AEK B.C.

Further information: Athletic Union of Constantinople

For the Cypriot team, see AEK Larnaca B.C.

AEK
2015–16 AEK B.C. season
Nickname	Vasilissa (Queen) Enosis (Union) Kitrinomavroi (The Yellow-Blacks) Dikefalos Aetos (Two-Headed Eagle)
Leagues	Greek Basket League Greek Cup Eurocup
Founded	1924
History	AEK B.C. (1924–present)
Arena	Olympic Indoor Hall
Arena Capacity	19,250
Location	Athens, Greece
Team colors	Yellow, Black
President	Makis Angelopoulos
Team manager	Giorgos Hinas
Head coach	Jure Zdovc
Team captain	Dušan Šakota
Ownership	Makis Angelopoulos (76%) Vertical Solutions (24%)
2015–16 position	3rd
Championships	2 Saporta Cups 8 Greek Championships 3 Greek Cups
Retired numbers	1 (10)
Website	aekbc.gr
Uniforms
Home Away Alternate

Active departments of AEK Athens
Football	Basketball	Volleyball (Men's)
Futsal	Handball	Volleyball (Women's)
Athletics	Cycling	Table tennis
Boxing	Fencing	Chess

A.E.K Basketball Club (Greek: Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, Athlitiki Enosis Constantinoupoleos, means Athletic Union of Constantinople), also known simply as AEK BC (Greek: Α.Ε.Κ. Κ.Α.Ε.) or AEK, known in European competitions as AEK Athens, is a Greek professional sports basketball club based in Athens, Greece, part of the major multi-sport club A.E.K.. 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 Prague by a score of 89-82, in Athens in front of 80,000 fans. They have won the Greek Basket League 8 times (1957–58, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1969–70, 2001–02), and the Greek Basketball Cup 3 times (1980–81, 1999–00, 2000–01), while they have also twice won the FIBA Saporta Cup (former European Cup Winners' Cup) (1967–68 and 1999-00).

They are one of the 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, Bane Prelević, Carl English, Pops Mensah-Bonsu, Georgios Amerikanos, Georgios Trontzos, Vassilis Goumas, Minas Gekos, Kostas Patavoukas, Angelos Koronios, Michalis Kakiouzis, Nikos Chatzis, Jake Tsakalidis, Nikos Zisis, Nasos Galakteros, Dimos Dikoudis, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Ioannis Bourousis and Edin Atić

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 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.

The basketball team of AEK is actually the most successful among A.E.K's athletic departments. The obvious reason is the successes in general of the Greek basketball and that AEK's basketball team was the first ever Greek team to win an international trophy in any of the team's sports. Under Konstantinos Karamanlis' guidance, AEK won the club's first Greek championship in 1958.

1924–1957

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

In 1928 AEK took part in the first Greek basketball Championship as Athens-Piraeus 1927-28 Champion, but the course was not satisfactory so the players and the regkoent was disappointed and they began to show not so interesting to the part as before.

In 1929 the Greek basketball Championship was not conducted and AEK did not played anywhere.

In 1930 basketball section was not declared in no organization with the effective efforts of Kostas Dimopoulos and his associates to fall in vacuum.

The section remained in obscurity for many years, however in 1949 reappeared and the new administration this time created a competitive team.

In 1953 AEK took part for the second time in the Greek basketball Championship after 1928.

In the Championship of 1955 AEK did an impressive run, however missed the final by Panellinios and ranked second.

1957–1959

In 1958 AEK B.C. with player-coach Konstantinos Karamanlis conquered the first Greek Championship defeating Panellinios in final 67-54.

Postwar, was also founded and worked for a short time and a section of women's basketball. The department presented a remarkable action with the four sisters Chorianopoulou. The club did not give the necessary importance to the department and it was later dissolved.

Amerikanos era (1960–1970): 6 Championships and European title

The Union in the early 60s won two consecutive times the Athens-Piraeus Championship (1960,1961), but did not manage to become Champion of Greece.

But this decade was to be the most important in the history of AEK's basketball. The coach Missas Pantazopoulos created a great set and led the team to the top of Greece. Leading figure during these years was Georgios Amerikanos, nicknamed "The Global".

