The 2014–15 season was the 91st season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the first in the second tier of Greek football. They competed in the Football League and the Greek Cup. The season began on 29 August 2014 and finished on 10 June 2015.
Kits
Overview Having been promoted to the second division of Greek football, AEK needed to win yet another promotion in order to return to the normal division for this and to end the unhappy period of the smaller divisions. Quite a few additions on the roster with Petros Mantalos the standing out, as well as Hélder Barbosa. During the winter transfer window, AEK made a particularly successful transfer, that of Jakob Johansson, who proved to be a tremendously useful tool in the midfield. The season started with a delay due to a protest by the second division teams, except AEK, which they demanded more money from OPAP. Due to the delay in the start of the championship, AEK played many friendly games, the most important of which was against Roma and Panathinaikos.
AEK started the league sluggishly, however without facing any point losses, with their opponents playing harsh against them, unable to fill the gap in quality of the rosters. After a few matches, the course of AEK became easier, with victories coming easily and the team occasionally playing good football. With the exception of 2 away matches where they drew, the team won all of their matches finishing first in their group. The play-offs that year between the top three teams of each group, forced AEK to compete until June, without any interest since essentially everything had already been decided by the normal duration of the championship. AEK and Iraklis easily won the promotion to the first division with the yellow-blacks finishing first in the standings. Thus, AEK finally finished their big return in Greece's top division.
AEK, after a year of absence, returned to the Greek Cup, starting from the preliminary round where they faced Fokikos, who they eliminated with 2 wins. Then they participated in the group stage, where they were placed with 2 first division teams, Atromitos and Panthrakikos, as well as Iraklis Psachna. With 2 wins and 1 draw, AEK advanced to the round of 16 as first. The next opponent was Kerkyra, who were also a first division team and after the 1–1 draw away from home, AEK prevailed with 2–0 at Olympic Stadium to face Olympiacos in the next round. In the first match at Karaiskakis Stadium, AEK were better and made the 0–1 with Olympiacos unable to react and with questionable fouls, brought their players into the area of AEK and made it 1–1. Nothing changed after that, with AEK being more pressing and dominating the midfield, with some of their clean attacks being ruled offside. In the rematch on 11 March, the Olympic Stadium was full with fans of the yellow-black and AEK were having the match under control at 0–0, but after the serious injury of Mantalos, they gave Olympiacos space to press and in the last minutes of the game, with a controversial goal, made the score 0–1 and the coach of Olympiacos, Pereira and Kasami, moved towards the stands making obscene gestures. A few ultras of AEK invaded for seconds and the match was interrupeted and later awarded to Olympiacos with 0–3.
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 10 June 2015, 23:59 UTC+3.
No.PlayerNat.Position(s)Date of birth (Age)SignedPrevious clubTransfer feeContract until Goalkeepers 1 Ilias Vouras GK 2013 Niki Volos Free 2017 12 Fotis Karagiolidis GK 2013 Atromitos Free 2016 22 Giannis Anestis GK 2014 Panionios Free 2018 30 Panagiotis Dounis GK 2013 AEK Athens U20 — 2017 Defenders 2 Aristidis Soiledis LB / LM / LW 2014 Niki Volos Free 2017 3 Stavros Petavrakis LB / LM 2013 Fostiras Free 2017 5 Vasilios Lampropoulos CB / RB 2014 Panionios Free 2017 15 Stratos Svarnas CB / RB 2014 Triglia Rafinas Free 2017 26 Dimitrios Kolovetsios CB / RB 2014 PAS Giannina €250,000 2017 27 Michalis Bakakis RB / LB / CB / RM 2014 Panetolikos €250,000 2017 31 Nikolaos Georgeas (Captain) RB / LB / DM 2013 Veria Free 2015 55 Adam Tzanetopoulos CB / DM / CM 2013 Niki Volos Free 2016 89 Georgios Sarris CB / DM 2014 Ergotelis Free 2016 Midfielders 4 Vasilios Rovas DM / CM / CB / RB 2013 Apollon Smyrnis Free 2016 6 Miguel Cordero (Vice-captain) CM / DM 2012 Xerez €70,000 2017 10 Dimitrios Anakoglou (Vice-captain 2) AM / CM / RM / LM 2013 Panserraikos €50,000 2016 14 Dimitrios Grontis CM / AM / LM / RM / LW / RW 2012 AEK Athens U20 — 2016 18 Jakob Johansson DM / CM / CB 2014 Göteborg Free 2018 20 Petros Mantalos AM / LM / CM / LW / SS / RM / RW 2014 Skoda Xanthi €500,000 2019 44 Ablaye Faye DM / CM 2014 Kallithea Free 2017 Forwards 7 Hélder Barbosa LW / LM / AM / RW / RM / SS 2014 Braga Free 2017 8 Alexandre D'Acol ST / SS / LW / AM 2013 Kallithea Free 2015 9 Ivan Brečević ST 2013 Koper Free 2016 11 Vangelis Platellas (Vice-captain 3) RW / RM / LM / LW / SS / AM 2013 Skoda Xanthi Free 2016 17 Darko Zorić SS / ST/ RW / LW / AM 2014 Čelik Nikšić €150,000 2017 21 Christos Aravidis SS / ST / RW / LW / RM / LM 2014 Panionios Free 2017 23 Markos Dounis RW / LW / RM / LM 2014 Panionios Free 2017 99 Macauley Chrisantus ST/ SS / RW / LW 2015 Sivasspor Free 2016 Left during Winter Transfer Window 16 Vasilios Tsevas ST / SS 2013 AEK Athens U20 — 2017
