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1998–99 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 1998–99 season was the 75th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 40th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup. The season began on 22 August 1998 and finished on 30 May 1999.

AEK Athens
1998–99 season
ChairmanLakis Nikolaou
(until 5 December)
Dimitris Melissanidis
ManagerDragoslav Stepanović
(until 28 October)
Oleg Blokhin
StadiumNikos Goumas Stadium
Alpha Ethniki2nd
Greek CupFirst round
UEFA CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Demis Nikolaidis (22)
All:
Demis Nikolaidis (28)
Highest home attendance20,364 vs Vitesse
(29 September 1998)
Lowest home attendance3,663 vs Ethnikos Piraeus
(16 May 1999)
Average home league attendance11,225
Biggest winAEK Athens 6–0 Aris
Biggest defeatVitesse 3–0 AEK Athens

Overview

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The summer started with great ambition for the team, since the owner multinational company ENIC had all the time in front of it to proceed with transfers and build a strong team. The management of Lakis Nikolaou negotiated with big name coaches and got close to sign Joachim Löw,[1] but eventually ended up with the experienced but controversial Dragoslav Stepanović. The important transfer was that of Vasilios Lakis, who was strongly claimed by Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and PAOK, while the good transfers such as Akis Zikos and Dimitris Markos took place, but the foreign players who came did not amuse and the gap in the defensive line after the retirement of the long-time regular and club's captain, Stelios Manolas, was not filled.

Stepanović started well, but it was obvious that he his presence was not convincing and he was finally sacked after the 7th game. Takis Karagiozopoulos took over as caretaker coach for a while and then Oleg Blokhin was hired. At the same time Dimitris Melissanidis took over the management of the team.[2] AEK eventually built a decent team, while in January they were strengthened a lot with the loan moves of Wreh and Méndez from Arsenal being the most important additions. Important victories were the derby against Olympiacos and Panathinaikos in Nikos Goumas Stadium both with a score of 2–0. The 6–0 over Aris and the 6–2 over Panelefsiniakos were the biggest victories. In the end, AEK could not claim the championship from Olympiacos, but they managed to beat Panathinaikos the race to the second place that led to the next season's Champions League qualifiers.

In the cup, AEK were prematurely knocked out after they suffered a shock defeat in their first game from third–tier club, Poseidon Michaniona, with a terrible performance by the team.

In the UEFA Cup AEK were drawn against Ferencváros for the second qualifying round. At Stadion Albert Flórián, the yellow-blacks got off to a very nervous start and were swept away by the Magyars' frenetic pace, trailing in the first quarter. The Hungarians score a second goal on the half hour, they go to the locker room with a hopeless 2–0 and everyone with the continuation was as equally bad, as by the 83rd minute the score became 4–0, turning the game into a real nightmare. AEK pulled off a reaction in the stoppage time and with two goals that allowed them to avoid humiliation, claimed the chances of qualifying in the rematch of Athens. Two weeks later in Nea Filadelfeia, AEK, led by their star, Demis Nikolaidis, went into the game determined and by the 26th minute he scored 3 goals, giving one of his best performances in the AEK shirt. The second half took on a procedural nature after the qualification has been decided and AEK simply put the "icing on the cake" with a fourth goal in the 65th minute. The first round of the UEFA Cup brought AEK against the Dutch Vitesse, who all Greeks know because of the successful presence of Nikos Machlas. AEK arrived at the GelreDome as the favorite and in the first half controlled the match. However, a very bad second half began with a missed penalty by Machlas in the 50th minute, which Laros converted into a goal on the rebound, while three minutes later the Dutch made it 2–0 and afterwards Kasapis was sent off with a second yellow. Machlas destroyed any hopes of qualification in stoppage time scoring Vitesse's third goal and AEK had their backs against the wall ahead of the rematch. Despite the heavy loss the rematch was fancied and the fans had faith in the comeback. The Nea Filadelfeia Stadium was almost full, but very quickly Machlas put an end to the qualification case. Nikolaidis responded with a goal almost immediately, but again Machlas three minutes later gave the Dutch the lead. AEK were again disjointed and after the 3 goals in the first twenty minutes, the game opened up, chances were missed on both sides and despite the dismissal of Westerfeld before the end of the half, Vitesse reached a third goal. AEK avoided defeat in a continuous chase for the score in the second half and tried to even get the win but failed to do so with the match ending in 3–3 draw. In an atmosphere of disappointment and protest for the AEK coach, the team's exit from the European obligations of the season and limited themselves to the domestic ones since too many things changed along the way, both at the competitive and administrative level. Top scorer of the season for the team in the league was Demis Nikolaidis with 22 goals.[3]

