History of AEK Athens F.C.

Lineup against Dinamo Zagreb (1964-09-09)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: Alpha Ethniki: 1 (1965)

1964–65 season

In the summer of 1964 Mirko Kokotović was hired. AEK proceeded in the transfers of Fotis Balopoulos, Giorgos Kefalidis, Lakis Fragoudakis and the Turkinsh legend of Greek descent, Lefter Küçükandonyadis. The departure of Giannis Marditsis stood out among others. AEK played for the first time in the Cup Winners' Cup against Dinamo Zagreb. Despite their elimination of the tournament, they managed to achieve their first European victory in the first leg. AEK claimed the league title until the final matchday, but eventually finished second. Kokotović was released after the end of the season.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1964–65 Alpha Ethniki	30	18	10	2	64	22	+42	60.00	R/U
1964–65 Greek Cup	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	66.67	QF
1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup	2	1	0	1	2	3	-1	50.00	R1
Total	35	21	10	4	75	28	+47	60.00	N/A

The Tryfon Tzanetis Era, Part V (1965–1966)

Honours Won: Greek Cup: 1 (1966)

Runner-up: —

1965–66 season

In the summer of 1965, Tryfon Tzanetis in his fifth and final spell in the club, strengthened the roster with the great transfers such as Tasos Vasiliou, Kostas Nikolaidis and Panagiotis Ventouris, while Nikos Stathopoulos was promoted from the academies. On the other side, Miltos Papapostolou and Lefter Küçükandonyadis retired. In a friendly match between AEK and Real Madrid, Mimis Papaioannou had an impressive performance and the Spaniards made a huge offer for his acquisition. The club's refusal resulted in his withdrawal from the club.^[7] Ηowever, shortly before the derby with Panathinaikos, AEK offered a new contract to Papaioannou, who returned to the team.^[8] In the away match against Panathinaikos, while the score was at 1–1, the referee awarded an off-side goal to the greens and as a result incidents occurred with the fans entering the pitch, which resulted in suspension of the match and its award to Panathinaikos.^[9] As a protest, AEK were absent in the next matchday, but with the fear of relegation they were forced to return to the championship, eventually finishing third. Papaioannou won the top scorer award for the second time in his career with 23 goals, succeeding Nestoridis in being the leader of the team. In the Cup, AEK qualified to the final against Olympiacos and the HFF set the match on 10 July, at the Karaiskakis Stadium, which brought reaction of Olympiacos, who announced their intention not to show up. Thus, on 7 July the HFF, unable to convince Olympiacos to change their mind, declared AEK as the Cup winners.^[10]

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1965–66 Alpha Ethniki	30	19	5	6	58	26	+32	63.33	3rd
1965–66 Greek Cup	5	5	0	0	13	4	+9	100.00	W
Total	35	24	5	6	71	30	+41	68.57	N/A

1966–67 season, Part I

After eleven seasons, the legendary Kostas Nestoridis left the club, as well as Giorgos Petridis. AEK started the season with the European Cup Winners' Cup, playing against Braga, but they were eliminated with two defeats. After an away draw against Panserraikos at the tenth matchday, alarmed the management, who took the decision to remove Tzanetis from the bench.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1966–67 Alpha Ethniki (1)	13	8	3	2	20	13	+7	61.54	2nd
1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup	2	0	0	2	2	4	-2	00.00	R1
1966–67 Balkans Cup (1)	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	66.67	Grp
Total	18	10	4	4	29	20	+9	55.56	N/A

The Jenő Csaknády Era, Part II (1967–1968)

Honours Won: Alpha Ethniki: 1 (1968)

Runner-up: Alpha Ethniki: 1 (1967), Balkans Cup: 1 (1967),

1966–67 season, Part II

Yordan

Stamatiadis (c)

Lineup against Fenerbahçe (1967-10-11)

Jenő Csaknády returned after three and a half years. While AEK were covering the distance for the title race, the government was overthrown and a military dictatorship was imposed on the country, resulting in the interruption of the championship. AEK were not affected by the interruption and continued in covering up the distance, but two draws in the final matchdays ended their chances of winning the championship, finishing second. They also competed in the Balkans Cup, finishing first in their group and qualified in the final against Fenerbahçe. In the first leg at Nea Filadelfeia, AEK won by 2–1, but in Istanbul, the Turks won by 1–0 and a third match was set at Mithat Paşa, which they lost with 3–1.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1966–67 Alpha Ethniki (2)	17	10	7	0	32	8	+24	58.82	R/U
1966–67 Greek Cup	3	2	0	1	10	3	+7	66.67	QF
1966–67 Balkans Cup (2)	6	3	1	2	6	6	0	50.00	R/U
Total	26	15	8	3	48	17	+31	57.69	N/A

1967–68 season

Stamatiadis (c)

Ventouris

Skevofilax

Papaioannou

Lineup against Olympiacos (1967-12-03)

AEK appeared capable of claiming the league, as they defeated Olympiacos with 1–4. Indeed in the second round with a victory against the same opponent at home, they secured the title.^[11] Csaknády did not agree on staying in the club, becoming the only coach of AEK to win two championship titles in his two full seasons.^[12]

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1967–68 Alpha Ethniki	34	22	6	6	68	24	+44	64.71	W
1967–68 Greek Cup	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	75.00	SF
1967–68 Balkans Cup	6	1	2	3	7	12	-5	16.67	Grp
Total	44	26	8	10	80	39	+41	59.09	N/A

The Branko Stanković Era (1968–1973)

Honours Won: Alpha Ethniki: 1 (1971)

Runner-up: Alpha Ethniki: 1 (1970)

1968–69 season

Branko Stankovic Stankovic-branko.jpg — Branko Stanković

Stamatiadis
(c)

Lineup against Spartak Trnava (1969-03-12)

A transitional year for AEK, with the hiring of Branko Stanković. Giorgos Lavaridis was promoted from the academies. Under the Yugoslav, the team's model was based on tactics, technique, physical strength and discipline. The inability of the players to quickly adapt to the new model, resulted in a bad start in the league, but in time the team started to increase their performance. On 27 October they defeated Olympiacos by 2–3 with Papaioannou playing as goalkeeper from the 85th minute, due to the suspension of Serafidis.^[13] AEK were consistently close in claiming the title, until the 22nd matchday when they were defeated at home by Olympiacos, which resulted in their downfall and their sixth-place finish. However, AEK made one of the most impressive European campaigns, eliminating Jeunesse Esch in first round and AB in the second round and became the first Greek club to reach the quarter-finals of a European competition, where they were eliminated by Spartak Trnava.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1968–69 Alpha Ethniki	34	17	8	9	58	31	+27	50.00	6th
1968–69 Greek Cup	2	1	0	1	7	4	+3	50.00	R16
1968–69 European Cup	6	2	2	2	9	6	+3	33.33	QF
Total	42	20	10	12	74	43	+31	47.62	N/A

1969–70 season

Stanković proceeded in the renewal in their roster, that he planned since the previous season. Stefanos Theodoridis was promoted to the first team, while Apostolos Toskas and Andreas Papaemmanouil were acquired. At the same time Alekos Sofianidis, Aleko Yordan, Andreas Stamatiadis and Kostas Papageorgiou departed. The conquest of the second place in the league was considered a success, considering the radical changes in the squad and the strength of Panathinaikos at the time. In the Cup, AEK were eliminated in the second round, by Panathinaikos at home, losing by 3–5 in the penalty shootout.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1969–70 Alpha Ethniki	34	21	9	4	55	23	+32	61.76	R/U
1969–70 Greek Cup ^PEN	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	00.00	R2
Total	35	21	10	4	56	24	+32	60.00	N/A

1970–71 season

Stanković completed the renewal of the roster creating a well-worked team. Tasos Vasiliou, Fotis Balopoulos and Lakis Fragoudakis left the club. AEK began their competitive obligations with the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, where they were eliminated in the first round by the newly formed Twente. Despite their elimination, AEK played spectacular football throughout the season and won the league, relatively early on in the season.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1970–71 Alpha Ethniki	34	23	8	3	67	18	+49	67.65	W
1970–71 Greek Cup	10	9	0	1	59	7	+52	90.00	SF
1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	2	0	0	2	0	4	-4	00.00	R1
Total	46	32	8	6	126	29	+97	69.57	N/A

1971–72 season

Papaioannou (c)

Lineup against Internazionale (1971-09-29)

The administrative disputes and the demands of the players that appeared within the club, resulted in the start of a declining period for AEK. However, that did not prevent AEK from presenting a competitive team. Lakis Nikolaou stood out among the transfers. AEK played in the European Cup and were eliminated from the first round by Internazionale, but they achieved a historic win at Nea Filadelfeia, with 3–2^[14] In the league they finished third, while in the cup they experienced a surprise elimination in the round of 16 by Lamia.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1971–72 Alpha Ethniki	34	20	8	6	57	23	+34	58.82	3rd
1971–72 Greek Cup ^ET	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	66.67	R16
1971–72 European Cup	2	1	0	1	4	6	-2	50.00	R1
Total	39	23	8	8	69	31	+38	58.97	N/A

1972–73 season, Part I

The declining course of AEK continued. Important players such as Petros Ravousis, Tasos Konstantinou, Lakis Stergioudas and Dionysis Tsamis were acquired. On the other hand, Stelios Serafidis retired after 19 years at the club, while Panagiotis Ventouris and Andreas Papaemmanouil also departed. In their first appearance in the UEFA Cup AEK were eliminated in the second round by Liverpool. In the Cup they faced again a surprise elimination by Apollon Kalamarias at the round of 16, which resulted in the removal of Stanković after five years at the club.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1972–73 Alpha Ethniki (1)	18	8	8	2	22	16	+6	44.44	4th
1972–73 Greek Cup	3	2	0	1	12	2	+10	66.67	R16
1972–73 UEFA Cup	4	1	1	2	5	8	-3	25.00	R2
Total	25	11	9	5	39	26	+13	44.00	N/A

Overview

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%
Alpha Ethniki	154	89	41	24	259	111	+148	57.79
Greek Cup	19	14	1	4	87	16	+71	73.68
European Cup	8	3	2	3	13	12	+1	37.50
UEFA Cup	4	1	1	2	5	8	+3	25.00
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	2	0	0	2	0	4	-4	00.00
Total	187	107	45	35	364	151	+213	57.22

The Billy Bingham Era (1973)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: —

1972–73 season, Part II

Billy Bingham was appointed as a replacement of Stanković. In a bad season for the club, the Irish coach did not succeed in making any significant contribution. In the end AEK finished fifth and Bingham was sacked after the season was over.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1972–73 Alpha Ethniki (2)	15	5	3	7	17	18	-1	33.33	5th

The Stan Anderson Era (1973–1974)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: —

1973–74 season

As the combination of administrative changes and financial difficulties continued, the Stan Anderson was hired. Giorgos Sidiropoulos was acquired, while Stelios Konstantinidis, Kostas Nikolaidis and Spyros Pomonis left. In a disappointing season Anderson was sacked before the end of the season with the club closing the season with coach of the reserve team, Kostas Chatzimichail. AEK finished for the second consecutive year in the fifth place.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1973–74 Alpha Ethniki (1)	27	12	6	9	44	31	+13	44.44	5th
1973–74 Greek Cup ^PEN	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	66.67	R3
Total	30	14	6	10	48	34	+14	46.67	N/A

The Barlos ownership years (1974–1981)

The František Fadrhonc Era (1974–1977)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: Alpha Ethniki: 2 (1975, 1976)

