2011–12 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens

2011–12 season
Chairman	Andreas Dimitrelos
Manager	Manolo Jiménez (until 5 October) Nikos Kostenoglou
Stadium	Athens Olympic Stadium
Super League	3rd (After play-offs) 5th (Regular season)
Greek Cup	Round of 16
UEFA Europa League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Leonardo (9) All: Leonardo (13)
Highest home attendance	18,611 (vs Olympiacos) (15 October 2011)
Lowest home attendance	3,543 (vs Anderlecht) (1 December 2011)
Average home league attendance	7,399
Biggest win	AEK Athens 3–0 Aris
Biggest defeat	Anderlecht 4–1 AEK Athens PAOK 3–0 AEK Athens
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2011–12 season was the 88th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 53rd consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Super League, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season began on 18 August 2011 and finished on 20 May 2012.

Kits

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): Kino
Features: Diners Club, International Service Oil

Home

Away

Third

Overview

AEK had entered the darkest period of their history and this season the first signs of dissolution began to be clearly visible. The shareholders of the club had withdrawn from the financing and the team was drowning in debt, since it could not meet its financial obligations. The team started the season without particular expectations and in the transfer market the departures of Ignacio Scocco, Ismael Blanco and Papa Bouba Diop stood out, while the international Colombian midfielder, Fabián Vargas and the Icelandic international star, Eiður Guðjohnsen were among the arrivals.

In the Europa League, AEK were drawn with the Georgian Dinamo Tbilisi, with qualification being the only way, since the team's finances were in a very bad state. In the first match at the Olympic Stadium, the yellow-blacks missed several chances, until José Carlos redeemed the team in the last minutes of the match, making the final 1–0. In the replay at the Boris Paichadze National Stadium, AEK entered the match badly and conceded a goal in the first minute, but then recovered and the match eventually went to the extra time. In the first twenty minutes of extra time nothing happened, but in the 110th minute, Guðjohnsen was tackled inside the area and the referee indicated a penalty, where Leonardo converted into a goal, shaping the final 1–1, which gave AEK the qualification. In the group stage, AEK were drawn along with Anderlecht, Lokomotiv Moscow and Sturm Graz and after a teribble run with 5 consecutive defeats, all they managed was to finish third on the tie, with their only victory in an indifferent game in the last matchday.

In the championship, AEK started with some victories, but the heavy defeat at Toumba Stadium made difficult the position of the then expensive for the financial situation of the team, Manolo Jiménez. After the team's victory at Nea Smyrni in the following matchday, and after pressure, Jiménez eventually left, giving away his compensation. In his place, Nikos Kostenoglou returned to take over the team. The team continued their mediocre appearances with the team's game largely dependent on Leonardo's performance. In the Cup, AEK eliminated Kalamata in the Round of 32, but were eliminated by PAOK in the very next round. The end of the regular season found the team in the fifth place, with several hopes of finishing higher in the play-offs. In the play-offs that followed, AEK surprisingly stood decently, losing all away games and winning all home games. Finally, they finished 2nd in the relevant standings, getting a ticket for the Europa league play-off round, but losing the ticket for the Champions League in the last matchday. However the entrance in the UEFA competitions was the least of their problems, as the club was struggling financially and the situation was getting worse year by year.

Management team

Position	Staff
Manager	Nikos Kostenoglou
Assistant manager	Georgios Alexopoulos
Assistant manager	Spyros Toutziarakis
Goalkeepers coach	Kostas Kampolis
Fitness coach	Spyros Toutziarakis
Fitness coach	Dimitris Bouroutzikas
U-20 Manager	Daniel Batista
U-17 Manager	Charis Kopitsis
Director of Football	Arnar Grétarsson
Video Analyst	Spyros Toutziarakis
Academy director	Toni Savevski
Head of Medical	Lakis Nikolaou
General captain	Vasilis Dimitriadis
Head of Scouting	Vasilios Borbokis

Events

• 15 June: Goalkeeper Moschonas signs new 2-year deal.
• 16 June: Forward Liberopoulos signs new 1-year deal.
• 7 July: AEK Athens and Puma sign new 3-year deal.
• 12 July: Defender Dellas signs new 1-year deal.
• 20 July: Youth coach Kola is released from the club.

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 20 May 2012, 23:59 UTC+3.

