2018–19 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was AEK Athens' 58th competitive season in the top flight of Greek football, 9th season in the Super League, and 95th year in existence as a football club. They also competed in the Greek Cup, reaching the final for the third consecutive time, and in the UEFA Champions League, reaching the Group Stage. The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

AEK Athens

2018–19 season
President	Evangelos Aslanidis
Administrative Leader	Dimitris Melissanidis
Manager	Marinos Ouzounidis (until 5 February) Manolo Jimenéz
Stadium	Olympic Stadium
Super League	3rd
Greek Cup	Runners-up
Champions League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Ezequiel Ponce (16) All: Ezequiel Ponce (21)
Highest home attendance	56,865 (vs Bayern Munich)
Lowest home attendance	1,594 (vs Apollon Smyrnis)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Events

• May 25, 2018 Manolo Jiménez decides against renewing his contract in order to return to Spain and take over Las Palmas in order to be closer to his family.[1]
• May 25, 2018 Marinos Ouzounidis becomes the new head coach of AEK.[2]
• June 26, 2018 Christos Albanis joins AEK from Apollon Smyrnis on a three year deal.[3]
• June 26, 2018 Makis Giannikoglou joins AEK from PAS Giannina signing three year deal.[4]
• June 28, 2018 Marios Oikonomou joins AEK on loan from Bologna.[5]
• June 29, 2018 Marko Livaja signs a three year contract joining AEK permanently having spent last season on loan from Las Palmas.[6]
• July 2, 2018 Vladimir Matijašević becomes the new Sports Director of AEK.[7]

Players

Squad statistics

Updated as of 30 June 2019, 23:59 UTC +3.

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	League		Cup		Champions League		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Vasilis Barkas	24	26	0	5	0	10	0	41	0	0	0
16	GK	Panagiotis Tsintotas	25	4	0	5	0	0	0	9	0	0	0
40	GK	Makis Giannikoglou	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	GK	Panagiotis Ginis	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	Michalis Bakakis (VC2)	27	25	0	7	0	10	0	42	0	4	0
3	DF	Hélder Lopes	29	6	0	0	0	3	0	9	0	0	1
4	DF	Marios Oikonomou	26	21	2	7	1	8	0	36	3	8	0
5	DF	Vasilis Lampropoulos	28	8	0	1	0	7	0	16	0	1	0
12	DF	Rodrigo Galo	32	26	1	8	2	7	1	41	4	4	0
15	DF	Uroš Ćosić	26	19	0	6	0	6	0	31	0	9	0
19	DF	Dmytro Chygrynskiy	32	15	0	6	0	5	0	26	0	3	0
23	DF	Niklas Hult	28	22	0	6	0	10	0	38	0	3	0
24	DF	Stratos Svarnas	21	5	0	6	0	0	0	11	0	2	0
31	DF	Konstantinos Stamoulis	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	Giorgos Giannoutsos	20	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
50	DF	Michalis Bousis	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	DF	Giannis Tsivelekidis	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	Nenad Krstičić	28	13	0	5	2	0	0	18	2	3	0
8	MF	André Simões (VC)	29	15	1	5	0	8	0	28	1	8	0
20	MF	Petros Mantalos (C)	27	25	5	6	3	9	1	40	9	7	0
25	MF	Kostas Galanopoulos	21	17	1	1	0	9	0	27	1	6	2
51	MF	Giannis Sardelis	18	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
70	MF	Giannis Fivos Botos	18	0	0	5	1	0	0	5	1	1	0
77	MF	Christos Giousis	19	1	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
95	MF	Alef	23	22	1	6	1	8	0	36	2	6	0
Forwards
7	FW	Christos Albanis	24	13	1	3	0	1	0	17	1	0	0
10	FW	Marko Livaja	25	25	7	8	4	5	1	38	12	10	2
11	FW	Giannis Gianniotas	25	7	0	4	0	2	0	13	0	4	0
14	FW	Tasos Bakasetas	25	22	4	3	1	5	1	30	6	4	1
17	FW	Victor Klonaridis	26	22	2	6	0	9	4	37	6	4	0
22	FW	Ezequiel Ponce	21	28	16	7	5	9	0	43	21	9	1
31	FW	Lucas Boyé	22	23	6	9	0	4	0	36	6	2	0
Left during Winter Transfer Window
—	MF	Astrit Ajdarević	28	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
39	MF	Erik Morán	27	4	0	4	1	2	0	10	1	3	0
32	MF	Paris Babis	19	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
9	FW	Giorgos Giakoumakis	24	6	0	2	1	3	0	11	1	2	0

