AEK H.C.
AEK Handball Club is the handball department of the major Greek multi-sports club A.E.K. It was established in 2005. The club is commonly known in European competitions as AEK Athens.
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Full name | AEK Handball Club | ||
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Founded | 2005 | ||
Arena | G. Kassimatis Indoor Hall | ||
Capacity | 1,000 | ||
President | Stamatis Papastamatis | ||
Head coach | Dimitris Dimitroulias | ||
League | Handball Premier | ||
2019–20 | 1st | ||
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Website Official site |
Departments of AEK Athens | ||
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Football | Basketball | Volleyball (Men's) |
Volleyball (Women's) |
Water Polo (Men's) |
Water Polo (Women's) |
Handball | Futsal | Athletics |
Cycling | Table tennis | Boxing |
Fencing | Field hockey | Rugby |
Chess | Muay Thai | MMA |
Weightlifting | eSports | Parasports |
History
The department Handball of A.E.K. founded by a decision of the General Assembly of A.E.K. on 12 July 2005.
On 5 August 2005, the Greek Handball Federation accepted a merger through absorption of the association's Board of handball GA Ilioupolis with AEK Handball Club.
During the period 2006–07, AEK Handball Club acquired the 3rd position in A1 (Greek Men's handball championship) and gained the participation at European Cups for the first time.
During the period 2007–08, AEK participated at EHF Cup (European Handball Federation Cup) and eliminated by Dinamo Baumit Bucuresti at second round.
On 31 May 2009, with Nikos Georgantzoglou as a president, AEK HC won the 1st Greek men's handball cup winning Filippos 33–31 in Serres.
For the period 2009–10 AEK participated at EHF Cup Winners' Cup.[1]
For the third round of EHF Cup Winners' Cup, AEK HC played against BSB Izmir on 14 November 2009 in Athens (losing 24–29) and on 21 November 2009 in Smyrni (draw 22–22). During the period 2009–10, AEK HC terminated at 4th position of A1, gaining its European participation for 2nd consecutive time and for 3rd in general. In addition, AEK HC participated at the final-four of Greek men's handball cup on 29 May 2010 in Lamia, but the semi-final game against PAOK did not take place due to fan "fights".
For the second round of European Challenge Cup (2010–11), AEK HC won HC Dinamo Minsk 31–25 in Athens and lost 32–27 in Minsk and therefore AEK has been advanced to the top 16 teams. For the third round (phase of 16), AEK defeated Sporting Lisboa at penalties. AEK lost 27–23 in Lisboa, but won 27–23 in Athens and so the game went on penalty-kicks, where AEK advanced to the top 8 with final score 32–27. For the Quarter-Final (phase of 8), AEK played against Partizan of Beograd and disqualified.[2]
On 7 May 2011, AEK won the Final of (Greek Men's handball championship) and became the Greek Champion (1st) for 2011. AEK needed only the win against PAOK at Thessaloniki and was losing by one goal (22–21) 30 seconds before the final whistle but with great will and power scored twice (the final goal at the exact second of the final) and gained the first championship of its history just 6 years from their establishment.[3] AEK participated to the first round of the EHF Champions League for the period 2011–12 and also to the first round of Challenge Cup, losing from Lions (Holland).
On 17 March 2012, AEK participated to the final game of the Greek men's handball cup against PAOK, but lost the game 26–24. AEK participated to the EHF Cup for the period 2012–13 but was eliminated by Diomidis Argous in the first round, losing both games at Argos and Athens.
On 3 March 2013, AEK HC won the 2nd Greek men's handball cup in its history, winning PAOK 27–23 in Kerkyra (Corfu).[4] The same year on 1 June, AEK HC won its 2nd Greek Championship playing against Diomidis.[5]
On 19 March 2014, AEK HC won the 3rd Greek men's handball cup in its history, winning Diomidis 18–16 in Athens.[6]
On 29 March 2015, AEK HC participated to the final of the Greek men's handball cup for 5th time in a row, against PAOK, but lost the game 27–29. On Greek Championship finished 3rd.
On 14 and 20 May 2018, AEK HC played to the final games of EHF Challenge Cup 2017–18 and became one of the three most successful teams in Greek handball (including Diomidis Argous and Filippos Verias) in European achievements.[7]
In 2020, AEK HC won its 3rd Greek Championship.
