2016–17 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens

2016–17 season
Chairman	Evangelos Aslanidis
Manager	Temur Ketsbaia (until 18 October) Jose Morais (until 18 January) Manolo Jiménez
Stadium	Athens Olympic Stadium
Super League	2nd (After play-offs) 4th (Regular Season)
Greek Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Tomáš Pekhart (9) All: Tomáš Pekhart (12)
Highest home attendance	33,512 (vs Olympiacos) (26 April 2017)
Lowest home attendance	2,500 (vs Kerkyra) (25 October 2016)
Average home league attendance	8,547
Biggest win	AEK Athens 6–0 Veria AEK Athens 6–0 Levadiakos
Biggest defeat	Olympiacos 3–0 AEK Athens
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2016–17 season was the 93rd season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 56th competitive season and second consecutive in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Super League, the Greek Cup and the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. The season began on 28 July 2016 and finished on 31 May 2017.

Kits

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): Pame stoixima
Features: LG Corp

Home

Away

Third

Overview

In the summer of 2016, AEK after searching for a new coach they ended up with their former player, Temur Ketsbaia.^[1] The team made some great additions, such as the former Barcelona defender, Dmytro Chyhrynskyi, the former English international defender, Joleon Lescott, Patito Rodriguez and the international Portuguese striker, Hugo Almeida, while from the Greek market they were strengthened with the talented Vasilis Barkas and Anastasios Bakasetas. In the departures, those of Arzo, Cordero, Buonanotte and Djebbour stood out, while after the end of the European games Barbosa departed as well and was immediately replaced by the Greek international, Lazaros Christodoulopoulos.

Winning the cup the previous season brought AEK back to European competitions and the third qualifying round of the Europa League, where they were unlucky to be drawn with French side Saint-Etienne. In the first leg at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, AEK fought the game to a 0–0 draw, while in the second leg at the Olympic Stadium, they conceded an early goal and they were eliminated, unable to do anything, since the French kept the score until the end by playing defensively.

AEK started the league well, but their defensive playing style, resulted in facing difficulties in scoring goals and dropped points in easy games. A 3–0 away defeat by Olympiacos, eventually led in the termination of the contract of Ketsbaia.^[2] In the attempt to find a manager with an offensive philosophy, the management proceeded in hiring the Portuguese José Morais, the former assistant of José Mourinho in several clubs, but without much experience as a head coach.^[3] With Morais on the bench, the team presented themselves trying to play offensively, leaving their defense open and conceded goals with ease, not being able to impose themselves on their opponents. Thus, AEK were left far behind in the league, bringing bad results and Morais not being able to manage the situation, resigned from the team's bench in January.^[4] The removal of the Portuguese coach resulted in the return of Manolo Jimenez, who had won the 2011 cup with AEK.^[5] With the club having already signed Astrit Ajdarevic and the Bosnian international defender Ognjen Vranjes, who came in to replace Lescott, who was released after disagreements with management over his treatment from an injury, were also strengthened with Vinicius Freitas and most importrantly with the loan of the great Argentinian striker, Sergio Araujo from Las Palmas. Under Jimenez, AEK managed to cover the lost ground, finishing the championship at the fourth place, with only 1 defeat in 3 months and thus advanced to the play-offs.^[6]

In the cup, AEK after being the first to pass their group with their opponents Kerkyra, Anagennisi Karditsa and Lamia, easily eliminated Levadiakos for the round of 16 and then Platanias to advance to the semi-finals. There they met Olympiacos and in the first match at Karaiskakis Stadium they got a big win with 1–2. In the rematch at the Olympic Stadium, AEK having a qualifying score controlled the game, but a mistake by Mantalos in the midfield brought the ball into the possession of Romao who scored from an advantageous position. From there the game took off with the red and whites pressing in an episodic match that ended with Almeida playing as the goalkeeper in stoppage time, after the suspension of Anestis and AEK taking a very stressful qualification. AEK were in the final for a second consecutive season, where they faced PAOK, who didn't want the final to be held at the Olympic Stadium and made an issue of the venue of the final.^[7] In the end, a solution was found with the final taking place at Panthessaliko Stadium,^[8] which was turned into a construction site in order to ensure security measures,^[9] which however proved ineffective, as violent incidents between the ultras of the two clubs took place inside and outside the stadium.^[10] In the match, AEK, who faced a hostile referee, were left behind in the score, but managed to equalize immediately and towards the end of the match, PAOK regained their lead from an obvious offside position and made the final 2–1,^[11] claiming their first title after 14 years.^[12]

In the play-offs, AEK initially took their revenge for the lost cup final by winning 0–1 at Toumba Stadium and after an impressive run managed to take the first place in the relevant standings that led to the Champions League, with a win in the final matchday and thus finishing second in the league.^[13]

Management team

Position	Staff
Manager	Manolo Jiménez
Assistant manager	Jesús Calderón Malagón
Goalkeepers coach	Kostas Kampolis
Conditioning coach	Panagiotis Voulgaris
Fitness coach	Sebastián López Bascón
U-20 Coach	Nikos Panagiotaras
U-17 Coach	Ivan Nedeljković
Video Analyst	Giannis Antonopoulos
General captain	Vasilis Dimitriadis
Executive director	Dušan Bajević
Technical director	Daniel Majstorović
Chairman of the Board	Minas Lysandrou
Head of Scouting	Michalis Kasapis
Scout	Dimitrios Barbalias
Head of Medical	Lakis Nikolaou
Academy manager	Nikolaos Georgeas