Transfers

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
7	FW	Christos Albanis	Apollon Smyrnis	Transfer	€400,000	26 June 2018	June 2021	[8]
40	GK	Makis Giannikoglou	PAS Giannina	Transfer	Free	26 June 2018	June 2021	[9]
10	FW	Marko Livaja	Las Palmas	Transfer	€1,800,000	29 June 2018	June 2021	[10][11]
–	DF	Stavros Vasilantonopoulos	Lamia	End of loan	—	30 June 2018	June 2020
–	DF	Alkis Markopouliotis	AO Chania Kissamikos	End of loan	—	30 June 2018	June 2019
87	GK	Giannis Papadopoulos	AO Chania Kissamikos	End of loan	—	30 June 2018	June 2020
–	FW	Andreas Vlachomitros	Apollon Pontou	End of loan	—	30 June 2018	June 2019
—	MF	Pedro Vitor	Sport Recife U20	Transfer	Undisclosed	11 August 2018	June 2023	[12]
24	DF	Stratos Svarnas	Xanthi	Transfer	Undisclosed	16 August 2018	June 2023	[13]
11	FW	Giannis Gianniotas	Olympiacos	Transfer	Free	29 August 2018	June 2021	[14]
–	MF	Konstantinos Malai	Paniliakos	Transfer	Free	31 July 2018	June 2021	[15]
50	DF	Michalis Bousis	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	27 June 2018	June 2021	[16]
–	DF	Giannis Tsivelekidis	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	27 June 2018	June 2021	[16]
31	DF	Konstantinos Stamoulis	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	27 June 2018	June 2021	[16]
99	GK	Panagiotis Ginis	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	27 June 2018	June 2021	[16]
–	GK	Vasilis Chatziemmanouil	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	27 June 2018	June 2021	[16]
70	MF	Giannis Fivos Botos	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	27 June 2018	June 2021	[16]
51	MF	Giannis Sardelis	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	2 July 2018	June 2021	[17]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
6	MF	Nenad Krstičić	Red Star	Transfer	€500,000	4 January 2019	June 2022	[18]
—	FW	Christos Antoniou	Ergotelis	Loan termination	—	7 January 2019	June 2022
–	MF	Konstantinos Malai	Trikala	Loan termination	—	31 December 2018	June 2021
–	FW	Andreas Vlachomitros	Sparta	End of loan	—	31 December 2018	June 2021
4	DF	Marios Oikonomou	Bologna	Transfer	€700,000	22 January 2019	June 2022	[19]

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
4	DF	Ognjen Vranješ	Anderlecht	Transfer	€3,200,000	20 June 2018	[20]
7	FW	Lazaros Christodoulopoulos	Olympiacos	End of contract	—	1 July 2018	[21]
16	GK	Panagiotis Dounis	Panegialios	Contract termination	—	20 August 2018	[22]
24	MF	Masoud Shojaei	Tractor Sazi	End of contract	—	2 August 2018	[23]
22	GK	Giannis Anestis	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	End of contract	—	5 July 2018	[24]
18	MF	Jakob Johansson	Stade Rennais	End of contract	—	4 June 2018	[25]
11	FW	Sergio Araujo	Las Palmas	End of loan	—	30 June 2018
21	MF	Panagiotis Kone	Udinese	End of loan	—	30 June 2018
55	DF	Adam Tzanetopoulos	Apollon Smyrnis	Contract termination	—	8 July 2018	[26]
31	FW	Dimitris Melikiotis	Volos	Contract termination	—	11 July 2018	[27]
—	MF	Pedro Vitor	Aris Thessaloniki	Co-Ownership	Undisclosed	31 August 2018	[28]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
6	MF	Astrit Ajdarević	Djurgårdens	Contract termination	—	30 November 2018	[29]

