2004–05 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 2004–05 season was the 81st season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 46th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup. The season began on 11 September 2004 and finished on 25 May 2005.

AEK Athens

2004–05 season

Chairman

Demis Nikolaidis

Manager

Fernando Santos

Stadium

Athens Olympic Stadium

Top goalscorer

League:
Alessandro Soares (11)
All:
Alessandro Soares (15)

Highest home attendance

63,129 vs Olympiacos
(7 November 2004)

Lowest home attendance

763 vs Agios Dimitrios
(22 December 2004)

Average home league attendance

21,925

Biggest win

Agios Dimitrios 1–4 AEK Athens
AEK Athens 4–1 Kallithea
AEK Athens 3–0 Agios Dimitrios
AEK Athens 3–0 Apollon Kalamarias

Biggest defeat

Zenit Saint Petersburg 5–1 AEK Athens

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 2003–04

2005–06 →

Overview Edit

The season found AEK faced with annihilation, since their debts were unmanageable and unmanageable for anyone. The former star of the team, Demis Nikolaidis and a group of partners and friends of the club, put on the carpet the plan of being included in the article 44 of the bankruptcy law and on 7 July he took over the administration. Article 44 was an inspiration of the economist Giorgos Kintis, who elaborated the plan and as soon as the first financiers and the leader Nikolaidis were found, hope began to fade. AEK went to court, but its first application in May was rejected. In the meantime, Nikolaidis, having the full support of the team's audience, came to an agreement with the majority of the footballers for part of the dues and planned as best he could the continuation of the team's competition. Nikolaidis proceeded with some partial agreements, managed and set up a budget and mainly persuaded the team's former coach Fernando Santos to return to Greece, with a clause that if the team went bankrupt, he would be free. The material that the Portuguese had in his hands to work with is lacking, the big stars had left with the only remaining ones, Kostas Katsouranis and Nikos Liberopoulos and the veterans Nikos Kostenoglou and Nikolaos Georgeas, while at the end of the transfer period, with personal actions of Santos, they acquired on loan from Porto Bruno Alves and Paulo Assunção. Meanwhile, the Article 44 legal battle continued and the season of uncertainty began with the world turning its attention to the very existence of AEK, which depended on the court's final verdict. The fans of AEK showed their opposition to the annihilation of the team in every way either with a banner in Rizoupoli or with the historic rally of October 2004 in the centor of Athens, where more than 10 thousand people demonstrated in favor of saving the team. Vindication came on November 18 and the team looked to the future with optimism.

Freed from the stress of existence itself and in an unprecedented climate of rallying and unity, AEK began an incredible run in the league with back-to-back victories and April found them equal contenders for the championship. AEK became the favorite, since in front of them is the easy game against Ionikos at the Olympic Stadium, but the team from Nikaia with a goal at the end, cut the hopes for the championship in history and as if that was not enough, the 0–0 draw in the game against Panathinaikos at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, in a match where AEK had many complaints from the referee, limited them in the third place.

The participation in the groups of the UEFA Cup was of vital importance for AEK, who were in dire need of the income from the European participation, which was barely secured from UEFA. The Slovenians from Gorica seemed like an easy opponent, but for AEK, which were in the uncertainty of bankruptcy, they turned out to be difficult. The game at Sports Park went wrong from the beginning, as AEK conceded a goal, but luckily, they equalized by the end of the half-time. The score did not change despite the pressure from the Slovenians, AEK stood up and became the favorite. The tense rematch was played in an intense atmosphere in Georgios Kamaras Stadium, after AEK fans turned it into a sustained protest against the negative decision of the article 44. The team in the first half tried, but in the second half they were in serious danger even with exclusion from the Slovenians, but with a goal at the end of the game, AEK advanced to the group stage. There, in a relatively difficult draw, they found themselves in the same group as Sevilla, Lille, Zenit Saint Petersburg and Alemannia Aachen, where they had a very bad campaign with 4 defeats in equal matches, thus staying out of the continuation of the tournament.

