1997–98 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
1997–98 season
Chairman	Alexis Kougias; (until 8 October); Lakis Nikolaou
Manager	Dumitru Dumitriu; (until 29 March); Antonis Minou
Stadium	Nikos Goumas Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	3rd
Greek Cup	Round of 32
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Demis Nikolaidis (19); All: Demis Nikolaidis (21)
Highest home attendance	24,367 vs Lokomotiv Moscow; (5 March 1998)
Lowest home attendance	2,271 vs Apollon Athens; (23 March 1998)
Average home league attendance	11,420

AEK Athens F.C. competed for the 39th consecutive season in the Greek top flight and 74th year in existence as a football club. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. The season begun at 31 August 1997 and finished at 17 May 1998.

Overview

A difficult season for AEK, with intense administrative changes, which concluded in third place in the league. On the other hand, the team did very well in Europe, reaching the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and losing by a slight margin a historic qualification to the tournament's semi-finals.

In the summer of 1997, Michalis Trochanas, no longer able to bear the weight of managing the club, but also with the vast majority of the fans against him, unsuccessfully looked for a buyer. Finally, the season started with this major shareholder for another year and Alexis Kougias in the position of president. The team lost 2 more important players, Temur Ketsbaia and Vasilios Borbokis, who left for England. Also, Stelios Manolas who was against the club's major shareholder, did not join in the team at the start of the season.

The first gathering of the team was episodic with about 2,000 gathered fans "boiling" against the administration. Tensions and incidednts occurred between the fans, with Alexis Kougias and Vasilis Karagiannis being the main victims.[1] The season started with these adverse conditions and the Romanian coach Dumitru Dumitriu. The team started the championship relatively well, however and after a few months the psychology of the world rose, since Michalis Trochanas finally sold his shares to the financially powerful, English multinational ENIC. Lakis Nikolaou took over as president, Manolas returned, there were rich contract renewals and in January some transfers were made. Despite being the winter champions, AEK were affected by the injuries on the roster, left quite behind in the league table and finally could not claim the title from Olympiacos. Towards the end of the season, Dumitriu was fired, who had already started to have problems with the administration, during the January transfer window. In his position, as an interim, Antonis Minou was hired to close the season.[2]

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 1998, 23:59 UTC+3.

