1999–2000 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Dimitris Melissanidis (until 11 November) Stefanos Mamatzis (until 11 January) Cornelius Sierhuis
Manager	Ljubiša Tumbaković (until 7 January) Giannis Pathiakakis
Stadium	Nikos Goumas Stadium (Main) Nea Smyrni Stadium (UEFA Cup)
Alpha Ethniki	3rd
Greek Cup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Demis Nikolaidis (22) All: Demis Nikolaidis (36)
Highest home attendance	17,786 vs AIK (11 August 1999)
Lowest home attendance	364 vs Akratitos (13 October 1999)
Average home league attendance	5,553
Biggest win	AEK Athens 6–0 Trikala
Biggest defeat	Olympiacos 3–0 AEK Athens
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 1999–2000 season was the 76th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 41st consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The season began on 7 August 1999 and finished on 27 May 2000.

Kits

Supplier: Kappa
Sponsor(s): Marfin

Home

Away

Third

Overview

From the middle of previous season, Dimitris Melissanidis had taken over the management of the team again and had been credited the success of the entrance to the Champions League qualifiers. Melissanidis decided to follow the example of Dušan Bajević's success and addressed the Serbian market to build a new title-winning team. The upcoming Serbian coach Ljubiša Tumbaković from Partizan arrived at AEK and brought with him Matijašević, Petrić and Bjeković. The highlight was the loan of Dragan Ćirić from Barcelona, which raised a storm of excitement in the AEK fans, who rushed to the airport to welcome him. At the beginning of September a big earthquake took place in Parnitha and damaged part of Nikos Goumas Stadium, which was deemed unsuitable and from that moment on, AEK were forced to play most of their home mathces at Nea Smyrni Stadium.

The season started with great enthusiasm, title expectations and a draw in the Champions League qualifiers that gave AEK the assurance of qualifying at the group stage, therefore financial independency and self-sufficiency. Amidst an atmosphere of excitement and a new beginning for the Champions League, AEK were drawn against the very passable Swedish AIK. However, the team of Tumbaković was not presented ready for the first leg at Nikos Goumas Stadium in August and the Swedish champions left with a valuable 0–0 draw. Tumbaković had assured that the team would be more ready in the rematch. Indeed, AEK were more offensive and created chances, but an inactivity of Atmatsidis at the 57th minute, costed them the presence in the group stage. AIK, despite being outsiders, managed to qualify after withstanding the pressure of AEK at the end, when even Dellas stepped up to the attack and played as a center forward. Thus, AEK contunued their European campaign in the UEFA Cup.

The disappointed AEK, were drawn with Torpedo Kutaisi from Georgia. In a bad match at Ramaz Shengelia Stadium, the yellow-blacks again showed up unmotivated, but got the 1–0 victory in the end of the match thanks to a goal by Zikos. The rematch was a chance to cool off against a very easy opponent. However, the only 5,000 fans were in Nea Smyrni to watch the comfortable and satisfying 6–1 against the Georgians. Next stop for AEK was the Hungarian MTK Budapest. Despite this, AEK put in a poor performance at the Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium and were stymied by Henk ten Cate's complex tactical ploys. Fortunately After Ćirić scored midway through the second half and a nightmarish 2–0 in the half-time, turned into an attractive 2–1, a scoreline that could easily be overturned in Athens. The rematch in Nea Smyrni almost turned out to be a nightmare for AEK, since the well-prepared MTK, playing hard, managed to stress AEK before Ćirić redeemed himself with a penalty again, fifteen minutes before the end of the game and qualification was lost. Eventually AEK entered the draw for the third round of the UEFA Cup. There, AEK came across an old acquaintance, Monaco. On 23 November in an initially difficult match and eventually, Monaco with the help of the referee, left Nea Filadelfeia with the precious 2–2. In Louis De's second leg, AEK were as good as in the first game, as they fought and created the chances that would have given them the qualification, but a miscalculation by Atmatsidis, brought the goal by Simone just after half an hour. The rest of the game continued with AEK trying to equalize and Monaco limiting themselves to drugged counter-attacks to seal qualification. In the end, the 1–0 remained, despite the sensational play of Dellas and Nikolaidis. With this unfair elimination, AEK exited to the European Cups and the new millennium found them participating only in domestic competitions.

In the league Tumbaković did not start well, he lost both of the derbies from Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, as a result of which, the protests of the fans started early. Already after the exclusion from the Champions League, it was a common secret that Melissanidis had left the management, a fact that Petros Stathis kept as secret as possible, before the multinational owners of the team took the matter into their hands and appoint the first foreigner president in history of the club, Cornelius Sierhuis. In the competitive part, Tumbaković brought irrational results and the patience was starting to run out at the end of December. After a home defeat by Panionios, Tumbaković could no longer remain on the bench of AEK, since he was left out of the UEFA Cup. Among others, his transfers proved to be mediocre, Ćirić did not live up to the expectations around his reputation. The situation brought Takis Karagiozopoulos as an interim coach and immediately after Giannis Pathiakakis on the team's bench, with the entire organization of AEK considering the season wasted. Pathiakakis raised the psychology of the divided team, but also lost the derbies. AEK finished in 3rd place, far from the first two places.

