1997–98 AEK Athens F.C. season

August 2021 AEK Athens 1997–98 Dumitru Dumitriu(until 2 April)Antonis Minou Manager Alexis Kougias(until 10 October)Lakis Nikolaou Chairman Nikos Goumas Stadium Alpha Ethniki 3rd Greek Cup Round of 32 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Quarter-finals Demis Nikolaidis (19) Demis Nikolaidis (21) 24,367 vs Lokomotiv Moscow(5 March 1998) 2,271 vs Apollon Athens(23 March 1998) 11,020https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/grc/avegrc98.htm 1997–98 Alpha Ethniki european-football-statistics.co.uk AEK Athens 5–0 Dinaburg AEK Athens 0–2 IonikosAEK Athens 0–2 Skoda Xanthi _blacktop FFEF00 FFEF00 FFEF00 000000 FFEF00 1996–97 1998–99 The 1997–98 season was the 74th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 39th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. The season began on 31 August 1997 and finished on 17 May 1998. Overview In the summer of 1997, Michalis Trochanas, no longer able to bear the weight of managing the club, but also with the vast majority of the supporters against him, unsuccessfully looked for a buyer, putting the lawyer, Alexis Kougias as president. The team lost 2 more important players, Temur Ketsbaia and Vasilios Borbokis, who left for England. In addition, Stelios Manolas, who was against the club's major shareholder, did not join in the team at the start of the season. On the other hand, Giannis Kalitzakis, Arnar Grétarsson, Evripidis Katsavos, Theodoros Alexis and Vangelis Kefalas were transferred to the club. The first gathering of the team was episodic with about 2,000 fans gathered, "boiling" against the administration. Tensions and incidents occurred between the supporters, with Alexis Kougias and Vasilis Karagiannis being the main victims.https://www.tanea.gr/1997/07/08/sports/ksylo-me-to-kalimera/ Ξύλο με το καλημέρα 8 July 1997 tanea.gr The season started with these adverse conditions and the Romanian manager Dumitru Dumitriu.https://www.aekfc.gr/hp/i-istoria-mas-42825.htm?lang=en&path=-234507649&tab=0&place=0 1988 - 1998 aekfc.gr The team started the Championship relatively well and after a few months the psychology of the crowd rose, since Michalis Trochanas eventually sold his shares to the financially powerful, English multinational ENIC.https://www.contra.gr/gnomes/akhs-gewrgioy/otan-i-aek-synantise-tin-enic.7151677.html Όταν η ΑΕΚ συνάντησε την ENIC 14 October 2014 contra.gr The former player of AEK, Lakis Nikolaou took over as president, Manolas returned to the team and rich contract renewals and in January some transfers were made. Despite being the winter champions, AEK were affected by the injuries on the roster, left quite behind in the league table and eventually could not claim the title from Olympiacos. Towards the end of the season, Dumitriu was fired, who had already started to have problems with the administration, during the January transfer window. In his position, as an interim, Antonis Minou was hired to close the season.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk98.html Greece 1997/98 RSSSF In the Cup, AEK, after passing through the first two rounds without a match, were drawn against Skoda Xanthi for the round of 32. There, they were eliminated with defeats at both legs.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grkcuphistfull.html#98 Greek Cup Data 1997/98 RSSSF AEK, taking advantage of their good coefficient in the UEFA ranking, had a good draw in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup coming against Dinaburg from Latvia. The absence of Nikolaidis, affected the team's performance against the Latvians. In the "cold" Nikos Goumas Stadium Dinaburg kept resting the yellow-blacks, but after the dismissal of their goalkeeper shortly after half an hour of match, AEK scatered the Latvians with 5 goals, clearly turning the rematch into a formal procedure. The rematch in Daugava Stadium went as expected with AEK winning by 2–4 and their qualification was completed. Their next opponent were the Sturm Graz. At Nea Filadelfeia the game was lopsided as expected, but in the end the stadium played its part and AEK took a safe score with two goals in the last quarter of the game. Unfortunately, the game marked the career of Christos Kostis, who in a collision with Sidorchuk was seriously injured, never managing to fully recover.https://www.gazzetta.gr/stili/h-mixani-tou-xronou/article/820691/o-sovaros-traymatismos-toy-hristoy-kosti O σοβαρός τραυματισμός του Χρήστου Κωστή! 