# 2007–08 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 2007–08 season was the 84th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 49th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Super League, the Greek Cup, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The season began on 15 August 2007 and finished on 14 May 2008.

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## Overview

In the summer of 2007, AEK strengthened their roster with many players with the more resounding transfer being that of Rivaldo, while also Blanco, Macho, Arruabarrena and Nsaliwa among others, joined the team, as the Spanish Serra Ferrer remained at their bench. The club sold 25,495 season tickets.
The draw of the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League brought the Spanish Sevilla against AEK. AEK had a very positive presence at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, but lost with two goals in the second half. The rematch of Athens was overshadowed by the tragedy of the death of the Sevilla player, Antonio Puerta. UEFA postponed the game, ordering it to be played a week later. AEK welcomed Sevilla on the evening of September 3, lined up with full offensive orientations. They put a lot of pressure on Sevilla in the first twenty minutes, but a penalty by Júlio César put an end to any chances of qualification for AEK, who finally went on to the UEFA Cup with a heavy 1–4.
In the first round of the UEFA Cup, AEK were drawn with the Austrian Salzburg, which had now moved to the Red Bull group. In Athens, AEK took the lead early in the match and in the second half, AEK doubled the lead the goal-poem from Rivaldo with a mixture of volley and scissor-kick. Towards the end, AEK scored a third goal and gained a huge lead for the rematch. At the Red Bull Arena, Salzburg's goal put AEK in danger and by defending properly, kept the difference from the first leg and thus the qualification to the group stage. There they met Villarreal, Fiorentina, Mladá Boleslav and Elfsborg, where with 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss they finished third and advanced to the round of 32.
In the league, the yellow-blacks started the year strong by winning the first 6 matches and it took until the 7th match to have their first loss. They were also defeated by Asteras Tripolis in a match after which the vice-president, Nikos Koulis stated that AEK had the right to object to the illegal participation of the footballer of Asteras, Sokratis Fyntanidis, but such a move did not suit the mentality of AEK and so the matter did not proceed. Something that AEK would to find in front of them later in the season. Then 2 consecutive defeats in the middle of the season, left AEK well behind in the league race. On 3 February, Olympiacos lost to Apollon Kalamarias with 1–0. After the match, the red and whites found out that the player of Apollon, Roman Wallner had an irregular participation because he had already played in the same season in 2 teams and therefore did not have the right to play in a third one. The HFF nevertheless issued a report to the footballer. Olympiacos, who did not share the same morals as AEK, filed an objection and asked to win the match "on paper". The decision that came out ordered the replay of the match, which did not satisfy the Piraeus who appealed the decision.
In the Cup, AEK eliminated Fostiras of Daniel Batista in the round of 32. In the next phase, AEK faced Skoda Xanthi in a knockout game where, playing bad football, were eliminated with a 2–0 defeat. The people of the team disapproved of players, coach and management and 3 days later Serra Ferrer was sacked. The position of coach was taken over by his assistant and former footballer of the team, Nikos Kostenoglou.
AEK recovered competitively by making some victories, while Olympiacos, who rested on their high difference started throwing away points, but did not show that their top spot was seriously threatened. While the Wallner case was unfolding, the championship was coming to an end with Olympiacos losing their concentration and AEK covering up the difference. On 30 March, AEK beat Olympiacos with an emphatic 4–0 and got the upper hand on claiming the league. However, the decision of the Appeals Committee of the HFF ruled the game on paper in favor of Olympiacos and with their victory against AEL on the 27th matchday secured the championship. Apollon Kalamarias finally appealed to CAS, which considered itself incompetent, did not proceed with the examination of the case and the standings were validated since the championship had already ended. In the penultimate matchday against PAOK in Toumba Stadium, AEK played outstanding football and won easily by 0–4. In the last match against Asteras Tripolis, AEK honored Akis Zikos for his contribution to the club, while there was tension in the stands as the crowd wanted to honor the "champion" of that season, AEK who, however, would not lift the cup that afternoon. In Piraeus, however, they celebrated as if nothing had happened. Eventually the regular season ended with a message on the stadium matrix reading "Proud of AEK 2007–2008".
In the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup, AEK were drawn with the Spanish Getafe. Kostenoglou made a lot of changes in faces and the formation, but the team did not seem to respond. Getafe took the lead three minutes before the end and AEK reacted, closing the Spaniards in their area, reaching the equalizer with a rare beauty back-heel shot of Blanco. The second leg at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez was one of AEK's worst nights in European cups. Getafe chased the qualification and easily won with 3–0. AEK was unacceptable, passionless and indifferent and ended the month with exclusion from the European cups.
After the team were deprived of winning the league and without administrative reactions and collisions within the club, AEK went down to the play-offs under the shadow of the Wallner case. After the easy victory in the first game against Panionios, bad appearances followed, lackluster and with obvious internal problems in the team's performance. As it turned out later, many boardmembers and footballers did not even want to participate in the play-offs. AEK suffered great defeats at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium and Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium and with the last two matches being completely indifferent, the team finished third, where they should have been crowned champions.

