1996–97 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
1996–97 season
Chairman	Michalis Trochanas; (until 31 December); Giorgos Kiriopoulos
Manager	Petros Ravousis
Stadium	Nikos Goumas Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	2nd
Greek Cup	Winners
Greek Super Cup	Winners
Cup Winners' Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Christos Kostis (21); All: Christos Kostis (24)
Highest home attendance	27,200 (vs Paris Saint Germain); (20 March 1997)
Lowest home attendance	329 (vs Lykoi); (27 November 1996)
Average home league attendance	8,019
Home colours	Away colours

AEK Athens F.C. competed for the 38th consecutive season in the Greek top flight and 73rd year in existence as a football club. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup, the Greek Super Cup and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. The season begun at 11 August 1996 and finished at 25 May 1997.

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 1997, 23:59 UTC+3.

Player	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
Ilias Atmatsidis	GK	(1969-04-24)24 April 1969 (aged 28)	Pontioi Veria
Vasilis Karagiannis	GK	(1969-09-27)27 September 1969 (aged 27)	Diagoras
Dionisis Chiotis	GK	(1977-06-04)4 June 1977 (aged 20)	AEK Athens U20
Defenders
Stelios Manolas (Captain)	CB	(1961-07-13)13 July 1961 (aged 35)	AEK Athens U20
Anton Doboș	CB	(1965-10-13)13 October 1965 (aged 31)	Steaua București
Georgios Koutoulas	CB / LB	(1967-02-09)9 February 1967 (aged 30)	AEK Athens U20
Michalis Vlachos	CB / DM	(1967-09-20)20 September 1967 (aged 29)	Olympiacos
Vaios Karagiannis	LB / CB	(1968-06-25)25 June 1968 (aged 29)	A.O. Karditsa
Kostas Pavlopoulos	RB	(1968-07-02)2 July 1968 (aged 28)	OFI
Vasilios Borbokis	RB / RM	(1969-02-10)10 February 1969 (aged 28)	Apollon Kalamarias
Charis Kopitsis	RB / RM / LM	(1969-03-05)5 March 1969 (aged 28)	Panionios
Nikos Kostenoglou	CB / RB	(1970-10-03)3 October 1970 (aged 26)	Skoda Xanthi
Michalis Kasapis	LB / LM	(1971-08-06)6 August 1971 (aged 25)	Levadiakos
Midfielders
Toni Savevski	CM / LM / DM	(1963-07-14)14 July 1963 (aged 33)	Vardar
Temur Ketsbaia	RM / LM / RW / LW / AM / CM	(1968-03-18)18 March 1968 (aged 29)	Anorthosis Famagusta
Triantafyllos Macheridis	DM / CB	(1973-11-10)10 November 1973 (aged 23)	Skoda Xanthi
Christos Maladenis	CM / RM / LM / AM / RW / LW / SS	(1974-05-23)23 May 1974 (aged 23)	Skoda Xanthi
Mattheos Platakis	AM	(1977-06-30)30 June 1977 (aged 20)	AEK Athens U20
Forwards
Daniel Batista	CF / SS / AM	(1964-09-09)9 September 1964 (aged 32)	Olympiacos
Marcelo Veridiano	CF / SS	(1966-06-30)30 June 1966 (aged 31)	Skoda Xanthi
Christos Kostis	SS / CF / AM	(1972-01-15)15 January 1972 (aged 25)	Iraklis
Giorgos Kartalis	SS	(1972-05-02)2 May 1972 (aged 25)	Aris Petroupolis
Demis Nikolaidis	CF / SS	(1973-09-17)17 September 1973 (aged 23)	Apollon Athens
Ilias Anastasakos	CF	(1978-03-03)3 March 1978 (aged 19)	A.O. Dafniou
Left during Winter Transfer Window
Vasilis Dimitriadis	CF	(1966-02-01)1 February 1966 (aged 31)	Aris

Transfers

Summer

Pos	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
DF	Anton Doboș	Steaua București	Transfer	Free	1 July 1996	30 June 1999
MF	Triantafyllos Macheridis	Skoda Xanthi	Transfer	Free	1 July 1996	30 June 1999
MF	Pantelis Konstantinidis	Kavala	End of loan	—	1 July 1996	30 June 1996
MF	Mattheos Platakis	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	1 July 1996	30 June 1999
FW	Giorgos Kartalis	Aris Petroupolis	Transfer	Free	1 July 1996	30 June 1997
FW	Demis Nikolaidis	Apollon Athens	Transfer	₯288,000,000^[a]	20 June 1996	30 June 1999	[1]
FW	Marcelo Veridiano	Skoda Xanthi	Transfer	Free	1 July 1996	30 June 1998

a. ^{^} plus Pantelis Konstantinidis.