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
4	DF	Marios Oikonomou	Bologna	€100,000	1 July 2018	30 June 2019		[30]
31	FW	Lucas Boyé	Torino	€450,000	18 July 2018	30 June 2019		[31]
22	FW	Ezequiel Ponce	Roma	Free	19 July 2018	30 June 2019		[32]
95	MF	Alef	Braga	€150,000	20 July 2018	30 June 2019		[33]

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
—	DF	Stavros Vasilantonopoulos	Lamia	Free	4 July 2018	30 June 2019	N	[34]
98	GK	Thanasis Pantos	Sparta	Free	14 July 2018	30 June 2019	N	[35]
—	MF	Ilias Tselios	Ergotelis	Free	19 July 2018	30 June 2019	N	[36]
—	FW	Christos Antoniou	Ergotelis	Free	25 July 2018	30 June 2019	N	[37]
—	FW	Andreas Vlachomitros	Sparta	Free	2 August 2018	30 June 2019	N	[38]
—	MF	Konstantinos Malai	Trikala	Free	4 September 2018	30 June 2019	N	[39]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
9	FW	Giorgos Giakoumakis	OFI	Undislosed	24 January 2019	30 June 2019		[40]
32	MF	Paris Babis	Apollon Pontou	Free	28 January 2019	30 June 2019	N	[41]
39	MF	Erik Morán	Málaga	Undisclosed	29 January 2019	30 June 2019		[42]
—	FW	Christos Antoniou	Diagoras	Free	1 February 2019	30 June 2019	N	[43]
—	MF	Konstantinos Malai	Paniliakos	Free	29 January 2019	30 June 2019	N
—	FW	Andreas Vlachomitros	Aiginiakos	Free	1 February 2019	30 June 2019	N	[44]

Renewals/Buyout clauses

No.	Pos	Player	Renewal/Buyout Clause	Date	Former Exp Date	New Exp Date	Source
1	GK	Vasilis Barkas	Renewal	7 June 2018	30 June 2019	30 June 2022	[45]
16	GK	Panagiotis Tsintotas	Renewal	29 August 2018	30 June 2020	30 June 2023	[46]
2	DF	Michalis Bakakis	Renewal	29 August 2018	30 June 2020	30 June 2023	[47]
8	MF	André Simões	Renewal	8 January 2019	30 June 2019	30 June 2023	[48]
14	FW	Tasos Bakasetas	Renewal	22 January 2019	30 June 2019	30 June 2022	[49]
3	DF	Hélder Lopes	Renewal	8 January 2019	30 June 2019	30 June 2022	[50]
4	DF	Marios Oikonomou	Buyout Clause	22 January 2019	30 June 2019	30 June 2022	[19]

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure Summer: €2,900,000 Winter: €1,200,000 Total: €4,100,000

Income Summer: €3,200,000 Winter: €0 Total: €3,200,000

Net Totals Summer: €300,000 Winter: €1,200,000 Total: €900,000

Pre-season and friendlies

AEK Athens preceded the 2018–19 campaign with a pre-season tour of Poland, with matches against Miedź Legnica and AEK Larnaca. The Greek champions also faced Atromitos, Galatasaray and Trikala.

