AEK (men's water polo)
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| Founded | 1962 2017 (re-establishment) |
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| League | A1 Ethniki Water Polo |
| Based in | Athens, Greece |
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| President | Alexis Alexiou |
| Head coach | Konstantinos Kokkinakis |
| Website | aek.gr |
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AEK Men's Water Polo Club is the men's water polo department of the major Greek multi-sport club, AEK Sports Club, based in Athens, Greece. The club's home ground is in Athens.[1] It was founded in 1962 and after its dissolution in the '70s, it was re-established in 2017.
History
[edit]The water polo department of AEK was first founded in 1962 and maintained until the early 1970s.[2][3] During its first season, they won two Third Division Championships.[4] In 1963, AEK was fourth in the Third Division Championship, in the same position in 1964, third in 1965 and champion in 1966, to compete for the following year 1967 in the Second Division where they finished sixth and relegated.
Champion again in 1968 in the Third Division, they did not play in the 1969 championship of the A2 Greek Water Polo League and so, somewhere there, the thread of that team is lost. The department was re-established in 2017. The decision to re-establish the department by the Board of AEK Sports Club was received on March 23, 2017, after the proposal made by Panos Michalopoulos and Giorgos Kirmizoglou, something that was officially announced after a while.
On 6 July 2020, the club was promoted to the Greek Water Polo League for the first time in its history.[5] In 2021 the club participated in the first Greek Cup final of its short history and lost the game against Olympiacos.[6][7]
Titles and achievements
[edit]- A2 Greek Men's Water Polo League
Winners (1): 2020
- A3 Greek Men's Water Polo League
- Winners (3): 1966, 1968, 2018
- Greek Water Polo Cup
Runners-up (1): 2021
Current squad
[edit]Season 2022–23
| № | Nat. | Player | Birth Date | Position | L/R |
| 1 |  |
Michalis Tsatalios | July 17, 1988 | ||
| 2 | |
Anargyros Koryzis | Goalkeeper | ||
| 3 | |
Michalis Kazazis | February 5, 1994 | Centre Back | |
| 4 | |
Aris Mavrotas | September 5, 2000 | Wing | |
| 6 | |
Konstantinos Papakos | Wing | ||
| 7 | |
Rafail Manioudakis | Wing | ||
| 8 | |
Dimitris Stamelos | March 30, 2001 | Wing | |
| 9 | |
Christos Papoukas | Wing | ||
| 10 | |
Nikolaos Stellatos | June 17, 1979 | Wing | |
| 11 | |
Michalis Diplaros | Wing | ||
| 12 | |
Xenofon Zorzos | October 18, 2002 | Centre Forward | |
| 13 | |
Lefteris Katsinoulas | June 11, 2002 | Goalkeeper | |
| 14 |  |
Nikola Vukčević | November 14, 1985 | Centre Forward | |
| 16 | |
Alexandros Iliopoulos | Wing | ||
| 17 | |
Manolis Tsistrakis | Wing | ||
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Konstantinos Kokkinakis | October 9, 1975 | Centre Back | ||
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Luis Araya | July 7, 1998 | Wing |
Staff
[edit]| Technical Staff | |
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| Section Chairman | Alexis Alexiou
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| Section Leader | Panos Michalopoulos
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| Technical Manager | Giorgos Kirmizoglou
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| Head Coach | Konstantinos Dandolos
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| Technical Director | Vasilios Davillas
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See also
[edit]Sponsorships
[edit]- Great Sponsor: Molto
References
[edit]- ^ Φώντας Χήτας. "ΑΕΚ: Από την δεκαετία του '60 έρχεται η ιστορία της". koe.org.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ "The first water polo team of AEK!". waterpolonews.gr. Archived from the original on 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- ^ Θοδωρής Νταλαγιώργος. "Η πρώτη ομάδα υδατοσφαίρισης της ΑΕΚ!". waterpolonews.gr (in Greek). Online. Archived from the original on 8 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ "AEK: Its history comes from the '60s". koe.org.gr. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ^ "Ιστορική άνοδος των Ανδρών στην Α1!". aek.gr (in Greek). Online. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ Αυγουστάκης, Κώστας (2021). "ΑΕΚ - Ολυμπιακός 4-20: Ερυθρόλευκη υπεροχή στον τελικό του Stoiximan Κυπέλλου". sport24.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
Ο Ολυμπιακός επικράτησε άνετα της ΑΕΚ 20-4 στο κολυμβητήριου του Λαιμού στη Βουλιαγμένη και κατέκτησε το τρόπαιο του Stoiximan Κυπέλλου πόλο Ανδρών για 22η φορά στην ιστορία του.
- ^ Πατσούρας, Αντώνης (2021). "ΑΕΚ - ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ 4-20 : Το 22ο Κύπελλο στον Ολυμπιακό! (vids)". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
Ο Ολυμπιακός επικράτησε 20-4 με της ΑΕΚ στον τελικό του Final-8 του Κυπέλλου που διεξήχθη στη Βουλιαγμένη και κατέκτησε τον 22ο τίτλο της ιστορίας του και παράλληλα έφτασε στο 19ο νταμπλ.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- AEK on Facebook
- AEK on Instagram