2006–07 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 2006–07 season was the 83rd season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 48th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Super League, the Greek Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The season began on 9 August 2006 and finished on 13 May 2007.

AEK Athens
2006–07 season
ChairmanDemis Nikolaidis
ManagerLorenzo Serra Ferrer
StadiumAthens Olympic Stadium
Super League2nd
Greek CupRound of 32
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Nikos Liberopoulos (18)

All:
Nikos Liberopoulos (20)
Highest home attendance56,203 vs Milan
(21 November 2006)
Lowest home attendance12,992 vs Ergotelis
(30 September 2006)
Average home league attendance22,737
Biggest winAEK Athens 5–0 AEL
Biggest defeatAEK Athens 1–4 Panathinaikos
Milan 3–0 AEK Athens

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Overview edit

The third season in a row for the presidency of Demis Nikolaidis, who decided at the end of the previous season that it was time to part ways with the team with Fernando Santos, despite the good presence of the Portuguese technician on the team's bench. The reason was that the president of AEK was looking for a coach who played more offensive style and gave a lot of weight to young players and the team's academies. Nikolaidis ended up with the acclaimed Spanish coach Lorenzo Serra Ferrer, who,[1] among other things, has served in the academies and in the first team of the great Barcelona. One of the team's key leaders, Kostas Katsouranis, left AEK, following Santos to Benfica. On the other hand, Akis Zikos returned after a four-year absence in Monaco.

AEK started the season relatively "numb", but then recovered and especially from the 7th matchday onwards when they makes 7 consecutive victories. Another streak of 6 wins later in the 2nd round, but those were not enough to achieve more than the eventual second place finish. They finished 8 points above Panathinaikos, but another 9 below the champion Olympiacos. For yet another season, however, there were complaints from many teams in the league about the treatment of the red and whites by the referees.

In the Greek Cup, AEK was a surprise victim, eliminated in the first round by the team of Chaidari in a single match, after the 0–0 in regular time, a score that did not change even in extra time, despite the expulsion of 2 players of Chaidari, while in the penalty shootout Chaidari won by 5–4.

AEK's chance for their fourth participation in the groups of the Champions League passed through the matches with the Scottish Hearts, an opponent that was not easy, but certainly not intimidating either. First match at Murrayfield Stadium, Serra Ferrer showed a super attacking AEK, who missed many chances in the first half. In the replay, Serra Ferrer's team slowed down and Hearts made it 1–0. Finally, the Greek team found the way to the net at the end of the game and in the overtime they made their big comeback. The final score was 1–2 and qualification was very close for the yellow-blacks. In the second leg in Athens in front of over 45,000 people, AEK's superiority was clear again from the start of the match had the full control, missed some chances, but failed to score. With 3 goals towards the end of the game, AEK finally got a very nice qualification with two wins. AEK competed again in Champions League groups after 3 years and were drawn in the 8th group with the eventual winner of the institution, Milan, Lille and Anderlecht. There, AEK with a total of 2 wins, including a home win against the great Milan, 2 draws and 2 losses they finished 3rd and were out of the competition, continuing in the UEFA Cup.

AEK were drawn with Paris Saint-Germain for the round of 32 and their task was certainly not easy at all. First match on February 14 at Olympic Stadium in front of around 30,000 spectators, Ferrer in a rather incomprehensible decision, decided to rest some players. However, Paul Le Guen was doing something similar by leaving some of his key players on the bench. At the end of the first half, Paris opened the score, while in the replay, AEK again conceded a goal at the end of the game. The qualification was already essentially over for AEK, while it was noteworthy that during the match Demis Nikolaidis was strongly disapproved of by a large part of the world for the relaxed attitude shown by AEK in the match. The rematch at the Parc des Princes was more formal than essential and Le Guen decided to start with a line-up with several reserves, while Ferrer on the other hand made a mix-up in the line-up. The French once again scored at the end of each half and won with the same score and the European campaign of the yellow-blacks ended there.