The course of the team in the Cup was similar, where after eliminating PANO Malia and Agios Dimitrios, they found in front of them the double winner of the previous season, Panathinaikos. The first leg ended in a draw at the Olympic Stadium, after Liberopoulos equalized the goal of Konstantinou. Panathinaikos confirmed the title of favourite, until the return leg, on a big night for AEK, who opened the scoring through Katsouranis early on, but were equalized after heavy pressure from Panathinaikos. Somewhere there the team of Santos woke up and immediately took the lead again, until in the 77th minute Vladimir Ivić in his most important goal with AEK, sealed an emphatic qualification calling the fans of the host to be quiet. The quarter-finals seemed like an easy mission for AEK and indeed Panionios turned out to be an easy opponent, since after the indifferent 0–0 at Nea Smyrni, prevailed easyly by 2–0. AEK were in the semi-finals and they were going for the double. Their opponent were Olympiacos who had re-hired Dušan Bajević, whom they dominated at the Olympic Stadium, despite the final loss with 0–1. The rematch at Karaiskakis Stadium seemed difficult, but AEK scored and the match went to extra time. The referee and his assistants were doing everything they could to push Olympiacos to qualify and thus with the expulsion of Júlio César the game turned into a monologue for Olympiacos who was redeemed by an own from Moras and while the attacks of AEK were cut as allegedly offside, Okkas sealed his team's qualification 2 minutes before the end of extra time. AEK were eliminated in the semi-finals that were admittedly better than their opponent.^[1]

Players Edit

Squad information Edit

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 25 May 2005, 23:59 UTC+3.

