1999–2000 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
1999–2000 season
Chairman	Kostas Generakis; (until 11 November); Stefanos Mamatzis; (until 11 January); Cornelius Sierhuis
Manager	Ljubiša Tumbaković; (until 7 January); Giannis Pathiakakis
Stadium	Nikos Goumas Stadium (Main); Nea Smyrni Stadium (UEFA Cup)
Alpha Ethniki	3rd
Greek Cup	Winners
Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Demis Nikolaidis (22); All: Demis Nikolaidis (36)
Highest home attendance	17,786 vs AIK; (11 August 1999)
Lowest home attendance	364 vs Akratitos; (13 October 1999)
Average home league attendance	5,707

AEK Athens F.C. competed for the 41st consecutive season in the Greek top flight and 76th year in existence as a football club. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The season begun at 7 August 1999 and finished at 27 May 2000.

Overview

From the middle of previous season, Dimitris Melissanidis had taken over the management of the team again and had been credited the success of the entrance to the Champions League qualifiers. Melissanidis decided to follow the example of Dusan Bajevic and addressed the Serbian market to build the new AEK of titles. The upcoming Serbian coach Ljubiša Tumbaković from Partizan arrived at AEK and brought with him Matijašević, Petrić and Bjeković. The highlight was the loan of Dragan Ćirić from Barcelona, which raised a storm of excitement in the AEK fans, who rushed to the airport to welcome him.

The season started with great enthusiasm, title expectations and a very passable draw in the Champions League qualifiers, which gave AEK the assurance of qualifying in the groups, therefore financially independent and self-sufficient. Tumbaković however did not start well, he lost both of the derbies from Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, as a result of which the protests of the fans started early. Already after the exclusion from AIK for the Champions League, it was a common secret that Melissanidis left the management, a fact that Petros Stathis kept as secret as possible, before the multinational owners of the team took the matter into their hands and appoint the first foreigner president in history of the club, Cornelius Sierhuis. As if this were not enough, at the beginning of September a big earthquake took place in Parnitha and damaged part of Nikos Goumas Stadium which was deemed unsuitable for fans, being dangerous for its physical integrity. AEK was forced to give most of its home games to Nea Smyrni Stadium.

In the competitive part, Tumbaković continued to bring irrational results and the patience was starting to run out at the end of December. After a home defeat by Panionios, Tumbaković could no longer remain on the bench of AEK, since he was left out of the UEFA Cup. Among others, his transfers proved to be mediocre, Ćirić did not live up to the expectations around his reputation. The situation brought Takis Karagiozopoulos as an interim coach and immediately after Giannis Pathiakakis on the team's bench, with the entire organization of AEK considering the season wasted.

Pathiakakis raised psychology of the divided team, but also lost the derbies. The season was saved from the qualification against Olympiacos in the Cup and finally its conquest. AEK finishes in 3rd place, far from the first two places. The only positive element of the season after winning the Cup, since the team did not manage to win any derby.[1]

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 2000, 23:59 UTC+3.