The greatest wins of the season were the 5–0 against AEL, the 4–0 against Panionios and an by 1–2 over Panathinaikos, away from home. The top scorer of the team and of the league was Nikos Liberopoulos with 18 goals. Also 9 goals were scored by Júlio César and 8 goals by Leonidas Kampantais.[2]

Management team edit

Position Staff
Manager   Lorenzo Serra Ferrer
Assistant manager   Pep Segura
Fitness coach   Pep Alomar
Technical director   Eugène Gerards
Director of Football   Ilija Ivić
Academy director   Toni Savevski
Academy manager   Bledar Kola
Scout   Eugène Gerards
Head of Medical   Lakis Nikolaou
Physiotherapist   Christos Karvounidis

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 13 May 2007, 23:59 UTC+3.

No. Player Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Signed Previous club Transfer fee Contract until
Goalkeepers
22 Dionysis Chiotis (Vice-captain 2)   GK (1977-06-04)4 June 1977 (aged 30) 1994   AEK Athens U20 2007
28 Stefano Sorrentino   GK (1979-03-28)28 March 1979 (aged 28) 2005   Torino €100,000 2009
84 Giannis Arabatzis   GK (1984-05-28)28 May 1984 (aged 23) 2002   Makrochori Free 2011
Antonis Lykouris   GK (1986-01-13)13 January 1986 (aged 21) 2006   AEK Athens U20 2009
Defenders
4 Vangelis Moras   CB / DM / RB (1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 25) 2003   Proodeftiki €260,000 2007
5 Bruno Cirillo   CB / RB (1977-03-21)21 March 1977 (aged 30) 2005   Lecce Free 2008
6 Georgios Alexopoulos   CB / RB (1977-02-07)7 February 1977 (aged 30) 2005   Egaleo Free 2008
13 Martin Pautasso   RB / RM (1979-05-17)17 May 1979 (aged 28) 2006   Independiente Free 2010
14 Stavros Tziortziopoulos   LB / CB / LM (1978-08-15)15 August 1978 (aged 28) 2004   Panionios Free 2007
15 Sokratis Papastathopoulos   CB / RB / LB / DM (1988-06-09)9 June 1988 (aged 19) 2005   Apollon Petalidiou Free 2008
31 Nikolaos Georgeas   RB / LB / DM (1976-12-27)27 December 1976 (aged 30) 2001   Kalamata €1,500,000 2008
55 Traianos Dellas (Captain)   CB (1976-01-31)31 January 1976 (aged 31) 2005   Roma Free 2007
81 Nikolaos Kourkoulas   CB (1989-03-11)11 March 1989 (aged 18) 2006   AEK Athens U20 2009
90 Savvas Gentsoglou   CB / DM / CM (1990-09-19)19 September 1990 (aged 16) 2006   AEK Athens U20 2009
Midfielders
1 Pantelis Kafes   CM / DM / AM / RM / LM (1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 29) 2007   Olympiacos Free 2009
7 Ilias Kyriakidis   DM / CM / AM (1985-08-05)5 August 1985 (aged 21) 2004   Ionikos €200,000 2009
10 Panagiotis Kone    AM / RM / LM / RW / LW / CM (1987-07-26)26 July 1987 (aged 19) 2005   Lens U19 Free 2010
11 Gustavo Manduca   RM / AM / RW / LM / LW / CM / SS / ST (1980-06-08)8 June 1980 (aged 27) 2006   Benfica Free 2007
16 Akis Zikos   DM / CM (1974-06-01)1 June 1974 (aged 33) 2006   Monaco Free 2008
17 Vladan Ivić   AM / CM / RM / LM (1977-05-07)7 May 1977 (aged 30) 2004   Borussia Mönchengladbach Free 2007
19 Panagiotis Lagos   LM / LW / LB / CM / DM (1985-07-18)18 July 1985 (aged 21) 2006   Iraklis €900,000 2010
20 Vasilios Pliatsikas   DM / CM / RB / CB (1988-04-20)20 April 1988 (aged 19) 2005   Chaidari Free 2010
23 Vasilios Lakis   RM / RW / AM / CM (1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 30) 2005   Crystal Palace Free 2008
25 Emerson   DM / CM (1972-04-12)12 April 1972 (aged 35) 2006   Skoda Xanthi €150,000 2007
56 Përparim Hetemaj    CM / DM / AM / RM / LM / RW / LW (1986-12-12)12 December 1986 (aged 20) 2006   HJK Helsinki €450,000 2010
70 Guillaume Plessis   DM (1985-01-16)16 January 1985 (aged 22) 2006   Clermont Foot Free 2007
88 Dániel Tőzsér   AM / CM / DM / LM (1985-05-12)12 May 1985 (aged 22) 2006   Ferencváros €150,000 2010
92 Georgios Paligeorgos   DM / CM (1990-02-09)9 February 1990 (aged 17) 2006   AEK Athens U20 2011
Forwards
33 Nikos Liberopoulos (Vice-captain)   SS / ST / AM (1975-08-04)4 August 1975 (aged 31) 2003   Panathinaikos Free 2009
35 Pantelis Kapetanos   ST / RW (1983-06-08)8 June 1983 (aged 24) 2006   Iraklis €400,000 2011
79 Leonidas Kampantais   ST / SS / RW (1982-03-08)8 March 1982 (aged 25) 2004   Aris Free 2007
83 Michalis Pavlis   SS / ST / RW / LW (1989-09-22)22 September 1989 (aged 17) 2006   AEK Athens U20 2011
99 Júlio César   LW / SS / AM / RW / ST (1980-02-26)26 February 1980 (aged 27) 2005   Gil Vicente €540,000 2009
Left during Winter Transfer Window
24 Ifeanyi Udeze   LB / CB (1980-07-21)21 July 1980 (aged 26) 2006   PAOK Free 2009
Vasilios Vallianos   LB (1988-09-11)11 September 1988 (aged 18) 2006   AEK Athens U20 2011
8 Miltiadis Sapanis   CM / LM / AM (1976-01-28)28 January 1976 (aged 31) 2005   Panathinaikos Free 2008
Nikolaos Kaltsas   DM / CM / AM / RM (1989-06-28)28 June 1989 (aged 18) 2006   AEK Athens U20 2011
9 Andrija Delibašić   ST (1981-04-24)24 April 1981 (aged 26) 2006   Mallorca Free 2007

