# 2021–22 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 2021–22 season was the 98th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 61st competitive season and seventh consecutive in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Super League, the Greek Cup and the Europa Conference League. The season began on 22 July 2021 and finished on 17 May 2022.

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## Overview

After a season in which European participation was secured at the last moment, the decision was made to make changes across the squad. A search for a new coach, a new sporting director and many new signings were the task for the upcoming season. Dimitris Melissanidis chose Vladan Milojević as the new coach, who was known from his time in Greece both as a player and coach, as well as from a very successful spell at Red Star Belgrade. Several transfers were made, with the permanent return of the old acquaintances, Ognjen Vranješ and Sergio Araujo, while international players, such as Cican Stanković, Georgios Tzavellas, Lazaros Rota, Ehsan Hajsafi, Milad Mohammadi and Nordin Amrabat also arrived. However, the transfer that stood out, was that of the Swiss international, Steven Zuber, who came as a loan. Players with great contribution in the previous seasons with the likes of Dmytro Chyhrynskyi, Hélder Lopes, Nenad Krstičić and Nélson Oliveira left the team.
The start of the season found AEK in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League, facing Velež Mostar, a relative "unknown" club in Europe with the only thing that the yellow-black fans knew about was that they were the team that Dušan Bajević began his football and coaching career. The match took place at Stadion Grbavica, away from their natural home, due to its unsuitability for holding European matches. AEK who were the undisputed favourite, entered the match well and managed to take an early lead with Ansarifard, but a mistake by Tsintotas brought the quick equalization for the Bosnians. AEK looked superior and should have taken the lead again, but a second goal by Ansarifard was wrongly ruled out for offside. As time went on, Velež started to increase their performance and eventually made the 2–1, which surprisingly remained as the final score that put AEK in trouble. The second leg and qualification were judged a week later at the Olympic Stadium. It was the first season that UEFA approved the proposal to abolish the away goals rule in all their competitions, thus the Greek club needed two goals to qualify at the normal time. The match from the beginning was a monologue for AEK, but the Bosnians were positioned correctly on the pitch and did not leave any free spaces. Time passed and AEK became more and more stressed, but in the final minutes of the stoppage time a goal by Mantalos, sent the match went to extra time, since the away goals rule no longer applied. Without anything changing, the match eventually went to penalty shootout, where the most humiliating elimination in the European history of AEK Athens took place, as they lost 2–3 by Velež Mostar.
The season had already started badly from very early on, but after the elimination the transfer moves were completed, and the team seemed ready in claiming titles. In the beginning, AEK showed that they had a quality roster, but they lacked the psychology and determination to compete for the title race. The first negative results of the team brought to the administration doubts in the face of Milojević. Nevertheless, in October, the contract of Serbian coach was mutually terminated. AEK found themselves yet again looking for a coach in the midst of the season. Although most were in favor of a foreign experienced coach, Melissanidis decided to give a chance to a promising Greek coach, Argiris Giannikis, who had a very good presence for two seasons at PAS Giannina. As usual the change of coach initially brought some positive results, but it quickly became apparent that many things were missing from the team to emerge as real contenders for the title.
In the cup, AEK making an extensive rotation and the coach giving time to players that didn't compete much during the previous games easily passed through A.E. Kifisia for the round of 16. In the quarter-finals they faced PAOK. Despite their good image at both legs, they were again eliminated by the club of Thessaloniki, after their collapse in the final minutes of the stoppage time of the second leg at home, where they conceded two goals, and the game was turned around for PAOK.
After bad results which included 3 home defeats and an embarrassing away 3–0 against Panathinaikos, brought the expected end to the tenure of Giannikis at AEK. The person who was called to close the season and try to achieve the minimum of the goals, that was a place in the next season's UEFA competitions, was the coach of the newly-formed B team, Sokratis Ofrydopoulos, as caretaker. Furthermore, with the initiative of Melissanidis, the Polish superstar, Grzegorz Krychowiak was brought to play just for the play-offs, in order to increase the chances of the team for a European ticket. AEK entered the play-offs at the 4th place and with consecutive matches that it was unable to win, came to play its exit in Europe on the penultimate matchday at Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium against Aris. AEK only wanted only victory, they entered the match very well, they took a 0–2 lead and afterwards collapsed eventually losing by 3–2. AEK managed to stay out of Europe, in the worst year it had after their comeback from their relegation. The team had literally reached rock bottom and in the last and indifferent match of the year against Olympiacos at home, there were protests of the fans against the management and players, for the shameful year they had.
The situation in the team looked bleak and although the management had already reached an agreement with Matías Almeyda to become the next season's coach, there was barely a chance of the recovery of the club. AEK were reaching the most crucial path of their history, as on the following year was the one that they would return to their natural ground, the nearly-completed Agia Sophia Stadium and it seemed that it would happen at perhaps the worst competitive timing.