Transfers
In
Summer
PlayerFromFeeDateContract UntilSource2 Niki VolosFree transfer30 June 20175 PanioniosFree transfer30 June 20177 BragaFree transfer30 June 201715 Triglia RafinasFree transfer30 June 201717 Čelik Nikšić€150,00030 June 201720 Skoda Xanthi€500,00030 June 201921 PanioniosFree transfer30 June 201722 PanioniosFree transfer30 June 201823 PanioniosFree transfer30 June 201726 PAS Giannina€250,00030 June 201727 Panetolikos€250,00030 June 201789 ErgotelisFree transfer30 June 201644 KallitheaLoan return30 June 2017— PeramaikosLoan return30 June 2017— Nea IoniaLoan return30 June 2017— PeramaikosLoan return30 June 2017— A.O. Nea IoniaLoan return30 June 2017
Winter
PlayerFromFeeDateContract UntilSource18 GöteborgFree transfer30 June 201899 SivassporFree transfer30 June 2016— Niki VolosLoan termination30 June 2017
Out
Summer
PlayerToFeeDateSource— Pune CityEnd of contract— Ayia NapaContract termination— Asteras MagoulaContract termination— FokikosContract termination— PanelefsiniakosContract termination— AO Nea IoniaContract termination— Othellos AthienouContract termination— MandraikosContract termination— PanargiakosContract termination— FostirasContract termination— GlyfadaContract termination— Hellas Verona U19Contract termination— Free agentContract termination— VendsysselContract termination
Loan out
Summer
PlayerToFeeDateUntilOption to buySource— Triglia Rafinas Free 30 June 2015— Niki Volos Free 30 June 2015— Anagennisi Ierapetras Free 30 June 2015— Nea IoniaFree 30 June 2015— A.E. Kifisia Free 30 June 2015— Ilisiakos Free 30 June 2015
Winter
PlayerToFeeDateUntilOption to buySource16 Iraklis Psachna Free 30 June 2015— Episkopi Free 30 June 2015
Contract renewals
PlayerDateFormer Exp. DateNew Exp. DateSource31 30 June 201430 June 2015
Overall transfer activity
Expenditure Summer: €1,150,000
Winter: €0
Total: €1,150,000
Income Summer: €0
Winter: €0
Total: €0
Net Totals Summer: €1,150,000
Winter: €0
Total: €1,150,000
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overall record
Football League
South Group League Table
Results summary
Results by Matchday
Matches
Promotion play-offs
Table
Results summary
Results by Matchday
Matches
Greek Cup
Preliminary round
Group E
Matches
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
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. RankPlayerFootball LeagueFootball League Play-offsGreek CupTotal12113 4 520220 8 0 210311 7 1 1949 8 0 08599 3 3 067 3 2 16723 5 0 0510 3 1 1598 4 0 041017 3 0 035 2 0 131226 1 0 1227 0 1 12126 0 0 1144 0 0 1155 0 0 1118 1 0 012 0 1 0114 0 1 01Own goals 0 0 11Totals61141590
Hat-tricks Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored. PlayerAgainst Result Date Competition Source Petros Mantalos Episkopi 7–0 (H) 7 December 2014 Football League Ivan Brečević Kallithea 5–1 (H) 11 January 2015 Football League
Assists
The list is sorted by competition order when total assists are equal, then by position and then by squad number. RankPlayerFootball LeagueFootball League Play-offsGreek CupTotal12011 0 41527 6 4 414311 4 1 2742 3 0 148 1 2 1463 3 0 0323 3 0 0384 2 0 0210 2 0 0221 2 0 0255 1 1 0217 1 1 021327 1 0 0114 1 0 019 1 0 016 0 1 01Totals42101264
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. RankPlayerFootball LeaguePromotion Play-offsGreek CupTotal122 9 2 61721 2 2 04312 1 0 01Totals12 4 622
Disciplinary record
! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers
! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders
! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders
! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards
! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer window
Starting 11 This section presents the most frequently used formation along with the players with the most starts across all competitions.
Formation Matchday(s)414–2–3–11–4, 6–10, 12–18, 19–23, 25, 26
Player 22Giannis AnestisGK26Dimitrios KolovetsiosRCB5Vasilios LampropoulosLCB27Michalis BakakisRB3Stavros PetavrakisLB18Jakob JohanssonDM10Dimitrios Anakoglou (C)CM11Vangelis PlatellasRM7Hélder BarbosaLM20Petros MantalosAM21Christos AravidisCF
Awards PlayerAwardSource Christos Aravidis FW Player of the Year (South Group) Jakob Johansson MF Foreign Player of the Year (South Group) Traianos Dellas — Manager of the Year (South Group) Christos Aravidis FW Football League Top Scorer
References
External links AEK Athens F.C. Official Website A.E.K. FC Database