1974–75 season

Huge administrative changes occurred within the club in the summer of 1974, as Loukas Barlos became the new president.^[15] He started to build a new team, by hiring František Fadrhonc as coach.^[16] The Czechoslovak brought a series of innovations to the club, while Barlos brought great players such as Christos Ardizoglou ^[17] Georgios Dedes, Walter Wagner and Timo Zahnleiter.^[18] Among the departures, were those of Giorgos Karafeskos and Nikos Stathopoulos. The newly reformed AEK played impressive football from their first season, finishing second in the league, having the best attack and defense, while they reached the quarter-finals of the cup.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1974–75 Alpha Ethniki	34	23	9	2	73	20	+53	67.65	R/U
1974–75 Greek Cup	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	66.67	QF
Total	37	25	9	3	78	21	+57	67.57	N/A

1975–76 season

AEK continued their ascending course with the main focus point for Barlos was the acquisition of Thomas Mavros from Panionios. The president of AEK approached and convinced Mavros to join the club, but they came across the obstacle of Panionios. A legal dispute began, with Mavros staying out the stadiums for a season.^[19] Giorgos Lavaridis was among the departures. Fadrhonc's work was becoming effective, creating a team that combined spectacle and results. AEK returned in the UEFA Cup, after two years of absence, reaching the second round, where they were eliminated by Inter Bratislava. In the league, AEK despite being undefeated for 23 matches, some defeats during the end of the season, resulted in finishing at the second place for a second season in a row. Georgios Dedes with 15 goals won the top scorer award.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1975–76 Alpha Ethniki	30	18	8	4	57	18	+39	60.00	R/U
1975–76 Greek Cup	5	4	0	1	18	5	+13	80.00	SF
1975–76 UEFA Cup	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	50.00	R2
Total	39	24	9	6	81	27	+54	61.54	N/A

1976–77 season

Tsamis

Tasos

Nikoloudis

Papaioannou (c)

Wagner

Lineup against QPR (1977-03-02)

The team that Barlos envisioned with Fadrhonc was reaching its completion. As the legal dispute with Panionios ended and the transfer of Mavros was completed. Furthermore, they acquired Nikos Christidis, Takis Nikoloudis and Babis Intzoglou. Fadrhonc, considering the playing intelligence and high technical qualities of Mimis Papaioannou, decided to relocate him as an attacking midfielder, in order to fit all the attackers of the roster. In the UEFA Cup AEK eliminated Dynamo Moscow in the first round, Derby County in the second round, Red Star Belgrade in the third round and QPR in the quarter-finals reaching the semi-finals, where they were eliminated by Juventus, becoming the first Greek club to reach that stage. The negative results that were occurred in matches that coincided near European games, resulted in AEK finishing fourth, at a distance of three points from the top.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1976–77 Alpha Ethniki	34	24	3	7	63	29	+34	70.59	4th
1976–77 Greek Cup	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	66.67	R16
1976–77 UEFA Cup	10	5	0	5	15	15	0	50.00	SF
Total	47	31	3	13	84	48	+36	65.96	N/A

1977–78 season, Part I

Dusan Bajevic Dusan Bajevic.jpg — Dušan Bajević

Barlos strengthened the roster with Milton Viera and Dušan Bajević, while Giorgos Sidiropoulos, Timo Zahnleiter, Walter Wagner and Georgios Dedes among others departed. The disagreements between Barlos and Fadrhonc regarding the future of AEK showed up, which resulted in the removal of the Czechoslovak after an away defeat at the second matchday.

Competition	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1977–78 Alpha Ethniki (1)	2	1	1	6	3	+3	50.00	8th
1977–78 UEFA Cup (1)	1	0	1	0	1	-1	00.00	R1
Total	3	1	2	6	4	+2	33.33	N/A

Overview

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%
Alpha Ethniki	100	66	20	14	199	70	+129	66.00
Greek Cup	11	8	0	3	29	10	+19	72.73
UEFA Cup	15	7	1	7	21	20	+1	46.67
Total	126	81	21	24	249	100	+149	64.29

The Zlatko Čajkovski Era, Part I (1977–1978)

Viera

Tasos

Nikoloudis

Papaioannou (c)

Bajević

Lineup against Olympiacos (1978-05-17)

Honours Won: Alpha Ethniki: 1 (1978), Greek Cup: 1 (1978)

Runner-up: —

1977–78 season, Part II

Fadrhonc's assistant, Andreas Stamatiadis sat on the bench for the next two games as an interim coach and from there Zlatko Čajkovski took over the fate of AEK. In the UEFA Cup, AEK after eliminating ASA Târgu Mureș in the first round, were eliminated in the second round by Standard Liège. With the pairing of Bajević with Mavros in the offense, AEK played impressive football and they easily won the league with only 2 defeats. Thomas Mavros claimed the top scorer of the league award with 22 goals. In the Cup, AEK, eliminated AO Chania in the first round, Panathinaikos in the second round, Panionios in the round of 16 and Panelefsiniakos in the quarter-finals and crused Olympiacos with a 6–1 in the semi-finals. In the final, AEK defeated PAOK by 2–0 and won the trophy, achieving the second domestic double in their history. Dušan Bajević emerged as the top scorer of the Cup with nine goals. Despite that being one of the most successful years in the history of the club, Čajkovski had already signed with Zürich for the next eason.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1977–78 Alpha Ethniki (2)	30	18	11	1	61	22	+39	60.00	W
1977–78 Greek Cup	6	6	0	0	22	4	+18	100.00	W
1977–78 UEFA Cup (2)	2	0	1	1	3	6	-3	00.00	R2
Total	38	24	12	2	86	32	+54	63.16	N/A

The Ferenc Puskás Era (1978–1979)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: —

1978–79 season, Part I

Nikolaou (c)

Tasos

Domazos

Lineup against Porto (1978-09-13)

The additinons that stood out were the promotions of Spyros Ikonomopoulos and Panagiotis Stylianopoulos, but most importantly the legend of Panathinaikos, Mimis Domazos. Barlos hired the legendary Ferenc Puskás as the coach of the team. In the championship, AEK started impressively and were ahead in the standings with Olympiacos being the only rival for the title. However, there were many official complaints from the opponents of Olympiacos for attempts of bribery by the red and whites. AEK in the European Cup against were drawn against Porto for the first round and they achieved their greatest victory in the European Cup, scattering the Portuguese champions with 6–1, while in the rematch AEK lost by 4–1. In the second round they faced Nottingham Forest, who eliminated them with two wins. Towards the end of the season, AEK presented a decline in their performance and Barlos removed Puskás from the bench.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1978–79 Alpha Ethniki (1)	23	15	5	3	51	20	+31	65.22	3rd
1978–79 Greek Cup (1)	4	2	0	2	10	7	+3	50.00	QF
1978–79 European Cup	4	1	0	3	9	12	-3	25.00	R2
Total	31	19	6	6	74	35	+33	61.29	N/A

The Andreas Stamatiadis Era (1979)

Honours Won: Alpha Ethniki: 1 (1979)

Runner-up: Greek Cup: 1 (1979)

1978–79 season, Part II

Puskás' assistant, Andreas Stamatiadis took charge for the rest of the season. The end of the championship found AEK and Olympiacos, tied in the first place and a play-off match for the title was set. Olympiacos did not show up to the match and AEK were declared champion.^[20] In the Cup, AEK easily reached the final, where they faced Panionios and despite taking the lead early on, they lost the title with a 3–1 defeat.^[21] Thomas Mavros was declared the top scorer of the league with 31 goals and 40 in total, winning the European Silver Shoe.^[22]

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1978–79 Alpha Ethniki (2)	11	10	1	0	39	9	+30	90.91	W
1979 Alpha Ethniki Play-off	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	00.00	W
1978–79 Greek Cup (2)	4	2	0	2	10	7	+3	50.00	R/U
Total	16	13	1	2	49	16	+33	81.25	N/A

The Hermann Stessl Era (1979–1980)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: —

1979–80 season, Part I

In 1979 football in Greece became professional with the chairman, Loukas Barlos becoming the first owner of AEK. His last great offer to AEK was the construction of the first two-story podium in a Greek stadium, the so-called "Skepasti" (The Covered).^[23] Transferwise, AEK mostly promoted players from their academies, such as Stelios Manolas, Lysandros Georgamlis and Vangelis Vlachos, while also acquiring Franjo Vladić. On the other hand, Apostolos Toskas, Milton Viera, and most importantly Mimis Papaioannou, left the club. In the position of the coach Hermann Stessl was hired. AEK were eliminated in the first round of the European Cup by Argeș Pitești and after the incidents that followed in the locker room and the referees' room, AEK were punished with a one-year ban by UEFA.^[24] AEK did not start the championship well and were left behind in the standings, while in the Cup they were eliminated by PAOK at the round of 16. In the first winter transfer period in Greek football, AEK were weakened as Mimis Domazos Takis Nikoloudis and Dionysis Tsamis departed. A series of bad results brought the dismissal of Stessl from the bench.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1979–80 Alpha Ethniki (1)	26	13	7	6	50	30	+20	50.00	5th
1979–80 Greek Cup ^ET	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4	66.67	R3
1979–80 European Cup	2	1	0	1	2	3	-1	50.00	R1
Total	31	16	7	11	61	38	+23	51.61	N/A

The Miltos Papapostolou Era (1980–1981)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: Alpha Ethniki: 1 (1981)

1979–80 season, Part II

Miltos Papapostolou took over the bench. The team returned to the successful results and with the 25 goals of Bajević, who emerged as the league's top scorer, finished tied with Panathinaikos in the third place, two points from the top and a play-off match was set for the third place and a ticket to the UEFA Cup. With the exclusion of the yellow-blacks from the European competitions meant that no matter what the result of the game was, Panathinaikos would play in the UEFA Cup, but if AEK won would serve their sentence immediately. Even though from Panathinaikos' side seemed that they were against the conduction of the match, Barlos, demanded the match to be held and thus the match took place normally with AEK losing by 1–0, finishing 4th in the league.^[25]

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1979–80 Alpha Ethniki (2)	8	5	2	1	14	9	+5	62.50	4th
1980 Alpha Ethniki Play-off	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	00.00	R/U
Total	9	5	2	2	14	10	+4	55.56	N/A

1980–81 season

AEK were closing one of their most successful historical periods, since this season was the last year of Loukas Barlos' ownership. AEK acquired Michalis Tzirakis, Kostas Eleftherakis and Manolis Kottis among others, as well as Petros Karavitis from the winter. Babis Intzoglou and Tasos Konstantinou from the winter, were the most important departures. Since the club did not compete in the UEFA competitions, thus they competed in the Balkans Cup, where in the group stage, all three teams were on tied and Velež Mostar with a better goal ratio were qualified to the final. In the league, AEK finished in the second place, while in the Cup they were eliminated in the semi-finals by PAOK.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1980–81 Alpha Ethniki	34	17	10	7	63	42	+21	50.00	R/U
1980–81 Greek Cup	8	4	1	3	14	10	+4	50.00	SF
1980–81 Balkans Cup	4	2	0	2	7	7	0	50.00	Grp
Total	46	23	11	12	84	59	+25	50.00	N/A

The post-Barlos sterile years (1981–1988)

The Hans Tilkowski Era (1981–1982)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: —

1981–82 season, Part I

After the departure of Loukas Barlos the ownership of the club was taken over by Andreas Zafiropoulos. The new administration proceeded with the renewal of the roster with the addition of Takis Karagiozopoulos, Giannis Dintsikos, Dinos Ballis and Hristo Bonev. Dušan Bajević, Franjo Vladić and Kostas Eleftherakis left. Hans Tilkowski took over at the team's bench. AEK made one of the worst starts in their history and Tilkowski was fired midseason.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1981–82 Alpha Ethniki (1)	17	7	6	4	20	15	+5	41.18	6th
1981–82 Greek Cup (1)	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00	R1
Total	18	8	6	4	23	17	+6	44.44	N/A