## Management team

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Sokratis Ofrydopoulos |
| Assistant manager | Ilias Kyriakidis |
| Goalkeepers coach | Chrysostomos Michailidis |
| Conditioning coach | Panagiotis Voulgaris |
| Fitness coach | Pantelis Koustoumpekis |
| Fitness coach | Sotiris Mavros |
| U-19 Coach | Ilias Kalopitas |
| U-17 Coach | Ivan Nedeljković |
| Video Analyst | Giannis Antonopoulos |
| General captain | Vasilis Dimitriadis |
| Technical director | Panagiotis Kone |
| Executive director | Giannis Papadimitriou |
| Scout | Dimitrios Barbalias |
| Scout | Stathis Tavlaridis |
| Head of Medical | Lakis Nikolaou |
| Team doctor | Charis Lalos |
| Academy manager | Kostas Tsanas |
| Academy director | Ilias Kyriakidis |

## 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 17 May 2022, 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 28) | 2017 | Levadiakos | Free | 2023 |
| 23 | Cican Stanković | GK | (1992-11-04)4 November 1992 (aged 29) | 2021 | Red Bull Salzburg | €1,150,000 | 2025 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Michalis Bakakis (Vice-captain 2) | RB / LB / CB / RM | (1991-03-18)18 March 1991 (aged 31) | 2014 | Panetolikos | €250,000 | 2023 |
| 3 | Milad Mohammadi | LB / LM / LW | (1993-09-29)29 September 1993 (aged 28) | 2021 | Gent | Free | 2025 |
| 5 | Stratos Svarnas | CB / RB | (1997-11-11)11 November 1997 (aged 24) | 2018 | Xanthi | Free | 2025 |
| 12 | Lazaros Rota | RB / RM | (1997-08-23)23 August 1997 (aged 24) | 2021 | Fortuna Sittard | Free | 2024 |
| 19 | Clément Michelin | RB / RM | (1997-05-11)11 May 1997 (aged 25) | 2021 | Lens | €1,000,000 | 2025 |
| 21 | Ognjen Vranješ (Vice-captain 3) | CB / RB | (1989-10-24)24 October 1989 (aged 32) | 2021 | Anderlecht | Free | 2024 |
| 24 | Gerasimos Mitoglou | CB | (1999-10-20)20 October 1999 (aged 22) | 2021 | Volos | €300,000 | 2025 |
| 26 | Ehsan Hajsafi | LB / LM / LW / AM / CM / DM | (1990-02-25)25 February 1990 (aged 32) | 2021 | Sepahan | Free | 2023 |
| 31 | Georgios Tzavellas | CB / LB | (1987-10-26)26 October 1987 (aged 34) | 2021 | Alanyaspor | €400,000 | 2023 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 4 | Damian Szymański | CM / DM / AM | (1995-06-16)16 June 1995 (aged 27) | 2020 | Akhmat Grozny | 1,300,000 | 2024 |
| 6 | Damien Le Tallec | DM / CB / CM | (1990-04-19)19 April 1990 (aged 32) | 2021 | Montpellier | Free | 2024 |
| 8 | André Simões (Vice-captain) | DM / CM | (1989-12-16)16 December 1989 (aged 32) | 2015 | Moreirense | Free | 2022 |
| 14 | Alexander Fransson | CM / DM / AM / RM | (1994-04-02)2 April 1994 (aged 28) | 2022 | Norrköping | Free | 2023 |
| 16 | Grzegorz Krychowiak | DM / CM / CB / AM | (1990-01-29)29 January 1990 (aged 32) | 2022 | Krasnodar | Free | 2022 |
| 17 | Steven Zuber | LM / LW / AM / RM / RW / SS / ST | (1991-08-17)17 August 1991 (aged 30) | 2021 | Eintracht Frankfurt | €400,000 | 2022 |
| 20 | Petros Mantalos (Captain) | AM / LM / CM / LW / SS / RM / RW | (1991-08-31)31 August 1991 (aged 30) | 2014 | Xanthi | €500,000 | 2024 |
