# 2016–17 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was the 93rd season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 56th competitive season and second consecutive in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Super League, the Greek Cup and the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. The season began on 28 July 2016 and finished on 31 May 2017.

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## Overview

In the summer of 2016, AEK after searching for a new coach they ended up with their former player, Temur Ketsbaia. The team made some great additions, such as the former Barcelona defender, Dmytro Chyhrynskyi, the former English international defender, Joleon Lescott, Patito Rodriguez and the international Portuguese striker, Hugo Almeida, while from the Greek market they were strengthened with the talented Vasilis Barkas and Anastasios Bakasetas. In the departures, those of Arzo, Cordero, Buonanotte and Djebbour stood out, while after the end of the European games Barbosa departed as well and was immediately replaced by the Greek international, Lazaros Christodoulopoulos.
Winning the cup the previous season brought AEK back to European competitions and the third qualifying round of the Europa League, where they were unlucky to be drawn with French side Saint-Etienne. In the first leg at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, AEK fought the game to a 0–0 draw, while in the second leg at the Olympic Stadium, they conceded an early goal and they were eliminated, unable to do anything, since the French kept the score until the end by playing defensively.
AEK started the league well, but their defensive playing style, resulted in facing difficulties in scoring goals and dropped points in easy games. A 3–0 away defeat by Olympiacos, eventually led in the termination of the contract of Ketsbaia. In the attempt to find a manager with an offensive philosophy, the management proceeded in hiring the Portuguese José Morais, the former assistant of José Mourinho in several clubs, but without much experience as a head coach. With Morais on the bench, the team presented themselves trying to play offensively, leaving their defense open and conceded goals with ease, not being able to impose themselves on their opponents. Thus, AEK were left far behind in the league, bringing bad results and Morais not being able to manage the situation, resigned from the team's bench in January. The removal of the Portuguese coach resulted in the return of Manolo Jimenez, who had won the 2011 cup with AEK. With the club having already signed Astrit Ajdarevic and the Bosnian international defender Ognjen Vranjes, who came in to replace Lescott, who was released after disagreements with management over his treatment from an injury, were also strengthened with Vinicius Freitas and most importrantly with the loan of the great Argentinian striker, Sergio Araujo from Las Palmas. Under Jimenez, AEK managed to cover the lost ground, finishing the championship at the fourth place, with only 1 defeat in 3 months and thus advanced to the play-offs.
In the cup, AEK after being the first to pass their group with their opponents Kerkyra, Anagennisi Karditsa and Lamia, easily eliminated Levadiakos for the round of 16 and then Platanias to advance to the semi-finals. There they met Olympiacos and in the first match at Karaiskakis Stadium they got a big win with 1–2. In the rematch at the Olympic Stadium, AEK having a qualifying score controlled the game, but a mistake by Mantalos in the midfield brought the ball into the possession of Romao who scored from an advantageous position. From there the game took off with the red and whites pressing in an episodic match that ended with Almeida playing as the goalkeeper in stoppage time, after the suspension of Anestis and AEK taking a very stressful qualification. AEK were in the final for a second consecutive season, where they faced PAOK, who didn't want the final to be held at the Olympic Stadium and made an issue of the venue of the final. In the end, a solution was found with the final taking place at Panthessaliko Stadium, which was turned into a construction site in order to ensure security measures, which however proved ineffective, as violent incidents between the ultras of the two clubs took place inside and outside the stadium. In the match, AEK, who faced a hostile referee, were left behind in the score, but managed to equalize immediately and towards the end of the match, PAOK regained their lead from an obvious offside position and made the final 2–1, claiming their first title after 14 years.
In the play-offs, AEK initially took their revenge for the lost cup final by winning 0–1 at Toumba Stadium and after an impressive run managed to take the first place in the relevant standings that led to the Champions League, with a win in the final matchday and thus finishing second in the league.

