# 2017–18 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was the 94th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 57th competitive season and third consecutive in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Super League, the Greek Cup, the Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The season began on 25 July 2017 and finished on 12 May 2018.

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## Overview

Having achieved a good previous season, AEK kept their main squad and with Manolo Jiménez on the bench, they made additions to strengthen the team. Having signed Panagiotis Tsintotas and Giorgos Giakoumakis from the previous season, the team also acquired Victor Klonaridis, who returned after 5 years, while from the international market they acquired Uroš Ćosić, as well as Hélder Lopes and Marko Livaja from Las Palmas, with the latter coming as a loan. The club also proceeded in the loan of the international Icelandic winger, Arnór Ingvi Traustason. Past players with great contribution in the previous years, such as Dimitrios Kolovetsios, Ronald Vargas, Christos Aravidis and Tomáš Pekhart left the team.
AEK began their competitive duties in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, where in a difficult draw they faced CSKA Moscow. The Russian team, having great experience from these type of matches and with a stable squad for many years, did not have any difficulties against the inexperienced AEK and with victories by 0–2 in Athens and by 1–0 in Moscow, they eliminated yellow-blacks from the dream of the participation in the Champions League, sending them to the play-off round of the Europa League. There, they got unlucky again, as they were drawn against the Belgian Club Brugge. However, this time the team appeared well-prepared against their opponent and in the first match at the Jan Breydel Stadium they easily held the 0–0, despite being down to 10 men during the second half. In the rematch at the Olympic Stadium, AEK in one of their best European appearances in recent years turned the qualifying event into a triumph, by winning with 3–0 and dominating their opponents throughout the match. Thus, AEK returned to the group stage of the Europa League after 6 years.
In the championship, AEK started equally well, making some additional changes to their roster. Initially, Dídac Vilà who had been in conflict with the management over the termination of his contract, eventually went to Espanyol and Hugo Almeida moved to Hajduk Split. On the last day of the transfer window, AEK managed to bring back on loan Sergio Araujo, who stood out in the last season, as the Argentine could not stay away from the team he was beloved and became the third player to come from Las Palmas during the transfer period. Furthermore, another comeback took place, this time with Panagiotis Kone returning after 9 years, as a loan from Udinese. The team appeared well worked in all their lines and were in contention for the championship from the start. The home win against Olympiacos, where despite their dominance, they conceded 2 goals against the flow of the match, but managed to overturn the score by winning 3–2 and the easy victory over PAOK with 1–0, despite being down to 10 men early in the game, stood out in the first round. While AEK continued with wins, they suffered some losses in games that came close to European games, losing two key players along the way, with the captain, Petros Mantalos, as well as Jakob Johansson, suffering a cruciate ligament injury and practically staying out the rest of the season.
In the Europa League group stage, AEK were placed in Group D with Milan, Rijeka and Austria Wien. The team, with 1 win and 5 draws, managed to finish in second place with and advance to the round of 32 of the competition after ten years, scoring 8 games undefeated in European competitions. There, they faced the Ukrainian Dynamo Kyiv. In the first game in Athens, AEK entered strongly, but they conceded a goal in the only chance of Dynamo in the match and then the Ukrainians were closed in their area with the yellow-blacks pressing relentlessly equalizing at the end of the match. With no easy task, AEK traveled to NSC Olimpiyskiy, where they pressed Dynamo, who were playing to keep the qualification score. The yellow-blacks missed big chances and in the end the goal never came, with AEK being eliminated without defeat and completing a 10-match unbeaten streak in European competitions.
In the winter, AEK, in order to replace the injured Mantalos and Johansson, proceeded with the transfers of the international Iranian midfielder Masoud Shojaei and the Spanish Erik Morán, while Traustason, Patito Rodríguez and Vinícius departed, with the latter being replaced by Niklas Hult from Panathinaikos. Despite the small roster, the team continued in the same manner in a very competitive league, until the following events occurred. Their contenders for the league, PAOK and Olympiacos faced each other in Thessaloniki and before the start of the game, the coach of the red and whites, Óscar García was hit with a paper roll in the face, resulting in the departure of the squad of Olympiacos and their 0–3 victory on paper. This resulted in PAOK being punished with a 3-point deduction and a one-game home ban, which coincided against AEK. PAOK filed an appeal and after the midnight before the crucial match, the decision came out returning the points, as well as lifting their home ban, with the team of Thessaloniki "magically" managing in a few hours to print and sell all the tickets for the match. So, under these cirmconstances, AEK went to the Toumba Stadium to compete and in a game, where despite the hostile referee, they managed to limit their opponent and everything was going smoothly, until the 90th minute, when at the only big chance of PAOK in the match, Fernando Varela scored with his teammate, Maurício got in the course of the ball with a projection in the air, from an obvious offside position. The referee Kominis initially counted the goal, but after protests from the players of AEK to the assistant, Pontikis and after consultation between the referees, they decided to cancel the goal. This resulted in the major shareholder of PAOK, Ivan Savvidis storming in the pitch with bodyguards to take the team and leave. When the captain of the black and whites, Vieirinha signaled him not to do this, he attacked Kominis. A moment later, he took off his jacket and a revolver was revealed in his belt. Then Kominis decided to stop the match and sent the teams to the locker rooms. After consultation, Kominis returned to the pitch with the players of PAOK to continue the match with the score at 1–0, but the yellow-blacks in the image of the gun refused to come out. The match was abandoned with the score 1–0 in favor of PAOK and the case was transferred to courts, where AEK was vindicated and were awarded the match with 0–3 and with the Thessaloniki team being punished with a 3-point deduction from this year's championship, 3 from the next season's championship, a 3-game home ban and the punishment of Ivan Savvidis and Ľuboš Micheľ. With this decision, AEK's task of claiming the championship became easier and eventually came true in the home match against Levadiakos, where they managed to mathematically secure the title winning by 2–0, in celebratory atmosphere in the packed Olympic Stadium. After winning the last game at Rizoupoli Stadium against Apollon Smyrnis, AEK were crowned champions and held a title party in Nea Filadelfeia with their fans, in front of their under construction stadium.
In the cup, AEK emphatically finished at the top of their group with only wins and eliminated Panetolikos just as easily for the round of 16. In the quarter-finals they faced Olympiacos and after a heroic 0–0 draw at Karaiskakis Stadium, prevailed 2–1 at the Olympic Stadium, eliminating them for the second time in a row. Also noteworthy was that AEK had 3 wins, 1 draw and no defeats in 4 matches against the red and whites during the season. In the semi-finals they faced AEL and in the first game the team appeared tired from the back-to-back games, suffering their first defeat in the institution. In the return match the team from Larissa were closed in their area, playing to keep the qualifying score with the yellow-blacks pressing relentlessly throughout the game. In the seventh and final minute of the stoppage time, a goal with a stunning bicycle kick from a difficult angle by Lazaros Christodoulopoulos gave AEK the qualification to the final for the third consecutive year, with the visitors conceding the superiority of the yellow-blacks. For the second year in a row, AEK faced PAOK, who were boiling in anger at losing the championship. This time at the Olympic Stadium on 12 May, AEK appeared tired from their effort throughout the season and lost by 2–0 hands down to title-hungry PAOK.

