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1997–98 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 1997–98 season was the 74th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 39th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. The season began on 31 August 1997 and finished on 17 May 1998.

AEK Athens
1997–98 season
ChairmanAlexis Kougias
(until 8 October)
Lakis Nikolaou
ManagerDumitru Dumitriu
(until 29 March)
Antonis Minou
StadiumNikos Goumas Stadium
Alpha Ethniki3rd
Greek CupRound of 32
UEFA Cup Winners' CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Demis Nikolaidis (19)
All:
Demis Nikolaidis (21)
Highest home attendance24,367 vs Lokomotiv Moscow
(5 March 1998)
Lowest home attendance2,271 vs Apollon Athens
(23 March 1998)
Average home league attendance11,420
Biggest winAEK Athens 5–0 Dinaburg
Biggest defeatAEK Athens 0–2 Ionikos
AEK Athens 0–2 Skoda Xanthi

Overview

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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, putting the lawyer, 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. On the other hand, Giannis Kalitzakis, Arnar Grétarsson, Evripidis Katsavos, Theodoros Alexis and Vangelis Kefalas were transferred to the club. The first gathering of the team was episodic with about 2,000 fans gathered, "boiling" against the administration. Tensions and incidents 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 and after a few months the psychology of the crowd rose, since Michalis Trochanas eventually sold his shares to the financially powerful, English multinational ENIC.[2] The former player of AEK, Lakis Nikolaou took over as president, Manolas returned to the team and 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 eventually 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.

In the Greek Cup, AEK after they passed through the first two rounds without a match were drawn at the round of 32 against Skoda Xanthi from which they were eliminated with 2 defeats.

AEK, taking advantage of their very good coefficient in the UEFA ranking, had a good draw in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup coming against Dinaburg from Latvia. AEK, due to the absence of Nikolaidis, had a problem against the Latvians, who bowed only after the dismissal of their goalkeeper shortly after half an hour and thus AEK gifted the Latvians with 5 goals in the "cold" Nikos Goumas Stadium, clearly turning the rematch into a formal one procedure. The rematch in Daugava Stadium went as expected with AEK winning by 2–4 and their mission was accomplished. Next opponent were the Austrians of Sturm Graz. As expected the game was lopsided, but in the end the stadium played its part and AEK took a safe score with two goals in the last quarter of the game. Unfortunately, the game claimed the life of Christos Kostis, who in a collision with Sidorchuk was seriously injured, effectively ending his career that night, as he never managed to return.[3] The rematch at Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadium was more difficult than Dumitriu and his footballers expected. Sturm pressed, toiled, were well set up on the pitch, but managed nothing more than scoring a goal 8 minutes before the end of the match. AEK faced Lokomotiv Moscow for the first time in the quarter-finals and in one of the biggest challenges in their history. Nea Filadelfeia was full of people waiting for a qualifying score to make the rematch in frozen Moscow an easy task for the double-headed eagle. But AEK was not performing as expected, having a bad day and at the same time facing an excellent pressing and a suffocating pressure and overlap from the defense of the guests, AEK did not reach a goal and ended the match with 9 players due to the dismissal of Doboș in the 75th minute and Karagiannis in the stoppage time. Despite the 0–0 first leg, AEK were going to Moscow to qualify for the semi-finals. AEK started the game numbly, but went to the locker rooms for half-time with a 0–0 draw. The hosts were pressing and in the 53rd minute made it 1–0. AEK were getting up and missing a lot of chances. In the 66th minute, AEK's pressure paid off and Maladenis won a penalty which Kopitsis converted into a goal. AEK had the qualification in their hands and had now imposed themselves over Lokomotiv. The Russians were naturally pressing leaving their defenses exposed, with AEK's counterattacks reaching the opposing area with claims, but either the final pass or the final effort is bad. Anxiety and nervousness were evident in AEK's game. At the 90th minute, Sebwe made a run with the ball at his feet, neutralized everyone and passed to Nikolaidis. The opposing goalkeeper was out of phase and the forward of AEK had to score one of the easiest and most important goals of his career. Either out of overconfidence or out of too much anxiety, he took a lifeless shot from the small area and into an empty net. But his finish was bad and weak, which was caught by a Lokomotiv defender who came behind the AEK striker and collected the ball, while in the last phase of the match Lokomotiv entered the AEK area and after many counters, bad clearances of the defenders and constant crosses somehow the ball ended up in the net of Atmatsidis, leaving AEK unexpectedly out of the tournament in a qualification that would be historic.