No.	Player	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
1	Chrysostomos Michailidis	GK	(1975-01-15)15 January 1975 (aged 30)	1997	Eordaikos	Free	2005
12	Giannis Arabatzis	GK	(1984-05-28)28 May 1984 (aged 21)	2002	Makrochori	Free	2011
22	Dionysis Chiotis (Vice-captain 2)	GK	(1977-06-04)4 June 1977 (aged 28)	1994	AEK Athens U20	—	2007
Defenders
3	Nikola Malbaša	LB / LM	(1977-09-12)12 September 1977 (aged 27)	2004	Terek Grozny	Free	2007
4	Bruno Alves	CB / DM	(1981-11-27)27 November 1981 (aged 23)	2004	Porto	Free	2005
5	Nikos Kostenoglou (Vice-captain)	CB / RB	(1970-10-03)3 October 1970 (aged 34)	1994	Skoda Xanthi	€400,000	2005
14	Stavros Tziortziopoulos	LB / CB / LM	(1978-08-15)15 August 1978 (aged 26)	2004	Panionios	Free	2007
15	Dimitris Koutsikos	RB / DM	(1988-04-20)20 April 1988 (aged 17)	2004	AEK Athens U20	—	2006
16	Nikolaos Georgeas	RB / LB / DM	(1976-12-27)27 December 1976 (aged 28)	2001	Kalamata	€1,500,000	2008
18	Vangelis Moras	CB / DM / RB	(1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 23)	2003	Proodeftiki	€260,000	2007
24	Christos Kontis	RB / CB / LB	(1975-05-13)13 May 1975 (aged 30)	2004	Panionios	Free	2007
25	Kofi Amponsah	CB / LB	(1978-04-19)19 April 1978 (aged 27)	2003	PAOK	Free	2006
27	Panagiotis Stergiatos	CB	(1986-03-03)3 March 1986 (aged 19)	2003	AEK Athens U20	—	2008
39	Grigoris Toskas	CB	(1983-01-08)8 January 1983 (aged 22)	2000	AEK Athens U20	—	2005
Midfielders
8	Ivan Rusev	AM / RM / LM / CM	(1979-05-10)10 May 1979 (aged 26)	2001	Spartak Varna	Free	2005
9	Milen Petkov	DM / CM / AM / RM / LM	(1974-01-12)12 January 1974 (aged 31)	2000	CSKA Sofia	€800,000	2005
17	Vladan Ivić	AM / CM / RM / LM	(1977-05-07)7 May 1977 (aged 28)	2004	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Free	2007
21	Kostas Katsouranis (Captain)	CM / DM / RM / LM / AM / CB / RB / LB	(1979-06-21)21 June 1979 (aged 26)	2002	Panachaiki	Free	2007
26	Ilias Kyriakidis	DM / CM / AM	(1985-08-05)5 August 1985 (aged 19)	2004	Ionikos	€200,000	2009
28	Christos Bourbos	RM / RB / RW / DM	(1983-06-01)1 June 1983 (aged 22)	2004	PAS Giannina	Free	2008
77	Paulo Assunção	DM / CM	(1980-01-25)25 January 1980 (aged 25)	2004	Porto	Free	2005
Forwards
7	Alessandro Soares	RW / SS / ST / LW	(1973-02-05)5 February 1973 (aged 32)	2004	OFI	€60,000	2005
10	Sotiris Konstantinidis	RW / LW / RM / LM / AM	(1979-04-19)19 April 1979 (aged 26)	1999	Iraklis	Free	2005
11	Leonidas Kampantais	ST / SS / RW	(1982-03-08)8 March 1982 (aged 23)	2004	Aris	Free	2007
20	Ilias Solakis	ST	(1974-12-15)15 December 1974 (aged 28)	2002	APOEL	Free	2007
27	Christos Christoforidis	LW / ST / SS	(1981-12-31)31 December 1981 (aged 23)	2005	Assyriska FF	Free	2005
30	Simos Krassas	RW / LW / RM / LM	(1982-06-10)10 June 1982 (aged 23)	2004	AEL Limassol	€120,000	2008
33	Nikos Liberopoulos	SS / ST / AM	(1975-08-04)4 August 1975 (aged 29)	2003	Panathinaikos	Free	2007
44	Nikos Voulgaris	ST	(1985-08-30)30 August 1985 (aged 19)	2004	Torino	€100,000	2005
99	Júlio César	LW / SS / AM / RW / ST	(1980-02-26)26 February 1980 (aged 25)	2005	Gil Vicente	€540,000	2008
—	Christos Kostis	SS / ST / AM / RW / LW	(1972-01-15)15 January 1972 (aged 33)	2000	Anderlecht	Free	2005
Left during Winter Transfer Window
2	Stathis Kappos	RB	(1979-07-31)31 July 1979 (aged 25)	2001	Kalamata	Free	2005
6	Stelios Maistrellis	CB	(1979-11-10)10 November 1979 (aged 25)	2002	Aiolikos	Free	2006
19	Manolis Tsangarogiannakis	AM	(1986-01-30)30 January 1986 (aged 19)	2004	AEK Athens U20	—	2008
32	Christos Tsevas	AM	(1985-06-08)8 June 1985 (aged 20)	2003	AEK Athens U20	—	2008

Transfers Edit

In Edit

Summer Edit

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
6	DF	Stelios Maistrellis	Akratitos	End of loan	—	1 July 2004	30 June 2006
11	FW	Leonidas Kampantais	Aris	Transfer	Free	30 July 2004	30 June 2007	^[2]
14	DF	Stavros Tziortziopoulos	Panionios	Transfer	Free	14 July 2004	30 June 2007
15	DF	Dimitris Koutsikos	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	30 July 2004	30 June 2006	^[2]
19	MF	Manolis Tsangarogiannakis	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	—	1 July 2004	30 June 2008
20	FW	Ilias Solakis	Niki Volos	End of loan	—	1 July 2004	30 June 2006
24	DF	Christos Kontis	Panionios	Transfer	Free	19 July 2004	30 June 2007
28	MF	Christos Bourbos	PAS Giannina	Transfer	Free	30 July 2004	30 June 2008	^[2]
30	FW	Simos Krassas	AEL Limassol	Transfer	€120,000	30 July 2004	30 June 2008	^[2]
44	FW	Nikos Voulgaris	Torino	Transfer	€100,000	30 July 2004	30 June 2005	^[2]

