2004–05 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
2004–05 season
Chairman	Demis Nikolaidis
Manager	Fernando Santos
Stadium	Athens Olympic Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	3rd
Greek Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Soares (11); All: Soares (15)
Highest home attendance	63,129 vs Olympiacos; (7 November 2004)
Lowest home attendance	763 vs Agios Dimitrios; (22 December 2004)
Average home league attendance	21,925

AEK Athens F.C. competed for the 46th consecutive season in the Greek top flight and 81st year in existence as a football club. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup. The season begun at 11 September 2004 and finished at 25 May 2005.

Players

Squad information

NOTE: The players are the ones that have been announced by the AEK Athens' press release. No edits should be made unless a player arrival or exit is announced. Updated 30 June 2005, 23:59 UTC+3.

No.	Player	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Chrysostomos Michailidis	GK	(1975-01-15)15 January 1975 (aged 30)	Eordaikos
12	Giannis Arabatzis	GK	(1984-05-28)28 May 1984 (aged 21)	Makrochori
22	Dionysis Chiotis (Vice-captain 2)	GK	(1977-06-04)4 June 1977 (aged 28)	AEK Athens U20
Defenders
3	Nikola Malbaša	LB / LM	(1977-09-12)12 September 1977 (aged 27)	Terek Grozny
4	Bruno Alves	CB / DM	(1981-11-27)27 November 1981 (aged 23)	Porto
5	Nikos Kostenoglou (Vice-captain)	CB / RB	(1970-10-03)3 October 1970 (aged 34)	Skoda Xanthi
14	Stavros Tziortziopoulos	LB / CB / LM	(1978-08-15)15 August 1978 (aged 26)	Panionios
15	Dimitris Koutsikos	RB / DM	(1988-04-20)20 April 1988 (aged 17)	AEK Athens U20
16	Nikolaos Georgeas	RB / LB / DM	(1976-12-27)27 December 1976 (aged 28)	Kalamata
18	Vangelis Moras	CB / DM / RB	(1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 23)	Proodeftiki
24	Christos Kontis	RB / CB / LB	(1975-05-13)13 May 1975 (aged 30)	Panionios
25	Kofi Amponsah	CB / LB	(1978-04-19)19 April 1978 (aged 27)	PAOK
27	Panagiotis Stergiatos	CB	(1986-03-03)3 March 1986 (aged 19)	AEK Athens U20
39	Grigoris Toskas	CB / DM	(1983-01-08)8 January 1983 (aged 22)	AEK Athens U20
Midfielders
8	Ivan Rusev	AM / RM / LM / CM	(1979-05-10)10 May 1979 (aged 26)	Athinaikos
9	Milen Petkov	DM / CM / AM / RM / LM	(1974-01-12)12 January 1974 (aged 31)	CSKA Sofia
17	Vladan Ivić	AM / CM / RM / LM	(1977-05-07)7 May 1977 (aged 28)	Borussia Mönchengladbach
21	Kostas Katsouranis (Captain)	CM / DM / RM / LM / AM / CB / RB / LB	(1979-06-21)21 June 1979 (aged 26)	Panachaiki
26	Ilias Kyriakidis	DM / CM / AM	(1985-08-05)5 August 1985 (aged 19)	Ionikos
28	Christos Bourbos	RM / RB / RW / DM	(1983-06-01)1 June 1983 (aged 22)	PAS Giannina
77	Paulo Assunção	DM / CM	(1980-01-25)25 January 1980 (aged 25)	Porto
Forwards
7	Alessandro Soares	RW / SS / CF / LW	(1973-02-05)5 February 1973 (aged 32)	OFI
10	Sotiris Konstantinidis	RW / LW / RM / LM / AM	(1979-04-19)19 April 1979 (aged 26)	Iraklis
11	Leonidas Kampantais	CF / SS / RW	(1982-03-08)8 March 1982 (aged 23)	Aris
20	Ilias Solakis	CF	(1974-12-15)15 December 1974 (aged 30)	APOEL
27	Christos Christoforidis	LW / CF / SS	(1981-12-31)31 December 1981 (aged 23)	Assyriska FF
30	Simos Krassas	RW / LW / RM / LM	(1982-06-10)10 June 1982 (aged 23)	AEL Limassol
33	Nikos Liberopoulos	SS / CF / AM	(1975-08-04)4 August 1975 (aged 29)	Panathinaikos
44	Nikos Voulgaris	CF	(1985-08-30)30 August 1985 (aged 19)	Torino
99	Júlio César	LW / SS / AM / RW / CF	(1980-02-26)26 February 1980 (aged 25)	Gil Vicente
—	Christos Kostis	SS / CF / AM	(1972-01-15)15 January 1972 (aged 33)	Anderlecht
Left during Winter Transfer Window
2	Stathis Kappos	RB	(1979-07-31)31 July 1979 (aged 25)	Kalamata
6	Stelios Maistrellis	CB	(1979-11-10)10 November 1979 (aged 25)	Aiolikos
19	Manolis Tsagarogiannakis	AM	(1986-01-30)30 January 1986 (aged 19)	AEK Athens U20
32	Christos Tsevas	AM	(1985-06-08)8 June 1985 (aged 20)	AEK Athens U20

