AEK B.C.

AEK
2021–22 AEK B.C. season
Nickname	Vasilissa (Queen) Énosis (Union) Kitrinómavri (The Yellow-Blacks) Dikéfalos Aetós (Two-Headed Eagle)
Leagues	Greek League Greek Cup
Founded	1924
History	AEK B.C. (1924–present)
Arena	Ano Liosia Olympic Hall
Capacity	8,327[1][2]
Location	Athens, Greece
Team colors	Yellow, black
Main sponsor	Betsson
President	Makis Angelopoulos
Head coach	Stefanos Dedas
Team captain	Dimitrios Mavroeidis
Ownership	Makis Angelopoulos (76%)[3] Vertical Solutions (24%)[4]
Championships	1 FIBA Intercontinental Cup 2 FIBA Saporta Cups 1 FIBA Champions League 8 Greek Championships 5 Greek Cups
Retired numbers	3 (6, 10, 13)
Website	aekbc.gr
GBL Home GBL Away BCL Home BCL Away

Departments of AEK Athens
Football (Men's)	Football B (Men's)	Football (Women's)
Basketball	Volleyball (Men's)	Volleyball (Women's)
Water Polo (Men's)	Water Polo (Women's)	Handball
Futsal	Athletics	Cycling
Table tennis	Boxing	Fencing
Field hockey	Rugby	Chess
Muay Thai	MMA	Weightlifting
eSports	Parasports

AEK Basketball Club (Greek: ΚΑΕ ΑΕΚ Greek pronunciation: [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,^[5] 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 is one of the three most popular and successful teams in Greece (including Panathinaikos and Olympiacos) especially in European achievements, with millions of fans in both Greece and Cyprus as well as in the Greek communities all over the world, mainly in Australia, United Kingdom and North America.

AEK was the first-ever Greek basketball team, not only to reach a European Cup Final, but also to win a European title. On 4 April 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 5 times (1980–81, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2017–18, 2019–20), 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 6 May 2018, defeating Monaco by a score of 100–94 and the FIBA Intercontinental Cup on 17 February 2019, defeating Flamengo by a score of 86–70.^[6]

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, Mario Chalmers, Jonas Mačiulis and Keith Langford

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

History[]

Early years[]

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.

Amerikanos' era (1960–1970): 6 Championships and a European title[]

"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 semi-finals 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 29 December 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 semi-finals, 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[]

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[]

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.

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 11 April, AEK won their second international trophy, the FIBA Saporta Cup, by defeating Kinder Bologna 83–76. The next year, 2001, AEK reached the EuroLeague semi-finals, 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 Top 16 phase, but the 2003 and 2004 seasons were disasters in the EuroLeague. In 2005, AEK once again shined and reached the Top 16, but a few losses prevented the team from reaching the EuroLeague playoffs.

Relegation, dissolution and fresh start[]

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 the serious financial problems and there was a great danger for its participation to the next championships.

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 2011–12 Greek A2 Basket League season. At the summer of 2012 AEK's board of directors declared the dissolution of the club and announced its participation in the Greek 3rd national category 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 losses 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]

Return to European cup competitions[]

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.

2018 Greek Cup winners[]

On 17 February 2018, AEK won the 2018 Greek Cup Final against Olympiacos, by a score of 88–83, at Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena, on the island of Crete.^[14] It was AEK's first top-tier title won since they won the 2001–02 Greek Basket League season's championship.

2018 FIBA Champions League and 2019 FIBA Intercontinental cup winners[]

On 6 May 2018, AEK won the finals game of the FIBA Champions League's 2018 Final Four, against the French Pro A league's AS Monaco, at Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall, in Marousi, Athens.^[15] By winning the FIBA Champions League's trophy, AEK earned the right to add a third star on its club crest. The team also qualified to participate in the next edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup tournament.

On 17 February 2019, AEK became the global professional club basketball champions, for the first time in their perennial history, by winning the 2019 FIBA Intercontinental Cup's Final against the New Basket Brazil club Flamengo, by a score of 86–70, at the Carioca Arena 1, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[16] That marked the third FIBA Intercontinental Cup championship that was won by a Greek club, after Panathinaikos had won the 1996 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, and Olympiacos had won the 2013 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.^[17]

2020 Greek Cup winners[]

On 16 February 2020, AEK won the 2020 Greek Cup Final against Promitheas Patras, by a score of 61–57, at Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena, on the island of Crete. It was AEK's second national top-tier title in two years.^[18]

Crest, colours, supporters[]

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 to 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.^[19]

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	—
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
2015–2018	Fila
2018–2021		betshop.gr
2021–present		Betsson

• Current sponsorships: nrg, AVIS, Cosmote, Betsson

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: The 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 number of seats currently made publicly available for use, and may not reflect the number of total seats actually in the arena.

