2008–09 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 2008–09 season was the 85th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 50th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Super League, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup. The season began on 14 August 2008 and finished on 31 May 2009.

AEK Athens

2008–09 season
Chairman	Demis Nikolaidis (until 1 December) Giorgos Kintis (until 3 February) Nikos Thanopoulos
Manager	Georgios Donis (until 17 November) Dušan Bajević
Stadium	Athens Olympic Stadium
Super League	3rd (After play-offs) 4th (Regular season)
Greek Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Ismael Blanco (14) All: Ismael Blanco (23)
Highest home attendance	44,104 vs Olympiacos (1 February 2009)
Lowest home attendance	4,315 vs Kerkyra (22 January 2009)
Average home league attendance	14,671
Biggest win	Panserraikos 1–5 AEK Athens
Biggest defeat	AEK Athens 0–2 Panathinaikos Olympiacos 2–0 AEK Athens
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Kits

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): LG Corp
Features: Chevrolet, Diners Club

Home

Away

Third

Overview

2008–09 Home kit

2008–09 Away and 3rd kit

A strange and ultimately unsuccessful season for AEK, who failed to handle the outcome of the previous season's Wallner case,^[1] mainly at the administrative level, but also at the financial level. The president, Demis Nikolaidis, decided to put his resignation at the disposal of the shareholders of the club, but he proceeded with fundamental changes in both the roster and the technical leadership of the team. He spent a lot of money, in order to change the balance in dressing room by essentially releasing the captains, Dellas and Liberopoulos and selling the talented Papastathopoulos to Genoa. He even proceeded with very expensive transfers for the club's standards, especially with that of Rafik Djebbour from Panionios, who spent the record amount of 3,200,000 euros. Alonsgside Djebbour, AEK also proceeded in the transfers of Kyrgiakos, Basinas, Majstorović, Saja, Pelletieri, Burns, Geraldo Alves and Juanfran, but the one who stood out was that of Ignacio Scocco, which was also the highest quality transfer during the Nikolaidis presidency. The most debatable choice of Nikolaidis was the hiring of Georgios Donis for the position of coach, since Donis had only worked with teams of a lower magnitude, where there wasn't the high pressure of the league race. The club sold 18,200 season tickets.

For the UEFA Cup, AEK were drawn with Cypriot Omonia and seemingly seemed the absolute favorite for the qualification. Donis, trying to change AEK's playing philosophy from the previous seasons, tried to implement an unattractive football model and very soon AEK paid the price. In Athens, Omonia, with a lucky goal towards the end of the first half, took the lead and finally got the victory against the unrecognizable and lazy AEK. AEK in the last match of Rivaldo, who in the following days surpisingly left for Bunyodkor from Uzbekistan, did not react at any point of the match, unable to produce phases and reduced to meaningless possession. The completely wrong approach and preparation of the match by Donis and his footballers made the task of AEK very difficult out of nowhere. The disaster for AEK was completed in the second leg at GSP Stadium, where spirited and tough Omonia limited them again, taking the lead in the score and despite being equalized by AEK did not lose control of the match, regaining the lead in the second half and only AEK managed to avoid the second defeat, equalizing at the end of the match. The disastrous exclusion from Europe effectively put AEK out of financial plans, which increased introversion and essentially forced Nikolaidis to leave earlier than the end of his presidency as he had informed the shareholders from the beginning of the summer.

AEK started the championship with a great victory, winning 2–1 against the newly rich Panathinaikos of the "multi-shareholder" era, but the continuation was disappointing. A series of 4 unsuccessful results brought Donis near to the exit door. On the 8th matchday amid heavy disapproval, AEK beat Asteras Tripolis with two goals in stoppage time at the Olympic Stadium and after the end of the match, Nikolaidis resigned implicitly attributing responsibilities to the ultras of the club.^[2] Donis was already fully exposed and the pressure appeared with yet another draw in Skoda Xanthi and along with a draw with Panserraikos at home, he resigned.^[3] The remaining management, Kanellopoulos and Koulis,^[4] believing that the team needed a great personality, hired Dušan Bajević, with the intention to turn him into general manager of AEK.^[5] The shareholders, after a final rift between them, decided to appoint Giorgos Kintis to the presidency, who immediately offered AEK a shop instead of one euro, as long as the prospective buyer took over the settled debts of the team, as well as the heavy opening of 15 million euros from the expensive transfer moves of the summer. No one appeared except for a written statement of intent by Dimitris Melissanidis and AEK continued with the internal upheavals being indescribable. Bajević had an indifferent season, which he also attributed to a lack of confidence in himself and was asking for big investments to be able to watch Olympiacos and Panathinaikos matches. Kintis, after a month and a half, being at a dead end and advocating a completely different philosophy from Bajević, resigned, Kanellopoulos resigned and left his shares to the Amateur AEK with Koulis following the same path. Nikos Thanopoulos, the chosen of the then major shareholder, Nikos Notias, took over as president after intense back-and-forth. And while the season was heading towards an unremarkable close, Bajević seemed to lack confidence in his players and was more concerned with management reshuffles than the team. So AEK ended the season with many draws, unattractive football and in fourth place behind Olympiacos, PAOK and Panathinaikos and without a competitive identity entered the play-offs with just one point, starting from a disadvantageous position .

The activities in the Cup started with a near exclusion from Ilisiakos who were left with 10 players and AEK taking the qualification in extra time. In the next phase against Kerkyra AEK were qualified with an amazing goal by Scocco in the 89th minute. In the quarter-finals, AEK's opponent was Skoda Xanthi, from who were lost 2–1 away, but managed to qualify thanks to a header from Blanco in the rematch. AEK easily qualified for the final after overcoming the obstacle of Panserraikos. The final that the club and the fans needed, especially against a great rival like Olympiacos, was ahead. On May 2, the best Cup final in the history of Greek football took place. AEK got off to a magical start, taking a 2–0 lead, thanks to two great goals from Blanco, but were leveled by goals from Derbyshire and Dudu. In the 90th minute, the class of Ignacio Scocco spoke, who passed everyone in front of him and perfectly shot past Nikopolidis. AEK, affected by the Argentine's superb goal, did not handle the stoppage time as needed and were leveled again by Derbyshire in the 96th minute. The game went to overtime, where AEK were shocked and conceded a fourth goal in the 102nd minute from Galletti. However, Ignacio Scocco in the 108th minute, again with a goal of rare beauty, equalized once more for AEK with the two teams going to the penalty shootout. So after 32 penalties and the score having reached the admirable 15–14, the final ended with the Olympiacos being crowned as the cup winner.^[6]

