AEK Athens F.C. Academy is the football academy system of Greek professional football club AEK Athens Football Club. AEK Athletic Club was the first Greek club to establish a youth academy, founding it back in 1934, it has been directly managed by AEK Athens Football Club since 1979, when Greek football turned professional.
History
AEK Athletic Club was the first Greek club to establish a youth academy back in 1934. Under the manager Georgios Daispangos they went to become one of the most renowned academies in Greece. In the total 19-year presence in the three spells of Daispangos in all departments of the academy (1936–1948, 1953–1955, 1961–1971), they wοn 18 titles.
Famous players have been produced by AEK youth development system over the years.
Some of the most notable include: Tryfon Tzanetis (1935–1950), Kleanthis Maropoulos (1935–1952), Michalis Delavinias (1938–1954), Michalis Papatheodorou (1944–1956), Pavlos Emmanouilidis (1947–1961), Kostas Poulis (1948–1959), Antonis Parayios (1948–1957), Andreas Stamatiadis (1950–1969), Stelios Skevofilakas (1960–1973), Spyros Pomonis (1961–1973), Giorgos Karafeskos (1963–1974), Nikos Stathopoulos (1965–1974), Giorgos Lavaridis (1968–1976), Stefanos Theodoridis (1969–1978), Nikos Karoulias (1973–1976), Spyros Ikonomopoulos (1978–1994), Stelios Manolas (1978–1998), Vangelis Vlachos (1979–1985), Lysandros Georgamlis (1979–1985), Pantelis Konstantinidis (1993–1994), Dionysis Chiotis (1995–1998, 2000–2007), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (2005–2008), Savvas Gentsoglou (2006–2012), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (2007–2010), Kostas Manolas (2009–2012), Victor Klonaridis (2010–2012, 2017–2020) and Konstantinos Galanopoulos (2015–2025).
AEK Athens U19 Squad AEK Athens U19 is the youth team of AEK. They participate in the Super League U19 Championship. They play their home games at the Serafidio Stadium in Spata. P. Players with professional contract.
Staff
AEK Athens U17 Squad
Staff
Academy Personnel
References
External links AEK Academies