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AEK Athens
Current season
Full name	PAE Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos (Athletic Union of Constantinople FC)
Nickname(s)	Enosis (Union) Dikefalos Aetos (Double-Headed Eagle) Kitrinomavri (Yellow-Blacks)
Founded	April 13, 1924
Ground	Olympic Stadium Athens, Greece (Capacity 71,030 (all-seated))
Chairman	Demis Nikolaidis
Manager	Llorenç Serra Ferrer
League	Super League Greece (Σούπερ Λίγκα Ελλάδα)
2006-07	Super League Greece, 2nd
Home colours 　 Away colours

AEK FC, (Greek: AEK - Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως – Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos), the Athletic Union of Constantinople, known in European competitions as AEK Athens, is a Greek association football club based in the city of Athens, Greece. Many fans simply call the club "Enosis" (the "Union") and each other "Enosites", as a token of affection.

Established in Athens on April 13 1924 by Greek refugees from Constantinople (now Istanbul) in the wake of the Greco-Turkish War, AEK has grown to become one of the most successful clubs in Greek football, winning 27 national titles (including 11 Championships, 13 Greek Cups, 1 League Cup, 2 Super Cups), providing the Greek National Football Team with many of its star players, and continuously appearing in European (UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup) competitions.

The club currently competes in the Super League Greece.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Early history 1.2 1924 – 1939 1.3 1940 – 1959 1.4 1960 – 1979 1.5 1980 – 1999 1.6 2000 – present 2 Stadium 3 Season (2007-08) 4 Feeder clubs 5 First-team squad 5.1 Players In on loan 5.2 Players Out on loan 5.3 Foreign players 2007/2008 6 Technical Staff 7 National titles 7.1 Championship (11) 7.2 Cup (13) 7.3 League Cup (1) 7.4 Super Cup (2) 8 Notable European campaigns 9 Notable former players 10 Notable former coaches 11 Notable stats 11.1 Most League Appearances for the club 11.2 Most League Goals for the club 11.3 Greek Championship Top Scorer 11.4 UEFA Cup Top Scorer 11.5 European Bronze Boot Winner 11.6 Biggest League wins 11.7 Biggest Cup wins 11.8 Highest attendances 12 AEK crest and colours 13 AEK Kit 13.1 Sponsor 13.2 Shirt sponsors and manufacturers 14 Organised Supporters 15 AEK club anthem 16 References 17 External links

The large Greek population of Constantinople (now Istanbul), not unlike those of the other Ottoman urban centres, continued its athletic traditions in the form of numerous athletic clubs. Clubs such as Enosi Tataoulon (Ένωση Ταταούλων) from the Tatavla district, Megas Alexandros (Μέγας Αλέξανδρος) of Vathyriakos, and Hermes (Ερμής - Ermis) of Galata existed to promote Hellenic athletic and cultural ideals; Hermes, one of the more popular clubs, was formed in 1875 by the Greek community of Pera (Galata). Forced by the Kemalist regime to change its name to Pera Club in 1921, many of its athletes fled during the population exchanges at the end of the Greco-Turkish War, and settled in Athens and Thessaloniki.

In 1924, a group of Constantinopolitan refugees (among them athletes from Pera Club and the other Constantinopolitan clubs) met at the athletic shop of Emilios and Menelaos Ionas on Veranzerou Street, in the center of Athens, and established AEK.

The founders of AEK established the club with the intention of providing athletic and cultural diversions for the thousands of predominantly Constantinopolitan and Anatolian refugees who had settled in the new suburbs of Athens (Nea Filadelfeia, Nea Ionia, Nea Smyrni). AEK’s first game was a 2-0 win against Aias Athinon.

AEK’s football team grew rapidly in popularity during the 1920s, eclipsing the already-established Athens-based refugee clubs (Panionios, Apollon Smyrnis), thanks mainly to the large pool of immigrants that were drawn to the club and due, in no small part, to the political connections and wealth of several of the club’s board members. Not possessing a football ground, AEK played most of its early matches at various locations around Athens, including the grounds of the Temple of Olympian Zeus and the Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.

AEK’s first president, Konstantinos Spanoudis (1871-1941), a journalist and associate of the then Greek Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos, petitioned the government to set aside land for the establishment of a sports ground. In 1926, land in Nea Filadelfia that was originally set aside for refugee housing was donated as a training ground for the refugees. AEK began using the ground for training (albeit unofficially) and by 1930 the property was 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. The first home game, in November 1930, was an exhibition match against Olympiacos that ended in a 2-2 draw.