The Zlatko Čajkovski Era, Part II (1982–1983)

Honours Won: –

Runner-up: —

1981–82 season, Part II

Zlatko Čajkovski, returned at the bench after four years. AEK recovered competitively, but not to an extent of claiming the league. In the Cup, AEK faced PAOK at the round of 16 and were again eliminated. AEK eventually finished at fourth place in the league and managed to secure a spot in the European competitions, after two-year absence.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1981–82 Alpha Ethniki (2)	17	10	5	2	35	20	+15	58.82	4th
1981–82 Greek Cup (2)	2	0	1	1	3	8	-5	00.00	R3
Total	19	10	6	3	38	28	+10	52.63	N/A

1982–83 season, Part I

In the summer of 1982, Zafiropoulos stepped out of the presidency, which was handed over to the shipowner Michalis Arkadis. Takis Nikoloudis returned to AEK and transfers of Christos Arvanitis and Angel Kolev took place. Hristo Bonev, Petros Karavitis and Giannis Mousouris and left the club, while Nikos Christidis and Lakis Nikolaou retired. AEK competed in the UEFA Cup, where they played against Köln in the first round and were eliminated with two defeats. As season progressed, the relations of Čajkovski with some players and the management, caused controversy his face and after some bad results, he was fired.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1982–83 Alpha Ethniki (1)	13	8	2	3	23	16	+7	61.54	2nd
1982–83 Greek Cup (1)	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00	R1
1982–83 UEFA Cup	2	0	0	2	0	6	-6	00.00	R1
Total	16	9	2	5	25	23	+2	56.25	N/A

The Helmut Senekowitsch Era, Part I (1983)

Honours Won: Greek Cup: 1 (1983)

Runner-up: —

Ballis

Vlachos
(c)

Ardizoglou

Kottis

Dintsikos

Lineup against PAOK (1983-06-29)

1982–83 season, Part II

After a brief spell by Kostas Nestoridis at the bench, Helmut Senekowitsch was hired. The team finished in the third place. AEK completed the season with the conquest of the Cup, by defeating PAOK by 2–0 at the Olympic Stadium in the final that was marked by crowd incidents.^[26]

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1982–83 Alpha Ethniki (2)	16	8	3	5	25	20	+5	50.00	3rd
1982–83 Greek Cup (2)	8	7	0	1	21	7	+14	87.50	W
Total	24	15	3	6	46	27	+19	46.15	N/A

The John Barnwell Era (1983)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: —

1983–84 season, Part I

In the summer of 1983, AEK faced another administrative change in their presidency, as Michalis Arkadis left and the Cypriot travel agency owner, Lefteris Panagidis stepped in and replaced him. The English coach John Barnwell was hired, while Pavlos Papaioannou was acquired among others. On the other hand, Michalis Tzirakis left the club. After a bad start and an elimination from the Cup Winners' Cup's the first round by Újpest, Barnwell was fired.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1983–84 Alpha Ethniki (1)	12	5	2	5	18	10	+8	41.67	7th
1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup	2	1	0	1	3	4	-1	50.00	R1
Total	14	6	2	6	21	14	+7	42.86	N/A

The Helmut Senekowitsch Era, Part II (1983–1984)

Honours Won: –

Runner-up: —

1983–84 season, Part II

Helmut Senekowitsch returned at the team's bench. In December Takis Nikoloudis and Angel Kolev left the club. Senekowitsch did not manage to change the bad performances of the team and was also fired after 2+1⁄2 months. With Kostas Nestoridis at the bench, AEK completed a bad season, where they eventually finished seventh at the league, while at the Cup were eliminated at the round of 16 by AEL.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1983–84 Alpha Ethniki (2)	8	2	3	3	11	11	0	25.00	7th
1983–84 Greek Cup (1)^PEN	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	66.67	R32
Total	11	4	4	3	14	11	+3	36.36	N/A

The Václav Halama Era (1984)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: —

1984–85 season, Part I

In the summer of 1984, Zafiropoulos returned to the club's presidency. Petros Ravousis and Lakis Stergioudas, left the club. AEK were strengthened with the Håkan Sandberg, František Štambachr, Nikos Pias, Theologis Papadopoulos and Makis Chatzis, while Václav Halama was their new coach. AEK did not start well, while in the Cup they experienced one of the most shameful eliminations in their history by Lamia. Before the middle of the season, Zafiropoulos removed Halama.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1984–85 Alpha Ethniki (1)	10	4	5	1	20	11	+9	40.00	5th
1984–85 Greek Cup	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	00.00	R1
Total	11	4	5	2	21	12	+8	36.36	N/A

The Antonis Georgiadis Era (1984–1985)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: —

1984–85 season, Part II

Antonis Georgiadis was hired as the new manager. In December, František Štambachr left the club, while Márton Esterházy arrived. Esterházy, alongside Mavros and Sandberg composed a magic attacking triplet. Eventually, AEK finished at third place in the league, tied with Panathinaikos and three points from the top. Thomas Mavros finished once more as the league's top scorer, with 27 goals.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1984–85 Alpha Ethniki (2)	20	12	6	2	38	17	+21	60.00	3rd

The Jacek Gmoch Era (1985–1986)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: —

1985–86 season

Arvanitis

Georgamlis (c)

Chatzis

Pias

Lineup against Real Madrid (1985-09-18)

Antonis Georgiadis left the club and Jacek Gmoch was hired. Christos Ardizoglou also left the club. Christos Arvanitis in the summer and Vangelis Vlachos and Lysandros Georgamlis in the winter, were among the departures. In the winter AEK signed Jim Patikas. AEK had to move to the Olympic Stadium due to construction works at the AEK Stadium. AEK achieved an average league ticket record in their history with 31,254 tickets per game. In the UEFA Cup, AEK were eliminated in the first round by Real Madrid, despite making a historic win 1–0 in Athens. In the league AEK started well, but their performances in the away matches resulted in many losses during the season. They finished at the third place, tied with Iraklis, seven points from the first place. On 19 April, the general manager of AEK, Giannis Chrysovitsianos, was arrested for attempted bribery to some players of Panserraikos and the league standings were not secured, until the case was finalized. Eventually, that happened in mid-June, with AEK being punished with the deduction of third points, but from the next season's championship. Thus, the HFF decided to set a third place play-off match between AEK and Iraklis. Meanwhile, Gmoch left, with Nikos Christidis was on the bench for the game. Iraklis, not accepting the decision, showed up in order to make a parody of the match and by the 53rd minute were left with six players and thus the game was awarded with 2–0 to AEK, who secured a place in the next season's UEFA Cup.^[27]

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1985–86 Alpha Ethniki	30	13	10	7	42	28	+14	43.33	3rd
1985–86 Greek Cup	9	5	2	2	22	7	+15	55.56	SF
1985–86 UEFA Cup	2	1	0	1	1	5	-4	50.00	R1
Total	41	19	12	10	65	40	+25	46.34	N/A

The Ab Fafié Era (1986)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: —

1986–87 season, Part I

The crowd reactions towards Zafiropoulos became more intense, while financial problems began to appear in the club. Nevertheless, AEK proceeded with the transfers of Giorgos Peppes and Lampros Georgiadis, while in the winter they were also strengthened with Rajko Janjanin. At the same time, Márton Esterházy and Dinos Ballis departed. Zafiropoulos hired Ab Fafié for the position of the coach. In the UEFA Cup, AEK faced Internazionale and were eliminated with two defeats. The elimination from the Cup at the hands of Panionios, combined with the bad results in the home matches, resulted in Fafié getting sacked in December.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1986–87 Alpha Ethniki (1)	12	4	4	4	14	12	+2	33.33	11th
1986–87 Greek Cup ^ET	2	1	0	1	1	1	+0	50.00	R1
1986–87 UEFA Cup	2	0	0	2	0	3	-3	00.00	R1
Total	16	5	4	7	15	16	-1	31.25	N/A

The Nikos Alefantos Era (1986–1987)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: —

1986–87 season, Part II

In a strange decision, Zafiropoulos hired Nikos Alefantos. AEK continued their instability in their performances and the fans were running out of patience. In a home game Alefantos subbed off Thomas Mavros, who had returned after an injury, with the crowd disapproving the substitution. In the press conference of the match, Alefantos spoke out against Mavros, considering him as a "finished" footballer.^[28] Those incidents led in the departure of Mavros, after 11 years in the club. Shortly after, the bad results brought Alefantos to the exit door, as well and AEK completed the season with Nikos Christidis as an interim coach. AEK did not compete in the last three games of the league, due to a strike declared by the Footballers' Union^[29] and were punished with a deduction of six points, finishing in the seventh place.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1986–87 Alpha Ethniki (2)	14	6	4	4	17	13	+4	42.86	7th

The Todor Veselinović Era (1987–1988)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: Alpha Ethniki (1988)

1987–88 season

AEK returned to the Nea Filadelfeia Stadium. Håkan Sandberg departed and on the other hand, the club proceeded in the additions of Giorgos Savvidis, Henrik Nielsen, Vasilios Vasilakos, Georgios Koutoulas and Christos Vasilopoulos. Todor Veselinović was hired for the position of the coach. AEK were in the title race, with their only contenders being AEL. After the victory of AEL over Panathinaikos, their footballer, Georgi Tsingov, was tested positive in a dopping test and the case was transferred to the courts becoming known as the "Tsingov case". In the Cup, AEK reached the round of 16, facing Olympiacos. After the away 1–1, a scandal broke out on the eve of the rematch, as the former player of AEK, Dinos Ballis visited the hotel where the team were located with a bouquet for Theologis Papadopoulos and created suspicions that he was trying to bribe him. Olympiacos the game won by 1–3, eliminating them from the Cup and the story continued in courts. The Koskotas brothers of Olympiacos were accused of trying to bribe Papadopoulos and Vasilakos through Ballis, resulting in the punishment of only the latter for attempted bribery.^[30] In the "Tsingov case", AEL were initially punished with zeroing for the match, a 2-point deduction and punishment of the player, which brought AEK to the top of the table. AEL appealed with their fans rallied, resulting in the alteration of the regulation and the return of the points, which led in their eventual conquest of the championship.^[31] In the last game of the season at Nea Filadelfeia, the tension between the ultras of the club and Andreas Zafiropoulos peaked, when the riot police invaded the ultra's stand which resulted in heated encounters, that led in his withdrawal from the presidency.^[32] Henrik Nielsen with 21 goals finished the season as the league's top scorer.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1987–88 Alpha Ethniki	30	15	10	5	51	31	+25	50.00	R/U
1987–88 Greek Cup	5	2	1	2	9	8	+1	40.00	R16
Total	35	17	11	7	60	39	+21	48.57	N/A

Golden Years (1988–1997)

The Dušan Bajević Era, Part I (1988–1996)

Honours Won: Alpha Ethniki: 4 (1989, 1992, 1993, 1994), Greek Super Cup: 1 (1989), Greek League Cup: 1 (1990), Greek Cup: 1 (1996)

Runner-up: Alpha Ethniki: 2 (1990, 1996), Greek Super Cup: 3 (1992, 1993, 1994), Greek Cup: 2 (1994, 1995)

1988–89 season

Ikonomopoulos

Peppes

Chatzis

Savvidis (c)

Lineup against Olympiacos (1989-05-07)