Winter Edit

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
3	DF	Nikola Malbaša	Terek Grozny	Transfer	Free	18 December 2004	30 June 2007	^[3]
17	MF	Vladan Ivić	Borussia M'gladbach	Transfer	Free	21 December 2004	31 December 2007	^[4]
26	MF	Ilias Kyriakidis	Ionikos	Transfer	€200,000	28 December 2004	31 December 2009	^[5]
29	FW	Christos Christoforidis	Assyriska FF	Transfer	Free	18 January 2005	31 December 2005	^[6]
99	FW	Júlio César	Gil Vicente	Transfer	€540,000	18 January 2005	31 December 2008	^[7]

Out Edit

Summer Edit

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
2	DF	Vasilios Borbokis	Anorthosis Famagusta	End of contract	—	1 July 2004
6	MF	Theodoros Zagorakis	Bologna	Contract termination	—	24 July 2004	^[8]
8	DF	Michel Kreek	Willem II	End of contract	—	1 July 2004
9	FW	Ioannis Okkas	Olympiacos	Contract termination	—	2 August 2004	^[9]
10	MF	Vasilios Tsiartas	1. FC Köln	Contract termination	—	30 November 2004	^[10]
12	GK	Sotiris Liberopoulos	Aris	End of contract	—	20 July 2004	^[11]
17	DF	Michalis Kasapis	Retired		—	1 July 2004
23	MF	Vasilios Lakis	Crystal Palace	Contract termination	—	29 September 2004	^[12]
25	DF	Goran Popov	Red Star Belgrade	End of contract	—	1 July 2004
30	FW	Ilija Ivić	Retired		—	1 July 2004	^[13]
32	DF	Michalis Kapsis	Bordeaux	Transfer	€500,000	26 July 2004	^[14]
36	FW	Tasos Thanos	Proodeftiki	Transfer	Free	1 July 2004
88	FW	Dimitris Nalitzis	Kerkyra	Contract termination	—	28 July 2004	^[15]
—	MF	Peter Philipakos	Olympiacos	Contract termination	—	31 July 2004

Winter Edit

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
2	DF	Stathis Kappos	Aris	Contract termination	—	14 January 2005	^[16]
6	DF	Stelios Maistrellis	Levadiakos	Contract termination	—	21 January 2005
19	DF	Kofi Amponsah	Egaleo	Contract termination	—	29 January 2005	^[17]
32	MF	Christos Tsevas	Akratitos	Transfer	Free	1 January 2005

Loan in Edit

Summer Edit

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
4	DF	Bruno Alves	Porto	Free	3 August 2004	30 June 2005	N	^[18]
7	FW	Alessandro Soares	OFI	€60,000	23 July 2004	30 June 2005	Y	^[19]
77	MF	Paulo Assunção	Porto	Free	3 August 2004	30 June 2005	N	^[18]

Loan out Edit

Summer Edit

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
19	MF	Manolis Tsangarogiannakis	Agia Paraskevi	Free	1 July 2004	30 June 2006	N
35	MF	Dimitris Karameris	Levadiakos	Free	1 July 2004	30 June 2005	N

Contract renewals Edit

No.	Pos.	Player	Date	Former Exp. Date	New Exp. Date	Source
9	MF	Milen Petkov	22 July 2004	30 June 2004	30 June 2005	^[20]
10	FW	Sotiris Konstantinidis	22 July 2004	30 June 2006	30 June 2005	^[20]
21	MF	Kostas Katsouranis	24 July 2004	30 June 2005	30 June 2007	^[21]
22	GK	Dionysis Chiotis	1 June 2005	30 June 2005	30 June 2007	^[22]
33	FW	Nikos Liberopoulos	21 July 2004	30 June 2006	30 June 2007	^[23]