Summer

Pos	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Spyros Ikonomopoulos	Retired		—	1 July 1996	[2]
DF	Georgios Theodoridis	Edessaikos	End of contract	—	1 July 1996
MF	Refik Šabanadžović	Olympiacos	End of contract	—	1 July 1996
MF	Pantelis Konstantinidis	Apollon Athens	Transfer	Free	1 July 1996
MF	Giorgos Aggelis	Ethnikos Katerini	Transfer	Free	1 July 1996
MF	Vasilios Tsiartas	Sevilla	Transfer	₯500,000,000	1 July 1996	[3]
FW	Dimitris Saravakos	Free agent	Contract termination	—	1 July 1996	[4]

Winter

Pos	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Vasilis Dimitriadis	Aris	Transfer	Free	1 January 1997

Summer

Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
MF	Giorgos Ananiadis	Atromitos	Free	1 July 1996	30 June 1997	N

Renewals

Pos	Player	Date	Former Exp Date	New Exp Date	Source
MF	Mattheos Platakis	1 July 1996	—	30 June 1999
MF	Toni Savevski	1 July 1996	30 June 1996	30 June 1999

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: ₯288,000,000

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯288,000,000

Income

Summer: ₯500,000,000

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯500,000,000

Net Totals

Summer: ₯212,000,000

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯212,000,000

Pre-season and friendlies

19 July 1996 Friendly

Wohlen

1–10

AEK Athens

21 July 1996 Friendly

Kreuzlingen

1–0

AEK Athens

23 July 1996 Friendly

1. FC Kaiserslautern

1–5

AEK Athens

26 July 1996 Friendly

Zwickau

2–4

AEK Athens

26 July 1996 Friendly

Chemnitzer FC

1–1

AEK Athens

31 July 1996 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–1	Iraklis	Nea Filadelfeia
	Marcelo 83'	Report	Sakellaridis 62'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Giannis Papapetrou (Athens)

5 August 1996 Friendly	AEK Athens	5–0	Skoda Xanthi	Nea Filadelfeia
	Ketsbaia 16', 62', 80' Marcelo 52' Nikolaidis 60'	Report		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium

5 August 1996 Friendly	AEK Athens	5–0	Apollon Athens	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium

19 August 1996 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–2	Sevilla	Nea Filadelfeia
	Nikolaidis 8' Batista 18' Ketsbaia 75'	Report	Salva 78' Onésimo 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Referee: Sotiris Vorgias (Athens)

26 August 1996 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–1	PAOK	Nea Filadelfeia
	Nikolaidis 55', 67' Kostis 58'	Report	Vryzas 50'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 15,000

21 September 1996 Friendly	AEK Athens	4–0	Korinthos	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium

18 December 1996 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–1	Apollon Athens	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium

21 May 1997 Friendly	AEK Athens	5–3	Apollon Athens	Nea Filadelfeia
	Kartalis 17' Platakis 26' Nikolaidis 60' Kostis 75', 80'	Report	Dikoumé 30' Bellaj 51' Oliveira 68'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium

Greek Super Cup

17 August 1996 Final	Panathinaikos	1–1 (8–9 p)	AEK Athens	Piraeus
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Alexoudis 90'	Report	Savevski 88'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 21,926 Referee: Giannis Latsios (Larissa)
	Penalties
	Georgiadis Christodoulou Liberopoulos Lagonikakis Alexoudis Markos Nikopolidis Marangos Nasiopoulos Kapouranis Kolitsidakis		Kostis Maladenis Kopitsis Nikolaidis Ketsbaia Doboș Marcelo Manolas Kasapis Atmatsidis Kopitsis

