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Further information: Athletic Union of Constantinople
AEK F.C.
AEK Athens FC emblem
Full namePAE Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos
(Athletic Union of Constantinople F.C.)
Nickname(s)Enosis (Union)
Dikefalos Aetos (Double-Headed Eagle)
Kitrinomavri (Yellow-Blacks)
FoundedApril 13,1924
GroundOlympic Stadium
Athens, Greece
Capacity71,030 (all-seated)[1]
ChairmanGreece Demis Nikolaidis
ManagerGreece Giorgos Donis
LeagueSuper League Greece
(Σούπερ Λίγκα Ελλάδα)
2007-08Super League Greece, 2nd
Current season

AEK F.C., (Greek: AEK - Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως – Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos), the Athletic Union of Constantinople, known in European competitions as AEK Athens, is a Greek association football club based in the city of Athens, Greece.

Established in Athens on April 13 1924[2] by Greek refugees from Constantinople (now Istanbul) in the wake of the Greco-Turkish War, AEK has grown to become one of the most successful clubs in Greek football, winning 28 national titles (including 11 Championships, 13 Greek Cups, 1 League Cup, 2 Super Cups, 1 Pre-Mediterranean Cup)[3] ,providing the Greek National Football Team with many of its star players, and continuously appearing in European (UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup) competitions, having participated in the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in 1977. AEK is also a member of the European Club Association[4] . The club currently competes in the Super League Greece[5]

History

Template:Details2 The large Greek population of Constantinople (now Istanbul), not unlike those of the other Ottoman urban centres, continued its athletic traditions in the form of numerous athletic clubs. Clubs such as Enosi Tataoulon (Ένωση Ταταούλων) from the Tatavla district, Megas Alexandros (Μέγας Αλέξανδρος) of Vathyriakos, and Hermes (Ερμής - Ermis) of Galata existed to promote Hellenic athletic and cultural ideals; 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 1921, many of its athletes fled during the population exchanges at the end of the Greco-Turkish War, and settled in Athens and Thessaloniki.

On April 13 1924, a group of Constantinopolitan refugees (among them athletes from Pera Club and the other Constantinopolitan clubs) met at the athletic shop of Emilios and Menelaos Ionas on Veranzerou Street, in the center of Athens, and established AEK[6]

The founders of AEK established the club with the intention of providing athletic and cultural diversions for the thousands of predominantly Constantinopolitan and Anatolian refugees who had settled in the new suburbs of Athens (Nea Filadelfeia, Nea Ionia, Nea Chalkidona, Nea Smyrni, e.t.c.). AEK’s first game was a 2-0 win against Aias Athinon.

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Nikos Goumas Stadium home of AEK for over 70 years

Not possessing a football ground, AEK played most of its early matches at various locations around Athens, including the grounds of the Temple of Olympian Zeus and the Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.

AEK’s first president, Konstantinos Spanoudis (1871-1941), a journalist and associate of the then Greek Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos, petitioned the government to set aside land for the establishment of a sports ground. In 1926, land in Nea Filadelfia that was originally set aside for refugee housing was donated as a training ground for the refugees.[7] AEK began using the ground for training (albeit unofficially) and by 1930 the property was signed over to the club. Venizelos soon approved the plans to build what was to become AEK’s home ground for the next 70 years, the Nikos Goumas Stadium.[8] The first home game, in November 1930, was an exhibition match against Olympiacos that ended in a 2-2 draw.

In 1932, AEK won their first Greek Cup title, beating Aris FC 5-3 in the final. The team boasted a number of star football players in Kostas Negrepontis (a veteran of the original Pera Club of Constantinople), Kleanthis Maropoulos, Tryfon Tzanetis, Michalis Delavinias, Giorgos Mageiras and Spyros Sklavounos. The club’s mixed success during the 1930's was highlighted by the first Greek Championship-Cup double in 1939 and the second consecutive championship in 1940. AEK was also champion in 1941 and 1943, but these championships have not been recognised by EPO (Greek Football Federation), due to second world war.