The play-offs started with ambition for AEK, who despite not winning the Cup, seemed determined to chase the position that led to the Champions League qualifiers. Indeed, until the last game AEK was the favorite along with Panathinaikos and the first place would be decided in the derby between them. Panathinaikos appeared more ready and determined and beat AEK by 0–2, which ended the season, without managing to return in the beficial qualifiers of the Champions League.^[7]

Management team

Position	Staff
Manager	Dušan Bajević
Assistant manager	Lysandros Georgamlis
Goalkeeping coach	Slobodan Šujica
Fitness coach	Antonis Kezos
Fitness coach	Dimitris Bouroutzikas
U-17 Manager	Charis Kopitsis
Technical director	Eugène Gerards
Academy director	Toni Savevski
Academy manager	Bledar Kola
Scout	Eugène Gerards
Scout	Kostas Tsanas
Scout	Periklis Papapanagis
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 31 May 2009, 23:59 UTC+3.

No.	Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
23	Sebastián Saja		GK	(1979-06-05)5 June 1979 (aged 30)	2008	San Lorenzo	Free	2012
77	Jürgen Macho		GK	(1977-08-24)24 August 1977 (aged 31)	2007	Kaiserslautern	€300,000	2009
84	Giannis Arabatzis		GK	(1984-05-28)28 May 1984 (aged 25)	2002	Makrochori	€22,000	2011
Defenders
4	Geraldo Alves		CB / RB	(1980-11-08)8 November 1980 (aged 28)	2007	Paços de Ferreira	€300,000	2010
5	Daniel Majstorović (Vice-captain 3)		CB	(1977-04-05)5 April 1977 (aged 32)	2008	Basel	Free	2011
6	Georgios Alexopoulos		CB / RB	(1977-02-07)7 February 1977 (aged 32)	2005	Egaleo	Free	2010
7	Juanfran		LB / LM / CB	(1976-07-15)15 July 1976 (aged 32)	2008	Real Zaragoza	Free	2010
12	Olivier N'Siabamfumu		CB / RB / DM	(1986-03-17)17 March 1986 (aged 23)	2009	Free agent	Free	2009
13	Dimitrios Koutromanos		RB / LB / DM	(1987-02-25)25 February 1987 (aged 22)	2009	Panetolikos	€50,000	2011
25	Sotirios Kyrgiakos (Captain)		CB	(1979-07-23)23 July 1979 (aged 29)	2008	Eintracht Frankfurt	Free	2013
31	Nikolaos Georgeas (Vice-captain 2)		RB / LB / DM	(1976-12-27)27 December 1976 (aged 32)	2001	Kalamata	€1,500,000	2010
Midfielders
1	Pantelis Kafes (Vice-captain)		CM / DM / AM / RM / LM	(1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 31)	2007	Olympiacos	Free	2009
8	Tam Nsaliwa		DM / CM / CB	(1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 27)	2007	Panionios	€400,000	2010
11	Gustavo Manduca		RM / AM / RW / LM / LW / CM / SS / ST	(1980-06-08)8 June 1980 (aged 29)	2007	Benfica	€800,000	2010
16	Vasilios Pliatsikas		DM / CM / RB / CB	(1988-04-20)20 April 1988 (aged 21)	2005	Chaidari	Free	2010
17	Antonis Rikka		DM / CM	(1986-03-03)3 March 1986 (aged 23)	2008	Skoda Xanthi	€600,000	2013
19	Panagiotis Lagos		LM / LW / LB / CM / DM	(1985-07-18)18 July 1985 (aged 23)	2006	Iraklis	€900,000	2010
24	Agustín Pelletieri		DM / CM	(1982-05-17)17 May 1982 (aged 27)	2008	Lanús	€700,000	2009
34	Panagiotis Tachtsidis		CM / DM / AM	(1991-02-15)15 February 1991 (aged 18)	2007	AEK Athens U20	—	2010
56	Përparim Hetemaj		CM / DM / AM / RM / LM / RW / LW	(1986-12-12)12 December 1986 (aged 22)	2006	HJK Helsinki	€450,000	2010
80	El Hadji Diouf		AM / CM	(1989-08-20)20 August 1989 (aged 19)	2007	Xam-Xam	Free	2011
90	Savvas Gentsoglou		DM / CB / CM	(1990-09-19)19 September 1990 (aged 18)	2006	AEK Athens U20	—	2013
Forwards
9	Edinho		ST / SS / RW	(1982-07-07)7 July 1982 (aged 26)	2008	Vitória de Setúbal	€350,000	2011
10	Rafik Djebbour		ST / SS / RW / LW	(1984-03-08)8 March 1984 (aged 25)	2008	Panionios	€3,200,000	2011
18	Ismael Blanco		ST / SS	(1983-01-19)19 January 1983 (aged 26)	2008	Colón	€850,000	2011
20	Nathan Burns		RW / SS / ST / LW / AM	(1988-05-07)7 May 1988 (aged 21)	2008	Adelaide United	€450,000	2012
32	Ignacio Scocco		SS / LW / AM / ST / LM / RW / RM	(1985-05-29)29 May 1985 (aged 24)	2008	UNAM	€1,500,000	2011
83	Michalis Pavlis		SS / ST / RW / LW	(1989-09-22)22 September 1989 (aged 19)	2006	AEK Athens U20	—	2011
Left during Summer Transfer Window
—	Rivaldo		AM / SS / LM	(1972-04-19)19 April 1972 (aged 37)	2007	Olympiacos	Free	2009
Left during Winter Transfer Window
2	Edson Ratinho		RB / RM / RW	(1986-05-31)31 May 1986 (aged 23)	2007	Mogi Mirim	€350,000	2012
14	Angelos Basinas		DM / CM / AM	(1976-01-03)3 January 1976 (aged 33)	2008	Mallorca	Free	2011
40	Panagiotis Zorbas		AM / RW / LM / LW / CM	(1987-04-21)21 April 1987 (aged 22)	2005	Bayer 04 Leverkusen U19	Free	2011