23 October 2015 gazzetta.gr The rematch at Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadium was more difficult than Dumitriu and his footballers expected. Sturm pressed, toiled and were well set up on the pitch. Nevertheless, they achieved nothing more than scoring a goal 8 minutes before the end of the match. In the quarter-finals AEK came across Lokomotiv Moscow for the first time and in one of the biggest challenges in their history. In a full Nea Filadelfeia Stadium AEK were seeking for a qualifying score in order to make the rematch an easy task. However, the yellow-blacks were not performing as expected, having a bad day and at the same time facing a suffocating pressure and overlap from the defense of the guests. AEK did not reach a goal and ended the match with 9 players, due to the dismissal of Doboș at the 75th minute and Vaios Karagiannis in the stoppage time. Despite the 0–0 first leg, the yellow-blacks were going to Moscow to qualify for the semi-finals. The team started the game numbly, but went to the locker rooms for half-time with a 0–0 draw. The hosts were pressing and in the 53rd minute made the score 1–0. AEK were getting up and missing a lot of chances and at the 66th minute, their pressure paid off and Maladenis won a penalty which Kopitsis converted into a goal. AEK had the qualification in their hands and had imposed themselves over Lokomotiv. The Russians were pressing and left their defenses exposed, with the counterattacks of AEK reaching the opposing area with claims, but either the final pass or the final effort was bad, since anxiety and nervousness were evident in their game. At the 90th minute, Sebwe made a run with the ball at his feet, neutralized everyone and passed to Nikolaidis. The opposing goalkeeper was eliminated and the striker of AEK had to score one of the easiest and most important goals of his career. Either out of overconfidence or out of too much anxiety, he took a lifeless shot from the small area, but his finish was bad and weak, which was caught by a Lokomotiv defender who came behind him and recovered the ball. Afterwards, in the last phase of the match Lokomotiv entered the area of AEK and after many counters, bad clearances of the defenders and constant crosses somehow the ball ended up in the net of Atmatsidis, leaving AEK unexpectedly out of the tournament in a qualification that would have been historic. One of the highlights of the season the unprecedented "absolute" in derby victories against Olympiacos and Panathinaikos, at both home and away. Additionally, the end of the season was marked by the retirement of Stelios Manolas, after 19 years of service to the club. The top scorer of the season for AEK was Demis Nikolaidis with 19 goals.http://www.aekpedia.com/2015/05/22/aek-1997-1998/ Περίοδος 1997-1998 22 May 2015 aekpedia.com el Management team Manager GRE Antonis Minou Goalkeeping coach GRE Lakis Stergioudas Fitness coach GRE Georgios Vamvakas Academy director GRE Andreas Stamatiadis Academy manager GRE Giorgos Karafeskos Head of Medical GRE Lakis Nikolaou |} Players Squad information NOTE: The players are the ones that have been announced by the AEK Athens' press release. No edits should be made unless a player arrival or exit is announced. Updated 17 May 1998, 23:59 UTC+3. No.PlayerNat.Position(s)Date of birth (Age)SignedPrevious clubTransfer feeContract until Goalkeepers 1 Ilias Atmatsidis GRE GK 1998 6 30 1969 4 24 y 1992 GRE Pontioi Veria ₯40,000,000 1999 15 Chrysostomos Michailidis GRE GK 1998 6 30 1975 1 15 y 1997 GRE Eordaikos Free 2002 22 Vasilis Karagiannis GRE GK 1998 6 30 1969 9 27 y 1993 GRE Diagoras ₯20,000,000 1998 26 Dionysis Chiotis GRE GK 1998 6 30 1977 6 4 y 1995 GRE AEK Athens U20 — 2005 Defenders 3 Michalis Kasapis GRE LB / LM 1998 6 30 1971 8 6 y 1993 GRE Levadiakos ₯25,000,000 2002 4 Anton Doboș ROM CB 1998 6 30 1965 10 13 y 1996 ROM Steaua București ₯60,000,000 1999 5 Nikos Kostenoglou (Vice-captain 2) GRE CB / RB 1998 6 30 1970 10 3 y 1994 GRE Skoda Xanthi ₯70,000,000 2003 9 Georgios Koutoulas GRE CB / LB 1998 6 30 1967 2 9 y 1987 GRE AEK Athens U20 — 1999 12 Charis Kopitsis GRE RB / RM / LB / LM 1998 6 30 1969 3 5 y 1992 GRE Panionios Free 2001 13 Vaios Karagiannis (Vice-captain) GRE LB / CB 1998 6 30 1968 6 25 y 1990 GRE A.O. Karditsa ₯11,000,000 2000 23 Vangelis Kefalas GRE CB / DM 1998 6 30 1973 7 31 y 1997 GRE Apollon Athens Free 2000 25 Giannis Kalitzakis GRE CB 1998 6 30 1966 2 10 y 1997 GRE Panathinaikos ₯23,800,000 2000 29 Stelios Manolas (Captain) GRE CB / RB 1998 6 30 1961 7 13 y 1980 GRE AEK Athens U20 — 1998 Midfielders 2 Triantafyllos Macheridis GRE DM / CB / RB / LB 1998 6 30 1973 11 10 y 1996 GRE Skoda Xanthi ₯100,000,000 2001 7 Christos Maladenis GRE CM / RM / LM / AM / DM / RW / LW / SS 1998 6 30 1974 5 23 y 1995 GRE Skoda Xanthi ₯100,000,000 2000 8 Toni Savevski MKD CM / LM / DM 1998 6 30 1963 7 14 y 1988 MKD Vardar ₯34,000,000 1999 18 Evripidis Katsavos GRE CM / DM / RM 1998 6 30 1973 9 14 y 1997 GRE Veria Free 2001 19 Mattheos Platakis GRE AM / ST / SS 1998 6 30 1977 6 30 y 1996 GRE Phinikas Polichini Free 2000 24 Arnar Grétarsson ISL CM / DM 1998 6 30 1972 2 20 y 1997 ISL Leiftur Free 2000 27 Giorgos Passios GREAUS DM / CM / CB 1998 6 30 1980 5 4 y 1997 GRE AEK Athens U20 — 2003 30 Kelvin Sebwe LBR AM / SS 1998 6 30 1972 4 4 y 1997 GRE Skoda Xanthi ₯350,000,000 2003 Forwards 10 Christos Kostis GRE SS / ST / AM / RW / LW 1998 6 30 1972 1 15 y 1994 GRE Iraklis ₯350,000,000 1998 11 Demis Nikolaidis GREGER ST / SS 1998 6 30 1973 9 17 y 1996 GRE Apollon Athens ₯330,000,000 1999 20 Daniel Batista GRECPV ST / SS / AM 1998 6 30 1964 9 9 y 1995 GRE Olympiacos Free 1998 21 Marcelo Veridiano BRA ST / SS 1998 6 30 