AEK Athens F.C.

Association football club

football baseball club
AEK Athens Football Club ( greek : ΠΑΕ A.E.K. [ aek ] ; Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ; Athlitikí Énosis Konstadinoupόleos, meaning Athletic Union of Constantinople ) is a greek master football baseball club. It is based in Nea Filadelfeia, a suburb of Athens, Greece.

Reading: AEK Athens F.C.

Established in Athens in 1924 by greek refugees from Constantinople in the aftermath of the Greco-Turkish War ( 1919–1922 ), AEK is one of the three most successful teams in Greek football ( including Olympiacos and Panathinaikos ), winning 30 national titles and the only one to have won all the competitions organised by the Hellenic Football Federation ( 12 Championships, 15 greek Cups, 1 League Cup and 2 Super Cups ). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The clubhouse has appeared several times in european competitions ( UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and the defunct UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup ). It is the entirely Greek team that advanced to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup ( 1976–77 ) and the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup doubly ( 1996–97 and 1997–98 ). AEK was besides the first Greek team that advanced to the quarter-finals of the european Cup ( 1968–69 ) and besides to the group phase of the UEFA Champions League ( 1994–95 ) .

history [edit ]

creation and early years ( 1924–1944 ) [edit ]

The large greek population of Constantinople, not unlike those of the other Ottoman urban centres, continued its athletic traditions in the shape of numerous acrobatic clubs. Clubs such as Énosis Tatávlon ( Ένωσις Ταταύλων ) and Iraklís ( Ηρακλής ) from the Tatavla district, Mégas Aléxandros ( Μέγας Αλέξανδρος ) and Ermís ( Ερμής ) of Galata, and Olympiás ( Ολυμπιάς ) of Therapia existed to promote Hellenic acrobatic and cultural ideals. These were amongst a twelve Greek-backed clubs that dominated the sporting landscape of the city in the years preceding World War I. After the war, with the inflow of chiefly french and british soldiers to Constantinople, many of the city ‘s clubs participated in regular competitions with teams formed by the foreign troops. Taxim, Pera, and Tatavla became the fit of weekly competitions in not merely football, but besides athletics, cycle, box, and tennis .
Of the clubs in the city, football was dominated by Énosis Tatávlon and Ermís. Ermís, one of the most popular sports clubs, was formed in 1875 by the Greek community of Pera ( Galata ). Known as “ Pera ” since the mid-1880s, and “ The Greek Football Team ” when its football department was formed in 1914, it was forced to change its name to “ Pera Sports Club “, and then “ Beyoğluspor Kulübü ” in 1923. many of its athletes, and those of most other sporting clubs, fled during the population exchanges at the end of the Greco-Turkish War, and settled in Athens and Thessaloniki. [ 6 ] In 1924, the founders of AEK – a group of Constantinopolitan refugees ( among them former athletes from the Pera Sports Club and the other Constantinopolitan clubs ) – met at the acrobatic denounce “ Lux ” of Emilios Ionas and Konstantinos Dimopoulos on Veranzerou Street, in the center of Athens, and created AEK. [ 7 ] Their intention was to create a club that provided athletic and cultural diversions for the thousands of predominantly Constantinopolitan and anatolian refugees who had settled in the new suburbs of Athens ( including Nea Filadelfeia, Nea Ionia, Nea Chalkidona, Nea Smyrni ). The first team of AEK was : GK: Kitsos, DF: Ieremiadis, DF: Asderis, MF: Kechagias, MF: Paraskevas, MF: Dimopoulos, MF: Karagiannides, FW: Baltas, FW: Milas, FW: Iliades, and FW: Georgiades. AEK played its beginning match against Aias Athinon in November 1924, winning 2–0. AEK ‘s football team grew quickly in popularity during the 1920s, eclipsing the already-established Athens-based refugee clubs ( Panionios, Apollon Smyrnis etc. ), thanks chiefly to the big pool of immigrants that were drawn to the club, the meaning of the name “ Constantinople ” for many refugees and Greeks, plus, in no small part, to the political connections and wealth of respective of the golf club ‘s board members. not possessing a football flat coat, AEK played most of its early matches at diverse locations around Athens, including the grounds of the Temple of Olympian Zeus and the Leoforos Alexandras Stadium .
AEK ‘s first base president, Konstantinos Spanoudis ( 1871–1941 ), [ 8 ] a diarist and associate degree of the Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos, petitioned the government to set aside land for the administration of a sports footing. In 1926, nation in Nea Filadelfeia that was in the first place set aside for refugee housing, was donated as a education background for the refugees ‘ sports activities. AEK began using the ground for train, albeit unofficially. [ 9 ] In 1928, Panathinaikos, Olympiacos and AEK began a challenge with the fledgling Hellenic Football Federation ( EPO ), decided to break away from the Athens regional league, and formed an alliance called POK ( from their initial letters, K was for AEK : Konstantinoupόleos ). During the dispute, POK organised friendly matches against each other and respective continental european club. In 1929, though, the dispute ended and AEK, along with the other POK clubs, entered the EPO fold once again. In 1930, the property where AEK trained was officially signed over to the clubhouse. Venizelos soon approved the plans to build what was to become AEK ‘s base land for the adjacent 70 years, the Nikos Goumas Stadium. The first home game, in November 1930, was an exhibition match against Olympiacos that ended in a 2–2 draw. [ 10 ] In 1932, AEK won their first greek Cup title, beating Aris 5–3 in the concluding. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The team boasted a count of star football players like Kostas Negrepontis ( a seasoned of the original Pera Club of Constantinople ), Kleanthis Maropoulos, Tryfon Tzanetis, Michalis Delavinias, Giorgos Mageiras, and Spyros Sklavounos. The club ‘s mix success during the 1930s was highlighted by the beginning greek championship and greek Cup ( making the Double ) in 1939. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Under former musician Kostas Negrepontis as head coach, AEK besides won the greek backing of 1940. [ 15 ]