In the Cup, AEK were drawn in the 8th group with Trikala, Egaleo, Athinaikos, Akratitos and A.O. Karditsa and finished first with winning all their matches. They passed through the round of 32 without opponent and in the round of 16 came across Trikala again, which won by 6–0. The draw for the quarter-finals found AEK against Olympiacos. Olympiacos welcomed AEK at Olympic Stadium, already having a difference of 20 points in the league and everyone expected an easy night for the red and whites. Strict security measures were taken, but the game as usual in these cases went smoothly. AEK opened the score with an amazing goal by Vasilis Lakis and then accepted the pressure of Olympiacos, which bore fruit in the 75th minute when Alexandris also equalized to make the final 1–1. After 21 nights, Nea Filadelfeia was on fire, AEK and their people are "thirsty" to restore the injustice and on the evening of March 8, Olympiacos were scattered, losing already by the 48th minute by 3–0. There was delirium in the stands and the yellow-black party just ended in the second half. The semi-finals with Panionios was of a standard procedure, as the final itself was expected to be. Panionios didn't last a single half in Nea Filadelfeia, already losing 3–0, to finally close the score in the honorary 4–1 for the club of Nea Smyrni. The rematch was very quickly forgotten, after AEK cut off from the 22nd minute any thought of a comeback with a goal from Ćirić and Panionios simply indulged in the hunt for a honorary victory, which he eventually achieved with two goals by the end of the game. AEK were in the final facing Ionikos. On 10 May at the Olympic Stadium, where 35,000 AEK fans rushed to celebrate the expected conquest of the title. Ionikos put up a relatively strong resistance and until the 76th minute maintained the fluid 1–0 that has already been formed since the 37th minute by a goal Nikolaidis. Two goals by Petkov and Maladenis followed and AEK won the Cup amidst celebrations and emotion from the "rookie" in titles, Pathiakakis. Highlights of the match included 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.

Demis Nikolaidis who seemed to had been "waken up" during the second half of the season, achieved 22 league goals, which was perhaps the second positive element of the season after winning the Cup, since the team did not manage to win any derby.

Management team

Position	Staff
Manager	Giannis Pathiakakis
Assistant manager	Antonis Minou
Fitness Coach	Nikolaos Karydas
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 27 May 2000, 23:59 UTC+3.

No.	Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
1	Ilias Atmatsidis (Captain)		GK	(1969-04-24)24 April 1969 (aged 31)	1992	Pontioi Veria	Free	2002
15	Chrysostomos Michailidis		GK	(1975-01-15)15 January 1975 (aged 25)	1997	Eordaikos	Free	2005
22	Lefteris Petkaris		GK	(1982-03-05)5 March 1982 (aged 18)	1999	Makedonikos	Free	2001
—	Vasilis Karagiannis		GK	(1969-09-27)27 September 1969 (aged 30)	1993	Diagoras	Free	2000
Defenders
2	Traianos Dellas		CB	(1976-01-31)31 January 1976 (aged 24)	1999	Sheffield United	Free	2002
5	Nikos Kostenoglou		CB / RB	(1970-10-03)3 October 1970 (aged 29)	1994	Skoda Xanthi	₯100,000,000	2003
12	Charis Kopitsis		RB / RM / LB / LM	(1969-03-05)5 March 1969 (aged 31)	1992	Panionios	Free	2002
17	Michalis Kasapis (Vice-captain)		LB / LM	(1971-08-06)6 August 1971 (aged 28)	1993	Levadiakos	₯50,000,000	2002
21	Vaios Karagiannis (Vice-captain 3)		LB / CB	(1968-06-25)25 June 1968 (aged 32)	1990	A.O. Karditsa	Free	2000
25	Giannis Kalitzakis		CB	(1966-02-10)10 February 1966 (aged 34)	1997	Panathinaikos	Free	2000
29	Davide Belotti		RB / CB	(1972-05-24)24 May 1972 (aged 28)	2000	Vicenza	Free	2000
32	Michalis Kapsis		CB	(1973-10-18)18 October 1973 (aged 26)	1999	Ethnikos Piraeus	Free	2003
—	Georgios Paraskevaidis		CB	(1982-10-09)9 October 1982 (aged 17)	2000	AEK Athens U20	—	2005
—	Filippo Dal Moro		LB	(1970-08-11)11 August 1970 (aged 29)	2000	Roma	Free	2000
Midfielders
6	Dimitris Markos		CM / DM / LB / LM	(1971-01-31)31 January 1971 (aged 29)	1998	Kalamata	Free	2001
7	Christos Maladenis		CM / RM / LM / AM / RW / LW / SS	(1974-05-23)23 May 1974 (aged 26)	1995	Skoda Xanthi	₯120,000,000	2003
8	Toni Savevski		CM / LM / DM	(1963-07-14)14 July 1963 (aged 36)	1988	Vardar	Free	2001
10	Dragan Ćirić		AM	(1974-09-15)15 September 1974 (aged 25)	1999	Barcelona	₯300,000,000	2002
14	Akis Zikos		DM / CM	(1974-06-01)1 June 1974 (aged 26)	1998	Skoda Xanthi	₯130,000,000	2002
16	Arnar Grétarsson		CM / DM	(1972-02-20)20 February 1972 (aged 28)	1997	Leiftur	Free	2000
18	Evripidis Katsavos		CM / DM / RM	(1973-09-14)14 September 1973 (aged 26)	1997	Veria	Free	2001
23	Vasilios Lakis		RM / RW / AM / CM	(1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 23)	1998	Paniliakos	₯600,000,000	2003
24	Vladimir Matijašević		DM / CM / RB / LB / CB	(1978-05-10)10 May 1978 (aged 22)	1999	Vojvodina	₯400,000,000	2002
26	Georgios Passios		DM / CM / CB	(1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 18)	1997	AEK Athens U20	—	2003
28	Milen Petkov		DM / CM / AM / RM / LM	(1974-01-12)12 January 1974 (aged 26)	2000	CSKA Sofia	₯260,000,000	2003
30	Pablo Cantero		CM	(1977-10-30)30 October 1977 (aged 22)	2000	Estudiantes	Free	2005
Forwards
9	Nenad Bjeković		ST	(1974-02-17)17 February 1974 (aged 26)	1999	Partizan	₯250,000,000	2004
11	Demis Nikolaidis (Vice-captain 2)		ST / SS	(1973-09-17)17 September 1973 (aged 26)	1996	Apollon Athens	₯288,000,000	2004
19	Giorgos Kavazis		ST	(1980-01-15)15 January 1980 (aged 20)	1999	Apollon Limassol	Free	2002
20	Sotiris Konstantinidis		RW / LW / RM / LM / AM	(1979-04-19)19 April 1979 (aged 21)	1999	Iraklis	Free	2003
31	Ilias Anastasakos		ST	(1978-03-03)3 March 1978 (aged 22)	1995	A.O. Dafniou	Free	2000
Left during Winter Transfer Window
3	Gordan Petrić		CB	(1969-07-30)30 July 1969 (aged 30)	1999	Hearts	Free	2001