## Management team

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Manolo Jiménez |
| Assistant manager | Jesús Calderón Malagón |
| Goalkeepers coach | Kostas Kampolis |
| Conditioning coach | Panagiotis Voulgaris |
| Fitness coach | Sebastián López Bascón |
| U-20 Coach | Nikos Panagiotaras |
| U-17 Coach | Ivan Nedeljković |
| Video Analyst | Giannis Antonopoulos |
| General captain | Vasilis Dimitriadis |
| Executive director | Dušan Bajević |
| Technical director | Daniel Majstorović |
| Chairman of the Board | Minas Lysandrou |
| Head of Scouting | Michalis Kasapis |
| Scout | Dimitrios Barbalias |
| Head of Medical | Lakis Nikolaou |
| Academy manager | Nikolaos Georgeas |

## Events

* 29 May 2016 Before 2015–16 Super League Greece the campaign was over, Anastasios Bakasetas agreed to a 3-year contract with AEK Athens which was made effective on 1 July.
* 5 June 2016 Former AEK Athens player, Temur Ketsbaia reached an agreement to be the new coach of the team.
* 11 June 2016 AEK signs goalkeeper Vasilis Barkas from Atromitos for 3 years.
* 11 June 2016 Experienced defender Dmytro Chyhrynskyi joins AEK from Dnipro for 2 years.
* 1 July 2016 Rafik Djebbour, Macauley Chrisantus and Fotis Karagiolidis are released from AEK.
* 6 July 2016 Aristidis Soiledis joins Omonia from AEK.
* 8 July 2016 Juan Díaz joins AEK from Racing for 2 years.
* 18 July 2016 International striker Hugo Almeida joins AEK from Hannover 96 for 2 years.
* 19 July 2016 César Arzo joins Kairat from AEK.
* 20 July 2016 Patito Rodríguez joins AEK from Santos for 2 years.
* 20 July 2016 Stratos Svarnas joins Xanthi from AEK.
* 25 July 2016 Dimitrios Anakoglou is released from AEK.
* 5 August 2016 AEK signs Konstantinos Manolas, son of Stelios from Levadiakos for 3 years.
* 24 August 2016 Hélder Barbosa joins Al Wasl from AEK.
* 27 August 2016 Lazaros Christodoulopoulos joins AEK from Hellas Verona for 2+1 years.
* 29 August 2016 Former England international Joleon Lescott joins AEK from Aston Villa for 2 years.
* 30 August 2016 Miguel Cordero is released from AEK.
* 18 October 2016 Coach Temur Ketsbaia is released from AEK.
* 18 October 2016 AEK announces José Morais as their new coach for 1+1 years.
* 24 November 2016 Joleon Lescott is released from AEK.
* 13 December 2016 AEK signs Astrit Ajdarević from Örebro for 2 and a half years.
* 21 December 2016 Vangelis Platellas is released from AEK.
* 23 December 2016 AEK signs international Bosnian defender Ognjen Vranješ from Tom Tomsk for 2 and a half years.
* 2 January 2017 AEK signs Dimitrios Melikiotis from Veria for 3 and a half years.
* 4 January 2017 Darko Zorić is released from AEK.
* 13 January 2017 Rodrigo Galo signs new 2-year deal.
* 18 January 2017 José Morais resigns from AEK.
* 19 January 2017 Manolo Jimenez returns to the bench of AEK after 6 years until June 2018.
* 27 January 2017 Sergio Araujo joins AEK as a loan from Las Palmas until the end of the year.
* 31 January 2017 AEK signs Vinicius from Lazio for 2 and a half years.
* 14 April 2017 Vasilios Lampropoulos and Michalis Bakakis sign new 2-year deal.
* 19 April 2017 Konstantinos Galanopoulos signs new 4-year deal.

