2017–18 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 2017–18 season is AEK Athens Football Club's 57th competitive season in the top flight of Greek football, 8th season in the Super League Greece, and 94th year in existence as a football club. They also compete in the Greek Cup and in the UEFA Champions League for the first time since the 2007–08 season, having earned the first position in playoffs for the first time last season.

AEK Athens

2017–18 season
President	Evangelos Aslanidis
Administrative Leader	Dimitris Melissanidis
Manager	Manolo Jiménez
Stadium	Olympic Stadium
Super League	Champions
Greek Cup	Runners-up
Champions League	Third Qualifying Round
Europa League	Round of 32
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Events

• June 7, 2017 Ilias Vouras and Christos Aravidis leave the club as their contract is not renewed.[1]
• June 9, 2017 AEK players Anastasios Bakasetas, Petros Mantalos and Ognjen Vranješ face each other at an international national team match for 2018 World Cup qualifying round, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece, at Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica. Mantalos and Vranješ played all 90 minutes, Mantalos missing a great chance for Greece at 82nd minute, when shot the ball out at a one-on-one against Asmir Begović. The match ended 0–0, satisfying Greece, who needed at least the draw to stay at the top two places.
• June 10, 2017 In Nea Philadelphia the presentation of the book from journalist Nikos Angelidis called "Every AEK of the world" took place. The book had as a subject the 302 clubs of the world that are named or were named after AEK and have the two-headed eagle as an emblem. AEK FC president, Evangelos Aslanidis went to the presentation and made a speech. AEK FC is a sponsor of the book.[2]
• June 14, 2017 The minister of infrastructure, transport and networks, Christos Spirtzis, signs the necessary height-related study for Agia Sophia Stadium, the proposed stadium for AEK in Nea Philadelphia. As the club's official announcement states, the particular study was "the last obstacle" for the start of the construction of the stadium, and the official construction license for the stadium is about to be published "within the next days".[3]
• June 21, 2017 Portuguese left-back Hélder Lopes signs a two-year deal with AEK, in a free transfer from Las Palmas.[4]
• June 27, 2017 Ronald Vargas and Dimitrios Kolovetsios leave the club as no deal for their announcement was made.[5]
• June 29, 2017 Greek-Belgian winger Viktor Klonaridis signs a three-year deal with AEK from RC Lens.[6] On the same day, Super League newcomers Lamia F.C. announced a loan transfer of Stavros Vasilantonopoulos from AEK.[7]
• July 1, 2017 Croatian striker Marko Livaja signs from Las Palmas on a season long loan deal for €200,000 with a purchase option of €1,800,000 in the summer of 2018. Livaja became the third player which was transferred from Las Palmas to AEK within 2017, after Sergio Araujo and Hélder Lopes. Marko, as presented in the official club video, will wear the shirt with number 10.[8]
• July 3, 2017 Serbian centre-back Uroš Ćosić signs with AEK for three years, with an extension clause of one more year, in a full transfer from Empoli F.C.. Uroš, as observed in the official video of his signing, will wear the shirt with number 15.[9]
• July 5, 2017 Icelander left winger Arnór Traustason signs with AEK on loan for one year from Rapid Wien, with a permanent buyout clause at the summer of 2018. Arnór, as presented in the official video, will wear the shirt with number 30.[10] This transfer would be the seventh summer transfer for AEK of summer 2017. On the same day, newly promoted to Super League club Lamia F.C. officially announced that, after Stavros Vasilantonopoulos, another player will be loaned from AEK to Lamia, midfielder Ilias Tselios.[11]
• July 12, 2017 The talk of AEK administrative leader, Dimitris Melissanidis, during the AEK Sports Club General Assembly, was featured in an official AEK F.C. TV video. Melissanidis mentioned all the "hindrances" during the "extremely painful road" until the license which would enable the, then proposed, Agia Sophia Stadium broke ground. The official announcement states that procedures are ending and that the stadium will soon break ground, and that the members whose actions toughened the procedures for the stadium were unanimously deleted from the club.[12]
• July 14, 2017 The UEFA Champions League draw brought Russian club CSKA Moscow as opponents of AEK for the third qualifying round.[13]
• July 24, 2017 It is officially announced from the official AEK website, that the club has received the official construction license, so that the Agia Sophia Stadium breaks ground, simultaneously inviting the team fans to celebrate the license in the upcoming match against CSKA Moscow for the Champions League third qualifying round.[14]
• July 25, 2017 As mentioned the day before, AEK obtained the official construction license, announcing it officially on the football club page, with the title "It's not a dream! IT'S A FACT!", inviting the fans of AEK to the sanctification on upcoming Thursday, where the new stadium will break ground at Nea Filadelfeia.[15] On the same day, the construction license was featured on the giant screen of the Olympic Stadium, where AEK faced CSKA Moscow for the Champions League.
• July 27, 2017 The sanctification for the beginning of the construction of Agia Sophia Stadium took place, with more than 15,000 fans of AEK being present, in Nea Filadelfeia, with the club officially thanking them for their presence. Among others, he club's administrative leader Dimitris Melissanidis, former club player Stelios Serafidis made a speech about the new stadium. Dimitris Melissanidis, in his speech, mentioned, among others, that "the walls of Agia Sophia will be high, invincible and will never, ever, fall again!".[16][17][18][19]
• July 28, 2017 Agia Sophia Stadium officially broke ground.[18]

