2007–08 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 2007–08 season was the 84th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 49th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Super League, the Greek Cup, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The season began on 15 August 2007 and finished on 14 May 2008.

AEK Athens

2007–08 season
Chairman	Demis Nikolaidis
Manager	Lorenzo Serra Ferrer (until 12 February) Nikos Kostenoglou
Stadium	Athens Olympic Stadium
Super League	3rd (After play-offs) 2nd (Regular season)
Greek Cup	Round of 16
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Ismael Blanco (19) All: Ismael Blanco (21)
Highest home attendance	40,955 vs Olympiacos (30 March 2008)
Lowest home attendance	5,032 vs Panathinaikos (14 May 2008)
Average home league attendance	20,228
Biggest win	AEK Athens 5–0 Panionios
Biggest defeat	Aris 4–0 AEK Athens
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Home

Away

Third

Overview

In the summer of 2007, AEK strengthened their roster with many players with the more resounding transfer being that of Rivaldo, while also Blanco, Macho, Arruabarrena and Nsaliwa among others, joined the team, as the Spanish Serra Ferrer remained at their bench. The club sold 25,495 season tickets.

The draw of the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League brought the Spanish Sevilla against AEK. AEK had a very positive presence at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, but lost with two goals in the second half. The rematch of Athens was overshadowed by the tragedy of the death of the Sevilla player, Antonio Puerta.^[1] UEFA postponed the game, ordering it to be played a week later. AEK welcomed Sevilla on the evening of September 3, lined up with full offensive orientations. They put a lot of pressure on Sevilla in the first twenty minutes, but a penalty by Júlio César put an end to any chances of qualification for AEK, who finally went on to the UEFA Cup with a heavy 1–4.

In the first round of the UEFA Cup, AEK were drawn with the Austrian Salzburg, which had now moved to the Red Bull group. In Athens, AEK took the lead early in the match and in the second half, AEK doubled the lead the goal-poem from Rivaldo with a mixture of volley and scissor-kick. Towards the end, AEK scored a third goal and gained a huge lead for the rematch. At the Red Bull Arena, Salzburg's goal put AEK in danger and by defending properly, kept the difference from the first leg and thus the qualification to the group stage. There they met Villarreal, Fiorentina, Mladá Boleslav and Elfsborg, where with 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss they finished third and advanced to the round of 32.

In the league, the yellow-blacks started the year strong by winning the first 6 matches and it took until the 7th match to have their first loss. They were also defeated by Asteras Tripolis in a match after which the vice-president, Nikos Koulis stated that AEK had the right to object to the illegal participation of the footballer of Asteras, Sokratis Fyntanidis,^[2] but such a move did not suit the mentality of AEK and so the matter did not proceed. Something that AEK would to find in front of them later in the season. Then 2 consecutive defeats in the middle of the season, left AEK well behind in the league race. On 3 February, Olympiacos lost to Apollon Kalamarias with 1–0. After the match, the red and whites found out that the player of Apollon, Roman Wallner had an irregular participation because he had already played in the same season in 2 teams and therefore did not have the right to play in a third one. The HFF nevertheless issued a report to the footballer. Olympiacos, who did not share the same morals as AEK, filed an objection and asked to win the match "on paper". The decision that came out ordered the replay of the match, which did not satisfy the Piraeus who appealed the decision.

In the Cup, AEK eliminated Fostiras of Daniel Batista in the round of 32. In the next phase, AEK faced Skoda Xanthi in a knockout game where, playing bad football, were eliminated with a 2–0 defeat. The people of the team disapproved of players, coach and management and 3 days later Serra Ferrer was sacked.^[3] The position of coach was taken over by his assistant and former footballer of the team, Nikos Kostenoglou.

AEK recovered competitively by making some victories, while Olympiacos, who rested on their high difference started throwing away points, but did not show that their top spot was seriously threatened. While the Wallner case was unfolding, the championship was coming to an end with Olympiacos losing their concentration and AEK covering up the difference. On 30 March, AEK beat Olympiacos with an emphatic 4–0 and got the upper hand on claiming the league. However, the decision of the Appeals Committee of the HFF ruled the game on paper in favor of Olympiacos and with their victory against AEL on the 27th matchday secured the championship. Apollon Kalamarias finally appealed to CAS, which considered itself incompetent, did not proceed with the examination of the case and the standings were validated since the championship had already ended.^[4] In the penultimate matchday against PAOK in Toumba Stadium, AEK played outstanding football and won easily by 0–4. In the last match against Asteras Tripolis, AEK honored Akis Zikos for his contribution to the club, while there was tension in the stands as the crowd wanted to honor the "champion" of that season, AEK who, however, would not lift the cup that afternoon.^[5] In Piraeus, however, they celebrated as if nothing had happened. Eventually the regular season ended with a message on the stadium matrix reading "Proud of AEK 2007–2008".

In the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup, AEK were drawn with the Spanish Getafe. Kostenoglou made a lot of changes in faces and the formation, but the team did not seem to respond. Getafe took the lead three minutes before the end and AEK reacted, closing the Spaniards in their area, reaching the equalizer with a rare beauty back-heel shot of Blanco. The second leg at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez was one of AEK's worst nights in European cups. Getafe chased the qualification and easily won with 3–0. AEK was unacceptable, passionless and indifferent and ended the month with exclusion from the European cups.

After the team were deprived of winning the league and without administrative reactions and collisions within the club, AEK went down to the play-offs under the shadow of the Wallner case. After the easy victory in the first game against Panionios, bad appearances followed, lackluster and with obvious internal problems in the team's performance. As it turned out later, many boardmembers and footballers did not even want to participate in the play-offs. AEK suffered great defeats at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium and Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium and with the last two matches being completely indifferent, the team finished third, where they should have been crowned champions.^[6]

Management team

Position	Staff
Manager	Nikos Kostenoglou
Assistant manager	Pep Alomar
Goalkeeping coach	Slobodan Šujica
Fitness coach	Pep Alomar
Fitness coach	Antonis Kezos
Technical director	Eugène Gerards
Academy director	Toni Savevski
Academy manager	Bledar Kola
Scout	Eugène Gerards
Scout	Dimitris Markos
Head of Medical	Lakis Nikolaou
Physiotherapist	Christos Karvounidis
Physiotherapist	Nikos Pantazis

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 14 May 2008, 23:59 UTC+3.

