicester City Nea Filadelfeia
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Georgios Psychomanis (Athens)
1 August 1999 Nova Supersports Cup AEK Athens   4–2   Hertha Berlin Nea Filadelfeia
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Giorgos Fasolis (Athens)
1 September 1999 Friendly Kallithea   2–3   AEK Athens Kallithea
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium
9 February 2000 Friendly AEK Athens   6–2   Chaidari Thrakomakedones
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
  • Karagiannis   75'
  • Pirenis   77'
 Stadium: AEK Athens' Training Complex

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Alpha Ethniki 20 September 1999 27 May 2000 Matchday 1 3rd 34 20 6 8 69 39 +30 058.82
Greek Cup 7 August 1999 10 May 2000 Group stage Winners 11 9 1 1 38 7 +31 081.82
UEFA Champions League 11 August 1999 15 August 1999 Third qualifying round Third qualifying round 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 000.00
UEFA Cup 12 September 2000 22 February 2001 First round Third round 6 3 1 2 11 6 +5 050.00
Total 53 32 9 12 118 53 +65 060.38

Last updated: 27 May 2000
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki edit

Main article: 1999–2000 Alpha Ethniki

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 34 30 2 2 86 18 +68 92 Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2 Panathinaikos 34 28 4 2 92 24 +68 88 Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3 AEK Athens 34 20 6 8 69 39 +30 66 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 OFI 34 18 9 7 60 44 +16 63
5 PAOK 34 15 10 9 64 44 +20 55
Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against; 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criterion 7 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(C) Champions

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 20 6 8 69 39  +30 66 13 0 4 41 16  +25 7 6 4 28 23  +5

Results by Matchday edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHH
ResultDLWWWLDWLDWWLLWWDWLWLWLWDWWDWWWWWW
Position611116466666547855645465544444444333
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures edit

20 September 1999 1 PAOK 4–4 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:15 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 22,226
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
26 September 1999 2 AEK Athens 1–2 Panathinaikos Piraeus
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 17,619
Referee: Panagiotis Nikou (Imathia)
3 October 1999 3 Ethnikos Asteras 1–3 AEK Athens Kaisariani
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium
Attendance: 3,950
Referee: Pavlos Konstantinidis (Piraeus)
17 October 1999 4 AEK Athens 3–2 Iraklis Nea Smyrni
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 7,712
Referee: Pavlos Papilias (Piraeus)
25 October 1999 5 Paniliakos 0–1 AEK Athens Pyrgos
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium
Attendance: 4,887
Referee: Kostas Vallianos (Aetoloacarnania)
15 November 1999 6 AEK Athens 0–2 Olympiacos Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Vaggelis Dimitropoulos (Patras)
Note: The match was postponed due to obligations of both teams in the European competitions.
6 November 1999 7 Ionikos 1–1 AEK Athens Piraeus
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 6,429
Referee: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)
20 November 1999 8 AEK Athens 2–0 Aris Nea Filadelfeia
18:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 4,207
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
28 November 1999 9 AEK Athens 1–2 OFI Rhodes
16:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Diagoras Stadium
Attendance: 4,587
Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Chalkidiki)
Note: The match was held in Rhodes because AEK had been punished with 2 games away from home for fan invasion during the Cup game against Olympiacos.
5 December 1999 10 Skoda Xanthi 2–2 AEK Athens Xanthi
16:15 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium
Attendance: 2,767
Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)
13 December 1999 11 AEK Athens 3–0 Panachaiki Rhodes
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Diagoras Stadium
Attendance: 2,313
Referee: Christos Daglis (Thessaloniki)
22 December 1999 12 Proodeftiki 1–4 AEK Athens Nikaia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikaia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 1,410
Referee: Spyros Pougakiotis (Phthiotis)
29 December 1999 13 AEK Athens 0–1 Panionios Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 4,653
Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)
8 January 2000 14 Apollon Smyrnis 3–2 AEK Athens Piraeus
16:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 1,827
Referee: Panagiotis Nikou (Imathia)
16 January 2000 15 AEK Athens 3–0 Kavala Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 4,326
Referee: Pavlos Konstantinidis (Piraeus)
23 January 2000 16 Trikala 0–1 AEK Athens Trikala
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,826
Referee: Panagiotis Nikou (Imathia)
31 January 2000 17 Kalamata 1–1 AEK Athens Kalamata
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Messiniakos Stadium
Attendance: 3,211
Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)
5 February 2000 18 AEK Athens 2–0 PAOK Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 10,082
Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)
13 February 2000 19 Panathinaikos 1–0 AEK Athens Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 23,880
Referee: Georgios Psychomanis (Athens)
20 February 2000 20 AEK Athens 2–1 Ethnikos Asteras Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 3,534
Referee: Filippos Dobas (Athens)
27 February 2000 21 Iraklis 3–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 9,575
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
5 March 2000 22 AEK Athens 1–0 Paniliakos Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 3,689
Referee: Pavlos Papilias (Piraeus)
12 March 2000 23 Olympiacos 3–0 AEK Athens Marousi
17:45 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 14,121
Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)
19 March 2000 24 AEK Athens 5–1 Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 2,511
Referee: Dimitris Kalivas (Boeotia)
25 March 2000 25 Aris 1–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Aris Stadium
Attendance: 8,941
Referee: Dimitris Kalivas (Boeotia)
1 April 2000 26 OFI 1–2 AEK Athens Heraklion
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 4,448
Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)
12 April 2000 27 AEK Athens 4–1 Skoda Xanthi Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 3,028
Referee: Paraskevas Chelis (Kavala)
16 April 2000 28 Panachaiki 1–1 AEK Athens Patras
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium
Attendance: 4,220
Referee: Panagiotis Nikou (Imathia)
23 April 2000 29 AEK Athens 3–2 Proodeftiki Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 3,371
Referee: Christos Daglis (Thessaloniki)
3 May 2000 30 Panionios 0–2 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 1,449
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
7 May 2000 31 AEK Athens 3–0 Apollon Smyrnis Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 2,435
Referee: Makis Efthimiadis (Drama)
14 May 2000 32 Kavala 0–2 AEK Athens Kavala
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Kavala Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,115
Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)
21 May 2000 33 AEK Athens 2–1 Trikala Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 2,361
Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)
27 May 2000 34 AEK Athens 6–1 Kalamata Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 2,925
Referee: Christos Daglis (Thessaloniki)