AEK was Cup winner in 1949, 1950 (when was also Athens champion) and 1956.Thence, took the championship in 1963, with Nestoridis to be the top scorer of 1st division for 5th consecutive time. The club followed up with Cup victories in 1964 and 1966, championship in 1968 and became the first Greek football club to reach the quarter-final of European Champions Cup in 1969.[9]

In addition, AEK was champion in 1971 (for second time at the last four years). Loukas Barlos took over the presidency of AEK in 1974, and with the help of Czech-Dutch coach Frantisek Fadrhonc built one of the finest teams in the club’s history. The Barlos “Golden Era” saw some of the greatest players ever to have played for AEK.[10]

Captained by Papaioannou, 1976-1977 saw AEK reach the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup competition, the first Greek football club to do so. Beating Dinamo Moscow 2-0, Derby County FC 2-0 and 3-2, Red Star Belgrade 2-0, and QPR 3-0 and 7-6 on penalties, AEK were eventually eliminated by Gianni Agnelli’s Juventus FC. Juventus went on to win their first European title.

AEK was champion and cup winner in 1978 (double) and again champion 1979.

Under Loukas Barlos, the Nikos Goumas Stadium was finally completed with the addition of the iconic “Covered Stand”, or Skepasti (Σκεπαστή), which eventually became home to the most fanatic of AEK supporter groups, Original 21. The next generation of star players, fresh out of the AEK Academy, made their debut during this period – Stelios Manolas, Spyros Ekonomopoulos, Vangelis Vlachos and Lysandros Georgamlis

With new president Michalis Arkadis and Austrian head coach Helmut Senekowitsch, AEK won the 1983 Greek Cup, beating PAOK FC 2-0 in the newly-built Athens Olympic Stadium. Thomas Mavros and 21-year old captain Vangelis Vlachos were the goalscorers.

In 1989 AEK was champion for 10th time and also Greek Super Cup winner.

After the 1989 triumphs, under Dušan Bajević, AEK built what was to become one of the most successful teams in its history. Led by Stelios Manolas, the team, which included Toni Savevski, Daniel Batista, Vaios Karagiannis, Vasilis Dimitriadis, Giorgos Savvidis, Alekos Alexandris and Refik Šabanadžović dominated the Greek league through the 1990s with three successive Championship titles (1992, 1993, 1994). AEK also won the Greek League Cup of 1990 (beating Olympiakos 3-2).

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Demis Nikolaidis went on to become club president in 2004.

In 1994-1995 AEK was the first Greek football club that participated in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League after defeating Scottish champions Rangers FC, AEK was eliminated by Ajax Amsterdam and AC Milan, who made it to the final. With Michalis Trochanas as president and Dušan Bajević as coach, the club won the 1996 Greek Cup and Super Cup and also the 1997 Greek Cup. During seasons 1996-1997 and 1997-1998, AEK progressed to the Quarter-Final of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

AEK was also Greek cup winner in 2000 and 2002 (for 4th time at the last seven years).

Despite AEK’s on-field successes, the period was best remembered for the return of Dusan Bajevic as coach in the summer of 2002, a move that sparked open hostility towards Bajevic from a section of AEK supporters. Modest performances, though, were not enough as more off-field dramas unfolded. Punctuated by the demolition of Nikos Goumas Stadium, home to AEK for over 70 years, Demis Nikolaidis was let on free transfer by mutual consent and signed for Atlético Madrid, Unable to cope with the negativity from a large section of AEK fans, Bajević resigned in 2004 during a season match against Iraklis FC.

By now, on the brink of bankruptcy, and losing most of its Euro 2004 stars and experienced players to other European clubs,[11] AEK needed a miracle to prevent it from being relegated to the Greek amateur leagues. Though both Kostas Katsouranis and Nikos Liberopoulos remained, Vassilis Borbokis, Grigoris Georgatos, Theodoros Zagorakis, Michalis Kapsis, Michalis Kasapis, Michel Kreek, Vassilis Lakis, Vassilis Tsiartas, and Ioannis Okkas all left the club in the wake of the troubles.

