AEK Athens

AEK Athens net spend since 2015

AEK Athens have spent €87m on disclosed transfer fees since July 2015 and received €55m: a net spend of €32m.

That covers 83 signings (52 for a disclosed fee, 31 free) and 64 departures (17 sold for a disclosed fee, 44 free, 3 undisclosed). Loans are counted apart: 7 in, 34 out.

Record signing: Orbelín Pineda, €7m from Celta de Vigo (Jul 2023). Record sale: Levi García, €19m to Spartak Moskva (Feb 2025).

AEK Athens transfer spending by season

AEK Athens record signings

1. Orbelín Pineda · €7m from Celta de Vigo · Jul 2023
2. Lovro Majer · €6m from VfL Wolfsburg · Jul 2026
3. Levi García · €6m from Beitar Jerusalem · Sep 2020
4. Barnabás Varga · €5m from Ferencvárosi · Jan 2026
5. Kaan Kairinen · €4m from Sparta Praha · Jul 2026

AEK Athens record sales

1. Levi García · €19m to Spartak Moskva · Feb 2025
2. Ezequiel Ponce · €9m to Houston Dynamo · Jul 2024
3. Orbelín Pineda · €8m to Monterrey · Jul 2026
4. Vasilios Barkas · €5m to Celtic · Jul 2020
5. Mario Mitaj · €3m to Lokomotiv Moskva · Aug 2022

AEK Athens trading record: profit on players bought and sold

On the 48 players AEK Athens both signed and sold since July 2015 (academy graduates and free signings cost nothing), sales brought in €50m against €31m paid: a trading profit of €19m.

Academy graduates sold since July 2015 brought in €3m across 1 player, led by Mario Mitaj (€3m to Lokomotiv Moskva, Aug 2022).

• Levi García: signed for €6m (Sep 2020), sold to Spartak Moskva for €19m (Feb 2025): profit €13m
• Ezequiel Ponce: signed for €4m (Aug 2023), sold to Houston Dynamo for €9m (Jul 2024): profit €6m
• Vasilios Barkas: signed for €600k (Jul 2016), sold to Celtic for €5m (Jul 2020): profit €4m
• Mario Mitaj: academy graduate (Aug 2020), sold to Lokomotiv Moskva for €3m (Aug 2022): profit €3m
• Orbelín Pineda: signed for €7m (Jul 2023), sold to Monterrey for €8m (Jul 2026): profit €2m

• Marko Livaja: signed for €2m (Jul 2018), left free for Hajduk Split (Feb 2021): loss €2m
• Steven Zuber: signed for €2m (Jul 2022), left free for Zürich (Jan 2025): loss €2m
• Damian Szymański: signed for €1m (Jul 2020), left free for Legia Warszawa (Aug 2025): loss €1m
• Nélson Oliveira: signed for €1m (Jul 2019), left free for PAOK (Jul 2021): loss €1m
• Oleg Danchenko: signed for €1m (Jan 2021), left free for Zorya Luhansk (Jul 2023): loss €1m

AEK Athens ins and outs 2026/27: who left and who came in, by position

AEK Athens have made 7 signings and 7 departures in 2026/27, plus 1 loan in and 5 out. Who left each position and who came in:

• Goalkeeper: out Angelos Angelopoulos (loan to Kallithea, no league start in 2025/26); in nobody.
• Defence: out James Penrice (loan to Rangers, 16 league starts in 2025/26), Dimitrios Valkanis (left free for Brisbane Roar), Konstantinos Chrysopoulos (to Asteras Tripolis, 1 league appearance in 2025/26); in Charalampos Lykogiannis (free from Bologna, 10 league minutes since), Christos Alexiou (loan from Inter U23, no league minutes yet).
• Midfield: out Orbelín Pineda (to Monterrey, 29 league starts in 2025/26), Robert Ljubicic (loan to LASK, 9 league starts in 2025/26), Marko Grujić (left free for Levski Sofia, 2 league starts in 2025/26), Jens Jønsson (left free for AGF, no league start in 2025/26), Christoforos Kolimatsis (left free for Asteras Tripolis II), Paolo Fernandes (loan to Alanyaspor), Hamed Kader Fofana (left free for Anagennisi Karditsas); in Lovro Majer (from VfL Wolfsburg, 591 league minutes since), Milán Vitális (from Győri ETO, 500 league minutes since), Kaan Kairinen (from Sparta Praha, 164 league minutes since), Kervin Arriaga (from Levante, 77 league minutes since), João Mário (free from Beşiktaş, 54 league minutes since).
• Attack: out nobody; in Oleksandr Zubkov (from Trabzonspor, 206 league minutes since).
• Position unknown: out Vasilis Kontonikos (loan to Kallithea); in nobody.

AEK Athens injury news: injuries and suspensions

AEK Athens have 1 player injured as of 9 Nov 2026, with €6m of value sidelined.

• Oleksandr Zubkov (FWD): Broken tibia · out since 5 Nov 2026 · return date not set · 1 game missed

AEK Athens last starting XI

AEK Athens's last league starting XI, v Levadiakos on 8 Nov 2026: Alberto Brignoli; Harold Moukoudi, Filipe Relvas, Stavros Pilios, Spyros Christakopoulos; Răzvan Marin, Aboubakary Koita, Lovro Majer, Petros Mantalos; Luka Jović, Barnabás Varga.

3 changes from the side that started v Panathinaikos on 1 Nov 2026.

Started at least 3 of the last 5 league games but not this one: Lazaros Rota (3) and Milán Vitális (3).

Opponent: Levadiakos.

AEK Athens minutes played 2026/27

After 9 league games of 2026/27, 11 AEK Athens players have played at least 60% of the minutes open to them, 5 are rotating and 19 have played under a quarter.

Surplus watch, notable value on under a quarter of the minutes: Kaan Kairinen (20%, €6m), Robert Ljubicic (0%, €6m).

Out of contract on 30 June 2027 unless extended: Luka Jović, Paolo Fernandes, Frantzdy Pierrot, Petros Mantalos, Angelos Angelopoulos, Alberto Brignoli, Marios Balamotis, Domagoj Vida, Zois Karargyris.

AEK Athens club-trained players

We can verify 2 club-trained players in the AEK Athens squad: Spyros Christakopoulos and Marios Balamotis. Between them they have played 1% of AEK Athens's league minutes in 2026/27. 7 other squad players are not verifiable on our record.

• Spyros Christakopoulos (DEF): 45 league minutes
• Marios Balamotis (GK): no league minutes yet

On the record we can verify, 9 players club-trained at AEK Athens now play for other clubs we track, led by Mario Mitaj (Genoa, value €7m), Apostolos Christopoulos (Kifisia, value €2m) and Konstantinos Roukounakis (Kifisia, value €2m).

• Mario Mitaj · Genoa · €7m
• Apostolos Christopoulos · Kifisia · €2m
• Konstantinos Roukounakis · Kifisia · €2m
• Theodosis Macheras · Iraklis 1908 U19 · €2m
• Stefanos Katsikas · Volos NFC · €2m
• Vasilios Chatziemmanouil · Asteras Tripolis · €1m
• Giannis Tsivelekidis · Levadiakos · €1m
• Konstantinos Galanopoulos · Aris · €1m

We count a player as club-trained when his record shows him registered with the club for three entire seasons or 36 months between the ages of 15 and 21 (UEFA's home-grown test), wherever he started and whatever he cost; time on loan counts for the club that borrowed him.

AEK Athens free agents: released players without a club

One former AEK Athens player is a verified free agent as of 10 Nov 2026: Brian Gartland (€700k, without a club since 1 July 2026).

Every verified free agent