2006–07 AEK Athens F.C. season

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AEK Athens
2006–07 season
ChairmanDemis Nikolaidis
ManagerLorenzo Serra Ferrer
StadiumAthens Olympic Stadium
Super League2nd
Greek CupRound of 32
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Nikos Liberopoulos (18)
All:
Nikos Liberopoulos (20)
Highest home attendance56,203 vs Milan
(21 November 2006)
Lowest home attendance12,992 vs Ergotelis
(30 September 2006)
Average home league attendance22,737
Biggest winAEK Athens 5–0 AEL
Biggest defeatAEK Athens 1–4 Panathinaikos
Milan 3–0 AEK Athens

The 2006–07 season was the 83rd season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 48th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Super League, the Greek Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The season began on 9 August 2006 and finished on 13 May 2007.

Kits[edit]

Supplier: Adidas
Sponsor(s): LG Corp
Features: Diners Club, Forthnet

Home
Away
Third

Overview[edit]

The third season in a row for the presidency of Demis Nikolaidis, who decided at the end of the previous season that it was time to part ways with the team with Fernando Santos, despite the good presence of the Portuguese technician on the team's bench. The reason was that the president of AEK was looking for a coach who played more offensive style and gave a lot of weight to young players and the team's academies. Nikolaidis ended up with the acclaimed Spanish coach Lorenzo Serra Ferrer, who,[1] among other things, has served in the academies and in the first team of the great Barcelona. One of the team's key leaders, Kostas Katsouranis, left AEK, following Santos to Benfica. On the other hand, Akis Zikos returned after a four-year absence in Monaco.

AEK started the season relatively "numb", but then recovered and especially from the 7th matchday onwards when they makes 7 consecutive victories. Another streak of 6 wins later in the 2nd round, but those were not enough to achieve more than the eventual second place finish. They finished 8 points above Panathinaikos, but another 9 below the champion Olympiacos. For yet another season, however, there were complaints from many teams in the league about the treatment of the red and whites by the referees.

In the Greek Cup, AEK was a surprise victim, eliminated in the first round by the team of Chaidari in a single match, after the 0–0 in regular time, a score that did not change even in extra time, despite the expulsion of 2 players of Chaidari, while in the penalty shootout Chaidari won by 5–4.

AEK's chance for their fourth participation in the groups of the Champions League passed through the matches with the Scottish Hearts, an opponent that was not easy, but certainly not intimidating either. First match at Murrayfield Stadium, Serra Ferrer showed a super attacking AEK, who missed many chances in the first half. In the replay, Serra Ferrer's team slowed down and Hearts made it 1–0. Finally, the Greek team found the way to the net at the end of the game and in the overtime they made their big comeback. The final score was 1–2 and qualification was very close for the yellow-blacks. In the second leg in Athens in front of over 45,000 people, AEK's superiority was clear again from the start of the match had the full control, missed some chances, but failed to score. With 3 goals towards the end of the game, AEK finally got a very nice qualification with two wins. AEK competed again in Champions League groups after 3 years and were drawn in the 8th group with the eventual winner of the institution, Milan, Lille and Anderlecht. There, AEK with a total of 2 wins, including a home win against the great Milan, 2 draws and 2 losses they finished 3rd and were out of the competition, continuing in the UEFA Cup.

AEK were drawn with Paris Saint-Germain for the round of 32 and their task was certainly not easy at all. First match on February 14 at Olympic Stadium in front of around 30,000 spectators, Ferrer in a rather incomprehensible decision, decided to rest some players. However, Paul Le Guen was doing something similar by leaving some of his key players on the bench. At the end of the first half, Paris opened the score, while in the replay, AEK again conceded a goal at the end of the game. The qualification was already essentially over for AEK, while it was noteworthy that during the match Demis Nikolaidis was strongly disapproved of by a large part of the world for the relaxed attitude shown by AEK in the match. The rematch at the Parc des Princes was more formal than essential and Le Guen decided to start with a line-up with several reserves, while Ferrer on the other hand made a mix-up in the line-up. The French once again scored at the end of each half and won with the same score and the European campaign of the yellow-blacks ended there.

