2015–16 AEK Athens F.C. season

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.

AEK Athens

2015–16 season
President	Evangelos Aslanidis
Administrative Leader	Dimitris Melissanidis
Manager	Stelios Manolas
Stadium	Olympic Stadium
Super League	4th (After play-offs) 3rd (Regular season)
Greek Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Christos Aravidis (9) Ronald Vargas All: Christos Aravidis (11) Ronald Vargas Diego Buonanotte
Highest home attendance	31,121 (vs Olympiacos)
Lowest home attendance	6,171 (vs Iraklis)
Average home league attendance	11,558 (Only Super League)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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

• 30 January 2015 Before the campaign was over, André Simões agreed to a two-year contract with AEK Athens F.C. which was made effective on 1 July.
• 13 May 2015 Rodrigo Galo signed a two-year contract with AEK Athens F.C.
• 10 June 2015 AEK Athens F.C. gains promotion to the Super League.
• 11 June 2015 Stavros Vasilantonopoulos joins AEK Athens F.C. from Apollon Smyrni for 2+1 years.
• 17 June 2015 Rafik Djebbour joins AEK Athens F.C. from APOEL for 1+1 year.
• 16 July 2015 Alain Baroja joins AEK Athens F.C. from Caracas FC on a 1-year loan.
• 7 August 2015 Dídac Vilà joins AEK Athens F.C. for 3 years.
• 20 October 2015 Traianos Dellas quits as AEK Athens F.C. coach after 2 and a half years.
• 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.
• 29 October 2015 Gus Poyet reached an agreement with AEK Athens F.C.
• 30 October 2015 Gus Poyet sign contract 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.

Players

Squad statistics

Updated as of 1 June 2016, 20:00 UTC +2.

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	League		Cup		Play-offs		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Alain Baroja	25	23	0	4	0	2	0	29	0	3	0
13	GK	Panagiotis Dounis	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK	Ilias Vouras	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	Giannis Anestis	24	7	0	6	0	4	0	17	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	Aris Soiledis	24	12	0	7	1	2	0	21	1	2	0
4	DF	César Arzo	29	19	0	1	0	4	0	24	0	5	1
5	DF	Vasilis Lampropoulos	25	19	0	9	0	2	0	30	0	4	0
12	DF	Rodrigo Galo	28	27	1	6	0	4	0	37	1	4	1
15	DF	Stratos Svarnas	17	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
23	DF	Dídac Vilà	26	21	0	5	0	5	0	31	0	10	0
26	DF	Dimitrios Kolovetsios (VC3)	23	24	0	8	1	5	0	37	1	3	0
27	DF	Michalis Bakakis	24	3	0	7	0	4	0	14	0	2	1
55	DF	Adam Tzanetopoulos	20	10	0	4	0	3	0	17	0	3	0
Midfielders
6	MF	Miguel Cordero	27	13	0	7	0	4	0	24	0	5	1
8	MF	André Simões	25	26	0	9	0	5	0	40	0	9	0
18	MF	Jakob Johansson (VC2)	25	29	3	8	2	5	2	42	7	2	0
20	MF	Petros Mantalos (C)	23	25	1	7	4	4	1	36	6	8	0
25	MF	Kostas Galanopoulos	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
36	MF	Bruno Zuculini	22	2	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	3	0
77	MF	Stavros Vasilantonopoulos	23	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	Hélder Barbosa	28	26	7	4	1	4	2	34	9	10	1
9	FW	Ronald Vargas	28	25	9	6	2	1	0	32	11	6	1
11	FW	Vangelis Platellas	26	14	1	7	2	4	0	25	3	0	0
14	FW	Tomáš Pekhart	26	9	3	3	0	5	0	17	3	1	1
19	FW	Rafik Djebbour	31	18	2	9	3	4	0	31	5	4	1
21	FW	Christos Aravidis (VC)	28	28	9	7	2	6	0	41	11	7	0
24	FW	Andreas Vlachomitros	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
30	FW	Diego Buonanotte	27	24	6	8	5	3	0	35	11	3	0
33	FW	Ivan Brečević	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
81	FW	Antonis Kyriazis	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	Macauley Chrisantus	24	8	1	2	1	0	0	10	2	0	0
Left During Winter Transfer Window
3	DF	Stavros Petavrakis	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	Kyriakos Andreopoulos	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Dimitris Grontis	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF	Ablaye Faye	21	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
10	MF	Dimitris Anakoglou	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0