No.	Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
23	Dimitrios Konstantopoulos		GK	(1978-11-29)29 November 1978 (aged 33)	2011	Kerkyra	€75,000	2013
28	Theodoros Moschonas		GK	(1990-12-03)3 December 1990 (aged 21)	2009	AEK Athens U20	—	2013
99	Giannis Arabatzis		GK	(1984-05-28)28 May 1984 (aged 28)	2002	Makrochori	€22,000	2013
Defenders
2	Giannis Kontoes		CB / RB / LB / DM	(1986-05-24)24 May 1986 (aged 26)	2011	Panionios	Free	2014
3	Elfar Freyr Helgason		CB	(1989-07-27)27 July 1989 (aged 22)	2011	Breiðablik	€100,000	2014
4	Kostas Manolas		CB / RB	(1991-01-14)14 January 1991 (aged 21)	2009	Thrasyvoulos	€50,000	2012
5	Traianos Dellas (Vice-captain 2)		CB	(1976-01-31)31 January 1976 (aged 36)	2010	Anorthosis Famagusta	Free	2012
15	Nikolaos Karabelas		LB / LM	(1984-12-20)20 December 1984 (aged 27)	2009	Aris	Free	2013
16	Anestis Argyriou		RB / CB / DM / RM	(1984-12-20)20 December 1984 (aged 27)	2010	Panthrakikos	€250,000	2014
31	Nikolaos Georgeas (Vice-captain 3)		RB / LB / DM	(1976-12-27)27 December 1976 (aged 35)	2001	Kalamata	€1,500,000	2012
47	Mavroudis Bougaidis		CB / LB	(1993-06-01)1 June 1993 (aged 19)	2011	Aris	Free	2014
66	Nikos Englezou		LB / LM / LW / DM	(1993-07-11)11 July 1993 (aged 18)	2011	AEK Athens U20	—	2014
Midfielders
1	Pantelis Kafes (Captain)		CM / DM / AM / RM / LM	(1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 34)	2007	Olympiacos	Free	2012
7	Roger Guerreiro		AM / CM / LM / LW / SS	(1982-05-25)25 May 1982 (aged 30)	2009	Legia Warsaw	€250,000	2013
10	José Carlos		AM / RM / LM / RW / LW / SS	(1987-07-17)17 July 1987 (aged 24)	2011	Sevilla	Free	2012
13	Antonis Rikka		DM / CM	(1986-03-03)3 March 1986 (aged 26)	2008	Skoda Xanthi	€600,000	2013
14	Grigoris Makos		DM / CM / CB	(1987-01-18)18 January 1987 (aged 25)	2009	Panionios	€860,000	2014
17	Paul Katsetis		AM / CM	(1996-01-19)19 January 1996 (aged 16)	2011	Blacktown City	Free	2014
19	Panagiotis Lagos		LM / LW / LB / CM / DM	(1985-07-18)18 July 1985 (aged 26)	2006	Iraklis	€900,000	2013
21	Fabián Vargas		DM / CM	(1980-04-17)17 April 1980 (aged 32)	2011	Almería	Free	2012
88	Taxiarchis Fountas		AM / SS / ST / RM / LM / CM / RW / LW	(1995-09-04)4 September 1995 (aged 16)	2011	Acheloos Neochoriou	Free	2014
Forwards
8	Steve Leo Beleck		SS / ST / RW / LW / RM / LM	(1993-02-10)10 February 1993 (aged 19)	2011	Udinese	€100,000	2012
9	Leonardo		LW / AM / LM / RW / RM / SS	(1986-09-22)22 September 1986 (aged 25)	2009	Levadiakos	€700,000	2014
11	Dimitris Sialmas		RW / LW / SS / RM / LM / ST	(1986-06-19)19 June 1986 (aged 26)	2011	PAS Giannina	Free	2013
12	Thomas Tsitas		ST	(1991-07-30)30 July 1991 (aged 20)	2011	Iraklis	Free	2014
22	Eiður Guðjohnsen		SS / ST / AM / RW / LW / CM	(1978-09-15)15 September 1978 (aged 33)	2011	Stoke City	Free	2013
33	Nikos Liberopoulos (Vice-captain)		SS / ST / AM	(1975-08-04)4 August 1975 (aged 36)	2010	Eintracht Frankfurt	Free	2012
77	Victor Klonaridis		SS / LW / RW / LM / RM / ST / AM / CM	(1992-07-28)28 July 1992 (aged 19)	2010	AEK Athens U20	—	2012
93	Dimitris Froxylias		LW / AM / LM / RM / CM	(1993-06-28)28 June 1993 (aged 19)	2010	AEK Athens U20	—	2013
Left during Winter Transfer Window
6	Cala		CB / RB / DM	(1989-11-26)26 November 1989 (aged 22)	2011	Sevilla	Free	2012
92	Sokratis Tsoukalas		RB / LB	(1992-07-07)7 July 1992 (aged 19)	2011	Palermo	Free	2014
90	Savvas Gentsoglou		DM / CB / CM	(1990-09-19)19 September 1990 (aged 21)	2006	AEK Athens U20	—	2014
24	Nathan Burns		RW / SS / ST / LW / AM	(1988-05-07)7 May 1988 (aged 24)	2008	Adelaide United	€450,000	2012