Events

• 29 May 2016 Before 2015–16 Super League Greece the campaign was over, Anastasios Bakasetas agreed to a 3-year contract with AEK Athens which was made effective on 1 July.
• 5 June 2016 Former AEK Athens player, Temur Ketsbaia reached an agreement to be the new coach of the team.
• 11 June 2016 AEK signs goalkeeper Vasilis Barkas from Atromitos for 3 years.
• 11 June 2016 Experienced defender Dmytro Chyhrynskyi joins AEK from Dnipro for 2 years.
• 1 July 2016 Rafik Djebbour, Macauley Chrisantus and Fotis Karagiolidis are released from AEK.
• 6 July 2016 Aristidis Soiledis joins Omonia from AEK.
• 8 July 2016 Juan Díaz joins AEK from Racing for 2 years.
• 18 July 2016 International striker Hugo Almeida joins AEK from Hannover 96 for 2 years.
• 19 July 2016 César Arzo joins Kairat from AEK.
• 20 July 2016 Patito Rodríguez joins AEK from Santos for 2 years.
• 20 July 2016 Stratos Svarnas joins Xanthi from AEK.
• 25 July 2016 Dimitrios Anakoglou is released from AEK.
• 5 August 2016 AEK signs Konstantinos Manolas, son of Stelios from Levadiakos for 3 years.
• 24 August 2016 Hélder Barbosa joins Al Wasl from AEK.
• 27 August 2016 Lazaros Christodoulopoulos joins AEK from Hellas Verona for 2+1 years.
• 29 August 2016 Former England international Joleon Lescott joins AEK from Aston Villa for 2 years.
• 30 August 2016 Miguel Cordero is released from AEK.
• 18 October 2016 Coach Temur Ketsbaia is released from AEK.
• 18 October 2016 AEK announces José Morais as their new coach for 1+1 years.
• 24 November 2016 Joleon Lescott is released from AEK.
• 13 December 2016 AEK signs Astrit Ajdarević from Örebro for 2 and a half years.
• 21 December 2016 Vangelis Platellas is released from AEK.
• 23 December 2016 AEK signs international Bosnian defender Ognjen Vranješ from Tom Tomsk for 2 and a half years.
• 2 January 2017 AEK signs Dimitrios Melikiotis from Veria for 3 and a half years.
• 4 January 2017 Darko Zorić is released from AEK.
• 13 January 2017 Rodrigo Galo signs new 2-year deal.
• 18 January 2017 José Morais resigns from AEK.
• 19 January 2017 Manolo Jimenez returns to the bench of AEK after 6 years until June 2018.
• 27 January 2017 Sergio Araujo joins AEK as a loan from Las Palmas until the end of the year.
• 31 January 2017 AEK signs Vinicius from Lazio for 2 and a half years.
• 14 April 2017 Vasilios Lampropoulos and Michalis Bakakis sign new 2-year deal.
• 19 April 2017 Konstantinos Galanopoulos signs new 4-year deal.

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 31 May 2017, 23:59 UTC+3.

No.	Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
1	Vasilis Barkas		GK	(1994-05-30)30 May 1994 (aged 23)	2016	Atromitos	€600,000	2019
16	Ilias Vouras		GK	(1988-02-20)20 February 1988 (aged 29)	2013	Niki Volos	Free	2017
22	Giannis Anestis		GK	(1991-03-09)9 March 1991 (aged 26)	2014	Panionios	Free	2018
87	Giannis Papadopoulos		GK	(1998-09-21)21 September 1998 (aged 18)	2016	AEK Athens U20	—	2020
Defenders
4	Ognjen Vranješ		CB / RB	(1989-10-24)24 October 1989 (aged 27)	2016	Tom Tomsk	Free	2019
5	Vasilios Lampropoulos		CB / RB	(1990-03-31)31 March 1990 (aged 27)	2016	Panionios	Free	2019
12	Rodrigo Galo		RB / RM / RW / LB	(1986-09-19)19 September 1986 (aged 30)	2015	Paços de Ferreira	Free	2019
17	Vinícius Freitas		LB / LM / LW	(1993-03-07)7 March 1993 (aged 24)	2017	Lazio	Free	2019
19	Dmytro Chyhrynskyi		CB	(1986-11-07)7 November 1986 (aged 30)	2016	Dnipro	Free	2018
23	Dídac Vilà		LB / LM	(1989-06-09)9 June 1989 (aged 28)	2015	Milan	Free	2018
24	Konstantinos Manolas		LB / CB / DM	(1993-03-26)26 March 1993 (aged 24)	2016	Levadiakos	€50,000	2019
26	Dimitrios Kolovetsios (Vice-captain 3)		CB / RB	(1991-10-16)16 October 1991 (aged 25)	2014	PAS Giannina	€250,000	2017
27	Michalis Bakakis		RB / LB / CB / RM	(1991-03-18)18 March 1991 (aged 26)	2014	Panetolikos	€250,000	2019
33	Georgios Giannoutsos		LB / CB / DM	(1998-07-16)16 July 1998 (aged 18)	2016	AEK Athens U20	—	2020
—	Alkiviadis Markopouliotis		CB	(1996-08-13)13 August 1996 (aged 20)	2015	AEK Athens U20	—	2019
Midfielders
6	Astrit Ajdarević		CM / AM / DM / ST	(1990-04-17)17 April 1990 (aged 27)	2016	Örebro	Free	2019
8	André Simões		DM / CM	(1989-12-16)16 December 1989 (aged 27)	2015	Moreirense	Free	2019
18	Jakob Johansson (Vice-captain 2)		DM / CM / CB	(1990-01-21)21 January 1990 (aged 27)	2014	Göteborg	Free	2018
20	Petros Mantalos (Captain)		AM / LM / CM / LW / SS / RM / RW	(1991-08-31)31 August 1991 (aged 25)	2014	Xanthi	€500,000	2019
25	Konstantinos Galanopoulos		CM / DM	(1997-12-28)28 December 1997 (aged 19)	2015	AEK Athens U20	—	2021
30	Ilias Tselios		CM / AM / DM / RM	(1997-10-06)6 October 1997 (aged 19)	2016	AEK Athens U20	—	2020
Forwards
7	Lazaros Christodoulopoulos		RW / LW / RM / LM / SS / AM / CM	(1986-12-19)19 December 1986 (aged 30)	2016	Hellas Verona	Free	2018
9	Hugo Almeida		ST	(1984-05-23)23 May 1984 (aged 33)	2016	Hannover 96	Free	2018
10	Ronald Vargas		SS / AM / ST / LW / RM / LM	(1986-07-18)18 July 1986 (aged 30)	2015	Balıkesirspor	Free	2017
11	Sergio Araujo		ST / SS / LW / RW	(1992-01-28)28 January 1992 (aged 25)	2017	Las Palmas	€200,000	2017
14	Tomáš Pekhart		ST	(1989-05-26)26 May 1989 (aged 28)	2016	Ingolstadt 04	Free	2017
21	Christos Aravidis (Vice-captain)		SS / ST / RW / LW / RM / LM	(1987-03-13)13 March 1987 (aged 30)	2014	Panionios	Free	2017
28	Anastasios Bakasetas		SS / AM / ST / RW / LW / RM / LM	(1993-06-28)28 June 1993 (aged 24)	2016	Panionios	€300,000	2019
29	Patito Rodríguez		LW / LM / RW / RM / SS / AM	(1990-05-04)4 May 1990 (aged 27)	2016	Santos	Free	2018
31	Dimitrios Melikiotis		ST / SS / RW / LW	(1996-07-10)10 July 1996 (aged 20)	2017	Veria	Free	2021
40	Andreas Vlachomitros		SS / ST / RW / LW	(1997-07-03)3 July 1997 (aged 19)	2015	AEK Athens U20	—	2019
Left during Summer Transfer Window
—	Hélder Barbosa		LW / LM / AM / RW / RM / SS	(1987-05-25)25 May 1987 (aged 30)	2014	Braga	Free	2017
Left during Winter Transfer Window
3	Juan Díaz		LB / LM / CB	(1987-10-28)28 October 1987 (aged 29)	2016	Racing	Free	2018
55	Adam Tzanetopoulos		CB / DM / CM	(1995-02-10)10 February 1995 (aged 22)	2013	Niki Volos	Free	2020
—	Joleon Lescott		CB / LB / DM	(1982-08-16)16 August 1982 (aged 34)	2016	Aston Villa	Free	2018
—	Darko Zorić		SS / ST/ RW / LW / AM	(1993-09-12)12 September 1993 (aged 23)	2014	Čelik Nikšić	€150,000	2017
—	Vangelis Platellas		RW / RM / LM / LW / SS / AM	(1988-12-01)1 December 1988 (aged 28)	2013	Xanthi	Free	2016

