2017–18 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 2017–18 season is AEK Athens Football Club's 57th competitive season in the top flight of Greek football, 8th season in the Super League Greece, and 94th year in existence as a football club. They also compete in the Greek Cup and in the UEFA Champions League for the first time since the 2007–08 season, having earned the first position in playoffs for the first time last season.

AEK Athens
2017–18 season
PresidentEvangelos Aslanidis
Administrative LeaderDimitris Melissanidis
ManagerManolo Jiménez
StadiumOlympic Stadium
Super LeagueChampions
Greek CupRunners-up
Champions LeagueThird Qualifying Round
Europa LeagueRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Sergio Araujo (11)
All: Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (16)
Highest home attendance50,141 (vs Levadiakos)
Lowest home attendance4,102 (vs Lamia)

Events
  • June 7, 2017 Ilias Vouras and Christos Aravidis leave the club as their contract is not renewed.[1]
  • June 9, 2017 AEK players Anastasios Bakasetas, Petros Mantalos and Ognjen Vranješ face each other at an international national team match for 2018 World Cup qualifying round, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece, at Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica. Mantalos and Vranješ played all 90 minutes, Mantalos missing a great chance for Greece at 82nd minute, when shot the ball out at a one-on-one against Asmir Begović. The match ended 0–0, satisfying Greece, who needed at least the draw to stay at the top two places.
  • June 10, 2017 In Nea Philadelphia the presentation of the book from journalist Nikos Angelidis called "Every AEK of the world" took place. The book had as a subject the 302 clubs of the world that are named or were named after AEK and have the two-headed eagle as an emblem. AEK FC president, Evangelos Aslanidis went to the presentation and made a speech. AEK FC is a sponsor of the book.[2]
  • June 14, 2017 The minister of infrastructure, transport and networks, Christos Spirtzis, signs the necessary height-related study for Agia Sophia Stadium, the proposed stadium for AEK in Nea Philadelphia. As the club's official announcement states, the particular study was "the last obstacle" for the start of the construction of the stadium, and the official construction license for the stadium is about to be published "within the next days".[3]
  • June 21, 2017 Portuguese left-back Hélder Lopes signs a two-year deal with AEK, in a free transfer from Las Palmas.[4]
  • June 27, 2017 Ronald Vargas and Dimitrios Kolovetsios leave the club as no deal for their announcement was made.[5]
  • June 29, 2017 Greek-Belgian winger Viktor Klonaridis signs a three-year deal with AEK from RC Lens.[6] On the same day, Super League newcomers Lamia F.C. announced a loan transfer of Stavros Vasilantonopoulos from AEK.[7]
  • July 1, 2017 Croatian striker Marko Livaja signs from Las Palmas on a season long loan deal for €200,000 with a purchase option of €1,800,000 in the summer of 2018. Livaja became the third player which was transferred from Las Palmas to AEK within 2017, after Sergio Araujo and Hélder Lopes. Marko, as presented in the official club video, will wear the shirt with number 10.[8]
  • July 3, 2017 Serbian centre-back Uroš Ćosić signs with AEK for three years, with an extension clause of one more year, in a full transfer from Empoli F.C.. Uroš, as observed in the official video of his signing, will wear the shirt with number 15.[9]
  • July 5, 2017 Icelander left winger Arnór Traustason signs with AEK on loan for one year from Rapid Wien, with a permanent buyout clause at the summer of 2018. Arnór, as presented in the official video, will wear the shirt with number 30.[10] This transfer would be the seventh summer transfer for AEK of summer 2017. On the same day, newly promoted to Super League club Lamia F.C. officially announced that, after Stavros Vasilantonopoulos, another player will be loaned from AEK to Lamia, midfielder Ilias Tselios.[11]
  • July 12, 2017 The talk of AEK administrative leader, Dimitris Melissanidis, during the AEK Sports Club General Assembly, was featured in an official AEK F.C. TV video. Melissanidis mentioned all the "hindrances" during the "extremely painful road" until the license which would enable the, then proposed, Agia Sophia Stadium broke ground. The official announcement states that procedures are ending and that the stadium will soon break ground, and that the members whose actions toughened the procedures for the stadium were unanimously deleted from the club.[12]
  • July 14, 2017 The UEFA Champions League draw brought Russian club CSKA Moscow as opponents of AEK for the third qualifying round.[13]
  • July 24, 2017 It is officially announced from the official AEK website, that the club has received the official construction license, so that the Agia Sophia Stadium breaks ground, simultaneously inviting the team fans to celebrate the license in the upcoming match against CSKA Moscow for the Champions League third qualifying round.[14]
  • July 25, 2017 As mentioned the day before, AEK obtained the official construction license, announcing it officially on the football club page, with the title "It's not a dream! IT'S A FACT!", inviting the fans of AEK to the sanctification on upcoming Thursday, where the new stadium will break ground at Nea Filadelfeia.[15] On the same day, the construction license was featured on the giant screen of the Olympic Stadium, where AEK faced CSKA Moscow for the Champions League.
  • July 27, 2017 The sanctification for the beginning of the construction of Agia Sophia Stadium took place, with more than 15,000 fans of AEK being present, in Nea Filadelfeia, with the club officially thanking them for their presence. Among others, he club's administrative leader Dimitris Melissanidis, former club player Stelios Serafidis made a speech about the new stadium. Dimitris Melissanidis, in his speech, mentioned, among others, that "the walls of Agia Sophia will be high, invincible and will never, ever, fall again!".[16][17][18][19]
  • July 28, 2017 Agia Sophia Stadium officially broke ground.[18]

