Barnabas Varga is pictured above playing for AEK Athens during their away game at
Manchester City, where the home team won 5-1.
2026-2027 Champions League. League Phase.
AEK Athens (1) v (0) LASK Linz. (Marin 21m) OPAP Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria.
8th September 2026. Attendance 30,221.
AEK Athens:
A. Brignoli (GK), Filipe Relvas, S. Pilios, H. Moukoudi, L. Rota, M. Vitalis, R. Marin,
L. Majer (M. Gacinovic, 89 min), A. Koita (K. Arriaga 89 min), L. Jovic (Zine 82 min), 19. Barnabás Varga
Shakhtar (3) v (1) AEK Athens. (Pedrinho 34 pen, Tobias 80m, Mendoza 86, Majer 28m).
Stamford Bridge, London, England. 14th October 2026. Attendance 21,119.
AEK Athens:
A. Brignoli (GK), Filipe Relvas, S. Pilios, H. Moukoudi, L. Rota, M. Vitalis (K. Kairinen 78 min),
R. Marin (O. Zubkov 83 min), L. Majer (Joao Mario 71 min), A. Koita,
L. Jovic (19. Barnabás Varga 79 min), Zine (M. Gacinovic 71 min).
Manchester City (5) v (1) AEK Athens. (Anderson 12m, Foden 34m, 65m & 76m,
Cherki 57m, Pilios 52m). City of Manchester Stadium, Tuesday 20th October. Atten: 40,042
Manchester City:
1. Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK), 3 Rúben Dias (C),
5. Elliot Anderson*,
10 Rayan Cherki,
17. Enzo Fernández,
24. Josko Gvardiol,
37. Allan Elias,
45. Abdukodir Khusanov,
47. Phil Foden,
75. Floyd Samba,
82. Rico Lewis. Subs below
21. Rayan Aït-Nouri for 17. Enzo Fernández (72min), 22. Vitor Reis for 24. Joško Gvardiol (72min)
56. Ryan McAidoo for 75. Floyd Samba (62min), 61. Kaden Braithwaite for 3. Rúben Dias (82min)
AEK Athens:
91. Alberto Brignoli (GK),
2. Harold Moukoudi (C),
3. Stavros Pilios,
9. Luka Jovic,
12. Lazaros Rota,
14. Lovro Majer,
16. Kervin Arriaga,
18. Razvan Marin,
19. Barnabás Varga,
23. João Mário,
44. Filipe Relvas. Subs below
8. Mijat Gaćinović for 9. Luka Jović (83min), 10. Oleksandr Zubkov for 23. João Mário (63min)
11. Aboubakary Koïta for 18. Răzvan Marin (46min), 27. Milán Vitális for 16. Kervin Arriaga (83min)
90. Zini for 19. Barnabás Varga (46min).
AEK Athens (2) v (3) Real Madrid. (Koïta 12m, Pilios 75m, Bellingham 32m, Mbappé 78m
Valverde 90+2m). Agia Sophia Stadium, Athens.4th November 2026. Attendance: 30,368.
AEK Athens:
A. Brignoli (GK), Filipe Relvas, H. Moukoudi, S. Pilios, L. Rota, K. Kairinen (19. Barnabás Varga 60 min)
L. Majer (Zine 53 min), A. Koita (R.C. 90 min), K. Arriaga, M. Gacinovic (R. Marin, 60 min)
L. Jovic (O. Zubkov 88 min).
Real Madrid:
T. Courtois (GK), A. Rudiger, M. Cucurell (B. Diaz, 81 min), D. Dumfries, Eder Militao,
Bernardo Silva (Endrick 67 min), Yan Diomande (F. Valverde, 67 min0), K. Mbappe,
Jude Bellingham (C .Espi 86 min), Vinicius Junior (A. Carreras 81 min), E. Camavinga,