Greek Cup edit

Main article: 1999–2000 Greek Football Cup

Group 8 edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AEK TRI EGA ATH AKR KAR
1 AEK Athens 5 5 0 0 20 3 +17 15 Round of 16 — 6–1 3–0 3–0 —
2 Trikala 5 4 0 1 9 5 +4 12 1–2 1–0 — — 2–0
3 Egaleo 5 2 0 3 8 10 −2 6 — — — 4–1 2–0
4 Athinaikos 5 1 2 2 6 9 −3 5 — 2–3 2–1 — —
5 Akratitos 5 1 1 3 5 11 −6 4 — 1–2 — 1–1 —
6 A.O.Karditsa 5 0 1 4 3 13 −10 1 1–6 — — 1–1 1–2
Source: epo.gr

Matches edit

7 August 1999 1 AEK Athens 6–1 Egaleo Nea Filadelfeia
19:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report (page 24)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 2,797
Referee: Giorgos Fasolis (Athens)
21 August 1999 2 A.O. Karditsa 1–6 AEK Athens Karditsa
13:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Letsios   76'
 Report (page 24)
Stadium: Karditsa Municipal Stadium
Referee: Paraskevas Chelis (Kavala)
27 October 1999 3 Trikala 1–2 AEK Athens Trikala
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Papasteriadis   32'
 Report (page 25)
Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 1,877
Referee: Dimitris Pontikis (Thessaloniki)
29 August 1999 4 AEK Athens 3–0 Athinaikos Nea Filadelfeia
13:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report (page 26) Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 1,709
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
13 October 1999 5 AEK Athens 3–0 Akratitos Piraeus
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report (page 26) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 364
Referee: Kostas Finokaliotis (Athens)
Round of 16 edit
12 January 2000 Round of 16 AEK Athens 6–0 Trikala Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report (page 31) Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Dimitris Kalivas (Boeotia)
Quarter-finals edit
6 February 2000 First leg Olympiacos 1–1 AEK Athens Marousi
18:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report (page 33)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Referee: Dimitris Kalivas (Boeotia)
8 March 2000 Second leg AEK Athens 3–0
(4–1 agg.)		 Olympiacos Nea Filadelfeia
18:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report (page 34) Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 14,400
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
Semi-finals edit
5 April 2000 First leg AEK Athens 4–1 Panionios Nea Filadelfeia
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report (page 34)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 7,976
Referee: Giorgos Fasolis (Athens)
19 April 2000 Second leg Panionios 2–1
(3–5 agg.)		 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report (page 35)
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)
Final edit
10 May 2000 Final AEK Athens 3–0 Ionikos Marousi
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report (page 35) Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 25,471
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
Note: In the 32nd minute while the score was 0-0, after a cross from Petkov, Demis Nikolaidis scored with his hand. The referee Douros did not realize the violation of Nikolaidis and ran towards the center of the field, with Nikolaidis immediately showing him that he should not count the goal. The referee approached Nikolaidis, who explained to him exactly what had happened. As a result the referee changed his decision, canceled the goal and gave handball and showed Nikolaidis a yellow card for his violation. Nikolaidis was later honored by the International Olympic Committee for his fair play towards the referee of the final.[2]

