# 2020–21 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 2020–21 season was the 97th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 60th competitive season and sixth consecutive in the top flight of Greek football. The season was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and all the games were played behind closed doors. They competed in the Super League, the Greek Cup and the Europa League. The season began on 19 September 2020 and finished on 16 May 2021.

## Kits

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## Overview

The season started for the first time in three years with the same coach at the team's bench, Massimo Carrera, but in the shadow of the fourth consecutive lost cup final in September. Theoretically, the club had made changes to improve their roster, buying Damian Szymański who was previously on loan, while signing Ionuț Nedelcearu, Yevhen Shakhov, Levi García, Muamer Tanković and Karim Ansarifard among others, with several of the players that arrived had unknown or with little experience at a high level. On the other hand, Vasilis Barkas, Marios Oikonomou, Niklas Hult, Daniele Verde and Victor Klonaridis departed, while the permanent stay of Ognjen Vranješ and Sergio Araujo once again did not occur. It was also the season that followed the interruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in no actual pre-season preparation during summer with the clubs prioritising the protection of their players and staff from COVID-19 and then organize their competitive plans, while all the games of the season were in front of empty stands.
Luck smiled for AEK, as the draw for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League brought them facing St. Gallen. Due to a busy schedule and the consequences of the pandemic, UEFA had decided that the matches of the qualifying rounds as well as the play-off rounds in all of their competitions would be single-legged. The match was set to be played at Kybunpark and in a nervous and uneventful match, AEK had the initiative, while Garcia's entrance in the second half gave them the boost they needed and at the 73rd minute the Greek club won a penalty, which was taken by Oliveira. Despite the goalkeeper saving the penalty, the Portoguese striker scored in the rebound with a header making the 0–1, which was the final score. In the play-off round, AEK were drawn to face Wolfsburg at the Olympic Stadium. The yellow-blacks started ideally and won a penalty which was saved by the goalkeeper. From that moment on, the Germans started to press and took the lead at the end of half-time. AEK did not give up the match and equalized with an elusive shot from outside the area by Simões. Wolfsburg tried to regain the lead but the defense of AEK held well and in the last counterattack of the match, Livaja served a long precision ball to Ansarifard, who stepped forward, feinted and slotted low to the left and made the 2–1, giving AEK the qualification to the group stage.
UEFA's draw placed AEK Athens in Group G, alongside Braga, Leicester City and Zorya Luhansk. With terrible performances in all matches with the exception of an imposing away victory against Zorya and a good image in the home defeat against Leicester, AEK's European course ended poorly, as they did not manage to claim the qualification and finished last in the group.
AEK were going well in the league, but the turing point where the team's performance fell as the previous seasons was after the trip to Ukraine away game against Zorya. On AEK's return from Luhansk, five players and their coach were diagnosed with COVID-19, with the result that the team suddenly lost its identity and began to display the competitive issues of previous seasons. A series of bad results, some incidents of indiscipline by key players and some questionable choices of the coach brought the first rifts with the management and after a series of poor performances the contract of Massimo Carrera was terminated alongside the resignation of the technical director, Ilija Ivić. The former footballer of the club who had just retired in the summer as a player, Panagiotis Kone, took over as the new technical director and as the new coach, an old acquaintance, Manolo Jiménez in his fourth spell at AEK, with the aim, as in the previous ones, to first improve the defense and then take the team as high as possible. The aftermath of the winter transfer period was the departure of Marko Livaja, after his unwillingness to renew his contract, in which the management reacted by putting him in inactivity from the team and led in his mutual contract termination, while no substantial strengthening was made. At the start the Spaniard seemed to improve the competitive performance, but yet again the team collapsed. In the cup, after two expected but not easy qualifications against Apollon Smyrnis and Volos, faced another embarrassing elimination from PAOK with two defeats in the semi-finals. The regular season ended with the team struggling to finish third, but the real shock came in the play-offs.
The four defeats both home and away against Olympiacos and PAOK respectively, with a humiliating 1–5 home defeat from the former, made the atmosphere even heavier. It was fortunate for the players, the coach and the administration that the matches were held without crowd that would probably have led to heavy incidents. The team was close to an absolute disaster with a fifth-place finish, which meant the absence from the European competitions, but a 0–1 win at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, brought AEK finishing fourth, leaving Panathniakos out of the next season's European competitions.