## Management team

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Nikos Kostenoglou |
| Assistant manager | Pep Alomar |
| Goalkeeping coach | Slobodan Šujica |
| Fitness coach | Pep Alomar |
| Fitness coach | Antonis Kezos |
| Technical director | Eugène Gerards |
| Academy director | Toni Savevski |
| Academy manager | Bledar Kola |
| Scout | Eugène Gerards |
| Scout | Dimitris Markos |
| Head of Medical | Lakis Nikolaou |
| Physiotherapist | Christos Karvounidis |
| 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 14 May 2008, 23:59 UTC+3.
| No. | Player | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed | Previous club | Transfer fee | Contract until |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 32 | Marcelo Moretto | GK | (1978-05-10)10 May 1978 (aged 30) | 2007 | Benfica | €800,000 | 2008 |
| 50 | Jürgen Macho | GK | (1977-08-24)24 August 1977 (aged 30) | 2007 | Kaiserslautern | €300,000 | 2009 |
| 84 | Giannis Arabatzis | GK | (1984-05-28)28 May 1984 (aged 24) | 2002 | Makrochori | €22,000 | 2011 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Edson Ratinho | RB / RM / RW | (1986-05-31)31 May 1986 (aged 22) | 2007 | Mogi Mirim | €350,000 | 2012 |
| 3 | Rodolfo Arruabarrena | LB | (1975-07-20)20 July 1975 (aged 32) | 2007 | Villarreal | Free | 2009 |
| 4 | Geraldo Alves | CB / RB | (1980-11-08)8 November 1980 (aged 27) | 2007 | Paços de Ferreira | €300,000 | 2010 |
| 5 | Traianos Dellas (Captain) | CB | (1976-01-31)31 January 1976 (aged 32) | 2005 | Roma | Free | 2009 |
| 6 | Georgios Alexopoulos | CB / RB | (1977-02-07)7 February 1977 (aged 31) | 2005 | Egaleo | Free | 2010 |
| 14 | Federico Azcárate | CB | (1984-06-15)15 June 1984 (aged 24) | 2007 | Atlético Madrid B | Free | 2011 |
| 15 | Sokratis Papastathopoulos | CB / RB / LB / DM | (1988-06-09)9 June 1988 (aged 20) | 2005 | Apollon Petalidiou | Free | 2008 |
| 31 | Nikolaos Georgeas (Vice-captain 3) | RB / LB / DM | (1976-12-27)27 December 1976 (aged 31) | 2001 | Kalamata | €1,500,000 | 2010 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 1 | Pantelis Kafes (Vice-captain 2) | CM / DM / AM / RM / LM | (1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 30) | 2007 | Olympiacos | Free | 2010 |
| 8 | Tam Nsaliwa | DM / CM / CB | (1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 26) | 2007 | Panionios | €400,000 | 2010 |
| 10 | Rivaldo | AM / SS / LM | (1972-04-19)19 April 1972 (aged 36) | 2007 | Olympiacos | Free | 2009 |
| 11 | Gustavo Manduca | RM / AM / RW / LM / LW / CM / SS / ST | (1980-06-08)8 June 1980 (aged 28) | 2007 | Benfica | €800,000 | 2010 |