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	34	26	6	2	72	14	+58	84	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	AEK Athens	34	22	6	6	75	28	+47	72	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	OFI	34	20	6	8	51	28	+23	66	Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4	PAOK	34	19	9	6	53	28	+25	66	Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
5	Panathinaikos	34	20	4	10	60	25	+35	64

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

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
34	22	6	6	75	28	+47	72	15	0	2	47	12	+35	7	6	4	28	16	+12

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	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	W
Position	7	6	8	6	5	3	2	4	2	4	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

Fixtures

8 September 1996 Matchday 1	Kavala	1–1	AEK Athens	Kavala
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Mitev 27'		Kostis 15'	Stadium: Kavala Municipal Stadium Attendance: 8,182 Referee: Manolis Papatriantafyllou (Kilkis)

16 September 1996 Matchday 2	AEK Athens	1–0	Kastoria	Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kostis 24'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 4,459 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

30 September 1996 Matchday 3	OFI	2–1	AEK Athens	Heraklion
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nioplias 13', 74'		Batista 57'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 7,559 Referee: Dimitris Begos (Argolida)

13 October 1996 Matchday 4	AEK Athens	6–1	Iraklis	Nea Filadelfeia
17:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Ketsbaia 17', 84' Savevski 25' (pen.) Kostis 44' Borbokis 49', 53'		Jovanović 74'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 6,770 Referee: Nikos Iliadis (Piraeus)

21 October 1996 Matchday 5	Kalamata	0–3	AEK Athens	Kalamata
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)			Nikolaidis 9', 55', 75'	Stadium: Kalamata Municipal Stadium Attendance: 4,363 Referee: Michalis Kalathenos (Dodecanese)

27 October 1996 Matchday 6	AEK Athens	2–1	Apollon Athens	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Borbokis 22' Batista 78'		Dikoumé 48'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 7,779 Referee: Platonas Bozatzidis (Thessaloniki)

4 November 1996 Matchday 7	Athinaikos	0–7	AEK Athens	Vyronas
15:00 EET (UTC+2)			Ketsbaia 33' Nikolaidis 44', 90+1' Savevski 50' (pen.) Kostis 56', 65' Kopitsis 87'	Stadium: Vyronas National Stadium Attendance: 2,254 Referee: Thanasis Zachariadis (Thessaloniki)

17 November 1996 Matchday 8	Panachaiki	1–1	AEK Athens	Patras
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kalla 27'		Kostis 14'	Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium Attendance: 11,667 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)

24 November 1996 Matchday 9	AEK Athens	2–0	Edessaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Marcelo 15' Kostis 68'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 7,006 Referee: Savvas Chatzistavridis (Drama)
Note: In half time, the referee Chatzistavridis was replaced by Nikos Iliadis from Piraeus due to an injury.

1 December 1996 Matchday 10	Aris	3–2	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
	Panopoulos 22' Dellas 57', 81'		Nikolaidis 2' Kostis 36'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 3,154 Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Chalkidiki)

8 December 1996 Matchday 11	AEK Athens	2–1	Ionikos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 10', 71'		Frousos 43'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 4,439 Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)

15 December 1996 Matchday 12	Panathinaikos	2–0	AEK Athens	Marousi
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Georgiadis 54' Warzycha 59'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 20,313 Referee: Thanasis Vellios (Xanthi)

22 December 1996 Matchday 13	AEK Athens	3–1	Veria	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Savevski 40' Doboș 45' Kasapis 70'		Protasov 38'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 5,622 Referee: Giannis Latsios (Larissa)

5 January 1997 Matchday 14	PAOK	0–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
				Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 24,056 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

13 January 1997 Matchday 15	AEK Athens	2–0	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
	Nikolaidis 43' Kostis 67'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 23,248 Referee: Savvas Chatzistavridis (Drama)

16 January 1997 Matchday 16	AEK Athens	2–0	Paniliakos	Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Kopitsis 15' Nikolaidis 42'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 4,041 Referee: Argyris Papachintzios (Thessaloniki)

19 January 1997 Matchday 17	Skoda Xanthi	1–2	AEK Athens	Xanthi
	Dahlum 46'		Kehagias 75' (o.g.) Nikolaidis 90+2'	Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium Attendance: 6,359 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)

