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AEK (men's water polo)

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AEK Water Polo
Founded1962
2017 (re-establishment)
LeagueA1 Ethniki Water Polo
Based inAthens, Greece
Colors   
PresidentAlexis Alexiou
Head coachKonstantinos Kokkinakis
Websiteaek.gr

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

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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

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Current squad

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Season 2022–23

Nat. Player Birth Date Position L/R
1 Greece Michalis Tsatalios (1988-07-17) July 17, 1988 (age 36)
2 Greece Anargyros Koryzis Goalkeeper
3 Greece Michalis Kazazis (1994-02-05) February 5, 1994 (age 30) Centre Back
4 Greece Aris Mavrotas (2000-09-05) September 5, 2000 (age 24) Wing
6 Greece Konstantinos Papakos Wing
7 Greece Rafail Manioudakis Wing
8 Greece Dimitris Stamelos (2001-03-30) March 30, 2001 (age 23) Wing
9 Greece Christos Papoukas Wing
10 Greece Nikolaos Stellatos (1979-06-17) June 17, 1979 (age 45) Wing
11 Greece Michalis Diplaros Wing
12 Greece Xenofon Zorzos (2002-10-18) October 18, 2002 (age 22) Centre Forward
13 Greece Lefteris Katsinoulas (2002-06-11) June 11, 2002 (age 22) Goalkeeper
14 Montenegro Nikola Vukčević (1985-11-14) November 14, 1985 (age 39) Centre Forward
16 Greece Alexandros Iliopoulos Wing
17 Greece Manolis Tsistrakis Wing
Greece Konstantinos Kokkinakis (1975-10-09) October 9, 1975 (age 49) Centre Back
United States Luis Araya (1998-07-07) July 7, 1998 (age 26) Wing

Staff

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Technical Staff
Section Chairman Greece Alexis Alexiou
Section Leader Greece Panos Michalopoulos
Technical Manager Greece Giorgos Kirmizoglou
Head Coach Greece Konstantinos Dandolos
Technical Director Greece Vasilios Davillas

See also

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Sponsorships

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References

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  1. ^ Φώντας Χήτας. "ΑΕΚ: Από την δεκαετία του '60 έρχεται η ιστορία της". koe.org.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  2. ^ "The first water polo team of AEK!". waterpolonews.gr. Archived from the original on 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "AEK: Its history comes from the '60s". koe.org.gr. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  5. ^ "Ιστορική άνοδος των Ανδρών στην Α1!". aek.gr (in Greek). Online. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
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