AEK B.C.

AEK
2016–17 AEK B.C. season
Nickname	Vasilissa (Queen) Enosis (Union) Kitrinomavroi (The Yellow-Blacks) Dikefalos Aetos (Two-Headed Eagle)
Leagues	Greek League Greek Cup Champions League
Founded	1924
History	AEK B.C. (1924–present)
Arena	Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall
Arena Capacity	18,500 (fan seating)[1] 18,800 (with media seats)[2] 18,989 (with VIP seats)[3]
Location	Athens, Greece
Team colors	Yellow, Black
President	Makis Angelopoulos
Head coach	Jure Zdovc
Ownership	Makis Angelopoulos (76%)[4] Vertical Solutions (24%)[5]
2015–16 position	3rd
Championships	2 Saporta Cups 8 Greek Championships 3 Greek Cups
Retired numbers	2 (6, 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,^[6] 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 VŠ Praha 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, Carl English, Pops Mensah-Bonsu, Bane Prelević, 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 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

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 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.^[8]

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

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 VŠ Praha by a score of 89-82, in Athens in front of 80,000 spectators (the Guinness world record in basketball attendance) in Kallimarmaron Stadium.^[9] 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,^[10] AEK won the cups in 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 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 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

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.^[11]

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–present	Fila

• Current sponsorships: nrg, AVIS, Cosmote

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

• 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
Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall	18,989		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

AEK B.C. roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age 1.5 !G 7000100000000000000♠1 CRO ! Ukić, Roko 7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb) 7001320000000000000♠32 – (1984-12-05)5 December 1984 4.0 !PF 7000500000000000000♠5 GRE ! Šakota, Dušan (C) 7000210000000000000♠2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 7002104000000000000♠104 kg (229 lb) 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1986-04-22)22 April 1986 2.5 !G/F 7000700000000000000♠7 GRE ! Vasileiadis, Kostas 7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 7002102000000000000♠102 kg (225 lb) 7001320000000000000♠32 – (1984-03-15)15 March 1984 3.5 !F 7000800000000000000♠8 BIH ! Milošević, Milan 7000202000000000000♠2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 7001980000000000000♠98 kg (216 lb) 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1985-09-26)26 September 1985 4.5 !F/C 7000900000000000000♠9 GRE ! Charitopoulos, Dimitrios 7000206999999999999♠2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 7002113000000000000♠113 kg (249 lb) 7001330000000000000♠33 – (1983-11-14)14 November 1983 1.0 !PG 7001110000000000000♠11 GEO ! Dixon, Michael 7000186000000000000♠1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 7001850000000000000♠85 kg (187 lb) 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1990-12-01)1 December 1990 2.0 !SG 7001120000000000000♠12 GRE ! Larentzakis, Giannoulis 7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb) 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1993-09-22)22 September 1993 4.5 !F/C 7001140000000000000♠14 USA ! Falker, Randal 7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 7002115000000000000♠115 kg (254 lb) 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1985-07-22)22 July 1985 1.0 !PG 7001200000000000000♠20 MNE ! Ivanović, Nikola 7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001850000000000000♠85 kg (187 lb) 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1994-02-19)19 February 1994 1.5 !G 7001210000000000000♠21 GRE ! Moraitis, Dimitrios 7000194000000000000♠1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001820000000000000♠82 kg (181 lb) 7001170000000000000♠17 – (1999-02-03)3 February 1999 5.0 !C 7001220000000000000♠22 GRE ! Mavroeidis, Dimitrios 7000212000000000000♠2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 7002120000000000000♠120 kg (265 lb) 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1985-07-04)4 July 1985 3.0 !SF 7001240000000000000♠24 GRE ! Skoulidas, Dionysis 7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 7001980000000000000♠98 kg (216 lb) 7001190000000000000♠19 – (1997-07-29)29 July 1997 4.0 !PF 7001310000000000000♠31 USA ! Williams, Jawad 7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 7001990000000000000♠99 kg (218 lb) 7001330000000000000♠33 – (1983-02-19)19 February 1983 4.5 !F/C 7001340000000000000♠34 GRE ! Tsalmpouris, Georgios 7000216000000000000♠2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 7002107000000000000♠107 kg (236 lb) 7001200000000000000♠20 – (1996-06-22)22 June 1996 5.0 !C GRE ! Vougioukas, Ian 7000211000000000000♠2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 7002127000000000000♠127 kg (280 lb) 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1985-05-31)31 May 1985	Head coach Jure Zdovc Assistant coach(es) Sotiris Manolopoulos Georgios Dedas Alexis Falekas Kostas Mamalis Athletic trainer(s) Georgios Vavetsis Team Manager Georgios Hinas Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: November 2, 2016