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
5	DF	Daniel Majstorović	Basel	Free transfer	1 July 2008	30 June 2011	[8]
7	DF	Juanfran	Real Zaragoza	Free transfer	30 July 2008	30 June 2010	[9]
9	FW	Edinho	Vitória de Setúbal	€350,000	1 July 2008	30 June 2011	[10]
10	FW	Rafik Djebbour	Panionios	€3,200,000	30 August 2008	30 June 2011	[11][12]
13	DF	Dimitrios Koutromanos	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan return	1 July 2008	30 June 2011
14	MF	Angelos Basinas	Mallorca	Free transfer	31 July 2008	30 June 2011	[13]
17	MF	Antonis Rikka	Skoda Xanthi	€600,000	1 June 2008	30 June 2013	[14][15]
18	FW	Ismael Blanco	Colón	€850,000	1 July 2008	30 June 2011	[16]
20	FW	Nathan Burns	Adelaide United	€450,000	10 June 2008	30 June 2012	[17][18][19]
23	GK	Sebastián Saja	San Lorenzo	Free transfer	1 July 2008	30 June 2012	[20]
25	DF	Sotirios Kyrgiakos	Eintracht Frankfurt	Free transfer	1 August 2008	30 June 2013	[21]
32	FW	Ignacio Scocco	UNAM	€1,500,000	18 June 2008	30 June 2011	[22]
40	MF	Panagiotis Zorbas	Panetolikos	Loan return	1 July 2008	30 June 2011
56	MF	Përparim Hetemaj	Apollon Kalamarias	Loan return	1 July 2008	30 June 2010
80	GK	Giannis Fysekis	Lamia	Loan return	1 July 2008	30 June 2010
90	MF	Savvas Gentsoglou	A.O. Nea Ionia	Loan return	1 July 2008	30 June 2011
–	GK	Stefano Sorrentino	Recreativo de Huelva	Loan return	1 July 2008	30 June 2010
—	DF	Nikolaos Kourkoulas	A.O. Nea Ionia	Loan return	1 July 2008	30 June 2010
—	DF	Panagiotis Stergiatos	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan return	1 July 2008	30 June 2008
—	DF	Nikos Barboudis	Fostiras	Loan return	1 July 2008	30 June 2010
—	DF	Dimitrios Amarantidis	Anagennisi Karditsa	Free transfer	1 July 2008	30 June 2010
—	DF	Vasilios Vallianos	A.O. Nea Ionia	Loan return	1 July 2008	30 June 2008
—	MF	Nikolaos Kaltsas	Acharnaikos	Loan return	1 July 2008	30 June 2010
—	MF	Manolis Tsagarogiannakis	Thiva	Loan return	1 July 2008	30 June 2009
—	MF	El Hadji Diouf	Ilisiakos	Loan return	1 July 2008	30 June 2011

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
12	DF	Olivier N'Siabamfumu	Free agent	Free transfer	11 February 2009	30 June 2009	[23]
80	MF	El Hadji Diouf	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan termination	20 November 2008	30 June 2011	[24]
—	MF	Georgios Tofas	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan termination	31 December 2008	30 June 2010

Out

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
3	DF	Rodolfo Arruabarrena	Tigre	Contract termintion	12 August 2008	[25]
5	DF	Traianos Dellas	Anorthosis Famagusta	Contract termintion	24 July 2008	[26][27]
7	FW	Charilaos Pappas	Skoda Xanthi	€60,000	5 July 2008	[28]
9	FW	Pantelis Kapetanos	Steaua București	Contract termintion	8 July 2008	[29][30]
10	MF	Rivaldo	Bunyodkor	€1,000,000	27 August 2008	[31][32]
14	DF	Federico Azcárate	Polideportivo Ejido	End of contract	22 July 2008	[33]
15	DF	Sokratis Papastathopoulos	Genoa	€3,800,000[a]	1 August 2008	[34]
16	MF	Akis Zikos	Retired		30 June 2008	[35]
18	FW	Ismael Blanco	Colón	Loan return	30 June 2008
20	FW	Manú	Benfica	Loan return	30 June 2008
22	MF	Panagiotis Kone	Iraklis	Contract termintion	29 August 2008	[36]
23	FW	Mohamed Kallon	Al Shabab	End of contract	1 July 2008	[37]
27	MF	Christos Bourbos	Iraklis	End of contract	1 July 2008	[38]
32	GK	Marcelo Moretto	Benfica	Loan return	30 June 2008
33	FW	Nikos Liberopoulos	Eintracht Frankfurt	Contract termintion	13 July 2008	[39][40]
36	FW	Edinho	Vitória de Setúbal	Loan return	30 June 2008
88	MF	Dániel Tőzsér	Genk	€1,500,000	5 June 2008	[41][42]
99	FW	Júlio César	Rapid București	End of contract	1 July 2008	[43]
—	DF	Panagiotis Stergiatos	Anagennisi Arta	End of contract	1 July 2008
—	DF	Vasilios Vallianos	Panachaiki	Free transfer	1 July 2008
—	MF	Manolis Tsagarogiannakis	Vyzas Megara	Free transfer	1 July 2008	[44]

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
2	DF	Edson Ratinho	Mogi Mirim	€350,000	27 January 2009	[45]
14	MF	Angelos Basinas	Portsmouth	Contract termination	2 February 2009	[46]

Loan in

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
24	MF	Agustín Pelletieri	Lanús	€700,000	1 September 2008	30 June 2009	Y	[47]

Loan out

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
80	GK	Giannis Fysekis	Apollon Kalamarias	Free	1 July 2008	30 June 2009	N
—	GK	Stefano Sorrentino	Chievo Verona	€200,000	3 July 2008	30 June 2009	Y	[48]
—	DF	Nikolaos Kourkoulas	A.O. Nea Ionia	Free	1 July 2008	30 June 2010	N
—	DF	Nikos Barboudis	Apollon Kalamarias	Free	23 July 2008	30 June 2009	N	[49]
—	DF	Dimitrios Amarantidis	Anagennisi Karditsa	Free	1 July 2008	30 June 2010	N
—	MF	Nikolaos Kaltsas	Chaidari	Free	1 July 2008	30 June 2010	N
—	MF	El Hadji Diouf	Anagennisi Karditsa	Free	1 July 2008	30 June 2009	N
—	MF	Georgios Tofas	Anagennisi Karditsa	Free	1 July 2008	30 June 2009	N