Overall transfer activity Edit

Expenditure Edit

Summer: €280,000

Winter: €740,000

Total: €1,020,000

Income Edit

Summer: €500,000

Winter: €0

Total: €500,000

Net Totals Edit

Summer: €220,000

Winter: €740,000

Total: €520,000

Pre-season and friendlies Edit

31 July 2004 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–0	Chaidari	Thrakomakedones
				Stadium: AEK Athens' training complex

6 August 2004 Friendly	Marko	1–2	AEK Athens	Markopoulo
				Stadium: Municipal Markopoulo Stadium

11 August 2004 Friendly	Mantova	2–0	AEK Athens	Verona
				Stadium: Centro Sportivo Veronello

14 August 2004 Troffeo Sky	Internazionale	5–1	AEK Athens	Pisa
	Stanković 11' (45) Materazzi 40' Mihajlović 49' Cruz 59'	Report	Soares 53'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Anconetani Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

14 August 2004 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–3	Al Shabab	Verona
				Stadium: Centro Sportivo Veronello

18 August 2004 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–2	Brescia	Verona
				Stadium: Centro Sportivo Veronello

27 August 2004 Friendly	Apollon Limassol	3–3	AEK Athens	Limassol
	Sosin 25', 60' (pen.) Pittas 78'		Soares 22' Liberopoulos 47' Katsouranis 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Tsirio Stadium

29 August 2004 Friendly	Anorthosis	0–4	AEK Athens	Larnaca
			Krassas 15' Petkov 20' Kampantais 49' Soares 58'	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium

4 September 2004 Trofeo Hellboy	Deportivo de La Coruña	1–1 (2–4 p)	AEK Athens	Madrid
23:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Munitis 8'	Report	Soares 45'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Victor José Esquinas Torres (Spain)
	Penalties
	Tristán Capdevila Munitis Changui Duscher		Bruno Alves Kontis Soares Kampantais
Note: 45 minute match.

5 September 2004 Trofeo Hellboy	Atlético Madrid	0–0 (3–2 p)	AEK Athens	Madrid
1:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Victor José Esquinas Torres (Spain)
	Penalties
	Luccin Sergi Jorge Musampa Simeone		Bruno Alves Kontis Soares Kampantais Liberopoulos
Note: 45 minute match.

12 October 2004 Friendly	Galatasaray	2–1	AEK Athens	Istanbul
	Uçar 62' Akman 65'	Report	Soares 41'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: 7,000

13 November 2004 Friendly	AEK Athens	0–0	Galatasaray	Marousi
		Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 40,000

Competitions Edit

Alpha Ethniki Edit

League table Edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos^[a] (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

Source:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions
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 Edit


Overall								Home						Away
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

Source: Competitive matches

Results by Matchday Edit

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
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W
Position	8	4	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2005. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures Edit

19 September 2004 Matchday 1	Egaleo	1–1	AEK Athens	Egaleo
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Fotakis 57'		Liberopoulos 59'	Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium Attendance: 2,969 Referee: Fragiskos Somarakakis (Athens)

26 September 2004 Matchday 2	AEK Athens	2–0	Kerkyra	Rizoupoli
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Rusev 8' Kampantais 89'			Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Attendance: 11,136 Referee: Avraam Kebaridis (Thessaloniki)

3 October 2004 Matchday 3	AEK Athens	2–0	Panionios	Rizoupoli
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Soares 48', 90+1'			Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Attendance: 11,820 Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)

17 October 2004 Matchday 4	Iraklis	1–2	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Keita 44'		Katsouranis 85' (pen.) Soares 90+1'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 10,100 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