1960–1974 : Nestoridis-Papaioannou era [edit ]

With Kostas Nestoridis scoring goals in the early 1960s ( top goalscorer for 5 seasons in row, from 1958 to 1963 ), and the timely sign language of attacker Mimis Papaioannou ( all-time clear goalscorer and appearances recordman of the club ) in 1962, AEK went on to win the 1962–63 championship. [ 16 ] Known dearly as “ Mimis ” by the AEK supporters, Papaioannou scored doubly in the 1963 playoff against Panathinaikos, levelling the scores at 3–3 and giving AEK its inaugural post-war backing on goal aggregate. Coached by Hungarian-German Jenő Csaknády, the championship team besides consisted of Stelios Serafidis, Miltos Papapostolou, and Andreas Stamatiadis. Youngsters like Alekos Sofianidis, Stelios Skevofilakas, Giorgos Petridis and Manolis Kanellopoulos besides played a significant role in the triumphant 1963 campaign. The club followed up with Cup victories in 1964 and 1966. With the return of Csaknády to the coach ‘s military position in 1968 and with the addition of some great players like Kostas Nikolaidis, Giorgos Karafeskos, Panagiotis Ventouris, Fotis Balopoulos, Spyros Pomonis, Alekos Iordanou, Nikos Stathopoulos and Andreas Papaemmanouil, AEK well won the championship of 1967–68. [ 17 ]

european Champions Cup quarter-finalists [edit ]

In the 1968–69 season AEK, with modern serbian coach Branko Stanković, became the first Greek football clubhouse to reach the quarter-finals of the european Champions Cup, but was eliminated by the czech Spartak Trnava. [ 18 ] The addition of goalkeeper Stelios Konstantinidis and Apostolos Toskas reinforced the team, and allowed AEK to take its fifth championship title in 1971. [ 19 ] AEK besides won the unofficial Greek Super Cup of 1971, beating Olympiacos 4–2 on penalty kicks after 2 draws ( 2–2 at Piraeus and 1–1 at Nea Filadelfeia ). [ 20 ] Mavros, Eleftherakis, and Ardizoglou were separate of the AEK kit that dominated the Greek league in the recently 1970s .

1974–81 : The great AEK of Barlos [edit ]

Loukas Barlos, a successful industrialist, took over the presidency and fiscal hold of AEK in 1974, and with the help of passenger car František Fadrhonc built one of the finest teams in the club ‘s history. [ 21 ] The Barlos “ Golden earned run average ” saw some of the greatest players ever to have played for AEK : Christos Ardizoglou, Giorgos Dedes, Giorgos Skrekis, the Germans Walter Wagner and Timo Zahnleiter, Dionysis Tsamis, Pantelis Nikolaou, Petros Ravousis, Dušan Bajević, Takis Nikoloudis, Stefanos Theodoridis, Babis Intzoglou and Nikos Christidis .

UEFA Cup semi-finalists [edit ]

Captained by Papaioannou in the 1976–1977 season, AEK reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup competition, the first base Greek football club to do so. Beating Dynamo Moscow ( Russia ) 2–0, Derby County ( U.K. ) 2–0 and 3–2, Red Star Belgrade ( Yugoslavia ) 2–0, and QPR ( U.K. ) 3–0 and 7–6 on penalties, AEK were finally eliminated by Gianni Agnelli ‘s Juventus. Juventus went on to win their first european style. [ 22 ]

Thomas Mavros : a goal-machine [edit ]

It was during this period that AEK signed one of Greece ‘s finest strikers, Thomas Mavros, the all-time crown goalscorer in the greek Championship. In the follow years, he and Dušan Bajević formed a formidable attack couple for AEK. Mavros was an built-in separate of the team that reached the UEFA Cup semi-final in 1976, but it was his lay waste to mannequin ( top goal scorekeeper of 1978 and 1979 – 22 and 31 goals, respectively ) that helped AEK to win the 1977–78 Championship-Cup double over. The summation of former Panathinaikos stars Domazos and Eleftherakis to the AEK roll, the keep up class, saw the club crown off their most successful decade to go steady by winning the 1979 Championship. [ 23 ] Under the leadership of Loukas Barlos, the Nikos Goumas Stadium was finally completed with the summation of the iconic covered stand, or Skepasti ( Σκεπαστή ), which finally became home to the most fanatic of AEK assistant groups, “ original 21 ”. [ 24 ] The adjacent generation of star players, fresh out of AEK ‘s Academy, made their debut during this menstruation : Stelios Manolas, Spyros Ikonomopoulos, Vangelis Vlachos, and Lysandros Georgamlis .
With newly president of the united states Michalis Arkadis and austrian drumhead coach Helmut Senekowitsch, AEK won the 1983 Greek Cup, beating PAOK 2–0 in the newly built Athens Olympic Stadium. [ 25 ] Thomas Mavros and Vangelis Vlachos were the goalscorers. [ 26 ] AEK besides chased the elusive Championship title and it ultimately came in 1989. Coached by erstwhile player Dušan Bajević, AEK clinched the title after a winning a all-important match 1–0 against Olympiacos at the Athens Olympic Stadium. Takis Karagiozopoulos scored the goal that gave AEK its foremost championship after ten years. [ 27 ] AEK won besides the greek Super Cup of 1989, beating Panathinaikos on penalties after the match ended in a 1–1 withdraw. [ 28 ]

The aureate team of Bajević : 3 consecutive Championships [edit ]

