1998–99 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 1998–99 season was the 75th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 40th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup. The season began on 22 August 1998 and finished on 30 May 1999.

AEK Athens

1998–99 season
Chairman	Lakis Nikolaou (until 5 December) Dimitris Melissanidis
Manager	Dragoslav Stepanović (until 28 October) Oleg Blokhin
Stadium	Nikos Goumas Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	2nd
Greek Cup	First round
UEFA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Demis Nikolaidis (22) All: Demis Nikolaidis (28)
Highest home attendance	20,364 vs Vitesse (29 September 1998)
Lowest home attendance	3,663 vs Ethnikos Piraeus (16 May 1999)
Average home league attendance	11,225
Biggest win	AEK Athens 6–0 Aris
Biggest defeat	Vitesse 3–0 AEK Athens
Home colours
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Overview

The summer started with great ambition for the team, since the owner multinational company ENIC had all the time in front of it to proceed with transfers and build a strong team. The management of Lakis Nikolaou negotiated with big name coaches and got close to sign Joachim Löw,^[1] but eventually ended up with the experienced but controversial Dragoslav Stepanović. The most important transfer was that of Vasilios Lakis, who was strongly claimed by Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and PAOK, while good transfers such as Akis Zikos and Dimitris Markos took place, but the foreign players who came, did not fill and the gap in the defensive line, after the retirement of the club's captain and long-time regular, Stelios Manolas.

Stepanović started well, but it was obvious that he his presence was not convincing and he was eventually sacked after the 7th game. Takis Karagiozopoulos took over as caretaker coach for a while and then Oleg Blokhin was hired. At the same time Dimitris Melissanidis took over the management of the team.^[2] AEK eventually built a decent team, while in January they were strengthened a lot with the loan moves of Wreh and Méndez from Arsenal being the most important additions. Important victories were the derby against Olympiacos and Panathinaikos in Nikos Goumas Stadium both with a score of 2–0. The 6–0 over Aris and the 6–2 over Panelefsiniakos were the biggest victories. In the end, AEK could not claim the championship from Olympiacos, but they managed to beat Panathinaikos the race to the second place that led to the next season's Champions League qualifiers.

In the cup, AEK were prematurely knocked out after they suffered a shock defeat in their first game from third–tier club, Poseidon Michaniona, with a terrible performance by the team.

In the UEFA Cup AEK were drawn against Ferencváros for the second qualifying round. At Stadion Albert Flórián, the yellow-blacks got off to a very nervous start and were swept away by the Magyars' frenetic pace, trailing in the first quarter. The Hungarians score a second goal on the half hour, they go to the locker room with a hopeless 2–0 and everyone with the continuation was as equally bad, as by the 83rd minute the score became 4–0, turning the game into a real nightmare. AEK pulled off a reaction in the stoppage time and with two goals that allowed them to avoid humiliation, claimed the chances of qualifying in the rematch of Athens. Two weeks later in Nea Filadelfeia, AEK, led by their star, Demis Nikolaidis, went into the game determined and by the 26th minute he scored 3 goals, giving one of his best performances in the AEK shirt. The second half took on a procedural nature after the qualification has been decided and AEK simply put the "icing on the cake" with a fourth goal in the 65th minute. The first round of the UEFA Cup brought AEK against the Dutch Vitesse, who all Greeks know because of the successful presence of Nikos Machlas. AEK arrived at the GelreDome as the favorite and in the first half controlled the match. However, a very bad second half began with a missed penalty by Machlas in the 50th minute, which Laros converted into a goal on the rebound, while three minutes later the Dutch made it 2–0 and afterwards Kasapis was sent off with a second yellow. Machlas destroyed any hopes of qualification in stoppage time scoring Vitesse's third goal and AEK had their backs against the wall ahead of the rematch. Despite the heavy loss the rematch was fancied and the fans had faith in the comeback. The Nea Filadelfeia Stadium was almost full, but very quickly Machlas put an end to the qualification case. Nikolaidis responded with a goal almost immediately, but again Machlas three minutes later gave the Dutch the lead. AEK were again disjointed and after the 3 goals in the first twenty minutes, the game opened up, chances were missed on both sides and despite the dismissal of Westerfeld before the end of the half, Vitesse reached a third goal. AEK avoided defeat in a continuous chase for the score in the second half and tried to even get the win but failed to do so with the match ending in 3–3 draw. In an atmosphere of disappointment and protest for the AEK coach, the team's exit from the European obligations of the season and limited themselves to the domestic ones since too many things changed along the way, both at the competitive and administrative level. Top scorer of the season for the team in the league was Demis Nikolaidis with 22 goals.^[3]

Journey to Beligrade

In April 1999 by the initiative of Dimitris Melissanidis, a friendly match was organised against Partizan in Belgrade, during the height of the NATO bombing of Serbia. As a gesture of compassion and solidarity towards the embattled Serbs, the AEK players and management staff defied the international embargo and traveled to Belgrade for the match.^[4][5] AEK's staff, alongside many political figures of the time such as Manolis Glezos, arrived in the Serbian capital amid moving events by Serbs offering Greeks bread and salt, a symbol of Serbian hospitality. After a stop at the Presidential Palace, where AEK conveyed the message of support of the Greek people, the team arrived at the Partizan Stadium.