UEFA Champions League edit

Main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round edit

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 23 July 1999.[20]

11 August 1999 First leg AEK Athens   0–0   AIK Athens, Greece
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 17,786
Referee: Juan Fernández Marin (Spain)
25 August 1999 Second leg AIK   1−0
(1–0 agg.)		   AEK Athens Solna, Sweden
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Råsunda Stadium
Attendance: 31,115
Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)

UEFA Cup edit

Main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Cup

First round edit

16 September 1999 First leg Torpedo Kutaisi   0–1   AEK Athens Kutaisi, Georgia
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Ramaz Shengelia Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: John McDermott (Ireland)
30 September 1999 Second leg AEK Athens   6–1
(7–1 agg.)		   Torpedo Kutaisi Athens, Greece
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 4,008
Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic)

Second round edit

21 October 1999 First leg MTK Budapest   2–1   AEK Athens Budapest, Hungary
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)
2 November 1999 Second leg AEK Athens   1–0
(2(a)–2 agg.)		   MTK Budapest Athens, Greece
18:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 7,288
Referee: Pascal Garibian (France)

Third round edit

23 November 1999 First leg AEK Athens   2–2   Monaco Athens, Greece
18:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 7,299
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
9 December 1999 Second leg Monaco   1–0
(3–2 agg.)		   AEK Athens Monaco, France
20:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Dieter Schoch (Switzerland)

Statistics edit

Squad statistics edit

As of 27 May 2000
No. Pos Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Champions League UEFA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   Ilias Atmatsidis 33 0 9 0 2 0 6 0 50 0
15 GK   Chrysostomos Michailidis 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
22 GK   Lefteris Petkaris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— GK   Vasilis Karagiannis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF   Traianos Dellas 21 3 7 0 1 0 4 0 33 3
5 DF   Nikos Kostenoglou 20 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 29 0
12 DF   Charis Kopitsis 28 0 7 2 1 0 4 2 40 4
17 DF   Michalis Kasapis 13 1 5 0 1 0 5 0 24 1
21 DF   Vaios Karagiannis 12 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
25 DF   Giannis Kalitzakis 23 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 33 1
29 DF   Davide Belotti 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
32 DF   Michalis Kapsis 26 2 10 0 1 0 2 0 39 2
— DF   Georgios Paraskevaidis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— DF   Filippo Dal Moro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF   Dimitris Markos 29 2 9 4 2 0 5 0 45 6
7 MF   Christos Maladenis 23 6 9 4 2 0 4 1 38 11
8 MF   Toni Savevski 31 2 10 0 2 0 4 0 47 2
10 MF   Dragan Ćirić 26 10 10 6 2 0 6 3 44 19
14 MF   Akis Zikos 27 1 7 0 2 0 6 1 42 2
16 MF   Arnar Grétarsson 14 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 22 0
18 MF   Evripidis Katsavos 10 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
23 MF   Vasilios Lakis 17 3 9 3 2 0 3 0 31 6
24 MF   Vladimir Matijašević 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 8 0
26 MF   Georgios Passios 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
28 MF   Milen Petkov 15 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 20 4
30 MF   Pablo Cantero 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Forwards
9 FW   Nenad Bjeković 20 6 4 2 1 0 6 1 31 9
11 FW   Demis Nikolaidis 32 22 8 11 2 0 6 3 48 36
19 FW   Giorgos Kavazis 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
20 FW   Sotiris Konstantinidis 24 6 7 2 2 0 4 0 37 8
31 FW   Ilias Anastasakos 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Left during Winter Transfer Window
3 DF   Gordan Petrić 7 0 4 1 2 0 3 0 16 1