After the 1989 exuberate, under Bajević, AEK built what was to become one of the most successful teams in its history. Captained by Stelios Manolas, the team, which included Toni Savevski, Daniel Batista, Vaios Karagiannis, Vasilis Dimitriadis, Giorgos Savvidis, Alexis Alexandris, Vasilis Tsiartas, Michalis Kasapis, Refik Šabanadžović and Vasilis Borbokis dominated the greek league through the 1990s with three consecutive Championship titles ( 1992, 1993, and 1994 ). AEK won the entirely Greek League Cup ever organised in 1990 ( beating Olympiacos 3–2 ). [ 29 ]

First Greek presence in the UEFA Champions League group stagecoach [edit ]

In 1994–95, AEK was the first Greek football club that participated in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League after defeating scots champions Rangers ; [ 30 ] AEK was eliminated by Ajax Amsterdam and AC Milan, who made it to the final. With Michalis Trochanas as president and Dušan Bajević as coach, the club won the greek Cup in 1996. [ 31 ] Former actor Petros Ravousis took over the coach position when Dušan Bajević defected to Olympiacos at the end of 1996. Ravousis led the team to its second Super Cup in 1996, [ 32 ] and its eleventh Cup title in 1997, beating Panathinaikos in both finals. [ 33 ] By far AEK ‘s most successful footrace with titles, the period besides saw the club sign Temur Ketsbaia and several young, talented players like Demis Nikolaidis, [ 34 ] Christos Kostis, Christos Maladenis and Akis Zikos. Nikolaidis, in particular, an AEK fan since childhood, declined more lucrative offers from Olympiacos and Panathinaikos to sign for his beloved cabaret. [ 35 ] During the 1996–97 and 1997–98 seasons, AEK progressed to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup, where they were eliminated by Paris Saint-Germain [ 36 ] and Lokomotiv Moscow. [ 37 ] In 1999, ex-president Dimitris Melissanidis organised a friendly match against FK Partizan in Belgrade, during the stature of the NATO fail of Serbia. As a gesture of compassion and solidarity towards the embattle Serbs, the AEK players and management staff defied the external embargo and traveled to Belgrade for the peer. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] The game ended 1–1, when after 60 minutes thousands of serbian football fans invaded the pitch to embrace the footballers. [ 40 ] [ 41 ]

twenty-first century [edit ]

AEK won its one-twelfth Cup entitle in 2000 under passenger car Giannis Pathiakakis, defeating Ionikos 3–0 in the concluding ( 37 ‘ Nikolaidis,77 ‘ Petkov,82 ‘ Maladenis ). [ 42 ] The club continued its consistency in the Championship of 2001–02, finishing second by goal aggregate to Olympiacos, [ 43 ] and beating Olympiacos in the greek Cup concluding. [ 44 ]

2002–03 UEFA Champions League unbeaten run [edit ]

Dušan Bajević returned as coach in the summer of 2002, a move that sparked open hostility towards Bajević from a section of AEK supporters. [ citation needed ] A impregnable team, called Dream Team by the fans, was created with players like Kostas Katsouranis, Ilija Ivić, Dionisis Chiotis, Vasilis Borbokis, Grigoris Georgatos, Theodoros Zagorakis, Walter Centeno, Michalis Kapsis, Michel Kreek, Vasilis Lakis, Vasilis Tsiartas ( who returned from Sevilla ), Ioannis Okkas, Nikos Liberopoulos and Demis Nikolaidis. Under Bajević, AEK progressed through the qualifying rounds in the 2002 UEFA Champions League by eliminating APOEL. Drawn in Group A with AS Roma, Real Madrid, and Racing Genk, AEK with estimable performances drew all their games and were knocked out of the contest. They continued to UEFA Cup, eliminating Maccabi Haifa ( 4–0, 4–1 ) before being knocked out by Málaga CF. Off the field, president Makis Psomiadis ( died 6 January 2016 ) caused many problems for AEK and with his mismanagement overcharged the cabaret. besides, with the aid of his bodyguards, he allegedly assaulted master Demis Nikolaidis and other players. [ 45 ] After the affray, and partially due to the club ‘s growing fiscal problems, Nikolaidis was let on barren transfer by reciprocal accept to Atlético Madrid. [ 46 ] unable to cope with the electronegativity from a large section of AEK fans, [ 47 ] Bajević resigned in 2004 after a match against Iraklis. [ 48 ]

Demis Nikolaidis period [edit ]

In 2004, Demis Nikolaidis and other significant AEK followers formed a supporters ‘ golf club enosis 1924 ( Union 1924 ) to motivate all AEK supporters into taking up the club ‘s shares and government. [ 49 ] The project was not in full realised because, in the meanwhile, versatile businessmen decided to buy shares and invest money in the club. however, to this date, Enosis 1924 ‘s president is member of the AEK FC board. [ 50 ] The lapp year, Nikos Goumas Stadium, AEK ‘s home stadium for over 70 years was demolished, because a big part of it was beaten from 1999 Athens earthquake. [ 51 ]
In 2004, on the back of strong AEK fan support, Nikolaidis, at the head of a consortium of businessmen, bought out the tease club and became the newfangled president. His chief undertaking was to lead AEK out of its precarious fiscal situation. The first success was an arrangement through the Greek judicial system to write off most of the massive debt that former club administrators had amassed and to repay any remaining public debts in manageable instalments. Securing the baseball club ‘s being in the Alpha Ethniki, Nikolaidis then began a platform to rebuild AEK to its early glory. He appointed experience early actor Ilija Ivić as technical director and brought back Fernando Santos as a coach. The AEK fans, emboldened by Nikolaidis ‘ efforts, followed courtship by buying season ticket packages in criminal record numbers ( over 17,000 ). AEK recruited promising young players to strengthen a depleted team. Led by the feel Katsouranis and Liberopoulos, and featuring brazilian Júlio César, the club made it to the greek Cup final for the seventh meter in 13 years but finished irregular in the Championship, and in the summons, secured a home in the third gear qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. For the 2006–07 temper, former Real Betis coach Lorenzo Serra Ferrer was appointed to the coach position after Fernando Santos ‘ contract was not renewed. [ 52 ] By beating Hearts over both legs ( 2–1 in Scotland and 3–0 in Greece ), AEK progressed to the group stage of the Champions League. [ 53 ] The club obtained a full of 8 points, having beaten AC Milan 1–0, Lille 1–0, and managing two draws with Anderlecht ( 1–1 in Greece and 2–2 in Belgium ). AEK finished second in the greek Super League, qualifying again for the third gear round in the UEFA Champions League. [ 54 ]

