AEK Athens

1997–98 season
Chairman	Alexis Kougias (until 8 October) Lakis Nikolaou
Manager	Dumitru Dumitriu (until 29 March) Antonis Minou
Stadium	Nikos Goumas Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	3rd
Greek Cup	Round of 32
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Demis Nikolaidis (19) All: Demis Nikolaidis (21)
Highest home attendance	24,367 vs Lokomotiv Moscow (5 March 1998)
Lowest home attendance	2,271 vs Apollon Athens (23 March 1998)
Average home league attendance	11,420
Biggest win	AEK Athens 5–0 Dinaburg
Biggest defeat	AEK Athens 0–2 Ionikos AEK Athens 0–2 Skoda Xanthi
Home colours

The 1997–98 season was the 74th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 39th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. The season began on 31 August 1997 and finished on 17 May 1998.

Overview

In the summer of 1997, Michalis Trochanas, no longer able to bear the weight of managing the club, but also with the vast majority of the fans against him, unsuccessfully looked for a buyer, putting the lawer, Alexis Kougias in the position of president. The team lost 2 more important players, Temur Ketsbaia and Vasilios Borbokis, who left for England. Also, Stelios Manolas who was against the club's major shareholder, did not join in the team at the start of the season. On the other hand, Giannis Kalitzakis, Arnar Grétarsson, Evripidis Katsavos, Theodoros Alexis and Vangelis Kefalas were transferred to the club. The first gathering of the team was episodic with about 2,000 fans gathered, "boiling" against the administration. Tensions and incidents occurred between the fans, with Alexis Kougias and Vasilis Karagiannis being the main victims.^[1] The season started with these adverse conditions and the Romanian coach Dumitru Dumitriu.

The team started the championship relatively well and after a few months the psychology of the crowd rose, since Michalis Trochanas eventually sold his shares to the financially powerful, English multinational ENIC.^[2] The former player of AEK, Lakis Nikolaou took over as president, Manolas returned to the team and rich contract renewals and in January some transfers were made. Despite being the winter champions, AEK were affected by the injuries on the roster, left quite behind in the league table and eventually could not claim the title from Olympiacos. Towards the end of the season, Dumitriu was fired, who had already started to have problems with the administration, during the January transfer window. In his position, as an interim, Antonis Minou was hired to close the season.

In the Greek Cup, AEK after they passed through the first two rounds without a match were drawn at the round of 32 against Skoda Xanthi from which they were eliminated with 2 defeats.

AEK, taking advantage of their very good coefficient in the UEFA ranking, had a good draw in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup coming against Dinaburg from Latvia. AEK, due to the absence of Nikolaidis, had a problem against the Latvians, who bowed only after the dismissal of their goalkeeper shortly after half an hour and thus AEK gifted the Latvians with 5 goals in the "cold" Nikos Goumas Stadium, clearly turning the rematch into a formal one procedure. The rematch in Daugava Stadium went as expected with AEK winning by 2–4 and their mission was accomplished. Next opponent were the Austrians of Sturm Graz. As expected the game was lopsided, but in the end the stadium played its part and AEK took a safe score with two goals in the last quarter of the game. Unfortunately, the game claimed the life of Christos Kostis, who in a collision with Sidorchuk was seriously injured, effectively ending his career that night, as he never managed to return.^[3] The rematch at Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadium was more difficult than Dumitriu and his footballers expected. Sturm pressed, toiled, were well set up on the pitch, but managed nothing more than scoring a goal 8 minutes before the end of the match. AEK faced Lokomotiv Moscow for the first time in the quarter-finals and in one of the biggest challenges in their history. Nea Filadelfeia was full of people waiting for a qualifying score to make the rematch in frozen Moscow an easy task for the double-headed eagle. But AEK was not performing as expected, having a bad day and at the same time facing an excellent pressing and a suffocating pressure and overlap from the defense of the guests, AEK did not reach a goal and ended the match with 9 players due to the dismissal of Doboș in the 75th minute and Karagiannis in the stoppage time. Despite the 0–0 first leg, AEK were going to Moscow to qualify for the semi-finals. AEK started the game numbly, but went to the locker rooms for half-time with a 0–0 draw. The hosts were pressing and in the 53rd minute made it 1–0. AEK were getting up and missing a lot of chances. In the 66th minute, AEK's pressure paid off and Maladenis won a penalty which Kopitsis converted into a goal. AEK had the qualification in their hands and had now imposed themselves over Lokomotiv. The Russians were naturally pressing leaving their defenses exposed, with AEK's counterattacks reaching the opposing area with claims, but either the final pass or the final effort is bad. Anxiety and nervousness were evident in AEK's game. At the 90th minute, Sebwe made a run with the ball at his feet, neutralized everyone and passed to Nikolaidis. The opposing goalkeeper was out of phase and the forward of AEK had to score one of the easiest and most important goals of his career. Either out of overconfidence or out of too much anxiety, he took a lifeless shot from the small area and into an empty net. But his finish was bad and weak, which was caught by a Lokomotiv defender who came behind the AEK striker and collected the ball, while in the last phase of the match Lokomotiv entered the AEK area and after many counters, bad clearances of the defenders and constant crosses somehow the ball ended up in the net of Atmatsidis, leaving AEK unexpectedly out of the tournament in a qualification that would be historic.