Transfers edit

In edit

Summer edit

No. Pos. Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
13 DF   Martin Pautasso   Independiente Transfer Free 5 July 2006 30 June 2010 [3]
15 DF   Sokratis Papastathopoulos   Niki Volos End of loan 1 July 2006 30 June 2011
16 MF   Akis Zikos   Monaco Transfer Free 14 August 2006 30 June 2008 [4]
19 MF   Panagiotis Lagos   Iraklis Transfer €900,000 7 July 2006 30 June 2010 [5]
24 DF   Ifeanyi Udeze   PAOK Transfer Free 11 August 2006 30 June 2009 [6]
56 MF   Përparim Hetemaj   HJK Helsinki Transfer €450,000 15 June 2006 30 June 2010 [7]
70 MF   Guillaume Plessis   Clermont Foot Transfer Free 1 July 2006 30 June 2007
79 FW   Leonidas Kampantais   Panionios End of loan 1 July 2006 30 June 2007
81 DF   Nikolaos Kourkoulas   AEK Athens U20 Promotion 1 July 2006 30 June 2010
83 FW   Michalis Pavlis   AEK Athens U20 Promotion 1 July 2006 30 June 2011
88 MF   Dániel Tőzsér   Ferencváros Transfer €150,000 1 July 2006 30 June 2010
90 DF   Savvas Gentsoglou   AEK Athens U20 Promotion 1 July 2006 30 June 2009
92 MF   Giorgos Paligeorgos   AEK Athens U20 Promotion 1 July 2006 30 June 2011
GK   Giannis Fysekis   Ethnikos Alexandroupoli Transfer Free 25 July 2006 30 June 2011 [8]
GK   Antonis Lykouris   AEK Athens U20 Promotion 1 July 2006 30 June 2009
DF   Panagiotis Stergiatos   Doxa Drama End of loan 1 July 2006 30 June 2008
DF   Vasilios Vallianos   AEK Athens U20 Promotion 1 July 2006 30 June 2011
MF   Nikolaos Kaltsas   AEK Athens U20 Promotion 1 July 2006 30 June 2011
MF   Nikos Pourtoulidis   Thrasyvoulos End of loan 1 July 2006 30 June 2006
MF   Dimitris Karameris   Apollon Smyrnis End of loan 1 July 2006 30 June 2010
MF   Manolis Tsangarogiannakis   Agia Paraskevi End of loan 1 July 2006 30 June 2008
FW   Simos Krassas   Panionios End of loan 1 July 2006 30 June 2008