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
1	GK	Vasilis Barkas	Atromitos	€600,000	1 July 2016	30 June 2019	[14]
3	DF	Juan Díaz	Racing	Free transfer	8 July 2016	30 June 2018	[15]
6	DF	Joleon Lescott	Aston Villa	Free transfer	29 August 2016	30 June 2018	[16]
7	FW	Lazaros Christodoulopoulos	Hellas Verona	Free transfer	27 August 2016	30 June 2018	[17]
9	FW	Hugo Almeida	Hannover 96	Free transfer	18 July 2016	30 June 2018	[18]
17	FW	Darko Zorić	Borac Čačak	Loan return	1 July 2016	30 June 2017
19	DF	Dmytro Chyhrynskyi	Dnipro	Free transfer	1 July 2016	30 June 2018	[19]
24	DF	Konstantinos Manolas	Levadiakos	€50,000	5 August 2016	30 June 2019	[20]
28	FW	Anastasios Bakasetas	Panionios	€300,000	1 July 2016	30 June 2019	[21]
29	FW	Patito Rodríguez	Santos	Free transfer	20 July 2016	30 June 2018	[22]
30	MF	Ilias Tselios	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	21 July 2016	30 June 2020	[23]
33	DF	Georgios Giannoutsos	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	25 August 2016	30 June 2020	[24]
87	GK	Giannis Papadopoulos	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	29 September 2016	30 June 2020	[25]
—	MF	Kyriakos Andreopoulos	Kerkyra	Loan return	1 July 2016	30 June 2018
—	MF	Ablaye Faye	Trikala	Loan return	1 July 2016	30 June 2017
—	MF	Dimitrios Anakoglou	Veria	Loan return	1 July 2016	30 June 2017
—	MF	Vasilios Karvounidis	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	29 September 2016	30 June 2019

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
4	DF	Ognjen Vranješ	Tom Tomsk	Free transfer	23 December 2016	30 June 2019	[26]
6	MF	Astrit Ajdarević	Örebro	Free transfer	13 December 2016	30 June 2019	[27]
17	DF	Vinícius Freitas	Lazio	Free transfer	31 January 2017	30 June 2019	[28]
31	FW	Dimitrios Melikiotis	Veria	Free transfer	2 January 2017	30 June 2021	[29]
40	FW	Andreas Vlachomitros	Javor Ivanjica	Loan return	31 December 2016	30 June 2019
—	MF	Vasilios Karvounidis	A.E. Kifisia	Loan return	11 January 2017	30 June 2020

Out

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
1	GK	Alain Baroja	Caracas	Loan return	30 June 2016
2	DF	Aristidis Soiledis	Omonia	Free transfer	6 July 2016	[30]
4	DF	César Arzo	Kairat	Free transfer	19 July 2016	[31]
6	MF	Miguel Cordero	Gimnàstic	Contract termination	30 August 2016	[32]
7	FW	Hélder Barbosa	Al Wasl	€750,000	24 August 2016	[33]
12	GK	Fotis Karagiolidis	Free agent	End of contract	30 June 2016	[34]
15	DF	Stratos Svarnas	Xanthi	Free transfer	20 July 2016	[35]
19	FW	Rafik Djebbour	Aris	End of contract	9 September 2016	[34]
30	MF	Diego Buonanotte	Universidad Católica	Contract termination	19 July 2016	[36]
33	FW	Ivan Brečević	Free agent	End of contract	30 June 2016	[37]
36	MF	Bruno Zuculini	Manchester City	Loan return	30 June 2016	[34]
99	FW	Macauley Chrisantus	Reus	Contract termination	7 July 2016	[38]
—	MF	Kyriakos Andreopoulos	Iraklis	Contract termination	22 July 2016	[39]
—	MF	Ablaye Faye	Free agent	Contract termination	30 June 2016	[40]
—	MF	Dimitrios Anakoglou	Aris	Contract termination	25 July 2016	[41]

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
3	DF	Juan Díaz	Free agent	Contract termination	3 March 2017	[42]
6	DF	Joleon Lescott	Sunderland	Contract termination	14 November 2016	[43]
11	FW	Vangelis Platellas	Atromitos	Contract termination	21 December 2016	[44]
17	FW	Darko Zorić	Čukarički	Contract termination	4 January 2017	[45]
—	MF	Vasilios Karvounidis	Triglia Rafinas	Contract termination	14 January 2017	[46]

Loan in

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
11	FW	Sergio Araujo	Las Palmas	€200,000	27 January 2017	30 June 2017	N	[47]

Loan out

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
2	ΜF	Stavros Vasilantonopoulos	Veria	Free	2 September 2016	30 June 2017	N	[48]
13	GK	Panagiotis Dounis	Kallithea	Free	31 August 2016	30 June 2017	N	[49]
24	FW	Andreas Vlachomitros	Javor Ivanjica	Free	5 July 2016	31 December 2016	N	[50]
—	MF	Vasilios Karvounidis	A.E. Kifisia	Free	30 July 2016	11 January 2017	N	[51]
—	FW	Antonis Kyriazis	A.E. Kifisia	Free	1 September 2016	30 June 2017	N	[52]

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
55	DF	Adam Tzanetopoulos	Iraklis	Free	9 January 2017	30 June 2016	N	[53]

Contract renewals

No.	Pos.	Player	Date	Former Exp. Date	New Exp. Date	Source
5	DF	Vasilios Lampropoulos	14 April 2017	30 June 2017	30 June 2019	[54]
12	DF	Rodrigo Galo	13 January 2017	30 June 2017	30 June 2019	[55]
13	GK	Panagiotis Dounis	19 August 2016	30 June 2017	30 June 2019	[56]
25	MF	Konstantinos Galanopoulos	19 April 2017	30 June 2018	30 June 2021	[57]
27	DF	Michalis Bakakis	14 April 2017	30 June 2017	30 June 2019	[58]

