# 1998–99 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 1998–99 season was the 75th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 40th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup. The season began on 22 August 1998 and finished on 30 May 1999.

## Overview

The summer started with great ambition for the team, since the owner multinational company ENIC had all the time in front of it to proceed with transfers and build a strong team. The management of Lakis Nikolaou negotiated with big name coaches and got close to sign Joachim Löw, but eventually ended up with the experienced but controversial Dragoslav Stepanović. The most important transfer was that of Vasilios Lakis, who was strongly claimed by Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and PAOK, while good transfers such as Akis Zikos and Dimitris Markos took place, but the foreign players who came, did not fill and the gap in the defensive line, after the retirement of the club's captain and long-time regular, Stelios Manolas.
Stepanović started well, but it was obvious that he his presence was not convincing and he was eventually sacked after the 7th game. Takis Karagiozopoulos took over as caretaker coach for a while and then Oleg Blokhin was hired. At the same time Dimitris Melissanidis took over the management of the team. AEK eventually built a decent team, while in January they were strengthened a lot with the loan moves of Wreh and Méndez from Arsenal being the most important additions. Important victories were the derby against Olympiacos and Panathinaikos in Nikos Goumas Stadium both with a score of 2–0. The 6–0 over Aris and the 6–2 over Panelefsiniakos were the biggest victories. In the end, AEK could not claim the championship from Olympiacos, but they managed to beat Panathinaikos the race to the second place that led to the next season's Champions League qualifiers.
In the cup, AEK were prematurely knocked out after they suffered a shock defeat in their first game from third–tier club, Poseidon Michaniona, with a terrible performance by the team.
In the UEFA Cup AEK were drawn against Ferencváros for the second qualifying round. At Stadion Albert Flórián, the yellow-blacks got off to a very nervous start and were swept away by the Magyars' frenetic pace, trailing in the first quarter. The Hungarians score a second goal on the half hour, they go to the locker room with a hopeless 2–0 and everyone with the continuation was as equally bad, as by the 83rd minute the score became 4–0, turning the game into a real nightmare. AEK pulled off a reaction in the stoppage time and with two goals that allowed them to avoid humiliation, claimed the chances of qualifying in the rematch of Athens. Two weeks later in Nea Filadelfeia, AEK, led by their star, Demis Nikolaidis, went into the game determined and by the 26th minute he scored 3 goals, giving one of his best performances in the AEK shirt. The second half took on a procedural nature after the qualification has been decided and AEK simply put the "icing on the cake" with a fourth goal in the 65th minute. The first round of the UEFA Cup brought AEK against the Dutch Vitesse, who all Greeks know because of the successful presence of Nikos Machlas. AEK arrived at the GelreDome as the favorite and in the first half controlled the match. However, a very bad second half began with a missed penalty by Machlas in the 50th minute, which Laros converted into a goal on the rebound, while three minutes later the Dutch made it 2–0 and afterwards Kasapis was sent off with a second yellow. Machlas destroyed any hopes of qualification in stoppage time scoring Vitesse's third goal and AEK had their backs against the wall ahead of the rematch. Despite the heavy loss the rematch was fancied and the fans had faith in the comeback. The Nea Filadelfeia Stadium was almost full, but very quickly Machlas put an end to the qualification case. Nikolaidis responded with a goal almost immediately, but again Machlas three minutes later gave the Dutch the lead. AEK were again disjointed and after the 3 goals in the first twenty minutes, the game opened up, chances were missed on both sides and despite the dismissal of Westerfeld before the end of the half, Vitesse reached a third goal. AEK avoided defeat in a continuous chase for the score in the second half and tried to even get the win but failed to do so with the match ending in 3–3 draw. In an atmosphere of disappointment and protest for the AEK coach, the team's exit from the European obligations of the season and limited themselves to the domestic ones since too many things changed along the way, both at the competitive and administrative level. Top scorer of the season for the team in the league was Demis Nikolaidis with 22 goals.