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
2	DF	Giannis Kontoes	Panionios	Free transfer	1 August 2011	30 June 2014
3	DF	Elfar Freyr Helgason	Breiðablik	€100,000	13 July 2011	30 June 2014
10	MF	José Carlos	Sevilla	Free transfer	5 July 2011	30 June 2012
11	FW	Dimitrios Sialmas	PAS Giannina	Free transfer	1 July 2011	30 June 2013
12	FW	Thomas Tsitas	Iraklis	Free transfer	9 August 2011	30 June 2014
17	MF	Paul Katsetis	Blacktown City	Free transfer	13 July 2011	30 June 2014
21	MF	Fabián Vargas	Almería	Free transfer	26 August 2011	30 June 2012
22	FW	Eiður Guðjohnsen	Stoke City	Free transfer	19 July 2011	30 June 2013
23	GK	Dimitrios Konstantopoulos	Kerkyra	€75,000	13 July 2011	30 June 2013
47	DF	Mavroudis Bougaidis	Aris	Free transfer	1 July 2011	30 June 2014
66	DF	Nikos Englezou	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	12 July 2011	30 June 2014
88	MF	Taxiarchis Fountas	Acheloos Neochoriou	Free transfer	1 July 2011	30 June 2014
92	DF	Sokratis Tsoukalas	Palermo	Free transfer	5 July 2011	30 June 2014
—	DF	Spyros Matentzidis	Anagennisi Karditsa	Loan return	1 July 2011	30 June 2014
—	DF	Stamatis Kalamiotis	Niki Volos	Loan return	1 July 2011	30 June 2012
—	DF	Valentinos Vlachos	Kavala	Free transfer	1 July 2011	30 June 2015
—	DF	Carlos Araujo	Lanús	Loan return	1 July 2011	30 June 2012
—	MF	Antonis Rikka	Kerkyra	Loan return	1 July 2011	30 June 2013
—	MF	Georgios Paligeorgos	Thrasyvoulos	Loan return	1 July 2011	30 June 2011
—	MF	Xenofon Fetsis	Panathinaikos	Free transfer	30 August 2011	30 June 2013
—	FW	Panagiotis Zorbas	OFI	Loan return	1 July 2011	30 June 2011

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
93	FW	Dimitris Froxylias	Fokikos	Loan termination	31 December 2011	30 June 2013
99	FW	Serxhio Abdurahmani	Niki Volos	Loan termination	13 December 2011	30 June 2013

Out

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
3	DF	Cristian Nasuti	River Plate	Loan return	30 June 2011
6	DF	David Mateos	Real Madrid	Loan return	30 June 2011
8	DF	Sanel Jahić	APOEL	Contract termination	22 June 2011
11	MF	Míchel	Birmingham City	Loan return	30 June 2011
13	DF	Claudio Dadómo	Ergotelis	Free transfer	25 July 2011
18	FW	Ismael Blanco	San Luis	End of contract	1 August 2011
20	FW	Éder	Flamengo	Loan return	30 June 2011
21	MF	Papa Bouba Diop	West Ham	Contract termitation	30 August 2011
23	GK	Sebastián Saja	Racing Club	Contract termitation	3 July 2011
25	MF	Lefteris Intzoglou	Atromitos	End of contract	1 July 2011
26	DF	Dino Drpić	Free agent	End of contract	30 June 2011
27	GK	Milan Lukač	Beograd	End of contract	1 July 2011
32	FW	Ignacio Scocco	Al Ain	€2,800,000	6 June 2011
39	FW	Nabil Baha	Sabadell	End of contract	18 August 2011
92	DF	Michalis Tsamourlidis	Glyfada	Contract termitation	11 August 2011
—	DF	Dimitris Koutromanos	Panetolikos	End of contract	1 July 2011
—	DF	Carlos Araujo	Lanús	Free transfer	1 July 2011
—	MF	Georgios Paligeorgos	Ethnikos Asteras	End of contract	1 July 2011
—	FW	Panagiotis Zorbas	OFI	End of contract	1 July 2011

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
6	DF	Cala	Sevilla	Loan termination[a]	27 January 2012
24	FW	Nathan Burns	Incheon United	Free transfer	25 January 2012
90	MF	Savvas Gentsoglou	Sampdoria	Free transfer	19 January 2012
99	FW	Serxhio Abdurahmani	Fokikos	Contract termination	26 January 2012

Notes

a. ^{^} Sevilla paid €110,000 for the loan termination.

Loan in

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
6	DF	Cala	Sevilla	Free	5 July 2011	30 June 2012	N
8	FW	Steve Leo Beleck	Udinese	€100,000	1 July 2011	30 June 2012	N

Loan out

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
29	FW	Giorgos Nikoltsis	Fokikos	Free	14 October 2011	30 June 2012	N
93	FW	Dimitris Froxylias	Fokikos	Free	14 October 2011	30 June 2012	N
99	FW	Serxhio Abdurahmani	Niki Volos	Free	31 August 2011	30 June 2012	N
—	DF	Spyros Matentzidis	Diagoras	Free	30 August 2011	30 June 2012	N
—	DF	Stamatis Kalamiotis	Thrasyvoulos	Free	31 August 2011	30 June 2012	N
—	DF	Valentinos Vlachos	Thrasyvoulos	Free	31 August 2011	30 June 2012	N
—	MF	Xenofon Fetsis	Glyfada	Free	31 August 2011	30 June 2012	N
—	MF	Joseph Agyriba	Glyfada	Free	31 August 2011	30 June 2012	N

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
92	DF	Sokratis Tsoukalas	Apollon Smyrnis	Free	10 January 2012	30 June 2012	N

Contract renewals

No.	Pos.	Player	Date	Former Exp. Date	New Exp. Date	Source
5	DF	Traianos Dellas	12 July 2011	30 June 2011	30 June 2012
28	GK	Theodoros Moschonas	15 June 2011	30 June 2011	30 June 2013
33	FW	Nikos Liberopoulos	16 June 2011	30 June 2011	30 June 2012
—	MF	Joseph Agyriba	31 August 2011	30 June 2012	30 June 2013

