1999–2000 AEK Athens F.C. season

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

AEK Athens

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Kostas Generakis (until 11 November) Stefanos Mamatzis (until 11 January) Cornelius Sierhuis
Manager	Ljubiša Tumbaković (until 7 January) Takis Karagiozopoulos (interim, until 9 January) Giannis Pathiakakis
Stadium	Nikos Goumas Stadium (Main) Nea Smyrni Stadium (UEFA Cup)
Alpha Ethniki	3rd
Greek Cup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Demis Nikolaidis (22) All: Demis Nikolaidis (36)
Highest home attendance	17,786 vs AIK (11 August 1999)
Lowest home attendance	364 vs Akratitos (13 October 1999)
Average home league attendance	5,553
Biggest win	AEK Athens 6–0 Trikala
Biggest defeat	Olympiacos 3–0 AEK Athens
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Kits

Supplier: Kappa
Sponsor(s): Marfin

Home

Away

Third

Overview

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

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

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

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

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

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

Management team

Position	Staff
Manager	Giannis Pathiakakis
Assistant manager	Antonis Minou
Goalkeeping coach	Lakis Stergioudas
Fitness Coach	Nikolaos Karydas
Academy director	Andreas Stamatiadis
Academy manager	Giorgos Karafeskos
Goalkeeping coach	Antonis Minou
Head of Medical	Lakis Nikolaou
Physiotherapist	Nikos Pantazis
Caretaker	Nikos Koromilas

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 27 May 2000, 23:59 UTC+3.

No.	Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
1	Ilias Atmatsidis (Captain)		GK	(1969-04-24)24 April 1969 (aged 31)	1992	Pontioi Veria	₯40,000,000	2002
15	Chrysostomos Michailidis		GK	(1975-01-15)15 January 1975 (aged 25)	1997	Eordaikos	Free	2002
22	Lefteris Petkaris		GK	(1982-03-05)5 March 1982 (aged 18)	1999	Makedonikos	Free	2001
—	Vasilis Karagiannis		GK	(1969-09-27)27 September 1969 (aged 30)	1993	Diagoras	₯20,000,000	2000
Defenders
2	Traianos Dellas		CB	(1976-01-31)31 January 1976 (aged 24)	1999	Sheffield United	Free	2002
5	Nikos Kostenoglou		CB / RB	(1970-10-03)3 October 1970 (aged 29)	1994	Skoda Xanthi	₯70,000,000	2003
12	Charis Kopitsis		RB / RM / LB / LM	(1969-03-05)5 March 1969 (aged 31)	1992	Panionios	Free	2001
17	Michalis Kasapis (Vice-captain)		LB / LM	(1971-08-06)6 August 1971 (aged 28)	1993	Levadiakos	₯25,000,000	2002
21	Vaios Karagiannis (Vice-captain 2)		LB / CB	(1968-06-25)25 June 1968 (aged 32)	1990	A.O. Karditsa	₯11,000,000	2000
25	Giannis Kalitzakis		CB	(1966-02-10)10 February 1966 (aged 34)	1997	Panathinaikos	₯23,800,000	2000
27	Filippo Dal Moro		LB	(1970-08-11)11 August 1970 (aged 29)	2000	Roma	₯30,000,000	2000
29	Davide Belotti		RB / CB	(1972-05-24)24 May 1972 (aged 28)	2000	Vicenza	₯30,000,000	2000
32	Michalis Kapsis		CB	(1973-10-18)18 October 1973 (aged 26)	1999	Ethnikos Piraeus	₯80,000,000	2003
—	Georgios Paraskevaidis		CB	(1982-10-09)9 October 1982 (aged 17)	2000	AEK Athens U20	—	2005
Midfielders
6	Dimitris Markos		CM / DM / LB / LM	(1971-01-31)31 January 1971 (aged 29)	1998	Kalamata	Free	2001
7	Christos Maladenis		CM / RM / LM / AM / DM / RW / LW / SS	(1974-05-23)23 May 1974 (aged 26)	1995	Skoda Xanthi	₯100,000,000	2003
8	Toni Savevski		CM / LM / DM	(1963-07-14)14 July 1963 (aged 36)	1988	Vardar	₯34,000,000	2001
10	Dragan Ćirić		AM	(1974-09-15)15 September 1974 (aged 25)	1999	Barcelona	₯300,000,000	2002
14	Akis Zikos		DM / CM	(1974-06-01)1 June 1974 (aged 26)	1998	Skoda Xanthi	₯130,000,000	2002
16	Arnar Grétarsson		CM / DM	(1972-02-20)20 February 1972 (aged 28)	1997	Leiftur	Free	2000
18	Evripidis Katsavos		CM / DM / RM	(1973-09-14)14 September 1973 (aged 26)	1997	Veria	Free	2001
23	Vasilios Lakis		RM / RW / AM / CM / RB	(1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 23)	1998	Paniliakos	₯320,000,000	2003
24	Vladimir Matijašević		DM / CM / RB / LB / CB	(1978-05-10)10 May 1978 (aged 22)	1999	Vojvodina	₯400,000,000	2002
26	Georgios Passios		DM / CM / CB	(1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 18)	1997	AEK Athens U20	—	2003
28	Milen Petkov		DM / CM / AM / RM / LM	(1974-01-12)12 January 1974 (aged 26)	2000	CSKA Sofia	₯260,000,000	2003
30	Pablo Cantero		CM	(1977-10-30)30 October 1977 (aged 22)	2000	Estudiantes	₯500,000,000	2005
—	Mattheos Platakis		AM / ST / SS	(1977-06-30)30 June 1977 (aged 23)	1996	Phinikas Polichini	Free	2000
Forwards
9	Nenad Bjeković		ST	(1974-02-17)17 February 1974 (aged 26)	1999	Partizan	₯250,000,000	2001
11	Demis Nikolaidis (Vice-captain 3)		ST / SS	(1973-09-17)17 September 1973 (aged 26)	1996	Apollon Athens	₯330,000,000	2004
19	Giorgos Kavazis		ST	(1980-01-15)15 January 1980 (aged 20)	1999	Apollon Limassol	₯40,000,000	2003
20	Sotiris Konstantinidis		RW / LW / RM / LM / AM	(1979-04-19)19 April 1979 (aged 21)	1999	Iraklis	Free	2004
31	Ilias Anastasakos		ST / LW / LM	(1978-03-03)3 March 1978 (aged 22)	1995	A.O. Dafniou	Free	2002
Left during Winter Transfer Window
3	Gordan Petrić		CB	(1969-07-30)30 July 1969 (aged 30)	1999	Hearts	Free	2002

