2020–21 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 2020–21 season is AEK Athens' 60th competitive season in the top flight of Greek football, 11th season in the Super League 1, and 97th year in existence as a football club. They also compete in the Greek Cup and in the UEFA Europa League. This season will be the first one that covers the period from 1 August 2020 to 30 June 2021 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic delaying the end of the previous season.

AEK Athens

2020–21 season
President	Evangelos Aslanidis
Administrative Leader	Dimitris Melissanidis
Manager	Massimo Carrera
Stadium	Athens Olympic Stadium
Super League	TBD
Greek Cup	TBD
Europa League	3rd Qualifying Round

Players

Squad statistics

Updated as of 13 August, 23:05 EEST +2.

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	League		Cup		Europa League		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Panagiotis Tsintotas	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK	Vasilis Chatziemmanouil	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	Giorgos Athanasiadis	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	GK	Panagiotis Ginis	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	Michalis Bakakis	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Hélder Lopes	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Marios Oikonomou	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Žiga Laci	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	Dmytro Chygrynskiy	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	Emanuel Insúa	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	Stratos Svarnas	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	Paulinho	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	Kostas Stamoulis	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	Giorgos Giannoutsos	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	DF	Mario Mitaj	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	Damian Szymański	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Nenad Krstičić	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	André Simões	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Petros Mantalos (c)	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	Paris Babis	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	Kostas Galanopoulos	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	David Simão	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF	Anel Šabanadžović	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
51	MF	Giannis Sardelis	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	MF	Giannis Fivos Botos	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF	Christos Giousis	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	Daniele Verde	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	Marko Livaja	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	FW	Bright Enobakhare	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	Christos Albanis	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	Giannis Iatroudis	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	Nélson Oliveira	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	Miloš Deletić	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	FW	Efthymis Christopoulos	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
53	FW	Theodosis Macheras	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
69	FW	Petar Karaklajić	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Transfer Window	Source
5	MF	Damian Szymański	Akhmat Grozny	Transfer	€1,300,000	30 June 2020	30 June 2024	Summer	[1]
9	FW	Giorgos Giakoumakis	Górnik Zabrze	Loan return	—	31 July 2020	30 June 2021	Summer
12	FW	Bright Enobakhare	Wolves	Free transfer	—	20 June 2020	30 June 2023	Summer	[2]
16	GK	Vasilis Chatziemmanouil	Fostiras	Loan return	—	30 June 2020	30 June 2025	Summer
17	FW	Giannis Iatroudis	Ergotelis	Free transfer	—	7 August 2020	30 June 2024	Summer
22	DF	Emanuel Insúa	Panathinaikos	Free transfer	—	13 August 2020	30 June 2023	Summer	[3]
23	MF	Paris Babis	Platanias	Loan return	—	30 June 2020	30 June 2022	Summer
28	MF	David Simão	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Loan return	—	31 July 2020	30 June 2022	Summer
32	FW	Miloš Deletić	Asteras Tripolis	Loan return	—	30 June 2020	30 June 2022	Summer
33	DF	Giorgos Giannoutsos	Alki Oroklini	Loan return	—	30 June 2020	30 June 2021	Summer
40	DF	Mario Mitaj	AEK Athens U17	Transfer	Undisclosed	12 August 2020	30 June 2023	Summer
69	FW	Petar Karaklajić	Proleter Novi Sad	Transfer	Undisclosed	7 August 2020	30 June 2025	Summer
77	MF	Christos Giousis	Platanias	Loan return	—	30 June 2020	30 June 2022	Summer
98	GK	Thanasis Pantos	Ethnikos Piraeus	Loan return	—	30 June 2020	30 June 2020	Summer
99	GK	Panagiotis Ginis	Aspropyrgos	Loan return	—	30 June 2020	30 June 2023	Summer
—	DF	Michalis Bousis	Ergotelis	Loan return	—	30 June 2020	30 June 2023	Summer
—	DF	Giorgos Kornezos	Ionikos	Loan return	—	30 June 2020	30 June 2024	Summer
—	DF	Stavros Vasilantonopoulos	Górnik Zabrze	Loan return	—	31 July 2020	30 June 2021	Summer

Out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Transfer Window	Source
1	GK	Vasilis Barkas	Celtic	Transfer	€5,000,000	30 July 2020	30 June 2024	Summer	[4]
9	FW	Giorgos Giakoumakis	VVV-Venlo	Transfer	€200,000	11 August 2020	30 June 2022	Summer
11	FW	Sergio Araujo	Las Palmas	End of loan	—	31 July 2020	30 June 2023	Summer
17	FW	Victor Klonaridis	APOEL	End of contract	—	30 June 2020	31 May 2022	Summer
21	DF	Ognjen Vranješ	Anderlecht	End of loan	—	16 June 2020	30 June 2022	Summer
23	DF	Niklas Hult	—	End of contract	—	30 June 2020	—	Summer
98	GK	Thanasis Pantos	Kallithea	End of contract	—	30 June 2020	30 June 2021	Summer
—	DF	Giorgos Kornezos	Asteras Vlachioti	Loan	—	13 August 2020	30 June 2021	Summer

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure Summer: €1,300,000 Winter: €0 Total: €1,300,000

Income Summer: €5,200,000 Winter: €0 Total: €5,200,000

Net Totals Summer: €3,900,000 Winter: €0 Total: €3,900,000

Pre-season and friendlies

AEK Athens v Atromitos

23 August 2020 Friendly	AEK Athens	v	Atromitos	Marousi
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

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Super League Greece

Main article: 2020–21 Super League Greece

League Table

Results by Matchday

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Updated to match(es) played on 27 July 2020. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

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Greek Cup

References

1. "AEK FC signed Damian Szymanski on a four-year deal!". aekfc.gr. Online. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
2. "Bright Enobakhare signed for AEK FC!". aekfc.gr. Online. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
3. "Emanuel Insua signed for AEK FC!". aekfc.gr. Online. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
4. Mark Hendry. "Vasilios Barkas 'on verge of four-year Celtic deal' as AEK Athens 'accept £5million+' for goalkeeper". glasgowtimes.co.uk. Online. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.

External links

• Official Website (in Greek)