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AEK
Full name Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως
Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos
(Athletic Union of Constantinople)
Nickname(s) Énosis (Union)
Kitrinómavri (Yellow-Blacks)
Dikéfalos Aetós (Double-Headed Eagle)
Short name AEK
Founded 13 April 1924; 98 years ago (1924-04-13)
Ground Athens Olympic Stadium
Ground Capacity 69,618
Owner Dimitris Melissanidis
President Evangelos Aslanidis
Head coach Massimo Carrera
League Super League Greece
2019–20 3rd
Third colours

A.E.K. Athens F.C. (Greek: A.E.K. Αθλητική Ένωση Κωνσταντινουπόλεως) is a Greek football club. The team is based in Nea Filadelfia, Athens. It is one of the most successful Greek clubs. AEK was established on 13 April 1924 by Greek people who left Constantinople (Istanbul) during the Greco-Turkish War. AEK Athens, is the only Greek football club that has been advanced to the Semi-Finals of the UEFA Cup, in 1977. They have rivalries with Panathinakos, Olympiacos, and PAOK.

Players

Current squad

No. Position Player
1 Greece GK Panagiotis Tsintotas
2 Greece DF Michalis Bakakis (third-captain)
3 Portugal DF Hélder Lopes
4 Poland MF Damian Szymański
5 Romania DF Ionuț Nedelcearu
6 Serbia MF Nenad Krstičić
8 Portugal MF André Simões (vice-captain)
9 Trinidad and Tobago FW Levi García
10 Croatia FW Marko Livaja
11 Iran FW Karim Ansarifard
14 Greece FW Christos Albanis
15 Slovenia DF Žiga Laci
16 Greece GK Vasilis Chatziemmanouil
17 Sweden FW Muamer Tanković
18 Portugal FW Nélson Oliveira
19 Ukraine DF Dmytro Chygrynskiy
20 Greece MF Petros Mantalos (captain)
22 Argentina DF Emanuel Insúa
No. Position Player
24 Greece DF Stratos Svarnas
25 Greece MF Kostas Galanopoulos
26 Tunisia DF Nassim Hnid
27 Portugal DF Paulinho
28 Ukraine MF Yevhen Shakhov
29 Portugal MF David Simão
30 Greece GK Giorgos Athanasiadis
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina DF Vedad Radonja
40 Albania DF Mario Mitaj
44 Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Anel Šabanadžović
51 Greece MF Giannis Sardelis
52 Greece FW Efthymis Christopoulos
53 Greece FW Theodosis Macheras
69 Serbia FW Petar Karaklajić
70 Greece MF Giannis Fivos Botos
88 Greece DF Stavros Vasilantonopoulos
99 Greece GK Giorgos Theocharis

Out on loan

No. Position Player
— Greece GK Panagiotis Ginis (at Ionikos until 30 June 2021)
— Greece DF Kostas Stamoulis (at Lamia until 30 June 2021)
— Greece DF Giorgos Giannoutsos (at Episkopi until 30 June 2021)
— Greece DF Michalis Bousis (at Apollon Larissa until 30 June 2021)
— Greece DF Giorgos Kornezos (at Asteras Vlachioti until 30 June 2021)
No. Position Player
— Greece MF Paris Babis (at Apollon Larissa until 30 June 2021)
— Greece MF Christos Giousis (at Panachaiki until 30 June 2021)
— Serbia FW Miloš Deletić (at Lamia until 30 June 2021)
— Italy FW Daniele Verde (at Spezia until 30 June 2021)
— Greece FW Giannis Iatroudis (at Volendam until 30 June 2021)

Titles

Domestic competitions

Leagues:

  • Super League
    • Winners (12): 1938–39, 1939–40, 1962–63, 1967–68, 1970–71, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1988–89, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2017–18
  • Super League 2 (Second Division)
    • Winners (1): 2014–15
  • Football League (Third Division)
    • Winners (1): 2013–14 (Group 6)

Cups:

  • Greek Cup
    • Winners (15): 1931–32, 1938–39, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1955–56, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2010–11, 2015–16
  • Greek Super Cup
    • Winners (2): 1989, 1996
  • Greek League Cup
    • Winners (1) (record): 1990

International competitions

Regional

  • Athens F.C.A. Regional Championship
    • Winners (4): 1940, 1946, 1947, 1950

Official websites News sites

Images for kids

  • Konspanoudis

    Konstantinos Spanoudis, first president of AEK.

  • Pera Club

    Players of Pera Club. Kostas Negrepontis is on the left.

  • Kleanthis Maropoulos

    Kleanthis Maropoulos

  • Dusan Bajevic

    Dušan Bajević

  • Lekidis-nikolaidis

    Demis Nikolaidis

  • Dionisis Chiotis

    Dionisis Chiotis

  • 20130814 AT-GR Sokratis Papastathopoulos 2738

    Sokratis Papastathopoulos

  • Ismael Blanco 2014

    Ismael Blanco

  • Petros Mantalos

    Petros Mantalos, current captain

  • Apollon AEK 2017-18

    Georgios Kamaras Stadium during Apollon Smyrnis vs AEK game (0–1) in matchday 30 of the 2017–18 Super League Greece. After the game AEK were crowned Champions after 24 years. The coach Manolo Jiménez is the person with the light blue shirt on the bottom of the picture.

  • AEK shirt

    AEK's shirt history

  • Heiner Backhaus

    Karalis, Rikka, Backhaus, Moschonas and Stamatis in Spata Training Centre

  • 2018-02-22 Manolo Jimenez AEK

    Manolo Jiménez is AEK's current head coach

  • František Fadrhonc (1974)

    With František Fadrhonc AEK reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in 1977, where they were eliminated by Juventus

  • 20150616 - Portugal - Italie - Genève - Fernando Santos

    Fernando Santos

  • Tryfon Tzanetis

    Tryfon Tzanetis

  • Tsiartas

    Vasilis Tsiartas, one of the best players in the union's history.

  • Nikos Goumas Main

    The entrance of the historic Nikos Goumas Stadium

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