A.E.K. (; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople'') is a major

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based in

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. The club is more commonly known in European competitions as A.E.K. Athens. Established in Athens, in 1924, by

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from

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, after the 1919–22 Greco-Turkish war and the subsequent population exchange between Greece and Turkey, it is the most successful club in Greece, as it maintains more than 30 sports departments (football, basketball, handball, volleyball, futsal, etc.), under the control of its amateur sports arm, Amateur AEK (; Erasitechnikί AEK), with noteworthy departments, such as its handball team, which is the best Greek handball club, in terms of European achievements, having obtained 1

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in 2021 and having also reached the final in 2018 and in 2025 and the semi-finals in 2019. AEK sports club is best known for its professional

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, which has made some notable wins in European competitions and reached the quarter-finals of the

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in 1969 and the semi-finals of the

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in 1977, having also won 13

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s, 16

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s, 1

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, 2

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s and also for its professional

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which has won 8

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s, 5

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s, 2

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s, 1

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and 1

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History

1924–1945

The large Greek population of

, not unlike those of the other Ottoman urban centres, continued its athletic traditions in the form of numerous athletic clubs. Clubs such as Énosis Tataoúlon () and Iraklís (today Kurtuluş S.K.) () from the Tatavla district, Mégas Aléxandros () and Ermís () of

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, and Olympiás () of

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existed to promote the Hellenic athletic and cultural ideals. These were amongst a dozen Greek-backed clubs that dominated the sporting landscape of the city in the years preceding

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. After the war, with the influx of mainly French and British soldiers to Constantinople, many of the city clubs participated in regular competition with teams formed by the foreign troops. Taxim,

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, and Tatavla became the scene of weekly competitions in football, athletics, cycling, boxing and tennis. Ermís, one of the most popular clubs, was formed in 1875 by the Greek community of the city. Another club of Pera (Galata), known as Pera, since the mid-1880s, forced to change its name to Pera Sports Club, and then Beyoğlu S.K., in 1923. Many of its athletes, with those of the other sporting clubs, fled during the population exchanges at the end of the Greco-Turkish War, and settled mainly in Athens and

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area) and the capital cit ...

. In 1924, the founders of AEK - a group of Constantinopolitan refugees (among them many athletes from the Pera Sports Club and the other Constantinopolitan clubs) - met at the athletic shop "Lux" of Emilios Ionas and Konstantinos Dimopoulos on Veranzerou Street, in the center of Athens, and created AEK. Their intention was to create a club that provided athletic and cultural diversions for the thousands of predominantly Constantinopolitan and

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n refugees who had settled in the new suburbs of Athens (including

Nea Ionia Nea Ionia (, meaning New Ionia) is a town and a northern suburb of the Athens agglomeration, Greece, and a municipality of the Attica region. It was named after Ionia, the region in Anatolia from which many Greeks migrated in the 1920s as a part ...

Nea Chalkidona Nea Chalkidona (, meaning New Chalcedon) is a town and a suburb in the Athens agglomeration, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nea Filadelfeia-Nea Chalkidona, of which it is a municipal unit. Nea Chalk ...

Nea Smyrni Nea Smyrni (, ''Néa Smýrni'', "New Smyrna") is a municipality and a town in South Athens, Greece. At the 2021 Greek census, 2021 census, it had 72,853 inhabitants. It was named after the former Greek city Smyrna (today's İzmir in Turkey), whe ...

AEK's first president, Konstantinos Spanoudis (1871–1941), a journalist and associate of the Prime Minister

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, petitioned the government to set aside land for the establishment of a sports ground. In 1926, land in Nea Filadelfeia that was originally set aside for refugee housing, was donated as a training ground for the refugees' sports activities. AEK began using the ground for training, albeit unofficially. In 1930, the property where AEK trained was officially signed over to the club. Venizelos soon approved the plans to build what was to become AEK's home ground for the next 70 years, the

Nikos Goumas Stadium Nikos Goumas Stadium () was a multi-purpose stadium in Nea Filadelfeia, a northwestern suburb of the Athens urban area, Greece. It was used mostly for football matches and was the home stadium of AEK. It is now replaced by Agia Sophia Stadium ...