In the period 1962-1963 AEK won the first of four consecutive championships. The next year dimiorgeitai the First National and AEK having first goalscorer Antonis Christeas (4th in the league), again was champion. In the period from 1964 to 1965 Georgios Amerikanos will be top scorer of the league and with AEK again champions.

The next season 1965-1966 the AEK won the 4th consecutive Greek League and also became the first Greek team participating in the semifinals of the Champions Cup, struggling at the Final Four that conducted in Italy. These successes were accompanied by a large loss group. The athlete Giorgos Moschos had contracted cancer, but managed to participate in certain competitions that year and died on December 29, 1966 at age 29.

The next year AEK lost the Championship from Panathinaikos. However, a year later with coach Nikos Milas will return to the top of Greece winning the 1967-1968 league season unbeaten with Georgios Amerikanos again top scorer.

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

Kallimarmaron Stadium

AEK was the first ever Greek team to participate in the 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 European Cup Final, but also to win a European title. On April 4, 1968, AEK defeated Slavia Prague by a score of 89-82, in Athens in front of 80,000 spectators (the Guinness world record in basketball attendance) in Kallimarmaron Stadium. In 1970, AEK reached the European Cup Winners' Cup semifinals, where the team was eliminated by 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; 6 times in 8 years.

Since there are no official records with regards to the Greek Cup before 1975, according to some sources, AEK won the cups in 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

Michalis Kakiouzis

AEK made a come back 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 reached again a high level in European 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 final to Kinder Bologna, by a score of 44-58. In 2000, on April 11, AEK won their second international trophy, the Saporta Cup, by defeating Kinder Bologna 83-76. The next year, 2001, AEK reached the Euroleague semifinals, losing their playoff series there to TAU Cerámica, in 3 straight games.

Return to the Greek Basket League

In the 2011–12 season, the team played in the Greek second division, and finished in a tie for the 2nd place in the league standings, with a record of 20 wins and 10 losses. However, AEK was not promoted to the Greek first division, as they lost the tie breaker in the standings to Apollon Patras.

On July 2012, AEK was relegated down to the national B division, due to serious financial problems. The club's basketball department was legally registered as an amateur club for the first time in the club's history, and would be playing in Greece's semi-pro level. This was done when the club's major shareholder gave up his shares and left the club, so that AEK could then be registered as an amateur club, in an effort to begin the upcoming season without debt.

On April 29, 2013, AEK B.C. won against Iraklis in a playoff final, and was promoted back to the Greek A2 Division.

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 promotion back 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 Basketball League 2013-14 season.

AEK overcame heavy financial problems just to return to the Greek elite and now wants to showcase its tradition and ambition in Greece and Europe. In the 2014–15 season AEK ranked fifth in the top Greek League with 15 wins and 11 losses.

Return to European Competitions

In the 2015–16 season, AEK Athens returned to the Eurocup for the first time since 2007. AEK returned to the Eurocup after having come off a return-to-form season, in which it ranked fifth overall in the first-tier Greek League, to reach the Greek League playoffs after a seven-year absence.

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 & 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 Imperial emblem under the Palaiologos dynasty. The emblem of the department of AEK basketball has evolved over time. During 1924–2015, the emblem of the department was similar to that of football. Since 2015, AEK B.C. has created a new version of the emblem by adding to it two stars at its center, which symbolize 2 European titles.

The colours of yellow/gold and black were adopted from AEK's connections with Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire.

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 & Trading
2014–15		Skrats
2015	Adidas
2015–16	Fila

• Current sponsorships: AVIS, BS

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 gathered. AEK has also many supporters worldwide, most of them being Greek immigrants, in places as like North America, UK, Australia and Cyprus.

Rivalries

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

Arenas

Athens Olympic Indoor Hall

Galatsi Olympic Hall

• 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.