Journey to Beligrade

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In April 1999 by the initiative of Dimitris Melissanidis, a friendly match was organised against Partizan in Belgrade, during the height of the NATO bombing of Serbia. As a gesture of compassion and solidarity towards the embattled Serbs, the AEK players and management staff defied the international embargo and traveled to Belgrade for the match.[4][5] AEK's staff, alongside many political figures of the time such as Manolis Glezos, arrived in the Serbian capital amid moving events by Serbs offering Greeks bread and salt, a symbol of Serbian hospitality. After a stop at the Presidential Palace, where AEK conveyed the message of support of the Greek people, the team arrived at the Partizan stadium.

About 15,000 fans of both teams were present, despite the fact that all 40,000 tickets had been sold. The reason people were less than the sold tickets, was the fuel, as there was a shortage and transportation was very difficult. It was worth noting that this was the first time since the beginning of the war that no sirens were heard during the day. The players of both teams entered the stadium together, holding a banner that read "NATO stop the war, stop the bombing". The game ended 1–1, when at the 68th minute thousands of Serbian fans invaded the pitch to embrace the footballers.[6][7] As was normal, this friendly game surpassed the geographical borders of Greece and Yugoslavia, being an object of admiration by the European Press.

Management team

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Position Staff
Manager   Oleg Blokhin
General captain   Vasilis Dimitriadis
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 30 May 1999, 23:59 UTC+3.