Transfers

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
8	MF	André Simões	Moreirense	Transfer	Free	1 July 2015	30 June 2017	[4]
12	DF	Rodrigo Galo	Paços de Ferreira	Transfer	Free	1 July 2015	30 June 2017	[5]
9	FW	Ronald Vargas	Balıkesirspor	Transfer	Free	3 July 2015	30 June 2017	[6]
29	MF	Kyriakos Andreopoulos	Kerkyra	Transfer	€160,000	1 July 2016	30 June 2018	[7]
—	DF	Nikolaos Argyriou	Episkopi	End of loan	—	30 June 2015	30 June 2017
16	FW	Vasilis Tsevas	Iraklis Psachna	End of loan	—	30 June 2015	30 June 2017
—	DF	Christopher Duberet	Triglia Rafinas	End of loan	—	30 June 2015	30 June 2017
—	MF	Orestis Paliaroutas	A.E. Kifisia	End of loan	—	30 June 2015	30 June 2017
—	MF	Nikola Zivanović	Anagennisi Ierapetras	End of loan	—	30 June 2015	30 June 2017
—	MF	Lampros Thanailakis	Ilisiakos	End of loan	—	30 June 2015	30 June 2017
—	MF	Alexandros Dimgiokas	Nea Ionia	End of loan	—	30 June 2015	30 June 2017
23	DF	Dídac Vilà	Milan	Transfer	Free	7 August 2015	30 June 2018	[8]
77	MF	Stavros Vasilantonopoulos	Apollon Smyrni	Transfer	Free	11 June 2015	30 June 2018	[9]
4	DF	César Arzo	Beitar Jerusalem	Transfer	Free	1 July 2015	30 June 2017	[10]
30	FW	Diego Buonanotte	Granada CF	Transfer	Free	15 August 2015	30 June 2017	[11]
19	FW	Rafik Djebbour	APOEL	Transfer	Free	1 July 2015	30 June 2016	[12]
25	MF	Kostas Galanopoulos	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	21 August 2015	30 June 2018	[13]
—	DF	Alkis Markopouliotis	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	21 August 2015	30 June 2019	[13]
—	FW	Antonis Kyriazis	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	11 September 2015	30 June 2018	[14]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
14	FW	Tomáš Pekhart	FC Ingolstadt 04	Transfer	Free	1 February 2016	30 June 2017	[15]

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
31	DF	Nikolaos Georgeas	Retired			30 June 2015	[16]
—	DF	Nikolaos Argyriou	Anagennisi Karditsa	Transfer	Free	11 September 2015	[17]
16	FW	Vasilis Tsevas	Pierikos	Transfer	Free	26 September 2015	[18]
—	DF	Christopher Duberet	Inter Leipzig	Transfer	Free	1 July 2015
—	MF	Orestis Paliaroutas	A.E. Kifisia	Transfer	Free	1 August 2015	[19]
—	MF	Nikola Zivanović	Atromitos U20	Transfer	Free	31 August 2015	[20]
—	MF	Lampros Thanailakis	PAS Lamia	Transfer	Free	25 July 2015	[21]
—	MF	Alexandros Dimgiokas	St. Panteleimon	Transfer	Free	1 July 2015
4	MF	Vasilios Rovas	Aris	Contract termination	—	14 September 2015	[22]
8	FW	Alexandre D'Acol	Hamilton Academical	Transfer	Free	25 August 2015	[23]
89	DF	Georgios Sarris	Kayseri Erciyesspor	Contract termination	—	31 August 2015	[24]
23	CF	Markos Dounis	Aris	Contract termination	—	11 September 2015	[25]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
3	DF	Stavros Petavrakis	Panthrakikos	Contract termination	—	20 January 2016	[26]
14	MF	Dimitris Grontis	Atromitos	Contract termination	—	20 January 2016	[27]