. The liberal politician was present at the inauguration of the stadium. AEK Athletic Club was established in 1924 and is one of the most successful departments of AEK. One of the first sections of the AEK athletic club was cycling. M. Kaloudis was a winner in the Balkan Games (in 1940 in Bucharest when he was third) and was one of the founders of the Chamber. He first appeared in 1929 and was followed by Petoun, Tarsinian and Krisalis. Another cycling ace was Kouvelis, who won the gold medal in the Balkan Games of 1940 in the race of 33 kilometers. Both Kaloudis and his Kouvelis participated in the Olympic Games in London in 1948.

1945–1960

In the Olympic Games of 1948 in London, M. Kaloudis led to the new excursion of AEK in cycling. At the beginning of the 1950s, the sport had blossomed and AEK competed with Panionios and Panathinaikos. The department then had a plethora of skilled cyclists as Davouti, Kouyioumtzis (won the race Athens-Loutraki 1952), Chatziargyri, Georgiadis, Arapi, Barda, Alexis, Tzioti, Barla, Trasian, etc. AEK Table Tennis Club acquired the third position, both in men and in young men championships, in Greece in 1959. AEK Athens Table Tennis (ping-pong) Club, participated in Greek championships during the decades of 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

1961–1970

AEK was the first ever Greek basketball team to participate in the FIBA European Champions Cup (now called the

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)

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, in 1966, which was held in Bologna, Italy. Two years later, AEK was the first-ever Greek team, not only to reach a

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, but also to win a European-wide title. On April 4, 1968, AEK captained by Giorgos Amerikanos, defeated Slavia VŠ Praha, by a score of 89–82, in Athens, in front of 80,000 spectators (at the time, the

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in basketball attendance) in Kallimarmaron Stadium. AEK Athens V.C. is the volleyball team of the Greek sports club AEK. It was re-founded in 1967 by Jason Platsi. Over the years AEK have struggled to stay in the top flight of Greek volleyball, competing in A2 (Greece's second division) and A1. The Boxing Club was founded in 1969 and during the 1970s had its first success.

1971–1980

The football team, with star player the striker

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, reached the semi-finals of

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in 1977, where they were eliminated by

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. The Italian team eventually won the trophy. With many star players they continued appearing in European (

and

) competitions.

1981–1990

AEK Table Tennis Club acquired the third position in Greek Cups of 1984 and 1985. The relevant department of AEK was inactive for almost 23 years (1986–2009).

1991–2000

The football team, under the guidance of ex-player

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won three consecutive championships in 1992, 1993 and 1994. Since 1995, AEK also has a women's volley club team, which has advanced to the final of the Greek Cup (2011). The department of fencing was founded in 1996. The basketball team reached the FIBA EuroLeague's Final Four in Barcelona in 1998, and beat Benetton Treviso, by a score of 69–66, before losing in the

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to Kinder Bologna, by a score of 44–58. In 2000, on 11 April, AEK won their second international trophy, the

, by defeating Kinder Bologna 83–76. The biggest success for the boxing department came in the late 1990s, with Tigran Ouzlian, Artur Mikaelyan and Mike Arnaoutis (who became a professional boxer in the United States).

