List of AEK Athens F.C. managers
The following is a list of managers of A.E.K. Athens FC. The club has had 54 full-time managers.
Managerial history
A.E.K. Athens first captain Kostas Negrepontis has the record of the most seasons as the first team's head coach with 12 seasons.The record with the most titles belongs to Dušan Bajević who won 4 Greek Championships,1 Greek Cup,1 League Cup,1 Super Cup and 1 Mediterranean Games Cup.
Season | Manager | Period | Competition | Record | Honours | ||||||||||
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Nat | Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | W% | Pts% | |||
1927-28 | Joseph Sveg | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | ||||
1930-31 | Rauchmal | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | ||||
1932-33 | Themos Asderis | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | ||||
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Kostas Negrepontis | 1933 | 1936 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | ||
1936-37 | Themos Asderis | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | ||||
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Kostas Negrepontis | 1937 | 1940 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Greek League: 2 Greek Cup: 1 | ||
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Kostas Negrepontis | 1944 | 1948 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | ||
Giorgos Daispaggos | 1948 | 1948 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | |||
Jack Beby | 1948 | 1951 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Greek Cup: 2 | |||
Mario Magnozzi | 1951 | 1953 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | |||
1953-54 | Ted Crawford[1] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | ||||
1954-55 | |
Tryfon Tzanetis | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | |||
1955-56 | |
Kostas Negrepontis | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | |||
1956-57 | |
Tryfon Tzanetis | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | |||
1957-58 | Reno Martini | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | ||||
1958-59 | |
Kostas Negrepontis | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | |||
1959-60 | Harry Aurednik4 | 31 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 73 | 29 | +44 | 67.74 | 75.27 | — | ||||
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Tryfon Tzanetis4 | 1960 | 1962 | 60 | 36 | 11 | 13 | 137 | 63 | +74 | 60.00 | 66.11 | — | ||
1962-63 | Jenő Csaknády4 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 69 | 24 | +45 | 64.51 | 73.12 | Greek League: 1 | ||||
1963-64 | Heinrich Müller | 37 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 91 | 35 | +56 | 62.16 | 67.57 | Greek Cup: 1 | ||||
1964-65 | Mirko Kokotović4 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 66 | 25 | +41 | 59.37 | 69.79 | — | ||||
1965-66 | |
Tryfon Tzanetis | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | |||
1967–68 | Jenő Csaknády | 38 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 73 | 27 | +46 | 65.79 | 71.05 | Greek League: 1 | ||||
Branko Stanković4 | 1968 | 1973 | 184 | 98 | 46 | 40 | 294 | 157 | +137 | 53.26 | 61.59 | Greek League: 1 | |||
1973–74 | Stan Anderson4 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 47.05 | 54.90 | — | ||||
František Fadrhonc | 1974 | 1977 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | |||
1977–78 | Zlatko Čajkovski | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Greek League: 1 Greek Cup: 1 | ||||
1978–79 | |
Ferenc Puskás | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | |||
Andreas Stamatiadis | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Greek League: 1 | |||||
1979–80 | Hermann Stessl | 40 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 75 | 48 | +27 | 52.50 | — | |||||
1980–81 | Miltos Papapostolou | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 77 | 52 | +25 | 50.00 | — | |||||
1981–82 | Hans Tilkowski | 37 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 60 | 46 | +14 | 48.65 | — | |||||
Zlatko Čajkovski | 1982 | 1982 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | |||
Kostas Nestoridis | 1982 | 1983 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | |||
Helmut Senekowitsch | 1983 | 1983 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Greek Cup: 1 | |||
John Barnwell | 1983 | 1984 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 42.10 | 49.12 | — | |||