The greatest wins of the season were the 5–0 against AEL, the 4–0 against Panionios and an by 1–2 over Panathinaikos, away from home. The top scorer of the team and of the league was Nikos Liberopoulos with 18 goals. Also 9 goals were scored by Júlio César and 8 goals by Leonidas Kampantais.[2]

Management team[edit]

Position Staff
Manager Spain Lorenzo Serra Ferrer
Assistant manager Spain Pep Segura
Fitness coach Spain Pep Alomar
Technical director Netherlands Eugène Gerards
Director of Football Serbia and Montenegro Ilija Ivić
Academy director North Macedonia Toni Savevski
Academy manager Albania Bledar Kola
Scout Netherlands Eugène Gerards
Head of Medical Greece Lakis Nikolaou
Physiotherapist Greece Christos Karvounidis

Players[edit]

Squad information[edit]

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 13 May 2007, 23:59 UTC+3.

No. Player Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Signed Previous club Transfer fee Contract until
Goalkeepers
22 Dionysis Chiotis (Vice-captain 2) Greece GK (1977-06-04)4 June 1977 (aged 30) 1994 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 2007
28 Stefano Sorrentino Italy GK (1979-03-28)28 March 1979 (aged 28) 2005 Italy Torino €100,000 2009
84 Giannis Arabatzis Greece GK (1984-05-28)28 May 1984 (aged 23) 2002 Greece Makrochori Free 2011
— Antonis Lykouris Greece GK (1986-01-13)13 January 1986 (aged 21) 2006 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 2009
Defenders
4 Vangelis Moras Greece CB / DM / RB (1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 25) 2003 Greece Proodeftiki €260,000 2007
5 Bruno Cirillo Italy CB / RB (1977-03-21)21 March 1977 (aged 30) 2005 Italy Lecce Free 2008
6 Georgios Alexopoulos Greece CB / RB (1977-02-07)7 February 1977 (aged 30) 2005 Greece Egaleo Free 2008
13 Martin Pautasso Argentina RB / RM (1979-05-17)17 May 1979 (aged 28) 2006 Argentina Independiente Free 2010
14 Stavros Tziortziopoulos Greece LB / CB / LM (1978-08-15)15 August 1978 (aged 28) 2004 Greece Panionios Free 2007
15 Sokratis Papastathopoulos Greece CB / RB / LB / DM (1988-06-09)9 June 1988 (aged 19) 2005 Greece Apollon Petalidiou Free 2008
31 Nikolaos Georgeas Greece RB / LB / DM (1976-12-27)27 December 1976 (aged 30) 2001 Greece Kalamata €1,500,000 2008
55 Traianos Dellas (Captain) Greece CB (1976-01-31)31 January 1976 (aged 31) 2005 Italy Roma Free 2007
81 Nikolaos Kourkoulas Greece CB (1989-03-11)11 March 1989 (aged 18) 2006 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 2009
90 Savvas Gentsoglou Greece CB / DM / CM (1990-09-19)19 September 1990 (aged 16) 2006 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 2009
Midfielders
1 Pantelis Kafes Greece CM / DM / AM / RM / LM (1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 29) 2007 Greece Olympiacos Free 2009
7 Ilias Kyriakidis Greece DM / CM / AM (1985-08-05)5 August 1985 (aged 21) 2004 Greece Ionikos €200,000 2009
10 Panagiotis Kone GreeceAlbania AM / RM / LM / RW / LW / CM (1987-07-26)26 July 1987 (aged 19) 2005 France Lens U19 Free 2010
11 Gustavo Manduca Brazil RM / AM / RW / LM / LW / CM / SS / ST (1980-06-08)8 June 1980 (aged 27) 2006 Portugal Benfica Free 2007
16 Akis Zikos Greece DM / CM (1974-06-01)1 June 1974 (aged 33) 2006 France Monaco Free 2008
17 Vladan Ivić Serbia and Montenegro AM / CM / RM / LM (1977-05-07)7 May 1977 (aged 30) 2004 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach Free 2007
19 Panagiotis Lagos Greece LM / LW / LB / CM / DM (1985-07-18)18 July 1985 (aged 21) 2006 Greece Iraklis €900,000 2010
20 Vasilios Pliatsikas Greece DM / CM / RB / CB (1988-04-20)20 April 1988 (aged 19) 2005 Greece Chaidari Free 2010
23 Vasilios Lakis Greece RM / RW / AM / CM (1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 30) 2005 England Crystal Palace Free 2008
25 Emerson Brazil DM / CM (1972-04-12)12 April 1972 (aged 35) 2006 Greece Skoda Xanthi €150,000 2007
56 Përparim Hetemaj FinlandSerbia CM / DM / AM / RM / LM / RW / LW (1986-12-12)12 December 1986 (aged 20) 2006 Finland HJK Helsinki €450,000 2010
70 Guillaume Plessis France DM (1985-01-16)16 January 1985 (aged 22) 2006 France Clermont Foot Free 2007
88 Dániel Tőzsér Hungary AM / CM / DM / LM (1985-05-12)12 May 1985 (aged 22) 2006 Hungary Ferencváros €150,000 2010
92 Georgios Paligeorgos Greece DM / CM (1990-02-09)9 February 1990 (aged 17) 2006 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 2011
Forwards
33 Nikos Liberopoulos (Vice-captain) Greece SS / ST / AM (1975-08-04)4 August 1975 (aged 31) 2003 Greece Panathinaikos Free 2009
35 Pantelis Kapetanos Greece ST / RW (1983-06-08)8 June 1983 (aged 24) 2006 Greece Iraklis €400,000 2011
79 Leonidas Kampantais Greece ST / SS / RW (1982-03-08)8 March 1982 (aged 25) 2004 Greece Aris Free 2007
83 Michalis Pavlis Greece SS / ST / RW / LW (1989-09-22)22 September 1989 (aged 17) 2006 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 2011
99 Júlio César Brazil LW / SS / AM / RW / ST (1980-02-26)26 February 1980 (aged 27) 2005 Portugal Gil Vicente €540,000 2009
Left during Winter Transfer Window
24 Ifeanyi Udeze Nigeria LB / CB (1980-07-21)21 July 1980 (aged 26) 2006 Greece PAOK Free 2009
— Vasilios Vallianos Greece LB (1988-09-11)11 September 1988 (aged 18) 2006 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 2011
8 Miltiadis Sapanis Greece CM / LM / AM (1976-01-28)28 January 1976 (aged 31) 2005 Greece Panathinaikos Free 2008
— Nikolaos Kaltsas Greece DM / CM / AM / RM (1989-06-28)28 June 1989 (aged 18) 2006 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 2011
9 Andrija Delibašić Montenegro ST (1981-04-24)24 April 1981 (aged 26) 2006 Spain Mallorca Free 2007