No.	Player	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Ilias Atmatsidis (Captain)	GK	(1969-04-24)24 April 1969 (aged 31)	Pontioi Veria
15	Chrysostomos Michailidis	GK	(1975-01-15)15 January 1975 (aged 25)	Eordaikos
22	Lefteris Petkaris	GK	(1982-03-05)5 March 1982 (aged 18)	Makedonikos
—	Vasilis Karagiannis	GK	(1969-09-27)27 September 1969 (aged 30)	Diagoras
Defenders
2	Traianos Dellas	CB	(1976-01-31)31 January 1976 (aged 24)	Sheffield United
5	Nikos Kostenoglou	CB / RB	(1970-10-03)3 October 1970 (aged 29)	Skoda Xanthi
12	Charis Kopitsis	RB / RM / LM	(1969-03-05)5 March 1969 (aged 31)	Panionios
17	Michalis Kasapis (Vice-captain)	LB / LM	(1971-08-06)6 August 1971 (aged 28)	Levadiakos
21	Vaios Karagiannis (Vice-captain 3)	LB / CB	(1968-06-25)25 June 1968 (aged 32)	A.O. Karditsa
25	Ioannis Kalitzakis	CB	(1966-02-10)10 February 1966 (aged 34)	Panathinaikos
29	Davide Belotti	RB / CB	(1972-05-24)24 May 1972 (aged 28)	Vicenza
32	Michalis Kapsis	CB	(1973-10-18)18 October 1973 (aged 26)	Ethnikos Piraeus
—	Georgios Paraskevaidis	CB	(1982-10-09)9 October 1982 (aged 17)	AEK Athens U20
—	Filippo Dal Moro	LB	(1970-08-11)11 August 1970 (aged 29)	Roma
Midfielders
6	Dimitris Markos	CM / DM / LB / LM	(1971-01-31)31 January 1971 (aged 29)	Kalamata
7	Christos Maladenis	CM / RM / LM / AM / RW / LW / SS	(1974-05-23)23 May 1974 (aged 26)	Skoda Xanthi
8	Toni Savevski	CM / LM / DM	(1963-07-14)14 July 1963 (aged 36)	Vardar
10	Dragan Ćirić	AM	(1974-09-15)15 September 1974 (aged 25)	Barcelona
14	Akis Zikos	DM / CM	(1974-06-01)1 June 1974 (aged 26)	Skoda Xanthi
16	Arnar Grétarsson	CM / DM	(1972-02-20)20 February 1972 (aged 28)	Leiftur
18	Evripidis Katsavos	CM / DM / RM	(1973-09-14)14 September 1973 (aged 26)	Veria
23	Vassilis Lakis	RM / RW / AM / CM	(1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 23)	Paniliakos
24	Vladimir Matijašević	DM / CM / RB / LB / CB	(1978-05-10)10 May 1978 (aged 22)	Vojvodina
26	Georgios Passios	DM / CM / CB	(1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 18)	AEK Athens U20
28	Milen Petkov	DM / CM / AM / RM / LM	(1974-01-12)12 January 1974 (aged 26)	CSKA Sofia
30	Pablo Cantero	CM	(1977-10-30)30 October 1977 (aged 22)	Estudiantes
Forwards
9	Nenad Bjeković	CF	(1974-02-17)17 February 1974 (aged 26)	Partizan
11	Demis Nikolaidis (Vice-captain 2)	CF / SS	(1973-09-17)17 September 1973 (aged 26)	Apollon Athens
19	Giorgos Kavazis	CF	(1980-01-15)15 January 1980 (aged 20)	Apollon Limassol
20	Sotiris Konstantinidis	RW / LW / RM / LM / AM	(1979-04-19)19 April 1979 (aged 21)	Iraklis
31	Ilias Anastasakos	CF	(1978-03-03)3 March 1978 (aged 22)	A.O. Dafniou
Left during Winter Transfer Window
3	Gordan Petrić	CB	(1969-07-30)30 July 1969 (aged 30)	Hearts

Transfers

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
2	DF	Traianos Dellas	Sheffield United	Transfer	Free	1 July 1999	30 June 2002	[2]
3	DF	Gordan Petrić	Crystal Palace	Transfer	Free	2 July 1999	30 June 2001	[3]
9	FW	Nenad Bjeković	Partizan	Transfer	₯250,000,000	5 July 1999	30 June 2004	[4]
19	FW	Giorgos Kavazis	Apollon Limassol	Transfer	Free	1 July 1999	30 June 2002
20	FW	Sotiris Konstantinidis	Iraklis	Transfer	Free	1 July 1999	30 June 2003
22	GK	Lefteris Petkaris	Makedonikos	Transfer	Free	1 July 1999	30 June 2001
24	MF	Vladimir Matijašević	Vojvodina	Transfer	₯400,000,000	5 August 1999	30 June 2002	[5]
—	GK	Dionisis Chiotis	Ethnikos Piraeus	End of loan	—	1 July 1999	30 June 2005
—	MF	Triantafyllos Macheridis	PAOK	End of loan	—	1 July 1999	30 June 2000
—	MF	Michalis Tzivelekis	Panelefsiniakos	Transfer	Free	1 July 1999	30 June 2000	[6]
—	MF	Mattheos Platakis	Ethnikos Piraeus	End of loan	—	1 July 1999	30 June 2002
—	FW	Georgios Trichias	Panelefsiniakos	End of loan	—	1 July 1999	31 December 2003

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
28	MF	Milen Petkov	CSKA Sofia	Transfer	₯260,000,000	25 January 2000	30 June 2004	[7]
30	MF	Pablo Cantero	Estudiantes	Transfer	Free	31 January 2000	30 June 2005	[8]
31	FW	Ilias Anastasakos	Apollon Athens	End of loan	—	1 January 2000	30 June 2002
—	DF	Georgios Paraskevaidis	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	1 January 2000	30 June 2005