In 1928 Panathinaikos FC, Olympiacos, and AEK began a dispute with the fledgling Hellenic Football Federation (EPO), decided to break away from the Athens regional league and form an alliance called P.O.K.(acronym for Podosfairikes-Omades-Kentrou). During the dispute, POK organised friendly matches against each other and several continental European clubs. In 1929, though, the dispute ended and AEK, along with the other POK clubs, entered the EPO fold once again.

In 1932, AEK won their first Greek Cup title, beating Aris FC 5-3 in the final. The team boasted a number of star football players in Kostas Negrepontis (a veteran of the original Pera Club of Constantinople), Kleanthis Maropoulos, Tryfon Tzanetis, Michalis Delavinias, Giorgos Mageiras and Spyros Sklavounos.

The club’s mixed success during the 1930s was highlighted by the first Greek Championship-Cup double in 1939.

Under former player Kostas Negrepontis as coach, AEK won the Greek Championship in 1940. With English coach Jack Bimby at the reins, veteran players Maropoulos, Tzanetis, Delavinias and Mageiras, along with new blood Kostas Poulis, Giorgos Goulios, and Pavlos Emmanoualidis, AEK won the Greek Cup competitions of 1949 and 1950, beating Panathinaikos 2-1 and Aris 4-0.

AEK won also the Athens regional championship of 1950, but the playoff games for the Pan-Hellenic title were not played, due to many players being called up for a prolonged training camp for the national team.

The early 1950s saw the addition of the next generation of star footballers in Giannis Kanakis, Andreas Stamatiadis, and goalkeeper Stelios Serafeidis, and along with Poulis and Emmanoualidis, AEK again won the Greek Cup title of 1956, this time beating Olympiacos 2-1 in the final. 1957 saw the debut of one of the greatest forwards of the era, Kostas Nestoridis. Having joined AEK from Panionios in 1956, Nestoridis was forced to sit out the 1956 season because of a dispute between the two clubs over his transfer. In 1958 and 1959 he finished top goal scorer in the league, but it wasn’t enough for AEK to take any titles.

With Kostas Nestoridis scoring goals aplenty in the early 1960s, (top goalscorer 1958-1963), and the timely signing of attacker Dimitris Papaioannou in 1962, AEK went on to win the 1963 Championship.

Known affectionately as “Mimis” by the AEK supporters, Papaioannou scored twice in the 1963 playoff against Panathinaikos, levelling the scores at 3-3 and giving AEK its first post-war championship title on goal aggregate. Coached by Hungarian-German Jenő Csaknady, the championship team also consisted of veterans Nestoridis, Serafeidis and Stamatiadis, Alekos Sofianidis, Stelios Skevofilakas, Giorgos Petridis, Manolis Kanellopoulos, and Miltos Papapostolou.

The club followed up with Cup victories in 1964 and 1966, and with the return of Csaknady to the coach’s position in 1968, and with some great players in Kostas Nikolaidis, Giorgos Karafeskos, Panagiotis Ventouris, Fotis Balopoulos, Spyros Pomonis, Alekos Iordanou, Nikos Stathopoulos and Andreas Papaemmanouil, AEK won the championship with relative ease, and became the first Greek football club to reach the quarter-final of European Champions Cup. The addition of goalkeeper Stelios Konstantinidis and Apostolos Toskas reinforced the team and allowed AEK to take its fifth championship title in 1971. AEK won also the unofficial Super-Cup of 1971 beating Olympiacos 4-2 on penalty kicks, after 2 draws of 2-2 at Piraeus and 1-1 at Nea Filadelfia (normal time).

Loukas Barlos took over the presidency of AEK in 1974, and with the help of Czech-Dutch coach Frantisek Fadrhonc built one of the finest teams in the club’s history. The Barlos “Golden Era” 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, Serbian Dušan Bajević, Takis Nikoloudis, Stefanos Theodoridis, Christos Itzoglou, Nikos Christidis.

Captained by Papaioannou, 1976-1977 saw AEK reach the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup competition, the first Greek football club to do so. Beating Dinamo Moscow (Russia) 2-0, Derby County FC (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 eventually eliminated by Gianni Agnelli’s Juventus FC. Juventus went on to win their first European title.

