2016–17 AEK Athens F.C. season explained

The 2016–17 season was the 93rd season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 56th competitive season and second consecutive in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Super League, the Greek Cup and the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. The season began on 28 July 2016 and finished on 31 May 2017.

Kits

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Overview

In the summer of 2016, AEK after searching for a new coach they ended up with their former player, Temur Ketsbaia.^[1] The team made some great additions, such as the former Barcelona defender, Dmytro Chyhrynskyi, the former English international defender, Joleon Lescott, Patito Rodriguez and the international Portuguese striker, Hugo Almeida, while from the Greek market they were strengthened with the talented Vasilis Barkas and Anastasios Bakasetas. In the departures, those of Arzo, Cordero, Buonanotte and Djebbour stood out, while after the end of the European games Barbosa departed as well and was immediately replaced by the Greek international, Lazaros Christodoulopoulos.

Winning the cup the previous season brought AEK back to European competitions and the third qualifying round of the Europa League, where they were unlucky to be drawn with French side Saint-Etienne. In the first leg at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, AEK fought the game to a 0–0 draw, while in the second leg at the Olympic Stadium, they conceded an early goal and they were eliminated, unable to do anything, since the French kept the score until the end by playing defensively.

AEK started the league well, but their defensive playing style, resulted in facing difficulties in scoring goals and dropped points in easy games. A 3–0 away defeat by Olympiacos, eventually led in the termination of the contract of Ketsbaia.^[2] In the attempt to find a manager with an offensive philosophy, the management proceeded in hiring the Portuguese José Morais, the former assistant of José Mourinho in several clubs, but without much experience as a head coach.^[3] With Morais on the bench, the team presented themselves trying to play offensively, leaving their defense open and conceded goals with ease, not being able to impose themselves on their opponents. Thus, AEK were left far behind in the league, bringing bad results and Morais not being able to manage the situation, resigned from the team's bench in January.^[4] The removal of the Portuguese coach resulted in the return of Manolo Jimenez, who had won the 2011 cup with AEK.^[5] With the club having already signed Astrit Ajdarevic and the Bosnian international defender Ognjen Vranjes, who came in to replace Lescott, who was released after disagreements with management over his treatment from an injury, were also strengthened with Vinicius Freitas and most importrantly with the loan of the great Argentinian striker, Sergio Araujo from Las Palmas. Under Jimenez, AEK managed to cover the lost ground, finishing the championship at the fourth place, with only 1 defeat in 3 months and thus advanced to the play-offs.^[6]

In the cup, AEK after being the first to pass their group with their opponents Kerkyra, Anagennisi Karditsa and Lamia, easily eliminated Levadiakos for the round of 16 and then Platanias to advance to the semi-finals. There they met Olympiacos and in the first match at Karaiskakis Stadium they got a big win with 1–2. In the rematch at the Olympic Stadium, AEK having a qualifying score controlled the game, but a mistake by Mantalos in the midfield brought the ball into the possession of Romao who scored from an advantageous position. From there the game took off with the red and whites pressing in an episodic match that ended with Almeida playing as the goalkeeper in stoppage time, after the suspension of Anestis and AEK taking a very stressful qualification. AEK were in the final for a second consecutive season, where they faced PAOK, who didn't want the final to be held at the Olympic Stadium and made an issue of the venue of the final.^[7] In the end, a solution was found with the final taking place at Panthessaliko Stadium,^[8] which was turned into a construction site in order to ensure security measures,^[9] which however proved ineffective, as violent incidents between the ultras of the two clubs took place inside and outside the stadium.^[10] In the match, AEK, who faced a hostile referee, were left behind in the score, but managed to equalize immediately and towards the end of the match, PAOK regained their lead from an obvious offside position and made the final 2–1,^[11] claiming their first title after 14 years.^[12]

In the play-offs, AEK initially took their revenge for the lost cup final by winning 0–1 at Toumba Stadium and after an impressive run managed to take the first place in the relevant standings that led to the Champions League, with a win in the final matchday and thus finishing second in the league.^[13]