2007–08 Championship controversy [edit ]

For the 2007–08 temper AEK changed kit sponsors from Adidas to Puma. [ 55 ] They played with Sevilla FC in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. The first leg was played on 15 August, away at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, where AEK was defeated by 2 goals, [ 56 ] and the second leg played on 3 September, at the Athens Olympic Stadium where AEK lost again by 1–4. [ 57 ]
AEK completed the signings of brazilian caption Rivaldo, after he was let release from Olympiacos, Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Charis Pappas, and Argentine striker Ismael Blanco. Traianos Dellas was rewarded with a new abridge, keeping him at the club until summer 2009. [ 58 ] On 25 August, the Super League and EPO decided to postpone the first step season ‘s games due to the fire calamity in the Peloponnese. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] After being eliminated from the UEFA Champions League, AEK were drawn to play against FC Salzburg for the UEFA Cup. On 20 September, in Athens, AEK defeated FC Salzburg 3–0. [ 61 ] In the second leg, played in Salzburg on 4 October, AEK lost the catch but still went through 3–1 on aggregate. [ 62 ] On 9 October, AEK were drawn in Group C in the UEFA Cup group stage along with Villarreal, Fiorentina, Mladá Boleslav, and Elfsborg. [ 63 ] On 25 October, AEK kicked off the group stage with a 1–1 draw aside to Elfsborg. [ 64 ] On 29 November, AEK again drew 1–1, this clock time at home to Fiorentina. [ 65 ] On 5 December, AEK won Mladá Boleslav 1–0 away [ 66 ] and on 20 December, AEK was home defeated 1–2 [ 67 ] by Villarreal CF, but ultimately booked a seat in the knockout stage of the UEFA Cup by finishing third in the group. They were then drawn against Getafe CF in the third gear orotund ( phase of 32 ). AEK advanced to the third round of UEFA Cup for the second consecutive temper .
On 12 February, AEK parted caller with Llorenç Serra Ferrer after a poor people campaign of form and abortive signings [ 68 ] and replaced him with erstwhile musician Nikos Kostenoglou, on a caretaker footing. The team initially finished in first place in the league, but after the woo case between Apollon Kalamarias and Olympiacos for the illegal custom of a actor in the 1–0 Apollon Kalamarias win earlier in the season, Olympiacos was awarded 3 points, frankincense finishing 2 points ahead of AEK. [ 69 ] President Demis Nikolaidis and several other managers and chairmen were angered with the court ‘s decision, stating that the Hellenic Football Federation knew about the custom of the illegal player prior to the game and had indeed issued a registration ( amobarbital sodium tease ), but did n’t do anything about it. Panathinaikos besides challenged the leave at the Court of Arbitration in Sport ( CAS ) with no achiever, as the Hellenic Federation did not support the claim. Rivaldo had stated his intention to leave Greece if the rule went in favor of Olympiacos and AEK were not declared champions. He stated, “ a team that was not good adequate to win the title on the gear does not deserve the trophy. ” [ 70 ] Giorgos Donis was appointed head coach of AEK on 14 May. [ 71 ] His reign at the club did not go well. It all began when AEK failed to surpass AC Omonia in the UEFA Cup second stipulate turn, which meant their elimination from european competitions for the season. [ 72 ] Rivaldo asked to leave the club to sign for Bunyodkor on 27 August. [ 73 ] The league campaign started identical well after a succeed over rivals Panathinaikos in the opening game of the temper, [ 74 ] but poor performances and results from then on left AEK in a unmanageable situation. Head coach Donis was eager to leave the golf club, but president of the united states Nikolaidis did not allow him to leave. Nevertheless, Nikolaidis left due to disappointing results and after a controversy with the club ‘s supporters, Original 21, [ 75 ] leaving the presidency temporarily to the members of the board of directors, Nikos Koulis, and Takis Kanellopoulos. [ 76 ]

fiscal problems and relegation [edit ]

