# 2001–02 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 2001–02 season was the 78th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 43rd 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 6 August 2001 and finished on 8 May 2002.

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## Overview

The summer of 2001 found AEK Athens once again in the midst of great administrative and financial problems. The multinationals ENIC and Netmed were searching all summer for interested parties to buy the or take over the management of the club. Eventually, the controversial businessman and well known from his past in the basketball team, Makis Psomiadis, through the company "Ippoventure", became the new boss of AEK. Psomiadis initially put in the position of president his friend and businessman, Filon Antonopoulos and later his cousin, Charilaos. In the competitive part, however, Psomiadis seemed to be quite capable, as he brought Fernando Santos as the new coach and added to the roster, the Paraguayan international defender, Carlos Gamarra, on loan from Flamengo.
AEK started the championship very well and from an outsider they slowly became a favorite for the title, with Santos demonstrating a disciplined and well-done team. However, 3 consecutive defeats in January suddenly made the situation very difficult and the first problems in the Psomiadis-Santos relations begun. Nevertheless, the team continued well and competed with Olympiacos for the title until the end. Eventually, on 20 April, in a match that was deemed as "final" for the penultimate matchday at the Olympic Stadium, Olympiacos won by 4–3 and conclusively AEK lost the title in a draw with 58 points each.
In the first round of the UEFA Cup, AEK had a theoretically easy task, having to face the weak Grevenmacher from Luxembourg. The first match took place at Nea Filadelfeia and AEK were storming. The 2 goals in the first half by Tsiartas and Zagorakis and another 4 in the second half by Nikolaidis, Lakis and Konstantinidis, gave an impressive victory to the yellow-blacks. The crowd was extremely satisfied and the rematch was of a formal procedure. In the rematch in Luxembourg AEK didn't struggle at all with 1 goal in each half with Lakis and Konstantinidis, while also missing plenty of chances. The majority of AEK's fans at the stadium was remarkable. In the second round, AEK found the obstacle of the Scottish Hibernian. The first match was played in Athens and in front of about 18,000 people, AEK won a penalty with Georgeas at the 55th minute and Tsiartas capitalized on it. In the 68th minute, a header by Nikolaidis made it 2–0 and gave AEK a good score for the second match. It was worth noting that with this goal, Demis Nikolaidis reached 17 goals for the UEFA Cup and became the Greek top scorer of all time for this competition. At the Easter Road, Hibernian pressed AEK, who were lucky to draw the first half 0–0. However, in the second half, 2 goals by Luna equalized the score of the first match and the game went to extra-time, where Tsiartas showed his class and with 2 personal goals with a shot and a direct corner kick, gave AEK the qualification. All the Scots managed to do was to score a third goal 5 minutes before the end of extra-time, getting an honorable victory with 3–2. In the third round, the draw again favored AEK, who found in front of them another "passable" opponent, the Croatian Osijek. In the first match in Croatia, AEK entered the game strongly and took the lead in the 12th minute with Zagorakis, while in the 70th minute Nikolaidis made it 0–2, but immediately after that the Croatians reduced it to 1–2. AEK kept the score in their favor until the end and was the clear favorite for qualification. In the second leg in Athens, AEK soon found themselves behind with a 15th-minute own goal by Ferrugem, but turned the score around to