Transfers

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
6	DF	Stelios Maistrellis	Akratitos	End of loan	—	1 July 2004	30 June 2006
11	FW	Leonidas Kampantais	Aris	Transfer	Free	30 July 2004	30 June 2007	[1]
14	DF	Stavros Tziortziopoulos	Panionios	Transfer	Free	14 July 2004	30 June 2007
15	DF	Dimitris Koutsikos	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	30 July 2004	30 June 2006	[1]
19	MF	Manolis Tsagarogiannakis	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	1 July 2004	30 June 2008
20	FW	Ilias Solakis	Niki Volos	End of loan	—	1 July 2004	30 June 2006
24	DF	Christos Kontis	Panionios	Transfer	Free	19 July 2004	30 June 2007
28	MF	Christos Bourbos	PAS Giannina	Transfer	Free	30 July 2004	30 June 2008	[1]
30	FW	Simos Krassas	AEL Limassol	Transfer	€120,000	30 July 2004	30 June 2008	[1]
44	FW	Nikos Voulgaris	Torino	Transfer	€100,000	30 July 2004	30 June 2005	[1]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
3	DF	Nikola Malbaša	Terek Grozny	Transfer	Free	18 December 2004	30 June 2007	[2]
17	MF	Vladan Ivić	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Transfer	Free	21 December 2004	31 December 2007	[3]
26	MF	Ilias Kyriakidis	Ionikos	Transfer	€200,000	28 December 2004	31 December 2009	[4]
29	FW	Christos Christoforidis	Assyriska FF	Transfer	Free	18 January 2005	31 December 2005	[5]
99	FW	Júlio César	Gil Vicente	Transfer	€540,000	18 January 2005	31 December 2008	[6]

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
2	DF	Vasilios Borbokis	Anorthosis Famagusta	End of contract	—	1 July 2004
6	MF	Theodoros Zagorakis	Bologna	Contract termination	—	24 July 2004	[7]
8	DF	Michel Kreek	Willem II	End of contract	—	1 July 2004
9	FW	Giannis Okkas	Olympiacos	Contract termination	—	2 August 2004	[8]
10	MF	Vasilios Tsiartas	1. FC Köln	Contract termination	—	30 November 2004	[9]
12	GK	Sotiris Liberopoulos	Aris	End of contract	—	20 July 2004	[10]
17	DF	Michalis Kasapis	Retired		—	1 July 2004
23	MF	Vassilis Lakis	Crystal Palace	Contract termination	—	29 September 2004	[11]
25	DF	Goran Popov	Red Star Belgrade	End of contract	—	1 July 2004
30	FW	Ilija Ivić	Retired		—	1 July 2004	[12]
32	DF	Michalis Kapsis	Bordeaux	Transfer	€500,000	26 July 2004	[13]
36	FW	Tasos Thanos	Proodeftiki	Transfer	Free	1 July 2004
88	FW	Dimitris Nalitzis	Kerkyra	Contract termination	—	28 July 2004	[14]
—	MF	Peter Philipakos	Olympiacos	Contract termination	—	31 July 2004

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
2	DF	Stathis Kappos	Aris	Contract termination	—	14 January 2005	[15]
6	DF	Stelios Maistrellis	Levadiakos	Contract termination	—	21 January 2005
19	DF	Kofi Amponsah	Egaleo	Contract termination	—	29 January 2005	[16]
32	MF	Christos Tsevas	Akratitos	Transfer	Free	1 January 2005