No. Player Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Signed Previous club Transfer fee Contract until
Goalkeepers
1 Ilias Atmatsidis (Vice-captain)   GK (1969-04-24)24 April 1969 (aged 30) 1992   Pontioi Veria Free 2002
15 Chrysostomos Michailidis   GK (1975-01-15)15 January 1975 (aged 24) 1997   Eordaikos Free 2005
17 Kostas Daditsos   GK (1982-12-07)7 December 1982 (aged 16) 1998   AEK Athens U20 — 2000
22 Vasilis Karagiannis   GK (1969-09-27)27 September 1969 (aged 29) 1993   Diagoras Free 2000
Defenders
4 Boban Babunski   CB (1968-05-05)5 May 1968 (aged 31) 1998   Gamba Osaka ₯330,000,000 2000
6 Nikos Kostenoglou   CB / RB (1970-10-03)3 October 1970 (aged 28) 1994   Skoda Xanthi ₯100,000,000 2003
12 Charis Kopitsis   RB / RM / LB / LM (1969-03-05)5 March 1969 (aged 30) 1992   Panionios Free 2002
13 Vaios Karagiannis   LB / CB (1968-06-25)25 June 1968 (aged 31) 1990   A.O. Karditsa Free 2000
21 Michalis Kasapis   LB / LM (1971-08-06)6 August 1971 (aged 27) 1993   Levadiakos ₯50,000,000 2002
24 Alvin Ceccoli   LB (1974-08-05)5 August 1974 (aged 24) 1999   Wolves Free 1999
25 Giannis Kalitzakis   CB (1966-02-10)10 February 1966 (aged 33) 1997   Panathinaikos Free 2000
32 Michalis Kapsis   CB (1973-10-18)18 October 1973 (aged 25) 1999   Ethnikos Piraeus Free 2003
— Anton Doboș   CB (1965-10-13)13 October 1965 (aged 33) 1996   Steaua București Free 1999
Midfielders
2 Vasilios Lakis   RM / RW / AM / CM (1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 22) 1998   Paniliakos ₯600,000,000 2003
3 Dimitris Markos   CM / DM / LB / LM (1971-01-31)31 January 1971 (aged 28) 1998   Kalamata Free 2001
7 Christos Maladenis   CM / RM / LM / AM / RW / LW / SS (1974-05-23)23 May 1974 (aged 25) 1995   Skoda Xanthi ₯120,000,000 2000
8 Toni Savevski   CM / LM / DM (1963-07-14)14 July 1963 (aged 35) 1988   Vardar Free 2001
14 Akis Zikos   DM / CM (1974-06-01)1 June 1974 (aged 25) 1998   Skoda Xanthi ₯130,000,000 2002
16 Arnar Grétarsson   CM / DM (1972-02-20)20 February 1972 (aged 27) 1997   Leiftur Free 2000
18 Evripidis Katsavos   CM / DM / RM (1973-09-14)14 September 1973 (aged 25) 1997   Veria Free 2001
19 Kelvin Sebwe   AM / SS (1972-04-04)4 April 1972 (aged 27) 1997   Skoda Xanthi ₯350,000,000 2003
23 Alberto Méndez    AM (1974-10-24)24 October 1974 (aged 24) 1999   Arsenal Free 1999
27 Branko Milovanović   AM (1974-10-24)24 October 1974 (aged 24) 1999   Vitória de Guimarães Free 2002
28 Georgios Passios   DM / CM / CB (1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 17) 1997   AEK Athens U20 — 2003
Forwards
9 Paraschos Zouboulis   ST (1970-08-30)30 August 1970 (aged 28) 1998   PAOK Free 1999
10 Christopher Wreh   ST / SS (1975-05-14)14 May 1975 (aged 24) 1999   Arsenal Free 1999
11 Demis Nikolaidis (Captain)    ST / SS (1973-09-17)17 September 1973 (aged 25) 1996   Apollon Athens ₯288,000,000 2001
20 Daniel Batista (Vice-captain 2)    ST / SS / AM (1964-09-09)9 September 1964 (aged 34) 1995   Olympiacos Free 1999
Left during Winter Transfer Window
29 Dionysis Chiotis   GK (1977-06-04)4 June 1977 (aged 22) 1994   AEK Athens U20 — 2005
— Vangelis Kefalas   CB / DM (1973-07-31)31 July 1973 (aged 25) 1997   Apollon Athens Free 2000
— Mattheos Platakis   AM (1977-06-30)30 June 1977 (aged 22) 1996   AEK Athens U20 — 1999
— Ilian Iliev   AM (1968-07-02)2 July 1968 (aged 30) 1998   Bursaspor Free 1999
— Georgios Donis    RW / RM (1969-10-22)22 October 1969 (aged 29) 1997   Blackburn Rovers Free 2003
— Ilias Anastasakos   ST (1978-03-03)3 March 1978 (aged 21) 1995   A.O. Dafniou Free 2002

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
2 MF   Vasilios Lakis   Paniliakos Transfer ₯600,000,000[8] 12 June 1998 30 June 2003 [9]
3 MF   Dimitris Markos   Kalamata Transfer Free 1 July 1998 30 June 2001 [10]
5 DF   Boban Babunski   Gamba Osaka Transfer ₯330,000,000 31 July 1998 30 June 2000 [11]
10 MF   Ilian Iliev   Bursaspor Transfer Free 31 July 1998 30 June 1999 [11]
14 MF   Akis Zikos   Skoda Xanthi Transfer ₯130,000,000 1 July 1998 30 June 2002 [12]
17 GK   Kostas Daditsos   AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 1 July 1998 30 June 2000
23 FW   Ilias Anastasakos   Aris Petroupolis End of loan — 1 July 1998 30 June 2002

Winter

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No. Pos. Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
27 MF   Branko Milovanović   Vitória de Guimarães Transfer Free 29 January 1999 30 June 2002 [13]
32 DF   Michalis Kapsis   Ethnikos Piraeus Transfer Free[a] 5 January 1999 31 December 2003 [14]
— FW   Georgios Trichias   Niki Volos Transfer Free 1 February 1999 31 December 2003 [15]