Andreas Zafiropoulos handed over the presidency of AEK to Stratos Gidopoulos. Dušan Bajević returned after years, as their new coach. Gidopoulos, supported the Yugoslav to build a well-worked team with the transfers of Mirosław Okoński, Antonis Minou and Frank Klopas. After the last season's "Ballis-Papadopoulos" case, Theologis Papadopoulos and Vasilios Vasilakos were released Rajko Janjanin retired, while Panagiotis Stylianopoulos left. Despite their good performances and having the best defense in the league, AEK seemed to be an outsider for winning the title. The team competed in the UEFA Cup, where they played in the first round against Athletic Bilbao and even though they won by 1–0 at home, they were eliminated with a 2–0 defeat in the rematch. In the Cup, AEK were eliminated in the second round by Levadiakos. In December Stavros Stamatis and Toni Savevski arrived, while Henrik Nielsen departed. The most crucial match of the season was the away game against Olympiacos for the penultimate matchday, which was a decider for the title, where the defense of AEK stood up well and in a counterattack, Karagiozopoulos made the "1-2" with Okonski and scored the "golden" goal, which gave AEK the title victory with 0–1.^[33]

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1988–89 Alpha Ethniki	30	19	6	5	45	20	+25	63.33	W
1988–89 Greek Cup	4	3	0	1	7	4	+3	75.00	R32
1988–89 UEFA Cup	2	1	0	1	1	2	-1	50.00	R1
Total	36	23	6	7	53	26	+27	63.89	N/A

1989–90 season

Ikonomopoulos

Peppes

Chatzis

Koutoulas

Papaioannou

Savevski

Savvidis (c)

Patikas

Okoński

Batista

Lineup against Dynamo Dresden (1989-09-27)

Having won the last year's championship and with the addition of Daniel Batista in their roster, AEK started the season with great optimism. Dimitris Pittas left the club and Giannis Dintsikos retired. AEK started well, by winning the Super Cup against Panathinaikos on penalties, while in the European Cup played against Dynamo Dresden where, despite the defeat in Germany by 1–0, with an excellent performance in the rematch, they prevailed with 5–3 and advanced to the second round. There, they faced Marseille and the first match in France, AEK lost 2–0, while in the rematch that ended 1–1 the French reported an attack on their bus, with UEFA eventually punishing AEK with one-year ban from all European competitions.^[34] In the Cup, they were eliminated for a second consecutive season of shock-elimination in the round of 32, by Ionikos. The team had the best defense in the league for a second consecutive year, but in the end they finished in the second place. AEK completed their competitive obligations with the conquest of the League Cup against Olympiacos, in an institution that took place only that season.^[35]

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1989 Greek Super Cup ^PEN	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	00.00	W
1989–90 Alpha Ethniki	34	20	10	4	64	18	+46	58.82	R/U
1989–90 Greek Cup	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	50.00	R32
1989–90 Greek League Cup ^PEN	5	3	2	0	12	7	+5	60.00	W
1989–90 European Cup	4	1	1	2	6	7	-1	25.00	R2
Total	50	27	16	7	92	37	+55	54.00	N/A

1990–91 season

AEK faced administrative problems and most of the season was part of the transitional period, as the ownership of Zafiropoulos was coming to its end. AEK maintained their core roster with their main addition being that of Vaios Karagiannis. The team did not compete in any European competition, due to the last season's ban. AEK finished 3rd, with the only positive element being the time credit that was given to Bajević, to re-build the team for the oncoming seasons. The problems that the club was facing during the season resulted in a temporary administration led by Kostas Generakis, who was chosen by the Court of First Instance.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1990–91 Alpha Ethniki	34	18	6	10	59	33	+26	52.94	3rd
1990–91 Greek Cup	7	6	0	1	18	5	+13	85.71	R16
Total	41	24	6	11	77	38	+39	58.54	N/A

1991–92 season

The new management of the club put the clubs finances of in order and at the same time proceeded in the transfers of Refik Šabanadžović, Vasilis Dimitriadis and Alexis Alexandris, while Mirosław Okoński and Georgios Christodoulou departed. The "AEK Stadium" was renamed into "Nikos Goumas Stadium", after the former president of the club, who had a significant contribution to its construction.^[36] In the UEFA Cup, they easily eliminated Vllaznia Shkodër in the first round and Spartak Moscow in the second round, while in the third round they faced Torino and were eliminated. In the Cup, AEK reached the semi-finals, facing PAOK and despite their 2–0 win, they were eliminated at extra time with a 3–0 defeat. In the end, they presented a solid substance in their game and won the title, with a difference of 3 points from the second. The top scorer of the league was Vasilis Dimitriadis with 28 goals. Kostas Generakis resigned from the presidency and the businessmen, Dimitris Melissanidis and Giannis Karras purchased the shares of Zafiropoulos, with Melissanidis taking over the presidency.^[37]

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1991–92 Alpha Ethniki	34	23	8	3	72	25	+47	67.65	W
1991–92 Greek Cup ^ET	12	8	3	1	21	9	+12	66.67	SF
1991–92 UEFA Cup	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	50.00	R3
Total	52	34	13	5	100	38	+62	65.38	N/A

1992–93 season

Minou

Vasilopoulos (c)

Lineup against PSV Eindhoven (1992-10-21)

In the summer of 1992, the new owners of the club, Melssanidis-Karras, started their tenure by helping the club recover financially and by supporting Bajević. However, their term began with difficulties since Daniel Batista had already signed for Olympiacos, while the Giorgos Savvidis, Makis Chatzis, Giorgos Peppes and Jim Patikas also departed. On the other hand, they signed Zoran Slišković, Giorgos Agorogiannis, Tasos Mitropoulos, and Ilias Atmatsidis, while in December Vasilios Tsiartas and Charis Kopitsis also arrived. In the first round of the newlly-formed, UEFA Champions League, AEK eliminated APOEL on away goals and in the second round they faced PSV Eindhoven and despite the 1–0 win at home, they were eliminated by losing 3–0 in the rematch. AEK won the title for the second consecutive season with a 1-point difference from Panathinaikos. Vasilis Dimitriadis was the top scorer of AEK and of the league with 33 goals in 34 matches, winning the European Silver Shoe.^[38]

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1992 Greek Super Cup	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	00.00	R/U
1992–93 Alpha Ethniki	34	24	6	4	78	27	+51	70.59	W
1992–93 Greek Cup ^ET	11	7	2	2	23	10	+13	63.64	SF
1992–93 UEFA Champions League	4	1	2	1	4	6	-2	25.00	R2
Total	50	32	10	8	106	46	+60	64.00	N/A

1993–94 season

The administration in collaboration with the Bajević, decided to make a renewal in the roster, despite winning the championship of the previous season, with the older Antonis Minou, Christos Vasilopoulos, Takis Karagiozopoulos, Pavlos Papaioannou and Lampros Georgiadis leaving the club and the younger Michalis Kasapis, Vasilios Borbokis, Michalis Vlachos and Pantelis Konstantinidis coming in. In the first round of the UEFA Champions League, AEK played against Monaco and were eliminated. In the Cup, AEK reached the final of the against Panathinaikos, in one of the best finals, the match ended 3–3 after extra time and went to penalty shoot-out, where the greens won with 4–2. Eventually, AEK won the championship and with three successive championship wins, established themselves as one of the most successful periods in their history. Alexis Alexandris alongside Krzysztof Warzycha of Panathinaikoswere the top scorers of the league with 24 goals.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1993 Greek Super Cup	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	00.00	R/U
1993–94 Alpha Ethniki	34	25	4	5	63	28	+35	73.53	W
1993–94 Greek Cup ^PEN	12	7	5	0	35	11	+24	58.33	R/U
1993–94 UEFA Champions League	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1	00.00	R1
Total	49	32	10	7	99	42	+58	65.31	N/A

1994–95 season

Manolas (c)

Vlachos

Kostis

Lineup against Rangers (1994-08-24)

AEK decided to make a transfer excess in order to achieve a great course in the Champions League and signed Christos Kostis, Dimitris Saravakos, Temur Ketsbaia and Nikos Kostenoglou, while Dionysis Chiotis was promoted from the academies. Alexis Alexandris, Tasos Mitropoulos, Frank Klopas and Zoran Slišković departed from the club. The season did not start well for the team, as they were defeated in the Super Cup at the hands of Panathinakos.^[39] AEK became the first Greek football club that participated in the newly formed group stage of the Champions League, after eliminating Rangers with wins at both legs. There, they were eliminated finishing third behind Ajax and Milan, who both made it to the final, but above Casino Salzburg.^[40] AEK were not able to bear the weight of the consecutive games both in Greece and Europe and eventually finished 5th. In the Cup they reached the final facing Panathinaikos for a second consecutive season. The match ended 0–0 and was led in extra time, where the greens won the trophy. The duo of Melissanidis-Karras sold their shares to the businessman, Michalis Trochanas.^[41]

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1994 Greek Super Cup	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	00.00	R/U
1994–95 Alpha Ethniki	34	17	11	6	61	33	+28	50.00	5th
1994–95 Greek Cup ^ET	13	12	0	1	27	5	+22	92.31	R/U
1994–95 UEFA Champions League	8	2	2	4	6	9	-3	25.00	Grp
Total	56	31	13	12	94	50	+44	55.36	N/A

1995–96 season

Atmatsidis

Manolas (c)

Vlachos

Batista

Lineup against Apollon (1996-05-15)

Τhe new major shareholder and president of the team, Michalis Trochanas in collaboration with Bajević, maintained the roster and strengthened it with the return of Daniel Batista and the transfer of Christos Maladenis. Among the departures were those of Giorgos Agorogiannis in the summer and Stavros Stamatis in the winter. In the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, AEK after defeating Sion in the first round, they were eliminated by Borussia Mönchengladbach afterwards. AEK had a quality roster and played spectacular football, but finished second. During the season, the team lost much of their concentration, as Bajević was reported that would not renew his contract and had agreed to join Olympiacos. Vasilios Tsiartas emerged as the league's top scorer with 26 goals. In the Cup, AEK, after qualifying as first in their group and eliminating both their rivals, Olympiacos and Panathinaikos in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, respcetivelly, reached the final against Apollon Athens and won the trophy with record victory with 7–1.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1995–96 Alpha Ethniki	34	25	6	3	87	22	+65	73.53	R/U
1995–96 Greek Cup	13	10	2	1	38	12	+26	76.92	W
1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	4	1	1	2	5	7	-2	25.00	R2
Total	51	36	9	6	130	41	+89	70.59	N/A

Overview

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%
Alpha Ethniki	268	171	57	40	529	206	+323	63.81
Greek Cup	78	56	14	8	175	63	+112	71.79
Greek Super Cup	4	0	1	3	2	8	-6	00.00
Greek League Cup	5	3	2	0	12	7	+5	60.00
UEFA Champions League/European Cup	18	4	6	8	17	24	-7	22.22
UEFA Cup	8	4	2	2	8	6	+2	50.00
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	4	1	1	2	5	7	-2	25.00
Total	385	239	83	63	748	321	+427	62.80

The Petros Ravousis Era (1996–1997)

Honours Won: Greek Super Cup (1996), Greek Cup (1997)

Runner-up: Alpha Ethniki (1997)

1996–97 season

Manolas (c)

Kostis

Batista

Lineup against Panathinaikos (1997-04-16)