Winter edit

No. Pos. Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
1 MF   Pantelis Kafes   Olympiacos Transfer Free 29 January 2007 30 June 2009 [9]
DF   Dimitrios Koutromanos   Thrasyvoulos Loan termination 1 January 2007 30 June 2011
MF   Georgios Tofas   Enosis Neon Paralimni Transfer Free 1 January 2007 30 June 2010
FW   Aggelos Komvolidis   Thrasyvoulos Loan termination 1 January 2007 30 June 2010

Out edit

Summer edit

No. Pos. Player To Type Fee Date Source
3 DF   Nikola Malbaša   TuS Koblenz Transfer Free 1 July 2006
7 FW   Alessandro Soares   Anorthosis Famagusta End of contract 1 July 2006 [10]
11 FW   Oleh Venhlinskyi   Chornomorets Odesa Contract termination 29 June 2006 [11]
21 MF   Kostas Katsouranis   Benfica Transfer €2,300,000[a] 22 June 2006 [12]
24 DF   Christos Kontis   APOEL Contract termination 1 July 2006
27 MF   Louay Chanko   Hammarby Contract termination 19 July 2006 [13]
MF   Nikos Pourtoulidis   Asteras Tripolis End of contract 1 July 2006
MF   Dimitris Karameris   Thiva End of contract 1 July 2006
FW   Simos Krassas   Apollon Kalamarias Contract termintion 26 July 2006 [14]

Notes

a. ^ plus 25% of resale fee and the incomes from their scheduled friendly game which came to be €294,390.[15]

Winter edit

No. Pos. Player To Type Fee Date Source
8 MF   Miltiadis Sapanis   APOEL Transfer Free 10 January 2007 [16]
9 FW   Andrija Delibašić   Mallorca Loan termintion 30 January 2007 [17]
24 DF   Ifeanyi Udeze   Bendel Insurance Contract termintion 30 January 2007 [17]

Loan in edit

Summer edit

No. Pos. Player From Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
9 FW   Andrija Delibašić   Mallorca Free 17 August 2006 30 June 2007  Y [18]
11 MF   Gustavo Manduca   Benfica Free 4 August 2006 30 June 2007  Y [19]

Loan out edit

Summer edit

No. Pos. Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
9 FW   Aggelos Komvolidis   Thrasyvoulos Free 17 August 2006 30 June 2007  N [20]
19 DF   Dimitrios Koutromanos   Thrasyvoulos Free 17 August 2006 30 June 2007  N [20]
28 MF   Christos Bourbos   Kerkyra Free 17 August 2006 30 June 2007  N [20]
GK   Giannis Fysekis   Anagennisi Karditsa Free 1 July 2006 30 June 2007  N
DF   Panagiotis Stergiatos   Anagennisi Karditsa Free 1 July 2006 30 June 2008  N
MF   Manolis Tsangarogiannakis   Thiva Free 1 July 2006 30 June 2008  N
MF   Panagiotis Zorbas   Niki Volos Free 1 July 2006 30 June 2007  N

Winter edit

No. Pos. Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
DF   Dimitrios Koutromanos   Ethnikos Piraeus Free 1 January 2007 30 June 2007  N
DF   Vasilios Vallianos   Anagennisi Karditsa Free 26 December 2007 30 June 2007  N
MF   Nikolaos Kaltsas   Anagennisi Karditsa Free 26 December 2007 30 June 2008  N
MF   Georgios Tofas   Ethnikos Piraeus Free 1 January 2007 30 June 2007  N
FW   Aggelos Komvolidis   Ethnikos Piraeus Free 1 January 2007 30 June 2007  N

Contract renewals edit

No. Pos. Player Date Former Exp. Date New Exp. Date Source
33 FW   Nikos Liberopoulos 19 July 2006 30 June 2006 30 June 2009 [13]

