AEK Athens F.C. season 2008-09

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AEK Athens
Season 2008-09
Manager	Giorgos Donis
Chairman	Demis Nikolaidis
League	Super League Greece
Final league position
Greek Cup
UEFA Cup
Top goalscorer

AEK Athens F.C. will compete for the 49 consecutive season in the Greek topflight, they will start there european campaign in the UEFA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round after finishing 2nd in last season's playoff's.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Events 3 Players 3.1 Squad information 3.2 Players in / out 3.2.1 In 3.2.2 Out 4 Club 4.1 The Management 4.2 Kit 4.3 Other Information 5 Competitions 5.1 Super League Greece 5.1.1 Classification 5.1.2 Results summary 5.1.3 Results by round

[edit] Overview

After the end of an indifferent season, The team initially finished in first place in the league, but after the court case between Apollon Kalamaria and Olympiacos for the illegal usage of a player in the 1-0 Apollon Kalamaria win earlier in the season, Olympiacos were awarded the 3 points in a court hearing, thus finishing 2 points ahead of AEK.^[1] AEK president Demis Nikolaidis and several other managers and chairmen have been angered with the alleged court decision, stating that the Hellenic Football Federation knew about the usage of the iligal player prior to the game but didnt do anything about it.^{[citation needed]}

AEK then finished 2nd in the national playoffs winch saw them qualify for the UEFA Cup.

[edit] Events

• 14 May: Giorgos Donis replaces Nikos Kostenoglou as head manager.^[2]

[edit] Players

[edit] Squad information

This section show the squad as currently, considering all players who are confirmedly moved in and out (see section Players in / out).

EU	Country	N	P	Name	Cap	Age	Since	App		Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
	GRE	1	MF	Kafes		29	2007	32	4	2008	Free
N	BRA	2	RB	Edson Ramos		22	2007	28	1	2012	€250K
	ARG	3	LB	Arruabarrena		32	2007	25	0	2010	Free
	POR	4	CB	Alves		27	2007	32	1	2010	€400K
	GRE	5	CB	Dellas	Cap	32	2005	53	3	2009	Free
	GRE	6	CB	Alexopoulos		31	2005	30	3	2010	Free
	GRE	7	RM	Pappas		25	2007	8	1	2010	Free
	CAN	8	CM	Nsaliwa		26	2007	22	1	2011	€400K
	GRE	9	CF	Kapetanos		25	2006	28	5	209	€400K
	BRA	10	AM	Rivaldo		36	2007	43	15	2009	Free
	BRA	11	LM	Manduca		28	2006	53	8	2010	€750K
	ARG	14	CB	Azcárate		23	2007	1	0	2008	Free
	GRE	15	CB	Papastathopoulos		20	2005	552	2	2010	Youth system
	GRE	17	DM	Rikka		22	2008	8	0	2013	€600K
N	ARG	18	CF	Blanco		25	2007	32	20	2011	€1.3M
	GRE	19	LM	Lagos		22	2006	25	1	2010	€900K
	GRE	22	AM	Kone		20	2005	32	3	2010	Free
	USA	24	LB	Chronis		19	2008	0	0		Free	Out on loan
N	SEN	24	MF	Diouf		19	2008	0	0		Youth system	Out on loan
	GRE	25	RB	Pliatsikas		20	2005	26	0	2010	Free
	GRE	27	RB	Bourbos		25	2004	31	0	2008	Free
	ITA	28	GK	Sorrentino		29	2006			2010	€100K	Out on loan
	GRE	31	RB	Georgeas		31	2001	109	0	2010
	GRE	33	CF	Liberopoulos	VC1	32	2003	141	67	2009	Free
	GRE	34	DM	Tachtsidis		17	2007	2	0	2011	Youth system
	POR	36	CF	Edinho		25	2008	14	6	2011	€500K
	AUT	50	GK	Macho		30	2007	24	0	2009	€300K
	FIN	56	MF	Hetemaj		21	2007			2010	€450K	Out on loan
	GRE	56	GK	Fysekis		22	2007	0	0			Out on loan
	CYP	80	CF	Tofas		18	2007	0	0		Youth system
	GRE	83	CF	Pavlis		18	2006	6	1	2010	Youth system
	GRE	84	GK	Arabatzis		24	2003	1	0		Youth system
	GRE	87	RB	Koutroumanos		21	2006	0	0		€50K	Out on loan
	GRE	89	RB	Barboudis		19	2007	0	0		€60K	Out on loan
	GRE	90		Gentsoglou		17	2008	0	0		Youth system	Out on loan
	SWE	TBD	DF	Majstorović		31	2008	0	0	2011	Free
	ARG	TBD	GK	Saja		31	2008	0	0	2011	Free

Last updated: May 19
Source: aekfc.gr, players' Wikipedia articles, soccerbase.com, and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport, contract ending and transfer fee)
Ordered by start team from last season and position on pitch (from back right to front left).
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Cap: Cap = captain, VC = vice-captain; Age = current age or age on the end of the season; Since = when the player started to be a permanent part of the squad (no icon for summer transfer; for winter transfer); App and = only competitive appearances and goals. See source for more detail; Ends = when the player's contract ends; = undisclosed.

[edit] Players in / out

[edit] In

Status	EU	Country	N	P	Name	Age	Moving from	Transfer Window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
Signed Y		GRE	17	MF	Rikka	22	Skoda Xanthi		2013	€600k	aekfc.gr
Signed Y		SWE		DF	Majstorović	31	FC Basel		2011	Free	aekfc.gr
Signed Y		ARG		GK	Saja	29	San Lorenzo de Almagro		2011	Free

[edit] Out

Type	Confirmed	EU	Country	N	P	Name	Age	Moving to	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
Retired	Y		GRE	16	MF	Zikos	34				sportingreece.com
Loan Return	Y		POR	20	MF	Manú	25	Benfica
Loan Return	Y		BRA	32	GK	Moretto	30	Benfica
Released	Y	N	BRA	99	FW	Julio Cesar	28
Released	Y	N	SLE	23	FW	Kallon	28
Transfer	Y		HUN	88	MF	Tőzsér	23	Genk		€1.5 mil	aekfc.gr

Last updated: 6 June
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; = Undisclosed; = Summer transfer window; = Winter transfer window; n/a = Not applicable.

[edit] Club

[edit] Other Information

Chairman	Demis Nikolaidis
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Athens Olympic Stadium (71,030 / 120x80 m)

Source: aekfc.gr

[edit] Competitions

[edit] Super League Greece

[edit] Classification

[edit] Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

[edit] Results by round

Round	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground
Result

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win.

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