Stadium Name	Capacity
Nea Filadelfeia-outdoor hall	500		1952-Early 1960s
Kallimarmaron Stadium	60,000		Mid & 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
Athens Olympic Indoor Hall	18,800		1995–2002, 2006–2008, 2014–present
Zofria Indoor Hall	2,500		2002–2004, 01/2011–2014
Chalkiopoulio Sports Hall	2,600		2002–2003 (Euroleague)
Galatsi Olympic Hall	5,141		2004–2006
Helliniko Olympic Arena	8,000		2009–01/2011

Roster

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

AEK B.C. roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SF 3 Kamarianos, Nikos 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 92 kg (203 lb) – (1997-03-21)21 March 1997 PG 4 Papantoniou, Nondas 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 98 kg (216 lb) – (1990-04-28)28 April 1990 PF 5 Šakota, Dušan (C) 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 104 kg (229 lb) – (1986-04-22)22 April 1986 SF 7 Hairston, Malik 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) – (1987-02-23)23 February 1987 F 8 Milošević, Milan 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 98 kg (216 lb) – (1985-09-26)26 September 1985 F/C 12 Mavrokefalidis, Loukas 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 118 kg (260 lb) – (1984-07-25)25 July 1984 SG 13 Carter, T. J. 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 95.4 kg (210 lb) – (1985-05-22)22 May 1985 G 14 Brown, J'Covan 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 92 kg (203 lb) – (1990-02-14)14 February 1990 C 15 Sarikopoulos, Zisis 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 120 kg (265 lb) – (1990-03-31)31 March 1990 G 19 Katsivelis, Dimitrios 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) – (1991-10-01)1 October 1991 G/F 20 Kalampokis, Giannis 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) – (1978-08-15)15 August 1978 G 21 Moraitis, Dimitrios 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 74 kg (163 lb) – (1999-02-03)3 February 1999 C 22 Mavroeidis, Dimitrios 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 120 kg (265 lb) – (1985-07-04)4 July 1985 F/C 34 Tsalmpouris, Georgios 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 107 kg (236 lb) – (1996-06-22)22 June 1996 F/C 50 Eric, Micheal 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 109 kg (240 lb) – (1988-06-24)24 June 1988 PF -- Kamperidis, Michalis 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) – (1994-04-24)24 April 1994 G/F -- Paulos, Nick 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 84 kg (185 lb) – (1992-02-26)26 February 1992 G -- Scrubb, Philip 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) – (1992-11-27)27 November 1992 G/F -- Atić, Edin 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 88 kg (194 lb) – (1997-01-19)19 January 1997 SF -- Skoulidas, Dionysis 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) – (1997-07-29)29 July 1997 F/C -- Chatzidakis, Manolis 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 102 kg (225 lb) – (2000-04-21)21 April 2000	Head coach Jure Zdovc Assistant coach(es) Sotiris Manolopoulos Nikos Dimitriou Alekšandar Matović Kostas Mamalis Alexis Falekas Athletic trainer(s) Thanasis Alexandrakis Physiotherapist(s) Stavros Toilos Giannis Makrogiannakis Richardos Kamposos Team Manager Giorgos Hinas Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: May 10, 2016

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Michael Eric	Dimitrios Mavroeidis	Zisis Sarikopoulos	Georgios Tsalmpouris
PF	Loukas Mavrokefalidis	Milan Milošević	Dušan Šakota	Michalis Kamperidis Manolis Chatzidakis
SF	Malik Hairston	Nick Paulos	Dionysis Skoulidas	Nikos Kamarianos
SG	T.J. Carter	Giannis Kalampokis	Philip Scrubb	Edin Atić
PG	J'Covan Brown	Dimitrios Katsivelis	Nondas Papantoniou	Dimitrios Moraitis

Out on loan

AEK B.C. players on loan
Season	Position	Player	Loaned To
2015–16	PF	Michalis Kamperidis	Rethymno Cretan Kings
2015–16	SF	Nick Paulos	Doukas
2015–16	G	Philip Scrubb	Skyliners Frankfurt
2015–16	SG / SF	Edin Atić	Spars Sarajevo

Retired Numbers

AEK B.C. retired numbers
N°	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure
10		Georgios Amerikanos	SG	1959–1975