26 January 1997 Matchday 18	AEK Athens	2–1	Kavala	Nea Filadelfeia
	Kostis 15' Batista 37'		Hörtnagl 90'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 4,261 Referee: Thanasis Zachariadis (Thessaloniki)

3 February 1997 Matchday 19	Kastoria	0–2	AEK Athens	Kastoria
15:00 EET (UTC+2)			Ketsbaia 16' (pen.) Batista 33'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kastoria Attendance: 1,965 Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)

9 February 1997 Matchday 20	AEK Athens	0–1	OFI	Nea Filadelfeia
			Mitić 5'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 6,732 Referee: Stratos Papoutselis (Lesbos)

16 February 1997 Matchday 21	Iraklis	2–2	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Gonias 52' Chatzidis 75'		Marcelo 16', 58'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 6,298 Referee: Thanasis Vellios (Xanthi)

23 February 1997 Matchday 22	AEK Athens	6–1	Kalamata	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 9', 20', 41', 63', 76' Marcelo 39'		Larsson 36'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 4,794 Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Chalkidiki)

2 March 1997 Matchday 23	Apollon Athens	1–2	AEK Athens	Rizoupoli
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Thomaidis 17'		Kostis 16' Nikolaidis 83'	Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 8,499 Referee: Stratos Papoutselis (Lesbos)

10 March 1997 Matchday 24	AEK Athens	6–1	Athinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Batista 14' Doboș 25' Marcelo 71' Nikolaidis 77' Kostis 78', 82'		Armilagos 84'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 4,460 Referee: Dimitris Begos (Argolida)

16 March 1997 Matchday 25	AEK Athens	2–0	Panachaiki	Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kostis 24' Batista 35'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 9,050 Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)

24 March 1997 Matchday 26	Edessaikos	0–2	AEK Athens	Edessa
16:00 EET (UTC+2)			Marcelo 70' Savevski 90+2'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Edessa Attendance: 2,845 Referee: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)

27 March 1997 Matchday 27	AEK Athens	5–1	Aris	Nea Filadelfeia
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kostis 10', 18', 75' Borbokis 40' Ketsbaia 81'		Dimitriadis 28'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 4,489 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
Note: When Dimitriadis scored against AEK in the 28th minute, he experienced the applaud of AEK Athens' fans as if he had scored for AEK.

5 April 1997 Matchday 28	Ionikos	0–0	AEK Athens	Nikaia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Neapoli Stadium Attendance: 4,058 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

12 April 1997 Matchday 29	AEK Athens	3–0	Panathinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
17:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Manolas 41' Kostis 48' Batista 72'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 8,892 Referee: Georgios Psichomanis (Athens)

21 April 1997 Matchday 30	Veria	1–1	AEK Athens	Veria
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Mitropoulos 30'		Manolas 86'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 2,961 Referee: Argyris Papachintzios (Thessaloniki)

4 May 1997 Matchday 31	AEK Athens	1–2	PAOK	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kostis 90'		Zouboulis 23' Vryzas 59'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 11,250 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

11 May 1997 Matchday 32	Olympiacos	2–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Alexandris 12' Đorđević 25' (pen.)			Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 23,032 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

18 May 1997 Matchday 33	Paniliakos	0–2	AEK Athens	Pyrgos
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)			Vlachos 6' Kostis 32'	Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium Attendance: 969 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

25 May 1997 Matchday 34	AEK Athens	2–1	Skoda Xanthi	Nea Filadelfeia
	Nikolaidis 40' Kostis 86'		Luciano 42'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 2,566 Referee: Nikos Iliadis (Piraeus)

Greek Cup

AEK Athens entered the Greek Cup at the third round.