It was during this period that AEK signed one of Greece’s finest strikers in Thomas Mavros. He was an integral part of the team that reached the UEFA Cup semi finals in 1976, but it was his devastating form (top goal scorer of 1978 and 1979 - 22 and 31 goals, respectively) that helped AEK take the 1978 Championship-Cup double. The addition of former Panathinaikos FC stars Dimitris Domazos and Kostas Eleutherakis to the AEK roster the following year saw the club cap off their most successful decade to-date by winning the 1979 Championship.

Under Loukas Barlos, the Nikos Goumas Stadium was finally completed with the addition of the iconic “Covered Stand”, or Skepasti (Σκεπαστή), which eventually became home to the most fanatic of AEK supporter groups, Original 21. The next generation of star players, fresh out of the AEK Academy, made their debut during this period – Stelios Manolas, Spyros Ekonomopoulos, Vangelis Vlachos and Lysandros Georgamlis.

With new president Michalis Arkadis and Austrian head coach Helmut Senekowitsch, AEK won the 1983 Greek Cup, beating PAOK FC 2-0 in the newly-built Athens Olympic Stadium. Thomas Mavros and 21-year old captain Vangelis Vlachos were the goalscorers.

AEK also chased the elusive Championship title and it finally came in 1989. Coached by former player Dušan Bajević, AEK clinched the title after a winning a crucial match 1-0 against Olympiacos at the Athens Olympic Stadium. Takis Karagiozopoulos scored the goal that gave AEK its first Championship in a decade. AEK won also the Greek Super-Cup of 1989, beating Panathinaikos on penalties, (normal time 1-1).

After the 1989 triumphs, under Bajević, AEK built what was to become one of the most successful teams in its history. Led by Stelios Manolas, the team, which included Toni Savevski, Daniel Batista, Vaios Karagiannis, Vasilis Dimitriadis, Giorgos Savvidis, Alekos Alexandris and Refik Šabanadžović dominated the Greek league through the 1990s with three successive Championship titles (1992, 1993, 1994). AEK also won the Greek League Cup of 1990 (beating Olympiakos 3-2).

In 1994-1995 AEK was the first Greek football club that participated in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League after defeating Scottish champions Rangers FC; 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 1996 Greek Cup.

Former player Petros Ravousis took over the coaching position when Dušan Bajević defected to Pireaus-based rivals Olympiacos at the end of 1996, and led the team to its second Super-Cup (August 1996), beating Panathinaikos on penalties, and to its eleventh Cup title in 1997, again beating Panathinaikos on penalties. By far AEK’s most successful run with titles, the period also saw AEK sign talented players in Demis Nikolaidis, Christos Kostis, Vassilis Tsiartas, Christos Maladenis, Andreas Zikos and Michalis Kasapis. Demis Nikolaidis, in particular, an AEK fan since childhood, declined more lucrative offers from Olympiacos and Panathinaikos FC to sign for his beloved club. During seasons 1996-1997 and 1997-1998, AEK progressed to the Quarter-Final of the European Cup Winners' Cup.

In 1999, ex-president Dimitris Melissanidis organised a friendly match against FK Partizan, in Belgrade, during the height of the NATO bombing of Serbia. As a gesture of compassion and solidarity towards the embattled Serbs, the AEK players and management staff defied the international embargo and traveled to Belgrade for the match. The game ended 1-1, when after 60 minutes of play thousands of Serbian football fans invaded the pitch to embrace the footballers.

AEK won its twelfth Cup title in 2000 under Coach Giannis Pathiakakis. The club defeated Ionikos FC 3-0 in the final with goals scored by club icon Demis Nikolaidis, Milen Petkov, and Christos Maladenis. Nikolaidis was later given an award by FIFA’s Fair Play committee after informing the referee that one of the goals he scored during the match was a handball.

The club continued its consistency in the Championship of 2001-02 by finishing equal-first with Olympiacos, however the Piraeus club’s better goal aggregate prevented AEK from gaining its twelfth title. AEK however, defeated Olympiakos in the Greek Cup final and won their 13th Cup.

Despite AEK’s on-field successes, the period was best remembered for the return of Dusan Bajevic as coach in the summer of 2002, a move that sparked open hostility towards Bajevic from a section of AEK supporters.