Players

Squad statistics

Updated as of 8 May 2018, 21:21 UTC +2.

No. Pos. Name Age League Cup Europe Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1GK Vasilis Barkas 2350702014010
16GK Panagiotis Tsintotas 24150201018010
22GK Giannis Anestis 26100009019010
87GK Panagiotis Dounis 200000000000
Defenders
2DF Michalis Bakakis 262605010043060
3DF Hélder Lopes 28191418031250
4DF Ognjen Vranješ 2819430110334150
5DF Vasilis Lampropoulos 27180702028030
12DF Rodrigo Galo 31271819044240
15DF Uroš Ćosić 2590206017041
19DF Dmytro Chygrynskiy 31151507027140
23DF Niklas Hult 2780200010000
33DF Giorgos Giannoutsos 191030004010
55DF Adam Tzanetopoulos 221042207220
Midfielders
6MF Astrit Ajdarević 27160516127220
7MF Lazaros Christodoulopoulos 3127776123461660
8MF André Simões (VC2) 282004011235290
18MF Jakob Johansson (VC) 2781108017130
20MF Petros Mantalos (C) 26122117120470
21MF Panagiotis Kone 30131502020160
24MF Masoud Shojaei 33120511018130
25MF Konstantinos Galanopoulos 201905010034070
32MF Paris Babis 180000000000
39MF Erik Morán 267020009010
Forwards
9FW Giorgos Giakoumakis 23111514020200
10FW Marko Livaja 24278401024110161
11FW Sergio Araujo 25231172813814111
14FW Anastasios Bakasetas 24276828043830
28FW Victor Klonaridis 25121408024100
31FW Dimitris Melikiotis 210000000000
70FW Christos Antoniou 190000000000
77FW Christos Giousis 181022003200
Left during Summer Transfer window
—FW Hugo Almeida 331100203101
Left during Winter Transfer Window
17DF Vinícius 243030006010
29MF Patito Rodríguez 272010205010
30MF Arnór Ingvi Traustason 243021005100
40FW Andreas Vlachomitros 201010002000

Transfers


Summer
No. Pos Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
16 GK Panagiotis Tsintotas Levadiakos Transfer Free 1 June 2017 June 2020 [20]
55 DF Adam Tzanetopoulos Iraklis End of loan — 1 June 2017 June 2020
– MF Stavros Vasilantonopoulos Veria End of loan — 1 June 2017 June 2018
– FW Antonis Kyriazis Kifisia End of loan — 1 June 2017 June 2017
11 FW Giorgos Giakoumakis Platanias Transfer €300,000 1 June 2017 June 2021 [21]
87 GK Panagiotis Dounis Kallithea End of loan — 12 June 2017 June 2019
– MF Vasilios Karvounidis Triglia Rafinas End of loan — 12 June 2017 June 2019
3 DF Hélder Lopes Las Palmas Transfer Free 21 June 2017 June 2019 [22]
28 FW Victor Klonaridis Lens Transfer €200,000 29 June 2017 June 2020 [23]
15 DF Uroš Ćosić Empoli Transfer €500,000 3 July 2017 June 2020 [24]
87 GK Thanasis Pantos AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 12 June 2017 June 2020
32 MF Paris Babis AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 12 June 2017 June 2022 [25]
70 FW Christos Antoniou AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 12 June 2017 June 2022 [25]
77 FW Christos Giousis AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 12 June 2017 June 2022 [25]