## 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 31 May 2017, 23:59 UTC+3.
| No. | Player | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed | Previous club | Transfer fee | Contract until |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Vasilis Barkas | GK | (1994-05-30)30 May 1994 (aged 23) | 2016 | Atromitos | €600,000 | 2019 |
| 16 | Ilias Vouras | GK | (1988-02-20)20 February 1988 (aged 29) | 2013 | Niki Volos | Free | 2017 |
| 22 | Giannis Anestis | GK | (1991-03-09)9 March 1991 (aged 26) | 2014 | Panionios | Free | 2018 |
| 87 | Giannis Papadopoulos | GK | (1998-09-21)21 September 1998 (aged 18) | 2016 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2020 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 4 | Ognjen Vranješ | CB / RB | (1989-10-24)24 October 1989 (aged 27) | 2016 | Tom Tomsk | Free | 2019 |
| 5 | Vasilios Lampropoulos | CB / RB | (1990-03-31)31 March 1990 (aged 27) | 2016 | Panionios | Free | 2019 |
| 12 | Rodrigo Galo | RB / RM / RW / LB | (1986-09-19)19 September 1986 (aged 30) | 2015 | Paços de Ferreira | Free | 2019 |
| 17 | Vinícius Freitas | LB / LM / LW | (1993-03-07)7 March 1993 (aged 24) | 2017 | Lazio | Free | 2019 |
| 19 | Dmytro Chyhrynskyi | CB | (1986-11-07)7 November 1986 (aged 30) | 2016 | Dnipro | Free | 2018 |
| 23 | Dídac Vilà | LB / LM | (1989-06-09)9 June 1989 (aged 28) | 2015 | Milan | Free | 2018 |
| 24 | Konstantinos Manolas | LB / CB / DM | (1993-03-26)26 March 1993 (aged 24) | 2016 | Levadiakos | €50,000 | 2019 |
| 26 | Dimitrios Kolovetsios (Vice-captain 3) | CB / RB | (1991-10-16)16 October 1991 (aged 25) | 2014 | PAS Giannina | €250,000 | 2017 |
| 27 | Michalis Bakakis | RB / LB / CB / RM | (1991-03-18)18 March 1991 (aged 26) | 2014 | Panetolikos | €250,000 | 2019 |
| 33 | Georgios Giannoutsos | LB / CB / DM | (1998-07-16)16 July 1998 (aged 18) | 2016 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2020 |
| — | Alkiviadis Markopouliotis | CB | (1996-08-13)13 August 1996 (aged 20) | 2015 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2019 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 6 | Astrit Ajdarević | CM / AM / DM / ST | (1990-04-17)17 April 1990 (aged 27) | 2016 | Örebro | Free | 2019 |
| 8 | André Simões | DM / CM | (1989-12-16)16 December 1989 (aged 27) | 2015 | Moreirense | Free | 2019 |
| 18 | Jakob Johansson (Vice-captain 2) | DM / CM / CB | (1990-01-21)21 January 1990 (aged 27) | 2014 | Göteborg | Free | 2018 |
| 20 | Petros Mantalos (Captain) | AM / LM / CM / LW / SS / RM / RW | (1991-08-31)31 August 1991 (aged 25) | 2014 | Xanthi | €500,000 | 2019 |
| 25 | Konstantinos Galanopoulos | CM / DM | (1997-12-28)28 December 1997 (aged 19) | 2015 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2021 |
| 30 | Ilias Tselios | CM / AM / DM / RM | (1997-10-06)6 October 1997 (aged 19) | 2016 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2020 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 7 | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | RW / LW / RM / LM / SS / AM / CM | (1986-12-19)19 December 1986 (aged 30) | 2016 | Hellas Verona | Free | 2018 |
| 9 | Hugo Almeida | ST | (1984-05-23)23 May 1984 (aged 33) | 2016 | Hannover 96 | Free | 2018 |
| 10 | Ronald Vargas | SS / AM / ST / LW / RM / LM | (1986-07-18)18 July 1986 (aged 30) | 2015 | Balıkesirspor | Free | 2017 |
| 11 | Sergio Araujo | ST / SS / LW / RW | (1992-01-28)28 January 1992 (aged 25) | 2017 | Las Palmas | €200,000 | 2017 |
| 14 | Tomáš Pekhart | ST | (1989-05-26)26 May 1989 (aged 28) | 2016 | Ingolstadt 04 | Free | 2017 |
| 21 | Christos Aravidis (Vice-captain) | SS / ST / RW / LW / RM / LM | (1987-03-13)13 March 1987 (aged 30) | 2014 | Panionios | Free | 2017 |
| 28 | Anastasios Bakasetas | SS / AM / ST / RW / LW / RM / LM | (1993-06-28)28 June 1993 (aged 24) | 2016 | Panionios | €300,000 | 2019 |
| 29 | Patito Rodríguez | LW / LM / RW / RM / SS / AM | (1990-05-04)4 May 1990 (aged 27) | 2016 | Santos | Free | 2018 |
| 31 | Dimitrios Melikiotis | ST / SS / RW / LW | (1996-07-10)10 July 1996 (aged 20) | 2017 | Veria | Free | 2021 |
| 40 | Andreas Vlachomitros | SS / ST / RW / LW | (1997-07-03)3 July 1997 (aged 19) | 2015 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2019 |
| Left during Summer Transfer Window |||||||||
| — | Hélder Barbosa | LW / LM / AM / RW / RM / SS | (1987-05-25)25 May 1987 (aged 30) | 2014 | Braga | Free | 2017 |
| Left during Winter Transfer Window |||||||||
| 3 | Juan Díaz | LB / LM / CB | (1987-10-28)28 October 1987 (aged 29) | 2016 | Racing | Free | 2018 |
| 55 | Adam Tzanetopoulos | CB / DM / CM | (1995-02-10)10 February 1995 (aged 22) | 2013 | Niki Volos | Free | 2020 |
| — | Joleon Lescott | CB / LB / DM | (1982-08-16)16 August 1982 (aged 34) | 2016 | Aston Villa | Free | 2018 |
| — | Darko Zorić | SS / ST/ RW / LW / AM | (1993-09-12)12 September 1993 (aged 23) | 2014 | Čelik Nikšić | €150,000 | 2017 |
| — | Vangelis Platellas | RW / RM / LM / LW / SS / AM | (1988-12-01)1 December 1988 (aged 28) | 2013 | Xanthi | Free | 2016 |