No.	Player	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Ilias Atmatsidis	GK	(1969-04-24)24 April 1969 (aged 29)	Pontioi Veria
15	Chrysostomos Michailidis	GK	(1975-01-15)15 January 1975 (aged 23)	Eordaikos
22	Vasilis Karagiannis	GK	(1969-09-27)27 September 1969 (aged 28)	Diagoras
26	Dionisis Chiotis	GK	(1977-06-04)4 June 1977 (aged 21)	AEK Athens U20
Defenders
3	Michalis Kasapis	LB / LM	(1971-08-06)6 August 1971 (aged 26)	Levadiakos
4	Anton Doboș	CB	(1965-10-13)13 October 1965 (aged 32)	Steaua București
5	Nikos Kostenoglou (Vice-captain 2)	CB / RB	(1970-10-03)3 October 1970 (aged 27)	Skoda Xanthi
9	Georgios Koutoulas	CB / LB	(1967-02-09)9 February 1967 (aged 31)	AEK Athens U20
12	Charis Kopitsis	RB / RM / LM	(1969-03-05)5 March 1969 (aged 29)	Panionios
13	Vaios Karagiannis	LB / CB	(1968-06-25)25 June 1968 (aged 30)	A.O. Karditsa
23	Vangelis Kefalas	CB / DM	(1973-07-31)31 July 1973 (aged 24)	Apollon Athens
25	Ioannis Kalitzakis	CB	(1966-02-10)10 February 1966 (aged 32)	Panathinaikos
29	Stelios Manolas (Captain)	CB	(1961-07-13)13 July 1961 (aged 36)	AEK Athens U20
Midfielders
2	Triantafyllos Macheridis	DM / CB	(1973-11-10)10 November 1973 (aged 24)	Skoda Xanthi
7	Christos Maladenis	CM / RM / LM / AM / RW / LW / SS	(1974-05-23)23 May 1974 (aged 24)	Skoda Xanthi
8	Toni Savevski (Vice-captain)	CM / LM / DM	(1963-07-14)14 July 1963 (aged 34)	Vardar
18	Evripidis Katsavos	CM / DM / RM	(1973-09-14)14 September 1973 (aged 24)	Veria
19	Mattheos Platakis	AM	(1977-06-30)30 June 1977 (aged 21)	AEK Athens U20
24	Arnar Grétarsson	CM / DM	(1972-02-20)20 February 1972 (aged 26)	Leiftur
27	Georgios Passios	DM / CM / CB	(1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 16)	AEK Athens U20
30	Kelvin Sebwe	AM / SS	(1972-04-04)4 April 1972 (aged 26)	Skoda Xanthi
Forwards
10	Christos Kostis	SS / CF / AM	(1972-01-15)15 January 1972 (aged 26)	Iraklis
11	Demis Nikolaidis	CF / SS	(1973-09-17)17 September 1973 (aged 24)	Apollon Athens
20	Daniel Batista	CF / SS / AM	(1964-09-09)9 September 1964 (aged 33)	Olympiacos
21	Marcelo Veridiano	CF / SS	(1966-06-30)30 June 1966 (aged 32)	Skoda Xanthi
28	Giorgos Donis	RW / RM	(1969-10-22)22 October 1969 (aged 28)	Blackburn Rovers
31	Goran Tomić	CF	(1977-03-18)18 March 1977 (aged 21)	Vicenza
Left during Winter Transfer Window
6	Michalis Vlachos	CB / DM	(1967-09-20)20 September 1967 (aged 30)	Olympiacos
16	Kostas Pavlopoulos	RB	(1968-07-02)2 July 1968 (aged 29)	OFI
14	Theodoros Alexis	RM	(1975-05-06)6 May 1975 (aged 23)	Apollon Athens

Transfers

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
14	MF	Theodoros Alexis	Apollon Athens	Transfer	Free	1 July 1997	30 June 2001	[1]
15	GK	Chrysostomos Michailidis	Eordaikos	Transfer	Free	1 July 1997	30 June 2002
18	MF	Evripidis Katsavos	Veria	Transfer	Free	31 July 1997	30 June 2001	[3]
23	DF	Vangelis Kefalas	Apollon Athens	Transfer	Free	4 July 1997	30 June 2000	[1]
24	MF	Arnar Grétarsson	Leiftur	Transfer	Free	1 July 1997	30 June 2000	[4]
25	DF	Ioannis Kalitzakis	Panathinaikos	Transfer	Free	1 July 1997	30 June 2000	[5]
27	MF	Georgios Passios	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	1 July 1997	30 June 2003
—	MF	Giorgos Ananiadis	Atromitos	End of loan	—	1 July 1997	30 June 1997

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
28	FW	Giorgos Donis	Blackburn Rovers	Transfer	Free	12 December 1997	30 June 2003	[6]
30	MF	Kelvin Sebwe	Skoda Xanthi	Transfer	Free	12 December 1997	31 December 2003	[6]

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
—	DF	Vasilios Borbokis	Sheffield United	Transfer	₯400,000,000	1 July 1997	[7]
—	ΜF	Temur Ketsbaia	Newcastle United	End of contract	—	1 July 1997	[4]
—	MF	Giorgos Ananiadis	Free agent	End of contract	—	1 July 1997
—	FW	Giorgos Kartalis	Olympiacos Volos	End of contract	—	1 July 1997

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
6	DF	Michalis Vlachos	Portsmouth	Transfer	Free	29 January 1998	[8]
14	MF	Theodoros Alexis	Athinaikos	Contract termination	—	15 January 1998	[9]
16	DF	Kostas Pavlopoulos	OFI Crete	Transfer	Free	1 January 1998

