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The Athletic Union of Constantinople , more commonly referred to as AEK or in European competitions as AEK Athens, is a sports club based in the city of Athens, Greece.
AEK Athen was founded on 13th April 1924 in Athens by Greek refugees from
Constantinople (now Istanbul) in the wake of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) and subsequent Population exchange between Greece and Turkey.
The large Greek population of Constantinople, 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 from the Kurtuluş
district, Megas Alexandros of Vathyriakos,
and Hermes ( - Ermis) of Galata existed to promote
Greeks 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 (1919-1922), and settled in
Athens and Thessaloniki.
The founders of AEK established AEK Athen 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.).
Crest and Colours
Since AEK Athen'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 ( - Dikefalos Aetos), which remained for the next half-century, on a Gold (color) Golden yellow background. When AEK was created by Greeks refugees from Constantinople in the years following the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) and subsequent Population exchange between Greece and Turkey, the emblem and colours were chosen as a reminder of lost homelands; they represent AEK Athen'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 Byzantine heraldry) and, officially, by the Greek Army; the bird found its way into the Greek coat of arms for a brief period in 1925-1926.
Departments
AEK Athen fields teams in many sports, including Athletics (track and field), cycling, boxing,
chess and fencing, but its most popular teams primarily compete in Football (soccer),
basketball, volleyball, Team handball and futsal.
AEK being an amateur all-round sports club with the mission to create and advance as many
sports as is feasible, its main professional and semiprofessional teams operate independently
albeit in affiliation with it.
AEK Athens Football Club
Established in Athens in 1924 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 27 national titles (including 11 Championships, 13 Greek Cups, 1 League Cup,
1 Pre-Mediterranean Cup, 3 Super Cups) ,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 to the semi-final of UEFA Cup in 1977.
Honours
Domestic
=League=
- Super League Greece
=Cups=
- Greek football Cup
- Greek League Cup
- Pre1991 Mediterranean Games Cup
- Greek Super Cup
- Uefa Cup
AEK Athens Basketball Club
AEK Athens Basketball is the most successful among A.E.K' athletic departments. The obvious reason is that AEK's basketball team was the first ever Greek team to win an international trophy in any team sports. AEK formed its basketball team in 1924.
Honours
Domestic
=League=
- A1 Ethniki
=Cups=
- Greek basketball Cup
=European=
- Saporta Cup
AEK Athens V.C.
AEK Athens V.C. is the volleyball team of the Greek sports club AEK. It was founded in 1967 by
Jason Platsi.Over the years AEK have struggled to stay in the top flight of Greek volleyball,
competing in A2(Greece's second division) and A1.AEK had its finest moment with coach Stelios
Prosalika , as has prevailed in the final-4 of the European Cup Winners Cup. The races held
(9–10 March 2000) in the closed Nea Liosia and AEK lost in the semi-final by Cuneo, but
won 3-1 Galatasaray in the small final and won the 3rd place.
Since 1995, AEK Athens has also a women volley club team.
AEK Athens H.C.
AEK Athens H.C. is also another growing department at AEK.The department Handball AEK founded
by a decision of the General Assembly of AEK on July 12, 2005.
On August 5, 2005, the Greek Handball Federation accepted a merger through absorption of the association's Board of handball GA Ilioupolis with section Handball Sports Union of Constantinople.
In 2007 AEK HC was 3rd in A1 and gained the first participation in European Cups.
0n 31st May 2009, AEK HC won the Greek Cup in Serres.
Honours
Domestic
Cups
AEK Athens Fencing
The Department of Fencing AEK Founded in 1996, relying on a trunk athletes beginning in the infrastructure of the club, little by little and gradually ascended the steps and assumed a leading role in the game, while our athletes manning the National Teams. Registrar of the Board throughout this time, and Constantine Beverage while coach since 1997 is Thanassis Tsamaldoupis. The sport of Fencing is separated into three events: Sabre, foil and épée.
AEK Athens Chess
The Chess part of AEK was founded by a decision of the General Assembly of AEK on July 12, 2005. The department staffed directly by September 3, 2005 is a member of the Greek Chess Federation.
In 2006 AEK Chess Club was Greek Cup Finalist and in 2008 Greek Cup Semi Finalist.
Also won the Attica Cup in 2006 and the Attica Rapid Championships in 2006 and
2009.
AEK Athens Cycling
One of the first sections of the AEK athletic club was cycling. M. Kaloudis was a winner in the Balkansgmaes (in 1940 in Bucharest when he was 3rd) and was one of the founders of the Chamber. He first appeared in 1929 and was followed by Petoun, Tarsinian and Krisalis. Another cycling ace was Kouvelis who won the gold medal in the Balkan Games of 1940 in the race of 33 kilometers. Both Kaloudis and his Kouvelis participated in the Olympic Games in London in 1948.
The Olympic Games of 1948 in London, led to the new excursion of AEK In Cycling. At the beginning of the'50s, the sport had blossomed and AEK competed with Panionios and Panathinaikos. The department then had a plethora of skilled cyclists as Davouti, Kouyioumtzis (Athens won the race-Loutraki 1952), Chatziargyri, Georgiadis, Arapi, Barda, Alexis, Tzioti, Barla, Trasian.
HONOURS:
4 times Greek Team Championships in 1961, 1962, 1971 and 1979.
1 Men's Cross Country Championship in 2009 (Rovakis)
AEK Athens Boxing
The Board of Boxing founded in 1969 by the Lampidi. From the 1970s, had the first success, but the biggest success for the 'kitrinomafra gloves' came in the last decade, with Tigran Ouzlian, Arthur Mikaelian, Mike Arnaoutis (wcho is now a professional boxer in the USA). Valerio Chartsislava lead the Society teammates at the National Championships. A.E.K. in Greece has emerged as champion in Boxing
8 times Greek Team Championship: 1978, 1980, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2008.
AEK Athens Athletics
AEK Athletics club, was established in 1924 and is one of the most successful
departments of AEK.
AEK Athletics Club, were
Greek Cross-Country Championships for 8 consecutive seasons (1957, 1958,
1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964).
AEK Athens Table Tennis
AEK Athens Table Tennis (Ping-Pong) Club, participated in Greek championships during
the decades of 1950, 1960, 1970 and 1980.
AEK Table Tennis Club acquired the third position, both in men and also in young men
championships in 1959.
The relevant department of AEK, is presently inactive.
Related pages
AEK Athen, Aris Saloniki, Asteras Tripolis, Ergotelis, Iraklis Saloniki, Larisa, Levadiakos, OFI Kreta, Olympiakos, PAE Thrasivoulos Filis, Panathinaikos, Panionios, Panserraikos, Panthrakikos, PAOK Saloniki, Xanthi