Out

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Summer

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No. Pos. Player To Type Fee Date Source
9 DF   Georgios Koutoulas   PAS Giannina Contract termination — 8 August 1998 [16]
10 FW   Christos Kostis   Anderlecht End of contract — 1 July 1998 [17]
21 FW   Marcelo Veridiano   APOEL End of contract — 1 July 1998
29 DF   Stelios Manolas Retired — 1 July 1998 [18]
31 FW   Goran Tomić   Vicenza End of loan — 1 July 1998

Winter

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No. Pos. Player To Type Fee Date Source
10 MF   Ilian Iliev   Levski Sofia Contract termination — 29 December 1998 [19]
17 FW   Georgios Donis   Sheffield United Contract termination — 23 March 1999 [20]
24 DF   Vangelis Kefalas   Kavala Contract termination — 1 January 1999

Loan in

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Summer

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No. Pos. Player From Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
9 FW   Paraschos Zouboulis   PAOK Free[b] 4 August 1998 30 June 1999  Y [21]

Winter

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No. Pos. Player From Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
10 FW   Christopher Wreh   Arsenal Free 4 February 1999 30 June 1999  N [22]
23 MF   Alberto Méndez   Arsenal Free 4 February 1999 30 June 1999  N [22]
24 DF   Alvin Ceccoli   Wolves Free 2 February 1999 30 June 1999  Y [23]

Loan out

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Summer

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No. Pos. Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
2 MF   Triantafyllos Macheridis   PAOK Free[b] 4 August 1998 30 June 1999  Y [21]

Winter

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No. Pos. Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
23 FW   Ilias Anastasakos   Apollon Athens Free 1 January 1999 31 December 2000  N
27 MF   Mattheos Platakis   Ethnikos Piraeus Free 11 January 1999 30 June 1999  Y [24]
29 GK   Dionysis Chiotis   Ethnikos Piraeus Free 11 January 1999 30 June 1999  Y [24]
— FW   Georgios Trichias   Panelefsiniakos Free 1 February 1999 30 June 1999  N [15]

Notes

a. ^ plus Chiotis and Platakis as a free loan until the end of the season.
b. ^ exchange of Zouboulis and Machairidis between AEK and PAOK.

Contract renewals

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No. Pos. Player Date Former Exp. Date New Exp. Date Source
1 GK   Ilias Atmatsidis 29 January 1999 30 June 1999 30 June 2002 [13]
8 MF   Toni Savevski 2 February 1999 30 June 1999 30 June 2001 [23]
11 FW   Demis Nikolaidis 10 July 1998 30 June 1999 30 June 2001 [25]

Overall transfer activity

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Pre-season and friendlies

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11 July 1998 Friendly AEK Athens   5–0   Doxa Vyronas Nea Filadelfeia
 Report Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
19 July 1998 Friendly Tirol Innsbruck   2–2   AEK Athens Tegernsee
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
25 July 1998 Friendly VfB Stuttgart   1–2   AEK Athens Tegernsee
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30 July 1998 Friendly PAOK   1–0   AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)
5 August 1998 Friendly AEK Athens   4–0   Újpest Nea Filadelfeia
 Report Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Giorgos Fasolis (Athens)
7 September 1998 Friendly AEK Athens   3–1   Apollon Smyrnis Thrakomakedones
 Report
  • Banjac   75'
 Stadium: AEK Athens' Training Complex
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Toni Savevski
8 October 1998 Friendly AEK Athens   4–2   Apollon Smyrnis Thrakomakedones
 Report
  • Sakelaridis  
  • Alexis  
 Stadium: AEK Athens' Training Complex
Attendance: Behind closed doors
16 October 1998 Friendly AEK Athens   2–2   Panionios Nea Filadelfeia
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Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)
10 February 1999 Friendly AEK Athens   1–2   Steaua București Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
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 Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 701
Referee: Dimitris Kalivas (Boeotia)
7 April 1999 Charity/Anti-war match Partizan   1–1   AEK Athens Belgrade
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Stadium: Partizan Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Note: The game ended at the 68th minute after fan invasion to embrace the footballers

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 22 August 1998 30 May 1999 Matchday 1 2nd 34 23 6 5 71 27 +44 067.65
Greek Cup 10 November 1998 10 November 1998 First round First round 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
UEFA Cup 11 August 1998 29 September 1998 Second qualifying round First round 4 1 1 2 9 8 +1 025.00
Total 39 24 7 8 80 36 +44 061.54