Highlight of the season the unprecedented "absolute" in derby victories against Olympiacos and Panathinaikos, at both home and away. Also the season was marked by the retirement of the great Stelios Manolas at the end of the year. The best players of the season for the team are Nikolaidis, Atmatsidis, Savevski, Manolas, Kasapis, Batista, Maladenis and Grétarsson, while the top scorer of the season for AEK was Demis Nikolaidis with 19 goals.^[4]

Management team

Position	Staff
Manager	Antonis Minou
Fitness coach	Giorgos Vamvakas
General captain	Giorgos Savvidis
Head of Medical	Lakis Nikolaou

Players

Squad information

NOTE: The players are the ones that have been announced by the AEK Athens' press release. No edits should be made unless a player arrival or exit is announced. Updated 17 May 1998, 23:59 UTC+3.

No.	Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
1	Ilias Atmatsidis		GK	(1969-04-24)24 April 1969 (aged 29)	1992	Pontioi Veria	Free	1999
15	Chrysostomos Michailidis		GK	(1975-01-15)15 January 1975 (aged 23)	1997	Eordaikos	Free	2005
22	Vasilis Karagiannis		GK	(1969-09-27)27 September 1969 (aged 28)	1993	Diagoras	Free	2000
26	Dionysis Chiotis		GK	(1977-06-04)4 June 1977 (aged 21)	1994	AEK Athens U20	—	2005
Defenders
3	Michalis Kasapis		LB / LM	(1971-08-06)6 August 1971 (aged 26)	1993	Levadiakos	₯50,000,000	2002
4	Anton Doboș		CB	(1965-10-13)13 October 1965 (aged 32)	1996	Steaua București	Free	1999
5	Nikos Kostenoglou (Vice-captain 2)		CB / RB	(1970-10-03)3 October 1970 (aged 27)	1994	Skoda Xanthi	₯100,000,000	2003
9	Georgios Koutoulas		CB / LB	(1967-02-09)9 February 1967 (aged 31)	1987	AEK Athens U20	—	1999
12	Charis Kopitsis		RB / RM / LM	(1969-03-05)5 March 1969 (aged 29)	1992	Panionios	Free	2002
13	Vaios Karagiannis		LB / CB	(1968-06-25)25 June 1968 (aged 30)	1990	A.O. Karditsa	Free	2000
23	Vangelis Kefalas		CB / DM	(1973-07-31)31 July 1973 (aged 24)	1997	Apollon Athens	Free	2000
25	Giannis Kalitzakis		CB	(1966-02-10)10 February 1966 (aged 32)	1997	Panathinaikos	Free	2000
29	Stelios Manolas (Captain)		CB / RB	(1961-07-13)13 July 1961 (aged 36)	1979	AEK Athens U20	—	1998
Midfielders
2	Triantafyllos Macheridis		DM / CB	(1973-11-10)10 November 1973 (aged 24)	1996	Skoda Xanthi	Free	1999
7	Christos Maladenis		CM / RM / LM / AM / RW / LW / SS	(1974-05-23)23 May 1974 (aged 24)	1995	Skoda Xanthi	₯120,000,000	2000