## Management team

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Manolo Jiménez |
| Assistant manager | Jesús Calderón Malagón |
| Assistant manager | Nikos Panagiotaras |
| Goalkeepers coach | Chrysostomos Michailidis |
| Fitness Coach | Sebastián López Bascón |
| U-19 Coach | Ilias Kalopitas |
| U-17 Coach | Ivan Nedeljković |
| General captain | Vasilis Dimitriadis |
| Technical director | Panagiotis Kone |
| Chairman of the Board | Minas Lysandrou |
| Head of Scouting | Michalis Kasapis |
| Scout | Dimitrios Barbalias |
| Scout | Andreas Lagonikakis |
| Scout | Stathis Tavlaridis |
| Head of Medical | Lakis Nikolaou |
| Team doctor | Charis Lalos |
| Academy manager | Kostas Tsanas |
| Academy director | Giannis Papadimitriou |

## 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 16 May 2021, 23:59 UTC+3.
| No. | Player | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed | Previous club | Transfer fee | Contract until |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Panagiotis Tsintotas | GK | (1993-07-04)4 July 1993 (aged 27) | 2017 | Levadiakos | Free | 2023 |
| 16 | Vasilios Chatziemmanouil | GK | (1999-08-09)9 August 1999 (aged 21) | 2018 | AEK Athens U19 | — | 2025 |
| 30 | Georgios Athanasiadis | GK | (1993-04-07)7 April 1993 (aged 28) | 2019 | Asteras Tripolis | Free | 2023 |
| 99 | Georgios Theocharis | GK | (2002-06-30)30 June 2002 (aged 19) | 2020 | AEK Athens U19 | — | 2024 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Michalis Bakakis (Vice-captain 2) | RB / LB / CB / RM | (1991-03-18)18 March 1991 (aged 30) | 2014 | Panetolikos | €250,000 | 2023 |
| 3 | Hélder Lopes | LB / LM / LW | (1989-01-04)4 January 1989 (aged 32) | 2017 | Las Palmas | Free | 2022 |
| 5 | Ionuț Nedelcearu | CB / DM | (1996-04-25)25 April 1996 (aged 25) | 2020 | Ufa | €550,000 | 2024 |
| 15 | Žiga Laci | CB | (2002-07-20)20 July 2002 (aged 18) | 2020 | Mura | €400,000 | 2023 |
| 19 | Dmytro Chyhrynskyi (Vice-captain 3) | CB | (1986-11-07)7 November 1986 (aged 34) | 2016 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Free | 2021 |
| 24 | Stratos Svarnas | CB / RB | (1997-11-11)11 November 1997 (aged 23) | 2018 | Xanthi | Free | 2025 |
| 26 | Nassim Hnid | CB | (1997-03-12)12 March 1997 (aged 24) | 2020 | Sfaxien | €600,000 | 2024 |
| 33 | Oleh Danchenko | RB / RM / LB / LM | (1994-08-01)1 August 1994 (aged 26) | 2021 | Rubin Kazan | €400,000 | 2024 |
| 37 | Vedad Radonja | RB / LB / RM / DM | (2001-09-06)6 September 2001 (aged 19) | 2020 | Dinamo Zagreb U19 | Free | 2025 |
| 40 | Mario Mitaj | LB / LM / LW | (2003-08-06)6 August 2003 (aged 17) | 2020 | AEK Athens U17 | — | 2023 |
| 88 | Stavros Vasilantonopoulos | RB / RM / LM / DM | (1992-01-28)28 January 1992 (aged 29) | 2015 | Apollon Smyrnis | Free | 2021 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 4 | Damian Szymański | CM / DM / AM | (1995-06-16)16 June 1995 (aged 26) | 2020 | Akhmat Grozny | 1,300,000 | 2024 |