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
2	DF	Traianos Dellas	Sheffield United	Free transfer	1 July 1999	30 June 2002	[4]
3	DF	Gordan Petrić	Crystal Palace	Free transfer	2 July 1999	30 June 2002	[5]
9	FW	Nenad Bjeković	Partizan	₯250,000,000	5 July 1999	30 June 2001	[6]
20	FW	Sotiris Konstantinidis	Iraklis	Free transfer	1 July 1999	30 June 2004	[7]
22	GK	Lefteris Petkaris	Makedonikos	Free transfer	24 June 1999	30 June 2001	[8]
24	MF	Vladimir Matijašević	Vojvodina	₯400,000,000	5 August 1999	30 June 2002	[9]
—	GK	Dionysis Chiotis	Ethnikos Piraeus	Loan return	1 July 1999	30 June 2005
—	DF	Vangelis Kefalas	Kavala	Loan return	1 July 1999	30 June 2000
—	MF	Triantafyllos Macheridis	PAOK	Loan return	1 July 1999	30 June 2000
—	MF	Michalis Tzivelekis	Panelefsiniakos	Free transfer	8 June 1999	30 June 2000	[10]
—	MF	Mattheos Platakis	Ethnikos Piraeus	Loan return	1 July 1999	30 June 2000
—	FW	Paraschos Zouboulis	PAOK	Free transfer	1 July 1999	30 June 2003	[11]
—	FW	Georgios Trichias	Panelefsiniakos	Loan return	1 July 1999	31 December 2005

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
28	MF	Milen Petkov	CSKA Sofia	₯260,000,000	27 January 2000	30 June 2003	[12][13]
30	MF	Pablo Cantero	Estudiantes	₯500,000,000[14]	31 January 2000	30 June 2005	[15]
31	FW	Ilias Anastasakos	Apollon Athens	Loan return	1 January 2000	30 June 2002
—	DF	Georgios Paraskevaidis	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	1 January 2000	30 June 2005