7 July 2018 Friendly	Miedź Legnica	1–0	AEK Athens	Kielce
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kunić  31'			Stadium: Kielce City Stadium

13 July 2018 Friendly	AEK Athens	0–0	AEK Larnaca	Kielce
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Kielce City Stadium

21 July 2018 Friendly	Atromitos	0–0	AEK Athens	Peristeri
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Peristeri Stadium

31 July 2018 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–2	Galatasaray	Marousi
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Livaja  34' Bakasetas  51' Mantalos  56'		Maicon  22', 67'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium

7 September 2018 Friendly	Trikala	1–4	AEK Athens	Trikala
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Symelidis  15'		Giakoumakis  2' Lopes  9' Galanopoulos  12' Klonaridis  26'	Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium

Super League

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PAOK[lower-alpha 1] (C)	30	26	4	0	66	14	+52	80	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Olympiacos	30	24	3	3	71	17	+54	75	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	AEK Athens[lower-alpha 2]	30	18	6	6	50	19	+31	57	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Atromitos	30	15	7	8	41	28	+13	52	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	Aris Thessaloniki	30	15	4	11	46	33	+13	49

Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 7 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[53]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. PAOK were deducted 2 points by court decision.[51]
2. AEK Athens were deducted 3 points by court decision.[52]

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	18	6	6	50	19	+31	60	10	3	2	27	6	+21	8	3	4	23	13	+10

Last updated: 5 May 2019.
Source:

Results by Matchday

Matchday	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	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	L	W
Position	2	3	2	5	3	6[54]	3	3	5	5	7	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2019. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

The Super League Greece fixture list was announced on 9 August 2018. AEK Athens began their title defence against PAS Giannina at Olympic Stadium.

25 August 2018 Matchday 1	AEK Athens	2–0	PAS Giannina	Marousi
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ponce  37' Livaja  47'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 7,504 Referee: Athanasios Sezos (Kilkis) Man of the Match: Marko Livaja

1 September 2018 Matchday 2	Asteras Tripolis	0–1	AEK Athens	Tripoli
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Mantalos  33' (pen.)	Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium Attendance: 3,844 Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Macedonia) Man of the Match: Marko Livaja

15 September 2018 Matchday 3	AEK Athens	4–0	Panionios	Marousi
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ponce  45+1' Bakasetas  58' Klonaridis  84', 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 10,433 Referee: Evangelos Evangelou (Athens) Man of the Match: Petros Mantalos

23 September 2018 Matchday 4	PAOK	2–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Prijović  29', 59'	Report		Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 23,763 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland) Man of the Match: Aleksandar Prijović

29 September 2018 Matchday 5	OFI	0–3	AEK Athens	Heraklion
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Bakasetas  20' Galo  32' Ponce  64'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 4,701 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese) Man of the Match: Rodrigo Galo

7 October 2018 Matchday 6	AEK Athens	1–1	Olympiacos	Marousi
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bakasetas  90'	Report	Fortounis  58'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 27,419 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark) Man of the Match: Kostas Fortounis

20 October 2018 Matchday 7	Apollon Smyrnis	0–2	AEK Athens	Rizoupoli
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Mantalos  37' Livaja  85'	Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Attendance: 3,002 Referee: Evangelos Gratsanis (Trikala) Man of the Match: Petros Mantalos

28 October 2018 Matchday 8	AEK Athens	4–0	Aris Thessaloniki	Marousi
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Boyé  5' Ponce  56', 62' Livaja  72'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa) Man of the Match: Lucas Boyé

3 November 2018 Matchday 9	Panathinaikos	0–0	AEK Athens	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 24,731 Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria) Man of the Match: Dimitris Kourbelis

11 November 2018 Matchday 10	AEK Athens	0–2	Atromitos	Marousi
15:00 EET (UTC+1)		Report	Risvanis  88' Koulouris  90'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia) Man of the Match: Spyros Risvanis

24 November 2018 Matchday 11	Panetolikos	2–1	AEK Athens	Agrinio
19:00 EET (UTC+1)	Kamara  26', 51'	Report	Simões  76'	Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium Attendance: 3,541 Referee: Emmanouil Skoulas (Thessaly) Man of the Match: Alhassan Kamara

