1995–96 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
1995–96 season
Chairman	Michalis Trochanas
Manager	Dušan Bajević
Stadium	Nikos Goumas Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	2nd
Greek Cup	Winners
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Vasilios Tsiartas (26); All: ; Vasilios Tsiartas (32)
Highest home attendance	23,000 vs Borussia Mönchengladbach; (2 November 1995)
Lowest home attendance	828 vs Panegialios; (25 October 1995)
Average home league attendance	10,362
Biggest win	Apollon Athens 1–7 AEK Athens; AEK Athens 6–0 Athinaikos
Biggest defeat	Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–1 AEK Athens
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 season was the 72nd season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 37th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. The season began on 20 August 1995 and finished on 29 May 1996.

Kits

Supplier: Kappa
Sponsor(s): Ethniki Asfalistiki, Filmnet

Home

Away

Overview

In the summer of 1995, the new major shareholder and president of the team was Michalis Trochanas. In collaboration with Dušan Bajević, he maintained the already very good existing roster and strengthened it with Batista, who returned from Olympiacos, Maladenis and Pavlopoulos. AEK had a quality player material and this was largely due to the fact that many players who were already in the team were having one of the best seasons of their careers. Bajević managing to fit all the stars of the roster in the starting eleven, built a team that seemed capable of "destroying" any domestic opponent.

In the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the team after defeating Sion in the first round they were eliminated by Borussia Mönchengladbach in the second round.

AEK played incredible football scoring 87 goals in 34 matches but finished second, behind Panathinaikos, which was much less spectacular, but proved to be slightly more substantial. During the second round, AEK lost much of their self-concentration as a team, due to the Bajević issue. The journalistic information from reports of Olympiacos, who insisted that he had agreed with Sokratis Kokkalis for his move to Olympiacos on the coming summer. Initially those rumors sounded like a joke on the side of AEK, however, the more the Bosnian-Greek coach did not deny them, the greater became the anxiety and insecurity in the club, in which Bajević was then worshiped as a god and the whole story affected the competitive part. At the same time, a big part of the issue was caused by the eccentric announcements of the idiosyncratic Michalis Trochanas, whose behavior in general was later invoked by Bajević for his eventual departure. The victory of Panathinaikos in April at the Olympic Stadium, also played an important role in the outcome of the championship.

The fantastic football that AEK played this season was rewarded by winning the Cup. A conquest that left no room for doubt, since the "yellow-blacks" after qualifying as first in their group, they eliminated with relative ease at knock-out stage Iraklis and both their rivals, Olympiacos and Panathinaikos in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, respcetivelly. In the final AEK scored a record of 7 goals against Apollon Athens, winning by 7–1, despite the dismissal of Batista at the 52nd minute.

In the end, AEK lost the championship, but the football they played during the season remained not only in the history of the club, but of Greek football in general. All the players who usually made up the starting line-up stood out, with Vasilios Tsiartas finishing as the league's top scorer with 26 goals and Kostis, Ketsbaia and Batista also scoring a double-digit number of goals.^[1]

Management team

Position	Staff
Manager	Dušan Bajević
Assistant manager	Petros Ravousis
Fitness coach	Dimitris Bouroutzikas
Head of Medical	Lakis Nikolaou

Players

Squad information

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 29 May 1996, 23:59 UTC+3.

