AEK B.C.

AEK
2018–19 AEK B.C. season
Nickname
  • Vasílissa (Queen)
  • Énosis (Union)
  • Kitrinómavri (The Yellow-Blacks)
  • Dikéfalos Aetós (Two-Headed Eagle)
Leagues Greek League
Greek Cup
FIBA Champions League
Founded 1924
History AEK B.C.
(1924–present)
Arena Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall
Capacity 18,500
(fan seating)[1]
18,800
(with media seats)[2]
18,989
(with VIP seats)[3]
Location Athens, Greece
Team colors Golden Yellow, Black, Imperial purple
              
President Makis Angelopoulos
Head coach Luca Banchi
Team captain Dušan Šakota
Ownership Makis Angelopoulos (76%)[4]
Vertical Solutions (24%)[5]
2017–18 position 5th
Championships 2 FIBA Saporta Cups
1 FIBA Champions League
8 Greek Championships
4 Greek Cups
Retired numbers 2 (6, 10)
Website aekbc.gr
Uniforms

AEK Basketball Club (Greek: ΚΑΕ ΑΕΚ [ˈaek]; Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupóleos, "Athletic Union of Constantinople"), also known as AEK B.C. or AEK, and more commonly known in European competitions as AEK Athens,[6] is a Greek professional basketball club based in Athens, Greece, part of the major multi-sport club AEK. The club was established in Athens in 1924 by Greek refugees from Constantinople in the wake of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922).

AEK was the first-ever Greek basketball team, not only to reach a European Cup Final, but also to win a European title. On April 4, 1968, AEK defeated Slavia VŠ Praha by a score of 89–82, in Athens in front of 80,000 fans. They have won the Greek League 8 times (1957–58, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1969–70, 2001–02), and the Greek Cup 4 times (1980–81, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2017–18), while they have also twice won the FIBA Saporta Cup (former European Cup Winners' Cup) (1967–68 and 1999–00). AEK won the Champions League on May 6, 2018, defeating Monaco by a score of 100–94.

They are one of the 3 most popular Greek clubs, with millions of fans in both Greece and Cyprus, as well as in the Greek communities all over the world, mainly in Australia, the United Kingdom, and North America.

Well-known players that have played with the club over the years have included: Rolando Blackman, Ricky Pierce, Danny Vranes, Ruben Patterson, Kurt Rambis, J.R. Holden, Willie Anderson, Joe Arlauckas, Anthony Bowie, Arijan Komazec, Martin Müürsepp, Clint Richardson, Bill Edwards, Victor Alexander, Claudio Coldebella, İbrahim Kutluay, Pero Antić, Carl English, Pops Mensah-Bonsu, Bane Prelević, Georgios Amerikanos, Georgios Trontzos, Vassilis Goumas, Minas Gekos, Pavlos Stamelos, Kostas Patavoukas, Angelos Koronios, Michalis Kakiouzis, Nikos Chatzis, Jake Tsakalidis, Nikos Zisis, Nasos Galakteros, Dimos Dikoudis, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Ioannis Bourousis and Loukas Mavrokefalidis.

AEK B.C. has been named as the best Greek team in all sports, at either the sports club or national team level, on three separate occasions, in 1965, 1966, and 1968, by SJA of Greece (the Sports Journalists' Association of Greece, Greek: ΠΣΑΤ).

History

Early years

Constantinople in 1914
The basketball team in 1928

The large Greek population of Constantinople, not unlike those of the other Ottoman urban centres, continued its athletic traditions in the form of numerous athletic clubs. Clubs such as Enosis Tataoulon (Ένωσις Ταταούλων), from the Tatavla district, Megas Alexandros (Μέγας Αλέξανδρος), Hermes (Ερμής) of Galata, Olympias (Ολυμπιάς) of Therapia, and Kati Kioi (Κατί Κίοϊ) of Chalcedon, existed to promote 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 World War I. After the war, with the influx of mainly French and English soldiers to Constantinople, many of the city clubs participated in regular competition, with teams formed by the foreign troops. Taxim, Pera, and Tatavla became the scene of weekly competitions in not only football, but of athletics, cycling, boxing, and tennis.

Of the clubs in the city though, football was dominated by Enosis Tataoulon and Hermes. 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 1923, many of its athletes fled to Greece, and settled in Athens and Thessaloniki.[7]

The basketball team of AEK is actually the most successful among AEK's athletic departments. The obvious reason is the successes in general of Greek basketball, and that AEK's basketball team was the first ever Greek team to win an international trophy, in any team sport. Under Kostas Karamanlis' guidance, AEK won the club's first Greek League championship in 1958.[8]

1924–1957

Kostas Dimopoulos, one of the creators of AEK athletic club and footballer of the early years, had the idea of also creating a basketball team. His efforts quickly were matched by others who loved the sport of basketball. He then took over the leadership of the club's basketball department, and together with the Simeonidi brothers, Eumenis Athanasiadis and others, created the club's first basketball team. In the beginning, they took part in friendly games, where they made a good impression. After that, AEK won the first regional basketball championship that was played in Athens, which was organized by the local YMCA, in 1924.

In 1928, AEK took part in the first Greek basketball championship, in the Athens-Piraeus 1927–28 regional championship. In 1929, the Greek basketball championship was not held, and AEK did not play in any league. In 1930, the basketball section was not declared in any organized competition, with the effective efforts of Kostas Dimopoulos and his associates to do so, failing. The club's basketball section then remained in obscurity for many years. However, in 1949, it reappeared, and the club's administration of that time created a new and competitive team. In the 1952–53 season, AEK played in the Greek basketball championship for the first time since 1928. In the 1954–55 Greek League championship AEK, had an impressive run, however they finished behind Panellinios.

1957–1959

In 1958, AEK B.C., led by player-coach Kostas Karamanlis, won their first Greek League championship, after defeating Panellinios in the final, by a score of 67–54.

The club also founded a women's section in this time, which lasted for a short time. The department had success with the four sisters Chorianopoulou sisters. However, the club did not give the necessary importance to the department, and it was later dissolved.

Amerikano's era (1960–1970): 6 Championships and a European title

Kallimarmaron Stadium

"The Union", in the early 1960s, won the Athens-Piraeus Regional Championship two times in a row (1960, 1961), but did not manage to become the national league champion of Greece. But the 1960s decade was to be the most important in the history of AEK's basketball club. The team's head coach of the time, Missas Pantazopoulos, created a great roster, and led the team to the top of Greece. The club's leading figure during these years was Georgios Amerikanos, who was nicknamed "Global".

In the 1962–63 season, AEK won the first of four consecutive Greek League championships. In the next season, AEK's leading scorer was Antonis Christeas (4th overall in the league), and the club was once again the Greek League champion. In the 1964–65 season, Georgios Amerikanos was the top scorer of the league, and AEK were once again the Greek League champions.