2 December 2018 Matchday 12	AEK Athens	2–0	Xanthi	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+1)	Ponce  8' Livaja  90'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,114 Referee: Fotis Fotiadis (Kastoria) Man of the Match: Ezequiel Ponce

8 December 2018 Matchday 13	AEK Athens	2–0	Lamia	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+1)	Ponce  13' Anastasiadis  47' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,541 Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens) Man of the Match: Ezequiel Ponce

16 December 2018 Matchday 14	AEL	0–0	AEK Athens	Larissa
17:15 EET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: AEL FC Arena Attendance: 2,855 Referee: Praxitelis Zachariadis (Macedonia) Man of the Match: Marko Livaja

30 January 2019 Matchday 15	AEK Athens	1–0	Levadiakos	Marousi
17:15 EET (UTC+1)	Ponce  26'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,124 Referee: Konstantinos Kotsanis (Drama) Man of the Match: Ezequiel Ponce

14 January 2019 Matchday 16	PAS Giannina	0–4	AEK Athens	Ioannina
19:30 EET (UTC+1)		Report	Mantalos  5' (pen.) Michail  20' (o.g.) Ponce  45', 45+3'	Stadium: Zosimades Stadium Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Stefanos Koubarakis (Thrace) Man of the Match: Ezequiel Ponce

20 January 2019 Matchday 17	AEK Athens	3–0	Asteras Tripolis	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+1)	Livaja  9' Alef  11' Ponce  20' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 7,518 Referee: Vasilis Fotias (Pella) Man of the Match: Ezequiel Ponce

26 January 2019 Matchday 18	Panionios	0–2	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
19:30 EET (UTC+1)		Report	Mantalos  14' Ponce  90+2'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 2,126 Referee: Evangelos Evangelou (Athens) Man of the Match: Ezequiel Ponce

3 February 2019 Matchday 19	AEK Athens	1–1	PAOK	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+1)	Ponce  74'	Report	Maurício  10'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 24,291 Referee: Michael Tykgaard (Denmark) Man of the Match: Ezequiel Ponce

10 February 2019 Matchday 20	AEK Athens	1–0	OFI	Marousi
15:00 EET (UTC+1)	Livaja  37'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 7,580 Referee: Georgios Vreskas (Pieria) Man of the Match: Christos Albanis

17 February 2019 Matchday 21	Olympiacos	4–1	AEK Athens	Piraeus
19:30 EET (UTC+1)	Camara  50' Fortounis  72', 87' Hassan  83'	Report	Ponce  3'	Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 29,010 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany) Man of the Match: Kostas Fortounis

23 February 2019 Matchday 22	AEK Athens	2–1	Apollon Smyrnis	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+1)	Boyé  4', 47'	Report	El-Helwe  24'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 1,594 Referee: Fotios Fotiadis (Kastoria) Man of the Match: Lucas Boyé

2 March 2019 Matchday 23	Aris Thessaloniki	2–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET (UTC+1)	Larsson  32' Rose  69'	Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 9,668 Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia) Man of the Match: Daniel Larsson

9 March 2019 Matchday 24	AEK Athens	0–0	Panathinaikos	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 10,145 Referee: Tobias Welz (Germany) Man of the Match: Michalis Bakakis

17 March 2019 Matchday 25	Atromitos	0–1	AEK Athens	Peristeri
16:00 EET (UTC+1)		Report	Albanis  85'	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 907 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia) Man of the Match: Christos Albanis

31 March 2019 Matchday 26	AEK Athens	4–0	Panetolikos	Marousi
17:15 EEST (UTC+2)	Oikonomou  39' Malis  50' (o.g.) Boyé  82' Galanopoulos  84'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,258 Referee: Vasilis Fotias (Pella) Man of the Match: Marios Oikonomou

7 April 2019 Matchday 27	Xanthi	1–3	AEK Athens	Xanthi
16:00 EEST (UTC+2)	Castro  33'	Report	Oikonomou  68' Ponce  70' Boyé  90+2'	Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena Attendance: 2,166 Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia) Man of the Match: Ezequiel Ponce