Player	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
Spyros Ikonomopoulos	GK	(1959-07-25)25 July 1959 (aged 36)	1978	AEK Athens U20	—	1997
Ilias Atmatsidis	GK	(1969-04-24)24 April 1969 (aged 27)	1992	Pontioi Veria	Free	1999
Vasilis Karagiannis	GK	(1969-09-27)27 September 1969 (aged 26)	1993	Diagoras	Free	2000
Dionysis Chiotis	GK	(1977-06-04)4 June 1977 (aged 19)	1994	AEK Athens U20	—	2005
Defenders
Stelios Manolas (Captain)	CB / RB	(1961-07-13)13 July 1961 (aged 34)	1979	AEK Athens U20	—	1996
Georgios Koutoulas	CB / LB	(1967-02-09)9 February 1967 (aged 29)	1987	AEK Athens U20	—	1999
Michalis Vlachos	CB / DM	(1967-09-20)20 September 1967 (aged 28)	1993	Olympiacos	Free	1997
Vaios Karagiannis	LB / CB	(1968-06-25)25 June 1968 (aged 28)	1990	A.O. Karditsa	Free	2000
Konstantinos Pavlopoulos	CB	(1968-07-02)2 July 1968 (aged 27)	1995	OFI	Free	1998
Vasilios Borbokis	RB / RM	(1969-02-10)10 February 1969 (aged 27)	1993	Apollon Kalamarias	Free	1997
Charis Kopitsis	RB / RM / LB / LM	(1969-03-05)5 March 1969 (aged 27)	1992	Panionios	Free	1997
Nikos Kostenoglou	CB / RB	(1970-10-03)3 October 1970 (aged 25)	1994	Skoda Xanthi	₯100,000,000	1998
Michalis Kasapis	LB / LM	(1971-08-06)6 August 1971 (aged 24)	1993	Levadiakos	₯50,000,000	1998
Georgios Theodoridis	CB	(1973-07-08)8 July 1973 (aged 22)	1991	Doxa Markochori	₯5,700,000	1997
Midfielders
Toni Savevski (Vice-captain)	CM / LM / DM	(1963-07-14)14 July 1963 (aged 32)	1988	Vardar	₯34,000,000	1996
Refik Šabanadžović	DM / CM / CB / RB	(1965-08-02)2 August 1965 (aged 30)	1991	Red Star Belgrade	₯47,800,000	1996
Temur Ketsbaia	RM / LM / RW / LW / AM / CM	(1968-03-18)18 March 1968 (aged 28)	1994	Anorthosis Famagusta	₯200,000,000	1997
Vasilios Tsiartas	AM / RM / LM / SS	(1972-11-12)12 November 1972 (aged 23)	1992	Naoussa	₯100,000,000	1998
Christos Maladenis	CM / RM / LM / AM / RW / LW / SS	(1974-05-23)23 May 1974 (aged 22)	1995	Skoda Xanthi	₯120,000,000	2000
Giorgos Ananiadis	RM	(1974-10-16)16 October 1974 (aged 21)	1994	AEK Athens U20	—	1997
Giorgos Angelis	AM	(1975-08-18)18 August 1975 (aged 20)	1994	AEK Athens U20	—	1997
Forwards
Dimitris Saravakos	RW / LW / SS / AM	(1961-07-26)26 July 1961 (aged 34)	1994	Panathinaikos	Free	1997
Daniel Batista	ST / SS / AM	(1964-09-09)9 September 1964 (aged 31)	1995	Olympiacos	Free	1998
Vasilis Dimitriadis	ST	(1966-02-01)1 February 1966 (aged 30)	1991	Aris	₯95,000,000	1997
Christos Kostis	SS / ST / AM / RW / LW	(1972-01-15)15 January 1972 (aged 24)	1994	Iraklis	₯450,000,000	1998
Ilias Anastasakos	ST / LW / LM	(1978-03-03)3 March 1978 (aged 18)	1995	A.O. Dafniou	Free	2002
Left during Winter Transfer Window
Stavros Stamatis	DM / CM / CB / RB / LB / AM	(1966-01-31)31 January 1966 (aged 30)	1988	Charavgiakos	₯22,000,000	1995

Transfers

In

Summer

Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
DF	Georgios Theodoridis	Edessaikos	Loan return	1 July 1995	30 June 1997
DF	Konstantinos Pavlopoulos	OFI	Free transfer	1 July 1995	30 June 1998
MF	Stathis Karalagas	Marko	Loan return	1 January 1995	30 June 1997
MF	Christos Maladenis	Skoda Xanthi	₯120,000,000	1 July 1995	30 June 2000	^[2]
FW	Ilias Anastasakos	A.O. Dafniou	Free transfer	1 July 1995	30 June 2002
FW	Daniel Batista	Olympiacos	Free transfer	1 July 1995	30 June 1998	^[2]

Out

Summer

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date
DF	Manolis Papadopoulos	Apollon Athens	End of contract	1 July 1995
DF	Fanouris Chalaris	Fostiras	Free transfer	1 July 1995
DF	Dimitris Konstantelos	Free agent	Contract termination	1 July 1995
DF	Georgios Agorogiannis	Panionios	End of contract	1 July 1995
MF	Stathis Karalagas	Agios Dimitrios	Free transfer	1 July 1995
FW	Samouil Drakopulos	PAS Giannina	End of contract	1 July 1995