In 2004 Demis Nikolaidis, at the head of a consortium of businessmen, bought out the beleaguered AEK and became the new club president.[12] His primary task was to lead AEK out of its precarious financial position.[13] The first success was an arrangement through the Greek justice system to write off most of the massive debt that previous club administrators had amassed, and to repay any remaining public debts in manageable installments[14] . A key factor to the recent AEK FC revival was the dynamic fans' come-back.[15]

Crest

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AEK's first crest.
File:AEK-1980.svg
Club crest of the 1980s.

Since the club's foundation, AEK have had three main crests, though all underwent minor variations. In 1924, AEK adopted as their first crest the image of a double-headed eagle (Δικέφαλος Αετός - Dikefalos Aetos), which remained for the next half-century, on a golden yellow background. 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 were chosen as a reminder of lost homelands; they represent the club's historical ties to Constantinople. Its usage also survived as a decorative element in the Greek Orthodox Church, which was the inheritor of the Byzantine legacy during the Ottoman Empire, while it remained a popular symbol among Greeks. In modern Greece various variations of the two-headed eagles are used in Church flags (based on Byzantine flag patterns and heraldic emblems) and, officially, by the Greek Army; the bird found its way into the Greek coat of arms for a brief period in 1925-1926.[16]

Colours

AEK's first home colours, used from 1924 until c.1927.

The colours of yellow and black were adopted from AEK's connections with Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire.[17]

AEK have always worn predominantly yellow shirts (striped or plain), black shorts, and yellow or black socks. The only exception has been in the unusual, but notable, Kappa kits of the 1990s (which featured a double-headed eagle across the kit), or in recent years, mainly in European competitions, when the club has worn an all-yellow kit.

AEK's traditional away colours are all-black or all-white; on a few occasions, the club has introduced a light blue or a grey kit as a third kit. In Greece there are no Home and Away kits, per se. Teams always wear their 1st kit unless there is a resemblance between both team kits. In case of a colour clash, the home team usually wears one of its alternate kits; AEK has often worn their 3rd kit at home against other teams that wear yellow kits.

AEK's current kit is manufactured by Puma, which is contracted to supply the club's kit from 2007 to 2011. Their previous kit manufacturer were Diadora, Kappa, Nike and Adidas. AEK's first shirt sponsor was Ethniki Asfalistiki, Following that, the club were sponsored by Geniki Bank (1996-98), Firestone (1999), Marfin (1999-2001),Alpha Digital (2001-02), Piraeus Bank (2002-04) (Piraeus Bank caused controversy because it was situated in Pireaus - home of fierce rivals Olympiacos), TIM (2004-06). AEK's current shirt sponsor is LG.[18]

Stadium

Main articles: Olympic Stadium (Athens)
File:Olympic Stadium of Athens.jpg
Inside the Olympic Stadium

Since the demolition in 2003 of the Nikos Goumas Stadium – AEK’s home ground since 1930,[19] the club plays its home games at the 70,000-capacity "Spiridon Louis" (Athens Olympic Stadium) in Athens. The Olympic Athletic Center of Athens, also known as OAKA, is one of the most complete European athletic complexes. The Main Olympic Stadium was designed in 1979 and inaugurated in 1982 at the 13th European Athletics Championship. The following years a number of other sport facilities surrounded the Main Olympic Stadium: the Olympic Velodrome (inaugurated in 1991), the Olympic Aquatics Center (1991), the Olympic Indoor Sports Center (1995), the Olympic Tennis Center (2004), as well as other supplementary sport facilities. The Olympic Athletic Center of Athens hosted the Mediterranean Games in 1991, the World Championship in Athletics in 1997 ,the 2007 UEFA Champions League Final well as other important athletic and cultural events, the most significant of which remains the Athens Olympic Games in 2004.