however, the series of disappointing results continued, bringing anger and insecure situations for everyone on the team. The first base to be hit by this wave of disappointment and upset with the team council was bus Donis, who was asked to leave the team. [ 77 ] On 21 November 2008, AEK hired Dušan Bajević as lead coach for third time. [ 78 ] however, after a while, Takis Kanellopoulos left the club, as he sparked a competition with Bajević. On 4 February 2009, Nikos Thanopoulos was elected as the 41st president of AEK FC. [ 79 ] Bajević brought some much-needed stability to the club, and performances on the peddle improved vastly towards the end of the season, culminating in AEK ‘s progress to the greek Cup final against Olympiacos which was played on 2 May 2009, at Athens Olympic Stadium. [ 80 ] AEK lost in the final 14–15 on penalties. [ 81 ] AEK finished the regular temper in one-fourth side, frankincense qualifying for the season ‘s playoffs, in which they finally finished irregular, just missing out on UEFA Champions League reservation. In the summer transfer period of 2010, AEK, despite being low on budget, managed to reinforce its ranks with many luminary players. Club idols Nikos Liberopoulos and Traianos Dellas signed the last annual contracts of their careers, and many new and experience players signed to AEK, the most celebrated of whom were Papa Bouba Diop, Cristian Nasuti, and Christos Patsatzoglou. AEK qualified for the 2010–11 Europa League group stage after defeating Dundee United 2–1 on sum. On 7 October 2010, Manolo Jiménez agreed to a biennial hand and took over for Bajević. [ 82 ] On 30 April 2011, AEK won the greek Cup for the 14th clock time, defeating 3–0 Atromitos at the concluding. [ 83 ] To compensate for the departures of Nacho Scocco, Papa Bouba Diop, Sebastián Saja, and Ismael Blanco in the summer of 2011, AEK signed the master of Iceland Eiður Guðjohnsen, [ 84 ] and colombian international Fabián Vargas. Due to fiscal problems, on 25 June 2012, AEK ‘s legend Thomas Mavros took the club ‘s management and on 1 August 2012, became president in an feat to save the golf club from fiscal calamity. [ 85 ] many other erstwhile AEK players like Vasilis Tsiartas, Mimis Papaioannou, Kostas Nestoridis, Christos Kostis, Vangelis Vlachos, Christos Arvanitis, and Giorgos Karafeskos were hired to help the club reelect to its previous glory days. due to bad results, on 30 September 2012, Vangelis Vlachos was fired and Ewald Lienen hired as AEK ‘s head coach. On 9 April 2013, Lienen was fired after disappoint results and AEK hired Traianos Dellas as head passenger car with Vasilis Borbokis and Akis Zikos for assistants. [ 86 ] On 19 April 2013, a Super League corrective committee voted to remove 3 points from AEK and award Panthrakikos a 3–0 winnings, after fans stormed the pitch and chased players from the field during the AEK–Panthrakikos match on 14 April 2013. [ 87 ] As a leave, AEK were relegated from the Super League to the second-tier Football League for the first gear time in their history. [ 88 ] In accession, AEK were to start their Football League campaign with minus 2 points. [ 89 ]

The second Melissanidis earned run average [edit ]

On 7 June 2013, during an AEK council, it was decided that AEK FC would become an amateur football club and would not participate in the Football League division for the 2013–14 season, preferring alternatively, to self-relegate and participate in the Football League 2 division and start from scribble. On the lapp day Dimitris Melissanidis, the early president of the united states of the club, became administrative leader of the clubhouse, under the supervision of Amateur AEK, with the aim of saving the club. Along with early luminary AEK fans and previous players, they went on to create the non-profit association Independent Union of Friends of AEK ( greek : Ανεξάρτητη Ένωση Φίλων ΑΕΚ ; Anexártiti Énosi Fίlon AEK ) which took the majority stake of the football cabaret. [ 90 ] [ 91 ] AEK began its revival by finishing top of their group in the third base division of the amateur Football League 2 division with a criminal record of 23 wins, 3 draw, and only one get the better of. [ 92 ] Thus, AEK participated in the Football League division for the 2014–15 temper, where they again finished in the first place, having only 2 draws and no defeats in the regular temper. AEK successfully finished first in the playoffs and gained promotion back to the top tier, the greek Super League. [ 93 ] On 20 October 2015, Traianos Dellas was forced to resign as a leave of a dispute with the board, and a grave 4–0 away loss to Olympiacos. Stelios Manolas was named interim coach and late Gus Poyet was appointed as new head coach. On 19 April, Poyet resigned, leaving Stelios Manolas as interim coach again. Manolas managed to guide AEK to a 3rd-place finish in the league qualifying for the playoff round and besides to their first assemble of silverware since the 2010–11 season by lifting the greek Cup, defeating Olympiacos in the final 2–1. [ 94 ] With the delay of the final on two discriminate occasions and the congested fastness number of the playoff round, it meant AEK were to play a regular every three days, which obviously took its toll on the players, but they finished third gear in the play-offs and qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League Third Qualifying Round. The first season back in the top flight was considered a success with a trophy and qualification for european football following temper, a hark back after a five-year hiatus. The second temper started good apart from the 0–1 aggregate loss to AS Saint-Étienne in the Europa League qualifiers. In the first match of the season AEK defeated Xanthi 4–1. [ 95 ] however, the decision was made to replace Temur Ketsbaia with José Morais ; [ 96 ] the decision was based on the team ‘s stuttering start to the temper, 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, and inadequate displays. José ‘s arrival, however, did not improve the team ‘s results or performances, winning entirely three of his fourteen matches as director. On 19 January 2017 early coach Manolo Jiménez was appointed as coach for the second clock time following José ‘s resignation. [ 97 ] Upon his appointment he got the team from 7th place up to a 4th-place finish, and first invest in the european Playoffs, claiming second rate in the league overall and qualifying for the UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round. Jiménez besides guided the team to a moment back-to-back greek Cup final where they faced PAOK in a controversial game marred by pre-match ferocity between the two sets of fans and a winning goal from an offside position. [ 98 ]

UEFA Europa League unbeaten run and greek Champions [edit ]

The third season back in the top flight began with a bad draw in the Champions League Third qualifying round of golf versus CSKA Moscow losing 3–0 on aggregate. The passing intend AEK were demoted to the Europa League play-off round where they were pitted versus Belgians Club Brugge. A 0–0 draw in Brugge in the first leg and a 3–0 win in the retort in Athens mean that AEK qualified for the group stages of a major european competition for the first gear time in 6 years. [ 99 ] They were seeded in pot 4 and were drawn along with AC Milan, HNK Rijeka and Austria Wien. AEK would go on to qualify for the circle of 32 undefeated, a statement that solidified their retort as one of Europe ‘s elect teams, with a criminal record of 1 win and 5 draws, the most noteworthy being the two back to back 0–0 draws versus AC Milan. [ 100 ] In the Round of 32 AEK were drawn against ukrainian giants Dynamo Kyiv. AEK were better than their opponents, but besides were doomed and lost after two draws and on away goal rule. The first gear match took place in Athens, with a 1–1 pull back and the second game in Kyiv, finished 0–0. [ 101 ] [ 102 ] In April, AEK won their 12th Greek backing, by recording a 2–0 home gain against Levadiakos in front of 60,000 fans. This was their first championship after 24 years. [ 103 ] [ 104 ] AEK were crowned champions in front of 14,500 of their fans in the concluding matchday against Apollon Smyrnis at Georgios Kamaras Stadium. [ 105 ] [ 106 ]

crest [edit ]