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
1	GK	Alain Baroja	Caracas FC	Free	19 July 2016	30 June 2016		[28]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
36	MF	Bruno Zuculini	Manchester City	Free	1 February 2016	30 June 2016	N	[29]

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Until	Option to buy	Source
17	FW	Darko Zorić	Borac Čačak	Free	30 June 2016	N	[30]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Until	Option to buy	Source
29	MF	Kyriakos Andreopoulos	Kerkyra	Free	30 June 2016	N	[31]
44	MF	Ablaye Yare Faye	Trikala	Free	30 June 2016	N	[32]
10	MF	Dimitris Anakoglou	Veria	Free	30 June 2016	N	[33]

Renewals

No.	Pos	Player	Date	Former Exp Date	New Exp Date	Source
8	ΜF	André Simões	19 March 2016	30 June 2017	30 June 2019	[34]
24	FW	Andreas Vlachomitros	21 August 2015	—	30 June 2019	[13]
55	DF	Adam Tzanetopoulos	4 February 2016	30 June 2016	30 June 2020	[35]

Overall transfer activity

Spending Summer: €160,000 Winter: €0 Total: €160,000

Income Summer: €0 Winter: €0 Total: €0

Expenditure Summer: €160,000 Winter: €0 Total: €160,000

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

23 July 2015 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Słubice
18:15 UTC +3	Aravidis  38'	Report	Abu Alhija  55'	Stadium: OSiR Stadium

26 July 2015 Friendly	Korona Kielce	0–2	AEK Athens	Opalenica
12:00 UTC +3		Report	Chrisantus  70' Vargas  73'	Stadium: Remes Training Ground

29 July 2015 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–0	Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem	Opalenica
19:00 UTC +3	Galo  67'	Report		Stadium: Remes Training Center

2 August 2015 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–2	Anorthosis Famagusta	Opalenica
19:00 UTC +3	Grontis  82'	Report	Makris  32' Ndlovu  33' (pen.)	Stadium: Remes Training Center

5 August 2015 Friendly	Miedź Legnica	0–2	AEK Athens	Opalenica
19:00 UTC +3			Anakoglou  33' Crisantus  76'	Stadium: Remes Training Center

8 August 2015 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–1	Sevilla	Marousi
21:00 UTC +3	Aravidis  3'		Reyes  19'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Andreas Pappas (Athens)

16 August 2015 Friendly	Internazionale	0–0	AEK Athens	Ancona
22:00 UTC +3				Stadium: Stadio del Conero

4 September 2015 Friendly	Panetolikos	0–3	AEK Athens	Agrinio
19:00 UTC +3		Report	Buonanotte  33' (pen.) Crisantus  76' Vasilantonopoulos  85'	Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium Referee: Vasilis Panagiotopoulos (Aetoloacarnania)

15 September 2015 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–1	Apollon Smyrni	Marousi
17:30 UTC +3				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

29 December 2015 Charity Friendly	AEK Athens	6–1	Greek national homeless team	Marousi
17:00 UTC +3				Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors

28 April 2016 Friendly	AEK Athens	6–0	Ilisiakos	Spata
16:00 UTC +3				Stadium: OPAP Sports Center Attendance: Behind closed doors

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 for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Panathinaikos[lower-alpha 1]	30	18	4	8	52	26	+26	55	Qualification for the 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).[38]
(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.[36]
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.[37]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
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

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

Fixtures

22 August 2015 1	AEK Athens	3–0	Platanias	Marousi
21:30 UTC +3	Vargas  27' Galo  47' Aravidis  58'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 15,868 Referee: Georgios Kominis (Thesprotia) Man of the Match: Vangelis Platellas

29 August 2015 2	Skoda Xanthi	0–0	AEK Athens	Xanthi
21:30 UTC +3				Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 2,978 Referee: G. Kizas Man of the Match: André Simões