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure Summer: €950,000 Winter: €200,000 Total: €1,150,000

Income Summer: €750,000 Winter: €0 Total: €750,000

Net Totals Summer: €200,000 Winter: €200,000 Total: €400,000

Pre-season and friendlies

AEK Athens v Baník Ostrava

6 July 2016 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–0	Baník Ostrava	Kielce
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Tzanetopoulos  17' Lampropoulos 53'	Report	Ožvolda  58' Helešic  90+2'	Stadium: Kielce City Stadium Referee: Marcin Schreck (Poland)

Korona Kielce v AEK Athens

9 July 2016 Friendly	Korona Kielce	0–2	AEK Athens	Kielce
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Grzelak  47'	Report	Vargas  47' Mantalos 65' Aravidis 74'	Stadium: Kielce City Stadium

Wigry Suwałki v AEK Athens

12 July 2016 Friendly	Wigry Suwałki	0–1	AEK Athens	Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bartkowski  43' Zapolnik  68' Karankiewicz  71' Bucholc  90'	Report	Bakasetas  63' Lampropoulos 88' Pekhart 90'	Stadium: Miejski Stadion Sportowy "KSZO"

AEK Athens v Pogoń Siedlce

14 July 2016 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–0	Pogoń Siedlce	Kielce
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Platellas 63' Bakasetas 75' Paczkowski 81' (o.g.) Pekhart  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Kielce City Stadium

AEK Athens v Aris Limassol

20 July 2016 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–0	Aris Limassol	Fyli
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Pekhart 12' Tzanetopoulos 86'	Report		Stadium: Fyli Municipal Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors

Trikala v AEK Athens

10 August 2016 Friendly	Trikala	1–2	AEK Athens	Trikala
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Giannitsanis 74'	Report	Almeida 16' Patito 45' Bakakis  52'	Stadium: Trikala Stadium Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos (Trikala)

AEK Athens v Iraklis

13 August 2016 Friendly	AEK Athens	4–0	Iraklis	Marousi
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Almeida 49' Mantalos 60' Pekhart 63' Bakasetas 71'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Ioannis Neofitiadis (Corinth)

Atromitos v AEK Athens

20 August 2016 Friendly	Atromitos	0–0	AEK Athens	Peristeri
19:15 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Ilias Spathas (Piraeus)

Aris v AEK Athens

24 August 2016 Friendly	Aris	1–2	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Tsoumanis  65' Intzidis 68'	Report	Mantalos 16', 21'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Dimitrios Karantonis (Imathia)

AEK Athens v Apollon Smyrnis

24 August 2016 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–3	Apollon Smyrnis	Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Patito 73'	Report	Diamantopoulos 22' Kassos 61' Stergidis 83'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Evangelos Evangelou (Athens)

Anorthosis Famagusta v AEK Athens

3 September 2016 Friendly	Anorthosis Famagusta	1–3	AEK Athens	Larnaca
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Gonçalves 37' Victor  48'	Report	Aguilar 2' (o.g.) Almeida 49' Christodoulopoulos 73'	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Referee: Leondios Trattos (Cyprus)

Kallithea v AEK Athens

7 October 2016 Friendly	Kallithea	0–4	AEK Athens	Kallithea
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Patito 36' Aravidis 57' Platellas 60' Almeida 67'	Stadium: Grigoris Lamprakis Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Evangelos Evangelou (Athens)

AEK Athens v Atromitos

19 November 2016 Friendly	AEK Athens	0–1	Atromitos	Marousi
15:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Tonso 7'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Evangelos Zaravinos (Athens)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super League	11 September 2016	30 April 2017	Matchday 1	4th	30	14	11	5	54	23	+31	046.67
Super League Play-offs	14 May 2017	31 May 2017	Matchday 1	Winners	6	4	0	2	5	3	+2	066.67
Greek Cup	25 October 2016	6 May 2017	Group stage	Runners-up	10	5	3	2	19	6	+13	050.00
UEFA Europa League	28 July 2016	4 August 2016	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total					48	23	15	10	78	33	+45	047.92

Last updated: 31 May 2017
Source: Competitions

Super League Greece

Main article: 2016–17 Super League Greece

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	PAOK[a]	30	20	4	6	52	19	+33	61	Qualification for the Play-offs
3	Panathinaikos	30	16	9	5	45	19	+26	57
4	AEK Athens	30	14	11	5	54	23	+31	53
5	Panionios	30	15	7	8	35	23	+12	52
6	Xanthi	30	13	9	8	34	25	+9	48

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

1. PAOK were deducted three points as they did not show up to the second semi-final match against Olympiacos in last year's Greek Cup.^[59]

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	14	11	5	54	23	+31	53	9	5	1	36	7	+29	5	6	4	18	16	+2

Last updated: 2017-04-30.
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	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
Result	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D
Position	9	11	6	5	5	7	7	7	8	8	10	7	7	5	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2017. Source: slgr.gr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures

AEK Athens v Panetolikos

4 January 2017 1	AEK Athens	0–0	Panetolikos	Marousi
17:15 EET (UTC+2)	Galo  27' Simões  90+5'	Report	Rocha  41' Paulo  71' Rosa  77'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,221 Referee: Stavros Mantalos (Kavala) Man of the Match: Dimitrios Kyriakidis
Note: The match was put as Matchday 1 and postponed to 4 January 2017.

Asteras Tripolis v AEK Athens

7 January 2017 2	Asteras Tripolis	3–2	AEK Athens	Tripoli
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Stanisavljević  19', 50' Igor 66' Tsoukalas  74', 80' Manias  88'	Report	Lampropoulos  24' Pekhart 36', 68' Vranješ  57'  71'	Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium Attendance: 828 Referee: Dimitris Styliaras (Aetoloacarnania) Man of the Match: Stavros Tsoukalas
Note: The match was put as Matchday 2 and postponed to 7 January 2017.

