AEK (women's water polo)

AEK
Founded	2019
League	A1 Ethniki Water Polo
Based in	Athens, Greece
Colors
President	Alexis Alexiou
Head coach	Marco Micic
Website	aek.gr

AEK Women's Water Polo Club is the women's water polo department of the major Greek multi-sport club, AEK Sports Club, based in Athens, Greece. The club was founded in 2019 and compete in the Greek Women's Water Polo League.

History

The women's water polo team of AEK started its efforts from the A2 Greek Women's Water Polo League in the 2019–20 season.^[1] On 6 March 2020, the newly formed AEK women's water polo team gave its first official match.^[2] In their maiden season the team won the promotion to the Greek Women's Water Polo League as champion of the second division.^[3]

Honours

A2 Greek Women's Water Polo League
- Winners (1): 2020

Current squad

Season 2020–21

No.	Nat.	Player	Birth Date	Position	L/R
1		Maria Tsouri	(1986-05-25) May 25, 1986 (age 38)	Goalkeeper
2		Emmanouela Archontaki		Goalkeeper
3		Christina Kotsia	(1994-07-10) July 10, 1994 (age 30)	Centre back
4		Kiki Stratidaki	(1996-06-07) June 7, 1996 (age 28)	Centre forward
5		Anastasia Loudi	(2000-09-21) September 21, 2000 (age 24)	Centre back
6		Marianna Mastrokalou	(2000-04-12) April 12, 2000 (age 24)	Centre forward
7		Katerina Gavala		Wing
10		Smaragda Grozopoulou	(2002-01-04) January 4, 2002 (age 22)	Wing
11		Katerina Michailidou		Wing
12		Elli Protopappa	(1999-07-23) July 23, 1999 (age 25)	Wing
13		Evdokia-Maria Tsimara	(2003-01-17) January 17, 2003 (age 21)	Wing
14		Evfrosini Tsimara		Wing
15		Efstathia-Nefeli Kovasevic		Wing
16		Myrto Kassari		Wing
17		Anastasia Bekri		Goalkeeper
18		Panagiota Zachariou		Centre forward
19		Zoi-Eleni Vamvakari		Wing
20		Marina Kalpouzou		Goalkeeper
21		Danai Kalpouzou		Wing
22		Melachrini Papadimitriou		Wing

Staff

Technical Staff
Section Chairman	Alexis Alexiou
Section Leader	Petros Deverikos
Technical Manager	Vasilis Siamanis

Head Coach	Marco Micic
Technical Director	Maria Balomenaki

Sponsorships

Great Sponsor: Molto

References

^ "AEK made a women's water polo team!". aek1924.gr. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
^ "The women's water polo department of AEK makes a historic premiere". aek1924.gr. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
^ "The awarding of the champion AEK". aek365.org. Retrieved 2020-07-05.

External links

Official website

[1] "AEK made a women's water polo team!". aek1924.gr. Retrieved 2019-08-06.

[2] "The women's water polo department of AEK makes a historic premiere". aek1924.gr. Retrieved 2020-03-05.

[3] "The awarding of the champion AEK". aek365.org. Retrieved 2020-07-05.

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