| 6 | Nenad Krstičić | CM / DM / AM | (1990-07-03)3 July 1990 (aged 30) | 2019 | Red Star | €500,000 | 2022 |
| 8 | André Simões (Vice-captain) | DM / CM | (1989-12-16)16 December 1989 (aged 31) | 2015 | Moreirense | Free | 2022 |
| 20 | Petros Mantalos (Captain) | AM / LM / CM / LW / SS / RM / RW | (1991-08-31)31 August 1991 (aged 29) | 2014 | Xanthi | €500,000 | 2024 |
| 25 | Konstantinos Galanopoulos (Vice-captain 4) | CM / DM | (1997-12-28)28 December 1997 (aged 23) | 2015 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2023 |
| 28 | Yevhen Shakhov | CM / AM / DM | (1990-11-30)30 November 1990 (aged 30) | 2020 | Lecce | Free | 2022 |
| 51 | Giannis Sardelis | AM / CM / RW / LW | (2000-11-03)3 November 2000 (aged 20) | 2018 | AEK Athens U19 | — | 2021 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 9 | Levi García | RW / RM / LW / LM / SS / ST | (1997-11-20)20 November 1997 (aged 23) | 2020 | Beitar Jerusalem | €2,600,000 | 2025 |
| 11 | Karim Ansarifard | ST | (1990-04-03)3 April 1990 (aged 31) | 2020 | Al-Sailiya | Free | 2023 |
| 14 | Christos Albanis | LW / RW / LM / RM / SS | (1994-11-04)4 November 1994 (aged 26) | 2018 | Apollon Smyrnis | €400,000 | 2024 |
| 17 | Muamer Tanković | LW / SS / RW / LM / RM / ST / AM | (1995-02-22)22 February 1995 (aged 26) | 2020 | Hammarby | Free | 2024 |
| 18 | Nélson Oliveira | ST / SS | (1991-08-08)8 August 1991 (aged 29) | 2019 | Norwich City | €1,000,000 | 2021 |
| 35 | Michalis Kosidis | ST | (2002-02-09)9 February 2002 (aged 19) | 2021 | AEK Athens U19 | — | 2026 |
| 52 | Efthymis Christopoulos | ST / SS / RW / LW | (2000-09-20)20 September 2000 (aged 20) | 2020 | AEK Athens U19 | — | 2023 |
| 53 | Theodosis Macheras | LW / RW / RM / LM | (2000-05-09)9 May 2000 (aged 21) | 2020 | AEK Athens U19 | — | 2026 |
| Left during Summer Transfer Window |||||||||
| 12 | Bright Enobakhare | SS / ST / RW / LW / AM | (1998-02-08)8 February 1998 (aged 23) | 2020 | Wolves | Free | 2023 |
| Left during Winter Transfer Window |||||||||
| 22 | Emanuel Insúa | LB / LM | (1991-04-10)10 April 1991 (aged 30) | 2020 | Panathinaikos | Free | 2023 |
| 27 | Paulinho | RB / RM | (1991-07-13)13 July 1991 (aged 29) | 2019 | Chaves | Free | 2021 |
| 29 | David Simão | CM / AM / DM | (1990-05-15)15 May 1990 (aged 31) | 2019 | Antwerp | €400,000 | 2022 |
| 44 | Anel Šabanadžović | CM / DM | (1999-05-24)24 May 1999 (aged 22) | 2019 | Željezničar | €450,000 | 2023 |
| 70 | Giannis Fivos Botos | AM / CM / LM / RM | (2000-12-20)20 December 2000 (aged 20) | 2018 | AEK Athens U19 | — | 2023 |
| 10 | Marko Livaja | SS / ST / AM / LW / RW / LM / RM | (1993-08-26)26 August 1993 (aged 27) | 2018 | Las Palmas | €1,800,000 | 2021 |
| 69 | Petar Karaklajić | LW / RW | (2000-02-01)1 February 2000 (aged 21) | 2020 | Proleter | Free | 2025 |

