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| Full name | Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Dikéfalos (Double-Headed Eagle) Énosi (Union) Kitrinómavri (Yellow-blacks) | |||
| Short name | AEK | |||
| Founded | 13 April 1924:100 years ago | |||
| Ground | Agia Sophia Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 32,500[1] | |||
| Owner | Marios Iliopoulos | |||
| President | Evangelos Aslanidis | |||
| Head coach | Matías Almeyda | |||
| League | Super League Greece | |||
| 2023–24 | Super League Greece, 2nd of 14 | |||
| Website | http://www.aekfc.gr/ | |||
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A.E.K. Football Club (Greek: Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, romanized: Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos, lit. 'Athletic Union of Constantinople'), known simply as A.E.K (Greek: A.E.K.; [aek]) in Greece and AEK Athens internationally, is a Greek professional football club based in Nea Filadelfeia, Attica, Greece.
Established in Athens in 1924 by Greek refugees from Constantinople in the wake of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922), AEK is one of the most successful teams in Greek football, by winning 32 national titles it is the only club to have won all the competitions organised by the Hellenic Football Federation (13 Greek Championships, 16 Greek Cups, 1 League Cup and 2 Super Cups).[2][3][4][5]
The club has appeared several times in European competitions (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and the defunct UEFA Cup Winners' Cup). It is the only Greek team to have advanced to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup (1976-77) and the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup twice (1996-97 and 1997-98).
AEK was also the first Greek team to reach the quarter-finals of the European Cup (1968–69) and to qualify for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League (1994-95).
- ^ "Θέμα: Άδεια Διεξαγωγής Αθλητικών Συναντήσεων Ποδοσφαίρισης". diavgeia.gov.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "History\\Honours". aekfc.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "Greece - List of Super Cup and League Cup Finals".
- ^ "Agreement heralds new era in football". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2008.
- ^ "Supercup - Champions".