No.	Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
32	Marcelo Moretto		GK	(1978-05-10)10 May 1978 (aged 30)	2007	Benfica	€800,000	2008
50	Jürgen Macho		GK	(1977-08-24)24 August 1977 (aged 30)	2007	Kaiserslautern	€300,000	2009
84	Giannis Arabatzis		GK	(1984-05-28)28 May 1984 (aged 24)	2002	Makrochori	€22,000	2011
Defenders
2	Edson Ratinho		RB / RM / RW	(1986-05-31)31 May 1986 (aged 22)	2007	Mogi Mirim	€350,000	2012
3	Rodolfo Arruabarrena		LB	(1975-07-20)20 July 1975 (aged 32)	2007	Villarreal	Free	2009
4	Geraldo Alves		CB / RB	(1980-11-08)8 November 1980 (aged 27)	2007	Paços de Ferreira	€300,000	2010
5	Traianos Dellas (Captain)		CB	(1976-01-31)31 January 1976 (aged 32)	2005	Roma	Free	2009
6	Georgios Alexopoulos		CB / RB	(1977-02-07)7 February 1977 (aged 31)	2005	Egaleo	Free	2010
14	Federico Azcárate		CB	(1984-06-15)15 June 1984 (aged 24)	2007	Atlético Madrid B	Free	2011
15	Sokratis Papastathopoulos		CB / RB / LB / DM	(1988-06-09)9 June 1988 (aged 20)	2005	Apollon Petalidiou	Free	2008
31	Nikolaos Georgeas (Vice-captain 3)		RB / LB / DM	(1976-12-27)27 December 1976 (aged 31)	2001	Kalamata	€1,500,000	2010
Midfielders
1	Pantelis Kafes (Vice-captain 2)		CM / DM / AM / RM / LM	(1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 30)	2007	Olympiacos	Free	2010
8	Tam Nsaliwa		DM / CM / CB	(1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 26)	2007	Panionios	€400,000	2010
10	Rivaldo		AM / SS / LM	(1972-04-19)19 April 1972 (aged 36)	2007	Olympiacos	Free	2009
11	Gustavo Manduca		RM / AM / RW / LM / LW / CM / SS / ST	(1980-06-08)8 June 1980 (aged 28)	2007	Benfica	€800,000	2010
16	Akis Zikos		DM / CM	(1974-06-01)1 June 1974 (aged 34)	2006	Monaco	Free	2008
19	Panagiotis Lagos		LM / LW / LB / CM / DM	(1985-07-18)18 July 1985 (aged 22)	2006	Iraklis	€900,000	2010
22	Panagiotis Kone		AM / RM / LM / RW / LW / CM	(1987-07-26)26 July 1987 (aged 20)	2005	Lens U19	Free	2010
25	Vasilios Pliatsikas		DM / CM / RB / CB	(1988-04-20)20 April 1988 (aged 20)	2005	Chaidari	Free	2010
27	Christos Bourbos		RM / RB / LM / LB / RW / DM	(1983-06-01)1 June 1983 (aged 25)	2004	PAS Giannina	Free	2008
34	Panagiotis Tachtsidis		CM / DM / AM	(1991-02-15)15 February 1991 (aged 17)	2007	AEK Athens U20	—	2010
80	Georgios Tofas		AM / RM / LM	(1989-06-17)17 June 1989 (aged 19)	2007	Enosis Neon Paralimni	Free	2010
88	Dániel Tőzsér		AM / CM / DM / LM	(1985-05-12)12 May 1985 (aged 23)	2006	Ferencváros	€150,000	2010
Forwards
7	Charilaos Pappas		RW / LM / LW / SS	(1983-05-12)12 May 1983 (aged 25)	2007	Olympiacos	Free	2009
9	Pantelis Kapetanos		ST / RW	(1983-06-08)8 June 1983 (aged 25)	2006	Iraklis	€400,000	2011
18	Ismael Blanco		ST / SS	(1983-01-19)19 January 1983 (aged 25)	2007	Colón	€450,000	2008
20	Manú		RW / RM / LW / LM	(1982-08-28)28 August 1982 (aged 25)	2007	Benfica	Free	2008
23	Mohamed Kallon		ST / SS / LW	(1983-01-19)19 January 1983 (aged 25)	2008	Free agent	Free	2008
33	Nikos Liberopoulos (Vice-captain)		SS / ST / AM	(1975-08-04)4 August 1975 (aged 32)	2003	Panathinaikos	Free	2009
36	Edinho		ST / SS / RW	(1982-07-07)7 July 1982 (aged 25)	2008	Vitória de Setúbal	€150,000	2008
83	Michalis Pavlis		SS / ST / RW / LW	(1989-09-22)22 September 1989 (aged 18)	2006	AEK Athens U20	—	2011
99	Júlio César		LW / SS / AM / RW / ST	(1980-02-26)26 February 1980 (aged 28)	2005	Gil Vicente	€540,000	2009
Left during Winter Transfer Window
81	Xenofon Panos		RB / RM / LB	(1989-08-25)25 August 1989 (aged 18)	2007	AEK Athens U20	—	2011
89	Nikos Barboudis		RB / CB	(1989-03-06)6 March 1989 (aged 19)	2007	Ilisiakos	€60,000	2010
24	El Hadji Diouf		AM / CM	(1989-08-20)20 August 1989 (aged 18)	2007	Xam-Xam	Free	2011
56	Përparim Hetemaj		CM / DM / AM / RM / LM / RW / LW	(1986-12-12)12 December 1986 (aged 21)	2006	HJK Helsinki	€450,000	2010