AEK Athens v Xanthi

11 September 2016 3	AEK Athens	4–1	Xanthi	Marousi
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Almeida 7', 17',  37' Mantalos 10' Lampropoulos  60' Vilà 76',  79'	Report	Younés 12',  75' Soltani  79'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 11,677 Referee: Georgios Kominis (Thesprotia) Man of the Match: Hugo Almeida

Veria v AEK Athens

17 September 2016 4	Veria	0–2	AEK Athens	Veria
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Navalovski  45'	Report	Bakasetas 18' Vargas  76', 87'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 3,111 Referee: Charalampos Kalogeropoulos (Athens) Man of the Match: Anastasios Bakasetas

AEK Athens v Iraklis

26 September 2016 5	AEK Athens	0–0	Iraklis	Marousi
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Simões  12' Bakasetas  41'	Report	Kouros  4' Bartolini  26' Perrone  39' Huanderson  71' Angelopoulos  84'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 9,673 Referee: Giorgos Blanas (Messinia) Man of the Match: Huanderson

Olympiacos v AEK Athens

2 October 2016 6	Olympiacos	3–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Ideye 6' Botía  35' Martins 64' Fortounis 79'	Report	Mantalos  41' Patito  59' Bakasetas  74'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 24,175 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese) Man of the Match: André Martins

AEL v AEK Athens

17 October 2016 7	AEL	1–2	AEK Athens	Larisa
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Fatjon  21' Golias  26' Nazlidis 33' Jovanović  90+5'	Report	Platellas 4', 30' Galo  23'  73' Chyhrynskyi  24' Christodoulopoulos  45'  90+5' Johansson  68' Mantalos  90+1'	Stadium: AEL FC Arena Attendance: 4,379 Referee: Georgios Kominis (Thesprotia) Man of the Match: Vangelis Platellas

AEK Athens v Panionios

22 October 2016 8	AEK Athens	0–0	Panionios	Marousi
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Platellas  65' Almeida  76' Bakasetas  89'	Report	Risvanis  52' Ikonomou  66' Gianniotis  80' Ngog  90+4'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 7,121 Referee: Giannis Papadopoulos (Macedonia) Man of the Match: Manolis Siopis

PAOK v AEK Athens

30 October 2016 9	PAOK	1–0	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Djalma  17' Matos 90+4'	Report	Kolovetsios  28'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 18,741 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese) Man of the Match: Léo Matos

AEK Athens v Atromitos

5 November 2016 10	AEK Athens	2–2	Atromitos	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Mantalos 2',  83' Patito 60'	Report	Le Tallec 71' Umbides 75'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,802 Referee: Stavros Mantalos (Kavala) Man of the Match: Javier Umbides

Panathinaikos v AEK Athens

15 January 2017 11	Panathinaikos	0–0	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Kourbelis  57' Leto  76' Villafáñez  90'	Report	Kolovetsios  55' Barkas  79' Mantalos  85' Simões  90'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 6,955 Referee: Georgios Kominis (Thesprotia) Man of the Match: Vasilis Barkas

AEK Athens v Platanias

26 November 2016 12	AEK Athens	3–0	Platanias	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Mantalos  45+1', 77', 89' Lampropoulos  61' Aravidis 87'	Report	Giakoumakis  85'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 3,822 Referee: Christos Granas (Xanthi) Man of the Match: Petros Mantalos

Kerkyra v AEK Athens

3 December 2016 13	Kerkyra	1–1	AEK Athens	Corfu
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Gomes  65' Thuram 74' Spinoulas  90+1' Koutsavasilis  90+4'	Report	Lampropoulos 14' Almeida  44' Kolovetsios  76' Galanopoulos  90+4'	Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium Attendance: 1,556 Referee: Charalampos Kalogeropoulos (Athens) Man of the Match: Fotis Koutzavasilis

AEK Athens v Levadiakos

10 December 2016 14	AEK Athens	4–0	Levadiakos	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Simões 28' Pekhart 50' Galanopoulos 67' Patito 81'	Report	Mendy  5' Namașco  17' Mantzios  45' Milhazes  58' Vasileiou  78'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 3,755 Referee: Giorgos Blanas (Messinia) Man of the Match: Konstantinos Galanopoulos

AEK Athens v PAS Giannina

19 December 2016 15	AEK Athens	1–1	PAS Giannina	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Aravidis  10' Patito  55' Pekhart 67' Dídac  90+1'	Report	Berios  10' Boukouvalas  30' Kozoronis  34' Garoufalias  45' Michail  81' Maboulou 90+4'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 4,069 Referee: Triantafillos Tikas (Karditsa) Man of the Match: Christopher Maboulou

Panetolikos v AEK Athens

18 January 2017 16	Panetolikos	3–2	AEK Athens	Agrinio
17:15 EET (UTC+2)	Markovski 12' (pen.) Koutromanos  43' Makos 55', 82'	Report	Barkas  11' Almeida 22' Galanopoulos 33' Vranješ  39'	Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium Attendance: 2,006 Referee: Stavros Mantalos (Kavala) Man of the Match: Grigoris Makos

AEK Athens v Asteras Tripolis

22 January 2017 17	AEK Athens	2–0	Asteras Tripolis	Marousi
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Pekhart 24',  25' Mantalos 57'	Report	Bertos  68'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,025 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese) Man of the Match: Petros Mantalos

Xanthi v AEK Athens

28 January 2017 18	Xanthi	0–0	AEK Athens	Xanthi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Baxevanidis  27' Triadis  54'  58'	Report	Galo  6' Simões  52' Vranješ  68' Mantalos  73' Pekhart  87' Galanopoulos  89'	Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena Attendance: 1,890 Referee: Giannis Papadopoulos (Macedonia) Man of the Match: Ognjen Vranješ

AEK Athens v Veria

5 February 2017 19	AEK Athens	6–0	Veria	Marousi
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Christodoulopoulos 12', 89' Lampropoulos 15' Mantalos 25' Tomás 36' (o.g.) Vranješ 40'	Report	Asigba  66'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 7,396 Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia) Man of the Match: Ognjen Vranješ

Iraklis v AEK Athens

13 February 2017 20	Iraklis	2–2	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Stamou  15' Perrone 39' Leozinho  52' Kouros  62' Monteiro 64' Intzoglou  80' Huanderson  88' Pasas  90+1'	Report	Vargas 19',  43' Bakakis  62'  82' Christodoulopoulos 76'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 1,118 Referee: Giorgos Foukakis (Heraklion) Man of the Match: Lazaros Christodoulopoulos

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

19 February 2017 21	AEK Athens	1–0	Olympiacos	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Dídac  32' Ajdarević  32', 34' Vranješ  48' Bakasetas  59' Araujo  90+1'	Report	Figueiras  27' Botía  32'  75' Da Costa  33' Elyounoussi  45' Martins  79'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 28,046 Referee: Stavros Mantalos (Kavala) Man of the Match: Astrit Ajdarević

AEK Athens v AEL

26 February 2017 22	AEK Athens	3–0	AEL	Marousi
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kolovetsios  15' Pekhart 24',  34' Chyhrynskyi 81' Almeida 90+1'	Report	Fatjon  16' Aganović  51' Reyes  75'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,504 Referee: Aristomenis Koutsiaftis (Arta) Man of the Match: Tomáš Pekhart

Panionios v AEK Athens

6 March 2017 23	Panionios	1–1	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Siopis  35' Masouras 59' Masoud  61'	Report	Christodoulopoulos  11' Ajdarević  35' Araujo 38' Vranješ  40' Dídac  75'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 4,979 Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Macedonia) Man of the Match: Sergio Araujo