Squad Changes for the 2015–2016 Season

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From
23 June 2015	SG	T. J. Carter	PAOK
29 June 2015	PG	Nikos Diplaros	Esperos Patras
10 July 2015	SG / SF	Nicholas Paulos	UNC Greensboro Spartans
20 July 2015	PG / SG	Dimitrios Moraitis	Panionios
21 July 2015	PF	Nikos Kamarianos	Panathinaikos
3 August 2015	PG / SG	Philip Scrubb	Carleton Ravens
5 August 2015	PG / SG	Dimitrios Katsivelis	Olympiacos
8 August 2015	PG	Chris Warren	Uşak Sportif
10 August 2015	C	Loukas Mavrokefalidis	Panathinaikos
16 August 2015	C	Daniel Orton	Idaho Stampede
29 August 2015	PF / C	Georgios Tsalmpouris	Iowa State Cyclones
1 September 2015	SG / SF	Edin Atić	Spars Sarajevo
2 October 2015	SG / SF	Ioannis Kalampokis	Rethymno Cretan Kings
7 October 2015	C	O. D. Anosike	Laboral Kutxa
9 November 2015	C	Dimitrios Mavroeidis	Nea Kifissia
16 November 2015	PG	Malcolm Armstead	Avtodor Saratov
21 November 2015	PG	D. J. Cooper	Krasny Oktyabr
8 January 2016	SG	Dionte Christmas	Hapoel Holon
27 January 2016	G	J'Covan Brown	Türk Telekom
17 February 2016	PG	Taurean Green	Sidigas Avellino
8 April 2016	PF / C	Micheal Eric	Texas Legends

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To
2 June 2015	SG	Michalis Polytarchou	Peristeri
1 July 2015	C	Pops Mensah-Bonsu	City of Gods
1 July 2015	SF	Leonidas Kaselakis	Nea Kifissia
1 July 2015	C	Georgios Tsiakos	Panionios
1 July 2015	SG	Carl English	Free agency
1 July 2015	PG	Scottie Wilbekin	Philadelphia 76ers
1 July 2015	PG	Tomas Delininkaitis	Rethymno Cretan Kings B.C.
10 July 2015	PG	Ioannis Athinaiou	Olympiacos
14 August 2015	PG	Nikos Diplaros	Aris
3 October 2015	C	Daniel Orton	Santa Cruz Warriors
27 November 2015	PG	Chris Warren	Akın Çorap Yeşilgiresun
27 November 2015	C	O. D. Anosike	Enel Brindisi
25 December 2015	PG	Malcolm Armstead	İstanbul BB
25 January 2016	PG	D. J. Cooper	AS Monaco
8 February 2016	SG	Dionte Christmas	Torku Konyaspor B.K.
10 May 2016	PG	Taurean Green	Free agency

Honours

Domestic competitions

Greek League

• 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

Greek Cup

• Winners (3): 1980–81, 1999–00, 2000–01
• Runners-up (7): 1975–76, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1997–98, 1998–99

Athens–Piraeus Championship

• Winners (4): 1924–25, 1927–28, 1959–60, 1960–61

Greek League (A2)

• Winners (1): 2013–14

European competitions

Euroleague

• Runners-up (1): 1997–98
• Final Four (3): 1965-66, 1997–98, 2000-01

FIBA Saporta Cup

• Winners (2): 1967–68, 1999–00

Youth teams

Greek League

• Winners (1): 2002–03

Athens–Piraeus Championship

• Winners (1): 1949–50

Individual honours

Greek League Top Scorer

• Georgios Amerikanos (1964–65, 1967–68)

Greek League Top Rebounder

• K'zell Wesson (2007–08)

Greek Basket League MVP

• Dimos Dikoudis (2001–02)

Greek Basket League Finals MVP

• Dimos Dikoudis (2001–02)

Greek League Best Five

• Nikos Chatzis (2003–04)

Greek League Best Young Player

• Dimos Dikoudis (1999–2000)
• Nikos Zisis (2001–02)

Greek Cup Finals MVP

• Ibrahim Kutluay (2000–01)

Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer

• Vassilis Goumas (1980–81)
• Ibrahim Kutluay (2000–01)