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: €275,000

Winter: €0

Total: €275,000

Income

Summer: €2,800,000

Winter: €0

Total: €2,800,000

Net Totals

Summer: €2,525,000

Winter: €0

Total: €2,525,000

Pre-season and friendlies

Odranci v AEK Athens

21 July 2011 Friendly	Odranci	0–5	AEK Athens	Odranci
17:45 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	José Carlos 32' Nikoltsis 50' Guerreiro 63' Leonardo 68' Kafes 70'	Stadium: ŠRC Odranci Attendance: 250

Baku v AEK Athens

24 July 2011 Friendly	Baku	0–0	AEK Athens	Murska Sobota
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Fazanerija City Stadium

Kardemir Karabükspor v AEK Athens

27 July 2011 Friendly	Kardemir Karabükspor	0–0	AEK Athens	Murska Sobota
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Fazanerija City Stadium Referee: Stefan Sekonja (Slovenia)

Rad v AEK Athens

30 July 2011 Friendly	Rad	1–1	AEK Athens	Toplice
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Stojiljković 20'	Report	Beleck 33' José Carlos  65' Klonaridis  89'	Stadium: Toplice Stadium

Kerkyra v AEK Athens

3 August 2011 Friendly	Kerkyra	0–2	AEK Athens	Corfu
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Manolas 30' Makos 67'	Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)

AEK Athens v Getafe

6 August 2011 Friendly	AEK Athens	0–1	Getafe	Marousi
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Miku 4'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 7,182 Referee: Giorgos Kominis (Thesprotia)

Anorthosis Famagusta v AEK Athens

9 August 2011 Anorthosis tournament	Anorthosis Famagusta	3–0	AEK Athens	Larnaca
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Angelov 7', 20' Michael 80'	Report		Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium

AEL Limassol v AEK Athens

10 August 2011 Anorthosis tournament	AEL Limassol	2–2	AEK Athens	Larnaca
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Henrique 19' Cala 54' (o.g.)	Report	Sialmas 12' Cala 46'	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium

Panachaiki v AEK Athens

31 August 2011 Friendly	Panachaiki	2–0	AEK Athens	Patras
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Foufoulas  37' 47', 88'	Report	Leonardo  54'	Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium Attendance: 7,000

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super League	18 September 2011	22 April 2012	Matchday 1	5th	30	13	9	8	36	30	+6	043.33
Super League Play-offs	2 May 2012	20 May 2012	Matchday 1	3rd	6	3	0	3	7	5	+2	050.00
Greek Cup	22 December 2011	18 January 2012	Round of 32	Round of 16	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	050.00
UEFA Europa League	18 August 2011	14 December 2011	Play-off round	Group stage	8	2	1	5	10	16	−6	025.00
Total					46	19	10	17	54	53	+1	041.30

Last updated: 20 May 2012
Source: Competitions

Super League Greece

Main article: 2011–12 Super League Greece

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	PAOK	30	14	8	8	45	27	+18	50	Qualification for the Play-offs
4	Atromitos	30	13	11	6	32	26	+6	50
5	AEK Athens	30	13	9	8	36	30	+6	48
6	Asteras Tripolis	30	13	6	11	30	34	−4	45	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
7	Levadiakos	30	11	6	13	33	42	−9	39

Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Head-to-head points, 3) Head-to-head goal difference.
If in current league table there are tied teams after applying criteria 1 to 3, they are considered to share places and listed in Greek language alphabetic order.
If in final league table there are still tied teams after applying criteria 1 to 3, a decision match (or matches if they are more than two) are to be played but only in three cases: to determine the champion, to fill spots in the play-off or to determine the teams to be relegated. In any other case, the final standings of tied teams are determined with a public draw
Notes:

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	13	9	8	36	30	+6	48	9	5	1	18	7	+11	4	4	7	18	23	−5

Last updated: 2012-04-22.
Source: Super League Greece

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	D
Position	2	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2012. Source: slgr.gr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures

AEK Athens v Levadiakos

23 November 2011 1	AEK Athens	2–1	Levadiakos	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Liberopoulos  41' Leonardo 42' (pen.), 51' Sialmas  83' Rikka  84'  89'	Report	Viana  41' Tomas  51' Lisgaras  90+1' Vasiliou 90+3'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 3,798 Referee: Giannis Delfakis (Arcadia)
Note: The match was scheduled for 23 November, because it had not yet been decided the teams that would replace Olympiacos Volos and Kavala, after their deletion for the league for match-fixing scandal.