be leveled by the Osijek at 2–2 before half-time. Eventually, a goal by Konstantinidis in the 79th minute, gave the yellow-blacks the qualification. In the next round, another theoretically passable opponent was drawn against AEK, the Bulgarian Litex Lovech. The first match took place at Nikos Goumas Stadium and AEK came in impressively from the start and scoring 3 goals by the 23rd minute and with the Bulgarians reducing it to 3–1 in the 30th minute. In the second half, AEK conceded another goal for the final 3–2 and the Bulgarians to re-enter the qualification game. In the rematch in frozen Lovech, AEK were called upon to qualify in a match that took place in very difficult weather conditions. A goal by their top player in the match, Gamarra, at the 6th minute, brought AEK very close to the qualification, who even though conceding a goal at the end of the match, had already qualified. AEK reached the round of 16 of the institution and the margins for passable draws were narrowed. They were eventually drawn with the mighty Internazionale and things became extremely difficult. The first match at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza started impressively for AEK, who took the lead in the 8th minute with a great shot by Zagorakis. However, the Italian team quickly recovered and with two goals from Zanetti and Kallon made it 2–1 before the break, while their superiority was then sealed with another goal in the 56th minute from Ventola. The rematch was indeed difficult. In a packed Nikos Goumas Stadium, AEK tried to press, but in their first chance of Inter conceded a goal with free-kick by Greško in the 20th minute. AEK equalized after 3 minutes with a header by Konstantinidis and overturned the score with Nikolaidis at the 56th minute making the crowd heated as it brought the team just one goal away from extra-time, but the experienced and quality Italians immediately equalized with Ventola, which shaped the final 2–2. AEK's European course ended there, with an elimination with their "heads up".
In the cup, AEK initially qualified by playing in a group with Panserraikos, Egaleo, and Nafpaktiakos Asteras. After an easy qualification over Agios Nikolaos, their next opponent were Kilkisiakos with the yellow-blacks achieving an even easier qualification. In the quarter-finals, AEK faced PAOK. In the first leg of Nikos Goumas Stadium, AEK prevailed with 2–1, while in the second leg of Toumba Stadium seemed difficult, but in the end it turned out to be a "strawl" with AEK winning with 0–4. In the semi-finals, AEK were drawn against Skoda Xanthi. The first match at Xanthi ended with 0–0 and AEK seemed as the favorite for the rematch. In the end, the Xanthi team proved to be "tougher", the match ended 0–0 and went to extra-time. There, however, a goal by Ilija Ivić in the 106th minute gave AEK the qualification for the final, against Olympiacos. The cup final took place a week after the "championship final" and beyond its given importance, it was AEK's opportunity for a revenge. The match was very strong from the start and despite the chances, the first-half ended 0–0. In the 51st minute, Nikolaidis won a penalty, Tsiartas executed it, the ball hit the two posts, reached Nikolaidis who shot, and after going against the body of Konstantinidis, ended up in the net. Olympiacos then pushed for the equalizer and eventually succeeded at the 70th minute with a header by Giovanni, who was sent-off 9 minutes later for an unsportsmanlike hit on Konstantinidis. In the 81st minute, Ilija Ivić entered the match and 2 minutes later, after a foul by Tsiartas, he scored the winning goal with a header and AEK won the title.
The top scorer of the season for the yellow-blacks in the championship was Nikolaidis with 17 goals, while Tsiartas scored 16 goals. The presence of the amazing Gamarra in defense was also noteworthy.