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
4	DF	Bruno Alves	Porto	Free	3 August 2004	30 June 2005	N	[17]
7	FW	Alessandro Soares	OFI	€60,000	23 July 2004	30 June 2005	Y	[18]
77	MF	Paulo Assunção	Porto	Free	3 August 2004	30 June 2005	N	[17]

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
19	MF	Manolis Tsagarogiannakis	Agia Paraskevi	Free	1 July 2004	30 June 2006	N
35	MF	Dimitris Karameris	Levadiakos	Free	1 July 2004	30 June 2005	N

Renewals

No.	Pos	Player	Date	Former Exp Date	New Exp Date	Source
9	MF	Milen Petkov	22 July 2004	30 June 2004	30 June 2005	[19]
10	FW	Sotiris Konstantinidis	22 July 2004	30 June 2004	30 June 2005	[19]
15	DF	Dimitris Koutsikos	30 July 2004	—	30 June 2005	[1]
19	MF	Manolis Tsagarogiannakis	1 July 2004	—	30 June 2008
21	MF	Kostas Katsouranis	24 July 2004	30 June 2005	30 June 2007	[20]
22	GK	Dionisis Chiotis	1 June 2005	30 June 2005	30 June 2007	[21]
33	FW	Nikos Liberopoulos	21 July 2004	30 June 2006	30 June 2007	[22]

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: €280,000

Winter: €740,000

Total: €1,020,000

Income

Summer: €500,000

Winter: €0

Total: €500,000

Net Totals

Summer: €220,000

Winter: €740,000

Total: €520,000

Manager stats

Name	Nat	From	To	Record							Honours
Name	Nat	From	To	P	W	D	L	F	A	%W	Honours
Fernando Santos		September 11, 2004	May 25, 2005	46	23	15	8	70	43	50.00	–

Only competitive matches are counted. Wins, losses and draws are results at the final whistle; the results of penalty shootouts are not counted.

Pre-season and friendlies

31 July 2004 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–0	Chaidari	Thrakomakedones
				Stadium: AEK Athens' training complex

6 August 2004 Friendly	Marko	1–2	AEK Athens	Markopoulo
				Stadium: Municipal Markopoulo Stadium

11 August 2004 Friendly	Mantova	2–0	AEK Athens	Verona
				Stadium: Centro Sportivo Veronello

14 August 2004 Troffeo Sky	Internazionale	5–1	AEK Athens	Pisa
	Stanković 11' (45) Materazzi 40' Mihajlović 49' Cruz 59'	Report	Soares 53'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Anconetani Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

14 August 2004 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–3	Al Shabab	Verona
				Stadium: Centro Sportivo Veronello

18 August 2004 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–2	Brescia	Verona
				Stadium: Centro Sportivo Veronello

27 August 2004 Friendly	Apollon Limassol	3–3	AEK Athens	Limassol
	Sosin 25', 60' (pen.) Pittas 78'		Soares 22' Liberopoulos 47' Katsouranis 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Tsirio Stadium

29 August 2004 Friendly	Anorthosis	0–4	AEK Athens	Larnaca
			Krassas 15' Petkov 20' Kampantais 49' Soares 58'	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium

4 September 2004 Trofeo Hellboy	Deportivo de La Coruña	1–1 (2–4 p)	AEK Athens	Madrid
23:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Munitis 8'	Report	Soares 45'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Victor José Esquinas Torres (Spain)
	Penalties
	Tristán Capdevila Munitis Changui Duscher		Bruno Alves Kontis Soares Kampantais
Note: 45 minute match.

5 September 2004 Trofeo Hellboy	Atlético Madrid	0–0 (3–2 p)	AEK Athens	Madrid
1:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Victor José Esquinas Torres (Spain)
	Penalties
	Luccin Sergi Jorge Musampa Simeone		Bruno Alves Kontis Soares Kampantais Liberopoulos
Note: 45 minute match.

12 October 2004 Friendly	Galatasaray	2–1	AEK Athens	Istanbul
	Uçar 62' Akman 65'	Report	Soares 41'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: 7,000

13 November 2004 Friendly	AEK Athens	0–0	Galatasaray	Marousi
		Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 40,000

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos[lower-alpha 1] (C)	30	19	8	3	54	18	+36	65	Qualification for Champions League group stage
2	Panathinaikos	30	19	7	4	51	18	+33	64	Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3	AEK Athens	30	17	11	2	46	22	+24	62	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Skoda Xanthi	30	14	8	8	43	29	+14	50
5	PAOK	30	13	7	10	43	39	+4	46

Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champion
Notes:

Olympiacos and Panionios originally had three points deducted for the incidents before their match in the round 16 but these deductions were cancelled on appeal.

