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The 2019–20 season was the 96th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 59th competitive season and fifth consecutive in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Super League, the Greek Cup and the Europa League. The season began on 8 August 2019 and finished on 12 September 2020.

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The season started with changes in the entire technical staff of the club. In the summer of 2019, after it had quickly become clear that Manolo Jiménez would not continue on the team's bench, AEK turned to the Iberian market for the position of coach, willing to present a different image on the pitch. They soon ended up with Miguel Cardoso, a coach with controversial coaching career.[1] Transfers included the return of Ognjen Vranješ, the signing of 4 Portuguese, Paulinho, David Simão, Francisco Geraldes and Nélson Oliveira, while Daniele Verde also arrived. Important players, such as Vasilios Lampropoulos, Rodrigo Galo and Anastasios Bakasetas departed, while the loans of Alef, Lucas Boyé and Ezequiel Ponce expired.

The team started their competitive obligations in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League, facing Universitatea Craiova. In the first match at Stadionul Ion Oblemenco that was empty of spectators due to Craiova's suspension for incidents in their previous match, AEK could not threaten the Romanians. The entrance of Livaja on the pitch changed everything with the Croatian forward achieving a goal and an assist forming the final 0–2, which almost sealed the qualification. In the empty Olympic Stadium, due to the punishment of AEK for the incidents of the previous season,[2] the rematch took place that everyone expected to be a walk for the yellow-blacks. AEK took the lead relatively early in the game, but afterwards everyone eased up, with the Romanians not only equalizing in the second half but missing a lot of opportunities to take the lead and chase and qualification. Nevertheless, the score remained at 1–1 and AEK took the qualification. In the first match for the play-offs of the competition against were against the Trabzonspor at home. The stadium was empty of spectators yet again and AEK made dream start with a goal by Livaja in just 4 minutes in the game. However, the Turks equalized later on and as a result the performance of the yellow-blacks collapsed, conceding two more goals, while they could well have easily conceded more. The crushing failure in the match combined with the second consecutive home defeat three days later at the hands of Xanthi, resulted in the sacking of not only Miguel Cardoso and his staff, but of the technical director, Nikos Liberopoulos, as well.[3] The management replaced the Portuguese with the until-then U19 team coach and former player of the club, Nikos Kostenoglou in his third spell at the bench of the team.[4] Thus, AEK went to Şenol Güneş Stadium and after a great performance, dominated their opponents and won by 0–2, losing the qualification on away goals.

With Kostenoglou at the bench, the team showed the feeling of self-preservation and gave a boost in their performance, but the season seemed to be problematic from the start. AEK were presenting last year's problems and could not follow Olympiacos and PAOK in the title race. Thus, at the beginning of December, the management ended their collaboration with Kostenoglou.[5] The new technical director, Ilija Ivić brought in well-known coach, Massimo Carrera, who had previously success with Spartak Moscow.[6] The Italian entered with great appetite and the club showed willingness to strengthen their roster, after acquiring on loan Damian Szymański and Sergio Araujo, in his third spell at the club. AEK were going through a good period in terms of results, ending up in third place before the start of the play-offs.[7]

During that period the crisis COVID-19 pandemic began, and the banning measures of all sporting activities slow down the course of AEK and essentially put the completion of the season in uncertainty. Eventually, the season restarted in early June with the play-offs. There, AEK did not maintain the same image as they did before the interruption and lost the opportunity to finish second in a match that was accompanied by the incomprehensible for many decision of the administration not to object to the match against PAOK since the latter team had knowingly come down with unreviewed health cards of the footballers, which would have resulted in their nullification in this particular match if AEK had done what the law stipulates.[8]

In the cup, AEK easily passed through Asteras Tripolis in the round of 16 and Panetolikos in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, they faced Aris and after an easy 2–1 win in the first at home, which was the last with crowd before the lockdown, went to Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium three months later. Aris took a 2–0 lead and were close to qualifying, but AEK woke up and scored in the final minutes to take the match into extra time. From there had an easy task as they equalized, missing many chances to win the match, as well. Thus, the yellow-blacks were qualified to the final undefeated and for fourth consecutive year. This time their opponent were Olympiacos who had won the league. The match was originally scheduled for 26 July, but was postponed, due to the pressure of Olympiacos to the HFF in order to change the stadium from Georgios Kamaras Stadium to Olympic Stadium and after the refusal of the Hellenic Police for the first stadium.[9] The final was rescheduled for 30 August in the Olympic Stadium but it was postponed again because two days before the game Olympiacos' player, Maximiliano Lovera, was tested positive for COVID-19[10] and was rescheduled again for 12 September at Panthessaliko Stadium. Due to the delay of the match, the teams had to compete without the players acquired from the 2020 summer transfer period, by decision of the UEFA.[11] In the match AEK came into the match strongly, but conceded a goal due to individual mistakes, while afterwards they surrendered and played without a plan. Until the end, the psychologically unprepared AEK were unable to seriously threaten the red and whites and were finally defeated with 0–1 by an extremely inadequate Olympiacos. That was the fourth consecutive defeat in a cup final and showed that psychologically the team had started to show big issues in managing high-pressure games.