Management team

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Events

• 29 May 2016 Before 2015–16 Super League Greece the campaign was over, Anastasios Bakasetas agreed to a 3-year contract with AEK Athens which was made effective on 1 July.
• 5 June 2016 Former AEK Athens player, Temur Ketsbaia reached an agreement to be the new coach of the team.
• 11 June 2016 AEK signs goalkeeper Vasilis Barkas from Atromitos for 3 years.
• 11 June 2016 Experienced defender Dmytro Chyhrynskyi joins AEK from Dnipro for 2 years.
• 1 July 2016 Rafik Djebbour, Macauley Chrisantus and Fotis Karagiolidis are released from AEK.
• 6 July 2016 Aristidis Soiledis joins Omonia from AEK.
• 8 July 2016 Juan Díaz joins AEK from Racing for 2 years.
• 18 July 2016 International striker Hugo Almeida joins AEK from Hannover 96 for 2 years.
• 19 July 2016 César Arzo joins Kairat from AEK.
• 20 July 2016 Patito Rodríguez joins AEK from Santos for 2 years.
• 20 July 2016 Stratos Svarnas joins Xanthi from AEK.
• 25 July 2016 Dimitrios Anakoglou is released from AEK.
• 5 August 2016 AEK signs Konstantinos Manolas, son of Stelios from Levadiakos for 3 years.
• 24 August 2016 Hélder Barbosa joins Al Wasl from AEK.
• 27 August 2016 Lazaros Christodoulopoulos joins AEK from Hellas Verona for 2+1 years.
• 29 August 2016 Former England international Joleon Lescott joins AEK from Aston Villa for 2 years.
• 30 August 2016 Miguel Cordero is released from AEK.
• 18 October 2016 Coach Temur Ketsbaia is released from AEK.
• 18 October 2016 AEK announces José Morais as their new coach for 1+1 years.
• 24 November 2016 Joleon Lescott is released from AEK.
• 13 December 2016 AEK signs Astrit Ajdarević from Örebro for 2 and a half years.
• 21 December 2016 Vangelis Platellas is released from AEK.
• 23 December 2016 AEK signs international Bosnian defender Ognjen Vranješ from Tom Tomsk for 2 and a half years.
• 2 January 2017 AEK signs Dimitrios Melikiotis from Veria for 3 and a half years.
• 4 January 2017 Darko Zorić is released from AEK.
• 13 January 2017 Rodrigo Galo signs new 2-year deal.
• 18 January 2017 José Morais resigns from AEK.
• 19 January 2017 Manolo Jimenez returns to the bench of AEK after 6 years until June 2018.
• 27 January 2017 Sergio Araujo joins AEK as a loan from Las Palmas until the end of the year.
• 31 January 2017 AEK signs Vinicius from Lazio for 2 and a half years.
• 14 April 2017 Vasilios Lampropoulos and Michalis Bakakis sign new 2-year deal.
• 19 April 2017 Konstantinos Galanopoulos signs new 4-year deal.

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 31 May 2017, 23:59 UTC+3.