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Ian Vougioukas	Randal Falker	Dimitrios Mavroeidis	Dimitrios Charitopoulos
PF	Jawad Williams	Dušan Šakota	Georgios Tsalmpouris
SF	Kostas Vasileiadis	Milan Milošević	Dionysis Skoulidas
SG	Roko Ukić	Giannoulis Larentzakis
PG	Michael Dixon	Nikola Ivanović		Dimitrios Moraitis

Out on loan

Season(s)	Position	Player	Loaned To
2015–17	G	Philip Scrubb	Skyliners Frankfurt
2015–17	PF	Michalis Kamperidis	Rethymno Cretan Kings
2016–17	SF	Nikos Kamarianos	Nea Kifissia
2016–17	G/F	Nick Paulos	Pagrati
2016–17	G/F	Edin Atić	Trikala Aries

Retired Numbers

AEK B.C. retired numbers
N°	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure
6		Georgios Trontzos	C	1963–1980
10		Georgios Amerikanos	SG	1959–1975

Squad changes for the 2016–2017 season

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From
13 June 2016	PF	Jawad Williams	Royal Halı Gaziantep
14 June 2016	PG	Nikola Ivanović	Mega Leks
17 June 2016	SG/SF	Kostas Vasileiadis	Obradoiro CAB
18 June 2016	PF / C	Josh Owens	Umana Reyer Venezia
21 June 2016	G	Michael Dixon	ČEZ Nymburk
28 June 2016	SG	Giannoulis Larentzakis	CAI Zaragoza
1 July 2016	SF	Dionysis Skoulidas	Peristeri
31 August 2016	PF / C	Dimitrios Charitopoulos	Koroivos
1 September 2016	PG / SG	Roko Ukić	Pallacanestro Cantù
10 October 2016	PF / C	Randal Falker	SLUC Nancy Basket
16 October 2016	G	Yannick Franke	Bisons Loimaa

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To
1 July 2016	PF / C	Micheal Eric	Bilbao Basket
1 July 2016	PG/SG	J'Covan Brown	Pınar Karşıyaka
1 July 2016	SG	T. J. Carter	Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
1 July 2016	SG / SF	Giannis Kalampokis	Retired
1 July 2016	PG	Dimitrios Katsivelis	Astana
17 July 2016	C	Zisis Sarikopoulos	Promitheas Patras
27 August 2016	PF/C	Loukas Mavrokefalidis	Free agency
31 August 2016	SF	Malik Hairston	Free agency
23 September 2016	PG	Nondas Papantoniou	Araberri
10 October 2016	PF / C	Josh Owens	Pınar Karşıyaka
25 November 2016	G	Yannick Franke	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

Performance in European & 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
European Cup Winners' Cup / Saporta Cup
1967–68	Champions	defeated Slavia VŠ Praha 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

Season-by-season

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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
6	Georgios Trontzos		C	1963–80	1979–80
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	16
1	1	1	1		1		1																																1
2				2		2		2			2																							2						2		2
3										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
A2																																																	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
Director of Media & Communications	Giorgos Nikolaou
Media Press Officer	Alexandros Kozaridis
Secretary's Office	Lena Konsta
Commercial Manager	Leonidas Papavasilakis
Operations Manager	Ilias Bovalis
Public Relations Manager	Nina Argyropoulou
Ticketing Department	Ilias Bovalis
Ticketing Department Assistant	Panagiotis Mantzos
IT Manager, Webmaster	Antonis Pretzas
Corporate Sales Coordinator	Antonis Papantonis
Security Officer	Evangelos Christakopoulos

Technical, medical & academies staff

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Jure Zdovc
Assistant coach	Sotiris Manolopoulos
Assistant coach	Georgios Dedas
Assistant coach	Alexis Falekas
Assistant coach	Kostas Mamalis
Physical fitness coach	Georgios Vavetsis
Team manager	Giorgos Hinas
Assistant	Ilias Kekos
Caregiver	Giorgos Stathopoulos
Assistant	Marios Dollaku

Medical staff

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

Academies staff

Position	Name
Academies Director	Dragan Šakota
Technical Director	Vangelis Dermanoutsos
Under21 Coach	Alexis Falekas
Under18 Coach	Vangelis Tsepelis
Under18 Assistant Coach	Vasilis Varsamis
Under15 Coach	Polychronis Mouratidis

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 Akis 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 Georgios Tsiaras Lakis Tsavas Christos Tapoutos Stelios Vasileiadis Fotis Vasilopoulos Nikos Zisis Christos Zoupas Loukas Mavrokefalidis - 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

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

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 Stockholm B.C. in Sweden, and Greek clubs like AEK Argos B.C. and AEK Tripolis B.C.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to AEK BC.

• 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)