Players

Squad statistics

Updated as of 8 May 2018, 21:21 UTC +2.

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	League		Cup		Europe		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Vasilis Barkas	23	5	0	7	0	2	0	14	0	1	0
16	GK	Panagiotis Tsintotas	24	15	0	2	0	1	0	18	0	1	0
22	GK	Giannis Anestis	26	10	0	0	0	9	0	19	0	1	0
87	GK	Panagiotis Dounis	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	Michalis Bakakis	26	26	0	5	0	10	0	43	0	6	0
3	DF	Hélder Lopes	28	19	1	4	1	8	0	31	2	5	0
4	DF	Ognjen Vranješ	28	19	4	3	0	11	0	33	4	15	0
5	DF	Vasilis Lampropoulos	27	18	0	7	0	2	0	28	0	3	0
12	DF	Rodrigo Galo	31	27	1	8	1	9	0	44	2	4	0
15	DF	Uroš Ćosić	25	9	0	2	0	6	0	17	0	4	1
19	DF	Dmytro Chygrynskiy	31	15	1	5	0	7	0	27	1	4	0
23	DF	Niklas Hult	27	8	0	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
33	DF	Giorgos Giannoutsos	19	1	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	1	0
55	DF	Adam Tzanetopoulos	22	1	0	4	2	2	0	7	2	2	0
Midfielders
6	MF	Astrit Ajdarević	27	16	0	5	1	6	1	27	2	2	0
7	MF	Lazaros Christodoulopoulos	31	27	7	7	6	12	3	46	16	6	0
8	MF	André Simões (vc)	28	20	0	4	0	11	2	35	2	9	0
18	MF	Jakob Johansson (vc)	27	8	1	1	0	8	0	17	1	3	0
20	MF	Petros Mantalos (c)	26	12	2	1	1	7	1	20	4	7	0
21	MF	Panagiotis Kone	30	13	1	5	0	2	0	20	1	6	0
24	MF	Masoud Shojaei	33	12	0	5	1	1	0	18	1	3	0
25	MF	Konstantinos Galanopoulos	20	19	0	5	0	10	0	34	0	7	0
32	MF	Paris Babis	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF	Erik Morán	26	7	0	2	0	0	0	9	0	1	0
77	MF	Christos Giousis	18	1	0	2	2	0	0	3	2	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	Giorgos Giakoumakis	23	11	1	5	1	4	0	20	2	0	0
10	FW	Marko Livaja	24	27	8	4	0	10	2	41	10	16	1
11	FW	Sergio Araujo	25	23	11	7	2	8	1	38	14	11	1
14	FW	Anastasios Bakasetas	24	27	6	8	2	8	0	43	8	3	0
28	FW	Victor Klonaridis	25	12	1	4	0	8	0	24	1	0	0
31	FW	Dimitris Melikiotis	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	FW	Christos Antoniou	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Left during Summer Transfer window
9	FW	Hugo Almeida	33	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	1
Left during Winter Transfer Window
17	DF	Vinícius	24	3	0	3	0	0	0	6	0	1	0
29	MF	Patito Rodríguez	27	2	0	1	0	2	0	5	0	1	0
30	MF	Arnór Ingvi Traustason	24	3	0	2	1	0	0	5	1	0	0
40	FW	Andreas Vlachomitros	20	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
16	GK	Panagiotis Tsintotas	Levadiakos	Free	1 June 2017	June 2020
55	DF	Adam Tzanetopoulos	Iraklis	End of loan	1 June 2017	June 2020
–	MF	Stavros Vasilantonopoulos	Veria	End of loan	1 June 2017	June 2019
–	FW	Antonis Kyriazis	Kifisia	End of loan	1 June 2017	June 2017
11	FW	Giorgos Giakoumakis	Platanias	Free	1 June 2017	June 2021
87	GK	Panagiotis Dounis	Kallithea	End of loan	12 June 2017	June 2019
3	DF	Hélder Lopes	Las Palmas	Free	21 June 2017	June 2019	[4]
28	FW	Victor Klonaridis	Lens	€200,000	29 June 2017	June 2020	[6]
15	DF	Uroš Ćosić	Empoli	€500,000	3 July 2017	June 2020	[9]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
24	MF	Masoud Shojaei	Panionios	Free	28 December 2017	June 2018
39	MF	Erik Morán	Leganés	€130,000	2 January 2018	June 2021
	MF	Ilias Tselios	Lamia	Loan Return	28 December 2017	June 2020
	GK	Thanasis Pantos	Acharnaikos	Loan Return (Assigned to AEK U20)	31 December 2017	June 2020
31	FW	Dimitris Melikiotis	Kerkyra	Loan Return	30 January 2018	June 2021
23	DF	Niklas Hult	Panathinaikos	€200,000	31 January 2018	June 2020