No.	Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
1	Vasilis Barkas		GK	June 30, 2017	2016	Atromitos	€600,000	2019
16	Ilias Vouras		GK	June 30, 2017	2013	Niki Volos	Free	2017
22	Giannis Anestis		GK	June 30, 2017	2014	Panionios	Free	2018
87	Giannis Papadopoulos		GK	June 30, 2017	2016	AEK Athens U20	—	2020
Defenders
4	Ognjen Vranješ		CB / RB	June 30, 2017	2016	Tom Tomsk	Free	2019
5	Vasilios Lampropoulos		CB / RB	June 30, 2017	2016	Panionios	Free	2019
12	Rodrigo Galo		RB / RM / RW / LB	June 30, 2017	2015	Paços de Ferreira	Free	2019
17	Vinícius Freitas		LB / LM / LW	June 30, 2017	2017	Lazio	Free	2019
19	Dmytro Chyhrynskyi		CB	June 30, 2017	2016	Dnipro	Free	2018
23	Dídac Vilà		LB / LM	June 30, 2017	2015	Milan	Free	2018
24	Konstantinos Manolas		LB / CB / DM	June 30, 2017	2016	Levadiakos	€50,000	2019
26	Dimitrios Kolovetsios (Vice-captain 3)		CB / RB	June 30, 2017	2014	PAS Giannina	€250,000	2017
27	Michalis Bakakis		RB / LB / CB / RM	June 30, 2017	2014	Panetolikos	€250,000	2019
33	Georgios Giannoutsos		LB / CB / DM	June 30, 2017	2016	AEK Athens U20	—	2020
—	Alkiviadis Markopouliotis		CB	June 30, 2017	2015	AEK Athens U20	—	2019
Midfielders
6	Astrit Ajdarević		CM / AM / DM / ST	June 30, 2017	2016	Örebro	Free	2019
8	André Simões		DM / CM	June 30, 2017	2015	Moreirense	Free	2019
18	Jakob Johansson (Vice-captain 2)		DM / CM / CB	June 30, 2017	2014	Göteborg	Free	2018
20	Petros Mantalos (Captain)		AM / LM / CM / LW / SS / RM / RW	June 30, 2017	2014	Xanthi	€500,000	2019
25	Konstantinos Galanopoulos		CM / DM	June 30, 2017	2015	AEK Athens U20	—	2021
30	Ilias Tselios		CM / AM / DM / RM	June 30, 2017	2016	AEK Athens U20	—	2020
Forwards
7	Lazaros Christodoulopoulos		RW / LW / RM / LM / SS / AM / CM	June 30, 2017	2016	Hellas Verona	Free	2018
9	Hugo Almeida		ST	June 30, 2017	2016	Hannover 96	Free	2018
10	Ronald Vargas		SS / AM / ST / LW / RM / LM	June 30, 2017	2015	Balıkesirspor	Free	2017
11	Sergio Araujo		ST / SS / LW / RW	June 30, 2017	2017	Las Palmas	€200,000	2017
14	Tomáš Pekhart		ST	June 30, 2017	2016	Ingolstadt 04	Free	2017
21	Christos Aravidis (Vice-captain)		SS / ST / RW / LW / RM / LM	June 30, 2017	2014	Panionios	Free	2017
28	Anastasios Bakasetas		SS / AM / ST / RW / LW / RM / LM	June 30, 2017	2016	Panionios	€300,000	2019
29	Patito Rodríguez		LW / LM / RW / RM / SS / AM	June 30, 2017	2016	Santos	Free	2018
31	Dimitrios Melikiotis		ST / SS / RW / LW	June 30, 2017	2017	Veria	Free	2021
40	Andreas Vlachomitros		SS / ST / RW / LW	June 30, 2017	2015	AEK Athens U20	—	2019
Left during Summer Transfer Window
—	Hélder Barbosa		LW / LM / AM / RW / RM / SS	June 30, 2017	2014	Braga	Free	2017
Left during Winter Transfer Window
3	Juan Díaz		LB / LM / CB	June 30, 2017	2016	Racing	Free	2018
55	Adam Tzanetopoulos		CB / DM / CM	June 30, 2017	2013	Niki Volos	Free	2020
—	Joleon Lescott		CB / LB / DM	June 30, 2017	2016	Aston Villa	Free	2018
—	Darko Zorić		SS / ST/ RW / LW / AM	June 30, 2017	2014	Čelik Nikšić	€150,000	2017
—	Vangelis Platellas		RW / RM / LM / LW / SS / AM	June 30, 2017	2013	Xanthi	Free	2016

Transfers

In

Summer

		width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	From	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Fee	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Date	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Contract Until	Source
1			Atromitos	€600,000		30 June 2019	[14]
3			Racing	Free transfer		30 June 2018	[15]
6			Aston Villa	Free transfer		30 June 2018	[16]
7			Hellas Verona	Free transfer		30 June 2018	[17]
9			Hannover 96	Free transfer		30 June 2018	[18]
17			Borac Čačak	Loan return		30 June 2017
19			Dnipro	Free transfer		30 June 2018	[19]
24			Levadiakos	€50,000		30 June 2019	[20]
28			Panionios	€300,000		30 June 2019	[21]
29			Santos	Free transfer		30 June 2018	[22]
30			AEK Athens U20	Promotion		30 June 2020	[23]
33			AEK Athens U20	Promotion		30 June 2020	[24]
87			AEK Athens U20	Promotion		30 June 2020	[25]
—			Kerkyra	Loan return		30 June 2018
—			Trikala	Loan return		30 June 2017
—			Veria	Loan return		30 June 2017
—			AEK Athens U20	Promotion		30 June 2019