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Summer[edit]

No. Pos. Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
13 DF Argentina Martin Pautasso Argentina Independiente Transfer Free 5 July 2006 30 June 2010 [3]
15 DF Greece Sokratis Papastathopoulos Greece Niki Volos End of loan — 1 July 2006 30 June 2011
16 MF Greece Akis Zikos France Monaco Transfer Free 14 August 2006 30 June 2008 [4]
19 MF Greece Panagiotis Lagos Greece Iraklis Transfer €900,000 7 July 2006 30 June 2010 [5]
24 DF Nigeria Ifeanyi Udeze Greece PAOK Transfer Free 11 August 2006 30 June 2009 [6]
56 MF Finland Përparim Hetemaj Finland HJK Helsinki Transfer €450,000 15 June 2006 30 June 2010 [7]
70 MF France Guillaume Plessis France Clermont Foot Transfer Free 1 July 2006 30 June 2007
79 FW Greece Leonidas Kampantais Greece Panionios End of loan — 1 July 2006 30 June 2007
81 DF Greece Nikolaos Kourkoulas Greece AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 1 July 2006 30 June 2010
83 FW Greece Michalis Pavlis Greece AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 1 July 2006 30 June 2011
88 MF Hungary Dániel Tőzsér Hungary Ferencváros Transfer €150,000 1 July 2006 30 June 2010
90 DF Greece Savvas Gentsoglou Greece AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 1 July 2006 30 June 2009
92 MF Greece Giorgos Paligeorgos Greece AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 1 July 2006 30 June 2011
— GK Greece Giannis Fysekis Greece Ethnikos Alexandroupoli Transfer Free 25 July 2006 30 June 2011 [8]
— GK Greece Antonis Lykouris Greece AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 1 July 2006 30 June 2009
— DF Greece Panagiotis Stergiatos Greece Doxa Drama End of loan — 1 July 2006 30 June 2008
— DF Greece Vasilios Vallianos Greece AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 1 July 2006 30 June 2011
— MF Greece Nikolaos Kaltsas Greece AEK Athens U20 Promotion — 1 July 2006 30 June 2011
— MF Greece Nikos Pourtoulidis Greece Thrasyvoulos End of loan — 1 July 2006 30 June 2006
— MF Greece Dimitris Karameris Greece Apollon Smyrnis End of loan — 1 July 2006 30 June 2010
— MF Greece Manolis Tsangarogiannakis Greece Agia Paraskevi End of loan — 1 July 2006 30 June 2008
— FW Cyprus Simos Krassas Greece Panionios End of loan — 1 July 2006 30 June 2008