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
5	DF	Boban Babunski	Logroñés	Contract termination	—	5 August 1999	[9]
9	FW	Paraschos Zouboulis	PAOK	End of loan	—	1 July 1999
10	FW	Christopher Wreh	Arsenal	End of loan	—	1 July 1999
17	GK	Kostas Daditsos	Free agent	Contract termination	—	1 July 1999
19	MF	Kelvin Sebwe	Iraklis	Contract termination	—	1 July 1999
20	FW	Daniel Batista	Aris	End of contract	—	16 July 1999	[10]
23	MF	Alberto Méndez	Arsenal	End of loan	—	1 July 1999
24	DF	Alvin Ceccoli	Wolves	End of loan	—	1 July 1999
27	MF	Branko Milovanović	Free agent	Contract termination	—	8 October 1999	[11]
—	DF	Anton Doboș	Ethnikos Piraeus	End of contract	—	1 July 1999
—	MF	Triantafyllos Macheridis	PAOK	Transfer	₯100,000,000	1 July 1999
—	MF	Michalis Tzivelekis	Panionios	Transfer	Free	15 July 1999	[12]
—	MF	Mattheos Platakis	Ethnikos Piraeus	Transfer	Free	1 July 1999

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
3	DF	Gordan Petrić	Hearts	Transfer	₯250,000,000	2 December 1999	[13]

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
10	MF	Dragan Ćirić	Barcelona	₯300,000,000	1 July 1999	30 June 2000	Y	[14]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
29	DF	Davide Belotti	Vicenza	Free	31 January 2000	30 June 2000	N	[8]
—	DF	Filippo Dal Moro	Roma	Free	31 January 2000	30 June 2000	N	[15]

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
—	GK	Dionisis Chiotis	Proodeftiki	Free	1 July 1999	30 June 2000	N
—	FW	Georgios Trichias	Athinaikos	Free	1 July 1999	30 June 2000	N

Renewals

No.	Pos	Player	Date	Former Exp Date	New Exp Date	Source
7	MF	Christos Maladenis	11 June 1999	30 June 2000	30 June 2003	[16]
11	FW	Demis Nikolaidis	30 July 1999	30 June 2001	30 June 2003	[17]
—	DF	Georgios Paraskevaidis	1 January 2000	—	30 June 2005

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: ₯950,000,000

Winter: ₯260,000,000

Total: ₯1,210,000,000

Income

Summer: ₯100,000,000

Winter: ₯250,000,000

Total: ₯350,000,000

Net Totals

Summer: ₯850,000,000

Winter: ₯10,000,000

Total: ₯860,000,000

Pre-season and friendlies

8 July 1999 Friendly	Vichy	1–11	AEK Athens	Vichy
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Zouboulis Nikolaidis Bjeković Konstantinidis Ćirić Grétarsson Dellas

10 July 1999 Friendly	Saint-Étienne	1–0	AEK Athens	Chiquilín
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)

13 July 1999 Friendly	Vichy / Clermon Feran (mixed)	4–12	AEK Athens	Vichy
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Cicard	Report	Nikolaidis Maladenis Grétarsson Kavazis Lakis Konstantinidis Bjeković Milovanović

17 July 1999 Friendly	Bastia	0–1	AEK Athens	Avignon
				Stadium: Parc des Sports

18 July 1999 Friendly

Sfaxien

2–2

AEK Athens

Vichy

21 July 1999 Friendly	Monaco	0–1	AEK Athens	Vichy
		Report	Nikolaidis

25 July 1999 Friendly	Marko	0–3	AEK Athens	Markopoulo
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Maladenis 10' Nikolaidis 21' Grétarsson 81'	Stadium: Municipal Markopoulo Stadium Attendance: 2,000

28 July 1999 Friendly	AEK Athens	7–0	Akratitos	Thrakomakedones
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Kasapis 4' Bjeković 22' Ćirić 33' (pen.), 44' Maladenis 67' Zouboulis 70', 75'	Report		Stadium: AEK Athens' Training Complex Attendance: 700

31 July 1999 Nova Supersports Cup	AEK Athens	3–2	Leicester City	Nea Filadelfeia
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ćirić 17' Savevski 25' Maladenis 44'	Report	Zagorakis 6' (pen.), 58'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Georgios Psichomanis (Athens)

1 August 1999 Nova Supersports Cup	AEK Athens	1–2	Hertha Berlin	Nea Filadelfeia
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bjeković 44' Nikolaidis 51', 66' Ćirić 64' (pen.)	Report	Tretschok 15' Neuendorf 50'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Giorgos Fasolis (Athens)