8	Toni Savevski (Vice-captain)		CM / LM / DM	(1963-07-14)14 July 1963 (aged 34)	1988	Vardar	Free	1999
18	Evripidis Katsavos		CM / DM / RM	(1973-09-14)14 September 1973 (aged 24)	1997	Veria	Free	2001
19	Mattheos Platakis		AM	(1977-06-30)30 June 1977 (aged 21)	1996	AEK Athens U20	—	1999
24	Arnar Grétarsson		CM / DM	(1972-02-20)20 February 1972 (aged 26)	1997	Leiftur	Free	2000
27	Georgios Passios		DM / CM / CB	(1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 16)	1997	AEK Athens U20	—	2003
30	Kelvin Sebwe		AM / SS	(1972-04-04)4 April 1972 (aged 26)	1997	Skoda Xanthi	Free	2003
Forwards
10	Christos Kostis		SS / ST / AM / RW / LW	(1972-01-15)15 January 1972 (aged 26)	1994	Iraklis	₯450,000,000	1998
11	Demis Nikolaidis		ST / SS	(1973-09-17)17 September 1973 (aged 24)	1996	Apollon Athens	₯288,000,000	1999
20	Daniel Batista		ST / SS / AM	(1964-09-09)9 September 1964 (aged 33)	1995	Olympiacos	Free	1999
21	Marcelo Veridiano		ST / SS	(1966-06-30)30 June 1966 (aged 32)	1996	Skoda Xanthi	Free	1998
28	Georgios Donis		RW / RM	(1969-10-22)22 October 1969 (aged 28)	1997	Blackburn Rovers	Free	2003
31	Goran Tomić		ST	(1977-03-18)18 March 1977 (aged 21)	1998	Vicenza	₯80,000,000	1998
Left during Winter Transfer Window
6	Michalis Vlachos		CB / DM	(1967-09-20)20 September 1967 (aged 30)	1993	Olympiacos	Free	1998
16	Konstantinos Pavlopoulos		CB	(1968-07-02)2 July 1968 (aged 29)	1995	OFI	Free	1998
14	Theodoros Alexis		RM	(1975-05-06)6 May 1975 (aged 23)	1997	Apollon Athens	Free	2001

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
14	MF	Theodoros Alexis	Apollon Athens	Transfer	Free	1 July 1997	30 June 2001	[1]
15	GK	Chrysostomos Michailidis	Eordaikos	Transfer	Free	1 July 1997	30 June 2005
18	MF	Evripidis Katsavos	Veria	Transfer	Free	31 July 1997	30 June 2001	[5]
23	DF	Vangelis Kefalas	Apollon Athens	Transfer	Free	4 July 1997	30 June 2000	[1]
24	MF	Arnar Grétarsson	Leiftur	Transfer	Free	1 July 1997	30 June 2000	[6]
25	DF	Giannis Kalitzakis	Panathinaikos	Transfer	Free	1 July 1997	30 June 2000	[7]
27	MF	Georgios Passios	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	1 July 1997	30 June 2003
—	MF	Giorgos Ananiadis	Atromitos	End of loan	—	1 July 1997	30 June 1997

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
28	FW	Georgios Donis	Blackburn Rovers	Transfer	Free	12 December 1997	30 June 2003	[8]
30	MF	Kelvin Sebwe	Skoda Xanthi	Transfer	Free	12 December 1997	31 December 2003	[8]