Winter

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Stavros Stamatis	Ionikos	Free transfer	31 December 1995

Contract renewals

Pos.	Player	Date	Former Exp. Date	New Exp. Date	Source
DF	Vaios Karagiannis	1 July 1995	30 June 1995	30 June 2000

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: ₯120,000,000

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯0

Income

Summer: ₯0

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯0

Net Totals

Summer: ₯120,000,000

Winter: ₯0

Total: ₯120,000,000

Pre-season and friendlies

17 July 1995 Friendly	Wil	0–2	AEK Athens	Wil
			Dimitriadis 16' Saravakos 17'	Stadium: Sportpark Bergholz
Note: 45-minute match.

17 July 1995 Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	0–2	AEK Athens	Wil
			Batista 17', 27'	Stadium: Sportpark Bergholz
Note: 45-minute match.

22 July 1995 Friendly	Freiburg	1–1	AEK Athens	Freiburg
	Todt 16'		Saravakos 72'	Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion

26 July 1995 Friendly	Bogen	0–3	AEK Athens	Bogen, Germany
			Kostis 20' Dimitriadis 49' Pavlopoulos 75'	Stadium: Stadion Kotaustraße

30 July 1995 Friendly	FC Hard	0–8	AEK Athens	Hard
			Maladenis 29' Tsiartas 30', 37' Batista 64', 82' Ketsbaia 73' Manolas 74' Dimitriadis 76'	Stadium: Waldstadion Hard

2 August 1995 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–1	Partizan	Nea Filadelfeia
	Borbokis 5' Tsiartas 26' (pen.) Pavlopoulos 56'	Report	Tešović 17'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium

4 August 1995 Giorgos Savvidis Testimonial	Omonia	1–2	AEK Athens	Nicosia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Đukanović 68'		Maladenis 78' Kostis 90'	Stadium: GSP Stadium

7 August 1995 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–2	Vasco da Gama	Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kostis 75' Savevski 76' (pen.)	Report	Valdir 13' (pen.), 28'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Referee: Giorgos Spaneas (Athens)

9 August 1995 Friendly	AEK Athens	4–2	Skoda Xanthi	Nea Filadelfeia
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Dimitriadis 5' Ketsbaia 15' Kostis 47' Tsiartas 79'	Report	Panou 42' Vryzas 57'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium

11 August 1995 Christos Ardizoglou Testimonial	AEK Athens	2–1	Apollon Athens	Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Dimitriadis 21', 59'	Report	Barnjak 52'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Sotiris Vorgias (Athens)

2 September 1995 Friendly	AEK Athens	5–0	Aspropyrgos	Nea Filadelfeia
	Dimitriadis (pen.) (pen.) Saravakos Kostis Borbokis			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Alpha Ethniki	27 August 1995	29 May 1996	Matchday 1	2nd	34	25	6	3	87	22	+65	073.53
Greek Cup	20 August 1995	15 May 1996	Group Stage	Winners	13	10	2	1	38	12	+26	076.92
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	14 September 1995	2 November 1995	First round	Second round	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	025.00
Total					51	36	9	6	130	41	+89	070.59

Last updated: 29 May 1996
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Panathinaikos (C)	34	26	5	3	72	22	+50	83	Qualification for Champions League qualifying round
2	AEK Athens	34	25	6	3	87	22	+65	81	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Olympiacos	34	19	8	7	66	34	+32	65	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Iraklis	34	17	7	10	51	39	+12	58	Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
5	OFI	34	17	6	11	57	52	+5	57

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions

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
34	25	6	3	87	22	+65	81	16	1	0	54	6	+48	9	5	3	33	16	+17

Source: Competitive matches

Results by Matchday

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	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W
Position	1	9	5	5	4	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

Fixtures

27 August 1995 1	AEK Athens	3–0	Paniliakos	Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kostis 37' Batista 55' Šabanadžović 64'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Ilias Chatzis (Karditsa)

10 September 1995 2	Aris	2–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Lekbello 24' Toutziaris 76'		Tsiartas 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Aris Stadium Attendance: 14,934 Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)

17 September 1995 3	AEK Athens	5–1	Panachaiki	Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Tsiartas 5', 47' Pavlopoulos 19' Ketsbaia 38' Kostis 77'		Klejch 77'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 11,004 Referee: Vassilios Nikakis (Aetoloacarnania)