### Journey to Beligrade

In April 1999 by the initiative of Dimitris Melissanidis, a friendly match was organised against Partizan in Belgrade, during the height of the NATO bombing of Serbia. As a gesture of compassion and solidarity towards the embattled Serbs, the AEK players and management staff defied the international embargo and traveled to Belgrade for the match. AEK's staff, alongside many political figures of the time such as Manolis Glezos, arrived in the Serbian capital amid moving events by Serbs offering Greeks bread and salt, a symbol of Serbian hospitality. After a stop at the Presidential Palace, where AEK conveyed the message of support of the Greek people, the team arrived at the Partizan Stadium.
About 15,000 fans of both teams were present, despite the fact that all 40,000 tickets had been sold. The reason people were less than the sold tickets, was the fuel, as there was a shortage and transportation was very difficult. It was worth noting that this was the first time since the beginning of the war that no sirens were heard during the day. The players of both teams entered the stadium together, holding a banner that read "NATO stop the war, stop the bombing". The game ended 1–1, when at the 68th minute thousands of Serbian fans invaded the pitch to embrace the footballers. As was normal, this friendly game surpassed the geographical borders of Greece and Yugoslavia, being an object of admiration by the European Press.

## Management team

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Oleg Blokhin |
| Assistant manager | Takis Karagiozopoulos |
| Goalkeeping coach | Lakis Stergioudas |
| Fitness Coach | Tasos Dimou |
| Academy director | Andreas Stamatiadis |
| Head of Medical | Lakis Nikolaou |
| Physiotherapist | Nikos Pantazis |
| General captain | Vasilis Dimitriadis |

## 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 30 May 1999, 23:59 UTC+3.
| No. | Player | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed | Previous club | Transfer fee | Contract until |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Ilias Atmatsidis (Vice-captain) | GK | (1969-04-24)24 April 1969 (aged 30) | 1992 | Pontioi Veria | Free | 2002 |
| 15 | Chrysostomos Michailidis | GK | (1975-01-15)15 January 1975 (aged 24) | 1997 | Eordaikos | Free | 2002 |
| 17 | Kostas Daditsos | GK | (1982-12-07)7 December 1982 (aged 16) | 1998 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2000 |
| 22 | Vasilis Karagiannis | GK | (1969-09-27)27 September 1969 (aged 29) | 1993 | Diagoras | Free | 2000 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 5 | Boban Babunski | CB | (1968-05-05)5 May 1968 (aged 31) | 1998 | Gamba Osaka | ₯330,000,000 | 2000 |
| 6 | Nikos Kostenoglou | CB / RB | (1970-10-03)3 October 1970 (aged 28) | 1994 | Skoda Xanthi | ₯100,000,000 | 2003 |
| 12 | Charis Kopitsis | RB / RM / LB / LM | (1969-03-05)5 March 1969 (aged 30) | 1992 | Panionios | Free | 2001 |
| 13 | Vaios Karagiannis | LB / CB | (1968-06-25)25 June 1968 (aged 31) | 1990 | A.O. Karditsa | Free | 2000 |
| 21 | Michalis Kasapis | LB / LM | (1971-08-06)6 August 1971 (aged 27) | 1993 | Levadiakos | ₯50,000,000 | 2002 |
| 24 | Alvin Ceccoli | LB | (1974-08-05)5 August 1974 (aged 24) | 1999 | Wolves | Free | 1999 |
| 25 | Giannis Kalitzakis | CB | (1966-02-10)10 February 1966 (aged 33) | 1997 | Panathinaikos | ₯23,800,000 | 2000 |
| 31 | Anton Doboș | CB | (1965-10-13)13 October 1965 (aged 33) | 1996 | Steaua București | ₯60,000,000 | 1999 |
| 32 | Michalis Kapsis | CB | (1973-10-18)18 October 1973 (aged 25) | 1999 | Ethnikos Piraeus | ₯80,000,000 | 2003 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 2 | Vasilios Lakis | RM / RW / AM / CM / RB | (1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 22) | 1998 | Paniliakos | ₯320,000,000 | 2003 |
| 3 | Dimitris Markos | CM / DM / LB / LM | (1971-01-31)31 January 1971 (aged 28) | 1998 | Kalamata | Free | 2001 |
| 7 | Christos Maladenis | CM / RM / LM / AM / RW / LW / SS | (1974-05-23)23 May 1974 (aged 25) | 1995 | Skoda Xanthi | ₯120,000,000 | 2000 |
| 8 | Toni Savevski | CM / LM / DM | (1963-07-14)14 July 1963 (aged 35) | 1988 | Vardar | ₯34,000,000 | 2001 |
| 14 | Akis Zikos | DM / CM | (1974-06-01)1 June 1974 (aged 25) | 1998 | Skoda Xanthi | ₯130,000,000 | 2002 |
| 16 | Arnar Grétarsson | CM / DM | (1972-02-20)20 February 1972 (aged 27) | 1997 | Leiftur | Free | 2000 |
| 18 | Evripidis Katsavos | CM / DM / RM | (1973-09-14)14 September 1973 (aged 25) | 1997 | Veria | Free | 2001 |
| 19 | Kelvin Sebwe | AM / SS | (1972-04-04)4 April 1972 (aged 27) | 1997 | Skoda Xanthi | ₯350,000,000 | 2003 |
| 23 | Alberto Méndez | AM | (1974-10-24)24 October 1974 (aged 24) | 1999 | Arsenal | Free | 1999 |
| 27 | Branko Milovanović | AM | (1974-10-24)24 October 1974 (aged 24) | 1999 | Vitória de Guimarães | ₯200,000,000 | 2002 |
| 28 | Georgios Passios | DM / CM / CB | (1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 17) | 1997 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2003 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 9 | Paraschos Zouboulis | ST | (1970-08-30)30 August 1970 (aged 28) | 1998 | PAOK | ₯10,000,000 | 1999 |
| 10 | Christopher Wreh | ST / SS | (1975-05-14)14 May 1975 (aged 24) | 1999 | Arsenal | Free | 1999 |
| 11 | Demis Nikolaidis (Captain) | ST / SS | (1973-09-17)17 September 1973 (aged 25) | 1996 | Apollon Athens | ₯330,000,000 | 2001 |
| 20 | Daniel Batista (Vice-captain 2) | ST / SS / AM | (1964-09-09)9 September 1964 (aged 34) | 1995 | Olympiacos | Free | 2000 |
| 26 | Giorgos Kartalis | ST / SS | (1972-05-02)2 May 1972 (aged 27) | 1996 | Triglia Rafinas | ₯4,000,000 | 2001 |
| — | Giorgos Kavazis | ST | (1980-01-15)15 January 1980 (aged 19) | 1999 | Apollon Limassol | ₯40,000,000 | 2003 |
| Left during Winter Transfer Window |||||||||
| 29 | Dionysis Chiotis | GK | (1977-06-04)4 June 1977 (aged 22) | 1994 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2005 |
| — | Vangelis Kefalas | CB / DM | (1973-07-31)31 July 1973 (aged 25) | 1997 | Apollon Athens | Free | 2000 |
| — | Mattheos Platakis | AM / ST / SS | (1977-06-30)30 June 1977 (aged 22) | 1996 | Phinikas Polichini | Free | 2000 |
| — | Ilian Iliev | AM | (1968-07-02)2 July 1968 (aged 30) | 1998 | Bursaspor | ₯300,000,000 | 1999 |
| — | Georgios Donis | RW / RM | (1969-10-22)22 October 1969 (aged 29) | 1997 | Blackburn Rovers | Free | 2003 |
| — | Ilias Anastasakos | ST / LW / LM | (1978-03-03)3 March 1978 (aged 21) | 1995 | A.O. Dafniou | Free | 2002 |

