AEK V.C.

AEK Men's Volleyball Club is the men's volleyball team of the major Greek multi-sports club AEK. It was founded in 1982. AEK had their finest moment with coach Stelios Prosalikas when they reached the final four of the Cup Winners' Cup in 2000 (achieving the 3rd position). The matches were held on 9 and 10 March in Athens; AEK were beaten in the semi-final by Cuneo, but beat Galatasaray 3-1 in the 3rd place game.

History

The men's volleyball department of AEK was originally founded in the 1930s, but soon it was disbanded and reopened in 1967 by Jason Platsi. It then participated in the third category of Athens. Nevertheless, it was not maintained and was reconstituted in 1982 to participate again in the third category of Athens. Between 1985–86 the club participated in the second division and won promotion to the 1986–87 local first division.

From 1987–88, the club was struggling in the lower national categories. The club remained in the lower national divisions for four years until it won the 1990–91 championship with a record of twenty-two victories. The next year AEK participated in the second Athens division and gained promotion to the third national division.

During the 1992–93 season, AEK participated for the first time in the A2 and missed promotion to the first national category against PAOK. Nonetheless, the club won promotion to the A1 the next year with a record of nineteen victories.

The initial presence of the club in the top volleyball national category (1994–95) was unsuccessful and the club was relegated after recording only three wins.

The second half of the 90s until the beginning of the new millennium was the best year for black and yellow volleyball. The group not only participated in the A1 division but also won a ticket for the 1998–99 European Cup occupying the fifth position. It also reached the cup final and lost against Olympiacos with a 3–1 score.

In 2000, AEK with coach Stelios Prosalikas reached its peak after participating in the Cup Winners Cup final four. The games were held in March 2000 in Athens. AEK lost in the semifinal to Cuneo but won 3–1 against Galatasaray in the consolation final winning the bronze medal.

Unfortunately, since the downturn began in the 2001–02 year, the team was relegated to A2. The last official match was in Georgios Moschos Indoor Hall, AEK defeating Pangrati and celebrating the championship and return to the A1. But the team was not able to stay in the great division and was relegated again. The last two years the group fought at A2, won the Championship in 2005–06, and from 2006–07 returned to A1. In 2013-14, AEK played in A1 Ethniki and finished the championship in 7th place. During this season, AEK also managed to win the first domestic cup title in the men's team's history. More specifically, AEK beat Foinikas Sirou 3–2 in the final of the third Greek League Cup, after having defeated in the semi-final the big favorite and host of the final-four tournament Ethnikos Alexandroupolis (0–3).

In March 2023, the club won the second national division for the sixth time and returned to the A1.

In September 2023, due to a lack of financial resources AEK withdrew from A1 and didn't participate. In September 2024 Alexis Alexiou issued a different club which started from Beta Ethniki.

Season to season AEK has played 14 times in A1 Ethniki (first division). They played in A1, in season 1994–95 for the first time. From 1996–97 to 2001–02 was playing continuously in A1. The last years were going up and down the divisions. SeasonDivisionPlaceNotes1990–91Gamma Ethniki promoted to Beta1991–92Beta Ethniki promoted to A21992–93A2 Ethniki2nd 1993–94A2 Ethniki1st promoted to A11994–95A1 Ethniki11th relegated to A21995–96A2 Ethniki2nd promoted to A11996–97A1 Ethniki5th 1997–98A1 Ethniki5th 1998–99A1 Ethniki6th Greek Cup Finalists1999–00A1 Ethniki6th 2000–01A1 Ethniki8th 2001–02A1 Ethniki11th relegated to A22002–03A2 Ethniki1st promoted to A12003–04A1 Ethniki12th relegated to A22004–05A2 Ethniki 7thSeasonDivisionPlaceNotes2005–06A2 Ethniki1st promoted to A12006–07A1 Ethniki7th 2007–08A1 Ethniki11th relegated to A22008–09A2 Ethniki1stpromoted to A12009–10A1 Ethniki11th relegated to A22010–11A2 Ethniki11threlegated to Beta2011–12 Beta Ethniki1st promoted to A22012–13A2 Ethniki1st promoted to A12013–14A1 Ethniki7th League Cup Winners2014–15A1 Ethniki12th relegated to A22015–16A2 Ethniki3rd2016–17A2 Ethniki3rd2017–18A2 Ethniki1stpromoted to A12018–19A1 Ethniki8th2019–20inactive2020-21 Pre League canceled2021-22 Pre League 6th2022-23Pre League1stpromoted to A1 later withdrew 2023-24inactive2024-25 Beta Ethniki 1stpromoted to A2 via play-off2025-26 A2 Ethniki 2ndlost play-off final