Last updated: 30 May 1999
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

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Main article: 1998–99 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 27 4 3 82 22 +60 85 Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2 AEK Athens 34 23 6 5 71 27 +44 75 Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3 Panathinaikos 34 23 5 6 66 36 +30 74 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 PAOK 34 19 5 10 52 31 +21 62
5 Ionikos 34 17 9 8 64 36 +28 60[a]
Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Head-to-head record: Aris–Ionikos 1–1, Ionikos–Aris 3–0.

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 23 6 5 71 27  +44 75 16 1 0 47 9  +38 7 5 5 24 18  +6

Results by Matchday

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHH
ResultWWDWWWDWLWWLWWDLWWDWWWWWWWLLWDWWWD
Position3354112232122223333322222222222222
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures

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22 August 1998 1 Panionios 1–3 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 5,444
Referee: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)
30 August 1998 2 AEK Athens 3–1 Apollon Athens Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 10,247
Referee: Pavlos Konstantinidis (Piraeus)
12 September 1998 3 Panelefsiniakos 0–0 AEK Athens Elefsina
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Elefsina
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Dimitris Kalivas (Boeotia)
20 September 1998 4 AEK Athens 2–0 Veria Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 7,878
Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)
25 September 1998 5 OFI 0–1 AEK Athens Heraklion
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 6,594
Referee: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)
4 October 1998 6 AEK Athens 3–1 Paniliakos Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Togias   75'
 Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 8,291
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
25 October 1998 7 Proodeftiki 1–1 AEK Athens Nikaia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikaia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 3,176
Referee: Dimitris Begos (Argolida)
1 November 1998 8 AEK Athens 3–1 Ethnikos Asteras Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 7,515
Referee: Giorgos Fasolis (Athens)
7 November 1998 9 PAOK 2–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 13,535
Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Chalkidiki)
22 November 1998 10 AEK Athens 2–1 Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Paulo Andrioli   33' (pen.)
 Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 3,971
Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)
29 November 1998 11 AEK Athens 6–0 Aris Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 10,422
Referee: Giannis Abelakias (Thessaly)
6 December 1998 12 Kavala 2–1 AEK Athens Kavala
16:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Kavala Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 4,213
Referee: Giorgos Tsaggarakis (Chania)
13 December 1998 13 AEK Athens 2–0 Panathinaikos Nea Filadelfeia
17:15 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 14,127
Referee: Giorgos Fasolis (Athens)
21 December 1998 14 Ethnikos Piraeus 1–4 AEK Athens Piraeus
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 4,584
Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)
17 January 1999 15 AEK Athens 2–2 Iraklis Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 10,638
Referee: Nikos Iliadis (Piraeus)
24 January 1999 16 Skoda Xanthi 2–1 AEK Athens Xanthi
16:45 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium
Attendance: 4,591
Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)
31 January 1999 17 AEK Athens 2–0 Olympiacos Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 19,026
Referee: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)
8 February 1999 18 AEK Athens 3–0 Panionios Nea Filadelfeia
18:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 11,517
Referee: Kleomenis Bontiotis (Athens)
14 February 1999 19 Apollon Athens 1–1 AEK Athens Rizoupoli
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 10,129
Referee: Giorgos Tsaggarakis (Chania)
21 February 1999 20 AEK Athens 6–2 Panelefsiniakos Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 5,303
Referee: Giorgos Fasolis (Athens)
1 March 1999 21 Veria 0–3 AEK Athens Veria
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 3,233
Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)
7 March 1999 22 AEK Athens 2–0 OFI Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 14,662
Referee: Giannis Papapetrou (Athens)
15 March 1999 23 Paniliakos 0–1 AEK Athens Pyrgos
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium
Attendance: 3,512
Referee: Dimitris Kalivas (Boeotia)
21 March 1999 24 AEK Athens 1–0 Proodeftiki Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 10,710
Referee: Christos Daglis (Thessaloniki)
4 April 1999 25 Ethnikos Asteras 2–3 AEK Athens Kaisariani
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Frontzos   56'
  • Tsalikis   58'
Stadium: Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)
18 April 1999 26 AEK Athens 2–0 PAOK Nea Filadelfeia
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 14,139
Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Chalkidiki)
25 April 1999 27 Ionikos 2–1 AEK Athens Nikaia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Neapoli Stadium
Attendance: 3,524
Referee: Naoum Mintiouris (Serres)
2 May 1999 28 Aris 2–0 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Aris Stadium
Attendance: 10,888
Referee: Giorgos Fasolis (Athens)
9 May 1999 29 AEK Athens 4–0 Kavala Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 5,799
Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)
12 May 1999 30 Panathinaikos 0–0 AEK Athens Marousi
19:30 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 18,347
Referee: Georgios Psychomanis (Athens)
16 May 1999 31 AEK Athens 2–0 Ethnikos Piraeus Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 3,663
Referee: Christos Daglis (Thessaloniki)
19 May 1999 32 Iraklis 2–3 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 5,036
Referee: Naoum Mintiouris (Serres)
23 May 1999 33 AEK Athens 2–1 Skoda Xanthi Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 15,004
Referee: Dimitris Pontikis (Thessaloniki)
30 May 1999 34 Olympiacos 0–0 AEK Athens Piraeus
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 20,333
Referee: Kostas Vallianos (Aetoloacarnania)

