2004–05 AEK Athens F.C. season
For the 2004-05 season, AEK Athens F.C. competed in its 46th consecutive season in the Greek topflight.
| 2004–05 season | ||||
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| Chairman | Demis Nikolaidis | |||
| Manager | Fernando Santos | |||
| Alpha Ethniki | 3rd | |||
| Greek Cup | Semi-finals | |||
| UEFA Cup | Group stage | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Soares (11) All: Soares (15) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 63,129 vs Olympiacos (7 November 2004) | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 763 vs Ag. Dimitrios (22 December 2004) | |||
| Average home league attendance | 21,925 | |||
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First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Players on loan
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Foreign players
In the Greek league only five non-EU nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team. Those non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Greek citizenship after playing in Greece for 7 years.
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EU Nationals (Dual citizenship)
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Non-EU Nationals |
Bruno Alves (2011)
Paulo Assunção (2010)
International players
Squad changes
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Squad stats
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | ||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | Dionisis Chiotis | 21 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2 | MF | Stathis Kappos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Nikola Malbaša | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | DF | Bruno Alves | 42 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Nikos Kostenoglou | 29 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 6 | DF | Stelios Maistrellis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | FW | Soares | 34 | 15 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | MF | Ivan Rusev | 15 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 9 | MF | Milen Petkov | 25 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 10 | FW | Sotiris Konstantinidis | 33 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| 11 | FW | Leonidas Kabantais | 18 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| 14 | DF | Stavros Tziortziopoulos | 18 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| 16 | DF | Nikos Georgeas | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 17 | MF | Vladimir Ivić | 23 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | DF | Vangelis Moras | 29 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 19 | MF | Manolis Tsagarogiannakis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | FW | Ilias Solakis | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 21 | MF | Kostas Katsouranis | 41 | 12 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
| 22 | GK | Chrisostomos Michailidis | 26 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 23 | DF | Christos Kontis | 37 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 25 | DF | Kofi Amponsah | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 26 | MF | Ilias Kyriakidis | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | DF | Christos Bourbos | 23 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 29 | FW | Christos Christoforidis | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | MF | Simos Krassas | 36 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| 32 | DF | Christos Tsevas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 33 | FW | Nikos Liberopoulos | 43 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |
| 39 | FW | Grigoris Toskas | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 54 | MF | Sakis Dione | 18 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| 77 | DF | Paulo Assunção | 35 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 99 | FW | Júlio César | 19 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Players in italics have left during the season.
Manager stats
| Name | Nat | From | To | Record | Honours | ||||||
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| P | W | D | L | F | A | %W | |||||
| Fernando Santos | September 11, 2004 | May 25, 2005 | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 70 | 43 | 50.00 | – | |
Only competitive matches are counted. Wins, losses and draws are results at the final whistle; the results of penalty shootouts are not counted.
Competitions
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Olympiacos[lower-alpha 1] (C) | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 54 | 18 | +36 | 65 | Qualification for Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 51 | 18 | +33 | 64 | Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 30 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 62 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Skoda Xanthi | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 50 | |
| 5 | PAOK | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 46 |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
- Olympiacos and Panionios originally had three points deducted for the incidents before their match in the round 16 but these deductions were cancelled on appeal.
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 30 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 5 | +20 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 17 | +4 |
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Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
First round
All times CET
| 16 September 2004 First leg | Gorica | 1–1 | | Nova Gorica, Slovenia |
| 18:30 | Rodić |
Report | Katsouranis |
Stadium: Sports Park Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain) |
| 30 September 2004 Second leg | AEK Athens | 1–0 (2–1 agg.) | | Athens, Greece |
| 20:30 | Soares |
Report | Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal) |
Group stage
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 9 | |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 5 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 0 |
All times CET
| 21 October 2004 1 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 5–1 | | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| 18:00 | Arshavin Kerzhakov Denisov |
Report | Krassas |
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,800 Referee: Antonio Costa (Portugal) |
| 25 November 2004 2 | AEK Athens | 1–2 | | Athens, Greece |
| 20:00 | Amponsah |
Report | Vitakić Debuchy |
Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria) |
| 2 December 2004 3 | Sevilla | 3–2 | | Seville, Spain |
| 20:45 | Baptista Antoñito |
Report | Liberopoulos Tziortziopoulos |
Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands) |
| 15 December 2004 4 | AEK Athens | 0–2 | | Athens, Greece |
| 20:45 | Report | Meijer Gomez |
Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Serhiy Shebek (Ukraine) |
UEFA rankings
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UEFA team ranking
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UEFA country ranking
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