Out

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
—	DF	Vasilios Borbokis	Sheffield United	Transfer	₯400,000,000	1 July 1997	[9]
—	ΜF	Temur Ketsbaia	Newcastle United	End of contract	—	1 July 1997	[6]
—	MF	Giorgos Ananiadis	Free agent	End of contract	—	1 July 1997
—	FW	Giorgos Kartalis	Olympiacos Volos	End of contract	—	1 July 1997

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
6	DF	Michalis Vlachos	Portsmouth	Transfer	Free	29 January 1998	[10]
14	MF	Theodoros Alexis	Athinaikos	Contract termination	—	15 January 1998	[11]
16	DF	Konstantinos Pavlopoulos	OFI	Transfer	Free	1 January 1998

Loan in

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
31	FW	Goran Tomić	Vicenza	₯80,000,000	3 February 1998	30 June 1998	Y	[12]

Loan out

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
—	FW	Ilias Anastasakos	Aris Petroupolis	Free	1 July 1997	30 June 1998	N

Contract renewals

No.	Pos.	Player	Date	Former Exp. Date	New Exp. Date	Source
3	DF	Michalis Kasapis	16 October 1997	30 June 1998	30 June 2002	[13]
5	DF	Nikos Kostenoglou	14 October 1997	30 June 1998	30 June 2003	[14]
6	DF	Michalis Vlachos	23 June 1997	30 June 1997	30 June 1998	[6]
12	DF	Charis Kopitsis	14 October 1997	30 June 1998	30 June 2002	[15]
20	FW	Daniel Batista	23 June 1997	30 June 1997	30 June 1999	[6]
29	DF	Stelios Manolas	29 December 1997	30 June 1997	30 June 1998	[16]

Pre-season and friendlies

Fenerbahçe v AEK Athens

13 July 1997 Friendly	Fenerbahçe	2–1	AEK Athens	Tegernsee
	Okocha 19' Elgor 57'	Report	Nikolaidis 45'	Attendance: 3,000

Rottach-Egern v AEK Athens

18 July 1997 Friendly	Rottach-Egern	1–7	AEK Athens	Tegernsee
	75'	Report	Kopitsis 15' (pen.) Batista 22' Kasapis 35' Marcelo 55' Kefalas 80' Grétarsson 81' Alexis 84'

Herakles Munchen v AEK Athens

28 July 1997 Friendly	Herakles Munchen	0–8	AEK Athens	Tegernsee
		Report	Nikolaidis 4', 28' Macheridis 9' Koutoulas 18' Batista 73', 76' Platakis 82' Kefalas 85'

AEK Athens v Boavista

7 August 1997 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–2	Boavista	Nea Filadelfeia
	Kalitzakis 29' Nikolaidis 57'	Report	Miguel 50' Simić 88'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 3,122 Referee: Georgios Psychomanis (Athens)

AEK Athens v Kavala

11 August 1997 Friendly	AEK Athens	5–0	Kavala	Nea Filadelfeia
	Maladenis 14' Marcelo 39' Kasapis 60' Nikolaidis 81', 88'	Report		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Referee: Dionysis Stefanopoulos (Piraeus)

Ionikos v AEK Athens

19 August 1997 Friendly	Ionikos	4–1	AEK Athens	Nikaia
	Frousos 14', 52' Kljajević 25' (pen.) Afash 48'	Report	Maladenis 8'	Stadium: Neapoli Stadium Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)

AEK Athens v Panachaiki

20 August 1997 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–2	Panachaiki	Nea Filadelfeia
	Maladenis 26', 71' (pen.), 90'	Report	Palapanis 16' Klejch 68'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 1,126 Referee: Dimitris Kalivas (Boeotia)

Competitions

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

First round

AEK Athens v Dinaburg

18 September 1997 First leg	AEK Athens	5–0	Dinaburg	Athens, Greece
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Kopitsis 36' (pen.), 45' Katsavos 64' Kalitzakis 67' Marcelo 77'	Report		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 10,587 Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Germany)