AEK Athens v PAOK

12 March 2017 24	AEK Athens	3–0	PAOK	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Araujo 1', 85',  29' Simões  74' Aravidis 90+1'	Report	Crespo  5' Malezas  40'  53'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 11,879 Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens) Man of the Match: Sergio Araujo

Atromitos v AEK Athens

18 March 2017 25	Atromitos	0–1	AEK Athens	Peristeri
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Maniatis  90+2'	Report	Johansson  45+2' Mantalos 57' Simões  86' Ajdarević  89'	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 1,265 Referee: Dimitrios Thanos (Grevena) Man of the Match: Petros Mantalos

AEK Athens v Panathinaikos

2 April 2017 26	AEK Athens	2–3	Panathinaikos	Marousi
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Lampropoulos  21' Simões  35' Vranješ  38' Christodoulopoulos 62' (pen.) Pekhart 77'	Report	Villafáñez  12' Klonaridis 24' Berg 27', 90' Zeca  48' Vlachodimos  70' Leto  79'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 18,526 Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Macedonia) Man of the Match: Tomáš Pekhart

Platanias v AEK Athens

6 April 2017 27	Platanias	0–2	AEK Athens	Chania
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Pryndeta  34' Karypidis  53'	Report	Vinícius 18' Ajdarević  25' Aravidis 67' Mantalos  68'	Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,463 Referee: Charalampos Kalogeropoulos (Athens) Man of the Match: Christos Aravidis

AEK Athens v Kerkyra

9 April 2017 28	AEK Athens	5–0	Kerkyra	Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bakasetas 23', 54' Pekhart 39', 79' Dídac 43'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,112 Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia) Man of the Match: Anastasios Bakasetas

Levadiakos v AEK Athens

23 April 2017 29	Levadiakos	0–2	AEK Athens	Livadeia
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Mendy  82' Silva  82'	Report	Araujo 87' Moulopoulos 90+5' (o.g.)	Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,153 Referee: Prazitelis Zachariadis (Macedonia) Man of the Match: Sergio Araujo

PAS Giannina v AEK Athens

30 April 2017 30	PAS Giannina	1–1	AEK Athens	Ioannina
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Lila 38'	Report	Vargas  45' Patito 80'	Stadium: Zosimades Stadium Attendance: 3,019 Referee: Kostas Kotsanis (Drama) Man of the Match: Patito Rodríguez

Play-offs

Table

Main article: 2016–17 Super League Greece Play-offs

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	AEK Athens	6	4	0	2	5	3	+2	12	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Panathinaikos[a]	6	3	1	2	6	7	−1	8	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[b]
4	PAOK[c]	6	3	0	3	7	5	+2	5
5	Panionios	6	1	1	4	3	6	−3	4	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round

Source: Superleague Greece: Standings, Schedule, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Regular season position.^[62]
Notes:

1. Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points due to fan behavior against PAOK.^[60]
2. PAOK qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the Greek Cup.
3. PAOK were deducted 6 points due to fan behavior against AEK Athens in Greek Cup final.^[61]

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	4	0	2	5	3	+2	12	2	0	1	2	1	+1	2	0	1	3	2	+1

Last updated: 2017-05-31.
Source: Super League Greece

Results by Matchday

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

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2017. Source: slgr.gr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures

PAOK v AEK Athens

14 May 2017 1	PAOK	0–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Matos  42' Campos  52' Henrique  77' Pelkas  87'	Report	Dídac 10'  88' Christodoulopoulos  37' Mantalos  44' Ajdarević  52' Simões  75' Bakasetas  90+1'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 15,413 Referee: Charalampos Kalogeropoulos (Athens) Man of the Match: Dídac Vilà

AEK Athens v Panionios

17 May 2017 2	AEK Athens	0–1	Panionios	Marousi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Vranješ  36'	Report	Yeşil 7',  18' Vlachos  48' Oikonomou  49' Korbos  60'	Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium Attendance: 3,509 Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larisa) Man of the Match: Samed Yeşil

AEK Athens v Panathinaikos

21 May 2017 3	AEK Athens	1–0	Panathinaikos	Marousi
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Christodoulopoulos 85' Simões  90'	Report	Leto  83'	Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,318 Referee: Dimitrios Thanos (Grevena) Man of the Match: Konstantinos Galanopoulos

Panathinaikos v AEK Athens

24 May 2017 4	Panathinaikos	1–0	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Moledo  17' Hult  53' Leto 62' (pen.) Molins  90+4'	Report	Galanopoulos  17' Vranješ  45+1'  90+6' Dídac  77'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 3,857 Referee: Praxitelis Zachariadis (Macedonia) Man of the Match: Sebastián Leto

AEK Athens v PAOK

28 May 2017 5	AEK Athens	1–0	PAOK	Marousi
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Christodoulopoulos 6',  25' Mantalos  20' Bakasetas 42' Johansson  80'	Report	Campos  20' Henrique  36' Prijović  45+1' Charisis  45+1' Matos  64' Malezas  90+2'  90+6' Crespo  90+5'	Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium Attendance: 3,552 Referee: Dimitrios Thanos (Grevena) Man of the Match: Anastasios Bakasetas

Panionios v AEK Athens

31 May 2017 6	Panionios	1–2	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Masouras 21' Ben  40'  57' Gianniotis  76' Lamprou  90+4' Masoud  90+4'	Report	Chyhrynskyi  28' Mantalos 34' Galanopoulos  61' Vranješ  62' Christodoulopoulos  64' Dídac  74' Simões  76' Araujo 81',  82' Vinícius  90+6'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 1,532 Referee: Stavros Mantalos (Athens) Man of the Match: Petros Mantalos

Greek Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Greek Football Cup

Group F

Main article: 2016–17 Greek Football Cup Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AEK	LAM	KER	ASA
1	AEK Athens	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4	5	Round of 16			—	4–0	—
2	Lamia	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5			0–0		—	1–0
3	Kerkyra	3	1	1	1	8	6	+2	4			—	2–2		—
4	Anagennisi Karditsa	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	1			2–2	—	0–6

Source: epo.gr

Matches

Group stage

AEK Athens v Kerkyra

25 October 2016 1	AEK Athens	4–0	Kerkyra	Marousi
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Galo 7' Christodoulopoulos 78' Pekhart 80' Diogo 89' (o.g.)	Report	Andreopoulos  25' Diogo  63' Adilehou  72' Arnarellis  90'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Evangelos Kiotzenis (Xanthi) Man of the Match: Rodrigo Galo