| 25 | Konstantinos Galanopoulos (Vice-captain 4) | CM / DM | (1997-12-28)28 December 1997 (aged 24) | 2015 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2023 |
| 28 | Yevhen Shakhov | CM / AM / DM | (1990-11-30)30 November 1990 (aged 31) | 2020 | Lecce | Free | 2022 |
| 88 | Darko Jevtić | AM / CM / RM / LM / RW / LW / SS | (1993-02-23)23 February 1993 (aged 29) | 2021 | Rubin Kazan | Free | 2022 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 7 | Nordin Amrabat | RW / LW / RM / LM / AM / SS / ST | (1987-03-31)31 March 1987 (aged 35) | 2021 | Al Nassr | Free | 2023 |
| 9 | Levi García | RW / RM / ST / SS / LW / LM | (1997-11-20)20 November 1997 (aged 24) | 2020 | Beitar Jerusalem | €2,600,000 | 2025 |
| 10 | Karim Ansarifard | ST | (1990-04-03)3 April 1990 (aged 32) | 2020 | Al-Sailiya | Free | 2023 |
| 11 | Sergio Araujo (Vice-captain 2) | ST / SS / LW / RW | (1992-01-28)28 January 1992 (aged 30) | 2021 | Las Palmas | €1,462,500 | 2024 |
| 22 | Muamer Tanković | LW / SS / RW / LM / RM / ST / AM | (1995-02-22)22 February 1995 (aged 27) | 2020 | Hammarby | Free | 2024 |
| Left during Summer Transfer Window |||||||||
| — | Hélder Lopes | LB / LM / LW | (1989-01-04)4 January 1989 (aged 33) | 2017 | Las Palmas | Free | 2022 |
| — | Christos Albanis | LW / RW / LM / RM / SS | (1994-11-04)4 November 1994 (aged 27) | 2018 | Apollon Smyrnis | €400,000 | 2024 |
| Left during Winter Transfer Window |||||||||
| 33 | Oleh Danchenko | RB / RM / LB / LM | (1994-08-01)1 August 1994 (aged 27) | 2021 | Rubin Kazan | €400,000 | 2024 |
| From AEK Athens B |||||||||
| 30 | Panagiotis Ginis | GK | (1999-01-23)23 January 1999 (aged 23) | 2018 | AEK Athens U19 | — | 2023 |
| 61 | Vasilios Chatziemmanouil | GK | (1999-08-09)9 August 1999 (aged 22) | 2018 | AEK Athens U19 | — | 2025 |
| 99 | Georgios Theocharis | GK | (2002-06-30)30 June 2002 (aged 20) | 2020 | AEK Athens U19 | — | 2024 |
| 15 | Žiga Laci | CB | (2002-07-20)20 July 2002 (aged 19) | 2020 | Mura | €400,000 | 2026 |
| 37 | Vedad Radonja | RB / LB / RM / DM | (2001-09-06)6 September 2001 (aged 20) | 2020 | Dinamo Zagreb U19 | Free | 2025 |
| 40 | Mario Mitaj | LB / LM / LW | (2003-08-06)6 August 2003 (aged 18) | 2020 | AEK Athens U17 | — | 2026 |
| 63 | Georgios Kornezos | CB | (1998-02-23)23 February 1998 (aged 24) | 2019 | Ethnikos Piraeus | Free | 2022 |
| 44 | Anel Šabanadžović | CM / DM | (1999-05-24)24 May 1999 (aged 23) | 2019 | Željezničar | €450,000 | 2023 |
| 46 | Konstantinos Roukounakis | DM / CM | (2001-07-17)17 July 2001 (aged 20) | 2021 | AEK Athens U19 | — | 2026 |
| 80 | Georgios Moustakopoulos | DM / CM / AM | (1998-08-13)13 August 1998 (aged 23) | 2021 | Panachaiki | Free | 2023 |
| 97 | Judah García | AM / LM / LW / CM | (2000-10-24)24 October 2000 (aged 21) | 2021 | NEROCA | Free | 2024 |
| 35 | Michalis Kosidis | ST | (2002-02-09)9 February 2002 (aged 20) | 2021 | AEK Athens U19 | — | 2026 |
| 52 | Efthymis Christopoulos | ST / SS / RW / LW | (2000-09-20)20 September 2000 (aged 21) | 2020 | AEK Athens U19 | — | 2023 |
| 77 | Christos Giousis | RW / LW / RM / LM / SS / AM | (1999-10-08)8 October 1999 (aged 22) | 2017 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2022 |