50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors

• Dušan Ivković

Performance in European & Worldwide competitions

Main article: AEK B.C. in Europe

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 Prague 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
European Cup Winners' Cup / Saporta Cup
1967–68	Champions	defeated Slavia Prague 89-82 in the final of European Cup Winner's Cup in Athens
1969–70	Semi-finals	eliminated by 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

1967–68 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup

Round	Team	Home	Away
1st round	Bye
2nd round	Kas Vitoria	86–65	75–82
Quarter-finals	Royal IV	86–65	75–82
Semi-finals	Ignis Varèse	72–52	60–78
Final	Slavia Prague	89–82

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 Charleroi	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

Season-by-season

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Season	Greek League	Cup	Europe	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 Vasiliadis, 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 Vasiliadis, 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 Vasiliadis, 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 Vasiliadis, 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 Vasiliadis, 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 Vasiliadis, 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 Vasiliadis, 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 Vasiliadis, 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 Vasiliadis, 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 Vasiliadis, Eas Larentzakis, Georgios Amerikanos, Christos Zoupas, Stavros Vafopoulos
1972–73	3rd place	Not held	_	Nikos Milas	Georgios Trontzos, Stelios Vasiliadis, Eas Larentzakis, Georgios Amerikanos, Stavros Vafopoulos
1973–74	2nd place	Not held	Korać Cup Last 12	Nikos Milas	Georgios Trontzos, Stelios Vasiliadis, Eas Larentzakis, Georgios Amerikanos, Stavros Vafopoulos
1974–75	3rd place	Not held	Cup Winners' Cup Last 16	Kostas Mourouzis	Michalis Gianouzakos, Loukas Kontos, Georgios Trontzos, Nikos Nesiadis, Georgios Amerikanos
1975–76	4th place	Finalist	Korać Cup Last 16	Kostas Mourouzis	Michalis Gianouzakos, 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 Gianouzakos, Loukas Kontos, Minas Gekos, Georgios Trontzos
1977–78	7th place	Finalist	Korać Cup Last 16	Fedon Mattheou	Minas Gekos, Georgios Trontzos, Michalis Gianouzakos, Bogatsiotis, Kanakakis, Vafopoulos, Karteroliotis, Vangelis Fotsis
1978–79	4th place	Last 4	_	Fedon Mattheou	Minas Gekos, Georgios Trontzos, Vangelis Fotsis
1979–80	5th place	Finalist	Korać Cup Last 16	Georgios Trontzos	Michalis Gianouzakos, 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, Vagelis 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 Papasaratou, 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 Subotic	Marcus Liberty, Andy Toolson, Anthony Pelle, Kostas Ikonomakis, Nikos Chatzis, Michalis Kakiouzis, Panayotis 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	Giorgos Kalafatakis, Fotis Katsikaris, Kostas Politis	Joe Arlauckas, Branislav Prelević, Lloyd Daniels, Michael Andersen, Jake Tsakalidis, Dimos Dikoudis, Nikos Chatzis, Michalis Kakiouzis, Aggelos Koronios, Prodromos Nikolaidis, Panayotis Barlas, Dimitris Papadopoulos, Ruben Patterson, Brandon Williams
1999–00	4th place	Winner	Saporta Cup Winner	Dušan Ivković	Michalis Kakiouzis, Aggelos Koronios, Dimos Dikoudis, Jake Tsakalidis, Nikos Chatzis, Martin Müürsepp, Anthony Bowie, Steve Hansell, 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, Spiros 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, Giannis Bourousis, Chris Carr, Arijan Komazec, Spiros Panteliadis, 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, Giannis Bourousis, Pero Antić, Vassilis Kikilias, Kostas Paschalis, Nikola Jestratijević, John Rillie, Giorgos Tsiaras, Steve Woodberry, Dimos Angelopoulos, Spyros Magounis