Overall transfer activity edit

Pre-season and friendlies edit

11 July 2006 Friendly Grödig   0–5   AEK Athens Flachau
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Sportplatz Flachau
15 July 2006 Friendly Wacker Burghausen   0–4   AEK Athens Flachau
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Sportplatz Flachau
19 July 2006 Friendly Příbram   1–1   AEK Athens Flachau
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Sportplatz Flachau
22 July 2006 Friendly Napoli   0–1   AEK Athens Flachau
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Sportplatz Flachau
1 August 2006 Friendly AEK Athens   3–1   Benfica Marousi
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 20,183
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Argolida)
3 August 2006 Friendly Chaidari   3–1   AEK Athens Haidari
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Takis Charalambidis Stadium
12 August 2006 Friendly Ionikos   1–1   AEK Athens Nikaia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Neapolis Stadium
3 September 2006 Friendly Niki Volos   2–2   AEK Athens Volos
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium
17 May 2007 Friendly AEK Athens   2–0   Anagennisi Karditsas
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
27 May 2007 Friendly Benfica   2–1   AEK Athens East Rutherford
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Giants Stadium
Referee: Kevin Stott (USA)

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Super League 19 August 2006 13 May 2007 Matchday 1 2nd 30 18 8 4 60 27 +33 060.00
Greek Cup 9 November 2006 9 November 2006 Round of 32 Round of 32 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00
UEFA Champions League 9 August 2006 6 December 2006 Third qualifying round Group stage 8 4 2 2 11 10 +1 050.00
UEFA Cup 14 February 2007 22 February 2007 Round of 32 Round of 32 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 000.00
Total 41 22 11 8 71 41 +30 053.66

Last updated: 13 May 2007
Source: Competitions

Super League Greece edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 22 5 3 62 23 +39 71 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 AEK Athens 30 18 8 4 60 27 +33 62 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Panathinaikos 30 16 6 8 47 28 +19 54 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Aris 30 11 13 6 32 26 +6 46
5 Panionios 30 12 9 9 33 31 +2 45[a]
Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Head-to-head record: PAOK–Panionios 1–1, Panionios–PAOK 3–1.

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
30 18 8 4 60 27  +33 62 11 3 1 40 13  +27 7 5 3 20 14  +6

Results by Matchday edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHA
ResultDDDWLWWWWWWWWDWLWWDDDLWWWWWWDL
Position9910595333333222222222333222222
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2007. Source: slgr.gr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures edit