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
2	DF	Traianos Dellas	Sheffield United	Transfer	Free	1 July 1999	30 June 2002
3	DF	Gordan Petrić	Crystal Palace	Transfer	Free	2 July 1999	30 June 2001
9	FW	Nenad Bjeković	Partizan	Transfer	₯250,000,000	5 July 1999	30 June 2004
19	FW	Giorgos Kavazis	Apollon Limassol	Transfer	Free	1 July 1999	30 June 2002
20	FW	Sotiris Konstantinidis	Iraklis	Transfer	Free	1 July 1999	30 June 2003
22	GK	Lefteris Petkaris	Makedonikos	Transfer	Free	1 July 1999	30 June 2001
24	MF	Vladimir Matijašević	Vojvodina	Transfer	₯400,000,000	5 August 1999	30 June 2002
—	GK	Dionysis Chiotis	Ethnikos Piraeus	End of loan	—	1 July 1999	30 June 2005
—	MF	Triantafyllos Macheridis	PAOK	End of loan	—	1 July 1999	30 June 2000
—	MF	Michalis Tzivelekis	Panelefsiniakos	Transfer	Free	1 July 1999	30 June 2000
—	MF	Mattheos Platakis	Ethnikos Piraeus	End of loan	—	1 July 1999	30 June 2002
—	FW	Georgios Trichias	Panelefsiniakos	End of loan	—	1 July 1999	31 December 2003

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
28	MF	Milen Petkov	CSKA Sofia	Transfer	₯260,000,000	25 January 2000	30 June 2003
30	MF	Pablo Cantero	Estudiantes	Transfer	Free	31 January 2000	30 June 2005
31	FW	Ilias Anastasakos	Apollon Athens	End of loan	—	1 January 2000	30 June 2002
—	DF	Georgios Paraskevaidis	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	1 January 2000	30 June 2005

Out

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
5	DF	Boban Babunski	Logroñés	Contract termination	—	5 August 1999
9	FW	Paraschos Zouboulis	PAOK	End of loan	—	1 July 1999
10	FW	Christopher Wreh	Arsenal	End of loan	—	1 July 1999
17	GK	Kostas Daditsos	Free agent	Contract termination	—	1 July 1999
19	MF	Kelvin Sebwe	Iraklis	Contract termination	—	1 July 1999
20	FW	Daniel Batista	Aris	End of contract	—	16 July 1999
23	MF	Alberto Méndez	Arsenal	End of loan	—	1 July 1999
24	DF	Alvin Ceccoli	Wolves	End of loan	—	1 July 1999
27	MF	Branko Milovanović	Free agent	Contract termination	—	8 October 1999
—	DF	Anton Doboș	Ethnikos Piraeus	End of contract	—	1 July 1999
—	MF	Triantafyllos Macheridis	PAOK	Transfer	₯100,000,000	1 July 1999
—	MF	Michalis Tzivelekis	Panionios	Transfer	Free	15 July 1999
—	MF	Mattheos Platakis	Ethnikos Piraeus	Transfer	Free	1 July 1999

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
3	DF	Gordan Petrić	Hearts	Transfer	₯250,000,000	2 December 1999

Loan in

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
10	MF	Dragan Ćirić	Barcelona	₯300,000,000	1 July 1999	30 June 2000	Y

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
29	DF	Davide Belotti	Vicenza	Free	31 January 2000	30 June 2000	N
—	DF	Filippo Dal Moro	Roma	Free	31 January 2000	30 June 2000	N

Loan out

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
—	GK	Dionysis Chiotis	Proodeftiki	Free	1 July 1999	30 June 2000	N
—	FW	Georgios Trichias	Athinaikos	Free	1 July 1999	30 June 2000	N