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
31	FW	Goran Tomić	Vicenza	₯80,000,000	3 February 1998	30 June 1998	Y	[10]

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
—	FW	Ilias Anastasakos	Aris Petroupolis	Free	1 July 1997	30 June 1998	N

Renewals

No.	Pos	Player	Date	Former Exp Date	New Exp Date	Source
3	DF	Michalis Kasapis	16 October 1997	30 June 1998	30 June 2002	[11]
5	DF	Nikos Kostenoglou	14 October 1997	30 June 1998	30 June 2003	[12]
6	DF	Michalis Vlachos	23 June 1997	30 June 1997	30 June 1998	[4]
12	DF	Charis Kopitsis	14 October 1997	30 June 1998	30 June 2002	[13]
20	FW	Daniel Batista	23 June 1997	30 June 1997	30 June 1999	[4]
27	MF	Georgios Passios	1 July 1997	—	30 June 2003
29	DF	Stelios Manolas	29 December 1997	30 June 1997	30 June 1998	[14]

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: ₯80,000,000

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯80,000,000

Income

Summer: ₯400,000,000

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯400,000,000

Net Totals

Summer: ₯320,000,000

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯320,000,000

Pre-season and friendlies

13 July 1997 Friendly	Fenerbahçe	2–1	AEK Athens	Tegernsee
	Okocha 19' Elgor 57'	Report	Nikolaidis 45'	Attendance: 3,000

18 July 1997 Friendly	Rottach-Egern	1–7	AEK Athens	Tegernsee
	75'	Report	Kopitsis 15' (pen.) Batista 22' Kasapis 35' Marcelo 55' Kefalas 80' Grétarsson 81' Alexis 84'

28 July 1997 Friendly	Herakles Munchen	0–8	AEK Athens	Tegernsee
		Report	Nikolaidis 4', 28' Macheridis 9' Koutoulas 18' Batista 73', 76' Platakis 82' Kefalas 85'

7 August 1997 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–2	Boavista	Nea Filadelfeia
	Kalitzakis 29' Nikolaidis 57'	Report	Miguel 50' Simić 88'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 3,122 Referee: Georgios Psichomanis (Athens)

11 August 1997 Friendly	AEK Athens	5–0	Kavala	Nea Filadelfeia
	Maladenis 14' Marcelo 39' Kasapis 60' Nikolaidis 81', 88'	Report		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Referee: Dionisis Stefanopoulos (Piraeus)

19 August 1997 Friendly	Ionikos	4–1	AEK Athens	Nikaia
	Frousos 14', 52' Kljajević 25' (pen.) Afash 48'	Report	Maladenis 8'	Stadium: Neapoli Stadium Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)

20 August 1997 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–2	Panachaiki	Nea Filadelfeia
	Maladenis 26', 71' (pen.), 90'	Report	Palapanis 16' Klejch 68'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 1,126 Referee: Dimitris Kalivas (Boeotia)

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	34	29	1	4	88	27	+61	88	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Panathinaikos	34	28	1	5	90	24	+66	85	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
3	AEK Athens	34	22	8	4	61	30	+31	74	Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4	PAOK	34	21	7	6	74	41	+33	70	Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
5	Ionikos	34	18	8	8	46	31	+15	62

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	8	4	61	30	+31	74	12	2	3	33	15	+18	10	6	1	28	15	+13

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	W
Position	9	6	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

Fixtures

31 August 1997 Matchday 1	PAOK	0–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 30,347 Referee: Ilias Chatzis (Karditsa)

14 September 1997 Matchday 2	AEK Athens	2–1	Proodeftiki	Nea Filadelfeia
18:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Kostis 23' (pen.), 63'		Bairamoglou 77'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 13,028 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

