The 2012–13 season was the 89th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 54th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Super League and the Greek Cup. The season began on 25 August 2012 and finished on 21 April 2013. Kits
Overview
AEK, on the verge of dissolution, started the season without even the team's preparation being self-evident. The financial crisis had hit AEK for good and in combination with the abandonment of the team by the shareholders, created a heated atmosphere within the club. From the summer it was obvious that the team would fight for their stay in the first division, a tragic fact because AEK by nature could not handle that kind of circumstances. AEK terminated the contracts of most of their players and sold some of them at bargain prices in order to save money, while they acquired low-quality and young footballers who were unable to carry the burden of the size of the club. In the midst of this situation, the team naturally did not receive a license for their participation in Europa League. The assumption of the presidency by the old legend of the club, Thomas Mavros, managed to rally a significant part of the world of the group around it. Mavros hired another former AEK player for the position of coach, Vangelis Vlachos. The position of technical director was taken over by Vasilios Tsiartas, who only managed to bring Miguel Cordero, whο was the most successful transfer of the team.
In the Championship, AEK started with defeats with the crowd showing the support to the team. The situation continued, resulting in the removal of Vlachos, a decision that also led to the resignation of Mavros from the presidency of AEK. Andreas Dimitrelos returned to the presidency of the team with the German Ewald Lienen being hired as the coach. It took October 28 for AEK to score their first victory of the season. In the cup, AEK were drawn against Kavala, who at the time were competing in the second division and after the away 0–0, they were eliminated, losing ny 0–1 at the Olympic Stadium. In the winter having only 3 wins, the team were strengthened with Antonis Petropoulos, Pavlos Mitropoulos, Anastasios Tsoumagas and Dimitrios Anakoglou and carried on with the hope that they could save the season. After a 6 match unbeaten streak, AEK regained their hopes and believed that their dignity would be saved and the team would avoid relegation. On 16 March, in another crucial match, AEK beat Veria with a redemption goal by Georgios Katidis in the last minutes of the match, but instead of celebrating, the scorer gave a Nazi salute to the people of the team, resulting in his punishment with exclusion, both from AEK and for the Greek national teams. During that period, the conditions began to shape up perfectly in order for the team to be relegated. After an embarrassing defeat in Ioannina, Lienen resigned, with the former defender of the club, Traianos Dellas taking his place, while at the same time AEK's rivals for the stay suddenly transformed competitively and started to bring positive results. As things were set, AEK wanted 3 points to save themselves in the last 2 matches, with Panthrakikos at home and with Atromitos away from home. The match against the Thracians gathered a lot of crowd, who went to support their team in a "final" for the stay, in a match dominated by anxiety and nervousness on the field, with AEK being harmless and fearless, while as time passed, Panthrakikos continuously gained ground and 10 minutes before the end, Bougaidis scored an own goal, resulting in the invasion of the yellow and black ultras on the pitch, who stormed against everyone and looted the stadium. From that moment on, it was all over for AEK, since they lost the match on paper with 0–3, while a 3-point deduction was imposed on them from the championship. AEK then desperately appealed to sports justice to exhaust any chance of having the points returned to them, so that they could have a mathematical hope of avoiding relegation with a win in the last match. In Peristeri Stadium, AEK, conceding a goal in the last minute of the game, were relegated for the first time in their glorious history, spreading sadness to their millions of fans across the globe.
Management team
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 21 April 2013, 23:59 UTC+3.