19 August 2006 1 AEK Athens 0–0 PAOK Marousi
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 23,109
Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis (Messinia)
27 August 2006 2 OFI 1–1 AEK Athens Heraklion
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Pankritio Stadium
Attendance: 6,628
Referee: Giannis Tsachilidis (Piraeus)
9 2006 3 Atromitos 1–1 AEK Athens Peristeri
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Attendance: 2,620
Referee: Konstantinos Papastamatis (Athens)
18 September 2006 4 AEK Athens 3–0 Iraklis Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 16,029
Referee: Charalabos Karatzas (Euboea)
23 September 2006 5 Olympiacos 1–0 AEK Athens Piraeus
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 29,101
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
30 September 2006 6 AEK Athens 3–1 Ergotelis Marousi
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 12,992
Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)
23 October 2006 7 Panathinaikos 1–2 AEK Athens Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 33,199
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Argolida)
28 October 2006 8 AEK Athens 1–0 Apollon Kalamarias Marousi
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 14,373
Referee: Romanos Kontogiannidis (Xanthi)
5 November 2006 9 Aris 1–3 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 6,718
Referee: Giannis Tsachilidis (Piraeus)
12 November 2006 10 AEK Athens 5–0 AEL Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 14,929
Referee: Giannis Stavridis (Pieria)
18 November 2006 11 AEK Athens 4–1 Kerkyra Marousi
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 14,706
Referee: Ilias Mazarakos (Arta)
25 November 2006 12 Egaleo 1–2 AEK Athens Egaleo
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium
Attendance: 2,882
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki)
2 December 2006 13 AEK Athens 2–0 Ionikos Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 14,323
Referee: Theodoros Gaitatzis (Drama)
10 December 2006 14 Skoda Xanthi 0–0 AEK Athens Xanthi
16:45 EET (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena
Attendance: 4,967
Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)
17 December 2006 15 AEK Athens 4–0 Panionios Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 14,799
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Argolida)
6 January 2007 16 PAOK 2–0 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 15,686
Referee: Giannis Tsachilidis (Piraeus)
14 January 2007 17 AEK Athens 3–1 OFI Marousi
16:45 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 16,335
Referee: Michalis Germanakos (Athens)
21 January 2007 18 AEK Athens 3–0 Atromitos Marousi
16:45 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 16,335
Referee: Michalis Germanakos (Athens)
28 January 2007 19 Iraklis 1–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 4,105
Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)
4 February 2007 20 AEK Athens 3–3 Olympiacos Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 36,122
Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)
10 February 2007 21 Ergotelis 0–0 AEK Athens Heraklion
16:45 EET (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Pankritio Stadium
Attendance: 5,217
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
18 February 2007 22 AEK Athens 1–4 Panathinaikos Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 19,810
Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)
25 February 2007 23 Apollon Kalamarias 1–2 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
21:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: Giannis Tsachilidis (Piraeus)
3 March 2007 24 AEK Athens 3–1 Aris Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
  • Nascimento   87'
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 14,688
Referee: Giorgos Daloukas (Thessaly)
11 March 2007 25 AEL 0–1 AEK Athens Larissa
16:45 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Alkazar Stadium
Attendance: 8,210
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki)
18 March 2007 26 Kerkyra 0–1 AEK Athens Corfu
16:45 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)
15 April 2007 27 AEK Athens 5–2 Egaleo Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 14,431
Referee: Konstantinos Papastamatis (Athens)
22 April 2007 28 Ionikos 1–5 AEK Athens Piraeus
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Neapolis Public Stadium
Attendance: 1,184
Referee: Kostas Zanetidis (Dodecanese)
29 April 2007 29 AEK Athens 0–0 Skoda Xanthi Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 15,691
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Argolida)
13 May 2007 30 Panionios 3–1 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 4,686
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki)

Greek Cup edit

9 November 2006 Round of 32 Chaidari 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
AEK Athens Egaleo
19:00 EET (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kostas Zanetidis (Dodecanese)
Penalties

UEFA Champions League edit

Third qualifying round edit

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 28 July 2006.

9 August 2006 First leg Hearts   1–2   AEK Athens Edinburgh, Scotland
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Murrayfield Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Nikolai Vollquartz (Denmark)
Note: The official report states that the second goal of AEK Athens at the stoppage time was an own goal by Fyssas, but in the highlights of the game it appears clearly that it was a goal by Liberopoulos.[21]
23 August 2006 Second leg AEK Athens   3–0
(5–1 agg.)
  Hearts Athens, Greece
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 42,925
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

Group stage edit

The draw for the group stage was held on 24 August 2006.[22]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MIL LIL AEK AND
1   Milan 6 3 1 2 8 4 +4 10 Advance to knockout stage 0–2 3–0 4–1
2   Lille 6 2 3 1 8 5 +3 9 0–0 3–1 2–2
3   AEK Athens 6 2 2 2 6 9 −3 8 Transfer to UEFA Cup 1–0 1–0 1–1
4   Anderlecht 6 0 4 2 7 11 −4 4 0–1 1–1 2–2
Source: RSSSF
13 September 2006 1 Milan   3–0   AEK Athens Milan, Italy
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 31,836
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
26 September 2006 2 AEK Athens   1–1   Anderlecht Athens, Greece
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 38,982
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
17 October 2006 3 Lille   3–1   AEK Athens Lens, France
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
1 November 2006 4 AEK Athens   1–0   Lille Athens, Greece
21:45 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 31,148
Referee: Steve Bennett (England)
21 November 2006 5 AEK Athens   1–0   Milan Athens, Greece
21:45 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 56,203
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
6 December 2006 6 Anderlecht   2–2   AEK Athens Brussels, Belgium
21:45 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

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Knockout stage edit

Round of 32 edit

14 February 2007 First leg AEK Athens   0–2   Paris Saint-Germain Athens, Greece
21:45 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 26,120
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
22 February 2007 Second leg Paris Saint-Germain   2–0
(4–0 agg.)
  AEK Athens Paris, France
21:45 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta (Italy)

