AEK Athens
The first Greek club to reach a European Cup quarter-final and a Champions League group stage.
AEK Athens are a Greek club based in Nea Filadelfeia, Attica, founded in Athens by refugees from Constantinople.
Quick Facts
- Full name
- Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos (Athletic Union of Constantinople)
- Short name
- AEK
- Founded
- 13 April 1924
- Nickname
- Dikéfalos (Double-Headed Eagle)
- Énosi (Union)
- Kitrinómavri (Yellow-Blacks)
- Ground
- Agia Sophia Stadium
- Capacity
- 32,500
- Owner
- Marios Iliopoulos
- Chairman
- Evangelos Aslanidis
Lore & Background
In 1968-69, under Branko Stankovic, AEK became the first Greek side to reach the European Cup quarter-finals, where Spartak Trnava knocked them out. In 1994-95 they became the first Greek club in the Champions League group stage after beating Rangers, then went out behind Ajax and Milan. Under Dusan Bajevic they came through qualifying against APOEL in 2002 and went through that Champions League campaign unbeaten.
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