In 1924, AEK adopted the double of a double-headed eagle ( Δικέφαλος Αετός ; Dikéfalos Aetós ) as their emblem. Created by greek refugees from Constantinople in the years following the Greco-Turkish War and subsequent population exchange, the emblem and coloring material ( yellow and black ) of AEK were chosen as a reminder of lost homelands ; they represent the club ‘s historical ties to Constantinople. The double-headed eagle is featured in the flag of the Greek Orthodox Church, whose headquarters are in Constantinople, and served as Imperial emblem under the Palaiologos dynasty, which was the last one to rule the Byzantine Empire. AEK ‘s chief emblem undergo numerous minor changes between 1924 and 1982. The design of the eagle on the shirt badge was often not identical to the plan of the eagle depicted on official club parallelism, merchandise, and promotional material. All designs were considered “ official ” ( in the broadest sense of the son ), however, it was not until 1982 that an identifiable, copyrighted design was established as the clubhouse ‘s official, and shirt badge. The emblem purpose was changed in 1989, again in 1993, and again in 2013 to the current design. [ 108 ]

Kit and colours [edit ]

The color of yellow/gold and black were adopted from AEK ‘s connections with Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire. [ 109 ] AEK have always worn predominantly gold or yellow shirts and bootleg shorts. [ 110 ] An exception has been the unusual, but celebrated and popular among the fans, Kappa kits of the ’90s which featured a big two-headed eagle motif across the kit. [ 111 ] AEK ‘s traditional away colours are all-black or all-white ; on a few occasions, the club has introduced as a third kit out a unhorse gloomy, a silver, and flush a colored loss, or a tyrian purple ( porphyra ), a type of red purple, inspired by the war Byzantine flag [ 112 ] and used besides by the imperial dynasties of the Byzantine empire ( Eastern Roman conglomerate ) .
Since June 1st 2021, AEK ‘s kit has been manufactured by Nike. former manufacturers have been Adidas ( 1974–75, 1977–83 and 2005–07 ), Zita Hellas ( 1983–89 ), Diadora ( 1989–93 ), Basic ( 1993–95 ), Kappa ( 1995–2000 ), Puma ( 1975–77 and 2007–15 ) and Capelli ( 2018–21 ). Starting in 2015, the baseball club ‘s main shirt sponsors are OPAP, which besides sponsored them in 2010–14. previous shirt sponsors have been Citizen ( 1982–83 ), Nissan ( 1983–85 ), Ethniki Asfalistiki ( 1985–93 and 1995–96 ), Phoenix Asfaleies ( 1993–95 ), Geniki Bank ( 1996–98 ), Firestone ( 1999 ), Marfin Investment Group ( 1999–2001 ), Alpha Digital ( 2001–02 ), Piraeus Bank ( 2002–04 ), TIM ( 2004–06 ), LG ( 2006–08 ), Diners Club ( 2009–10 ), and Jeep ( 2014–15 ) .
AEK ‘s shirt history alternative AEK shirts ( 2008–09 )

fiscal information [edit ]

Loukas Barlos, a successful bauxite Mine Owner, was besides owner and president of the united states since 1974, and was in charge when Greek football turned master in 1979. In 1981, due to health problems, he passed his shares to Andreas Zafeiropoulos. [ 116 ] In 1982 the clientele shipping baron Michalis Arkadis became president of the united states, aiming to reinforce fiscal back, with Zafeiropoulos holding the majority stake. In 1988, Zafeiropoulos placed Efstratios Gidopoulos in the presidency, and AEK managed to win their first backing in ten years. [ 117 ] On 17 June 1992, the clubhouse passed to newly owners. The commercial enterprise shipping baron and anoint baron Dimitris Melissanidis, together with Giannis Karras, took the majority stake and continued the successful and champion seasons. [ 118 ] After an unsuccessful season, in 1995, they passed their shares to Michalis Trochanas, and with his change by reversal a percentage to ENIC Group investment caller. In 1999, NETMED, a dutch media party, took over management of the club. A crisis period followed with mismanagement and many changes in the presidency. In 2004, ex-AEK actor Demis Nikolaidis made a design to progress with the reorganization and fiscal consolidation, and in concert with other investors ( such as Nicholas X. Notias, Gikas Goumas, Takis Kanellopoulos, a stockholder of Titan Cement, and others ) took the majority stake. [ 119 ] The plan initially seemed to work, but the downfall continued. The team was relegated after the 2012–13 season for the first fourth dimension in its history. In an feat to discharge the huge debt created by years of mismanagement, its directors chose for the team to compete in the third base tier. On the like day Dimitris Melissanidis, the old president of the club, became administrative leader of AEK, under the supervision of the amateur AEK Later, together with other celebrated AEK fans and previous players, they created the non-profit association “ Union Friends of AEK ” ( Enosi Filon AEK ) which took the majority venture of the football club. [ 91 ] In March 2015, AEK FC became the beginning greek company that was listed in the Elite program of the London Stock Exchange, a pan-European program for ambitious high-growth businesses that was launched in 2012 at Borsa Italiana and following its success was rolled out in the UK in 2014, and the foremost Greek football club quoted on a stock exchange. Raffaele Jerusalmi, executive film director of the circuit board of directors of LSEG, stated : “ We are delighted to welcome AEK to Elite program ”. [ 120 ] [ 121 ] On 27 April 2015, AEK FC was selected for the honor of opening a session of the London Stock Exchange. [ 122 ] [ 123 ] current sponsorships :

stadium [edit ]