Out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
11	FW	Sergio Araujo	Las Palmas	End of loan	1 June 2017
16	GK	Ilias Vouras	Doxa Drama	End of contract	7 June 2017
21	FW	Christos Aravidis	Free agent	End of contract	7 June 2017
10	MF	Ronald Vargas	Newcastle Jets	End of contract	27 June 2017
-	FW	Antonis Kyriazis	Aris Limassol	End of contract	1 July 2017
14	FW	Tomáš Pekhart	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	End of contract	3 July 2017
26	DF	Dimitrios Kolovetsios	Panathinaikos	End of contract	3 July 2017
23	DF	Dídac Vilà	Espanyol	Contract terminated	29 August 2017
24	DF	Konstantinos Manolas	Levadiakos	Contract terminated	29 August 2017
9	FW	Hugo Almeida	Hajduk Split	Contract terminated	30 August 2017

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
29	MF	Patito Rodríguez	Newcastle Jets	Contract terminated	8 December 2017
30	MF	Arnór Ingvi Traustason	Rapid Wien	Loan Return	31 December 2017
17	DF	Vinícius	Chapecoense	Contract terminated	18 January 2018

Loan in

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned From	Fee	Date	End	Permanent Transfer option	Source
10	FW	Marko Livaja	Las Palmas	€200,000	1 July 2017	30 June 2018	Yes	[8]
30	MF	Arnór Ingvi Traustason	Rapid Wien	€200,000	5 July 2017	30 June 2018	Yes	[10]
21	MF	Panagiotis Kone	Udinese	Free	31 August 2017	30 June 2018	Yes	[8]
11	FW	Sergio Araujo	Las Palmas	€800,000	31 August 2017	30 June 2018	No	[8]

Loan out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned To	Fee	Date	End	Source
–	DF	Stavros Vasilantonopoulos	Lamia	Free	29 June 2017	30 June 2018	[7]
–	MF	Ilias Tselios	Lamia	Free	5 July 2017	30 June 2018	[11]
31	FW	Dimitris Melikiotis	Kerkyra	Free	16 August 2017	30 June 2018
–	DF	Alkis Markopouliotis	AO Chania Kissamikos	Free	18 August 2017	30 June 2018
87	GK	Giannis Papadopoulos	AO Chania Kissamikos	Free	18 August 2017	30 June 2018
–	GK	Thanasis Pantos	Acharnaikos	Free	2 September 2017	30 June 2018

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned To	Fee	Date	End	Source
–	MF	Ilias Tselios	Ergotelis	Free	10 January 2018	30 June 2018
–	MF	Andreas Vlachomitros	Apollon Pontou	Free	25 January 2018	30 June 2018

Renewals/Buyout clauses

No.	Pos	Player	Renewal/Buyout Clause	Date	Former Exp Date	New Exp Date	Source
20	MF	Petros Mantalos	Renewal	16 November 2017	June 2019	June 2022
19	DF	Dmytro Chygrynskiy	Renewal	30 March 2018	June 2018	June 2020

Overall transfer activity

Spending Summer: €1,900,000 Winter: €330,000 Total: €2,230,000

Income Summer: €0 Winter: €0 Total: €0

Expenditure Summer: €1,900,000 Winter: €330,000 Total: €2,230,000

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

AEK Athens v Karpaty Lviv

8 July 2017 Friendly[20]	AEK Athens	1–1	Karpaty Lviv	Kielce
18:00 UTC +3	Giakoumakis  18'		Chacua  10'	Stadium: Kielce City Stadium

Korona Kielce v AEK Athens

9 July 2017 Friendly[20]	Korona Kielce	0–1	AEK Athens	Kielce
19:00 UTC +3	Rymaniak  4' Żubrowski  32'		Chygrynskiy  21' Klonaridis  27' Vlachomitros  88'	Stadium: Kielce City Stadium

AEK Athens v Banik Ostrava

14 July 2017 Friendly[20]	AEK Athens	3–1	Banik Ostrava	Kielce
18:00 UTC +3	Lopes  17' Livaja 38' Mantalos  41' Almeida  80' (pen.)		Sasinka  15',  34' Šindelář  79'	Stadium: Kielce City Stadium