1 September 1999 Friendly	Kallithea	2–3	AEK Athens	Kallithea
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Cerović 6' Zacharopoulos 40'		Grétarsson 26' Kalitzakis 52' Dellas 64'	Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium

9 February 2000 Friendly	AEK Athens	6–2	Chaidari	Thrakomakedones
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kasapis 17' Konstantinidis 59' Ćirić 60', 62' (pen.) Anastasakos 65' Platakis 67'	Report	Karagiannis 75' Pirenis 77'	Stadium: AEK Athens' Training Complex

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	34	30	2	2	86	18	+68	92	Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2	Panathinaikos	34	28	4	2	92	24	+68	88	Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3	AEK Athens	34	20	6	8	69	39	+30	66	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	OFI	34	18	9	7	60	44	+16	63
5	PAOK	34	15	10	9	64	44	+20	55

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

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	20	6	8	69	39	+30	66	13	0	4	41	16	+25	7	6	4	28	23	+5

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	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
Result	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	6	11	11	6	4	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	7	8	5	5	6	4	5	4	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3

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

Fixtures

20 September 1999 Matchday 1	PAOK	4–4	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Marangos 16' Dollberg 36' Georgiadis 65' Valencia 89'		Ćirić 2' (pen.) Nikolaidis 20' Dollberg 23' (o.g.) Dellas 46'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 22,226 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

26 September 1999 Matchday 2	AEK Athens	1–2	Panathinaikos	Piraeus
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Zikos 45'		Pflipsen 42' Asanović 78'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 17,619 Referee: Panagiotis Nikou (Imathia)

3 October 1999 Matchday 3	Ethnikos Asteras	1–3	AEK Athens	Kaisariani
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Xanthis 90+8'		Ćirić 77' Konstantinidis 80' Markos 90+4'	Stadium: Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium Attendance: 3,950 Referee: Pavlos Konstantinidis (Piraeus)

17 October 1999 Matchday 4	AEK Athens	3–2	Iraklis	Nea Smyrni
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ćirić 38', 45+3' (pen.), 90+1' (pen.)		Konstantinou 3' Sebwe 15'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 7,712 Referee: Pavlos Papilias (Piraeus)

25 October 1999 Matchday 5	Paniliakos	0–1	AEK Athens	Pyrgos
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)			Bjeković 77'	Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium Attendance: 4,887 Referee: Kostas Vallianos (Aetoloacarnania)

15 November 1999 Matchday 6	AEK Athens	0–2	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)			Đorđević 74' (pen.) Giovanni 90+2'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Vaggelis Dimitropoulos (Patras)
Note: The match was postponed due to obligations of both teams in the European competitions.

6 November 1999 Matchday 7	Ionikos	1–1	AEK Athens	Piraeus
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Afash 58'		Xanthopoulos 39' (o.g.)	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 6,429 Referee: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)

20 November 1999 Matchday 8	AEK Athens	2–0	Aris	Nea Filadelfeia
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	Kapsis 14' Nikolaidis 63'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 4,207 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

28 November 1999 Matchday 9	AEK Athens	1–2	OFI	Rhodes
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Konstantinidis 90+1'		Gómez 45', 57'	Stadium: Diagoras Stadium Attendance: 4,587 Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Chalkidiki)
Note: The match was held in Rhodes because AEK had been punished with 2 games away from home for fan invasion during the Cup game against Olympiacos.

5 December 1999 Matchday 10	Skoda Xanthi	2–2	AEK Athens	Xanthi
16:15 EET (UTC+2)	Zouboulis 20', 43'		Markos 67' Konstantinidis 83'	Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium Attendance: 2,767 Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)

13 December 1999 Matchday 11	AEK Athens	3–0	Panachaiki	Rhodes
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kapsis 1' Nikolaidis 25', 58'			Stadium: Diagoras Stadium Attendance: 2,313 Referee: Christos Daglis (Thessaloniki)

22 December 1999 Matchday 12	Proodeftiki	1–4	AEK Athens	Nikaia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kazantzis 88'		Nikolaidis 40+2', 61' Bjeković 20' Ćirić 65'	Stadium: Nikaia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,410 Referee: Spyros Pougakiotis (Phthiotis)

29 December 1999 Matchday 13	AEK Athens	0–1	Panionios	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)			Nalitzis 84'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 4,653 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)

8 January 2000 Matchday 14	Apollon Smyrnis	3–2	AEK Athens	Piraeus
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Labriakos 26' Karanikolas 63' Z. Ćirić 90+4'		Bjeković 48' Kalitzakis 90+1'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 1,827 Referee: Panagiotis Nikou (Imathia)

