2011–12 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens F.C.

2011–12 season
Chairman	Stavros Adamidis
Manager	Manolo Jiménez
Super League	1st
Greek Cup	Fourth Round
UEFA Europa League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Leonardo (5) Beleck (5) All: Leonardo (8)
Highest home attendance	37.649 (vs Olympiakos)
Lowest home attendance	0 (vs Ergotelis)
Average home attendance	13.487
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

AEK Athens F.C. competes for the fifty-third consecutive season in the Greek topflight. They will start their European campaign in the UEFA Europa League Play-off round.

Contents 1 Events 2 Players 2.1 Squad information 2.2 Players out on loan 2.3 International players 2.4 Squad changes 2.5 Squad stats 2.6 Start formations 2.7 Starting 11 2.8 Overall 3 Club 3.1 Management 3.2 Kit 3.3 Other information 4 Matches 4.1 Pre-season 4.2 Competitive 5 External links 6 References

Events

• 15 June: Goalkeeper Moschonas signs new 2 year deal.^[1]

• 16 June: Forward Liberopoulos signs new 1 year deal.^[2]

• 7 July: AEK Athens and Puma sign new 3 year deal.^[3]

• 11 July: Defender Manolas signs new 3 year deal.^[4]

• 12 July: Defender Dellas signs new 1 year deal.^[5]

• 20 July: Youth coach Kola is released from the club.^[6]

Players

Squad information

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App (L/C/E)	Goals (L/C/E)	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	CM	GRE	Kafes (captain)	32	EU	2007 (Winter)	158 (118/11/29)	18 (15/2/1)	2012	Free
2	RB	GRE	Kontoes	26	EU	2011	16 (11/0/5)	0 (0/0/0)	2014	Free
3	CB	ISL	Helgason	22	EU	2011	2 (0/0/2)	0 (0/0/0)	2014	€100Κ
4	CB	GRE	Manolas	20	EU	2009	66 (50/3/13)	6 (3/1/2)	2014	€ 50K
5	CB	GRE	Dellas (VC2)	36	EU	2010	172 (115/28/29)	10 (9/1/0)	2012	Free
6	CB	ESP	Cala	22	EU	2011	16 (10/0/6)	1 (1/0/0)	2012	Free	On loan from Sevilla
7	AM	POLBRA	Roger	29	EU	2009	55 (48/3/4)	1 (1/0/0)	2013	€250K
8	CF	CMR	Beleck	19	EU	2011	20 (13/0/7)	5 (5/0/0)	2012	Free	On loan from Udinese
9	AM	BRA	Leonardo	25	Non-EU	2009	90 (66/3/21)	19 (15/1/3)	2014	€700Κ
10	AM	ESP	José Carlos	24	EU	2011	19 (13/0/6)	2 (1/0/1)	2012	Free
11	CF	GRE	Sialmas	25	EU	2011	13 (8/0/5)	2 (0/0/2)	2013	Free
12	CF	GRE	Tsitas	20	EU	2011	2 (2/0/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2014	Free
13	DM	GREFRA	Rikka	26	EU	2008	9 (7/0/2)	0 (0/0/0)	2013	€575K
14	DM	GRE	Makos	25	EU	2009	86 (60/8/18)	1 (1/0/0)	2014	€860K	25% of his next transfer fee will go to Panionios
15	LB	GRE	Karabelas	27	EU	2009	75 (56/7/12)	1 (0/1/0)	2013	Free
16	RB	GRE	Argyriou	24	EU	2010	10 (7/2/1)	0 (0/0/0)	2014	€250Κ
17	AM	AUS	Katsetis	16	EU	2011	0 (0/0/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2014	Free
19	LM	GRE	Lagos	26	EU	2006	113 (85/8/20)	4 (3/1/0)	2013	€900K
21	DM	COL	Vargas	31	EU	2011	13 (9/0/4)	1 (1/0/0)	2013	Free
22	AM	ISL	Guðjohnsen	33	EU	2011	9 (5/0/4)	1 (1/0/0)	2013	Free
23	GK	GRE	Dimi	33	EU	2011	5 (0/0/5)	0 (0/0/0)	2013	€ 70Κ
24	RW	AUS	Burns	23	Non-EU	2008	36 (25/2/9)	2 (1/0/1)	2012	€450K
28	GK	GRE	Moschonas	21	EU	2007	0 (0/0/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2011	Youth system
31	RB	GRE	Georgeas	35	EU	2001 (Winter)	247 (170/42/35)	2 (1/1/0)	2010	€925K
33	CF	GRE	Liberopoulos (VC1)	36	EU	2010	245 (176/29/40)	94 (77/11/6)	2012	Free
47	CB	GRE	Bougaidis	18	EU	2011	2 (0/0/2)	0 (0/0/0)	2014	Free
66	LB	CYP	Englezou	18	EU	2011	2 (0/0/2)	0 (0/0/0)	2014	Youth system
77	CM	BEL	Klonaridis	19	EU	2010	8 (5/0/3)	2 (1/0/1)	2012	Youth system
88	CM	GRE	Foundas	16	EU	2011	0 (0/0/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2014	Youth system
90	DM	GRE	Gentsoglou	21	EU	2006	56 (41/1/14)	2 (2/0/0)	2014	Youth system
92	RB	GRE	Tsoukalas	19	EU	2011	1 (0/0/1)	0 (0/0/0)	2014	Free
99	GK	GRE	Arabatzis	27	EU	2002	41 (34/1/6)	0 (0/0/0)	2013	Youth system