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
40	MF	Panagiotis Zorbas	Panetolikos	Free	29 January 2009	30 June 2009	N	[50]
—	MF	Georgios Tofas	Anorthosis Famagusta	Free	31 December 2008	30 June 2010	Y

Notes

a. ^{^} plus 15% of next sale.^[51]

Contract renewals

No.	Pos.	Player	Date	Former Exp. Date	New Exp. Date	Source
13	DF	Dimitris Koutromanos	25 June 2008	30 June 2010	30 June 2011	[52]
90	MF	Savvas Gentsoglou	25 June 2008	30 June 2009	30 June 2013	[52]

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure Summer: €7,650,000 Winter: €0 Total: €7,650,000

Income Summer: €6,560,000 Winter: €350,000 Total: €6,910,000

Net Totals Summer: €1,090,000 Winter: €350,000 Total: €740,000

Pre-season and friendlies

Arminia Bielefeld v AEK Athens

18 July 2008 Friendly	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	AEK Athens	Leogang
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Tesche 59'	Report	Scocco 22'	Stadium: Steinbergstadion Leogang

AEK Athens v Greuther Fürth

26 July 2008 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–2	Greuther Fürth	Leogang
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Lagos Meichelbeck 83' (o.g.) Pliatsikas 85'	Report	Iličević 2' Meichelbeck 31'	Stadium: Steinbergstadion Leogang

Energie Cottbus v AEK Athens

29 July 2008 Friendly	Energie Cottbus	1–1	AEK Athens	Kufstein
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Rangelov 55' (pen.)	Report	Kafes 56'	Stadium: Kufstein Arena Attendance: 800

Bursaspor v AEK Athens

30 July 2008 Friendly	Bursaspor	0–1	AEK Athens	Jenbach
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Rivaldo 58' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Jenbach

Genoa v AEK Athens

1 August 2008 Friendly	Genoa	1–0	AEK Athens	Jenbach
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Di Gennaro 59'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Jenbach

Ankaragücü v AEK Athens

3 August 2008 Friendly	Ankaragücü	0–5	AEK Athens	Jenbach
19:15 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Scocco 20' Blanco 21' Majstorović 28' Pavlis 70' Burns 73'	Stadium: Stadion Jenbach

AEK Athens v Bolton Wanderers

8 August 2008 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Marousi
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Rivaldo 11' Hetamaj 17'	Report	Cahill  19'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 10,022 Referee: Ilias Spathas (Piraeus)

AEK Athens v Bologna

18 August 2008 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–1	Bologna	Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Rivaldo 66'	Report	Adaílton 31'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 2,305 Referee: Michalis Germanakos (Athens)

AEK Athens v Groningen

21 August 2008 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–1	Groningen	Marousi
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Edinho  54' Scocco 71' Kone 88'	Report	García  15' Powel 41',  66' Lovre  74'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)

Anagennisi Karditsa v AEK Athens

6 September 2008 Friendly	Anagennisi Karditsa	2–2	AEK Athens	Karditsa
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Chatzirizos 54' Diouf 68'	Report	Djebbour 6' Kafes 32'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Karditsa Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Periklis Golias (Athens)

Olympiacos Volos v AEK Athens

7 September 2008 Friendly	Olympiacos Volos	0–3	AEK Athens	Volos
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Lagos 27' Blanco 38' Zorbas 48'	Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium Attendance: 9,000

A.O. Nea Ionia v AEK Athens

8 October 2008 Friendly	A.O. Nea Ionia	0–3	AEK Athens	Acharnes
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Pavlis 45' Djebbour 53' Zorbas 81'	Stadium: Acharnes Stadium

AEK Athens v A.O. Nea Ionia

29 October 2008 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–1	A.O. Nea Ionia	Thrakomakedones
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Pavlis 55', 67' Pliatsikas 75'	Report	Balaskas 25'	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 %
Super League	31 August 2008	26 April 2009	Matchday 1	4th	30	14	13	3	40	24	+16	046.67
Super League Play-offs	10 May 2009	31 May 2009	Matchday 1	3rd	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	050.00
Greek Cup	29 October 2009	29 October 2009	Round of 32	Runners-up	7	4	2	1	12	8	+4	057.14
UEFA Cup	14 August 2008	28 August 2008	Second qualifying round	Second qualifying round	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Total					45	21	18	6	62	41	+21	046.67

Last updated: 31 May 2009
Source: Competitions

Super League Greece

Main article: 2008–09 Super League Greece

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	PAOK	30	18	9	3	39	16	+23	63	Qualification for the Play-offs
3	Panathinaikos	30	17	10	3	51	18	+33	61
4	AEK Athens	30	14	13	3	40	24	+16	55
5	AEL	30	12	13	5	36	26	+10	49
6	Aris	30	13	8	9	30	31	−1	47

Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Play-offs (neutral ground).
(Note: Criterion 4 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[53]

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	14	13	3	40	24	+16	55	11	2	2	21	9	+12	3	11	1	19	15	+4

Last updated: 2009-04-26.
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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	D
Position	5	4	3	4	7	7	7	5	4	5	5	7	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2009. Source: slgr.gr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

AEK Athens v Panathinaikos

31 August 2008 1	AEK Athens	2–1	Panathinaikos	Marousi
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Edinho 20' Kyrgiakos  21' Basinas  45' Blanco 45+5' (pen.) Pliatsikas  62' Scocco  77' Lagos  79'	Report	Karagounis  42', 90+4' Spyropoulos  45+3' Sarriegi  55'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 30,140 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Edinho

PAOK v AEK Athens

14 September 2008 2	PAOK	1–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Muslimović 15',  90+4' Darlas  33' Verón  41'	Report	Edinho  33' Blanco 45+2' Georgeas  70' Majstorović  90+4'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 25,203 Referee: Vasilis Paboridis (Kilkis) Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco

AEK Athens v Iraklis

21 September 2008 3	AEK Athens	1–0	Iraklis	Marousi
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Scocco 14',  72' Basinas  30' Saja  90+4'	Report	Konstantinou  32' Bourbos  33'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 17,459 Referee: Nikitas Ntatis (Chios) Man of the Match: Sebastián Saja