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	17	11	2	46	22	+24	62	12	2	1	25	5	+20	5	9	1	21	17	+4

Source:

Results by Matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W
Position	8	4	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3

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

Fixtures

19 September 2004 Matchday 1	Egaleo	1–1	AEK Athens	Egaleo
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Fotakis 57'		Liberopoulos 59'	Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium Attendance: 2,969 Referee: Fragiskos Somarakakis (Athens)

26 September 2004 Matchday 2	AEK Athens	2–0	Kerkyra	Rizoupoli
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Rusev 8' Kampantais 89'			Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Attendance: 11,136 Referee: Avraam Kebaridis (Thessaloniki)

3 October 2004 Matchday 3	AEK Athens	2–0	Panionios	Rizoupoli
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Soares 48', 90+1'			Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Attendance: 11,820 Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)

17 October 2004 Matchday 4	Iraklis	1–2	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Keita 44'		Katsouranis 85' (pen.) Soares 90+1'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 10,100 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

24 October 2004 Matchday 5	AEK Athens	4–1	Kallithea	Marousi
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Liberopoulos 18' (72) Soares 60', 67'		Kyriakos 66'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 27,325 Referee: Dimitris Takidis (Kilkis)

31 October 2004 Matchday 6	Aris	1–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Sanjurjo 10'		Soares 61'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 10,900 Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis (Messinia)

7 November 2004 Matchday 7	AEK Athens	0–0	Olympiacos	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 63,129 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

21 November 2004 Matchday 8	Ergotelis	0–1	AEK Athens	Heraklion
17:00 EET (UTC+2)			Katsouranis 74'	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Attendance: 16,850 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki)

28 November 2004 Matchday 9	AEK Athens	1–0	Chalkidona	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Soares 20'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 21,877 Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Argolida)

5 December 2004 Matchday 10	PAOK	1–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Feutchine 80'		Krassas 57'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 9,568 Referee: Giannis Tsachilidis (Piraeus)

11 December 2004 Matchday 11	Skoda Xanthi	1–1	AEK Athens	Xanthi
16:45 EET (UTC+2)	Luciano 46'		Kampantais 72'	Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 5,383 Referee: Avraam Kebaridis (Thessaloniki)

19 December 2004 Matchday 12	AEK Athens	1–1	OFI	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nwafor 36'		Katsouranis 74'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 10,458 Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)

29 December 2004 Matchday 13	Ionikos	2–3	AEK Athens	Nikaia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Makor 18', 57'		Soares 14' Katsouranis 38' Kontis 70'	Stadium: Neapolis Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,925 Referee: Gerasimos Mazarakis (Kefalonia)

9 January 2005 Matchday 14	AEK Athens	1–0	Panathinaikos	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Liberopoulos 85'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 44,193 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

15 January 2005 Matchday 15	Apollon Kalamarias	2–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
17:45 EET (UTC+2)	Spyropoulos 15' Cleyton 31' (pen.)		Ivić 78'	Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium Attendance: 1,695 Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)

23 January 2005 Matchday 16	AEK Athens	1–0	Egaleo	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Katsouranis 50'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 21,230 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

30 January 2005 Matchday 17	Kerkyra	2–2	AEK Athens	Corfu
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Fofonka 8' Niniadis 63'		Siros 2' (o.g.) Ivić 58'	Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium Attendance: 2,642 Referee: Giannis Spyropoulos (Phthiotis)

13 February 2005 Matchday 18	Panionios	1–1	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kiassos 8'		Katsouranis 58'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 834 Referee: Dimitris Stiliaras (Aetoloacarnania)

19 February 2005 Matchday 19	AEK Athens	2–1	Iraklis	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Katsouranis 71', 78'		Fortuzi 47'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 18,859 Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)

26 February 2005 Matchday 20	Kallithea	1–2	AEK Athens	Kallithea
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Kyriakos 68'		Júlio César 2' Ivić 8'	Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium Attendance: 2,439 Referee: Charalampos Karatzas (Euboea)

6 March 2005 Matchday 21	AEK Athens	1–0	Aris	Marousi
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Liberopoulos 74'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 23,213 Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)