Last updated: 2011-12-20
Source: galanissportsdata.com
Ordered by Squad number.

Players out on loan

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App (L/C/E)	Goals (L/C/E)	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
—	CF	ALB	Abdurahmani	19	EU	2010	1 (1/0/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2011	Youth system	to Niki Volou
30	DM	GHA	Agyriba	23	EU	2010	0 (0/0/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2013	Free	to Glyfada
—	CM	GRE	Fetsis	20	EU	2011	0 (0/0/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2013	Free	to Glyfada
93	LW	GRE	Froxylias	18	EU	2010	1 (0/0/1)	0 (0/0/0)	2013	Youth system	to Fokikos
—	CB	GRE	Kalamiotis	21	EU	2008?	1 (0/1/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2012	Youth system	to Thrasyvoulos
—	CB	GRE	Matentzidis	21	EU	2010	0 (0/0/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2014	€250K	to Diagoras
29	CF	GRE	Nikoltsis	19	EU	2010	1 (1/0/0)	0 (0/0/0)	2011	Youth system	to Fokikos

Last updated: 2011-08-31
Source:
Ordered by Squad number.

International players

Name	Nation	Apps	Gls	Debut
Dellas	Greece	53	01	2001
Dimi	Greece	01	00	2011
Kafes	Greece	40	03	2001
Lagos	Greece	09	00	2006
Liberopoulos	Greece	72	12	1996
Makos	Greece	08	00	2008
Burns	Australia	07	00	2007
Vargas	Colombia	41	00	1999
Guðjohnsen	Iceland	67	24	1996
Helgason	Iceland	01	00	2011
Roger	Poland	25	04	2003

Last updated: 2011-10-08
Source: national-football-teams.com

Squad changes

In:

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
47	CB	GRE	Bougaidis	17	EU	Aris	Transfer	Summer	2014	Free	aekfc.gr
2	RB	GRE	Kontoes	26	EU	Panionios	Transfer	Summer	2014	Free	aekfc.gr
11	CF	GRE	Sialmas	24	EU	PAS Giannina	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free	aekfc.gr
8	CF	CMR	Beleck	18	EU	Udinese	Loan	Summer	2012	Free	aekfc.gr
35	CB	GRE	Kalamiotis	21	EU	Niki Volos	Loan return	Summer	2011	—
16	CB	GRE	Matentzidis	20	EU	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan return	Summer	2011	—
—	DM	GRE	Paligeorgos	21	EU	Thrasyvoulos	Loan return	Summer	2011	—
13	DM	GREFRA	Rikka	25	EU	Kerkyra	Loan return	Summer	2011	—
—	RW	GRE	Zorbas	24	EU	OFI	Loan return	Summer	2011	—
6	CB	ESP	Cala	21	EU	Sevilla	Loan	Summer	2012	Free	aekfc.gr
10	AM	ESP	José Carlos	23	EU	Sevilla	Transfer	Summer	2012	Free	aekfc.gr
92	RB	GRE	Tsoukalas	18	EU	Palermo	Transfer	Summer	2014	Free	aekfc.gr
3	CB	ISL	Helgason	21	EU	Breiðablik	Transfer	Summer	2014	€100Κ	aekfc.gr
23	GK	GRE	Dimi	32	EU	Kerkyra	Transfer	Summer	2013	€50Κ	aekfc.gr
17	AM	AUS	Katsetis	15	EU	Blacktown City	Transfer	Summer	2014	Free	aekfc.gr
22	AM	ISL	Guðjohnsen	32	EU	Stoke City	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free	aekfc.gr
12	CF	GRE	Tsitas	20	EU	Iraklis	Transfer	Summer	2014	Free	aekfc.gr
21	DM	COL	Vargas	31	EU	Almería	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free	aekfc.gr
—	CM	GRE	Fetsis	20	EU	Panathinaikos	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free	aekfc.gr