Panionios v AEK Athens

28 September 2008 4	Panionios	2–2	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kyrgiakos 26' (o.g.) Delura 68' Krešić  90+2'	Report	Lagos  28' Scocco  30', 58' Kafes 90+4'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 4,409 Referee: Giannis Stavridis (Pieria) Man of the Match: Ignacio Scocco

Olympiacos v AEK Athens

5 October 2008 5	Olympiacos	2–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Kovačević 63' Diogo 66' Domi  68' Patsatzoglou  82'	Report	Kyrgiakos  7' Basinas  29' Juanfran  57'  78'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 30,074 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Diogo

AEK Athens v AEL

19 October 2008 6	AEK Athens	1–1	AEL	Marousi
16:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Blanco 84' (pen.)	Report	Venetidis  15' Iglesias  64' Dabizas  67' Katsiaros  79' Parra  88' Sarmiento 90+1'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 19,407 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu) Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco

Thrasyvoulos v AEK Athens

26 October 2008 7	Thrasyvoulos	3–3	AEK Athens	Fyli
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Tsiolis  21' Marlon  29' Gonçalves 52', 56' Alves 71',  76' Belegrinis  83' Sotirhos  90+2'	Report	Scocco 10', 41' Blanco 31', 31' Alexopoulos  51'	Stadium: Fyli Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,742 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Ignacio Scocco

AEK Athens v Asteras Tripolis

2 November 2008 8	AEK Athens	2–1	Asteras Tripolis	Marousi
16:45 EET (UTC+2)	Kafes  46' Rikka  66' Majstorović 90' Djebbour 90+3' Georgeas  90+5'	Report	Damonte  39' Marcelão 67' Cesarec  84' Kanakoudis  89'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 14,108 Referee: Ilias Spathas (Piraeus) Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour

Skoda Xanthi v AEK Athens

8 November 2008 9	Skoda Xanthi	1–1	AEK Athens	Xanthi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Pappas  2' Taïder 33' Doriva  35' Fliskas  74' Vallas  89'	Report	Pelletieri  35' Majstorović  44' Blanco 62'	Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 3,763 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu) Man of the Match: Ignacio Scocco

AEK Athens v Panserraikos

15 November 2008 10	AEK Athens	0–0	Panserraikos	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Majstorović  30' Alexopoulos  68' Kafes  90+2'	Report	Abubakari  59' Zoundi  67' Kottaras  73' Kali  83' Pipinis  90+2'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 10,170 Referee: Dimitris Kyrkos (Epirus) Man of the Match: Dimitrios Kottaras

OFI v AEK Athens

23 November 2008 11	OFI	1–1	AEK Athens	Heraklion
16:45 EET (UTC+2)	Simić  33' Roubakis  65'  84' Taralidis  73', 75' Sfakianakis  90+3'	Report	Juanfran  43' Nsaliwa  66' Majstorović  81' Kafes 86'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 4,732 Referee: Michalis Dakos (Xanthi) Man of the Match: Aleksandar Simić

Levadiakos v AEK Athens

30 November 2008 12	Levadiakos	0–0	AEK Athens	Livadeia
16:45 EET (UTC+2)	Nsaliwa  32' Basinas  38', 90+2'	Report	Katsikogiannis  55' Tzorbatzakis  60' Blažić  76' Pastos  90+5'	Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 3,156 Referee: Nikitas Ntatis (Chios) Man of the Match: Srđan Blažić

AEK Athens v Panthrakikos

7 December 2008 13	AEK Athens	1–0	Panthrakikos	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Blanco 28',  29' Pliatsikas  35'	Report	Kanotidis  39'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 12,054 Referee: Vasilis Paboridis (Kilkis) Man of the Match: Tam Nsaliwa

Aris v AEK Athens

14 December 2008 14	Aris	1–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Calvo 39',  59' Lembo  51'	Report	Kafes  15' Pliatsikas  17' Basinas  67' Edinho 71'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 13,783 Referee: Giorgos Daloukas (Thessaly) Man of the Match: Edinho

AEK Athens v Ergotelis

21 December 2008 15	AEK Athens	3–2	Ergotelis	Marousi
16:45 EET (UTC+2)	Djebbour 6' Blanco 39' Basinas  42' Nsaliwa  50' Kyrgiakos  80' Edinho 85'	Report	Fragoulakis 35' Ogunsoto  45+2' Kordonouris  61' Budimir 76' Martins  77'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 12,019 Referee: Vangelis Katsidonis (Dodecanese) Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour

Panathinaikos v AEK Athens

4 January 2009 16	Panathinaikos	0–0	AEK Athens	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Spyropoulos  18' Melissis  26' Karagounis  88'	Report	Basinas  17' Kafes  38' Majstorović  84' Saja  87' Edinho  90+1' Scocco  90+3'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 42,018 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Angelos Basinas

AEK Athens v PAOK

11 January 2009 17	AEK Athens	1–0	PAOK	Marousi
20:15 EET (UTC+2)	Djebbour 45',  66' Edinho  56' Kyrgiakos  69' Pelletieri  73'	Report	Contreras  27'  66' Ivić  45+3'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 19,194 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour

Iraklis v AEK Athens

17 January 2009 18	Iraklis	0–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Perperidis  67' Sarakatsanos  79'	Report	Blanco 69' Juanfran  78' Saja  90' Basinas  90+4'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 7,897 Referee: Michalis Lambropoulos (Elis) Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco

AEK Athens v Panionios

25 January 2009 19	AEK Athens	3–0	Panionios	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Blanco 7' Edinho 27' Juanfran  28' Scocco 47' Alves  90'	Report	Kontoes  17'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 13,187 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu) Man of the Match: Ignacio Scocco

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

1 February 2009 20	AEK Athens	0–1	Olympiacos	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Juanfran  10' Kyrgiakos  41' Nsaliwa  56'	Report	Galletti 5' Torosidis  44' A. Papadopoulos  73'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 44,104 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Luciano Galletti