13 March 2005 Matchday 22	Olympiacos	1–1	AEK Athens	Piraeus
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Okkas 19'		Katsouranis 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Argolida)

20 March 2005 Matchday 23	AEK Athens	3–0	Ergotelis	Marousi
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Petkov 37' Liberopoulos 49', 55'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 30,273 Referee: Christos Vasileiou (Thessaly)

2 April 2005 Matchday 24	Chalkidona	1–1	AEK Athens	Nikaia
17:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Iliopoulos 15' (pen.)		Katsouranis 67'	Stadium: Nikaia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,972 Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)

10 April 2005 Matchday 25	AEK Athens	2–0	PAOK	Marousi
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Soares 37', 58'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 35,994 Referee: Charalampos Karatzas (Euboea)

17 April 2005 Matchday 26	AEK Athens	2–1	Skoda Xanthi	Marousi
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Soares 19' Júlio César 46'		Luciano 39' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 31,525 Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis (Messinia)

24 April 2005 Matchday 27	OFI	2–3	AEK Athens	Heraklion
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Machlas 71' Kazantzis 89'		Ivić 59' Júlio César 69' Liberopoulos 90+4'	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Attendance: 5,537 Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)

8 May 2005 Matchday 28	AEK Athens	0–1	Ionikos	Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)			Natsouras 87'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 41,331 Referee: Spyros Vasileiou (Elis)

15 May 2005 Matchday 29	Panathinaikos	0–0	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
18:45 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

25 May 2005 Matchday 30	AEK Athens	3–0	Apollon Kalamarias	Marousi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Júlio César 71' Krassas 81' Liberopoulos 85'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 18,327 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

Greek Cup

First Round

11 September 2004 First leg	PANO Malia	1–1	AEK Athens	Chania
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Dermitzakis 85'	Report	Soares 7'	Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Antonis Kouklakis (Chania)

6 October 2004 Second leg	AEK Athens	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	PANO Malia	Rizoupoli
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kampantais 66' Petkov 89'	Report	Tsafantakis 78'	Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Attendance: 1,120 Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)

Round of 32

22 December 2004 First leg	AEK Athens	3–0	Agios Dimitrios	Marousi
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Bruno Alves 74' Konstantinidis 75', 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 763 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

11 January 2005 Second leg	Agios Dimitrios	1–4 (1–7 agg.)	AEK Athens	Agios Dimitrios
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Rosales 5' (pen.)	Report	Soares 42' Kampantais 64' Bourbos 78' Moras 85'	Stadium: Agios Dimitrios Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Antonis Kouklakis (Chania)

Round of 16

27 January 2005 First leg	AEK Athens	1–1	Panathinaikos	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Liberopoulos 90+4'	Report	Konstantinou 47'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 17,280 Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis (Messinia)

3 February 2005 Second leg	Panathinaikos	1–3 (2–4 agg.)	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Konstantinou 51'	Report	Katsouranis 7' (pen.) Soares 55' Ivić 77'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 17,280 Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)

Quarter-finals

2 March 2005 First leg	Panionios	0–0	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
19:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Argolida)

16 March 2005 Second leg	AEK Athens	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	Panionios	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Júlio César 10' Liberopoulos 23'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

Semi-finals

20 April 2005 First leg	AEK Athens	0–1	Olympiacos	Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Đorđević 8'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 29,851 Referee: Dimitris Takidis (Kilkis)
Note: AEK had five attempts hit the crossbar during the 2nd half, three of which in the same play.[23]

27 April 2005 Second leg	Olympiacos	2–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 agg.)	AEK Athens	Piraeus
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Moras 97' (o.g.) Okkas 118'	Report	Liberopoulos 42'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 27,441 Referee: Charalampos Karatzas (Euboea)

UEFA Cup

First round

16 September 2004 First leg	Gorica	1–1	AEK Athens	Nova Gorica, Slovenia
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Rodić 1'	Report	Katsouranis 41' (pen.)	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)

30 September 2004 Second leg	AEK Athens	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Gorica	Athens, Greece
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Soares 89'	Report		Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Attendance: 11,550 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LIL	SEV	AAC	ZEN	AEK
1	Lille	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	9	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–0	—	2–1	—
2	Sevilla	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	7		—	—	2–0	—	3–2
3	Alemannia Aachen	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7		1–0	—	—	2–2	—
4	Zenit Saint Petersburg	4	1	2	1	9	6	+3	5		—	1–1	—	—	5–1
5	AEK Athens	4	0	0	4	4	12	−8	0		1–2	—	0–2	—	—