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

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until |
| 4 | MF | Damian Szymański | Akhmat Grozny | €1,300,000 | 1 July 2020 | 30 June 2024 |
| 5 | DF | Ionuț Nedelcearu | Ufa | €550,000 | 5 October 2020 | 30 June 2024 |
| 9 | FW | Levi García | Beitar Jerusalem | €2,600,000 | 16 September 2020 | 30 June 2025 |
| 11 | FW | Karim Ansarifard | Al-Sailiya | Free transfer | 25 August 2020 | 30 June 2023 |
| 12 | FW | Bright Enobakhare | Wolves | Free transfer | 1 July 2020 | 30 June 2023 |
| 16 | GK | Vasilios Chatziemmanouil | Fostiras | Loan return | 1 July 2020 | 30 June 2021 |
| 17 | FW | Muamer Tanković | Hammarby | Free transfer | 6 October 2020 | 30 June 2024 |
| 22 | DF | Emanuel Insúa | Panathinaikos | Free transfer | 13 August 2020 | 30 June 2023 |
| 26 | DF | Nassim Hnid | Sfaxien | €600,000 | 20 August 2020 | 30 June 2024 |
| 28 | MF | Yevhen Shakhov | Lecce | Free transfer | 19 September 2020 | 30 June 2022 |
| 29 | MF | David Simão | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Loan return | 31 July 2020 | 30 June 2022 |
| 37 | DF | Vedad Radonja | Dinamo Zagreb U19 | Free transfer | 18 September 2020 | 30 June 2025 |
| 40 | DF | Mario Mitaj | AEK Athens U17 | Promotion | 12 August 2020 | 30 June 2023 |
| 69 | FW | Petar Karaklajić | Proleter | Free transfer | 7 August 2020 | 30 June 2025 |
| 88 | DF | Stavros Vasilantonopoulos | Górnik Zabrze | Loan return | 31 July 2020 | 30 June 2021 |
| 99 | GK | Georgios Theocharis | AEK Athens U19 | Promotion | 27 August 2020 | 30 June 2024 |
| — | GK | Panagiotis Ginis | Aspropyrgos | Loan return | 1 July 2020 | 30 June 2023 |
| — | GK | Thanasis Pantos | Ethnikos Piraeus | Loan return | 1 July 2020 | 30 June 2020 |
| — | DF | Michalis Bousis | Ergotelis | Loan return | 1 July 2020 | 30 June 2023 |
| — | DF | Georgios Kornezos | Ionikos | Loan return | 1 July 2020 | 30 June 2024 |
| — | DF | Georgios Giannoutsos | Alki Oroklini | Loan return | 1 July 2020 | 30 June 2021 |
| — | MF | Paris Babis | Platanias | Loan return | 1 July 2020 | 30 June 2022 |
| — | FW | Miloš Deletić | Asteras Tripolis | Loan return | 1 July 2020 | 30 June 2022 |
| — | FW | Christos Giousis | Platanias | Loan return | 1 July 2020 | 30 June 2022 |
| — | FW | Giannis Iatroudis | Ergotelis | Free transfer | 7 August 2020 | 30 June 2024 |
| — | FW | Giorgos Giakoumakis | Górnik Zabrze | Loan return | 1 July 2020 | 30 June 2021 |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until | Source |
| 33 | DF | Oleh Danchenko | Rubin Kazan | €400,000 | 31 January 2021 | 30 June 2024 | |
| 35 | FW | Michalis Kosidis | AEK Athens U19 | Promotion | 2 February 2021 | 30 June 2026 | |

### Out
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| 1 | GK | Vasilis Barkas | Celtic | €5,000,000 | 30 July 2020 |
| 4 | DF | Marios Oikonomou | Copenhagen | €1,000,000 | 3 September 2020 |
| 11 | FW | Sergio Araujo | Las Palmas | Loan return | 31 July 2020 |
| 12 | FW | Bright Enobakhare | Free agent | Contract termitation | 5 October 2020 |
| 17 | FW | Victor Klonaridis | APOEL | End of contract | 7 July 2020 |
| 21 | DF | Ognjen Vranješ | Anderlecht | Loan termitation | 16 June 2020 |
| 23 | DF | Niklas Hult | Hannover 96 | End of contract | 28 August 2020 |
| — | GK | Thanasis Pantos | Kallithea | End of contract | 30 July 2020 |
| — | FW | Giorgos Giakoumakis | VVV-Venlo | €200,000 | 11 August 2020 |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Source |
| 27 | DF | Paulinho | Gil Vicente | Contract termitation | 26 January 2021 | |
| 10 | FW | Marko Livaja | Hajduk Split | Contract termitation | 17 February 2021 | |