## Management team

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Manolo Jiménez |
| Assistant manager | Felipe Benitez Ufano |
| Goalkeepers coach | Chrysostomos Michailidis |
| Conditioning coach | Panagiotis Voulgaris |
| Fitness coach | Sebastián López Bascón |
| Fitness coach | Giannis Kesoglou |
| U-20 Coach | Giorgos Simos |
| U-17 Coach | Ivan Nedeljković |
| Match Analyst | Rossetos Kollias |
| General captain | Vasilis Dimitriadis |
| Executive director | Dušan Bajević |
| Technical director | Nikos Liberopoulos |
| Chairman of the Board | Minas Lysandrou |
| Head of Scouting | Michalis Kasapis |
| Scout | Dimitrios Barbalias |
| Scout | Andreas Lagonikakis |
| Head of Medical | Lakis Nikolaou |
| Physiotherapist | Christos Karvounidis |
| Academy director | Akis Zikos |

## Events

* 7 June 2017 Ilias Vouras and Christos Aravidis leave the club as their contracts are not renewed.
* 21 June 2017 Portuguese left-back Hélder Lopes signs a 2-year deal with AEK, on a free transfer from Las Palmas.
* 24 June 2017 Goalkeeper Panagiotis Tsintotas signs a 3-year deal with AEK, on a free transfer from Levadiakos.
* 26 June 2017 Striker Giorgos Giakoumakis signs a 4-year deal with AEK, on a transfer from Platanias.
* 27 June 2017 Ronald Vargas and Dimitrios Kolovetsios leave the club as no deal for their announcement was made.
* 29 June 2017 Greek-Belgian forward Viktor Klonaridis signs a three-year deal with AEK Athens from Lens. On the same day, Super League newcomers Lamia announces the loan transfer of Stavros Vasilantonopoulos from AEK.
* 1 July 2017 Croatian forward Marko Livaja signs from Las Palmas on a season long loan deal for €200,000 with a purchase option of €1,800,000 in the summer of 2018. Livaja became the third player which was transferred from Las Palmas to AEK within 2017, after Sergio Araujo and Hélder Lopes.
* 3 July 2017 Serbian centre-back Uroš Ćosić signs with AEK for three years, with an extension clause of one more year, in a full transfer from Empoli.
* 3 July 2017 Tomáš Pekhart leaves the club as his contracts is not renewed.
* 4 July 2017 Icelander winger Arnór Ingvi Traustason signs with AEK on loan for one year from Rapid Wien, with a permanent buy-out clause at the summer of 2018. Arnór, as presented in the official video, will wear the shirt with number 30. On the same day, Lamia officially announced that, after Vasilantonopoulos, midfielder Ilias Tselios is loaned to Lamia, as well.
* 14 July 2017 The UEFA Champions League draw brought Russian club CSKA Moscow as opponents of AEK for the third qualifying round.
* 25 July 2017 AEK obtained the official construction license, inviting the fans of AEK to the sanctification on upcoming Thursday, where the new stadium will break ground at Nea Filadelfeia. On the same day, the construction license was featured on the giant screen of the Olympic Stadium, where AEK faced CSKA Moscow for the Champions League.
* 27 July 2017 The sanctification for the beginning of the construction of Agia Sophia Stadium took place, with more than 15,000 fans of AEK being present, in Nea Filadelfeia, with the club officially thanking them for their presence. Among others, he club's administrative leader Dimitris Melissanidis, former club player Stelios Serafidis made a speech about the new stadium.