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

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until |
| 1 | GK | Vasilis Barkas | Atromitos | €600,000 | 1 July 2016 | 30 June 2019 |
| 3 | DF | Juan Díaz | Racing | Free transfer | 8 July 2016 | 30 June 2018 |
| 6 | DF | Joleon Lescott | Aston Villa | Free transfer | 29 August 2016 | 30 June 2018 |
| 7 | FW | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | Hellas Verona | Free transfer | 27 August 2016 | 30 June 2018 |
| 9 | FW | Hugo Almeida | Hannover 96 | Free transfer | 18 July 2016 | 30 June 2018 |
| 17 | FW | Darko Zorić | Borac Čačak | Loan return | 1 July 2016 | 30 June 2017 |
| 19 | DF | Dmytro Chyhrynskyi | Dnipro | Free transfer | 1 July 2016 | 30 June 2018 |
| 24 | DF | Konstantinos Manolas | Levadiakos | €50,000 | 5 August 2016 | 30 June 2019 |
| 28 | FW | Anastasios Bakasetas | Panionios | €300,000 | 1 July 2016 | 30 June 2019 |
| 29 | FW | Patito Rodríguez | Santos | Free transfer | 20 July 2016 | 30 June 2018 |
| 30 | MF | Ilias Tselios | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | 21 July 2016 | 30 June 2020 |
| 33 | DF | Georgios Giannoutsos | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | 25 August 2016 | 30 June 2020 |
| 87 | GK | Giannis Papadopoulos | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | 29 September 2016 | 30 June 2020 |
| — | MF | Kyriakos Andreopoulos | Kerkyra | Loan return | 1 July 2016 | 30 June 2018 |
| — | MF | Ablaye Faye | Trikala | Loan return | 1 July 2016 | 30 June 2017 |
| — | MF | Dimitrios Anakoglou | Veria | Loan return | 1 July 2016 | 30 June 2017 |
| — | MF | Vasilios Karvounidis | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | 29 September 2016 | 30 June 2019 |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until |
| 4 | DF | Ognjen Vranješ | Tom Tomsk | Free transfer | 23 December 2016 | 30 June 2019 |
| 6 | MF | Astrit Ajdarević | Örebro | Free transfer | 13 December 2016 | 30 June 2019 |
| 17 | DF | Vinícius Freitas | Lazio | Free transfer | 31 January 2017 | 30 June 2019 |
| 31 | FW | Dimitrios Melikiotis | Veria | Free transfer | 2 January 2017 | 30 June 2021 |
| 40 | FW | Andreas Vlachomitros | Javor Ivanjica | Loan return | 31 December 2016 | 30 June 2019 |
| — | MF | Vasilios Karvounidis | A.E. Kifisia | Loan return | 11 January 2017 | 30 June 2020 |