Winter
No. Pos Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
24 MF Masoud Shojaei Panionios Transfer Free 28 December 2017 June 2018 [26]
39 MF Erik Morán Leganés Transfer €130,000 2 January 2018 June 2021 [27]
— MF Ilias Tselios Lamia End of loan — 28 December 2017 June 2020
— GK Thanasis Pantos[a] Acharnaikos End of loan — 31 December 2017 June 2020
31 FW Dimitris Melikiotis Kerkyra Loan termination — 30 January 2018 June 2021
23 DF Niklas Hult Panathinaikos Transfer €200,000 31 January 2018 June 2020 [28]

Summer
No. Pos Player To Type Fee Date Source
11 FW Sergio Araujo Las Palmas End of loan — 1 June 2017
16 GK Ilias Vouras Doxa Drama End of contract — 7 June 2017 [29]
21 FW Christos Aravidis Free agent End of contract — 7 June 2017 [29]
10 MF Ronald Vargas Newcastle Jets End of contract — 16 September 2017 [30]
— MF Vasilios Karvounidis Acharnaikos Contract termination — 1 July 2017 [31]
— FW Antonis Kyriazis Aris Limassol End of contract — 1 September 2017 [32]
14 FW Tomáš Pekhart Hapoel Be'er Sheva End of contract — 21 July 2017 [33]
26 DF Dimitrios Kolovetsios Panathinaikos End of contract — 3 July 2017 [34]
23 DF Dídac Vilà Espanyol Contract termination [b] — 29 August 2017 [35]
24 DF Konstantinos Manolas Levadiakos Contract termination — 29 August 2017 [36]
9 FW Hugo Almeida Hajduk Split Contract termination — 30 August 2017 [37]

Winter
No. Pos Player To Type Fee Date Source
29 MF Patito Rodríguez Newcastle Jets Contract termination — 8 December 2017 [38]
30 MF Arnór Ingvi Traustason Rapid Wien Loan termination — 6 December 2017 [39]
17 DF Vinícius Chapecoense Contract termination — 18 January 2018 [40]

Summer
No. Pos Player From Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
10 FW Marko Livaja Las Palmas €200,000 1 July 2017 30 June 2018 Y [41]
30 MF Arnór Ingvi Traustason Rapid Wien Free 5 July 2017 30 June 2018 Y [42]
21 MF Panagiotis Kone Udinese Free 31 August 2017 30 June 2018 Y [43]
11 FW Sergio Araujo Las Palmas €800,000 31 August 2017 30 June 2018 N [44]


Summer
No. Pos Player To Fee Until Option to buy Source
– DF Stavros Vasilantonopoulos Lamia Free 30 June 2018 N [7]
– MF Ilias Tselios Lamia Free 31 December 2017 N [11]
31 FW Dimitris Melikiotis Kerkyra Free 30 June 2018 N [45]
– DF Alkis Markopouliotis AO Chania Kissamikos Free 30 June 2018 N [46]
87 GK Giannis Papadopoulos AO Chania Kissamikos Free 30 June 2018 N [46]
– GK Thanasis Pantos Acharnaikos Free 30 June 2018 N [47]

Winter
No. Pos Player To Fee Until Option to buy Source
– MF Ilias Tselios Ergotelis Free 30 June 2018 N [48]
– MF Andreas Vlachomitros Apollon Pontou Free 30 June 2018 N [49]

Notes

a. ^ Assigned to AEK Athens U20.
b. ^ The player paid €250K to the club for the termination of his contract.

Renewals
No. Pos Player Date Former Exp Date New Exp Date Source
20 MF Petros Mantalos 16 November 2017 30 June 2019 30 June 2022 [50]
19 DF Dmytro Chygrynskiy 30 March 2018 30 June 2018 30 June 2020 [51]
— DF Stavros Vasilantonopoulos 30 May 2018 30 June 2018 30 June 2020 [52]