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

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until |
| 3 | DF | Milad Mohammadi | Gent | Free transfer | 17 September 2021 | 30 June 2024 |
| 6 | MF | Damien Le Tallec | Montpellier | Free transfer | 9 July 2021 | 30 June 2024 |
| 7 | FW | Nordin Amrabat | Al Nassr | Free transfer | 16 August 2021 | 30 June 2023 |
| 11 | FW | Sergio Araujo | Las Palmas | €1,462,500 | 16 July 2021 | 30 June 2024 |
| 12 | DF | Lazaros Rota | Fortuna Sittard | Free transfer | 2 September 2021 | 30 June 2024 |
| 18 | DF | Alexandros Parras | Panetolikos | Free transfer | 1 July 2021 | 30 June 2026 |
| 19 | DF | Clément Michelin | Lens | €1,000,000 | 5 August 2021 | 30 June 2025 |
| 21 | DF | Ognjen Vranješ | Anderlecht | Free transfer | 19 July 2021 | 30 June 2024 |
| 23 | GK | Cican Stanković | Red Bull Salzburg | €1,150,000 | 1 July 2021 | 30 June 2025 |
| 24 | DF | Gerasimos Mitoglou | Volos | €300,000 | 1 July 2021 | 30 June 2025 |
| 26 | DF | Ehsan Hajsafi | Sepahan | Free transfer | 2 August 2021 | 30 June 2023 |
| 30 | GK | Panagiotis Ginis | Ionikos | Loan return | 1 July 2021 | 30 June 2023 |
| 31 | DF | Georgios Tzavellas | Alanyaspor | €400,000 | 1 July 2021 | 30 June 2023 |
| 32 | MF | Paris Babis | Apollon Larissa | Loan return | 1 July 2021 | 30 June 2022 |
| 44 | MF | Anel Šabanadžović | Željezničar | Loan return | 1 July 2021 | 31 December 2023 |
| 45 | DF | Stefanos Katsikas | AEK Athens U19 | Promotion | 1 July 2021 | 30 June 2026 |
| 46 | MF | Konstantinos Roukounakis | AEK Athens U19 | Promotion | 1 July 2021 | 30 June 2026 |
| 48 | DF | Michalis Bousis | Apollon Larissa | Loan return | 1 July 2021 | 30 June 2023 |
| 63 | DF | Georgios Kornezos | Asteras Vlachioti | Loan return | 1 July 2021 | 30 June 2024 |
| 77 | FW | Christos Giousis | Panachaiki | Loan return | 1 July 2021 | 30 June 2022 |
| 91 | FW | Giannis Iatroudis | Volendam | Loan return | 1 July 2021 | 30 June 2024 |
| 92 | DF | Konstantinos Stamoulis | Lamia | Loan return | 1 July 2021 | 30 June 2021 |
| 94 | DF | Georgios Giannoutsos | Episkopi | Loan return | 1 July 2021 | 30 June 2021 |
| 98 | FW | Petar Karaklajić | Rad | Loan return | 1 July 2021 | 30 June 2025 |
| — | DF | Emanuel Insúa | Aldosivi | Loan return | 1 July 2021 | 30 June 2023 |
| — | MF | David Simão | Moreirense | Loan return | 1 July 2021 | 30 June 2022 |
| — | FW | Miloš Deletić | Lamia | Loan return | 1 July 2021 | 30 June 2022 |
| — | FW | Daniele Verde | Spezia | Loan return | 1 July 2021 | 30 June 2022 |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until |
| 14 | MF | Alexander Fransson | Norrköping | Free transfer | 2 February 2022 | 30 June 2023 |
| — | DF | Nassim Hnid | Al-Sailiya | Loan termination | 16 February 2022 | 30 June 2024 |
| — | DF | Emanuel Insúa | Aldosivi | Loan return | 1 January 2022 | 30 June 2023 |