24 September 1995 4	Ethnikos Piraeus	0–3	AEK Athens	Piraeus
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)			Šabanadžović 13' Batista 22' Tsiartas 43'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 9,029 Referee: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)

2 October 1995 5	AEK Athens	3–1	Iraklis	Nea Filadelfeia
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Maladenis 14' Tsiartas 36' Savevski 76'		Mirtsekis 34'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 10,872 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

23 February 1997 6	AEK Athens	5–1	Kalamata	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ketsbaia 17' Kostis 37' Dimitriadis 63' (pen.) Šabanadžović 77' Tsiartas 87'		Bellaj 21'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 14,689 Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)

23 October 1995 7	Ionikos	1–4	AEK Athens	Nikaia
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Novokhatsky 2'		Tsiartas 35', 69' Manolas 54' Ketsbaia 56'	Stadium: Neapoli Stadium Attendance: 3,248 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

28 October 1995 8	AEK Athens	1–1	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kostis 87'		Kalantzis 81'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 14,593 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

6 November 1995 9	PAOK	1–3	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Zouboulis 9'		Tsiartas 33' Ketsbaia 45' Kostis 61'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 7,946 Referee: Thanasis Vellios (Xanthi)
Note: The game was initially interrupted for a few minutes at the 65th minute due to objects hitting linesman Pachtitis and at 74th minute was finally interrupted due to the invasion of PAOK fans on the field. At that minute the score was 1–3 for AEK and remained as final score.^[3]

18 November 1995 10	AEK Athens	1–0	Panathinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
19:15 EET (UTC+2)	Kostis 12'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 16,985 Referee: Naoum Mintiouris (Serres)

26 November 1995 11	Apollon Athens	0–3	AEK Athens	Rizoupoli
15:00 EET (UTC+2)			Batista 33' Manolas 53' Ketsbaia 58'	Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 8,185 Referee: Dionysis Stefanopoulos (Piraeus)

3 December 1995 12	AEK Athens	4–0	OFI	Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ketsbaia 9' Tsiartas 35' Kostis 54' Saravakos 80'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 9,443 Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Chalkidiki)

9 December 1995 13	Edessaikos	2–5	AEK Athens	Edessa
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kotsifas 15' Čolaković 90'		Ketsbaia 6' Batista 36', 63', 66' Kostis 70'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Edessa Attendance: 2,422 Referee: Thanasis Zachariadis (Thessaloniki)

17 December 1995 14	AEL	1–0	AEK Athens	Larissa
	Papadopoulos 18'			Stadium: Alcazar Stadium Attendance: 5,968 Referee: Lazaros Papadopoulos (Thessaloniki)

7 January 1996 15	AEK Athens	2–1	Skoda Xanthi	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kostis 15' Tsiartas 85'		Nečas 45'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 11,435 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

13 January 1996 16	Athinaikos	0–1	AEK Athens	Vyronas
15:00 EET (UTC+2)			Tsiartas 42'	Stadium: Vyronas National Stadium Attendance: 3,202 Referee: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)

21 January 1996 17	AEK Athens	2–0	Panionios	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Manolas 11' Tsiartas 64'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 6,071 Referee: Dimitris Begos (Argolida)

27 January 1996 18	Paniliakos	0–2	AEK Athens	Pyrgos
15:00 EET (UTC+2)			Savevski 59' Lygnos 79' (o.g.)	Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium Attendance: 5,691 Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Chalkidiki)

4 February 1996 19	AEK Athens	4–0	Aris	Nea Filadelfeia
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Tsiartas 26', 68', 73' Kostis 48'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 9,981 Referee: Dionysis Stefanopoulos (Piraeus)

11 February 1996 20	Panachaiki	1–1	AEK Athens	Patras
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Mikes 34'		Borbokis 12'	Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium Referee: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)

18 February 1996 21	AEK Athens	3–1	Ethnikos Piraeus	Nea Filadelfeia
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Tsiartas 50' Ketsbaia 79', 83'		Niniadis 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Referee: Thanasis Zachariadis (Thessaloniki)

25 February 1996 22	Iraklis	1–3	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Kostis 46'		Batista 43' Kostis 69' Ketsbaia 79'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)

3 March 1996 23	Kalamata	2–2	AEK Athens	Kalamata
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Johnson 30' Bellaj 90'		Ketsbaia 43', 62'	Stadium: Messiniakos Stadium Attendance: 7,899 Referee: Michalis Kalathenos (Dodecanese)