22 September 1997 Matchday 3	Olympiacos	0–1	AEK Athens	Marousi
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)			Nikolaidis 60'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 31,470 Referee: Grigoris Kechagias (Thessaloniki)

28 September 1997 Matchday 4	AEK Athens	1–0	Kavala	Nea Filadelfeia
15:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Kopitsis 36'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 13,252 Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)

6 October 1997 Matchday 5	Iraklis	1–4	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Gonias 52' (pen.)		Kostis 25', 81' Savevski 34' Nikolaidis 35'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 10,057 Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)

19 October 1997 Matchday 6	AEK Athens	0–2	Ionikos	Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)			Daraklitsas 25' Stamatis 68'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 8,614 Referee: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)

27 October 1997 Matchday 7	AEK Athens	2–1	Panathinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Savevski 42' Nikolaidis 73'		Georgiadis 50' (pen.)	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 19,516 Referee: Naoum Mintiouris (Serres)

2 November 1997 Matchday 8	Paniliakos	2–4	AEK Athens	Pyrgos
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Barniak 7', 35'		Maladenis 57' Batista 59', 70' Kopitsis 74'	Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium Attendance: 4,443 Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)

10 November 1997 Matchday 9	AEK Athens	2–0	Panionios	Nea Filadelfeia
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 7' Savevski 17'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 7,522 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

15 November 1997 Matchday 10	Apollon Athens	3–4	AEK Athens	Rizoupoli
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Dikoumé 9', 62' Tatsis 90+1'		Nikolaidis 21', 67', 72' Batista 32'	Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 4,207 Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)

23 November 1997 Matchday 11	AEK Athens	5–1	Panachaiki	Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Marcelo 15' Savevski 57' Nikolaidis 69' Kyriakopoulos 73' (o.g.) Batista 77'		Klejch 85'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 9,492 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

29 November 1997 Matchday 12	Veria	1–2	AEK Athens	Veria
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Troupkos 6'		Nikolaidis 30' Maladenis 58'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 2,570 Referee: Grigoris Kechagias (Thessaloniki)

7 December 1997 Matchday 13	AEK Athens	2–1	Ethnikos Piraeus	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 25' (pen.) Batista 39'		Stavrakakis 84'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 6,513 Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)

15 December 1997 Matchday 14	Athinaikos	0–1	AEK Athens	Vyronas
15:00 EET (UTC+2)			Nikolaidis 43' (pen.)	Stadium: Vyronas National Stadium Attendance: 1,254 Referee: Thanasis Velliodis (Athens)

22 December 1997 Matchday 15	Kalamata	1–2	AEK Athens	Kalamata
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Albertis 15'		Bastios 17' (o.g.) Nikolaidis 29'	Stadium: Kalamata Municipal Stadium Attendance: 3,957 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)

4 January 1998 Matchday 16	AEK Athens	3–0	OFI	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 35', 45' Batista 58'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 21,667 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

12 January 1998 Matchday 17	Skoda Xanthi	0–0	AEK Athens	Xanthi
16:30 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium Attendance: 6,093 Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Chalkidiki)

18 January 1998 Matchday 18	AEK Athens	3–0	PAOK	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Maladenis 17', 90+1' Batista 58'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 22,129 Referee: Stratos Papoutselis (Lesbos)

25 January 1998 Matchday 19	Proodeftiki	3–2	AEK Athens	Nikaia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Zajmi 10', 22' Almanidis 44'		Maladenis 18' Kostenoglou 80'	Stadium: Nikaia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

2 February 1998 Matchday 20	AEK Athens	1–0	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Marcelo 66'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 22,378 Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)

8 February 1998 Matchday 21	Kavala	1–1	AEK Athens	Kavala
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Papandreou 62' (pen.)		Doboș 50'	Stadium: Kavala Municipal Stadium Attendance: 4,616 Referee: Michalis Kalathenos (Dodecanese)