1984-85 | Václav Halama | 1984 | 1984-12 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | ||
Antonis Georgiadis | 1984-12 | 1985 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | |||
1985-86 | Jacek Gmoch | 1985 | 1986 | 41 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 65 | 40 | +25 | 46.34 | 56.10 | — | ||
1986-87 | Albert Fafie | 1986 | 1986-12 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | ||
Nikos Alefantos | 1986-12 | 1987-05 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | |||
Nikos Christidis1 | 1987-05 | 1987 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | |||
1987-88 | Todor Veselinović | 35 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 60 | 39 | +21 | 48.57 | 59.05 | — | ||||
1988-89 | Dušan Bajević | 1988 | 1996 | 36 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 63.89 | Greek League: 4 Greek Cup: 1 Greek League Cup: 1 Greek Super Cup: 1 | |||
1989-90 | 3 | 50 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 89 | 39 | +50 | 52.00 | ||||||
1990-91 | Alpha Ethniki | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 52.94 | 58.82 | |||||
Greek Cup | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 85.71 | 85.71 | ||||||
1991-92 | Alpha Ethniki | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 72 | 25 | +47 | 67.65 | 75.49 | |||||
Greek Cup3 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 58.33 | 69.44 | ||||||
UEFA Cup | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 50.00 | 61.11 | ||||||
1992-93 | Alpha Ethniki | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 78 | 27 | +51 | 70.59 | 76.47 | |||||
Greek Cup3 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 63.64 | 69.70 | ||||||
UEFA Champions League | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 25.00 | 41.67 | ||||||
Greek Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 00.00 | 00.00 | ||||||
1993-94 | Alpha Ethniki | 34 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 63 | 28 | +35 | 73.53 | 77.45 | |||||
Greek Cup3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 11 | +24 | 58.33 | 72.22 | ||||||
UEFA Champions League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 00.00 | 16.67 | ||||||
Greek Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 00.00 | 00.00 | ||||||
1994-95 | 3 | 56 | 31 | 13 | 12 | 94 | 50 | +44 | 55.36 | ||||||
1995-96 | 51 | 36 | 9 | 6 | 130 | 41 | +89 | 70.59 | |||||||
1996-97 | Petros Ravousis | 50 | 33 | 10 | 7 | 107 | 39 | +68 | 66.00 | Greek Cup: 1 Greek Super Cup: 1 | |||||
1997-98 | Dumitru Dumitriu | 1997 | 1998-03-29 | Alpha Ethniki (1) | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 49 | 23 | +26 | 67.86 | 75.00 | — | |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 50.00 | 55.56 | ||||||
Greek Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 00.00 | 00.00 | ||||||
Total | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 62 | 32 | +30 | 61.11 | 67.59 | ||||||
Antonis Minou1 | 1998-04-03 | 1998-06-27 | (2) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 50.00 | 61.11 | — | ||
1998-99 | Dragoslav Stepanović | 1998-06-30 | 1998-10-28 | Alpha Ethniki (1) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 71.43 | 80.95 | — | |
UEFA Cup | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 25.00 | 33.33 | ||||||
Total | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 54.54 | 63.64 | ||||||
Takis Karagiozopoulos1 | 1998-10-29 | 1998-11-25 | Alpha Ethniki (2) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 66.66 | 66.66 | — | ||
Greek Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 00.00 | 00.00 | ||||||
Total | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 50.00 | 50.00 | ||||||
Oleg Blokhin | 1998-11-26 | 1999-05-30 | (3) | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 19 | +33 | 66.66 | 72.22 | — | ||
1999-00 | Ljubiša Tumbaković | 1999-06-01 | 2000-01-07 | Alpha Ethniki (1) | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 46.15 | 53.85 | — | |
UEFA Cup | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 50.00 | 55.56 | ||||||
Greek Cup (1) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | +16 | 100.00 | 100.00 | ||||||
UEFA Champions League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 00.00 | 16.67 | ||||||
Total | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 55 | 28 | +27 | 53.85 | 60.26 | ||||||
Takis Karagiozopoulos1 | 2000-01-08 | 2000-01-09 | (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 00.00 | 00.00 | — | ||