### Out
#### Summer

| No. | Pos | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| 3 | DF | Hélder Lopes | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Free transfer | 27 August 2021 |
| 5 | DF | Ionuţ Nedelcearu | Crotone | €1,200,000 | 16 July 2021 |
| 6 | MF | Nenad Krstičić | Red Star Belgrade | Contract termination | 2 July 2021 |
| 18 | DF | Alexandros Parras | AEK Athens Β | AEK Athens Β | 1 August 2021 |
| 18 | FW | Nélson Oliveira | PAOK | End of contract | 9 July 2021 |
| 19 | DF | Dmytro Chyhrynskyi | Ionikos | End of contract | 10 September 2021 |
| 30 | GK | Panagiotis Ginis | AEK Athens Β | AEK Athens Β | 1 August 2021 |
| 32 | MF | Paris Babis | AEK Athens Β | AEK Athens Β | 1 August 2021 |
| 35 | FW | Michalis Kosidis | AEK Athens Β | AEK Athens Β | 1 August 2021 |
| 37 | DF | Vedad Radonja | AEK Athens Β | AEK Athens Β | 1 August 2021 |
| 44 | MF | Anel Šabanadžović | AEK Athens Β | AEK Athens Β | 1 August 2021 |
| 45 | DF | Stefanos Katsikas | AEK Athens Β | AEK Athens Β | 1 August 2021 |
| 46 | MF | Konstantinos Roukounakis | AEK Athens Β | AEK Athens Β | 1 August 2021 |
| 48 | DF | Michalis Bousis | AEK Athens Β | AEK Athens Β | 1 August 2021 |
| 51 | MF | Giannis Sardelis | Panathinaikos | End of contract | 18 August 2021 |
| 52 | FW | Efthymis Christopoulos | AEK Athens Β | AEK Athens Β | 1 August 2021 |
| 61 | GK | Vasilios Chatziemmanouil | AEK Athens Β | AEK Athens Β | 1 August 2021 |
| 63 | DF | Georgios Kornezos | AEK Athens Β | AEK Athens Β | 1 August 2021 |
| 77 | FW | Christos Giousis | AEK Athens Β | AEK Athens Β | 1 August 2021 |
| 88 | DF | Stavros Vasilantonopoulos | Atromitos | End of contract | 1 July 2021 |
| 91 | FW | Giannis Iatroudis | AEK Athens Β | AEK Athens Β | 1 August 2021 |
| 92 | DF | Konstantinos Stamoulis | AEK Athens Β | AEK Athens Β | 1 August 2021 |
| 94 | DF | Georgios Giannoutsos | AEK Athens Β | AEK Athens Β | 1 August 2021 |
| 98 | FW | Petar Karaklajić | AEK Athens Β | AEK Athens Β | 1 August 2021 |
| 99 | GK | Georgios Theocharis | AEK Athens Β | AEK Athens Β | 1 August 2021 |
| — | MF | David Simão | Free agent | Contract termination | 31 August 2021 |
| — | FW | Daniele Verde | Spezia | €800,000 | 1 July 2021 |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Source |
| — | DF | Nassim Hnid | Free agent | Contract termination | 16 February 2022 | |
| — | DF | Emanuel Insúa | Vélez Sarsfield | Contract termination | 19 January 2022 | |
Notes
    a. $^^$ plus €500,000 if Crotone gets promoted to Serie A

### Loan in
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy | Source |
| 17 | MF | Steven Zuber | Eintracht Frankfurt | €400,000 | 30 August 2021 | 30 June 2022 | Y | |
| 88 | MF | Darko Jevtić | Rubin Kazan | Free | 31 August 2021 | 30 June 2022 | Y | |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy | Source |
| 16 | MF | Grzegorz Krychowiak | Krasnodar | Free | 15 March 2022 | 30 June 2022 | N | |

### Loan out
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy |
| 14 | FW | Christos Albanis | Apollon Limassol | Free | 31 August 2021 | 31 May 2022 | N |
| 26 | DF | Nassim Hnid | Al-Sailiya | Free | 28 July 2021 | 30 June 2022 | Y |
| 30 | GK | Georgios Athanasiadis | Sheriff Tiraspol | Free | 18 June 2021 | 30 June 2022 | Y |
| 53 | FW | Theodosis Macheras | Ionikos | Free | 4 August 2021 | 30 June 2022 | N |
| — | DF | Emanuel Insúa | Aldosivi | Free | 6 July 2021 | 31 December 2021 | N |
| — | FW | Miloš Deletić | Anorthosis Famagusta | Free | 17 June 2021 | 30 June 2022 | Y |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy | Source |
| 33 | DF | Oleh Danchenko | Zorya Luhansk | Free | 14 January 2022 | 30 June 2023 | Y | |