## Management team

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Fernando Santos |
| Assistant manager | Jasminko Velić |
| Assistant manager | Jorge Rosário |
| Assistant manager | Antonis Minou |
| Academy director | Andreas Stamatiadis |
| Academy manager | Giorgos Karafeskos |
| Head of Medical | Lakis Nikolaou |
| Physiotherapist | Nikos Pantazis |

## Players
### Squad information

NOTE: The players are the ones that have been announced by the AEK Athens' press release. No edits should be made unless a player arrival or exit is announced. Updated 8 May 2002, 23:59 UTC+3.
| No. | Player | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed | Previous club | Transfer fee | Contract until |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Ilias Atmatsidis | GK | (1969-04-24)24 April 1969 (aged 33) | 1992 | Pontioi Veria | Free | 2002 |
| 22 | Dionysis Chiotis | GK | (1977-06-04)4 June 1977 (aged 25) | 1994 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2005 |
| 27 | Sotiris Liberopoulos | GK | (1977-06-29)29 June 1977 (aged 25) | 2001 | Kalamata | Free | 2005 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 3 | Ferrugem | CB / DM | (1980-10-06)6 October 1980 (aged 21) | 2000 | Palmeiras | Free | 2005 |
| 4 | Carlos Gamarra | CB | (1971-02-17)17 February 1971 (aged 31) | 2001 | Flamengo | €600,000 | 2002 |
| 5 | Nikos Kostenoglou (Vice-captain) | CB / RB | (1970-10-03)3 October 1970 (aged 31) | 1994 | Skoda Xanthi | €400,000 | 2003 |
| 12 | Georgios Xenidis | LB / CB | (1974-12-06)6 December 1974 (aged 27) | 2002 | Iraklis | Free | 2004 |
| 15 | Éric Rabésandratana | CB / DM | (1972-09-18)18 September 1972 (aged 29) | 2001 | Paris Saint-Germain | €1,800,000 | 2004 |
| 16 | Nikolaos Georgeas | RB / LB / DM | (1976-12-27)27 December 1976 (aged 25) | 2001 | Kalamata | €1,500,000 | 2006 |
| 17 | Michalis Kasapis | LB / LM | (1971-08-06)6 August 1971 (aged 30) | 1993 | Levadiakos | €200,000 | 2006 |
| 21 | Vaios Karagiannis | LB / CB | (1968-06-25)25 June 1968 (aged 34) | 1990 | A.O. Karditsa | Free | 2002 |
| 25 | Stathis Kappos | RB | (1979-07-31)31 July 1979 (aged 22) | 2001 | Kalamata | Free | 2005 |
| 32 | Michalis Kapsis | CB | (1973-10-18)18 October 1973 (aged 28) | 1999 | Ethnikos Piraeus | €250,000 | 2003 |
| 39 | Grigoris Toskas | CB | (1983-01-08)8 January 1983 (aged 19) | 2000 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2005 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 6 | Theodoros Zagorakis (Captain) | CM / DM / AM / RM / CB / RB | (1971-10-27)27 October 1971 (aged 30) | 2000 | Leicester City | Free | 2003 |
| 7 | Christos Maladenis | CM / RM / LM / AM / RW / LW / SS | (1974-05-23)23 May 1974 (aged 28) | 1995 | Skoda Xanthi | €500,000 | 2003 |
| 10 | Vasilios Tsiartas (Vice-captain 2) | AM / RM / LM / SS | (1972-11-12)12 November 1972 (aged 29) | 2000 | Sevilla | €3,500,000 | 2003 |
| 14 | Akis Zikos | DM / CM | (1974-06-01)1 June 1974 (aged 28) | 1998 | Skoda Xanthi | €700,000 | 2006 |
| 18 | Georgios Passios | DM / CM / CB | (1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 20) | 1997 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2003 |
| 19 | Bledar Kola | LM / CM / DM / LB | (1972-08-01)1 August 1972 (aged 29) | 2001 | Panathinaikos | Free | 2003 |
| 23 | Vasilios Lakis | RM / RW / AM / CM / RB | (1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 25) | 1998 | Paniliakos | €1,000,000 | 2003 |
| 28 | Milen Petkov | DM / CM / AM / RM / LM | (1974-01-12)12 January 1974 (aged 28) | 2000 | CSKA Sofia | €800,000 | 2003 |
| 33 | Fernando Navas | LM / AM / RM | (1977-01-29)29 January 1977 (aged 25) | 2000 | Boca Juniors | €2,000,000 | 2005 |
| 41 | Dimitris Karameris | CM / DM | (1983-04-16)16 April 1983 (aged 19) | 2000 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2005 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 11 | Demis Nikolaidis | ST / SS | (1973-09-17)17 September 1973 (aged 28) | 1996 | Apollon Athens | €1,000,000 | 2004 |
| 20 | Sotiris Konstantinidis | RW / LW / RM / LM / AM | (1979-04-19)19 April 1979 (aged 23) | 1999 | Iraklis | Free | 2004 |
| 24 | Christos Kostis | SS / ST / AM / RW / LW | (1972-01-15)15 January 1972 (aged 30) | 2000 | Anderlecht | Free | 2002 |
| 26 | António Folha | LW / LM / AM | (1971-05-21)21 May 1971 (aged 31) | 2002 | Porto | Free | 2002 |
| 30 | Ilija Ivić | ST / LW | (1971-02-17)17 February 1971 (aged 31) | 2002 | Aris | Free | 2005 |
| Left during Winter Transfer Window |||||||||
| 2 | Maricá | RB | (1979-09-24)24 September 1979 (aged 22) | 2001 | Vasco da Gama | Free | 2002 |
| 9 | Grzegorz Mielcarski | ST | (1971-05-19)19 May 1971 (aged 31) | 2001 | Pogoń Szczecin | Free | 2003 |
| 29 | Ilias Anastasakos | ST / LW / LM | (1978-03-03)3 March 1978 (aged 24) | 1995 | A.O. Dafniou | Free | 2002 |
| 31 | Georgios Trichias | RW / ST | (1979-10-14)14 October 1979 (aged 22) | 2001 | Niki Volos | Free | 2005 |