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

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until |
| 2 | MF | Vasilios Lakis | Paniliakos | ₯320,000,000 | 12 June 1998 | 30 June 2003 |
| 3 | MF | Dimitris Markos | Kalamata | Free transfer | 1 July 1998 | 30 June 2001 |
| 5 | DF | Boban Babunski | Gamba Osaka | ₯330,000,000 | 31 July 1998 | 30 June 2000 |
| 10 | MF | Ilian Iliev | Bursaspor | ₯300,000,000 | 31 July 1998 | 30 June 1999 |
| 14 | MF | Akis Zikos | Skoda Xanthi | ₯130,000,000 | 1 June 1998 | 30 June 2002 |
| 17 | GK | Kostas Daditsos | AEK Athens U20 | Promotion | 1 July 1998 | 30 June 2000 |
| 23 | FW | Ilias Anastasakos | Aris Petroupolis | Loan return | 1 July 1998 | 30 June 2002 |
| 26 | FW | Giorgos Kartalis | Aris Petroupolis | Loan return | 1 July 1998 | 30 June 2001 |
| — | MF | Theodoros Alexis | Athinaikos | Loan return | 1 July 1998 | 30 June 2001 |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until |
| 27 | MF | Branko Milovanović | Vitória de Guimarães | ₯200,000,000 | 29 January 1999 | 30 June 2002 |
| 32 | DF | Michalis Kapsis | Ethnikos Piraeus | ₯80,000,000 | 4 January 1999 | 31 December 2003 |
| — | FW | Georgios Trichias | Niki Volos | Free transfer | 31 January 1999 | 31 December 2005 |
| — | FW | Giorgos Kavazis | Apollon Limassol | ₯40,000,000 | 5 February 1999 | 30 June 2003 |