14 April 2019 Matchday 28	Lamia	2–2	AEK Athens	Lamia
19:00 EEST (UTC+2)	Barrales  34' (pen.), 53'	Report	Mantalos  4' Boyé  67'	Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,459 Referee: Emmanouil Skoulas (Thessaly) Man of the Match: Jerónimo Barrales

21 April 2019 Matchday 29	AEK Athens	0–1	AEL	Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+2)		Report	Bralić  28'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,556 Referee: Praxitelis Zachariadis (Macedonia) Man of the Match: Slavko Bralić

5 May 2019 Matchday 30	Levadiakos	0–3	AEK Athens	Livadeia
19:00 EEST (UTC+2)		Report	Bakasetas  45' Livaja  54' Ponce  67'	Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,468 Referee: Efstathios Gortsilas (Macedonia) Man of the Match: Petros Mantalos

Greek Cup

AEK Athens entered the Greek Cup at the fourth round.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		AEK	LAM	VOL	APL
1	AEK Athens	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9			2–1	—	—
2	Lamia	3	1	1	1	9	3	+6	4		—		1–1	—
3	Volos	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4		1–3	—		5–1
4	Apollon Larissa	3	0	0	3	1	16	−15	0		0–4	0–7	—

Source: Hellenic Football Federation
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).

Group Stage

12 October 2018 Matchday 1	AEK Athens	2–1	Lamia	Kallithea
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Giakoumakis  73' Galo  87'	Report	Epstein  64'	Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)

31 October 2018 Matchday 2	Apollon Larissa	0–4	AEK Athens	Larissa
15:00 EET (UTC+1)		Report	Alef  41' Agiotis  45' (o.g.) Botos  76' Sardelis  90'	Stadium: Apollon Ground Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Stefanos Koubarakis (Thrace)

20 December 2018 Matchday 3	Volos	1–3	AEK Athens	Volos
15:00 EET (UTC+1)	Pispas  6'	Report	Morán  4' Livaja  59', 71'	Stadium: Neapoli Municipal Stadium Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Macedonia)

Round of 16

9 January 2019 First leg	AO Chania−Kissamikos	1–1	AEK Athens	Chania
19:30 EET (UTC+1)	Riski  90+3'	Report	Ponce  37'	Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens)

23 January 2019 Second leg	AEK Athens	5–0 (6–1 agg.)	AO Chania−Kissamikos	Marousi
17:15 EET (UTC+1)	Galo  21' Krstičić  28' Mantalos  57' (pen.) Livaja  78', 82'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 1,751 Referee: Alexandros Tsamouris (Piraeus)

Quarter-finals

7 February 2019 First leg	Atromitos	0–1	AEK Athens	Peristeri
19:30 EET (UTC+1)		Report	Ponce  86' (pen.)	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)

26 February 2019 Second leg	AEK Athens	3–0 (4–0 agg.)	Atromitos	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+1)	Ponce  11' Mantalos  51', 71'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,517 Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens)

Semi-finals

3 April 2019 First leg	AEK Athens	2–0	Lamia	Marousi
21:30 EEST (UTC+2)	Ponce  63' Krstičić  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 12,325 Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Macedonia)

25 April 2019 Second leg	Lamia	0–4 (0–6 agg.)	AEK Athens	Lamia
18:00 EEST (UTC+2)		Report	Ponce  36' Oikonomou  41' Bakasetas  53' Vanderson  66' (o.g.)	Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)

Final

11 May 2019 Final	PAOK	1–0	AEK Athens	Marousi
20:30 EEST (UTC+2)	Akpom  45+1'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 1,040 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany) Man of the Match: Chuba Akpom

UEFA Champions League

AEK Athens entered the Champions League at the third qualifying round.

Third Qualifying Round

On 1 August, it was determined that AEK Athens would face Celtic (Scotland) in the Third Qualifying Round of the UEFA Champions League. The Greek champions eliminated the Scottish side and secured a place into the UEFA Champions League Play-off round.