Out

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
5	DF	Boban Babunski	Logroñés	Free transfer	28 July 1999	[16]
9	FW	Paraschos Zouboulis	PAOK	Loan return	1 July 1999
10	FW	Christopher Wreh	Arsenal	Loan return	1 July 1999
17	GK	Kostas Daditsos	Free agent	Contract termination	1 July 1999
19	MF	Kelvin Sebwe	Iraklis	Free transfer	6 August 1999	[17]
20	FW	Daniel Batista	Aris	Contract termination	30 July 1999	[18][19]
23	MF	Alberto Méndez	Arsenal	Loan return	1 July 1999
24	DF	Alvin Ceccoli	Wolves	Loan return	1 July 1999
27	MF	Branko Milovanović	Free agent	Contract termination	7 October 1999	[20]
31	DF	Anton Doboș	Ethnikos Piraeus	End of contract	1 July 1999
—	DF	Vangelis Kefalas	Kavala	Free transfer	1 July 1999
—	MF	Triantafyllos Macheridis	PAOK	₯100,000,000	1 July 1999
—	MF	Michalis Tzivelekis	Panionios	Contract termination	14 July 1999	[21][22]
—	FW	Paraschos Zouboulis	Skoda Xanthi	Contract termination	16 August 1999	[23]

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
3	DF	Gordan Petrić	Hearts	₯250,000,000	2 December 1999	[24]

Loan in

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
10	MF	Dragan Ćirić	Barcelona	₯300,000,000	1 July 1999	30 June 2000	Y	[25]

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
27	DF	Filippo Dal Moro	Roma	₯30,000,000	31 January 2000	30 June 2000	Y	[26]
29	DF	Davide Belotti	Vicenza	₯30,000,000	31 January 2000	30 June 2000	Y	[15]

Loan out

Summer

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

Contract renewals

No.	Pos.	Player	Date	Former Exp. Date	New Exp. Date	Source
7	MF	Christos Maladenis	11 June 1999	30 June 2000	30 June 2003	[27]
11	FW	Demis Nikolaidis	30 July 1999	30 June 2001	30 June 2004	[28]

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure Summer: ₯950,000,000 Winter: ₯820,000,000 Total: ₯1,770,000,000

Income Summer: ₯100,000,000 Winter: ₯250,000,000 Total: ₯350,000,000

Net Totals Summer: ₯850,000,000 Winter: ₯570,000,000 Total: ₯1,420,000,000

Pre-season and friendlies

Vichy v AEK Athens

8 July 1999 Friendly	Vichy	1–11	AEK Athens	Vichy
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Vilan 5'	Report	Zouboulis 39', 41' Nikolaidis 45' Konstantinidis 51', 88' Bjeković 60', 74', 80' Dellas 76' Grétarsson 81' Ćirić 86'	Attendance: 500
Note: Petkaris played for about 35 minutes with Vichy against his club, due to the injury of the goalkeeper of Vichy.[29]

Saint-Étienne v AEK Athens

10 July 1999 Friendly	Saint-Étienne	1–0	AEK Athens	Chiquilín
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	41'	Report	Nikolaidis  60'

Vichy / Clermon Feran (mixed) v AEK Athens

13 July 1999 Friendly	Vichy / Clermon Feran (mixed)	4–12	AEK Athens	Vichy
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Cicard 42', 65', 84', 89'	Report	Nikolaidis 3', 31', 35' Grétarsson 8' Kavazis 11' Maladenis 14', 34' Lakis 30' Konstantinidis 57', 86' Bjeković 77' Milovanović 79'

Bastia v AEK Athens

17 July 1999 Friendly	Bastia	0–1	AEK Athens	Avignon
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)		[30]	Nikolaidis 27'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 5,000

Sfaxien v AEK Athens

18 July 1999 Friendly	Sfaxien	2–2	AEK Athens	Vichy
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ben Khaled 70' Ben Younes 77' (pen.)	[31]	Zouboulis 44', 45'	Referee: Le Mouël (France)

Monaco v AEK Athens

21 July 1999 Friendly	Monaco	0–1	AEK Athens	Sisteron
19:15 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Nikolaidis 3'	Attendance: 2,500

Marko v AEK Athens

25 July 1999 Friendly	Marko	0–3	AEK Athens	Markopoulo
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Maladenis 10' Nikolaidis 21' Grétarsson 81'	Stadium: Municipal Markopoulo Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Giannis Papapetrou (Athens)

AEK Athens v Akratitos

28 July 1999 Friendly	AEK Athens	7–0	Akratitos	Thrakomakedones
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Kasapis 4' Bjeković 22' Ćirić 33' (pen.), 44' Maladenis 67' Zouboulis 70', 75'	Report		Stadium: AEK Athens' Training Complex Attendance: 700 Referee: Tasos Dimou

AEK Athens v Leicester City

31 July 1999 Nova Supersports Cup	AEK Athens	3–2	Leicester City	Nea Filadelfeia
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ćirić 17' Savevski 25' Maladenis 44'	Report	Zagorakis 6', 60' (pen.) Heskey Elliott	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Georgios Psychomanis (Athens)

