AEK B.C.

AEK
2017–18 AEK B.C. season
Nickname	Vasilissa (Queen) Enosis (Union) Kitrinomavroi (The Yellow-Blacks) Dikefalos Aetos (Two-Headed Eagle)
Leagues	Greek League Greek Cup FIBA 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	Sotiris Manolopoulos
Ownership	Makis Angelopoulos (76%)[4] Vertical Solutions (24%)[5]
2016–17 position	3rd
Championships	2 FIBA 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) Handball Water Polo Volleyball (Women's) Futsal Athletics Cycling Table tennis Boxing Fencing Field hockey Rugby Chess Muay Thai MMA Weightlifting

AEK Basketball Club (Greek: Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos, means Athletic Union of Constantinople), also known simply as AEK BC (Greek: ΚΑΕ ΑΕΚ) or AEK, known in European competitions as AEK Athens,^[6] 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 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 League 8 times (1957–58, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1969–70, 2001–02), and the Greek 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 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 semifinals 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 December 29, 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 Winner's 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 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; 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 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 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 April 11, AEK won their second international trophy, the FIBA Saporta Cup, by defeating Kinder Bologna 83–76. The next year, 2001, AEK reached the EuroLeague semifinals, where they lost their playoff series against TAU Cerámica, in 3 straight games.

Relegation, dissolution & fresh new start: The Makis Angelopoulos era

In April 2011, AEK was relegated down to the Greek Second Division (A2), due to serious financial problems. A new administration council was defined by the Athens Court, on 12th 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 Greek A2 Basket League 2011–12 season.

After failing to be promoted tο the top-tier level A1 category, and as the club's financial problems continued, AEK's board of directors declared the dissolution of the club, and announced its participation in the Greek 3rd national category / 4th division Greek B League ("B Ethniki") "Southern Group", for the 2012–13 season, as an amateur club, funded by Konstantinos Kotsatos, with Alexis Alexiou as President. The team had a record of 22 wins and 3 loses, and was promoted up to the A2 category, with the same board of directors.

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 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 FIBA Champions League, for the 2016–17 season^[13]. They made it the Champions League's Round of 16.

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 the Imperial emblem under the Palaiologos dynasty. The emblem of the department of AEK basketball has evolved over time. From 1924–2015, 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 and black were adopted from AEK's connections with Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire.^[14]

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 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

• 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

Players

Current roster

AEK B.C. roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age 1.5 !G 2 USA ! Green, Mike 7000185000000000000♠1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 7001790000000000000♠79 kg (174 lb) 7001320000000000000♠32 – (1985-06-23)23 June 1985 4.0 !PF 5 GRE ! Šakota, Dušan (C) 7000210000000000000♠2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 7002104000000000000♠104 kg (229 lb) 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1986-04-22)22 April 1986 2.0 !SG 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 2.5 !G/F 13 USA ! Barlow, Kelsey 7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb) 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1991-02-14)14 February 1991 2.5 !G/F 16 BIH ! Atić, Edin 7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 7001880000000000000♠88 kg (194 lb) 7001200000000000000♠20 – (1997-01-19)19 January 1997 1.5 !G 21 GRE ! Moraitis, Dimitrios 7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001820000000000000♠82 kg (181 lb) 7001180000000000000♠18 – (1999-02-03)3 February 1999 5.0 !C 22 GRE ! Mavroeidis, Dimitrios 7000212000000000000♠2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 7002120000000000000♠120 kg (265 lb) 7001320000000000000♠32 – (1985-07-04)4 July 1985 3.0 !SF 24 GRE ! Skoulidas, Dionysis 7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 7001980000000000000♠98 kg (216 lb) 7001200000000000000♠20 – (1997-07-29)29 July 1997 4.5 !F/C 34 GRE ! Tsalmpouris, Georgios 7000216000000000000♠2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 7002107000000000000♠107 kg (236 lb) 7001210000000000000♠21 – (1996-06-22)22 June 1996 4.5 !F/C — GRE ! Chatzidakis, Manos 7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 7001960000000000000♠96 kg (212 lb) 7001170000000000000♠17 – (2000-04-21)21 April 2000 3.0 !SF — GRE ! Kamarianos, Nikos 7000204000000000000♠2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 7001920000000000000♠92 kg (203 lb) 7001200000000000000♠20 – (1997-03-21)21 March 1997 4.0 !PF — GRE ! Kamperidis, Michalis 7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 7002109000000000000♠109 kg (240 lb) 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1994-04-24)24 April 1994 1.0 !PG — GRE ! Xanthopoulos, Vassilis 7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 7001930000000000000♠93 kg (205 lb) 7001330000000000000♠33 – (1984-04-29)29 April 1984 2.5 !G/F — GRE ! Rogkavopoulos, Nikos 7000202000000000000♠2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb) 7001160000000000000♠16 – (2001-06-27)27 June 2001 3.0 !SF — GRE ! Agravanis, Ioannis 7000199000000000000♠1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 7001900000000000000♠90 kg (198 lb) 7001180000000000000♠18 – (1998-11-13)13 November 1998 3.5 !F — GUY ! James, Delroy 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 7002100000000000000♠100 kg (220 lb) 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1987-05-04)4 May 1987	Head coach Sotiris Manolopoulos Assistant coach(es) Thanasis Papachatzis Alexis Falekas Kostas Mamalis Athletic trainer(s) Nikos Papavasileiou Team manager Georgios Hinas Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: August 9, 2017