* 28 July 2017 Agia Sophia Stadium officially broke ground.
* 21 August 2017 Youngsters Paris Babis, Christos Antoniou and Christos Giousis sign professional contracts with AEK.
* 25 August 2017 AEK qualifies in the Group stage of the Europa League and they are placed in the Group D with Milan, Rijeka and Austria Wien
* 29 August 2017 The contracts of Dídac Vilà and Konstantinos Manolas are terminated by a mutual consent.
* 30 August 2017 The contract of Hugo Almeida is terminated by a mutual consent.
* 31 August 2017 Sergio Araujo and Panagiotis Kone return to AEK as a one-season loan from Las Palmas and Udinese, respectively.
* 16 November 2017 Petros Mantalos signs new 4-year deal.
* 6 December 2017 The loan of Arnór Ingvi Traustason is terminated by a mutual consent.
* 8 December 2017 The contract of Patito Rodríguez is terminated by a mutual consent.
* 11 December 2017 AEK advanced to the round of 32 of the Europa League and were drawn with Dynamo Kyiv
* 28 December 2017 Iranian midfielder Masoud Shojaei signs a deal with AEK until the end of the season, on a free transfer from Panionios.
* 2 January 2018 Spanish midfielder Erik Morán signs a 3 and a half deal with AEK, on a transfer from Leganés.
* 18 January 2018 The contract of Vinícius Freitas is terminated by a mutual consent.
* 31 January 2018 Swedish left-black Niklas Hult signs a 2 and a half deal with AEK, on a transfer from Panathinaikos.
* 30 March 2018 Dmytro Chyhrynskyi signs new 2-year deal.
* 5 May 2018 AEK were crowned champions.
* 30 May 2018 Stavros Vasilantonopoulos signs new 2-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 12 May 2018, 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 24) | 2016 | Atromitos | €600,000 | 2019 |
| 16 | Panagiotis Tsintotas | GK | (1993-07-04)4 July 1993 (aged 24) | 2017 | Levadiakos | Free | 2020 |
| 22 | Giannis Anestis | GK | (1991-03-09)9 March 1991 (aged 27) | 2014 | Panionios | Free | 2018 |
| 87 | Panagiotis Dounis | GK | (1997-03-29)29 March 1997 (aged 21) | 2013 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2019 |
| — | Thanasis Pantos | GK | (1998-10-09)9 October 1998 (aged 19) | 2017 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2020 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Michalis Bakakis | RB / LB / CB / RM | (1991-03-18)18 March 1991 (aged 27) | 2014 | Panetolikos | €250,000 | 2019 |
| 3 | Hélder Lopes | LB / LM / LW | (1989-01-04)4 January 1989 (aged 29) | 2017 | Las Palmas | Free | 2019 |
| 4 | Ognjen Vranješ | CB / RB | (1989-10-24)24 October 1989 (aged 28) | 2016 | Tom Tomsk | Free | 2019 |
| 5 | Vasilios Lampropoulos | CB / RB | (1990-03-31)31 March 1990 (aged 28) | 2016 | Panionios | Free | 2019 |
| 12 | Rodrigo Galo | RB / RM / RW / LB | (1986-09-19)19 September 1986 (aged 31) | 2015 | Paços de Ferreira | Free | 2019 |
| 15 | Uroš Ćosić | CB / RB / LB / DM | (1992-10-24)24 October 1992 (aged 25) | 2017 | Empoli | €500,000 | 2020 |
| 19 | Dmytro Chyhrynskyi | CB | (1986-11-07)7 November 1986 (aged 31) | 2016 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Free | 2020 |
| 23 | Niklas Hult | LB / LM | (1990-02-13)13 February 1990 (aged 28) | 2018 | Panathinaikos | €200,000 | 2020 |
| 33 | Georgios Giannoutsos | LB / CB / DM | (1998-07-16)16 July 1998 (aged 19) | 2016 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2020 |