### Out
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| 10 | FW | Christos Kostis | Anderlecht | End of contract | 1 July 1998 |
| 21 | FW | Marcelo Veridiano | APOEL | End of contract | 1 July 1998 |
| 29 | DF | Stelios Manolas | Retired | Retired | 1 July 1998 |
| 30 | DF | Georgios Koutoulas | PAS Giannina | Contract termination | 7 August 1998 |
| 31 | FW | Goran Tomić | Vicenza | Loan return | 1 July 1998 |
| — | MF | Theodoros Alexis | Apollon Athens | Contract termination | 2 August 1998 |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Source |
| 10 | MF | Ilian Iliev | Levski Sofia | Contract termination | 31 December 1998 | |
| 17 | FW | Georgios Donis | Sheffield United | Contract termination | 23 March 1999 | |

### Loan in
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy | Source |
| 9 | FW | Paraschos Zouboulis | PAOK | Free | 3 August 1998 | 30 June 1999 | Y | |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy |
| 10 | FW | Christopher Wreh | Arsenal | Free | 4 February 1999 | 30 June 1999 | Y |
| 23 | MF | Alberto Méndez | Arsenal | Free | 1 February 1999 | 30 June 1999 | N |
| 24 | DF | Alvin Ceccoli | Wolves | Free | 2 February 1999 | 30 June 1999 | Y |

### Loan out
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy | Source |
| 2 | MF | Triantafyllos Macheridis | PAOK | ₯10,000,000 | 3 August 1998 | 30 June 1999 | Y | |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy |
| 24 | DF | Vangelis Kefalas | Kavala | Free | 13 January 1999 | 30 June 1999 | Y |
| 23 | FW | Ilias Anastasakos | Apollon Athens | Free | 1 January 1999 | 31 December 2000 | N |
| 27 | MF | Mattheos Platakis | Ethnikos Piraeus | Free | 11 January 1999 | 30 June 1999 | Y |
| 29 | GK | Dionysis Chiotis | Ethnikos Piraeus | Free | 11 January 1999 | 30 June 1999 | Y |
| — | FW | Georgios Trichias | Panelefsiniakos | Free | 31 January 1999 | 30 June 1999 | N |
Notes
    a. $^^$ plus Chiotis and Platakis as a free loan until the end of the season.
    b. $^^$ exchange of Zouboulis and Machairidis between AEK and PAOK.

### Contract renewals

| No. | Pos. | Player | Date | Former Exp. Date | New Exp. Date |
| 1 | GK | Ilias Atmatsidis | 29 January 1999 | 30 June 1999 | 30 June 2002 |
| 8 | MF | Toni Savevski | 2 February 1999 | 30 June 1999 | 30 June 2001 |
| 11 | FW | Demis Nikolaidis | 10 July 1998 | 30 June 1999 | 30 June 2001 |
| 20 | FW | Daniel Batista | 4 June 1998 | 30 June 1998 | 30 June 2000 |

### 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 % |
| Alpha Ethniki | 22 August 1998 | 30 May 1999 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 71 | 27 | +44 | 067.65 |
| Greek Cup | 10 November 1998 | 10 November 1998 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 11 August 1998 | 29 September 1998 | Second qualifying round | First round | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 80 | 36 | +44 | 061.54 |
Last updated: 30 May 1999 Source: Competitions