About 15,000 fans of both teams were present, despite the fact that all 40,000 tickets had been sold. The reason people were less than the sold tickets, was the fuel, as there was a shortage and transportation was very difficult. It was worth noting that this was the first time since the beginning of the war that no sirens were heard during the day. The players of both teams entered the stadium together, holding a banner that read "NATO stop the war, stop the bombing". The game ended 1–1, when at the 68th minute thousands of Serbian fans invaded the pitch to embrace the footballers.^[6][7] As was normal, this friendly game surpassed the geographical borders of Greece and Yugoslavia, being an object of admiration by the European Press.

Management team

Position	Staff
Manager	Oleg Blokhin
Assistant manager	Takis Karagiozopoulos
Fitness Coach	Tasos Dimou
Goalkeeping coach	Lakis Stergioudas
General captain	Vasilis Dimitriadis
Head of Medical	Lakis Nikolaou

Players

Squad information

NOTE: The players are the ones that have been announced by the AEK Athens' press release. No edits should be made unless a player arrival or exit is announced. Updated 30 May 1999, 23:59 UTC+3.

No.	Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
1	Ilias Atmatsidis (Vice-captain)		GK	(1969-04-24)24 April 1969 (aged 30)	1992	Pontioi Veria	Free	2002
15	Chrysostomos Michailidis		GK	(1975-01-15)15 January 1975 (aged 24)	1997	Eordaikos	Free	2002
17	Kostas Daditsos		GK	(1982-12-07)7 December 1982 (aged 16)	1998	AEK Athens U20	—	2000
22	Vasilis Karagiannis		GK	(1969-09-27)27 September 1969 (aged 29)	1993	Diagoras	Free	2000
Defenders
5	Boban Babunski		CB	(1968-05-05)5 May 1968 (aged 31)	1998	Gamba Osaka	₯330,000,000	2000
6	Nikos Kostenoglou		CB / RB	(1970-10-03)3 October 1970 (aged 28)	1994	Skoda Xanthi	₯100,000,000	2003
12	Charis Kopitsis		RB / RM / LB / LM	(1969-03-05)5 March 1969 (aged 30)	1992	Panionios	Free	2001
13	Vaios Karagiannis		LB / CB	(1968-06-25)25 June 1968 (aged 31)	1990	A.O. Karditsa	Free	2000
21	Michalis Kasapis		LB / LM	(1971-08-06)6 August 1971 (aged 27)	1993	Levadiakos	₯50,000,000	2002
24	Alvin Ceccoli		LB	(1974-08-05)5 August 1974 (aged 24)	1999	Wolves	Free	1999
25	Giannis Kalitzakis		CB	(1966-02-10)10 February 1966 (aged 33)	1997	Panathinaikos	₯23,800,000	2000
31	Anton Doboș		CB	(1965-10-13)13 October 1965 (aged 33)	1996	Steaua București	₯60,000,000	1999
32	Michalis Kapsis		CB	(1973-10-18)18 October 1973 (aged 25)	1999	Ethnikos Piraeus	₯80,000,000	2003
Midfielders
2	Vasilios Lakis		RM / RW / AM / CM / RB	(1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 22)	1998	Paniliakos	₯320,000,000	2003
3	Dimitris Markos		CM / DM / LB / LM	(1971-01-31)31 January 1971 (aged 28)	1998	Kalamata	Free	2001
7	Christos Maladenis		CM / RM / LM / AM / RW / LW / SS	(1974-05-23)23 May 1974 (aged 25)	1995	Skoda Xanthi	₯120,000,000	2000
8	Toni Savevski		CM / LM / DM	(1963-07-14)14 July 1963 (aged 35)	1988	Vardar	₯34,000,000	2001
14	Akis Zikos		DM / CM	(1974-06-01)1 June 1974 (aged 25)	1998	Skoda Xanthi	₯130,000,000	2002
16	Arnar Grétarsson		CM / DM	(1972-02-20)20 February 1972 (aged 27)	1997	Leiftur	Free	2000
18	Evripidis Katsavos		CM / DM / RM	(1973-09-14)14 September 1973 (aged 25)	1997	Veria	Free	2001
19	Kelvin Sebwe		AM / SS	(1972-04-04)4 April 1972 (aged 27)	1997	Skoda Xanthi	₯350,000,000	2003
23	Alberto Méndez		AM	(1974-10-24)24 October 1974 (aged 24)	1999	Arsenal	Free	1999
27	Branko Milovanović		AM	(1974-10-24)24 October 1974 (aged 24)	1999	Vitória de Guimarães	₯200,000,000	2002
28	Georgios Passios		DM / CM / CB	(1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 17)	1997	AEK Athens U20	—	2003
Forwards
9	Paraschos Zouboulis		ST	(1970-08-30)30 August 1970 (aged 28)	1998	PAOK	₯10,000,000	1999
10	Christopher Wreh		ST / SS	(1975-05-14)14 May 1975 (aged 24)	1999	Arsenal	Free	1999
11	Demis Nikolaidis (Captain)		ST / SS	(1973-09-17)17 September 1973 (aged 25)	1996	Apollon Athens	₯288,000,000	2001
20	Daniel Batista (Vice-captain 2)		ST / SS / AM	(1964-09-09)9 September 1964 (aged 34)	1995	Olympiacos	Free	2000
26	Giorgos Kartalis		ST / SS	(1972-05-02)2 May 1972 (aged 27)	1996	Triglia Rafinas	₯4,000,000	2001
—	Giorgos Kavazis		ST	(1980-01-15)15 January 1980 (aged 19)	1999	Apollon Limassol	₯40,000,000	2003
Left during Winter Transfer Window
29	Dionysis Chiotis		GK	(1977-06-04)4 June 1977 (aged 22)	1994	AEK Athens U20	—	2005
—	Vangelis Kefalas		CB / DM	(1973-07-31)31 July 1973 (aged 25)	1997	Apollon Athens	Free	2000
—	Mattheos Platakis		AM	(1977-06-30)30 June 1977 (aged 22)	1996	AEK Athens U20	—	2001
—	Ilian Iliev		AM	(1968-07-02)2 July 1968 (aged 30)	1998	Bursaspor	₯300,000,000	1999
—	Georgios Donis		RW / RM	(1969-10-22)22 October 1969 (aged 29)	1997	Blackburn Rovers	Free	2003
—	Ilias Anastasakos		ST / LW / LM	(1978-03-03)3 March 1978 (aged 21)	1995	A.O. Dafniou	Free	2002