Overall transfer activity

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 July 2017 Friendly[53] AEK Athens 1–1 Karpaty Lviv Kielce
18:00 UTC +3 Giakoumakis  18' Report Chacua  10' Stadium: Kielce City Stadium
9 July 2017 Friendly[53] Korona Kielce 0–1 AEK Athens Kielce
19:00 UTC +3 Rymaniak  4'
Żubrowski  32'		 Report Chygrynskiy  21'
Klonaridis  27'
Vlachomitros  88'		 Stadium: Kielce City Stadium
Referee: Damian Gavetski (Poland)
14 July 2017 Friendly[53] AEK Athens 3–1 Banik Ostrava Kielce
18:00 UTC +3 Lopes  17'
Livaja 38'
Mantalos  41'
Almeida  80' (pen.)		 Report Sasinka  15',  34'
Šindelář  79'		 Stadium: Kielce City Stadium
15 July 2017 Friendly[53] AEK Athens 2–0 Bnei Sakhnin Kielce
19:00 UTC +3 Christodoulopoulos  4'
Galanopoulos  14'		 Report Ottman  37'
Gaúcho  51'		 Stadium: Kielce City Stadium
19 July 2017 Friendly[53] AEK Athens 1–1 Gent Marousi
20:30 UTC +3 Mantalos  73' Report Andrijašević  37'
Marcq  53'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Referee: Aristidis Vatsios (West Attica)
10 August 2017 Friendly[53] AEK Athens 2–1 Platanias Marousi
20:00 UTC +3 Christodoulopoulos  18' (pen.)
Simões  49'		 Report Mantalos  9' (o.g.) Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Referee: Tasos Papapetrou (Athens)
31 August 2017 Friendly[53] AEK Athens 3–1 Kallithea Spata
19:30 UTC +3 Vlachomitros
Bakakis
Christodoulopoulos 		Report Candé Stadium: OPAP Sports Center
Attendance: Behind closed doors
5 October 2017 Friendly[53] Panachaiki 2–3 AEK Athens Patras
19:00 UTC +3 Eleftheriadis  29'
Kynigopoulos  81'		 Report Galo  59'
Klonaridis  76', 85'		 Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium
Referee: Nikos Makripodis (Achaia)
9 November 2017 Friendly[53] AEK Athens 0–1 Čukarički Spata
18:30 UTC +3 Report Owusu  44' Stadium: OPAP Sports Center
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Andreas Gamaris (Athens)
16 March 2018 Friendly[53] AEK Athens 5–0 Lamia Marousi
18:00 UTC +3 Ajdarević  1'
Giakoumakis  29', 44'
Christodoulopoulos  89'
Melikiotis  90'		 Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Nikos Ratsiatos (Argolida)
21 March 2018 Friendly[53] AEK Athens 4–0 Panetolikos Marousi
17:00 UTC +3 Ajdarević  12'
Klonaridis  16', 74'
Morán  39'
Giakoumakis  62'		 Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Alexandros Tsamouris (Piraeus)

Competitions

Super League Greece
Main article: 2017–18 Super League Greece

League Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AEK Athens (C) 30 21 7 2 50 12 +38 70 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 PAOK[lower-alpha 1] 30 21 4 5 59 19 +40 64 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Olympiacos[lower-alpha 2] 30 18 6 6 63 28 +35 57 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Atromitos 30 15 11 4 43 21 +22 56 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5 Asteras Tripolis 30 12 9 9 39 24 +15 45
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).[54]
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. PAOK were deducted 3 points by court decision.
  2. Olympiakos were deducted 3 points due to fan behavior against AEK on 4 February 2018.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 21 7 2 50 12  +38 70 13 1 1 32 5  +27 8 6 1 18 7  +11

Last updated: 4 March 2018.
Source:

Results by Matchday
Matchday123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAA
ResultWDWWWLDLWWDWWWDWWDWWWWDWWWWWDW
Position231111233211112223322221111111
Source: http://superleaguegreece.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