Dinaburg v AEK Athens

2 October 1997 Second leg	Dinaburg	2–4 (2–9 agg.)	AEK Athens	Riga, Latvia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Fedotovs 34' Isayev 62'	Report	Nikolaidis 35', 80' Vlachos 50' Kostis 72'	Stadium: Daugava Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Second round

AEK Athens v Sturm Graz

23 October 1997 First leg	AEK Athens	2–0	Sturm Graz	Athens, Greece
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Batista 75' Marcelo 84'	Report		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 13,329 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

Sturm Graz v AEK Athens

6 November 1997 Second leg	Sturm Graz	1–0 (1–2 agg.)	AEK Athens	Graz, Austria
21:00 EET (UTC+2)	Spiteri 82'	Report		Stadium: Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadium Attendance: 15,400 Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

Quarter-finals

AEK Athens v Lokomotiv Moscow

5 March 1998 First leg	AEK Athens	0–0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Athens, Greece
20:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 24,367 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Lokomotiv Moscow v AEK Athens

19 March 1998 Second leg	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–1 (2–1 agg.)	AEK Athens	Moscow, Russia
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kharlachyov 53' Chugainov 90'	Report	Kopitsis 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 11,256 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 17 May 1998

No.	Pos	Player	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		Cup Winners' Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Ilias Atmatsidis	33	0	2	0	6	0	41	0
15	GK	Chrysostomos Michailidis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	Vasilis Karagiannis	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	GK	Dionysis Chiotis	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
3	DF	Michalis Kasapis	30	0	1	1	6	0	37	1
4	DF	Anton Doboș	19	3	0	0	5	0	24	3
5	DF	Nikos Kostenoglou	28	1	2	0	5	0	35	1
9	DF	Georgios Koutoulas	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
12	DF	Charis Kopitsis	24	3	1	0	6	3	31	6
13	DF	Vaios Karagiannis	17	0	1	0	1	0	19	0
23	DF	Vangelis Kefalas	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
25	DF	Giannis Kalitzakis	28	0	2	0	5	1	35	1
29	DF	Stelios Manolas	13	0	0	0	2	0	15	0
Midfielders
2	MF	Triantafyllos Macheridis	27	0	1	0	4	0	32	0
7	MF	Christos Maladenis	27	9	1	0	5	0	33	9
8	MF	Toni Savevski	32	5	2	0	6	0	40	5
18	MF	Evripidis Katsavos	18	0	1	0	3	1	22	1
19	MF	Mattheos Platakis	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
24	MF	Arnar Grétarsson	27	1	2	0	6	0	35	1
27	MF	Georgios Passios	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	MF	Kelvin Sebwe	19	0	2	0	0	0	21	0
Forwards
10	FW	Christos Kostis	6	4	0	0	3	1	9	5
11	FW	Demis Nikolaidis	26	19	1	0	5	2	32	21
20	FW	Daniel Batista	16	7	2	0	3	1	21	8
21	FW	Marcelo Veridiano	29	3	2	0	5	2	36	5
28	FW	Georgios Donis	17	2	0	0	0	0	17	2
31	FW	Goran Tomić	12	2	0	0	0	0	12	2
Left during Winter Transfer Window
6	DF	Michalis Vlachos	11	0	1	0	3	1	15	1
16	DF	Konstantinos Pavlopoulos	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
14	MF	Theodoros Alexis	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0