Giannis Pathiakakis | 2000-01-09 | 2001-01-24 | (3) | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 60 | 22 | +38 | 69.23 | Greek Cup: 1 | |||
2000-01 | Alpha Ethniki (1) | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 53.33 | 60.00 | |||||
Greek Cup | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 17 | +23 | 66.67 | 72.22 | ||||||
UEFA Cup (1) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 50.00 | 61.11 | ||||||
Total | 59 | 37 | 11 | 11 | 145 | 69 | +76 | 62.71 | 68.93 | ||||||
Toni Savevski2 | 2001-01-25 | 2001-06-15[2] | Alpha Ethniki (2) | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 12 | +20 | 73.33 | 75.56 | — | ||
UEFA Cup (2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 00.00 | 00.00 | ||||||
Total | 17 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 64.71 | 70.59 | ||||||
2001-02 | Fernando Santos | 2001-06-17[3] | 2002-05-09[4] | 51 | 38 | 5 | 8 | 134 | 51 | +83 | 74.51 | Greek Cup: 1 | |||
2002-03 | Dušan Bajević | 2002-05-19[5] | 2004-01-26[6] | Alpha Ethniki | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 74 | 29 | +45 | 70.00 | 75.56 | — | |
Greek Cup | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 60.00 | 70.00 | ||||||
UEFA Champions League | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 25.00 | 50.00 | ||||||
UEFA Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 50.00 | 58.33 | ||||||
2003–04 | Alpha Ethniki (1) | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 17 | +22 | 55.55 | 64.81 | |||||
UEFA Champions League | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 12.50 | 20.83 | ||||||
Greek Cup (1) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 75.00 | 83.33 | ||||||
Total | 82 | 45 | 23 | 14 | 166 | 77 | +89 | 54.88 | 64.23 | ||||||
Ilie Dumitrescu | 2004-02-02[7] | 2004-05-25 | Alpha Ethniki (2) | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 50.00 | 55.56 | — | ||
Greek Cup (2) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 50.00 | 58.33 | ||||||
Total | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 50.00 | 56.25 | ||||||
2004–05 | Fernando Santos | 2004-07-16[8] | 2006-05-13 | Alpha Ethniki | 30 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 56.67 | 68.89 | — | |
Greek Cup3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 50.00 | 60.00 | ||||||
UEFA Cup | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 16.67 | 22.22 | ||||||
2005–06 | Alpha Ethniki | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 20 | +22 | 70.00 | 74.44 | |||||
Greek Cup3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 37.50 | 50.00 | ||||||
UEFA Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 00.00 | 16.67 | ||||||
Total | 86 | 47 | 23 | 16 | 121 | 70 | +51 | 54.65 | 63.57 | ||||||
2006-07 | Llorenç Serra Ferrer | 2006-06-07[9] | 2008-02-12[10] | Superleague Greece | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 60 | 27 | +33 | 60.00 | 68.89 | — | |
Greek Cup3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00.00 | 33.33 | ||||||
UEFA Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 00.00 | 00.00 | ||||||
UEFA Champions League | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 50.00 | 58.33 | ||||||
2007-08 | Superleague Greece (1) | 20 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 41 | 13 | +28 | 70.00 | 70.00 | |||||
UEFA Cup (1) | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 33.33 | 44.44 | ||||||
Greek Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 | 50.00 | ||||||
UEFA Champions League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 00.00 | 00.00 | ||||||
Total | 71 | 39 | 13 | 19 | 122 | 67 | +55 | 54.93 | 61.03 | ||||||
Nikos Kostenoglou1 | 2008-02-12 | 2008-05-14[11] | (2) | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 55.56 | — | |||
2008-09 | |
Giorgos Donis | 2008-05-14[12] | 2008-11-17[13] | (1) | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 30.77 | — | |
Dušan Bajević | 2008-11-21[14] | 2010-09-27[15] | Superleague Greece (2) | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 12 | +15 | 55.00 | 66.67 | — | ||
Greek Cup (2)3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 50.00 | 61.11 | ||||||
Superleague Greece Playoffs | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 50.00 | 61.11 | ||||||
2009-10 | Superleague Greece | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 50.00 | 58.89 | |||||
UEFA Europa League | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 25.00 | 29.17 | ||||||