Goalscorers edit

As of 27 May 2000
Rank No. Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Champions League UEFA Cup Total
1 11 FW   Demis Nikolaidis 22 11 0 3 36
2 10 MF   Dragan Ćirić 10 6 0 3 19
3 7 MF   Christos Maladenis 6 4 0 1 11
4 9 FW   Nenad Bjeković 6 2 0 1 9
5 20 FW   Sotiris Konstantinidis 6 2 0 0 8
6 23 MF   Vasilios Lakis 3 3 0 0 6
6 MF   Dimitris Markos 2 4 0 0 6
8 28 MF   Milen Petkov 2 2 0 0 4
12 DF   Charis Kopitsis 0 2 0 2 4
10 2 DF   Traianos Dellas 3 0 0 0 3
11 32 DF   Michalis Kapsis 2 0 0 0 2
8 MF   Toni Savevski 2 0 0 0 2
14 MF   Akis Zikos 1 0 0 1 2
14 25 DF   Giannis Kalitzakis 1 0 0 0 1
17 DF   Michalis Kasapis 1 0 0 0 1
3 DF   Gordan Petrić 0 0 0 1 1
Own goals 2 1 0 0 3
Totals 69 38 0 11 118

Hat-tricks edit

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player Against Result Date Competition Source
  Dragan Ćirić   Egaleo 6–1 (H) 7 August 1999 Greek Cup [21]
  Dragan Ćirić   Iraklis 3–2 (H) 17 October 1999 Alpha Ethniki [22]
  Demis Nikolaidis   Trikala 6–0 (H) 12 January 2000 Greek Cup [23]
  Christos Maladenis   Kavala 3–0 (H) 16 January 2000 Alpha Ethniki [24]
  Demis Nikolaidis4   Ionikos 5–1 (H) 19 March 2000 Alpha Ethniki [25]
  Demis Nikolaidis   Panionios 4–1 (H) 5 April 2000 Greek Cup [26]

Clean sheets edit

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.

As of 27 May 2000
Rank No. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Champions League UEFA Cup Total
1 1   Ilias Atmatsidis 10 4 1 2 17
2 15   Chrysostomos Michailidis 0 1 0 0 1
Totals 10 5 1 2 18

Disciplinary record edit

As of 27 May 2000
N P Nat. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Champions League UEFA Cup Total Notes
                             
Goalkeepers
1 GK   Ilias Atmatsidis 4 4
15 GK   Chrysostomos Michailidis
22 GK   Lefteris Petkaris
— GK   Vasilis Karagiannis
Defenders
2 DF   Traianos Dellas 9 1 10
5 DF   Nikos Kostenoglou 4 1 2 6 1
12 DF   Charis Kopitsis 1 3 1 5
17 DF   Michalis Kasapis 5 1 6
21 DF   Vaios Karagiannis 6 3 9
25 DF   Giannis Kalitzakis 3 1 3 1
29 DF   Davide Belotti
32 DF   Michalis Kapsis 2 1 1 4
— DF   Georgios Paraskevaidis
— DF   Filippo Dal Moro
Midfielders
6 MF   Dimitris Markos 1 1 1 3
7 MF   Christos Maladenis 5 5
8 MF   Toni Savevski 2 1 3
10 MF   Dragan Ćirić 3 1 1 5
14 MF   Akis Zikos 9 1 3 1 13 1
16 MF   Arnar Grétarsson 1 1
18 MF   Evripidis Katsavos 1 1
23 MF   Vasilios Lakis 1 2 1 4
24 MF   Vladimir Matijašević 1 1
26 MF   Georgios Passios
28 MF   Milen Petkov 5 1 6
30 MF   Pablo Cantero
Forwards
9 FW   Nenad Bjeković 7 1 7 1
11 FW   Demis Nikolaidis 5 2 7
19 FW   Giorgos Kavazis 1 1
20 FW   Sotiris Konstantinidis 4 2 6
31 FW   Ilias Anastasakos
Left during Winter Transfer window
3 DF   Gordan Petrić 2 1 1 4

Starting 11 edit

Awards edit

Player Pos. Award Source
  Demis Nikolaidis FW Greek Cup Top Scorer

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External links edit

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