| 55 | Adam Tzanetopoulos | CB / DM / CM | (1995-02-10)10 February 1995 (aged 23) | 2013 | Niki Volos | Free | 2020 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 6 | Astrit Ajdarević | CM / AM / DM / ST | (1990-04-17)17 April 1990 (aged 28) | 2016 | Örebro | Free | 2019 |
| 8 | André Simões (Vice-captain 2) | DM / CM | (1989-12-16)16 December 1989 (aged 28) | 2015 | Moreirense | Free | 2019 |
| 18 | Jakob Johansson (Vice-captain) | DM / CM / CB | (1990-01-21)21 January 1990 (aged 28) | 2014 | Göteborg | Free | 2018 |
| 20 | Petros Mantalos (Captain) | AM / LM / CM / LW / SS / RM / RW | (1991-08-31)31 August 1991 (aged 26) | 2014 | Xanthi | €500,000 | 2022 |
| 21 | Panagiotis Kone | AM / RM / LM / RW / LW / CM | (1987-07-26)26 July 1987 (aged 30) | 2017 | Udinese | Free | 2018 |
| 23 | Masoud Shojaei | AM / LW / RW / SS / LM / RM | (1984-06-09)9 June 1984 (aged 34) | 2017 | Panionios | Free | 2018 |
| 25 | Konstantinos Galanopoulos | CM / DM | (1997-12-28)28 December 1997 (aged 20) | 2015 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2021 |
| 32 | Paris Babis | DM / CM | (1999-07-17)17 July 1999 (aged 18) | 2017 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2022 |
| 39 | Erik Morán | DM / CM | (1991-05-25)25 May 1991 (aged 27) | 2018 | Leganés | €130,000 | 2021 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 7 | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | RW / LW / RM / LM / SS / AM / CM | (1986-12-19)19 December 1986 (aged 31) | 2016 | Hellas Verona | Free | 2018 |
| 9 | Giorgos Giakoumakis | ST / SS | (1994-12-09)9 December 1994 (aged 23) | 2017 | Platanias | €300,000 | 2021 |
| 10 | Marko Livaja | SS / ST / AM / LW / RW / LM / RM | (1993-08-26)26 August 1993 (aged 24) | 2017 | Las Palmas | €200,000 | 2018 |
| 11 | Sergio Araujo | ST / SS / LW / RW | (1992-01-28)28 January 1992 (aged 26) | 2017 | Las Palmas | €800,000 | 2018 |
| 14 | Anastasios Bakasetas | SS / AM / ST / RW / LW / RM / LM | (1993-06-28)28 June 1993 (aged 25) | 2016 | Panionios | €300,000 | 2019 |
| 28 | Victor Klonaridis | SS / LW / RW / LM / RM / ST / AM / CM | (1992-07-28)28 July 1992 (aged 25) | 2017 | Lens | €200,000 | 2020 |
| 31 | Dimitrios Melikiotis | ST / SS / RW / LW | (1996-07-10)10 July 1996 (aged 21) | 2017 | Veria | Free | 2021 |
| 70 | Christos Antoniou | RW / RM | (1998-02-14)14 February 1998 (aged 20) | 2017 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2022 |
| 77 | Christos Giousis | RW / LW / RM / LM / SS / AM | (1999-10-08)8 October 1999 (aged 18) | 2017 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2022 |
| Left during Summer Transfer Window |||||||||
| — | Hugo Almeida | ST | (1984-05-23)23 May 1984 (aged 34) | 2016 | Hannover 96 | Free | 2018 |
| Left during Winter Transfer Window |||||||||
| 17 | Vinícius Freitas | LB / LM / LW | (1993-03-07)7 March 1993 (aged 25) | 2017 | Lazio | Free | 2019 |
| 30 | Arnór Ingvi Traustason | LM / LW / RM / RW / SS / AM | (1993-04-30)30 April 1993 (aged 25) | 2017 | Rapid Wien | Free | 2018 |
| 29 | Patito Rodríguez | LW / LM / RW / RM / SS / AM | (1990-05-04)4 May 1990 (aged 28) | 2016 | Santos | Free | 2018 |
| 40 | Andreas Vlachomitros | SS / ST / RW / LW | (1997-07-03)3 July 1997 (aged 20) | 2015 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2019 |