1966 6 30 y 1996 GRE Skoda Xanthi ₯35,000,000 1998 28 Georgios Donis GREGER RW / RM 1998 6 30 1969 10 22 y 1997 ENG Blackburn Rovers Free 2003 31 Goran Tomić CRO ST 1998 6 30 1977 3 18 y 1998 ITA Vicenza ₯80,000,000 1998 Left during Winter Transfer Window 6 Michalis Vlachos GRE CB / DM 1998 6 30 1967 9 20 y 1993 GRE Olympiacos Free 2000 16 Konstantinos Pavlopoulos GRE CB 1998 6 30 1968 7 2 y 1995 GRE OFI Free 1998 14 Theodoros Alexis GRE RM 1998 6 30 1975 5 6 y 1997 GRE Apollon Athens Free 2001 Transfers In Summer No. Squad NumberPos. PositionPlayerFromFeeDateContract UntilSource14 7 MF Alexis, Theodoros GRE Theodoros Alexis GRE Apollon AthensFree transfer7 July 199730 June 200115 1 GK Michailidis, Chrysostomos GRE Chrysostomos Michailidis GRE EordaikosFree transfer1 July 199730 June 200221 May 1997 Μυστήριο το ταξίδι Στράτου για πώληση της ΑΕΚ 56 Eleftheros Typos Αντώνης Μήτσου el18 6 MF Katsavos, Evripidis GRE Evripidis Katsavos GRE VeriaFree transfer31 July 199730 June 2001https://www.tanea.gr/1997/08/01/sports/aek-thyrida-gia-pantoyroy-ekleise-o-katsabos/ ΑΕΚ Θυρίδα για Παντούρου Έκλεισε ο Κατσαβός 1 August 1997 tanea.gr23 2 DF Kefalas, Vangelis GRE Vangelis Kefalas GRE Apollon AthensFree transfer7 July 199730 June 200024 6 MF Grétarsson, Arnar ISL Arnar Grétarsson ISL LeifturFree transfer8 August 19979 August 1997 Τελείωσε και τυπικά του Γκρέταρσον 5 Athletic Echo el30 June 2000https://www.tanea.gr/1997/06/21/sports/enas-efyge-allos-irthe/ Ένας έφυγε, άλλος ήρθε 21 June 1997 tanea.gr25 2 DF Kalitzakis, Giannis GRE Giannis Kalitzakis GRE Panathinaikos₯23,800,0001 July 1997 «Κιτρινόμαυρος» ο Καλιτζάκης 5 Athletic Echo Βασίλης Σαμπράκος el1 July 199730 June 2000https://www.tanea.gr/1997/06/14/sports/to-kalytero/ Το καλύτερο 14 June 1997 tanea.gr27 5 MF Passios, Giorgos GRE Giorgos Passios GRE AEK Athens U20Promotion1 July 199730 June 2003— 2 DF Theodoridis, Georgios GRE Georgios Theodoridis GRE EdessaikosLoan return1 July 199730 June 1997 Winter No. Squad NumberPos. PositionPlayerFromFeeDateContract UntilSource28 10 FW Donis, Georgios GRE Georgios Donis ENG Blackburn RoversFree transfer12 December 199730 June 2003https://www.tanea.gr/1997/12/12/sports/symfwnia-me-sempoye-dwni/ Συμφωνία με Σέμπουε - Δώνη 12 December 1997 tanea.gr30 9 MF Sebwe, Kelvin LBR Kelvin Sebwe GRE Skoda Xanthi₯350,000,00012 December 199731 December 2003https://www.onsports.gr/podosfairo/superleague/story/216697/h-dexameni-kai-ta-xrysa-deals-tis-xanthis-photos H… δεξαμενή και τα χρυσά «deals» της Ξάνθης! Πλιάτσικας Κώστας 25 May 2012 onsports.gr Out Summer No. Squad NumberPos. PositionPlayerToFeeDateSource— 2 DF Theodoridis, Georgios GRE Georgios Theodoridis GRE Doxa VyronasFree transfer31 July 19971 August 1997 Ο Θεοδωρίδης στη Δόξα Βύρ. 29 Athletic Echo Ε. Γκ. el— 3 DF Borbokis, Vasilios GRE Vasilios Borbokis ENG Sheffield United₯400,000,00023 June 1997https://www.onsports.gr/podosfairo/superleague/story/74356/thymithikan-ton-mpormpoki Θυμήθηκαν τον Μπορμπόκη 6 June 2011 onsports.gr Online el24 June 1997 Στα «λεπίδια» ο Μπορμπόκης! 4 Athletic Echo Βασίλης Σαμπράκος el— 7 ΜF Ketsbaia, Temur GEO 1990 Temur Ketsbaia ENG Newcastle UnitedEnd of contract7 July 19979 July 1997 Υπέγραψε ο Κετσπάγια 32 Athletic Echo elhttps://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/newcastle-united/on-this-day/feature/otd-temuri-ketsbaia-joins-newcastle_163734.html On this day: Temuri Ketsbaia joins Newcastle United 7 July 2014 sportsmole.co.uk Online el Winter No. Squad NumberPos. PositionPlayerToFeeDateSource6 2 DF Vlachos, Michalis GRE Michalis Vlachos ENG PortsmouthContract termination29 January 1998https://www.tanea.gr/1998/01/29/sports/boles-apo-ton-ntoymitrioy/ Βολές από τον Ντουμιτρίου 29 January 1998 tanea.gr16 2 DF Pavlopoulos, Konstantinos GRE Konstantinos Pavlopoulos GRE OFIContract termination15 January 199815 January 1998 Επιστρέφει στον ΟΦΗ ο Παυλόπουλος 14 Athletic Echo Στέλιος Κατεργιαννάκης el Loan in Winter No. Squad NumberPos. PositionPlayerFromFeeDateUntilOption to buySource31 13 FW Tomić, Goran CRO Goran Tomić ITA Vicenza₯80,000,0003 February 199830 June 1998https://www.tanea.gr/1998/02/04/sports/esteilan-kroati/ Έστειλαν Κροάτη! 4 February 1998 tanea.gr Loan out Summer No. Squad NumberPos. PositionPlayerToFeeDateUntilOption to buySource— 13 FW Kartalis, Giorgos GRE Giorgos Kartalis GRE Aris PetroupolisFree1 August 199730 June 19982 August 1997 Μια πεντάδα απο ΑΕΚ 36 Athletic Echo Μπ. Μαρνιάς el— 13 FW Anastasakos, Ilias GRE Ilias Anastasakos GRE Aris PetroupolisFree1 August 199730 June 1998 Winter No. Squad NumberPos. PositionPlayerToFeeDateUntilOption to buySource14 7 MF Alexis, Theodoros GRE Theodoros Alexis GRE AthinaikosFree15 January 199830 June 1998https://www.tanea.gr/1998/01/16/sports/athinaikos-pire-aleksi-gia-ena-xrono/ ΑΘΗΝΑΪΚΟΣ Πήρε Αλέξη για ένα χρόνο 16 January 1998 tanea.gr16 January 1998 Αλέξης: «Η ΑΕΚ ήθελε να πάω στον Αθηναϊκό»! 