AEK Athens v Hertha Berlin

1 August 1999 Nova Supersports Cup	AEK Athens	4–2	Hertha Berlin	Nea Filadelfeia
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bjeković 44' Nikolaidis 51', 66' Ćirić 64' (pen.) Lakis	Report	Tretschok 15' Neuendorf 50' Sverison Dárdai	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 9,599 Referee: Giorgos Fasolis (Athens)

AEK Athens v Ilisiakos

4 August 1999 Friendly	AEK Athens	13–0	Ilisiakos	Thrakomakedones
	Bjeković 16' Milovanović 33' Dellas 51' Konstantinidis 54', 77', 80' Sebwe 55', 58', 65' Grétarsson 63', 66', 83' Kavazis 68'	[32]		Stadium: AEK Athens' Training Complex Referee: Tasos Dimou
Note: The fitness coach of AEK, Tasos Dimou who was the referee of the match ended the match at the 84th minute.

Kallithea v AEK Athens

1 September 1999 Friendly	Kallithea	2–3	AEK Athens	Kallithea
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Cerović 6' Zacharopoulos 40'	[33]	Grétarsson 26' Kalitzakis 52' Dellas 64'	Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium

Panionios v AEK Athens

12 September 1999 Charity match	Panionios	1–2	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Pantić 21'	[34]	Nikolaidis 35', 39'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 2,056
Note: Charity match for the victims of the earthquake in Athens.

AEK Athens v Chaidari

9 February 2000 Friendly	AEK Athens	6–2	Chaidari	Thrakomakedones
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kasapis 17' Konstantinidis 59' Ćirić 60', 62' (pen.) Anastasakos 65' Platakis 67'	Report	Karagiannis 75' Pirenis 77'	Stadium: AEK Athens' Training Complex Attendance: Behind closed doors

Competitions

Overall record

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

Last updated: 27 May 2000
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

Main article: 1999–2000 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	34	30	2	2	86	18	+68	92	Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2	Panathinaikos	34	28	4	2	92	24	+68	88	Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3	AEK Athens	34	20	6	8	69	39	+30	66	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	OFI	34	18	9	7	60	44	+16	63
5	PAOK	34	15	10	9	64	44	+20	55

Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against; 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criterion 7 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(C) Champions

Results summary

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

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	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	6	11	11	6	4	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	7	8	5	5	6	4	5	4	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3

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

Matches

PAOK v AEK Athens

20 September 1999 1	PAOK	4–4	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Michopoulos  1' Marangos 16' Frousos  19' Dollberg 36',  50' Georgiadis  41', 65' Valencia 89'		Ćirić 2' (pen.) Zikos  13' Nikolaidis 20' Dollberg 23' (o.g.) Kasapis  29' Bjeković  45'  52' Dellas 46'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 22,226 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

AEK Athens v Panathinaikos

26 September 1999 2	AEK Athens	1–2	Panathinaikos	Piraeus
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Zikos  29', 45' Dellas  72' Matijašević  88'		Goumas  19' Mykland  32' Pflipsen 42' Henriksen  44' Asanović 78',  79'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 17,619 Referee: Panagiotis Nikou (Imathia)

Ethnikos Asteras v AEK Athens

3 October 1999 3	Ethnikos Asteras	1–3	AEK Athens	Kaisariani
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Lagos  33' Tešović  61' Triantafyllou  65' Xanthis 90+8'		Dellas  27' Savevski  60' Zikos  70' Ćirić 77' Konstantinidis 80' Markos 90+4'	Stadium: Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium Attendance: 3,950 Referee: Pavlos Konstantinidis (Piraeus)

AEK Athens v Iraklis

17 October 1999 4	AEK Athens	3–2	Iraklis	Nea Smyrni
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ćirić 38', 45+3' (pen.), 90+1' (pen.) Atmatsidis  42' Maladenis  45+4' Dellas  49'		Konstantinou 3' Sebwe 15' Tavlaridis  18'  45+2' Velis  27' Dilberis  82' Berneanou  90' Tziortziopoulos  90+2'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 7,712 Referee: Pavlos Papilias (Piraeus)

Paniliakos v AEK Athens

25 October 1999 5	Paniliakos	0–1	AEK Athens	Pyrgos
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Tasiopoulos Gonias		Bjeković 77',	Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium Attendance: 4,887 Referee: Kostas Vallianos (Aetoloacarnania)

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

15 November 1999 6	AEK Athens	0–2	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Maladenis  8' Kalitzakis  56'  64' Kasapis  58' Atmatsidis  65' Dellas  73'		Giovanni  9', 90+2' Đorđević  50', 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Vangelis Dimitropoulos (Patras)
Note: The match was postponed due to obligations of both teams in the European competitions.