| 16 | Akis Zikos | DM / CM | (1974-06-01)1 June 1974 (aged 34) | 2006 | Monaco | Free | 2008 |
| 19 | Panagiotis Lagos | LM / LW / LB / CM / DM | (1985-07-18)18 July 1985 (aged 22) | 2006 | Iraklis | €900,000 | 2010 |
| 22 | Panagiotis Kone | AM / RM / LM / RW / LW / CM | (1987-07-26)26 July 1987 (aged 20) | 2005 | Lens U19 | Free | 2010 |
| 25 | Vasilios Pliatsikas | DM / CM / RB / CB | (1988-04-20)20 April 1988 (aged 20) | 2005 | Chaidari | Free | 2010 |
| 27 | Christos Bourbos | RM / RB / LM / LB / RW / DM | (1983-06-01)1 June 1983 (aged 25) | 2004 | PAS Giannina | Free | 2008 |
| 34 | Panagiotis Tachtsidis | CM / DM / AM | (1991-02-15)15 February 1991 (aged 17) | 2007 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2010 |
| 80 | Georgios Tofas | AM / RM / LM | (1989-06-17)17 June 1989 (aged 19) | 2007 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | Free | 2010 |
| 88 | Dániel Tőzsér | AM / CM / DM / LM | (1985-05-12)12 May 1985 (aged 23) | 2006 | Ferencváros | €150,000 | 2010 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 7 | Charilaos Pappas | RW / LM / LW / SS | (1983-05-12)12 May 1983 (aged 25) | 2007 | Olympiacos | Free | 2009 |
| 9 | Pantelis Kapetanos | ST / RW | (1983-06-08)8 June 1983 (aged 25) | 2006 | Iraklis | €400,000 | 2011 |
| 18 | Ismael Blanco | ST / SS | (1983-01-19)19 January 1983 (aged 25) | 2007 | Colón | €450,000 | 2008 |
| 20 | Manú | RW / RM / LW / LM | (1982-08-28)28 August 1982 (aged 25) | 2007 | Benfica | Free | 2008 |
| 23 | Mohamed Kallon | ST / SS / LW | (1983-01-19)19 January 1983 (aged 25) | 2008 | Free agent | Free | 2008 |
| 33 | Nikos Liberopoulos (Vice-captain) | SS / ST / AM | (1975-08-04)4 August 1975 (aged 32) | 2003 | Panathinaikos | Free | 2009 |
| 36 | Edinho | ST / SS / RW | (1982-07-07)7 July 1982 (aged 25) | 2008 | Vitória de Setúbal | €150,000 | 2008 |
| 83 | Michalis Pavlis | SS / ST / RW / LW | (1989-09-22)22 September 1989 (aged 18) | 2006 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2011 |
| 99 | Júlio César | LW / SS / AM / RW / ST | (1980-02-26)26 February 1980 (aged 28) | 2005 | Gil Vicente | €540,000 | 2009 |
| Left during Winter Transfer Window |||||||||
| 81 | Xenofon Panos | RB / RM / LB | (1989-08-25)25 August 1989 (aged 18) | 2007 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2011 |
| 89 | Nikos Barboudis | RB / CB | (1989-03-06)6 March 1989 (aged 19) | 2007 | Ilisiakos | €60,000 | 2010 |
| 24 | El Hadji Diouf | AM / CM | (1989-08-20)20 August 1989 (aged 18) | 2007 | Xam-Xam | Free | 2011 |
| 56 | Përparim Hetemaj | CM / DM / AM / RM / LM / RW / LW | (1986-12-12)12 December 1986 (aged 21) | 2006 | HJK Helsinki | €450,000 | 2010 |