On September 6, 2007 a contract was signed between the Greek State and AEK that finalised the details of a project to build a new 50,000-seater 5-star stadium at Ano Liosia to be called AEK Arena. The State undertook to make public land and access infrastructure available, while the club will finance stadium construction.[20]

Organised Supporters

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The famous Original 21 supporters

AEK has many organised supporter groups. Gate 21 (Greek: Θύρα 21 - Thyra 21) was formed in 1975, Original 21.[21] was formed in 1982 by former members of Gate 21, Pan-Hellenic Federation was formed in 1976, Peirates tou Oneirou was formed in 1993, AEK FANS was formed in 2001, Defenders was formed in 2003, etc.[22]

Original 21 has grown to become the largest Greek supporter group, with clubs all over Greece, Europe, and as far away as Australia (Original 21 Melbourne). The USA-based AEK fans clubs are located in Astoria, Queens and in Detroit, Michigan, where a football team has been established with the name "AEK FC" and participates in USA amateur championships and cups. In Australia, Melbourne-based AEK fans have established AEK Waverley, an amateur football team playing in the Victorian State League 2nd Division.

One of the biggest AEK fan clubs in Europe is based in Britain. Based in London, AEK Fans made their dream come true in 1999 with the help of Original 21. The history of the fan club goes back to 1992 when they gathered at a house. They started their trips across Europe to watch their favourite team play.

There is also a so called triangle of brotherhood between the most populous fan clubs of Olympique de Marseille, AS Livorno and AEK Athens FC, namely between Commando Ultras 84, Brigate Autonome Livornesi 99 and Original 21. Their connection is mostly an ideological one since the three fan clubs share nearly the same ideology.

Feeder clubs

Current squad

As of February 1 2008.[23] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 MF Greece GRE Pantelis Kafes
2 DF Brazil BRA Edson Ramos
3 DF Argentina ARG Rodolfo Arruabarrena
4 DF Portugal POR Geraldo Alves
5 DF Greece GRE Traianos Dellas (captain)
6 DF Greece GRE Giorgos Alexopoulos
7 MF Greece GRE Charis Pappas
8 MF Canada CAN Tamandani Nsaliwa
9 FW Greece GRE Pantelis Kapetanos
10 FW Brazil BRA Rivaldo
11 FW Brazil BRA Gustavo Manduca
14 DF Argentina ARG Federico Azcárate
15 DF Greece GRE Sokratis Papastathopoulos
17 MF Greece GRE Antonis Rikka
18 MF Senegal SEN El Hadji Diouf
19 MF Greece GRE Panagiotis Lagos
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Greece GRE Panagiotis Kone
25 MF Greece GRE Vassilis Pliatsikas
27 DF Greece GRE Christos Bourbos
31 DF Greece GRE Nikos Georgeas
33 FW Greece GRE Nikos Liberopoulos (vice-captain)
34 MF Greece GRE Panagiotis Tachtsidis
36 FW Portugal POR Edinho
50 GK Austria AUT Jürgen Macho
77 FW Argentina ARG Ismael Blanco
80 FW Cyprus CYP Giorgos Tofas
83 FW Greece GRE Michalis Pavlis
84 GK Greece GRE Yiannis Arabatzis
88 MF Hungary HUN Dániel Tőzsér
99 FW Brazil BRA Júlio César


Players in on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Brazil BRA Edson Ramos (loaned from Botafogo PB until June 2008)[24]
20 MF Portugal POR Manú (loaned from Benfica until June 2008)[25]
32 GK Brazil BRA Marcelo Moretto (loaned from Benfica until June 2008)[26]

Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF United States USA Andreas Chronis (at Nea Ionia until June 2008)[27]
24 FW Senegal SEN El Hadji Diouf (at Ilisiakos until June 2008)[28]
28 GK Italy ITA Stefano Sorrentino (at Recreativo Huelva until June 2008)[29]
56 MF Finland FIN Perparim Hetemaj (at Apollon Kalamarias until June 2008)[30]
85 GK Greece GRE Giannis Fysekis (at Anagennisi Karditsa until June 2008)[31]
87 DF Greece GRE Dimitris Koutroumanos (at Lamia until June 2008)[32]
89 DF Greece GRE Nikos Barboudis (at Fostiras until June 2008)[33]
90 DF Greece GRE Savvas Gentsoglou (at Nea Ionia until June 2008)[34]

Foreign players 2007/2008

In the Greek league only five non-EU nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team. Those non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Greek citizenship after playing in Greece for 7 years. Players such as Rivaldo are not registered as non-EU because he has a dual citizenship with Spain after playing there for 5 years.