2003–04	4th place	Last 8	Euroleague Last 24	Fotis Katsikaris	Horace Jenkins, Nikos Chatzis, Nikos Zisis, Christos Tapoutos, Giannis Bourousis, Andreas Glyniadakis, Pero Antić, Kristopher Hill, Quadre Lollis, Spyros Magounis, Dimitris Misiakos, Sotiris Nikolaidis, Pantelis Papaioakim, Nikos Papanikolau, 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, Giannis Bourousis, Sandro Nicević, Pero Antić, Michalis Pelekanos, Yannis Kakiuzis, Davor Kus, Spyros Magounis, Alexandros Melniks, Sotiris Nikolaidis, Nikos Papanikolau, Giorgos Tsiaras
2005–06	7th place	Last 4	Euroleague Last 24	Lefteris Kakiousis	Giannis Bourousis, Lionel Chalmers, Taylor Coppenrath, Michalis Pelekanos, Slaven Rimac, Jerel Blassingame, Dror Hajaj, Ioannis Kalampokis, Spiros Panteliadis, Pantelis Papaioakim, Amit Tamir, Giorgos Tsiaras, Spyros Magounis, Nikos Papanikolau, Anestis Matos, Giannis 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, Giannis Gagaloudis, Joško Garma, Ante Grgurević, Kostas Maglos, Antonios Michaloglou, Nikos Papanikolau, Adrian Penland, Spyros Magounis, Panteleimon Kakavas, Giannis Athanasoulas, Marios Sakellarakis
2007–08	7th place	Last 8	EuroChallenge Last 32	Aggelos Koronios, Dimitris Priftis, Vaggelis Aggelou	Alexis Kyritsis, K'Zell Wesson, Christos Tapoutos, Amara Sy, William Avery, Nikos Barlos, Kostas Harisis, Nikos Chatzis, Dimitris Papanikolau, 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, Epameinondas Papantoniou, Vangelis Tzolos, Christos Marinos
2010–11	13th place (relegated to A2)	Last 32	_	Minas Gekos, Aggelos Koronios	Periklis Dorkofikis, Dimosthenis Dikoudis, Avraam 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, Aggelos 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, Evangelos Sklavos, Stavros Kokkinopoulos, Fotis Vasilopoulos, Alexis Falekas, Aggelos Siamandouras, Thanasis Magonis, Dimitris Despos, Nikos Kourtis, Leonidas Magoulas, Entry Katsupaj, Christos Kalpakis, Mpampis Fotitzoglou
2012–13	B Division 3rd place (promoted to A2)	_	_	Evangelos Ziagos	Dionysis Veskoukis, Andronikos Gizogiannis, Vangelis Tzolos, Alexis Falekas, Aggelos Siamandouras,Vaggelis Koukouravas, Giannis Stoukas, Giorgos Kopsaftis, Michalis Polytarchou, Dimitris Despos, Kostas Tsaprounis, Nikos Kapetzoglou, Giannis Vavatsikos
2013–14	A2 Division 1st place (promoted to A1)	_	_	Evangelos Ziagos	Andronikos Gizogiannis, Alexis Falekas, Thodoris Tsiotras, Michalis Polytarchou, Dimitris Despos, Vangelis Karampoulas, Kostas Papantonakos, Stathis Papadionysiou, Vangelis Drosos, Stefan Nikolic, Spyros Panagiotaras, Giorgos Tsiakos, Giannis Stoukas, Nikos Zeginoglou
2014–15	5th place	Last 10	_	Evangelos Ziagos Dragan Šakota	Leonidas Kaselakis, Stathis Papadionysiou, Zisis Sarikopoulos, Michalis Kamperidis, Stefan Nikolić, Michalis Polytarchou, Giorgos Tsiakos, Giorgos Mpoutris, Garett Williamson, Dušan Šakota, Nondas Papantoniou, Milan Milošević, Carl English, Tomas Delininkaitis, Pops Mensah-Bonsu, Malik Hairston, Scottie Wilbekin

Player records

Club top scorers & 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	1977–91 1994–95	2009–01/2011
8	Christos Zoupas		PG	1962–74
9	Nikos Chatzis		SG	1995–05 2007–09

Retired Jerseys

No.	Player	Nationality	Position	Playing career	Coaching career
10	Georgios Amerikanos		SG	1959–75	1986–87

One-Club Men

Player	Nationality	Debut	Last Match
Vangelis Dermanoutsos		1955	1967
Nikos Nesiadis		1964	1976
Thanasis Skourtopoulos		1983	1991