In the following 1965–66 season, AEK won its 4th consecutive Greek League championship, and also became the first Greek basketball team to play in the semifinals of the FIBA Europe Champions Cup (now called the EuroLeague), as they played at the 1966 Final Four, which was held in Italy. These successes were accompanied by an unfortunate large loss for the team. As one of the team's players, Giorgos Moschos, had contracted cancer, but he managed to participate in certain competitions that year, before he died on December 29, 1966, at age 29.

The next season, AEK lost the Greek League championship to Panathinaikos. However, a year later, under head coach Nikos Milas, AEK returned to the top of the Greece, as they won the 1967–68 Greek League season championship, without losing a game. Georgios Amerikanos was again the Greek League's Top Scorer.

1968 European Cup Winners' Cup: first European title for a Greek club

AEK was the first ever Greek basketball team to participate in the FIBA European Champions Cup (now called the EuroLeague) Final Four, in 1966, which was held in Bologna, Italy. Two years later, AEK was the first-ever Greek team, not only to reach a FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Final, but also to win a European-wide title. On April 4, 1968, AEK defeated Slavia VŠ Praha, by a score of 89–82, in Athens, in front of 80,000 spectators (at the time, the Guinness world record in basketball attendance) in Kallimarmaron Stadium.[9] In 1970, AEK reached the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup semifinals, where the team was eliminated by JA Vichy, France, in what turned out to be the last year of the first "Golden Era" of the club's history. It was called the "Golden Era" because AEK dominated Greek basketball during the 1960s, winning the Greek League championship 4 consecutive years, in 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, as well as in 1968 and 1970; for a total of 6 titles in 8 years.

Although there are no official records with regards to the Greek Cup before 1975, according to some sources,[10] AEK won the Greek Cup in the years of 1967 and 1971.

1970–1990

Dušan Ivković

Over the next decades, AEK lost its prestige, and managed to win only one trophy, the Greek Cup in 1981, under the direction of Coach Fred Develey, an American coach who previously was the head coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv and Aris of Greece, with super star Nick Galis. In addition to winning the Greek Cup in 1981, AEK was also a finalist of the Greek Cup in 1976, 1978, 1980, 1988, and 1992, but failed to win in any of those years.

The Queen's comeback

Nikos Chatzis

AEK made a comeback in the late 1990s, when the team played in six consecutive Greek Cup Final Fours in the years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, four consecutive Greek Cup Finals in the years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, winning the Greek Cup in 2000 and 2001. In 2002, AEK won the Greek League championship for the first time in 32 years, becoming the first team to win the Greek League championship after having lost the first two games of a 5-game playoff series. AEK lost the first two games of the series to Olympiacos, but managed to win the next 3 games, and take the series and the title 3-2. AEK also reached the Greek Playoff Finals in the years 1997, 2003, and 2005, and the Greek Cup Semi-Finals in the year 2006.

Michalis Kakiouzis

1998 ΕuroLeague runners-up and 2000 Saporta Cup winners

In this same era, AEK again reached a high level in European-wide competitions. The 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 EuroLeague Final to Kinder Bologna, by a score of 44–58. In 2000, on April 11, AEK won their second international trophy, the FIBA Saporta Cup, by defeating Kinder Bologna 83–76. The next year, 2001, AEK reached the EuroLeague semifinals, where they lost their playoff series against Tau Cerámica, in 3 straight games. AEK had success in the Euroleague in the 2002 season, reaching the Top16 phase, but the 2003 and 2004 seasons were disasters in the Euroleague. In 2005, AEK once again shined and reached the Top16, but a few losses prevented the team from reaching the Euroleague playoffs.

Relegation, dissolution and fresh new start: Makis Angelopoulos era

Pops Mensah-Bonsu

After the 2005–06 season, the owner of the club and major shareholder, cut off the club's funding, and various management schemes each year assumed the financial obligations of the club. As a result, the roster gradually weakened year after year, the group declined each year to lower level league positions and had even less success in European competitions, and the club's debts that were accrued were impossible to pay. In April 2011, AEK was relegated down to the Greek Second Division (A2), due to serious financial problems.

A new administration council, with Nikos Georgantzoglou as a president, was defined by the Athens Court on 12 September 2011 so that the club could be saved and play in the A2 division. AEK had a record of 20 wins and 10 losses during the Greek A2 Basket League 2011–12 season. After failing to be promoted tο the top-tier level A1 category and as the club's financial problems continued, AEK's board of directors declared the dissolution of the club, and announced its participation in the Greek 3rd national category / 4th division Greek B League ("B Ethniki") "Southern Group", for the 2012–13 season, as an amateur club. The team had a record of 22 wins and 3 loses, and was promoted up to the A2 category. In the 2013–14 season, AEK once again played in the Greek Second Division. Finally, AEK was the winner of the second division championship, and won the league promotion to be able to play in the top Greek League again, after a 3-year period of absence. AEK had a record of 23 wins and 3 losses during the Greek A2 Basket League 2013–14 season.

In September 2014, AEK overcame heavy financial problems, after Makis Angelopoulos bought the majority stake of the club's shares, just to return to the Greek elite level, and thus wanted to showcase its tradition and ambition in Greece and Europe. In the 2014–15 season, AEK finished in fifth place in the top-tier level Greek League, with 15 wins and 11 losses.[11]

FIBA European Champions

Dušan Šakota

In the 2015–16 season, AEK returned to the European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup, for the first time since the 2006–07 season). AEK returned to the EuroCup,[12] after having come off a return-to-form season, in which it finished fifth overall in the first-tier level Greek League, to reach the Greek League playoffs, after a seven-year absence. AEK then joined the newly formed Champions League, for the 2016–17 season.[13] They made it the Champions League's Round of 16.

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

Crest, colours, supporters

Emblem of the Palaiologos dynasty

In 1924, AEK adopted as their emblem, the image of a double-headed eagle. 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 (yellow and black) were chosen as a reminder of lost homelands; they represent the club's historical ties to Constantinople. After all, the double-headed eagle is featured in the flag of the Greek Orthodox Church, whose headquarters are in Constantinople, and served as the Imperial emblem under the Palaiologos dynasty. The emblem of the department of AEK basketball has evolved over time. From 1924–2015, the emblem of the department was similar to that of the football club. Since 2015, AEK B.C. has created a new version of the emblem, by adding to it two stars at its center, which symbolize the club's 2 FIBA Saporta Cup European-wide titles.

The colours of yellow/gold , black and Imperial purple were adopted from AEK's connections with Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire.[14]

Kit manufacturers and Shirt sponsors

Period Kit supplier Shirt sponsor
1976–82 Adidas Akai
1982–85 Diadora Syrtex
1985–87 asics Akai
1987–88 Converse Casio
1988–89 Nike Strong Security
1989–90 PRO-PO
1990–91 Robe di Kappa Syrtex
1991–92 Fujitsu
1992–93 Converse Fyrogenis
1993–94 Kronos None
1994–95 KANAKI Dough Products
1995–97 Pony General Bank of Greece
1997–01 Nike
2001–02 Champion
2002–04 Piraeus Bank
2004–07 Fage
2007–08 Wilkinson Sword
2008–09 k1x Husqvarna Motorcycles
2009–10 Reebok Sixt
2010–11 Champion Chillo Energy Drink
2011–12 Nickan Byzantine Incorporated
2012–14 Diamonds Shipping and Trading
2014–15 Skrats
2015 Adidas
2015–present Fila

Supporters

AEK has a large fan base all over Greece. The majority of AEK supporters are refugees, or have refugee descent from Constantinople, and people from the population exchange of the Minor Asia Catastrophe. Original 21 is the largest supporters group. The first attempt to organize AEK supporters was Gate 21 (formed in 1975), which took its name from the gate in the Nikos Goumas Stadium at Nea Filadelfia, where the most hardcore fans of the club gathered. AEK also has many supporters worldwide, most of them being Greek immigrants, in places like North America, UK, Australia, and Cyprus.