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

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until |
| 3 | DF | Hélder Lopes | Las Palmas | Free transfer | 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2019 |
| 11 | FW | Giorgos Giakoumakis | Platanias | €300,000 | 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2021 |
| 15 | DF | Uroš Ćosić | Empoli | €500,000 | 3 July 2017 | 30 June 2020 |
| 16 | GK | Panagiotis Tsintotas | Levadiakos | Free transfer | 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2020 |
| 28 | FW | Victor Klonaridis | Lens | €200,000 | 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2020 |
| 32 | MF | Paris Babis | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2022 |
| 55 | DF | Adam Tzanetopoulos | Iraklis | Loan return | 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2020 |
| 70 | FW | Christos Antoniou | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2022 |
| 77 | FW | Christos Giousis | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2022 |
| 87 | GK | Panagiotis Dounis | Kallithea | Loan return | 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2019 |
| — | GK | Thanasis Pantos | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | 21 August 2017 | 30 June 2020 |
| — | DF | Stavros Vasilantonopoulos | Veria | Loan return | 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 |
| — | FW | Antonis Kyriazis | A.E. Kifisia | Loan return | 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2017 |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until |
| 23 | DF | Niklas Hult | Panathinaikos | €200,000 | 31 January 2018 | 30 June 2020 |
| 24 | MF | Masoud Shojaei | Panionios | Free transfer | 28 December 2017 | 30 June 2018 |
| 31 | FW | Dimitrios Melikiotis | Kerkyra | Loan termination | 30 January 2018 | 30 June 2021 |
| 39 | MF | Erik Morán | Leganés | €130,000 | 2 January 2018 | 30 June 2021 |
| — | GK | Thanasis Pantos | Acharnaikos | Loan termination | 3 January 2018 | 30 June 2020 |
| — | MF | Ilias Tselios | Lamia | Loan return | 28 December 2017 | 30 June 2020 |