Honours +AEK V.C. honours aek.grTypeCompetitionTitlesWinnersRunners-upThird placeRef.Continental CEV Cup0 1999–00Domestic Greek A2 Volleyball League6 1993–94, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2017–18 1992–93, 1995–96, 2015–16, 2016–17 Pre League1 2022–23 Beta Ethniki3 1991–92, 2011–12 , 2024–25 Gamma Ethniki1 1990–91 Greek Volleyball Cup0 1998–99 Greek Volleyball League Cup1 2013–14

Shared record

European performance

Season Achievement Notes CEV Cup 1999–00 Final Four 3rd place. Lost 1–3 to Alpitour Traco Cuneo in the semi-final, won 3–0 against Galatasaray S.K. in the 3rd place game

Team Season 2022–2023 Shirt NoNationalityPlayerBirth DateHeight (m)Position 2 Alexandros Polychroniadis 1.89 Libero 3 Eduard Ramos 2.00 Opposite 4 Nikos Melles 2.00 Middle blocker 5 Vasilis Konidis 1.94 Outside hitter 6 Bruno Fyllipe Amorim 1.99 Middle blocker 8 Nikos Kavarinos 1.95 Outside hitter 9 Nikos Kaounis 1.83 Outside hitter 10 Lykourgos Roussis 1.87 Setter 11 Giannis Achilleopoulos 1.80 Libero 12 Nikos Iliakopoulos 1.97 Setter 13 Nikos Palentzas 1.99 Opposite 14 Spyros Barbounis 1.89 Outside hitter 15 Angelos Chalilis 1.97 Middle blocker 16 Ektoras Kamarinopoulos 2.08 Middle blocker 17 Henrique Batagim 2.01 Outside hitter 20 Nikos Mantzios 1.78 Setter

Technical and managerial staff JobNameManager Akis ChatziantoniouAssistant Georgios MantziosPhysiotherapist Stavros ToilosCaregiver Georgios SiomosFitness coach Panagiotis Adamopoulos

Notable coaches Dimitris Kazazis Stelios Prosalikas Akis Flaounas Zoran Gajić Jorge Elgueta

List of former players CriteriaTo appear in this section a player must have either: Played at least one season for the club. Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. Performed successfully during his period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

Greece

Andreas Andreadis Sotiris Amarianakis Theoklitos Karipidis Thanassis Moustakidis Konstantinos Stivachtis Michalis Alexandropoulos Athanasios Maroulis Akis Chatziantoniou Nikos Samaras † Sotirios Tsergas Ioannis Fakas Christos Voloudakis Makis Kanellos Georgios Kotsilianos Giannis Chaslamaidis Ilias Lappas Konrad Guzda Georgios Tzioumakas

Rest of Europe

Inoslav Krnić Jaromír Koláčný Christian Strehlau Fabrice Bry Balša Radunović Bela Bunford Edin Škorić Đula Mešter Dejan Brđović Jordi Gens Julián Torres Yuriy Filippov Oleg Mushenko

Americas

Pablo Meana Oscar Vizzari Santiago Darraidou Celso Jorge Payan Jayson Jablonsky Carlos Tejeda Fredy Cedeño

Players whose names are italicized still play for the team

Sponsorships Great Sponsor: N/A Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer: Macron Official Broadcaster: N/A

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