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
2	MF	Vasilios Lakis	Paniliakos	₯320,000,000	12 June 1998	30 June 2003	[8]
3	MF	Dimitris Markos	Kalamata	Free transfer	1 July 1998	30 June 2001	[9]
5	DF	Boban Babunski	Gamba Osaka	₯330,000,000	31 July 1998	30 June 2000	[10]
10	MF	Ilian Iliev	Bursaspor	₯300,000,000[11]	31 July 1998	30 June 1999	[10]
14	MF	Akis Zikos	Skoda Xanthi	₯130,000,000	1 June 1998	30 June 2002	[12]
17	GK	Kostas Daditsos	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	1 July 1998	30 June 2000
23	FW	Ilias Anastasakos	Aris Petroupolis	Loan return	1 July 1998	30 June 2002
26	FW	Giorgos Kartalis	Aris Petroupolis	Loan return	1 July 1998	30 June 2001
—	MF	Theodoros Alexis	Athinaikos	Loan return	1 July 1998	30 June 2001

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
27	MF	Branko Milovanović	Vitória de Guimarães	₯200,000,000[13]	29 January 1999	30 June 2002	[14]
32	DF	Michalis Kapsis	Ethnikos Piraeus	₯80,000,000[a]	4 January 1999	31 December 2003	[15]
—	FW	Georgios Trichias	Niki Volos	Free transfer	31 January 1999	31 December 2005	[16]
—	FW	Giorgos Kavazis	Apollon Limassol	₯40,000,000[17]	5 February 1999	30 June 2003	[18]

Out

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
10	FW	Christos Kostis	Anderlecht	End of contract	1 July 1998	[19]
21	FW	Marcelo Veridiano	APOEL	End of contract	1 July 1998
29	DF	Stelios Manolas	Retired		1 July 1998	[20]
30	DF	Georgios Koutoulas	PAS Giannina	Contract termination	7 August 1998	[21]
31	FW	Goran Tomić	Vicenza	Loan return	1 July 1998
—	MF	Theodoros Alexis	Apollon Athens	Contract termination	2 August 1998	[22]

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
10	MF	Ilian Iliev	Levski Sofia	Contract termination	31 December 1998	[23]
17	FW	Georgios Donis	Sheffield United	Contract termination	23 March 1999	[24]

Loan in

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
9	FW	Paraschos Zouboulis	PAOK	Free[b]	3 August 1998	30 June 1999	Y	[25]

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
10	FW	Christopher Wreh	Arsenal	Free	4 February 1999	30 June 1999	Y	[26]
23	MF	Alberto Méndez	Arsenal	Free	1 February 1999	30 June 1999	N	[27]
24	DF	Alvin Ceccoli	Wolves	Free	2 February 1999	30 June 1999	Y	[28]