Rivalries

The main rivalries of the AEK are the ones with Panathinaikos and Olympiacos. Against Panathinaikos, the rivalry started not only because of both competing for titles, but also because of the refugee ancestry of AEK fans, and by contrast, that Panathinaikos was considered to be the representative club of the old Athenian high class society. Against Olympiacos, the rivalry is mostly related to the football rivalry of the two clubs.

Arenas

Note: Capacities listed are the capacities of the arenas at the time AEK used them, and are not necessarily the same as the arena's current capacities. Also, the capacities only list the arena's all-seat seating capacity (if applicable), and not the arena's total capacities. In addition, in some cases, the listed capacities only reflect the amount of seats currently made publicly available for use, and may not reflect the amount of total seats actually in the arena.

Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall
Stadium Name Capacity Usage
Nea Filadelfeia-outdoor hall 500 1952–Early 1960s
Kallimarmaron Stadium 60,000 Mid and Late 1960s
Sporting Sports Arena 1,862 1970s,
2008–2009
"AS Ionikos N.Filadelfeias Hall" 1,500 1980s
Peace and Friendship Stadium 14,776 1988–89 (Cup Winners' Cup)
"Georgios Moschos"-Nea Filadelfeia 2,000 1989–1995
Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall 18,989 1995–2002,
2006–2008,
2014–present
Zofria Indoor Hall 2,500 2002–2004,
January 2011–2014
Chalkiopoulio Sports Hall 2,600 2002–2003 (EuroLeague)
Galatsi Olympic Hall 5,141 2004–2006
Helliniko Olympic Arena 8,000 2009–January 2011

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

AEK B.C. roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PG 4 Greece Xanthopoulos, Vassilis 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 34 – (1984-04-29)29 April 1984
PF 5 Greece Šakota, Dušan (C) 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 32 – (1986-04-22)22 April 1986
F/C 7 Greece Tsalmpouris, Georgios 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) 22 – (1996-06-22)22 June 1996
SF 8 Lithuania Mačiulis, Jonas 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 33 – (1985-02-10)10 February 1985
G 11 Canada Rathan-Mayes, Xavier 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 24 – (1994-04-29)29 April 1994
SG 12 Greece Larentzakis, Giannoulis 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 25 – (1993-09-22)22 September 1993
G 21 Greece Moraitis, Dimitrios 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 19 – (1999-02-03)3 February 1999
PG 23 United States Griffin, Malcolm 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 27 – (1991-08-10)10 August 1991
C 24 Greece Kavvadas, Vassilis 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1991-12-28)28 December 1991
SF 26 Cuba Sant-Roos, Howard 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 27 – (1991-02-13)13 February 1991
G/F 27 Greece Rogkavopoulos, Nikos 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 17 – (2001-06-27)27 June 2001
F/C 30 United States Roberson, Tyler 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 23 – (1994-11-27)27 November 1994
G/F 31 Greece Giannopoulos, Charis 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 29 – (1989-07-13)13 July 1989
F/C 32 United States Hunter, Vince 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 24 – (1994-08-05)5 August 1994
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Athletic trainer(s)
  • Greece Nikos Papavasileiou
Team Manager
  • Greece Georgios Hinas
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: August 9, 2018

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Vince Hunter Tyler Roberson Vassilis Kavvadas
PF Jonas Mačiulis Dušan Šakota Georgios Tsalmpouris
SF Howard Sant-Roos Charis Giannopoulos
SG Xavier Rathan-Mayes Giannoulis Larentzakis Nikos Rogkavopoulos
PG Malcolm Griffin Vassilis Xanthopoulos Dimitrios Moraitis

On loan

AEK B.C. players out on loan
Nat. Player Position Team On loan until
GreeceIoannis AgravanisSFGreece Peristeri30 June 2019
GreeceManos ChatzidakisPF / CGreece Maroussi30 June 2019

Retired numbers

AEK B.C. retired numbers
No Nat. Player Position Tenure Year retired
6GreeceGeorgios TrontzosC1963–19802016
10GreeceGeorgios AmerikanosSG1959–19752015

Squad changes for the 2018–19 season

In

Date Pos. Name From
23 June 2018 SF Greece Charis Giannopoulos Greece Rethymno Cretan Kings
17 July 2018 PG United States Malcolm Griffin Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
26 July 2018 PF / C United States Tyler Roberson United States Agua Caliente Clippers
28 July 2018 G Canada Xavier Rathan-Mayes United States Westchester Knicks
3 August 2018 SF Cuba Howard Sant-Roos Turkey Darüşşafaka
9 August 2018 SF Lithuania Jonas Mačiulis Russia Lokomotiv Kuban

Out

Date Pos. Name To
1 July 2018 C Nigeria Chinemelu Elonu Italy Reggiana
1 July 2018 PG United States Mike Green France SIG Strasbourg
1 July 2018 C Greece Dimitrios Mavroeidis Greece Kolossos Rodou
1 July 2018 G United States Kevin Punter Italy Virtus Bologna
1 July 2018 SG United States Manny Harris Lithuania Rytas Vilnius
1 July 2018 SF / PF Greece Panagiotis Vasilopoulos Greece Peristeri
1 July 2018 PF Greece Michalis Kamperidis Greece Holargos
1 July 2018 PF United States Delroy James Turkey Gaziantep
14 July 2018 G/F Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Atić Serbia Mega Bemax
23 July 2018 SF Greece Dionysis Skoulidas Greece Holargos

Honours

Domestic competitions

Winners (8): 1957–58, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1969–70, 2001–02
Runners-up (8): 1954–55, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1973–74, 1996–97, 2002–03, 2004–05
Winners (4): 1980–81, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2017–18
Runners-up (7): 1975–76, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1997–98, 1998–99
  • Attica State Championship
Winners (4): 1924–25, 1927–28, 1959–60, 1960–61
Winners (1): 2013–14

European competitions

Winners (2): 1967–68, 1999–00
Semifinalist (1): 1969–70
Winners (1): 2017–18
Runners-up (1): 1997–98
Semifinalist (1): 2000–01
Final - Four (1): 1965–66

Youth teams

  • Greek League U18
Winners (1): 2002–03
  • Attica State Championship U21
Winners (1): 2016–17
  • Attica State Championship U18
Winners (2): 2002–03, 2017–18
  • Attica State Championship U18
Winners (1): 1949–50
  • Attica State Championship – 2nd Division U18
Winners (1): 2015–16
  • Attica State Championship – 2nd Division U16
Winners (1): 2016–17