20 August 2017 1 AEK Athens 2−0 Panetolikos Marousi
19:15 UTC +3 Almeida  14' (pen.),  28'
Johansson  41',  73'
Mantalos  45+1'		 Report Paulo  13'  48'
Díaz  33'
Rodrigues  40'
Chantakias  51'
Bejarano  56'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)
27 August 2017 2 PAS Giannina 0−0 AEK Athens Ioannina
21:30 UTC +3 Boukouvalas  51'
Higor Vidal  79'
Lila  83'		 Report Vranješ  49'
Ćosić  56'
Mantalos  80'		 Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
Attendance: 4,052
Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos (Trikala)
10 September 2017 3 AEK Athens 4−0 AEL Marousi
18:15 UTC +3 Mantalos  4'
Klonaridis  34'
Vranješ  53'
Bakasetas  74'
Araujo  86'		 Report Fatjon  16'
Rentzas  33'
Aganović  49'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Evangelos Evangelou (Athens)
17 September 2017 4 Lamia 0−1 AEK Athens Peristeri[1]
20:30 UTC +3 Piti  54'
Koukolis  60'
Acosta  80'
Asigba  85'		 Report Vranješ  24'
Johansson  54'
Ćosić  74'
Christodoulopoulos  81' (pen.)
Ajdarević  90+1'		 Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Attendance: 3,677
Referee: Aristidis Vatsios (West Attica)
24 September 2017 5 AEK Athens 3−2 Olympiacos Marousi
20:30 UTC +3 Araujo  24'
Mantalos  50',  89'
Christodoulopoulos  64', 80'
Livaja  90+2'
Ćosić  90+4'		 Report Odjidja-Ofoe  8',  46'
Marin  22',  45+1'
Romao  50'
Gillet  79'
Engels  90+4'
Tachtsidis  90+5'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 25,156
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
1 October 2017 6 Asteras Tripolis 2−0 AEK Athens Tripoli
20:30 UTC +3 Isnaldo  22'
Munafo  38',  47'
Manias  81'
Tsilianidis  88'
Giannoulis  90'		 Report Vranješ  33'
Bakasetas  57'
Giannoutsos  63'
Johansson  73'		 Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium
Attendance: 3,344
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens)
15 October 2017 7 Xanthi 1−1 AEK Athens Xanthi
20:30 UTC +3 Fliskas  6'  55'
Lisgaras  20'
Brito  40',  40'
Svarnas  72'
Sylla  84'
Casado  90+5'		 Report Bakakis  14'
Galanopoulos  39'
Livaja  45+2'
Simões  62'
Vranješ  88'
Araujo  90'		 Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena
Attendance: 3,483
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Macedonia)
23 October 2017 8 AEK Athens 0−1 Atromitos Marousi
19:30 UTC +3 Livaja  41'
Bakakis  45+1'
Lambropoulos  55'
Ćosić  90'		 Report Bušuladžić  24'
Kivrakidis  29'
Dauda  45',  55'
Diguiny  90'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia)
29 October 2017 9 Panionios 0−1 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
19:30 UTC +3 Durmishaj  43'
Oikonomou  49'
Hajsafi  57'
Kargas  68'
Banana  90'		 Report Araujo  42',  81'
Vranješ  43'
Galanopoulos  62'
Mantalos  67'
Simões  75'		 Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 2,907
Referee: Stavros Mantalos (Kavala)
5 November 2017 10 AEK Athens 1−0 PAOK Marousi
19:30 UTC +3 Araujo  8'
Christodoulopoulos  23'
Livaja  25'
Lopes  67'
Galanopoulos  80'
Anestis  89'		 Report Zambrano  8'  35'
Prijović  28'
Shakhov  45+3'
El Kaddouri  50'
Cimirot  61'
Vieirinha  63'
Biseswar  90+1'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 14,056
Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos (Trikala)
19 November 2017 11 Panathinaikos 1−1 AEK Athens Ampelokipoi
19:30 UTC +3 Moledo  10'
Hiljemark  43'
Villafáñez  84'
O. Vlachodimos  90+1'
Reis  90+4'		 Report Livaja  60',  90+5'
Bakakis  68'
Simões  77'
Lopes  84'		 Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium
Attendance: 8,734
Referee: Charalampos Kalogeropoulos (Athens)
27 November 2017 12 AEK Athens 3−0 Platanias Marousi
19:30 UTC +3 Livaja  39', 49'
Bakasetas  63'		 Report Patralis  13'
Oues  25'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 20,586
Referee: Georgios Tzovaras (Phthiotis)
3 December 2017 13 Levadiakos 0–2 AEK Athens Livadeia
19:30 UTC +3 Mendy  36'
Zaradoukas  48'
Mitropoulos  64'
Tripotseris  90+1'		 Report Livaja  52'
Araujo  66'
Galanopoulos  72'
Bakasetas  90+2'		 Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 1,470
Referee: Georgios Kominis (Thesprotia)
11 December 2017 14 AEK Athens 3−1 Kerkyra Marousi
19:30 UTC +3 Giannakopoulos  12' (o.g.)
Kone  38',  87'
Araujo  56'		 Report Gomes  10'
Balafas  68'
Artymatas  75'
Nunes  88' (pen.)		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 5,011
Referee: Athanasios Sezos (Kilkis)
16 December 2017 15 AEK Athens 0−0 Apollon Smyrnis Marousi