10 March 1996 24	AEK Athens	6–0	Ionikos	Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Batista 51', 60' Tsiartas 56' (pen.), 63', 90' Kostis 72'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Referee: Giannis Latsios (Larissa)

17 March 1996 25	Olympiacos	1–1	AEK Athens	Piraeus
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Karapialis 56'		Tsiartas 15'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 16,246 Referee: Argyris Papachintzios (Thessaloniki)

23 March 1996 26	AEK Athens	4–0	PAOK	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Tsiartas 24' (pen.), 62' Kostis 27', 65'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)

10 April 1996 27	Panathinaikos	1–0	AEK Athens	Marousi
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Borrelli 79'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Dionysis Stefanopoulos (Piraeus)
Note: The game was originally to take place on 1 April, but Panathinaikos requested its postponement because of the match against Ajax for the UEFA Champions League.

7 April 1996 28	AEK Athens	1–0	Apollon Athens	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kostis 2'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 10,815 Referee: Georgios Psychomanis (Athens)

28 April 1996 29	OFI	1–1	AEK Athens	Heraklion
19:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Kiassos 66'		Ketsbaia 14'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 8,293 Referee: Argyris Papachintzios (Thessaloniki)

5 May 1996 30	AEK Athens	3–0	Edessaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
19:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Borbokis 34' Ketsbaia 67' Batista 74'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 7,692 Referee: Argyris Papachintzios (Thessaloniki)

12 May 1996 31	AEK Athens	1–0	AEL	Nea Filadelfeia
	Kostis 8'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 6,300 Referee: Thanasis Zachariadis (Thessaloniki)

19 May 1996 32	Skoda Xanthi	1–1	AEK Athens	Xanthi
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Vryzas 5'		Kostis 15'	Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium Attendance: 5,985 Referee: Vangelis Pouflis (Pella)

26 May 1996 33	AEK Athens	6–0	Athinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kostis 19' Zotalis 30' (o.g.) Kopitsis 40' Tsiartas 55' (pen.), 57', 68'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 3,451 Referee: Argyris Papachintzios (Thessaloniki)

29 May 1996 34	Panionios	1–2	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Sapountzis 14'		Kostis 27' Giannakouris 44' (o.g.)	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 1,855 Referee: Tasos Vlachos (Athens)

Greek Cup

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PAO	AEK	PAN	OLY	ALM
1	Panathinaikos	4	4	0	0	10	2	+8	12	Round of 32		3–1	2–0	—	—
2	AEK Athens	4	3	0	1	13	6	+7	9	Round of 32	—		4–1	—	6–2
3	Panegialios	4	2	0	2	7	8	−1	6		—	—		3–0	3–2
4	Olympiacos Volos	4	0	1	3	3	9	−6	1		0–1	0–2	—		—
5	Almopos Aridea	4	0	1	3	9	16	−7	1		1–4	—	3–3	—

Source: epo.gr

Matches

20 August 1995 1	AEK Athens	6–2	Almopos Aridea	Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kostis 16', 52' Batista 24' Ketsbaia 54' Dimitriadis 63' Tsiartas 82'		Spasić 28', 79'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)

5 October 1995 2	Olympiacos Volos	0–2	AEK Athens	Lamia
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Panopoulos Kotoulas Mandalos Filitsopoulos		Dimitriadis 47' Šabanadžović 50'	Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 3,523 Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Chalkidiki)

25 October 1995 3	AEK Athens	4–1	Panegialios	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Saravakos 34', 49' Kostis 57' Borbokis 74'		Zavogiannis Karanikolas 39'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 828 Referee: Dimitris Begos (Argolida)

9 November 1995 4	Panathinaikos	3–1	AEK Athens	Marousi
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Christodoulou 12' Alexoudis 27' Georgiadis 29'		Kopitsis Maladenis Saravakos 41'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 1,662 Referee: Giorgos Giannopoulos (Athens)

Round of 32

29 November 1995 First leg	AEK Athens	1–0	Iraklis	Nea Filadelfeia
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	Ketsbaia 37' Manolas 65' Saravakos 81' Maladenis 89'		Pavlović 12' S. Borbokis 20' Christodoulou 41' Mirtsekis 72' Talikriadis 85' Papadopoulos 86' Pantelić 87'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 3,701 Referee: Michalis Kalathenos (Dodecanese)

