1993–94 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 1993–94 season was the 70th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 35th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup, the Greek Super Cup and the UEFA Champions League. The season began on 18 August 1993 and finished on 24 April 1994.

Kits

Supplier: Basic
Sponsor(s): Phoenix Asfaleies

Home

Away

Overview

The supporters of AEK Athens were living historic moments, as the club won the Greek championship for the third consecutive season. In the summer of 1993, the administration of Karras-Melissanidis, in collaboration with the coach, Dušan Bajević, decided to make a small renewal in the roster, even though the team won the championship of the previous season. So the older "veterans" Minou, Vasilopoulos, Karagiozopoulos, Papaioannou and Georgiadis left the club and the younger and talented Kasapis, Borbokis, Vlachos and Vasilis Karagiannis came in, while it was also decided that the "young" Atmatsidis, Tsiartas and Kopitsis, that were acquired in the previous season, would have a more active role within the team.

Bajević presented for yet another year a very strong team and AEK conquered the championship easilier than the previous season, while the team was establishing itself as one of the most important teams in Greek football. The important victories were against Panathinaikos with 1–2 away and 2–0 at home, while the biggest victory in terms of score was against Apollon Athens with 4–0. The title was mathematically sealed after the penultimate match against Apollon Kalamarias. After the game of last matchday against OFI, there was a beautiful title fiesta.

For the first round of the UEFA Champions League, AEK were drawn against the powerful Monaco of Arsène Wenger. In the first match at Stade Louis II, lined up without Manolas, AEK appeared frivolous, unprepared and disjointed, as they were vulnerable in their defensive line, problematic in the midfield and the offense was not particularly threatening. The French created a flurry of chances, but got the win thanks to an own goal by Vlachos. In the rematch of Nikos Goumas Stadium, AEK were not bold and quickly found themselves back in the score with a goal by Djorkaeff, but managed to equalize early enough with Slišković, but without becoming particularly threatening. Afterwards, the fatigue and in general the bad condition of some of their players, as well as the superiority of their opponent, did not allow her to achieve anything special and they were inevitably eliminated. Arsène Wenger, who in the previous season had been eliminated by Olympiacos with two draws, admitted that AEK was a more technical team than the red and whites, but with the difference that the latter had played stronger in the match between them.

In the institution of the cup, AEK initially easily overcame the obstacles of Paniliakos and Asteras Ambelokipoi and reached the quarter-finals of the competition where they faced AEL. They won 0–1 away from home and drew 1–1 at Nea Filadelfeia. In the semi-finals they played against Aris, where they kept the goalless draw in Thessaloniki and beat them in Athens with 2–1. In the final of the against Panathinaikos in the packed Olympic Stadium, one of the best Cup finals of all time took place. Panathinaikos took the lead with a goal by Warzycha in the 31st minute, while in the 54th minute they double their goals with an own goal by Manolas, but AEK found the focus to equalize with goals by Alexandris at the 71st minute and Dimitriadis at the 77th minute, sending the match to extra time. There, Alexandris made it 2–3 in the 95th minute, but three minutes before the end, Panathinaikos equalized with Markos. The match went to penalty shooy-out where Panathinaikos won with 4–2 and took the trophy.

The best players of the team for this period were Alexis Alexandris, Toni Savevski, Refik Šabanadžović, Stelios Manolas, Michalis Kasapis and Vasilis Dimitriadis. The top scorer of both the team and the league was Alexandris, who together with Warzycha scored 24 goals.^[1]

Management team

Position	Staff
Manager	Dušan Bajević
Assistant manager	Petros Ravousis
Goalkeeping coach	Stelios Serafidis
Fitness coach	Dimitris Bouroutzikas
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 24 April 1994, 23:59 UTC+3.

Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
Spyros Ikonomopoulos		GK	(1959-07-25)25 July 1959 (aged 34)	1978	AEK Athens U20	—	1997
Ilias Atmatsidis		GK	(1969-04-24)24 April 1969 (aged 25)	1992	Pontioi Veria	Free	1999
Vasilis Karagiannis		GK	(1969-09-27)27 September 1969 (aged 24)	1993	Diagoras	Free	2000
Defenders
Stelios Manolas		CB / RB	(1961-07-13)13 July 1961 (aged 32)	1979	AEK Athens U20	—	1997
Giorgos Agorogiannis		RB / RM / RW	(1966-05-03)3 May 1966 (aged 28)	1992	AEL	Free	1995
Georgios Koutoulas		CB / LB	(1967-02-09)9 February 1967 (aged 27)	1987	AEK Athens U20	—	1999
Michalis Vlachos		CB / DM	(1967-09-20)20 September 1967 (aged 26)	1993	Olympiacos	Free	1997
Manolis Papadopoulos		CB	(1968-04-22)22 April 1968 (aged 26)	1992	Ionikos	Free	1995
Vaios Karagiannis		LB / CB	(1968-06-25)25 June 1968 (aged 26)	1990	A.O. Karditsa	Free	1995
Vasilios Borbokis		RB / RM	(1969-02-10)10 February 1969 (aged 25)	1993	Apollon Kalamarias	Free	1997
Charis Kopitsis		RB / RM / LB / LM	(1969-03-05)5 March 1969 (aged 25)	1992	Panionios	Free	1998
Andreas Theodoropoulos		CB	(1971-06-27)27 June 1971 (aged 23)	1993	Proodeftiki	Free	1998
Michalis Kasapis		LB / LM	(1971-08-06)6 August 1971 (aged 22)	1993	Levadiakos	₯50,000,000	1998
Midfielders
Tasos Mitropoulos		AM / SS / ST	(1957-08-23)23 August 1957 (aged 36)	1992	Olympiacos	Free	1994
Toni Savevski		CM / LM / DM	(1963-07-14)14 July 1963 (aged 30)	1988	Vardar	Free	1996
Refik Šabanadžović		DM / CM / CB / RB	(1965-08-02)2 August 1965 (aged 28)	1991	Red Star Belgrade	₯30,000,000	1996
Stavros Stamatis		DM / CM / CB / RB / LB / AM	(1966-01-31)31 January 1966 (aged 28)	1988	Charavgiakos	Free	1995
Vasilios Tsiartas		AM / RM / LM / SS	(1972-11-12)12 November 1972 (aged 21)	1992	Naoussa	₯100,000,000	1998
Pantelis Konstantinidis		LM / LW / LB	(1975-08-16)16 August 1975 (aged 18)	1993	AEK Athens U20	—	1998
Forwards
Vasilis Dimitriadis (Captain)		ST	(1966-02-01)1 February 1966 (aged 28)	1991	Aris	₯95,000,000	1997
Zoran Slišković		ST / SS / RW	(1966-03-01)1 March 1966 (aged 28)	1992	HAŠK Građanski	Free	1994
Frank Klopas		SS / ST / AM	(1966-09-01)1 September 1966 (aged 27)	1988	Chicago Sting	Free	1994
Alexis Alexandris (Vice-captain)		ST / SS	(1968-10-21)21 October 1968 (aged 24)	1991	Veria	Free	1994
Samouil Drakopulos		ST	(1974-07-31)31 July 1974 (aged 19)	1992	Grasshopper	Free	1995

Transfers

In

Summer

Pos.	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
GK	Vasilis Karagiannis	Diagoras	Transfer	Free	1 July 1993	30 June 2000
DF	Georgios Theodoridis	Pierikos	End of loan	—	1 July 1993	30 June 1997
DF	Andreas Theodoropoulos	Proodeftiki	Transfer	Free	1 July 1993	30 June 1995
DF	Michalis Vlachos	Olympiacos	Transfer	Free	1 July 1993	30 June 1997
DF	Vasilios Borbokis	Apollon Kalamarias	Transfer	Free	1 July 1993	30 June 1997
DF	Michalis Kasapis	Levadiakos	Transfer	₯50,000,000	1 July 1993	30 June 1998
MF	Pantelis Konstantinidis	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	1 July 1993	30 June 1998