Winter[edit]

No. Pos. Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
1 MF Greece Pantelis Kafes Greece Olympiacos Transfer Free 29 January 2007 30 June 2009 [9]
— DF Greece Dimitrios Koutromanos Greece Thrasyvoulos Loan termination — 1 January 2007 30 June 2011
— MF Cyprus Georgios Tofas Cyprus Enosis Neon Paralimni Transfer Free 1 January 2007 30 June 2010
— FW Greece Aggelos Komvolidis Greece Thrasyvoulos Loan termination — 1 January 2007 30 June 2010

Out[edit]

Summer[edit]

No. Pos. Player To Type Fee Date Source
3 DF Serbia Nikola Malbaša Germany TuS Koblenz Transfer Free 1 July 2006
7 FW Brazil Alessandro Soares Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta End of contract — 1 July 2006 [10]
11 FW Ukraine Oleh Venhlinskyi Ukraine Chornomorets Odesa Contract termination — 29 June 2006 [11]
21 MF Greece Kostas Katsouranis Portugal Benfica Transfer €2,300,000[a] 22 June 2006 [12]
24 DF Greece Christos Kontis Cyprus APOEL Contract termination — 1 July 2006
27 MF Sweden Louay Chanko Sweden Hammarby Contract termination — 19 July 2006 [13]
— MF Greece Nikos Pourtoulidis Greece Asteras Tripolis End of contract — 1 July 2006
— MF Greece Dimitris Karameris Greece Thiva End of contract — 1 July 2006
— FW Cyprus Simos Krassas Greece Apollon Kalamarias Contract termintion — 26 July 2006 [14]

Notes

a. ^ plus 25% of resale fee and the incomes from their scheduled friendly game which came to be €294,390.[15]

Winter[edit]

No. Pos. Player To Type Fee Date Source
8 MF Greece Miltiadis Sapanis Cyprus APOEL Transfer Free 10 January 2007 [16]
9 FW Montenegro Andrija Delibašić Spain Mallorca Loan termintion — 30 January 2007 [17]
24 DF Nigeria Ifeanyi Udeze Nigeria Bendel Insurance Contract termintion — 30 January 2007 [17]

Loan in[edit]

Summer[edit]

No. Pos. Player From Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
9 FW Montenegro Andrija Delibašić Spain Mallorca Free 17 August 2006 30 June 2007 Green tickY [18]
11 MF Brazil Gustavo Manduca Portugal Benfica Free 4 August 2006 30 June 2007 Green tickY [19]

Loan out[edit]

Summer[edit]

No. Pos. Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
9 FW Greece Aggelos Komvolidis Greece Thrasyvoulos Free 17 August 2006 30 June 2007 Red XN [20]
19 DF Greece Dimitrios Koutromanos Greece Thrasyvoulos Free 17 August 2006 30 June 2007 Red XN [20]
28 MF Greece Christos Bourbos Greece Kerkyra Free 17 August 2006 30 June 2007 Red XN [20]
— GK Greece Giannis Fysekis Greece Anagennisi Karditsa Free 1 July 2006 30 June 2007 Red XN
— DF Greece Panagiotis Stergiatos Greece Anagennisi Karditsa Free 1 July 2006 30 June 2008 Red XN
— MF Greece Manolis Tsangarogiannakis Greece Thiva Free 1 July 2006 30 June 2008 Red XN
— MF Greece Panagiotis Zorbas Greece Niki Volos Free 1 July 2006 30 June 2007 Red XN

Winter[edit]

No. Pos. Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
— DF Greece Dimitrios Koutromanos Greece Ethnikos Piraeus Free 1 January 2007 30 June 2007 Red XN
— DF Greece Vasilios Vallianos Greece Anagennisi Karditsa Free 26 December 2007 30 June 2007 Red XN
— MF Greece Nikolaos Kaltsas Greece Anagennisi Karditsa Free 26 December 2007 30 June 2008 Red XN
— MF Cyprus Georgios Tofas Greece Ethnikos Piraeus Free 1 January 2007 30 June 2007 Red XN
— FW Greece Aggelos Komvolidis Greece Ethnikos Piraeus Free 1 January 2007 30 June 2007 Red XN

Contract renewals[edit]

No. Pos. Player Date Former Exp. Date New Exp. Date Source
33 FW Greece Nikos Liberopoulos 19 July 2006 30 June 2006 30 June 2009 [13]

Overall transfer activity[edit]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