Superleague Greece Playoffs | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 33.33 | 44.44 | ||||||
Greek Cup3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 00.00 | 00.00 | ||||||
2010-11 | Superleague Greece (1) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 25.00 | 33.33 | |||||
UEFA Europa League (1) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 66.67 | 77.78 | ||||||
Total | 84 | 39 | 24 | 21 | 116 | 86 | +30 | 46.43 | 55.95 | ||||||
Bledar Kola1 | 2010-09-26 | 2010-10-08 | Superleague Greece (2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 | 100.00 | — | ||
UEFA Europa League (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 00.00 | 00.00 | ||||||
Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 50.00 | 50.00 | ||||||
Manolo Jiménez | 2010-10-08[16] | 2011-10-05[17] | (3) | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 66 | 48 | +18 | 50.00 | Greek Cup: 1 | |||
2011-12 | (1) | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 55.55 | ||||||
Nikos Kostenoglou | 2011-10-05[18] | 2012-06-20 | (2) | 37 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 37.84 | — | |||
2012-13 | Vangelis Vlachos | 2012-06-26[19] | 2012-09-30[20] | (1) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 00.00 | — | ||
Manolis Papadopoulos1 | 2012-10-06 | 2012-10-10 | (2) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 00.00 | — | |||
Ewald Lienen | 2012-10-10[21] | 2013-04-09[22] | (3) | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 26 | -8 | 33.33 | — | |||
Traianos Dellas | 2013-04-09[23] | 2015-10-20 | (1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 00.00 | Football League 2 (6th Group): 1 Football League (South Group): 1 | |||
2013-14 | (2) | 32 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 89 | 16 | 73 | |||||||
2014-15 | (2) | 41 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 91 | 22 | 69 | |||||||
2015-16 | (1) | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | |||||||
Total | 82 | 61 | 12 | 9 | 190 | 50 | +140 | ||||||||
Stelios Manolas1 | 2015-10-20 | 2015-10-29 | (2) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 100.00 | ||||
Gus Poyet | 2015-10-29 | 2016-04-19 | (2) | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 13 | +35 | 64.29 | ||||
Stelios Manolas1 | 2016-04-20 | 2016-06-06 | (2) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 50.00 | Greek Cup: 1 | |||
Nikos Panagiotaras1 | 2016-05-20 | 2016-05-31 | (1) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 35.00 | - | |||
2016-17 | Temur Ketsbaia | 2016-06-06 | 2016-10-18 | (2) | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 21.00 | — | ||
José Morais | 2016-10-18 | (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00.00 | - | ||||
Last updated: 2015-10-20
Source:
1Served as caretaker manager.
2Served as caretaker manager before being appointed permanently.
3Extra time taken into account.
4Greek cup matches are not included.
Only competitive matches are counted. Wins, losses and draws are results at the final whistle; the results of penalty shootouts are not counted.
References
- ↑ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article1029531.ece
- ↑ "AEK June 2001 news (GR)". aek.com.
- ↑ "AEK June 2001 news (GR)". aek.com.
- ↑ "Santos quits AEK". uefa.com. 2002-05-09.
- ↑ "Bajevic back at AEK". uefa.com. 2002-05-19.
- ↑ "Bajevic walks out of AEK". uefa.com. 2004-01-26.
- ↑ "Dumitrescu takes over at AEK". uefa.com. 2004-02-02.
- ↑ "Santos returns to AEK". uefa.com. 2004-07-16.
- ↑ "Serra Ferrer takes AEK reins". uefa.com. 2006-06-07.
- ↑ "AEK call time on coach Serra Ferrer". uefa.com. 2008-02-12.
- ↑ "AEK and Nikos Kostenoglou part ways (GR)". aekfc.gr. 2008-05-14.
- ↑ "AEK signs Giorgos Donis (GR)". aekfc.gr. 2008-05-14.
- ↑ "AEK and Giorgos Donis part ways (GR)". aekfc.gr. 2008-11-17.
- ↑ "AEK signs Dušan Bajević (GR)". aekfc.gr. 2008-11-21.
- ↑ "Bajević calls time on AEK again". uefa.com. 2010-09-27.
- ↑ "Jiménez replaces Bajević as AEK coach". uefa.com. 2010-10-08.
- ↑ "AEK and Manolo Jiménez part ways (GR)". aekfc.gr. 2011-10-05.
- ↑ "Kostenoglou succeeds Jiménez as AEK coach". uefa.com. 2011-10-05.
- ↑ "AEK signs Vangelis Vlachos". aekfc.gr. 2012-06-26.
- ↑ "AEK and Vangelis Vlachos part ways (GR)". aekfc.gr. 2012-09-30.
- ↑ "AEK signs Ewald Lienen". aekfc.gr. 2012-10-10.
- ↑ "AEK and Ewald Lienen part ways (GR)". aekfc.gr. 2013-04-09.
- ↑ "AEK signs Traianos Dellas (GR)". aekfc.gr. 2013-04-09.
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