Under Bajevic, AEK progressed through the qualifying rounds in the 2002 UEFA Champions League by eliminating APOEL FC over the home-and-away legs. Drawn in Group A with AS Roma, Real Madrid, and Racing Genk, AEK put in a spirited performance and despite being undefeated (the club drew all its games), were unable to progress to the next round.

The transfers of Nikos Lyberopoulos and Cypriot Ioannis Okkas to AEK promised to revitalise the club’s on-field success amid the growing financial problems. Modest performances, though, were not enough as more off-field dramas unfolded. Punctuated by the demolition of Nikos Goumas Stadium, home to AEK for over 70 years, club president Chrysostomos Psomiadis (with the assistance of his bodyguards) allegedly assaulted team captain Demis Nikolaidis (the player was allegedly nightclubing resulting in bad performances). After the altercation, and partly due to the club’s growing financial problems from mismanagement, Nikolaidis as he was already paid for the matches he played, was let on free transfer by mutual consent and signed for Atlético Madrid. Unable to cope with the negativity from a large section of AEK fans, Bajević resigned in 2004 during a season match against Iraklis FC.

By now, on the brink of bankruptcy, and losing most of its Euro 2004 stars and experienced players to other European clubs, AEK needed a miracle to prevent it from being relegated to the Greek amateur leagues. Though both Kostas Katsouranis and Nikos Lyberopoulos remained, Vassilis Borbokis, Grigorios Georgatos ,Theodoros Zagorakis, Michalis Kapsis, Michalis Kassapis, Michel Kreek, Vassilis Lakis, Vassilis Tsiartas, and Ioannis Okkas all left the club in the wake of the troubles.

In 2004 Demis Nikolaidis, at the head of a consortium of businessmen, bought out the beleaguered AEK and became the new club president with the help of all AEK fans who started mass protests organized by the hard core fans. His primary task was to lead AEK out of its precarious financial position. The first success was an arrangement through the Greek justice system to write off most of the massive debt that previous club administrators had amassed, and to repay any remaining public debts in manageable instalments.

Securing the club’s existence in the Alpha Ethniki, Nikolaidis then began a program to rebuild AEK to its former glory. He appointed experienced former player Ilija Ivić as technical director of the club and brought back Fernando Santos as coach. The AEK fans, emboldened by Nikolaidis’s efforts, followed suit by buying season ticket packages in record numbers (over 17,000).

AEK recruited promising young players to strengthen a depleted team. Led by the experienced Katsouranis and Lyberopoulos, and featuring Brazilian Júlio César, the club made it to the Greek Cup final, finished second in the Championship, and in the process secured a place in the Third Qualifying Round of the UEFA Champions League.For the 2006-07 season former Real Betis coach Lorenzo Serra Ferrer was appointed to the coaching position,after Fernando Santos contract was not renewed.

Main articles: Olympic Stadium (Athens)

Since the demolition in 2003 of the Nikos Goumas Stadium – AEK’s home ground since 1930, the club plays its home games at the 70,000-capacity "Spiridon Louis" (Athens Olympic Stadium) in Athens. The Olympic Athletic Center of Athens, also known as OAKA, is one of the most complete European athletic complexes. The Main Olympic Stadium was designed in 1979 and inaugurated in 1982 at the 13th European Athletics Championship. The following years a number of other sport facilities surrounded the Main Olympic Stadium: the Olympic Velodrome (inaugurated in 1991), the Olympic Aquatics Center (1991), the Olympic Indoor Sports Center (1995), the Olympic Tennis Center (2004), as well as other supplementary sport facilities. The Olympic Athletic Center of Athens hosted the Mediterranean Games in 1991, the World Championship in Athletics in 1997 ,the 2007 UEFA Champions League Final well as other important athletic and cultural events, the most significant of which remains the Athens Olympic Games in 2004.