Stadium / Arena	Seating Capacity	Usage
Nea Filadelfeia Outdoor Hall (Outdoor Stadium)	500	1952 to early 1960s
Kallimarmaron Stadium (Outdoor Stadium)	60,000	Mid to late 1960s
Sporting Sports Arena	1,862	1970s, 2008–2009
A.S. Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia Indoor Hall	1,500	1980s
Peace and Friendship Stadium	14,940	1988–89
"Georgios Moschos" Nea Filadelfeia Indoor Hall	2,000	1989–1995
Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall	18,989	1995–2002, 2006–2008, 2014–2021
Zofria Indoor Hall	2,500	2002–2004, 2011–2014
Chalkiopoulio Sports Hall (Lamia)	2,600	2002–2003
Galatsi Olympic Hall	5,141	2004–2006
Hellinikon Olympic Arena	8,000	2009–2011
Ano Liosia Olympic Hall	8,327[20][21]	2021–

Players[]

Retired numbers[]

AEK retired numbers
No.	Player	Position	Tenure	Date
6	Georgios Trontzos	C	1963–1980	15 October 2016
10	Georgios Amerikanos	SG	1959–1975	18 April 2015
13	Stevan Jelovac	PF	2021	14 December 2021

Current roster[]

AEK B.C. roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 1 Colom, Quino 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 33 – (1988-11-05)5 November 1988 G 2 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 18 – (2003-04-20)20 April 2003 G 7 Flionis, Dimitris 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 27 – (1994-04-09)9 April 1994 G/F 9 Petropoulos, Andreas 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 27 – (1994-02-11)11 February 1994 G/F 11 Angola, Braian 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 27 – (1994-04-06)6 April 1994 F/C 12 Filippakos, Panagiotis 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 27 – (1994-04-09)9 April 1994 SG 15 Pappas, Nikos (C) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 31 – (1990-07-11)11 July 1990 PF 17 Griffin, Eric 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 31 – (1990-05-26)26 May 1990 PG 19 Karlis, Michalis 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 18 – (2003-01-08)8 January 2003 C 22 Mavroeidis, Dimitrios (C) 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 120 kg (265 lb) 36 – (1985-07-04)4 July 1985 PF 34 Hummer, Ian 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 31 – (1990-08-23)23 August 1990	Head coach Stefanos Dedas Assistant coach(es) Savvas Symeonidis Marios Batis Vangelis Tsepelis Nakis Mouratidis Athletic trainer(s) Stratos Tsampis Team Manager Nikos Kotsiaris Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: December 21, 2021

Depth chart[]

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Eric Griffin	Dimitris Mavroeidis		Georgios Bogris (S)
PF	Ian Hummer	Panagiotis Filippakos
SF	Braian Angola	Andreas Petropoulos
SG	Nikos Pappas	Dimitris Flionis
PG	Quino Colom	Michalis Karlis		Antonis Koniaris

Squad changes for the 2021–22 season[]

In[]

Date	Pos.	Player	From
12 August 2021	PG/SG	Dimitris Flionis	Aris Thessaloniki
13 August 2021	SF/SG	Andreas Petropoulos	Ionikos Nikaias
13 August 2021	PF/C	Panagiotis Filippakos
15 August 2021	C	Georgios Bogris	Lenovo Tenerife
16 August 2021	SG	Nikos Pappas	Zielona Góra
20 August 2021	PG	Quino Colom	Saski Baskonia
21 August 2021	SF	Juan Pablo Vaulet	Manresa
23 August 2021	PF/C	Stevan Jelovac	San-en NeoPhoenix
23 August 2021	PF	Eric Griffin	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
24 August 2021	SG/SF	Braian Angola	Ironi Nes Ziona
25 August 2021	SG	Manny Harris	Shandong Heroes
7 October 2021	PF	Ian Hummer	Petkim Spor

Out[]