16 January 2000 Matchday 15	AEK Athens	3–0	Kavala	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Maladenis 53', 73', 88'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 4,326 Referee: Pavlos Konstantinidis (Piraeus)

23 January 2000 Matchday 16	Trikala	0–1	AEK Athens	Trikala
17:00 EET (UTC+2)			Ćirić 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,826 Referee: Panagiotis Nikou (Imathia)

31 January 2000 Matchday 17	Kalamata	1–1	AEK Athens	Kalamata
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Bachramis 61'		Maladenis 50'	Stadium: Messiniakos Stadium Attendance: 3,211 Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)

5 February 2000 Matchday 18	AEK Athens	2–0	PAOK	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 50', 84'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 10,082 Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)

13 February 2000 Matchday 19	Panathinaikos	1–0	AEK Athens	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kola 90+2'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 23,880 Referee: Georgios Psichomanis (Athens)

20 February 2000 Matchday 20	AEK Athens	2–1	Ethnikos Asteras	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Bjeković 30' Ćirić 54' (pen.)		Milovanović 16'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 3,534 Referee: Filippos Dobas (Athens)

27 February 2000 Matchday 21	Iraklis	3–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Xenidis 33' Konstantinou 41', 74' (pen.)		Savevski 7'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 9,575 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

5 March 2000 Matchday 22	AEK Athens	1–0	Paniliakos	Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ćirić 87'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 3,689 Referee: Pavlos Papilias (Piraeus)

12 March 2000 Matchday 23	Olympiacos	3–0	AEK Athens	Marousi
17:45 EET (UTC+2)	Đorđević 44' (pen.), 81' (pen.) Zahovič 64'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 14,121 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)

19 March 2000 Matchday 24	AEK Athens	5–1	Ionikos	Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Konstantinidis 1' Nikolaidis 20', 25', 69', 75'		Roberts 89'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 2,511 Referee: Dimitris Kalivas (Boeotia)

25 March 2000 Matchday 25	Aris	1–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Papadopoulos 79' (pen.)		Nikolaidis 51'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 8,941 Referee: Dimitris Kalivas (Boeotia)

1 April 2000 Matchday 26	OFI	1–2	AEK Athens	Heraklion
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Digozis 29'		Lakis 23' Petkov 48'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 4,448 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)

12 April 2000 Matchday 27	AEK Athens	4–1	Skoda Xanthi	Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Nikolaidis 19', 45' Maladenis 83', 90'		Zouboulis 38'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 3,028 Referee: Paraskevas Chelis (Kavala)

16 April 2000 Matchday 28	Panachaiki	1–1	AEK Athens	Patras
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Katsouranis 90'		Konstantinidis 87'	Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium Attendance: 4,220 Referee: Panagiotis Nikou (Imathia)

23 April 2000 Matchday 29	AEK Athens	3–2	Proodeftiki	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Petkov 36' Lakis 43' Nikolaidis 64' (pen.)		Kazantzis 60' Togias 68'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 3,371 Referee: Christos Daglis (Thessaloniki)

3 May 2000 Matchday 30	Panionios	0–2	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)			Nikolaidis 22', 35'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 1,449 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

7 May 2000 Matchday 31	AEK Athens	3–0	Apollon Smyrnis	Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nikolaidis 65' (pen.) Lakis 89' Ćirić 90+1'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 2,435 Referee: Makis Efthimiadis (Drama)

14 May 2000 Matchday 32	Kavala	0–2	AEK Athens	Kavala
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)			Nikolaidis 56', 78'	Stadium: Kavala Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,115 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)

21 May 2000 Matchday 33	AEK Athens	2–1	Trikala	Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Savevski 22' Dellas 44'		Caprile 45+1'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 2,361 Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)

27 May 2000 Matchday 34	AEK Athens	6–1	Kalamata	Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nikolaidis 17' (pen.), 53' (pen.) Kasapis 35' Konstantinidis 42' Dellas 44' Bjeković 77'		Koutsoures 77'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 2,925 Referee: Christos Daglis (Thessaloniki)

Greek Cup

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AEK	TRI	EGA	ATH	AKR	KAR
1	AEK Athens	5	5	0	0	20	3	+17	15	Round of 16		—	6–1	3–0	3–0	—
2	Trikala	5	4	0	1	9	5	+4	12	Round of 16	1–2		1–0	—	—	2–0
3	Egaleo	5	2	0	3	8	10	−2	6		—	—		—	4–1	2–0
4	Athinaikos	5	1	2	2	6	9	−3	5		—	2–3	2–1		—	—
5	Akratitos	5	1	1	3	5	11	−6	4		—	1–2	—	1–1		—
6	A.O.Karditsa	5	0	1	4	3	13	−10	1		1–6	—	—	1–1	1–2