Skoda Xanthi v AEK Athens

21 September 2011 2	Skoda Xanthi	3–4	AEK Athens	Xanthi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Marcelinho 13', 84' Markovski 90+5'	Report	Karabelas  4' Vargas 23',  50' Makos  25' Liberopoulos 38',  72' Guðjohnsen 75',  90' Arabatzis  80' Klonaridis 90+1'	Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 1,991 Referee: Stavros Tritsonis (Athens)

AEK Athens v Ergotelis

18 September 2011 3	AEK Athens	1–0	Ergotelis	Marousi
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Makos 31' Gentsoglou  77' Arabatzis  90+1'	Report	Fragoulakis  25' Chanti  88'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Georgios Kominis (Thesprotia)

PAOK v AEK Athens

25 September 2011 4	PAOK	3–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Vieirinha 16' Krešić  21' Athanasiadis 37',  75' Salpingidis 45+1' Arias  60'	Report	Karabelas  17' Vargas  26' Dellas  37' Cala  44' Makos  88'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 19,235 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)

Panionios v AEK Athens

2 October 2011 5	Panionios	0–1	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Petkakis  90'	Report	Lagos  11' Liberopoulos  30' Manolas 90+2' Makos  90+3'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 3,534 Referee: Giorgos Daskalopoulos (Corinthia)

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

15 October 2011 6	AEK Athens	1–1	Olympiacos	Marousi
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Leonardo 43'	Report	Mirallas 23'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 18,611 Referee: Petros Konstantineas (Messinia)

OFI v AEK Athens

23 October 2011 7	OFI	3–1	AEK Athens	Heraklion
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Mantzios 12', 81' Chumbinho 49'	Report	Beleck 60'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 4,443 Referee: Dimitris Stiliaras (Aetoloacarnania)

AEK Athens v Aris

30 October 2011 8	AEK Athens	3–0	Aris	Marousi
17:15 EET (UTC+2)	Lazaridis 10' (o.g.) Liberopoulos 39' Cala 78'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,379 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)

Panathinaikos v AEK Athens

6 November 2011 9	Panathinaikos	3–2	AEK Athens	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Leto 16', 30' Katsouranis 53'	Report	Beleck 61' Leonardo 89'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 32,929 Referee: Ilias Spathas (Piraeus)

AEK Athens v Asteras Tripolis

19 November 2011 10	AEK Athens	2–0	Asteras Tripolis	Marousi
17:15 EET (UTC+2)	Liberopoulos 13' Leonardo 65'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,019 Referee: Michalis Voskakis (Rethymnο)

Panetolikos v AEK Athens

26 November 2011 11	Panetolikos	0–2	AEK Athens	Agrinio
19:30 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Beleck 21', 90+1'	Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium Attendance: 5,963 Referee: Alexis Aretopoulos (Trikala)

AEK Athens v Kerkyra

4 December 2011 12	AEK Athens	1–0	Kerkyra	Marousi
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Beleck 76'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 7,072 Referee: Apostolos Abarkiolis (Macedonia)

AEK Athens v PAS Giannina

10 December 2011 13	AEK Athens	2–1	PAS Giannina	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	José Carlos 15' Pantos 52' (o.g.)	Report	Kotsios 73'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 12,032 Referee: Thanasis Giachos (Chios)

Atromitos v AEK Athens

18 December 2011 14	Atromitos	1–0	AEK Athens	Peristeri
17:15 EET (UTC+2)	Sfakianakis 58'	Report		Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 2,372 Referee: Ilias Spathas (Piraeus)

AEK Athens v Doxa Drama

3 January 2012 15	AEK Athens	0–0	Doxa Drama	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,582 Referee: Spyros Selimos (Laconia)

Levadiakos v AEK Athens

7 January 2012 16	Levadiakos	0–2	AEK Athens	Livadeia
19:30 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Sialmas 34', 71'	Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 778 Referee: Andreas Pappas (Athens)

AEK Athens v Skoda Xanthi

14 January 2012 17	AEK Athens	1–1	Skoda Xanthi	Marousi
17:15 EET (UTC+2)	Leonardo 45+1' (pen.)	Report	Markovski 29'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,017 Referee: Praxitelis Zachariadis (Macedonia)

Ergotelis v AEK Athens

21 January 2012 18	Ergotelis	1–1	AEK Athens	Heraklion
17:15 EET (UTC+2)	Katsikokeris 74'	Report	Liberopoulos 49'	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Attendance: 853 Referee: Alexis Aretopoulos (Trikala)

AEK Athens v PAOK

29 January 2012 19	AEK Athens	0–2	PAOK	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Georgiadis 16' Athanasiadis 66'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,110 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)

AEK Athens v Panionios

5 February 2012 20	AEK Athens	1–0	Panionios	Marousi
17:15 EET (UTC+2)	Kafes 27'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 4,344 Referee: Dimitris Thanos (Grevena)

Olympiacos v AEK Athens

10 February 2012 21	Olympiacos	2–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
21:00 EET (UTC+2)	Mellberg 5' Mirallas 24'	Report		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 28,057 Referee: Andreas Pappas (Athens)

AEK Athens v OFI

26 February 2012 22	AEK Athens	1–1	OFI	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Liberopoulos 55'	Report	López 66'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Thanasis Giachos (Chios)
Note: The match was originally to be held on 18 February, but because a few number tickets were authenticated by the tax office and in fear of incidents with the fans, its conduction was moved for February 26.