Loan out

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
2	MF	Triantafyllos Macheridis	PAOK	₯10,000,000[b]	3 August 1998	30 June 1999	Y	[25]

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
24	DF	Vangelis Kefalas	Kavala	Free	13 January 1999	30 June 1999	Y	[29]
23	FW	Ilias Anastasakos	Apollon Athens	Free	1 January 1999	31 December 2000	N
27	MF	Mattheos Platakis	Ethnikos Piraeus	Free	11 January 1999	30 June 1999	Y	[30]
29	GK	Dionysis Chiotis	Ethnikos Piraeus	Free	11 January 1999	30 June 1999	Y	[30]
—	FW	Georgios Trichias	Panelefsiniakos	Free	31 January 1999	30 June 1999	N	[16]

Notes

a. ^{^} plus Chiotis and Platakis as a free loan until the end of the season.

b. ^{^} exchange of Zouboulis and Machairidis between AEK and PAOK.^[31]

Contract renewals

No.	Pos.	Player	Date	Former Exp. Date	New Exp. Date	Source
1	GK	Ilias Atmatsidis	29 January 1999	30 June 1999	30 June 2002	[14]
8	MF	Toni Savevski	2 February 1999	30 June 1999	30 June 2001	[28]
11	FW	Demis Nikolaidis	10 July 1998	30 June 1999	30 June 2001	[32]
20	FW	Daniel Batista	4 June 1998	30 June 1998	30 June 2000	[33]

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure Summer: ₯1,080,000,000 Winter: ₯320,000,000 Total: ₯1,360,000,000

Income Summer: ₯10,000,000 Winter: ₯0 Total: ₯10,000,000

Net Totals Summer: ₯1,070,000,000 Winter: ₯320,000,000 Total: ₯1,390,000,000

Pre-season and friendlies

AEK Athens v Doxa Vyronas

11 July 1998 Friendly	AEK Athens	5–0	Doxa Vyronas	Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Maladenis 20', 36', 72' Kefalas 39' Anastasakos 88'	Report		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 3,000

Tirol Innsbruck v AEK Athens

19 July 1998 Friendly	Tirol Innsbruck	2–2	AEK Athens	Innsbruck
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Albach 5' Sares 14'	[34]	Maladenis 27' Kopitsis 48' (pen.)

VfB Stuttgart v AEK Athens

25 July 1998 Friendly	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	AEK Athens	Ehingen
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Đorđević 25'	Report	Nikolaidis 9' Donis 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion der Stadt Ehingen Attendance: 8,000

PAOK v AEK Athens

30 July 1998 Friendly	PAOK	1–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Katsabis 19'	Report		Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens v Újpest

5 August 1998 Friendly	AEK Athens	4–0	Újpest	Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nikolaidis 4' Maladenis 17' Kopitsis 18' (pen.) Zikos 73'	Report		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Giorgos Fasolis (Athens)

AEK Athens v Apollon Athens

5 September 1998 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–1	Apollon Athens	Thrakomakedones
17:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Sebwe 3', 44' Zouboulis 24'	Report	Banjac 80'	Stadium: AEK Athens' Training Complex Attendance: 200 Referee: Toni Savevski
Note: The referee of the match was Toni Savevski with Akis Zikos and Christos Maladenis as linesmen.

AEK Athens v Apollon Athens

8 October 1998 Friendly	AEK Athens	4–2	Apollon Athens	Thrakomakedones
10:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Katsavos Anastasakos Sebwe Kefalas	Report	Sakelaridis Alexis	Stadium: AEK Athens' Training Complex Attendance: Behind closed doors
Note: The match lasted 87 minutes in total (35+35+17 minutes).[35]

AEK Athens v Panionios

16 October 1998 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–2	Panionios	Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Donis 8' Zouboulis 80'	Report	Karasavvidis 29' Nalitzis 58'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)

AEK Athens v Kallithea

3 January 1999 Friendly	AEK Athens	5–0	Kallithea	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Markos 3' Zouboulis 57' Platakis 61' Donis 79' Nikolaidis 85'	[36]		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)

AEK Athens v Athinaikos

6 January 1999 Friendly	AEK Athens	6–0	Athinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Sebwe 45', 85' Nikolaidis 56', 64' Kefalas 68' Zouboulis 81'	[37]		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Referee: Giannis Papapetrou (Athens)

Panelefsiniakos v AEK Athens

10 January 1999 Friendly	Panelefsiniakos	0–0	AEK Athens	Elefsina
15:00 EET (UTC+2)		[38]		Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Elefsina Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