### Out
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| 1 | GK | Alain Baroja | Caracas | Loan return | 30 June 2016 |
| 2 | DF | Aristidis Soiledis | Omonia | Free transfer | 6 July 2016 |
| 4 | DF | César Arzo | Kairat | Free transfer | 19 July 2016 |
| 6 | MF | Miguel Cordero | Gimnàstic | Contract termination | 30 August 2016 |
| 7 | FW | Hélder Barbosa | Al Wasl | €750,000 | 24 August 2016 |
| 12 | GK | Fotis Karagiolidis | Free agent | End of contract | 30 June 2016 |
| 15 | DF | Stratos Svarnas | Xanthi | Free transfer | 20 July 2016 |
| 19 | FW | Rafik Djebbour | Aris | End of contract | 9 September 2016 |
| 30 | MF | Diego Buonanotte | Universidad Católica | Contract termination | 19 July 2016 |
| 33 | FW | Ivan Brečević | Free agent | End of contract | 30 June 2016 |
| 36 | MF | Bruno Zuculini | Manchester City | Loan return | 30 June 2016 |
| 99 | FW | Macauley Chrisantus | Reus | Contract termination | 7 July 2016 |
| — | MF | Kyriakos Andreopoulos | Iraklis | Contract termination | 22 July 2016 |
| — | MF | Ablaye Faye | Free agent | Contract termination | 30 June 2016 |
| — | MF | Dimitrios Anakoglou | Aris | Contract termination | 25 July 2016 |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| 3 | DF | Juan Díaz | Free agent | Contract termination | 3 March 2017 |
| 6 | DF | Joleon Lescott | Sunderland | Contract termination | 14 November 2016 |
| 11 | FW | Vangelis Platellas | Atromitos | Contract termination | 21 December 2016 |
| 17 | FW | Darko Zorić | Čukarički | Contract termination | 4 January 2017 |
| — | MF | Vasilios Karvounidis | Triglia Rafinas | Contract termination | 14 January 2017 |

### Loan in
#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy | Source |
| 11 | FW | Sergio Araujo | Las Palmas | €200,000 | 27 January 2017 | 30 June 2017 | N | |

### Loan out
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy |
| 2 | ΜF | Stavros Vasilantonopoulos | Veria | Free | 2 September 2016 | 30 June 2017 | N |
| 13 | GK | Panagiotis Dounis | Kallithea | Free | 31 August 2016 | 30 June 2017 | N |
| 24 | FW | Andreas Vlachomitros | Javor Ivanjica | Free | 5 July 2016 | 31 December 2016 | N |
| — | MF | Vasilios Karvounidis | A.E. Kifisia | Free | 30 July 2016 | 11 January 2017 | N |
| — | FW | Antonis Kyriazis | A.E. Kifisia | Free | 1 September 2016 | 30 June 2017 | N |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy | Source |
| 55 | DF | Adam Tzanetopoulos | Iraklis | Free | 9 January 2017 | 30 June 2016 | N | |

### Contract renewals

| No. | Pos. | Player | Date | Former Exp. Date | New Exp. Date |
| 5 | DF | Vasilios Lampropoulos | 14 April 2017 | 30 June 2017 | 30 June 2019 |
| 12 | DF | Rodrigo Galo | 13 January 2017 | 30 June 2017 | 30 June 2019 |
| 13 | GK | Panagiotis Dounis | 19 August 2016 | 30 June 2017 | 30 June 2019 |
| 25 | MF | Konstantinos Galanopoulos | 19 April 2017 | 30 June 2018 | 30 June 2021 |
| 27 | DF | Michalis Bakakis | 14 April 2017 | 30 June 2017 | 30 June 2019 |