The entrance of the historic Nikos Goumas Stadium

Nikos Goumas Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Nea Filadelfeia ( “ New Philadelphia “ ), a northwestern suburb of Athens, Greece. It was used by and large for football matches and was the family stadium of AEK FC. It was named after erstwhile club president of the united states, Nicholas Goumas, who contributed to its build up and subsequently upgrading. It served as AEK ‘s home ground since 1930. [ 124 ] The Nikos Goumas Stadium had severe damages from 1999 ‘s earthquake and in 2003 was demolished with the view to build a new stadium for AEK FC. unfortunately, prolong obstruction, legal issues and mean deadlines lapsed this prospect until recently. The club now plays its home plate games in the 70,000-capacity “ Spyros Louis “ ( Athens Olympic Stadium ) in Athens and presently builds its new stadium in the same place where Nikos Goumas Stadium used to stand. [ 125 ] The Olympic Athletic Center of Athens, besides known as OAKA, is one of the most complete european athletic complexes. [ 126 ] The Olympic Athletic Center of Athens hosted the Mediterranean Games in 1991, the World Championship in Athletics in 1997, the 1994 and 2007 UEFA Champions League Finals, deoxyadenosine monophosphate well as other authoritative athletic and cultural events, the most meaning of which remains the Summer Olympics in 2004. [ 127 ] construction on an all-new purpose-built stadium began on 28 July 2017 in the locate of the old Nikos Goumas stadium. It will have a capacity of approximately 30,000 fans and will feature a unique metro road system that the teams will use to enter the stadium. structure has suffered from major delays due to the local anesthetic authorities taking besides long on confirming certain proposals concerning the stadium ‘s road system but structure of the organization has last begun as of March 2020. construction is set to be completed erstwhile in 2022 and it is considered a giant step in reinstating the cabaret as Greece ‘s finest .

Training facility [edit ]

Since December 2010, AEK has been using state-of-the-art facilities in an area of 144 acres in the Mazareko area in Spata. [ 128 ] previously owned by Nicholas X. Notias, it is the most expensive ( with a total price around €25m ) [ 129 ] and one of the biggest education centers in Greece. These facilities include two lawns with natural turf and one with plastic for the needs of the Academies ( which was created in 2013 with a viewing platform for spectators ) and all the necessity and well-equipped areas for the preparation of a team with modern instruments. A standard football studio, one of the most complete in Greece. The chief build of the concentrate hosts offices of the club, a press room, and the players ‘ rooms. The trail grate is used by the first team and young person teams. The Spata Training Centre includes state-of-the-art facilities, a seaworthiness and health center with weight-training and seaworthiness rooms, a cryotherapy center and more. There are besides plans for an AEK Museum, hotel, aquatic center and two more soccer fields. From 2013 and on, AEK training center services have been upgraded dramatically. The players of the teamwork day by day in an environment with all the necessary infrastructure, while in the concluding few months they have at their disposal in the basement of the construction a treatment concentrate with the most modern means. even the young athletes of the Academies employment in facilities that identical few Academies have in Greece. But the expectation is even more impressive. Since 2014, the official mention of the ground is “ OPAP Sports Centre ”. [ 130 ] On 4 July 2018, the Sports Centre came to auction which was bought by Dimitrios Melissanidis for a price of €3.5m and then donated it to AEK. Alongside the Sports Centre, Melissanidis besides bought 70 hectares for an extra €5.5m [ 131 ] which were added to the wider area of the existing coach center and there will be extra stadiums along with the necessary extra facilities for the training of the team and for the cordial reception of the players. [ 132 ]

Supporters and rivalries [edit ]

patronize [edit ]

AEK Athens has a bombastic fan base across all of Greece and is the third most popular greek football team in relation to their fan base. According to Sky Sports AEK have around 15 % of all Greek football fans. [ 133 ] Another fan poll besides has AEK as third most supported team in Greece with again 15 % of Greek football fans supporting the club. [ 134 ] AEK ‘s fan root in Greece is believed to be over a million with diverse researches suggesting AEK have an estimated fan base between 1.1 – 1.35 million fans in Greece. [ 135 ] AEK Athens traditional fanbase comes from the area of Nea Filadelfeia, where the club is based, adenine well as a good part of the remainder of the Athens area. AEK have a strong follow in the greek diaspora specially in Cyprus where the golf club has a big following with a late fan poll from Kerkida.net having AEK as the second base most popular greek supported team in Cyprus behind Panathinaikos ( 34 % ) but ahead of Olympiacos ( 23 % ) with AEK having 27 % of Cypriot football fans supporting the club. [ 136 ] One of the main reasons AEK ‘s popularity in Cyprus is large making them ahead of Olympiacos the most democratic greek team in Greece is due to the fact AEK are a refugee cabaret which many Greek Cypriots are after the turkish invasion of Cyprus and due to this many greek Cypriots can relate to the like history of AEKs being a refugee golf club. AEK have besides a solid follow in Australia, the US and Germany. The most hard-core supporters of AEK are Original 21, which is the largest group winnow constitution of the club and are known for their loyal and passionate accompaniment .

