AEK F.C. Academy

Players of AEK's youth academy (1934)

AEK was one of the first Greek clubs to found a youth academy back in 1934.

Famous players have been produced by AEK youth development system over the years.

Some of the most notable include: Tryfon Tzanetis (1933–1950), Kleanthis Maropoulos (1934–1952), Andreas Stamatiadis (1950–1969), Stelios Skevofilakas (1960–1973), Nikos Karoulias (1973–1974), Stelios Manolas (1978–1998), Spyros Oikonomopoulos (1978–1994), Vangelis Vlachos (1979–1985), Lysandros Georgamlis (1979–1986), Pantelis Konstantinidis (1993–1994), Dionisis Chiotis (1995–1998, 2000–2007), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (2005–2008), Savvas Gentsoglou (2006–2012), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (2007–2010), Kostas Manolas (2009–2012) and Victor Klonaridis (2010–2012, 2017–present).

AEK U19 is the youth team of AEK. They participate in the Super League 1 U19 championship. They play their home games at the OPAP Sports Center in Spata.

P. ^{^} Players with professional contract.

As of 9 January 2020 [1]

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

No. Position Player GK Giorgos Theocharis GK Spyros Kaloudis DF Manolis Arvanitis DF Konstantinos Karavidas DF Leonidas Pozatzidis DF Giorgos Mantzouranakis DF Dimitris Lionis DF Gilberto Gega DF Kostas Stamoulis [P] MF Lefteris Metaxas MF Periklis Dimitriou MF Giannis Koromilas

No. Position Player MF Konstantinos Roukounakis MF Thanasis Kotsios MF Giannis Fivos Botos [P] MF Filippos Tsarouchas MF Paraskevas Tsigaridis MF Nikos Loukas MF Stefanos Katsikas FW Giannis Sardelis [P] FW Michalis Tolios FW Michalis Kosidis FW Efthymis Christopoulos [P] FW Theodosis Macheras [P]

• AEK U19 Staff
  • Head Coach: Ilias Kalopitas
  • Physical Trainer: Giorgos Koudounis
  • Goalkeeping Coach: Antonis Lykouris

As of 9 January 2020 [2]

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

No. Position Player GK Petros Kyritsas GK Angelos Angelopoulos DF Menelaos Tsiachmatiotis DF Odysseas Giannakou DF Nikos Kanellopoulos DF Mario Mitaj DF Vasilis Grigorian DF Konstantinos Antonopoulos DF Thanasis Laspas DF Panagiotis Oikonomeas DF Nikos Karastergios MF Thanasis Kaltsas MF Laert Papa

No. Position Player MF Alexandros Sarantis MF Manolis Tsiokris MF Vasilis Besis MF Sofoklis Michopoulos MF Giannis Pitilakos FW Apostolis Christopoulos FW Ilias Vafiadis FW Panagiotis Georgeas FW Angelos Kasiolas FW Anestis Vlachidis FW Nikos Kritikos FW Nikos Panteleos

• AEK U17 Staff
  • Head Coach: Ivan Nedeljković
  • Physical Trainer: Dimitris Stergiopoulos
  • Goalkeeping Coach: Giorgos Kioupis

• 
  Players of the academy of AEK in 1934
• 
  Dionisis Chiotis
• 
  Sokratis Papastathopoulos
• 
  Victor Klonaridis

Notable players coming from the club's youth departments include:

• Christos Aravidis
• Dionisis Chiotis
• Lysandros Georgamlis
• Savvas Gentsoglou
• Victor Klonaridis
• Pantelis Konstantinidis
• Kostas Manolas
• Stelios Manolas
• Kleanthis Maropoulos
• Sokratis Papastathopoulos
• Michalis Pavlis
• Andreas Stamatiadis
• Stelios Skevofilakas
• Panagiotis Tachtsidis
• Tryfon Tzanetis
• Vangelis Vlachos

• AEK Academies