15 February 1998 Matchday 22	AEK Athens	2–2	Iraklis	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Maladenis 5' Doboș 77'		Xenidis 83' Kashimba 84'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 14,846 Referee: Dionisis Stefanopoulos (Piraeus)

23 February 1998 Matchday 23	Ionikos	1–1	AEK Athens	Nikaia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Frousos 45+1'		Doboș 35' (pen.)	Stadium: Neapoli Stadium Attendance: 2,433 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

1 March 1998 Matchday 24	Panathinaikos	0–1	AEK Athens	Marousi
18:00 EET (UTC+2)			Maladenis 14'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 30,093 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)

9 March 1998 Matchday 25	AEK Athens	1–2	Paniliakos	Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Tomić 84'		Rosales 48' Lakis 54'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 4,375 Referee: Stratos Papoutselis (Lesbos)

14 March 1998 Matchday 26	Panionios	0–1	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
19:00 EET (UTC+2)			Maladenis 10'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 2,491 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

23 March 1998 Matchday 27	AEK Athens	1–0	Apollon Athens	Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 48'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 2,271 Referee: Andreas Aronis (Piraeus)

29 March 1998 Matchday 28	Panachaiki	0–0	AEK Athens	Patras
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium Attendance: 4,553 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

5 April 1998 Matchday 29	AEK Athens	1–2	Veria	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nikolaidis 45'		Poursaitidis 5' Stoica 84'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 5,188 Referee: Pavlos Konstantinidis (Piraeus)

12 April 1998 Matchday 30	Ethnikos Piraeus	1–3	AEK Athens	Piraeus
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Palacios 39'		Savevski 22' Marcelo 24' Donis 81'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 2,478 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)

3 May 1998 Matchday 31	AEK Athens	1–1	Athinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Grétarsson 70'		Agathokleous 81'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 3,149 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

10 May 1998 Matchday 32	AEK Athens	4–2	Kalamata	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nikolaidis 11', 21' Maladenis 59' Tomić 77'		Drougas 22' Dodoo 83'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 6,682 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

13 May 1998 Matchday 33	OFI	1–1	AEK Athens	Heraklion
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Anastasiou 77'		Nikolaidis 26'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 3,660 Referee: Christos Mittas (Thessaloniki)

17 May 1998 Matchday 34	AEK Athens	2–0	Skoda Xanthi	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Donis 16' Kopitsis 43'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 6,724 Referee: Dimitris Kalivas (Boeotia)

Greek Cup

AEK Athens entered the Greek Cup at the third round.

Round of 32

19 November 1997 First leg	Skoda Xanthi	2–1	AEK Athens	Xanthi
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Zikos 41' Chavos 55'	Report	Kasapis 18'	Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium Attendance: 3,132 Referee: Pavlos Konstantinidis (Piraeus)

3 December 1997 Second leg	AEK Athens	0–2 (1–4 agg.)	Skoda Xanthi	Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Sebwe 55' Adamczyk 62'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 4,198 Referee: Platonas Bozatzidis (Thessaloniki)

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

First round

18 September 1997 First leg	AEK Athens	5–0	Dinaburg	Athens, Greece
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Kopitsis 36' (pen.), 45' Katsavos 64' Kalitzakis 67' Marcelo 77'	Report		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 10,587 Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Germany)

2 October 1997 Second leg	Dinaburg	2–4 (2–9 agg.)	AEK Athens	Riga, Latvia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Fedotovs 34' Isayev 62'	Report	Nikolaidis 35', 80' Vlachos 50' Kostis 72'	Stadium: Daugava Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Second round

23 October 1997 First leg	AEK Athens	2–0	Sturm Graz	Athens, Greece
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Batista 75' Marcelo 84'	Report		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 13,329 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

6 November 1997 Second leg	Sturm Graz	1–0 (1–2 agg.)	AEK Athens	Graz, Austria
21:00 EET (UTC+2)	Spiteri 82'	Report		Stadium: Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadium Attendance: 15,400 Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

