# 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

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## 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.

## Management team

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Dušan Bajević |
| Assistant manager | Petros Ravousis |
| Goalkeeping coach | Stelios Serafidis |
| Fitness coach | Dimitris Bouroutzikas |
| Academy director | Andreas Stamatiadis |
| Head of Medical | Lakis Nikolaou |
| Physiotherapist | Nikos Pantazis |

## 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 | 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 | — | 1996 |
| Georgios 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 | — | 1996 |
| 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 | 1997 |
| 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 | ₯34,000,000 | 1996 |
| Refik Šabanadžović | DM / CM / CB / RB | (1965-08-02)2 August 1965 (aged 28) | 1991 | Red Star Belgrade | ₯47,800,000 | 1994 |
| Stavros Stamatis | DM / CM / CB / RB / LB / AM | (1966-01-31)31 January 1966 (aged 28) | 1988 | Charavgiakos | ₯22,000,000 | 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 | PAS Florina | Free | 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 | ₯45,000,000 | 1994 |
| Samouil Drakopulos | ST | (1974-07-31)31 July 1974 (aged 19) | 1992 | Grasshopper | Free | 1995 |

## Transfers
### In
#### Summer

| Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until |
| GK | Vasilis Karagiannis | Diagoras | Free transfer | 1 July 1993 | 30 June 2000 |
| DF | Georgios Theodoridis | Pierikos | Loan return | 1 July 1993 | 30 June 1997 |
| DF | Andreas Theodoropoulos | Proodeftiki | Free transfer | 1 July 1993 | 30 June 1995 |
| DF | Michalis Vlachos | Olympiacos | Free transfer | 1 July 1993 | 30 June 1997 |
| DF | Vasilios Borbokis | Apollon Kalamarias | Free transfer | 1 July 1993 | 30 June 1997 |
| DF | Michalis Kasapis | Levadiakos | ₯50,000,000 | 1 July 1993 | 30 June 1998 |
| MF | Pantelis Konstantinidis | PAS Florina | Free transfer | 8 July 1993 | 30 June 1998 |

### Out
#### Summer

| Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| 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 | Retired | 1 July 1993 |
| MF | Pavlos Papaioannou | Kalamata | End of contract | 1 July 1993 |
| MF | Lampros Georgiadis | Kalamata | Free transfer | 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 |
| GK | Spyros Ikonomopoulos | 1 July 1993 | 30 June 1993 | 30 June 1997 |
| DF | Stelios Manolas | 1 July 1993 | 30 June 1993 | 30 June 1996 |
| MF | Tasos Mitropoulos | 1 July 1993 | 30 June 1993 | 30 June 1994 |
| FW | Vasilis Dimitriadis | 1 July 1993 | 30 June 1993 | 30 June 1997 |
| MF | Toni Savevski | 6 July 1993 | 30 June 1993 | 30 June 1996 |

### Overall transfer activity
## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | 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 | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 99 | 42 | +57 | 065.31 |
Last updated: 24 April 1994 Source: Competitions

### Alpha Ethniki
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### 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 | Round of 32 | — | | 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
##### Final
### Greek Super Cup
### UEFA Champions League
#### First round

The draw for the first round was held on 14 July 1993.

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of 24 April 1994
| No. | Pos | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Greek Super Cup | Greek Super Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | 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 | Georgios 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 |
| 6 | MF | Vasilios Tsiartas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | Stelios Manolas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | Vasilios Borbokis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | DF | Georgios Agorogiannis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | Charis Kopitsis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | Michalis Vlachos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | Manolis Papadopoulos | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | Pantelis Konstantinidis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | Tasos Mitropoulos | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | 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 | |
| Zoran Slišković$^4$ | Asteras Ambelokipoi | 7–1 (A) | 29 December 1993 | Greek Cup | |

### 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 | Totals | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 24 April 1994
| N | P | Name | Alpha Ethniki | Alpha Ethniki | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Greek Super Cup | Champions League | Total | Total | Total |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||||||
| — | GK | Spyros Ikonomopoulos | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | GK | Ilias Atmatsidis | | | | 2 | | 1 | | 3 | | |
| — | GK | Vasilis Karagiannis | | | | | | | | | | |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||||||
| — | DF | Stelios Manolas | 7 | | 1 | 2 | | | | 9 | | 1 |
| — | DF | Georgios 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 |
| 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 |