### Contract renewals

| No. | Pos. | Player | Date | Former Exp. Date | New Exp. Date | Source |
| 15 | DF | Žiga Laci | 8 July 2021 | 30 June 2023 | 30 June 2026 | |
| 40 | DF | Mario Mitaj | 2 February 2021 | 31 December 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 | 12 September 2021 | 6 March 2022 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 053.85 |
| Super League Play-offs | 13 March 2022 | 17 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | +0 | 020.00 |
| Greek Cup | 1 December 2021 | 9 February 2022 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | +16 | 087.50 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 22 July 2021 | 29 July 2021 | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 77 | 47 | +30 | 052.17 |
Last updated: 17 May 2022 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Olympiacos | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 47 | 14 | +33 | 65 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 2 | PAOK | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 24 | +26 | 53 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 46 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 4 | Aris | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 45 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 41 | 21 | +20 | 42 | 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: 2022-03-06. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 36 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 62 | 26 | +36 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | PAOK | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 33 | +25 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Aris | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Panathinaikos | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 5 | AEK Athens | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 56 | |
| 6 | PAS Giannina | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 46 | |
* ↑ Panathinaikos 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: 2022-05-17. Source: Super League Greece

##### Results by Matchday

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

##### Fixtures
### Greek Cup

AEK entered the Greek Cup at the round of 16.

#### Quarter-finals
### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 16 June 2021.

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of 17 May 2022
| No. | Pos | Player | Super League | Super League | Super League Play-offs | Super League Play-offs | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Europa Conference League | Europa Conference League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Panagiotis Tsintotas | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | Cican Stanković | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Michalis Bakakis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Milad Mohammadi | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Stratos Svarnas | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | Lazaros Rota | 14 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| 19 | DF | Clément Michelin | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Ognjen Vranješ | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 |
| 24 | DF | Gerasimos Mitoglou | 14 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | Ehsan Hajsafi | 19 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 3 |
| 31 | DF | Georgios Tzavellas | 20 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | Damian Szymański | 24 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | Damien Le Tallec | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | André Simões | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Alexander Fransson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Grzegorz Krychowiak | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | Steven Zuber | 25 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 8 |
| 20 | MF | Petros Mantalos | 22 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 4 |
| 25 | MF | Konstantinos Galanopoulos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Yevhen Shakhov | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 88 | MF | Darko Jevtić | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | Nordin Amrabat | 21 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 6 |
| 9 | FW | Levi García | 23 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 8 |
| 10 | FW | Karim Ansarifard | 23 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 6 |
| 11 | FW | Sergio Araujo | 21 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 12 |
| 22 | FW | Muamer Tanković | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| Left during Summer Transfer Window |||||||||||||
| — | DF | Hélder Lopes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | FW | Christos Albanis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Left during Winter Transfer Window |||||||||||||
| 33 | DF | Oleh Danchenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| From AEK Athens B |||||||||||||
| 30 | GK | Panagiotis Ginis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | GK | Vasilios Chatziemmanouil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | Georgios Theocharis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Žiga Laci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Vedad Radonja | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | Mario Mitaj | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | DF | Georgios Kornezos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Anel Šabanadžović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | Konstantinos Roukounakis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | Georgios Moustakopoulos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | Judah García | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | FW | Efthymis Christopoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | Michalis Kosidis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Christos Giousis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 17 May 2022
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Super League | Super League Play-offs | Greek Cup | Europa Conference League | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | Sergio Araujo | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | 17 | MF | Steven Zuber | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | Levi García | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 10 | FW | Karim Ansarifard | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 7 | FW | Nordin Amrabat | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 20 | MF | Petros Mantalos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 21 | DF | Ognjen Vranješ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 26 | DF | Ehsan Hajsafi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 31 | DF | Georgios Tzavellas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | MF | Damian Szymański | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 16 | MF | Grzegorz Krychowiak | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 12 | DF | Lazaros Rota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | 24 | DF | Gerasimos Mitoglou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 6 | MF | Damien Le Tallec | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 28 | MF | Yevhen Shakhov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 5 | DF | Stratos Svarnas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 8 | MF | André Simões | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 22 | FW | Muamer Tanković | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 42 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 64 |