Quarter-finals

5 March 1998 First leg	AEK Athens	0–0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Athens, Greece
20:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 24,367 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

19 March 1998 Second leg	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–1 (2–1 agg.)	AEK Athens	Moscow, Russia
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kharlachyov 53' Chugainov 90'	Report	Kopitsis 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 11,256 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 30 June 1998

No.	Pos	Player	League		Cup		Cup Winners' Cup		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Ilias Atmatsidis	33	0	2	0	6	0	41	0
15	GK	Chrysostomos Michailidis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	Vasilis Karagiannis	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	GK	Dionisis Chiotis	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
3	DF	Michalis Kasapis	30	0	1	1	6	0	37	1
4	DF	Anton Doboș	19	3	0	0	5	0	24	3
5	DF	Nikos Kostenoglou	28	1	2	0	5	0	35	1
9	DF	Georgios Koutoulas	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
12	DF	Charis Kopitsis	24	3	1	0	6	3	31	6
13	DF	Vaios Karagiannis	17	0	1	0	1	0	19	0
23	DF	Vangelis Kefalas	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
25	DF	Ioannis Kalitzakis	28	0	2	0	5	1	35	1
29	DF	Stelios Manolas	13	0	0	0	2	0	15	0
Midfielders
2	MF	Triantafyllos Macheridis	27	0	1	0	4	0	32	0
7	MF	Christos Maladenis	27	9	1	0	5	0	33	9
8	MF	Toni Savevski	32	5	2	0	6	0	40	5
18	MF	Evripidis Katsavos	18	0	1	0	3	1	22	1
19	MF	Mattheos Platakis	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
24	MF	Arnar Grétarsson	27	1	2	0	6	0	35	1
27	MF	Georgios Passios	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	MF	Kelvin Sebwe	19	0	2	0	0	0	21	0
Forwards
10	FW	Christos Kostis	6	4	0	0	3	1	9	5
11	FW	Demis Nikolaidis	26	19	1	0	5	2	32	21
20	FW	Daniel Batista	16	7	2	0	3	1	21	8
21	FW	Marcelo Veridiano	29	3	2	0	5	2	36	5
28	FW	Giorgos Donis	17	2	0	0	0	0	17	2
31	FW	Goran Tomić	12	2	0	0	0	0	12	2
Left during Winter Transfer Window
6	DF	Michalis Vlachos	11	0	1	0	3	1	15	1
16	DF	Kostas Pavlopoulos	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
14	MF	Theodoros Alexis	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0

Disciplinary record

As of 30 June 1998

N	P	Nat.	Name								Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	League		Cup	Cup Winners' Cup		Total		Notes
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Ilias Atmatsidis	2					2
15	GK		Chrysostomos Michailidis
22	GK		Vasilis Karagiannis
26	GK		Dionisis Chiotis
Defenders
3	DF		Michalis Kasapis	8			1		9
4	DF		Anton Doboș	3			1		4
5	DF		Nikos Kostenoglou	7	1	1	2		10	1
9	DF		Georgios Koutoulas
12	DF		Charis Kopitsis	3			1		4
13	DF		Vaios Karagiannis	2		1	1	1	4	1
23	DF		Vangelis Kefalas
25	DF		Ioannis Kalitzakis	5	1		2		7	1
29	DF		Stelios Manolas	3			1		4
Midfielders
2	MF		Triantafyllos Macheridis	8					8
7	MF		Christos Maladenis	6					6
8	MF		Toni Savevski	2					2
18	MF		Evripidis Katsavos	4					4
19	MF		Mattheos Platakis
24	MF		Arnar Grétarsson	3					3
27	MF		Georgios Passios	1					1
30	MF		Kelvin Sebwe	1					1
Forwards
10	FW		Christos Kostis
11	FW		Demis Nikolaidis	9			1		10
20	FW		Daniel Batista	3		1			4
21	FW		Marcelo Veridiano	5					5
28	FW		Giorgos Donis	4					4
31	FW		Goran Tomić	1					1
Left during Winter Transfer window
6	DF		Michalis Vlachos	2		1			3
16	DF		Kostas Pavlopoulos
14	MF		Theodoros Alexis