### Loan out
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy |
| 7 | FW | Daniele Verde | Spezia | €300,000 | 26 September 2020 | 30 June 2021 | Y |
| 31 | DF | Konstantinos Stamoulis | Lamia | Free | 1 October 2020 | 30 June 2021 | N |
| — | GK | Panagiotis Ginis | Ionikos | Free | 12 September 2020 | 30 June 2021 | N |
| — | DF | Georgios Kornezos | Asteras Vlachioti | Free | 13 August 2020 | 30 June 2021 | N |
| — | DF | Michalis Bousis | Apollon Larissa | Free | 6 October 2020 | 30 June 2021 | N |
| — | DF | Georgios Giannoutsos | Episkopi | Free | 6 October 2020 | 30 June 2021 | N |
| — | MF | Paris Babis | Apollon Larissa | Free | 6 October 2020 | 30 June 2021 | N |
| — | FW | Giannis Iatroudis | Volendam | Free | 2 October 2020 | 30 June 2021 | N |
| — | FW | Miloš Deletić | Lamia | Free | 2 October 2020 | 30 June 2021 | N |
| — | FW | Christos Giousis | Panachaiki | Free | 5 October 2020 | 30 June 2021 | N |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy |
| 22 | DF | Emanuel Insúa | Aldosivi | Free | 16 February 2021 | 30 June 2021 | Y |
| 30 | MF | David Simão | Moreirense | Free | 2 January 2021 | 30 June 2021 | Y |
| 44 | MF | Anel Šabanadžović | Željezničar | Free | 3 March 2021 | 30 June 2021 | N |
| 69 | FW | Petar Karaklajić | Rad | Free | 12 January 2021 | 30 June 2021 | N |
| 70 | MF | Giannis Fivos Botos | Go Ahead Eagles | Free | 30 December 2020 | 30 June 2022 | N |
Notes
    a. $^^$ Beitar Jerusalem keeps 40% of the player's rights.
    b. $^^$ plus €1,000,000 bonuses.
    c. $^^$ plus 15% of resale fee.

### Contract renewals

| No. | Pos. | Player | Date | Former Exp. Date | New Exp. Date |
| 14 | FW | Christos Albanis | 7 January 2021 | 30 June 2021 | 30 June 2024 |
| 16 | GK | Vasilios Chatziemmanouil | 10 August 2020 | 30 June 2021 | 30 June 2025 |
| 20 | MF | Petros Mantalos | 15 June 2021 | 30 June 2022 | 30 June 2024 |
| 24 | DF | Stratos Svarnas | 22 September 2020 | 30 June 2023 | 30 June 2025 |
| 25 | MF | Konstantinos Galanopoulos | 25 August 2020 | 30 June 2021 | 30 June 2023 |
| 40 | DF | Mario Mitaj | 2 February 2021 | 30 June 2023 | 31 December 2023 |
| 53 | FW | Theodosis Macheras | 2 February 2021 | 30 June 2023 | 30 June 2026 |

### 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 % |
| Super League | 19 September 2020 | 14 March 2021 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 053.85 |
| Super League Play-offs | 21 March 2021 | 16 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 030.00 |
| Greek Cup | 20 January 2021 | 29 April 2021 | Sixth round | Semi-finals | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | +0 | 033.33 |
| UEFA Europa League | 24 September 2020 | 10 December 2020 | Third qualifying round | Group stage | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 22 | 7 | 21 | 71 | 69 | +2 | 044.00 |
Last updated: 16 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Super League Greece
#### Regular season
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Olympiacos | 26 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 64 | 13 | +51 | 67 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 2 | Aris | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 16 | +18 | 51 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 48 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 4 | PAOK | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 47 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 45 | Qualification for the Play-off round |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2021-03-14. Source: Super League Greece

##### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |

##### Fixtures
#### Play-off round
##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 36 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 82 | 19 | +63 | 90 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | PAOK | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 60 | 34 | +26 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Aris | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 53 | |
| 6 | Asteras Tripolis | 36 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 51 | |
* ↑ PAOK qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round by winning the Greek Cup.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2021-05-16. Source: Super League Greece

##### Results by Matchday

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | D |
| Position | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

##### Fixtures
### Greek Cup

AEK entered the Greek Cup at the sixth round.

#### Semi-finals
### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualification rounds

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 1 September 2020 and the draw for the play-off round was held on 18 September 2020.

#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LEI | BRA | ZOR | AEK |
| 1 | Leicester City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Braga | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | 3–3 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Zorya Luhansk | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 6 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–4 |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 3 | | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–3 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Leicester City 4, Braga 1.

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of 16 May 2021
| No. | Pos | Player | Super League | Super League | Super League Play-offs | Super League Play-offs | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Panagiotis Tsintotas | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Vasilios Chatziemmanouil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Georgios Athanasiadis | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | Georgios Theocharis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Michalis Bakakis | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Hélder Lopes | 20 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Ionuț Nedelcearu | 18 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | Žiga Laci | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Dmytro Chyhrynskyi | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Stratos Svarnas | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Nassim Hnid | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Oleh Danchenko | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Vedad Radonja | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | Mario Mitaj | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | Stavros Vasilantonopoulos | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 2 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | Damian Szymański | 11 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | Nenad Krstičić | 16 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | André Simões | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 3 |
| 20 | MF | Petros Mantalos | 24 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 4 |
| 25 | MF | Konstantinos Galanopoulos | 10 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 5 |
| 28 | MF | Yevhen Shakhov | 19 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 3 |
| 51 | MF | Giannis Sardelis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Levi García | 19 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 6 |
| 11 | FW | Karim Ansarifard | 24 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 47 | 14 |
| 14 | FW | Christos Albanis | 14 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | Muamer Tanković | 20 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 8 |
| 18 | FW | Nélson Oliveira | 21 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 10 |
| 35 | FW | Michalis Kosidis | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 52 | FW | Efthymis Christopoulos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 53 | FW | Theodosis Macheras | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| Left during Summer Transfer Window |||||||||||||
| 12 | FW | Bright Enobakhare | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Left during Winter Transfer Window |||||||||||||
| 22 | DF | Emanuel Insúa | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Paulinho | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | David Simão | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Anel Šabanadžović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | Giannis Fivos Botos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Marko Livaja | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 5 |
| 69 | FW | Petar Karaklajić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 16 May 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Super League | Super League Play-offs | Greek Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | Karim Ansarifard | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 18 | FW | Nélson Oliveira | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 17 | FW | Muamer Tanković | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | Levi García | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 25 | MF | Konstantinos Galanopoulos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 10 | FW | Marko Livaja | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | MF | Damian Szymański | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 20 | MF | Petros Mantalos | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | 28 | MF | Yevhen Shakhov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 8 | MF | André Simões | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 14 | FW | Christos Albanis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 88 | DF | Stavros Vasilantonopoulos | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 5 | DF | Ionuț Nedelcearu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 6 | MF | Nenad Krstičić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 53 | FW | Theodosis Macheras | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 99 | FW | Bright Enobakhare | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 3 | DF | Hélder Lopes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 41 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 71 |

### Assists

    As of 16 May 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Super League | Super League Play-offs | Greek Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 20 | MF | Petros Mantalos | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | Levi García | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 17 | FW | Muamer Tanković | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | 40 | DF | Mario Mitaj | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 14 | FW | Christos Albanis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 53 | FW | Theodosis Macheras | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 10 | FW | Marko Livaja | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 15 | DF | Žiga Laci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 2 | DF | Michalis Bakakis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 27 | DF | Paulinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 8 | MF | André Simões | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 28 | MF | Yevhen Shakhov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 18 | FW | Nélson Oliveira | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | MF | Damian Szymański | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 11 | FW | Karim Ansarifard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 35 | FW | Michalis Kosidis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 3 | DF | Hélder Lopes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 6 | MF | Nenad Krstičić | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 88 | DF | Stavros Vasilantonopoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 22 | DF | Emanuel Insúa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 27 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 48 |