Round of 32

3 October 1996 First leg	AEK Athens	5–0	Skoda Xanthi	Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nikolaidis 41' Ketsbaia 45+1', 74', 83' Manolas 52'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 5,422 Referee: Platonas Bozatzidis (Thessaloniki)

13 November 1996 Second leg	Skoda Xanthi	3–3 (3–8 agg.)	AEK Athens	Xanthi
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Panou 37' Tsimplidis 46' Luciano 65'		Marcelo 11', 76' Dimitriadis 65'	Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium Attendance: 956 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

Round of 16

27 November 1996 First leg	AEK Athens	3–1	ILTEX Lykoi	Nea Filadelfeia
14:45 EET (UTC+2)	Manolas 59' Dimitriadis 70' Nikolaidis 73'		Dotsis 15'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 329 Referee: Dimitris Begos (Argolida)

11 December 1996 Second leg	ILTEX Lykoi	0–3 (1–6 agg.)	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
14:15 EET (UTC+2)			Kasapis 23' Dimitriadis 52' Kostis 72'	Stadium: Lykoi Stadium Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Chalkidiki)

Quarter-finals

8 January 1997 First leg	AEK Athens	3–1	Paniliakos	Nea Filadelfeia
18:15 EET (UTC+2)	Batista 23' Vlachos 63' Marcelo 66'	Report (page 5)	Kyzeridis 15'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

29 January 1997 Second leg	Paniliakos	0–2 (1–5 agg.)	AEK Athens	Pyrgos
15:15 EET (UTC+2)			Ketsbaia 6', 26' (pen.)	Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

Semi-finals

12 February 1997 First leg	AEK Athens	2–1	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Batista 46' Kopitsis 73'	Report (page 6)	Alexandris 90+2'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 24,450 Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)

26 February 1997 Second leg	Olympiacos	0–1 (1–3 agg.)	AEK Athens	Piraeus
		Report (page 7)	Nikolaidis 46'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 25,955 Referee: Manolis Papatriantafyllou (Kilkis)

Final

16 April 1997 Final	AEK Athens	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Panathinaikos	Piraeus
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 21,926 Referee: Giorgos Psychomanis (Athens)
	Penalties
	Kopitsis Borbokis Nikolaidis Doboş Atmatsidis		Warzycha Konstantinidis Georgiadis Markos

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

First round

12 September 1996 First leg	AEK Athens	1–0	Chemlon Humenné	Athens, Greece
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Batista 44'	Report		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 15,141 Referee: Yuri Chebotarev (Russia)

26 September 1996 Second leg	Chemlon Humenné	1–2 (1–3 agg.)	AEK Athens	Humenné, Slovakia
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Diňa 1'	Report	Nikolaidis 19' Batista 44'	Stadium: Chemlon Stadion Attendance: 14,600 Referee: Mateo Beusan (Croatia)

Second round

17 October 1996 First leg	Olimpija Ljubljana	0–2	AEK Athens	Ljubljana, Slovenia
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Kostis 12' Ketsbaia 49'	Stadium: Bežigrad Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

31 October 1996 Second leg	AEK Athens	4–0 (6–0 agg.)	Olimpija Ljubljana	Athens, Greece
21:00 EET (UTC+2)	Savevski 5' Batista 34' Maladenis 80' Kostis 84'	Report		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 14,482 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Germany)

Quarter-finals

6 March 1997 First leg	Paris Saint-Germain	0–0	AEK Athens	Paris, France
21:30 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 21,952 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

20 March 1997 Second leg	AEK Athens	0–3 (0–3 agg.)	Paris Saint-Germain	Athens, Greece
21:15 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Loko 21', 44', 81'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 27,200 Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 30 June 1997

No.	Pos	Player	League		Cup		Super Cup		Cup Winners' Cup		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
—	GK	Ilias Atmatsidis	31	0	8	0	1	0	6	0	46	0
—	GK	Vasilis Karagiannis	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
—	GK	Dionisis Chiotis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
—	DF	Stelios Manolas	23	2	6	2	1	0	6	0	36	4
—	DF	Anton Doboș	22	2	7	0	1	0	4	0	34	2
—	DF	Georgios Koutoulas	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
—	DF	Michalis Vlachos	25	1	7	1	1	0	5	0	38	2
—	DF	Vaios Karagiannis	14	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	22	0
—	DF	Kostas Pavlopoulos	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
—	DF	Vasilios Borbokis	27	4	6	0	1	0	6	0	40	4
—	DF	Charis Kopitsis	29	2	7	0	1	0	5	0	42	2
—	DF	Nikos Kostenoglou	29	0	7	0	0	0	5	0	41	0
—	DF	Michalis Kasapis	30	1	6	2	1	0	6	0	43	3
Midfielders
—	MF	Toni Savevski	33	4	8	0	1	1	6	1	48	6
—	MF	Temur Ketsbaia	30	5	7	5	1	0	6	1	44	11
—	MF	Triantafyllos Macheridis	15	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	23	0
—	MF	Christos Maladenis	22	0	5	0	1	0	5	1	33	1
—	MF	Mattheos Platakis	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Forwards
—	FW	Daniel Batista	21	7	5	2	1	0	5	3	32	12
—	FW	Marcelo Veridiano	27	6	8	3	1	0	3	0	39	9
—	FW	Christos Kostis	34	21	8	1	1	0	5	2	48	24
—	FW	Giorgos Kartalis	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
—	FW	Demis Nikolaidis	31	19	7	3	1	0	6	1	45	23
—	FW	Ilias Anastasakos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Left during Winter Transfer Window
—	FW	Vasilis Dimitriadis	5	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	8	3