11 July 2006 Friendly Grödig Austria 0–5 Greece AEK Athens Flachau
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Sportplatz Flachau
15 July 2006 Friendly Wacker Burghausen Germany 0–4 Greece AEK Athens Flachau
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Sportplatz Flachau
19 July 2006 Friendly Příbram Czech Republic 1–1 Greece AEK Athens Flachau
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Sportplatz Flachau
22 July 2006 Friendly Napoli Italy 0–1 Greece AEK Athens Flachau
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Sportplatz Flachau
1 August 2006 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 3–1 Portugal Benfica Marousi
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 20,183
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Argolida)
3 August 2006 Friendly Chaidari Greece 3–1 Greece AEK Athens Haidari
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Takis Charalambidis Stadium
12 August 2006 Friendly Ionikos Greece 1–1 Greece AEK Athens Nikaia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Neapolis Stadium
3 September 2006 Friendly Niki Volos Greece 2–2 Greece AEK Athens Volos
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium
17 May 2007 Friendly AEK Athens Greece 2–0 Greece Anagennisi Karditsas
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
27 May 2007 Friendly Benfica Portugal 2–1 Greece AEK Athens East Rutherford
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Giants Stadium
Referee: Kevin Stott (USA)

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Super League 19 August 2006 13 May 2007 Matchday 1 2nd 30 18 8 4 60 27 +33 060.00
Greek Cup 9 November 2006 9 November 2006 Round of 32 Round of 32 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00
UEFA Champions League 9 August 2006 6 December 2006 Third qualifying round Group stage 8 4 2 2 11 10 +1 050.00
UEFA Cup 14 February 2007 22 February 2007 Round of 32 Round of 32 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 000.00
Total 41 22 11 8 71 41 +30 053.66

Last updated: 13 May 2007
Source: Competitions

Super League Greece[edit]

Main article: 2006–07 Super League Greece

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 22 5 3 62 23 +39 71 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 AEK Athens 30 18 8 4 60 27 +33 62 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Panathinaikos 30 16 6 8 47 28 +19 54 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Aris 30 11 13 6 32 26 +6 46
5 Panionios 30 12 9 9 33 31 +2 45[a]
Source: Super League Greece
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: PAOK–Panionios 1–1, Panionios–PAOK 3–1.

Results summary[edit]

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 8 4 60 27  +33 62 11 3 1 40 13  +27 7 5 3 20 14  +6

Results by Matchday[edit]

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHA
ResultDDDWLWWWWWWWWDWLWWDDDLWWWWWWDL
Position9910595333333222222222333222222
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2007. Source: slgr.gr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures[edit]

19 August 2006 1 AEK Athens 0–0 PAOK Marousi
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 23,109
Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis (Messinia)
27 August 2006 2 OFI 1–1 AEK Athens Heraklion
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Pankritio Stadium
Attendance: 6,628
Referee: Giannis Tsachilidis (Piraeus)
9 2006 3 Atromitos 1–1 AEK Athens Peristeri
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Attendance: 2,620
Referee: Konstantinos Papastamatis (Athens)
18 September 2006 4 AEK Athens 3–0 Iraklis Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 16,029
Referee: Charalabos Karatzas (Euboea)
23 September 2006 5 Olympiacos 1–0 AEK Athens Piraeus
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 29,101
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
30 September 2006 6 AEK Athens 3–1 Ergotelis Marousi
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 12,992
Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)
23 October 2006 7 Panathinaikos 1–2 AEK Athens Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 33,199
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Argolida)
28 October 2006 8 AEK Athens 1–0 Apollon Kalamarias Marousi
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 14,373
Referee: Romanos Kontogiannidis (Xanthi)
5 November 2006 9 Aris 1–3 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 6,718
Referee: Giannis Tsachilidis (Piraeus)
12 November 2006 10 AEK Athens 5–0 AEL Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 14,929
Referee: Giannis Stavridis (Pieria)
18 November 2006 11 AEK Athens 4–1 Kerkyra Marousi
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 14,706
Referee: Ilias Mazarakos (Arta)
25 November 2006 12 Egaleo 1–2 AEK Athens Egaleo
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium
Attendance: 2,882
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki)
2 December 2006 13 AEK Athens 2–0 Ionikos Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 14,323
Referee: Theodoros Gaitatzis (Drama)
10 December 2006 14 Skoda Xanthi 0–0 AEK Athens Xanthi
16:45 EET (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena
Attendance: 4,967
Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)
17 December 2006 15 AEK Athens 4–0 Panionios Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 14,799
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Argolida)
6 January 2007 16 PAOK 2–0 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 15,686
Referee: Giannis Tsachilidis (Piraeus)
14 January 2007 17 AEK Athens 3–1 OFI Marousi
16:45 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 16,335
Referee: Michalis Germanakos (Athens)
21 January 2007 18 AEK Athens 3–0 Atromitos Marousi
16:45 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 16,335
Referee: Michalis Germanakos (Athens)
28 January 2007 19 Iraklis 1–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 4,105
Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)
4 February 2007 20 AEK Athens 3–3 Olympiacos Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 36,122
Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)
10 February 2007 21 Ergotelis 0–0 AEK Athens Heraklion
16:45 EET (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Pankritio Stadium
Attendance: 5,217
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
18 February 2007 22 AEK Athens 1–4 Panathinaikos Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 19,810
Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)
25 February 2007 23 Apollon Kalamarias 1–2 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
21:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: Giannis Tsachilidis (Piraeus)
3 March 2007 24 AEK Athens 3–1 Aris Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
  • Nascimento 87'
 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 14,688
Referee: Giorgos Daloukas (Thessaly)
11 March 2007 25 AEL 0–1 AEK Athens Larissa
16:45 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Alkazar Stadium
Attendance: 8,210
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki)
18 March 2007 26 Kerkyra 0–1 AEK Athens Corfu
16:45 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)
15 April 2007 27 AEK Athens 5–2 Egaleo Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 14,431
Referee: Konstantinos Papastamatis (Athens)
22 April 2007 28 Ionikos 1–5 AEK Athens Piraeus
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Neapolis Public Stadium
Attendance: 1,184
Referee: Kostas Zanetidis (Dodecanese)
29 April 2007 29 AEK Athens 0–0 Skoda Xanthi Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 15,691
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Argolida)
13 May 2007 30 Panionios 3–1 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 4,686
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki)