All Seasons
Season | Division | Place | Cup | Europe |
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2005–06 | A1 Ethniki | 8th | – | – |
2006–07 | A1 Ethniki | 3rd | – | – |
2007–08 | A1 Ethniki | 8th | – | EHF Cup R2 |
2008–09 | A1 Ethniki | 7th | Winner | – |
2009–10 | A1 Ethniki | 4th | Final-4 | EHF Cup R3 |
2010–11 | A1 Ethniki | 1st | Finalist | EHF Challenge Cup QF |
2011–12 | A1 Ethniki | 2nd | Finalist | EHF Champions League QS EHF Cup R2 |
2012–13 | A1 Ethniki | 1st | Winner | EHF Cup R1 |
2013–14 | A1 Ethniki | 2nd | Winner | EHF Champions League QS EHF Cup R3 |
2014–15 | A1 Ethniki | 3rd | Finalist | – |
2015–16 | Handball Premier | 9th | – | EHF Challenge Cup R3 |
2016–17 | Handball Premier | 3rd | – | – |
2017–18 | Handball Premier | 2nd | – | EHF Challenge Cup Final |
2018–19 | Handball Premier | 2nd | Finalist | EHF Challenge Cup SF |
2019–20 | Handball Premier | 1st | ||
- In the 2019–20 season, due to the COVID-19, the Greek Cup Final tournament (vs Diomidis Argous) and the EHF Ch.C. QF tournament (vs Potaissa Turda) were cancelled.
Team
Staff
- Staff for the 2020–21 season
Pos. | Name |
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General Manager | Stathis Papachartofylis |
Team Manager | Ilias Chatsikas |
Head Coach | Dimitris Dimitroulias |
Assistant Coach | Alexandros Alvanos |
Goalkeeping Coach | Dimitris Kaffatos |
Personal trainer | Alexandros Provolisianos |
Physiotherapist | Pavlos Kalavazis |
Current squad
- Squad for the 2020–21 season[8]
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Notable former coaches
- Giannis Arvanitis
- Dimitris Dimitroulias
- Kostas Toutsis
- Nikos Grammatikos
Notable former players
- Christoforos Bakaoukas
- Savvas Karypidis
- Fanis Tsaousis
- Giorgos Papadopoulos
- Dimitris Kaffatos
- Dionysis Georgiadis
- Giorgos Perros
- Alexandros Alvanos
- Spyros Balomenos
- Panagiotis Nikolaidis
- Konstantinos Tsilimparis
- Grigoris Sanikis
- Julios Argyrou
- Mladen Rakčević
- Miljan Manić
- Mirko Lukić
- Zlatko Šuša
- Eldin Vražalica
- Lars Jacobsen
- Anis Gatfi
- Cristian Ugalde
- Thomas Bauer
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Accomplishments
- Greek Championship
- Winners (3): 2010–11, 2012–13, 2019–20
- Runners-up (4): 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019
- Greek Cup
- Winners (3): 2008–09, 2012–13, 2013–14
- Runners-up (5): 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2020
- EHF Challenge Cup
- Double
- Winners (1): 2012–13
- Other Titles
- 47th International Handball Tournament Struga (1): 2019
- 1st International Tournament "Andreas Papastamatis" (1): 2020
Arenas
Stadium | Capacity | Season |
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Ilioupoli Indoor Hall | 500 | 2005–2007 |
Agioi Anargyroi Indoor Hall | 300 | 2007–2008 |
Vyronas Indoor Hall | 1,000 | 2008–2010 |
Ionikos Nea Filadelphia Indoor Hall | 1,000 | 2010–2013 |
Ano Liosia Olympic Hall | 6,000 | 2013–2014 |
Panellinios Indoor Hall | 1,200 | 2014–2015 |
Vyronas Indoor Hall | 1,000 | 2015–2017 |
G. Kassimatis Indoor Hall | 1,000 | 2017–present |
European record
Competitions | Appearances | Played | W | D | L | Goals | |
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1 | EHF Champions League | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 103–121 |
2 | EHF European League/EHF Cup | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 193–227 |
EHF Cup Winners' Cup | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 46–51 | |
3 | EHF European Cup/EHF Ch.Cup | 6 | 32 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 1.004–858 |
Overall | 13 | 46 | 21 | 3 | 22 | 1346–1257 |
Sponsorships
References
- "Κύπελλο Χάντμπολ: Πρώτος τίτλος στην ΑΕΚ". enet.gr. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- "Τέλος η Ευρώπη για την ΑΕΚ". sport24.gr. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- "Χάντμπολ: Πρωταθλήτρια Ελλάδας η ΑΕΚ με φοβερή ανατροπή!". enet.gr. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- "Χάντμπολ: Το σήκωσε η ΑΕΚ, 27-23 τον ΠΑΟΚ!". onsports.gr. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- "Πρωταθλήτρια χάντμπολ η ΑΕΚ". enet.gr. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- "Κυπελλούχος Ελλάδας η ΑΕΚ". handball.org.gr. Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- "EHF Challenge Cup Final - Handball: AEK fought, won, but did not... raise it up" (in Greek). iefimerida.gr. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- Hellenic Handball Federation AEK HC roster
External links
Official websites
- Official website (in Greek)
- AEK H.C. at HHF (in Greek)
- AEK H.C. at EHF (in English)
Media