AEK Athens v Steaua București

10 February 1999 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–2	Steaua București	Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Passios 67'	[39]	Roșu 21' (pen.) Luțu 72'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 701 Referee: Dimitris Kalyvas (Boeotia)

AEK Athens v Egaleo

27 March 1999 Friendly	AEK Athens	4–0	Egaleo	Thrakomakedones
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Zouboulis 30' Sebwe 37', 38' Karaplangas 65'	[40]		Stadium: AEK Athens' Training Complex Attendance: 100 Referee: Takis Karagiozopoulos

Partizan v AEK Athens

7 April 1999 Charity/Anti-war match	Partizan	1–1	AEK Athens	Belgrade
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kežman 13'	Report	Zouboulis 26'	Stadium: Partizan Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Elević (Serbia and Montenegro)
Note: The players of Apollon Athens, Nikos Kourkounas and Spyros Chatzis were in the squad AEK of as well, with the first coming in the match as a sub at the 40th minute. The game ended at the 68th minute after fan invasion to embrace the footballers.

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Alpha Ethniki	22 August 1998	30 May 1999	Matchday 1	2nd	34	23	6	5	71	27	+44	067.65
Greek Cup	10 November 1998	10 November 1998	First round	First round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
UEFA Cup	11 August 1998	29 September 1998	Second qualifying round	First round	4	1	1	2	9	8	+1	025.00
Total					39	24	7	8	80	36	+44	061.54

Last updated: 30 May 1999
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

Main article: 1998–99 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	34	27	4	3	82	22	+60	85	Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2	AEK Athens	34	23	6	5	71	27	+44	75	Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3	Panathinaikos	34	23	5	6	66	36	+30	74	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	PAOK	34	19	5	10	52	31	+21	62
5	Ionikos	34	17	9	8	64	36	+28	60[a]

Source: Galanis Sports Data
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: Aris–Ionikos 1–1, Ionikos–Aris 3–0.

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
34	23	6	5	71	27	+44	75	16	1	0	47	9	+38	7	5	5	24	18	+6

Source: Competitive matches

Results by Matchday

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	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	D
Position	3	3	5	4	1	1	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

Fixtures

Panionios v AEK Athens

22 August 1998 1	Panionios	1–3	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ioannidis 89'		Savevski 65' Nikolaidis 70' Kopitsis 82'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 5,444 Referee: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens v Apollon Athens

30 August 1998 2	AEK Athens	3–1	Apollon Athens	Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Maladenis 5' Nikolaidis 43', 82'		Laios 9'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 10,247 Referee: Pavlos Konstantinidis (Piraeus)

Panelefsiniakos v AEK Athens

12 September 1998 3	Panelefsiniakos	0–0	AEK Athens	Elefsina
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Elefsina Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Dimitris Kalyvas (Boeotia)

AEK Athens v Veria

20 September 1998 4	AEK Athens	2–0	Veria	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Maladenis 36' Nikolaidis 45+3'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 7,878 Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)

OFI v AEK Athens

25 September 1998 5	OFI	0–1	AEK Athens	Heraklion
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)			Nikolaidis 21'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 6,594 Referee: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens v Paniliakos

4 October 1998 6	AEK Athens	3–1	Paniliakos	Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Zouboulis 5', 44' Savevski 90+3'		Togias 75'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 8,291 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

Proodeftiki v AEK Athens

25 October 1998 7	Proodeftiki	1–1	AEK Athens	Nikaia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Zikos 24' (o.g.)		Nikolaidis 3'	Stadium: Nikaia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 3,176 Referee: Dimitris Begos (Argolida)

AEK Athens v Ethnikos Asteras

1 November 1998 8	AEK Athens	3–1	Ethnikos Asteras	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Zouboulis 3' Nikolaidis 40' (pen.), 49'		Dragaš 20'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 7,515 Referee: Giorgos Fasolis (Athens)

PAOK v AEK Athens

7 November 1998 9	PAOK	2–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Olivares 62' (pen.), 74'		Nikolaidis 40'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 13,535 Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Chalkidiki)

AEK Athens v Ionikos

22 November 1998 10	AEK Athens	2–1	Ionikos	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Maladenis 15' Kostenoglou 22'		Paulo Andrioli 33' (pen.)	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 3,971 Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)

AEK Athens v Aris

29 November 1998 11	AEK Athens	6–0	Aris	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Katsiaros 4' (o.g.) Maladenis 33' Nikolaidis 54', 77', 81' Katergiannakis 57' (o.g.)			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 10,422 Referee: Giannis Abelakias (Thessaly)

Kavala v AEK Athens

6 December 1998 12	Kavala	2–1	AEK Athens	Kavala
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Nasiopoulos 9' Pisz 54'		Savevski 70'	Stadium: Kavala Municipal Stadium Attendance: 4,213 Referee: Giorgos Tsaggarakis (Chania)