Individual awards

FIBA Champions League MVP

FIBA Champions League Final Four MVP

Greek League Top Scorer

Greek League Top Rebounder

Greek League MVP

Greek League Finals MVP

Greek League Best Five

Greek League Best Young Player

Greek Cup Finals MVP

Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer

50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008)

Performance in European and Worldwide competitions

Season Achievement Notes
EuroLeague
1964–65 Quarter-finals eliminated by OKK Beograd, 85–78 (W) in Athens and 84–101 (L) in Belgrade
1965–66 Final Four 4th place in Bologna, lost to Slavia VŠ Praha 73–103 in the semi-final, lost to CSKA Moscow 62–85 in the 3rd place game
1997–98 Final defeated Benetton Treviso 67–66 in the semi-final, lost to Kinder Bologna 44–58 in the final (Barcelona)
2000–01 Semi-finals eliminated 3–0 by Tau Cerámica, 67–70 (L) & 65–90 (L) in Athens, 62–76 (L) in Vitoria-Gasteiz
Champions League
2017–18 Champions defeated Monaco 100–94 in the final of Champions League in Athens
European Cup Winners' Cup / Saporta Cup
1967–68 Champions defeated Slavia VŠ Praha 89–82 in the final of European Cup Winners' Cup in Athens
1969–70 Semi-finals eliminated by JA Vichy 60–78 (L) in Vichy and 74–65 (W) in Athens
1971–72 Quarter-finals 3rd place in a group with Crvena zvezda and Simmenthal Milano
1988–89 Quarter-finals 4th place in a group with Žalgiris, Cibona and Steiner Bayreuth
1999–00 Champions defeated Kinder Bologna 83–76 in the final of Saporta Cup in Lausanne