20 December 1995 Second leg	Iraklis	0–2 (0–3 agg.)	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
18:00 EET (UTC+2)			Šabanadžović Kostis 33' Tsiartas 65',	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 3,817 Referee: Christos Sotiropoulos (Piraeus)

Round of 16

3 January 1996 First leg	Olympiacos	1–3	AEK Athens	Marousi
18:15 EET (UTC+2)	Kremenliev 13' Ivić 64' (pen.), 89' Kalantzis 80'	Report (page 1)	Manolas 19' 53' Batista 21', 47' Kostis 27' Kostenoglou 59' 74'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 24,585 Referee: Thanasis Vellios (Xanthi)

17 January 1996 Second leg	AEK Athens	1–1 (4–2 agg.)	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
18:15 EET (UTC+2)	Vlachos 60' Tsiartas 72' (pen.)	Report (page 1)	Alexandris 11' Ivić 37' Skartados 76'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 7,234 Referee: Michalis Kalathenos (Dodecanese)

Quarter-finals

31 January 1996 First leg	AEK Athens	3–1	Panathinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kalitzakis 28' (o.g.) Kostis 54' Ketsbaia 78'	Report (page 3)	Alexoudis 89' Christodoulou 90'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 14,253 Referee: Georgios Psychomanis (Athens)

14 February 1996 Second leg	Panathinaikos	2–2 (3–5 agg.)	AEK Athens	Marousi
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Warzycha 16', 20'	Report (page 3)	Ketsbaia 2' Batista 6', 34' Manolas 23' Vlachos 83' Kasapis 85'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 29,862 Referee: Thanasis Vellios (Xanthi)

Semi-finals

28 February 1996 First leg	AEK Athens	5–0	Athinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Manolas Batista 19', 40', 90' Kopitsis 24' Kostis 73'	Report (page 4)	Anastasiou	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Michalis Kalathenos (Dodecanese)

13 March 1996 Second leg	Athinaikos	0–1 (0–6 agg.)	AEK Athens	Vyronas
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Anastasiou 8'	Report (page 4)	Kasapis 21' Kostenoglou 88'	Stadium: Vyronas National Stadium Attendance: 545 Referee: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)

Final

15 May 1996 Final	Apollon Athens	1–7	AEK Athens	Marousi
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Erak 25' Kefalas 76' Barnjak 78'	Report (page 5)	Vlachos 2' Kasapis 3' Borbokis 9' Batista 11', 34', 53' Tsiartas 22', 48' (pen.), 76' Manolas 30' Ketsbaia 60' Kostis 89'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 31,563 Referee: Christos Sotiropoulos (Piraeus)

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

First round

14 September 1995 First leg	AEK Athens	2–0	Sion	Athens, Greece
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Vlachos 36', 45' Borbokis 70' Manolas 73'	Report	Mirandinha 48' Quentin 61'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 20,740 Referee: Frans van den Wijngaert (Belgium)

28 September 1995 Second leg	Sion	2–2 (2–4 agg.)	AEK Athens	Sion, Switzerland
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Bonvin 20' Quentin 58' Giallanza 84' Lehmann 87'	Report	Atmatsidis 56' Manolas 57' Ketsbaia 82' Batista 87'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 6,900 Referee: Loris Stafoggia (Italy)

Second round

19 October 1995 First leg	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–1	AEK Athens	Mönchengladbach, Germany
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Frontzeck 20' Dahlin 50', 90' Pflipsen 55' Wynhoff 66'	Report	Kostenoglou 49' Maladenis 78' Šabanadžović 79'	Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 21,200 Referee: Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)

2 November 1995 Second leg	AEK Athens	0–1 (1–5 agg.)	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Athens, Greece
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Vlachos 25'	Report	Effenberg 62', 70'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 29 May 1996