Source: epo.gr

Matches

7 August 1999 Matchday 1	AEK Athens	6–1	Egaleo	Nea Filadelfeia
19:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Bjeković 20' Ćirić 22', 58' (pen.), 75' Nikolaidis 46' Markos 90'	Report (page 24)	Makris 55'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 2,797 Referee: Giorgos Fasolis (Athens)

21 August 1999 Matchday 2	A.O. Karditsa	1–6	AEK Athens	Karditsa
	Letsios 76'	Report (page 24)	Petrić 15' Markos 24' Bountolos 37' (o.g.) Bjeković 41' Ćirić 78', 87'	Stadium: Karditsa Municipal Stadium Referee: Paraskevas Chelis (Kavala)

27 October 1999 Matchday 3	Trikala	1–2	AEK Athens	Trikala
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Papasteriadis 32'	Report (page 25)	Kopitsis 84' (pen.) Markos 89'	Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,877 Referee: Dimitris Pontikis (Thessaloniki)

29 August 1999 Matchday 4	AEK Athens	3–0	Athinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
	Nikolaidis 5', 30' Konstantinidis 57'	Report (page 26)		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

13 October 1999 Matchday 5	AEK Athens	3–0	Akratitos	Piraeus
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Konstantinidis 40' Lakis 60' Maladenis 79'	Report (page 26)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 364 Referee: Kostas Finokaliotis (Athens)

Round of 16

12 January 2000 Round of 16	AEK Athens	6–0	Trikala	Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Maladenis 13', 24' Nikolaidis 19', 82', 89' Markos 21'	Report (page 31)		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Dimitris Kalivas (Boeotia)

Quarter-finals

6 February 2000 First leg	Olympiacos	1–1	AEK Athens	Marousi
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	Alexandris 75'	Report (page 33)	Lakis 32'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Dimitris Kalivas (Boeotia)

8 March 2000 Second leg	AEK Athens	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 27' Kopitsis 31' Petkov 48'	Report (page 34)		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 14,400 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

Semi-finals

5 April 2000 First leg	AEK Athens	4–1	Panionios	Nea Filadelfeia
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Nikolaidis 24' (pen.), 45', 53' Lakis 35'	Report (page 34)	Sapountzis 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 7,976 Referee: Giorgos Fasolis (Athens)

19 April 2000 Second leg	Panionios	2–1 (3–5 agg.)	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Kafalis 74' Krčmarević 90'	Report (page 35)	Ćirić 22'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)

Final

10 May 2000 Final	AEK Athens	3–0	Ionikos	Marousi
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nikolaidis 37' Petkov 76' Maladenis 81'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 25,471 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
Note: At 32th minute while score was 0-0, after a cross from Petkov, Demis Nikolaidis scored with his hand. The referee Douros did not realize the violation of Nikolaidis and ran towards the center of the field, with Nikolaidis immediately showing him that he should not count the goal. The referee approached Nikolaidis, who explained to him exactly what happened. As a result the referee changed his decision, canceled the goal and gave handball and showed Nikolaidis a yellow card for his violation. Nikolaidis was later honored by the International Olympic Committee for his fair play towards the referee of the final.[18]

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

11 August 1999 First leg	AEK Athens	0–0	AIK	Athens, Greece
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 17,786 Referee: Juan Fernández Marin (Spain)

25 August 1999 Second leg	AIK	1−0 (1–0 agg.)	AEK Athens	Solna, Sweden
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Novaković 57'	Report		Stadium: Råsunda Stadium Attendance: 31,115 Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)

UEFA Cup

First round

16 September 1999 First leg	Torpedo Kutaisi	0–1	AEK Athens	Kutaisi, Georgia
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Zikos 90+1'	Stadium: Ramaz Shengelia Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: John McDermott (Ireland)

30 September 1999 Second leg	AEK Athens	6–1 (7–1 agg.)	Torpedo Kutaisi	Athens, Greece
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ćirić 8' (pen.) Bjeković 22' Maladenis 24' Kopitsis 44', 88' Nikolaidis 73'	Report	Megreladze 72'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 4,008 Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic)

Second round

21 October 1999 First leg	MTK Budapest	2–1	AEK Athens	Budapest, Hungary
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Egressy 20' Erős 34'	Report	Ćirić 66'	Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)

2 November 1999 Second leg	AEK Athens	1–0 (2a–2 agg.)	MTK Budapest	Athens, Greece
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ćirić 75' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 7,288 Referee: Pascal Garibian (France)
Note: AEK Athens won on away goals rule.