17:15 UTC +3 Araujo  87' Report Kontoes  24'
Papazoglou  31'
Juárez  36'
Añete  54'
Čović  90+5'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 6,324
Referee: Stefanos Koumparakis (Thrace)
6 January 2018 16 Panetolikos 1−4 AEK Athens Agrinio
19:30 UTC +3 Bejarano  37'
Morar  68' (pen.)
Mihaj  82'		 Report Bakasetas  6'
Christodoulopoulos  36' (pen.)
Chygrynskiy  43'
Araujo  45+1'
Lopes  60'
Kone  67'		 Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium
Attendance: 3,744
Referee: Dimitrios Karantonis (Imathia)
14 January 2018 17 AEK Athens 3−1 PAS Giannina Marousi
19:30 UTC +3 Livaja  12'
Araujo  53', 89'		 Report Boukouvalas  29'
Skondras  39'  61'
Garoufalias  47'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 6,014
Referee: Dimitris Styliaras (Aetoloacarnania)
20 January 2018 18 AEL 0−0 AEK Athens Larissa
19:30 UTC +3 Lagos  32'
Golias  41'
Andoni  55'
Rentzas  57'
Masouras  82'
Hubchev  90+1'
Božović  90+3'		 Report Araujo  14'
Christodoulopoulos  30'
Livaja  73'		 Stadium: AEL FC Arena
Attendance: 5,519
Referee: Emmanouil Skoulas (Thessaly)
27 January 2018 19 AEK Athens 2–0 Lamia Marousi
19:30 UTC +3 Christodoulopoulos  40'
Vranješ  52'
Livaja  63'		 Report Omo  39'
Anastasopoulos  53'
Koukolis  88'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 4,102
Referee: Aristomenis Koutsiaftis (Arta)
4 February 2018 20 Olympiacos 1–2 AEK Athens Piraeus
19:30 UTC +3 Botía  30'  94'
Romao  37'
Ansarifard  81',  83'		 Report Simões  28'
Masoud  74'
Bakakis  76'
Chygrynskiy  87'
Livaja  90+3'
Giakoumakis  90+4'		 Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 31,231
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens)
11 February 2018 21 AEK Athens 1–0 Asteras Tripolis Marousi
17:15 UTC +3 Christodoulopoulos  61' (pen.)
Morán  82'
Araujo  89'		 Report Iglesias  41'
Tonso  42'
Kyriakopoulos  48'
Pasalidis  70'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 8,315
Referee: Evangelos Evangelou (Athens)
18 February 2018 22 AEK Athens 4–0 Xanthi Marousi
17:15 UTC +3 Vranješ  5', 19', 33'
Bakasetas  44'		 Report Jendrišek  52'
Brito  61'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 7,562
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia)
26 February 2018 23 Atromitos 1–1 AEK Athens Peristeri
19:30 UTC +3 Warda  80'
Giannoulis  85'		 Report Galo  54'
Morán  65'
Araujo  68'
Christodoulopoulos  72'
Livaja  84'		 Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Attendance: 1,013
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
4 March 2018 24 AEK Athens 1–0 Panionios Marousi
17:15 UTC +3 Vranješ  8'
Livaja  21',  45'
Lampropoulos  90+2'		 Report Spiridonović  45'
Saramantas  77'
Banana  85'
Savvidis  90+4'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 12,931
Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos (Trikala)
11 March 2018 25 PAOK 0−3
(Awarded)		 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:30 UTC +3 Matos  4'
Campos  19'
Crespo  38'
Pelkas  57'
Maurício  86'
Varela  90'		 Report Bakasetas  10'
Galo  25'
Araujo  54'
Christodoulopoulos  87'		 Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 21,431
Referee: Georgios Kominis (Thesprotia)
1 April 2018 26 AEK Athens 3−0 Panathinaikos Marousi
19:30 UTC +3 Araujo  30', 68'
Galo  52'
Vranješ  60'		 Report Kourbelis  10'
Insúa 		Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 27,106
Referee: Dimitrios Thanos (Grevena)
15 April 2018 27 Platanias 0−1 AEK Athens Chania
19:30 UTC +3 Patralis  66'
Udoji  78'		 Report Christodoulopoulos  39'
Galanopoulos  55'		 Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,751
Referee: Stefanos Koubarakis (Thrace)
22 April 2018 28 AEK Athens 2−0 Levadiakos Marousi
19:00 UTC +3 Bakasetas  12' (pen.),  33' Report Mitropoulos  20'
Adilehou  48'
Zaradoukas  89'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 50,141
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)
29 April 2018 29 Kerkyra 0–0 AEK Athens Corfu
19:00 UTC +3 Zorbas  51'
Gromitsaris  76'		 Report Mantalos  82'
Tsintotas  93'		 Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium
Attendance: 1,364
Referee: Ioannis Neofitiadis (Corinth)
5 May 2018 30 Apollon Smyrnis 0−1 AEK Athens Rizoupoli
19:00 UTC +3 Papazoglou
Kontoes  47'		 Report Livaja  28'
Araujo  34'
Simões  88'		 Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium
Attendance: 12,950
Referee: Georgios Tzovaras (Phthiotis)
1 (change of venue due to unavailability of the Lamia Municipal Stadium)