Aris v AEK Athens

3 March 2012 23	Aris	1–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Lazaridis 79'	Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 8,641 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)

AEK Athens v Panathinaikos

11 March 2012 24	AEK Athens	2–0	Panathinaikos	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Leonardo 48' Klonaridis 71'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 14,270 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

Asteras Tripolis v AEK Athens

17 March 2012 25	Asteras Tripolis	1–1	AEK Athens	Tripoli
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Navarro 54'	Report	Leonardo 86'	Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium Attendance: 2,094 Referee: Dimitris Thanos (Grevena)

AEK Athens v Panetolikos

25 March 2012 26	AEK Athens	1−0	Panetolikos	Marousi
17:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Liberopoulos 10'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,376 Referee: Giorgos Daskalopoulos (Corinthia)

Kerkyra v AEK Athens

1 April 2012 27	Kerkyra	2–2	AEK Athens	Corfu
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Osman 14' Tsigas 90+4'	Report	Klonaridis 16' Liberopoulos 37'	Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium Attendance: 1,324 Referee: Giannis Delfakis (Arcadia)

PAS Giannina v AEK Athens

8 April 2012 28	PAS Giannina	2–1	AEK Athens	Ioannina
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Leandro 58' Kyriakos 84'	Report	Vanderson 81' (o.g.)	Stadium: Zosimades Stadium Attendance: 3,730 Referee: Spyros Selimos (Laconia)

AEK Athens v Atromitos

18 April 2012 29	AEK Athens	0–0	Atromitos	Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 4,035 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

Doxa Drama v AEK Athens

22 April 2012 30	Doxa Drama	1–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kyvelidis 57'	Report	Leonardo 70'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 724 Referee: Christos Mitsios (Epirus)

Play-offs

Main article: 2011–12 Super League Greece play-offs

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Panathinaikos	6	3	1	2	5	4	+1	14	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	AEK Athens	6	3	0	3	7	5	+2	9	Ineligible for the 2012–13 European competitions.
4	Atromitos	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
5	PAOK	6	2	1	3	3	6	−3	7	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round

Source: Superleague Greece: Standings and Schedule
Rules for classification: Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) classification of regular season.
Notes:

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
6	3	0	3	7	5	+2	9	3	0	0	7	2	+5	0	0	3	0	3	−3

Last updated: 2012-05-20.
Source: Super League Greece

Results by Matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	L	W	L
Position	5	3	2	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2012. Source: slgr.gr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures

PAOK v AEK Athens

2 May 2012 1	PAOK	1–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nimani  85' Georgiadis 87',  88' Ivić  90+2'	Report	Makos  63' Liberopoulos  80' Kafes  84'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 9,771 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)

AEK Athens v Panathinaikos

7 May 2012 2	AEK Athens	2–0	Panathinaikos	Marousi
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bougaidis  25' Makos 29' Kafes  62' Klonaridis 80' Manolas  90+4'	Report	Toché  12' Simão  45+3'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,018 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)

AEK Athens v Atromitos

10 May 2012 3	AEK Athens	3–2	Atromitos	Marousi
17:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Bougaidis  26' José Carlos 50' Karabelas  51' Liberopoulos 54', 62'	Report	Epstein 20' Fytanidis  38' Thomas  42', 68' Skondras  57' Pitu  85'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,720 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)

Atromitos v AEK Athens

13 May 2012 4	Atromitos	1–0	AEK Athens	Peristeri
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Thomas  44' Iglesias  67' Skondras 75'	Report		Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 1,628 Referee: Dimitris Thanos (Grevena)

AEK Athens v PAOK

16 May 2012 5	AEK Athens	2–0	PAOK	Marousi
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Liberopoulos 33' Vargas  49' Leonardo 85' Kontoes  66'	Report	Apostolopoulos  12' García  21'  65' Fotakis  59'  78'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 8,293 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

Panathinaikos v AEK Athens

20 May 2012 6	Panathinaikos	1–0	AEK Athens	Marousi
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Toché 62' Quincy  65' Mavrias  72' Kanté  82'	Report	Lagos  48' Fountas  64'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 11,260 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)

Greek Cup

Main article: 2011–12 Greek Football Cup

Matches

Kalamata v AEK Athens

22 December 2011 Round of 32	Kalamata	0–1	AEK Athens	Kalamata
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Athanasopoulos  72'	Report	Argyriou  14' Beleck 47' Manolas  59'	Stadium: Kalamata Municipal Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Georgios Daskalopoulos (Corinthia)

PAOK v AEK Athens

18 January 2012 Round of 16	PAOK	2–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Athanasiadis  23', 54' Lino 33' (pen.) Salpingidis  83'	Report	Cala  63' José Carlos  82'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 15,095 Referee: Thanasis Giachos (Chios)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2011.