Anagennisi Karditsa v AEK Athens

29 November 2016 2	Anagennisi Karditsa	2–2	AEK Athens	Karditsa
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Diatta  11' Kiskabanis  12' Tzekos 68' Maïga 76' Bitelis  80'	Report	Pekhart 36', 47'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Karditsa Referee: Aristeidis Vatsios (West Attica) Man of the Match: Tomáš Pekhart

Lamia v AEK Athens

14 December 2016 3	Lamia	0–0	AEK Athens	Lamia
17:15 EET (UTC+2)	Anastasiadis  41' Papargyriou  66' Durmishaj  72'	Report	Galanopoulos  20' Patito  69'	Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Manolis Skoulas (Thessaly) Man of the Match: Anestis Anastasiadis

Round of 16

Levadiakos v AEK Athens

25 January 2017 First leg	Levadiakos	0–1	AEK Athens	Livadeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Vouros  37' Karachalios  41' Mendy  76' Magas  84'	Report	Kolovetsios  59' Bakasetas 71' Melikiotis  73'	Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Evangelos Evangelou (Athens) Man of the Match: Anastasios Bakasetas

AEK Athens v Levadiakos

1 February 2017 Second leg	AEK Athens	6–0 (7–0 agg.)	Levadiakos	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Bakasetas 21' Araujo 28', 61' Vargas 68' Kolovetsios 79' Galanopoulos 84' Dídac  86'	Report	Youssouf  40' Coulibaly  50' Tripotseris  76' Niasse  88'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Georgios Giannoulakis (Chania) Man of the Match: Sergio Araujo

Quarter-finals

Platanias v AEK Athens

9 February 2017 First leg	Platanias	0–0	AEK Athens	Chania
17:15 EET (UTC+2)	Signevich  32' Apostolopoulos  63' Kargas  75'	Report		Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Georgios Blanas (Messinia) Man of the Match: Antonis Kokkalas

AEK Athens v Platanias

1 March 2017 Second leg	AEK Athens	3–0 (3–0 agg.)	Platanias	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Christodoulopoulos 13' (pen.) Vranješ  16' Araujo 28' Johansson 58'	Report	Banana  12'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese) Man of the Match: Sergio Araujo

Semi-finals

Olympiacos v AEK Athens

13 April 2017 First leg	Olympiacos	1–2	AEK Athens	Piraeus
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Figueiras 12' Marin  29' Romao  36'	Report	Araujo 6' Simões  34' Mantalos  36' Patito 64'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens) Man of the Match: Sergio Araujo

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

26 April 2017 Second leg	AEK Athens	0–1 (2(a)–2 agg.)	Olympiacos	Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Vranješ  21' Simões  23' Dídac  75' Johansson  79' Araujo  87' Anestis  90+5'  90+6'	Report	Romao  4' 72' Marin  41' Kapino  45+2' da Costa  90+5'  90+9'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 33,512 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese) Man of the Match: Sergio Araujo
Note: AEK finished the match with Almeida playing as a goalkeeper, after the dismissall of Anestis.

Final

PAOK v AEK Athens

6 May 2017 Final	PAOK	2–1	AEK Athens	Volos
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Crespo  14' Biseswar 24' Matos  70' Henrique 81',  89' Glykos  90+4'	Report	Patito  16' Christodoulopoulos 26' Simões  80'	Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium Attendance: 19,236 Referee: Giorgos Kominis (Thesprotia) Man of the Match: Diego Biseswar
Note: Violent incidents occurred between the ultras of the two clubs before the match, which resulted in the punishment of both teams with sanctions on their stadium.[63]

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 15 July 2016.^[64]

Saint-Étienne v AEK Athens

28 July 2016 First leg	Saint-Étienne	0–0	AEK Athens	Saint-Étienne, France
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Polomat  21' Hamouma  42' Dabo  90'	Report	Barbosa  56' Bakasetas  77'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 30,438 Referee: Antonio Damato (Italy)

AEK Athens v Saint-Étienne

4 August 2016 Second leg	AEK Athens	0–1	Saint-Étienne	Athens, Greece
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Berić 23' Tannane  47'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 25,004 Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 31 May 2017

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
1	GK	Vasilis Barkas	20	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	22	0
16	GK	Ilias Vouras	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	Giannis Anestis	10	0	5	0	9	0	2	0	26	0
87	GK	Giannis Papadopoulos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
4	DF	Ognjen Vranješ	12	1	5	0	6	0	0	0	23	1
5	DF	Vasilios Lampropoulos	23	2	0	0	5	0	1	0	29	2
12	DF	Rodrigo Galo	23	0	5	0	6	1	2	0	36	1
17	DF	Vinícius Freitas	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
19	DF	Dmytro Chyhrynskyi	10	1	6	0	4	0	2	0	22	1
23	DF	Dídac Vilà	26	2	6	1	8	0	2	0	42	3
24	DF	Konstantinos Manolas	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
26	DF	Dimitrios Kolovetsios	20	0	1	0	6	1	2	0	29	1
27	DF	Michalis Bakakis	9	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	15	0
33	DF	Giorgos Giannoutsos	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
—	DF	Alkis Markopouliotis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	Astrit Ajdarević	15	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	23	1
8	MF	André Simões	22	1	5	0	8	0	2	0	37	1
18	MF	Jakob Johansson	28	0	5	0	8	1	1	0	42	1
20	MF	Petros Mantalos	26	7	5	0	8	0	2	0	41	7
25	MF	Konstantinos Galanopoulos	12	2	5	0	9	1	1	0	27	3
30	MF	Ilias Tselios	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
Forwards
7	FW	Lazaros Christodoulopoulos	24	4	6	1	6	2	0	0	36	7
9	FW	Hugo Almeida	16	4	5	0	5	0	1	0	27	4
10	FW	Ronald Vargas	16	2	1	0	3	1	2	0	22	3
11	FW	Sergio Araujo	9	4	6	1	6	4	0	0	21	9
14	FW	Tomáš Pekhart	23	9	3	0	4	3	1	0	31	12
21	FW	Christos Aravidis	13	3	0	0	3	0	1	0	17	3
28	FW	Anastasios Bakasetas	19	3	5	0	5	2	2	0	31	5
29	FW	Patito Rodríguez	22	3	2	0	6	1	0	0	30	4
31	FW	Dimitris Melikiotis	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
40	FW	Andreas Vlachomitros	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Left during Summer Transfer Window
—	FW	Hélder Barbosa	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
Left during Winter Transfer Window
3	DF	Juan Díaz	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	0
55	DF	Adam Tzanetopoulos	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
—	DF	Joleon Lescott	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
—	FW	Darko Zorić	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
—	FW	Vangelis Platellas	5	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	8	2