Total spending: €150K

Out:

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
—	RB	GRE	Koutromanos	24	EU	Panetolikos	Transfer	Summer	Free
32	AM	ARG	Scocco	26	EU	Al Ain	Transfer	Summer	€2.8Μ	alainfc.net
8	DM	FRA	Jahić	29	EU	APOEL Nicosia	Released	Summer	Free	aekfc.gr
23	GK	ARG	Saja	31	EU	Racing	Released	Summer	Free	aekfc.gr
92	LW	GREGEO	Tsamourlidis	19	EU	Glyfada	Released	Summer	—	aekfc.gr
3	CB	ARG	Nasuti	28	EU	River Plate	Loan return	Summer	—
6	CB	ESP	Mateos	24	EU	Real Madrid	Loan return	Summer	—
11	CM	ESP	Míchel	25	EU	Birmingham City	Loan return	Summer	—
20	SS	BRA	Éder	24	Non-EU	Flamengo	Loan return	Summer	—
18	CF	ARG	Blanco	28	Non-EU	San Luis	End of contract	Summer	—
25	CM	GRE	Intzoglou	24	EU	Atromitos	End of contract	Summer	—
26	CB	CROSFR Yugoslavia	Drpić	30	EU		End of contract	Summer	—
39	SS	MARFRA	Baha	29	EU	Sabadell	End of contract	Summer	—
—	RB	ARG	Araujo	29	EU	Lanús	End of contract	Summer	—
—	GK	SRBSFR Yugoslavia	Lukač	25	Non-EU	OFK Beograd	End of contract	Summer	—
—	DM	GRE	Paligeorgos	21	EU		End of contract	Summer	—
—	RW	GRE	Zorbas	24	EU	OFI	End of contract	Summer	—
13	LM	URU	Dadómo	29	EU	Ergotelis	Released	Summer	—	aekfc.gr ergotelis.gr
21	CM	SEN	Bouba Diop	33	Non-EU	West Ham United	Released	Summer	—	aekfc.gr whufc.com
—	CB	GRE	Matentzidis	21	EU	Diagoras	Loan	Summer	Free	aekfc.gr
—	CM	GRE	Fetsis	20	EU	Glyfada	Loan	Summer	Free	aekfc.gr
—	CB	GRE	Kalamiotis	21	EU	Thrasyvoulos	Loan	Summer	Free	aekfc.gr
—	DM	GHA	Agyriba	22	EU	Glyfada	Loan	Summer	Free	aekfc.gr
99	CF	ALB	Abdurahmani	19	EU	Niki Volos	Loan	Summer	Free	aekfc.gr
93	LW	GRE	Froxylias	18	EU	Fokikos	Loan	Summer	Free	aekfc.gr
29	CF	GRE	Nikoltsis	19	EU	Fokikos	Loan	Summer	Free	aekfc.gr