Out

Summer

Pos.	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Antonis Minou	Apollon Athens	End of contract	—	1 July 1993
DF	Takis Karagiozopoulos	Apollon Athens	End of contract	—	1 July 1993
DF	Christos Vasilopoulos	Retired		—	1 July 1993
MF	Pavlos Papaioannou	Kalamata	End of contract	—	1 July 1993
MF	Lampros Georgiadis	Kalamata	End of contract	—	1 July 1993

Loan out

Summer

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
DF	Georgios Theodoridis	Edessaikos	Free	1 July 1993	30 June 1995	N

Contract renewals

Pos.	Player	Date	Former Exp. Date	New Exp. Date	Source
GK	Spyros Ikonomopoulos	1 July 1993	30 June 1993	30 June 1997	[2]
DF	Stelios Manolas	1 July 1993	30 June 1993	30 June 1997	[2]
MF	Tasos Mitropoulos	1 July 1993	30 June 1993	30 June 1994	[2]
FW	Vasilis Dimitriadis	1 July 1993	30 June 1993	30 June 1997	[2]
MF	Toni Savevski	7 July 1993	30 June 1993	30 June 1996

Overall transfer activity

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Alpha Ethniki	22 August 1993	24 April 1994	Matchday 1	Winners	34	25	4	5	63	28	+35	073.53
Greek Cup	25 August 1993	20 April 1994	Group Stage	Runners-up	12	7	5	0	35	11	+24	058.33
Greek Super Cup	18 August 1993		Final	Runners-up	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
UEFA Champions League	15 September 1993	29 September 1993	First round	First round	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					49	32	10	7	99	42	+57	065.31

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AEK Athens (C)	34	25	4	5	63	28	+35	79	Qualification for Champions League qualifying round
2	Panathinaikos	34	22	6	6	82	32	+50	72	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Olympiacos	34	18	14	2	63	27	+36	68	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Aris	34	18	9	7	55	34	+21	63	Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
5	PAOK	34	14	9	11	45	38	+7	51

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	25	4	5	63	28	+35	79	15	1	1	41	13	+28	10	3	4	22	15	+7

Results by Matchday

Fixtures

Greek Cup

Group 14

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AEK	PAN	NIK	KER
1	AEK Athens	3	2	1	0	11	2	+9	7	Round of 32			2–2	—	—
2	Panathinaikos	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7			—		1–0	5–0
3	Niki Volos	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1			0–2	—		—
4	Keratsini	3	0	1	2	3	15	−12	1			0–7	—	3–3

Matches

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Greek Super Cup

UEFA Champions League

First round

The draw for the first round was held on 14 July 1993.^[3]

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 24 April 1994

No.	Pos	Player	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		Greek Super Cup		Champions League		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
—	GK	Spyros Ikonomopoulos	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
—	GK	Ilias Atmatsidis	33	0	9	0	1	0	2	0	45	0
—	GK	Vasilis Karagiannis	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Defenders
—	DF	Stelios Manolas	24	2	8	1	1	0	1	0	34	3
—	DF	Giorgos Agorogiannis	24	2	8	0	1	0	0	0	33	2
—	DF	Georgios Koutoulas	12	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	21	0
—	DF	Michalis Vlachos	26	1	8	0	0	0	2	0	36	1
—	DF	Manolis Papadopoulos	10	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	16	1
—	DF	Vaios Karagiannis	25	0	10	0	1	0	2	0	38	0
—	DF	Vasilios Borbokis	24	2	9	1	0	0	0	0	33	3
—	DF	Charis Kopitsis	11	1	11	1	0	0	2	0	24	2
—	DF	Andreas Theodoropoulos	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
—	DF	Michalis Kasapis	29	3	7	0	1	0	2	0	39	3
Midfielders
—	MF	Tasos Mitropoulos	29	0	5	1	1	0	2	0	37	1
—	MF	Toni Savevski	32	4	8	1	1	0	2	0	43	5
—	MF	Refik Šabanadžović	25	0	6	0	1	0	2	0	34	0
—	MF	Stavros Stamatis	23	2	11	5	0	0	0	0	34	7
—	MF	Vasilios Tsiartas	22	3	10	0	1	0	2	0	35	3
—	MF	Pantelis Konstantinidis	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	1
Forwards
—	FW	Vasilis Dimitriadis	33	11	8	2	1	0	2	0	44	13
—	FW	Zoran Slišković	26	7	9	10	1	0	2	1	38	18
—	FW	Frank Klopas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	FW	Alexis Alexandris	32	24	8	6	1	0	2	0	43	30
—	FW	Samouil Drakopulos	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