Contract renewals

No.	Pos.	Player	Date	Former Exp. Date	New Exp. Date	Source
7	MF	Christos Maladenis	11 June 1999	30 June 2000	30 June 2003
11	FW	Demis Nikolaidis	30 July 1999	30 June 2001	30 June 2004

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: ₯950,000,000

Winter: ₯260,000,000

Total: ₯1,210,000,000

Income

Summer: ₯100,000,000

Winter: ₯250,000,000

Total: ₯350,000,000

Net Totals

Summer: ₯850,000,000

Winter: ₯10,000,000

Total: ₯860,000,000

Pre-season and friendlies

Vichy v AEK Athens

8 July 1999 Friendly	Vichy	1–11	AEK Athens	Vichy
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Zouboulis Nikolaidis Bjeković Konstantinidis Ćirić Grétarsson Dellas

Saint-Étienne v AEK Athens

10 July 1999 Friendly	Saint-Étienne	1–0	AEK Athens	Chiquilín
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)

Vichy / Clermon Feran (mixed) v AEK Athens

13 July 1999 Friendly	Vichy / Clermon Feran (mixed)	4–12	AEK Athens	Vichy
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Cicard	Report	Nikolaidis Maladenis Grétarsson Kavazis Lakis Konstantinidis Bjeković Milovanović

Bastia v AEK Athens

17 July 1999 Friendly	Bastia	0–1	AEK Athens	Avignon
				Stadium: Parc des Sports

Sfaxien v AEK Athens

18 July 1999 Friendly	Sfaxien	2–2	AEK Athens	Vichy

Monaco v AEK Athens

21 July 1999 Friendly	Monaco	0–1	AEK Athens	Vichy
		Report	Nikolaidis 3'	Attendance: 2,500

Marko v AEK Athens

25 July 1999 Friendly	Marko	0–3	AEK Athens	Markopoulo
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Maladenis 10' Nikolaidis 21' Grétarsson 81'	Stadium: Municipal Markopoulo Stadium Attendance: 2,000

AEK Athens v Akratitos

28 July 1999 Friendly	AEK Athens	7–0	Akratitos	Thrakomakedones
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Kasapis 4' Bjeković 22' Ćirić 33' (pen.), 44' Maladenis 67' Zouboulis 70', 75'	Report		Stadium: AEK Athens' Training Complex Attendance: 700

AEK Athens v Leicester City

31 July 1999 Nova Supersports Cup	AEK Athens	3–2	Leicester City	Nea Filadelfeia
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ćirić 17' Savevski 25' Maladenis 44'	Report	Zagorakis 6', 58' (pen.)	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Georgios Psychomanis (Athens)

AEK Athens v Hertha Berlin

1 August 1999 Nova Supersports Cup	AEK Athens	4–2	Hertha Berlin	Nea Filadelfeia
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bjeković 44' Nikolaidis 51', 66' Ćirić 64' (pen.)	Report	Tretschok 15' Neuendorf 50'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Giorgos Fasolis (Athens)

Kallithea v AEK Athens

1 September 1999 Friendly	Kallithea	2–3	AEK Athens	Kallithea
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Cerović 6' Zacharopoulos 40'		Grétarsson 26' Kalitzakis 52' Dellas 64'	Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium

AEK Athens v Chaidari

9 February 2000 Friendly	AEK Athens	6–2	Chaidari	Thrakomakedones
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kasapis 17' Konstantinidis 59' Ćirić 60', 62' (pen.) Anastasakos 65' Platakis 67'	Report	Karagiannis 75' Pirenis 77'	Stadium: AEK Athens' Training Complex

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Alpha Ethniki	20 September 1999	27 May 2000	Matchday 1	3rd	34	20	6	8	69	39	+30	058.82
Greek Cup	7 August 1999	10 May 2000	Group stage	Winners	11	9	1	1	38	7	+31	081.82
UEFA Champions League	11 August 1999	15 August 1999	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	000.00
UEFA Cup	12 September 2000	22 February 2001	First round	Third round	6	3	1	2	11	6	+5	050.00
Total					53	32	9	12	118	53	+65	060.38

Last updated: 27 May 2000
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

Main article: 1999–2000 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	34	30	2	2	86	18	+68	92	Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2	Panathinaikos	34	28	4	2	92	24	+68	88	Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3	AEK Athens	34	20	6	8	69	39	+30	66	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	OFI	34	18	9	7	60	44	+16	63
5	PAOK	34	15	10	9	64	44	+20	55

Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against; 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criterion 7 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(C) Champions

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	20	6	8	69	39	+30	66	13	0	4	41	16	+25	7	6	4	28	23	+5

Source: Competitive matches

Results by Matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	6	11	11	6	4	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	7	8	5	5	6	4	5	4	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures

PAOK v AEK Athens

20 September 1999 1	PAOK	4–4	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Marangos 16' Dollberg 36' Georgiadis 65' Valencia 89'		Ćirić 2' (pen.) Nikolaidis 20' Dollberg 23' (o.g.) Dellas 46'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 22,226 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

AEK Athens v Panathinaikos

26 September 1999 2	AEK Athens	1–2	Panathinaikos	Piraeus
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Zikos 45'		Pflipsen 42' Asanović 78'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 17,619 Referee: Panagiotis Nikou (Imathia)