24 October 2004 Matchday 5	AEK Athens	4–1	Kallithea	Marousi
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Liberopoulos 18', 72' Soares 60', 67'		Kyriakos 66'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 27,325 Referee: Dimitris Takidis (Kilkis)

31 October 2004 Matchday 6	Aris	1–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Sanjurjo 10'		Soares 61'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 10,900 Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis (Messinia)

7 November 2004 Matchday 7	AEK Athens	0–0	Olympiacos	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 63,129 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

21 November 2004 Matchday 8	Ergotelis	0–1	AEK Athens	Heraklion
17:00 EET (UTC+2)			Katsouranis 74'	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Attendance: 16,850 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki)

28 November 2004 Matchday 9	AEK Athens	1–0	Chalkidona	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Soares 20'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 21,877 Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Argolida)

5 December 2004 Matchday 10	PAOK	1–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Feutchine 80'		Krassas 57'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 9,568 Referee: Giannis Tsachilidis (Piraeus)

11 December 2004 Matchday 11	Skoda Xanthi	1–1	AEK Athens	Xanthi
16:45 EET (UTC+2)	Luciano 46'		Kampantais 72'	Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 5,383 Referee: Avraam Kebaridis (Thessaloniki)

19 December 2004 Matchday 12	AEK Athens	1–1	OFI	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nwafor 36'		Katsouranis 74'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 10,458 Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)

29 December 2004 Matchday 13	Ionikos	2–3	AEK Athens	Nikaia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Makor 18', 57'		Soares 14' Katsouranis 38' Kontis 70'	Stadium: Neapolis Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,925 Referee: Gerasimos Mazarakis (Kefalonia)

9 January 2005 Matchday 14	AEK Athens	1–0	Panathinaikos	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Liberopoulos 85'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 44,193 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

15 January 2005 Matchday 15	Apollon Kalamarias	2–1	AEK Athens	Thessaloniki
17:45 EET (UTC+2)	Spyropoulos 15' Cleyton 31' (pen.)		Ivić 78'	Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium Attendance: 1,695 Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)

23 January 2005 Matchday 16	AEK Athens	1–0	Egaleo	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Katsouranis 50'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 21,230 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

30 January 2005 Matchday 17	Kerkyra	2–2	AEK Athens	Corfu
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Fofonka 8' Niniadis 63'		Siros 2' (o.g.) Ivić 58'	Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium Attendance: 2,642 Referee: Giannis Spyropoulos (Phthiotis)

13 February 2005 Matchday 18	Panionios	1–1	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kiassos 8'		Katsouranis 58'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 834 Referee: Dimitris Stiliaras (Aetoloacarnania)

19 February 2005 Matchday 19	AEK Athens	2–1	Iraklis	Marousi
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Katsouranis 71', 78'		Fortuzi 47'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 18,859 Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)

26 February 2005 Matchday 20	Kallithea	1–2	AEK Athens	Kallithea
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Kyriakos 68'		César 2' Ivić 8'	Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium Attendance: 2,439 Referee: Charalampos Karatzas (Euboea)

6 March 2005 Matchday 21	AEK Athens	1–0	Aris	Marousi
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Liberopoulos 74'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 23,213 Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)

13 March 2005 Matchday 22	Olympiacos	1–1	AEK Athens	Piraeus
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Okkas 19'		Katsouranis 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Argolida)

20 March 2005 Matchday 23	AEK Athens	3–0	Ergotelis	Marousi
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Petkov 37' Liberopoulos 49', 55'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 30,273 Referee: Christos Vasileiou (Thessaly)

2 April 2005 Matchday 24	Chalkidona	1–1	AEK Athens	Nikaia
17:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Iliopoulos 15' (pen.)		Katsouranis 67'	Stadium: Nikaia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,972 Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)

10 April 2005 Matchday 25	AEK Athens	2–0	PAOK	Marousi
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Soares 37', 58'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 35,994 Referee: Charalampos Karatzas (Euboea)

