2015–16 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
2015–16 season
President Evangelos Aslanidis
Administrative Leader Dimitris Melissanidis
Manager Stelios Manolas
Stadium Olympic Stadium
Super League 3rd (regular season)
2015–16 Greek Football Cup Winners
Top goalscorer League: Aravidis, Vargas (9)
All: Aravidis, Vargas, Buonanotte (11)
Highest home attendance 31.121
AEK vs Olympiacos
(13 February 2016)
Lowest home attendance 6.171
AEK vs Iraklis
(24 October 2015)
Average home league attendance 11.558 (Only Superleague)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2015–16 season was AEK Athens Football Club's 55th competitive season in the top flight of Greek football, 7th season in the Super League Greece, and 91st year in existence as a football club. They also competed in the Greek Cup.

On 20 October 2015, Traianos Dellas quits as AEK Athens F.C. coach after 2 and a half years and 21 October 2015 Stelios Manolas AEK's under-20 coach will take up the post on an interim basis until a new coach is found.[1] On 29 October 2015,[2] Gus Poyet reached an agreement with AEK Athens F.C. and on 30 October sign contract[3] with AEK Athens F.C., the agreement is until the summer of 2016 with renewal option for two years, a discussion that will take place towards the end of the period.

Events

Players

Squad statistics

Updated as of 29 November 2015, 20:00 UTC +2.

No. Pos. Name Age League Cup Play-Offs Total Discipline
Apps Goals Start Apps Goals Start Apps Goals Start Apps Goals Start
Goalkeepers
1GKVenezuela Alain Baroja 25140141010001501520
22GKGreece Giannis Anestis 246065050001101100
16GKGreece Ilias Vouras 2700000000000000
Defenders
55DFGreece Adam Tzanetopoulos 2070710000080710
26DFGreece Dimitrios Kolovetsios (4th Captain) 239091010001001010
5DFGreece Vassilis Lambropoulos 2580610100090710
4DFSpain César Arzo 2920200000020200
12DFBrazil Rodrigo Galo 28121121010001311330
23DFSpain Dídac Vilà 2660600000060620
2DFGreece Aris Soiledis 2460610100070710
27DFGreece Michalis Bakakis 2400000000000000
15DFGreece Stratos Svarnas 1700000000000000
Midfielders
18MFSweden Jakob Johansson (3rd Captain) 25122121010001321300
8MFPortugal André Simões 25110111010001201230
20MFGreece Petros Mantalos (Captain) 231008000000100830
6MFSpain Miguel Cordero 2760010000070020
36MFArgentina Bruno Zuculini 2200000000000000
11MFGreece Vangelis Platellas 2681510000091500
77MFGreece Stavros Vasilantonopoulos 2300000000000000
Forwards
30FWArgentina Diego Buonanotte 271255101000135620
9FWVenezuela Ronald Vargas 28948101000104931
7FWPortugal Hélder Barbosa 2812291010001321050
21FWGreece Christos Aravidis (2nd Captain) 28113100000001131020
99FWNigeria Macauley Chrisantus 2481211100092300
19FWAlgeria Rafik Djebbour 3130100000030100
14FWCzech Republic Tomáš Pekhart 2600000000000000
33FWCroatia Ivan Brečević 2800000000000000
Left During Winter Transfer Window
3DFGreece Stavros Petavrakis 2200000000000000
29MFGreece Kyriakos Andreopoulos 2100000000000000
14MFGreece Dimitris Grontis 2000000000000000
44MFSenegal Ablaye Yare Faye 2100000000000000
10MFGreece Dimitris Anakoglou 2330100000030110

Squad changes

In:

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Ref.
MF Portugal Simões 25EU Portugal Moreirense Transfer Summer 2017
DF Brazil Galo 28EU Portugal Paços de Ferreira Transfer Summer 2017
DF Greece Argyriou 21EU Greece Episkopi Loan Return Summer 2017
FW Greece Tsevas 20EU Greece Iraklis Psachna Loan Return Summer 2017
DF Democratic Republic of the Congo Duberet 21EU Greece Triglia Rafinas Loan Return Summer 2017
MF Greece Paliaroutas 20EU Greece A.E. Kifisia Loan Return Summer 2017
MF Serbia Zivanović 19EU Greece Anagennisi Ierapetras Loan Return Summer 2017
FW Greece Thanailakis 19EU Greece Ilisiakos Loan Return Summer 2017
MF Greece Vasilantonopoulos 23EU Greece Apollon Smyrni Transfer Summer 2018
FW Algeria Djebbour 31EU Cyprus APOEL Transfer Summer 2016
DF Spain Arzo 28EU Israel Beitar Jerusalem Transfer Summer 2017
FW Venezuela Vargas 28Non-EU Turkey Balıkesirspor Transfer Summer 2017
MF Greece Andreopoulos 20EU Greece Kerkyra Transfer Summer 2018 €160K
GK Venezuela Baroja 25Non-EU Venezuela Caracas FC Loan Summer 2016
DF Spain Dídac Vilà 26EU Italy Milan Transfer Summer 2018
FW Argentina Buonanotte 27Non-EU Spain Granada CF Transfer Summer 2017
FW Czech Republic Pekhart 26EU Germany FC Ingolstadt 04 Transfer Winter 2017
MF Argentina Zuculini 22Non-EU England Manchester City F.C. Loan Winter 2016

Out:

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
DF Greece Argyriou 21EU Greece Anagennisi Karditsa Free Summer
DF Democratic Republic of the Congo Duberet 21EU Germany Inter Leipzig Free Summer
MF Greece Paliaroutas 20EU Greece A.E. Kifisia Free Summer
MF Serbia Zivanović 19EU Greece Atromitos U20 Free Summer
FW Greece Thanailakis 19EU Greece PAS Lamia Free Summer
DF Greece Georgeas 38EU Retirement Free Summer
FW Brazil D'Acol 28EU Scotland Hamilton Academical F.C. Free Summer
MF Greece Rovas 31EU Greece Aris Free Summer
DF Greece Sarris 22EU Turkey Kayseri Erciyesspor Free Summer
FW Greece Dounis 23EU Greece Aris Free Summer
FW Greece Tsevas 20EU Greece Pierikos Free Summer
MF Montenegro Zoric 21EU Serbia Borac Čačak Loan Summer
DF Greece Petavrakis 23EU Greece Panthrakikos Free Winter
MF Greece Grontis 21EU Greece Atromitos Free Winter
MF Greece Andreopoulos 21EU Greece Kerkyra Loan Winter
MF Greece Anakoglou 24EU Greece Veria Loan Winter
MF Senegal Faye 21EU Greece Trikala Loan Winter

Start formations

Qnt Formation Match(es)
9 4–3–3 16
10 4–2–3–1 10

Last updated: 29-11-2015
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Starting 11

No.
Pos
Nat
Name
MS Notes
1 GK Venezuela Alain Baroja 14 Anestis has 6 apps
26 CB Greece Dimitrios Kolovetsios 16 Lambropoulos has 12 apps
4 CB Spain César Arzo 10 Tzanetopoulos has 8 apps
12 RB Brazil Rodrigo Galo 20
23 LB Spain Dídac Vilà 7 Soiledis has 10 apps
8 DM Portugal André Simões 19 Cordero has 9 apps
18 CM Sweden Jakob Johansson 20
20 CM Greece Petros Mantalos 17
7 FW Portugal Helder Barbosa 19 Buonanotte has 17 apps
9 FW Venezuela Ronald Vargas 16 Platellas has 11 apps
21 CF Greece Christos Aravidis 19 Djebbour has 11 apps
Chrisantus has 8 apps

International players

Name Nation Apps Gls Debut
Baroja  Venezuela 12 0 2015
Bakakis  Greece 1 0 2014
Tzanetopoulos  Greece 1 0 2015
Vargas  Venezuela 22 3 2008
Johansson  Sweden 3 0 2013
Mantalos  Greece 4 0 2014
Barbosa  Portugal 1 0 2012
Platellas  Greece 0 0 2015
Djebbour  Algeria 33 5 2006
Aravidis  Greece 3 1 2015
Pekhart  Czech Republic 19 2 2010

Last updated: 29-11-2015
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).