In the summer of 1996, Bajević left AEK after 8 years, joining Olympiacos and Trochanas anointed his assistant and former player of the club, Petros Ravousis, as his successor. At the same time, Vasilios Tsiartas was sold to Sevilla, the contract of Refik Šabanadžović was expired and followed Bajević to Olympiacos, Dimitris Saravakos left and Spyros Ikonomopoulos retired after 19 years at the club. On the other hand, AEK signed Demis Nikolaidis and Marcelo Veridiano among others. AEK played for the Super Cup against Panathinaikos and won at 9–8 at the penalty shoot-out. The team had the best attack in the league again, but finished in second place. In the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, AEK eliminated Chemlon Humenné in the first round, Olimpija Ljubljana in the second round and were eliminated in the third round by Paris Saint Germain. In the Cup, AEK advanced to the final for the fourth season in a row against Panathinaikos, where after a goalless game AEK won with 5–3 on penalties and got the trophy.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1996 Greek Super Cup ^PEN	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	00.00	W
1996–97 Alpha Ethniki	34	22	6	6	75	28	+47	64.71	R/U
1996–97 Greek Cup ^PEN	9	7	2	0	22	6	+16	77.78	W
1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	66.67	QF
Total	50	33	10	7	107	39	+68	66.00	Ν/Α

ENIC ownership years (1997–2004)

The Dumitru Dumitriu Era (1997–1998)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: —

1997–98 season

Trochanas no longer being support financially the club, was looking for a buyer, placing in the presidency the lawyer, Alexis Kougias. Dumitru Dumitriu was hired in the position of the coach. AEK lost 2 important players with Temur Ketsbaia and Vasilios Borbokis, while Giannis Kalitzakis, Arnar Grétarsson and Chrysostomos Michailidis were transferred to the club. The team started the championship well and eventually Trochanas sold his shares to the financially powerful, English multinational ENIC.^[42] The former player of AEK, Lakis Nikolaou took over as president, contract renewals were made and in January they were strengthened with Georgios Donis and Kelvin Sebwe. In the Cup, AEK were eliminated in the round of 32 by Skoda Xanthi. In the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup AEK eliminated Dinaburg and Sturm Graz and were qualified to the quarter-finals where they were eliminated by Lokomotiv Moscow. In the league AEK eventually finished third. Towards the end of the season, Dumitriu was fired and Antonis Minou took his place as an interim to close the season.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1997–98 Alpha Ethniki (1)	28	19	6	3	49	23	+26	67.86	3rd
1997-98 Greek Cup	2	0	0	2	1	4	-3	00.00	R3
1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	6	3	1	2	12	5	+7	50.00	QF
Total	36	22	7	7	62	32	+30	61.11	N/A

The Dragoslav Stepanović Era (1998)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: —

1998–99 season, Part I

Dragoslav Stepanović was hired as the new manager. In the transfers of the season, those of Vasilios Lakis, Akis Zikos and Dimitris Markos stood out. With the retirement of the club's long-time captain, Stelions Manolas, Georgios Koutoulas, Christos Kostis and Marcelo Veridiano also departed. In the UEFA Cup, AEK eliminated Ferencváros in the second qualifying round and in the first round they faced Vitesse and they were eliminated from the institution. Stepanović started well, but his presence at the bench was not convincing and he was sacked after the 7th matchday.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1998–99 Alpha Ethniki (1)	7	5	2	0	13	4	+9	71.43	2nd
1998–99 UEFA Cup	4	1	1	2	9	10	-1	25.00	R1
Total	11	6	3	2	22	14	+8	54.54	N/A

The Oleg Blokhin Era (1998–1999)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: Alpha Ethniki (1999)

1998–99 season, Part II

Oleg Blokhin NDU 4 Blokhin Oleg Volodimirovich.jpg — Oleg Blokhin

Former player Takis Karagiozopoulos took over as caretaker coach for a while and then Oleg Blokhin was hired. At the same time the ex-president, Dimitris Melissanidis took over the management of the club. In January they were strengthened with the loans of Christopher Wreh and Alberto Méndez. In April, by the initiative of Melissanidis, a friendly match was organised against Partizan in Belgrade, during the height of the NATO bombing of Serbia.^[43] In the end of the season, AEK could not claim the championship and finished second. The league's top scorer was Demis Nikolaidis with 22 goals.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1998–99 Alpha Ethniki (2)	24	16	4	4	52	19	+33	66.67	R/U

The Ljubiša Tumbaković Era (1999–2000)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: —

1999–2000 season, Part I

Melissanidis who had taken over the management, addressed the Serbian market hiring Ljubiša Tumbaković, while the club signed Dragan Ćirić as a loan. Traianos Dellas and Sotiris Konstantinidis were also acquired and at the same time, Kevin Sebwe and Daniel Batista left the club. At the beginning of September a big earthquake took place in Parnitha and damaged part of Nikos Goumas Stadium, which was deemed unsuitable and thus AEK were forced to play most of their home mathces at Nea Smyrni Stadium.^[44] In the Champions League, AEK were drawn against AIK and were eliminated with 1–0, continuing in the UEFA Cup. There, AEK eliminated Torpedo Kutaisi and MTK Budapest, but were eliminated by Monaco afterwards. In the winter they were strengthened with the transfer of Milen Petkov. Tumbaković brought irrational results and since he was left out of the European competitions, after a home defeat by Panionios he was removed from the bench of AEK.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1999–2000 Alpha Ethniki (1)	13	6	3	4	25	18	+7	46.15	7th
1999-2000 Greek Cup (1)	5	5	0	0	19	3	+16	100.00	Grp
UEFA Champions League	2	0	1	1	0	1	-1	00.00	QR3
1999–2000 UEFA Cup	6	3	1	2	11	6	+5	50.00	R3
Total	26	14	5	7	55	28	+27	53.85	N/A

The Giannis Pathiakakis Era (2000–2001)

Honours Won: Greek Cup (2000)

Runner-up: —

Atmatsidis (c)

Dellas

Kalitzakis

Petkov

Ćirić

Konstantinidis

Nikolaidis

Lineup against Ionikos (2000-05-10)

1999–2000 season, Part II

After a brief return of Takis Karagiozopoulos as an interim coach, Giannis Pathiakakis was hired. After the departure of Melissanidis, the multinational owners appointed the Dutch Cornelius Sierhuis as the new president, the first foreign to ever seat in that position. Pathiakakis raised the psychology of the team, however they finished in 3rd place. In the Cup, AEK reached the final, facing Ionikos, which easily won with 3–0 and got the trophy. However, the highlight of the match was the fair play move by Nikolaidis, who after scoring a goal with his hand, asked the referee to disallow it, which led the International Olympic Committee to award him for his sportsmanship.^[45]

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
1999–2000 Alpha Ethniki (2)	20	14	3	3	42	18	+24	70.00	3rd
1999-2000 Greek Cup (2)	6	4	1	1	18	4	+14	66.67	W
Total	26	18	4	4	60	22	+38	69.23	N/A

2000–01 season, Part I

Atmatsidis (c)

Ferrugem

Kostenoglou

Navas

Tsiartas

Ruiz

Nikolaidis

Lineup against Bayer Leverkusen (2000-11-23)

Vasilios Tsiartas Tsiartas.jpg — Vasilios Tsiartas

The season started with the multinational Netmed and ENIC at the wheel of the club. Fernando Navas and Theodoros Zagorakis arrived at the club with Vasilios Tsiartas and Christos Kostis returning from abroad. The departures of Dimitris Markos and Giannis Kalitzakis stood out among others. AEK started the championship mediocre. In the UEFA Cup, AEK eliminated Vasas, Herfølge and Bayer Leverkusen and were qualified in the round of 16. In the Cup, AEK reached the round of 16 and were drawn against Olympiacos. In the first leg and while the score was 1–0, AEK were suddenly left with 9 men and after they were equalized, the chairman of AEK, Petros Stathis instructed the players to fake injuries so that the match would stop to prevent incidents with the fans, resulting in Olympiacos being awarded the match. In the rematch Pathiakakis used a mix of substitutes and main players in the lineup in a 6–1 defeat. After the game Pathiakakis left the club.^[46]

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2000–01 Alpha Ethniki (1)	15	8	3	4	29	22	+7	53.33	4th
2000–01 Greek Cup	12	8	2	2	40	17	+23	66.67	R2
2000–01 UEFA Cup (1)	6	3	2	1	16	8	+8	50.00	R3
Total	33	19	7	7	85	47	+38	57.58	N/A

The Toni Savevski Era (2001)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: —

2000–01 season, Part II

After the departure of Pathiakakis, the team's captain, Toni Savevski, retired as a footballer and became their new coach.^[47] AEK were strengthened with the transfers of Nikolaos Georgeas and Ivan Rusev. In the round of 16 of the UEFA Cup, AEK faced Barcelona and were eliminated from the institution. In the championship, AEK finished third.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2000–01 Alpha Ethniki (2)	15	11	1	3	32	12	+20	73.33	3rd
2000–01 UEFA Cup (2)	2	0	0	2	0	6	-6	00.00	R4
Total	17	11	3	5	32	18	+14	64.71	N/A

The Fernando Santos Era, Part I (2001–2002)

Honours Won: Greek Cup (2002)

Runner-up: Alpha Ethniki (2002)

2001–02 season

Gamarra

Zagorakis (c)

Tsiartas

Konstantinidis

Nikolaidis

Lineup against Olympiacos (2002-04-27)

AEK were once again with administrative and financial problems, as ENIC and Netmed were searching for a buyer for the club, with the controversial businessman Makis Psomiadis becoming their new boss.^[48] Psomiadis hired Fernando Santos as the team's coach, while adding to the roster, Carlos Gamarra as a loan. Among the departures of the season were those of Traianos Dellas and Charis Kopitsis. The club performed well in all competitions were first during the winter break. In the winter transfer period, AEK were strengthen with Ilija Ivić, while Fernando Navas left. The 3 consecutive defeats in January allowed Olympiacos to cover the lost ground. Eventually, in the match that was deemed as "final" for the title, AEK lost 4–3 to Olympiacos and championship was lost in a draw with 58 points each. In the UEFA Cup, AEK eliminated Grevenmacher, Hibernian, Osijek and Litex Lovech, but were eliminated by Internazionale at the round of 16. In the Cup, AEK reached the final against Olympiacos won the trophy with 2–1.^[49]

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2001–02 Alpha Ethniki	26	19	1	6	65	28	+37	73.08	R/U
2001–02 Greek Cup ^ET	15	13	2	0	45	9	+36	80.00	W
2001–02 UEFA Cup ^ET	10	6	2	2	24	14	+10	60.00	R4
Total	51	38	5	8	134	51	+83	74.51	N/A

The Dušan Bajević Era, Part II (2002–2004)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: —

2002–03 season

Wright

Nikolaidis (c)

Lineup against Real Madrid (2002-10-22)

After the resignation of Fernando Santos,^[50] Psomiadis made a controversial decision and brought back Dušan Bajević to replace him.^[51] The return of Bajević was not well received by the ultras who protested, as they considered his move to rivals Olympiacos in 1996 a high treason. Despite the departures of Akis Zikos, Vaios Karagiannis and Carlos Gamarra, AEK signed Grigoris Georgatos, Kostas Katsouranis, Michel Kreek, Mauricio Wright and Walter Centeno, while Vasilios Borbokis returned to the club. For the qualifying round of the Champions League, AEK eliminated APOEL and were qualified to the group stage. There they were placed alongside Real Madrid, Roma and Genk, achieving a record by drawing all six of the group stage matches,^[52] eventually finishing 3rd and continued in the UEFA Cup. In January, Ilias Atmatsidis was released, after 12 years at the club. Having lost his support within the club, Psomiadis left, with president of Amateur AEK, Giannis Granitsas taking charge. In the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup they passed through Maccabi Haifa and in the round of 16, AEK faced Málaga and were eliminated. AEK claimed the league, but finishing third by 2 points from the top. In the Cup, AEK reached the semi-finals against PAOK and they were eliminated. The season was also marked by the demolition of Nikos Goumas Stadium, home to AEK Athens for 73 years.^[53]