13 September 2015 3	AEK Athens	3–1	PAS Giannina	Marousi
16:00 UTC +3	Buonanotte  35' (pen.), 45' Vargas  87'	Report	Acosta  20' Michail  30'  74' Struna  32' Berios  30' Tzimopoulos  30'  74'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 14,567 Referee: Stavros Mantalos (Kavala) Man of the Match: Diego Buonanotte

23 September 2015 4	PAOK	2–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
20:30 UTC +3	Rodrigues  64' Athanasiadis  84' (pen.)	Report	Aravidis  47'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 21,199 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese) Man of the Match: Garry Rodrigues

28 September 2015 5	Veria	1–2	AEK Athens	Veria
19:30 UTC +3	Neto  32'	Report	Buonanotte  49' Barbosa  90'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 3,348 Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos (Trikala) Man of the Match: Hélder Barbosa

4 October 2015 6	AEK Athens	1–0	Atromitos	Marousi
16:00 UTC +3	Chrisantus  82'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 15,342 Referee: Georgios Kominis (Thesprotia) Man of the Match: Macauley Chrisantus

17 October 2015 7	Olympiacos	4–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
20:30 UTC +3	Botía  28' Ideye  70' Fortounis  78', 90+4' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 30,056 Referee: G. Kizas Man of the Match: Brown Ideye

24 October 2015 8	AEK Athens	5–1	Iraklis	Marousi
19:30 UTC +3	Vargas  31', 60' Aravidis  35' Barbosa  67' Buonanotte  89'	Report	Velios  64'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,171 Referee: Stavros Tritsonis Man of the Match: Ronald Vargas

1 November 2015 9	Panathinaikos	0–0	AEK Athens	Athens
19:30 UTC +2		Report		Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium Attendance: 15,640 Referee: Stavros Mantalos (Kavala) Man of the Match: Jakob Johansson

8 November 2015 10	AEK Athens	0–1	Asteras Tripoli	Marousi
19:30 UTC +2		Report	Papadopoulos  89'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 10,051 Referee: M. Koukoulakis Man of the Match: Dimitrios Kolovetsios

22 November 2015 11	Panthrakikos	1–2	AEK Athens	Komotini
19:30 UTC +2	Martins  68'	Report	Johansson  18' Buonanotte  61' (pen.)	Stadium: Komotini Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,005 Referee: I. Delfakis Man of the Match: Jakob Johansson

29 November 2015 12	AEK Athens	2–0	Panetolikos	Marousi
15:00 UTC +2	Johansson  44' Platellas  74'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Thanasis Giaxos Man of the Match: Jakob Johansson

6 December 2015 13	AEK Athens	3–0	Kalloni	Marousi
17:15 UTC +2	Djebbour  5' Aravidis  19', 62'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,471 Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)

12 December 2015 14	Panionios	1–1	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
19:30 UTC +2	Bakasetas  25' Boumale  37',  54'	Report	Djebbour  24' Arzo  25'  68' Barbosa  56' Mantalos  88'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 2,394 Referee: Dimitrios Zigouris

21 December 2015 15	AEK Athens	1–2	Levadiakos	Marousi
19:30 UTC +2	Johansson  16' Arzo  77'	Report	Domovchiyski  21',  70' M. Nikolaou  44' Moulopoulos  54' Tripotseris  62' Stathis  84'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,007 Referee: Georgios Kominis (Thesprotia)

3 January 2016 16	Platanias	0–3	AEK Athens	Chania
15:00 UTC +2	Milunović  53' Ramos  76'  77'	Report	Barbosa  26', 31' Vilà  64' Djebbour  81' Cordero  86'	Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,605 Referee: Charalampos Kalogeropoulos (Athens)

9 January 2016 17	AEK Athens	2–1	Skoda Xanthi	Marousi
19:30 UTC +2	Aravidis  10',  84' Barbosa  53' Vilà  81'	Report	Soltani  17',  57' Vasilakakis  36' Nieto  48' Lisgaras  85'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,422 Referee: M. Koukoulakis