AEK Athens v Bnei Sakhnin

15 July 2017 Friendly[20]	AEK Athens	2–0	Bnei Sakhnin	Kielce
19:00 UTC +3	Christodoulopoulos  4' Galanopoulos  14'		Ottman  37' Gaúcho  51'	Stadium: Kielce City Stadium

AEK Athens v Gent

19 July 2017 Friendly[20]	AEK Athens	1–1	Gent	Amaroussion
20:30 UTC +3	Mantalos  73'		Andrijašević  37' Marcq  53'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium

AEK Athens v Platanias

10 August 2017 Friendly[20]	AEK Athens	2–1	Platanias	Amaroussion
20:00 UTC +3	Christodoulopoulos  18' (pen.) Simões  49'		Mantalos  9' (o.g.)	Stadium: Olympic Stadium

AEK Athens v Kallithea

31 August 2017 Friendly[20]	AEK Athens	3–1	Kallithea	Spata
19:30 UTC +3	Vlachomitros Bakakis Christodoulopoulos		Candé	Stadium: OPAP Sports Center

Panachaiki v AEK Athens

5 October 2017 Friendly[20]	Panachaiki	2–3	AEK Athens	Patras
19:00 UTC +3	Eleftheriadis  29' Kynigopoulos  81'		Galo  59' Klonaridis  76', 85'	Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium

AEK Athens v Čukarički

9 November 2017 Friendly[20]	AEK Athens	0–1	Čukarički	Spata
18:30 UTC +3			Owusu  44'	Stadium: OPAP Sports Center

AEK Athens v Lamia

16 March 2018 Friendly[20]	AEK Athens	5–0	Lamia	Amaroussion
18:00 UTC +3	Ajdarević  1' Giakoumakis  29', 44' Christodoulopoulos  89' Melikiotis  90'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Nikos Ratsiatos (Argolida)

AEK Athens v Panetolikos

21 March 2018 Friendly[20]	AEK Athens	4–0	Panetolikos	Amaroussion
17:00 UTC +3	Ajdarević  12' Klonaridis  16', 74' Morán  39' Giakoumakis  62'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Alexandros Tsamouris (Piraeus)

Competitions

Super League Greece

Main article: 2017–18 Super League Greece

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AEK Athens (C)	30	21	7	2	50	12	+38	70	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	PAOK[lower-alpha 1]	30	21	4	5	59	19	+40	64	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Olympiacos[lower-alpha 2]	30	18	6	6	63	28	+35	57	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Atromitos	30	15	11	4	43	21	+22	56	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	Asteras Tripolis	30	12	9	9	39	24	+15	45

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).[21]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. PAOK were deducted 3 points by court decision.
2. Olympiakos were deducted 3 points due to fan behavior against AEK on 4 February 2018.

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	21	7	2	50	12	+38	70	13	1	1	32	5	+27	8	6	1	18	7	+11

Last updated: 4 March 2018.
Source:

Results by Matchday

Matchday	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	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W
Position	2	3	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: http://superleaguegreece.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

AEK v Panetolikos

20 August 2017 1	AEK	2−0	Panetolikos	Amaroussion
19:15 UTC +3	Almeida  14' (pen.),  28' Johansson  41',  73' Mantalos  45+1'	Report	Paulo  13'  48' Díaz  33' Rodrigues  40' Chantakias  51' Bejarano  56'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)

PAS Giannina v AEK

27 August 2017 2	PAS Giannina	0−0	AEK	Ioannina
21:30 UTC +3	Boukouvalas  51' Higor Vidal  79' Lila  83'	Report	Vranješ  49' Ćosić  56' Mantalos  80'	Stadium: Zosimades Stadium Attendance: 4,052 Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos (Trikala)

AEK v AEL

10 September 2017 3	AEK	4−0	AEL	Amaroussion
18:15 UTC +3	Mantalos  4' Klonaridis  34' Vranješ  53' Bakasetas  74' Araujo  86'	Report	Fatjon  16' Rentzas  33' Aganović  49'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Evangelos Evangelou (Athens)

Lamia v AEK

17 September 2017 4	Lamia	0−1	AEK	Peristeri^[1]
20:30 UTC +3	Piti  54' Koukolis  60' Acosta  80' Asigba  85'	Report	Vranješ  24' Johansson  54' Ćosić  74' Christodoulopoulos  81' (pen.) Ajdarević  90+1'	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 3,677 Referee: Aristidis Vatsios (Athens)

AEK v Olympiacos

24 September 2017 5	AEK	3−2	Olympiacos	Amaroussion
20:30 UTC +3	Araujo  24' Mantalos  50',  89' Christodoulopoulos  64', 80' Livaja  90+2' Ćosić  90+4'	Report	Odjidja-Ofoe  8',  46' Marin  22',  45+1' Romao  50' Gillet  79' Engels  90+4' Tachtsidis  90+5'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 25,156 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)