AEK Athens v Dinamo Tbilisi

18 August 2011 First leg	AEK Athens	1–0	Dinamo Tbilisi	Athens, Greece
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Makos  46' Georgeas  66' Manolas  67' Karabelas  86' José Carlos 87',  87' Kafes  90+1'	Report	Yagüe  8' Xisco  65' Koshkadze  79'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 12,640 Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)

Dinamo Tbilisi v AEK Athens

25 August 2011 Second leg	Dinamo Tbilisi	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–2 agg.)	AEK Athens	Tbilisi, Georgia
20:05 EEST (UTC+3)	Koshkadze 1' Xisco  51' Álvaro  67' Kakubava  75'  110' Kakhelishvili  120'	Report	José Carlos  32' Makos  67'  120' Cala  67' Karabelas  77' Leonardo 111' (pen.) Guðjohnsen  115'	Stadium: Boris Paichadze National Stadium Attendance: 40,486 Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)

Group stage

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group L

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2011.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AND	LM	AEK	SG
1	Anderlecht	6	6	0	0	18	5	+13	18	Advance to knockout phase		—	5–3	4–1	3–0
2	Lokomotiv Moscow	6	4	0	2	14	11	+3	12			0–2	—	3–1	3–1
3	AEK Athens	6	1	0	5	8	15	−7	3			1–2	1–3	—	1–2
4	Sturm Graz	6	1	0	5	5	14	−9	3			0–2	1–2	1–3	—

Source: Soccerway
Notes:

Anderlecht v AEK Athens

15 September 2011 1	Anderlecht	4–1	AEK Athens	Brussels, Belgium
22:05 EEST (UTC+3)	Suárez 16', 40', 84' Juhász  21' Jovanović 33',  77'	Report	Leonardo 36' Vargas  41' Manolas  58'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 11,480 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain)

AEK Athens v Sturm Graz

29 September 2011 2	AEK Athens	1–2	Sturm Graz	Athens, Greece
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Lagos  48' Dellas  49'  Standfest 50' (o.g.) Cala  89'	Report	Bukva  55' Burgstaller 87' Haas  74', 90+2'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 10,074 Referee: Lee Probert (England)

Lokomotiv Moscow v AEK Athens

20 October 2011 3	Lokomotiv Moscow	3–1	AEK Athens	Moscow, Russia
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Sychev 47', 71' (pen.) Ibričić  62' Da Costa  75' Caicedo 90+3'	Report	José Carlos  67' Sialmas 89'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 8,279 Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

AEK Athens v Lokomotiv Moscow

3 November 2011 4	AEK Athens	1–3	Lokomotiv Moscow	Athens, Greece
22:05 EET (UTC+2)	Makos  36' Leonardo 60' (pen.)	Report	Glushakov 50' Shishkin  59' Maicon 72' Ignatyev 80'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 4,042 Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

AEK Athens v Anderlecht

1 December 2011 5	AEK Athens	1–2	Anderlecht	Athens, Greece
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Sialmas 19' Kontoes  59' Leonardo  90'	Report	Gillet 4', 36',  90+2'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 3,543 Referee: Robert Małek (Poland)

Sturm Graz v AEK Athens

14 December 2011 6	Sturm Graz	1–3	AEK Athens	Graz, Austria
22:05 EET (UTC+2)	Kainz  22', 59' Dudić  68' Haas  90+1'	Report	Manolas 10' Burns 43' Cala  68' Klonaridis 77'	Stadium: UPC-Arena Attendance: 13,681 Referee: Alexandru Deaconu (Romania)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 20 May 2012

No.	Pos	Player	Super League		Super League Play-offs		Greek Cup		Europa League		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
23	GK	Dimitrios Konstantopoulos	9	0	6	0	0	0	5	0	20	0
28	GK	Theodoros Moschonas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	GK	Giannis Arabatzis	21	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	27	0
Defenders
2	DF	Giannis Kontoes	23	0	5	0	1	0	5	0	34	0
3	DF	Elfar Freyr Helgason	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
4	DF	Kostas Manolas	24	1	5	0	2	0	7	1	38	2
5	DF	Traianos Dellas	14	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	18	0
15	DF	Nikolaos Karabelas	23	0	4	0	2	0	5	0	34	0
16	DF	Anestis Argyriou	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	0
31	DF	Nikolaos Georgeas	21	0	6	0	2	0	4	0	33	0
47	DF	Mavroudis Bougaidis	5	0	4	0	1	0	2	0	12	0
66	DF	Nikos Englezou	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
Midfielders
1	MF	Pantelis Kafes	20	1	6	0	1	0	3	0	30	1
7	MF	Roger Guerreiro	16	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	22	0
10	MF	José Carlos	23	1	4	1	2	0	6	2	35	4
13	MF	Antonis Rikka	11	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	13	0
14	MF	Grigoris Makos	22	1	6	1	1	0	5	0	34	2
17	MF	Paul Katsetis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Panagiotis Lagos	16	0	3	0	0	0	6	0	25	0
21	MF	Fabián Vargas	20	1	3	0	0	0	4	0	27	1
88	MF	Taxiarchis Fountas	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Forwards
8	FW	Steve Leo Beleck	25	5	2	0	2	1	7	0	36	6
9	FW	Leonardo	26	9	6	1	1	0	7	3	40	13
11	FW	Dimitris Sialmas	20	2	2	0	2	0	5	2	29	4
12	FW	Thomas Tsitas	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
22	FW	Eiður Guðjohnsen	6	1	4	0	0	0	4	0	14	1
33	FW	Nikos Liberopoulos	24	7	6	3	1	0	4	0	35	10
77	FW	Viktor Klonaridis	15	3	4	1	0	0	3	1	22	5
93	FW	Dimitris Froxylias	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Left during Winter Transfer Window
6	DF	Cala	13	1	0	0	2	0	6	0	21	1
92	DF	Sokratis Tsoukalas	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
90	MF	Savvas Gentsoglou	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	8	0
24	FW	Nathan Burns	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	8	1