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
2	DF	Edson Ratinho	Mogi Mirim	€350,000	1 July 2007	30 June 2012	[7]
3	DF	Rodolfo Arruabarrena	Villarreal	Free transfer	1 July 2007	30 June 2009	[8]
4	DF	Geraldo Alves	Paços de Ferreira	€300,000	1 July 2007	30 June 2010	[9]
7	FW	Charilaos Pappas	Olympiacos	Free transfer	1 July 2007	30 June 2010	[10]
8	MF	Tam Nsaliwa	Panionios	€400,000	1 July 2007	30 June 2010	[11]
10	MF	Rivaldo	Olympiacos	Free transfer	1 July 2007	30 June 2009	[12]
11	MF	Gustavo Manduca	Benfica	€800,000	1 July 2007	30 June 2010	[13]
14	DF	Federico Azcárate	Atlético Madrid B	Free transfer	1 July 2007	30 June 2011	[14]
24	MF	El Hadji Diouf	Xam-Xam	Free transfer	25 July 2007	30 June 2011	[15]
27	MF	Christos Bourbos	Kerkyra	Loan return	1 July 2007	30 June 2010
34	MF	Panagiotis Tachtsidis	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	1 July 2007	30 June 2010
50	GK	Jürgen Macho	Kaiserslautern	€300,000	31 August 2007	30 June 2009	[16]
80	MF	Georgios Tofas	Ethnikos Piraeus	Loan return	1 July 2007	30 June 2010
81	DF	Xenofon Panos	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	1 July 2007	30 June 2011
89	DF	Nikos Barboudis	Ilisiakos	€60,000	1 July 2007	30 June 2010	[17]
—	GK	Giannis Fysekis	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan return	1 July 2007	30 June 2010
—	DF	Panagiotis Stergiatos	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan return	1 July 2007	30 June 2008
—	DF	Dimitrios Koutromanos	Ethnikos Piraeus	Loan return	1 July 2007	30 June 2011
—	DF	Vasilios Vallianos	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan return	1 July 2007	30 June 2008
—	DF	Andreas Chronis	NY Red Bulls Academy	Free transfer	1 July 2007	31 December 2010	[18][19]
—	MF	Nikolaos Kaltsas	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan return	1 July 2007	30 June 2010
—	MF	Panagiotis Zorbas	Niki Volos	Loan return	1 July 2007	30 June 2011
—	FW	Angelos Komvolidis	Ethnikos Piraeus	Loan return	1 July 2007	30 June 2010

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
23	FW	Mohamed Kallon	Free agent	Free transfer	29 January 2008	30 June 2008	[20]
—	DF	Savvas Gentsoglou	Panachaiki	Loan termination	31 December 2007	30 June 2009
—	MF	Nikolaos Kaltsas	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan termination	31 December 2007	30 June 2010

Out

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
4	DF	Vangelis Moras	Bologna	End of contract	1 July 2007	[21]
5	DF	Bruno Cirillo	Levante	Contract termintion	4 July 2007	[22]
7	MF	Ilias Kyriakidis	AEL	€225,000	17 June 2007	[23]
11	MF	Gustavo Manduca	Benfica	Loan return	30 June 2007
13	DF	Martin Pautasso	Club Olimpia	Contract termintion	30 June 2007	[24]
14	DF	Stavros Tziortziopoulos	Omonia Nicosia	End of contract	1 July 2007	[25]
17	MF	Vladan Ivić	Aris	Contract termintion	31 August 2007	[26]
22	GK	Dionysis Chiotis	Kerkyra	End of contract	27 July 2007	[27]
23	MF	Vasilios Lakis	PAOK	Contract termintion	3 July 2007	[28]
25	MF	Emerson	APOEL	End of contract	1 July 2007	[29]
79	FW	Leonidas Kampantais	Arminia Bielefeld	End of contract	1 July 2007	[30][31]
—	GK	Antonis Lykouris	A.O. Nea Ionia	Contract termintion	30 August 2007
—	FW	Angelos Komvolidis	Iraklis	Contract termintion	24 July 2007	[32]

Loan in

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
18	FW	Ismael Blanco	Colón	€450,000	10 August 2007	30 June 2008	Y	[33]
20	FW	Manú	Benfica	Free	30 August 2007	30 June 2008	Y	[34]
32	GK	Marcelo Moretto	Benfica	€800,000	13 July 2007	30 June 2008	Y	[35]

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
36	FW	Edinho	Vitória de Setúbal	€150,000	1 February 2008	30 June 2008	Y	[36]

Loan out

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
28	GK	Stefano Sorrentino	Recreativo de Huelva	€340,000	16 July 2007	30 June 2008	Y	[37][38]
90	DF	Savvas Gentsoglou	Panachaiki	Free	30 August 2007	30 June 2008	N	[39]
—	GK	Giannis Fysekis	Anagennisi Karditsa	Free	4 July 2007	30 June 2008	N	[40]
—	DF	Panagiotis Stergiatos	Anagennisi Karditsa	Free	4 July 2007	30 June 2008	N	[40]
—	DF	Nikolaos Kourkoulas	A.O. Nea Ionia	Free	30 June 2007	30 June 2008	N
—	DF	Dimitrios Koutromanos	Anagennisi Karditsa	Free	30 June 2007	30 June 2008	N
—	DF	Andreas Chronis	A.O. Nea Ionia	Free	30 June 2007	30 June 2009	N
—	DF	Vasilios Vallianos	A.O. Nea Ionia	Free	30 June 2007	30 June 2008	N
—	MF	Nikolaos Kaltsas	Anagennisi Karditsa	Free	4 July 2007	30 June 2008	N	[40]
—	MF	Georgios Paligeorgos	Anagennisi Karditsa	Free	4 July 2007	30 June 2009	N	[40]

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
24	MF	El Hadji Diouf	Ilisiakos	Free	29 January 2008	30 June 2008	N	[41]
56	MF	Përparim Hetemaj	Apollon Kalamarias	Free	29 January 2008	30 June 2008	N	[42]
81	DF	Xenofon Panos	A.O. Nea Ionia	Free	11 January 2008	30 June 2009	N	[43]
89	DF	Nikos Barboudis	Fostiras	Free	11 January 2008	30 June 2008	N	[44]
—	GK	Giannis Fysekis	Lamia	Free	11 January 2008	30 June 2008	N	[45]
—	DF	Savvas Gentsoglou	A.O. Nea Ionia	Free	11 January 2008	30 June 2008	N	[43]
—	MF	Nikolaos Kaltsas	Acharnaikos	Free	31 December 2007	30 June 2008	N