Supporters friendships [edit ]

A alleged “ triangle of brotherhood ” has developed between the largest leftist winnow clubs of AEK, Marseille and Livorno. [ 137 ] [ 138 ] The connection is by and large an ideological one. [ 139 ] [ 140 ] besides, AEK ‘s and St. Pauli ‘s leftist fans, have a impregnable friendship and their connection is largely for ideological reasons. [ 141 ]

Club hymn [edit ]

AEK ‘s cabaret anthem, Embrós tis AEK Palikária ( Advance AEK ‘s Lads ), was composed by Stelios Kazantzidis. [ 142 ] The lyrics were written by Christos Kolokotronis. The most-popular translation of the anthem is sung by ex-football player Mimis Papaioannou. [ 143 ] AEK ’ second club hymn

Rivalries [edit ]

AEK FC ‘s biggest rivalries are with Panathinaikos and Olympiacos. Against their city neighbours Panathinaikos, they contest the Athens local football bowler hat. [ 144 ] The competition started not alone because of both competing for the major titles, but besides because of the refugee ancestry of a big part of AEK fans and, by contrast, that Panathinaikos was considered in cosmopolitan the congressman of the athenian high-class society [ citation needed ]. The competition with Piraeus based club Olympiacos stems from the competition between two of the most successful greek football clubs. The competition was particularly inflamed after 1996, when AEK former leading player and then-manager Dušan Bajević moved to Olympiacos, [ 145 ] [ 146 ] and most recently after the controversial 2007–08 Super League which was awarded to Olympiacos. [ 147 ]

Honours [edit ]

domestic competitions [edit ]

Leagues:
Cups:

Doubles [edit ]

Winners (2): 1938–39, 1977–78

european competitions [edit ]

regional [edit ]

Tournaments [edit ]

source : AEK Athens F.C .

european performance [edit ]

Best campaigns

UEFA ranking [edit ]

As of 9 May 2021[153]

Players [edit ]

current police squad [edit ]

As of 17 September 2021[154]

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

Out on loan [edit ]

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

Statistics and records [edit ]

One-club men [edit ]

Super League clear scorers [edit ]

AEK has a remarkable tradition in strikers and goal-scoring players. 14 different teams ‘ players, 24 times overall, have finished the season as the top scorekeeper in the Super League .

actor records [edit ]

Most Super League appearances: 480–Mimis Papaioannou
Most Super League goals: 234–Mimis Papaioannou

Domestic and european records [edit ]

Outline

Domestic records

Biggest win in a Greek Cup final

7–1 (vs Apollon Smyrnis, 1995–96)

Biggest away victory in Greek Championship

0–8 (vs Egaleo, 1961–62)

Outline

International records

Consecutive draws in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League

6 (vs Real Madrid, Roma and Genk, 2002–03)

contribution to the Greek national team [edit ]

AEK, through its history, has highlighted some of the greatest greek players in the history of Greek football, who contributed besides to the Greek home team ( Papaioannou, Nestoridis, Mavros, Tsiartas, Nikolaidis, etc. ). Seven players of the club were region of the gold team of 2004 that won the UEFA Euro 2004 :
A sum of 111 players of AEK had played for the Greek home team up to 14 November 2021 .

Player list [edit ]

noteworthy former players [edit ]

Personnel [edit ]

ownership and current board [edit ]

informant : AEK Athens F.C.

Presidents [edit ]

AEK Athens F.C. presidential history from 1924 to present

Konstantinos Spanoudis (1924–32)
Alexandros Strogilos (1932–33)
Konstantinos Sarifis (1933–35)
Konstantinos Theofanidis (1935–37)
Konstantinos Chrisopoulos (1937–38)
Vassilios Fridas (1938–40)
Emilios Ionas (1945–49)
Spiridon Skouras (1949–50 )
Georgios Melas (1950–52)
Eleftherios Venizelos (1952)
Georgios Chrisafidis (1952–57)
Nikolaos Goumas (1957–63)
Alexandros Makridis (1963–66)
Michail Trikoglou (1966–67)
Emmanuil Calitsounakis (1967)
Kosmas Kiriakidis (1967–68)

Ilias Georgopoulos (1968–69)
Georgios Chrisafidis (1969–70)
Kosmas Chatzicharalabous (1970–73)
Dimitrios Avramidis (1973)
Ioannis Theodorakopoulos (1973–74)
Loukas Barlos (1974–81)
Andreas Zafiropoulos (1981–82)
Michalis Arkadis (1982–83)
Eleftherios Panagidis (1983–84)
Andreas Zafiropoulos (1984–88)
Efstratios Gidopoulos (1988–91)
Konstantinos Generakis (1991–92)
Dimitris Melissanidis (1992–93)
Ioannis Karras (1993–94)
Dimitris Melissanidis (1994–95)
Michalis Trochanas (1995–97)
Georgios Kiriopoulos (1997)

Alexis Kougias (1997)
Lakis Nikolaou (1997–98)
Dimitris Melissanidis (1998–99)
Stefanos Mamatzis (1999–2000)
Cornelius Sierhuis (2000–01)
Filonas Antonopoulos (2001)
Petros Stathis (2001)
Chrysostomos Psomiadis (2001–03)
Giannis Granitsas (2003–04)
Demis Nikolaidis (2004–08)
Georgios Kintis (2008–09)
Nikolaos Thanopoulos (2009–10)
Stavros Adamidis (2010–12)
Thomas Mavros (2012)
Andreas Dimitrelos (2012–13)
Evangelos Aslanidis (2014–)

coach and medical staff [edit ]

Coaching staff

beginning : AEK Athens F.C.

Medical staff

source : AEK Athens F.C.

noteworthy managers [edit ]

Key: * Served as caretaker manager.
† Served as caretaker manager before being appointed permanently.

alone competitive matches are counted. Wins, losses and draws are results at the final examination whistle ; the results of penalty shootouts are not counted .

See besides [edit ]

References [edit ]

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