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C		Dimitrios Mavroeidis	Georgios Tsalmpouris	Manos Chatzidakis
PF	Delroy James	Dušan Šakota	Michalis Kamperidis	Nikos Kamarianos
SF	Kelsey Barlow	Edin Atić	Dionysis Skoulidas	Ioannis Agravanis
SG		Giannoulis Larentzakis		Nikos Rogkavopoulos
PG	Mike Green	Vassilis Xanthopoulos	Dimitrios Moraitis

Retired numbers

AEK B.C. retired numbers
N°	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure	Year Retired
6		Georgios Trontzos	C	1963–1980	2016
10		Georgios Amerikanos	SG	1959–1975	2015

Squad changes for the 2017–2018 season

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From
5 July 2017	PG	Vassilis Xanthopoulos	Aris
5 July 2017	G/F	Kelsey Barlow	Trikala Aries
13 July 2017	G/F	Nikos Rogkavopoulos	Doukas
2 August 2017	G	Mike Green	Pınar Karşıyaka
9 August 2017	SF	Ioannis Agravanis	Doukas
9 August 2017	F	Delroy James	Best Balıkesir

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To
5 June 2017	C	Chinemelu Elonu	Capitanes de Arecibo
1 July 2017	G/F	Brad Newley	Sydney Kings
1 July 2017	G	Roko Ukić	Cedevita
1 July 2017	G	Donnie McGrath	Real Betis Energía Plus
1 July 2017	F/C	Dimitrios Charitopoulos	Iraklis Thessaloniki
1 July 2017	F/C	Loukas Mavrokefalidis	Free agent
1 July 2017	F	Milan Milošević	Free agent
1 July 2017	G/F	Nick Paulos	Free agent
1 July 2017	G	Philip Scrubb	Free agent
13 July 2017	PG	Nikola Ivanović	Budućnost Podgorica
24 July 2017	G/F	Kostas Vasileiadis	Free agent
5 August 2017	G	Michael Dixon	SIG Strasbourg

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
• Attica State Championship
  • Winners (4): 1924–25, 1927–28, 1959–60, 1960–61
• Greek 2nd Division (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 U18
  • Winners (1): 2002–03
• Attica State Championship U21
  • Winners (1): 2016–17
• Attica State Championship U18
  • Winners (1): 2002–03
• 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 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 Game
Vangelis Dermanoutsos		1955	1967
Nikos Nesiadis		1964	1976
Thanasis Skourtopoulos		1983	1991