8 August 2018 First leg	Celtic	1–1	AEK Athens	Glasgow, Scotland
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	McGregor  17'	Report	Klonaridis  44'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 54,370 Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

14 August 2018 Second leg	AEK Athens	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Celtic	Athens
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Galo  6' Livaja  50'	Report	Sinclair  78'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 32,300 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

Play-Off Round

On 16 August, it was determined that AEK Athens would face MOL Vidi (Hungary) in the Play-Off Round of the UEFA Champions League. The Yellow-Blacks eliminated the Hungarian side and secured a place into the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League Group Stage after twelve years.

22 August 2018 First leg	MOL Vidi	1–2	AEK Athens	Budapest, Hungary
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lazović  68'	Report	Klonaridis  34' Bakasetas  49'	Stadium: Groupama Arena Attendance: 10,681 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

28 August 2018 Second leg	AEK Athens	1–1 (3–2 agg.)	MOL Vidi	Athens
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mantalos  48' (pen.)	Report	Nego  57'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 29,774 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Group Stage

On 30 August, the draw for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League Group Stage was made. AEK Athens were drawn in Group E along with Bayern Munich (Pot 1), Benfica (Pot 2) and Ajax (Pot 3).

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAY	AJX	BEN	AEK
1	Bayern Munich	6	4	2	0	15	5	+10	14	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	5–1	2–0
2	Ajax	6	3	3	0	11	5	+6	12			3–3	—	1–0	3–0
3	Benfica	6	2	1	3	6	11	−5	7	Transfer to Europa League		0–2	1–1	—	1–0
4	AEK Athens	6	0	0	6	2	13	−11	0			0–2	0–2	2–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Matches

19 September 2018 Matchday 1	Ajax	3–0	AEK Athens	Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Tagliafico  46', 90' Van de Beek  77'	Report		Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 52,285 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

2 October 2018 Matchday 2	AEK Athens	2–3	Benfica	Athens
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Klonaridis  53', 63'	Report	Seferović  6' Grimaldo  15' Semedo  74'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 31,154 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

23 October 2018 Matchday 3	AEK Athens	0–2	Bayern Munich	Athens
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Martínez  61' Lewandowski  63'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 61,221 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

7 November 2018 Matchday 4	Bayern Munich	2–0	AEK Athens	Munich, Germany
22:00 EET (UTC+1)	Lewandowski  31' (pen.), 71'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

27 November 2018 Matchday 5	AEK Athens	0–2	Ajax	Athens
19:55 EET (UTC+1)		Report	Tadić  68' (pen.), 72'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 25,756 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

12 December 2018 Matchday 6	Benfica	1–0	AEK Athens	Lisbon, Portugal
22:00 EET (UTC+1)	Grimaldo  88'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 33,633 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

Statistics

Goalscorers

Updated as of 18 September 2018

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League	Europe	Cup	Total
22	FW		Ezequiel Ponce	16	0	5	21
10	FW		Marko Livaja	7	1	4	12
20	MF		Petros Mantalos	5	1	3	9
31	FW		Lucas Boye	6	0	0	6
14	FW		Tasos Bakasetas	4	1	1	6
17	FW		Victor Klonaridis	2	4	0	6
12	DF		Rodrigo Galo	1	1	2	4
4	DF		Marios Oikonomou	2	0	1	3
95	MF		Alef	1	0	1	2
6	MF		Nenad Krstičić	0	0	2	2
25	MF		Kostas Galanopoulos	1	0	0	1
8	MF		André Simões	1	0	0	1
39	MF		Erik Morán	0	0	1	1
9	FW		Giorgos Giakoumakis	0	0	1	1
70	MF		Giannis Fivos Botos	0	0	1	1
51	MF		Giannis Sardelis	0	0	1	1
7	FW		Christos Albanis	0	0	1	1
Own goals				3	0	2	5
TOTAL				19	8	26	83

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External links

• Official Website (in Greek)