AEK Athens F.C. is a professional football club based in Nea Filadelfeia, Athens, Greece, which plays in Super League Greece. This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of AEK Athens from 1927, when the first professional manager was appointed, to the present day. Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost), honours won and significant achievements while under his care. Caretaker managers are included, where known. The club had sixty-seven different managers from across the globe throughout their hundred-year existence.

Managerial history Kostas Negrepontis, has recorded eleven consecutive seasons as manager and a total of sixteen seasons in four spells, which is the most in the club's history. Dušan Bajević holds the record for the most trophies won by a manager, as he won four Greek Championships, one Greek Cup, one Greek League Cup and one Greek Super Cup.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- ! Season ! ! Image ! Name ! From ! To ! Competition ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Honours |- | 1928–29 | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5 align=left| József Schweng | rowspan=5 align=left| 1928 | rowspan=5 align=left| 1931 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| AFCA | 9||6||2||1||19||9||+10||66.67 | rowspan=5| — |- | 1929–30 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| AFCA | 10||7||2||1||36||6||+30||70.00 |- | rowspan=3| 1930–31 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| AFCA | 6||5||0||1||17||13||+4||83.33 |- | Panhellenic Championship | 14||5||3||6||19||31||-12||35.71 |- ! Total ! 39!!23!!7!!9!!91!!59!!+32!!58.97 |- | rowspan=4| 1931–32 | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4 align=left| Emil Rauchmaul | rowspan=4 align=left| 1931 | rowspan=4 align=left| 1932 | bgcolor=#FFD700| Greek Cup | 4||4||0||0||13||4||+9||100.00 | rowspan=4| Greek Cup: 1 |- | Panhellenic Championship | 14||4||1||9||13||35||-22||28.57 |- | Relegation play-offs | 2||1||1||0||5||3||+2||50.00 |- ! Total ! 20!!9!!2!!9!!31!!42!!-11!!45.00 |- | rowspan=4| 1932–33 | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4 align=left| Themos Asderis | rowspan=4 align=left| 1932 | rowspan=4 align=left| 1933 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Panhellenic Championship Southern Group | 8||4||2||2||17||14||+3||50.00 | rowspan=4| — |- | bgcolor=#CD7F32| Panhellenic Championship | 3||0||0||3||2||7||-5||00.00 |- | Greek CupET | 3||1||1||1||4||3||+1||33.33 |- ! Total ! 14!!5!!3!!6!!23!!24!!-1!!35.71 |- | rowspan=2| 1933–34 | rowspan=6| | rowspan=6| | rowspan=6 align=left| Kostas Negrepontis | rowspan=6 align=left| 1933 | rowspan=6 align=left| 1936 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| AFCA | 10||3||4||3||14||15||-1||30.00 | rowspan=6| — |- | Panhellenic Championship Southern Group | 10||1||1||8||9||30||-21||10.00 |- | rowspan=2| 1934–35 | AFCA | 2||2||0||0||4||0||+4||100.00 |- | Panhellenic Championship Southern Group | 10||2||3||5||14||23||-9||20.00 |- | rowspan=2| 1935–36 | Panhellenic Championship | 14||4||5||5||17||22||-5||28.57 |- ! Total ! 46!!12!!13!!21!!58!!90!!-32!!26.09 |- | 1936–37