The road to the European Cup victories

Season-by-season

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Season Greek League Greek Cup Europe Head Coach Roster
1927–28 Knockout game Not held Not held Kostas Dimopoulos, Evmenis Athanasiadis, Simeonidis
1952–53 4th place Not held Not held
1954–55 2nd place Not held Not held
1956–57 4th place Not held Not held
1957–58 Champion Not held _ Konstantinos Karamanlis Dermanoutsos, Babanikolos, Evagelatos, Karamanlis, Papathanasiou, Vangelis Sevdinoglou, Tzekos, Tzilitzoglou, Hatziraptis, Terkesidis, Ksenoudakis, Theodoropoulos
1958–59 5th place Not held Champions Cup
Last 16		 Dermanoutsos, Babanikolos, Evagelatos, Karamanlis, Papathanasiou, Vangelis Sevdinoglou, Tzekos, Tzilitzoglou, Hatziraptis, Terkesidis
1959–60 5th place Not held _
1960–61 6th place Not held _
1962–63 Champion Not held _ Missas Pantazopoulos Georgios Amerikanos, Stelios Vasileiadis, Eas Larentzakis, Dermanoutsos, Lakis Tsavas, Georgios Moschos, Vangelis Nikitopoulos, Babanikolos, Antonis Christeas, Georgios Ekonomou, Attalas
1963–64 Champion Not held Champions Cup
Last 32		 Missas Pantazopoulos Georgios Amerikanos, Stelios Vasileiadis, Eas Larentzakis, Dermanoutsos, Lakis Tsavas, Georgios Moschos, Vangelis Nikitopoulos, Babanikolos, Antonis Christeas, Georgios Ekonomou, Attalas, Christos Zoupas, Georgios Trontzos, Theodoropoulos
1964–65 Champion Not held Champions Cup
Last 8		 Missas Pantazopoulos Georgios Amerikanos, Stelios Vasileiadis, Eas Larentzakis, Dermanoutsos, Lakis Tsavas, Georgios Moschos, Vangelis Nikitopoulos, Antonis Christeas, Georgios Ekonomou, Christos Zoupas, Georgios Trontzos, Theodoropoulos, Nikos Nesiadis
1965–66 Champion Not held Champions Cup
4th place		 Missas Pantazopoulos
Themis Cholevas		 Georgios Amerikanos, Stelios Vasileiadis, Eas Larentzakis, Dermanoutsos, Lakis Tsavas, Georgios Moschos, Vangelis Nikitopoulos, Antonis Christeas, Georgios Ekonomou, Christos Zoupas, Georgios Trontzos, Theodoropoulos, Nikos Nesiadis
1966–67 2nd place ? Champions Cup
Last 16		 Georgios Amerikanos, Stelios Vasileiadis, Eas Larentzakis, Dermanoutsos, Lakis Tsavas, Georgios Moschos, Vangelis Nikitopoulos, Antonis Christeas, Georgios Ekonomou, Christos Zoupas, Georgios Trontzos, Theodoropoulos, Nikos Nesiadis
1967–68 Champion Not held Cup Winners' Cup
Winner		 Nikos Milas Antonis Christeas, Georgios Amerikanos, Stelios Vasileiadis, Eas Larentzakis, Christos Zoupas, Georgios Trontzos, Lakis Tsavas, Nikos Nesiadis, Andreas Dimitriadis, Petros Petrakis
1968–69 2nd place Not held Champions Cup
Last 16		 Nikos Milas Antonis Christeas, Georgios Amerikanos, Stelios Vasileiadis, Eas Larentzakis, Christos Zoupas, Georgios Trontzos, Lakis Tsavas, Nikos Nesiadis, Giannis Galaris, Andreas Dimitriadis, Vamvaleros, Protopapas, Rigas
1969–70 Champion Not held Cup Winners' Cup
Last 4		 Nikos Milas Antonis Christeas, Georgios Amerikanos, Stelios Vasileiadis, Eas Larentzakis, Christos Zoupas, Georgios Trontzos, Nikos Nesiadis, Stavros Vafopoulos, Vilis, Vogdanidis, Dianas, Vasilis Nidriotis, Spiliotis, Christoforou
1970–71 2nd place ? Champions Cup
Last 16		 Nikos Milas Georgios Trontzos, Stelios Vasileiadis, Eas Larentzakis, Georgios Amerikanos, Stavros Vafopoulos, Loukas Kontos, Christos Zoupas, Christoforou
1971–72 4th place Not held Cup Winners' Cup
Last 8		 Nikos Milas Georgios Trontzos, Stelios Vasileiadis, Eas Larentzakis, Georgios Amerikanos, Christos Zoupas, Stavros Vafopoulos
1972–73 3rd place Not held _ Nikos Milas Georgios Trontzos, Stelios Vasileiadis, Eas Larentzakis, Georgios Amerikanos, Stavros Vafopoulos
1973–74 2nd place Not held Korać Cup
Last 12		 Nikos Milas Georgios Trontzos, Stelios Vasileiadis, Eas Larentzakis, Georgios Amerikanos, Stavros Vafopoulos
1974–75 3rd place Not held Cup Winners' Cup
Last 16		 Kostas Mourouzis Michalis Giannouzakos, Loukas Kontos, Georgios Trontzos, Nikos Nesiadis, Georgios Amerikanos
1975–76 4th place Finalist Korać Cup
Last 16		 Kostas Mourouzis Michalis Giannouzakos, Loukas Kontos, Tsoskounoglou, Kantelis, Papadatos, Georgios Trontzos, Nikos Nesiadis, Vasilis Nidriotis
1976–77 6th place Last 26 Cup Winners' Cup
Last 32		 Kostas Mourouzis Michalis Giannouzakos, Loukas Kontos, Minas Gekos, Georgios Trontzos
1977–78 7th place Finalist Korać Cup
Last 16		 Faidon Matthaiou Minas Gekos, Georgios Trontzos, Michalis Giannouzakos, Bogatsiotis, Kanakakis, Vafopoulos, Karteroliotis, Vangelis Fotsis
1978–79 4th place Last 4 _ Faidon Matthaiou Minas Gekos, Georgios Trontzos, Vangelis Fotsis
1979–80 5th place Finalist Korać Cup
Last 16		 Georgios Trontzos Michalis Giannouzakos, Pavlos Stamelos, Minas Gekos, Vassilis Goumas, Kanakakis, Vangelis Fotsis, A. Koroneos, Pantazis, Toskounoglou
1980–81 4th place Winner Korać Cup
Last 16		 Fred Develey Vassilis Goumas, Kurt Rambis, Minas Gekos, Kanakakis, Giannopoulos, Vangelis Fotsis, Nikos Apostolidis
1981–82 4th place Last 4 Cup Winners' Cup
Last 16		 Fred Develey Minas Gekos, Vassilis Goumas, Nikos Apostolidis
1982–83 4th place Korać Cup
Last 32		 Vangelis Nikitopoulos Minas Gekos, Vassilis Goumas, Nikos Apostolidis
1983–84 5th place Korać Cup
Last 16		 Vangelis Nikitopoulos Minas Gekos, Apostolos Kontos, Yorgos Agiasotelis, Vassilis Goumas, Nikos Apostolidis, Thanasis Skourtopoulos, Haris Papazoglou, Vangelis Fotsis, Takis Tsoukas, Kostas Tsamalis, Dean Tolson
1984–85 6th place Korać Cup
Last 16		 Vangelis Nikitopoulos Minas Gekos, Apostolos Kontos, Yorgos Agiasotelis, Vassilis Goumas, Nikos Apostolidis, Thanasis Skourtopoulos, Haris Papazoglou, Vangelis Fotsis, Takis Tsoukas, Kostas Tsamalis, Merkouriadis
1985–86 9th place Korać Cup
Last 16		 Vangelis Nikitopoulos,
Michalis Anastasiadis,
Nikos Nesiadis		 Minas Gekos, Kostas Patavoukas, Apostolos Kontos, Yorgos Agiasotelis, Nikos Apostolidis, Thanasis Skourtopoulos, Vangelis Fotsis, Thanasis Katsigiannis, Takis Tsoukas, Achilleas Tountas, Kostas Tsamalis, John Niakaros, Karamanos
1986–87 7th place Last 8 _ Michalis Anastasiadis,
Kostas Anastasatos,
Georgios Amerikanos		 Minas Gekos, Kostas Patavoukas, Alexis Giannopoulos, Apostolos Kontos, Yorgos Agiasotelis, Panagiotis Aridas, Nikos Apostolidis, Thanasis Skourtopoulos, Vangelis Fotsis, Thanasis Katsigiannis, Yorgos Nasou, Lefteris Matzikas
1987–88 4th place Finalist _ Vangelis Nikitopoulos Kostas Patavoukas, Minas Gekos, Panagiotis Aridas, Alexis Giannopoulos, Yorgos Sakellariou, Yorgos Agiasotelis, Thanasis Skourtopoulos, Kostas Mihelidakis, Vangelis Fotsis, Thanasis Katsigiannis, Yorgos Nasou
1988–89 6th place Last 4 Cup Winners' Cup
Last 8		 Krešimir Ćosić,
Nikos Nesiadis		 Danny Vranes, Kostas Patavoukas, Minas Gekos, Panagiotis Aridas, Alexis Giannopoulos, Yorgos Agiasotelis, Christos Kountourakis, Vassilis Lanes, Panagiotis Aridas, Thanasis Skourtopoulos, Vagelis Voutselas, Achilleas Tountas, Kostas Mihelidakis, Clint Richardson
1989–90 6th place Last 4 _ Vangelis Nikitopoulos Nasos Galakteros, Kostas Patavoukas, Jim Yusevic, Minas Gekos, Panagiotis Aridas, Alexis Giannopoulos, Vassilis Lanes, Christos Kountourakis, Chris Kostouros, Thanasis Skourtopoulos, Achilleas Tountas, Vagelis Voutselas, Kostas Mihelidakis