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

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until |
| 2 | DF | Edson Ratinho | Mogi Mirim | €350,000 | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2012 |
| 3 | DF | Rodolfo Arruabarrena | Villarreal | Free transfer | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2009 |
| 4 | DF | Geraldo Alves | Paços de Ferreira | €300,000 | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2010 |
| 7 | FW | Charilaos Pappas | Olympiacos | Free transfer | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2010 |
| 8 | MF | Tam Nsaliwa | Panionios | €400,000 | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2010 |
| 10 | MF | Rivaldo | Olympiacos | Free transfer | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2009 |
| 11 | MF | Gustavo Manduca | Benfica | €800,000 | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2010 |
| 14 | DF | Federico Azcárate | Atlético Madrid B | Free transfer | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2011 |
| 24 | MF | El Hadji Diouf | Xam-Xam | Free transfer | 25 July 2007 | 30 June 2011 |
| 27 | MF | Christos Bourbos | Kerkyra | Loan return | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2010 |
| 34 | MF | Panagiotis Tachtsidis | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2010 |
| 50 | GK | Jürgen Macho | Kaiserslautern | €300,000 | 31 August 2007 | 30 June 2009 |
| 80 | MF | Georgios Tofas | Ethnikos Piraeus | Loan return | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2010 |
| 81 | DF | Xenofon Panos | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2011 |
| 89 | DF | Nikos Barboudis | Ilisiakos | €60,000 | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2010 |
| — | GK | Giannis Fysekis | Anagennisi Karditsa | Loan return | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2010 |
| — | DF | Panagiotis Stergiatos | Anagennisi Karditsa | Loan return | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2008 |
| — | DF | Dimitrios Koutromanos | Ethnikos Piraeus | Loan return | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2011 |
| — | DF | Vasilios Vallianos | Anagennisi Karditsa | Loan return | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2008 |
| — | DF | Andreas Chronis | NY Red Bulls Academy | Free transfer | 1 July 2007 | 31 December 2010 |
| — | MF | Nikolaos Kaltsas | Anagennisi Karditsa | Loan return | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2010 |
| — | MF | Panagiotis Zorbas | Niki Volos | Loan return | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2011 |
| — | FW | Angelos Komvolidis | Ethnikos Piraeus | Loan return | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2010 |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until |
| 23 | FW | Mohamed Kallon | Free agent | Free transfer | 29 January 2008 | 30 June 2008 |
| — | DF | Savvas Gentsoglou | Panachaiki | Loan termination | 31 December 2007 | 30 June 2009 |
| — | MF | Nikolaos Kaltsas | Anagennisi Karditsa | Loan termination | 31 December 2007 | 30 June 2010 |

### Out
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| 4 | DF | Vangelis Moras | Bologna | End of contract | 1 July 2007 |
| 5 | DF | Bruno Cirillo | Levante | Contract termintion | 4 July 2007 |
| 7 | MF | Ilias Kyriakidis | AEL | €225,000 | 17 June 2007 |
| 11 | MF | Gustavo Manduca | Benfica | Loan return | 30 June 2007 |
| 13 | DF | Martin Pautasso | Club Olimpia | Contract termintion | 30 June 2007 |
| 14 | DF | Stavros Tziortziopoulos | Omonia Nicosia | End of contract | 1 July 2007 |
| 17 | MF | Vladan Ivić | Aris | Contract termintion | 31 August 2007 |
| 22 | GK | Dionysis Chiotis | Kerkyra | End of contract | 27 July 2007 |
| 23 | MF | Vasilios Lakis | PAOK | Contract termintion | 3 July 2007 |
| 25 | MF | Emerson | APOEL | End of contract | 1 July 2007 |
| 79 | FW | Leonidas Kampantais | Arminia Bielefeld | End of contract | 1 July 2007 |
| — | GK | Antonis Lykouris | A.O. Nea Ionia | Contract termintion | 30 August 2007 |
| — | FW | Angelos Komvolidis | Iraklis | Contract termintion | 24 July 2007 |