Total income: €2.8Μ

Squad stats

				Total							UEFA Europa League

Country	N	P	Name	GS	A	Mins.	Gls.	Y	R	A	Mins.	Gls.	Y	R	A	Mins.	Gls.	Y	R	A	Mins.	Gls.	Y	R
GRE	1	CM	Kafes	6	9			2		6			1							3			1
GRE	2	RB	Kontoes	13	15			3		10			2							5			1
ISL	3	CB	Helgason	2	2															2
GRE	4	CB	Manolas1	17	19		2	6		12		1	3							7		1	3
GRE	5	CB	Dellas1	11	11			6		8			4							3			2
ESP	6	CB	Cala	13	15		1	7		9		1	4							6			3
POL BRA	7	AM	Roger	4	10					6										4
CMR	8	CF	Beleck	13	19		5			12		5								7
BRA	9	AM	Leonardo	13	18		8	3		11		5	2							7		3	1
ESP	10	AM	José Carlos	13	18		2	3		12		1								6		1	3
GRE	11	CF	Sialmas	5	12		2	1		7			1							5		2
GRE	12	CF	Tsitas		2					2
FRA	13	DM	Rikka1	1	4			2		4			2
GRE	14	DM	Makos1	16	16		1	9	1	11		1	6							5			3	1
GRE	15	LB	Karabelas	16	17			6		12			4							5			2
GRE	16	RB	Argyriou	2	2					2
GRE	19	LM	Lagos	7	10			3		4			2							6			1
COL	21	DM	Vargas	11	13		1	6		9		1	5							4			1
ISL	22	AM	Guðjohnsen	7	9		1	3		5		1	2							4			1
GRE	23	GK	Dimi	5	5															5
AUS	24	RW	Burns	4	5		1			1										4		1
GRE	31	RB	Georgeas	10	12			2		8			1							4			1
GRE	33	CF	Liberopoulos	13	15		3	6		11		3	6							4
GRE	47	CB	Bougaidis	1	2															2
CYP	66	LB	Englezou	2	2															2
BEL	77	CM	Klonaridis	3	6		2			3		1								3		1
GRE	90	DM	Gentsoglou	6	8			1		4			1							4
GRE	92	RB	Tsoukalas		1															1
GRE	99	GK	Arabatzis	16	17			4		13			4							4

Last updated: 2011-12-15
Source: Match reports in competitive matches and galanissportsdata.com
Ordered by Squad number
0 shown as blank
Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position; Name = Name on jersey (for more extended name, pause the mouse pointer on the name); GS = Game Started; A = Appearances.

Notes

• 1 Player has been sent off once after being booked twice ( 1 x )

Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
10	4–2–3–1	1-2, 4, 8, 10-11, 13, 17-21
6	4–3–3	7, 9, 12, 14-16
1	4–4–2	3
1	4–3–1–2	5
1	4–3–2–1 (the "Christmas Tree" formation)	6

Last updated: 2011-12-15
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Starting 11

No. Pos Nat Name GS Notes 99 GK GRE Arabatzis 16 4 CB GRE Manolas 17 6 CB ESP Cala 13 2 RB GRE Kondoes 13 15 LB GRE Karabelas 16 21 DM COL Vargas 11 14 DM GRE Makos 16 8 RM CMR Beleck 13 10 AM ESP José Carlos 13 9 LM BRA Leonardo 13 33 FW GRE Liberopoulos 13

Arabatzis Manolas Cala Kondoes Karabelas Vargas Makos Beleck José Carlos Leonardo Liberopoulos

Last updated: 2011-12-15
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).

Overall

	Total	Home	Away
Team
Games played	21	11	10
Games won	11	7	4
Games drawn	2	1	1
Games lost	8	3	5
Biggest win	3 – 0 (vs Aris)	3 – 0 (vs Aris)	2 – 0 (vs Panetolikos) 3 – 1 (vs Sturm Graz)
Biggest loss	1 – 4 (vs Anderlecht) 0 – 3 (vs P.A.O.K.)	1 – 3 (vs Lokomotiv Moscow)	1 – 4 (vs Anderlecht) 0 – 3 (vs P.A.O.K.)
Biggest win (League)	3 – 0 (vs Aris)	3 – 0 (vs Aris)	2 – 0 (vs Panetolikos)
Biggest win (Cup)	–	–	—
Biggest win (Europe)	3 – 1 (vs Sturm Graz)	1 – 0 (vs Dinamo Tbilisi)	3 – 1 (vs Sturm Graz)
Biggest loss (League)	0 – 3 (vs P.A.O.K.)	–	0 – 3 (vs P.A.O.K.)
Biggest loss (Cup)	–	–	—
Biggest loss (Europe)	1 – 4 (vs Anderlecht)	1 – 3 (vs Lokomotiv Moscow)	1 – 4 (vs Anderlecht)
Clean sheets	7	5	2
Goals scored	32	16	16
Goals conceded	31	10	21
Goal difference	+1	+6	−5
Average GF per game	1.52	1.45	1.60
Average GA per game	1.48	0.91	2.10
Assists	19	10	9
Yellow cards	73	36	37
Sent offs	4	3	1
Red cards	1	0	1
Points	35/63 (55.56%)	22/33 (66.66%)	13/30 (43.33%)
Winning rate	52.38%	63.64%	40.00%
Players
Most appearances	Manolas (19) Beleck (19)	Leonardo (10) Beleck (10)	Manolas (10)
Top scorer	Leonardo (8)	Leonardo (5)	Beleck (4)
Top assister	Roger (4)	Beleck (2) José Carlos (2)	Roger (4)
Yellow cards	Makos (9)	Makos (5)	Karabelas (5) Vargas (5)
Sent offs	Manolas (1) Dellas (1) Makos (1) Rikka (1)	Dellas (1) Makos (1) Rikka (1)	Manolas (1)
Red cards	Makos (1)	–	Makos (1)