Seasons in Greece

AEK was one of five Greek teams that was regularly in tournaments of the A1, until it first experienced relegation in 2011. AEK's course in the tournaments is 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	17
1	1	1	1		1		1																																1
2				2		2		2			2																							2						2		2
3										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
Operation Manager	Ilias Bovalis
Public Relations Manager	Nina Argyropoulou
Scout	Michalis Kakiouzis
Ticketing Department	Ilias Bovalis
Ticketing Department Assistant	Panagiotis Mantzos
IT Manager, Webmaster	Antonis Pretzas
Corporate Sales Coordinator	Antonis Papantonis
Security Officer	Evangelos Christakopoulos
Board Member	Ioannis Giannas
Board Member	Dimitrios Chiotos
Board Member	George B. Berkovic
Board Member	Nikos Babanikolos

Technical, medical & academies staff

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Sotiris Manolopoulos
Assistant coach	Thanasis Papachatzis
Assistant coach	Alexis Falekas
Assistant coach	Kostas Mamalis
Physical fitness coach	Nikos Papavasileiou
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
Under16 Coach	Nikos Chatzis
Under15 Coach	Polychronis Mouratidis
Athletic trainer	Nikos Glentis

Notable players

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  Kurt Rambis
• 
  Jake Tsakalidis
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  Claudio Coldebella
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  Martin Müürsepp
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  İbrahim Kutluay
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  Pero Antić
• 
  Dimos Dikoudis
• 
  Ioannis Bourousis
• 
  Nikos Zisis
• 
  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 Spyros Panteliadis Kostas Patavoukas Michalis Pelekanos Vangelis Sklavos Thanasis Skourtopoulos Ioannis 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 Roko Ukić 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
Konstantinos Karamanlis		1957	1958	1 Championship 1958
Missas Pantazopoulos		1962	1966	4 Championships 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
Themis Cholevas		1965	1966	1 Championship 1966
Nikos Milas		1967	1974	2 Championships 1968, 1970 1 European Cup Winners' Cup 1968
Kostas Mourouzis		1974	1977	1 Greek Cup Finalist 1976
Georgios Amerikanos		1977 1978	1986 1987	1 Greek Cup Finalist 1978
Faidon Matthaiou		1977	1979
Georgios Trontzos		1979	1980	1 Greek Cup Finalist 1980
Fred G. Develey		1980	1981	1 Greek Cup 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	1 EuroLeague Finalist 1998
Giorgos Kalafatakis		1998	1999
Kostas Politis		1999	1999	1 Greek Cup Finalist 1999
Dušan Ivković		1999	2001	2 Cups 2000, 2001 1 Saporta cup 2000
Dragan Šakota		2001 2014	2003 2015	1 Championship 2002
Fotis Katsikaris		2003	2005
Vangelis Ziagkos		2012	2014

Chairmen history

Sarantis Papadopoulos (1924) Konstantinos Spanoudis (1924–1932) Alexandros Strogilos (1932–1933) Konstantinos Sarifis (1933–1935) Konstantinos Theofanidis (1935–1937) Konstantinos Chrisopoulos (1937–1938) Vassilios Fridas (1938–1940) Emilios Ionas (1945–1949) Spiridon Skouras (1949–1950) Georgios Melas (1950–1952) Eleftherios Venizelos (1952) Georgios Chrisafidis (1952–1957) Nikolaos Goumas (1957–1963) Alexandros Makridis (1963–1966)

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

Takis Dimitrakopoulos (1989–1990) Dimitris Rousakis (1990–1991) Konstantinos Voutsopoulos (1991–1993) Chrysostomos Psomiadis (1993–1994) Michalis Lefakis (1994–1995) Ioannis Filippou (1995–2006) Ioannis Granitsas (2006–2007) Vasilis Tzivelekis (2007–2008) Charalambos Karamanlis (2008–2011) Nikos Georgantzoglou (2011–2012) Konstantinos Kotsatos (2012–2013) Alexandros Alexiou (2013–2014) Makis Angelopoulos (2014–present)

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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to AEK BC.

• Official website (in Greek) (in English)
• AEK B.C. at esake.gr (in Greek)
• AEK B.C. at EuroCup.com
• AEK B.C. at Eurobasket.com
• AEK.com Fans Site
• ORIGINAL 21 (Ultras Website)
• AEK Basketball Fans Website (in Greek)
• Official Sports Club Website (in Greek)

Media

• Official YouTube channel

Press

• AEK365 (in Greek)