Personnel

Technical Staff

  • Manager: Giorgos Donis
  • Assistant Manager: Pep Alomar
  • First Team Coach: Antonis Kezos
  • Goalkeeping Coach: Slobodan Suica
  • Youth Team Coach: Georgos Vamvakas

Current Board

  • President: Demis Nikolaidis
  • Vice Presidents: Takis Canelopoulos & Nikos Koulis
  • Deputy Managing Director: Kostas Stavropoulos
  • General & Financial Director: Kostas Stavropoulos
  • Commercial Director: Andreas Bekios
  • Marketing Drector: Dimitris Tzavaras
  • Public Relations: Anthi Papakosta
  • Legal Advisors: Xaris Grigoriou,
  • Press Office: Lina Roditou, Panagiotis Aroniadis & Thodoris Zagas
  • Event Manager: Alexis Papageorgiou
  • Security Department: Akis Takis & Giannis Kapogiannis
  • Ticketing Department Manager: Spilios Fotopoulos
  • Ticketing Department: Dimitris Alexandris & Nikos Xirokostas
  • Board Members: Nasos Thanopoulos, Nikos Notias, Petros Pappas, Stratos Fanaras, Panagiotis Zachopoulos & Grigoris Psarianos

Honours

Domestic

Winners (11): 1939,1940,1963,1968,1971,1978,1979,1989,1992,1993,1994
Winners (13): 1932,1939,1949,1950,1956,1964,1966,1978,1983,1996,1997,2000,2002
Winners (1): 1990
Winners (2): 1989,1996
  • Pre-Mediterranean Cup
Winners (1): 1991

Notable European campaigns

AEK has had several memorable campaigns in Europe, including their undefeated showing in the 2002-03 Champions League First Group Stage. Below is a tabulation of AEK's longest runs in the major European tournaments.

Season Round Notes
European Champions Cup / UEFA Champions League
1968-69 Quarterfinal eliminated by Spartak Trnava
UEFA Cup
1976-77 Semifinal eliminated by Juventus
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
1996-97 Quarterfinal eliminated by Paris Saint-Germain
1997-98 Quarterfinal eliminated by Lokomotiv Moscow


Note: AEK is the only Greek club to have participated in the quarter-final round of all the major European competitions and the first Greek club to have participated in a European competition's quarter-final round in two consecutive seasons (1996-97, 1997-98). AEK is the first Greek club to have reached the quarter-final round of the Champions Cup 1968-69 and is also the only Greek club to have reached the semi-final round of the UEFA Cup 1976-77 AEK is the first Greek club to have participated in the group stage of the 1994-95. AEK is the only Greek club to have participated in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League without losing a single game 2002-03 and is also the only Greek club to have advanced to the fourth (4th) round of the UEFA Cup in 3 consecutive seasons 2000-01,2001-02,2002-03. In addition, AEK is the only Greek club that participates in European Competitions for 21 consecutive years (1988-2009), excluding the season 1990-91 when was punished by UEFA.

UEFA club competition

Club Rankings

Rank Form Previous Rank Country Team Points
81 File:GreenUpArrow.svg 89 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 31.932
82 File:GreenUpArrow.svg 86 Austria Austria Wien 31.840
83 69 Greece AEK Athens 31.525
84 77 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 31.496
85 79 France Strasbourg 31.380

As of April 9 2008

UEFA club competition record

Competition App Pld W D L GF GA
ECCC 14 62 16 20 26 71 98
ECWC 6 22 10 3 9 33 27
UCUP 19 86 32 17 37 123 127
SCUP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
UIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
EUSA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 39 170 58 40 72 227 252

As of February 22 2008[35]

Notable former players

see also AEK Athens players

Managerial history

Further information: List of AEK Athens F.C. managers

This is a list of AEK Athens last seven managers:

Portugal Fernando Santos 2001 2002
Serbia Greece Dušan Bajević 18/5/2002 26/1/2004
Romania Ilie Dumitrescu 2/2/2004 20/5/2004
Portugal Fernando Santos 2004 2006
Spain Llorenç Serra Ferrer 2006 12/02/2008
Greece Nikos Kostenoglou(caretaker) 12/02/2008 14/05/2008
Greece Giorgos Donis 14/05/2008 present

