.jpg) AEK Athens' players lineup in the Europa League knockout match against Dynamo Kyiv. | |
| Club | AEK Athens |
|---|---|
| Seasons played | 51 |
| Most appearances | Michalis Kasapis (67) |
| Top scorer | Demis Nikolaidis (26) |
| First entry | 1960–61 Balkans Cup |
| Latest entry | 2024–25 UEFA Conference League |
| Titles | |
| Champions League | 0 (Best: Quarter-finals) |
| Europa League | 0 (Best: Semi-finals) |
| Cup Winners' Cup | 0 (Best: Quarter-finals - 1996–97, 1997–98) |
| Super Cup | 0 |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | 0 (Best: First round) |
AEK Athens Football Club is a professional football club based in Nea Filadelfeia, Athens, Greece. The club first participated in a European competition in 1961. The club has gained entry to Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) competitions on multiple occasions. They have represented Greece in the European Cup (now the Champions League) on thirteen occasions, the UEFA Cup (now the Europa League) on twenty-four occasions, the Conference League once, in the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup on five occasions and in the now-defunct Inter-Cities Fairs Cup once. AEK has competed in every UEFA-organized competition, except the Intertoto Cup. They have also played in the now-defunct Balkans Cup on four occasions, where they reached its final in 1967.
AEK Athens is the first Greek club that reached the quarter-finals of the European Cup in 1968–69, the first Greek club that participated in the UEFA Champions League in 1992–93 and the first Greek club that participated its first group stage of the in 1994–95. In 2002–03 season, they became the only club to have drawn all their games in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, the only Greek club to have participated in the Champions League without losing a single game and the only club that has ever achieved six draws in six matches in a European competition. AEK Athens is the only Greek club to have reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in 1976–77. AEK Athens is the only Greek club to have participated in the quarter-finals of all three European competitions at least once. AEK Athens is the only Greek club to have participated in the Europa League without losing a single game in 2017–18. They are the only Greek club to have advanced to the quarter-finals of European competitions 2 consecutive seasons in 1996–97 and 1997–98, the only Greek club to have advanced to the round of 16 in European competitions for 4 consecutive seasons in 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97 and 1997–98 and the only Greek club to have advanced to the round of 16 in the Cup Winners' Cup for 3 consecutive seasons 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98. They are also the only Greek club to have advanced to the round of 16 in the UEFA Cup for 3 consecutive seasons in 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03. AEK Athens holds the domestic record of the longest unbeaten streak in UEFA competitions with 14 consecutive games.