AEK (men's water polo)

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.

AEK Water Polo
Founded1962
2017 (re-establishment)
LeagueA1 Ethniki Water Polo
Based inAthens, Greece
Colors   
PresidentAlexis Alexiou
Head coachKonstantinos Dandolos
Websiteaek.gr
Departments of AEK Athens
Football
(Men's)		 Football B
(Men's)		 Football
(Women's)
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 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

Current squad

Season 2022–23

№ Nat. Player Birth Date Position L/R
1Michalis Tsatalios (1988-07-17) July 17, 1988
2Anargyros KoryzisGoalkeeper
3Michalis Kazazis (1994-02-05) February 5, 1994Centre Back
4Aris Mavrotas (2000-09-05) September 5, 2000Wing
6Konstantinos PapakosWing
7Rafail ManioudakisWing
8Dimitris Stamelos (2001-03-30) March 30, 2001Wing
9Christos PapoukasWing
10Nikolaos Stellatos (1979-06-17) June 17, 1979Wing
11Michalis DiplarosWing
12Xenofon Zorzos (2002-10-18) October 18, 2002Centre Forward
13Lefteris Katsinoulas (2002-06-11) June 11, 2002Goalkeeper
14Nikola Vukčević (1985-11-14) November 14, 1985Centre Forward
16Alexandros IliopoulosWing
17Manolis TsistrakisWing
Konstantinos Kokkinakis (1975-10-09) October 9, 1975Centre Back
Luis Araya (1998-07-07) July 7, 1998Wing

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

See also

Sponsorships

References
  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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