AEK Athens v Panathinaikos

13 December 1998 13	AEK Athens	2–0	Panathinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
17:15 EET (UTC+2)	Lakis 10' Savevski 60'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 14,127 Referee: Giorgos Fasolis (Athens)

Ethnikos Piraeus v AEK Athens

21 December 1998 14	Ethnikos Piraeus	1–4	AEK Athens	Piraeus
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Grétarsson 15' (o.g.)		Kasapis 3' Batista 17', 55' Zikos 44'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 4,584 Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)

AEK Athens v Iraklis

17 January 1999 15	AEK Athens	2–2	Iraklis	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 26' Lakis 28'		Semos 43' Hagan 62'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 10,638 Referee: Nikos Iliadis (Piraeus)

Skoda Xanthi v AEK Athens

24 January 1999 16	Skoda Xanthi	2–1	AEK Athens	Xanthi
16:45 EET (UTC+2)	Kyparissis 47' Ba 34'		Savevski 40'	Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium Attendance: 4,591 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

31 January 1999 17	AEK Athens	2–0	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Batista 11' Nikolaidis 45'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 19,026 Referee: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens v Panionios

8 February 1999 18	AEK Athens	3–0	Panionios	Nea Filadelfeia
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	Batista 23' Nikolaidis 68' Wreh 87'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 11,517 Referee: Kleomenis Bontiotis (Athens)

Apollon Athens v AEK Athens

14 February 1999 19	Apollon Athens	1–1	AEK Athens	Rizoupoli
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Labriakos 30'		Maladenis 45+1'	Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 10,129 Referee: Giorgos Tsaggarakis (Chania)

AEK Athens v Panelefsiniakos

21 February 1999 20	AEK Athens	6–2	Panelefsiniakos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Wreh 31' Nikolaidis 40' Ceccoli 50' Zikos 57' Markos 85' Sebwe 90+1'		Andreadis 12' Zikos 66' (o.g.)	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 5,303 Referee: Giorgos Fasolis (Athens)

Veria v AEK Athens

1 March 1999 21	Veria	0–3	AEK Athens	Veria
15:00 EET (UTC+2)			Milovanović 45+2' Nikolaidis 49' Maladenis 66'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 3,233 Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)

AEK Athens v OFI

7 March 1999 22	AEK Athens	2–0	OFI	Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 18', 67' (pen.)			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 14,662 Referee: Giannis Papapetrou (Athens)

Paniliakos v AEK Athens

15 March 1999 23	Paniliakos	0–1	AEK Athens	Pyrgos
16:00 EET (UTC+2)			Savevski 90+4'	Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium Attendance: 3,512 Referee: Dimitris Kalyvas (Boeotia)

AEK Athens v Proodeftiki

21 March 1999 24	AEK Athens	1–0	Proodeftiki	Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Maladenis 67'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 10,710 Referee: Christos Daglis (Thessaloniki)

Ethnikos Asteras v AEK Athens

4 April 1999 25	Ethnikos Asteras	2–3	AEK Athens	Kaisariani
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Frontzos 56' Tsalikis 58'		Maladenis 8', 83' Nikolaidis 47'	Stadium: Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens v PAOK

18 April 1999 26	AEK Athens	2–0	PAOK	Nea Filadelfeia
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Nikolaidis 45' (pen.) Wreh 78'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 14,139 Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Chalkidiki)

Ionikos v AEK Athens

25 April 1999 27	Ionikos	2–1	AEK Athens	Nikaia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Frousos 30' Brewster 90+4'		Zouboulis 75'	Stadium: Neapoli Stadium Attendance: 3,524 Referee: Naoum Mintiouris (Serres)

Aris v AEK Athens

2 May 1999 28	Aris	2–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Liolidis 12', 27'			Stadium: Aris Stadium Attendance: 10,888 Referee: Giorgos Fasolis (Athens)

AEK Athens v Kavala

9 May 1999 29	AEK Athens	4–0	Kavala	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Maladenis 20' Milovanović 29' Zouboulis 36' Wreh 82'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 5,799 Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)

Panathinaikos v AEK Athens

12 May 1999 30	Panathinaikos	0–0	AEK Athens	Marousi
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 18,347 Referee: Georgios Psychomanis (Athens)

AEK Athens v Ethnikos Piraeus

16 May 1999 31	AEK Athens	2–0	Ethnikos Piraeus	Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Sebwe 4' Zouboulis 89'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 3,663 Referee: Christos Daglis (Thessaloniki)

Iraklis v AEK Athens

19 May 1999 32	Iraklis	2–3	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Kyriazis 48' Christodoulou 88'		Maladenis 27', 66', 90'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 5,036 Referee: Naoum Mintiouris (Serres)

AEK Athens v Skoda Xanthi

23 May 1999 33	AEK Athens	2–1	Skoda Xanthi	Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nikolaidis 41' Atmatsidis 66' (pen.)		Makris 59'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 15,004 Referee: Dimitris Pontikis (Thessaloniki)