### Loan in
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy |
| 18 | FW | Ismael Blanco | Colón | €450,000 | 10 August 2007 | 30 June 2008 | Y |
| 20 | FW | Manú | Benfica | Free | 30 August 2007 | 30 June 2008 | Y |
| 32 | GK | Marcelo Moretto | Benfica | €800,000 | 13 July 2007 | 30 June 2008 | Y |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy | Source |
| 36 | FW | Edinho | Vitória de Setúbal | €150,000 | 1 February 2008 | 30 June 2008 | Y | |

### Loan out
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy |
| 28 | GK | Stefano Sorrentino | Recreativo de Huelva | €340,000 | 16 July 2007 | 30 June 2008 | Y |
| 90 | DF | Savvas Gentsoglou | Panachaiki | Free | 30 August 2007 | 30 June 2008 | N |
| — | GK | Giannis Fysekis | Anagennisi Karditsa | Free | 4 July 2007 | 30 June 2008 | N |
| — | DF | Panagiotis Stergiatos | Anagennisi Karditsa | Free | 4 July 2007 | 30 June 2008 | N |
| — | DF | Nikolaos Kourkoulas | A.O. Nea Ionia | Free | 30 June 2007 | 30 June 2008 | N |
| — | DF | Dimitrios Koutromanos | Anagennisi Karditsa | Free | 30 June 2007 | 30 June 2008 | N |
| — | DF | Andreas Chronis | A.O. Nea Ionia | Free | 30 June 2007 | 30 June 2009 | N |
| — | DF | Vasilios Vallianos | A.O. Nea Ionia | Free | 30 June 2007 | 30 June 2008 | N |
| — | MF | Nikolaos Kaltsas | Anagennisi Karditsa | Free | 4 July 2007 | 30 June 2008 | N |
| — | MF | Georgios Paligeorgos | Anagennisi Karditsa | Free | 4 July 2007 | 30 June 2009 | N |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy |
| 24 | MF | El Hadji Diouf | Ilisiakos | Free | 29 January 2008 | 30 June 2008 | N |
| 56 | MF | Përparim Hetemaj | Apollon Kalamarias | Free | 29 January 2008 | 30 June 2008 | N |
| 81 | DF | Xenofon Panos | A.O. Nea Ionia | Free | 11 January 2008 | 30 June 2009 | N |
| 89 | DF | Nikos Barboudis | Fostiras | Free | 11 January 2008 | 30 June 2008 | N |
| — | GK | Giannis Fysekis | Lamia | Free | 11 January 2008 | 30 June 2008 | N |
| — | DF | Savvas Gentsoglou | A.O. Nea Ionia | Free | 11 January 2008 | 30 June 2008 | N |
| — | MF | Nikolaos Kaltsas | Acharnaikos | Free | 31 December 2007 | 30 June 2008 | N |

### Contract renewals

| No. | Pos. | Player | Date | Former Exp. Date | New Exp. Date |
| 5 | DF | Traianos Dellas | 1 June 2007 | 30 June 2007 | 30 June 2009 |
| 6 | DF | Georgios Alexopoulos | 23 May 2008 | 30 June 2008 | 30 June 2010 |
| 31 | DF | Nikolaos Georgeas | 22 May 2008 | 30 June 2008 | 30 June 2010 |
| 84 | GK | Giannis Arabatzis | 30 June 2007 | 30 June 2007 | 30 June 2011 |

### 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 | 23 September 2007 | 20 April 2008 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 30 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 65 | 17 | +48 | 073.33 |
| Super League Play-offs | 23 April 2008 | 14 May 2008 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 033.33 |
| Greek Cup | 1 November 2007 | 9 January 2008 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 15 August 2007 | 3 September 2007 | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 20 September 2007 | 21 February 2008 | First round | Round of 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 27 | 7 | 14 | 86 | 45 | +41 | 056.25 |
Last updated: 14 May 2008 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 58 | 23 | +35 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 30 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 65 | 17 | +48 | 68 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 18 | +26 | 66 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 4 | Aris | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 50 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 5 | Panionios | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 45 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
* ↑ The match of Apollon Kalamarias against Olympiacos, originally ended 1–0 to the home side, but later was awarded to Olympiacos 0–3 by the Greek sports court giving Olympiacos the three points, on the basis that the home side fielded an ineligible player (Roman Wallner). Apollon were deducted by one point.
* ↑ Head-to-head record: Panionios–AEL 3–1, AEL–Panionios 1–0.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2008-04-20. 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