### 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 16 May 2021
| Rank | No. | Player | Super League | Super League Play-offs | Greek Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Panagiotis Tsintotas | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 30 | Georgios Athanasiadis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 16 May 2021 N P Nat. Name Super League Super League Play-offs Greek Cup Europa League Total Notes Goalkeepers 1 GK Panagiotis Tsintotas 1 2 1 4 16 GK Vasilios Chatziemmanouil 30 GK Georgios Athanasiadis 99 GK Georgios Theocharis Defenders 2 DF Michalis Bakakis 1 1 3 DF Hélder Lopes 4 3 7 5 DF Ionuț Nedelcearu 4 2 2 1 9 15 DF Žiga Laci 1 1 2 19 DF Dmytro Chyhrynskyi 3 3 6 24 DF Stratos Svarnas 3 1 2 1 7 26 DF Nassim Hnid 1 2 1 1 4 1 33 DF Oleh Danchenko 2 1 3 37 DF Vedad Radonja 40 DF Mario Mitaj 88 DF Stavros Vasilantonopoulos 2 1 3 Midfielders 4 MF Damian Szymański 2 3 5 6 MF Nenad Krstičić 11 1 2 2 16 8 MF André Simões 3 1 2 6 20 MF Petros Mantalos 1 1 3 1 5 10 1 25 MF Konstantinos Galanopoulos 1 3 1 5 28 MF Yevhen Shakhov 2 1 3 2 1 7 1 1 51 MF Giannis Sardelis Forwards 9 FW Levi García 3 2 5 11 FW Karim Ansarifard 2 1 1 4 14 FW Christos Albanis 1 1 2 17 FW Muamer Tanković 2 2 1 5 18 FW Nélson Oliveira 3 1 1 1 6 35 FW Michalis Kosidis 52 FW Efthymis Christopoulos 53 FW Theodosis Macheras Left during Summer Transfer window 12 FW Bright Enobakhare Left during Winter Transfer window 22 DF Emanuel Insúa 6 1 4 10 1 27 DF Paulinho 3 1 3 1 29 MF David Simão 44 MF Anel Šabanadžović 70 MF Giannis Fivos Botos 10 FW Marko Livaja 6 2 8 69 FW Petar Karaklajić

### Starting 11
## Awards

| Player | Pos. | Award |
| Nenad Krstičić | MF | NIVEA MEN Best Goal (3rd Matchday) |
| Yevhen Shakhov | MF | NIVEA MEN Best Goal (7th Matchday) |
| Levi García | FW | NIVEA MEN Best Goal (8th Matchday) |
| André Simões | MF | NIVEA MEN Best Goal (9th Matchday) |
| Karim Ansarifard | FW | NIVEA MEN Best Goal (10th Matchday) |
| Levi Garcia | FW | NIVEA MEN Best Goal (12th Matchday) |
| Muamer Tanković | FW | NIVEA MEN Best Goal (13th Matchday) |
| Damian Szymański | MF | NIVEA MEN Best Goal (22nd Matchday) |
| Damian Szymański | MF | NIVEA MEN Best Goal (23rd Matchday) |
| Damian Szymański | MF | NIVEA MEN Player of the Month (February) |
| Stavros Vasilantonopoulos | DF | NIVEA MEN Best Goal Playoffs/Playouts (3rd Matchday) |
| Konstantinos Galanopoulos | MF | NIVEA MEN Best Goal Playoffs/Playouts (4th Matchday) |
| Petros Mantalos | MF | NIVEA MEN Player of the Month (May) |
| Levi Garcia | FW | NIVEA MEN Player of the Club |
| Levi Garcia | FW | Team of the Season |