Third round

23 November 1999 First leg	AEK Athens	2–2	Monaco	Athens, Greece
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 45', 89'	Report	Giuly 26' Simone 78'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 7,299 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

9 December 1999 Second leg	Monaco	1–0 (3–2 agg.)	AEK Athens	Monaco, France
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Simone 32'	Report		Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Dieter Schoch (Switzerland)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 30 June 2000

No.	Pos	Player	League		Cup		Champions League		UEFA Cup		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Ilias Atmatsidis	33	0	9	0	2	0	6	0	50	0
15	GK	Chrysostomos Michailidis	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
22	GK	Lefteris Petkaris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	GK	Vasilis Karagiannis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	Traianos Dellas	21	3	7	0	1	0	4	0	33	3
5	DF	Nikos Kostenoglou	20	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	29	0
12	DF	Charis Kopitsis	28	0	7	2	1	0	4	2	40	4
17	DF	Michalis Kasapis	13	1	5	0	1	0	5	0	24	1
21	DF	Vaios Karagiannis	12	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
25	DF	Ioannis Kalitzakis	23	1	7	0	0	0	3	0	33	1
29	DF	Davide Belotti	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32	DF	Michalis Kapsis	26	2	10	0	1	0	2	0	39	2
—	DF	Georgios Paraskevaidis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	DF	Filippo Dal Moro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	Dimitris Markos	29	2	9	4	2	0	5	0	45	6
7	MF	Christos Maladenis	23	6	9	4	2	0	4	1	38	11
8	MF	Toni Savevski	31	2	10	0	2	0	4	0	47	2
10	MF	Dragan Ćirić	26	10	10	6	2	0	6	3	44	19
14	MF	Akis Zikos	27	1	7	0	2	0	6	1	42	2
16	MF	Arnar Grétarsson	14	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	22	0
18	MF	Evripidis Katsavos	10	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	15	0
23	MF	Vassilis Lakis	17	3	9	3	2	0	3	0	31	6
24	MF	Vladimir Matijašević	3	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	8	0
26	MF	Georgios Passios	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
28	MF	Milen Petkov	15	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	20	4
30	MF	Pablo Cantero	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Forwards
9	FW	Nenad Bjeković	20	6	4	2	1	0	6	1	31	9
11	FW	Demis Nikolaidis	32	22	8	11	2	0	6	3	48	36
19	FW	Giorgos Kavazis	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
20	FW	Sotiris Konstantinidis	24	6	7	2	2	0	4	0	37	8
31	FW	Ilias Anastasakos	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Left during Winter Transfer Window
3	DF	Gordan Petrić	7	0	4	1	2	0	3	0	16	1

Disciplinary record

As of 30 June 2000

N	P	Nat.	Name								Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	League		Cup	Champions League	UEFA Cup	Total		Notes
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Ilias Atmatsidis	4					4
15	GK		Chrysostomos Michailidis
22	GK		Lefteris Petkaris
—	GK		Vasilis Karagiannis
Defenders
2	DF		Traianos Dellas	9		1			10
5	DF		Nikos Kostenoglou	4	1	2			6	1
12	DF		Charis Kopitsis	1		3	1		5
17	DF		Michalis Kasapis	5		1			6
21	DF		Vaios Karagiannis	6		3			9
25	DF		Ioannis Kalitzakis	3	1				3	1
29	DF		Davide Belotti
32	DF		Michalis Kapsis	2		1	1		4
—	DF		Georgios Paraskevaidis
—	DF		Filippo Dal Moro
Midfielders
6	MF		Dimitris Markos	1		1		1	3
7	MF		Christos Maladenis	5					5
8	MF		Toni Savevski	2		1			3
10	MF		Dragan Ćirić	3		1	1		5
14	MF		Akis Zikos	9	1	3		1	13	1
16	MF		Arnar Grétarsson	1					1
18	MF		Evripidis Katsavos			1			1
23	MF		Vassilis Lakis	1		2		1	4
24	MF		Vladimir Matijašević	1					1
26	MF		Georgios Passios
28	MF		Milen Petkov	5		1			6
30	MF		Pablo Cantero
Forwards
9	FW		Nenad Bjeković	7	1				7	1
11	FW		Demis Nikolaidis	5		2			7
19	FW		Giorgos Kavazis			1			1
20	FW		Sotiris Konstantinidis	4		2			6
31	FW		Ilias Anastasakos
Left during Winter Transfer window
3	DF		Gordan Petrić	2			1	1	4