Asteras Tripolis v AEK

1 October 2017 6	Asteras Tripolis	2−0	AEK	Tripoli
20:30 UTC +3	Isnaldo  22' Munafo  38',  47' Manias  81' Tsilianidis  88' Giannoulis  90'	Report	Vranješ  33' Bakasetas  57' Giannoutsos  63' Johansson  73'	Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium Attendance: 3,344 Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens)

Xanthi v AEK

15 October 2017 7	Xanthi	1−1	AEK	Xanthi
20:30 UTC +3	Fliskas  6'  55' Lisgaras  20' Brito  40',  40' Svarnas  72' Sylla  84' Casado  90+5'	Report	Bakakis  14' Galanopoulos  39' Livaja  45+2' Simões  62' Vranješ  88' Araujo  90'	Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena Attendance: 3,483 Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Macedonia)

AEK v Atromitos

23 October 2017 8	AEK	0−1	Atromitos	Amaroussion
19:30 UTC +3	Livaja  41' Bakakis  45+1' Lambropoulos  55' Ćosić  90'	Report	Bušuladžić  24' Kivrakidis  29' Dauda  45',  55' Diguiny  90'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia)

Panionios v AEK

29 October 2017 9	Panionios	0−1	AEK	Nea Smyrni
19:30 UTC +3	Durmishaj  43' Oikonomou  49' Hajsafi  57' Kargas  68' Banana  90'	Report	Araujo  42',  81' Vranješ  43' Galanopoulos  62' Mantalos  67' Simões  75'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 2,907 Referee: Stavros Mantalos (Kavala)

AEK v PAOK

5 November 2017 10	AEK	1−0	PAOK	Amaroussion
19:30 UTC +3	Araujo  8' Christodoulopoulos  23' Livaja  25' Lopes  67' Galanopoulos  80' Anestis  89'	Report	Zambrano  8'  35' Prijović  28' Shakhov  45+3' El Kaddouri  50' Cimirot  61' Vieirinha  63' Biseswar  90+1'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 14,056 Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos (Trikala)

Panathinaikos v AEK

19 November 2017 11	Panathinaikos	1−1	AEK	Ampelokipoi
19:30 UTC +3	Moledo  10' Hiljemark  43' Villafáñez  84' O. Vlachodimos  90+1' Reis  90+4'	Report	Livaja  60',  90+5' Bakakis  68' Simões  77' Lopes  84'	Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium Attendance: 8,734 Referee: Charalampos Kalogeropoulos (Athens)

AEK v Platanias

27 November 2017 12	AEK	3−0	Platanias	Amaroussion
19:30 UTC +3	Livaja  39', 49' Bakasetas  63'	Report	Patralis  13' Oues  25'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 20,586 Referee: Georgios Tzovaras (Phthiotis)

Levadiakos v AEK

3 December 2017 13	Levadiakos	0–2	AEK	Livadeia
19:30 UTC +3	Mendy  36' Zaradoukas  48' Mitropoulos  64' Tripotseris  90+1'	Report	Livaja  52' Araujo  66' Galanopoulos  72' Bakasetas  90+2'	Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,470 Referee: Georgios Kominis (Thesprotia)

AEK v Kerkyra

11 December 2017 14	AEK	3−1	Kerkyra	Amaroussion
19:30 UTC +3	Giannakopoulos  12' (o.g.) Kone  38',  87' Araujo  56'	Report	Gomes  10' Balafas  68' Artymatas  75' Nunes  88' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,011 Referee: Athanasios Sezos (Kilkis)

AEK v Apollon Smyrnis

16 December 2017 15	AEK	0−0	Apollon Smyrnis	Amaroussion
17:15 UTC +3	Araujo  87'	Report	Kontoes  24' Papazoglou  31' Juárez  36' Añete  54' Čović  90+5'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,324 Referee: Stefanos Koumparakis (Thrace)

Panetolikos v AEK

6 January 2018 16	Panetolikos	1−4	AEK	Agrinio
19:30 UTC +3	Bejarano  37' Morar  68' (pen.) Mihaj  82'	Report	Bakasetas  6' Christodoulopoulos  36' (pen.) Chygrynskiy  43' Araujo  45+1' Lopes  60' Kone  67'	Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium Attendance: 3,744 Referee: Dimitrios Karantonis (Imathia)

AEK v PAS Giannina

14 January 2018 17	AEK	3−1	PAS Giannina	Amaroussion
19:30 UTC +3	Livaja  12' Araujo  53', 89'	Report	Boukouvalas  29' Skondras  39'  61' Garoufalias  47'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,014 Referee: Dimitris Styliaras (Aetoloacarnania)