Winter

		width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	From	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Fee	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Date	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Contract Until	Source
4			Tom Tomsk	Free transfer		30 June 2019	[26]
6			Örebro	Free transfer		30 June 2019	[27]
17			Lazio	Free transfer		30 June 2019	[28]
31			Veria	Free transfer		30 June 2021	[29]
40			Javor Ivanjica	Loan return		30 June 2019
—			A.E. Kifisia	Loan return		30 June 2020

Out

Summer

		width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	To	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Fee	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Date	Source
1			Caracas	Loan return
2			Omonia	Free transfer		[30]
4			Kairat	Free transfer		[31]
6			Gimnàstic	Contract termination		[32]
7			Al Wasl	€750,000		[33]
12			Free agent	End of contract
15			Xanthi	Free transfer		[34]
19			Aris	End of contract		[35]
30			Universidad Católica	Contract termination		[36]
33			Free agent	End of contract		[37]
36			Manchester City	Loan return
99			Reus	Contract termination		[38]
—			Iraklis	Contract termination		[39]
—			Free agent	Contract termination		[40]
—			Aris	Contract termination		[41]

Winter

		width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	To	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Fee	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Date	Source
3			Free agent	Contract termination		[42]
6			Sunderland	Contract termination		[43]
11			Atromitos	Contract termination		[44]
17			Čukarički	Contract termination		[45]
—			Triglia Rafinas	Contract termination		[46]

Loan in

Winter

		width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	From	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Fee	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Date	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Until	Option to buy	Source
11			Las Palmas	€200,000		30 June 2017		[47]

Loan out

Summer

		width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	To	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Fee	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Date	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Until	Option to buy	Source
2			Veria	Free		30 June 2017		[48]
13			Kallithea	Free		30 June 2017		[49]
24			Javor Ivanjica	Free		31 December 2016		[50]
—			A.E. Kifisia	Free		11 January 2017		[51]
—			A.E. Kifisia	Free		30 June 2017		[52]

Winter

		width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	To	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Fee	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Date	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Until	Option to buy	Source
55			Iraklis	Free		30 June 2016		[53]

Contract renewals

		width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Date	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	Former Exp. Date	width=150 style="background:#FFDE00	New Exp. Date	Source
5				30 June 2017	30 June 2019	[54]
12				30 June 2017	30 June 2019	[55]
13				30 June 2017	30 June 2019	[56]
25				30 June 2018	30 June 2021	[57]
27				30 June 2017	30 June 2019	[58]

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: €950,000

Winter: €200,000

Total: €1,150,000

Income

Summer: €750,000

Winter: €0

Total: €750,000

Net Totals

Summer: €200,000

Winter: €200,000

Total: €400,000

Competitions

Super League Greece

See main article: article and 2016–17 Super League Greece.

Regular season

Fixtures

Play-offs

Table

See main article: 2016–17 Super League Greece Play-offs.

Fixtures

Greek Cup

See main article: article and 2016–17 Greek Football Cup.

Group F

See main article: 2016–17 Greek Football Cup Group stage.

Matches

Final

UEFA Europa League

See main article: article and 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 15 July 2016.^[59]

Statistics

Squad statistics

! colspan="13" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers|-! colspan="13" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders|-! colspan="13" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders|-! colspan="13" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards|-! colspan="13" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Summer Transfer Window|-! colspan="13" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer Window|-|}

Goalscorers

Rank			width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Super League	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Super League Play-offs	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Greek Cup	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Europa League	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Total
1	14			9	0	3	0	12
2	11			4	1	4	0	9
3	20			7	1	0	0	8
4	7			4	1	2	0	7
5	28			3	1	2	0	6
6	9			4	0	0	0	4
	29			3	0	1	0	4
8	21			3	0	0	0	3
	23			2	1	0	0	3
	10			2	0	1	0	3
	25			2	0	1	0	3
12	5			2	0	0	0	2
	—			2	0	0	0	2
14	8			1	0	0	0	1
	6			1	0	0	0	1
	19			1	0	0	0	1
	4			1	0	0	0	1
	18			0	0	1	0	1
	12			0	0	1	0	1
	26			0	0	1	0	1
	17			0	0	1	0	1
Own goals	2	0	1	0	3
Totals	53	5	19	0	77