Starting 11

N.	Formation	Matchday(s)
27	4–2–3–1	2, 6, 16, 17, 23–34
25	4–4–2 (D)	1, 3–15, 18–20, 22

No.	Player	Pos.
1	Ilias Atmatsidis (C)	GK
32	Michalis Kapsis	RCB
2	Traianos Dellas	LCB
12	Charis Kopitsis	RB
17	Michalis Kasapis	LB
14	Akis Zikos	DM
6	Dimitris Markos	CM
7	Christos Maladenis	RM
8	Toni Savevski	LM
10	Dragan Ćirić	AM
11	Demis Nikolaidis	CF

Atmatsidis (C)

Kapsis

Dellas

Kopitsis

Kasapis

Zikos

Markos

Maladenis

Savevski

Ćirić

Nikolaidis

Last updated: 2000-06-30
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

"Περίοδος 1999-2000". kitrinomavro.gr. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
"Έρχεται ο Τσίριτς". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 17 June 1999.
"Τώρα ψάχνει για επιθετικό". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 3 July 1999.
"Η ΑΕΚ πρέπει και μπορεί να πάρει τίτλο". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 5 July 1999.
"Και πέμπτος Σέρβος στη Νέα Φιλαδέλφεια". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 6 August 1999.
"Πήρε Τζιβελέκη". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 9 June 1999.
"Μετράει μόνο επιτυχίες". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 24 January 2000.
"Μεταγραφές χωρίς ενθουσιασμό". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 1 February 2000.
"Αναβλήθηκε η Γενική Συνέλευση". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 5 August 1999.
"Απομένουν οι λεπτομέρειες για να πάει στον Άρη". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 16 July 1999.
"Τους χωρίζει 1,5 δισ". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 8 October 1999.
"Πουρλιοτόπουλος, Σακελλαρίδης στη Ν. Σμύρνη". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 15 July 1999.
"Λύση ανάγκης". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 2 December 1999.
"Που χάθηκες κι εσύ (Νο.25)". www.sport24.gr.
"Πήρε και Νταλ Μόρο η ΑΕΚ". in.gr. 31 January 2000.
"Προς πώληση". tanea.gr. 11 June 1999.
"Συμβόλαια υπογεγραμμένα με τα… πόδια". tovima.gr. 29 April 2001.
"Σαν Σήμερα: Το Fair Play του Ντέμη Νικολαΐδη που τιμήθηκε από την ΔΟΕ". www.sport24.gr.

External links

AEK Athens F.C. Official Website

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[1] "Περίοδος 1999-2000". kitrinomavro.gr. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

[2] "Έρχεται ο Τσίριτς". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 17 June 1999.

[3] "Τώρα ψάχνει για επιθετικό". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 3 July 1999.

[4] "Η ΑΕΚ πρέπει και μπορεί να πάρει τίτλο". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 5 July 1999.

[5] "Και πέμπτος Σέρβος στη Νέα Φιλαδέλφεια". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 6 August 1999.

[6] "Πήρε Τζιβελέκη". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 9 June 1999.

[7] "Μετράει μόνο επιτυχίες". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 24 January 2000.

[CantAEK-8] "Μεταγραφές χωρίς ενθουσιασμό". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 1 February 2000.

[9] "Αναβλήθηκε η Γενική Συνέλευση". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 5 August 1999.

[10] "Απομένουν οι λεπτομέρειες για να πάει στον Άρη". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 16 July 1999.

[11] "Τους χωρίζει 1,5 δισ". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 8 October 1999.

[12] "Πουρλιοτόπουλος, Σακελλαρίδης στη Ν. Σμύρνη". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 15 July 1999.

[13] "Λύση ανάγκης". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 2 December 1999.

[14] "Που χάθηκες κι εσύ (Νο.25)". www.sport24.gr.

[15] "Πήρε και Νταλ Μόρο η ΑΕΚ". in.gr. 31 January 2000.

[16] "Προς πώληση". tanea.gr. 11 June 1999.

[17] "Συμβόλαια υπογεγραμμένα με τα… πόδια". tovima.gr. 29 April 2001.

[18] "Σαν Σήμερα: Το Fair Play του Ντέμη Νικολαΐδη που τιμήθηκε από την ΔΟΕ". www.sport24.gr.