Goalscorers

As of 17 May 1998

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	Cup Winners' Cup	Total
1	11	FW	Demis Nikolaidis	19	0	2	21
2	7	MF	Christos Maladenis	9	0	0	9
3	20	FW	Daniel Batista	7	0	1	8
4	12	DF	Charis Kopitsis	3	0	3	6
5	8	MF	Toni Savevski	5	0	0	5
	10	FW	Christos Kostis	4	0	1	5
	21	FW	Marcelo Veridiano	3	0	2	5
8	4	DF	Anton Doboș	3	0	0	3
9	28	FW	Giorgos Donis	2	0	0	2
	31	FW	Goran Tomić	2	0	0	2
11	5	DF	Nikos Kostenoglou	1	0	0	1
	24	MF	Arnar Grétarsson	1	0	0	1
	3	DF	Michalis Kasapis	0	1	0	1
	6	DF	Michalis Vlachos	0	0	1	1
	25	DF	Giannis Kalitzakis	0	0	1	1
	18	MF	Evripidis Katsavos	0	0	1	1
Own goals				2	0	0	2
Totals				61	1	12	74

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Source
Demis Nikolaidis	Apollon Athens	4–3 (A)	15 November 1997	Alpha Ethniki	[17]

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by competition order when total clean sheets are equal, then by shirt number and then alphabetically by surname. Clean sheets in games where both goalkeepers participated are awarded to the goalkeeper who started the game. Goalkeepers with no appearances are not included.

As of 17 May 1998

Rank	No.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	Cup Winners' Cup	Total
1	1	Ilias Atmatsidis	13	0	3	16
2	26	Dionysis Chiotis	1	0	0	1
3	22	Vasilis Karagiannis	0	0	0	0
Totals			14	0	3	17

Disciplinary record

As of 17 May 1998

N	P	Nat.	Name	Alpha Ethniki			Greek Cup			Cup Winners' Cup			Total			Notes
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Ilias Atmatsidis	2									2
15	GK		Chrysostomos Michailidis
22	GK		Vasilis Karagiannis
26	GK		Dionysis Chiotis
Defenders
3	DF		Michalis Kasapis	8						1			9
4	DF		Anton Doboș	3						1			4
5	DF		Nikos Kostenoglou	7	1		1			2			10	1
9	DF		Georgios Koutoulas
12	DF		Charis Kopitsis	3						1			4
13	DF		Vaios Karagiannis	2			1			1	1		4	1
23	DF		Vangelis Kefalas
25	DF		Giannis Kalitzakis	5	1					2			7	1
29	DF		Stelios Manolas	3						1			4
Midfielders
2	MF		Triantafyllos Macheridis	8									8
7	MF		Christos Maladenis	6									6
8	MF		Toni Savevski	2									2
18	MF		Evripidis Katsavos	4									4
19	MF		Mattheos Platakis
24	MF		Arnar Grétarsson	3									3
27	MF		Georgios Passios	1									1
30	MF		Kelvin Sebwe	1									1
Forwards
10	FW		Christos Kostis
11	FW		Demis Nikolaidis	9						1			10
20	FW		Daniel Batista	3			1						4
21	FW		Marcelo Veridiano	5									5
28	FW		Georgios Donis	4									4
31	FW		Goran Tomić	1									1
Left during Winter Transfer window
6	DF		Michalis Vlachos	2			1						3
16	DF		Kostas Pavlopoulos
14	MF		Theodoros Alexis

Starting 11

N. Formation Matchday(s) 42 4–4–2 1–34 No. Nat. Player Pos. 1 Ilias Atmatsidis GK 6 Nikos Kostenoglou RCB 25 Giannis Kalitzakis LCB 12 Charis Kopitsis RB 17 Michalis Kasapis LB 2 Triantafyllos Macheridis DM 24 Arnar Grétarsson CM 28 Georgios Donis RM 8 Toni Savevski (C) LM 21 Marcelo Veridiano RCF 11 Demis Nikolaidis LCF

Atmatsidis Kostenoglou Kalitzakis Kopitsis Kasapis Macheridis Grétarsson Donis Savevski (C) Nikolaidis Marcelo Last updated: 1998-05-17

Awards

Player	Pos.	Award	Source
Demis Nikolaidis	FW	Greek Player of the Season	[18]
Ilias Atmatsidis	GK	Goalkeeper of the Season	[18]

References

External links

• AEK Athens F.C. Official Website