### Alpha Ethniki
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 82 | 22 | +60 | 85 | Qualification for Champions League first group stage |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 71 | 27 | +44 | 75 | Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 66 | 36 | +30 | 74 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | PAOK | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 62 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Ionikos | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 64 | 36 | +28 | 60 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ Head-to-head record: Aris–Ionikos 1–1, Ionikos–Aris 3–0.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Fixtures
### UEFA Cup
#### Second qualifying round
#### First round
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of 30 May 1999
| No. | Pos | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Ilias Atmatsidis | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| 15 | GK | Chrysostomos Michailidis | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | Kostas Daditsos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Vasilis Karagiannis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 5 | DF | Boban Babunski | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Nikos Kostenoglou | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | Charis Kopitsis | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | Vaios Karagiannis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Michalis Kasapis | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | Alvin Ceccoli | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | Giannis Kalitzakis | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Anton Doboș | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Michalis Kapsis | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 2 | MF | Vasilios Lakis | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| 3 | MF | Dimitris Markos | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Christos Maladenis | 25 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 13 |
| 8 | MF | Toni Savevski | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 7 |
| 14 | MF | Akis Zikos | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | Arnar Grétarsson | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Evripidis Katsavos | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Kelvin Sebwe | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 3 |
| 23 | MF | Alberto Méndez | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Branko Milovanović | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 28 | MF | Georgios Passios | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Paris Zouboulis | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 |
| 10 | FW | Christopher Wreh | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
| 11 | FW | Demis Nikolaidis | 29 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 28 |
| 20 | FW | Daniel Batista | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| 26 | FW | Giorgos Kartalis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | FW | Giorgos Kavazis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Left during Winter Transfer Window |||||||||||
| 29 | GK | Dionysis Chiotis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | DF | Vangelis Kefalas | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| — | MF | Mattheos Platakis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | Ilian Iliev | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| — | FW | Georgios Donis | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| — | FW | Ilias Anastasakos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 30 May 1999
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | Demis Nikolaidis | 22 | 0 | 6 | 28 |
| 2 | 7 | MF | Christos Maladenis | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | Toni Savevski | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | Paraschos Zouboulis | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 10 | FW | Christopher Wreh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 20 | FW | Daniel Batista | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 30 | MF | Kelvin Sebwe | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 14 | MF | Akis Zikos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | MF | Vasilios Lakis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 27 | MF | Branko Milovanović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 12 | DF | Charis Kopitsis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 1 | GK | Ilias Atmatsidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 6 | DF | Nikos Kostenoglou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 17 | DF | Michalis Kasapis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 3 | MF | Dimitris Markos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | — | FW | Georgios Donis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 70 | 0 | 9 | 79 |

### Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.
| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Demis Nikolaidis | Ferencváros | 4–0 (H) | 25 August 1998 | UEFA Cup |
| Demis Nikolaidis | Aris | 6–0 (H) | 29 November 1998 | Alpha Ethniki |
| Christos Maladenis | Iraklis | 3–2 (A) | 19 May 1999 | Alpha Ethniki |

### 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 30 May 1999
| Rank | No. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Ilias Atmatsidis | 13 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 15 | Chrysostomos Michailidis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 22 | Vasilis Karagiannis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 16 | 0 | 1 | 17 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 30 May 1999 N P Nat. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total Notes Goalkeepers 1 GK Ilias Atmatsidis 5 1 6 15 GK Chrysostomos Michailidis 17 GK Kostas Daditsos 22 GK Vasilis Karagiannis Defenders 5 DF Boban Babunski 3 1 4 6 DF Nikos Kostenoglou 7 1 8 12 DF Charis Kopitsis 10 1 2 12 1 13 DF Vaios Karagiannis 4 4 21 DF Michalis Kasapis 4 2 1 6 1 24 DF Alvin Ceccoli 25 DF Giannis Kalitzakis 10 1 1 2 13 1 31 DF Anton Doboș 32 DF Michalis Kapsis 1 1 Midfielders 2 MF Vasilios Lakis 2 2 3 MF Dimitris Markos 5 1 1 6 1 7 MF Christos Maladenis 6 1 7 8 MF Toni Savevski 1 1 1 1 14 MF Akis Zikos 10 1 2 12 1 16 MF Arnar Grétarsson 3 3 18 MF Evripidis Katsavos 2 1 2 1 19 MF Kelvin Sebwe 23 MF Alberto Méndez 27 MF Branko Milovanović 2 2 28 MF Georgios Passios Forwards 9 FW Paris Zouboulis 3 1 3 1 10 FW Christopher Wreh 1 1 1 1 11 FW Demis Nikolaidis 8 8 20 FW Daniel Batista 1 1 26 FW Giorgos Kartalis — FW Giorgos Kavazis Left during Winter Transfer window 29 GK Dionysis Chiotis — DF Vangelis Kefalas 1 1 2 — MF Mattheos Platakis — MF Ilian Iliev 1 1 — FW Georgios Donis — FW Ilias Anastasakos

### Starting 11
## Awards

| Player | Pos. | Award | Source |
| Demis Nikolaidis | FW | Alpha Ethiniki Top Scorer | |
| Ilias Atmatsidis | GK | Goalkeeper of the Season | |