The 1993–94 season was the 70th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 35th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup, the Greek Super Cup and the UEFA Champions League. The season began on 18 August 1993 and finished on 24 April 1994.
Kits
Overview In the summer of 1993, the administration of Karras-Melissanidis, in collaboration with the manager, Dušan Bajević, decided to make a renewal in the roster, despite having won the championship of the previous season. Thus the older Minou, Vasilopoulos, Karagiozopoulos, Papaioannou and Georgiadis left the club and the younger Kasapis, Borbokis, Vlachos and Vasilis Karagiannis came in, while it was also decided that Atmatsidis, Tsiartas and Kopitsis, that were signed during the previous season, would have a more active role within the team.
Bajević presented for yet another year a strong team that won the championship for third consecutive time, easilier than the previous season which they were established as one of the most important teams in Greek football. Amongst the important victories of the season were those against Panathinaikos at both home and away, while the highest-scoring victory was against Apollon Athens with 4–0. The title was mathematically sealed after the penultimate match against Apollon Kalamarias.
For the first round of the UEFA Champions League, AEK were drawn against Monaco of Arsène Wenger. In the first match at Stade Louis II, lined up without Manolas, AEK appeared frivolous, unprepared and disjointed, as they were vulnerable in their defensive line, problematic in the midfield and the offense was not particularly threatening. The French created a flurry of chances, but got the win thanks to an own goal by Vlachos. In the rematch of Nikos Goumas Stadium, AEK were not bold and quickly found themselves back in the score with a goal by Djorkaeff, but managed to equalize early enough with Slišković, but without becoming particularly threatening. Afterwards, the fatigue and in general the bad condition of some of their players, as well as the superiority of their opponent did not allow them to claim anything from the game and they were eliminated. Wenger, who in the previous season had been eliminated by Olympiacos with two draws, admitted that AEK were a more technical team than the red and whites, but the latter had played stronger in the match between them.
In the Cup, AEK initially easily overcame the obstacles of Paniliakos and Asteras Ambelokipoi. In the quarter-finals they faced AEL, where they won 0–1 away from home and drew 1–1 at Nea Filadelfeia. In the semi-finals they played against Aris, where after a goalless draw in Thessaloniki, they defeated them in Athens by 2–1. In the final against Panathinaikos, in a packed Olympic Stadium, reportedly one of the best Greek Cup finals of all time took place. Panathinaikos took the lead with a goal by Warzycha at the 31st minute, while at the 54th minute they doubled their goals with an own goal by Manolas. AEK found the focus to equalize with goals by Alexandris at the 71st minute and Dimitriadis at the 77th minute, sending the match to extra time. There, Alexandris made it 2–3 at the 95th minute, but three minutes before the end, Panathinaikos equalized with Markos. The match went to penalty shoot-out where Panathinaikos won with 4–2 and took the trophy.
The main players of the team for this period were Alexis Alexandris, Toni Savevski, Refik Šabanadžović, Stelios Manolas, Michalis Kasapis and Vasilis Dimitriadis. The top scorer of both the team and the league was Alexandris, who together with Warzycha scored 24 goals.
Management team
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 24 April 1994, 23:59 UTC+3.
PlayerNat.Position(s)Date of birth (Age)SignedPrevious clubTransfer feeContract until Goalkeepers Spyros Ikonomopoulos GK 1979 AEK Athens U20 — 1995 Ilias Atmatsidis GK 1992 Pontioi Veria ₯40,000,000 1996 Vasilis Karagiannis GK 1993 Diagoras ₯20,000,000 1998 Defenders Stelios Manolas CB / RB 1980 AEK Athens U20 — 1995 Georgios Agorogiannis RB / RM / RW 1992 AEL ₯35,000,000 1996 Georgios Koutoulas CB / LB 1987 AEK Athens U20 — 1996 Michalis Vlachos CB / DM 1993 Olympiacos Free 1995 Manolis Papadopoulos CB 1992 Olympiacos Free 1995 Vaios Karagiannis LB / CB 1990 A.O. Karditsa ₯11,000,000 1996 Vasilios Borbokis RB / RM 1993 Apollon Kalamarias Free 1997 Charis Kopitsis RB / RM / LB / LM 1992 Panionios Free 1997 Michalis Kasapis LB / LM 1993 Levadiakos ₯25,000,000 1998 Midfielders Tasos Mitropoulos (Vice-captain 2) AM / SS / ST 1992 Olympiacos Free 1994 Toni Savevski CM / LM / DM 1988 Vardar ₯34,000,000 1996 Refik Šabanadžović DM / CM / CB / RB 1991 Red Star Belgrade ₯18,700,000 1996 Stavros Stamatis DM / CM / CB / RB / LB / AM 1988 Charavgiakos ₯22,000,000 1996 Vasilios Tsiartas AM / RM / LM / SS 1992 Naoussa ₯70,000,000 1997 Pantelis Konstantinidis LM / LW / LB 1993 PAS Florina ₯9,000,000 1998 Forwards Vasilis Dimitriadis (Captain) ST 1991 Aris ₯95,000,000 1996 Zoran Slišković ST / SS 1992 HAŠK Građanski ₯60,000,000 1995 Alexis Alexandris (Vice-captain) ST / RW 1991 Veria ₯45,000,000 1994 Samouil Drakopulos ST / RW 1992 Grasshopper ₯55,000,000 1996 Left during Winter Transfer Window Andreas Theodoropoulos CB 1993 Proodeftiki Free 1998 Frank Klopas SS / ST / AM 1988 Chicago Sting Free 1993