Greek Cup
Main article: 2017–18 Greek Football Cup

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts AEK LAM APO KAL
1 AEK Athens 3 3 0 0 12 2 +10 9 2–0 — —
2 Lamia 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6 — — 1–0
3 Apollon Larissa 3 1 0 2 3 10 −7 3 0–7 0–2 —
4 Kallithea 3 0 0 3 3 6 −3 0 2–3 — 1–2
Source: Hellenic Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points, 3) head-to-head goal difference, 4) head-to-head best offense, 5) overall goal difference, 6) overall best offense, 7) overall best defense

Fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

20 September 2017 1 AEK Athens 2–0 Lamia Rizoupoli
20:30 UTC +3 Vinícius  3'
Tzanetopoulos  28'
Christodoulopoulos  49' (pen.)
Livaja  78'
Mantalos  80'		 Anastasopoulos  35'
Papargyriou  48'
Bouloulis  66'
Frangos  78'		 Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Dimitris Styliaras (Aetoloacarnania)
26 October 2017 2 Apollon Larissa 0–7 AEK Athens Larissa
19:30 UTC +3 Milić  27'
Savvas  55'		 Tzanetopoulos  19'
Christodoulopoulos  22', 42'
Ajdarević  36'
Bakasetas  40'
Araujo  51'
Traustason  79'		 Stadium: Alcazar Stadium
Referee: Vasilis Fotias (Pella)
30 November 2017 3 Kallithea 2–3 AEK Athens Kallithea
19:30 UTC +3 Papangelis  32'
A. Talento  38' (pen.)
Mingos  56'		 Tzanetopoulos  8',  37'
Giousis  30', 77'		 Stadium: Gregoris Lambrakis Stadium
Referee: Andreas Gamaris (Athens)
Round of 16
20 December 2017 First leg Panetolikos 0−4 AEK Athens Agrinio
19:30 UTC +3 Rocha  10'
Paulo  44'		 Kone  7'
Christodoulopoulos  45' (pen.)
Bakasetas  46'
Galo  57',  65'
Giakoumakis  87'		 Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium
Referee: Praxitelis Zachariadis (Macedonia)
9 January 2018 Second leg AEK Athens 1−0 Panetolikos Amaroussion
19:30 UTC +3 Lopes  65'
Ajdarević  90'		 Marinakis  61'
Gianniotis  82'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Referee: Alexandros Tsamouris (Piraeus)

AEK won 5–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-Finals
24 January 2018 First leg Olympiacos 0–0 AEK Athens Piraeus
19:30 UTC +3 Romao  33'
Sebá  53'
Mirallas  60'
Cissé  88'		 Report Kone  31'
Simões  53'
Araujo  60'
Livaja  67'		 Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
7 February 2018 Second leg AEK Athens 2–1 Olympiacos Amaroussion
19:30 UTC +3 Chygrynskiy  44'
Christodoulopoulos  57'
Araujo  73',  74'
Vranješ  76'
Barkas  83'
Kone  90'		 Report Mirallas  83'
Tachtsidis  83'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 22,052
Referee: Georgios Kominis (Thesprotia)

AEK won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-Finals
1 March 2018 First leg AEL 2–1 AEK Athens Larissa
19:30 UTC +3 Andoni  17'
Nazlidis  30',  57'
Milosavljević  35'
Wallace  42'
Križman  92'		 Report Lampropoulos  13'
Vranješ  30'
Masoud  51',  55'
Christodoulopoulos  73'		 Stadium: AEL FC Arena
Referee: Praxitelis Zachariadis (Macedonia)
18 April 2018 Second leg AEK Athens 1–0 AEL Amaroussion
19:30 UTC +3 Kone  61'
Christodoulopoulos  90+4'		 Report Milosavljević  23'
Hubchev  45'
Božović  89'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens)

AEK won 2–2 (a) on aggregate.

Final
12 May 2018 Final AEK Athens 0–2 PAOK Amaroussion
20:30 UTC +3 Livaja  45'
Vranješ  64'  81'
Bakasetas  71'
Galanopoulos  89'		 Report Campos  6'
Matos  21'
Crespo  45'
Vieirinha  66'
Pelkas  77'  90+3'
Maurício  81'
Varela  81'  90+5'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 34,792
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

UEFA Champions League
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League

  Win   Draw   Loss

Third qualifying round
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round
25 July 2017 First leg AEK Athens 0–2 CSKA Moscow Athens, Greece
20:30 UTC +3 Rodríguez  90' Report Dzagoev  45+1'
Wernbloom  56'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 27,589
Referee: Marco Fritz (Germany)
2 August 2017 Second leg CSKA Moscow 1−0 AEK Athens Moscow, Russia
20:00 UTC +3 Golovin  38'
Fernandes  59'
Vasin  67'
Natkho  74'		 Report Vranješ  20'
Mantalos  34'
Christodoulopoulos  90+4'		 Stadium: VEB Arena
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Benoît Millot (France)

CSKA Moscow won 3–0 on aggregate.