Ethnikos Asteras v AEK Athens

3 October 1999 3	Ethnikos Asteras	1–3	AEK Athens	Kaisariani
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Xanthis 90+8'		Ćirić 77' Konstantinidis 80' Markos 90+4'	Stadium: Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium Attendance: 3,950 Referee: Pavlos Konstantinidis (Piraeus)

AEK Athens v Iraklis

17 October 1999 4	AEK Athens	3–2	Iraklis	Nea Smyrni
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ćirić 38', 45+3' (pen.), 90+1' (pen.)		Konstantinou 3' Sebwe 15'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 7,712 Referee: Pavlos Papilias (Piraeus)

Paniliakos v AEK Athens

25 October 1999 5	Paniliakos	0–1	AEK Athens	Pyrgos
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)			Bjeković 77'	Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium Attendance: 4,887 Referee: Kostas Vallianos (Aetoloacarnania)

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

15 November 1999 6	AEK Athens	0–2	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)			Đorđević 74' (pen.) Giovanni 90+2'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Vaggelis Dimitropoulos (Patras)
Note: The match was postponed due to obligations of both teams in the European competitions.

Ionikos v AEK Athens

6 November 1999 7	Ionikos	1–1	AEK Athens	Piraeus
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Afash 58'		Xanthopoulos 39' (o.g.)	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 6,429 Referee: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens v Aris

20 November 1999 8	AEK Athens	2–0	Aris	Nea Filadelfeia
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	Kapsis 14' Nikolaidis 63'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 4,207 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

AEK Athens v OFI

28 November 1999 9	AEK Athens	1–2	OFI	Rhodes
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Konstantinidis 90+1'		Gómez 45', 57'	Stadium: Diagoras Stadium Attendance: 4,587 Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Chalkidiki)
Note: The match was held in Rhodes because AEK had been punished with 2 games away from home for fan invasion during the Cup game against Olympiacos.

Skoda Xanthi v AEK Athens

5 December 1999 10	Skoda Xanthi	2–2	AEK Athens	Xanthi
16:15 EET (UTC+2)	Zouboulis 20', 43'		Markos 67' Konstantinidis 83'	Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium Attendance: 2,767 Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)

AEK Athens v Panachaiki

13 December 1999 11	AEK Athens	3–0	Panachaiki	Rhodes
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kapsis 1' Nikolaidis 25', 58'			Stadium: Diagoras Stadium Attendance: 2,313 Referee: Christos Daglis (Thessaloniki)

Proodeftiki v AEK Athens

22 December 1999 12	Proodeftiki	1–4	AEK Athens	Nikaia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kazantzis 88'		Nikolaidis 40+2', 61' Bjeković 20' Ćirić 65'	Stadium: Nikaia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,410 Referee: Spyros Pougakiotis (Phthiotis)

AEK Athens v Panionios

29 December 1999 13	AEK Athens	0–1	Panionios	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)			Nalitzis 84'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 4,653 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)

Apollon Smyrnis v AEK Athens

8 January 2000 14	Apollon Smyrnis	3–2	AEK Athens	Piraeus
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Labriakos 26' Karanikolas 63' Z. Ćirić 90+4'		Bjeković 48' Kalitzakis 90+1'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 1,827 Referee: Panagiotis Nikou (Imathia)

AEK Athens v Kavala

16 January 2000 15	AEK Athens	3–0	Kavala	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Maladenis 53', 73', 88'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 4,326 Referee: Pavlos Konstantinidis (Piraeus)

Trikala v AEK Athens

23 January 2000 16	Trikala	0–1	AEK Athens	Trikala
17:00 EET (UTC+2)			Ćirić 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,826 Referee: Panagiotis Nikou (Imathia)

Kalamata v AEK Athens

31 January 2000 17	Kalamata	1–1	AEK Athens	Kalamata
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Bachramis 61'		Maladenis 50'	Stadium: Messiniakos Stadium Attendance: 3,211 Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)

AEK Athens v PAOK

5 February 2000 18	AEK Athens	2–0	PAOK	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 50', 84'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 10,082 Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)

Panathinaikos v AEK Athens

13 February 2000 19	Panathinaikos	1–0	AEK Athens	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kola 90+2'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 23,880 Referee: Georgios Psychomanis (Athens)

AEK Athens v Ethnikos Asteras

20 February 2000 20	AEK Athens	2–1	Ethnikos Asteras	Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Bjeković 30' Ćirić 54' (pen.)		Milovanović 16'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 3,534 Referee: Filippos Dobas (Athens)

Iraklis v AEK Athens

27 February 2000 21	Iraklis	3–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Xenidis 33' Konstantinou 41', 74' (pen.)		Savevski 7'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 9,575 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

AEK Athens v Paniliakos

5 March 2000 22	AEK Athens	1–0	Paniliakos	Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ćirić 87'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 3,689 Referee: Pavlos Papilias (Piraeus)

Olympiacos v AEK Athens

12 March 2000 23	Olympiacos	3–0	AEK Athens	Marousi
17:45 EET (UTC+2)	Đorđević 44' (pen.), 81' (pen.) Zahovič 64'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 14,121 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens v Ionikos

19 March 2000 24	AEK Athens	5–1	Ionikos	Nea Filadelfeia
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Konstantinidis 1' Nikolaidis 20', 25', 69', 75'		Roberts 89'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 2,511 Referee: Dimitris Kalivas (Boeotia)