1990–91 5th place Last 4 Korać Cup
Last 32		 Krešimir Ćosić Nasos Galakteros, Minas Gekos, Thomas Jordan, Panagiotis Aridas, Christos Kountourakis, Kostas Patavoukas, Ivo Petović, Richard Rellford, Fotis Katsikaris, Thanasis Skourtopoulos, Vangelis Voutselas, Triantafyllos Pantazis, Manolis Souliotis, Alexandros Koukakis, Achilleas Tountas
1991–92 4th place Finalist Korać Cup
Last 16		 Vangelis Nikitopoulos Nasos Galakteros, Kostas Patavoukas, Thomas Jordan, Christos Papasarantou, Fotis Katsikaris, Vassilis Lanes, Panagiotis Aridas, Christos Kountourakis, Dimitris Podaras, Christos Papasarantou, Alexandros Koukakis, Triantafyllos Pantazis, Manolis Souliotis, Giorgos Pioukas, Dragoumaniotis, Antonis Ladas, Fotis Georgoulis, Carlton McKinney
1992–93 6th place Korać Cup
Last 32		 Michalis Kyritsis,
Richard Dukeshire,
Nikos Nesiadis		 Derrick Hamilton, Rod Sellers, Miloš Babić, Nasos Galakteros, Kostas Patavoukas, Dimitris Podaras, Vassilis Lanes, Giorgos Yannopoulos, Fotis Katsikaris, Alexandros Koukakis, Christos Kountourakis, Christos Papasarantou, Giorgos Pioukas, Manolis Souliotis
1993–94 8th place Korać Cup
Last 64		 Steve Giatzoglou,
Apostolos Kontos		 Tony Costner, Tony White, Rastko Cvetković, Jack Haley, Kannard Johnson, Dimitris Podaras, Vassilis Lanes, Alexis Giannopoulos, Fotis Katsikaris, Alexandros Koukakis, Christos Kountourakis, Dejan Lakićević, Christos Papadopoulos, Giorgos Pioukas, Nikos Kritsalos
1994–95 8th place _ Vlade Đurović Rolando Blackman, Tim Burroughs, Dimitris Podaras, Yannis Gakis, Minas Gekos, Kostas Ikonomakis, Fotis Katsikaris, Alexandros Koukakis, Giorgos Kuklakis, Dejan Lakićević, Mirko Milićević, Nikos Nusis, Christos Papasarantou, Manolis Souliotis, Nikos Kritsalos
1995–96 10th place 4th place Korać Cup
Last 16		 Nikos Nesiadis,
Lefteris Subotić		 Marcus Liberty, Andy Toolson, Anthony Pelle, Kostas Ikonomakis, Nikos Chatzis, Michalis Kakiouzis, Panagiotis Barlas, Fotis Katsikaris, Dimitris Papadopoulos, Dimitris Podaras, Kostas Zervas, Giorgos Kuklakis, Christos Liggos, Nikos Nusis
1996–97 2nd place 3rd place _ Giannis Ioannidis Victor Alexander, Bill Edwards, Roberto Chiacig, Claudio Coldebella, Nikos Chatzis, Michalis Kakiouzis, Michael Larsen, Pete Papachronis, Dimitris Podaras, Stefano Attruia, Giorgos Kuklakis, Kostas Zervas
1997–98 4th place Finalist EuroLeague
Finalist		 Giannis Ioannidis Bane Prelević, Victor Alexander, Willie Anderson, Ricky Pierce, Claudio Coldebella, José Lasa, Michael Andersen, Michael Larsen, Jake Tsakalidis, Michalis Kakiouzis, Nikos Chatzis
1998–99 5th place Finalist Saporta Cup
Last 32		 Georgios Kalafatakis,
Fotis Katsikaris, Kostas Politis		 Joe Arlauckas, Branislav Prelević, Lloyd Daniels, Michael Andersen, Jake Tsakalidis, Dimos Dikoudis, Nikos Chatzis, Michalis Kakiouzis, Angelos Koronios, Prodromos Nikolaidis, Panagiotis Barlas, Dimitris Papadopoulos, Ruben Patterson, Brandon Williams
1999–2000 4th place Winner Saporta Cup
Winner		 Dušan Ivković Michalis Kakiouzis, Angelos Koronios, Dimos Dikoudis, Jake Tsakalidis, Nikos Chatzis, Martin Müürsepp, Anthony Bowie, Steve Hansell, Dimitris Misiakos
2000–01 4th place Winner EuroLeague
Semifinalist		 Dušan Ivković İbrahim Kutluay, Vrbica Stefanov, Andrew Betts, Michalis Kakiouzis, Dimos Dikoudis, Martin Müürsepp, Nikos Chatzis, Geert Hammink, Vassilis Kikilias, Spyros Panteliadis
2001–02 Champion Last 16 EuroLeague
Last 16		 Dragan Šakota J. R. Holden, Nikos Zisis, Christos Tapoutos, Nikos Chatzis, Vassilis Kikilias, Dimos Dikoudis, Jim Bilba, Andrew Betts, Michalis Kakiouzis, Ioannis Bourousis, Chris Carr, Arijan Komazec, Spyros Panteliadis, Kostas Paschalis, Lazić
2002–03 2nd place Last 8 EuroLeague
Last 24		 Dragan Šakota Michalis Kakiouzis, Dimos Dikoudis, Nikos Chatzis, Nikos Zisis, Roderick Blakney, Andrew Betts, Joe Crispin, Christos Tapoutos, Ioannis Bourousis, Pero Antić, Vassilis Kikilias, Kostas Paschalis, Nikola Jestratijević, John Rillie, Giorgos Tsiaras, Steve Woodberry, Dimos Angelopoulos, Spyros Magkounis
2003–04 4th place Last 8 EuroLeague
Last 24		 Fotis Katsikaris Horace Jenkins, Nikos Chatzis, Nikos Zisis, Christos Tapoutos, Ioannis Bourousis, Andreas Glyniadakis, Pero Antić, Kristopher Hill, Quadre Lollis, Spyros Magkounis, Dimitris Misiakos, Sotiris Nikolaidis, Pantelis Papaioakim, Nikos Papanikolaou, Blagota Sekulić, Giorgos Sourlis, Giorgos Tsiaras
2004–05 2nd place Last 8 EuroLeague
Last 16		 Fotis Katsikaris Toby Bailey, Nikos Chatzis, Nikos Zisis, Quadre Lollis, Andreas Glyniadakis, Ioannis Bourousis, Sandro Nicević, Pero Antić, Michalis Pelekanos, Yannis Kakiouzis, Davor Kus, Spyros Magkounis, Alexandros Melniks, Sotiris Nikolaidis, Nikos Papanikolaou, Giorgos Tsiaras
2005–06 7th place Last 4 EuroLeague
Last 24		 Lefteris Kakiousis Ioannis Bourousis, Lionel Chalmers, Taylor Coppenrath, Michalis Pelekanos, Slaven Rimac, Jerel Blassingame, Dror Hajaj, Giannis Kalampokis, Spyros Panteliadis, Pantelis Papaioakim, Amit Tamir, Giorgos Tsiaras, Spyros Magkounis, Nikos Papanikolaou, Anestis Matos, Ioannis Athanasoulas
2006–07 9th place Last 8 EuroCup
Last 32		 Vangelis Alexandris,
Soulis Markopoulos		 Nestoras Kommatos, Brent Scott, Christos Tapoutos, Prodromos Nikolaidis, Nikos Vetoulas, Jasmin Perković, Sotiris Nikolaidis, Lavelle Felton, Ioannis Gagaloudis, Joško Garma, Ante Grgurević, Kostas Maglos, Antonios Michaloglou, Nikos Papanikolaou, Adrian Penland, Spyros Magkounis, Panteleimon Kakavas, Ioannis Athanasoulas, Marios Sakellarakis
2007–08 7th place Last 8 EuroChallenge
Last 32		 Angelos Koronios,
Dimitris Priftis,
Vangelis Angelou		 Alexis Kyritsis, K'Zell Wesson, Christos Tapoutos, Amara Sy, William Avery, Nikos Barlos, Kostas Charissis, Nikos Chatzis, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Filiberto Rivera, Smiljan Pavič, Vassilis Simtsak, Giannis Sioutis, Saša Vasiljević, Angelos Tsamis
2008–09 9th place Last 8 _ Kostas Flevarakis D.J. Thompson, Travon Bryant, Tarmo Kikerpill, Christos Tapoutos, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Nikos Chatzis, Michael Andersen, Giannis Kyriakopoulos, Kostas Stamatis, Fotis Vasilopoulos, Periklis Dorkofikis, István Németh, Tasos Antonakis, Zois Ballas
2009–10 10th place relegated _ Kostas Flevarakis,
Argyris Pedoulakis,
Minas Gekos		 Kostas Stamatis, Periklis Dorkofikis, Tasos Antonakis, Avraam Kallinikidis, Torin Francis, Lamont Mack, Prodromos Nikolaidis, Taurean Green, Stavros Toutziarakis, Riste Stefanov, Martynas Mazeika, Rodrigue Mels, Andronikos Gizogiannis, Nondas Papantoniou, Vangelis Tzolos, Christos Marinos
2010–11 13th place (relegated to A2) Last 32 _ Minas Gekos,
Angelos Koronios		 Periklis Dorkofikis, Dimos Dikoudis, Akis Kallinikidis, Prodromos Nikolaidis, Nikos Papanikolaou, Terrel Castle, Jarrett Hart, Flinder Boyd, Darko Cohadarevic, Vukašin Mandić, Sharaud Curry, Tasos Antonakis, Vangelis Tzolos, Kostas Stamatis, Kostas Tsaprounis, Angelos Matos, Anthony Grundy, Rodrigue Mels, Patrick Sparks, Lamont Mack
2011–12 A2 Division