Last updated: 2011-12-15
Source: Competitive matches and Squad stats

Club

Other information

Chairman	Stavros Adamidis
Director of football	Arnar Grétarsson
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Athens Olympic Stadium (71,030 / 120x80 m)

Source: aekfc.gr

Matches

Pre-season

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
1	2011-07-21	Friendly	—	N	Odranci	5 – 0	Report Kick off Report link 17:00 CET AEK Athens José Carlos  32' Nikoltsis  50' Roger  63' Leonardo  68' Kafes  70' Odranci
2	2011-07-24	Friendly	—	N	Baku	0 – 0	Report Kick off Report link 18:00 CET AEK Athens Baku
3	2011-07-27	Friendly	—	N	Karabükspor	0 – 0	Report Kick off Report link 18:00 CET AEK Athens Karabükspor
4	2011-07-30	Friendly	—	N	Rad	1 – 1	Report Kick off Report link 18:00 CET AEK Athens  20' Rad Beleck  33' José Carlos 65' Klonaridis 89'
5	2011-08-03	Friendly	—	A	Kerkyra	2 – 0	Report Kick off Report link 20:00 EET Kerkyra AEK Athens Manolas  30' Makos  67'
6	2011-08-06	Friendly	—	H	Getafe	0 – 1	Report Kick off Report link 21:00 EET AEK Athens Getafe Miku  4'
7	2011-08-09	Friendly	—	N	Anorthosis Famagusta	0 – 3	Report Kick off Report link 21:00 EET Anorthosis Famagusta Angelov E.  7'  20' Michael  80' AEK Athens
8	2011-08-10	Friendly	—	N	AEL Limassol	2 – 2	Report Kick off Report link 21:30 EET AEK Athens Sialmas  12' Cala  46' AEL Limassol Henrique  19' Cala  54' (o.g.)
9	2011-08-31	Friendly	—	A	Panachaiki	0 – 2	Report Kick off Report link 20:30 EET Panachaiki Foufoulas 37'  47'  88' AEK Athens Leonardo 54'

Last updated: 2011-08-31
Source:
¹AEK Athens goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of AEK Athens.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Competitive

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
01	2011-08-18	UEFA Europa League	PO	H	Dinamo Tbilisi	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Man of the match Report link 20:45 CET 12.640 Simon Lee Evans José Carlos AEK Athens Makos 46' Georgeas 66' Manolas 67' Karabelas 86' José Carlos  87' 87' Kafes 90+1' Dinamo Tbilisi Yagüe 8' Xisco 65' Koshkadze 79'
02	2011-08-25	UEFA Europa League	PO	A	Dinamo Tbilisi	1 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:45 CET 12.640 Darko Čeferin Dinamo Tbilisi Koshkadze  1' Xisco 51' Álvaro 67' Kakubava 75'  110' Kakhelishvili  120' AEK Athens José Carlos 32' Cala 67' Makos 67'  120' Karabelas 77' Guðjohnsen 115'
03	2011-09-15	UEFA Europa League	Grp	A	Anderlecht	1 – 4	Report Kick off Man of the match Report link 22:00 CET Matías Suárez Anderlecht AEK Athens
04	2011-09-18		1	H	Ergotelis	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Man of the match Report link 18:15 EET 0 Giannis Arabatzis AEK Athens Ergotelis
05	2011-09-18		2	A	Skoda Xanthi	4 – 3	Kick off 18:30 EET Skoda Xanthi AEK Athens
06	2011-09-25		3	A	PAOK	0 – 3	Kick off 20:30 EET PAOK AEK Athens

Last updated: 2011-08-21
Source: galanissportsdata.com
¹AEK Athens goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of AEK Athens.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

External links

• AEK Athens FC official website

References

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