AEL v AEK

20 January 2018 18	AEL	0−0	AEK	Larissa
19:30 UTC +3	Lagos  32' Golias  41' Andoni  55' Rentzas  57' Masouras  82' Hubchev  90+1' Božović  90+3'	Report	Araujo  14' Christodoulopoulos  30' Livaja  73'	Stadium: AEL FC Arena Attendance: 5,519 Referee: Emmanouil Skoulas (Thessaly)

AEK v Lamia

27 January 2018 19	AEK	2–0	Lamia	Amaroussion
19:30 UTC +3	Christodoulopoulos  40' Vranješ  52' Livaja  63'	Report	Omo  39' Anastasopoulos  53' Koukolis  88'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 4,102 Referee: Aristomenis Koutsiaftis (Arta)

Olympiacos v AEK

4 February 2018 20	Olympiacos	1–2	AEK	Piraeus
19:30 UTC +3	Botía  30'  94' Romao  37' Ansarifard  81',  83'	Report	Simões  28' Masoud  74' Bakakis  76' Chygrynskiy  87' Livaja  90+3' Giakoumakis  90+4'	Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 31,231 Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens)

AEK v Asteras Tripolis

11 February 2018 21	AEK	1–0	Asteras Tripolis	Amaroussion
17:15 UTC +3	Christodoulopoulos  61' (pen.) Morán  82' Araujo  89'	Report	Iglesias  41' Tonso  42' Kyriakopoulos  48' Pasalidis  70'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 8,315 Referee: Evangelos Evangelou (Athens)

AEK v Xanthi

18 February 2018 22	AEK	4–0	Xanthi	Amaroussion
17:15 UTC +3	Vranješ  5', 19', 33' Bakasetas  44'	Report	Jendrišek  52' Brito  61'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 7,562 Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia)

Atromitos v AEK

26 February 2018 23	Atromitos	1–1	AEK	Peristeri
19:30 UTC +3	Warda  80' Giannoulis  85'	Report	Galo  54' Morán  65' Araujo  68' Christodoulopoulos  72' Livaja  84'	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 1,013 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)

AEK v Panionios

4 March 2018 24	AEK	1–0	Panionios	Amaroussion
17:15 UTC +3	Vranješ  8' Livaja  21',  45' Lampropoulos  90+2'	Report	Spiridonović  45' Saramantas  77' Banana  85' Savvidis  90+4'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 12,931 Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos (Trikala)

PAOK v AEK

11 March 2018 25	PAOK	0−3 (Awarded)	AEK	Thessaloniki
19:30 UTC +3	Matos  4' Djalma  19' Crespo  38' Pelkas  57' Maurício  86' Varela  90'	Report	Bakasetas  10' Galo  25' Araujo  54' Christodoulopoulos  87'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 21.431 Referee: Georgios Kominis (Thesprotia)

AEK v Panathinaikos

1 April 2018 26	AEK	3−0	Panathinaikos	Amaroussion
19:30 UTC +3	Araujo  30', 68' Galo  52' Vranješ  60'	Report	Kourbelis  10' Insúa	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 27,106 Referee: Dimitrios Thanos (Grevena)

Platanias v AEK

15 April 2018 27	Platanias	0−1	AEK	Chania
19:30 UTC +3	Patralis  66' Udoji  78'	Report	Christodoulopoulos  39' Galanopoulos  55'	Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,751 Referee: Stefanos Koubarakis (Thrace)

AEK v Levadiakos

22 April 2018 28	AEK	2−0	Levadiakos	Amaroussion
19:00 UTC +3	Bakasetas  12' (pen.),  33'	Report	Mitropoulos  20' Adilehou  48' Zaradoukas  89'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 50.141 Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)

Kerkyra v AEK

29 April 2018 29	Kerkyra	0–0	AEK	Corfu
19:00 UTC +3	Zorbas  51' Gromitsaris  76'	Report	Mantalos  82' Tsintotas  93'	Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium Attendance: 1.364 Referee: Ioannis Neofitiadis (Corinth)

Apollon Smyrnis v AEK

5 May 2018 30	Apollon Smyrnis	0−1	AEK	Rizoupoli
19:00 UTC +3	Papazoglou Kontoes  47'	Report	Livaja  28' Araujo  34' Simões  88'	Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Attendance: 12.950 Referee: Georgios Tzovaras (Phthiotis)

¹ (change of venue due to unavailability of the Lamia Municipal Stadium)

Greek Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Greek Football Cup

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		AEK	LAM	APO	KAL
1	AEK Athens	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9			2–0	—	—
2	Lamia	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6		—		—	1–0
3	Apollon Larissa	3	1	0	2	3	10	−7	3		0–7	0–2		—
4	Kallithea	3	0	0	3	3	6	−3	0		2–3	—	1–2