On September 6, 2007 a contract was signed between the Greek State and AEK that finalised the details of a project to build a new 50,000-seater 5-star stadium at Ano Liosia, to be called "AEK Arena". The State undertook to make public land and access infrastructure available, while the club will finance stadium construction.^[1]

For the 2007/08 season AEK changed kit sponsors from adidas to Puma ^[2] ,they have played with Sevilla FC in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round,the 1st leg has been played on August 15, away at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán when AEK was defeated by 2 goals^[3] and the 2nd leg played on September 03 at the Athens Olympic Stadium where AEK lost again by 1-4^[4]. AEK completed the signings of Brazilian legend Rivaldo and have made several other signings. Traianos Dellas was rewarded with a new contract keeping him at the club until summer 2009 ^[5]. On 25 August the Super League and EPO decided to postpone the opening season's games due to the fire disaster in the Peloponnese^[6],^[7]. After being eliminated from the UEFA Champions League, AEK were drawn to play FC Salzburg in the UEFA Cup. On September 20 in Athens, AEK defeated FC Salzburg 3-0 ^[8]. The second leg was played in Salzburg on October 4 AEK lost the match but still went trough 3-1 on agg ^[9]. On October 09 AEK were drawn in Group C in the UEFA Cup group stage along with Villarreal, Fiorentina, Mladá Boleslav, and Elfsborg^[10].On October 25 AEK kicked off the group stage's with a 1-1 draw away to Elfsborg^[11],on November 29 AEK again drew 1-1,this time at home to Fiorentina^[12]. On December 20 although AEK was home defeated 1-2^[13] by Villareal, finally booked a place in the knockout stage of the UEFA Cup, finishing third in the group.

• Anagennisi Karditsa
• Nea Ionia

As of September 7, 2007,^[14]

No. Position Player 1 MF Pantelis Kafes 2 DF Edson Ramos 3 DF Rodolfo Arruabarrena 4 DF Geraldo Alves 5 DF Traianos Dellas (captain) 6 DF Giorgos Alexopoulos 7 MF Charis Pappas 8 MF Tamandani Nsaliwa 9 FW Pantelis Kapetanos 10 FW Rivaldo 11 FW Gustavo Manduca 14 DF Federico Azcárate 15 DF Sokratis Papastathopoulos 16 MF Akis Zikos (vice-captain) 18 FW Ismael Blanco 19 MF Panagiotis Lagos 20 MF Manú

No. Position Player 22 MF Panagiotis Kone 24 MF El Hadji Diouf 25 MF Vassilis Pliatsikas 27 DF Christos Bourbos 31 DF Nikos Georgeas 32 GK Marcelo Moretto 33 FW Nikos Lyberopoulos (vice-captain) 34 MF Panagiotis Tachtsidis 50 GK Jürgen Macho 56 MF Perparim Hetemaj 80 FW Giorgos Tofas 83 FW Michalis Pavlis 84 GK Yiannis Arabatzis 88 MF Dániel Tőzsér 89 DF Nikos Barboudis 99 FW Júlio César

No. Position Player 20 MF Manú (loaned from SL Benfica until June 2008)[15] 32 GK Marcelo Moretto (loaned from SL Benfica until June 2008) [16]

No. Position Player 24 DF Andreas Chronis (at AO Nea Ionia until June 2008) 28 GK Stefano Sorrentino (at Recreativo de Huelva until June 2008)[17] 87 DF Dimitris Koutroumanos (at Anagennisi Karditsa until June 2008) 85 GK Giannis Fysekis (at Anagennisi Karditsa until June 2008) 90 DF Savvas Gentsoglou (at Panachaiki until June 2008)

In the Greek league only five non-EU nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team. Those non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Greek citizenship after playing in Greece for 7 years. Players such as Rivaldo are not registerd as non-EU because he has a dual citizenship with Spain after playing there for 5 years.

Geraldo Alves Manú Jürgen Macho Perparim Hetemaj Giorgos Tofas Dániel Tőzsér Rivaldo Gustavo Manduca

Rodolfo Arruabarrena Tamadani Nsaliwa Edson Ramos Marcelo Moretto Julio Cesar El Hadji Diouf Ismael Blanco

Position	Name
Chairman	Demis Nikolaidis
Manager	Lorenzo Serra Ferrer
Assistant Manager	Pep Alomar
2nd Assistant Manager	Nikos Kostenoglou
First Team Coach	Antonis Kezos
First Team Coach	Jens Bangsbo
Goalkeeping Coach	Slobodan Suica
Youth Team Coach	Georgos Vamvakas

1939, 1940, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1979, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994

1932, 1939, 1949, 1950, 1956, 1964, 1966, 1978, 1983, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002

1990

1989, 1996

Note: AEK is the only Greek team that has won all National titles at least once.