Greek Cup

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Main article: 1998–99 Greek Football Cup
10 November 1998 First round Poseidon Michaniona 1–0 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Poseidon Nea Michaniona Stadium
Attendance: 1,112
Referee: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)

UEFA Cup

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Main article: 1998–99 UEFA Cup

Second qualifying round

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11 August 1998 First leg Ferencváros   4–2   AEK Athens Budapest, Hungary
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Albert Flórián
Attendance: 8,860
Referee: David Elleray (Ireland)
25 August 1998 Second leg AEK Athens   4–0
(6–2 agg.)		   Ferencváros Athens, Greece
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

First round

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15 September 1998 First leg Vitesse   3–0   AEK Athens Arnhem, Netherlands
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
29 September 1998 Second leg AEK Athens   3–3
(3–6 agg.)		   Vitesse Athens, Greece
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 20,364
Referee: Pascal Garibian (France)

Statistics

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Squad statistics

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As of 30 May 1999
No. Pos Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   Ilias Atmatsidis 28 1 1 0 3 0 32 1
15 GK   Chrysostomos Michailidis 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
17 GK   Kostas Daditsos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 GK   Vasilis Karagiannis 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Defenders
5 DF   Boban Babunski 8 0 1 0 4 0 13 0
6 DF   Nikos Kostenoglou 25 1 0 0 4 0 29 1
12 DF   Charis Kopitsis 23 1 1 0 4 1 28 2
13 DF   Vaios Karagiannis 7 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
21 DF   Michalis Kasapis 26 1 1 0 3 0 30 1
24 DF   Alvin Ceccoli 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
25 DF   Giannis Kalitzakis 25 0 1 0 3 0 29 0
32 DF   Michalis Kapsis 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
— DF   Anton Doboș 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
2 MF   Vasilios Lakis 24 2 1 0 4 0 29 2
3 MF   Dimitris Markos 30 1 0 0 4 0 34 1
7 MF   Christos Maladenis 25 13 1 0 4 0 30 13
8 MF   Toni Savevski 25 7 1 0 3 0 29 7
14 MF   Akis Zikos 26 2 1 0 3 0 30 2
16 MF   Arnar Grétarsson 26 0 0 0 3 0 29 0
18 MF   Evripidis Katsavos 10 0 1 0 0 0 11 0
19 MF   Kelvin Sebwe 13 2 1 0 2 1 16 3
23 MF   Alberto Méndez 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
27 MF   Branko Milovanović 14 2 0 0 0 0 14 2
28 MF   Georgios Passios 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Forwards
9 FW   Paris Zouboulis 17 6 0 0 0 0 17 6
10 FW   Christopher Wreh 11 4 0 0 0 0 11 4
11 FW   Demis Nikolaidis 29 22 0 0 4 6 33 28
20 FW   Daniel Batista 12 4 0 0 0 0 12 4
Left during Winter Transfer Window
29 GK   Dionysis Chiotis 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
— DF   Vangelis Kefalas 8 0 1 0 1 0 10 0
— MF   Mattheos Platakis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— MF   Ilian Iliev 8 0 1 0 2 0 11 0
— FW   Georgios Donis 13 0 1 0 2 1 16 1
— FW   Ilias Anastasakos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