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

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until |
| 9 | FW | Grzegorz Mielcarski | Pogoń Szczecin | Free transfer | 31 July 2001 | 30 June 2003 |
| 15 | DF | Éric Rabésandratana | Paris Saint-Germain | €1,800,000 | 27 July 2001 | 30 June 2004 |
| 25 | DF | Stathis Kappos | Kalamata | Free transfer | 9 August 2001 | 30 June 2005 |
| 27 | GK | Sotiris Liberopoulos | Kalamata | Free transfer | 9 August 2001 | 30 June 2005 |
| 29 | FW | Ilias Anastasakos | Kalamata | Loan return | 1 July 2001 | 30 June 2002 |
| 31 | FW | Georgios Trichias | Panetolikos | Loan return | 1 July 2001 | 31 December 2005 |
| — | GK | Lefteris Petkaris | Kilkisiakos | Loan return | 1 July 2001 | 30 June 2001 |
| — | DF | Georgios Paraskevaidis | Panionios | Loan return | 1 July 2001 | 30 June 2001 |
| — | MF | Ivan Rusev | Athinaikos | Loan return | 1 July 2001 | 30 June 2005 |
| — | MF | Luis Darío Calvo | Kalamata | Loan return | 1 July 2001 | 30 June 2001 |
| — | FW | Giorgos Kartalis | Agios Nikolaos | Loan return | 1 July 2001 | 30 June 2001 |
| — | FW | Giorgos Kavazis | Kalamata | Loan return | 1 July 2001 | 30 June 2003 |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until |
| 12 | DF | Georgios Xenidis | Iraklis | Free transfer | 3 January 2002 | 30 June 2004 |
| 30 | FW | Ilija Ivić | Aris | Free transfer | 2 January 2002 | 30 June 2005 |
| 33 | MF | Fernando Navas | Aris | Loan return | 25 February 2002 | 30 June 2004 |

### Out
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| 2 | DF | Traianos Dellas | Perugia | Contract termination | 4 September 2001 |
| 12 | DF | Charis Kopitsis | Egaleo | Contract termination | 10 August 2001 |
| 27 | DF | Hernán Medina | Boca Juniors | Loan return | 1 July 2001 |
| — | GK | Lefteris Petkaris | Aris | End of contract | 1 July 2001 |
| — | DF | Georgios Paraskevaidis | Athinaikos | End of contract | 1 July 2001 |
| — | MF | Luis Darío Calvo | Boca Juniors | Loan return | 1 July 2001 |
| — | FW | Giorgos Kartalis | Trikala | End of contract | 1 July 2001 |
| — | FW | Giorgos Kavazis | Apollon Limassol | Contract termination | 1 July 2001 |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| 2 | DF | Maricá | Vasco da Gama | Loan termination | 28 December 2001 |
| 9 | FW | Grzegorz Mielcarski | Amica Wronki | Contract termination | 9 January 2002 |
| 29 | FW | Ilias Anastasakos | Athinaikos | Contract termination | 18 January 2002 |

### Loan in
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy | Source |
| 2 | DF | Maricá | Vasco da Gama | Free | 10 August 2001 | 30 June 2002 | N | |
| 4 | DF | Carlos Gamarra | Flamengo | €600,000 | 24 July 2001 | 30 June 2002 | Y | |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy | Source |
| 26 | FW | António Folha | Porto | Free | 3 January 2002 | 30 June 2002 | N | |