Highlight of the season the unprecedented "absolute" in derby victories against Olympiacos and Panathinaikos, at both home and away. Also the season was marked by the retirement of the great Stelios Manolas at the end of the year. The best players of the season for the team are Nikolaidis, Atmatsidis, Savevski, Manolas, Kasapis, Batista, Maladenis and Grétarsson, while the top scorer of the season for AEK was Demis Nikolaidis with 19 goals.[4]

Management team

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Position Staff
Manager   Antonis Minou
Fitness coach   Giorgos Vamvakas
General captain   Giorgos Savvidis
Head of Medical   Lakis Nikolaou

Players

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Squad information

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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 17 May 1998, 23:59 UTC+3.

No. Player Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Signed Previous club Transfer fee Contract until
Goalkeepers
1 Ilias Atmatsidis   GK (1969-04-24)24 April 1969 (aged 29) 1992   Pontioi Veria Free 1999
15 Chrysostomos Michailidis   GK (1975-01-15)15 January 1975 (aged 23) 1997   Eordaikos Free 2005
22 Vasilis Karagiannis   GK (1969-09-27)27 September 1969 (aged 28) 1993   Diagoras Free 2000
26 Dionysis Chiotis   GK (1977-06-04)4 June 1977 (aged 21) 1994   AEK Athens U20 — 2005
Defenders
3 Michalis Kasapis   LB / LM (1971-08-06)6 August 1971 (aged 26) 1993   Levadiakos ₯50,000,000 2002
4 Anton Doboș   CB (1965-10-13)13 October 1965 (aged 32) 1996   Steaua București Free 1999
5 Nikos Kostenoglou (Vice-captain 2)   CB / RB (1970-10-03)3 October 1970 (aged 27) 1994   Skoda Xanthi ₯100,000,000 2003
9 Georgios Koutoulas   CB / LB (1967-02-09)9 February 1967 (aged 31) 1987   AEK Athens U20 — 1999
12 Charis Kopitsis   RB / RM / LB / LM (1969-03-05)5 March 1969 (aged 29) 1992   Panionios Free 2002
13 Vaios Karagiannis   LB / CB (1968-06-25)25 June 1968 (aged 30) 1990   A.O. Karditsa Free 2000
23 Vangelis Kefalas   CB / DM (1973-07-31)31 July 1973 (aged 24) 1997   Apollon Athens Free 2000
25 Giannis Kalitzakis   CB (1966-02-10)10 February 1966 (aged 32) 1997   Panathinaikos Free 2000
29 Stelios Manolas (Captain)   CB / RB (1961-07-13)13 July 1961 (aged 36) 1979   AEK Athens U20 — 1998
Midfielders
2 Triantafyllos Macheridis   DM / CB (1973-11-10)10 November 1973 (aged 24) 1996   Skoda Xanthi Free 1999
7 Christos Maladenis   CM / RM / LM / AM / RW / LW / SS (1974-05-23)23 May 1974 (aged 24) 1995   Skoda Xanthi ₯120,000,000 2000
8 Toni Savevski (Vice-captain)   CM / LM / DM (1963-07-14)14 July 1963 (aged 34) 1988   Vardar Free 1999
18 Evripidis Katsavos   CM / DM / RM (1973-09-14)14 September 1973 (aged 24) 1997   Veria Free 2001
19 Mattheos Platakis   AM (1977-06-30)30 June 1977 (aged 21) 1996   AEK Athens U20 — 1999
24 Arnar Grétarsson   CM / DM (1972-02-20)20 February 1972 (aged 26) 1997   Leiftur Free 2000
27 Georgios Passios   DM / CM / CB (1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 16) 1997   AEK Athens U20 — 2003
30 Kelvin Sebwe   AM / SS (1972-04-04)4 April 1972 (aged 26) 1997   Skoda Xanthi ₯350,000,000 2003
Forwards
10 Christos Kostis   SS / ST / AM / RW / LW (1972-01-15)15 January 1972 (aged 26) 1994   Iraklis ₯450,000,000 1998
11 Demis Nikolaidis    ST / SS (1973-09-17)17 September 1973 (aged 24) 1996   Apollon Athens ₯288,000,000 1999
20 Daniel Batista    ST / SS / AM (1964-09-09)9 September 1964 (aged 33) 1995   Olympiacos Free 1999
21 Marcelo Veridiano   ST / SS (1966-06-30)30 June 1966 (aged 32) 1996   Skoda Xanthi Free 1998
28 Georgios Donis    RW / RM (1969-10-22)22 October 1969 (aged 28) 1997   Blackburn Rovers Free 2003
31 Goran Tomić   ST (1977-03-18)18 March 1977 (aged 21) 1998   Vicenza ₯80,000,000 1998
Left during Winter Transfer Window
6 Michalis Vlachos   CB / DM (1967-09-20)20 September 1967 (aged 30) 1993   Olympiacos Free 1998
16 Konstantinos Pavlopoulos   CB (1968-07-02)2 July 1968 (aged 29) 1995   OFI Free 1998
14 Theodoros Alexis   RM (1975-05-06)6 May 1975 (aged 23) 1997   Apollon Athens Free 2001