Contract renewals

No.	Pos.	Player	Date	Former Exp. Date	New Exp. Date	Source
5	DF	Traianos Dellas	1 June 2007	30 June 2007	30 June 2009	[46]
6	DF	Georgios Alexopoulos	23 May 2008	30 June 2008	30 June 2010	[47]
31	DF	Nikolaos Georgeas	22 May 2008	30 June 2008	30 June 2010	[48]
84	GK	Giannis Arabatzis	30 June 2007	30 June 2007	30 June 2011

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure Summer: €3,460,000 Winter: €150,000 Total: €3,610,000

Income Summer: €565,000 Winter: €0 Total: €565,000

Net Totals Summer: €2,895,000 Winter: €150,000 Total: €3,045,000

Pre-season and friendlies

Emst v AEK Athens

10 July 2007 Friendly	Emst	0–11	AEK Athens	Doorwerth
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Ivić 4', 33', 45' César 35' Kapetanos 42' Arruabarrena 49' Rivaldo 59' Azcárate 59' Pavlis 75' Tofas 86' Manduca 90+'	Stadium: Sportpark De Waayenberg

Bocholt v AEK Athens

12 July 2007 Friendly	Bocholt	1–4	AEK Athens	Bocholt
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Massop 20'	Report	Tofas 22' Rivaldo 34' Liberopoulos 63' Pavlis 68'	Stadium: Stadion am Hünting

AGOVV Apeldoorn v AEK Athens

14 July 2007 Friendly	AGOVV Apeldoorn	0–4	AEK Athens	Doorwerth
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Pavlis 4' Manduca 49' Rivaldo 58' César 79'	Stadium: Sportpark De Waayenberg

Steaua București v AEK Athens

16 July 2007 Friendly	Steaua București	1–1	AEK Athens	Doorwerth
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Guriță 90+1'	Report	Rivaldo 14'	Stadium: Sportpark De Waayenberg

Ankaraspor v AEK Athens

19 July 2007 Friendly	Ankaraspor	1–1	AEK Athens	Doorwerth
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Güneş 53'	Report	Pavlis 83'	Stadium: Sportpark De Waayenberg

Agios Dimitrios v AEK Athens

24 July 2007 Friendly	Agios Dimitrios	1–0	AEK Athens	Agios Dimitrios
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Tsiolis 64'	Report		Stadium: Agios Dimitrios Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,500

AEK Athens v A.O. Nea Ionia

26 July 2007 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–0	A.O. Nea Ionia	Thrakomakedones
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ratinho 26'	Report		Stadium: AEK Athens' training complex
Note: The game ended after 60 minutes, due to the unbearable heat at Thrakomakedones.

AEK Athens v Club Brugge

29 July 2007 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–0	Club Brugge	Marousi
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Rivaldo 9' Liberopoulos 56'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 14,036

AEK Athens v Livorno

5 August 2007 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–3	Livorno	Marousi
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Arruabarrena 51'	Report	A. Filippini 21' Volpe 79', 86'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 11,480 Referee: Kostas Papastamatis (Athens)[49]

AEK Athens v Ethnikos Asteras

18 August 2007 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–1	Ethnikos Asteras	Marousi
18:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Tozsér 11'	Report	Evangelatos 44'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium

AEK Athens v AEK Athens U20

30 August 2007 Friendly	AEK Athens	5–1	AEK Athens U20	Marousi
	Kone 19' Pliatsikas 25' Tozsér 30' Kafes 37' Manú 39'	Report	Pavlis 37' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Note: 50 minute match.

AEK Athens v A.O. Nea Ionia

30 August 2007 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–1	A.O. Nea Ionia	Marousi
	Manduca 21' Nsaliwa 29' Liberopoulos 46'	Report	Yfantis 43' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Note: 50-minute match. Charilaos Pappas competed with Nea Ionia against AEK.[50]

AEK Athens v PAOK

9 September 2007 Charity match	AEK Athens	1–1	PAOK	Marousi
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Udeze 27' (o.g.)	Report	Udeze  6' Orfanos 29' Salmon  33'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 8,620
Note: Friendly game to raise money for the 2007 Greek forest fires victims, that lasted 45 minutes.

AEK Athens v AEL

9 September 2007 Charity match	AEK Athens	0–1	AEL	Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Cleyton 23'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 8,620
Note: Friendly game to raise money for the 2007 Greek forest fires victims, that lasted 45 minutes.

Thrasyvoulos v AEK Athens

14 September 2007 Friendly	Thrasyvoulos	1–3	AEK Athens	Fyli
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Anastasakos 9'	Report	Azcárate 12' Blanco 50' Tofas 89'	Stadium: Fyli Municipal Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super League	23 September 2007	20 April 2008	Matchday 1	2nd	30	22	2	6	65	17	+48	073.33
Super League Play-offs	23 April 2008	14 May 2008	Matchday 1	3rd	6	2	2	2	10	11	−1	033.33
Greek Cup	1 November 2007	9 January 2008	Round of 32	Round of 16	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
UEFA Champions League	15 August 2007	3 September 2007	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	000.00
UEFA Cup	20 September 2007	21 February 2008	First round	Round of 32	8	2	3	3	8	9	−1	025.00
Total					48	27	7	14	86	45	+41	056.25

Last updated: 14 May 2008
Source: Competitions

Super League Greece

Main article: 2007–08 Super League Greece

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos[a] (C)	30	21	7	2	58	23	+35	70	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	AEK Athens	30	22	2	6	65	17	+48	68	Qualification for the Play-offs
3	Panathinaikos	30	20	6	4	44	18	+26	66
4	Aris	30	14	8	8	32	20	+12	50
5	Panionios	30	13	6	11	39	42	−3	45[b]

Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
According to the official Super League playoff regulation, the position after the playoffs replaces the regular season position.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. The match of Apollon Kalamarias against Olympiacos, originally ended 1–0 to the home side, but later was awarded to Olympiacos 0–3 by the Greek sports court giving Olympiacos the three points, on the basis that the home side fielded an ineligible player (Roman Wallner). Apollon were deducted by one point.
2. Head-to-head record: Panionios–AEL 3–1, AEL–Panionios 1–0.