Goalscorers

As of 31 May 2017

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Super League	Super League Play-offs	Greek Cup	Europa League	Total
1	14	FW	Tomáš Pekhart	9	0	3	0	12
2	11	FW	Sergio Araujo	4	1	4	0	9
3	20	MF	Petros Mantalos	7	1	0	0	8
4	7	FW	Lazaros Christodoulopoulos	4	1	2	0	7
5	28	FW	Anastasios Bakasetas	3	1	2	0	6
6	9	FW	Hugo Almeida	4	0	0	0	4
	29	FW	Patito Rodríguez	3	0	1	0	4
8	21	FW	Christos Aravidis	3	0	0	0	3
	23	DF	Dídac Vilà	2	1	0	0	3
	10	MF	Ronald Vargas	2	0	1	0	3
	25	MF	Konstantinos Galanopoulos	2	0	1	0	3
12	5	DF	Vasilios Lampropoulos	2	0	0	0	2
	—	FW	Vangelis Platellas	2	0	0	0	2
14	8	MF	André Simões	1	0	0	0	1
	6	MF	Astrit Ajdarević	1	0	0	0	1
	19	DF	Dmytro Chyhrynskyi	1	0	0	0	1
	4	DF	Ognjen Vranješ	1	0	0	0	1
	18	MF	Jakob Johansson	0	0	1	0	1
	12	DF	Rodrigo Galo	0	0	1	0	1
	26	DF	Dimitrios Kolovetsios	0	0	1	0	1
	17	DF	Vinícius	0	0	1	0	1
Own goals				2	0	1	0	3
Totals				53	5	19	0	77

Assists

As of 31 May 2017

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Super League	Super League Play-offs	Greek Cup	Europa League	Total
1	20	MF	Petros Mantalos	5	2	4	0	11
2	7	FW	Lazaros Christodoulopoulos	5	1	0	0	6
	10	MF	Ronald Vargas	4	0	2	0	6
4	29	FW	Patito Rodríguez	5	0	0	0	5
5	11	FW	Sergio Araujo	1	1	2	0	4
6	12	DF	Rodrigo Galo	2	0	1	0	3
	18	MF	Jakob Johansson	2	0	1	0	3
8	23	DF	Dídac Vilà	2	0	0	0	2
	6	MF	Astrit Ajdarević	1	0	1	0	2
10	14	FW	Tomáš Pekhart	1	0	0	0	1
	—	FW	Vangelis Platellas	0	0	1	0	1
	31	FW	Dimitrios Melikiotis	0	0	1	0	1
	17	FW	Darko Zorić	0	0	1	0	1
Totals				28	4	14	0	46

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 31 May 2017

Rank	No.	Player	Super League	Super League Play-offs	Greek Cup	Europa League	Total
1	22	Giannis Anestis	5	4	5	1	15
2	1	Vasilis Barkas	12	0	1	0	13
Totals			17	4	6	1	28

Disciplinary record

As of 31 May 2017

N	P	Nat.	Name	Super League			Super League Play-offs			Greek Cup			Europa League			Total			Notes
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Vasilis Barkas	2												2
16	GK		Ilias Vouras
22	GK		Giannis Anestis							2	1					2	1
87	GK		Giannis Papadopoulos
Defenders
4	DF		Ognjen Vranješ	7	1		3	1		2						12	2
5	DF		Vasilios Lampropoulos	4												4
12	DF		Rodrigo Galo	2	1	1										2	1	1
17	DF		Vinícius Freitas				1									1
19	DF		Dmytro Chyhrynskyi	1			1									2
23	DF		Dídac Vilà	4			3			2						9
24	DF		Konstantinos Manolas
26	DF		Dimitrios Kolovetsios	4						1						5
27	DF		Michalis Bakakis	2	1											2	1
33	DF		Giorgos Giannoutsos
—	DF		Alkis Markopouliotis
Midfielders
6	MF		Astrit Ajdarević	4			1									5
8	MF		André Simões	7			3			3						13
18	MF		Jakob Johansson	2			1			1						4
20	MF		Petros Mantalos	7			2			1						10
25	MF		Konstantinos Galanopoulos	2			2			1						5
30	MF		Ilias Tselios
Forwards
7	FW		Lazaros Christodoulopoulos	3	1		2		1							5	1	1
9	FW		Hugo Almeida	3												3
10	FW		Ronald Vargas	3												3
11	FW		Sergio Araujo	2			1			1						4
14	FW		Tomáš Pekhart	3												3
21	FW		Christos Aravidis			1												1
28	FW		Anastasios Bakasetas	4			1						1			6
29	FW		Patito Rodríguez	2						2						4
31	FW		Dimitris Melikiotis							1						1
31	FW		Andreas Vlachomitros
Left during Summer Transfer window
—	FW		Hélder Barbosa										1			1
Left during Winter Transfer window
3	DF		Juan Díaz
55	DF		Adam Tzanetopoulos
—	DF		Joleon Lescott
—	FW		Darko Zorić
—	FW		Vangelis Platellas	1												1

Starting 11

N. Formation Matchday(s) 21 4–2–3–1 3–6, 9, 11, 12, 15–18, 20–22 12 4–3–3 1, 2, 14, 23–26 8 4–4–2 10, 19, 28–30 3 4–1–4–1 7, 8 3 3–5–2 27 1 4–4–2 (D) 13 No. Nat. Player Pos. 22 Giannis Anestis GK 4 Ognjen Vranješ RCB 19 Dmytro Chyhrynskyi LCB 12 Rodrigo Galo RB 23 Dídac Vilà LB 18 Jakob Johansson CM 8 André Simões DM 7 Lazaros Christodoulopoulos RM 28 Anastasios Bakasetas LM 20 Petros Mantalos (C) AM 11 Sergio Araujo CF

Anestis Vranješ Chyhrynskyi Galo Dídac Simões Johansson Mantalos (C) Lazaros Bakasetas Araujo Last updated: 2017-05-31

Awards

Player	Pos.	Award	Source
Hugo Almeida	FW	MVP Award (3rd Matchday)	[65]
Hugo Almeida	FW	Best Goal Award (3rd Matchday)	[65]
Vangelis Platellas	FW	MVP Award (7th Matchday)	[66]
Patito Rodríguez	FW	Best Goal Award (10th Matchday)	[67]
Vasilis Barkas	GK	MVP Award (11th Matchday)	[68]
André Simões	MF	Best Goal Award (14th Matchday)	[69]
Sergio Araujo	FW	MVP Award (24th Matchday)	[70]
Sergio Araujo	FW	Best Goal Award (24th Matchday)	[70]
Petros Mantalos	MF	Greek Player of the Season	[71]
Petros Mantalos	MF	Team of the Season	[71]

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External links

• AEK Athens F.C. Official Website