### 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 | 11 September 2016 | 30 April 2017 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 54 | 23 | +31 | 046.67 |
| Super League Play-offs | 14 May 2017 | 31 May 2017 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Greek Cup | 25 October 2016 | 6 May 2017 | Group stage | Runners-up | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 28 July 2016 | 4 August 2016 | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 78 | 33 | +45 | 047.92 |
Last updated: 31 May 2017 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | PAOK | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 52 | 19 | +33 | 61 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 45 | 19 | +26 | 57 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 54 | 23 | +31 | 53 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 5 | Panionios | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 52 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 6 | Xanthi | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 48 | |
* ↑ PAOK were deducted three points as they did not show up to the second semi-final match against Olympiacos in last year's 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: 2017-04-30. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | L | D | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 9 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 12 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 8 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | PAOK | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Panionios | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
* ↑ Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points due to fan behavior against PAOK.
* ↑ PAOK qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the Greek Cup.
* ↑ PAOK were deducted 6 points due to fan behavior against AEK Athens in Greek Cup final.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2017-05-31. Source: Super League Greece

##### Results by Matchday

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

##### Fixtures
### Greek Cup
#### Group F

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AEK | LAM | KER | ASA |
| 1 | AEK Athens | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 | Round of 16 | | — | 4–0 | — |
| 2 | Lamia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | Round of 16 | 0–0 | | — | 1–0 |
| 3 | Kerkyra | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 4 | | — | 2–2 | | — |
| 4 | Anagennisi Karditsa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 | | 2–2 | — | 0–6 | |

#### Matches
##### Final
### UEFA Europa League
#### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 15 July 2016.

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of 31 May 2017
| 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 | Vasilis Barkas | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Ilias Vouras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Giannis Anestis | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 87 | GK | Giannis Papadopoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | Ognjen Vranješ | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Vasilios Lampropoulos | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | Rodrigo Galo | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | Vinícius Freitas | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | Dmytro Chyhrynskyi | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | Dídac Vilà | 26 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 3 |
| 24 | DF | Konstantinos Manolas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Dimitrios Kolovetsios | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | Michalis Bakakis | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Giorgos Giannoutsos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | DF | Alkis Markopouliotis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | Astrit Ajdarević | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | André Simões | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Jakob Johansson | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Petros Mantalos | 26 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 7 |
| 25 | MF | Konstantinos Galanopoulos | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3 |
| 30 | MF | Ilias Tselios | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | 24 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 7 |
| 9 | FW | Hugo Almeida | 16 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 |
| 10 | FW | Ronald Vargas | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | Sergio Araujo | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9 |
| 14 | FW | Tomáš Pekhart | 23 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 12 |
| 21 | FW | Christos Aravidis | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 |
| 28 | FW | Anastasios Bakasetas | 19 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 5 |
| 29 | FW | Patito Rodríguez | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 |
| 31 | FW | Dimitris Melikiotis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | Andreas Vlachomitros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Left during Summer Transfer Window |||||||||||||
| — | FW | Hélder Barbosa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Left during Winter Transfer Window |||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | Juan Díaz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Adam Tzanetopoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | DF | Joleon Lescott | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| — | FW | Darko Zorić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | FW | Vangelis Platellas | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 31 May 2017
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Super League | Super League Play-offs | Greek Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 14 | FW | Tomáš Pekhart | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | Sergio Araujo | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 20 | MF | Petros Mantalos | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 7 | FW | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | 28 | FW | Anastasios Bakasetas | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | Hugo Almeida | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 29 | FW | Patito Rodríguez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 21 | FW | Christos Aravidis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 23 | DF | Dídac Vilà | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 10 | MF | Ronald Vargas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 25 | MF | Konstantinos Galanopoulos | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | 5 | DF | Vasilios Lampropoulos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | — | FW | Vangelis Platellas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 8 | MF | André Simões | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 6 | MF | Astrit Ajdarević | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 19 | DF | Dmytro Chyhrynskyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 4 | DF | Ognjen Vranješ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 18 | MF | Jakob Johansson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 12 | DF | Rodrigo Galo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 26 | DF | Dimitrios Kolovetsios | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 17 | DF | Vinícius | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 53 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 77 |