### Loan out
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy |
| 15 | GK | Chrysostomos Michailidis | Ethnikos Asteras | Free | 9 August 2002 | 30 June 2002 | N |
| 31 | DF | Christos Pitos | Marko | Free | 1 July 2001 | 30 June 2002 | N |
| 30 | FW | Emanuel Ruiz | Unión Santa Fe | Free | 22 August 2001 | 30 June 2002 | N |
| — | MF | Ivan Rusev | Apollon Smyrnis | Free | 1 July 2001 | 30 June 2002 | N |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy | Source |
| 31 | FW | Georgios Trichias | Apollon Smyrnis | Free | 18 January 2002 | 30 June 2002 | N | |
| 33 | MF | Fernando Navas | Aris | Free | 29 January 2002 | 30 June 2002 | N | |

### Contract renewals

| No. | Pos. | Player | Date | Former Exp. Date | New Exp. Date |
| 14 | MF | Akis Zikos | 16 October 2001 | 30 June 2002 | 30 June 2006 |
| 17 | DF | Michalis Kasapis | 2 August 2001 | 30 June 2002 | 30 June 2006 |
| 21 | DF | Vaios Karagiannis | 12 July 2001 | 30 June 2001 | 30 June 2002 |
| 24 | FW | Christos Kostis | 12 July 2001 | 30 June 2001 | 30 June 2002 |

### 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 | 23 September 2001 | 8 May 2002 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 26 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 65 | 28 | +37 | 073.08 |
| Greek Cup | 6 August 2001 | 27 April 2002 | Group stage | Winners | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 9 | +36 | 086.67 |
| UEFA Cup | 9 August 2001 | 28 February 2002 | Qualifying round | Fourth round | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 060.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 38 | 5 | 8 | 134 | 51 | +83 | 074.51 |
Last updated: 8 May 2002 Source: Competitions

### Alpha Ethniki
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 69 | 30 | +39 | 58 | Qualification for Champions League first group stage |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 26 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 65 | 28 | +37 | 58 | Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 53 | 25 | +28 | 55 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | PAOK | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 48 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Skoda Xanthi | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 42 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: AEK Athens–Olympiacos 2–3, Olympiacos–AEK Athens 4–3.

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |

#### Fixtures
### Greek Cup
#### Group 1

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AEK | EGA | PNS | NAF |
| 1 | AEK Athens | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 7 | +18 | 16 | Second Round | | 2–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Egaleo | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 9 | Second Round | 3–3 | | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Panserraikos | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 8 | | 1–5 | 1–1 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Nafpaktiakos Asteras | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 0 | | 3–6 | 1–3 | 0–3 | |

