AEK Athens Football Club (), also known simply as AEK, AEK Athens (in European competitions), or with their full name Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos (, Athletic Union of Constantinople), are a Greek association football club based in Nea Filadelfeia suburb of Athens.

The club has amassed various records since their founding. Regionally, domestically and continentally, the club has set several records in winning various official and unofficial competitions. Established in Athens in 1924 by Greek refugees from Constantinople in the wake of the Greco-Turkish War, A.E.K. are one of the most successful clubs in Greek football, winning 35 national titles (including 14 Championships, 16 Cups, 1 League Cup and 3 Super Cups). The team has appeared several times in European (UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League) competitions. AEK are a member of the European Club Association.

The club was relegated from the Greek Super League after the 2012–13 season for the first time in their history. In an effort to discharge the immense debt created by years of mismanagement, their directors chose for the team to compete in the third tier Football League 2 for the 2013–14 season, thus turning the club into an amateur club. After 2 seasons on the lower divisions the club completed their comeback to the first division.

Key

UCL – UEFA Champions League CWC – UEFA Cup Winners' Cup ICFC – Inter-Cities Fairs Cup UEL – UEFA Europa League BC – Balkans Cup UECL – UEFA Conference League

PR – Preliminary round QR1 – First qualifying round QR2 – Second qualifying round QR3 – Third qualifying round PO – Play-off round R1 – First round R2 – Second round R3 – Third round R4 – Fourth round R5 – Fifth round R6 – Sixth round R7 – Seventh round Grp – Group Stage LP – League Phase R32 – Round of 32 R16 – Round of 16 QF – Quarter-finals SF – Semi-finals RU – Runners-up W – Winners