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2002–03 Alpha Ethniki	30	21	5	4	74	29	+45	70.00	3rd
2002–03 Greek Cup	10	6	3	1	19	6	+13	60.00	SF
2002–03 UEFA Champions League	8	2	6	0	11	9	+2	25.00	Grp
2002–03 UEFA Cup	4	2	1	1	8	2	+6	50.00	R4
Total	52	31	15	6	112	46	+66	59.62	N/A

2003–04 season Part I

Tsiartas (c)

Okkas

Georgatos

Lineup against Grasshopper (2003-08-27)

The summer of 2003 started with severe financial and administrative problems, after the mismanaging of Psomiadis.^[54] Furthermore, Demis Nikolaidis, Mauricio Wright and Walter Centeno also left. The transfers of Nikos Liberopoulos,^[55] Ioannis Okkas and Vangelis Moras promised to revitalise the club's success amid the growing financial problems. Since the demolition of the Nikos Goumas Stadium, AEK were forced to play in various stadiums of Athens. AEK took a financial breath by joining the group stage of the Champions League, as they eliminated Grasshopper. There, they were drawn with Monaco, Deportivo La Coruña and PSV Eindhoven and their European campaign came to an end, as the finished 4th with 2 draws and 4 defeats. In the winter transfer window, they were weakened through the releases of Grigoris Georgatos^[56] and Christos Maladenis. Modest performances were not enough and unable to cope with the negativity from a large section of the fans, Bajević resigned in January, during the match against Iraklis.^[57]

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2003–04 Alpha Ethniki (1)	18	10	5	3	39	17	+22	55.55	4th
2003–04 Greek Cup (1)	4	3	1	0	11	2	+9	75.00	R16
2003–04 UEFA Champions League	8	1	2	5	4	13	-9	12.50	Grp
Total	30	14	8	8	54	32	+22	46.67	N/A

The Ilie Dumitrescu Era (2004)

2003–04 season, Part II

Ilie Dumitrescu was appointed as a caretaker manager.^[58] Nevertheless, Dumitrescu did not manage to change the situation of the team, who eventually finished in the 4th in the league. In the Cup, AEK reached the semi-finals, where they got eliminated by Panathinaikos.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2003–04 Alpha Ethniki (2)	11	6	2	3	17	13	+4	54.54	4th
2003–04 Greek Cup (2)	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	50.00	SF
Total	15	8	3	4	23	18	+5	53.33	N/A

The Demis Nikolaidis Era (2004–2008)

The Fernando Santos Era, Part II (2004–2006)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: Alpha Ethniki (2006), Greek Cup (2006)

2004–05 season

Alves

Katsouranis (c)

Bourbos

Kontis

Moras

Kyriakidis

Rusev

Júlio César

Soares

Lineup against Panathinaikos (2005-02-03)

On the brink of bankruptcy, AEK lost most of their important players, such as Vasilios Borbokis, Theodoros Zagorakis,^[59] Michalis Kapsis, Michel Kreek, Vasilios Lakis, Vasilios Tsiartas and Ioannis Okkas, while Michalis Kasapis and Ilija Ivić retired. The former star of the team, Demis Nikolaidis persuaded a group of businessmen to buy shares and invest money to the club and became the new club president. His primary task was to lead AEK out of their precarious financial situation. Securing the club's participation in the league, Nikolaidis began to rebuild the team and brought back Fernando Santos as head coach.^[60] Santos also brought Paulo Assunção and Bruno Alves on loan from Porto, while Alessandro Soares also arrived. With their European participation also secured from UEFA, AEK eliminated Gorica for the first found of the UEFA Cup and advanced to the group stage. There, they were placed in the same group with Sevilla, Lille, Zenit Saint Petersburg and Alemannia Aachen and with 4 defeats in equal matches were eliminated from the tournament. Winter additions included Júlio César and Vladan Ivić. AEK came close to winning the championship, but a surprise loss to Ionikos and the defeat to Panathinaikos, resulted in finishing 3rd. The course of the team in the Cup was similar, where they faced Olympiacos in the semi-finals and were eliminated.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2004–05 Alpha Ethniki	30	17	11	2	46	22	+24	56.67	3rd
2004–05 Greek Cup ^ET	10	5	3	2	17	8	+9	50.00	SF
2004–05 UEFA Cup	6	1	1	4	6	13	-7	16.67	Grp
Total	46	23	15	8	69	43	+26	50.00	N/A

2005–06 season

The next season the club was strengthened with the returns of Vasilios Lakis and Traianos Dellas, while also acquiring Georgios Alexopoulos, Stefano Sorrentino, Bruno Cirillo, Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Panagiotis Kone. During the winter transfer period, AEK signed Emerson and Pantelis Kapetanos. Chrysostomos Michailidis, Nikos Kostenoglou, Ivan Rusev, Milen Petkov, Sotiris Konstantinidis and Christos Kostis were among the departures. In the first round of UEFA Cup, AEK were drawn against Zenit Saint Petersburg. They managed to secure an away 0–0 draw, but lost by 0–1 at home and were eliminated. In the league they finished second, securing a place in the Champions League of the next season. In the Cup, AEK reached the final, where they lost the trophy to Olympiacos with a 3–0 defeat.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2005–06 Alpha Ethniki	30	21	4	5	42	20	+22	70.00	R/U
2005–06 Greek Cup ^PEN	9	3	3	2	10	6	+4	37.50	R/U
2005–06 UEFA Cup	2	0	1	1	0	1	-1	00.00	R1
Total	40	24	8	8	52	27	+25	60.00	N/A

The Lorenzo Serra Ferrer Era (2006–2008)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: Super League Greece (2007)

Lorenzo Serra Ferrer Serraferrer20019.jpg — Lorenzo Serra Ferrer

2006–07 season

Sorrentino

Dellas (c)

Papastathopoulos

Cirillo

Tziortziopoulos

Emerson

Tőzsér

Manduca

Júlio César

Lineup against Milan (2006-11-21)

Nikolaidis decided in the removal of Fernando Santos and appointed Lorenzo Serra Ferrer as head coach.^[61] Kostas Katsouranis^[62] and Alessandro Soares departed. Summer transfers included Panagiotis Lagos,^[63] Akis Zikos, Dániel Tőzsér and the loan of Gustavo Manduca.^[64] AEK started the season as they overcame Hearts in the Champions League and qualified to the group stage. There, the club obtained 8 points, their top performance until then, beating Lille and Milan by 1–0 in their way to the third place. In the Cup, they faced a shock-elimination at the first round by Chaidari in the penalty shoot-out. During the winter transfer period AEK signed Pantelis Kafes.^[65] In the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup, AEK played against Paris Saint-Germain and they were eliminated with 2 defeats. In the league, AEK played good football at periods and finished second securing a place in the Champions League of the next season.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2006–07 Super League Greece	30	18	8	4	60	27	+33	60.00	R/U
2006–07 Greek Cup ^PEN	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	00.00	R32
2006–07 UEFA Champions League	8	4	2	2	11	10	+1	50.00	Grp
2006–07 UEFA Cup	2	0	0	2	0	4	-4	00.00	R32
Total	41	22	11	8	71	41	+30	53.66	N/A

2007–08 season, Part I

FIFA World Cup and Ballon d'Or winner Rivaldo Rivaldo.jpg — FIFA World Cup and Ballon d'Or winner Rivaldo

The season started with great expectations for AEK, as they signed Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Brazilian legend Rivaldo, Jürgen Macho, Tam Nsaliwa and Ismael Blanco. On the other hand, great departures took place with Dionysis Chiotis, Vangelis Moras, Bruno Cirillo, Vladan Ivić and Vasilios Lakis leaving the club. For the Champions League third qualifying round, AEK were drawn with Sevilla and were eliminated losing. AEK continued in the UEFA Cup and were drawn against Red Bull Salzburg and were qualified to the group stage. They were placed alongside Villarreal, Fiorentina, Mladá Boleslav and Elfsborg, finishing third in the group. Nevertheless, AEK started the season well and were in the claiming of the league. On 3 February, Olympiacos lost to Apollon Kalamarias with 1–0, with the player of Apollon, Roman Wallner having an irregular participation, with the red and whites filing an objection for the match. In the Cup, AEK were eliminated by Skoda Xanthi, which resulted in the sacking of Serra Ferrer.^[66]

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2007–08 Super League Greece (1)	20	14	0	6	41	13	+28	70.00	3rd
2007–08 Greek Cup	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	50.00	R16
2007–08 UEFA Champions League	2	0	0	2	1	6	-5	00.00	QR3
2007–08 UEFA Cup (1)	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2	33.33	R32
Total	30	17	2	11	51	26	+25	56.67	N/A

The Nikos Kostenoglou Era, Part I (2008)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: Super League Greece (2008)

2007–08 season, Part II

Macho

Papastathopoulos

Dellas (c)

Bourbos

Kafes

Edinho

Rivaldo

Blanco

Lineup against Olympiacos (2008-03-30)

The assistant of Ferrer, Nikos Kostenoglou replaced him as a caretaker. In the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup, AEK were drawn with Getafe and were eliminated. In the league AEK covered the distance from the top and had an impressive run in the last ten games of the league, during which they had two 4–0 wins against Olympiacos at home and PAOK away. However, AEK finished second behind Olympiacos, who also won the "Wallner-case". This meant that the team had to compete in the play-offs, where they faced disastrous results and finished second, missing the opportunity to compete in the Champions League of the following season. Ismael Blanco was the league's top scorer with 19 goals.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2007–08 Super League Greece (2)	10	8	2	0	24	4	+20	80.00	R/U
2007–08 UEFA Cup (2)	2	0	1	1	1	4	-3	00.00	R32
Super League Greece Play-offs	6	2	2	2	10	11	-1	33.33	R/U
Total	18	10	5	3	35	19	+16	55.56	N/A

The Georgios Donis Era (2008)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: —

2008–09 season, Part I

Georgios Donis was appointed as head coach of AEK.^[67] There were big changes in the squad with Daniel Majstorović,^[68] Ignacio Scocco,Sebastián Saja, Juanfran, Angelos Basinas,^[69] Sotirios Kyrgiakos,^[70] and Rafik Djebbour arriving at the club. Among the departures were those of three captains, Akis Zikos, Traianos Dellas^[71] and Nikos Liberopoulos, Rivaldo, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Panagiotis Kone, Dániel Tőzsér and Júlio César. The season did not start well, as AEK failed to surpass Omonia for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup, resulting in their elimination from European competitions. A series of poor performances and results left the team in a difficult situation, with Nikolaidis leaving due to disappointing results and a lengthy clash with the ultras. The presidency was temporarily taken by Nikos Koulis and Takis Kannellopoulos. A series of disappointing results continued and the administration asked for the resignation of Donis.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2008–09 Super League Greece (1)	10	3	6	1	13	12	+1	30.00	5th
2008–09 UEFA Cup	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	00.00	QR2
2008–09 Greek Cup (1)^ET	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00	R32
Total	13	4	7	2	17	16	+1	30.77	N/A

Financial struggle and relegation (2008–2013)

The Dušan Bajević Era, Part III (2008–2010)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: Greek Cup: 1 (2009)