### Out
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| 9 | FW | Hugo Almeida | Hajduk Split | Contract termination | 30 August 2017 |
| 10 | MF | Ronald Vargas | Newcastle Jets | End of contract | 16 September 2017 |
| 11 | FW | Sergio Araujo | Las Palmas | Loan return | 30 June 2017 |
| 14 | FW | Tomáš Pekhart | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | End of contract | 21 July 2017 |
| 16 | GK | Ilias Vouras | Doxa Drama | End of contract | 7 August 2017 |
| 21 | FW | Christos Aravidis | Free agent | End of contract | 30 June 2017 |
| 23 | DF | Dídac Vilà | Espanyol | Contract termination | 29 August 2017 |
| 24 | DF | Konstantinos Manolas | Levadiakos | Contract termination | 29 August 2017 |
| 26 | DF | Dimitrios Kolovetsios | Panathinaikos | End of contract | 3 July 2017 |
| — | FW | Antonis Kyriazis | Aris Limassol | End of contract | 1 September 2017 |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| 17 | DF | Vinícius | Chapecoense | Contract termination | 18 January 2018 |
| 29 | FW | Patito Rodríguez | Newcastle Jets | Contract termination | 8 December 2017 |
| 30 | MF | Arnór Ingvi Traustason | Rapid Wien | Loan termination | 6 December 2017 |

### Loan in
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy |
| 10 | FW | Marko Livaja | Las Palmas | €200,000 | 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | Y |
| 11 | FW | Sergio Araujo | Las Palmas | €800,000 | 31 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | N |
| 21 | MF | Panagiotis Kone | Udinese | Free | 31 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | Y |
| 30 | MF | Arnór Ingvi Traustason | Rapid Wien | Free | 5 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | Y |

### Loan out
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy |
| 31 | FW | Dimitrios Melikiotis | Kerkyra | Free | 16 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | N |
| 87 | GK | Giannis Papadopoulos | Kissamikos | Free | 9 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | N |
| — | GK | Thanasis Pantos | Acharnaikos | Free | 2 September 2017 | 30 June 2018 | N |
| — | DF | Alkiviadis Markopouliotis | Kissamikos | Free | 9 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | N |
| — | DF | Stavros Vasilantonopoulos | Lamia | Free | 26 June 2017 | 30 June 2018 | N |
| — | MF | Ilias Tselios | Lamia | Free | 5 July 2017 | 31 December 2017 | N |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy | Source |
| — | MF | Ilias Tselios | Ergotelis | Free | 10 January 2018 | 30 June 2018 | N | |
| — | MF | Andreas Vlachomitros | Apollon Pontou | Free | 25 January 2018 | 30 June 2018 | N | |
Notes
    a. $^^$ The player paid €250,000 to AEK Athens for the termination of his contract.

### Contract renewals

| No. | Pos. | Player | Date | Former Exp. Date | New Exp. Date |
| 19 | DF | Dmytro Chyhrynskyi | 30 March 2018 | 30 June 2018 | 30 June 2020 |
| 20 | MF | Petros Mantalos | 16 November 2017 | 30 June 2019 | 30 June 2022 |
| — | DF | Stavros Vasilantonopoulos | 30 May 2018 | 30 June 2018 | 30 June 2020 |