Source: Hellenic Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points, 3) head-to-head goal difference, 4) head-to-head best offense, 5) overall goal difference, 6) overall best offense, 7) overall best defense

Fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

AEK v Lamia

20 September 2017 1	AEK	2–0	Lamia	Rizoupoli
20:30 UTC +3	Vinícius  3' Tzanetopoulos  28' Christodoulopoulos  49' (pen.) Livaja  78' Mantalos  80'		Anastasopoulos  35' Papargyriou  48' Bouloulis  66' Frangos  78'	Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Dimitris Styliaras (Aetoloacarnania)

Apollon Larissa v AEK

26 October 2017 2	Apollon Larissa	0–7	AEK	Larissa
19:30 UTC +3	Milić  27' Savvas  55'		Tzanetopoulos  19' Christodoulopoulos  22', 42' Ajdarević  36' Bakasetas  40' Araujo  51' Traustason  79'	Stadium: Alcazar Stadium Referee: Vasilis Fotias (Pella)

Kallithea v AEK

30 November 2017 3	Kallithea	2–3	AEK	Kallithea
19:30 UTC +3	Papangelis  32' A. Talento  38' (pen.) Mingos  56'		Tzanetopoulos  8',  37' Giousis  30', 77'	Stadium: Gregoris Lambrakis Stadium Referee: Andreas Gamaris (Athens)

Round of 16

Panetolikos v AEK

20 December 2017 First leg	Panetolikos	0−4	AEK	Agrinio
19:30 UTC +3	Rocha  10' Paulo  44'		Kone  7' Christodoulopoulos  45' (pen.) Bakasetas  46' Galo  57',  65' Giakoumakis  87'	Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium Referee: Praxitelis Zachariadis (Macedonia)

AEK v Panetolikos

9 January 2018 Second leg	AEK	1−0	Panetolikos	Amaroussion
19:30 UTC +3	Lopes  65' Ajdarević  90'		Marinakis  61' Gianniotis  82'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Alexandros Tsamouris (Piraeus)

AEK won 5–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-Finals

Olympiacos v AEK

24 January 2018 First leg	Olympiacos	0–0	AEK	Piraeus
19:30 UTC +3	Romao  33' Sebá  53' Mirallas  60' Cissé  88'	Report	Kone  31' Simões  53' Araujo  60' Livaja  67'	Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)

AEK v Olympiacos

7 February 2018 Second leg	AEK	2–1	Olympiacos	Amaroussion
19:30 UTC +3	Chygrynskiy  44' Christodoulopoulos  57' Araujo  73',  74' Vranješ  76' Barkas  83' Kone  90'	Report	Mirallas  83' Tachtsidis  83'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 22,052 Referee: Georgios Kominis (Thesprotia)

AEK won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-Finals

AEL v AEK

1 March 2018 First leg	AEL	2–1	AEK	Larissa
19:30 UTC +3	Andoni  17' Nazlidis  30',  57' Milosavljević  35' Wallace  42' Križman  92'	Report	Lampropoulos  13' Vranješ  30' Masoud  51',  55' Christodoulopoulos  73'	Stadium: AEL FC Arena Referee: Praxitelis Zachariadis (Macedonia)

AEK v AEL

18 April 2018 Second leg	AEK	1–0	AEL	Amaroussion
19:30 UTC +3	Kone  61' Christodoulopoulos  90+4'	Report	Milosavljević  23' Hubchev  45' Božović  89'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens)

AEK won 2–2 (a) on aggregate.

Final

AEK v PAOK

12 May 2018 Final	AEK	0–2	PAOK	Amaroussion
20:30 UTC +3				Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 34.792 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League

  Win   Draw   Loss

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

AEK Athens v CSKA Moscow

25 July 2017 First leg	AEK Athens	0–2	CSKA Moscow	Athens, Greece
20:30 UTC +3	Rodríguez  90'	Report	Dzagoev  45+1' Wernbloom  56'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 27,589 Referee: Marco Fritz (Germany)

CSKA Moscow v AEK Athens

2 August 2017 Second leg	CSKA Moscow	1−0	AEK Athens	Moscow, Russia
20:00 UTC +3	Golovin  38' Fernandes  59' Vasin  67' Natkho  74'	Report	Vranješ  20' Mantalos  34' Christodoulopoulos  90+4'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Benoît Millot (France)

CSKA Moscow won 3–0 on aggregate.