7 Athletic Echo Γ. Καρζής el Contract renewals No. Squad NumberPos. PositionPlayerDateFormer Exp. DateNew Exp. DateSource3 4 DF Kasapis, Michalis GRE Michalis Kasapis16 October 199730 June 199830 June 2002https://www.tanea.gr/1997/10/16/sports/symbolaia-rekor/ Συμβόλαια-ρεκόρ 16 October 1997 tanea.gr5 2 DF Kostenoglou, Nikos GRE Nikos Kostenoglou14 October 199730 June 199830 June 2003https://www.tanea.gr/1997/10/14/sports/xrysafi-sta-podiatwn-paiktwn/ Χρυσάφι στα πόδιατων παικτών 14 October 1997 tanea.gr12 3 DF Kopitsis, Charis GRE Charis Kopitsis14 October 199730 November 199731 December 2001https://www.tanea.gr/1997/10/15/sports/ta-11-prwta-bimata/ Τα 11 πρώτα βήματα 15 October 1997 tanea.gr29 2 DF Manolas, Stelios GRE Stelios Manolas29 December 199730 June 199730 June 1998https://www.tanea.gr/1997/12/30/sports/o-sempoye-apo-simera-sti-diathesi-toy-ntoymitrioy/ Ο Σέμπουε από σήμερα στη διάθεση του Ντουμιτρίου 30 December 1997 tanea.gr Overall transfer activity Expenditure Summer: ₯103,800,000 Winter: ₯350,000,000 Total: ₯553,800,000 Income Summer: ₯400,000,000 Winter: ₯0 Total: ₯412,000,000 Net Totals Summer: ₯296,200,000 Winter: ₯350,000,000 Total: ₯53,800,000 Pre-season and friendlies Friendly 13 July 1997 Fenerbahçe 2–1 https://www.tanea.gr/1997/07/14/sports/itta-2-1-apo-tin-fener-mpaxtse AEK Athens Okocha 19 Elgor 57 Nikolaidis 45 Delta Stadion Munchen 3,000 L Friendly 15 July 1997 Miesbach 0–2 Report16 July 1997 Φωτοβολίδα Γκρέταρσον από 35 μέτρα! 4 Athletic Echo el AEK Athens Grétarsson 14 Batista 65 Sportanlage Windfeld Miesbach W Friendly 17 July 1997 19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Rottach-Egern 1–7 https://www.tanea.gr/1997/07/18/sports/epimenei-2/ AEK Athens 75 Kopitsis 15 pen. Batista 22 Kasapis 35 Marcelo 55 Kefalas 80 Grétarsson 81 Alexis 84 Birkenmoos Stadion Rottach-Egern W Friendly 23 July 1997 20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Türkgücü München 3–1 Report24 July 1997 Προανήγγειλε αποχωρήσεις ο Ντουμιτρίου με τα την ήττα (3-1) από τη Τουρκ Γκιουτζούκ 5 Athletic Echo el AEK Athens 20 76 80 Platakis 79 Daden Stadion Munich L Friendly 27 July 1997 12:00 EEST (UTC+3) Herakles Munchen 0–8 https://www.tanea.gr/1997/07/28/sports/aek-apo-dyo-gkol-nikolaidis-kai-mpatista/ AEK Athens Nikolaidis 4 28 Macheridis 9 Koutoulas 18 Batista 73 76 Platakis 82 Kefalas 85 Tegernsee W Friendly 4 August 1997 21:00 EEST (UTC+3) AEK Athens 2–1 Report5 August 1997 ΑΕΚ: Θετικά δείγματα μπροστά στο κοινό της 1, 8 Athletic Echo el Iraklis C. Kostis 4 Doboș 64 Konstantinidis 76 Nikos Goumas Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 7,000 Nikos Iliadis (Piraeus) W Friendly 6 August 1997 21:00 EEST (UTC+3) AEK Athens 2–2 https://www.tanea.gr/1997/08/07/sports/ikanopoiise Boavista Kalitzakis 29, Nikolaidis 57 Litos Miguel 50 Ayew 0 65 Simić 88 Nikos Goumas Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 3,122 Georgios Psychomanis (Athens) D Friendly 11 August 1997 21:00 EEST (UTC+3) AEK Athens 5–0 https://www.tanea.gr/1997/08/12/sports/briskomaste-sto-30/ Kavala Maladenis 14 Marcelo 39 Kasapis 60 Nikolaidis 81 88 Nikos Goumas Stadium Nea Filadelfeia Dionysis Stefanopoulos (Piraeus) W Friendly 13 August 1997 18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Proodeftiki 1–1 Report14 August 1997 Αγγαρεία στον Κορυδαλλό 1, 5 Athletic Echo Βασίλης Σαμπράκος el AEK Athens Abelas 52 Kopitsis Savevski 4, Nikaia Municipal Stadium Nikaia 1,002 Giannis Abelakias (Thessaly) D Friendly 18 August 1997 18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Ionikos 4–1 https://www.tanea.gr/1997/08/19/sports/xanei-ton-toni/ AEK Athens Andrioli Frousos 14 52 Kljajević 26 pen. Afash 48 Maladenis 8 Savevski 0 34 Neapoli Stadium Nikaia Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens) L Friendly 20 August 1997 21:00 EEST (UTC+3) AEK Athens 3–2 https://www.tanea.gr/1997/08/21/sports/me-to-spathi-toy-3/ Panachaiki Maladenis 26 71 pen. 90 Palapanis 16 Klejch 68 Nikos Goumas Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 1,1261 July 1997 Αρίστευσε ο... αντι-Σαβέβσκι 1, 5 Athletic Echo Βασίλης Σαμπράκος el Dimitris Kalyvas (Boeotia) W Friendly 27 August 1997 19:00 EEST (UTC+3) AEK Athens 1–0 Report28 August 1997 Πάλι δεν έπεισε... 1, 5 Athletic Echo Βασίλης Σαμπράκος el Panetolikos Nikolaidis 23 Nikos Goumas Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 1,701 Kleomenis Bontiotis (Athens) W Friendly 28 January 1998 15:00 EEST (UTC+3) AEK Athens 1–0 https://www.tanea.gr/1998/01/29/sports/boles-apo-ton-ntoymitrioy/ Ethnikos Asteras Maladenis 45 AEK Athens' Training Complex Thrakomakedones W 75-minute match (Three 25-minute periods). Friendly 26 May 1998 AEK Athens 2–1 Report27 May 1998 “Κιτρινόμαυρος” ο Μάρκος 7 Athletic Echo Μπάμπης Μαρνάς el Akratitos Macheridis 15 Marcelo 30 Doudoumis 5 AEK Athens' Training Complex Thrakomakedones W 60-minute match. Competitions Overall record 3 Alpha Ethniki 31 August 1997 17 May 1998 Matchday 1 3rd 22 8 4 61 30 Greek Cup 19 November 1997 3 December 1997 Round of 32 Round of 32 0 0 2 1 4 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 18 September 1997 19 March 1998 First round Quarter-finals 1 1 2 12 5 17 May 1998 Alpha Ethniki 1997–98 Alpha Ethniki League table AEK Results summary 12 2 3 33 15 10 6 1 28 15 Competitive matches