Ionikos v AEK Athens

6 November 1999 7	Ionikos	1–1	AEK Athens	Piraeus
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Brewster  31' Gyrichidis  45' Pachatouridis  45+3' Rodriguez  51' Afash 58' Udebuluzor  76'		Bjeković  17' Xanthopoulos 39' (o.g.) Kasapis  57' Zikos  76'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 6,429 Referee: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens v Aris

20 November 1999 8	AEK Athens	2–0	Aris	Nea Filadelfeia
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	Kapsis 14' Bjeković  28' Nikolaidis 63' Markos  67' Petrić  71' Konstantinidis  90+3'		Koutsis  2'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 4,207 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

AEK Athens v OFI

28 November 1999 9	AEK Athens	1–2	OFI	Rhodes
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Bjeković  25' Petrić  44' Kopitsis  61' Konstantinidis 90+1'		Kolitsidakis  8' Gómez 45', 57',  72' Stavrakakis  46' Digozis  90+3'	Stadium: Diagoras Stadium Attendance: 4,587 Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Chalkidiki)
Note: The match was held in Rhodes because AEK had been punished with 2 games away from home for fan invasion during the Cup game against Olympiacos.

Skoda Xanthi v AEK Athens

5 December 1999 10	Skoda Xanthi	2–2	AEK Athens	Xanthi
16:15 EET (UTC+2)	Zouboulis 20', 43' Prittas  30' Kechagias  65'		Konstantinidis  35', 83' Maladenis  40' Markos 67' Ćirić  90+1'	Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium Attendance: 2,767 Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)

AEK Athens v Panachaiki

13 December 1999 11	AEK Athens	3–0	Panachaiki	Rhodes
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kapsis 1' Nikolaidis 25', 58'		Copertino  42' Iakovou  79'	Stadium: Diagoras Stadium Attendance: 2,313 Referee: Christos Daglis (Thessaloniki)

Proodeftiki v AEK Athens

22 December 1999 12	Proodeftiki	1–4	AEK Athens	Nikaia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Pantelidis  24' Angelopoulos  58' Bayazid 86' Kazantzis 88' Andralas  90+2'		Nikolaidis 39',  45+1' Bjeković 45+2', 61' Ćirić 65' Atmatsidis  85'	Stadium: Nikaia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,410 Referee: Spyros Pougakiotis (Phthiotis)

AEK Athens v Panionios

29 December 1999 13	AEK Athens	0–1	Panionios	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis  12'		Chasiotis  19' Maqueda  63' Sakellaridis  74' Nalitzis 84'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 4,653 Referee: Nikos Angelakis (Thessaloniki)

Apollon Smyrnis v AEK Athens

8 January 2000 14	Apollon Smyrnis	3–2	AEK Athens	Piraeus
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Vourexakis  8'  39' Papadimitriou  9' Labriakos 26',  47', 47' Karanikolas 63',  83' Roussos  68' Z. Ćirić  30'  90+4', 90+4'		Bjeković 48',  84' Zikos  59'  66' Kalitzakis 90+1'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 1,827 Referee: Panagiotis Nikou (Imathia)

AEK Athens v Kavala

16 January 2000 15	AEK Athens	3–0	Kavala	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Maladenis 53', 73', 88' Zikos  67' Nikolaidis  73'		Pisz  48' Kefalas  48' Udeze  76'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 4,326 Referee: Pavlos Konstantinidis (Piraeus)

Trikala v AEK Athens

23 January 2000 16	Trikala	0–1	AEK Athens	Trikala
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Prekates  56' Angelopoulos  84' Kottaras  87' Caprile  90'		Maladenis  36' Konstantinidis  36' Karagiannis  65' Ćirić 87' (pen.) Kopitsis  90+1'	Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,826 Referee: Panagiotis Nikou (Imathia)

Kalamata v AEK Athens

31 January 2000 17	Kalamata	1–1	AEK Athens	Kalamata
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Tzanetis Georgeas Bachramis 61',		Petkov Grétarsson Maladenis 50' Kapsis  68'	Stadium: Messiniakos Stadium Attendance: 3,211 Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)

AEK Athens v PAOK

5 February 2000 18	AEK Athens	2–0	PAOK	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Bjeković  27' Dellas  28' Nikolaidis 50', 84',  58' Karagiannis  75'		Chasiotis  14' P. Konstantinidis  22' Amponsah  63'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 10,082 Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)