AEL v AEK Athens

8 February 2009 21	AEL	1–1	AEK Athens	Larissa
16:45 EET (UTC+2)	Giannakopoulos  29' Guela  76' Fotakis 90'	Report	Koutromanos  36' Nsaliwa  74' Djebbour 90+1' Edinho  90+3'	Stadium: Alcazar Stadium Attendance: 6,148 Referee: Ilias Spathas (Piraeus) Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour

AEK Athens v Thrasyvoulos

14 February 2009 22	AEK Athens	1–0	Thrasyvoulos	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	P. Hetemaj  28' Kyrgiakos  64' Tachtsidis 90+2' Pliatsikas  90+5' Saja  90+5'	Report	M. Hetemaj  30' Liapakis  56' Michos  83' Peçanha  85' Katsikis  90+6'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,532 Referee: Lazaros Polatian (Pella) Man of the Match: Panagiotis Tachtsidis

Asteras Tripolis v AEK Athens

22 February 2009 23	Asteras Tripolis	0–1	AEK Athens	Tripoli
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Fytanidis  36' Marcelão 85' Flávio  90+4'	Report	Scocco  28' Hetemaj  53' Alves  84' Majstorović 86'	Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium Attendance: 2,952 Referee: Dimitris Kyrkos (Epirus) Man of the Match: Daniel Majstorović

AEK Athens v Skoda Xanthi

28 February 2009 24	AEK Athens	2–1	Skoda Xanthi	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Edinho 10' Koutromanos  46' Blanco 49' Kyrgiakos  75' Hetemaj  88'	Report	Grzelak  14' Agali  42' Poy 57' Vallas  74' Papadimitriou  74'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,587 Referee: Michalis Lambropoulos (Elis) Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco

Panserraikos v AEK Athens

8 March 2009 25	Panserraikos	1–5	AEK Athens	Serres
16:45 EET (UTC+2)	Čeh 19' (pen.) Galanopoulos  24' Kali  26' Abubakari  27' Milenković  79'	Report	Blanco 6', 43' Alexopoulos  18' Djebbour 28' (pen.), 35' Scocco 45+1' Pelletieri  52'	Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium Attendance: 5,673 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco

AEK Athens v OFI

14 March 2009 26	AEK Athens	1–0	OFI	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kafes 23' Scocco  56'	Report	Malarz  29' Bezares  32' Arvanitis  71'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 11,860 Referee: Vasilis Paboridis (Kilkis) Man of the Match: Panagiotis Tachtsidis

AEK Athens v Levadiakos

22 March 2009 27	AEK Athens	3–1	Levadiakos	Marousi
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Djebbour 2' Blanco 39' Scocco  63' Edinho 81'	Report	Kiassos 27' Koltzos  64' Machado  79'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,045 Referee: Petros Konstantineas (Messinia) Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour

Panthrakikos v AEK Athens

5 April 2009 28	Panthrakikos	1–1	AEK Athens	Komotini
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Matthys 24',  53' Clément  27' Velasco  90+5'	Report	Georgeas  49' Blanco 57' Pelletieri  77'	Stadium: Komotini Stadium Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Ilias Mazarakos (Arta) Man of the Match: Spyros Vrontaras

AEK Athens v Aris

12 April 2009 29	AEK Athens	0–1	Aris	Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Alexopoulos  43' Majstorović  75' Burns  90+1' Alves  90+5'	Report	Koke 23',  27'  83' Regueiro  90+4'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 13,847 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu) Man of the Match: Sergio Koke

Ergotelis v AEK Athens

26 April 2009 30	Ergotelis	1–1	AEK Athens	Heraklion
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Gilberto  81' Fragoulakis 86' Kordonouris  90+3'	Report	Edinho 84' Blanco 89' Hetemaj  89'	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Attendance: 3,652 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Michail Fragoulakis

Play-offs

Main article: 2008–09 Super League Greece play-offs

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Panathinaikos	6	5	1	0	12	3	+9	18	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	AEK Athens	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	12	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4	PAOK	6	2	0	4	5	9	−4	9	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	AEL	6	0	1	5	3	10	−7	1	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round

Source: Super League Greece and Worldfootball.net
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.

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	3	2	1	8	6	+2	12	2	0	1	6	5	+1	1	2	0	2	1	+1

Last updated: 2009-05-31.
Source: Super League Greece

Results by Matchday

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

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2009. Source: slgr.gr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

AEK Athens v AEL

10 May 2009 1	AEK Athens	3–2	AEL	Marousi
21:10 EEST (UTC+3)	Pavlis  8', 14' Manduca 40' Blanco 79' (pen.) Alves  84' Tachtsidis  87' Scocco  90+1'	Report	Parra 9',  21' Ilić  21', 24' Tsigas  84' Venetidis  90+1' Kyriakos  90+3'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 8,864 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion) Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco

Panathinaikos v AEK Athens

13 May 2009 2	Panathinaikos	1–1	AEK Athens	Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Salpingidis 27 Gabriel 43' (pen.),  56' Spyropoulos  70' Christodoulopoulos  82'	Report	Scocco 12' Alexopoulos  26' Kafes  72'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 22,980 Referee: Ilias Spathas (Piraeus) Man of the Match: Gabriel

PAOK v AEK Athens

17 May 2009 3	PAOK	0–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Bakayoko  24' Contreras  77' Conceição  90+3'	Report	Nsaliwa  6' Georgeas  12'  71' Blanco 40' Manduca  47' Hetemaj  67'  84'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 28,703 Referee: Giorgos Daloukas (Thessaly) Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco

AEK Athens v PAOK

20 May 2009 4	AEK Athens	3–1	PAOK	Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Djebbour 9' Blanco 39' Alves  53' Chalkias 60' (o.g.)	Report	Ivić 35' Sorlin  45'  45' Chalkias  45+1'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 14,831 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu) Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour

AEL v AEK Athens

24 May 2009 5	AEL	0–0	AEK Athens	Larissa
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Giannakopoulos  9' Parra 18 Iglesias  34'  45' Katsiaros  83'	Report	Nsaliwa  34' Hetemaj  79'	Stadium: Alkazar Stadium Attendance: 4,328 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki) Man of the Match: Dino Seremet

AEK Athens v Panathinaikos

31 May 2009 6	AEK Athens	0–2	Panathinaikos	Marousi
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Saja  29'	Report	Simão  8' Karagounis 30' (pen.) Rukavina 36' Mattos  83'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 30,435 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu) Man of the Match: Giorgos Karagounis

Greek Cup

Main article: 2008–09 Greek Football Cup

AEK entered the Greek Cup at the round of 32.