Date	Pos.	Player	To
28 June 2021	PG/SG	Nikos Zisis	Retirement
29 June 2021	PG/SG	Vassilis Toliopoulos	PAOK Thessaloniki
1 July 2021	PF/C	Moses Kingsley	Ionikos Nikaias
1 July 2021	SG	Keith Langford	Free agent
1 July 2021	C	Marcus Slaughter	Free agent
1 July 2021	SF/PF	Jonas Mačiulis	Retirement
1 July 2021	SF/SG	Matt Lojeski	Free agent
11 July 2021	SG/PG	Daryl Macon	Panathinaikos
23 July 2021	PG/SG	Dimitrios Moraitis	Peristeri
23 July 2021	SF	Vlado Janković	PAOK Thessaloniki
23 July 2021	PG	Dimitrios Katsivelis	Peristeri
28 July 2021	C	Yanick Moreira	Peristeri
28 July 2021	SF/SG	Nikos Rogkavopoulos	Promitheas Patras
6 August 2021	PG	Nikos Gkikas	Promitheas Patras
9 August 2021	PF	Linos Chrysikopoulos	Peristeri
16 August 2021	C	Costis Gontikas	Ionikos Nikaias
2 October 2021	SG	Manny Harris	Free agent
5 December 2021	PF	Stevan Jelovac	Passed away
21 December 2021	SF	Juan Pablo Vaulet	Baxi Manresa

Honours and titles[]

Worldwide competitions[]

• FIBA Intercontinental Cup
  • Winners (1): 2019

European competitions[]

• Euroleague
  • Runner-up (1): 1998
  • Semi-finals (2): 1966, 2001
• FIBA Saporta Cup
  • Winners (2): 1968, 2000
  • Semi-finals (1): 1970
• Basketball Champions League
  • Winners (1): 2018
  • Runner-up (1): 2020

Domestic competitions[]

• Greek League
  • Winners (8): 1957–58, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1969–70, 2001–02
  • Runner-up (9): 1954–55, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1973–74, 1996–97, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2019–20

• Greek Cup
  • Winners (5): 1980–81, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2017–18, 2019–20
  • Runner-up (7): 1975–76, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1997–98, 1998–99
• Greek A2 League
  • Winners (1): 2013–14
  • Runner-up (1): 2011–12
• Attica State Championship
  • Winners (4): 1924–25, 1927–28, 1959–60, 1960–61
• Attica State Cup
  • Winners (2): 1966–67, 1970–71

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 team awards[]

• Continental Double (European league, Club world cup)
  • Winners (1): 2017–18

Individual awards and records[]

FIBA Intercontinental Cup[]

FIBA Saporta Cup[]

Basketball Champions League[]

Greek Basket League[]

Greek Basketball Cup[]

HEBA Greek All-Star Game[]

Other[]

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 at 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
FIBA 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
Basketball Champions League
2017–18	Champions	defeated Monaco 100–94 in the final of Champions League in Athens
2018–19	Quarter-finals	eliminated by Brose Bamberg, 67–71 (L) in Bamberg and 69–67 (W) in Athens
2019–20	Final	defeated Casademont Zaragoza 99–75 in the semi-final, lost to San Pablo Burgos 74–85 in the final at Athens
FIBA Intercontinental Cup
2019	Champions	defeated San Lorenzo 86–64 in the semi-final, defeated Flamengo 86–70 in the final of Intercontinental Cup in Rio de Janeiro

The European and Worldwide Cup glory paths[]

1967–68 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Round Team   Home     Away   1st round Bye 2nd round Kas Vitoria 86–65 172–82 Quarter-finals Royal IV 176–54 54–74 Semi-finals Ignis Varese 72–52 160–78 Final Slavia VŠ Praha 89–82 2019 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Round Team   Home     Away   Semi-final San Lorenzo 86–64 Final Flamengo 86–70

1999–00 FIBA Saporta Cup Round Team   Home     Away   Regular season Honka Playboys 88–51 76–64 Cherno More Port Varna 103–75 103–81 Hapoel Jerusalem 69–53 82–77 Spirou 83–63 62–80 Avtodor Saratov 83–59 78–60 Top 32 Kovinotehna Savinjska Polzela 68–44 86–51 Top 16 Tau Cerámica 85–65 71–67 Quarter-finals Iraklis 84–73 70–73 Semi-finals Zadar 82–67 70–75 Final Kinder Bologna 83–76

2017–18 Basketball Champions League Round Team   Home     Away   Regular season Banvit 70–74 71–78 Medi Bayreuth 83–81 73–80 Movistar Estudiantes 79–87 85–78 Petrol Olimpija 91–73 80–71 Rosa Radom 96–92 69–63 SIG Strasbourg 87–88 78–80 Umana Reyer Venezia 84–64 103–101 Top 16 ČEZ Nymburk 88–98 93–82 Quarter-finals SIG Strasbourg 78–69 83–83 Semi-final UCAM Murcia 77–75 Final Monaco 100–94

Season-by-season[]

All competitions[]

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Greek Basket League participation[]

AEK was one of three Greek teams that had always competed in the first tier Greek competition, until it first experienced relegation following the 2010–11 season, and thus did not play in the top-tier in the 2011–12 season. AEK's course in the tournaments is in the table below.