UEFA Europa League
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League

Play off round
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
17 August 2017 First leg Club Brugge 0–0 AEK Athens Bruges, Belgium
21:45 UTC +3 Wesley  66'
Vormer  74'
Denswil  90'		 Report Livaja  15'  58'
Vranješ  23'
Lopes  54'
Ćosić  68'		 Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
24 August 2017 Second leg AEK Athens 3–0 Club Brugge Athens, Greece
21:00 UTC +3 Christodoulopoulos  27' (pen.)
Simões  39', 90+1'
Bakakis  51'		 Report Palacios  25'
Nakamba  64'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 20,247
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

AEK Athens won 3–0 on aggregate.

Group Stage
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MIL AEK RJK AW
1 Milan 6 3 2 1 13 6 +7 11 Advance to knockout phase — 0–0 3–2 5–1
2 AEK Athens 6 1 5 0 6 5 +1 8 0–0 — 2–2 2–2
3 Rijeka 6 2 1 3 11 12 −1 7 2–0 1–2 — 1–4
4 Austria Wien 6 1 2 3 9 16 −7 5 1–5 0–0 1–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
14 September 2017 1 Rijeka 1–2 AEK Athens Rijeka, Croatia
20:00 UTC +3 Elez  29'
Mišić  39'
Bradarić  42'		 Report Mantalos  16'
Christodoulopoulos  62'
Lopes  64'
Simões  71'
Araujo  87'		 Stadium: Stadion Rujevica
Attendance: 5,932
Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)
28 September 2017 2 AEK Athens 2–2 Austria Wien Athens, Greece
22:05 UTC +3 Livaja  28', 90',  77'
Galo  62'
Vranješ  74'		 Report Abdullahi  15'
Monschein  43'
Tajouri-Shradi  49'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 16,954
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
19 October 2017 3 Milan 0–0 AEK Athens Milan, Italy
22:05 UTC +3 Locatelli  37' Report Simões  28'
Mantalos  73'
Livaja  79'		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 20,812
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
2 November 2017 4 AEK Athens 0–0 Milan Athens, Greece
20:00 UTC +3 Ćosić  58' Report Musacchio  18'
Locatelli  41'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 40,538
Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)
23 November 2017 5 AEK Athens 2–2 Rijeka Athens, Greece
22:05 UTC +3 Lopes  40'
Araujo  45+2'
Christodoulopoulos  55'		 Report Gorgon  8', 26',  18'
Maleš  23'
Acosty  66'
Gavranović  80'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 17,100
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)
7 December 2017 6 Austria Wien 0−0 AEK Athens Vienna, Austria
20:00 UTC +3 Abdullahi  69' Report Vranješ  43'
Chygrynskiy  67'
Bakakis  75'		 Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Attendance: 23,133
Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

Knockout phase
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League knockout phase
Round of 32
15 February 2018 First leg AEK Athens 1–1 Dynamo Kyiv Athens, Greece
22:05 UTC +3 Livaja  22'
Vranješ  45'
Ajdarević  80'		 Report Khacheridi  5'
Tsygankov  19'
Harmash  30'
Moraes  77'
González  81'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 30,518
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
22 February 2018 Second leg Dynamo Kyiv 0–0 AEK Athens Kiev, Ukraine
20:00 UTC +3 Moraes  90+3' Report Simões  19'
Galanopoulos  29'
Galo  59'
Shojaei  80'
Chygrynskiy  90'
Araujo  90+2'		 Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy
Attendance: 27,014
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Dynamo Kyiv won 1–1 (a) on aggregate.

Goalscorers
No. Pos. Nation. Name League Europe Cup Total
7 FW Lazaros Christodoulopoulos 7 3 6 16
11 FW Sergio Araujo 11 1 2 14
10 FW Marko Livaja 8 2 0 10
14 FW Anastasios Bakasetas 6 0 2 8
21 MF Petros Mantalos 2 1 1 4
4 DF Ognjen Vranješ 4 0 0 4
8 MF André Simões 0 2 0 2
77 FW Christos Giousis 0 0 2 2
3 DF Hélder Lopes 1 0 1 2
55 DF Adam Tzanetopoulos 0 0 2 2
9 FW Giorgos Giakoumakis 1 0 1 2
6 MF Astrit Ajdarević 0 1 1 2
12 DF Rodrigo Galo 1 0 1 2
28 FW Victor Klonaridis 1 0 0 1
18 MF Jakob Johansson 1 0 0 1
21 MF Panagiotis Kone 1 0 0 1
19 DF Dmytro Chygrynskiy 1 0 0 1
24 MF Masoud Shojaei 0 0 1 1
9 FW Hugo Almeida 1 0 0 1
30 FW Arnór Traustason 0 0 1 1
Own goals 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 47 10 21 78

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