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| Full name | Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos (Athletic Union of Constantinople) |
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| Nicknames | Vasílissa (Queen) Énosis (Union) Kitrinómavroi (The Yellow-Blacks) Dikéfalos Aetós (Two-Headed Eagle) |
| Founded | 13 April 1924, Athens |
| Based in | Athens, Greece |
| Colours | Yellow, Black |
| Anthem | Empros tis AEK palikaria Lyricist: Christos Kolokotronis Composer: Stelios Kazantzidis |
| Chairman | Alexis Alexiou |
| Titles | Triple Crowns: 2 Ιntercontinental Titles: 1 European Titles: 4 |
| Website | www |
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A.E.K. (Greek: AEK [ˈaek], formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, Athletic Union of Constantinople), known as A.E.K., is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelfeia, Athens. The club is more commonly known in European competitions as A.E.K. Athens.[1]
Established in Athens in 1924 by Greek refugees from Constantinople after the 1919–22 Greco-Turkish war and the subsequent population exchange between Greece and Turkey, it is one of the three most successful clubs in Greece. While it fields teams in many sports under the umbrella of its amateur sports arm, Amateur AEK (Greek: Ερασιτεχνική ΑΕΚ; Erasitechnikί AEK) with A.E.K. Handball team to be the best Greek handball club in European achievements having obtained one EHF European Cup (in 2021) and having also reached to the finals (in 2018) and to the semi-finals (in 2019), AEK sports club is best known for its professional football team which have made some notable wins on European competitions (participating at the Semi-final of Europa League in 1977), having also obtained 13 Greek Championships, 16 Greek Cups, 1 Greek League Cup, 2 Greek Super Cups) and also for the professional basketball team which has won the Greek Basket League eight times, the Greek Basket Cup five times, the FIBA Saporta Cup twice, once the FIBA Basketball Champions League and once the FIBA Intercontinental Cup.