Starting 11

N.	Formation	Matchday(s)
42	4–4–2	1–34

No.	Player	Pos.
1	Ilias Atmatsidis	GK
6	Nikos Kostenoglou	RCB
25	Ioannis Kalitzakis	LCB
12	Charis Kopitsis	RB
17	Michalis Kasapis	LB
2	Triantafyllos Macheridis	DM
24	Arnar Grétarsson	CM
28	Giorgos Donis	RM
8	Toni Savevski (C)	LM
21	Marcelo Veridiano	SS
11	Demis Nikolaidis	CF

Atmatsidis

Kostenoglou

Kalitzakis

Kopitsis

Kasapis

Macheridis

Grétarsson

Donis

Savevski
(C)

Marcelo

Nikolaidis

Last updated: 1998-06-30
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

"Ξύλο με το καλημέρα". tanea.gr. 8 July 1997.
"Περίοδος 1997-1998". kitrinomavro.gr. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
"ΑΕΚ Θυρίδα για Παντούρου Έκλεισε ο Κατσαβός". tanea.gr. 1 August 1997.
"Ένας έφυγε, άλλος ήρθε". tanea.gr. 21 June 1997.
"Το καλύτερο". tanea.gr. 14 June 1997.
"Συμφωνία με Σέμπουε - Δώνη". tanea.gr. 12 December 1997.
"Θυμήθηκαν τον Μπορμπόκη". onsports.gr. Online.
"Βολές από τον Ντουμιτρίου". tanea.gr. 29 January 1998.
"ΑΘΗΝΑΪΚΟΣ Πήρε Αλέξη για ένα χρόνο". tanea.gr. 16 January 1998.
"Έστειλαν Κροάτη!". tanea.gr. 4 February 1998.
"Συμβόλαια-ρεκόρ". tanea.gr. 16 October 1997.
"Χρυσάφι στα πόδιατων παικτών". tanea.gr. 14 October 1997.
"Τα 11 πρώτα βήματα". tanea.gr. 15 October 1997.
"Ο Σέμπουε από σήμερα στη διάθεση του Ντουμιτρίου". tanea.gr. 30 December 1997.

External links

AEK Athens F.C. Official Website

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[JulAEK-1] "Ξύλο με το καλημέρα". tanea.gr. 8 July 1997.

[2] "Περίοδος 1997-1998". kitrinomavro.gr. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

[3] "ΑΕΚ Θυρίδα για Παντούρου Έκλεισε ο Κατσαβός". tanea.gr. 1 August 1997.

[GreAEK-4] "Ένας έφυγε, άλλος ήρθε". tanea.gr. 21 June 1997.

[5] "Το καλύτερο". tanea.gr. 14 June 1997.

[DonAEK-6] "Συμφωνία με Σέμπουε - Δώνη". tanea.gr. 12 December 1997.

[7] "Θυμήθηκαν τον Μπορμπόκη". onsports.gr. Online.

[8] "Βολές από τον Ντουμιτρίου". tanea.gr. 29 January 1998.

[9] "ΑΘΗΝΑΪΚΟΣ Πήρε Αλέξη για ένα χρόνο". tanea.gr. 16 January 1998.

[10] "Έστειλαν Κροάτη!". tanea.gr. 4 February 1998.

[11] "Συμβόλαια-ρεκόρ". tanea.gr. 16 October 1997.

[12] "Χρυσάφι στα πόδιατων παικτών". tanea.gr. 14 October 1997.

[13] "Τα 11 πρώτα βήματα". tanea.gr. 15 October 1997.

[14] "Ο Σέμπουε από σήμερα στη διάθεση του Ντουμιτρίου". tanea.gr. 30 December 1997.