Panathinaikos v AEK Athens

13 February 2000 19	Panathinaikos	1–0	AEK Athens	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Mykland  76' Asanović  85' Kola 90+2'		Karagiannis  19' Petkov  60'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 23,880 Referee: Georgios Psychomanis (Athens)

AEK Athens v Ethnikos Asteras

20 February 2000 20	AEK Athens	2–1	Ethnikos Asteras	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Bjeković 30' Ćirić 54' (pen.),  88' Petkov  70' Atmatsidis  85' Dellas  90+1'		Milovanović 16' Basinas  26' Lagos  45+1'  53'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 3,534 Referee: Filippos Dobas (Athens)

Iraklis v AEK Athens

27 February 2000 21	Iraklis	3–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Stoltidis  18' Xenidis 33',  61' Konstantinou 41', 74' (pen.) Amankwah  50' Bekiaris  83'		Savevski 7' Kalitzakis  10' Karagiannis  64' Kostenoglou  73'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 9,575 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

AEK Athens v Paniliakos

5 March 2000 22	AEK Athens	1–0	Paniliakos	Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kapsis  52' Ćirić 87'		Nousias  15' Ferekidis  41' Nebegleras  72' Rosales  89'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 3,689 Referee: Pavlos Papilias (Piraeus)

Olympiacos v AEK Athens

12 March 2000 23	Olympiacos	3–0	AEK Athens	Marousi
17:45 EET (UTC+2)	Eleftheropoulos  39' Đorđević 44' (pen.), 81' (pen.) Zahovič 64' Passalis  79'		Dellas  36' Kostenoglou  45'  82'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 14,121 Referee: Nikos Angelakis (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens v Ionikos

19 March 2000 24	AEK Athens	5–1	Ionikos	Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Konstantinidis 1' Nikolaidis 20', 25', 69', 75'		Brewster  14' Gyrichidis  29' Roberts 89'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 2,511 Referee: Dimitris Kalyvas (Boeotia)

Aris v AEK Athens

25 March 2000 25	Aris	1–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Mallous  18' Charisteas  64' Katsiaros  74' Koltsidas  78' Papadopoulos 79' (pen.)		Karagiannis  22' Kalitzakis  45' Nikolaidis 51'	Stadium: Aris Stadium Attendance: 8,941 Referee: Dimitris Kalyvas (Boeotia)

OFI v AEK Athens

1 April 2000 26	OFI	1–2	AEK Athens	Heraklion
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Adamos  20' Digozis 29' Nioplias  87'		Ćirić 21',  67' Lakis 23' Petkov  33', 48' Kostenoglou  72'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 4,448 Referee: Nikos Angelakis (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens v Skoda Xanthi

12 April 2000 27	AEK Athens	4–1	Skoda Xanthi	Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Nikolaidis 19', 45' Maladenis 83', 90'		Zapropoulos  31' Zouboulis 38' Chavos  47'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 3,028 Referee: Paraskevas Chelis (Kavala)

Panachaiki v AEK Athens

16 April 2000 28	Panachaiki	1–1	AEK Athens	Patras
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Epalle  54' Miñarro  65' Katsouranis 90'		Zikos  45' Kostenoglou  60' Konstantinidis 87'	Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium Attendance: 4,220 Referee: Panagiotis Nikou (Imathia)

AEK Athens v Proodeftiki

23 April 2000 29	AEK Athens	3–2	Proodeftiki	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Petkov 36' Kasapis  38' Lakis 43' Nikolaidis 64' (pen.)		Kazantzis 60' Fountoulakis  61' Togias 68' Angelopoulos  81' Kurdughli  90+2'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 3,371 Referee: Christos Daglis (Thessaloniki)

Panionios v AEK Athens

3 May 2000 30	Panionios	0–2	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Maqueda  70'  90+3'		Petkov  14' Nikolaidis 22', 35' Zikos  31' Dellas  45+1' Maladenis  83'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 1,449 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

AEK Athens v Apollon Smyrnis

7 May 2000 31	AEK Athens	3–0	Apollon Smyrnis	Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Savevski  8' Lakis  59', 89' Nikolaidis 65' (pen.) Ćirić 90+1'		Vourexakis  50' Belajić  85'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 2,435 Referee: Makis Efthimiadis (Drama)

Kavala v AEK Athens

14 May 2000 32	Kavala	0–2	AEK Athens	Kavala
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Manalis  25'		Nikolaidis 56', 78',  66' Konstantinidis  73'	Stadium: Kavala Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,115 Referee: Nikos Angelakis (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens v Trikala

21 May 2000 33	AEK Athens	2–1	Trikala	Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Savevski 22' Kasapis  30' Dellas 44'		Caprile 45+1'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 2,361 Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)