Goalscorers

As of 24 April 1994

Rank	Pos.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	Greek Super Cup	Champions League	Total
1	FW	Alexis Alexandris	24	6	0	0	30
2	FW	Zoran Slišković	7	10	0	1	18
3	FW	Vasilis Dimitriadis	11	2	0	0	13
4	MF	Stavros Stamatis	2	5	0	0	7
5	MF	Toni Savevski	4	1	0	0	5
6	DF	Michalis Kasapis	3	0	0	0	3
	MF	Vasilios Tsiartas	3	0	0	0	3
	DF	Stelios Manolas	2	1	0	0	3
	DF	Vasilios Borbokis	2	1	0	0	3
10	DF	Giorgos Agorogiannis	2	0	0	0	2
	DF	Charis Kopitsis	1	1	0	0	2
12	DF	Michalis Vlachos	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Manolis Papadopoulos	0	1	0	0	1
	MF	Pantelis Konstantinidis	0	1	0	0	1
	MF	Tasos Mitropoulos	0	1	0	0	1
Own goals			1	0	0	0	1
Totals			63	30	0	1	94

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Source
Alexis Alexandris	Keratsini	7–0 (A)	25 August 1993	Greek Cup	[4]
Zoran Slišković4	Asteras Ambelokipoi	7–1 (A)	29 December 1993	Greek Cup	[5]

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by competition order when total clean sheets are equal 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 24 April 1994

Rank	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	Greek Super Cup	Champions League	Total
1	Ilias Atmatsidis	14	5	0	0	19
2	Vasilis Karagiannis	0	1	0	0	1
3	Spyros Ikonomopoulos	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		14	6	0	0	20

Disciplinary record

As of 24 April 1994

N	P	Nat.	Name	Alpha Ethniki			Greek Cup			Greek Super Cup			Champions League			Total			Notes
Goalkeepers
—	GK		Spyros Ikonomopoulos
—	GK		Ilias Atmatsidis				2			1						3
—	GK		Vasilis Karagiannis
Defenders
—	DF		Stelios Manolas	7		1	2									9		1
—	DF		Giorgos Agorogiannis				1									1
—	DF		Georgios Koutoulas	1												1
—	DF		Michalis Vlachos	6	1		3						1			10	1
—	DF		Manolis Papadopoulos	1			1									2
—	DF		Vaios Karagiannis	6	1								1			7	1
—	DF		Vasilios Borbokis	3			1									4
—	DF		Charis Kopitsis
—	DF		Andreas Theodoropoulos
—	DF		Michalis Kasapis	3			1			1						5
Midfielders
—	MF		Tasos Mitropoulos	4		1										4		1
—	MF		Toni Savevski	5	1											5	1
—	MF		Refik Šabanadžović	4	1	1	1									5	1	1
—	MF		Stavros Stamatis				3	1								3	1
—	MF		Vasilios Tsiartas
—	MF		Pantelis Konstantinidis
Forwards
—	FW		Vasilis Dimitriadis	4			1									5
—	FW		Zoran Slišković	8									1			9
—	FW		Frank Klopas
—	FW		Alexis Alexandris
—	FW		Samouil Drakopulos

Starting 11

Awards

Player	Pos.	Award	Source
Alexis Alexandris	FW	Alpha Ethiniki Top Scorer (shared)
Zoran Slišković	FW	Greek Cup Top Scorer
Alexis Alexandris	FW	Greek Player of the Season
Michalis Kasapis	DF	Young Player of the Season (shared)
Dušan Bajević	—	Foreign Manager of the Season

References

External links

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