2009–10 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 2009–10 season was the 86th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 51st consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Super League, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season began on 20 August 2009 and finished on 19 May 2010.

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Overview
AEK started to weaken competitively, while there were still in the midst of administrative crisis. In the summer of 2009, Sotirios Kyrgiakos left for Liverpool, while Edinho, Macho, Hetemaj and Pliatsikas departed as well. The big competitive problem of the club was Dušan Bajević, who had bad relations with many of his players and recommended to the management a series of failed signings. Among the players who came, Sanel Jahić, Carlos Araujo, Grigoris Makos, Roger Guerreiro, Leonardo and Nikolaos Karabelas stood out. The club sold a total of 17,350 season tickets.

For the qualifiers of the Europa League, AEK faced the Romanian Vaslui. On 20 August at the Municipal Vaslui, AEK started by controlling the tempo, but did not dominate and ended the half trailing with 1–0. Afterwards they increased their tempo and equalized, but the issues in their transition cost them, as Vaslui scored in the final minutes to make the final 2–1. In the second leg at the Olympic Stadium the Romanians played defensively in order to keep the qualifying score, but when AEK opened the score in the second half, the visitors were forced to stop defending massively and play out in front. From that moment on, the task of Ignacio Scocco was easy, who with 2 beautiful goals formed the emphatic 3–0, giving AEK the ticket to the group stage, which ensured the necessary financial income for the club to keep up for the season. There, AEK were placed in the Group I, with Benfica, Everton and BATE Borisov, where they failed to advance to the continuation of the tournament, finishing third with a record of 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses.

AEK faltered competitively throughout the season, but they short of saved things up in the second round. The only notable moments during the championship were the two wins at Toumba Stadium and Karaiskakis Stadium in matches that were indifferent for the team. In the cup, AEK experienced yet another disgraceful elimination, this time by Thrasyvoulos with 1–0. The end of the regular season found AEK in fourth place, far behind their competitors.

In the play-offs, AEK were out of first place from early on and just managed to put Olympiacos out of the European competintions in the last matchday, while they also moved up one place in the overall standings, finishing third. The players who managed to stood out in the season were the Argentines, Blanco, Scocco and Saja, as well as Majstorović, Kafes and Manduca.

Management team

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Events

 * 29 May: Young midfielder Giorgos Tofas joins Anorthosis from AEK Athens.
 * 10 June: Full-back Nikolaos Karabelas joins AEK Athens from Aris.
 * 12 June: Goalkeeper Stefano Sorrentino joins Chievo from AEK Athens.
 * 12 June: Midfielder Pantelis Kafes signs a new 3-year deal.
 * 16 June: Young centre-back Kostas Manolas joins AEK Athens from Thrasyvoulos.
 * 17 June: Winger Ilie Iordache joins AEK Athens from Pandurii.
 * 24 June: Midfielder Grigoris Makos joins AEK Athens from Panionios.
 * 29 June: Goalkeeper Milan Lukač joins AEK Athens from Čukarički.
 * 30 June: Midfielder Vasilios Pliatsikas joins Schalke 04 from AEK Athens.
 * 7 July: Striker Edinho joins Málaga from AEK Athens.
 * 11 July: Pantelis Kafes is new captain of the club with Nikolaos Georgeas, Daniel Majstorović and Tam Nsaliwa as vice-captains, after a vote that took place within the players.
 * 6 August: Winger Leonardo joins AEK Athens from Levadiakos.
 * 18 August: Full-back Carlos Araujo joins AEK Athens from Huracán.
 * 20 August: Young winger El Hadji Diouf is released from AEK Athens.
 * 21 August: Strong centre-back Sotiris Kyrgiakos joins Liverpool.
 * 25 August: Striker Krisztián Németh joins AEK Athens on loan from Liverpool.
 * 26 August: Striker Nathan Burns joins Kerkyra on loan from AEK Athens.
 * 27 August: Midfielder Roger Guerreiro joins AEK Athens from Legia Warszawa.
 * 30 August: Midfielder Youssouf Hersi joins AEK Athens from Twente.
 * 30 August: Midfielder Perparim Hetemaj joins Twente from AEK Athens.
 * 31 August: Midfielder Sanel Jahić joins AEK Athens from Aris.
 * 31 August: Centre-back Nicolás Arce joins AEK Athens from San Lorenzo.
 * 29 January: Experienced full-back Juanfran joins Levante on loan from AEK Athens.
 * 20 May: Midfielder Savvas Gentsoglou signs new 4-year deal.
 * 27 May: Midfielder Panagiotis Lagos signs new 3-year deal.

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 19 May 2010, 23:59 UTC+3.''

Winter

 * a. plus 25% of next sale.
 * b. plus 40% of next sale.
 * c. plus Krisztián Németh on one-year free loan.
 * d. plus 20% of next sale.

Expenditure
Summer: €3,200,000

Winter: €0

Total: €3,200,000

Income
Summer: €4,880,000

Winter: €30,000

Total: €4,910,000

Net Totals
Summer: €1,680,000

Winter: €30,000

Total: €1,710,000

Greek Cup
AEK Athens entered the Greek Cup at the Round of 32.

Play-off round
The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2009.

Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 28 August 2009

Squad statistics
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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.''

Disciplinary record
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! colspan="20" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders

! colspan="20" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders

! colspan="20" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards

! colspan="20" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer window


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UEFA rankings
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UEFA country ranking