Assists

Rank			width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Super League	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Super League Play-offs	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Greek Cup	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Europa League	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Total
1	20			5	2	4	0	11
2	7			5	1	0	0	6
	10			4	0	2	0	6
4	29			5	0	0	0	5
5	11			1	1	2	0	4
6	12			2	0	1	0	3
	18			2	0	1	0	3
8	23			2	0	0	0	2
	6			1	0	1	0	2
10	14			1	0	0	0	1
	—			0	0	1	0	1
	31			0	0	1	0	1
	17			0	0	1	0	1
Totals	28	4	14	0	46

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by competition order when total clean sheets are equal, then by shirt number and then alphabetically by surname. Clean sheets in games where both goalkeepers participated are awarded to the goalkeeper who started the game. Goalkeepers with no appearances are not included.

Rank		width=200 style="background:#FFDE00	Player	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Super League	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Super League Play-offs	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Greek Cup	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Europa League	width=120 style="background:#FFDE00	Total
1	22		5	4	5	1	15
2	1		12	0	1	0	13
Totals	17	4	6	1	28

Disciplinary record

|-! colspan="20" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers|-! colspan="20" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders|-! colspan="20" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders|-! colspan="20" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards|-! colspan="20" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Summer Transfer window|-! colspan="20" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer window|}

Starting 11

	Formation	Matchday(s)
21	4–2–3–1	3–6, 9, 11, 12, 15–18, 20–22
12	4–3–3	1, 2, 14, 23–26
8	4–4–2	10, 19, 28–30
3	4–1–4–1	7, 8
3	3–5–2	27
1	4–4–2 (D)	13

		Player
22		Giannis Anestis	GK
4		Ognjen Vranješ	RCB
19		Dmytro Chyhrynskyi	LCB
12		Rodrigo Galo	RB
23		Dídac Vilà	LB
18		Jakob Johansson	CM
8		André Simões	DM
7		Lazaros Christodoulopoulos	RM
28		Anastasios Bakasetas	LM
20		Petros Mantalos (C)	AM
11		Sergio Araujo	CF

Awards

Player		Award	Source
Hugo Almeida	FW	MVP Award (3rd Matchday)	[60]
Hugo Almeida	FW	Best Goal Award (3rd Matchday)
Vangelis Platellas	FW	MVP Award (7th Matchday)	[61]
Patito Rodríguez	FW	Best Goal Award (10th Matchday)	[62]
Vasilis Barkas	GK	MVP Award (11th Matchday)	[63]
André Simões	MF	Best Goal Award (14th Matchday)	[64]
Sergio Araujo	FW	MVP Award (24th Matchday)	[65]
Sergio Araujo	FW	Best Goal Award (24th Matchday)
Petros Mantalos	MF	Greek Player of the Season	[66]
Petros Mantalos	MF	Team of the Season

External links

• AEK Athens F.C. Official Website

Notes and References

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9. Web site: «Αστακός» το Πανθεσσαλικό για τον τελικό Κυπέλλου - Πόσα εισιτήρια θα πάρουν ΠΑΟΚ-ΑΕΚ. 29 April 2017. Onsports.gr.
10. Web site: Τελικός Κυπέλλου 2017: Τραμπούκοι εναντίον χούλιγκανς, σημειώσατε ντροπιαστικό Χ!. 7 May 2017. newsit.gr. el. Online.
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15. Web site: AEK FC sign Diaz. 8 July 2016. aekfc.gr. Online.
16. Web site: AEK FC signs Lescott. 29 August 2016. aekfc.gr. Online.
17. Web site: AEK FC signs Lazaros. 27 August 2016. aekfc.gr. Online.
18. Web site: AEK FC signs Hugo Almeida. 18 July 2016. aekfc.gr. Online.
19. Web site: AEK FC signs Chygrynskiy. 11 June 2016. aekfc.gr. Online.
20. Web site: AEK FC signs Manolas. 5 August 2016. 5 August 2016. aekfc.gr. Online.
21. Web site: AEK FC signs Bakasetas. https://web.archive.org/web/20171019220809/https://www.aekfc.gr/newsdetails/bakasetas-gia-tria-chronia-47961.htm?lang=en&path=-1819192468. dead. 19 October 2017. 28 June 2016. aekfc.gr.
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