AEK has had several memorable campaigns in Europe, including their undefeated showing in the 2002-3 Champions League First Group Stage. Below is a tabulation of AEK's longest runs in the major European tournaments.

Season	Round	Notes
European Champions Cup / UEFA Champions League
1968-69	Quarterfinal	eliminated by Spartak Trnava
UEFA Cup
1976-77	Semifinal	eliminated by Juventus
Cup Winners Cup
1996-97	Quarterfinal	eliminated by Paris Saint-Germain
1997-98	Quarterfinal	eliminated by Lokomotiv Moscow

Note: AEK is the only Greek club to have participated in the quarter-final round of all the major European competitions and the first Greek club to have participated in a European competition's quarter-final round in two consecutive seasons (1996-97, 1997-98). AEK is the first Greek club to have reached the quarter-final round of the Champions Cup (1968-69) and is also the only Greek club to have reached the semi-final round of the UEFA Cup (1976-77). AEK is the first Greek club to have participated in the group stage of the Champions League (1994-95). AEK is the only Greek club to have participated in the group stage of the Champions League without losing a single game (2002-03) and is also the only Greek club to have advanced to the fourth (4th) round of the UEFA Cup in 3 consecutive seasons (2000-01,2001-02,2002-03). In addition, AEK is the only Greek club that participates in European Competitions for 20 consecutive years (1988-2008), excluding the season 1990-91 when was punished by UEFA.

Alexandros Alexandris Christos Ardizoglou Elias Atmatsidis Vassilis Borbokis Nikos Christidis Giorgos Dedes Vassilis Dimitriadis Mimis Domazos Giorgos Donis Kostas Eleftherakis Lysandros Georgamlis Grigorios Georgatos Christos Itzoglou Ioannis Kalitzakis Michalis Kapsis Giorgos Karafeskos Vaios Karagiannis Michalis Kassapis Christos Kostis Kostas Katsouranis Vassilis Lakis Stelios Manolas

Thomas Mavros Tasos Mitropoulos Kleanthis Maropoulos Dimitris Nalitzis Kostas Negrepontis Kostas Nestoridis Demis Nikolaidis Kostas Nikolaidis Pantelis Nikolaou Takis Nikoloudis Mimis Papaioannou Andreas Papaemmanouil Petros Ravousis Dimitris Saravakos Stelios Serafeidis Stelios Skevofilakas Andreas Stamatiadis Stefanos Theodoridis Apostolos Toskas Vassilis Tsiartas Tryfon Tzanetis Vangelis Vlachos

Theodoros Zagorakis Bruno Alves Koffi Amponsah Paulo Assunção Emerson Dušan Bajević Dragan Ciric Ilija Ivić Daniel Batista Hristo Bonev Ilian Iliev Milen Petkov Walter Centeno Mauricio Wright Bruno Cirillo Stefano Sorrentino Anton Doboş Thomas Edmon Márton Esterházy António Folha Carlos Gamarra Arnar Grétarsson

Temuri Ketsbaia Frank Klopas Bledar Kola Michel Kreek Lefter Küçükandonyadis Henrik Nielsen Mirosław Okoński Giorgos Savvidis Jim Patikas Trevor Ross Refik Šabanadžović Franjo Vladić Håkan Sandberg Toni Savevski Kelvin Sebwe Christopher Wreh Ifeanyi Udeze Oleh Venglinsky Milton Viera Fernando Navas Walter Wagner

see also AEK Athens players

Kostas Negrepontis Tryfon Tzanetis Stan Anderson Dušan Bajević

Ljubiša Tumbaković Oleg Blokhin Zlatko Čajkovski Jenő Csaknady

Ferenc Puskás Frantisek Fadrhonc Eugene Gerards Jacek Gmoch

Fernando Santos Toni Savevski Helmut Senekowitsch

see also AEK Athens managers

Name	App
Mimis Papaioannou	483
Stelios Manolas	447
Toni Savevski	297
Stylianos Skevofylakas	293
Lakis Nikolaou	293
Thomas Mavros	276
Andreas Stamatiadis	269
Petros Ravousis	263
Christos Ardizoglou	260
Michalis Kassapis	254