August 2021 Results by Matchday table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H Result D/W/W/W/W/L/W/W/W/W/W/W/W/W/W/W/D/W/L/W/D/D/D/W/L/W/W/D/L/W/D/W/D/W Position 9/6/4/4/3/3/3/3/3/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/2/1/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss lightgrey Postponed 1st 2nd 3rd red1 Competitive matches August 2021 Matches 1 31 August 1997 19:00 EEST (UTC+3) PAOK 0–0 AEK Athens Olivares Macheridis 40 Batista 75 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki 30,347 Ilias Chatzis (Karditsa) D 2 14 September 1997 18:45 EEST (UTC+3) AEK Athens 2–1 Proodeftiki Kostenoglou Maladenis Macheridis Kostis 23 pen. 63 Giannopoulos Chouzouris Bairamoglou 77 Nikos Goumas Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 13,028 Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia) W 3 22 September 1997 20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Olympiacos 0–1 AEK Athens Dabizas Katsavos Savevski Kasapis 15 Nikolaidis 60 Olympic Stadium Marousi 31,470 Grigoris Kechagias (Thessaloniki) W 4 28 September 1997 15:45 EEST (UTC+3) AEK Athens 1–0 Kavala Kalitzakis Kopitsis 36 Kallimanis Athanasiadis Nikos Goumas Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 13,252 Spyros Papadakos (Laconia) W 5 6 October 1997 18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Iraklis 1–4 AEK Athens Xhumba Gonias 52 pen., 60' Maladenis C. Kostis 25 81 Savevski 34 Nikolaidis 35 Kaftanzoglio Stadium Thessaloniki 10,057 Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi) W 6 19 October 1997 21:00 EEST (UTC+3) AEK Athens 0–2 Ionikos Macheridis 30 Nikolaidis 42 Doboș 65 Maladenis 74 Daraklitsas 25, 0 73 Afash 34 Stamatis 68 Andrioli 71 Nikos Goumas Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 8,614 Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki) L 7 27 October 1997 20:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 2–1 Panathinaikos Vlachos Doboș Atmatsidis Savevski 42 Nikolaidis 73 Lagonikakis Mykland Konstantinidis Georgiadis 50 pen. Nikos Goumas Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 19,516 Naoum Mintiouris (Serres) W 8 2 November 1997 15:00 EET (UTC+2) Paniliakos 2–4 AEK Athens Lakis Koloskopis Nikolić Troupkos Barniak 7 35 Kostenoglou 30 Maladenis 57 Batista 59 70 Kopitsis 74 Pyrgos Stadium Pyrgos 4,443 Spyros Papadakos (Laconia) W 9 10 November 1997 18:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 2–0 Panionios Nikolaidis 7 Savevski 17 Ioannidis Tzanetis Kamitsis Nikos Goumas Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 7,522 Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki) W 10 15 November 1997 15:00 EET (UTC+2) Apollon Athens 3–4 AEK Athens Dikoumé 9 62 Damigos 21 Damjanović 31 Konstantinidis 2 59 65 Bushi 70 Tatsis 90+1 Nikolaidis 21 67 72, 51 Batista 32 Marcelo 47 Kasapis 56 Kopitsis 70 Katsavos 81 Rizoupoli Stadium Rizoupoli 4,207 Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens) W 11 23 November 1997 19:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 5–1 Panachaiki Marcelo 15 Savevski 57 Nikolaidis 69 Kyriakopoulos 73 o.g. Batista 77 Kalla 30 Vaitsis 54 Klejch 85 Nikos Goumas Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 9,492 Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia) W 12 29 November 1997 15:00 EET (UTC+2) Veria 1–2 AEK Athens Pangouras Troupkos 6 Katsavos Vlachos Kasapis Nikolaidis 30, Maladenis 58 Veria Stadium Veria 2,570 Grigoris Kechagias (Thessaloniki) W 13 7 December 1997 15:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 2–1 Ethnikos Piraeus Kalitzakis Katsavos Nikolaidis 25 pen. Batista 39 Vouzas Stavrakakis 84 Nikos Goumas Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 6,513 Spyros Papadakos (Laconia) W 14 15 December 1997 15:00 EET (UTC+2) Athinaikos 0–1 AEK Athens Pliotas Psarris Sidiropoulos Papapostolou Macheridis Nikolaidis 43 pen., Vyronas National Stadium Vyronas 1,254 Thanasis Velliodis (Athens) W 15 22 December 1997 15:00 EET (UTC+2) Kalamata 1–2 AEK Athens Dodoo Kostoulas Albertis 15 Macheridis Grétarsson Kasapis Marcelo Bastios 17 o.g. Nikolaidis 29, 71', Kalamata Municipal Stadium Kalamata 3,957 Nikos Angelakis (Thessaloniki) W 16 4 January 1998 17:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 3–0 OFI Kostenoglou Kasapis Batista 26, 58 Nikolaidis 35 45 Dedes Kiassos Anastasiou 27' Nikos Goumas Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 21,667 Giorgos Douros (Corinthia) W 17 12 January 1998 16:30 EET (UTC+2) Skoda Xanthi 0–0 AEK Athens Kechagias 57 Grétarsson Macheridis 67 Marcelo 85 A.O. Xanthi Stadium Xanthi 6,093 Giorgos Bikas (Chalkidiki) D 18 18 January 1998 17:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 3–0 PAOK Kalitzakis Maladenis 17 90+1 Batista 58 Zafiriou Kapetanopoulos 2 58 79 Zagorakis 0 88 Nikos Goumas Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 22,129 Stratos Papoutselis (Lesbos) W 19 25 January 1998 15:00 EET (UTC+2) Proodeftiki 3–2 AEK Athens Zajmi 10 22 Călugărița 17 Angelopoulos 26 Almanidis 44 Giannopoulos 2 21 83 Maladenis 18 Kostenoglou 2 21 83, 80 Batista 28 Donis 74 