2001–2010

AEK H.C. is also another growing department of AEK. It was founded by a decision of the General Assembly of AEK on July 12, 2005. On August 5, 2005, the Greek Handball Federation accepted a merger of GA Ilioupolis with the ''Handball Sports Union of Constantinople''. In 2007 AEK HC was 3rd in A1 and gained the first participation in European Cups. On 31 May 2009, AEK HC won the Greek Cup in Serres. The department of AEK Futsal Club was established in 2008 by a merger with ''Enosi Geraka futsal team'' and participated in B'Ethniki (second division), where it finished first at the regular season and second after play-off games. However, for the period 2009–10 AEK futsal club is playing again at B'Ethniki, due to a decision taken by EPO (Greek Football Federation), forbidding all team mergers generally. AEK Futsal Club terminated at second position of B'Ethniki after play-off games in April 2010 and gained the participation in A'Ethniki (first division) for the period 2010–11 and has been advanced to the semi-finals of the Greek Cup (2011). The Chess department was founded by a decision of the General Assembly of AEK on 12 July 2005. The department staffed directly by 3 September 2005 is a member of the Greek Chess Federation. In 2006 AEK Chess Club was Greek Cup finalist and in 2008 Greek Cup semi-finalist (third place). Also won the Attica Cup in 2006 and the Attica Rapid Championships in 2006, 2009 and 2010. In 2010 participated at A' Ethniki (1st Division) and took the seventh place. AEK VC had its finest moment with coach Stelios Prosalikas, as has prevailed in the final four of the European Cup Winners Cup. The races held (9–10 March 2000) in the closed Nea Liosia and AEK lost in the semi-final by Cuneo, but won 3–1 Galatasaray in the small final and won the third place.

2011–2023

In 2011, AEK FC won the

. In 2011, AEK HC won the

. Also, on 26 February 2011, AEK HC advanced to the quarter-final (best 8) of

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by defeating Sporting Lisboa. In 2012, AEK WVC won the Greek Women Championship. In 2013, AEK HC make Double won the

and the

. In 2014, AEK HC won the

. In 2014, AEK VC won the Greek Men's League Cup. In 2016, AEK FC won the

. In

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, AEK BC won the FIBA Champions League and the Greek Cup. In 2018, AEK FC won the

. In 2018, AEK Futsal won the

. Also, in 2018, AEK HC reached the final of

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. In 2019, AEK BC won the

to complete a historic intercontinental treble. In 2019, AEK Futsal won the

. In 2019, AEK Women's Futsal won the Hellenic Futsal Greek Championship. In 2020, AEK BC won the Greek Cup. In 2020 AEK Futsal won the

. In 2020, AEK HC won the

. In 2021, AEK HC won the

, the

and the

, a historic European treble. In 2023, AEK Futsal Women's department won a national treble after winning the Hellenic Futsal Championship, Cup, and Super Cup.

Crest and colours

Since the club's foundation AEK adopted the image of a

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on a

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background. The emblem and colours were chosen as a reminder for the lost homelands and they represent the club's historical ties to

. Its usage also survived as a decorative element in the

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, which was the inheritor of the Byzantine legacy during the Ottoman Empire, while it remained a popular symbol among Greeks. In modern Greece various variations of the two-headed eagles are used in Church flags (based on Byzantine flag patterns and heraldic emblems) and officially by the

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; the bird found also its way into the Greek coat of arms for a brief period in 1925–1926.

Sport departments

AEK is an amateur multi-sports club with the mission to create and advance as many sports as it is possible and its main professional and semiprofessional teams operate independently. The club has teams in many sports, including

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boxing Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as boxing glove, protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing Punch (combat), punch ...

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fencing Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. It consists of three primary disciplines: Foil (fencing), foil, épée, and Sabre (fencing), sabre (also spelled ''saber''), each with its own blade and set of rules. Most competitive fe ...