| align=left| Themos Asderis | align=left| 1936 | align=left| 1937 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| AFCA | 10||8||0||2||33||12||+21||80.00 | — |- | 1937–38 | rowspan=19| | rowspan=19| | rowspan=19 align=left| Kostas Negrepontis | rowspan=19 align=left| 1937 | rowspan=19 align=left| 1948 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| AFCA | 10||8||0||2||33||12||+21||80.00 | rowspan=19| Greek League: 2Greek Cup: 1AFCA: 3 |- | rowspan=4| 1938–39 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| AFCA | 10||7||1||2||31||13||+18||70.00 |- | bgcolor=#FFD700| Panhellenic Championship Southern Group | 6||5||0||1||26||9||+17||83.33 |- | bgcolor=#FFD700| Panhellenic Championship | 2||2||0||0||7||3||+4||100.00 |- | bgcolor=#FFD700| Greek Cup | 4||4||0||0||14||3||+11||100.00 |- | rowspan=4| 1939–40 | bgcolor=#FFD700| AFCA | 14||13||1||0||57||10||+47||92.86 |- | bgcolor=#FFD700| Panhellenic Championship Southern Group | 6||5||0||1||22||7||+15||83.33 |- | bgcolor=#FFD700| Panhellenic Championship | 2||2||0||0||5||3||+2||100.00 |- | bgcolor=#CD7F32| Greek CupET | 4||2||2||0||12||4||+8||50.00 |- | 1940–41 | AFCA | 3||3||0||0||12||2||+10||100.00 |- | 1944–45 | AFCA | 6||5||1||0||30||5||+25||83.33 |- | rowspan=2| 1945–46 | bgcolor=#FFD700| AFCA | 15||11||1||3||49||19||+31||73.33 |- | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Panhellenic Championship | 4||1||2||1||3||5||-2||25.00 |- | rowspan=3| 1946–47 | bgcolor=#FFD700| AFCA | 14||10||1||3||29||12||+17||71.43 |- | Panhellenic Championship | 10||4||1||5||15||16||-1||40.00 |- | Greek Cup | 1||0||0||1||1||2||-1||00.00 |- | rowspan=3| 1947–48 | bgcolor=#CD7F32| AFCA | 14||7||2||5||31||23||+8||50.00 |- | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Greek CupET | 3||2||0||1||6||5||+1||66.67 |- ! Total ! 128!!91!!12!!25!!383!!153!!+230!!71.09 |- | rowspan=2| 1948–49 | rowspan=7| | rowspan=7| | rowspan=7 align=left| Jack Beby | rowspan=7 align=left| 1948–10–04 | rowspan=7 align=left| 1951–02–07 | AFCA | 16||6||7||3||28||16||+12||37.50 | rowspan=7| Greek Cup: 2AFCA: 1 |- | bgcolor=#FFD700| Greek CupET | 5||4||1||0||17||4||+13||80.00 |- | rowspan=2| 1949–50 | bgcolor=#FFD700| AFCA | 18||13||2||3||37||16||+21||72.22 |- | bgcolor=#FFD700| Greek CupET | 10||6||4||0||35||5||+30||60.00 |- | rowspan=4| 1950–51 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| AFCA | 10||5||2||3||12||8||+4||50.00 |- | Greek Cup | 2||1||0||1||2||4||-2||50.00 |- ! Total ! 61!!35!!16!!10!!131!!53!!+78!!57.38

| align=left| Tryfon TzanetisCT | align=left| 1951–02–09 | align=left| 1951–09–19 | colspan=9| — | — |- | rowspan=2| 1951–52 | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5 align=left| Mario Magnozzi | rowspan=5 align=left| 1951–09–20 | rowspan=5 align=left| 1953–07–29 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| AFCA | 10||6||2||2||23||13||+10||60.00 | rowspan=5| — |- | bgcolor=#CD7F32| Greek CupET | 4||1||2||1||7||3||+4||25.00 |- | rowspan=3| 1952–53 | bgcolor=#CD7F32| AFCA | 9||5||1||3||23||10||+13||55.56 |- | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Greek CupET | 4||3||0||1||9||5||+4||75.00 |- ! Total ! 27!!15!!5!!7!!62!!31!!