Nikaia Municipal Stadium Nikaia 2,500 Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia) L 20 2 February 1998 18:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 1–0 Olympiacos Manolas 2 Kalitzakis 2 24 90+1 Nikolaidis 40 Marcelo 66 Maladenis 74 Grétarsson 78 Mavrogenidis 11 Karapialis 28 Karataidis 31 Passalis 37 Nikos Goumas Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 22,378 Spyros Papadakos (Laconia) W 21 8 February 1998 17:00 EET (UTC+2) Kavala 1–1 AEK Athens Chatzizisis Tsapanidis Koltsis Enuagwuna Papandreou 62 pen. Kostenoglou Sebwe Donis Manolas Atmatsidis Kasapis Doboș 50 Maladenis 72' Kavala Municipal Stadium Kavala 4,616 Michalis Kalathenos (Dodecanese) D 22 15 February 1998 15:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 2–2 Iraklis Maladenis 5 Doboș 77 Macheridis 88 Jovanović Christodoulou Xenidis 83 Kashimba 84 G. Kostis 88 Nikos Goumas Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 14,846 Dionysis Stefanopoulos (Piraeus) D 23 23 February 1998 15:00 EET (UTC+2) Ionikos 1–1 AEK Athens Pachatouridis Kljajević Xanthopoulos Gyrichidis 35 Frousos 45+1 Kalitzakis Savevski Vaios Karagiannis Tomić Macheridis Marcelo 34 Doboș 35 pen. Nikolaidis 52 Neapoli Stadium Nikaia 2,433 Giorgos Douros (Corinthia) D 24 1 March 1998 18:00 EET (UTC+2) Panathinaikos 0–1 AEK Athens Lagonikakis 81 Maladenis 14 Manolas 40 Olympic Stadium Marousi 30,093 Nikos Angelakis (Thessaloniki) W 25 9 March 1998 19:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 1–2 Paniliakos Tomić 84 Georgiou Sapanis 2 26 Rosales 48 Lakis 54 Nikos Goumas Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 4,375 Stratos Papoutselis (Lesbos) L 26 14 March 1998 19:00 EET (UTC+2) Panionios 0–1 AEK Athens Karras Fyssas Marcelo Kopitsis Maladenis 10, Nea Smyrni Stadium Nea Smyrni 2,491 Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki) W 27 23 March 1998 19:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 1–0 Apollon Athens Donis 39 Nikolaidis 48 Tatsis Nikos Goumas Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 2,271 Andreas Aronis (Piraeus) W 28 29 March 1998 17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Panachaiki 0–0 AEK Athens Maladenis Doboș Nikolaidis Kasapis Roussos Kalla Kostas Davourlis Stadium Patras 4,553 Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki) D 29 5 April 1998 17:00 EEST (UTC+3) AEK Athens 1–2 Veria Kopitsis 15' Nikolaidis 45, 78 Kostenoglou 83 Thomaidis Mallous Dellios Petković Poursaitidis 5 Stoica 84 Nikos Goumas Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 5,188 Pavlos Konstantinidis (Piraeus) L 30 12 April 1998 20:30 EEST (UTC+3) Ethnikos Piraeus 1–3 AEK Athens Athanasiadis Petkovski Palacios 39 Kasapis Savevski 22 Marcelo 24 Donis 81 Karaiskakis Stadium Piraeus 2,478 Nikos Angelakis (Thessaloniki) W 31 3 May 1998 17:00 EEST (UTC+3) AEK Athens 1–1 Athinaikos Vaios Karagiannis Kopitsis Grétarsson 70 Theodoropoulos Koltzos Routzieris Agathokleous 81 Nikos Goumas Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 3,149 Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia) D 32 10 May 1998 17:00 EEST (UTC+3) AEK Athens 4–2 Kalamata Kostenoglou Donis Nikolaidis 11 21 Kopitsis 14' Maladenis 59 Tomić 77 Belevonis Aurélio 1 Tzanetis 13 Drougas 22 Dodoo 83 Nikos Goumas Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 6,682 Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia) W 33 13 May 1998 19:00 EEST (UTC+3) OFI 1–1 AEK Athens Skentzos Anastasiou 77 Nikolaidis 26 Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Heraklion 3,660 Christos Mittas (Thessaloniki) D 34 17 May 1998 17:00 EEST (UTC+3) AEK Athens 2–0 Skoda Xanthi Passios Donis 16 Kopitsis 43 Tsakonakis Karageorgiou Nikos Goumas Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 6,724 Dimitris Kalyvas (Boeotia) W End of career for Stelios Manolas. Greek Cup 1997–98 Greek Football Cup AEK Athens entered the Greek Cup at the Round of 32. Round of 32 First leg 19 November 1997 15:00 EET (UTC+2) Skoda Xanthi 2–1 https://www.contra.gr/podosfairo/aek-xanthi-istories-ap-to-parelthon.6827293.html AEK Athens Venetidis Kechagias Mangan Tengelidis Zikos 41 Chavos 55 Vlachos Kasapis 18 A.O. Xanthi Stadium Xanthi 3,132 Pavlos Konstantinidis (Piraeus) L Second leg 3 December 1997 19:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens 0–2 1–4 https://www.contra.gr/podosfairo/aek-xanthi-istories-ap-to-parelthon.6827293.html Skoda Xanthi Batista Vaios Karagiannis Kostenoglou Antzas Sebwe 55 Adamczyk 62 Nikos Goumas Stadium Nea Filadelfeia 4,198 Platonas Bozatzidis (Thessaloniki) L UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round First leg 18 September 1997 18:30 EEST (UTC+3) AEK Athens GRE 5–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20040616153953/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54368/index.html LAT Dinaburg Doboș 25 Kopitsis 36 pen. 45 Katsavos 64 Kalitzakis 67 Marcelo 77 Fedotovs 27 Dusmanov 0 35 Nikos Goumas Stadium Athens, Greece 10,587 Hans-Jürgen Weber (Germany) W Second leg 2 October 1997 21:00 EEST (UTC+3) Dinaburg LAT 2–4 2–9 