 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mwaka mutsva wakatanga nezviratidzo zvakanakisisa. AEL semukundi weCup, yakamirira Greece muEFAFA Cup uye kudhonza kwakaunza mutungamiri wayo wehunyanzvi, Giorgos Donis, akatarisana nekirabhu kwaakatanga basa rake renhabvu yepasi rose, English Blackburn Rovers. AEL yakapinda mumutambo wekutanga wekukwanisa semunhu asina kukodzera, asi masikati e20 Gunyana 2007 kuPanthessaliko Stadium - mushure mekunge Alcazar asingasangane nematauriro eUEFA - yakanyanyisa kukanganisa dhata: yakakunda 20 mumutambo wekutanga uye yakarasikirwa 21 mumutambo wechipiri weEwood Park ndokutora chinzvimbo chekudada kuenda kuchikwata cheboka. Mu 32 AEL yakatarisana nezvikwata zvine simba seEverton zvine tsika refu muPremier League, kusimuka kweDutch AZ Alkmaar, chiGerman Nürnberg uye vanokunda UEFA Cup 2008weRussia ane simba Zenit Saint Petersburg. Chikwata chakakundikana kutora pfungwa mumitambo mina, asi chakawana ruremekedzo rwakasimbiswa nevadzidzisi vakuru veEurope, avo AEL vakawana vachipesana nerwendo urwu saLouis van Gaal naDick Advocaat. Kusunungurwa kubva pamutoro wezvisungo zveEuropean uye nerubatsiro rwevatambi vepasi rose vakaita saMaciej Żurawski naTümer MetinAEL vakaita mutambo wakanaka kwazvo mumutambo wechipiri weSuper League uye vakarasikirwa nechibvumirano chimwe chete nePanionios chinzvimbo chechishanu chakatungamira kumitambo. Kutaura kunotapira kunorwadza kweimwe yemwaka wakabudirira zvikurusa munhau yetimu. Ichisimbisa matanho anogara achikwira pamatanho ese AEL yakanyorwa muna 2008-09 rimwe remakore akabudirira kwazvo munhoroondo yayo yazvino. Yakagara kwemitambo gumi nematanhatu yakateedzana isina kukundwa, yakapedza yechishanu muSuper League uye yakavimbisa kupinda kwayo mumutambo uye kubuda kweEuropean muEFAFA Europa League kechitatu mumakore mana apfuura uye kechitatu chete munhoroondo yayo kuburikidza nemakwikwi. Iri igore umo AEL pakati pezvimwe zvinhu akaputsa tsika mbiri dzekukunda muKaftanzoglio Iraklis kekutanga kubva muna 1982 uye Olympiacos muKaraiskakis Stadium mushure memakore makumi maviri nematanhatu. 