+31!!55.56 |- | rowspan=3| 1953–54 | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5 align=left| Georgios Daispangos | rowspan=5 align=left| 1953–07–30 | rowspan=5 align=left| 1954–12–31 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| AFCA | 10||4||4||2||15||8||+7||40.00 | rowspan=5| — |- | bgcolor=#CD7F32| Panhellenic Championship | 10||4||3||3||15||17||-2||40.00 |- | Greek CupET | 2||0||1||1||0||1||-1||00.00 |- | rowspan=4| 1954–55 | AFCA (1) | 10||6||0||4||16||9||+7||60.00 |- ! Total ! 32!!14!!8!!10!!46!!35!!+11!!43.75 |- | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4 align=left| Ted Crawford | rowspan=4 align=left| 1955–01–01 | rowspan=4 align=left| 1955–10–30 | bgcolor=#CD7F32| AFCA (2) | 4||3||1||0||10||4||+6||75.00 | rowspan=4| — |- | Greek CupET | 3||1||1||1||5||4||+1||33.33 |- | rowspan=5| 1955–56 | AFCA (1) | 5||1||1||3||3||5||-2||20.00 |- ! Total ! 12!!5!!3!!4!!18!!13!!+5!!41.67 |- | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5 align=left| Kostas Negrepontis | rowspan=5 align=left| 1955–11–02 | rowspan=5 align=left| 1957–01–29 | AFCA (2) | 9||3||2||4||12||14||-2||33.33 | rowspan=5| Greek Cup: 1 |- | AFCA Play-offs | 2||2||0||0||4||2||+2||100.00 |- | bgcolor=#FFD700| Greek Cup | 5||5||0||0||18||6||+12||100.00 |- | rowspan=3| 1956–57 | AFCA | 14||5||6||3||21||15||+6||35.71 |- ! Total ! 30!!15!!8!!7!!51!!37!!+14!!50.00 |- | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5 align=left| Tryfon Tzanetis | rowspan=5 align=left| 1957–02–01 | rowspan=5 align=left| 1958–07–31 | Greek Cup | 6||5||0||1||22||3||+19||83.33 | rowspan=5| — |- | rowspan=4| 1957–58 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| AFCA | 14||10||2||2||30||14||+16||71.43 |- | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Panhellenic Championship | 22||11||9||2||39||19||+20||50.00 |- | Greek Cup | 7||6||0||1||29||4||+25||85.71 |- ! Total ! 49!!32!!11!!6!!120!!40!!+80!!65.31 |- | rowspan=5| 1958–59

| align=left| Rino Martini | align=left| 1958–08–05 | align=left| 1958–11–12 | AFCA (1) | 9||3||6||0||11||5||+6||33.33 | — |- | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4 align=left| Kostas Negrepontis | rowspan=4 align=left| 1958–11–13 | rowspan=4 align=left| 1959–06–30 | bgcolor=#CD7F32| AFCA (2) | 5||3||1||1||6||3||+3||60.00 | rowspan=4| — |- | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Panhellenic Championship | 18||12||4||2||39||20||+19||66.67 |- | Greek CupET | 4||2||1||1||8||6||+2||50.00 |- ! Total ! 27!!17!!6!!4!!53!!29!!+24!!62.96 |- | rowspan=3| 1959–60 | rowspan=6| | rowspan=6| | rowspan=6 align=left| Lukas Aurednik | rowspan=6 align=left| 1959–07–17 | rowspan=6 align=left| 1961–01–08 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Alpha Ethniki | 30||21||7||2||72||27||+45||70.00 | rowspan=6| — |- | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Alpha Ethniki Play-off | 1||0||0||1||1||2||-1||00.00 |- | Greek Cup | 7||6||0||1||26||5||+21||85.71 |- | rowspan=6| 1960–61 | Alpha Ethniki (1) | 12||7||1||4||24||13||+11||58.33 |- | Greek Cup | 1||1||0||0||9||0||+9||100.00 |- ! Total ! 51!!35!!8!!8!!132!!47!!