A.E.K. Athens F.C.

A.E.K. Athens F.C. (Greek: A.E.K. Αθλητική Ένωση Κωνσταντινουπόλεωςcode: el is deprecated ) 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.

AEK Athens

Full name	Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Athlitikí Énosis Konstadinoupóleos (Athletic Union of Constantinople)
Nickname(s)	Énosis (Union) Kitrinómavri (Yellow-Blacks) Dikéfalos Aetós (Double-Headed Eagle)
Short name	AEK
Founded	13 April 1924 (1924-04-13)
Ground	Athens Olympic Stadium (capacity: 69,618)
Owner	Dimitris Melissanidis
President	Evangelos Aslanidis
Head coach	Vladan Milojević
League	Super League Greece
2020–21	Super League Greece, 4th
Website	Club home page
File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg Home colours File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg Away colours Team colours File:Kit body.svg File:Kit socks sbvv2021a.png Third colours

Players

As of 29 August 2022

No. Position Player 1 GK Cican Stanković 2 DF Harold Moukoudi 3 DF Milad Mohammadi 4 MF Damian Szymański (vice-captain) 5 FW Nordin Amrabat 6 MF Jens Jønsson 7 FW Levi García 8 MF Mijat Gaćinović 10 MF Steven Zuber 11 FW Sergio Araujo (captain) 12 DF Lazaros Rota

No. Position Player 13 MF Orbelín Pineda (on loan from Celta) 14 MF Alexander Fransson 15 DF Žiga Laci 17 FW Christos Albanis 19 MF Niclas Eliasson 20 MF Petros Mantalos 21 DF Domagoj Vida 24 DF Gerasimos Mitoglou 25 MF Konstantinos Galanopoulos (third-captain) 28 DF Ehsan Hajsafi 30 GK Georgios Athanasiadis 31 DF Georgios Tzavellas 53 FW Theodosis Macheras 61 GK Vasilios Chatziemmanouil 99 GK Georgios Theocharis

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 (16): 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, 2022/23
• Greek Super Cup
  • Winners (2): 1989, 1996
• Greek League Cup
  • Winners (1) (record): 1990

International competitions

• UEFA Europa League
  • Semi-finals (1): 1976–77
• UEFA Champions League
  • Quarter-finals (1): 1968–69
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  • Quarter-Finals (2): 1996–97, 1997–98
• Balkans Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1966–67

Regional

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

A.E.K. Athens F.C. Media

• Konstantinos Spanoudis, first president of AEK.

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

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  Tryfon Tzanetis with AEK Athens.

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  Fußball-WM, Schottland - Jugoslawien 1:1

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  Freundschaftliches Länderspiel Österreich - Griechenland am 14. August 2013 in Salzburg: Kostas Katsouranis

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  Sokratis Papastathopoulos

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  Fernando Santos

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  Former Brazilian footballer Rivaldo.

• Guayaquil, 15 denoviembre del 2014 Ismael Blanco celebra el gol del empate ante el Deportivo Cuenca en el partido jugado en el estadio Monumental por la décima sexta fecha del campeonato nacional de fútbol César Muñoz/Andes

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  Shay took the photo during Joan Gamper trophy, I cropped it

Other websites

Official websites

• Official website (in English and Greek)
• AEK Athens at Super League Greece (in English and Greek)
• AEK Athens at UEFA
• AEK Athens Archived 2018-06-17 at the Wayback Machine at FIFA

News sites

• AEK Athens on aek365.org (in Greek)
• AEK Athens news Archived 2020-11-08 at the Wayback Machine from Nova Sports