Notable former managers

Chairmen History

Notable stats

  • Bold signals player still active

Most League Appearances for the club

Rank Name Nationality Apps Active
1 Mimis Papaioannou Greece 483 No
2 Stelios Manolas Greece 451 No
3 Toni Savevski North Macedonia 356 No
4 Stelios Skevofilakas Greece 293 No
5 Lakis Nikolaou Greece 293 No
6 Thomas Mavros Greece 277 No
7 Andreas Stamatiadis Greece 269 No
8 Petros Ravousis Greece 263 No
9 Christos Ardizoglou Greece 261 No
10 Pavlos Papaioannou Greece 255 No

Most League Goals for the club

Rank Name Nationality Gls Active
1 Mimis Papaioannou Greece 233 No
2 Thomas Mavros Greece 174 No
3 Kostas Nestoridis Greece 140 No
4 Demis Nikolaidis Greece 125 No
5 Kostas Nikolaidis Greece 94 No
6 Vasilis Dimitriadis Greece 81 No
7 Vassilis Tsiartas Greece 80 No
8 Daniel Batista Cape Verde 67 No
9 Nikos Liberopoulos Greece 66 Yes
10 Dušan Bajević Serbia 65 No

As of March 30 2008

Highest attendances

Opponent Stadium Date Capacity
Panathinaikos Athens Olympic Stadium (23/05/1986) 74.473
Olympiacos Athens Olympic Stadium (09/02/1986) 74.241
PAOK Athens Olympic Stadium (29/06/1983) 73.000
A.C. Milan Athens Olympic Stadium (21/11/2006) 65.000
Olympiacos Athens Olympic Stadium (07/11/2004) 63.129
PAOK Athens Olympic Stadium (02/09/1985) 57.000
Olympiacos Athens Olympic Stadium (02/11/1986) 56.000
Inter Athens Olympic Stadium (13/09/1986) 55.196
Panathinaikos Athens Olympic Stadium (08/01/2005) 45.000
Hearts Athens Olympic Stadium (23/08/2006) 43.000
Olympiacos Athens Olympic Stadium (30/03/2008) 42.000
Panathinaikos Athens Olympic Stadium (02/03/2008) 41.000
PAOK Athens Olympic Stadium (10/04/2005) 41.000
Real Madrid Athens Olympic Stadium (23/09/1985) 40.000
Anderlecht Athens Olympic Stadium (26/09/2006) 38.982
Asteras Tripolis Athens Olympic Stadium (20/04/2008) 37.996

Club Anthem

AEK Club Anthem

Greek Transliteration English Translation
First stanza

AEK, AEK, AEK
Anasthenazoun ta golpost
ke ta dokaria spazoun
Tis Enosis i aeti ta dihtia komatiazoun

AEK, AEK, AEK
The goalposts sigh
and the crossbars break
The Union's eagles tear the nets

Chorus

Embros tis AEK palikaria
Soutarete ke spaste ta dokaria
Ta dihtia skiste
Ti doxa kataktiste
Nikiste, nikiste, nikiste

Ta dihtia skiste
Ti doxa kataktiste
Nikiste, nikiste, nikiste

AEK warriors advance
Shoot and break the crossbars
Tear the nets
Achieve glory
Win, Win, Win

Tear the nets
Achieve glory
Win, Win, Win

Second stanza

AEK, AEK, AEK
I kinigi sou keravni
Vrahos i amina sou
Ke tis REAL to fovitro egine t'onoma sou

AEK, AEK, AEK
Your attackers are lightning
Your defence a rock
And your name brings fear to Real

Chorus

AEK, AEK, AEK

AEK, AEK, AEK

Chorus

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  26. ^ Moretto in AEK loan move
  27. ^ Players on loan
  28. ^ Players on loan
  29. ^ Sorrentino loand out
  30. ^ Players on loan
  31. ^ Players on loan
  32. ^ Players on loan
  33. ^ Players on loan
  34. ^ Players on loan
  35. ^ UEFA club competition record

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