Name	Goals
Mimis Papaioannou	233
Thomas Mavros	175
Kostas Nestoridis	140
Demis Nikolaidis	127
Kostas Nikolaidis	94
Vasilis Dimitriadis	81
Vassilis Tsiartas	80
Dušan Bajević	65
Andreas Stamatiadis	61
Christos Kostis	56
Nikos Lyberopoulos	55

Name	Year
Kostas Nestoridis	1959
Kostas Nestoridis	1960
Kostas Nestoridis	1961
Kostas Nestoridis	1962
Kostas Nestoridis	1963
Mimis Papaioannou	1964
Mimis Papaioannou	1966
Giorgos Dedes	1976
Thomas Mavros	1978
Thomas Mavros	1979
Dusan Bajevic	1980
Thomas Mavros	1985
Henrik Nielsen	1988
Vasilis Dimitriadis	1992
Vasilis Dimitriadis	1993
Alexandros Alexandris	1994
Vassilis Tsiartas	1996
Demis Nikolaidis	1999
Nikos Lyberopoulos	2007

Name	Year
Demis Nikolaidis	2001

Name	Year
Thomas Mavros	1979

Teams/Score	Date
AEK 12-1 Arionas	(1942-1943)
Egaleo 0-8 AEK	(1960-1961)
AEK 8-0 Skoda Xanthi	(1989-1990)
Athinaikos 0-7 AEK	(1996-1997)
AEK 9-3 Amyna Ampelokipon	(1942-1943)
AEK 8-2 Veria	(1970-1971)
AEK 8-2 Thiseas	(1942-1943)
Apollon Smyrnis 1-7 AEK	(1964-1965)
AEK 8-3 A.O. Panelefsiniakos	(1961-1962)
AEK 7-2 Aigaleo	(1962-1963)
AEK 7-2 PAS Giannena	(1978-1979)
AEK 7-2 Pierikos	(1984-1985)
AEK 7-1 Veria	(1987-1988)
AEK 7-1 Panionios	(1989-1990)
Akratitos 2-7 AEK	(2003-2004)

Teams/Score	Date
AEK 7-0 Aris Piraeus	(1938-1939)
Ergotelis 1-9 AEK	(1948-1949)
AEK 9-1 Sparta Ampelokipon	(1949-1950)
Achilleas Korinthou 2-8 AEK	(1955-1956)
Anagenisi Artas 0-7 AEK	(1963-1964)
AEK 20-0 Kipoupoli	(1970-1971)
AEK 6-1 Chania	(1977-1978)
AEK 6-1 Olympiacos (Semi-Final)	(1977-1978)
Irodotos 0-6 AEK	(1982-1983)
AEK 10-0 Ilioupoli	(1985-1986)
AEK 7-1 Apollon (Final)	(1995-1996)
AEK 6-1 Aigaleo	(1999-2000)
A.Karditsa 1-6 AEK	(1999-2000)
AEK 6-0 Trikala	(1999-2000)
AEK 9-1 Olympiakos Volou	(2000-2001)
AEK 8-0 Ethnikos Piraeus	(2000-2001)
AEK 6-0 Kilkisiakos	(2001-2002)

Opponent	Stadium	Date	Capacity
Panathinaikos	Athens Olympic Stadium	(23/05/1986)	74.500
Olympiacos	Athens Olympic Stadium	(09/02/1986)	74.241
PAOK	Athens Olympic Stadium	(29/06/1983)	73.000
A.C. Milan	Athens Olympic Stadium	(21/11/2006)	65.000
Olympiacos	Athens Olympic Stadium	(07/11/2004)	63.129
PAOK	Athens Olympic Stadium	(02/09/1985)	57.000
Inter	Athens Olympic Stadium	(13/09/1986)	56.000
Panathinaikos	Athens Olympic Stadium	(08/01/2005)	45.000
Hearts	Athens Olympic Stadium	(23/08/2006)	43.000
PAOK	Athens Olympic Stadium	(10/04/2005)	41.000
Real Madrid	Athens Olympic Stadium	(23/09/1985)	40.000
Sevilla	Athens Olympic Stadium	(03/09/2007)	39.000
Anderlecht	Athens Olympic Stadium	(26/09/2006)	38.000
Olympiacos	Athens Olympic Stadium	(12/03/2007)	37.000
Panathinaikos	Nikos Goumas Stadium	(07/10/1979)	36.766

AEK’s crest bears the double-headed eagle (Δικέφαλος Αετός - Dikefalos Aetos) on a golden yellow background. When AEK was created by Greek refugees from Constantinople in the years following the Greco-Turkish War and subsequent population exchange, the emblem and colours were chosen as a reminder of lost homelands; they represent the club's historical ties to Constantinople.