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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 12 September 2020, 23:59 UTC+3.

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a. ^ Plus 30% resale fee.[63]

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Pre-season and friendlies

7 July 2019 Friendly AEK Athens 1–0 Górnik Zabrze Częstochowa
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Livaja 53'
Report Stadium: Stadion Piłkarski
12 July 2019 Friendly AEK Athens 1–2 Trenčín Częstochowa
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Piłkarski
15 July 2019 Friendly AEK Athens 1–1 Maccabi Netanya Częstochowa
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Piłkarski
16 July 2019 Friendly AEK Athens 1–1 Stal Stalowa Wola Nowiny
10:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: GOK Perła Nowiny
20 July 2019 Friendly AEK Athens 2–0 Volos Marousi
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
24 July 2019 Friendly Lamia 0–1 AEK Athens Lamia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium
31 July 2019 Friendly AEK Athens 0–0 Başakşehir Marousi
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
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Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Referee: Giorgos Tzovaras (Phthiotis)
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Overall record

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Last updated: 12 September 2020
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Super League Greece

Regular season

League table
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Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground).
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: OFI 4, Aris 1.
Results summary
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Last updated: 2020-03-01.
Source: Super League Greece

Results by Matchday
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Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2020. Source: slgr.gr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Matches
25 August 2019 1 AEK Athens 1–2 Xanthi Marousi
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 10,238
Referee: Giannis Papadopoulos (Macedonia)
Man of the Match: William De Amorim
1 September 2019 2 Asteras Tripolis 2–3 AEK Athens Tripoli
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium
Attendance: 3,825
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
Man of the Match: Marko Livaja
15 September 2019 3 AEK Athens 2–0 Lamia Marousi
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 17,093
Referee: Evangelos Manouchos (Argolida)
Man of the Match: Marko Livaja
21 September 2019 4 Panetolikos 0–1 AEK Athens Agrinio
19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium
Attendance: 3,537
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Marko Livaja
29 September 2019 5 AEK Athens 2–2 PAOK Marousi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 32,576
Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland)
Man of the Match: Dimitris Limnios
5 October 2019 6 AEL 0–0 AEK Athens Larissa
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: AEL FC Arena
Attendance: 4,404
Referee: Stefanos Koubarakis (Thrace)
Man of the Match: Marko Livaja
20 October 2019 7 AEK Athens 3–2 Volos Rizoupoli
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium
Attendance: 13,579
Referee: Praxitelis Zachariadis (Macedonia)
Man of the Match: Petros Mantalos
Note: Change of venue due to unavailability of the Olympic Stadium.[66]
26 October 2019 8 Olympiacos 2–0 AEK Athens Piraeus
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 31,157
Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)
Man of the Match: Mady Camara
2 November 2019 9 AEK Athens 3–2 Atromitos Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 15,129
Referee: Vasilis Fotias (Pella)
Man of the Match: Nélson Oliveira
9 November 2019 10 Panathinaikos 3–2 AEK Athens Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 11,056
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)
Man of the Match: Dimitrios Kolovetsios
24 November 2019 11 AEK Athens 1–1 Aris Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 13,087
Referee: Angelos Evangelou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Apostolos Tsilingiris
30 November 2019 12 OFI 1–0 AEK Athens Heraklion
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 5,311
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Lisandro Semedo
7 December 2019 13 AEK Athens 5–0 Panionios Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 9,302
Referee: Aristomenis Koutsiaftis (Arta)
Man of the Match: Nélson Oliveira
14 December 2019 14 Xanthi 0–1 AEK Athens Xanthi
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena
Attendance: 2,821
Referee: Praxitelis Zachariadis (Macedonia)
Man of the Match: Konstantinos Galanopoulos
18 December 2019 15 AEK Athens 2–1 Asteras Tripolis Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 12,126
Referee: Fotis Fotiadis (Kastoria)
Man of the Match: Paulinho
21 December 2019 16 Lamia 0–0 AEK Athens Lamia
20:00 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 3,061
Referee: Manolis Skoulas (Thessaly)
Man of the Match: Daniel Adejo
5 January 2020 17 AEK Athens 3–1 Panetolikos Marousi
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 12,124
Referee: Giorgos Tassis (Epirus)
Man of the Match: Marko Livaja
12 January 2020 18 PAOK 1–0 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 21,332
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
Man of the Match: Vieirinha
19 January 2020 19 AEK Athens 3–0 AEL Marousi
17:15 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 10,325
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia)
Man of the Match: Nélson Oliveira
22 January 2020 20 Volos 1–3 AEK Athens Volos
17:15 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium
Attendance: 2,773
Referee: Petros Tsagarakis (Chania)
Man of the Match: Hélder Lopes
26 January 2020 21 AEK Athens 0–0 Olympiacos Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 23,741
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia
Man of the Match: Ognjen Vranješ
2 February 2020 22 Atromitos 0–1 AEK Athens Peristeri
17:15 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Attendance: 1,369
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
Man of the Match: Damian Szymański
9 February 2020 23 AEK Athens 1–0 Panathinaikos Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 20,374
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
Man of the Match: Sergio Araujo
16 February 2020 24 Aris 0–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:30 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 11,324
Referee: Dimitris Karantonis (Imathia)
Man of the Match: Nenad Krstičić
23 February 2020 25 AEK Athens 3–0 OFI Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Giorgos Tassis (Epirus)
Man of the Match: Daniele Verde
1 March 2020 26 Panionios 1–1 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
19:00 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Angelos Evangelou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Matic Kotnik