Aris v AEK Athens

25 March 2000 25	Aris	1–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Papadopoulos 79' (pen.)		Nikolaidis 51'	Stadium: Aris Stadium Attendance: 8,941 Referee: Dimitris Kalivas (Boeotia)

OFI v AEK Athens

1 April 2000 26	OFI	1–2	AEK Athens	Heraklion
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Digozis 29'		Lakis 23' Petkov 48'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 4,448 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens v Skoda Xanthi

12 April 2000 27	AEK Athens	4–1	Skoda Xanthi	Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Nikolaidis 19', 45' Maladenis 83', 90'		Zouboulis 38'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 3,028 Referee: Paraskevas Chelis (Kavala)

Panachaiki v AEK Athens

16 April 2000 28	Panachaiki	1–1	AEK Athens	Patras
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Katsouranis 90'		Konstantinidis 87'	Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium Attendance: 4,220 Referee: Panagiotis Nikou (Imathia)

AEK Athens v Proodeftiki

23 April 2000 29	AEK Athens	3–2	Proodeftiki	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Petkov 36' Lakis 43' Nikolaidis 64' (pen.)		Kazantzis 60' Togias 68'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 3,371 Referee: Christos Daglis (Thessaloniki)

Panionios v AEK Athens

3 May 2000 30	Panionios	0–2	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)			Nikolaidis 22', 35'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 1,449 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

AEK Athens v Apollon Smyrnis

7 May 2000 31	AEK Athens	3–0	Apollon Smyrnis	Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nikolaidis 65' (pen.) Lakis 89' Ćirić 90+1'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 2,435 Referee: Makis Efthimiadis (Drama)

Kavala v AEK Athens

14 May 2000 32	Kavala	0–2	AEK Athens	Kavala
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)			Nikolaidis 56', 78'	Stadium: Kavala Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,115 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens v Trikala

21 May 2000 33	AEK Athens	2–1	Trikala	Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Savevski 22' Dellas 44'		Caprile 45+1'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 2,361 Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)

AEK Athens v Kalamata

27 May 2000 34	AEK Athens	6–1	Kalamata	Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nikolaidis 17' (pen.), 53' (pen.) Kasapis 35' Konstantinidis 42' Dellas 44' Bjeković 77'		Koutsoures 77'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 2,925 Referee: Christos Daglis (Thessaloniki)

Greek Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Greek Football Cup

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AEK	TRI	EGA	ATH	AKR	KAR
1	AEK Athens	5	5	0	0	20	3	+17	15	Round of 16			—	6–1	3–0	3–0	—
2	Trikala	5	4	0	1	9	5	+4	12			1–2		1–0	—	—	2–0
3	Egaleo	5	2	0	3	8	10	−2	6			—	—		—	4–1	2–0
4	Athinaikos	5	1	2	2	6	9	−3	5			—	2–3	2–1		—	—
5	Akratitos	5	1	1	3	5	11	−6	4			—	1–2	—	1–1		—
6	A.O.Karditsa	5	0	1	4	3	13	−10	1			1–6	—	—	1–1	1–2

Source: epo.gr

Matches

AEK Athens v Egaleo

7 August 1999 1	AEK Athens	6–1	Egaleo	Nea Filadelfeia
19:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Bjeković 20' Ćirić 22', 58' (pen.), 75' Nikolaidis 46' Markos 90'	Report (page 24)	Makris 55'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 2,797 Referee: Giorgos Fasolis (Athens)

A.O. Karditsa v AEK Athens

21 August 1999 2	A.O. Karditsa	1–6	AEK Athens	Karditsa
13:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Letsios 76'	Report (page 24)	Petrić 15' Markos 24' Bountolos 37' (o.g.) Bjeković 41' Ćirić 78', 87'	Stadium: Karditsa Municipal Stadium Referee: Paraskevas Chelis (Kavala)

Trikala v AEK Athens

27 October 1999 3	Trikala	1–2	AEK Athens	Trikala
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Papasteriadis 32'	Report (page 25)	Kopitsis 84' (pen.) Markos 89'	Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,877 Referee: Dimitris Pontikis (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens v Athinaikos

29 August 1999 4	AEK Athens	3–0	Athinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
13:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nikolaidis 5', 30' Konstantinidis 57'	Report (page 26)		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 1,709 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

AEK Athens v Akratitos

13 October 1999 5	AEK Athens	3–0	Akratitos	Piraeus
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Konstantinidis 40' Lakis 60' Maladenis 79'	Report (page 26)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 364 Referee: Kostas Finokaliotis (Athens)

Round of 16

AEK Athens v Trikala

12 January 2000 Round of 16	AEK Athens	6–0	Trikala	Nea Filadelfeia
16:30 EET (UTC+2)	Maladenis 13', 24' Nikolaidis 19', 82', 89' Markos 21'	Report (page 31)		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Dimitris Kalivas (Boeotia)

Quarter-finals

Olympiacos v AEK Athens

6 February 2000 First leg	Olympiacos	1–1	AEK Athens	Marousi
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	Alexandris 75'	Report (page 33)	Lakis 32'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Dimitris Kalivas (Boeotia)

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

8 March 2000 Second leg	AEK Athens	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis 27' Kopitsis 31' Petkov 48'	Report (page 34)		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 14,400 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

Semi-finals

AEK Athens v Panionios

5 April 2000 First leg	AEK Athens	4–1	Panionios	Nea Filadelfeia
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Nikolaidis 24' (pen.), 45', 53' Lakis 35'	Report (page 34)	Sapountzis 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 7,976 Referee: Giorgos Fasolis (Athens)