+85!!68.63 |- | rowspan=6| | rowspan=6| | rowspan=6 align=left| Tryfon Tzanetis | rowspan=6 align=left| 1961–01–09 | rowspan=6 align=left| 1962–06–30 | Alpha Ethniki (2) | 18||11||5||2||42||17||+25||61.11 | rowspan=6| — |- | Greek Cup (2) | 7||6||0||1||29||10||+19||85.71 |- | Balkans Cup | 4||1||1||2||8||12||-4||25.00 |- | rowspan=3| 1961–62 | Alpha Ethniki | 30||19||6||5||73||31||+42||63.33 |- | Greek Cup | 1||0||0||1||1||2||-1||00.00 |- ! Total ! 60!!37!!12!!11!!153!!72!!+81!!61.67 |- | rowspan=4| 1962–63 | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4 align=left| Jenő Csaknády | rowspan=4 align=left| 1962–07–14 | rowspan=4 align=left| 1963–07–09 | bgcolor=#FFD700| Alpha Ethniki | 30||20||7||3||66||21||+45||66.67 | rowspan=4| Greek League: 1 |- | Alpha Ethniki Play-off | 1||0||1||0||3||3||0||00.00 |- | Greek Cup | 3||2||0||1||10||2||+8||66.67 |- ! Total ! 34!!22!!8!!4!!79!!26!!+53!!64.71 |- | rowspan=4| 1963–64 | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4 align=left| Heinrich Müller | rowspan=4 align=left| 1963–08–17 | rowspan=4 align=left| 1964–06–29 | bgcolor=#CD7F32| Alpha Ethniki | 30||18||5||7||72||25||+47||60.00 | rowspan=4| Greek Cup: 1 |- | bgcolor=#FFD700| Greek CupET | 4||4||0||0||14||1||+13||100.00 |- | European Cup | 2||0||1||1||3||8||-5||00.00 |- ! Total ! 36!!22!!6!!8!!89!!34!!+55!!61.11 |- | rowspan=4| 1964–65 | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4 align=left| Mirko Kokotović | rowspan=4 align=left| 1964–06–30 | rowspan=4 align=left| 1965–07–14 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Alpha Ethniki | 30||18||10||2||64||22||+42||60.00 | rowspan=4| — |- | Greek Cup | 3||2||0||1||9||3||+6||66.67 |- | European Cup Winners' Cup | 2||1||0||1||2||3||-1||50.00 |- ! Total ! 35!!21!!10!!4!!75!!28!!+47!!60.00 |- | rowspan=2| 1965–66 | rowspan=6| | rowspan=6| | rowspan=6 align=left| Tryfon Tzanetis | rowspan=6 align=left| 1965–07–27 | rowspan=6 align=left| 1966–12–23 | bgcolor=#CD7F32| Alpha Ethniki | 29||19||5||5||58||24||+34||65.52 | rowspan=6| Greek Cup: 1 |- | bgcolor=#FFD700| Greek Cup | 3||3||0||0||9||4||+5||100.00 |- | rowspan=8| 1966–67 | Alpha Ethniki (1) | 9||6||1||2||11||6||+5||66.67 |- | European Cup Winners' Cup | 2||0||0||2||2||4||-2||00.00 |- | Balkans Cup (1) | 3||2||1||0||7||3||+4||66.67 |- ! Total ! 46!!30!!7!!9!!87!!41!!+46!!65.22

| align=left| Georgios MagirasCT | align=left| 1966–12–24 | align=left| 1967–01–29 | Alpha Ethniki (2) | 5||3||2||0||10||7||+3||60.00 | — |- | rowspan=7| | rowspan=7| | rowspan=7 align=left| Jenő Csaknády | rowspan=7 align=left| 1967–02–01 | rowspan=7 align=left| 1968–07–24 | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Alpha Ethniki (3) | 16||9||7||0||31||8||+23||56.25 | rowspan=7| Greek League: 1 |- | Greek Cup | 3||2||0||1||10||3||+7||66.67 |- | bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Balkans Cup (2) | 6||2||2||2||6||7||-1||33.33 |- | rowspan=5| 1967–68 | bgcolor=#FFD700| Alpha Ethniki | 34||22||6||6||68||24||+44||64.71 |- | bgcolor=#CD7F32| Greek Cup | 4||3||0||1||5||3||+2||75.00 |- | Balkans Cup (1) | 4||1||2||1||6||7||-1||25.00 |- ! Total ! 67!!39!!17!!11!!126!!52!!+74!!58.21 |- | rowspan=16| | rowspan=16| | rowspan=16 align=left| Branko Stanković | rowspan=16 align=left| 1968–07–25 | rowspan=16 align=left| 1973–02–07 | Balkans Cup (2) | 2||0||0||2||1||5||-4||00.00 | rowspan=16| Greek League: 1 |- | rowspan=3| 1968–69