Seasons in Greece

AEK was one of the three Greek groups involved regularly in tournaments of A1 until the first experienced relegation in 2011. The course of the tournaments 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
1	1	1	1		1		1																																1
2				2		2		2			2																							2						2		2
3										3		3
4									4				4			4		4		4					4				4						4		4	4			4
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
Α2																																																	4		1
Β																																																		3

Personnel

Ownership & Current Board

Position	Staff
Owner and President	Makis Angelopoulos
Vice-President	Alexandros Alexiou
Vice-President	Stavros Douvis
Vice-President	Edouardos Karrer
CEO	Charis Koutas
CFO	Nikos Moustakis
General Manager	Dragan Šakota
Legal Advisor	Giorgos Katsadimas
Director of Media & Communications	Giorgos Nicolaou
Media Press Officer	Alexandros Kozaridis
Secretary's Office	Sophia Kaskari
Secretary's Office	Lena Konsta
Commercial Manager	Giannis Douvis
Operations Manager	Ilias Bovalis
Ticketing Department	Dimitris Demestichas
Ticketing Department Assistant	Giannis Anadiotis
IT Manager, Webmaster	Konstantinos Zournas
Corporate Sales Coordinator	Antonis Papantonis
Security Officer	Evangelos Christakopoulos
Board Member	Ioannis Giannas
Board Member	Dimitrios Chiotos
Board Member	George Berkovic
Board Member	Nikolaos Babanikolos

Technical, medical & academies staff

Jure Zdovc current manager of AEK

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Jure Zdovc
Assistant coach	Sotiris Manolopoulos
Assistant coach	Nikos Dimitriou
Assistant coach	Alekšandar Matović
Assistant coach	Alexis Falekas
Assistant coach	Kostas Mamalis
Physical fitness coach	Thanasis Alexandrakis
Team manager	Giorgos Hinas
Assistant	Christos Vanikiotis
Caregiver	Giorgos Stathopoulos
Assistant	Marios Dollaku

Medical staff

Position	Name
Medical Director	Heracles I. Patsopoulos
Head of the Physiotherapy Division	Stavros Toilos
Physiotherapist	Giannis Makrogiannakis
Physiotherapist	Richardos Kamposos
Clinical Dietitian - Nutritionist	Konstantinos Xenos

Academies staff

Position	Name
Academies Director	Nikos Apostolidis
Technical Director	Vangelis Dermanoutsos
Under21 Coach	Alexis Falekas
Coach	Vangelis Tsepelis
Coach	Charis Vourdoumpas

Notable players

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  Kurt Rambis

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  Jake Tsakalidis

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  Claudio Coldebella

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  Martin Müürsepp

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  İbrahim Kutluay

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  Dimos Dikoudis

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  Ioannis Bourousis

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  Nikos Zisis

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  Pops Mensah-Bonsu

Georgios Amerikanos Panagiotis Aridas Giorgos Agiasotellis Nikos Apostolidis Panagiotis Barlas Ioannis Bourousis Nikos Barlos Nikos Chatzis Vangelis Dermanoutsos Dimos Dikoudis Periklis Dorkofikis Dimitris Despos Antonis Christeas Alexis Falekas Vangelis Fotsis Nasos Galakteros Ioannis Gagaloudis Andreas Glyniadakis Michalis Giannouzakos Minas Gekos Vassilis Goumas Alexis Giannopoulos Konstantinos Karamanlis Angelos Koronios Avraam Kallinikidis Michalis Kakiouzis Vassilis Kikilias Fotis Katsikaris Apostolos Kontos Nestoras Kommatos Giannis Kakiouzis Christos Kountourakis Giannis Kalampokis Alexis Kyritsis

Vassilis Lanes Eas Larentzakis Georgios Moschos Antonis Mantzaris Nikos Nesiadis Dimitris Podaras Nikos Papanikolopoulos Michalis Polytarchou Pantelis Papaioakeim Dimitris Papanikolaou Spiros Panteliadis Kostas Patavoukas Michalis Pelekanos Vangelis Sklavos Thanasis Skourtopoulos Giannis Sioutis Georgios Trontzos Giorgos Tsiaras Lakis Tsavas Christos Tapoutos Stelios Vasiliadis Fotis Vasilopoulos Nikos Zisis Christos Zoupas - Jake Tsakalidis - Pete Papachronis - Kurt Rambis Victor Alexander Willie Anderson Joe Arlauckas T.J. Carter Daniel Orton D. J. Cooper Dionte Christmas