Goalscorers

As of 20 May 2012

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Super League	Super League Play-offs	Greek Cup	Europa League	Total
1	9	FW	Leonardo	9	1	0	3	13
2	33	FW	Nikos Liberopoulos	7	3	0	0	10
3	8	FW	Steve Leo Beleck	5	0	1	0	6
4	77	FW	Victor Klonaridis	3	1	0	1	5
5	11	FW	Dimitris Sialmas	2	0	0	2	4
	10	MF	José Carlos	1	1	0	2	4
7	14	MF	Grigoris Makos	1	1	0	0	2
	4	DF	Kostas Manolas	1	0	0	1	2
9	6	DF	Cala	1	0	0	0	1
	21	MF	Fabián Vargas	1	0	0	0	1
	1	MF	Pantelis Kafes	1	0	0	0	1
	22	FW	Eiður Guðjohnsen	1	0	0	0	1
	24	FW	Nathan Burns	0	0	0	1	1
Own goals				3	0	0	1	4
Totals				36	7	1	11	55

Assists

As of 20 May 2012

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Super League	Super League Play-offs	Greek Cup	Europa League	Total
1	10	MF	José Carlos	5	0	0	0	5
	9	FW	Leonardo	3	0	0	2	5
	7	MF	Roger Guerreiro	3	0	0	2	5
4	8	FW	Steve Leo Beleck	3	0	0	0	3
5	1	MF	Pantelis Kafes	2	0	0	0	2
	19	MF	Panagiotis Lagos	2	0	0	0	2
	77	FW	Victor Klonaridis	2	0	0	0	2
	33	FW	Nikos Liberopoulos	2	0	0	0	2
	22	FW	Eiður Guðjohnsen	0	1	0	1	2
10	88	MF	Taxiarchis Fountas	1	0	0	0	1
	24	FW	Nathan Burns	0	0	0	1	1
Totals				23	1	0	6	30

Clean sheets

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 20 May 2012

Rank	No.	Player	Super League	Super League Play-offs	Greek Cup	Europa League	Total
1	99	Giannis Arabatzis	7	0	1	0	8
	23	Dimitrios Konstantopoulos	5	2	0	1	8
Totals			12	2	1	1	16

Disciplinary record

As of 20 May 2012

N	P	Nat.	Name	Super League			Super League Play-offs			Greek Cup			Europa League			Total			Notes
Goalkeepers
23	GK		Dimitrios Konstantopoulos
28	GK		Theodoros Moschonas
99	GK		Giannis Arabatzis	4												4
Defenders
2	DF		Giannis Kontoes	4			1						1			6
3	DF		Elfar Freyr Helgason
4	DF		Kostas Manolas	9	1		1			1			3	1		14	2
5	DF		Traianos Dellas	6									2	1		8	1
15	DF		Nikolaos Karabelas	9			1						2			12
16	DF		Anestis Argyriou	1						1						2
31	DF		Nikolaos Georgeas	6									1			7
47	DF		Mavroudis Bougaidis	1			2									3
66	DF		Nikos Englezou
Midfielders
1	MF		Pantelis Kafes	4			2						1			7
7	MF		Roger Guerreiro	1												1
10	MF		José Carlos	2						1			3			6
13	MF		Antonis Rikka	4	1											4	1
14	MF		Grigoris Makos	10	1		1						3		1	14	1	1
17	MF		Paul Katsetis
19	MF		Panagiotis Lagos	5			1						1			7
21	MF		Fabián Vargas	8			1						1			10
88	MF		Taxiarchis Fountas				1									1
Forwards
8	MF		Steve Leo Beleck	2												2
9	FW		Leonardo	6									1			7
11	FW		Dimitris Sialmas	3	1											3	1
12	FW		Thomas Tsitas
22	FW		Eiður Guðjohnsen	2									1			3
33	FW		Nikos Liberopoulos	11			1									12
77	FW		Viktor Klonaridis	2												2
93	FW		Dimitris Froxylias
Left during Winter Transfer window
6	DF		Cala	5						1			3			9
92	DF		Sokratis Tsoukalas
90	MF		Savvas Gentsoglou	1												1
24	FW		Nathan Burns

Starting 11

N.	Formation	Matchday(s)
23	4–2–3–1	1, 5, 7, 10–20, 22, 25, 26, 29
16	4–3–3	8, 9, 21, 23, 24, 27, 28, 30
4	4–4–2	3, 6
3	4–4–2 (D)	2, 4

Arabatzis

Manolas

Kontoes

Georgeas

Karabelas

Kafes (C)

Makos

José Carlos

Beleck

Leonardo

Liberopoulos

Last updated: 2012-05-20

Awards

Player	Pos.	Award	Source
Leonardo	FW	MVP Award (1st Matchday)
Fabián Vargas	MF	Best Goal Award (3rd Matchday)
Dimitrios Sialmas	FW	Best Goal Award (16th Matchday)

External links

• AEK Athens F.C. Official Website
• A.E.K. FC Database