https://web.archive.org/web/20040618204624/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D734/match%3D54369/index.html GRE AEK Athens Fedotovs 34, 86 Pinyaskin 48 Isayev 62 Nikolaidis 35 80 Vlachos 50 Kostis 72 Kostenoglou 82 Daugava Stadium Riga, Latvia 1,500 Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway) W Second round First leg 23 October 1997 20:00 EEST (UTC+3) AEK Athens GRE 2–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20040422104840/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D735/match%3D54510/index.html AUT Sturm Graz Kopitsis 11 Kalitzakis 14 Batista 75 Marcelo 84 Mählich 20 Foda 30 Popović 64 Reinmayr 70 Nikos Goumas Stadium Athens, Greece 13,329 Alfredo Trentalange (Italy) W Second leg 6 November 1997 21:00 EET (UTC+2) Sturm Graz AUT 1–0 1–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20040422105421/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D735/match%3D54511/index.html GRE AEK Athens Mählich 20 Posch 30 Haas 20 Reinmayr 77 Spiteri 82, 84 Kalitzakis 7 Nikolaidis 38 Kostenoglou 57 Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadium Graz, Austria 15,400 Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria) L Quarter-finals First leg 5 March 1998 20:00 EET (UTC+2) AEK Athens GRE 0–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20040407022132/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D736/match%3D54574/index.html RUS Lokomotiv Moscow Kasapis 48 Vaios Karagiannis 2 51 89 Doboș 0 75 Loskov 39 Arifullin 52 Drozdov 62 Kosolapov 82 Smirnov 86 Nikos Goumas Stadium Athens, Greece 24,367 Dick Jol (Netherlands) D Second leg 19 March 1998 18:00 EET (UTC+2) Lokomotiv Moscow RUS 2–1 2–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20040407022739/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D736/match%3D54575/index.html GRE AEK Athens Kharlachyov 53 Chugainov 90 Manolas 17 Kopitsis 67 pen. Lokomotiv Stadium Moscow, Russia 11,256 Markus Merk (Germany) L Statistics Squad statistics 17 May 1998Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Cup Winners' Cup ! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers |- GK 1 GRE Ilias Atmatsidis 33 0 2 0 6 0 GK 15 GRE Chrysostomos Michailidis 0 0 0 0 0 0 GK 22 GRE Vasilis Karagiannis 1 0 0 0 0 0 GK 26 GRE Dionysis Chiotis 1 0 0 0 0 0 ! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders |- DF 3 GRE Michalis Kasapis 30 0 1 1 6 0 DF 4 ROM Anton Doboș 19 3 0 0 5 0 DF 5 GRE Nikos Kostenoglou 28 1 2 0 5 0 DF 9 GRE Georgios Koutoulas 2 0 1 0 0 0 DF 12 GRE Charis Kopitsis 24 3 1 0 6 3 DF 13 GRE Vaios Karagiannis 17 0 1 0 1 0 DF 23 GRE Vangelis Kefalas 0 0 0 0 1 0 DF 25 GRE Giannis Kalitzakis 28 0 2 0 5 1 DF 29 GRE Stelios Manolas 13 0 0 0 2 0 ! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders |- MF 2 GRE Triantafyllos Macheridis 27 0 1 0 4 0 MF 7 GRE Christos Maladenis 27 9 1 0 5 0 MF 8 MKD Toni Savevski 32 5 2 0 6 0 MF 18 GRE Evripidis Katsavos 18 0 1 0 3 1 MF 19 GRE Mattheos Platakis 0 0 2 0 0 0 MF 24 ISL Arnar Grétarsson 27 1 2 0 6 0 MF 27 GRE Giorgos Passios 1 0 0 0 0 0 MF 30 LBR Kelvin Sebwe 19 0 2 0 0 0 ! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards |- FW 10 GRE Christos Kostis 6 4 0 0 3 1 FW 11 GRE Demis Nikolaidis 26 19 1 0 5 2 FW 20 GRE Daniel Batista 16 7 2 0 3 1 FW 21 BRA Marcelo Veridiano 29 3 2 0 5 2 FW 28 GRE Georgios Donis 17 2 0 0 0 0 FW 31 CRO Goran Tomić 12 2 0 0 0 0 ! colspan="11" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer Window |- DF 6 GRE Michalis Vlachos 11 0 1 0 3 1 DF 16 GRE Konstantinos Pavlopoulos 1 0 1 0 0 0 MF 14 GRE Theodoros Alexis 4 0 1 0 0 0 |} Goalscorers 17 May 1998The list is sorted by competition order when total goals are equal, then by position and then by squad number. RankNo. Squad NumberPos. PositionPlayerAlpha EthnikiGreek CupCup Winners' CupTotal11113 FWNikolaidis, Demis GRE Demis Nikolaidis19 0 221276 MFMaladenis, Christos GRE Christos Maladenis 9 0 0932013 FWBatista, Daniel GRE Daniel Batista 7 0 184123 DFKopitsis, Charis GRE Charis Kopitsis 3 0 36586 MFSavevski, Toni MKD Toni Savevski 5 0 051012 FWKostis, Christos GRE Christos Kostis 4 0 152113 FWVeridiano, Marcelo BRA Marcelo Veridiano 3 0 25842 DFDoboș, Anton ROM Anton Doboș 3 0 0392810 FWDonis, Georgios GRE Georgios Donis 2 0 023113 FWTomić, Goran CRO Goran Tomić 2 0 021152 DFKostenoglou, Nikos GRE Nikos Kostenoglou 1 0 01246 MFGrétarsson, Arnar ISL Arnar Grétarsson 1 0 0134 DFKasapis, Michalis GRE Michalis Kasapis 0 1 0162 DFVlachos, Michalis GRE Michalis Vlachos 0 0 11252 DFKalitzakis, Giannis GRE Giannis Kalitzakis 0 0 11186 MFKatsavos, Evripidis GRE Evripidis Katsavos 0 0 11Own goals 2 0 02Totals61 11274 Hat-tricks Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored. PlayerAgainst Result Date Competition Source GRE Demis Nikolaidis GRE Apollon Athens 4–3 (A) 15 November 1997 Alpha Ethnikihttps://www.tanea.gr/1997/11/17/sports/ti-niki-i-aek-to-rekor-o-apollwn/ Τη νίκη η ΑΕΚ, το ρεκόρ ο Απόλλων!! 