2nd place

 _ _ Kostas Oikonomakis,
Dimitris Liogas,
Dimitris Papanikolaou,
Nikos Karagiannis,
D. Papadopoulos		 Antonis Mantzaris, Petros Noeas, Vangelis Tzolos, Vangelis Sklavos, Stavros Kokkinopoulos, Fotis Vasilopoulos, Alexis Falekas, Angelos Siamandouras, Thanasis Magonis, Dimitris Despos, Nikos Kourtis, Leonidas Magoulas, Entry Katsupaj, Christos Kalpakis, Babis Fotitzoglou
2012–13 B Division

3rd place (promoted to A2)

 _ _ Vangelis Ziagkos Dionysis Veskoukis, Andronikos Gizogiannis, Vangelis Tzolos, Alexis Falekas, Angelos Siamandouras, Vangelis Koukouravas, Giannis Stoukas, Giorgos Kopsaftis, Michalis Polytarchou, Dimitris Despos, Kostas Tsaprounis, Nikos Kapetzoglou, Giannis Vavatsikos
2013–14 A2 Division 1st place (promoted to A1) _ _ Vangelis Ziagkos Andronikos Gizogiannis, Alexis Falekas, Thodoris Tsiotras, Michalis Polytarchou, Dimitris Despos, Vangelis Karampoulas, Kostas Papantonakos, Stathis Papadionysiou, Vangelis Drosos, Stefan Nikolić, Spyros Panagiotaras, Giorgos Tsiakos, Giannis Stoukas, Nikos Zeginoglou
2014–15 5th place Last 10 _ Vangelis Ziagkos
Dragan Šakota		 Leonidas Kaselakis, Stathis Papadionysiou, Zisis Sarikopoulos, Michalis Kamperidis, Stefan Nikolić, Michalis Polytarchou, Giorgos Tsiakos, Giorgos Boutris, Garett Williamson, Dušan Šakota, Nondas Papantoniou, Milan Milošević, Carl English, Tomas Delininkaitis, Pops Mensah-Bonsu, Malik Hairston, Scottie Wilbekin
2015–16 3rd place Last 8 EuroCup
Regular season		 Dragan Šakota
Jure Zdovc		 Dimitrios Moraitis, Dimitrios Katsivelis, T. J. Carter, Philip Scrubb, Zisis Sarikopoulos, Malik Hairston, Chris Warren, O. D. Anosike, Dionte Christmas, Georgios Tsalmpouris, Giannis Kalampokis, Edin Atić, Nikos Kamarianos, Dušan Šakota, D. J. Cooper, Nondas Papantoniou, Milan Milošević, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, J'Covan Brown, Dimitrios Mavroeidis, Taurean Green, Malcolm Armstead, Micheal Eric
2016–17 3rd place Last 4 Champions League
Last 16		 Jure Zdovc
Sotiris Manolopoulos		 Dimitrios Moraitis, Roko Ukić, Nikola Ivanović, Michael Dixon, Giannoulis Larentzakis, Dionysis Skoulidas, Kostas Vasileiadis, Georgios Tsalmpouris, Edin Atić, Nikos Kamarianos, Dušan Šakota, Jawad Williams, Milan Milošević, Josh Owens, Dimitrios Mavroeidis, Randal Falker, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Donnie McGrath, Brad Newley, Chinemelu Elonu
2017–18 5th place Winner Champions League
Winner		 Sotiris Manolopoulos
Dragan Šakota		 Kevin Punter, Delroy James, Mike Green, Manny Harris, Giannoulis Larentzakis, Vassilis Xanthopoulos, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Kelsey Barlow, Edin Atić, Dušan Šakota, Ioannis Agravanis, Dimitrios Moraitis, Michalis Kamperidis, Dimitrios Mavroeidis, Vassilis Kavvadas, Vince Hunter, Chinemelu Elonu

Player records

Club top scorers and most appearances

No. Player Nationality Position Playing career Coaching career
6Georgios TrontzosGreeceC1963–801979–80
10Georgios AmerikanosGreeceSG1959–751986–87
9Minas GekosGreecePG1977–91
1994–95		2009–01/2011
8Christos ZoupasGreecePG1962–74–
9Nikos ChatzisGreeceSG1995–05
2007–09		2017–today

Retired jerseys

No. Player Nationality Position Playing career Coaching career
6Georgios TrontzosGreeceC1963–801979–80
10Georgios AmerikanosGreeceSG1959–751986–87

One-club men

Player Nationality Debut Last Game
Vangelis DermanoutsosGreece19551967
Nikos NesiadisGreece19641976
Thanasis SkourtopoulosGreece19831991

Seasons in Greece

AEK was one of five Greek teams that was regularly in tournaments of the A1, until it first experienced relegation in 2011. AEK's course in the tournaments is in the table below.

Pos. 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8
9 9 9 9
10 10 10
11
12
13 13
14
A2 4 1
Β 3

Personnel

Ownership and Current Board

Position Staff
Owner and President Greece Makis Angelopoulos
Vice-President Greece Alexandros Alexiou
Vice-President Greece Stavros Douvis
Vice-President Greece Edouardos Karrer
CEO Greece Charis Koutas
CFO Greece Nikos Moustakis
Technical Director Serbia Greece Dragan Šakota
Director of Media & Communications Greece Giorgos Nikolaou
Media Press Officer Greece Alexandros Kozaridis
Secretary's Office Greece Lena Konsta
Commercial Manager Greece Leonidas Papavasilakis
Operation Manager Greece Ilias Bovalis
Public Relations Manager Greece Nina Argyropoulou
Ticketing Department Greece Ilias Bovalis
Ticketing Department Assistant Greece Panagiotis Mantzos
IT Manager, Webmaster Greece Antonis Pretzas
Corporate Sales Coordinator Greece Antonis Papantonis
Security Officer Greece Evangelos Christakopoulos
Board Member Greece Ioannis Giannas
Board Member Greece Dimitrios Chiotos
Board Member Greece George B. Berkovic
Board Member Greece Nikos Babanikolos

Technical, medical and academies staff

Technical staff

Position Name
Head coachItaly Luca Banchi
Assistant coachGreece Alexis Falekas
Assistant coachGreece Ilias Kantzouris
Assistant coachGreece Vangelis Magiras
Physical fitness coachGreece Nikos Papavasileiou
Team managerGreece Georgios Hinas
AssistantGreece Ilias Kekos
CaregiverGreece Giorgos Stathopoulos
AssistantGreece Marios Dollaku