Source: RSSSF

21 October 2004 Matchday 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	5–1	AEK Athens	Saint Petersburg, Russia
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Arshavin 44' Kerzhakov 48', 54', 78' Denisov 86'	Report	Krassas 3'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 29,500 Referee: Antonio Costa (Portugal)

25 November 2004 Matchday 2	AEK Athens	1–2	Lille	Athens, Greece
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Amponsah 72'	Report	Vitakić 26' Debuchy 63'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 22,015 Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

2 December 2004 Matchday 3	Sevilla	3–2	AEK Athens	Seville, Spain
20:45 EET (UTC+2)	Baptista 19', 89' (pen.) Antoñito 29'	Report	Liberopoulos 10' Tziortziopoulos 47'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

15 December 2004 Matchday 4	AEK Athens	0–2	Alemannia Aachen	Athens, Greece
20:45 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Meijer 57' Gomez 84'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Serhiy Shebek (Ukraine)

UEFA rankings

UEFA team ranking

#	Previous	Team	Ranking
36	44	Club Brugge	50.476
37	32	Deportivo Alavés	50.326
38	34	AEK Athens	47.715
39	38	Anderlecht	47.476
40	54	Olympiacos	46.715

UEFA country ranking

#	Previous	League	Ranking
6	6	Liga Sagres	44.666
7	8	Eredivisie	39.831
8	7	Alpha Ethniki	35.498
9	12	Jupiler Pro League	31.750
10	11	Clydesdale Bank Premier League	31.750

Team kit

2004

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): TIM

Home

Away

Third

Source:

2005

Supplier: Adidas
Sponsor(s): TIM

Home

Away

Third

Source: aek.com 21-01-2005

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 30 June 2005

No.	Pos	Player	League		Cup		UEFA Cup		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Chrysostomos Michailidis	13	0	4	0	4	0	21	0
12	GK	Giannis Arabatzis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	Dionisis Chiotis	18	0	6	0	2	0	26	0
Defenders
3	DF	Nikola Malbaša	13	0	4	0	0	0	17	0
4	DF	Bruno Alves	27	0	10	1	5	0	42	1
5	DF	Nikos Kostenoglou	21	0	3	0	5	0	29	0
14	DF	Stavros Tziortziopoulos	11	0	2	0	5	1	18	1
15	DF	Dimitris Koutsikos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	Nikolaos Georgeas	6	0	1	0	2	0	9	0
18	DF	Vangelis Moras	19	0	8	1	2	0	29	1
24	DF	Christos Kontis	25	1	8	0	4	0	37	1
25	DF	Kofi Amponsah	5	0	1	0	4	1	10	1
27	DF	Panagiotis Stergiatos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF	Grigoris Toskas	6	0	3	0	3	0	12	0
Midfielders
8	MF	Ivan Rusev	9	1	3	0	2	0	14	1
9	MF	Milen Petkov	15	1	6	0	4	0	25	1
17	MF	Vladan Ivić	17	4	6	1	0	0	23	5
21	MF	Kostas Katsouranis	28	10	7	1	6	1	41	12
26	MF	Ilias Kyriakidis	11	0	5	0	0	0	16	0
28	MF	Christos Bourbos	15	0	6	1	2	0	23	1
77	MF	Paulo Assunção	24	0	8	0	5	0	37	0
Forwards
7	FW	Alessandro Soares	25	11	9	3	5	1	39	15
10	FW	Sotiris Konstantinidis	22	0	8	2	3	0	33	2
11	FW	Leonidas Kampantais	11	2	3	2	4	0	18	4
20	FW	Ilias Solakis	6	0	2	0	1	0	9	0
29	FW	Christos Christoforidis	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
30	FW	Simos Krassas	24	2	6	0	6	1	36	3
33	FW	Nikos Liberopoulos	28	9	9	3	6	1	43	13
44	FW	Nikos Voulgaris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	Júlio César	13	4	6	1	0	0	19	5
—	FW	Christos Kostis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Left during Winter Transfer Window
2	DF	Stathis Kappos	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	Stelios Maistrellis	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF	Manolis Tsagarogiannakis	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
32	MF	Christos Tsevas	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	0