Greek Cup[edit]

Main article: 2006–07 Greek Football Cup
9 November 2006 Round of 32 Chaidari 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		 AEK Athens Egaleo
19:00 EET (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kostas Zanetidis (Dodecanese)
Penalties

UEFA Champions League[edit]

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round[edit]

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 28 July 2006.

9 August 2006 First leg Hearts Scotland 1–2 Greece AEK Athens Edinburgh, Scotland
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Murrayfield Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Nikolai Vollquartz (Denmark)
Note: The official report states that the second goal of AEK Athens at the stoppage time was an own goal by Fyssas, but in the highlights of the game it appears clearly that it was a goal by Liberopoulos.[21]
23 August 2006 Second leg AEK Athens Greece 3–0
(5–1 agg.)		 Scotland Hearts Athens, Greece
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 42,925
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

Group stage[edit]

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group H

The draw for the group stage was held on 24 August 2006.[22]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MIL LIL AEK AND
1 Italy Milan 6 3 1 2 8 4 +4 10 Advance to knockout stage — 0–2 3–0 4–1
2 France Lille 6 2 3 1 8 5 +3 9 0–0 — 3–1 2–2
3 Greece AEK Athens 6 2 2 2 6 9 −3 8 Transfer to UEFA Cup 1–0 1–0 — 1–1
4 Belgium Anderlecht 6 0 4 2 7 11 −4 4 0–1 1–1 2–2 —
Source: RSSSF
13 September 2006 1 Milan Italy 3–0 Greece AEK Athens Milan, Italy
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 31,836
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
26 September 2006 2 AEK Athens Greece 1–1 Belgium Anderlecht Athens, Greece
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 38,982
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
17 October 2006 3 Lille France 3–1 Greece AEK Athens Lens, France
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
1 November 2006 4 AEK Athens Greece 1–0 France Lille Athens, Greece
21:45 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 31,148
Referee: Steve Bennett (England)
21 November 2006 5 AEK Athens Greece 1–0 Italy Milan Athens, Greece
21:45 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 56,203
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
6 December 2006 6 Anderlecht Belgium 2–2 Greece AEK Athens Brussels, Belgium
21:45 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

UEFA Cup[edit]

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup

Knockout stage[edit]

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup knockout stage

Round of 32[edit]

14 February 2007 First leg AEK Athens Greece 0–2 France Paris Saint-Germain Athens, Greece
21:45 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 26,120
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
22 February 2007 Second leg Paris Saint-Germain France 2–0
(4–0 agg.)		 Greece AEK Athens Paris, France
21:45 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta (Italy)

Statistics[edit]

Squad statistics[edit]