Olympiacos v AEK Athens

30 May 1999 34	Olympiacos	0–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 20,333 Referee: Kostas Vallianos (Aetoloacarnania)

Greek Cup

Main article: 1998–99 Greek Football Cup

Poseidon Michaniona v AEK Athens

10 November 1998 First round	Poseidon Michaniona	1–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Tsoraklidis Prittas 35'	Report	Babunski Kalitzakis	Stadium: Poseidon Nea Michaniona Stadium Attendance: 1,112 Referee: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1998–99 UEFA Cup

Second qualifying round

Ferencváros v AEK Athens

11 August 1998 First leg	Ferencváros	4–2	AEK Athens	Budapest, Hungary
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Selimi 11' Vámosi  12' Lendvai 28' Telek  36' Nyilas 54' Vincze 83' Udvarácz  89'	Report	Kasapis  7' Maladenis  13' Kopitsis  25' Atmatsidis  53' Nikolaidis 86' Zikos  88' Sebwe 88'	Stadium: Stadion Albert Flórián Attendance: 8,860 Referee: David Elleray (Ireland)

AEK Athens v Ferencváros

25 August 1998 Second leg	AEK Athens	4–0 (6–2 agg.)	Ferencváros	Athens, Greece
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nikolaidis 8', 13' (pen.), 26' (pen.) Zikos  10' Kalitzakis  40' Markos  47' Donis 64'	Report	Vámosi  11' Udvarácz  13' Telek  15' Szűcs  21' Nyilas  39'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

First round

Vitesse v AEK Athens

15 September 1998 First leg	Vitesse	3–0	AEK Athens	Arnhem, Netherlands
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Goossen  33' Machlas 50, 90' Laros 50' Perović 52'	Report	Kasapis  8'  71' Kalitzakis  48'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

AEK Athens v Vitesse

29 September 1998 Second leg	AEK Athens	3–3 (3–6 agg.)	Vitesse	Athens, Greece
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kopitsis  4', 69' Nikolaidis 14', 75' Kefalas  32' Kostenoglou  74'	Report	Machlas 11', 17' De Marchi  24' Van der Hoeven  29' Westerveld  45+2' Reuser 51'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 20,364 Referee: Pascal Garibian (France)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 30 May 1999

No.	Pos	Player	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		UEFA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Ilias Atmatsidis	28	1	1	0	3	0	32	1
15	GK	Chrysostomos Michailidis	6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
17	GK	Kostas Daditsos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	Vasilis Karagiannis	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
5	DF	Boban Babunski	8	0	1	0	4	0	13	0
6	DF	Nikos Kostenoglou	25	1	0	0	4	0	29	1
12	DF	Charis Kopitsis	23	1	1	0	4	1	28	2
13	DF	Vaios Karagiannis	7	0	0	0	2	0	9	0
21	DF	Michalis Kasapis	26	1	1	0	3	0	30	1
24	DF	Alvin Ceccoli	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
25	DF	Giannis Kalitzakis	25	0	1	0	3	0	29	0
31	DF	Anton Doboș	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	Michalis Kapsis	15	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
Midfielders
2	MF	Vasilios Lakis	24	2	1	0	4	0	29	2
3	MF	Dimitris Markos	30	1	0	0	4	0	34	1
7	MF	Christos Maladenis	25	13	1	0	4	0	30	13
8	MF	Toni Savevski	25	7	1	0	3	0	29	7
14	MF	Akis Zikos	26	2	1	0	3	0	30	2
16	MF	Arnar Grétarsson	26	0	0	0	3	0	29	0
18	MF	Evripidis Katsavos	10	0	1	0	0	0	11	0
19	MF	Kelvin Sebwe	13	2	1	0	2	1	16	3
23	MF	Alberto Méndez	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
27	MF	Branko Milovanović	14	2	0	0	0	0	14	2
28	MF	Georgios Passios	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Forwards
9	FW	Paris Zouboulis	17	6	0	0	0	0	17	6
10	FW	Christopher Wreh	11	4	0	0	0	0	11	4
11	FW	Demis Nikolaidis	29	22	0	0	4	6	33	28
20	FW	Daniel Batista	12	4	0	0	0	0	12	4
26	FW	Giorgos Kartalis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	FW	Giorgos Kavazis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Left during Winter Transfer Window
29	GK	Dionysis Chiotis	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
—	DF	Vangelis Kefalas	8	0	1	0	1	0	10	0
—	MF	Mattheos Platakis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	MF	Ilian Iliev	8	0	1	0	2	0	11	0
—	FW	Georgios Donis	13	0	1	0	2	1	16	1
—	FW	Ilias Anastasakos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 30 May 1999