2008–09 season, Part II

Koulis and Kanellopoulos hired Dušan Bajević as head coach for the third time. However, after a while and because of the controversy surrounding Bajević's return to AEK a rivalry sparked between him and Kanellopoulos resulting in the latter's resign from the presidency. Georgios Kintis became the new president shortly after but did not last long as Nikos Thanopoulos was elected. During the winter transfer period Angelos Basinas left the club. Bajević brought some stability to team's performances, culminating in AEK's progression to the Cup final against Olympiacos. Although AEK took an early 2–0 lead and later a 3–2 lead, the march ended in a 4–4 draw and the winner would be decided in a penalty shootout in which they lost 14–15 due to three penalties misses. In the league AEK ended up in the 4th place, qualifying for the play-offs. There, they secured the second place and would compete in the newly founded Europa League. Ismael Blanco finished the season with a total 23 goals, earning him his second consecutive title of the league's top scorer, while he also was the top scorer of the cup.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2008–09 Super League Greece (2)	20	11	7	2	27	12	+15	55.00	3rd
2009 Super League Play–offs	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	50.00	R/U
2008–09 Greek Cup (2)^PEN	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	50.00	R/U
Total	32	17	11	4	45	25	+20	53.13	N/A

2009–10 season

Saja

Majstorović

Arce

Juanfran

Jahić

Manduca

Kafes (c)

Hersi

Scocco

Blanco

Lineup against Benfica (2010-01-09)

During the summer transfer period AEK signed Kostas Manolas, Grigoris Makos, Nikolaos Karabelas, Leonardo, Roger Guerreiro ^[72] and Carlos Araujo. Most important departures including Jürgen Macho, Stefano Sorrentino, Agustín Pelletieri and Vasilios Pliatsikas, while Sotirios Kyrgiakos to Liverpool.^[73] In the Europa League play-off round they eiminated Vaslui and were qualified for the group stage. They were placed in Benfica, Everton and BATE Borisov, AEK secured only a 1–0 victory against Benfica and a gathered total of 4 points finishing last. On top of that, AEK failed to progress from the fourth round of the Cup, as they lost 0–1 to the second division side, Thrasyvoulos. In December, Stavros Adamidis took over as the new president of the club. In the league AEK finished fourth and qualified for the play-offs, where they secured the second place.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2009–10 Super League Greece	30	15	8	7	43	31	+12	50.00	4th
2009–10 UEFA Europa League	8	2	1	5	9	13	-4	25.00	Grp
2010 Super League Play–offs	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	33.33	R/U
2009–10 Greek Cup	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	00.00	R4
Total	45	19	11	15	60	52	+8	42.22	N/A

2010–11 season, Part I

In the summer transfer period AEK chose to sign more experienced players with the return of the captains Nikos Liberopoulos and Traianos Dellas and the signing of Christos Patsatzoglou and Papa Bouba Diop.^[74] Daniel Majstorović, Georgios Alexopoulos, Juanfran and Tam Nsaliwa were among the departures. AEK qualified from the Europa League play-off round, surpassing Dundee United with strange events leading in the rematch taking place at Karaiskakis Stadium, without the presence of AEK fans. In the group stage, they were drawn against Zenit Saint Petersburg, Anderlecht and Hajduk Split. In the league AEK lost twice and drew once in their four first matches. Bajević resigned on after a 3–1 defeat against Olympiakos Volos.^[75] Former player and coach of the youth team, Bledar Kola was appointed as a caretaker manager.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2010–11 Super League Greece (1)	4	1	1	2	6	7	-1	25.00	13th
2010–11 UEFA Europa League (1)	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	66.67	Grp
Total	7	3	2	2	11	9	+2	42.86	N/A

The Manolo Jiménez Era, Part I (2010–2011)

Honours Won: Greek Cup: 1 (2011)

Runner-up: —

2010–11 season, Part II

Manolo Jimenez ManoloJimenez.jpg — Manolo Jiménez

Saja

Dellas

Karabelas

Bouba Diop

Makos

Lagos

Liberopoulos (c)

Scocco

Blanco

Lineup against Atromitos (2011-04-30)

Manolo Jiménez became the new coach.^[76] The Spaniard started with an impressive 0–4 away victory against Aris and the results were instantly improved and AEK won both derby matches against Panathinaikos and Olympiacos by 1–0 and PAOK with 4–0. In the Cup, AEK eliminated AEL, Panathinaikos and PAOK, reaching the final against Atromitos who they won by 3–0, claiming the cup.^[77] Ismael Blanco finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 4 goals. In the league AEK paid the rotation in the matches that were near with those of the Cup and thus finished in the third place and competed in the play-offs, where they eventually finishing third.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2010–11 Super League Greece (2)	25	13	4	8	39	30	+9	52.00	3rd
2010–11 Greek Cup	7	5	1	1	17	4	+13	71.43	W
2010–11 UEFA Europa League (2)	4	1	1	2	4	8	-4	25.00	Grp
2011 Super League Greece Play–offs	6	2	1	3	6	6	0	33.33	3rd
Total	42	21	7	14	66	48	+18	50.00	N/A

2011–12 season, Part I

The departures of Ignacio Scocco, Sebastián Saja, Papa Bouba Diop and Ismael Blanco greatly depowered the squad. However, AEK signed Eiður Guðjohnsen,^[78] José Carlos, Dimitrios Konstantopoulos ^[79] and Fabián Vargas,^[80] while Steve Leo Beleck and Cala were signed on loan. In the Europa League play-off round, AEK eliminated Dinamo Tbilisi. In the Group Stage, AEK were drawn against Anderlecht, Lokomotiv Moscow and Sturm Graz, where they managed a third-place finish. Jiménez's contract was mutually terminated following heavy defeats in the European games and PAOK^[81]

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2011–12 Super League Greece (1)	4	3	0	1	6	6	0	75.00	2nd
2011–12 UEFA Europa League (1)^ET	4	1	1	2	4	7	-3	25.00	Grp
Total	8	4	1	3	10	13	–3	50.00	N/A

The Nikos Kostenoglou Era, Part II (2011–12)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: —

2011–12 season, Part II

Nikos Liberopoulos Liberopoulos.JPG — Nikos Liberopoulos

Former player and manager Nikos Kostenoglou agreed to return to AEK's managerial position.^[82] During the winter transfer period AEK were weakened with the departure of Cala.^[83] In the Cup AEK were eliminated by PAOK in a single match at the round of 16. Despite the problems, the club qualified for the play–offs and competed for the Champions League qualification slot, but lost it in the last fixture.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2011–12 Super League Greece (2)	25	9	9	7	28	23	+5	36.00	5th
2012 Play–offs	6	3	0	3	7	5	+2	50.00	R/U
2011–12 UEFA Europa League (2)	4	1	0	3	6	9	-3	25.00	Grp
2011–12 Greek Cup	2	1	0	1	1	2	-1	50.00	R5
Total	37	14	9	14	42	39	+3	37.84	N/A

The Vaggelis Vlachos Era (2012)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: —

2012–13 season, Part I

Owing to the growing financial problems AEK were not allowed to participate in the Europa League of the season, as they failed to meet the requirement for a license. Furthermore, both of the club's captains, Traianos Dellas and Nikos Liberopoulos, decided to retire. In the face of this crisis, AEK legend, Thomas Mavros took over the presidency of the club and appointed Vangelis Vlachos as the new manager. The club's squad was severely weakened as Viktor Klonaridis, Grigoris Makos and Leonardo being sold, while Nikolaos Georgeas, Pantelis Kafes, Fabián Vargas, Kostas Manolas, Eiður Guðjohnsen and Nikolaos Karabelas were released as the club was not able to bear the weight of their contracts. Summer transfers were predominantly young Greek players. The most notable additions was Georgios Katidis and Miguel Cordero. The club performed badly and was constantly in the relegation zone. As a result, and while the club was in the league's last position with just one point, Vlachos was sacked by Andreas Dimitrelos and was replaced by his assistant Manolis Papadopoulos. Mavros, who disagreed with the decision to replace the manager, decided to resign from the presidency of the club.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2012–13 Super League Greece (1)	5	0	1	4	2	6	-4	00.00	16th
Total	5	0	1	4	2	6	-4	00.00	N/A

The Ewald Lienen Era (2012–2013)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: —

2012–13 season, Part II

Vlachos was replaced by Ewald Lienen. The winter transfer period was marked by the departure of Panagiotis Lagos and Giannis Kontoes. However, the additions of Antonis Petropoulos, Pavlos Mitropoulos, Anastasios Tsoumagas and Dimitrios Anakoglou helped the team improve their performance and rise from the relegation zone. After a 6 match unbeaten streak, AEK regained their hopes of avoiding relegation. An away defeat at the hands of PAS Giannina resulted in Lienen being sacked.^[84]

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2012–13 Super League Greece (2)	22	8	4	10	18	25	-7	36.36	12th
2012–13 Greek Cup	2	0	1	1	0	1	-1	00.00	R3
Total	24	8	5	11	18	26	–8	33.33	N/A

The second Melisannidis Era (2013–)

The Traianos Dellas Era (2013–2015)

Honours Won: Football League 2 (6th Group) (2014), Football League (South Division) (2015)

Runner-up: —

2012–13 season, Part III

AEK signed Traianos Dellas as the manager in order to direct the club in it fight against relegation.^[85] AEK wanted 3 points in the last 2 matchdays in order to keep themselves in the division. The first was the crowded home match against Panthrakikos, Mavroudis Bougaidis scored an own goal in the last minutes, with the ultras invading the pitch.^[86] As a result, they lost the match on paper with 0–3 and were deducted with 3 points from the championship. AEK appealed and with the hope of getting the points back, played in the last match against Atromitos away from home, where they lost 1–0 by concieding a goal in the last minute, which resulted in the relegation of the club.^[87]

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2012–13 Super League Greece (3)	2	0	0	2	0	4	-4	00.00	15th
Total	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	00.00	N/A

2013–14 Season

Traianos Dellas Dellascoach.jpg — Traianos Dellas

Dimitris Melissanidis having won the elections of AEK and became the new owner of AEK.^[88]^[89] After the relegation of AEK to the second division, the previous management had decided in the bankruptcy the club in order to be released of their debts. Thus AEK became an amateur club and was relegated to the third division instead of the second.^[90]^[91] Melissanidis presented the project of a new stadium for the club, Agia Sophia Stadium. Dellas remained at the bench and the roster was filled with young footballers, Nikolaos Georgeas and Bruno Cirillo returned, while Miguel Cordero and Dimitrios Anakoglou among others, remained. Most important addidions including Vasilios Rovas, Adam Tzanetopoulos, Vangelis Platellas, Alexandre D'Acol and Ivan Brečević. AEK easily won the promotion from Group 6 of the Football League 2, with only one loss to their record. However, they failed to win the Football League 2 Cup, after being knocked out at the semi-finals by Agrotikos Asteras with 2–0 in extra time.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2013–14 Football League 2	28	24	3	1	80	14	+66	85.71	1st
2013–14 Football League 2 Cup	4	3	0	1	9	2	+7	75.00	QF
Total	32	27	3	2	89	16	+73	84.38	N/A

2014–15 Season

In the summer of 2014 AEK made signings from first division teams with Petros Mantalos, Giannis Anestis, Vasilios Lampropoulos, Christos Aravidis, Dimitrios Kolovetsios, Michalis Bakakis and Helder Barbosa. During the winter the injury of Cordero, Jakob Johansson was signed. The team powered through the league being unbeaten up until the play–off phase. The highlight of the season being the quarter-finals of the Cup against Olympiacos which AEK after the away 1–1, lost by a late goal at home. The match was abandoned after an invasion by ultras shortly after the goal with the Olympiacos manager Vítor Pereira and Pajtim Kasami making offensive gestures at the stands.^[92] At the play–offs the team lost their consistency and lost their unbeatable streak, but nevertheless were promoted to the Super League.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2014–15 Football League	24	22	2	0	67	10	+57	91.67	1st
2014–15 Promotion play-offs	10	5	3	2	14	9	+5	50.00	1st
2014–15 Greek Cup	9	5	3	1	15	5	+10	55.56	QF
Total	43	32	8	3	96	24	+72	74.42	N/A