As of 13 May 2007
No. Pos Player Super League Greek Cup Champions League UEFA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
22 GK Greece Dionysis Chiotis 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
28 GK Italy Stefano Sorrentino 25 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 34 0
84 GK Greece Giannis Arabatzis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— GK Greece Antonis Lykouris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
4 DF Greece Vangelis Moras 15 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 22 0
5 DF Italy Bruno Cirillo 26 0 0 0 8 1 2 0 36 1
6 DF Greece Georgios Alexopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 DF Argentina Martin Pautasso 15 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 19 1
14 DF Greece Stavros Tziortziopoulos 15 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 20 1
15 DF Greece Sokratis Papastathopoulos 14 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 19 0
31 DF Greece Nikolaos Georgeas 12 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 20 0
55 DF Greece Traianos Dellas 15 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 20 1
81 DF Greece Nikolaos Kourkoulas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
90 DF Greece Savvas Gentsoglou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— DF Greece Andreas Chronis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
1 MF Greece Pantelis Kafes 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 1
7 MF Greece Ilias Kyriakidis 7 0 1 0 5 0 2 0 15 0
10 MF Greece Panagiotis Kone 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 1
11 MF Brazil Gustavo Manduca 23 5 0 0 3 0 2 0 28 5
16 MF Greece Akis Zikos 19 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 24 0
17 MF Serbia Vladan Ivić 12 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 17 3
19 MF Greece Panagiotis Lagos 10 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 15 1
20 MF Greece Vasilios Pliatsikas 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
23 MF Greece Vasilios Lakis 21 2 1 0 5 1 1 0 28 3
25 MF Brazil Emerson 17 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 23 0
56 MF Finland Përparim Hetemaj 7 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 12 0
70 MF France Guillaume Plessis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
88 MF Hungary Dániel Tőzsér 23 2 0 0 8 0 2 0 33 2
92 MF Greece Giorgos Paligeorgos 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Forwards
33 FW Greece Nikos Liberopoulos 29 18 1 0 8 3 1 0 39 21
35 FW Greece Pantelis Kapetanos 15 3 1 0 5 1 2 0 23 4
79 FW Greece Leonidas Kampantais 21 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 8
83 FW Greece Michalis Pavlis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
99 FW Brazil Júlio César 28 9 1 0 8 4 2 0 39 13
Left during Winter Transfer Window
24 DF Nigeria Ifeanyi Udeze 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0
— DF Greece Vasilios Vallianos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Greece Miltiadis Sapanis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— MF Greece Nikolaos Kaltsas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Montenegro Andrija Delibašić 10 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 15 1

Goalscorers[edit]

As of 13 May 2007
Rank No. Pos. Player Super League Greek Cup Champions League UEFA Cup Total
1 33 FW Greece Nikos Liberopoulos 18 0 3 0 21
2 99 FW Brazil Júlio César 9 0 4 0 13
3 79 FW Greece Leonidas Kampantais 8 0 0 0 8
4 11 MF Brazil Gustavo Manduca 5 0 0 0 5
5 35 FW Greece Pantelis Kapetanos 3 0 1 0 4
6 23 MF Greece Vasilios Lakis 2 0 1 0 3
17 MF Serbia Vladan Ivić 2 0 1 0 3
8 88 MF Hungary Dániel Tőzsér 2 0 0 0 2
9 55 DF Greece Traianos Dellas 1 0 0 0 1
13 DF Argentina Martin Pautasso 1 0 0 0 1
14 DF Greece Stavros Tziortziopoulos 1 0 0 0 1
1 MF Greece Pantelis Kafes 1 0 0 0 1
19 MF Greece Panagiotis Lagos 1 0 0 0 1
22 MF Greece Panagiotis Kone 1 0 0 0 1
9 FW Montenegro Andrija Delibašić 1 0 0 0 1
5 DF Italy Bruno Cirillo 0 0 1 0 1
Own goals 4 0 0 0 4
Totals 60 0 11 0 71

Hat-tricks[edit]

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player Against Result Date Competition Source
Greece Nikos Liberopoulos Greece Panionios 4–0 (H) 17 December 2006 Super League [23]
Greece Nikos Liberopoulos Greece Egaleo 5–2 (H) 15 April 2007 Super League [24]

Assists[edit]