Matches

Ilisiakos v AEK Athens

11 November 2008 Round of 32	Ilisiakos	1–2 (a.e.t.)	AEK Athens	Egaleo
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nastos  22' Tampasis  57' Mondroni  64'  111' Pavlidis  76' Tsitsomitsos 99' Veletis  103'	Report	Juanfran  54' Lagos  96' Blanco 94' Kafes 107'	Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium Attendance: 499 Referee: Petros Konstantineas (Messinia)

AEK Athens v Kerkyra

22 January 2009 Round of 16	AEK Athens	1–0	Kerkyra	Marousi
16:45 EET (UTC+2)	Alves  14' Basinas  21' Edinho 45+1' Scocco 89'	Report	Vitouladitis  45+1' Tsemperidis  69' Gustavinho  78'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 4,315 Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)

Quarter-finals

Skoda Xanthi v AEK Athens

18 February 2009 First leg	Skoda Xanthi	2–1	AEK Athens	Xanthi
21:30 EET (UTC+2)	Papadimitriou  7' Abrahám 43' Došek 68' Poy  69' Tziortziopoulos  80' Abrahám  90'	Report	Blanco 5' (pen.),  79' Kyrgiakos  16' Nsaliwa  30' Majstorović  73'	Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 2,449 Referee: Giorgos Stathopoulos (Achaia)

AEK Athens v Skoda Xanthi

25 February 2009 Second leg	AEK Athens	1–0 (2(a)–2 agg.)	Skoda Xanthi	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Pelletieri  45' Nsaliwa  68' Blanco 83' Kyrgiakos  87'	Report	Poy  25' Zuela  54' Vallas  54' Fliskas  80'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,480 Referee: Giannis Stavridis (Pieria) Man of the Match: Ismael Blanco

Semi-finals

AEK Athens v Panserraikos

18 March 2009 First leg	AEK Athens	3–1	Panserraikos	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Djebbour 20', 40' Majstorović 38'	Report	Aurélio 24'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 7,642 Referee: Nathanail Charalabidis (Kavala) Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour

Panserraikos v AEK Athens

8 April 2009 Second leg	Panserraikos	0–0 (1–3 agg.)	AEK Athens	Serres
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Papazoglou  38' Galanopoulos  45'  90'	Report	Manduca  90'	Stadium: Stadium of Serres Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Giorgos Kastanidis (Thessaloniki)

Final

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

2 May 2009 Final	AEK Athens	4–4 (a.e.t.) (14–15 p)	Olympiacos	Marousi
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Blanco 4', 8' Kafes  28' Kyrgiakos  35'  90+1' Nsaliwa  53' Alves  72' Scocco 90', 107',  107' Edinho  111'	Report	Papadopoulos  35'  105' Derbyshire 47', 90+6' Galletti  68'  104', 102' Dudu 72'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 48,594 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)
	Penalties
	Kafes Blanco Scocco Edinho Majstorović Nsaliwa Saja Pelletieri Georgeas Kafes Blanco Scocco Edinho Majstorović Nsaliwa Saja Pelletieri		Óscar Dudu Diogo Domi Đorđević Torosidis Belluschi Nikopolidis Antzas Óscar Dudu Diogo Domi Đorđević Torosidis Belluschi Nikopolidis

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 1 August 2008.^[54]

AEK Athens v Omonia

14 August 2008 First leg	AEK Athens	0–1	Omonia	Athens, Greece
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Rivaldo  5' Scocco  90+1'	Report	Duro  18' Clayton  20' Cafú 40' Ndikumana  51'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 13,472 Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

Omonia v AEK Athens

28 August 2008 Second leg	Omonia	2–2 (3–2 agg.)	AEK Athens	Nicosia, Cyprus
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Duro 11', 70' Wenzel  64' Niculescu  90+1'	Report	Majstorović  12' Blanco 16' Scocco  22'  58' Edinho  30' Basinas  37' Zorbas  86' Pavlis 89' Juanfran  90+2'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 20,267 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 31 May 2009

No.	Pos	Player	Super League		Super League Play-offs		Greek Cup		UEFA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
23	GK	Sebastián Saja	29	0	6	0	5	0	2	0	42	0
77	GK	Jürgen Macho	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
84	GK	Giannis Arabatzis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
4	DF	Geraldo Alves	10	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	16	0
5	DF	Daniel Majstorović	28	2	6	0	7	1	2	0	43	3
6	DF	Georgios Alexopoulos	12	0	5	0	2	0	1	0	20	0
7	DF	Juanfran	21	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	27	0
12	DF	Olivier N'Siabamfumu	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
13	DF	Dimitrios Koutromanos	10	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	17	0
25	DF	Sotirios Kyrgiakos	19	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	26	0
31	DF	Nikolaos Georgeas	19	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	29	0
Midfielders
1	MF	Pantelis Kafes	22	3	5	0	5	1	3	0	35	4
8	MF	Tam Nsaliwa	18	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	28	0
11	MF	Gustavo Manduca	13	0	6	1	4	0	0	0	23	1
16	MF	Vasilios Pliatsikas	14	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	17	0
17	MF	Antonis Rikka	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
19	MF	Panagiotis Lagos	14	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	17	0
24	MF	Agustín Pelletieri	23	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	32	0
34	MF	Panagiotis Tachtsidis	8	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	13	1
56	MF	Përparim Hetemaj	9	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	16	0
80	MF	El Hadji Diouf	6	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	10	0
90	MF	Savvas Gentsoglou	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Forwards
9	FW	Edinho	25	7	4	0	6	0	1	0	36	7
10	FW	Rafik Djebbour	23	7	5	1	5	2	0	0	33	10
18	FW	Ismael Blanco	30	14	6	3	6	5	2	1	44	23
20	FW	Nathan Burns	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
32	FW	Ignacio Scocco	27	6	5	1	7	3	2	0	41	10
83	FW	Michalis Pavlis	7	0	3	1	3	0	2	1	15	2
Left during Summer Transfer Window
—	MF	Rivaldo	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Left during Winter Transfer Window
2	DF	Edson Ratinho	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	6	0
14	MF	Angelos Basinas	14	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	17	0
40	MF	Panagiotis Zorbas	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	7	0