Disciplinary record

As of 30 June 2005

N	P	Nat.	Name									Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	League		Cup		UEFA Cup	Total			Notes
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Chrysostomos Michailidis
12	GK		Giannis Arabatzis
22	GK		Dionisis Chiotis	2					2
Defenders
3	DF		Nikola Malbaša	3		1			4
4	DF		Bruno Alves	7		1		3	11
5	DF		Nikos Kostenoglou	2					2
14	DF		Stavros Tziortziopoulos	3				1	4
15	DF		Dimitris Koutsikos
16	DF		Nikolaos Georgeas			1		1	2
18	DF		Vangelis Moras	3				1	4
24	DF		Christos Kontis	6		1			7
25	DF		Kofi Amponsah	2				2	4
27	DF		Panagiotis Stergiatos
39	DF		Grigoris Toskas	1				2	3
Midfielders
8	MF		Ivan Rusev	1		1			2
9	MF		Milen Petkov	3		2			5
17	MF		Vladan Ivić	1		2			3
21	MF		Kostas Katsouranis	6		2		2	10
26	MF		Ilias Kyriakidis
28	MF		Christos Bourbos	3					3
77	MF		Paulo Assunção	8		3		1	12
Forwards
7	FW		Alessandro Soares	4		2		1	7
10	FW		Sotiris Konstantinidis	1					1
11	FW		Leonidas Kampantais	1					1
20	FW		Ilias Solakis
29	FW		Christos Christoforidis
30	FW		Simos Krassas	4					4
33	FW		Nikos Liberopoulos	5	1	2			7		1
44	FW		Nikos Voulgaris
99	FW		Júlio César	1		1	1		2	1
—	FW		Christos Kostis
Left during Winter Transfer window
2	DF		Stathis Kappos
6	DF		Stelios Maistrellis
19	MF		Manolis Tsagarogiannakis
32	MF		Christos Tsevas

Starting 11

N.	Formation	Matchday(s)
35	4–4–2	1–30
11	4–3–3

No.	Player	Pos.
22	Dionisis Chiotis	GK
18	Vangelis Moras	RCB
4	Bruno Alves	LCB
5	Nikos Kostenoglou	RB
24	Christos Kontis	LB
77	Paulo Assunção	DM
21	Kostas Katsouranis (C)	CM
30	Simos Krassas	RM
99	Júlio César	LM
7	Alessandro Soares	SS
33	Nikos Liberopoulos	CF

Chiotis

Moras

Alves

Kostenoglou

Kontis

Katsouranis (C)

Assunção

Krassas

Júlio César

Soares

Liberopoulos

Last updated: 2005-06-30
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

References

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"Τον Βλάνταν Ίβιτς απέκτησε η ΑΕΚ-Νέα πρόταση περιμένει η Πολιτεία για το γήπεδο". in.gr (in Greek). 21 December 2004.
"Τον 19χρονο μέσο Ηλία Κυριακίδη από τον Ιωνικό απέκτησε η ΑΕΚ". in.gr (in Greek). 28 December 2004.
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"Έμεινε ελεύθερος από την ΑΕΚ, υπέγραψε στον Ολυμπιακό ο Οκκάς". in.gr (in Greek). 2 August 2004.
"Για... μαγικά στην Kολωνία". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ (in Greek). 30 November 2004.
"Συμφωνία με Σωτήρη Λυμπερόπουλο". TA NEA (in Greek). 20 July 2004.
"Στην Κρίσταλ Πάλας συνεχίζει την καριέρα του ο Βασίλης Λάκης". in.gr (in Greek). 29 September 2004.
""Κρέμασε" τα ποδοσφαιρικά του παπούτσια ο Ίλια Ίβιτς". in.gr (in Greek). 12 July 2004.
"Διετές συμβόλαιο με την Μπορντό υπέγραψε ο Μιχάλης Καψής". in.gr (in Greek). 26 July 2004.
"Στην Κέρκυρα ο Ναλιτζής". www.skai.gr (in Greek). 28 July 2004.
"ΑΡΗΣ: Συμφωνία με Κάππο". sport-fm.gr (in Greek).
"Στο Σίτι ο Αμπονσά | Flash.gr". www.flash.gr (in Greek). 28 January 2005.
"Δύο "δράκοι" στην AEK μέσω Σάντος". www.kathimerini.gr (in Greek). 8 August 2004.
"Kreta verkauft Soares an AEK". UEFA.com (in German). 23 July 2004.
""Κιτρινόμαυρος" ο Σοάρες-Για ακόμα έναν χρόνο στην ΑΕΚ οι Κωνσταντινίδης, Πέτκοφ". 22 July 2004.
"Ανανέωσε με ΑΕΚ ο Κατσουράνης | ΣΚΑΪ". www.skai.gr.
"'Στρατιώτης'... Χιώτης".
"Έξι εκτός ΑΕΚ, παραμένει ο Λυμπερόπουλος | ΣΚΑΪ". www.skai.gr.
"ΑΕΚ: Η νύχτα που... σούταρε και έσπασε τα δοκάρια κυριολεκτικά!". sportday.gr.