As of 13 May 2007
Rank No. Pos. Player Super League Greek Cup Champions League UEFA Cup Total
1 99 FW Brazil Júlio César 10 0 0 0 10
2 33 FW Greece Nikos Liberopoulos 6 0 2 0 8
3 23 MF Greece Vasilios Lakis 6 0 0 0 6
88 MF Hungary Dániel Tőzsér 6 0 0 0 6
5 11 MF Brazil Gustavo Manduca 5 0 1 0 5
6 79 FW Greece Leonidas Kampantais 4 0 0 0 4
7 5 DF Italy Bruno Cirillo 2 0 0 0 2
35 FW Greece Pantelis Kapetanos 2 0 0 0 2
9 55 DF Greece Traianos Dellas 1 0 0 0 1
17 MF Serbia Vladan Ivić 1 0 0 0 1
19 MF Greece Panagiotis Lagos 1 0 0 0 1
9 FW Montenegro Andrija Delibašić 1 0 0 0 1
31 DF Greece Nikolaos Georgeas 0 0 1 0 1
56 MF Finland Përparim Hetemaj 0 0 1 0 1
Totals 45 0 5 0 50

Clean sheets[edit]

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 13 May 2007
Rank No. Player Super League Greek Cup Champions League UEFA Cup Total
1 28 Italy Stefano Sorrentino 10 0 2 0 12
2 22 Greece Dionysis Chiotis 2 1 1 0 4
Totals 12 1 3 0 16

Disciplinary record[edit]

As of 13 May 2007
N P Nat. Name Super League Greek Cup Champions League UEFA Cup Total Notes
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
Goalkeepers
22 GK Greece Dionysis Chiotis 1 1
28 GK Italy Stefano Sorrentino 4 4
84 GK Greece Giannis Arabatzis
— GK Greece Antonis Lykouris
Defenders
4 DF Greece Vangelis Moras 2 1 3
5 DF Italy Bruno Cirillo 8 1 2 10 1
6 DF Greece Georgios Alexopoulos
13 DF Argentina Martin Pautasso 1 1
14 DF Greece Stavros Tziortziopoulos 3 1 4
15 DF Greece Sokratis Papastathopoulos 4 1 1 6
31 DF Greece Nikolaos Georgeas 1 2 3
55 DF Greece Traianos Dellas 3 1 4
81 DF Greece Nikolaos Kourkoulas
90 DF Greece Savvas Gentsoglou
— DF Greece Andreas Chronis
Midfielders
1 MF Greece Pantelis Kafes
7 MF Greece Ilias Kyriakidis 1 1 1 2 1
10 MF Greece Panagiotis Kone 1 1
11 MF Brazil Gustavo Manduca 3 3
16 MF Greece Akis Zikos 7 7
17 MF Serbia Vladan Ivić 2 2
19 MF Greece Panagiotis Lagos
20 MF Greece Vasilios Pliatsikas 4 4
23 MF Greece Vasilios Lakis 1 1
25 MF Brazil Emerson 3 1 4
56 MF Finland Përparim Hetemaj 1 1
70 MF France Guillaume Plessis
88 MF Hungary Dániel Tőzsér 4 1 5
92 MF Greece Giorgos Paligeorgos
Forwards
33 FW Greece Nikos Liberopoulos 7 2 9
35 FW Greece Pantelis Kapetanos 1 1 2 1 5
79 FW Greece Leonidas Kampantais 6 1 6 1
83 FW Greece Michalis Pavlis
99 FW Brazil Júlio César 6 3 9
Left during Winter Transfer window
24 DF Nigeria Ifeanyi Udeze 2 1 3
— DF Greece Vasilios Vallianos
8 MF Greece Miltiadis Sapanis
— MF Greece Nikolaos Kaltsas
9 FW Montenegro Andrija Delibašić 1 1

Starting 11[edit]

UEFA rankings[edit]

UEFA team ranking

# Form Previous Country Team Ranking
67 66 France Sochaux 36.706
68 99 England Blackburn Rovers 36.618
69 57 Greece AEK Athens 36.415
70 79 Netherlands Heerenveen 35.995
71 77 Germany Hamburger SV 34.640
— 29 Germany Borussia Dortmund 34.640

UEFA country ranking

# Form Previous Country League Ranking
13 14 Czech Republic 1. Gambrinus Liga 26.825
14 15 Turkey Turkcell Süper Lig 26.641
15 8 Greece Super League Greece 25.497
16 17 Bulgaria A PFG 24.582
17 16 Switzerland Axpo Super League 23.850

Awards[edit]

Player Pos. Award Source
Greece Nikos Liberopoulos FW Super League Top Scorer
Greece Nikos Liberopoulos FW Greek Player of the Season [25]

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External links[edit]

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