AEK Athens Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ ΑΕΚ), also known simply as AEK, AEK Athens (in European competitions), or with its full name Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos (Greek: Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, Athletic Union of Constantinople), is a Greek association football club based in Nea Filadelfeia suburb of Athens.
The club has amassed various records since its founding. Regionally, domestically and continentally, the club has set several records in winning various official and unofficial competitions. Established in Athens in 1924 by Greek refugees from Constantinople in the wake of the Greco-Turkish War, A.E.K. is one of the most successful clubs in Greek football,[1] winning 32 national titles (including 12 Championships, 15 Greek Cups, 1 League Cup and 3 Super Cups). The team has appeared several times in European (UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League) competitions. AEK is a member of the European Club Association.[2]
The club was relegated from the Greek Superleague after the 2012–13 season for the first time in its history. In an effort to discharge the immense debt created by years of mismanagement, its directors chose for the team to compete in the third tier Football League 2 for the 2013-14 season, thus turning the club into an amateur club.[3] After 2 seasons on the lower tiers the club completed its comeback to the first division.[4]
Season | Domestic competitions | International competitions | Top scorer | |||||||||||||
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League | Play-Offs | Cup | Super Cup | League Cup | Athens Football Clubs Association |
European Cup / Champions League |
Cup Winners' Cup | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup / UEFA Cup / Europa League |
Europa Conference League | Balkans Cup | Player(s) | Goals | ||||
1924–25 | Did not exist | Did not exist | Did not exist | Did not exist | Did not exist | 2nd | Did not exist | Did not exist | Did not exist | Did not exist | Did not exist | |||||
1925–26 | 3rd | |||||||||||||||
1926–27 | 2nd | |||||||||||||||
1927–28 | Withdrew | Withdrew | — | |||||||||||||
1928–29 | Not held | 2nd | ||||||||||||||
1929–30 | Did not qualify | 2nd | ||||||||||||||
1930–31 | 4th | 2nd | ||||||||||||||
1931–32 | 8th | Winners | Did not participate | |||||||||||||
1932–33 | 3rd | Round 2 | Mitsos Mougras | 10 | ||||||||||||
1933–34 | 6th (Southern Group) |
Not held | 3rd | Mitsos Mougras | 11+ | |||||||||||
1934–35 | Not held | Not finished | Ilias Iliaskos | 4+ | ||||||||||||
1935–36 | 5th | Did not participate | Mitsos Mougras | 4+ | ||||||||||||
1936–37 | Did not qualify | 2nd | ||||||||||||||
1937–38 | Did not qualify | 2nd | ||||||||||||||
1938–39 | Winners | Winners | 2nd | Kleanthis Maropoulos | 24+ | |||||||||||
1939–40 | Winners | Semi-finals | Winners | Kleanthis Maropoulos | 25 | |||||||||||
1940–41 | Not held | Not finished | Not finished | — | ||||||||||||
1941–42 | Not held | Not held | Not held | |||||||||||||
1942–43 | Not finished | |||||||||||||||
1943–44 | Not held | |||||||||||||||
1944–45 | Not held | Not finished | ||||||||||||||
1945–46 | Runners–Up | Winners | ||||||||||||||
1946–47 | 4th | Round of 16 | Winners | |||||||||||||
1947–48 | Did not qualify | Runners–Up | 3rd | |||||||||||||
1948–49 | Did not qualify | Winners | 5th | |||||||||||||
1949–50 | Not finished | Winners | Winners | |||||||||||||
1950–51 | Did not qualify | Quarter-finals | 2nd | Pavlos Emmanouilidis | 3 | |||||||||||
1951–52 | Not held | Semi-finals | 2nd | |||||||||||||
1952–53 | Did not qualify | Runners–Up | 3rd | |||||||||||||
1953–54 | 3rd | Round of 16 | 2nd | Andreas Stamatiadis | 4+ | |||||||||||
1954–55 | Did not qualify | Round of 16 | 3rd | |||||||||||||
1955–56 | Did not qualify | Winners | 5th | Did not participate | Did not participate | |||||||||||
1956–57 | Did not qualify | Quarter-finals | 4th | |||||||||||||
1957–58 | Runners–Up | Quarter-finals | 2nd | Kostas Nestoridis | 21 | |||||||||||
1958–59 | Runners–Up | Quarter-finals | 3rd | Kostas Nestoridis | 26 | |||||||||||
1959–60 | Runners–Up | Round 7 | Did not participate | Kostas Nestoridis | 43 | |||||||||||
1960–61 | 4th | Quarter-finals | Did not participate | 5th | Kostas Nestoridis | 44 | ||||||||||
1961–62 | 4th | Round of 16 | Did not participate | Kostas Nestoridis | 29 | |||||||||||
1962–63 | Winners | Quarter-finals | Kostas Nestoridis | 28 | ||||||||||||
1963–64 | 3rd | Winners | Preliminary round | Mimis Papaioannou | 34 | |||||||||||
1964–65 | Runners–Up | Quarter-finals | Did not participate | Round 1 | Kostas Nestoridis Kostas Papageorgiou |