Play-off round

Table

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Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground); 7) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[68]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Panathinaikos were banned from UEFA club competitions for the first season they would qualify between the 2018–19 and 2020–21 seasons by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body on 24 April 2018 due to overdue payables, and since they did not qualify for either the 2018–19 or 2019–20 season, they were banned from the 2020–21 season.[67]
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Last updated: 2020-07-19.
Source: Super League Greece

Results by Matchday
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Updated to match(es) played on 19 July 2020. Source: slgr.gr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Matches
7 June 2020 1 AEK Athens 1–1 Panathinaikos Marousi
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)
Man of the Match: Marko Livaja
14 June 2020 2 OFI 0–2 AEK Athens Heraklion
19:15 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Giorgos Tzovaras (Phthiotis)
Man of the Match: Marko Livaja
20 June 2020 3 AEK Athens 2–2 Aris Marousi
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Nélson Oliveira
28 June 2020 4 AEK Athens 1–2 Olympiacos Marousi
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
Man of the Match: Kostas Fortounis
1 July 2020 5 PAOK 0–2 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)
Man of the Match: Marko Livaja
5 July 2020 6 Aris 1–4 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:15 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Alexei Kulbakov (Belarus)
Man of the Match: Nélson Oliveira
8 July 2020 7 AEK Athens 2–0 OFI Marousi
21:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
Man of the Match: Nélson Oliveira
12 July 2020 8 Panathinaikos 1–3 AEK Athens Marousi
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia)
Man of the Match: Nélson Oliveira
15 July 2020 9 AEK Athens 0–0 PAOK Marousi
21:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Nederlands)
Man of the Match: Petros Mantalos
19 July 2020 10 Olympiacos 3–0 AEK Athens Piraeus
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens)
Man of the Match: Kostas Fortounis

Greek Cup

AEK Athens entered the Greek Cup at the round of 16.

Round of 16

16 January 2020 First leg Asteras Tripolis 1–1 AEK Athens Tripoli
17:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium
Referee: Stathis Gortsilas (Macedonia)
Man of the Match: Matías Iglesias
30 January 2020 Second leg AEK Athens 2–0
(3–1 agg.)
Asteras Tripolis Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 4,508
Referee: Dimitris Maloutas (Imathia)
Man of the Match: Petros Mantalos

Quarter-finals

5 February 2020 First leg Panetolikos 1–1 AEK Athens Agrinio
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium
Referee: Evangelos Manouchos (Argolida)
Man of the Match: Stratos Svarnas
19 February 2020 Second leg AEK Athens 4–0
(5–1 agg.)
Panetolikos Marousi
18:15 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Petros Tsagarakis (Chania)
Man of the Match: Nélson Oliveira

Semi-finals

4 March 2020 First leg AEK Athens 2–1 Aris Marousi
18:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 9,142
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Man of the Match: Ognjen Vranješ
24 June 2020 Second leg Aris 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 agg.)
AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Man of the Match: Marko Livaja

Final

12 September 2020 Final AEK Athens 0–1 Olympiacos Volos
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Man of the Match: Lazar Ranđelović

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 22 July 2019.[69]

8 August 2019 First leg Universitatea Craiova Romania 0–2 Greece AEK Athens Craiova, Romania
19:15 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Stadionul Ion Oblemenco
Attendance: 2,530
Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)
15 August 2019 Second leg AEK Athens Greece 1–1 Romania Universitatea Craiova Athens, Greece
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)
Note: The match was held behind closed doors, due to the punshment of AEK for the fan incidents during the previous season.[2]

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2019.[70]

22 August 2019 First leg AEK Athens Greece 1–3 Turkey Trabzonspor Athens, Greece
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
Note: The match was held behind closed doors, due to the punishment of AEK for the fan incidents during the previous season.[2]
29 August 2019 Second leg Trabzonspor Turkey 0–2
(3(a)–3 agg.)
Greece AEK Athens Trabzon, Turkey
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Şenol Güneş Stadium
Attendance: 30,490
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
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Squad statistics

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Goalscorers

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Hat-tricks

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Assists

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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.

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