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
30	22	2	6	65	17	+48	68	11	2	2	38	9	+29	11	0	4	27	8	+19

Last updated: 2008-04-20.
Source: Super League Greece

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
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2008. Source: slgr.gr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures

Veria v AEK Athens

26 September 2007 1	Veria	0–1	AEK Athens	Veria
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Blanco 34'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 3,960 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens v Atromitos

23 September 2007 2	AEK Athens	2–0	Atromitos	Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Blanco 79', 87'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 18,372 Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis (Messinia)

Levadiakos v AEK Athens

30 September 2007 3	Levadiakos	0–4	AEK Athens	Levadeia
16:45 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Tozsér 31' Blanco 37' Ratinho 58' Kone 77'	Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 3,272 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)

Panionios v AEK Athens

7 October 2007 4	Panionios	0–3	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Liberopoulos 11' Rivaldo 79' (pen.) César 90+4'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 4,174 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens v AEL

20 October 2007 5	AEK Athens	1–0	AEL	Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Manduca 4'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 13,752 Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Argolida)

Skoda Xanthi v AEK Athens

28 October 2007 6	Skoda Xanthi	0–1	AEK Athens	Xanthi
16:45 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Blanco 44'	Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 3,624 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

AEK Athens v Iraklis

4 November 2007 7	AEK Athens	1–2	Iraklis	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Liberopoulos 28'	Report	Emerson 9' Rodrigo 82'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 21,370 Referee: Dimitris Kyrkos (Epirus)

Panathinaikos v AEK Athens

11 November 2007 8	Panathinaikos	2–1	AEK Athens	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Salpingidis 6' Mantzios 34'	Report	Liberopoulos 42'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 15,202 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens v OFI

25 November 2007 9	AEK Athens	4–0	OFI	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Rivaldo 47' Manduca 50' Blanco 62' Pappas 74'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 16,738 Referee: Nathanail Charalambidis (Kavala)

Aris v AEK Athens

2 December 2007 10	Aris	0–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Dellas 82'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 13,042 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

AEK Athens v Apollon Kalamarias

9 December 2007 11	AEK Athens	4–0	Apollon Kalamarias	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Liberopoulos 4', 85' Rivaldo 16' (pen.) Blanco 40'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 13,375 Referee: Stavros Tritsonis (Athens)

Olympiacos v AEK Athens

16 December 2007 12	Olympiacos	1–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kovačević 83'	Report		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 30,229 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)

Ergotelis v AEK Athens

23 December 2007 13	Ergotelis	1–4	AEK Athens	Heraklion
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ognjenović 18'	Report	Dellas 29' Manduca 74' Liberopoulos 90+1', 90+4'	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Attendance: 5,940 Referee: Vasilis Paboridis (Kilkis)

AEK Athens v PAOK

30 December 2007 14	AEK Athens	2–0	PAOK	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Blanco 33' César 90'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 24,257 Referee: Konstantinos Papastamatis (Athens)

Asteras Tripolis v AEK Athens

6 January 2008 15	Asteras Tripolis	2–1	AEK Athens	Tripoli
16:45 EET (UTC+2)	Filomeno 49' Donde 68'	Report	Blanco 77'	Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium Attendance: 4,167 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
Note: AEK had the right to file an objection for the illegal participation of Fyntanidis in the game, however they decided not to so and let the match be decided in the pitch.[2]

AEK Athens v Veria

12 January 2008 16	AEK Athens	5–1	Veria	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Rivaldo 4' Kafes 13' Blanco 18' (pen.), 60' Pavlis 90+2'	Report	Bykowski 37'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 12,041 Referee: Ilias Mazarakos (Arta)

Atromitos v AEK Athens

19 January 2008 17	Atromitos	0–1	AEK Athens	Peristeri
16:45 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Liberopoulos 18'	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 3,501 Referee: Vasilis Paboridis (Kilkis)

AEK Athens v Levadiakos

27 January 2008 18	AEK Athens	3–0	Levadiakos	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Rivaldo 44' Emeran 53' (o.g.) Blanco 55'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 16,168 Referee: Dimitris Kyrkos (Epirus)

AEK Athens v Panionios

3 February 2008 19	AEK Athens	2–3	Panionios	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kallon 60' Blanco 74'	Report	Djebbour 10' Choutos 15', 54'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 19,926 Referee: Theofilos Fotiadis (Thessaloniki)

AEL v AEK Athens

9 February 2008 20	AEL	1–0	AEK Athens	Larissa
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Żurawski 77'	Report		Stadium: Alkazar Attendance: 6,778 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

AEK Athens v Skoda Xanthi

17 February 2008 21	AEK Athens	3–0	Skoda Xanthi	Marousi
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Blanco 6' César 82' Edinho 88'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 8,594 Referee: Giorgos Daloukas (Thessaly)

Iraklis v AEK Athens

24 February 2008 22	Iraklis	0–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Liberopoulos 46'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 5,971 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)

AEK Athens v Panathinaikos

2 March 2008 23	AEK Athens	1–1	Panathinaikos	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Rivaldo 67' (pen.)	Report	Postiga 79'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 40,610 Referee: Vasilis Paboridis (Kilkis)

OFI v AEK Athens

9 March 2008 24	OFI	1–4	AEK Athens	Heraklion
16:45 EET (UTC+2)	Sfakianakis 21'	Report	Blanco 16' Pitsos 18' (o.g.) Bărcăuan 64' (o.g.) Edinho 80'	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Attendance: 4,141 Referee: Giannis Stavridis (Pieria)