AEK Athens v Kalamata

27 May 2000 34	AEK Athens	6–1	Kalamata	Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nikolaidis 17' (pen.), 53' (pen.) Kasapis 35' Zikos  39' Konstantinidis 42' Dellas 44' Bjeković 77'		Kalantzis  10' Kelpekis  17' Georgeas  40' Koutsoures 77'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 2,925 Referee: Christos Daglis (Thessaloniki)

Greek Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Greek Football Cup

Group 8

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

Source: epo.gr

Matches

AEK Athens v Egaleo

7 August 1999 1	AEK Athens	6–1	Egaleo	Nea Filadelfeia
19:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Bjeković 20' Ćirić 22', 58' (pen.), 75' Nikolaidis 46' Markos 90'	Report (page 24)	Makris 55' Kogioglou  57'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 2,797 Referee: Giorgos Fasolis (Athens)

A.O. Karditsa v AEK Athens

21 August 1999 2	A.O. Karditsa	1–6	AEK Athens	Karditsa
13:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Letsios 76'	Report (page 24)	Zikos Lakis Petrić 15' Markos 24' Bountolos 37' (o.g.) Bjeković 41' Ćirić 78', 87'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Karditsa Referee: Paraskevas Chelis (Kavala)

Trikala v AEK Athens

27 October 1999 3	Trikala	1–2	AEK Athens	Trikala
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Angelopoulos Spyrakos Prekates   82' Papasteriadis 32'	Report (page 25)	Kavazis Konstantinidis Vaios Karagiannis Kopitsis 84' (pen.) Markos 89'	Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,877 Referee: Dimitris Pontikis (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens v Athinaikos

29 August 1999 4	AEK Athens	3–0	Athinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
13:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nikolaidis 5', 30' Kasapis  30' Konstantinidis 57' Ćirić  87'	Report (page 26)	Konstantinidis  17' Veletakos  45'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 1,709 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

AEK Athens v Akratitos

13 October 1999 5	AEK Athens	3–0	Akratitos	Piraeus
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Katsavos Konstantinidis 40' Lakis 60' Maladenis 79'	Report (page 26)	Stoilov Pavlidis	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 364 Referee: Kostas Finokaliotis (Athens)

Round of 16

AEK Athens v Trikala

12 January 2000 Round of 16	AEK Athens	6–0	Trikala	Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Vaios Karagiannis Maladenis 13', 24' Nikolaidis 19', 82', 89' Markos 21'	Report (page 31)	Ganas Ferreira	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Dimitris Kalyvas (Boeotia)

Quarter-finals

Olympiacos v AEK Athens

6 February 2000 First leg	Olympiacos	1–1	AEK Athens	Marousi
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	Alexandris 75' Kostoulas  78'	Report (page 33)	Petkov  29' Lakis 32',  89' Vaios Karagiannis  55' Kopitsis  59' Savevski  70' Kostenoglou  29'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Dimitris Kalyvas (Boeotia)

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

8 March 2000 Second leg	AEK Athens	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 27',  27' Kopitsis 31',  68' Zikos  33' Petkov 48'	Report (page 34)	Passalis Anatolakis  41' Amanatidis  45+2'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 14,400 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

Semi-finals

AEK Athens v Panionios

5 April 2000 First leg	AEK Athens	4–1	Panionios	Nea Filadelfeia
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Konstantinidis Dellas Nikolaidis 24' (pen.), 45', 53' Lakis 35'	Report (page 34)	Karaisaridis Kafalis Kljajević Gogolos Sapountzis 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 7,976 Referee: Giorgos Fasolis (Athens)

Panionios v AEK Athens

19 April 2000 Second leg	Panionios	2–1 (3–5 agg.)	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Karaisaridis Kientz Kafalis 74' Krčmarević 90'	Report (page 35)	Kapsis Markos Ćirić 22'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)

Final

AEK Athens v Ionikos

10 May 2000 Final	AEK Athens	3–0	Ionikos	Marousi
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Zikos  26' Nikolaidis  33', 37' Petkov 76' Maladenis 81'	Report (page 35)	Haugland  12' Afash  32' Kobayashi  34' Xanthopoulos  65' Ofrydopoulos  72' Leopaldi  89'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 25,471 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
Note: In the 32nd minute and while the score was 0–0, Nikolaidis scored with his hand. The referee didn't realize the violation and showed goal, but Nikolaidis approached him and explained what happened. As a result the referee changed his decision, canceling the goal, whistling handball and showed Nikolaidis a yellow card. Nikolaidis was later honored by the International Olympic Committee for his fair play.[2]