Transfers

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In

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Summer

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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 2005
18 MF   Evripidis Katsavos   Veria Transfer Free 31 July 1997 30 June 2001 [5]
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 [6]
25 DF   Giannis Kalitzakis   Panathinaikos Transfer Free 1 July 1997 30 June 2000 [7]
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

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No. Pos. Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
28 FW   Georgios Donis   Blackburn Rovers Transfer Free 12 December 1997 30 June 2003 [8]
30 MF   Kelvin Sebwe   Skoda Xanthi Transfer ₯350,000,000 12 December 1997 31 December 2003 [8][9]

Out

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Summer

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No. Pos. Player To Type Fee Date Source
— DF   Vasilios Borbokis   Sheffield United Transfer ₯400,000,000 1 July 1997 [10]
— ΜF   Temur Ketsbaia   Newcastle United End of contract — 1 July 1997 [6]
— MF   Giorgos Ananiadis Free agent End of contract — 1 July 1997
— FW   Giorgos Kartalis   Olympiacos Volos End of contract — 1 July 1997

Winter

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No. Pos. Player To Type Fee Date Source
6 DF   Michalis Vlachos   Portsmouth Transfer Free 29 January 1998 [11]
14 MF   Theodoros Alexis   Athinaikos Contract termination — 15 January 1998 [12]
16 DF   Konstantinos Pavlopoulos   OFI Transfer Free 1 January 1998

Loan in

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Winter

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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 [13]

Loan out

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Summer

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

Contract renewals

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No. Pos. Player Date Former Exp. Date New Exp. Date Source
3 DF   Michalis Kasapis 16 October 1997 30 June 1998 30 June 2002 [14]
5 DF   Nikos Kostenoglou 14 October 1997 30 June 1998 30 June 2003 [15]
6 DF   Michalis Vlachos 23 June 1997 30 June 1997 30 June 1998 [6]
12 DF   Charis Kopitsis 14 October 1997 30 June 1998 30 June 2002 [16]
20 FW   Daniel Batista 23 June 1997 30 June 1997 30 June 1999 [6]
29 DF   Stelios Manolas 29 December 1997 30 June 1997 30 June 1998 [17]

Overall transfer activity

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Pre-season and friendlies

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13 July 1997 Friendly Fenerbahçe   2–1   AEK Athens Tegernsee
  • Okocha   19'
  • Elgor   57'
 Report
Attendance: 3,000
18 July 1997 Friendly Rottach-Egern   1–7   AEK Athens Tegernsee
  •   75'
 Report
28 July 1997 Friendly Herakles Munchen   0–8   AEK Athens Tegernsee
Report
7 August 1997 Friendly AEK Athens   2–2   Boavista Nea Filadelfeia
 Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 3,122
Referee: Georgios Psychomanis (Athens)
11 August 1997 Friendly AEK Athens   5–0   Kavala Nea Filadelfeia
 Report Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Referee: Dionysis Stefanopoulos (Piraeus)
19 August 1997 Friendly Ionikos   4–1   AEK Athens Nikaia
 Report
Stadium: Neapoli Stadium
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)
20 August 1997 Friendly AEK Athens   3–2   Panachaiki Nea Filadelfeia
 Report
  • Palapanis   16'
  • Klejch   68'
 Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 1,126
Referee: Dimitris Kalivas (Boeotia)