### 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 | 20 August 2017 | 5 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 50 | 12 | +38 | 070.00 |
| Greek Cup | 20 September 2017 | 12 May 2018 | Group Stage | Runners-up | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 070.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 25 July 2017 | 2 August 2017 | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 17 August 2017 | 24 August 2017 | Play-off round | Round of 32 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 020.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 30 | 16 | 6 | 81 | 28 | +53 | 057.69 |
Last updated: 12 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Super League Greece
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | AEK Athens (C) | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 50 | 12 | +38 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | PAOK | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 59 | 19 | +40 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Olympiacos | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 63 | 28 | +35 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Atromitos | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 43 | 21 | +22 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Asteras Tripolis | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 24 | +15 | 45 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
* ↑ PAOK were deducted 3 points by court decision.
* ↑ Olympiacos were deducted 3 points due to crowd behavior against AEK on 4 February 2018.
* ↑ Head-to-head points: Asteras Tripolis 2, Xanthi 2.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2018-05-12. 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 | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Fixtures
### Greek Cup
#### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AEK | LAM | APL | KAL |
| 1 | AEK Athens | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | Round of 16 | | 2–0 | — | — |
| 2 | Lamia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | Round of 16 | — | | — | 1–0 |
| 3 | Apollon Larissa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | | 0–7 | 0–2 | | — |
| 4 | Kallithea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0 | | 2–3 | — | 1–2 | |

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

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 14 July 2017.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 4 August 2017.

#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 25 August 2017.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MIL | AEK | RJK | AW |
| 1 | Milan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Rijeka | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 7 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–4 |
| 4 | Austria Wien | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 5 | | 1–5 | 0–0 | 1–3 | — |

#### Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 11 December 2017.

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of 12 May 2018
| No. | Pos | Player | Super League | Super League | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Vasilis Barkas | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Panagiotis Tsintotas | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Giannis Anestis | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 87 | GK | Panagiotis Dounis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | GK | Thanasis Pantos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Michalis Bakakis | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Hélder Lopes | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | Ognjen Vranješ | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 33 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | Vasilios Lampropoulos | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Rodrigo Galo | 27 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 44 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | Uroš Ćosić | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Dmytro Chyhrynskyi | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | Niklas Hult | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Giorgos Giannoutsos | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Adam Tzanetopoulos | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | Astrit Ajdarević | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | André Simões | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 35 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | Jakob Johansson | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Petros Mantalos | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 4 |
| 21 | MF | Panagiotis Kone | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | Masoud Shojaei | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | Konstantinos Galanopoulos | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Paris Babis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | Erik Morán | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | 27 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 46 | 16 |
| 9 | FW | Giorgos Giakoumakis | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | Marko Livaja | 27 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 41 | 10 |
| 11 | FW | Sergio Araujo | 23 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 39 | 14 |
| 14 | FW | Anastasios Bakasetas | 27 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 43 | 8 |
| 28 | FW | Victor Klonaridis | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 31 | FW | Dimitris Melikiotis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | Christos Antoniou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Christos Giousis | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Left during Summer Transfer Window |||||||||||||
| — | FW | Hugo Almeida | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Left during Winter Transfer Window |||||||||||||
| 17 | DF | Vinícius Freitas | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Arnór Ingvi Traustason | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | Patito Rodríguez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | Andreas Vlachomitros | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 12 May 2018
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Super League | Greek Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 7 | FW | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | Sergio Araujo | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | Marko Livaja | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | 14 | FW | Anastasios Bakasetas | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | 20 | MF | Petros Mantalos | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | DF | Ognjen Vranješ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 8 | MF | André Simões | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 77 | FW | Christos Giousis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | DF | Hélder Lopes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 55 | DF | Adam Tzanetopoulos | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 9 | FW | Giorgos Giakoumakis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 6 | MF | Astrit Ajdarević | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 12 | DF | Rodrigo Galo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 28 | FW | Victor Klonaridis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 18 | MF | Jakob Johansson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 21 | MF | Panagiotis Kone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 19 | DF | Dmytro Chyhrynskyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 23 | MF | Masoud Shojaei | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | — | FW | Hugo Almeida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 30 | FW | Arnór Traustason | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 47 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 78 |

### Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.
| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition | Source |
| Ognjen Vranješ | Xanthi | 4–0 (H) | 18 February 2018 | Super League | |