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 23 July 1999.^[35]

AEK Athens v AIK

11 August 1999 First leg	AEK Athens	0–0	AIK	Athens, Greece
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Kopitsis  35' Kapsis  56' Petrić  68'	Report	A. Andersson  8' O. Andersson  62' Nordin  69' Gustafsson  74'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 17,786 Referee: Juan Fernández Marin (Spain)

AIK v AEK Athens

25 August 1999 Second leg	AIK	1−0 (1–0 agg.)	AEK Athens	Solna, Sweden
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Novaković 57',  59' Gustafsson  81'	Report	Ćirić  66'	Stadium: Råsunda Stadium Attendance: 31,115 Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Cup

First round

Torpedo Kutaisi v AEK Athens

16 September 1999 First leg	Torpedo Kutaisi	0–1	AEK Athens	Kutaisi, Georgia
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Gogiashvili  15' Chkhetiani  19' Khvadagiani  56'	Report	Lakis  12' Petrić  54' Maladenis  65' Bjeković  84' Zikos 90+1'	Stadium: Ramaz Shengelia Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: John McDermott (Ireland)

AEK Athens v Torpedo Kutaisi

30 September 1999 Second leg	AEK Athens	6–1 (7–1 agg.)	Torpedo Kutaisi	Athens, Greece
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ćirić 8' (pen.) Bjeković 22',  49' Maladenis 24' Kopitsis 44', 88' Nikolaidis 73'	Report	Megreladze 72' Ionanidze  77' Maglakelidze  87'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 4,008 Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic)

Second round

MTK Budapest v AEK Athens

21 October 1999 First leg	MTK Budapest	2–1	AEK Athens	Budapest, Hungary
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Egressy 20' Erős 34' Madar  66' Kovács  83'	Report	Ćirić 66'	Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)

AEK Athens v MTK Budapest

2 November 1999 Second leg	AEK Athens	1–0 (2(a)–2 agg.)	MTK Budapest	Athens, Greece
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Petrić  35' Markos  40' Ćirić 75' (pen.) Zikos  87'	Report	Fehér  28'  55' Halmai  32'  60' Kuttor  66'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 7,288 Referee: Pascal Garibian (France)

Third round

AEK Athens v Monaco

23 November 1999 First leg	AEK Athens	2–2	Monaco	Athens, Greece
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis  66', 45', 89'	Report	Giuly 26' Gallardo  45' Djetou  50' Christanval  63' Simone 78' Lamouchi  84'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 7,299 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Monaco v AEK Athens

9 December 1999 Second leg	Monaco	1–0 (3–2 agg.)	AEK Athens	Fontvieille, Monaco
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Sagnol  24' Simone 31' Márquez  33' Sylva  78'	Report	Grétarsson  42' Kasapis  61' Zikos  68'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Dieter Schoch (Switzerland)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 27 May 2000

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

Goalscorers

As of 27 May 2000

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

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Source
Dragan Ćirić	Egaleo	6–1 (H)	7 August 1999	Greek Cup	[36]
Dragan Ćirić	Iraklis	3–2 (H)	17 October 1999	Alpha Ethniki	[37]
Demis Nikolaidis	Trikala	6–0 (H)	12 January 2000	Greek Cup	[38]
Christos Maladenis	Kavala	3–0 (H)	16 January 2000	Alpha Ethniki	[39]
Demis Nikolaidis4	Ionikos	5–1 (H)	19 March 2000	Alpha Ethniki	[40]
Demis Nikolaidis	Panionios	4–1 (H)	5 April 2000	Greek Cup	[41]

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 27 May 2000

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

Disciplinary record

As of 27 May 2000

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

Starting 11

N. Formation Matchday(s) 20 4–2–3–1 2, 6, 15, 17, 21, 28–32 17 4–4–2 (D) 1, 3–5, 7–9, 11, 18, 19, 22 16 3–5–2 10, 12–14, 16, 20, 23–27, 33, 34 No. Nat. Player Pos. 1 Ilias Atmatsidis (C) GK 32 Michalis Kapsis RCB 2 Traianos Dellas LCB 5 Nikos Kostenoglou RB 12 Charis Kopitsis LB 14 Akis Zikos DM 6 Dimitris Markos CM 7 Christos Maladenis RM 8 Toni Savevski LM 10 Dragan Ćirić AM 11 Demis Nikolaidis CF

Atmatsidis (C) Kapsis Dellas Kostenoglou Kopitsis Zikos Markos Ćirić Maladenis Savevski Nikolaidis Last updated: 2000-05-27

Awards

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