17 January 2016 18	PAS Giannina	0–2	AEK Athens	Ioannina
15:00 UTC +2	Lila  18' Tsoukalas  53'	Summary	Vargas  6' Soiledis  23' Simões  49' Mantalos  55' Barbosa  59'	Stadium: Zosimades Stadium Attendance: 3,222 Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Macedonia)

24 January 2016 19	AEK Athens	1–0	PAOK	Marousi
19:30 UTC +2	Barbosa  31' Vargas  33' Vilà  36' Aravidis  85'	Summary	Athanasiadis  8' Mak  33' Berbatov  83' Harissis  79'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 13,792 Referee: A. Giachos

31 January 2016 20	AEK Athens	3–0	Veria	Marousi
15:00 UTC +2	Galo  37' Vargas  39' Arzo  45+1' Aravidis  55' Mantalos  82',  89'	Summary	Malón  53'  89' Giannoulis  78'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,463 Referee: Charalampos Kalogeropoulos (Athens)

7 February 2016 21	Atromitos	1–0	AEK Athens	Peristeri
17:15 UTC +2	Brito  53',  54' Chumbinho  49' Stojčev 73'	Summary	Mantalos  13' Aravidis  64' Vilà  66' Zuculini  76'	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 1,928 Referee: Georgios Kominis (Thesprotia)

13 February 2016 22	AEK Athens	1–0	Olympiacos	Marousi
19:45 UTC +2	Vargas  78' Galo  45'  87' Kolovetsios  56' Vilà  85' Pekhart  90+2'	Summary	Botía  47' Milivojević  69'  76' Domínguez  90+4'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 31,121 Referee: Charalampos Kalogeropoulos (Athens) Man of the Match: Ronald Vargas

20 February 2016 23	Iraklis	1–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:30 UTC +2	Romano  29' Vellios  41' Ziabaris  79' Loukinas  89' Perrone  90+3'	Summary	Barbosa  26' Arzo  36' Vargas  51' Pekhart  74'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 3,929 Referee: I. Spathas

28 February 2016 24	AEK Athens	1–0	Panathinaikos	Marousi
	Vargas  78'	Summary		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 20,930 Referee: M. Koukoulakis

7 March 2016 25	Asteras Tripoli	0–0	AEK Athens	Tripoli
		Report		Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium Attendance: 2,558 Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens)

14 March 2016 26	AEK Athens	3–0	Panthrakikos	Marousi
		Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 2,647 Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Macedonia)

20 March 2016 27	Panetolikos	1–0	AEK Athens	Agrinio
		Report		Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium Attendance: 3,480 Referee: Ioannis Deflakis

3 April 2016 28	Kalloni	0–0	AEK Athens	Mytilene
		Report		Stadium: Mytilene Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,062 Referee: Dimitrios Thanos (Grevena)

10 April 2016 29	AEK Athens	2–0	Panionios	Marousi
		Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Athanasios Giahos

17 April 2016 30	Levadiakos	3–0	AEK Athens	Livadeia
		Report		Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 590 Referee: Christos Mitsios

Play-offs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	PAOK	6	3	3	0	8	3	+5	12	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Panathinaikos	6	2	3	1	8	6	+2	11	Qualification for the 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.[39]
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		AEK	LAR	SKO	PNF
1	AEK Athens	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	9			—	—	6–0
2	Larissa	3	2	0	1	5	6	−1	6		0–5		1–0	—
3	Skoda Xanthi	3	1	0	2	5	2	+3	3		0–1	—		—
4	Panelefsiniakos	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14	0		—	1–4	0–5

Source:

28 October 2015 1	Skoda Xanthi	0–1	AEK Athens	Xanthi
15:30 UTC +2		Report	Chrisantus  51'	Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: I. Delfakis Man of the Match: Hélder Barbosa

2 December 2015 2	AEK Athens	6–0	Panelefsiniakos	Marousi
17:15 UTC +2	Platellas  8' Johansson  27' Buonaotte  31', 81' Soiledis  45+1' Aravidis  78'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos

17 December 2015 3	Larissa	0–5	AEK Athens	Larissa
19:30 UTC +2			Djebbour  18' Buonanotte  41', 54' Vargas  88' Mantalos  89'	Stadium: AEL FC Arena Referee: Athanasios Sezos

Round of 16

6 January 2016 1st leg	Levadiakos	0–1	AEK Athens	Livadeia
17:15 UTC +2	Matzios  16' T. Tripotseris  44' G. Stathis  55' A. Moulopoulos  87'	Report	Buonanotte  10' Djebbour  20' Cordero  24' Vargas  30' Barbosa  45+1'	Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Referee: A. Giachos

13 January 2016 2nd leg	AEK Athens	2–0	Levadiakos	Marousi
17:15 UTC +2	Johansson  44' Buonanotte  61',  85'	Report	A. Tsurikov  65' Matzios  69' G. Stathis  84' J. Mendy  87'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: A. Sidiropoulos

Quarter-finals

28 January 2016 1st leg	AEK Athens	4–1	Iraklis	Marousi
19:30 UTC +2	Ziabaris  7' (o.g.) Bakakis  27'  32' Kolovetsios  45+1' Platellas  72' Aravidis  85' (pen.)	Summary	Pasas  32' Boukouvalas  51' Ziabaris  67' Huanderson  84' Vellios  90'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: I. Delfakis

4 February 2016 2nd leg	Iraklis	0–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:30 UTC +2		Report	Zuculini  35' Mantalos  50'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Referee: D. Thanos

Semi-finals

20 April 2016 1st leg	AEK Athens	1–0	Atromitos	Marousi
UTC +2				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

26 April 2016 2nd leg	Atromitos	1–1	AEK Athens	Peristeri
UTC +2				Stadium: Peristeri Stadium

Final

17 May 2016	Olympiacos	1–2	AEK Athens	Marousi
20:30 UTC +3	Milivojević  32' Botía  77' Domínguez  84'	Report	Mantalos  38' Simões  41' Djebbour  51' Dídac  62' Bakakis  90+5'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos Man of the Match: Petros Mantalos

Player statistics

N. Formation Match(es) 29 4–3–3 4, 11–25, 28 17 4–2–3–1 1–3, 5–10, 29, 30 1 4–4–2 (D) 26 No. Nat. Player Pos. 1 Alain Baroja GK 26 Dimitris Kolovetsios RCB 5 Vassilis Lambropoulos LCB 12 Rodrigo Galo RB 23 Dídac Vilà LB 8 André Simões DM 18 Jakob Johansson RCM 20 Petros Mantalos (C) LCM 30 Diego Buonanotte RW 7 Hélder Barbosa LW 21 Christos Aravidis CF

Baroja Kolovetsios Lambropoulos Galo Dídac Simões Johansson Mantalos (C) Buonanotte Barbosa Aravidis

Last updated: 2016-07-31
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).

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

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

Goalscorers

No.	Pos	Player	League	Cup	Play-offs	Total
21	FW	Christos Aravidis	9	2	0	11
9	FW	Ronald Vargas	9	2	0	11
30	FW	Diego Buonanotte	6	5	0	11
7	FW	Hélder Barbosa	7	0	2	9
18	MF	Jakob Johansson	3	2	2	7
19	FW	Rafik Djebbour	2	3	0	5
20	MF	Petros Mantalos	1	3	1	5
14	FW	Tomáš Pekhart	3	0	0	3
11	MF	Vangelis Platellas	1	2	0	3
99	FW	Macauley Chrisantus	1	1	0	2
12	DF	Rodrigo Galo	1	0	0	1
26	DF	Dimitrios Kolovetsios	0	1	0	1
2	DF	Aristidis Soiledis	0	1	0	1
Own goals			0	1	0	1
TOTAL			43	23	5	71

Team kit

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): Pame Stoixima

Home

Away

Third

Friendlies

Source: aekfc.gr

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