A.E.K. Athens F.C.

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.

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 website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

As of 29 August 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK Austria Cican Stanković 2 DF Cameroon Harold Moukoudi 3 DF Iran Milad Mohammadi 4 MF Poland Damian Szymański (vice-captain) 5 FW Morocco Nordin Amrabat 6 MF Denmark Jens Jønsson 7 FW Trinidad and Tobago Levi García 8 MF Serbia Mijat Gaćinović 10 MF Switzerland Steven Zuber 11 FW Argentina Sergio Araujo (captain) 12 DF Greece Lazaros Rota

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

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 (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

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