17 April 2005 Matchday 26	AEK Athens	2–1	Skoda Xanthi	Marousi
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Soares 19' César 46'		Luciano 39' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 31,525 Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis (Messinia)

24 April 2005 Matchday 27	OFI	2–3	AEK Athens	Heraklion
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Machlas 71' Kazantzis 89'		Ivić 59' César 69' Liberopoulos 90+4'	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Attendance: 5,537 Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)

8 May 2005 Matchday 28	AEK Athens	0–1	Ionikos	Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)			Natsouras 87'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 41,331 Referee: Spyros Vasileiou (Elis)

15 May 2005 Matchday 29	Panathinaikos	0–0	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
18:45 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

25 May 2005 Matchday 30	AEK Athens	3–0	Apollon Kalamarias	Marousi
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	César 71' Krassas 81' Liberopoulos 85'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 18,327 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

Greek Cup Edit

First round Edit

11 September 2004 First leg	PANO Malia	1–1	AEK Athens	Chania
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Dermitzakis 85'		Soares 7'	Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Antonis Kouklakis (Chania)

6 October 2004 Second leg	AEK Athens	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	PANO Malia	Rizoupoli
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kampantais 66' Petkov 89'		Tsafantakis 78'	Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Attendance: 1,120 Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)

Round of 32 Edit

22 December 2004 First leg	AEK Athens	3–0	Agios Dimitrios	Marousi
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Alves 74' Konstantinidis 75', 90+2'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 763 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

11 January 2005 Second leg	Agios Dimitrios	1–4 (1–7 agg.)	AEK Athens	Agios Dimitrios
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Rosales 5' (pen.)		Soares 42' Kampantais 64' Bourbos 78' Moras 85'	Stadium: Agios Dimitrios Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Antonis Kouklakis (Chania)

Round of 16 Edit

27 January 2005 First leg	AEK Athens	1–1	Panathinaikos	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Liberopoulos 90+4'		Konstantinou 47'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 17,280 Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis (Messinia)

3 February 2005 Second leg	Panathinaikos	1–3 (2–4 agg.)	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Konstantinou 51'		Katsouranis 7' (pen.) Soares 55' Ivić 77'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 5,153 Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)

Quarter-finals Edit

2 March 2005 First leg	Panionios	0–0	AEK Athens	Nea Smyrni
19:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Argolida)

16 March 2005 Second leg	AEK Athens	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	Panionios	Marousi
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	César 10' Liberopoulos 23'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

Semi-finals Edit

20 April 2005 First leg	AEK Athens	0–1	Olympiacos	Marousi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)			Đorđević 8'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 29,851 Referee: Dimitris Takidis (Kilkis)
Note: AEK had five attempts hit the crossbar during the 2nd half, three of which in the same play.^[24]

27 April 2005 Second leg	Olympiacos	2–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 agg.)	AEK Athens	Piraeus
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Moras 97' (o.g.) Okkas 118'		Liberopoulos 42'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 27,441 Referee: Charalampos Karatzas (Euboea)

UEFA Cup Edit

First Round Edit

16 September 2004 First leg	Gorica	1–1	AEK Athens	Nova Gorica, Slovenia
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Rodić 1'	Report	Katsouranis 41' (pen.)	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)

30 September 2004 Second leg	AEK Athens	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Gorica	Athens, Greece
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Soares 89'	Report		Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Attendance: 11,550 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Group stage Edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LIL	SEV	AAC	ZEN	AEK
1	Lille	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	9	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–0	—	2–1	—
2	Sevilla	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	7		—	—	2–0	—	3–2
3	Alemannia Aachen	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7		1–0	—	—	2–2	—
4	Zenit Saint Petersburg	4	1	2	1	9	6	+3	5		—	1–1	—	—	5–1
5	AEK Athens	4	0	0	4	4	12	−8	0		1–2	—	0–2	—	—

Source:

October 19, 2023

[table_note_OLY0.3295941619806-24] 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.

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