2015–16 season, Part I

AEK finally returned in Super League after 2 years of absence. The major signings were André Simões Rodrigo Galo, Ronald Vargas, Dídac Vilà and Diego Buonanotte, while Rafik Djebbour returned after 4 years. AEK started the championship well, but after a 4–0 defeat from Olympiacos, resulted in Dellas resigning after 2+1⁄2 years at the bench of the club with the U20 coach, Stelios Manolas replacing him until a new coach was found.^[93]

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2015–16 Super League Greece (1)	7	4	1	2	10	8	+2	57.14	4th
Total	7	4	1	2	10	8	+2	57.14	N/A

The Gus Poyet Era (2015–2016)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: —

2015–16 season, Part II

Anestis

Kolovetsios

Arzo

Galo

Dídac

Johansson

Mantalos (c)

Vargas

Aravidis

Djebbour

Lineup against Olympiacos (2016-05-17)

Gus Poyet was hired until the end of the season. The club was strenghthend in January with the transfer of Tomáš Pekhart. The Uruguayan managed to change the atmosphere and won all 3 derbies, against Olympiacos, PAOK and Pananthinaikos with 1–0 at home and Vargas being the scorer. AEK also enjoyed a good Cup campaign winning all their matches and reaching the semi-final before Poyet was sacked on due to conflicts with Melissanidis. Manolas was appointed as interim head coach again until the end of the season, qualifying for the Cup final, where AEK beat Olympiacos with 2–1 and lifted the trophy. Manolas did not sit on the bench again due to overwork, with his assistant, Nikos Panagiotaras, sitting in his place. At the league play–offs they did not capitalise on their form in the Cup and facing the fatigue finished at third, qualifying for the Europa League, returning in European competition after 5 years.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2015–16 Super League Greece (2)	22	12	5	5	28	12	+16	54.55	3rd
2015–16 Greek Cup	6	6	0	0	19	1	+18	100.00	SF
Total	28	18	5	5	47	13	+34	64.29	N/A

The Temur Ketsbaia Era (2016)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: —

2016–17 season, Part I

AEK appointed Temur Ketsbaia as head coach. The club signed Hugo Almeida, Patito Rodríguez, Joleon Lescott, Vasilis Barkas, Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, Anastasios Bakasetas and Dmytro Chyhrynskyi. On the other side, Miguel Cordero, Diego Buonanotte, Dimitrios Anakoglou, Helder Barbosa and Rafik Djebbour left the club. This season marked the club's return to European competitions, facing AS Saint-Etienne in the 3rd qualifying round of the Europa League, where after the 0–0 in France, they were narrowly eliminated by losing 0–1 in Greece. AEK did not start the season well and after a 3–0 away loss to Olympiacos, Ketsbaia was sacked.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2016–17 Super League Greece (1)	5	3	1	1	8	5	+3	60.00	5th
2016–17 UEFA Europa League	2	0	1	1	0	1	-1	00.00	QR3
Total	7	3	2	2	8	6	2	42.86	N/A

The José Morais Era (2016–2017)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: —

2016–17 season, Part II

Immediately after the removal of Ketsbaia, Jose Morais was hired, with the purpose for the team to play offensive football. As the season progressed the performances were getting worse with AEK staying far behind in the standings. Furthermore, Joleon Lescott was released from the club, with Ognjen Vranješ arriving in his place during the winter transfer period, while Vangelis Platellas also left. However, AEK their bad performances and Morais resigned in January.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2016–17 Super League Greece (2)	11	2	6	3	15	11	+4	18.18	7th
2016–17 Greek Cup (1)	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4	33.33	R16
Total	14	3	8	3	21	13	+8	21.43	N/A

The Manolo Jiménez Era, Part II (2017–2018)

Honours Won: Super League Greece: 1 (2018)

Runner-up: Super League Greece: 1 (2017), Greek Cup: 2 (2017, 2018)

2016–17 season, Part III

Manolo Jimenez, returned after 6 years at the bench of the club. AEK proceeded with the loan of Sergio Araujo. With Jimenez, AEK improved their performaneces managed to cover the lost ground, finishing the championship at the fourth place and advanced to the play-offs. In the Cup, AEK reached the semi-finals, where they faced Olympiacos and got a 1–2 away win, with the rematch at home becoming a thriller game after the red and whites took the lead, in an match that ended with Almeida playing as the goalkeeper in stoppage time, after the suspension of Anestis with AEK taking the qualification on away goals. In the final, AEK faced PAOK at Panthessaliko Stadium, where wild incidents between the ultras of the teams took place. In the match, AEK were defeated by 2–1, with PAOK scoring the final goal from an offside position and lost the trophy. In the play-offs, AEK secured the first place in final matchday that led to the Champions League of the next season, finishing second in the league.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2016–17 Super League Greece (3)	14	9	4	1	31	7	+24	64.29	4th
2017 Play-offs	6	4	0	2	5	3	+2	66.67	W
2016–17 Greek Cup (2)	7	4	1	2	13	4	+9	57.14	R/U
Total	27	17	5	5	49	14	+35	62.96	N/A

2017–18 season

Anestis

Chyhrynskyi

Vranješ

Ćosić

Galanopoulos

Mantalos (c)

Bakakis

Lopes

Lazaros

Klonaridis

Lineup against Club Brugge (2017-08-24)

AEK kept their main squad and were strengthened with Uroš Ćosić, Hélder Lopes, Marko Livaja, Panagiotis Tsintotas and Giorgos Giakoumakis. Furthermore, Victor Klonaridis and Panagiotis Kone returned to the club after many years. On the contrary, Dimitrios Kolovetsios, Dídac Vilà, Ronald Vargas, Christos Aravidis, Hugo Almeida and Tomáš Pekhart departed. In the third qualifying round of the Champions League, AEK faced CSKA Moscow and were eliminated continuing in the play-off round of the Europa League. There, they eliminated Club Brugge and returned in the group stage of the Europa League and they were placed with Milan, Rijeka and Austria Wien finishing second and advanced to the knock-out stage. In the round of 32, they faced Dynamo Kyiv and were eliminated on away goals. In the winter transfer period, AEK signed Masoud Shojaei and Niklas Hult. In February, PAOK were punished with a 3-point deduction and a home ban against AEK, due to the suspension of their home game against Olympiacos. In the midnight before the match, the verdict of PAOK's appeal came out returning the points to the team and lifting their home ban. So, under these conditions, AEK played against PAOK and in the 90th minute, Fernando Varela scored a goal with Maurício coming in the course of the ball from an offside position. The referee initially counted the goal, but later called it off. This resulted in the major shareholder of PAOK, Ivan Savvidis storming in the pitch and attack the referee, with a revolver revealing in his belt. The referee interrupted the match and later returned to the pitch with the players of PAOK to continue the match with the score at 1–0, but the yellow-blacks refused to come out and the match was abandoned. The case was transferred to courts, where AEK was vindicated and were awarded the match with 0–3 and PAOK were punished with a 3-point deduction. AEK were crowned champions and held a title party in front of their under-construction stadium. In the Cup, AEK reached the final for the third consecutive year, where they faced PAOK, for the second year in a row, where they lost their chance for a domestic double, losing by 2–0.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2017–18 Super League Greece	30	21	7	2	50	12	+38	70.00	W
2017–18 Greek Cup	10	7	1	2	21	7	+14	70.00	R/U
2017–18 UEFA Champions League	2	0	0	2	0	3	-3	00.00	QR3
2017–18 UEFA Europa League	10	2	8	0	10	6	+4	20.00	R32
Total	52	30	16	6	81	28	+53	57.69	N/A

The Marinos Ouzounidis Era (2018–2019)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: —

2018–19 season, Part I

Barkas

Oikonomou

Lampropoulos

Bakakis

Hult

Galanopoulos

Mantalos (c)

Lopes

Klonaridis

Livaja

Lineup against MOL Vidi (2018-08-28)

AEK aimed to return to the group stage of the Champions League, however the last season's championship-winning team begun to break. The contract of Jiménez was expired and he decided not to renew it and he was immediately replaced with Marinos Ouzounidis. Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, Giannis Anestis, Jakob Johansson and Masoud Shojaei, Ognjen Vranješ departed., On the other hand, AEK also proceeded with the loans of Ezequiel Ponce, Marios Oikonomou, Alef and Lucas Boyé. In the Champions League qualifiers AEK eliminated Celtic and MOL Vidi and passed through the group stage. Furthermore, they completed a 14-game unbeatean streak in the UEFA competitions, which is the longest ubeatean run in Europe for a Greek team.^[94] They were placed alongside Bayern Munich, Benfica and Ajax, where AEK lost all their matches and ended their European campaign. In the league AEK started well, but an away defeat to PAOK and a 3-point deduction after a home draw with Olympiacos, left them behind in the title race. In the winter transfer period AEK signed Nenad Krstičić. Ouzounidis, unable to restore them to the title race, resigned in February.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2018–19 Super League Greece (1)	19	12	4	3	33	8	+25	63.16	3rd
2018–19 Greek Cup (1)	5	4	1	0	15	3	+12	80.00	R16
2018–19 UEFA Champions League	10	2	2	6	8	17	-9	20.00	Grp
Total	34	18	7	9	56	28	+28	52.94	N/A

The Manolo Jiménez Era, Part III (2019)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: Greek Cup: 1 (2019)

2018–19 season, Part II

Ouzounidis was replaced by Manolo Jiménez, who had been released from his club since November. The return of the Spaniard after 9 months did not change anything, as AEK managed to finish third. In the Cup, AEK reached again the final, where they faced PAOK for a third year in a row and in a repeat of the last season's final lost the title with 1–0.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2018–19 Super League Greece (2)	11	6	2	3	17	11	+6	54.55	3rd
2018–19 Greek Cup (2)	5	4	0	1	10	1	+9	80.00	R/U
Total	16	10	2	4	27	12	+15	62.50	N/A

The Miguel Cardoso Era (2019)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: —

2019–20 season, Part I

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2019–20 UEFA Europa League (1)	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	33.33	PO
2019–20 Super League Greece (1)	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	00.00	11th
Total	4	1	1	2	5	6	-1	25.00	N/A

The Nikos Kostenoglou Era, Part III (2019)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: —

2019–20 season, Part II

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2019–20 UEFA Europa League (2)	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00	PO
2019–20 Super League Greece (2)	12	6	3	3	22	15	+7	50.00	3rd
Total	13	7	3	3	24	15	+9	53.85	N/A

Massimo Carrera Era (2019–2020)

Honours Won: —

Runner-up: Greek Cup: 1 (2020)

2019–20 season, Part III

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Pos/Rnd
2019–20 Super League Greece (3)	13	9	3	1	19	5	+14	69.23	3rd
2020 Play-offs	10	5	3	2	17	10	+7	50.00	3rd
2019–20 Greek Cup	7	3	3	1	12	6	+6	60.00	R/U
Total	30	17	9	4	48	21	+27	56.67	N/A

2020–21 season, Part I

Tsintotas

Svarnas

Chyhrynskyi

Vasilantono-
poulos

Insúa