No.	Pos	Player	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		Cup Winners' Cup		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
—	GK	Spyros Ikonomopoulos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	GK	Ilias Atmatsidis	30	0	11	0	4	0	45	0
—	GK	Vasilis Karagiannis	4	0	3	0	0	0	7	0
—	GK	Dionysis Chiotis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
—	DF	Stelios Manolas	22	3	9	0	3	0	34	3
—	DF	Georgios Koutoulas	4	0	5	0	1	0	10	0
—	DF	Michalis Vlachos	23	0	9	0	4	1	36	1
—	DF	Vaios Karagiannis	14	0	6	0	0	0	20	0
—	DF	Konstantinos Pavlopoulos	15	1	6	0	0	0	21	1
—	DF	Vasilios Borbokis	24	2	10	1	4	1	38	4
—	DF	Charis Kopitsis	19	1	10	1	4	0	33	2
—	DF	Nikos Kostenoglou	28	0	8	1	3	0	39	1
—	DF	Michalis Kasapis	28	0	11	0	4	0	43	0
—	DF	Georgios Theodoridis	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
—	MF	Toni Savevski	31	2	11	0	4	0	46	2
—	MF	Refik Šabanadžović	28	3	9	1	3	0	40	4
—	MF	Temur Ketsbaia	31	14	12	4	4	1	47	19
—	MF	Vasilios Tsiartas	33	26	10	6	4	0	47	32
—	MF	Christos Maladenis	28	1	9	0	4	1	41	2
—	MF	Giorgos Ananiadis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	MF	Giorgos Angelis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
—	FW	Dimitris Saravakos	17	1	7	4	3	0	27	5
—	FW	Daniel Batista	27	10	10	9	3	1	40	20
—	FW	Vasilis Dimitriadis	21	1	8	2	2	0	31	3
—	FW	Christos Kostis	34	19	13	8	2	0	49	27
—	FW	Ilias Anastasakos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Left during Winter Transfer Window
—	MF	Stavros Stamatis	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0

Goalscorers

As of 29 May 1996

Rank	Pos.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	Cup Winners' Cup	Total
1	MF	Vasilios Tsiartas	26	6	0	32
2	FW	Christos Kostis	19	8	0	27
3	FW	Daniel Batista	10	9	1	20
4	ΜF	Temur Ketsbaia	14	4	1	19
5	FW	Dimitris Saravakos	1	4	0	5
6	MF	Refik Šabanadžović	3	1	0	4
6	DF	Vasilios Borbokis	2	1	1	4
8	DF	Stelios Manolas	3	0	0	3
8	FW	Vasilis Dimitriadis	1	2	0	3
10	MF	Toni Savevski	2	0	0	2
	DF	Charis Kopitsis	1	1	0	2
	MF	Christos Maladenis	1	0	1	2
13	DF	Konstantinos Pavlopoulos	1	0	0	1
	DF	Nikos Kostenoglou	0	1	0	1
	DF	Michalis Vlachos	0	0	1	1
Own goals			3	1	0	4
Totals			87	38	5	130

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Source
Daniel Batista	Edessaikos	5–2 (A)	9 December 1995	Alpha Ethniki	^[4]
Vasilios Tsiartas	Aris	4–0 (H)	4 February 1996	Alpha Ethniki	^[5]
Daniel Batista	Athinaikos	5–0 (H)	28 February 1996	Greek Cup	^[6]
Vasilios Tsiartas	Ionikos	6–0 (H)	10 March 1996	Alpha Ethniki	^[7]
Vasilios Tsiartas	Apollon Athens	7–1 (A)	15 May 1996	Greek Cup	^[8]
Vasilios Tsiartas	Athinaikos	6–0 (H)	26 May 1996	Alpha Ethniki	^[9]

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by competition order when total clean sheets are equal 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 29 May 1996

Rank	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	Cup Winners' Cup	Total
1	Ilias Atmatsidis	14	4	1	19
2	Vasilis Karagiannis	1	1	0	2
Totals		15	5	1	21