### Assists

    As of 12 May 2018
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Super League | Greek Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 14 | FW | Anastasios Bakasetas | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 10 | FW | Marko Livaja | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 11 | FW | Sergio Araujo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 12 | DF | Rodrigo Galo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 7 | FW | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 6 | MF | Astrit Ajdarević | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | André Simões | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | DF | Michalis Bakakis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 20 | MF | Petros Mantalos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 3 | DF | Hélder Lopes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 28 | FW | Victor Klonaridis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 19 | DF | Dmytro Chyhrynskyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 23 | DF | Niklas Hult | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 39 | MF | Erik Morán | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 21 | MF | Panagiotis Kone | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 23 | MF | Masoud Shojaei | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 28 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 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 12 May 2018
| Rank | No. | Player | Super League | Greek Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 16 | Panagiotis Tsintotas | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 22 | Giannis Anestis | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | Vasilis Barkas | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 19 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 31 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 12 May 2018 N P Nat. Name Super League Greek Cup Champions League Europa League Total Notes Goalkeepers 1 GK Vasilis Barkas 1 1 16 GK Panagiotis Tsintotas 1 1 22 GK Giannis Anestis 1 1 87 GK Panagiotis Dounis — GK Thanasis Pantos Defenders 2 DF Michalis Bakakis 4 2 6 3 DF Hélder Lopes 2 1 3 6 4 DF Ognjen Vranješ 8 4 1 1 4 17 1 5 DF Vasilios Lampropoulos 2 1 3 12 DF Rodrigo Galo 1 1 2 4 15 DF Uroš Ćosić 3 1 2 5 1 19 DF Dmytro Chyhrynskyi 1 1 2 4 23 DF Niklas Hult 33 DF Giorgos Giannoutsos 1 1 55 DF Adam Tzanetopoulos 2 2 Midfielders 6 MF Astrit Ajdarević 1 1 2 8 MF André Simões 5 1 3 9 18 MF Jakob Johansson 3 3 20 MF Petros Mantalos 5 1 1 7 21 MF Panagiotis Kone 2 4 6 23 MF Masoud Shojaei 1 1 1 3 25 MF Konstantinos Galanopoulos 6 1 1 8 32 MF Paris Babis 39 MF Erik Morán 2 2 Forwards 7 FW Lazaros Christodoulopoulos 4 1 1 6 9 FW Giorgos Giakoumakis 10 FW Marko Livaja 9 3 5 1 17 1 11 FW Sergio Araujo 7 1 2 2 11 1 14 FW Anastasios Bakasetas 3 1 4 28 FW Victor Klonaridis 31 FW Dimitris Melikiotis 70 FW Christos Antoniou 77 FW Christos Giousis Left during Summer Transfer window — FW Hugo Almeida 1 1 Left during Winter Transfer window 17 DF Vinícius Freitas 1 1 30 DF Arnór Ingvi Traustason 29 FW Patito Rodríguez 1 1 40 FW Andreas Vlachomitros

### Starting 11
## Awards

| Player | Pos. | Award |
| Petros Mantalos | MF | MVP Award (3rd Matchday) |
| Petros Mantalos | MF | Best Goal Award (3rd Matchday) |
| Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | FW | MVP Award (5th Matchday) |
| Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | FW | Best Goal Award (5th Matchday) |
| Marko Livaja | FW | MVP Award (10th Matchday) |
| Marko Livaja | FW | MVP Award (11th Matchday) |
| Marko Livaja | FW | MVP Award (12th Matchday) |
| Marko Livaja | FW | MVP Award (13th Matchday) |
| Anastasios Bakasetas | FW | MVP Award (16th Matchday) |
| Anastasios Bakasetas | FW | Best Goal Award (16th Matchday) |
| Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | FW | Best Goal Award (19th Matchday) |
| Giorgos Giakoumakis | FW | MVP Award (20th Matchday) |
| Giorgos Giakoumakis | FW | Best Goal Award (20th Matchday) |
| Ognjen Vranješ | DF | MVP Award (22nd Matchday) |
| Sergio Araujo | FW | MVP Award (26th Matchday) |
| Sergio Araujo | FW | Best Goal Award (20th Matchday) |
| Anastasios Bakasetas | FW | MVP Award (16th Matchday) |
| Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | FW | Greek Cup Top Scorer (shared) |
| Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | FW | Greek Player of the Season |
| Manolo Jiménez | — | Manager of the Season |
| Dmytro Chyhrynskyi | DF | Team of the Season |
| André Simões | MF | Team of the Season |
| Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | FW | Team of the Season |
| Marko Livaja | FW | Team of the Season |