Statistics edit

Squad statistics edit

As of 13 May 2007
No. Pos Player Super League Greek Cup Champions League UEFA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
22 GK   Dionysis Chiotis 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
28 GK   Stefano Sorrentino 25 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 34 0
84 GK   Giannis Arabatzis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK   Antonis Lykouris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
4 DF   Vangelis Moras 15 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 22 0
5 DF   Bruno Cirillo 26 0 0 0 8 1 2 0 36 1
6 DF   Georgios Alexopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 DF   Martin Pautasso 15 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 19 1
14 DF   Stavros Tziortziopoulos 15 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 20 1
15 DF   Sokratis Papastathopoulos 14 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 19 0
31 DF   Nikolaos Georgeas 12 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 20 0
55 DF   Traianos Dellas 15 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 20 1
81 DF   Nikolaos Kourkoulas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
90 DF   Savvas Gentsoglou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   Andreas Chronis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
1 MF   Pantelis Kafes 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 1
7 MF   Ilias Kyriakidis 7 0 1 0 5 0 2 0 15 0
10 MF   Panagiotis Kone 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 1
11 MF   Gustavo Manduca 23 5 0 0 3 0 2 0 28 5
16 MF   Akis Zikos 19 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 24 0
17 MF   Vladan Ivić 12 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 17 3
19 MF   Panagiotis Lagos 10 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 15 1
20 MF   Vasilios Pliatsikas 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
23 MF   Vasilios Lakis 21 2 1 0 5 1 1 0 28 3
25 MF   Emerson 17 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 23 0
56 MF   Përparim Hetemaj 7 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 12 0
70 MF   Guillaume Plessis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
88 MF   Dániel Tőzsér 23 2 0 0 8 0 2 0 33 2
92 MF   Giorgos Paligeorgos 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Forwards
33 FW   Nikos Liberopoulos 29 18 1 0 8 3 1 0 39 21
35 FW   Pantelis Kapetanos 15 3 1 0 5 1 2 0 23 4
79 FW   Leonidas Kampantais 21 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 8
83 FW   Michalis Pavlis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
99 FW   Júlio César 28 9 1 0 8 4 2 0 39 13
Left during Winter Transfer Window
24 DF   Ifeanyi Udeze 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0
DF   Vasilios Vallianos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF   Miltiadis Sapanis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF   Nikolaos Kaltsas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW   Andrija Delibašić 10 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 15 1

Goalscorers edit

As of 13 May 2007
Rank No. Pos. Player Super League Greek Cup Champions League UEFA Cup Total
1 33 FW   Nikos Liberopoulos 18 0 3 0 21
2 99 FW   Júlio César 9 0 4 0 13
3 79 FW   Leonidas Kampantais 8 0 0 0 8
4 11 MF   Gustavo Manduca 5 0 0 0 5
5 35 FW   Pantelis Kapetanos 3 0 1 0 4
6 23 MF   Vasilios Lakis 2 0 1 0 3
17 MF   Vladan Ivić 2 0 1 0 3
8 88 MF   Dániel Tőzsér 2 0 0 0 2
9 55 DF   Traianos Dellas 1 0 0 0 1
13 DF   Martin Pautasso 1 0 0 0 1
14 DF   Stavros Tziortziopoulos 1 0 0 0 1
1 MF   Pantelis Kafes 1 0 0 0 1
19 MF   Panagiotis Lagos 1 0 0 0 1
22 MF   Panagiotis Kone 1 0 0 0 1
9 FW   Andrija Delibašić 1 0 0 0 1
5 DF   Bruno Cirillo 0 0 1 0 1
Own goals 4 0 0 0 4
Totals 60 0 11 0 71

Hat-tricks edit

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player Against Result Date Competition Source
  Nikos Liberopoulos   Panionios 4–0 (H) 17 December 2006 Super League [23]
  Nikos Liberopoulos   Egaleo 5–2 (H) 15 April 2007 Super League [24]