AEK Athens v Aris

16 March 2008 25	AEK Athens	1–1	Aris	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Edinho 45'	Report	Thiago 88'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 20,976 Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Argolida)

Apollon Kalamarias v AEK Athens

23 March 2008 26	Apollon Kalamarias	0–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Edinho 56'	Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium Attendance: 2,436 Referee: Giorgos Daloukas (Thessaly)

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

30 March 2008 27	AEK Athens	4–0	Olympiacos	Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Blanco 10' Edinho 12' Liberopoulos 32' Kafes 60'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 40,955 Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)

AEK Athens v Ergotelis

6 April 2008 28	AEK Athens	3–1	Ergotelis	Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Rivaldo 6' (pen.) Kafes 39' Blanco 51'	Report	Κordonouris 53'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 18,155 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)

PAOK v AEK Athens

13 April 2008 29	PAOK	0–4	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Papastathopoulos 20' Blanco 23' Liberopoulos 25' Kallon 82'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 11,569 Referee: Dimitris Kyrkos (Epirus)

AEK Athens v Asteras Tripolis

20 April 2008 30	AEK Athens	2–0	Asteras Tripolis	Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Blanco 56'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 37,996 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

Play-offs

Main article: 2007–08 Super League Greece play-offs

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Panathinaikos	6	4	2	0	14	5	+9	21	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	AEK Athens	6	2	2	2	10	11	−1	16	Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4	Aris[a]	6	1	2	3	9	9	0	7
5	Panionios	6	1	2	3	7	15	−8	5	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round

Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Aris is guaranteed at least to play in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup second qualifying round through their Greek Cup performance.

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
6	2	2	2	10	11	−1	16	2	1	0	7	1	+6	0	1	2	3	10	−7

Last updated: 2008-05-14.
Source: Super League Greece

Results by Matchday

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

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2008. Source: slgr.gr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures

AEK Athens v Panionios

23 April 2008 1	AEK Athens	5–0	Panionios	Marousi
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Edinho 28',  29' Rivaldo 39', 77' Blanco 74' Kallon 90+1'	Report	Nicolaou  31' Hetemaj  55' Gousoulis  81'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 7,372 Referee: Michalis Germanakos (Athens)

Panathinaikos v AEK Athens

30 April 2008 2	Panathinaikos	4–1	AEK Athens	Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Papadopoulos 8' Mattos 27' Ivanschitz 32' Sarriegi  73' Tziolis  83'	Report	Kafes  54' Macho  54' Nsaliwa  59' Rivaldo 71' Papastathopoulos  82' Kallon  90+5'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 8,528 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens v Aris

4 May 2008 3	AEK Athens	1–0	Aris	Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Liberopoulos 54' Papastathopoulos  61' Kafes  81'	Report	Aurélio  40' Ivić  76'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 9,995 Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Argolida)

Aris v AEK Athens

7 May 2008 4	Aris	4–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
16:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Nebegleras 6' Javito 39', 48',  40' Koke 55' García  67'	Report	Edinho  74' Nsaliwa  81' Papastathopoulos  87'  90+2'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 2,257 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

Panionios v AEK Athens

11 May 2008 5	Panionios	2–2	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Fernandez 21' Krešić  24' Ribeiro  53' Hetemaj  83' Majstorović  84'  89' Skoufalis 90'	Report	Rivaldo 25' (pen.) Alves  32' Liberopoulos 39',  90+3' Bourbos  42' Kafes  59'  90+2' Pliatsikas  69'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 1,011 Referee: Lazaros Polatian (Pella)

AEK Athens v Panathinaikos

14 May 2008 6	AEK Athens	1–1	Panathinaikos	Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nsaliwa  45', 51' Alves  66' Manduca  88'	Report	Mattos 26' N'Doye  37' Romero  55' Darlas  65' Simão  82' Dimoutsos  88'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,032 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

Greek Cup

Main article: 2007–08 Greek Football Cup

AEK entered the Greek Cup at the round of 32.

Matches

Fostiras v AEK Athens

1 November 2007 Round of 32	Fostiras	0–2	AEK Athens	Tavros
17:45 EET (UTC+2)	Dimopoulos  10'  57' Vidalis  46' Boubas  90+1'	Report	Kafes  4' César 59' Manú  61' Papastathopoulos  80' Kapetanos 86'	Stadium: Tavros Stadium Attendance: 2,545 Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)

Skoda Xanthi v AEK Athens

9 January 2008 Round of 16	Skoda Xanthi	2–0	AEK Athens	Xanthi
21:30 EET (UTC+2)	Tziortziopoulos  48' Radzinski 62' Papadimitriou  73' Labriakos 87'	Report	Ramos  28' Manú  40' Lyberopoulos  45+1' Kafes  72' Alves  77'	Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 3,427 Referee: Lazaros Polatian (Pella)

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 3 August 2007.

Sevilla v AEK Athens

15 August 2007 First leg	Sevilla	2–0	AEK Athens	Seville, Spain
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Maresca  42' Fabiano 48' Kanouté 68'	Report	Arruabarrena  42' Zikos  90+1'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium Attendance: 34,852 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

AEK Athens v Sevilla

3 September 2007 Second leg	AEK Athens	1–4 (1–6 agg.)	Sevilla	Athens, Greece
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Zikos  19' Bourbos  43' Manduca 64' Papastathopoulos  75' Rivaldo 82' (pen.)	Report	Fabiano 32' (pen.), 45' Keita 40' Kerzhakov 53'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 37,777 Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)
Note: The match was postponed until 3 September due to the death of Antonio Puerta.[1]

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Cup

First round

The draw for the first round was held on 31 August 2007.^[51]

AEK Athens v Red Bull Salzburg

20 September 2007 First leg	AEK Athens	3–0	Red Bull Salzburg	Athens, Greece
19:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Alves 3',  40' Ratinho  35' Rivaldo 58' Nsaliwa  76' Kone 82' Liberopoulos  88'	Report	Carboni  38' Vargas  52'  72' Lokvenc  69' Zickler  72'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 25,523 Referee: Mike Dean (England)