Goalscorers

As of 31 May 2009

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Super League	Super League Play-offs	Greek Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	18	FW	Ismael Blanco	14	3	5	1	23
2	10	FW	Rafik Djebbour	7	1	2	0	10
	32	FW	Ignacio Scocco	6	1	3	0	10
4	9	FW	Edinho	7	0	0	0	7
5	1	MF	Pantelis Kafes	3	0	1	0	4
6	5	DF	Daniel Majstorović	2	0	1	0	3
7	83	FW	Michalis Pavlis	0	1	0	1	2
8	34	MF	Panagiotis Tachtsidis	1	0	0	0	1
	11	MF	Gustavo Manduca	0	1	0	0	1
Own goals				0	1	0	0	1
Totals				40	8	12	2	62

Assists

As of 31 May 2009

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Super League	Super League Play-offs	Greek Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	32	FW	Ignacio Scocco	9	0	1	0	10
2	18	FW	Ismael Blanco	2	1	2	1	6
3	31	DF	Nikolaos Georgeas	3	0	0	0	3
	11	MF	Gustavo Manduca	2	0	1	0	3
	9	FW	Edinho	1	0	2	0	3
6	25	DF	Sotirios Kyrgiakos	2	0	0	0	2
	34	MF	Panagiotis Tachtsidis	2	0	0	0	2
	8	MF	Tam Nsaliwa	1	1	0	0	2
	10	FW	Rafik Djebbour	1	0	1	0	2
10	1	MF	Pantelis Kafes	1	0	0	0	1
	19	MF	Panagiotis Lagos	1	0	0	0	1
	56	MF	Përparim Hetemaj	0	1	0	0	1
	6	DF	Georgios Alexopoulos	0	0	1	0	1
	4	DF	Geraldo Alves	0	0	1	0	1
	14	MF	Angelos Basinas	0	0	0	1	1
Totals				25	3	9	2	39

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 31 May 2009

Rank	No.	Player	Super League	Super League Play-offs	Greek Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	23	Sebastián Saja	11	2	2	0	15
2	77	Jürgen Macho	0	0	1	0	1
Totals			11	2	3	0	16

Disciplinary record

As of 31 May 2009

N	P	Nat.	Name	Super League			Super League Play-offs			Greek Cup			UEFA Cup			Total			Notes
Goalkeepers
23	GK		Sebastián Saja	4			1									5
77	GK		Jürgen Macho							1						1
84	GK		Giannis Arabatzis
Defenders
4	DF		Geraldo Alves	3			1			2						6
5	DF		Daniel Majstorović	6						2			1			9
6	DF		Georgios Alexopoulos	4			1									5
7	DF		Juanfran	6	1					1					1	7	1	1
12	DF		Olivier N'Siabamfumu
13	DF		Dimitrios Koutromanos	2												2
25	DF		Sotirios Kyrgiakos	7						3		1				10		1
31	DF		Nikolaos Georgeas	3			2	1								5	1
Midfielders
1	MF		Pantelis Kafes	4			2			1						7
8	MF		Tam Nsaliwa	5			2			3						10
11	MF		Gustavo Manduca				1			1						2
16	MF		Vasilios Pliatsikas	4												4
17	MF		Antonis Rikka	1												1
19	MF		Panagiotis Lagos	2						1						3
24	MF		Agustín Pelletieri	4						1						5
34	MF		Panagiotis Tachtsidis				1									1
56	MF		Përparim Hetemaj	4			2	1								6	1
80	MF		El Hadji Diouf
90	MF		Savvas Gentsoglou
Forwards
9	FW		Edinho	4						1			1			6
10	FW		Rafik Djebbour	1												1
18	MF		Ismael Blanco	1						1						2
20	FW		Nathan Burns	1												1
32	FW		Ignacio Scocco	7			1			1			2	1		11	1
83	FW		Michalis Pavlis				1									1
Left during Summer Transfer window
—	MF		Rivaldo										1			1
Left during Winter Transfer window
2	DF		Edson Ratinho
14	MF		Angelos Basinas	8						1			1			10
40	MF		Panagiotis Zorbas										1			1

Starting 11

N. Formation Matchday(s) 40 4–3–3 1–15, 17, 18, 21–30 3 4–4–2 (D) 16, 19, 20 2 4–4–2 No. Nat. Player Pos. 23 Sebastián Saja GK 25 Sotirios Kyrgiakos (C) RCB 5 Daniel Majstorović LCB 31 Nikolaos Georgeas RB 7 Juanfran LB 8 Tam Nsaliwa DM 24 Agustín Pelletieri RCM 1 Pantelis Kafes LCM 9 Edinho RW 32 Ignacio Scocco LW 18 Ismael Blanco CF

Saja Kyrgiakos (C) Majstorović Georgeas Juanfran Nsaliwa Pelletieri Kafes Edinho Scocco Blanco Last updated: 2009-05-31

UEFA rankings

UEFA team ranking # Form Previous Country Team Ranking 80 77 Feyenoord 25.825 81 69 Dinamo București 25.781 82 83 AEK Athens 25.632 83 84 Slavia Prague 25.150 84 95 Nancy 25.033

UEFA country ranking # Form Previous Country League Ranking 10 8 Liga Sagres 36.462 11 11 Turkcell Super Lig 32.225 12 14 Super League Greece 28.165 13 10 Clydesdale Bank Premier League 27.875 14 13 Jupiler Pro League 25.325

Awards

Player	Pos.	Award	Source
Rafik Djebbour	FW	Best Goal Award (8th Matchday)	[55]
Edinho	FW	Best Goal Award (14th Matchday)	[56]
Ignacio Scocco	FW	MVP Award (19th Matchday)	[57]
Ignacio Scocco	FW	Best Goal Award (19th Matchday)	[57]
Panagiotis Tachtsidis	MF	Best Goal Award (22nd Matchday)	[58]
Edinho	FW	Best Goal Award (24th Matchday)	[59]
Ignacio Scocco	FW	MVP Award (27th Matchday)	[60]
Ismael Blanco	FW	Super League Top Scorer (shared)
Ismael Blanco	FW	Greek Cup Top Scorer