Disciplinary record

As of 29 May 1996

N	P	Nat.	Name										Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Alpha Ethniki			Greek Cup		Cup Winners' Cup	Total			Notes
Goalkeepers
—	GK		Spyros Ikonomopoulos
—	GK		Ilias Atmatsidis	2					1	3
—	GK		Vasilis Karagiannis	1						1
—	GK		Dionysis Chiotis
Defenders
—	DF		Stelios Manolas	5		1	4	1	2	11	1	1
—	DF		Georgios Koutoulas
—	DF		Michalis Vlachos	4			3		2	9
—	DF		Vaios Karagiannis	1						1
—	DF		Konstantinos Pavlopoulos	3						3
—	DF		Vasilios Borbokis	6			1			7
—	DF		Charis Kopitsis	2			1			3
—	DF		Nikos Kostenoglou	4	1		1	1	1	6	2
—	DF		Michalis Kasapis	4	1		2			6	1
—	DF		Georgios Theodoridis
Midfielders
—	MF		Toni Savevski	2						2
—	MF		Refik Šabanadžović	4			1		1	6
—	MF		Temur Ketsbaia	4	1		1			5	1
—	MF		Vasilios Tsiartas	1			1			2
—	MF		Christos Maladenis	2			2			4
—	MF		Giorgos Ananiadis
—	MF		Giorgos Angelis
Forwards
—	FW		Dimitris Saravakos
—	FW		Daniel Batista	3			1			4
—	FW		Vasilis Dimitriadis	1						1
—	FW		Christos Kostis	2						2
—	FW		Ilias Anastasakos
Left during Winter Transfer window
—	MF		Stavros Stamatis

Starting 11

N.	Formation	Matchday(s)
44	4–2–1–3	1, 2, 6–33
7	3–5–2	3–5, 34

Nat.	Player	Pos.
	Ilias Atmatsidis	GK
	Stelios Manolas (C)	RCB
	Nikos Kostenoglou	LCB
	Vasilios Borbokis	RB
	Michalis Kasapis	LB
	Refik Šabanadžović	DM
	Toni Savevski	CM
	Temur Ketsbaia	AM
	Vasilios Tsiartas	RW
	Christos Kostis	LW
	Daniel Batista	CF

Atmatsidis

Manolas (C)

Kostenoglou

Borbokis

Kasapis

Šabanadžović

Savevski

Tsiartas

Kostis

Ketsbaia

Batista

Last updated: 1996-05-29

Awards

Player	Pos.	Award	Source
Vasilios Tsiartas	MF	Alpha Ethiniki Top Scorer
Demis Nikolaidis	FW	Greek Cup Top Scorer
Vasilios Tsiartas	MF	Greek Player of the Season (shared)	^[10]
Temur Ketsbaia	MF	Foreign Player of the Season	^[10]
Dušan Bajević	—	Manager of the Season	^[10]

References

^ "Περίοδος 1995-1996". aekpedia.com (in Greek). 22 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Μαλαδενης-Μπατιστα μεταγραφες ΑΕΚ 1995". youtube.com. 21 April 2011.
^ "6/11/1995 ΠΑΟΚ - ΑΕΚ 1-3". aektoday.com.
^ "09.12.1995 EDESSAIKOS - A.E.K. 2-5" – via Youtube.
^ "ΑΕΚ-ΑΡΗΣ 4-0 1995-96" – via Youtube.
^ "Κύπελλο 1996-1999" (PDF). aek365.org (in Greek). Online.
^ "Τα έξι γκολ της ΑΕΚ σε ένα ημίχρονο". aek365.org (in Greek). Online. 10 March 2023.
^ "ΑΕΚ-Απόλλων Αθηνών 7-1". sport-retro.gr (in Greek). Online.
^ "Οταν ο Τσιάρτας σταμάτησε στα 26 γκολ". aek365.org (in Greek). Online. 26 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Kathimerini Page 15" (PDF) (in Greek). Kathimerini. 31 December 1996. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2012.

External links

[1] "Περίοδος 1995-1996". aekpedia.com (in Greek). 22 May 2015.

[MalAEK-2] "Μαλαδενης-Μπατιστα μεταγραφες ΑΕΚ 1995". youtube.com. 21 April 2011.

[3] "6/11/1995 ΠΑΟΚ - ΑΕΚ 1-3". aektoday.com.

[4] "09.12.1995 EDESSAIKOS - A.E.K. 2-5" – via Youtube.

[5] "ΑΕΚ-ΑΡΗΣ 4-0 1995-96" – via Youtube.

[6] "Κύπελλο 1996-1999" (PDF). aek365.org (in Greek). Online.

[7] "Τα έξι γκολ της ΑΕΚ σε ένα ημίχρονο". aek365.org (in Greek). Online. 10 March 2023.

[8] "ΑΕΚ-Απόλλων Αθηνών 7-1". sport-retro.gr (in Greek). Online.

[9] "Οταν ο Τσιάρτας σταμάτησε στα 26 γκολ". aek365.org (in Greek). Online. 26 May 2022.

[PSAP-10] "Kathimerini Page 15" (PDF) (in Greek). Kathimerini. 31 December 1996. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2012.

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