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Olympiacos–A.E.K. rivalry

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Teams
  
Olympiacos, A.E.K.

Most wins
  
Olympiacos (79)

Next meeting
  
TBA

Locale
  
Athens / Piraeus, Greece

Latest meeting
  
A.E.K. 1–0 Olympiacos, 19 February 2017

Largest victory
  
Olympiacos 6–0 A.E.K., 8 February 1981 and Olympiacos 6–0 A.E.K., 20 March 2011

The Olympiacos–A.E.K. rivalry is a football local derby played between A.E.K. Athens and Olympiacos two of the three best teams in Greek football, both located in the Athens urban area. A.E.K. comes from Nea Filadelfeia, a suburb of Athens, while Olympiacos from the port of Athens, Piraeus. The matches between the two teams are renowned for their strong on-pitch rivalry, they usually have high attendances, and most of them are very entertaining and very competitive with many goals scored by both sides.

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History

Of the many transferred players between the two clubs no one has ever scored in the matches between them for both teams except for Rafik Djebour. The top scorers in the derby are Mimis Papaioannou for AEK with 14 goals and Predrag Đorđević for Olympiakos with 10 goals.

Records

  • Record Alpha Ethniki win
  • Olympiacos
  • Home: Olympiacos – AEK 6–0, Karaiskakis Stadium, 8 February 1981
    (Galakos 30', 53', 84', Kousoulakis 68', Orfanos 75', Vamvakoulas 80')
    and Olympiacos – AEK 6–0, Karaiskakis Stadium, 20 March 2011
    (Djebbour 2', 61', Mellberg 7', Fuster 20', Mirallas 68', Holebas 71')
  • Away: AEK – Olympiacos 1–5, Nikos Goumas Stadium, 26 November 1972
    (Nikolaidis 57' pen. – Triantafyllos 35', Argyroudis 48', Delikaris 50', Gioutsos 55', Sinetopoulos 60')
  • AEK
  • Home: AEK – Olympiacos 4–0, Athens Olympic Stadium, 30 March 2008
    (Blanco 10', Edinho 12', Liberopoulos 32', Kafes 60')
  • Away: Olympiacos – AEK 1–4, Karaiskakis Stadium, 3 December 1967
    (Gioutsos 19' – Karafeskos 8', Papaioannou 55', 70', Pomonis 83')
  • Record Cup win
  • Olympiacos
  • Home: Olympiacos – AEK 6–1, Athens Olympic Stadium, 24 January 2001
    (Georgatos 5', Giovanni 22', 32', Ofori-Quaye 52', Álvez 79', Giannakopoulos 84' – Maladenis 25')
  • Away: AEK – Olympiacos 1–3, Nikos Goumas Stadium, 10 February 1988
    (Mavrodimos 38' – Hantzidis 11', Mitropoulos 59', Funes 76')
  • AEK
  • Home: AEK – Olympiacos 6–1, Nikos Goumas Stadium, 17 May 1978
    (Bajević 15', Mavros 19', 76', 89', Konstantinou 38', Nikoloudis 57' – Spence 13')
  • Away: Olympiacos – AEK 1–3, Athens Olympic Stadium, 3 January 1996
    (Ivić 64' pen. – Batista 20', 47', Kostis 27')
  • Attendance records (in Athens Olympic Stadium)
  • 74,465 AEK – Olympiacos 0–0, 9 February 1986
  • 74,419 Olympiacos – AEK 2–2, 29 September 1985
  • 72,153 Olympiacos – AEK 0–1, 30 December 1984
  • 72,047 Olympiacos – AEK 2–2, 13 September 1987
  • Super League Greece (1959–60 - present)

    1 The original match was played on 13–01–1991 at Nikos Goumas Stadium. It was interrupted in the 84th minute due to tear gas use, while Olympiacos were leading by 1–2. A replay was decided.
    2 The original match was played on 24–10–1993. It was interrupted in the 85th minute due to a power cut at Nikos Goumas Stadium, while the score was 1–1. A replay was decided.

    1st place play-off match (tie)

    1 Olympiacos didn't show up in the match, so AEK was declared winner and was awarded the Championship by the Greek F.A.

    Greek Cup

    1 Match suspended at 40th minute (score: 1–2). AEK were awarded a 0–2 win.
    2 Olympiacos didn't show up in the final, so AEK was declared winner and was awarded the cup by the Greek F.A.
    3 Match suspended at 69th minute (score: 1–1). Olympiacos were awarded a 0–2 win.
    4 Match suspended at 90th minute (score: 0–1). Olympiacos were awarded a 0–3 win.

    Head-to-head ranking in Super League Greece

    Total: Olympiacos 37 times higher, AEK 20 times higher.

    Men in both teams

    Takis Nikoloudis returned to AEK in 1982 after joining Olympiacos for 3 years. Daniel Batista returned to AEK in 1995 after joining Olympiacos for 3 years. Grigoris Georgatos returned to Olympiacos in 2003 after joining AEK for 1 year. Rafik Djebbour returned to AEK in 2015 after joining Olympiacos for 2 years.

    References

    Olympiacos–A.E.K. rivalry Wikipedia