##### Fixtures
#### Play-offs
##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 21 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 16 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | Aris | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Panionios | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 5 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round |
* ↑ Aris is guaranteed at least to play in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup second qualifying round through their Greek Cup performance.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2008-05-14. Source: Super League Greece

##### Results by Matchday

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

##### Fixtures
### Greek Cup

AEK entered the Greek Cup at the round of 32.

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 3 August 2007.

### UEFA Cup
#### First round

The draw for the first round was held on 31 August 2007.

#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 9 October 2007.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VIL | FIO | AEK | MLA | ELF |
| 1 | Villarreal | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | — | — | 2–0 |
| 2 | Fiorentina | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — | 2–1 | 6–1 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Mladá Boleslav | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | — | — |
| 5 | IF Elfsborg | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 1 | | — | — | 1–1 | 1–3 | — |

#### Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 21 December 2007.

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of 14 May 2008
| No. | Pos | Player | Super League | Super League | Super League Play-offs | Super League Play-offs | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Champions League | Champions League | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||||
| 32 | GK | Marcelo Moretto | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | Jürgen Macho | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 84 | GK | Giannis Arabatzis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Edson Ratinho | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Rodolfo Arruabarrena | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Geraldo Alves | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Traianos Dellas | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | Georgios Alexopoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Federico Azcárate | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Sokratis Papastathopoulos | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| 31 | DF | Nikolaos Georgeas | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||||
| 1 | MF | Pantelis Kafes | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | Tam Nsaliwa | 17 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | Rivaldo | 29 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 43 | 15 |
| 11 | MF | Gustavo Manduca | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 3 |
| 16 | MF | Akis Zikos | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Panagiotis Lagos | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Panagiotis Kone | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 2 |
| 25 | MF | Vasilios Pliatsikas | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Christos Bourbos | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Panagiotis Tachtsidis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | Georgios Tofas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Dániel Tőzsér | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | Charilaos Pappas | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | Pantelis Kapetanos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | Ismael Blanco | 28 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 43 | 21 |
| 20 | FW | Manú | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Mohamed Kallon | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| 33 | FW | Nikos Liberopoulos | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 13 |
| 36 | FW | Edinho | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 |
| 83 | FW | Michalis Pavlis | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 99 | FW | Júlio César | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 4 |
| Left during Winter Transfer Window |||||||||||||||
| 81 | DF | Xenofon Panos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | DF | Nikos Barboudis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | El Hadji Diouf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | MF | Përparim Hetemaj | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 14 May 2008
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Super League | Super League Play-offs | Greek Cup | Champions League | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 18 | FW | Ismael Blanco | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | Rivaldo | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | 33 | FW | Nikos Liberopoulos | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | 36 | FW | Edinho | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 99 | FW | Júlio César | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | MF | Pantelis Kafes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 11 | MF | Gustavo Manduca | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 23 | FW | Mohamed Kallon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | DF | Traianos Dellas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 22 | MF | Panagiotis Kone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 7 | FW | Charilaos Pappas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 8 | MF | Tam Nsaliwa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 15 | DF | Sokratis Papastathopoulos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 2 | DF | Edson Ratinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 88 | MF | Dániel Tőzsér | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 83 | FW | Michalis Pavlis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 9 | FW | Pantelis Kapetanos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 4 | DF | Geraldo Alves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 64 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 85 |