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League

Play off round

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Club Brugge v AEK Athens

17 August 2017 First leg	Club Brugge	0–0	AEK Athens	Bruges, Belgium
21:45 UTC +3	Wesley  66' Vormer  74' Denswil  90'	Report	Livaja  15'  58' Vranješ  23' Lopes  54' Ćosić  68'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

AEK Athens v Club Brugge

24 August 2017 Second leg	AEK Athens	3–0	Club Brugge	Athens, Greece
21:00 UTC +3	Christodoulopoulos  27' (pen.) Simões  39', 90+1' Bakakis  51'	Report	Palacios  25' Nakamba  64'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 20,247 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

AEK Athens won 3–0 on aggregate.

Group Stage

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MIL	AEK	RJK	AW
1	Milan	6	3	2	1	13	6	+7	11	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–0	3–2	5–1
2	AEK Athens	6	1	5	0	6	5	+1	8			0–0	—	2–2	2–2
3	Rijeka	6	2	1	3	11	12	−1	7			2–0	1–2	—	1–4
4	Austria Wien	6	1	2	3	9	16	−7	5			1–5	0–0	1–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Rijeka v AEK Athens

14 September 2017 1	Rijeka	1–2	AEK Athens	Rijeka, Croatia
20:00 UTC +3	Elez  29' Mišić  39' Bradarić  42'	Report	Mantalos  16' Christodoulopoulos  62' Lopes  64' Simões  71' Araujo  87'	Stadium: Stadion Rujevica Attendance: 5,932 Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

AEK Athens v Austria Wien

28 September 2017 2	AEK Athens	2–2	Austria Wien	Athens, Greece
22:05 UTC +3	Livaja  28', 90',  77' Galo  62' Vranješ  74'	Report	Abdullahi  15' Monschein  43' Tajouri-Shradi  49'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 16,954 Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

Milan v AEK Athens

19 October 2017 3	Milan	0–0	AEK Athens	Milan, Italy
22:05 UTC +3	Locatelli  37'	Report	Simões  28' Mantalos  73' Livaja  79'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 20,812 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

AEK Athens v Milan

2 November 2017 4	AEK Athens	0–0	Milan	Athens, Greece
20:00 UTC +3	Ćosić  58'	Report	Musacchio  18' Locatelli  41'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 40,538 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

AEK Athens v Rijeka

23 November 2017 5	AEK Athens	2–2	Rijeka	Athens, Greece
22:05 UTC +3	Lopes  40' Araujo  45+2' Christodoulopoulos  55'	Report	Gorgon  8', 26',  18' Maleš  23' Acosty  66' Gavranović  80'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 17,100 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

Austria Wien v AEK Athens

7 December 2017 6	Austria Wien	0−0	AEK Athens	Vienna, Austria
20:00 UTC +3	Abdullahi  69'	Report	Vranješ  43' Chygrynskiy  67' Bakakis  75'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 23,133 Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round of 32

AEK Athens v Dynamo Kyiv

15 February 2018 First leg	AEK Athens	1–1	Dynamo Kyiv	Athens, Greece
22:05 UTC +3	Livaja  22' Vranješ  45' Ajdarević  80'	Report	Khacheridi  5' Tsygankov  19' Harmash  30' Moraes  77' González  81'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 30,518 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Dynamo Kyiv v AEK Athens

22 February 2018 Second leg	Dynamo Kyiv	0–0	AEK Athens	Kiev, Ukraine
20:00 UTC +3	Moraes  90+3'	Report	Simões  19' Galanopoulos  29' Galo  59' Shojaei  80' Chygrynskiy  90' Araujo  90+2'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 27,014 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Dynamo Kyiv won 1–1 (a) on aggregate.

Goal scorers

No.	Pos.	Nation	Name	Super League	Europe	Cup	Total
7	MF		Christodoulopoulos	7	3	6	16
11	FW		Araujo	11	1	2	14
10	FW		Livaja	8	2	0	10
14	FW		Bakasetas	6	0	2	8
21	MF		Mantalos	2	1	1	4
4	DF		Vranješ	4	0	0	4
8	MF		Simões	0	2	0	2
77	MF		Giousis	0	0	2	2
3	DF		Lopes	1	0	1	2
55	DF		Tzanetopoulos	0	0	2	2
9	FW		Giakoumakis	1	0	1	2
6	MF		Ajdarević	0	1	1	2
12	DF		Galo	1	0	1	2
28	FW		Klonaridis	1	0	0	1
18	MF		Johansson	1	0	0	1
21	MF		Kone	1	0	0	1
19	DF		Chygrynskiy	1	0	0	1
24	MF		Shojaei	0	0	1	1
9	FW		Almeida	1	0	0	1
30	MF		Traustason	0	0	1	1
-	-	-	Own goal	1	0	0	1
TOTAL				47	10	21	78

References

1. "Vouras and Aravidis do not renew" (in Greek). aekfc.gr. 7 June 2017.
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11. "Beginning of cooperation with Ilias Tselios" (in Greek). lamia1964.gr. 5 July 2017.
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External links

• Official Website (in Greek)