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A.E.K. Athens - Rising from ashes!

My fm 14 story!
Started on 13 December 2013 by Slid3Tackle
Latest Reply on 25 April 2014 by Justice
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@jasonvilla4ever thank you!

@bebero Thanks mate!
I have enjoyed this story. I like that you go with the young players and try to rebuild while moving up.
Keep it up in the second division.


Preparing the new season!


After the World Cup ended, every club started preparing the new season. As we were semi professional, now, thanks to the promotion, we turned professional so that means we can attract bigger sponsors.


The objective for the new season it's Promotion...we'll have to work hard to achieve that because in the second league of Greece, top four teams qualify for promotion playoff.We have a decent budget and we will strenghten the team!


New signings!


As I said at the end of the last season, a lot of players will leave and we'll bring in new talents.The players that left until now are in the next list, but probably we will still sell a couple:


A lot of players have left us, but we also signed a consistent number of 7 players until now, but if we will find new talents, we won't hesitate to sign them! Now I will present you our new players:

Ablaye Yare Faye

This was a deal made by AEK former manager and joined us now. I wanna thanks the former manager for a player like this, Faye it's 20 years old, and he is a very solid central midfielder but also has a very good long shot and a good tehnique.



Thodoros Nedos

For Nedos we payed to Olymp. Volou 59 k euros, but he is worth it! At 16 years old, he will be probably the youngest player from our first team. I have confidance in him that he will play well and take advantage of the chance that we are giving him!



Markos Kontopoulos

On the left side of the defensive area we have two very good player that we used last season, so Markos will play this season for our youth team. We signed him from Glyfada on a fee of 62 k euros.



Mimis Chortsas

As we released Cirillo, we needed at least one new central defender, and until now we found one! His name is Mimis and we signed him from Kavala for 375 euros!! My staff followed him las
season almost in every match and he impressed them.



Mario Metzelder

If last season I insisted with the 17 years old Labros and he impressed us, I have a new bet for this season: Mario. We signed him from Gladbach youth for a fee of 145 k euros and from all our transfer, I am most happy with this deal.



Nikos Karanikas

Nikos was signed as a free agent and he will be rival with the 16 years old Nedos for a place in the first team.



Pantelis Kapetanos

This is our most known signing and I am very please to anounce it! After a lot of youngsters, we had to bring someone with experience behind him...and him Kapetanos doesen't have experience, than who has? He played with Steaua Bucharest in Chapions League and for Greece national squad. The 31 years old was loaned for this season from Steaua.

Good to see you going pro! :D
It is awesome to see you going pro, nedos looks a good player ;)


@Walter, jasonvilla4ever, Northwood - thank you guys!


Pre-season



We had a good pre-season with good results and we also faced teams from the first leagues. The hardest friendly was clearly the one against Swansea, but we managed to get a draw! And that it's a big result for a team from the second league.



In our first friendly we met a team from the first league of Israel...I knew that they are the favourites and didn't expect very much from this game, but the boys really surprised me and won the gane! This first win will be a huge morale boost!



In the second friendly we met a team from a lower league..the game was totally dominated by us and I am glad that the new players have adapted to our style of play so quick and they are performing very well.



This was the big summer test, a friendly against Swansea, a good team from English Premier League.Well, I must tell you, I was expecting to lose at 2 or 3 goals difference but, I don't know how, we finished 2-2. Great result!



In this friendly we used our reserves and some players from the youth team, that's why we didn't won the game, but I am pleased how the inexperienced players performed.



I don't have much to say about the last game...we had 33 shots and that says it all!

My Player of The Month - Pre-season

The award goes to Kapetanos! The new arrived from Steaua, it's a very good addition for this league, maybe it's the best player in the league. He played very well in the pre-season, helping the team very much to gain those very good results.

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Transfer window

As usual in the last years, it was a very busy transfer window, with Bayern being the biggest spenders, buying Benteke from Aston Villa on a fee of 34 mln euros!






First month



In our first month in the second league we only played 3 games, but we got some very good results. We played our first cup match since we were relegated and it was a great feeling to be part again of the cup and to have a chance at winning it!



A very solid start for an official match. We faced a team from a lower league in the cup and we won whithout any problems.



In the second round of the cup we met Xanthi, one of the very good teams from the first league, so this was a very tough match! We ended 1-1, but the second leg will be played at their stadium, so it will be hard for us to qualify in the next round.



The debut in the second league was a succesfull one, getting us three points and a good boost of morale and confidance.

My Player of The Month

Our 17 years old defensive midfielder, Mario, deserves the award this month. Some very solid performances in the defensive area and he also scored a goal. He has a great future ahead!


Captain is gone!

We have lost another player...and a very important one, our captain! Anakoglu decided to join Al-Sadd and we agreed. It's a good deal for him, and also for us, recieving 1 mln euros for him. He will join his new team in January.


At least!

After we sold Anakoglu, mister president made me a big surprise. He invited me in his office and he told me that thanks to my very good handling of finances, the club is again in a very healty financial position, so we can stop selling our players, we have to start and build the team for winning the first league in the next years. He also told me that as a bonus, he will pay to upgrade our youth facilities!

damn benteke moves for 34m thats sick
Nice debut !
Now you'll basic and more on your youth.
Good month so far and some solid strengthening of the squad
@jasonvilla4ever yeah, that's sick, but what about 27.5m for Insigne?? that's worse!

@bebero thanks!

@k1rups thank you mate!
Good start to the season. Nice story so far, keep it up :)


October - What a month!



What a month we had! We are crushing everyone in the league, but the big surprise came in the cup, we defeated Xanthi at their stadium 4-0! Unbelievable!!



Egrotelis were the big favourites before the match, or at least this is what experd said...but we showed them that we are very focused and ready to return to the big stage!



Again, a very good performance, despite they had much possesion than us. They had so much possesion because they played a style of Barca's boring soccer when they are leading, with a lot of short passing between the defenders.



There isn't very much to be said...just to congratulate Zdravko for the very good game he had and realized a double!




Labros, our best player today! Beside the hattrick, he also made some interceptions and gaved the opposite defenders some headaches!



Well, that was unexpected! What a win, what a great performance! After 1-1 draw home, we won 4-0 away at Xanthi, a top team! Great performance!

League Table


My Player of The Month - Ilias Vouras

After closing all the spaces, allowing only 1 goal in 5 tough matches, our goalkeeper, Vouras, really deserves this award!


Newspapper

I was so busy with transfers, training and all the stuff I do at the club and I really didn't realized,unitil I read in a newspapper, that over a year has passed since our last defeat! What a record!

Great month, 13 goals in 5 matches! Shame about that goal, though :(

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