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Player records[]

Club top scorers and most appearances

No.	Player	Nationality	Position	Playing career	Coaching career
6	Georgios Trontzos		C	1963–80	1979–80
10	Georgios Amerikanos		SG	1959–75	1986–87
9	Minas Gekos		PG	1976–91 1994–95	2009–01/2011
8	Christos Zoupas		PG	1962–74	–
9	Nikos Chatzis		SG	1995–05 2007–09	2017–present

Retired jerseys[]

No.	Player	Nationality	Position	Playing career	Coaching career
6	Georgios Trontzos		C	1963–80	1979–80
10	Georgios Amerikanos		SG	1959–75	1986–87
13	Stevan Jelovac		PF	2021

One-club men[]

Player	Nationality	Debut	Last Game
Vangelis Dermanoutsos		1955	1967
Nikos Nesiadis		1964	1976
Thanasis Skourtopoulos		1982	1991

Personnel[]

Ownership and Current Board[]

Position	Staff
Owner & President	Makis Angelopoulos
A' Vice-President & CEO	Alexis Alexiou
B' Vice-President	Stavros Douvis
C' Vice-President	Edouardos Karrer
CFO	Nikos Moustakis
Board members	Ioannis Giannas Dimitris Chiotos George B. Berkovic Nikos Babanikolos

Technical staff[]

Position	Name
Head coach	Stefanos Dedas
Assistant coaches	Savvas Symeonidis Marios Batis Vangelis Tsepelis Nakis Mouratidis

Notable players[]

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

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  Kurt Rambis

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  Rolando Blackman

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  Nikos Chatzis

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  Michalis Kakiouzis

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  Jake Tsakalidis

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  Dimos Dikoudis

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  Nikos Zisis

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  İbrahim Kutluay

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  Ioannis Bourousis

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  Pero Antić

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  Dušan Šakota

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  Pops Mensah-Bonsu

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  Loukas Mavrokefalidis

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  Manny Harris

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  Vince Hunter

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  Jonas Mačiulis

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  Jordan Theodore

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  Keith Langford

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  Mario Chalmers

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  Tyrese Rice

Club captains[]

AEK B.C. team captains, since the 1951–52 season:

Period	Captain
1951–1959	Konstantinos Karamanlis
?–1975	Georgios Amerikanos
1975–1980	Georgios Trontzos
1980–1991	Minas Gekos
1991–1993	Kostas Patavoukas
1993–1994	Alexis Giannopoulos
1994–1995	Minas Gekos
1995–1997	Dimitris Podaras
1997–1999	Bane Prelevic
1999–2005	Nikos Chatzis
2005–2006	Georgios Tsiaras
2006–2007	Makis Nikolaidis
2007–2009	Nikos Chatzis
2009–2011	Periklis Dorkofikis
2011–2012	Fotis Vasilopoulos
2012–2014	Alexis Falekas
2014–2015	Michalis Polytarchou
2015–2019	Dušan Šakota
2019–2020	Jonas Mačiulis
2020–2021	Nikos Zisis
2021–present	Dimitrios Mavroeidis

Head coaches[]