Panionios v AEK Athens

19 April 2000 Second leg	Panionios	2–1 (3–5 agg.)	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Kafalis 74' Krčmarević 90'	Report (page 35)	Ćirić 22'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)

Final

AEK Athens v Ionikos

10 May 2000 Final	AEK Athens	3–0	Ionikos	Marousi
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nikolaidis 37' Petkov 76' Maladenis 81'	Report (page 35)		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 25,471 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
Note: In the 32nd minute while the score was 0-0, after a cross from Petkov, Demis Nikolaidis scored with his hand. The referee Douros did not realize the violation of Nikolaidis and ran towards the center of the field, with Nikolaidis immediately showing him that he should not count the goal. The referee approached Nikolaidis, who explained to him exactly what had happened. As a result the referee changed his decision, canceled the goal and gave handball and showed Nikolaidis a yellow card for his violation. Nikolaidis was later honored by the International Olympic Committee for his fair play towards the referee of the final.

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 23 July 1999.

AEK Athens v AIK

11 August 1999 First leg	AEK Athens	0–0	AIK	Athens, Greece
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Kopitsis  35' Kapsis  56' Petrić  68'	Report	A. Andersson  8' O. Andersson  62' Nordin  69' Gustafsson  74'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 17,786 Referee: Juan Fernández Marin (Spain)

AIK v AEK Athens

25 August 1999 Second leg	AIK	1−0 (1–0 agg.)	AEK Athens	Solna, Sweden
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Novaković 57',  59' Gustafsson  81'	Report	Ćirić  66'	Stadium: Råsunda Stadium Attendance: 31,115 Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Cup

First round

Torpedo Kutaisi v AEK Athens

16 September 1999 First leg	Torpedo Kutaisi	0–1	AEK Athens	Kutaisi, Georgia
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Gogiashvili  15' Chkhetiani  19' Khvadagiani  56'	Report	Lakis  12' Petrić  54' Maladenis  65' Bjeković  84' Zikos 90+1'	Stadium: Ramaz Shengelia Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: John McDermott (Ireland)

AEK Athens v Torpedo Kutaisi

30 September 1999 Second leg	AEK Athens	6–1 (7–1 agg.)	Torpedo Kutaisi	Athens, Greece
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ćirić 8' (pen.) Bjeković 22',  49' Maladenis 24' Kopitsis 44', 88' Nikolaidis 73'	Report	Megreladze 72' Ionanidze  77' Maglakelidze  87'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 4,008 Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic)

Second round

MTK Budapest v AEK Athens

21 October 1999 First leg	MTK Budapest	2–1	AEK Athens	Budapest, Hungary
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Egressy 20' Erős 34' Madar  66' Kovács  83'	Report	Ćirić 66'	Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)

AEK Athens v MTK Budapest

2 November 1999 Second leg	AEK Athens	1–0 (2(a)–2 agg.)	MTK Budapest	Athens, Greece
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Petrić  35' Markos  40' Ćirić 75' (pen.) Zikos  87'	Report	Fehér  28'  55' Halmai  32'  60' Kuttor  66'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 7,288 Referee: Pascal Garibian (France)

Third round

AEK Athens v Monaco

23 November 1999 First leg	AEK Athens	2–2	Monaco	Athens, Greece
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nikolaidis  66', 45', 89'	Report	Giuly 26' Gallardo  45' Djetou  50' Christanval  63' Simone 78' Lamouchi  84'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 7,299 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Monaco v AEK Athens

9 December 1999 Second leg	Monaco	1–0 (3–2 agg.)	AEK Athens	Monaco, France
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Sagnol  24' Simone 31' Márquez  33' Sylva  78'	Report	Grétarsson  42' Kasapis  61' Zikos  68'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Dieter Schoch (Switzerland)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 27 May 2000

No.	Pos	Player	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		Champions League		UEFA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Ilias Atmatsidis	33	0	9	0	2	0	6	0	50	0
15	GK	Chrysostomos Michailidis	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
22	GK	Lefteris Petkaris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	GK	Vasilis Karagiannis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	Traianos Dellas	21	3	7	0	1	0	4	0	33	3
5	DF	Nikos Kostenoglou	20	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	29	0
12	DF	Charis Kopitsis	28	0	7	2	1	0	4	2	40	4
17	DF	Michalis Kasapis	13	1	5	0	1	0	5	0	24	1
21	DF	Vaios Karagiannis	12	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
25	DF	Giannis Kalitzakis	23	1	7	0	0	0	3	0	33	1
29	DF	Davide Belotti	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32	DF	Michalis Kapsis	26	2	10	0	1	0	2	0	39	2
—	DF	Georgios Paraskevaidis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	DF	Filippo Dal Moro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	Dimitris Markos	29	2	9	4	2	0	5	0	45	6
7	MF	Christos Maladenis	23	6	9	4	2	0	4	1	38	11
8	MF	Toni Savevski	31	2	10	0	2	0	4	0	47	2
10	MF	Dragan Ćirić	26	10	10	6	2	0	6	3	44	19
14	MF	Akis Zikos	27	1	7	0	2	0	6	1	42	2
16	MF	Arnar Grétarsson	14	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	22	0
18	MF	Evripidis Katsavos	10	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	15	0
23	MF	Vasilios Lakis	17	3	9	3	2	0	3	0	31	6
24	MF	Vladimir Matijašević	3	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	8	0
26	MF	Georgios Passios	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
28	MF	Milen Petkov	15	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	20	4
30	MF	Pablo Cantero	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Forwards
9	FW	Nenad Bjeković	20	6	4	2	1	0	6	1	31	9
11	FW	Demis Nikolaidis	32	22	8	11	2	0	6	3	48	36
19	FW	Giorgos Kavazis	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
20	FW	Sotiris Konstantinidis	24	6	7	2	2	0	4	0	37	8
31	FW	Ilias Anastasakos	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Left during Winter Transfer Window
3	DF	Gordan Petrić	7	0	4	1	2	0	3	0	16	1