- Roderick Blakney - Taurean Green Malik Hairston Toby Bailey Rolando Blackman Ruben Patterson Anthony Bowie J. R. Holden Lloyd Daniels Bill Edwards Derrick Hamilton Kyle Hill Anthony Pelle Ricky Pierce Clint Richardson Brent Scott Terence Stansbury Dean Tolson Danny Vranes Tony White K'zell Wesson Jack Haley Horace Jenkins Quadre Lollis Marcus Liberty Chris Carr Lionel Chalmers Rod Sellers Joe Crispin William Avery Scottie Wilbekin Carl English

Ivo Petović - Bane Prelević - Milan Gurović - Dušan Šakota Mirko Milićević Arijan Komazec Davor Kus Sandro Nicević Slaven Rimac Tomas Delininkaitis Vrbica Stefanov Pero Antić Blagota Sekulić Saša Vasiljević Claudio Coldebella Roberto Chiacig Stefano Attruia Michael Larsen Michael Andersen Andrew Betts Steve Hansell Pops Mensah-Bonsu Martin Müürsepp Jim Bilba Geert Hammink Ramón Rivas İbrahim Kutluay José Lasa Dror Hajaj John Rillie

Notable coaches

Krešimir Ćosić

Giannis Ioannidis

Name	Nat	From	To	Championships
				Cups
Missas Pantazopoulos				4 Championships
Nikos Milas		1967	1974	2 Championships 1 European Cup Winners' Cup
Kostas Mourouzis		1974	1977
Faidon Matthaiou		1977	1979
Vangelis Nikitopoulos		1982 1987 1989 1991	1986 1988 1990 1992
Krešimir Ćosić		1988 1990	1989 1991
Vlade Đurović		1994	1995
Giannis Ioannidis		1996	1998	Euroleague Finalist
Dušan Ivković		1999	2001	2 Cups 1 Saporta cup
Dragan Šakota		2001 2014	2003 2015	1 Championship
Fotis Katsikaris		2003	2005
Evangelos Ziagos		2012	2014

Chairmen history

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

Georgios Toubalidis (1966) Michail Trikoglou (1966–67) Emmanuil Calitsounakis (1967) Kosmas Kiriakidis (1967–68) Ilias Georgopoulos (1968–69) Georgios Chrisafidis (1969–70) Kosmas Chatzicharalabous (1970–73) Dimitrios Avramidis (1973) Ioannis Theodorakopoulos (1973–74) Loukas Barlos (1974–79) Kosmas Chatzicharalabous (1979–86) Dimitris Rousakis (1986–1987) Takis Dimitrakopoulos (1987–1988) Chrysostomos Psomiadis (1988–1989)

Takis Dimitrakopoulos (1989–1990) Dimitris Rousakis (1990–1991) Konstantinos Voutsopoulos (1991–93) Chrysostomos Psomiadis (1993–94) Michalis Lefakis (1994–95) Ioannis Filippou (1995–06) Ioannis Granitsas (2006–07) Vasilis Tzivelekis (2007–08) Charalambos Karamanlis (2008–11) Nikos Georgantzoglou (2011–12) Konstantinos Kotsatos (2013–14) Makis Angelopoulos (2014–present)

Relationships with other clubs

A.E.K has links with many basketball clubs in Greece, and other countries where Greek immigrants and friend of the club live, like ΑΕΚ BC Stockholm in Sweden, and Greek clubs like AEK Argos and AEK Tripolis.

External links

• Official website (Greek) (English)
• Official Sports Club Website (Greek)
• A.E.K.com Fan Site
• ORIGINAL 21 (Ultras Website)
• A.E.K. Basketball Fans Website (Greek)
• Eurobasket.com Team Page

Press

• AEK365 (Greek)