Transfers
In
Summer
PlayerFromFeeDateContract UntilSource Diagoras₯20,000,00030 June 1998 OlympiacosFree transfer30 June 1995 ProodeftikiFree transfer30 June 1998 Apollon KalamariasFree transfer30 June 1997 Levadiakos₯25,000,00030 June 1998 CharavgiakosLoan return30 June 1996 PAS Florina₯9,000,00030 June 1998 PezoporikosLoan return30 June 1993 DiagorasLoan return30 June 1994
Winter
PlayerFromFeeDateContract UntilSource PierikosLoan return30 June 1995
Out
Summer
PlayerToFeeDateSource Apollon AthensEnd of contract Apollon AthensEnd of contract KalamataEnd of contract KalamataEnd of contract IlisiakosFree transfer KalamataContract termination Free agentEnd of contract
Winter
PlayerToFeeDateSource US Soccer FederationEnd of contract
Loan out
Summer
PlayerToFeeDateUntilOption to buySource Ethnikos AsterasFree30 June 1994
Winter
PlayerToFeeDateUntilOption to buySource EdessaikosFree30 June 1994 ProodeftikiFree30 November 1994
Contract renewals
PlayerDateFormer Exp. DateNew Exp. DateSource 30 November 199330 June 1995 30 June 199430 June 1996 30 November 199330 November 1996 30 June 199330 June 1996
Overall transfer activity
Expenditure Summer: ₯54,000,000
Winter: ₯0
Total: ₯54,000,000
Income Summer: ₯0
Winter: ₯0
Total: ₯0
Net Totals Summer: ₯54,000,000
Winter: ₯0
Total: ₯54,000,000
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overall record
Alpha Ethniki
League table
Results summary
Results by Matchday
Matches
Greek Cup
Group 14
Matches
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Greek Super Cup
UEFA Champions League
First round The draw for the first round was held on 14 July 1993.
Statistics
Squad statistics
! colspan="13" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers
! colspan="13" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders
! colspan="13" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders
! colspan="13" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards
! colspan="13" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer Window
Goalscorers
The list is sorted by competition order when total goals are equal, then by position and then alphabetically by surname. RankPlayerAlpha EthnikiGreek CupGreek Super CupChampions LeagueTotal124 6 0 0302 710 0 118311 2 0 0134 2 5 0 075 4 1 0 056 3 0 0 03 3 0 0 03 2 1 0 03 2 1 0 0310 2 0 0 02 1 1 0 0212 1 0 0 01 0 1 0 01 0 1 0 01 0 1 0 01Own goals 1 0 0 01Totals6330 0 194
Hat-tricks Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored. PlayerAgainst Result Date Competition Source Alexis Alexandris Keratsini 7–0 (A) 25 August 1993 Greek Cup Zoran Slišković4 Asteras Ambelokipoi 7–1 (A) 29 December 1993 Greek Cup
Assists
The list is sorted by competition order when total assists are equal, then by position and then alphabetically by surname. RankPlayerAlpha EthnikiGreek CupGreek Super CupChampions LeagueTotal1 9 5 0 0142 6 4 0 0103 4 3 0 074 4 0 0 04 3 1 0 04 3 0 0 14 2 2 0 04 2 2 0 04 1 3 0 0410 3 0 0 03 1 2 0 0312 1 0 0 01Totals3922 0 162
Clean sheets The list is sorted by competition order when total clean sheets are equal 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.
RankPlayerAlpha EthnikiGreek CupGreek Super CupChampions LeagueTotal114 5 0 0192 0 1 0 013 0 0 0 00Totals14 6 0 020
Disciplinary record
! colspan="20" style="background:#FFDE00; text-align:center" | Goalkeepers
! colspan="20" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Defenders
! colspan="20" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Midfielders
! colspan="20" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Forwards
! colspan="20" style="background:#FFDE00; color:black; text-align:center;"| Left during Winter Transfer window
Starting 11 This section presents the most frequently used formation along with the players with the most starts across all competitions.
Formation Matchday(s)494–3–31–34
Player Ilias AtmatsidisGKStelios Manolas (C)RCBVaios KaragiannisLCBGeorgios AgorogiannisRBMichalis KasapisLBMichalis VlachosDMRefik ŠabanadžovićRCMToni SavevskiLCMAlexis AlexandrisRWZoran SliškovićLWVasilis DimitriadisCF
Awards PlayerAwardSource Alexis Alexandris FW Alpha Ethiniki Top Scorer (shared) Zoran Slišković FW Greek Cup Top Scorer Alexis Alexandris FW Greek Player of the Season Michalis Kasapis DF Young Player of the Season (shared) Dušan Bajević — Foreign Manager of the Season
References
External links AEK Athens F.C. Official Website A.E.K. FC Database