### Assists

    As of 14 May 2008
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Super League | Super League Play-offs | Greek Cup | Champions League | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | Rivaldo | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | 33 | FW | Nikos Liberopoulos | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 18 | FW | Ismael Blanco | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | MF | Pantelis Kafes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 36 | FW | Edinho | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 88 | MF | Dániel Tőzsér | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 23 | FW | Mohamed Kallon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | DF | Geraldo Alves | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 20 | FW | Manú | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 2 | DF | Edson Ratinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 11 | MF | Gustavo Manduca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 27 | MF | Christos Bourbos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 7 | FW | Charilaos Pappas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 25 | MF | Vasilios Pliatsikas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 83 | FW | Michalis Pavlis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 8 | MF | Tam Nsaliwa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 99 | FW | Júlio César | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 35 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 47 |

### 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 14 May 2008
| Rank | No. | Player | Super League | Super League Play-offs | Greek Cup | Champions League | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 50 | Jürgen Macho | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 32 | Marcelo Moretto | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | 84 | Giannis Arabatzis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 14 May 2008 N P Nat. Name Super League Super League Play-offs Greek Cup Champions League UEFA Cup Total Notes Goalkeepers 32 GK Marcelo Moretto 1 1 1 1 50 GK Jürgen Macho 1 1 1 2 1 84 GK Giannis Arabatzis Defenders 2 DF Edson Ratinho 3 1 2 6 3 DF Rodolfo Arruabarrena 3 1 2 6 4 DF Geraldo Alves 5 1 2 1 2 10 1 5 DF Traianos Dellas 7 1 1 8 1 6 DF Georgios Alexopoulos 14 DF Federico Azcárate 15 DF Sokratis Papastathopoulos 4 3 1 1 1 2 11 1 31 DF Nikolaos Georgeas 2 2 Midfielders 1 MF Pantelis Kafes 7 3 1 2 1 13 1 8 MF Tam Nsaliwa 2 3 2 7 10 MF Rivaldo 3 3 11 MF Gustavo Manduca 7 1 8 16 MF Akis Zikos 5 2 1 8 19 MF Panagiotis Lagos 2 2 22 MF Panagiotis Kone 3 2 5 25 MF Vasilios Pliatsikas 3 1 4 27 MF Christos Bourbos 3 1 1 5 34 MF Panagiotis Tachtsidis 1 1 80 MF Georgios Tofas 88 MF Dániel Tőzsér 3 1 4 Forwards 7 FW Charilaos Pappas 2 2 9 FW Pantelis Kapetanos 18 MF Ismael Blanco 3 3 20 FW Manú 3 2 5 23 FW Mohamed Kallon 1 1 2 33 FW Nikos Liberopoulos 1 1 1 2 5 36 FW Edinho 2 2 4 83 FW Michalis Pavlis 99 FW Júlio César 2 2 Left during Winter Transfer window 81 DF Xenofon Panos 89 DF Nikos Barboudis 24 MF El Hadji Diouf 56 MF Përparim Hetemaj

### UEFA rankings

| # | Previous | Team | Ranking |
| 81 | 89 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 31.932 |
| 82 | 86 | Austria Vienna | 31.840 |
| 83 | 69 | AEK Athens | 31.525 |
| 84 | 77 | Slavia Prague | 31.496 |
| 85 | 79 | RC Strasbourg | 31.380 |
| # | Previous | League | Ranking |
| 12 | 11 | Ukrainian Premier League | 30.100 |
| 13 | 12 | Jupiler League | 26.700 |
| 14 | 15 | Super League Greece | 25.831 |
| 15 | 13 | 1. Gambrinus Liga | 25.750 |
| 16 | 17 | Axpo Super League | 24.225 |
Correct as of 27 May 2008

## Awards

| Player | Pos. | Award |
| Sokratis Papastathopoulos | FW | MVP Award (10th Matchday) |
| Ismael Blanco | FW | MVP Award (30th Matchday) |
| Ismael Blanco | FW | Super League Top Scorer |
| Ismael Blanco | FW | Foreign Player of the Season |
| Sokratis Papastathopoulos | DF | Young Player of the Season |