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As of 30 May 1999
Rank No. Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 11 FW   Demis Nikolaidis 22 0 6 28
2 7 MF   Christos Maladenis 13 0 0 13
3 8 MF   Toni Savevski 6 0 0 6
9 FW   Paraschos Zouboulis 6 0 0 6
5 10 FW   Christopher Wreh 4 0 0 4
20 FW   Daniel Batista 4 0 0 4
7 30 MF   Kelvin Sebwe 2 0 1 3
8 14 MF   Akis Zikos 2 0 0 2
2 MF   Vasilios Lakis 2 0 0 2
27 MF   Branko Milovanović 2 0 0 2
12 DF   Charis Kopitsis 1 0 1 2
12 1 GK   Ilias Atmatsidis 1 0 0 1
6 DF   Nikos Kostenoglou 1 0 0 1
17 DF   Michalis Kasapis 1 0 0 1
3 MF   Dimitris Markos 1 0 0 1
— FW   Georgios Donis 0 0 1 1
Own goals 2 0 0 2
Totals 70 0 9 79

Hat-tricks

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Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player Against Result Date Competition Source
  Demis Nikolaidis   Ferencváros 4–0 (H) 25 August 1998 UEFA Cup [26]
  Demis Nikolaidis   Aris 6–0 (H) 29 November 1998 Alpha Ethniki [27]
  Christos Maladenis   Iraklis 3–2 (A) 19 May 1999 Alpha Ethniki [28]

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 30 May 1999
Rank No. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 1   Ilias Atmatsidis 13 0 1 14
2 15   Chrysostomos Michailidis 3 0 0 3
3 22   Vasilis Karagiannis 0 0 0 0
Totals 16 0 1 17

Disciplinary record

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As of 30 May 1999
N P Nat. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total Notes
                       
Goalkeepers
1 GK   Ilias Atmatsidis 5 1 6
15 GK   Chrysostomos Michailidis
17 GK   Kostas Daditsos
22 GK   Vasilis Karagiannis
Defenders
5 DF   Boban Babunski 3 1 4
6 DF   Nikos Kostenoglou 7 1 8
12 DF   Charis Kopitsis 10 1 2 12 1
13 DF   Vaios Karagiannis 4 4
21 DF   Michalis Kasapis 4 2 1 6 1
24 DF   Alvin Ceccoli
25 DF   Giannis Kalitzakis 10 1 1 2 13 1
32 DF   Michalis Kapsis 1 1
— DF   Anton Doboș
Midfielders
2 MF   Vasilios Lakis 2 2
3 MF   Dimitris Markos 5 1 1 6 1
7 MF   Christos Maladenis 6 1 7
8 MF   Toni Savevski 1 1 1 1
14 MF   Akis Zikos 10 1 2 12 1
16 MF   Arnar Grétarsson 3 3
18 MF   Evripidis Katsavos 2 1 2 1
19 MF   Kelvin Sebwe
23 MF   Alberto Méndez
27 MF   Branko Milovanović 2 2
28 MF   Georgios Passios
Forwards
9 FW   Paris Zouboulis 3 1 3 1
10 FW   Christopher Wreh 1 1 1 1
11 FW   Demis Nikolaidis 8 8
20 FW   Daniel Batista 1 1
Left during Winter Transfer window
29 GK   Dionysis Chiotis
— DF   Vangelis Kefalas 1 1 2
— MF   Mattheos Platakis
— MF   Ilian Iliev 1 1
— FW   Georgios Donis
— FW   Ilias Anastasakos

Starting 11

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Awards

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Player Pos. Award Source
  Demis Nikolaidis FW Alpha Ethiniki Top Scorer
  Ilias Atmatsidis GK Goalkeeper of the Season [29]

References

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