#### Matches
##### Final
### UEFA Cup
#### Fourth round
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of 8 May 2002
| 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 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Dionysis Chiotis | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | Sotiris Liberopoulos | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 3 | DF | Ferrugem | 24 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 45 | 4 |
| 4 | DF | Carlos Gamarra | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 40 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Nikos Kostenoglou | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Georgios Xenidis | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Éric Rabésandratana | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Nikolaos Georgeas | 21 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Michalis Kasapis | 19 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Vaios Karagiannis | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Stathis Kappos | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Michalis Kapsis | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | Grigoris Toskas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 6 | MF | Theodoros Zagorakis | 26 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 45 | 8 |
| 7 | MF | Christos Maladenis | 21 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 12 |
| 10 | MF | Vasilios Tsiartas | 24 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 41 | 28 |
| 14 | MF | Akis Zikos | 24 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 45 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | Georgios Passios | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Bledar Kola | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | Vasilios Lakis | 26 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 46 | 15 |
| 28 | MF | Milen Petkov | 14 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | Fernando Navas | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 41 | MF | Dimitris Karameris | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 11 | FW | Demis Nikolaidis | 24 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 28 |
| 20 | FW | Sotiris Konstantinidis | 21 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 40 | 13 |
| 24 | FW | Christos Kostis | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 26 | FW | António Folha | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| 30 | FW | Ilija Ivić | 15 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 |
| Left during Winter Transfer Window |||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Maricá | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Grzegorz Mielcarski | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 29 | FW | Ilias Anastasakos | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | Georgios Trichias | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 8 May 2002
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | Demis Nikolaidis | 17 | 6 | 5 | 28 |
| 1 | 10 | MF | Vasilios Tsiartas | 16 | 6 | 6 | 28 |
| 3 | 23 | MF | Vasilios Lakis | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | 20 | FW | Sotiris Konstantinidis | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 7 | MF | Christos Maladenis | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | 30 | FW | Ilija Ivić | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | 6 | MF | Theodoros Zagorakis | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 3 | DF | Ferrugem | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | 31 | FW | Georgios Trichias | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 9 | FW | Grzegorz Mielcarski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 14 | MF | Akis Zikos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 19 | MF | Bledar Kola | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 33 | MF | Fernando Navas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 28 | MF | Milen Petkov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 24 | FW | Christos Kostis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 28 | MF | Milen Petkov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 4 | DF | Carlos Gamarra | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 65 | 45 | 24 | 134 |

### Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.
| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition | Source |
| Vasilios Tsiartas | Panserraikos | 5–1 (A) | 6 August 2001 | Greek Cup | |
| Demis Nikolaidis$^5$ | Nafpaktiakos Asteras | 6–3 (A) | 29 August 2001 | Greek Cup | |

### Assists

    As of 8 May 2002
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | Vasilios Tsiartas | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 23 | MF | Vasilios Lakis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 11 | FW | Demis Nikolaidis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | DF | Ferrugem | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 17 | DF | Michalis Kasapis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 6 | MF | Theodoros Zagorakis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 28 | MF | Milen Petkov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 30 | FW | Ilija Ivić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 20 | FW | Sotiris Konstantinidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 29 | 0 | 0 | 29 |

### 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 8 May 2002
| Rank | No. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 22 | Dionysis Chiotis | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 1 | 1 | Ilias Atmatsidis | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | 27 | Sotiris Liberopoulos | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 12 | 10 | 3 | 25 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 8 May 2002 N P Nat. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup UEFA Cup Total Notes Goalkeepers 1 GK Ilias Atmatsidis 1 1 22 GK Dionysis Chiotis 1 1 2 27 GK Sotiris Liberopoulos Defenders 3 DF Ferrugem 4 2 2 8 4 DF Carlos Gamarra 1 1 2 5 DF Nikos Kostenoglou 3 1 1 5 12 DF Georgios Xenidis 1 2 3 15 DF Éric Rabésandratana 16 DF Nikolaos Georgeas 4 2 2 8 17 DF Michalis Kasapis 3 1 4 21 DF Vaios Karagiannis 25 DF Stathis Kappos 32 DF Michalis Kapsis 1 1 39 DF Grigoris Toskas Midfielders 6 MF Theodoros Zagorakis 2 2 1 5 7 MF Christos Maladenis 1 1 10 MF Vasilios Tsiartas 1 1 14 MF Akis Zikos 5 2 2 9 18 MF Georgios Passios 1 1 19 MF Bledar Kola 23 MF Vasilios Lakis 2 1 2 5 28 MF Milen Petkov 2 1 3 33 MF Fernando Navas 41 MF Dimitris Karameris Forwards 11 FW Demis Nikolaidis 2 1 2 5 20 FW Sotiris Konstantinidis 2 2 4 24 FW Christos Kostis 1 1 26 FW António Folha 1 1 30 FW Ilija Ivić 1 2 3 Left during Winter Transfer window 2 DF Maricá 9 DF Grzegorz Mielcarski 29 FW Ilias Anastasakos 1 1 31 FW Georgios Trichias

### Starting 11
## Awards

| Player | Pos. | Award | Source |
| Demis Nikolaidis | FW | Greek Player of the Season | |
| Fernando Santos | — | Manager of the Season | |