Red Bull Salzburg v AEK Athens

4 October 2007 Second leg	Red Bull Salzburg	1–0 (1–3 agg.)	AEK Athens	Salzburg, Austria
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Lokvenc 20' Dudić  36'	Report	Dellas  29' Liberopoulos  80'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

Group stage

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Cup group stage § Group C

The draw for the group stage was held on 9 October 2007.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VIL	FIO	AEK	MLA	ELF
1	Villarreal	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4	10	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–1	—	—	2–0
2	Fiorentina	4	2	2	0	10	4	+6	8			—	—	—	2–1	6–1
3	AEK Athens	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5			1–2	1–1	—	—	—
4	Mladá Boleslav	4	1	0	3	5	6	−1	3			1–2	—	0–1	—	—
5	IF Elfsborg	4	0	1	3	3	12	−9	1			—	—	1–1	1–3	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Elfsborg v AEK Athens

25 October 2007 1	Elfsborg	1–1	AEK Athens	Borås, Sweden
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Mobaeck 15' M. Svensson  60' Keene  90+2'	Report	Pappas 49'	Stadium: Borås Arena Attendance: 4,175 Referee: Peter Sippel (Germany)

AEK Athens v Fiorentina

29 November 2007 2	AEK Athens	1–1	Fiorentina	Athens, Greece
21:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ratinho  12' Balzaretti 34' (o.g.)	Report	Osvaldo 29' Krøldrup  66' Liverani  71'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 26,836 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Mladá Boleslav v AEK Athens

5 December 2007 3	Mladá Boleslav	0–1	AEK Athens	Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic
21:45 EET (UTC+2)	Kysela  38' Řezníček  41' Matějovský  73'	Report	Alves  27' Arruabarrena  29' Nsaliwa 47' Tőzsér  65'	Stadium: Městský stadion Attendance: 4,670 Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium)

AEK Athens v Villarreal

20 December 2007 4	AEK Athens	1–2	Villarreal	Athens, Greece
21:45 EET (UTC+2)	Rivaldo 68' Papastathopoulos  85' Kafes  90+4'	Report	Mavuba 40' Tomasson 69' Josemi  90+1' D. López  90+4'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 16,380 Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Cup knockout stage

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 21 December 2007.

AEK Athens v Getafe

13 February 2008 First leg	AEK Athens	1–1	Getafe	Athens, Greece
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Zikos  72' Blanco 90+3'	Report	Signorino  42' Hernández  54' De la Red 86'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 13,038 Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

Getafe v AEK Athens

21 February 2008 Second leg	Getafe	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	AEK Athens	Getafe, Spain
21:45 EET (UTC+2)	Celestini  19' Granero 45+1' Contra 82' (pen.) Braulio 84'	Report	Arruabarrena  14' Nsaliwa  38' Papastathopoulos  90+2'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 14 May 2008

No.	Pos	Player	Super League		Super League Play-offs		Greek Cup		Champions League		UEFA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
32	GK	Marcelo Moretto	15	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	5	0	25	0
50	GK	Jürgen Macho	17	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	24	0
84	GK	Giannis Arabatzis	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	Edson Ratinho	23	1	5	0	2	0	2	0	6	0	38	1
3	DF	Rodolfo Arruabarrena	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	25	0
4	DF	Geraldo Alves	21	0	5	0	1	0	2	0	5	1	34	1
5	DF	Traianos Dellas	22	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	32	2
6	DF	Georgios Alexopoulos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	Federico Azcárate	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15	DF	Sokratis Papastathopoulos	24	1	4	0	1	0	1	0	7	0	37	1
31	DF	Nikolaos Georgeas	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Midfielders
1	MF	Pantelis Kafes	20	3	5	0	2	0	1	0	7	0	35	3
8	MF	Tam Nsaliwa	17	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	8	1	32	2
10	MF	Rivaldo	29	8	6	4	0	0	2	1	6	2	43	15
11	MF	Gustavo Manduca	20	3	2	0	1	0	2	0	7	0	32	3
16	MF	Akis Zikos	20	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	24	0
19	MF	Panagiotis Lagos	11	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	17	0
22	MF	Panagiotis Kone	10	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	5	1	20	2
25	MF	Vasilios Pliatsikas	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
27	MF	Christos Bourbos	11	0	5	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	20	0
34	MF	Panagiotis Tachtsidis	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
80	MF	Georgios Tofas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF	Dániel Tőzsér	12	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	6	0	24	1
Forwards
7	FW	Charilaos Pappas	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	13	2
9	FW	Pantelis Kapetanos	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
18	FW	Ismael Blanco	28	19	6	1	2	0	0	0	7	1	43	21
20	FW	Manú	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	20	0
26	FW	Mohamed Kallon	8	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	13	3
33	FW	Nikos Liberopoulos	24	11	6	2	1	0	2	0	6	0	39	13
36	FW	Edinho	10	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	6
83	FW	Michalis Pavlis	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	1
99	FW	Júlio César	17	3	2	0	2	1	2	0	5	0	28	4
Left during Winter Transfer Window
81	DF	Xenofon Panos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
89	DF	Nikos Barboudis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	El Hadji Diouf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
56	MF	Përparim Hetemaj	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Goalscorers

As of 14 May 2008

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Super League	Super League Play-offs	Greek Cup	Champions League	UEFA Cup	Total
1	18	FW	Ismael Blanco	19	1	0	0	1	21
2	10	MF	Rivaldo	8	4	0	1	2	15
3	33	FW	Nikos Liberopoulos	11	2	0	0	0	13
4	36	FW	Edinho	5	1	0	0	0	6
5	99	FW	Júlio César	3	0	1	0	0	4
6	1	MF	Pantelis Kafes	3	0	0	0	0	3
	11	MF	Gustavo Manduca	3	0	0	0	0	3
	23	FW	Mohamed Kallon	2	1	0	0	0	3
9	5	DF	Traianos Dellas	2	0	0	0	0	2
	22	MF	Panagiotis Kone	1	0	0	0	1	2
	7	FW	Charilaos Pappas	1	0	0	0	1	2
	8	MF	Tam Nsaliwa	0	1	0	0	1	2
13	15	DF	Sokratis Papastathopoulos	1	0	0	0	0	1
	2	DF	Edson Ratinho	1	0	0	0	0	1
	88	MF	Dániel Tőzsér	1	0	0	0	0	1
	83	FW	Michalis Pavlis	1	0	0	0	0	1
	9	FW	Pantelis Kapetanos	0	0	1	0	0	1
	4	DF	Geraldo Alves	0	0	0	0	1	1
Own goals				2	0	0	0	1	3
Totals				64	10	2	1	8	85