No.PlayerNat.Position(s)Date of birth (Age)SignedPrevious clubTransfer feeContract until Goalkeepers 1 Dimitrios Konstantopoulos (Vice-captain 2) GK 2011 Kerkyra €75,000 2013 28 Theodoros Moschonas GK 2009 AEK Athens U20 — 2013 89 Ilias Makryonitis GK 2012 PAO Rouf Free 2016 99 Giannis Arabatzis (Vice-captain 3) GK 2002 Enosi Apostolou Pavlou €22,000 2013 Defenders 3 Yago Fernández CB / DM 2012 Girona Free 2015 18 Konstantinos Nikolopoulos LB / LM 2012 Paniliakos Free 2016 24 Konstantinos Vlachos CB 2012 AEK Athens U20 — 2015 34 Anastasios Tsoumagas LB / LM 2013 Leixões Free 2015 37 Valentinos Vlachos RB / RM 2012 Kavala Free 2015 47 Mavroudis Bougaidis CB / LB 2011 Aris Free 2014 77 Christos Arkoudas RB / LB / RM 2012 Kallithea Free 2016 81 Konstantinos Tsoupros CB 2012 Asteras Magoula Free 2016 91 Georgios Koutroumpis CB / DM 2012 Kallithea €35,000 2016 92 Sokratis Tsoukalas RB / LB 2011 Palermo Free 2014 Midfielders 6 Miguel Cordero CM / DM 2012 Xerez €70,000 2014 8 Georgios Katidis AM / RM / LM / CM / RW / LW 2012 Aris €100,000 2016 10 Roger Guerreiro (Vice-captain) AM / CM / LM / LW / SS 2009 Legia Warsaw €250,000 2013 13 Antonis Rikka (Captain) DM / CM 2008 Skoda Xanthi €600,000 2013 21 Taxiarchis Fountas AM / SS / ST / RM / LM / CM / RW / LW 2011 AEK Athens U20 Free 2014 23 Xenofon Fetsis DM / CM / CB 2011 Panathinaikos Free 2013 30 Joseph Agyriba DM / CB / CM 2010 Benevento Free 2014 32 Enias Kalogeris RM / RW 2012 AEK Athens U20 — 2016 39 Dimitrios Anastasopoulos CM / DM / AM 2013 Kavala Free 2015 44 Dimitrios Anakoglou AM / CM / RM / LM 2013 Panserraikos €50,000 2016 63 Christos Papadimitriou LM / LW / LB / RM 2012 AEK Athens U20 — 2016 66 Alexandros Nikolias CM / AM / RM / LM 2012 AEK Athens U20 — 2016 80 Dimitrios Grontis CM / AM / LM / RM / LW / RW 2012 AEK Athens U20 — 2016 82 Pavlos Mitropoulos DM / CM 2012 Panionios Free 2013 88 Nikos Kourellas LM / LW / LB 2012 Aris Free 2016 — Georgios Aresti CM / DM 2012 AEK Athens U20 — 2016 Forwards 7 Nikolaos Katsikokeris ST / RW 2012 Ergotelis €150,000 2015 9 Thomas Tsitas ST 2011 Iraklis Free 2014 11 Michalis Pavlis SS / ST / RW / LW 2012 Kavala Free 2013 14 Andreas Stamatis ST / RW 2012 Panionios Free 2016 20 José Furtado ST / SS 2012 Panachaiki €60,000 2014 33 Antonis Petropoulos ST 2012 Panathinaikos Free 2014 70 Giannis Karalis RW / LW / SS / ST / AM 2013 Kerkyra Free 2015 Left during Winter Transfer Window 2 Giannis Kontoes CB / RB / LB / DM 2011 Panionios Free 2014 22 Michalis Tsamourlidis LB 2012 Glyfada Free 2016 12 Konstantinos Kotsaridis DM / CM / LB 2012 Olympiacos U20 Free 2015 19 Panagiotis Lagos LM / LW / LB / CM / DM 2006 Iraklis €900,000 2013
Transfers
In
Summer
PlayerFromFeeDateContract UntilSource3 GironaFree transfer30 June 20156 Xerez€70,00030 June 20147 Ergotelis€150,00030 June 20158 Aris€100,00030 June 201611 KavalaFree transfer30 June 201312 Olympiacos U20Free transfer30 June 201514 PanioniosFree transfer30 June 201618 PaniliakosFree transfer30 June 201620 Panachaiki€60,00030 June 201422 GlyfadaFree transfer30 June 201623 GlyfadaLoan return30 June 201324 AEK Athens U20Promotion30 June 201530 GlyfadaLoan return30 June 201432 AEK Athens U20Promotion30 June 201637 ThrasyvoulosLoan return30 June 201563 AEK Athens U20Promotion30 June 201666 AEK Athens U20Promotion30 June 201677 KallitheaFree transfer30 June 201680 AEK Athens U20Promotion30 June 201681 Asteras MagoulaFree transfer30 June 201688 ArisFree transfer30 June 201689 PAO RoufFree transfer30 June 201691 Kallithea€35,00030 June 201692 Apollon SmyrnisLoan return30 June 2014— DiagorasLoan return30 June 2014— ThrasyvoulosLoan return30 June 2012— AEK Athens U20Promotion30 June 2016— FokikosLoan return30 June 2012