### Assists

    As of 31 May 2017
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Super League | Super League Play-offs | Greek Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 20 | MF | Petros Mantalos | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 7 | FW | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | Ronald Vargas | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 29 | FW | Patito Rodríguez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 11 | FW | Sergio Araujo | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 12 | DF | Rodrigo Galo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 18 | MF | Jakob Johansson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 23 | DF | Dídac Vilà | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 6 | MF | Astrit Ajdarević | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 14 | FW | Tomáš Pekhart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | — | FW | Vangelis Platellas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 31 | FW | Dimitrios Melikiotis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 17 | FW | Darko Zorić | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 28 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 46 |

### 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 31 May 2017
| Rank | No. | Player | Super League | Super League Play-offs | Greek Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 22 | Giannis Anestis | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 1 | Vasilis Barkas | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 17 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 28 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 31 May 2017 N P Nat. Name Super League Super League Play-offs Greek Cup Europa League Total Notes Goalkeepers 1 GK Vasilis Barkas 2 2 16 GK Ilias Vouras 22 GK Giannis Anestis 2 1 2 1 87 GK Giannis Papadopoulos Defenders 4 DF Ognjen Vranješ 7 1 3 1 2 12 2 5 DF Vasilios Lampropoulos 4 4 12 DF Rodrigo Galo 2 1 1 2 1 1 17 DF Vinícius Freitas 1 1 19 DF Dmytro Chyhrynskyi 1 1 2 23 DF Dídac Vilà 4 3 2 9 24 DF Konstantinos Manolas 26 DF Dimitrios Kolovetsios 4 1 5 27 DF Michalis Bakakis 2 1 2 1 33 DF Giorgos Giannoutsos — DF Alkis Markopouliotis Midfielders 6 MF Astrit Ajdarević 4 1 5 8 MF André Simões 7 3 3 13 18 MF Jakob Johansson 2 1 1 4 20 MF Petros Mantalos 7 2 1 10 25 MF Konstantinos Galanopoulos 2 2 1 5 30 MF Ilias Tselios Forwards 7 FW Lazaros Christodoulopoulos 3 1 2 1 5 1 1 9 FW Hugo Almeida 3 3 10 FW Ronald Vargas 3 3 11 FW Sergio Araujo 2 1 1 4 14 FW Tomáš Pekhart 3 3 21 FW Christos Aravidis 1 1 28 FW Anastasios Bakasetas 4 1 1 6 29 FW Patito Rodríguez 2 2 4 31 FW Dimitris Melikiotis 1 1 31 FW Andreas Vlachomitros Left during Summer Transfer window — FW Hélder Barbosa 1 1 Left during Winter Transfer window 3 DF Juan Díaz 55 DF Adam Tzanetopoulos — DF Joleon Lescott — FW Darko Zorić — FW Vangelis Platellas 1 1

### Starting 11
## Awards

| Player | Pos. | Award |
| Hugo Almeida | FW | MVP Award (3rd Matchday) |
| Hugo Almeida | FW | Best Goal Award (3rd Matchday) |
| Vangelis Platellas | FW | MVP Award (7th Matchday) |
| Patito Rodríguez | FW | Best Goal Award (10th Matchday) |
| Vasilis Barkas | GK | MVP Award (11th Matchday) |
| André Simões | MF | Best Goal Award (14th Matchday) |
| Sergio Araujo | FW | MVP Award (24th Matchday) |
| Sergio Araujo | FW | Best Goal Award (24th Matchday) |
| Petros Mantalos | MF | Greek Player of the Season |
| Petros Mantalos | MF | Team of the Season |