Assists

As of 14 May 2008

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Super League	Super League Play-offs	Greek Cup	Champions League	UEFA Cup	Total
1	10	MF	Rivaldo	12	1	0	0	0	13
2	33	FW	Nikos Liberopoulos	5	0	0	0	1	6
3	18	FW	Ismael Blanco	1	3	0	0	0	4
4	1	MF	Pantelis Kafes	3	0	0	0	0	3
	36	FW	Edinho	3	0	0	0	0	3
	88	MF	Dániel Tőzsér	2	0	0	0	1	3
	23	FW	Mohamed Kallon	1	1	0	0	1	3
8	4	DF	Geraldo Alves	2	0	0	0	0	2
	20	FW	Manú	2	0	0	0	0	2
10	2	DF	Edson Ratinho	1	0	0	0	0	1
	11	MF	Gustavo Manduca	1	0	0	0	0	1
	27	MF	Christos Bourbos	1	0	0	0	0	1
	7	FW	Charilaos Pappas	1	0	0	0	0	1
	25	MF	Vasilios Pliatsikas	0	1	0	0	0	1
	83	FW	Michalis Pavlis	0	0	0	1	0	1
	8	MF	Tam Nsaliwa	0	0	0	0	1	1
	99	FW	Júlio César	0	0	0	0	1	1
Totals				35	6	0	1	5	47

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 14 May 2008

Rank	No.	Player	Super League	Super League Play-offs	Greek Cup	Champions League	UEFA Cup	Total
1	50	Jürgen Macho	10	2	0	0	1	13
2	32	Marcelo Moretto	8	0	1	0	1	10
3	84	Giannis Arabatzis	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals			18	2	1	0	2	23

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name	Super League			Super League Play-offs			Greek Cup			Champions League			UEFA Cup			Total			Notes
Goalkeepers
32	GK		Marcelo Moretto	1		1													1		1
50	GK		Jürgen Macho	1		1	1												2		1
84	GK		Giannis Arabatzis
Defenders
2	DF		Edson Ratinho	3						1						2			6
3	DF		Rodolfo Arruabarrena	3									1			2			6
4	DF		Geraldo Alves	5	1		2			1						2			10	1
5	DF		Traianos Dellas	7		1										1			8		1
6	DF		Georgios Alexopoulos
14	DF		Federico Azcárate
15	DF		Sokratis Papastathopoulos	4			3	1		1			1			2			11	1
31	DF		Nikolaos Georgeas	2															2
Midfielders
1	MF		Pantelis Kafes	7			3	1		2						1			13	1
8	MF		Tam Nsaliwa	2			3									2			7
10	MF		Rivaldo	3															3
11	MF		Gustavo Manduca	7			1												8
16	MF		Akis Zikos	5									2			1			8
19	MF		Panagiotis Lagos	2															2
22	MF		Panagiotis Kone	3			2												5
25	MF		Vasilios Pliatsikas	3			1												4
27	MF		Christos Bourbos	3			1						1						5
34	MF		Panagiotis Tachtsidis							1									1
80	MF		Georgios Tofas
88	MF		Dániel Tőzsér	3												1			4
Forwards
7	FW		Charilaos Pappas	2															2
9	FW		Pantelis Kapetanos
18	MF		Ismael Blanco	3															3
20	FW		Manú	3						2									5
23	FW		Mohamed Kallon	1			1												2
33	FW		Nikos Liberopoulos	1			1			1						2			5
36	FW		Edinho	2			2												4
83	FW		Michalis Pavlis
99	FW		Júlio César	2															2
Left during Winter Transfer window
81	DF		Xenofon Panos
89	DF		Nikos Barboudis
24	MF		El Hadji Diouf
56	MF		Përparim Hetemaj

As of 14 May 2008

Starting 11

N. Formation Matchday(s) 36 4–4–2 1–20, 22–24, 25–30 7 4–3–3 21, 25 5 4–2–3–1 No. Nat. Player Pos. 50 Jürgen Macho GK 15 Sokratis Papastathopoulos RCB 5 Traianos Dellas (C) LCB 2 Edson Ratinho RB 3 Rodolfo Arruabarrena LB 8 Tam Nsaliwa DM 1 Pantelis Kafes CM 11 Gustavo Manduca RM 10 Rivaldo LM 33 Nikos Liberopoulos SS 18 Ismael Blanco CF

Macho Papastathopoulos Dellas (C) Ratinho Arruabarrena Kafes Nsaliwa Manduca Rivaldo Liberopoulos Blanco Last updated: 2008-05-14

UEFA rankings

UEFA team ranking # Form Previous Country Team Ranking 81 89 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 31.932 82 86 Austria Vienna 31.840 83 69 AEK Athens 31.525 84 77 Slavia Prague 31.496 85 79 RC Strasbourg 31.380

UEFA country ranking # Form Previous Country League Ranking 12 11 Ukrainian Premier League 30.100 13 12 Jupiler League 26.700 14 15 Super League Greece 25.831 15 13 1. Gambrinus Liga 25.750 16 17 Axpo Super League 24.225

Correct as of 27 May 2008

Awards

Player	Pos.	Award	Source
Sokratis Papastathopoulos	FW	MVP Award (10th Matchday)	[52]
Ismael Blanco	FW	MVP Award (30th Matchday)	[53]
Ismael Blanco	FW	Super League Top Scorer
Ismael Blanco	FW	Foreign Player of the Season	[54]
Sokratis Papastathopoulos	DF	Young Player of the Season	[54]

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External links

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