Disciplinary record

As of 30 June 1997

N	P	Nat.	Name													Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	League			Cup			Super Cup		Cup Winners' Cup	Total			Notes
Goalkeepers
—	GK		Ilias Atmatsidis	1		1	1						2		1
—	GK		Vasilis Karagiannis	1									1
—	GK		Dionisis Chiotis
Defenders
—	DF		Stelios Manolas	9	1		1	1		1		1	12	2
—	DF		Anton Doboș	6			1						7
—	DF		Georgios Koutoulas
—	DF		Michalis Vlachos	1			2		1		1		3	1	1
—	DF		Vaios Karagiannis	6	1								6	1
—	DF		Kostas Pavlopoulos	1									1
—	DF		Vasilios Borbokis	6			1					1	8
—	DF		Charis Kopitsis	2			2			1		1	6
—	DF		Nikos Kostenoglou	7	1		2					2	11	1
—	DF		Michalis Kasapis	7			2						9
Midfielders
—	MF		Toni Savevski	2								1	3
—	MF		Temur Ketsbaia	7			2					1	10
—	MF		Triantafyllos Macheridis	2	1		3						5	1
—	MF		Christos Maladenis	1								2	3
—	MF		Mattheos Platakis
Forwards
—	FW		Daniel Batista	4					1			1	5		1
—	FW		Marcelo Veridiano	1									1
—	FW		Christos Kostis	1									1
—	FW		Giorgos Kartalis
—	FW		Demis Nikolaidis	7			1			1		1	10
—	FW		Ilias Anastasakos
Left during Winter Transfer window
—	FW		Vasilis Dimitriadis				1						1

Starting 11

N.	Formation	Matchday(s)
42	4–3–3	1–34

Nat.	Player	Pos.
	Ilias Atmatsidis	GK
	Stelios Manolas (C)	RCB
	Nikos Kostenoglou	LCB
	Vasilios Borbokis	RB
	Michalis Kasapis	LB
	Michalis Vlachos	DM
	Christos Maladenis	RCM
	Toni Savevski	LCM
	Temur Ketsbaia	RW
	Christos Kostis	LW
	Demis Nikolaidis	CF

Atmatsidis

Manolas
(C)

Kostenoglou

Borbokis

Kasapis

Vlachos

Maladenis

Savevski

Ketsbaia

Kostis

Nikolaidis

Last updated: 1997-06-30
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

"Ο Ντέμης στην ΑΕΚ!". www.oldfootball.gr.
"Ο τελευταίος χορός του Οικονομόπουλου (VIDEO)". Enwsi.gr. December 29, 2017.
"Βασίλης Τσιάρτας ο "μάγος" της Σεβίλλης". sport24.gr. Online. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
"Δημήτρης Σαραβάκος". taexopareikranio.gr.

External links

AEK Athens F.C. Official Website

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[1] "Ο Ντέμης στην ΑΕΚ!". www.oldfootball.gr.

[2] "Ο τελευταίος χορός του Οικονομόπουλου (VIDEO)". Enwsi.gr. December 29, 2017.

[3] "Βασίλης Τσιάρτας ο "μάγος" της Σεβίλλης". sport24.gr. Online. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[4] "Δημήτρης Σαραβάκος". taexopareikranio.gr.

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