Head Coach	From	To	Titles & Honors
Konstantinos Karamanlis	1957	1958	Greek League Champion (1958)
Missas Pantazopoulos	1962	1966	EuroLeague Final Four (1966) 4× Greek League Champion (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966)
Themis Cholevas	1965	1966	EuroLeague Final Four (1966) Greek League Champion (1966)
Nikos Milas	1967	1974	FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champion (1968) 2× Greek League Champion (1968, 1970)
Kostas Mourouzis	1974	1977	Greek Cup Finalist (1976)
Georgios Amerikanos	1977 1978	1986 1987	Greek Cup Finalist (1978)
Faidon Matthaiou	1977	1979
Georgios Trontzos	1979	1980	Greek Cup Finalist (1980)
Fred G. Develey	1980	1981	Greek Cup Winner (1981)
Vangelis Nikitopoulos	1982 1987 1989 1991	1986 1988 1990 1992	2× Greek Cup Finalist (1988, 1992)
Michalis Anastasiadis	1986	1987
Kostas Anastasatos	1987	1987
Krešimir Ćosić	1988 1990	1989 1991
Nikos Nesiadis	1988 1993 1996	1989 1993 1996
Richard Dukeshire	1993	1993
Michalis Kyritsis	1992	1993
- Steve Giatzoglou	1993	1994
Apostolos Kontos	1994	1994
- Vlade Đurović	1994 1995	1995 1996
- Slobodan Subotić	1996	1996
Giannis Ioannidis	1996	1998	EuroLeague Finalist (1998) Greek Cup Finalist (1998)
Georgios Kalafatakis	1998	1999
Kostas Politis	1999	1999	Greek Cup Finalist (1999)
Dušan Ivković	1999	2001	EuroLeague Semi-finals (2001) FIBA Saporta Cup Champion (2000) 2× Greek Cup Winner (2000, 2001)
-- Dragan Šakota	2001 2014 2017	2003 2015 2018	FIBA Champions League Champion (2018) Greek League Champion (2002) Greek Cup Winner (2018)
Fotis Katsikaris	2003	2005
Vangelis Ziagkos	2012	2014
Jure Zdovc	2015	2017
Sotiris Manolopoulos	2017	2017
Luca Banchi	2018	2019	FIBA Intercontinental Cup Champion (2019)
Ilias Papatheodorou	2019	2021	Greek Cup Winner (2020)
Vangelis Angelou	2021	2021
Stefanos Dedas	2021

Chairmen history[]

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[]

Bibliography[]

• Μακρίδης, Παναγιώτης (1955). Η ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΕΚ (in Greek). Αθήνα, Ελλάδα: Αθλητική Ηχώ.
• Συλλογικό έργο (1979). Η αθλητική δράση των Ρωμιών της Πόλης 1896–1976 (in Greek). Κωνσταντινούπολη, Τουρκία: Ειδική Έκδοση.
• Αλεξανδρής, Γ.Χ. (1996). Η Ιστορία της ΑΕΚ (in Greek). Αθήνα, Ελλάδα: Ιδιωτική Έκδοση Γ.Χ. Αλεξανδρής.
• Καραπάνος, Παναγιώτης (1999). Το αλφαβητάρι της ΑΕΚ: Όλα όσα πρέπει να ξέρεις και δεν σου έχουν πει για την ΑΕΚ (in Greek). Αθήνα, Ελλάδα: Εκδόσεις Δίαυλος. ISBN 978-960-531-066-0.
• Νόταρης, Ι. Σωτήρης (2002). ΑΕΚ, κλασικός αθλητισμός: Ο καρπός της αθλητικής παράδοσης της Πόλης στη σύγχρονη Αθήνα από το 1924 έως τις μέρες μας (in Greek). Αθήνα, Ελλάδα: Εκδόσεις Καλαβρία.
• Συλλογικό έργο (2007). Ο Κιτρινόμαυρος Δικέφαλος (in Greek). Αθήνα, Ελλάδα: Εκδόσεις Παπαδόπουλος. ISBN 978-960-412-558-6.
• Συλλογικό έργο (2009). ΑΕΚ: Για πάντα πρωταθλητές (in Greek). Αθήνα, Ελλάδα: Εκδόσεις Σκάι. ISBN 978-960-482-018-4.
• Κακίσης, Σωτήρης (2011). Ένωσις! (in Greek). Λευκωσία, Κύπρος: Εκδόσεις Αιγαίον. ISBN 978-996-369-277-4.
• Συλλογικό έργο (2014). 90 ΧΡΟΝΙΑ, Η ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΕΚ (in Greek). Αθήνα, Ελλάδα: Εκδοτικός Οίκος Α. Α. Λιβάνη. ISBN 978-960-14-2802-4.
• Αγγελίδης, Νικόλαος (2017). Όλες οι ΑΕΚ του κόσμου (in Greek). Αθήνα, Ελλάδα: Εκδόσεις Νότιος Άνεμος. ISBN 978-960-951-152-0.

Filmography[]

• Tassos Boulmetis, 1968 (film), 2018.

External links[]

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• Official website (in English and Greek)