17 November 1997 tanea.gr Online el Assists 17 May 1998The list is sorted by competition order when total assists are equal, then by position and then by squad number. RankNo. Squad NumberPos. PositionPlayerAlpha EthnikiGreek CupCup Winners' CupTotal12113 FWVeridiano, Marcelo BRA Marcelo Veridiano 9 0 211234 DFKasapis, Michalis GRE Michalis Kasapis 8 0 19386 MFSavevski, Toni MKD Toni Savevski 4 0 4842810 FWDonis, Georgios GRE Georgios Donis 4 0 042013 FWBatista, Daniel GRE Daniel Batista 4 0 046246 MFGrétarsson, Arnar ISL Arnar Grétarsson 2 0 0276 MFMaladenis, Christos GRE Christos Maladenis 2 0 02309 MFSebwe, Kelvin LBR Kelvin Sebwe 2 0 02123 DFKopitsis, Charis GRE Charis Kopitsis 1 0 121092 DFKoutoulas, Georgios GRE Georgios Koutoulas 1 0 01252 DFKalitzakis, Giannis GRE Giannis Kalitzakis 1 0 0125 ΜFMacheridis, Triantafyllos GRE Triantafyllos Macheridis 1 0 01186 MFKatsavos, Evripidis GRE Evripidis Katsavos 1 0 011113 FWNikolaidis, Demis GRE Demis Nikolaidis 1 0 013113 FWTomić, Goran CRO Goran Tomić 1 0 011012 FWKostis, Christos GRE Christos Kostis 0 0 11Totals42 0 951 Clean sheets 17 May 1998The 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. RankNo. Squad NumberPlayerAlpha EthnikiGreek CupCup Winners' CupTotal11Atmatsidis, Ilias GRE Ilias Atmatsidis13 0 316226Chiotis, Dionysis GRE Dionysis Chiotis 1 0 01322Karagiannis, Vasilis GRE Vasilis Karagiannis 0 0 00Totals14 0 317 Disciplinary record 17 May 1998Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Cup Winners' Cup |- ! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers GK 1 GRE Ilias Atmatsidis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GK 15 GRE Chrysostomos Michailidis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GK 22 GRE Vasilis Karagiannis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GK 26 GRE Dionysis Chiotis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders DF 3 GRE Michalis Kasapis 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 DF 4 ROM Anton Doboș 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 DF 5 GRE Nikos Kostenoglou 7 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 DF 9 GRE Georgios Koutoulas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF 12 GRE Charis Kopitsis 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 DF 13 GRE Vaios Karagiannis 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 DF 23 GRE Vangelis Kefalas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF 25 GRE Giannis Kalitzakis 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 DF 29 GRE Stelios Manolas 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 |- ! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders MF 2 GRE Triantafyllos Macheridis 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF 7 GRE Christos Maladenis 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF 8 MKD Toni Savevski 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF 18 GRE Evripidis Katsavos 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF 19 GRE Mattheos Platakis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF 24 ISL Arnar Grétarsson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF 27 GRE Giorgos Passios 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF 30 LBR Kelvin Sebwe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards FW 10 GRE Christos Kostis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW 11 GRE Demis Nikolaidis 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 FW 20 GRE Daniel Batista 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 FW 21 BRA Marcelo Veridiano 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW 28 GRE Georgios Donis 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW 31 CRO Goran Tomić 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan="17" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer window DF 6 GRE Michalis Vlachos 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 DF 16 GRE Kostas Pavlopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF 14 GRE Theodoros Alexis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |} Starting 11 This section presents the most frequently used formation along with the players with the most starts across all competitions. auto N. Number of matches Formation Matchday(s)424–4–21–34 No. Squad Number Nat. Nationality Player Pos. Position1GREIlias AtmatsidisGK6GRENikos Kostenoglou (C)RCB25GREGiannis KalitzakisLCB12GRECharis KopitsisRB17GREMichalis KasapisLB2GRETriantafyllos MacheridisDM24ISLArnar GrétarssonCM28GREGeorgios DonisRM8MKDToni SavevskiLM21BRAMarcelo VeridianoRCF11GREDemis NikolaidisLCF 5em 250 GRE Atmatsidis GRE Kopitsis GRE Kostenoglou (C) GRE Kalitzakis GRE Kasapis GRE Macheridis ISL Grétarsson GRE Donis MKD Savevski BRA Marcelo GRE Nikolaidis Last updated: 1998-05-17 Awards PlayerPos. PositionAwardSourceGRE Demis Nikolaidis FW Greek Player of the Season http://wwk.kathimerini.gr/kath/edition/1998/15-12-1998.pdf Kathimerini Page 19 15 December 1998 Kathimerini el https://web.archive.org/web/20120131025712/http://wwk.kathimerini.gr/kath/edition/1998/15-12-1998.pdf 31 January 2012 dead GRE Ilias Atmatsidis GK Goalkeeper of the Season References External links AEK Athens F.C. Official Website A.E.K. FC Database 1997-98 Category:Greek football clubs 1997–98 season