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	11	FW	Demis Nikolaidis	22	0	6	28
2	7	MF	Christos Maladenis	13	0	0	13
3	8	MF	Toni Savevski	6	0	0	6
	9	FW	Paraschos Zouboulis	6	0	0	6
5	10	FW	Christopher Wreh	4	0	0	4
	20	FW	Daniel Batista	4	0	0	4
7	30	MF	Kelvin Sebwe	2	0	1	3
8	14	MF	Akis Zikos	2	0	0	2
	2	MF	Vasilios Lakis	2	0	0	2
	27	MF	Branko Milovanović	2	0	0	2
	12	DF	Charis Kopitsis	1	0	1	2
12	1	GK	Ilias Atmatsidis	1	0	0	1
	6	DF	Nikos Kostenoglou	1	0	0	1
	17	DF	Michalis Kasapis	1	0	0	1
	3	MF	Dimitris Markos	1	0	0	1
	—	FW	Georgios Donis	0	0	1	1
Own goals				2	0	0	2
Totals				70	0	9	79

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Source
Demis Nikolaidis	Ferencváros	4–0 (H)	25 August 1998	UEFA Cup	[41]
Demis Nikolaidis	Aris	6–0 (H)	29 November 1998	Alpha Ethniki	[42]
Christos Maladenis	Iraklis	3–2 (A)	19 May 1999	Alpha Ethniki	[43]

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by competition order when total clean sheets are equal, then by shirt number and then alphabetically by surname. Clean sheets in games where both goalkeepers participated are awarded to the goalkeeper who started the game. Goalkeepers with no appearances are not included.

As of 30 May 1999

Rank	No.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	1	Ilias Atmatsidis	13	0	1	14
2	15	Chrysostomos Michailidis	3	0	0	3
3	22	Vasilis Karagiannis	0	0	0	0
Totals			16	0	1	17

Disciplinary record

As of 30 May 1999

N	P	Nat.	Name	Alpha Ethniki			Greek Cup			UEFA Cup			Total			Notes
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Ilias Atmatsidis	5						1			6
15	GK		Chrysostomos Michailidis
17	GK		Kostas Daditsos
22	GK		Vasilis Karagiannis
Defenders
5	DF		Boban Babunski	3			1						4
6	DF		Nikos Kostenoglou	7						1			8
12	DF		Charis Kopitsis	10	1					2			12	1
13	DF		Vaios Karagiannis	4									4
21	DF		Michalis Kasapis	4						2	1		6	1
24	DF		Alvin Ceccoli
25	DF		Giannis Kalitzakis	10	1		1			2			13	1
31	DF		Anton Doboș
32	DF		Michalis Kapsis	1									1
Midfielders
2	MF		Vasilios Lakis	2									2
3	MF		Dimitris Markos	5	1					1			6	1
7	MF		Christos Maladenis	6						1			7
8	MF		Toni Savevski	1	1								1	1
14	MF		Akis Zikos	10	1					2			12	1
16	MF		Arnar Grétarsson	3									3
18	MF		Evripidis Katsavos	2	1								2	1
19	MF		Kelvin Sebwe
23	MF		Alberto Méndez
27	MF		Branko Milovanović	2									2
28	MF		Georgios Passios
Forwards
9	FW		Paris Zouboulis	3	1								3	1
10	FW		Christopher Wreh	1		1							1		1
11	FW		Demis Nikolaidis	8									8
20	FW		Daniel Batista	1									1
26	FW		Giorgos Kartalis
—	FW		Giorgos Kavazis
Left during Winter Transfer window
29	GK		Dionysis Chiotis
—	DF		Vangelis Kefalas	1						1			2
—	MF		Mattheos Platakis
—	MF		Ilian Iliev	1									1
—	FW		Georgios Donis
—	FW		Ilias Anastasakos

Starting 11

N. Formation Matchday(s) 24 4–4–2 8–34 11 3–5–2 1–7 4 4–3–3 8–10 No. Nat. Player Pos. 1 Ilias Atmatsidis GK 6 Nikos Kostenoglou RCB 25 Giannis Kalitzakis LCB 12 Charis Kopitsis RB 17 Michalis Kasapis LB 14 Akis Zikos DM 3 Dimitris Markos CM 2 Vasilios Lakis RM 8 Toni Savevski LM 7 Christos Maladenis SS 11 Demis Nikolaidis (C) CF

Atmatsidis Kostenoglou Kalitzakis Kopitsis Kasapis Zikos Markos Lakis Savevski Maladenis Nikolaidis (C) Last updated: 1999-05-30

Awards

Player	Pos.	Award	Source
Demis Nikolaidis	FW	Alpha Ethiniki Top Scorer
Ilias Atmatsidis	GK	Goalkeeper of the Season	[44]

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External links

• AEK Athens F.C. Official Website
• A.E.K. FC Database