### Assists

    As of 17 May 2022
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Super League | Super League Play-offs | Greek Cup | Europa Conference League | Total |
| 1 | 20 | MF | Petros Mantalos | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | Levi García | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 17 | MF | Steven Zuber | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 88 | MF | Darko Jevtić | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 7 | FW | Nordin Amrabat | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | MF | Damian Szymański | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 19 | DF | Clément Michelin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | DF | Milad Mohammadi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 26 | DF | Ehsan Hajsafi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 16 | MF | Grzegorz Krychowiak | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 12 | DF | Lazaros Rota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 22 | FW | Muamer Tanković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 10 | FW | Karim Ansarifard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 14 | FW | Christos Albanis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 11 | FW | Sergio Araujo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 43 |

### 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 17 May 2022
| Rank | No. | Player | Super League | Super League Play-offs | Greek Cup | Europa Conference League | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Panagiotis Tsintotas | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | 23 | Cican Stanković | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 61 | Vasilios Chatziemmanouil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 17 May 2022 N P Nat. Name Super League Super League Play-offs Greek Cup Europa Conference League Total Notes Goalkeepers 1 GK Panagiotis Tsintotas 1 1 23 GK Cican Stanković Defenders 2 DF Michalis Bakakis 3 DF Milad Mohammadi 2 1 1 3 1 5 DF Stratos Svarnas 1 1 12 DF Lazaros Rota 6 2 1 9 19 DF Clément Michelin 1 1 2 21 DF Ognjen Vranješ 7 1 8 24 DF Gerasimos Mitoglou 1 2 2 4 1 26 DF Ehsan Hajsafi 2 1 3 31 DF Georgios Tzavellas 4 2 1 7 Midfielders 4 MF Damian Szymański 7 1 1 9 6 MF Damien Le Tallec 7 1 8 8 MF André Simões 8 1 1 10 14 MF Alexander Fransson 16 MF Grzegorz Krychowiak 3 3 17 MF Steven Zuber 1 1 20 MF Petros Mantalos 5 4 1 10 25 MF Konstantinos Galanopoulos 28 MF Yevhen Shakhov 2 1 2 5 88 MF Darko Jevtić 1 1 Forwards 7 FW Nordin Amrabat 3 4 7 9 FW Levi García 1 1 1 1 10 FW Karim Ansarifard 5 5 11 FW Sergio Araujo 1 1 22 FW Muamer Tanković 1 1 Left during Summer Transfer window — DF Hélder Lopes 1 1 — FW Christos Albanis Left during Winter Transfer window 33 DF Oleh Danchenko From AEK Athens B 30 GK Panagiotis Ginis 61 GK Vasilios Chatziemmanouil 99 GK Georgios Theocharis 15 DF Žiga Laci 37 DF Vedad Radonja 40 DF Mario Mitaj 1 1 63 DF Georgios Kornezos 44 MF Anel Šabanadžović 46 MF Konstantinos Roukounakis 80 MF Georgios Moustakopoulos 97 MF Judah García 35 FW Michalis Kosidis 52 FW Efthymis Christopoulos 77 FW Christos Giousis

### Starting 11
## Awards

| Player | Pos. | Award |
| Steven Zuber | MF | Interwetten Best Goal (1st Matchday) |
| Steven Zuber | MF | Interwetten Player of the Month (September) |
| Sergio Araujo | FW | Interwetten Best Goal (3rd Matchday) |
| Steven Zuber | MF | Interwetten Best Goal (7th Matchday) |
| Sergio Araujo | FW | Interwetten Best Goal (9th Matchday) |
| Nordin Amrabat | FW | Interwetten Best Goal (11th Matchday) |
| Levi Garcia | FW | Interwetten Best Goal (16th Matchday) |
| Sergio Araujo | FW | Interwetten Best Goal (21st Matchday) |
| Sergio Araujo | FW | Interwetten Best Goal (22nd Matchday) |
| Petros Mantalos | MF | Interwetten Best Goal (24th Matchday) |
| Lazaros Rota | DF | Interwetten Best Goal Playoffs/Playouts (4th Matchday) |
| Lazaros Rota | DF | Interwetten Best Goal Playoffs/Playouts (5th Matchday) |
| Sergio Araujo | FW | Interwetten Player of the Club |
| Sergio Araujo | FW | Goal of the Season |
| Sergio Araujo | FW | Team of the Season |
| Sergio Araujo | FW | Fair Play of the Season |