ChampionsRunners-up3rd placeDivision winnersRelegated

Seasons Season Domestic competitions International competitions Top scorer League Play-offs Cup Super Cup League Cup AFCA UCL CWC ICFC / UEL UECL Balkans Cup Player(s) Goals 1924–25 Did not exist Did not exist Did not exist Did not exist Did not exist RU Did not exist Did not exist Did not exist Did not exist Did not exist 1925–26 3rd 1926–27 RU Kostas Negrepontis 10 1927–28 Withdrew Withdrew— 1928–29 Not held RU Kostas Negrepontis 6 1929–30 Did not qualify RU Dimitris Mougras 10 1930–31 4th RU Dimitris Mougras 11+ 1931–32 8th W Not eligible Ilias Iliaskos 7 1932–33 3rd R2 Dimitris Mougras 7 1933–34 6th Not held 3rd Sotiris Tziralidis 4 1934–35 Not held Not finished 1935–36 5th Not eligible 1936–37 Did not qualify RU 1937–38 Did not qualify RU 1938–39 W W RU Kleanthis Maropoulos 24+ 1939–40 W SF W Kleanthis Maropoulos 25 1940–41 Not held Not finished Not finished 1941–42 Not held Not held Not held— 1942–43 Not finished 1943–44 Not held 1944–45 Not held Not finished 1945–46 RU W Kleanthis MaropoulosTryfon Tzanetis 12 1946–47 4th R16 W Xenofon MarkopoulosKleanthis Maropoulos 9 1947–48 Did not qualify RU 3rd Kleanthis Maropoulos 11 1948–49 Did not qualify W 5th Xenofon Markopoulos 15 1949–50 Not finished W W Manolis Kountouris 14 1950–51 Did not qualify QF RU Manolis Kountouris 5 1951–52 Not held SF RU Ilias Papageorgiou 13 1952–53 Did not qualify RU 3rd Lambis Serafidis 8 1953–54 3rd R16 RU Panagiotis PatakasAndreas Stamatiadis 7 1954–55 Did not qualify R16 3rd Giannis Kanakis 7 1955–56 Did not qualify W 5th Not eligible Not eligible Giannis Chaniotis 8 1956–57 Did not qualify QF 4th Giannis Kanakis 12 1957–58 RU QF RU Kostas Nestoridis 22 1958–59 RU QF 3rd Kostas Nestoridis 26 1959–60 RU R7 Not eligible Kostas Nestoridis 42 1960–61 4th QF Not eligible 5th Kostas Nestoridis 44 1961–62 4th R16 Not eligible Kostas Nestoridis 29 1962–63 W QF Kostas Nestoridis 28 1963–64 3rd W PR Mimis Papaioannou 34 1964–65 RU QF Not eligible R1 Kostas NestoridisKostas Papageorgiou 20 1965–66 3rd W Not eligible Mimis Papaioannou 29 1966–67 RU QF R1 RU Mimis Papaioannou 22 1967–68 W SF Not eligible Grp Mimis Papaioannou 21 1968–69 6th R16 QF Not eligible Mimis Papaioannou 27 1969–70 RU R2 Not eligible Mimis Papaioannou 19 1970–71 W SF R1 Mimis Papaioannou 37 1971–72 3rd R16 R1 Not eligible Mimis Papaioannou 17 1972–73 5th R16 Not eligible R2 Kostas Nikolaidis 13 1973–74 5th R16 Not eligible Tasos Konstantinou 14 1974–75 RU QF Walter Wagner 20 1975–76 RU SF R2 Georgios Dedes 19 1976–77 4th R16 SF Thomas Mavros 21 1977–78 W W R2 Thomas Mavros 31 1978–79 W RU R2 Not eligible Not held Thomas Mavros 40 1979–80 4th R16 R1 Not eligible Dušan Bajević 27 1980–81 RU SF Not eligible Grp Dušan Bajević 15 1981–82 4th R16 Not eligible Thomas Mavros 19 1982–83 3rd W R1 Thomas Mavros 31 1983–84 7th R16 R1 Not eligible Thomas Mavros 17 1984–85 3rd R1 Not eligible Thomas Mavros 27 1985–86 3rd SF R1 Márton Esterházy 17 1986–87 7th AR R1 Jim Patikas 5 1987–88 RU R16 Not eligible Not eligible Henrik Nielsen 23 1988–89 W R32 R1 Mirosław Okoński 11 1989–90 RU R32 W W R2 Not eligible Daniel Batista 17 1990–91 3rd R16 Not held Not held Not eligible Daniel Batista 14 1991–92 W SF R3 Vasilis Dimitriadis 31 1992–93 W SF RU R2 Not eligible Vasilis Dimitriadis 44 1993–94 W RU RU R1 Alexis Alexandris 30 1994–95 5th RU RU Grp Dimitris Saravakos 26 1995–96 RU W Not held Not eligible R2 Not held Vasilios Tsiartas 32 1996–97 RU W W QF Christos Kostis 24 1997–98 3rd R32Not held QF Demis Nikolaidis 21 1998–99 RU R1 Not eligible R1 Demis Nikolaidis 28 1999–2000 3rd W QR3 Not held R3 Demis Nikolaidis 36 2000–01 3rd R16 Not eligible R4 Demis Nikolaidis 25 2001–02 RU W R4 Demis Nikolaidis 28 2002–03 3rd SF Grp R4 Demis Nikolaidis 16 2003–04 4th SF Grp Not eligible Nikos Liberopoulos 18 2004–05 3rd SF Not eligible Grp Alessandro Soares 15 2005–06 RU RU R1 Nikos Liberopoulos 16 2006–07 RU R32 Grp R32 Nikos Liberopoulos 20 2007–08 RU RU R16 Not eligible QR3 R32 Ismael Blanco 21 2008–09 4th RU RU Not held Not eligible QR2 Ismael Blanco 24 2009–10 4th RU R32 Grp Ismael Blanco 13 2010–11 3rd 3rd W Grp Ismael Blanco 15 2011–12 5th RU R16 Grp Leonardo 13 2012–13 15th Not eligible R32 Not eligible Taxiarchis Fountas 4 2013–14 1st QF Alexandre D'Acol 21 2014–15 1st 1st QF Christos Aravidis 20 2015–16 3rd 3rd W Ronald VargasDiego BuonanotteChristos Aravidis 11 2016–17 4th W RU QR3 Tomas Pekhart 12 2017–18 W Not held RU QR3 R32 Lazaros Christodoulopoulos 16 2018–19 3rd RU Grp Not eligible Ezequiel Ponce 21 2019–20 3rd 3rd RU Not eligible PO Nélson Oliveira 16 2020–21 3rd 4th SF Grp Karim Ansarifard 14 2021–22 3rd 5th QF Not eligible QR2 Sergio Araujo 12 2022–23 RU W W Not eligible Levi García 18 2023–24 RU RU R16 PO Grp Ezequiel Ponce 16 2024–25 RU 4th SF Not eligible Not eligible QR3 Levi García 10 2025–26 W W QF Not eligible QF Luka Jović 21 2026–27 TBA TBA TBA RU LP Not eligible

See also AEK Athens F.C. History of AEK Athens F.C. AEK Athens F.C. in European football List of AEK Athens F.C. records and statistics

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References

External links Official websites

AEK Athens at Super League Greece AEK Athens at UEFA AEK Athens at FIFA (archived 14 April 2018) News sites AEK Athens on aek365.org AEK Athens news from Nova Sports Current results of AEK matches A.E.K. FC Database Media

AEK Athens on YouTube Other AEK Athens e-shop