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both male and female teams,

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, Brazilian jiu-jitsu,

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, and

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, but its most popular teams primarily compete in

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, and

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Top-flight titles by department

Flag of the Greek Orthodox Church floating

A.E.K. Football Club Men (32)

* Greek Championships (13): 1939, 1940, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1979, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2018, 2023 *

(16): 1932, 1939, 1949, 1950, 1956, 1964, 1966, 1978, 1983, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2011, 2016, 2023 *

(1): 1990 (record) *

(2): 1989, 1996

A.E.K. Football Club Women (2)

(1): 2025 *

(1): 2025

A.E.K. Basketball Club (17)

* Intercontinental Cup (1): 2019 * European Cup Winners' Cup / Saporta Cup (2): 1968, 2000 * Champions League (1): 2018 * Greek Championships (8): 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 2002 *

(5): 1981, 2000, 2001, 2018, 2020

A.E.K. Handball Club Men (11)

(1): 2021 *

(5): 2011, 2013, 2020, 2021, 2023 *

(5): 2009, 2013, 2014, 2021, 2025

A.E.K. Volleyball Club Men (1)

(1): 2014

A.E.K. Volleyball Club Women (3)

(1): 2012 *

(1): 2023 *

(1): 2012

A.E.K. Rugby League (5)

* Greek Championship 9's (2): 2018, 2019 * Greek Championship 13's (2): 2018, 2019 * Greek Rugby League Federation Championship (1): 2023

A.E.K. Futsal Men (10)

(4): 2019, 2020, 2024, 2025 *

(2): 2018, 2023 *

(4): 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024 (record)

A.E.K. Futsal Women (9)

*Hellenic Futsal Super League (4): 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025 (record) *Hellenic Futsal Greek Cup (3): 2022, 2023, 2025 (record) *Hellenic Futsal Greek Super Cup (2): 2022, 2024 (record)

A.E.K. Cycling (10)

* Greek Championship, Overall Standings (10): 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1975, 1979, 1981

A.E.K. Boxing (6)

* Greek Men Championship (6): 1978, 1980, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2006

A.E.K. Athletics (21)

* Greek Men Cross-Country Championships (10): 1937, 1946, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 * Greek Women Championship (4): 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 * Greek Women Indoor Championship (3): 2011, 2015, 2016 * Greek Women Cross-Country Championship (4): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2025

A.E.K. Fencing (12)

* Greek Women Championship (10): 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 * Greek Men Championship (2): 2018, 2020

A.E.K. Table Tennis (2)

* Greek Men Championship (2): 2019, 2020

A.E.K. Artistic Swimming (1)

* Greek Championship OPEN (1): 2022

A.E.K. Bowling (3)

* Greek Championship (3): 2022, 2023, 2025

A.E.K. eSports (6)

* Championship VGL Greece-Cyprus FIFA 11vs11 (1): Season 2 2019-20 * Championship Superliga GR FIFA 11vs11 VGL (1): 2021 * Championship Greek League HFP 11vs11 (1): Season 4 2022 * Greek E-Cup FIFA (3):2023, 2024, 2025

A.E.K. Weightlifting (1)

* Greek Powerlifting Championship (1): 2017

European and worldwide honours

Medals by competition and club department

Football

Basketball

Volleyball

Handball

Medals by year of achievement

Notable supporters

* Nikos Angelidis, journalist, politician * Giannis Aivazis, actor, handball player * Alekos Alavanos, politician * Antonis Antoniou, actor * Milena Apostolaki, politician * Evangelia Aravani, model * Eleftheria Arvanitaki, singer * Orfeas Avgoustidis, actor * Vasilis Avlonitis, actor * Bartholomew I of Constantinople, is the 270th and current Archbishop of Constantinople and

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Presidential history

Gallery

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Michalis Kakiouzis Michalis "Mika" Kakiouzis (alternate spellings: Michail, Michailis, Mihalis) (Greek language, Greek: Μιχάλης Κακιούζης; born November 29, 1976) is a Greek former professional basketball player and basketball coach, coach. He is cu ...

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References

External links

A.E.K. Sports Club official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Athletic Union Of Constantinople A.E.K. Athens Multi-sport clubs in Athens Sports clubs and teams established in 1924 1924 establishments in Greece Population exchange between Greece and Turkey Nea Filadelfeia-Nea Chalkidona