Medical staff

Position Name
Medical DirectorGreece Heracles I. Patsopoulos
Head of the Physiotherapy DivisionGreece Stavros Toilos
PhysiotherapistGreece Anastasios Matsos
PhysiotherapistGreece Richardos Kamposos
PhysiotherapistGreece Ilias Platis
Clinical Dietitian – NutritionistGreece Konstantinos Xenos
ChiropractorGreece Konstantinos Psarogiorgos

Academies staff

Position Name
Academies DirectorSerbia Greece Dragan Šakota
Technical DirectorGreece Vangelis Dermanoutsos
Under21 CoachGreece Nakis Mouratidis
Under18 CoachGreece Vangelis Tsepelis
Under18 Assistant CoachGreece Dimitris Mastrogiannis
Under16 CoachGreece Nikos Chatzis
Under15 CoachGreece Vassilis Varsamis
Athletic trainerGreece Amvrosios Chatziapostolou
PhysiotherapistGreece Giannis Stergianos
ScoutGreece Dimitris Dimitriou

Notable players

Head coaches

Krešimir Ćosić
Giannis Ioannidis
Dušan Ivković
Dragan Šakota
Name Nat From To Championships
Cups
Konstantinos Karamanlis Greece 1957 1958 1 Greek Championship 1958
Missas Pantazopoulos Greece 1962 1966 4 Greek Championships 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
Themis Cholevas Greece 1965 1966 1 Greek Championship 1966
Nikos Milas Greece 1967 1974 2 Greek Championships 1968, 1970
1 European Cup Winners' Cup 1968
Kostas Mourouzis Greece 1974 1977 1 Greek Cup Finalist 1976
Georgios Amerikanos Greece 1977
1978		 1986
1987		 1 Greek Cup Finalist 1978
Faidon Matthaiou Greece 1977 1979
Georgios Trontzos Greece 1979 1980 1 Greek Cup Finalist 1980
Fred G. Develey United States 1980 1981 1 Greek Cup 1981
Vangelis Nikitopoulos Greece 1982
1987
1989
1991		 1986
1988
1990
1992		 2 Greek Cups Finalist 1988, 1992
Michalis Anastasiadis Greece 1986 1987
Kostas Anastasatos Greece 1987 1987
Krešimir Ćosić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1988
1990		 1989
1991
Nikos Nesiadis Greece 1988
1993
1996		 1989
1993
1996
Richard Dukeshire United States 1993 1993
Michalis Kyritsis Greece 1992 1993
Steve Giatzoglou Greece 1993 1994
Apostolos Kontos Greece 1994 1994
Vlade Đurović Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1994
1995		 1995
1996
Slobodan Subotić Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1996 1996
Giannis Ioannidis Greece 1996 1998 1 EuroLeague Finalist 1998
Georgios Kalafatakis Greece 1998 1999
Kostas Politis Greece 1999 1999 1 Greek Cup Finalist 1999
Dušan Ivković Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1999 2001 2 Greek Cups 2000, 2001
1 Saporta Cup 2000
Dragan Šakota Serbia and Montenegro Serbia Greece 2001
2014
2017		 2003
2015
2018		 1 Greek Championship 2002
1 Champions League 2018
1 Greek Cup 2018
Fotis Katsikaris Greece 2003 2005
Vangelis Ziagkos Greece 2012 2014
Jure Zdovc Slovenia 2015 2017
Sotiris Manolopoulos Greece 2017 2017

Chairmen history

  • Greece Konstantinos Spanoudis (1924–1932)
  • Greece Alexandros Strogilos (1932–1933)
  • Greece Konstantinos Sarifis (1933–1935)
  • Greece Konstantinos Theofanidis (1935–1937)
  • Greece Konstantinos Chrisopoulos (1937–1938)
  • Greece Vassilios Fridas (1938–1940)
  • Greece Emilios Ionas (1945–1949)
  • Greece Spiridon Skouras (1949–1950)
  • Greece Georgios Melas (1950–1952)
  • Greece Eleftherios Venizelos (1952)
  • Greece Georgios Chrisafidis (1952–1957)
  • Greece Nikolaos Goumas (1957–1963)
  • Greece Alexandros Makridis (1963–1966)
  • Greece Georgios Toubalidis (1966)
  • Greece Michail Trikoglou (1966–1967)
  • Greece Emmanuil Calitsounakis (1967)
  • Greece Kosmas Kiriakidis (1967–1968)
  • Greece Ilias Georgopoulos (1968–1969)
  • Greece Georgios Chrisafidis (1969–1970)
  • Greece Kosmas Chatzicharalabous (1970–1973)
  • Greece Dimitrios Avramidis (1973)
  • Greece Ioannis Theodorakopoulos (1973–1974)
  • Greece Loukas Barlos (1974–1979)
  • Greece Kosmas Chatzicharalabous (1979–1986)
  • Greece Dimitris Rousakis (1986–1987)
  • Greece Takis Dimitrakopoulos (1987–1988)
  • Greece Chrysostomos Psomiadis (1988–1989)
  • Greece Takis Dimitrakopoulos (1989–1990)
  • Greece Dimitris Rousakis (1990–1991)
  • Greece Konstantinos Voutsopoulos (1991–1993)
  • Greece Chrysostomos Psomiadis (1993–1994)
  • Greece Michalis Lefakis (1994–1995)
  • Greece Ioannis Filippou (1995–2006)
  • Greece Ioannis Granitsas (2006–2007)
  • Greece Vasilis Tzivelekis (2007–2008)
  • Greece Charalambos Karamanlis (2008–2011)
  • Greece Nikos Georgantzoglou (2011–2012)
  • Greece Alexandros Alexiou (2013–2014)
  • Greece Makis Angelopoulos (2014–present)

Relationships with other clubs

AEK has links with many basketball clubs in Greece, and other countries where Greek immigrants and friends of the club live, like ΑΕΚ Stockholm B.C. in Sweden, and Greek clubs like AEK Argos B.C. and AEK Tripolis B.C.

References

  1. ↑ Capacity: 18,500 spectator seats (of which 2,000 are folding).
  2. ↑ Capacity: 18,500 spectator seats (of which 2,000 are folding) and 300 media seats.
  3. ↑ Capacity: 18,989 (maximum capacity for basketball games).
  4. ↑ "Makis Angelopoulos". news.gr.
  5. ↑ "Vertical Solutions". news.gr.
  6. ↑ euroleaguebasketball.net AEK Athens
  7. ↑ [The history of AEK by Panos Makridis. Athlitiki Iho] Newspaper, 1953
  8. ↑ AEK B.C. Official Web Site
  9. ↑ "All-time attendance records". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  10. ↑ "The two unrecorded cups of AEK (Greek)".
  11. ↑ The Return of the Queen
  12. ↑ AEK Athens returns to the Eurocup for the first time since 2007
  13. ↑ AEK Athens will play to Basketball Champions League
  14. ↑ "Colours info". aekfc.gr. Archived from the original on 31 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-20.

Filmography

  • Tassos Boulmetis, 1968, 2018.
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