Assists edit

As of 13 May 2007
Rank No. Pos. Player Super League Greek Cup Champions League UEFA Cup Total
1 99 FW   Júlio César 10 0 0 0 10
2 33 FW   Nikos Liberopoulos 6 0 2 0 8
3 23 MF   Vasilios Lakis 6 0 0 0 6
88 MF   Dániel Tőzsér 6 0 0 0 6
5 11 MF   Gustavo Manduca 5 0 1 0 5
6 79 FW   Leonidas Kampantais 4 0 0 0 4
7 5 DF   Bruno Cirillo 2 0 0 0 2
35 FW   Pantelis Kapetanos 2 0 0 0 2
9 55 DF   Traianos Dellas 1 0 0 0 1
17 MF   Vladan Ivić 1 0 0 0 1
19 MF   Panagiotis Lagos 1 0 0 0 1
9 FW   Andrija Delibašić 1 0 0 0 1
31 DF   Nikolaos Georgeas 0 0 1 0 1
56 MF   Përparim Hetemaj 0 0 1 0 1
Totals 45 0 5 0 50

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 13 May 2007
Rank No. Player Super League Greek Cup Champions League UEFA Cup Total
1 28   Stefano Sorrentino 10 0 2 0 12
2 22   Dionysis Chiotis 2 1 1 0 4
Totals 12 1 3 0 16

Disciplinary record edit

As of 13 May 2007
N P Nat. Name Super League Greek Cup Champions League UEFA Cup Total Notes
                             
Goalkeepers
22 GK   Dionysis Chiotis 1 1
28 GK   Stefano Sorrentino 4 4
84 GK   Giannis Arabatzis
GK   Antonis Lykouris
Defenders
4 DF   Vangelis Moras 2 1 3
5 DF   Bruno Cirillo 8 1 2 10 1
6 DF   Georgios Alexopoulos
13 DF   Martin Pautasso 1 1
14 DF   Stavros Tziortziopoulos 3 1 4
15 DF   Sokratis Papastathopoulos 4 1 1 6
31 DF   Nikolaos Georgeas 1 2 3
55 DF   Traianos Dellas 3 1 4
81 DF   Nikolaos Kourkoulas
90 DF   Savvas Gentsoglou
DF   Andreas Chronis
Midfielders
1 MF   Pantelis Kafes
7 MF   Ilias Kyriakidis 1 1 1 2 1
10 MF   Panagiotis Kone 1 1
11 MF   Gustavo Manduca 3 3
16 MF   Akis Zikos 7 7
17 MF   Vladan Ivić 2 2
19 MF   Panagiotis Lagos
20 MF   Vasilios Pliatsikas 4 4
23 MF   Vasilios Lakis 1 1
25 MF   Emerson 3 1 4
56 MF   Përparim Hetemaj 1 1
70 MF   Guillaume Plessis
88 MF   Dániel Tőzsér 4 1 5
92 MF   Giorgos Paligeorgos
Forwards
33 FW   Nikos Liberopoulos 7 2 9
35 FW   Pantelis Kapetanos 1 1 2 1 5
79 FW   Leonidas Kampantais 6 1 6 1
83 FW   Michalis Pavlis
99 FW   Júlio César 6 3 9
Left during Winter Transfer window
24 DF   Ifeanyi Udeze 2 1 3
DF   Vasilios Vallianos
8 MF   Miltiadis Sapanis
MF   Nikolaos Kaltsas
9 FW   Andrija Delibašić 1 1

Starting 11 edit

UEFA rankings edit

UEFA team ranking

# Form Previous Country Team Ranking
67   66   Sochaux 36.706
68   99   Blackburn Rovers 36.618
69   57   AEK Athens 36.415
70   79   Heerenveen 35.995
71   77   Hamburger SV 34.640
  29   Borussia Dortmund 34.640

UEFA country ranking

# Form Previous Country League Ranking
13   14   1. Gambrinus Liga 26.825
14   15   Turkcell Süper Lig 26.641
15   8   Super League Greece 25.497
16   17   A PFG 24.582
17   16   Axpo Super League 23.850

Awards edit

Player Pos. Award Source
  Nikos Liberopoulos FW Super League Top Scorer
  Nikos Liberopoulos FW Greek Player of the Season [25]

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