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Alpha Ethniki 31 August 1997 17 May 1998 Matchday 1 3rd 34 22 8 4 61 30 +31 064.71
Greek Cup 19 November 1997 3 December 1997 Round of 32 Round of 32 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 000.00
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 18 September 1997 19 March 1998 First round Quarter-finals 4 1 1 2 12 5 +7 025.00
Total 40 23 9 8 74 39 +35 057.50

Last updated: 17 May 1998
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

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Main article: 1997–98 Alpha Ethniki

League table

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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
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
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) Champions

Results summary

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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

Results by Matchday

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAH
ResultDWWWWLWWWWWWWWWWDWLWDDDWLWWDLWDWDW
Position9644333331111111112133333333333333
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures

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31 August 1997 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 2 AEK Athens 2–1 Proodeftiki Nea Filadelfeia
18:45 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Bairamoglou   77'
 Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 13,028
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
22 September 1997 3 Olympiacos 0–1 AEK Athens Marousi
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 31,470
Referee: Grigoris Kechagias (Thessaloniki)
28 September 1997 4 AEK Athens 1–0 Kavala Nea Filadelfeia
15:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 13,252
Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)
6 October 1997 5 Iraklis 1–4 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 10,057
Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)
19 October 1997 6 AEK Athens 0–2 Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 8,614
Referee: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)
27 October 1997 7 AEK Athens 2–1 Panathinaikos Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 19,516
Referee: Naoum Mintiouris (Serres)
2 November 1997 8 Paniliakos 2–4 AEK Athens Pyrgos
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Barniak   7', 35'
Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium
Attendance: 4,443
Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)
10 November 1997 9 AEK Athens 2–0 Panionios Nea Filadelfeia
18:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 7,522
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
15 November 1997 10 Apollon Athens 3–4 AEK Athens Rizoupoli
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 4,207
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)
23 November 1997 11 AEK Athens 5–1 Panachaiki Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 9,492
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
29 November 1997 12 Veria 1–2 AEK Athens Veria
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 2,570
Referee: Grigoris Kechagias (Thessaloniki)
7 December 1997 13 AEK Athens 2–1 Ethnikos Piraeus Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Stavrakakis   84'
 Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 6,513
Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)
15 December 1997 14 Athinaikos 0–1 AEK Athens Vyronas
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Vyronas National Stadium
Attendance: 1,254
Referee: Thanasis Velliodis (Athens)
22 December 1997 15 Kalamata 1–2 AEK Athens Kalamata
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Albertis   15'
Stadium: Kalamata Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 3,957
Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)
4 January 1998 16 AEK Athens 3–0 OFI Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 21,667
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
12 January 1998 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 18 AEK Athens 3–0 PAOK Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 22,129
Referee: Stratos Papoutselis (Lesbos)
25 January 1998 19 Proodeftiki 3–2 AEK Athens Nikaia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikaia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
2 February 1998 20 AEK Athens 1–0 Olympiacos Nea Filadelfeia
18:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 22,378
Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)
8 February 1998 21 Kavala 1–1 AEK Athens Kavala
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Kavala Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 4,616
Referee: Michalis Kalathenos (Dodecanese)
15 February 1998 22 AEK Athens 2–2 Iraklis Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 14,846
Referee: Dionysis Stefanopoulos (Piraeus)
23 February 1998 23 Ionikos 1–1 AEK Athens Nikaia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Neapoli Stadium
Attendance: 2,433
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
1 March 1998 24 Panathinaikos 0–1 AEK Athens Marousi
18:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 30,093
Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)
9 March 1998 25 AEK Athens 1–2 Paniliakos Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 4,375
Referee: Stratos Papoutselis (Lesbos)
14 March 1998 26 Panionios 0–1 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 2,491
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
23 March 1998 27 AEK Athens 1–0 Apollon Athens Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 2,271
Referee: Andreas Aronis (Piraeus)
29 March 1998 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 29 AEK Athens 1–2 Veria Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 5,188
Referee: Pavlos Konstantinidis (Piraeus)
12 April 1998 30 Ethnikos Piraeus 1–3 AEK Athens Piraeus
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Palacios   39'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 2,478
Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)
3 May 1998 31 AEK Athens 1–1 Athinaikos Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 3,149
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
10 May 1998 32 AEK Athens 4–2 Kalamata Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Drougas   22'
  • Dodoo   83'
 Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 6,682
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
13 May 1998 33 OFI 1–1 AEK Athens Heraklion
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 3,660
Referee: Christos Mittas (Thessaloniki)
17 May 1998 34 AEK Athens 2–0 Skoda Xanthi Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 6,724
Referee: Dimitris Kalivas (Boeotia)
Note: End of career for Stelios Manolas.