Winter
PlayerFromFeeDateContract UntilSource33 PanathinaikosFree transfer30 June 201434 LeixõesFree transfer30 June 201539 KavalaFree transfer30 June 201544 Panserraikos€50,00030 June 201670 KerkyraFree transfer30 June 2015— AEK Athens U20Promotion30 June 2016— GlyfadaLoan termination30 June 2016
Out
Summer
PlayerToFeeDateSource1 VeriaEnd of contract3 StabækContract termination4 OlympiacosEnd of contract5 Retired8 Udinese CalcioLoan return9 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors€850,00010 Rayo VallecanoEnd of contract11 Khazar LankaranContract termination14 1860 Munich€300,00015 LevanteContract termination16 RangersContract termination17 Catania U19Contract termination21 IndependienteContract termination22 Cercle BruggeContract termination31 VeriaEnd of contract33 Retired77 Lille€800,00093 Free agentContract termination— ThrasyvoulosContract termination— GlyfadaContract termination
Winter
PlayerToFeeDateSource2 Asteras TripolisContract termination12 ArisContract termination19 Vorskla PoltavaContract termination
Loan in
Winter
PlayerFromFeeDateUntilOption to buySource82 Panetolikos Free 30 June 2013
Loan out
Summer
PlayerToFeeDateUntilOption to buySource66 Nea Salamis Famagusta Free 30 June 2013— Korinthos Free 30 June 2013— Glyfada Free 30 June 2013
Winter
PlayerToFeeDateUntilOption to buySource22 PanioniosFree30 June 2013— Asteras MagoulaFree30 June 2013
Notes
a. plus 10% of resale fee. b. The player also agreed to give up the club's debt on him which was €165,000. c. plus 50% of resale fee.
Overall transfer activity
Expenditure Summer: €415,000
Winter: €50,000
Total: €465,000
Income Summer: €1,950,000
Winter: €0
Total: €1,950,000
Net Totals Summer: €1,535,000
Winter: €50,000
Total: €1,485,000
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overall record
Super League Greece
League table
Results summary
Results by Matchday
Matches
Greek Cup
Round of 32
Statistics
Squad statistics
! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers
! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders
! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders
! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards
! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer Window
Goalscorers
The list is sorted by competition order when total goals are equal, then by position and then by squad number. RankPlayerSuper LeagueGreek CupTotal121 4 04210 3 0314 3 0333 3 03511 2 028 2 02720 1 013 1 0191 1 0123 1 01Own goals 0 00Totals21 021
Assists
The list is sorted by competition order when total assists are equal, then by position and then by squad number. RankPlayerSuper LeagueGreek CupTotal110 3 03234 2 026 2 02413 1 018 1 0121 1 0111 1 01Totals11 011
Clean sheets
The list is sorted by competition order when total clean sheets are equal and then by squad number. Clean sheets in games where both goalkeepers participated are awarded to the goalkeeper who started the game. Goalkeepers with no appearances are not included. RankPlayerSuper LeagueGreek CupTotal11 7 07299 0 11Totals718
Disciplinary record
! colspan="14" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers
! colspan="14" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders
! colspan="14" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders
! colspan="14" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards
! colspan="14" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer window
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