External links

AEK Athens F.C. official website

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[table_note_OLY0.94723066079767-23] Olympiacos and Panionios originally had three points deducted for the incidents before their match in the round 16 but these deductions were cancelled on appeal.

[renamed_from_1_on_20220108152514-1] "Καπάνταη, Μπούρμπο και Κρασά απέκτησε η ΑΕΚ - Κινείται για τον Αλιούτα της Στεάουα". in.gr (in Greek). 30 July 2004.

[2] "Πήρε Μάλμπασα η ΑΕΚ". www.flash.gr (in Greek). 17 December 2004.

[3] "Τον Βλάνταν Ίβιτς απέκτησε η ΑΕΚ-Νέα πρόταση περιμένει η Πολιτεία για το γήπεδο". in.gr (in Greek). 21 December 2004.

[4] "Τον 19χρονο μέσο Ηλία Κυριακίδη από τον Ιωνικό απέκτησε η ΑΕΚ". in.gr (in Greek). 28 December 2004.

[5] ""Επένδυση" από την Σουηδία". sport-fm.gr (in Greek).

[6] "Xαίρε... Σέζαρ". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ (in Greek). 18 January 2005.

[7] ""Ροσομπλού" και επισήμως ο Ζαγοράκης, η Μπολόνια ανακοίνωσε την απόκτησή του". in.gr (in Greek). 24 July 2004.

[8] "Έμεινε ελεύθερος από την ΑΕΚ, υπέγραψε στον Ολυμπιακό ο Οκκάς". in.gr (in Greek). 2 August 2004.

[9] "Για... μαγικά στην Kολωνία". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ (in Greek). 30 November 2004.

[10] "Συμφωνία με Σωτήρη Λυμπερόπουλο". TA NEA (in Greek). 20 July 2004.

[11] "Στην Κρίσταλ Πάλας συνεχίζει την καριέρα του ο Βασίλης Λάκης". in.gr (in Greek). 29 September 2004.

[12] ""Κρέμασε" τα ποδοσφαιρικά του παπούτσια ο Ίλια Ίβιτς". in.gr (in Greek). 12 July 2004.

[13] "Διετές συμβόλαιο με την Μπορντό υπέγραψε ο Μιχάλης Καψής". in.gr (in Greek). 26 July 2004.

[14] "Στην Κέρκυρα ο Ναλιτζής". www.skai.gr (in Greek). 28 July 2004.

[15] "ΑΡΗΣ: Συμφωνία με Κάππο". sport-fm.gr (in Greek).

[16] "Στο Σίτι ο Αμπονσά | Flash.gr". www.flash.gr (in Greek). 28 January 2005.

[renamed_from_2_on_20220108152514-17] "Δύο "δράκοι" στην AEK μέσω Σάντος". www.kathimerini.gr (in Greek). 8 August 2004.

[18] "Kreta verkauft Soares an AEK". UEFA.com (in German). 23 July 2004.

[renamed_from_3_on_20220108152514-19] ""Κιτρινόμαυρος" ο Σοάρες-Για ακόμα έναν χρόνο στην ΑΕΚ οι Κωνσταντινίδης, Πέτκοφ". 22 July 2004.

[20] "Ανανέωσε με ΑΕΚ ο Κατσουράνης | ΣΚΑΪ". www.skai.gr.

[21] "'Στρατιώτης'... Χιώτης".

[22] "Έξι εκτός ΑΕΚ, παραμένει ο Λυμπερόπουλος | ΣΚΑΪ". www.skai.gr.

[24] "ΑΕΚ: Η νύχτα που... σούταρε και έσπασε τα δοκάρια κυριολεκτικά!". sportday.gr.