AEK crest of the 1960s

AEK crest of the 1980s

AEK crest since 1992

Usually, AEK wears its famous yellow shirt at home, while wearing black on the road.*

(*) In Greece there are no Home and Away kits, per se. Teams always wear their 1st kit unless there is a resemblance between both team kits. In case of a colour clash, the home team usually wears one of its alternate kits; AEK has often worn their 3rd kit (which is usually light blue or white) at home against other teams that wear predominantly yellow kits.

The current kit provider is Puma and the current shirt sponsor is LG.

Period	Kit Manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor
1986–89	Zita	Ethniki Asfalistiki
1989–90	Diadora
1990–93		None
1993–95	Basic	Phoenix Asfaleies
1995–96	Kappa	Ethniki Asfalistiki
1996–98		Geniki Bank
1999		Firestone
1999-2000		Marfin
2000-01	Nike
2001-02		Alpha Digital
2002-04		Piraeus Bank
2004		TIM
2005-06	Adidas
2006-07		LG
2007-08	Puma

AEK has a lot of organised supporter groups: Gate 21 (Greek: Θύρα 21 - Thyra 21) was formed in 1975, Original 21 was formed in 1982 by former members of Gate 21, Peirates tou Oneirou was formed in 1993, Defenders was formed in 2003, AEK FANS Club Piraeus (based in Kallithea, Athens) was formed in 2004, e.t.c.

Original 21 has grown to become the largest Greek supporter group, with clubs all over Greece, Europe, and as far away as Australia (Original 21 Melbourne).

The USA-based AEK supporter clubs are located in Astoria, Queens and in Detroit, Michigan, where a football team has been established with the name "AEK FC" and participates in USA amateur championships.

• AEK Club Anthem

The Club Anthem was written by Nikolopoulos/Kolokotronis and performed by star AEK striker Dimitris Papaioannou.

Greek Transliteration	English Translation
First stanza
AEK, AEK, AEK Anasthenazoun ta golpost ke ta dokaria spazoun Tis Enosis i aeti ta dihtia komatiazoun	AEK, AEK, AEK The goalposts sigh and the crossbars break The Union's eagles tear the nets
Chorus
Embros tis AEK palikaria Soutarete ke spaste ta dokaria Ta dihtia skiste Ti doxa kataktiste Nikiste, nikiste, nikiste Ta dihtia skiste Ti doxa kataktiste Nikiste, nikiste, nikiste	AEK warriors advance Shoot and break the crossbars Tear the nets Achieve glory Win, Win, Win Tear the nets Achieve glory Win, Win, Win
Second stanza
AEK, AEK, AEK I kinigi sou keravni Vrahos i amina sou Ke tis REAL to fovitro egine t'onoma sou	AEK, AEK, AEK Your attackers are lightning Your defence a rock And your name brings fear to Real
Chorus
AEK, AEK, AEK	AEK, AEK, AEK
Chorus

• AEK FC (Official website)(Greek) (English)
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• AEK FC News and Analysis (Unofficial)
• AEK Sports Club (Official website)
• AEK Fans Club (Official fansite)
• Original21(Official fansite)

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v • d • e AEK Athens FC – current squad

1 Kafes • 2 Ramos • 3 Arruabarrena • 4 Alves • 5 Dellas • 6 Alexopoulos • 7 Pappas • 8 Nsaliwa • 9 Kapetanos • 10 Rivaldo • 11 Manduca • 14 Azcárate • 15 Papastathopoulos • 16 Zikos • 18 Blanco • 19 Lagos • 20 Manú • 22 Kone • 24 Diouf II • 25 Pliatsikas • 27 Bourbos • 31 Georgeas • 32 Moretto • 33 Lymperopoulos • 34 Tachtsidis • 50 Macho • 56 Hetemaj • 80 Tofas • 83 Pavlis • 84 Arabatzis • 88 Tőzsér • 89 Barboudis • 99 Júlio César • Coach: Serra Ferrer