Management

Position Staff
Manager Uruguay Gus Poyet
Assistant Manager Argentina Mauricio Taricco
Assistant Manager England Charlie Oatway
General Captain Greece Vasilis Dimitriadis
Goalkeeper coach Greece Kostas Kabolis
Trainer Greece Panagiotis Voulgaris
Head of Health Department Greece Pantelis Nikolaou
Doctor of the Team Greece Alkis Kalliakmanis
Head of Rehabilitation Greece Nikos Pantazis
Physiotherapists Greece Dionisis Egkarhos
Greece Giannis Bouroutzikas
Greece Giannhs Stathas
Dietitian Greece Dionisis Panos
Monitoring opponent Greece Michalis Kasapis
Statistician Greece Giannis Antonopoulos
Caretaker Greece Vangellis Giannisis
Caregivers Greece Nikos Koromilas
Greece Giorgos Simos
Greece Spiros Mallioras
U-20 Manager Greece Stelios Manolas
U-17 Manager Greece Markos Dimos
Youth goalkeeper coach U-20 Greece Chrisostomos Michailidis
Youth goalkeeper coach U-17 Greece Elias Atmatsidis
Director of youth academies Greece Michalis Mitrotasios

Last updated: 29-11-2015
Source: aekfc.gr

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Competitions

Super League

League Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 28 1 1 81 16 +65 85 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Panathinaikos[lower-alpha 1] 30 18 4 8 52 26 +26 55 Qualification to UEFA play-offs
3 AEK Athens[lower-alpha 2] 30 17 6 7 43 21 +22 54
4 PAOK[lower-alpha 3] 30 13 9 8 45 32 +13 45
5 Panionios 30 12 8 10 33 27 +6 44
Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground); 7) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[6]
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos. The match was awarded as a 3–0 win for Olympiacos.[4]
  2. AEK were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Atromitos.
  3. PAOK were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos in Greek Cup semifinal match.[5]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 17 6 7 43 21  +22 57 13 0 2 31 6  +25 4 6 5 12 15  −3

Last updated: 17 April 2016.
Source: aekfc.gr

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHA
Result W D W L W W L W D L W W W D L W W W W W L W D W D W L D W L
Position 1 6 2 3 4 3 4 3 3 5 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3

Last updated: 17 April 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures

UEFA play-offs
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 PAOK 6 3 3 0 8 3 +5 12 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Panathinaikos 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 11 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4 AEK Athens 6 2 1 3 5 7 2 9
5 Panionios[lower-alpha 2] 6 1 1 4 2 7 5 4
Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Regular season position.[7]
Notes:
  1. AEK Athens qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Greek Football Cup.
  2. The fifth-placed team of the 2015–16 Superleague Greece Panionios would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, but were excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by UEFA for financial reasons. As a result, the berth was given to the sixth-placed team PAS Giannina.

Greek Football Cup

Group Stage

Group G

Team Pld W D L Goals Pts
1. AEK 330012–09
2. Larissa 32015–66
3. Skoda Xanthi 31025–23
4. Panelefsiniakos 30031–150
 SKOAEKLARPNF
Skoda Xanthi 0–1
AEK Athens F.C. 6–0
Larissa 1–0 0–5
Panelefsiniakos 0–5 1–4

Round of 16

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos Player League Cup Total
1 21 FW Greece Aravidis 9 2 11
9 FW Venezuela Vargas 9 2 11
30 FW Argentina Buonanotte 6 5 11
4 7 FW Portugal Barbosa 9 0 9
5 18 MF Sweden Johansson 5 2 7
6 19 FW Algeria Djebbour 2 3 5
20 MF Greece Mantalos 2 3 5
8 14 FW Czech Republic Pekhart 3 0 3
11 MF Greece Platellas 1 2 3
10 99 FW Nigeria Chrisantus 1 1 2
11 12 DF Brazil Galo 1 0 1
26 DF Greece Kolovetsios 0 1 1
2 DF Greece Soiledis 0 1 1
Own goals 011
TOTALS 48 23 71

Team kit

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): Pame Stoixima

Home
Away
Third
Friendlies

Source: aekfc.gr

References

  1. "Ανακοίνωση ΠΑΕ ΑΕΚ". http://www.aekfc.gr/. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015. External link in |work= (help)
  2. "Συμφωνία ΑΕΚ-Πογιέτ". http://www.aekfc.gr/. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015. External link in |work= (help)
  3. "Υπέγραψε ο Γκουστάβο Πογιέτ". http://www.aekfc.gr/. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015. External link in |work= (help),
  4. "Announcement". Superleague Greece. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  5. "Αποφάσεις Επιτροπής Εφέσεων 14/4/2016" [Commission Decisions Appeals 04/14/2016]. Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek). 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  6. "Professional league rules" (pdf). Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek). June 2015. p. 22-25. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  7. "Super League play off 2015–2016 - Season rules" (PDF). Superleague Greece. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
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