Greek Cup

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Main article: 1997–98 Greek Football Cup

AEK Athens entered the Greek Cup at the Round of 32.

Round of 32

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19 November 1997 First leg Skoda Xanthi 2–1 AEK Athens Xanthi
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
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
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 4,198
Referee: Platonas Bozatzidis (Thessaloniki)

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

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Main article: 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

First round

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18 September 1997 First leg AEK Athens   5–0   Dinaburg Athens, Greece
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)
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)
Report
Stadium: Daugava Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Second round

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23 October 1997 First leg AEK Athens   2–0   Sturm Graz Athens, Greece
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
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)
Report
Stadium: Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadium
Attendance: 15,400
Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

Quarter-finals

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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)
Report
Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 11,256
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Statistics

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Squad statistics

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As of 17 May 1998
No. Pos Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Cup Winners' Cup Total
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   Dionysis 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   Giannis 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   Georgios 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   Konstantinos Pavlopoulos 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
14 MF   Theodoros Alexis 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0

Goalscorers

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As of 17 May 1998
Rank No. Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Cup Winners' Cup Total
1 11 FW   Demis Nikolaidis 19 0 2 21
2 7 MF   Christos Maladenis 9 0 0 9
3 20 FW   Daniel Batista 7 0 1 8
4 12 DF   Charis Kopitsis 3 0 3 6
5 8 MF   Toni Savevski 5 0 0 5
10 FW   Christos Kostis 4 0 1 5
21 FW   Marcelo Veridiano 3 0 2 5
8 4 DF   Anton Doboș 3 0 0 3
9 28 FW   Giorgos Donis 2 0 0 2
31 FW   Goran Tomić 2 0 0 2
11 5 DF   Nikos Kostenoglou 1 0 0 1
24 MF   Arnar Grétarsson 1 0 0 1
3 DF   Michalis Kasapis 0 1 0 1
6 DF   Michalis Vlachos 0 0 1 1
25 DF   Giannis Kalitzakis 0 0 1 1
18 MF   Evripidis Katsavos 0 0 1 1
Own goals 2 0 0 2
Totals 61 1 12 74

Hat-tricks

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Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player Against Result Date Competition Source
  Demis Nikolaidis   Apollon Athens 4–3 (A) 15 November 1997 Alpha Ethniki [18]

Clean sheets

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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.

As of 17 May 1998
Rank No. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Cup Winners' Cup Total
1 1   Ilias Atmatsidis 13 0 3 16
2 26   Dionysis Chiotis 1 0 0 1
3 22   Vasilis Karagiannis 0 0 0 0
Totals 14 0 3 17

Disciplinary record

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As of 17 May 1998
N P Nat. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Cup Winners' Cup Total Notes
                       
Goalkeepers
1 GK   Ilias Atmatsidis 2 2
15 GK   Chrysostomos Michailidis
22 GK   Vasilis Karagiannis
26 GK   Dionysis 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   Giannis 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   Georgios 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

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Awards

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Player Pos. Award Source
  Demis Nikolaidis FW Greek Player of the Season [19]
  Ilias Atmatsidis GK Goalkeeper of the Season [19]

References

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