Goalscorers

As of 27 May 2000

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	Champions League	UEFA Cup	Total
1	11	FW	Demis Nikolaidis	22	11	0	3	36
2	10	MF	Dragan Ćirić	10	6	0	3	19
3	7	MF	Christos Maladenis	6	4	0	1	11
4	9	FW	Nenad Bjeković	6	2	0	1	9
5	20	FW	Sotiris Konstantinidis	6	2	0	0	8
6	23	MF	Vasilios Lakis	3	3	0	0	6
	6	MF	Dimitris Markos	2	4	0	0	6
8	28	MF	Milen Petkov	2	2	0	0	4
	12	DF	Charis Kopitsis	0	2	0	2	4
10	2	DF	Traianos Dellas	3	0	0	0	3
11	32	DF	Michalis Kapsis	2	0	0	0	2
	8	MF	Toni Savevski	2	0	0	0	2
	14	MF	Akis Zikos	1	0	0	1	2
14	25	DF	Giannis Kalitzakis	1	0	0	0	1
	17	DF	Michalis Kasapis	1	0	0	0	1
	3	DF	Gordan Petrić	0	0	0	1	1
Own goals				2	1	0	0	3
Totals				69	38	0	11	118

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Source
Dragan Ćirić	Egaleo	6–1 (H)	7 August 1999	Greek Cup
Dragan Ćirić	Iraklis	3–2 (H)	17 October 1999	Alpha Ethniki
Demis Nikolaidis	Trikala	6–0 (H)	12 January 2000	Greek Cup
Christos Maladenis	Kavala	3–0 (H)	16 January 2000	Alpha Ethniki
Demis Nikolaidis4	Ionikos	5–1 (H)	19 March 2000	Alpha Ethniki
Demis Nikolaidis	Panionios	4–1 (H)	5 April 2000	Greek Cup

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 27 May 2000

Rank	No.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	Champions League	UEFA Cup	Total
1	1	Ilias Atmatsidis	10	4	1	2	17
2	15	Chrysostomos Michailidis	0	1	0	0	1
Totals			10	5	1	2	18

Disciplinary record

As of 27 May 2000

N	P	Nat.	Name	Alpha Ethniki			Greek Cup			Champions League			UEFA Cup			Total			Notes
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Ilias Atmatsidis	4												4
15	GK		Chrysostomos Michailidis
22	GK		Lefteris Petkaris
—	GK		Vasilis Karagiannis
Defenders
2	DF		Traianos Dellas	9			1									10
5	DF		Nikos Kostenoglou	4	1		2									6	1
12	DF		Charis Kopitsis	1			3			1						5
17	DF		Michalis Kasapis	5			1									6
21	DF		Vaios Karagiannis	6			3									9
25	DF		Giannis Kalitzakis	3	1											3	1
29	DF		Davide Belotti
32	DF		Michalis Kapsis	2			1			1						4
—	DF		Georgios Paraskevaidis
—	DF		Filippo Dal Moro
Midfielders
6	MF		Dimitris Markos	1			1						1			3
7	MF		Christos Maladenis	5												5
8	MF		Toni Savevski	2			1									3
10	MF		Dragan Ćirić	3			1			1						5
14	MF		Akis Zikos	9	1		3						1			13	1
16	MF		Arnar Grétarsson	1												1
18	MF		Evripidis Katsavos				1									1
23	MF		Vasilios Lakis	1			2						1			4
24	MF		Vladimir Matijašević	1												1
26	MF		Georgios Passios
28	MF		Milen Petkov	5			1									6
30	MF		Pablo Cantero
Forwards
9	FW		Nenad Bjeković	7	1											7	1
11	FW		Demis Nikolaidis	5			2									7
19	FW		Giorgos Kavazis				1									1
20	FW		Sotiris Konstantinidis	4			2									6
31	FW		Ilias Anastasakos
Left during Winter Transfer window
3	DF		Gordan Petrić	2						1			1			4

Starting 11

N.	Formation	Matchday(s)
20	4–2–3–1	2, 6, 15, 17, 21, 28–32
17	4–4–2 (D)	1, 3–5, 7–9, 11, 18, 19, 22
16	3–5–2	10, 12–14, 16, 20, 23–27, 33, 34

Atmatsidis (C)

Kapsis

Dellas

Kostenoglou

Kopitsis

Zikos

Markos

Ćirić

Maladenis

Savevski

Nikolaidis

Last updated: 2000-05-27

Awards

Player	Pos.	Award	Source
Demis Nikolaidis	FW	Greek Cup Top Scorer

External links

• AEK Athens F.C. Official Website
• A.E.K. FC Database