20 | ||||||||||
1965–66 | 3rd | Winners | Did not participate | Mimis Papaioannou | 29 | |||||||||||
1966–67 | Runners–Up | Quarter-finals | Round 1 | Runners–Up | Mimis Papaioannou | 22 | ||||||||||
1967–68 | Winners | Semi-finals | Did not participate | Group B | Mimis Papaioannou | 21 | ||||||||||
1968–69 | 6th | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Did not participate | Mimis Papaioannou | 27 | ||||||||||
1969–70 | Runners–Up | Round 2 | Did not participate | Mimis Papaioannou | 19 | |||||||||||
1970–71 | Winners | Semi-finals | Round 1 | Mimis Papaioannou | 37 | |||||||||||
1971–72 | 3rd | Round of 16 | Round 1 | Did not participate | Mimis Papaioannou | 17 | ||||||||||
1972–73 | 5th | Round of 16 | Did not participate | Round 2 | Kostas Nikolaidis | 13 | ||||||||||
1973–74 | 5th | Round of 16 | Did not participate | Tasos Konstantinou | 14 | |||||||||||
1974–75 | Runners–Up | Quarter-finals | Walter Wagner | 20 | ||||||||||||
1975–76 | Runners–Up | Semi-finals | Round 2 | Giorgos Dedes | 19 | |||||||||||
1976–77 | 4th | Round of 16 | Semi-finals | Thomas Mavros | 21 | |||||||||||
1977–78 | Winners | Winners | Round 2 | Thomas Mavros | 31 | |||||||||||
1978–79 | Winners | Runners–Up | Round 2 | Did not participate | Not held | Thomas Mavros | 40 | |||||||||
1979–80 | 4th | Round of 16 | Round 1 | Did not participate | Dušan Bajević | 27 | ||||||||||
1980–81 | Runners–Up | Semi-finals | Did not participate | Group A | Dušan Bajević | 15 | ||||||||||
1981–82 | 4th | Round of 16 | Did not participate | Thomas Mavros | 19 | |||||||||||
1982–83 | 3rd | Winners | Round 1 | Thomas Mavros | 31 | |||||||||||
1983–84 | 7th | Round of 16 | Round 1 | Did not participate | Thomas Mavros | 17 | ||||||||||
1984–85 | 3rd | Round 1 | Did not participate | Thomas Mavros | 27 | |||||||||||
1985–86 | 3rd | Semi-finals | Round 1 | Márton Esterházy | 17 | |||||||||||
1986–87 | 7th | Additional round | Round 1 | Jim Patikas | 5 | |||||||||||
1987–88 | Runners–Up | Round of 16 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Henrik Nielsen | 23 | ||||||||||
1988–89 | Winners | Round of 32 | Round 1 | Mirosław Okoński | 11 | |||||||||||
1989–90 | Runners–Up | Round of 32 | Winners | Winners | Round 2 | Did not participate | Daniel Batista | 17 | ||||||||
1990–91 | 3rd | Round of 16 | Not held | Not held | Did not participate | Daniel Batista | 14 | |||||||||
1991–92 | Winners | Semi-finals | Round 3 | Vasilis Dimitriadis | 31 | |||||||||||
1992–93 | Winners | Semi-finals | Runners–Up | Round 2 | Did not participate | Vasilis Dimitriadis | 44 | |||||||||
1993–94 | Winners | Runners–Up | Runners–Up | Round 1 | Alexis Alexandris | 30 | ||||||||||
1994–95 | 5th | Runners–Up | Runners–Up | Group D | Dimitris Saravakos | 26 | ||||||||||
1995–96 | Runners–Up | Winners | Not held | Did not participate | Round 2 | Not held | Vasilios Tsiartas | 32 | ||||||||
1996–97 | Runners–Up | Winners | Winners | Quarter-finals | Christos Kostis | 24 | ||||||||||
1997–98 | 3rd | Round of 32 | Not held | Quarter-finals | Demis Nikolaidis | 21 | ||||||||||
1998–99 | Runners–Up | Round 1 | Did not participate | Round 1 | Demis Nikolaidis | 28 | ||||||||||
1999–2000 | 3rd | Winners | Qualifying Round 3 | Not held | Round 3 | Demis Nikolaidis | 36 | |||||||||
2000–01 | 3rd | Round of 16 | Did not participate | Round 4 | Demis Nikolaidis | 26 | ||||||||||
2001–02 | Runners–Up | Winners | Round 4 | Demis Nikolaidis | 28 | |||||||||||
2002–03 | 3rd | Semi-finals | Group C | Round 4 | Demis Nikolaidis | 16 | ||||||||||
2003–04 | 4th | Semi-finals | Group C | Did not participate | Nikos Liberopoulos | 18 | ||||||||||
2004–05 | 3rd | Semi-finals | Did not participate | Group C | Alessandro Soares | 15 | ||||||||||
2005–06 | Runners–Up | Runners–Up | Round 1 | Nikos Liberopoulos | 16 | |||||||||||
2006–07 | 2nd | Round of 32 | Group H | Round of 32 | Nikos Liberopoulos | 20 | ||||||||||
2007–08 | Runners–Up | Runners–Up | Round of 16 | Did not participate | Qualifying Round 3 | Round of 32 | Ismael Blanco | 21 | ||||||||
2008–09 | 4th | Runners–Up | Runners–Up | Not held | Did not participate | Qualifying Round 2 | Ismael Blanco | 24 | ||||||||
2009–10 | 4th | Runners–Up | Round of 32 | Group I | Ismael Blanco | 13 | ||||||||||
2010–11 | 3rd | 3rd | Winners | Group G | Ismael Blanco | 15 | ||||||||||
2011–12 | 5th | Runners–Up | Round of 16 | Group L | Leonardo | 13 | ||||||||||
2012–13 | 15th | Did not participate | Round of 32 | Did not participate | Taxiarchis Fountas | 4 | ||||||||||
2013–14 | 1st(6th Group) (Football League 2) |
Quarter-finals (Football League 2 Cup) |
Alexandre D'Acol | 21 | ||||||||||||
2014–15 | 1st (South Group) (Football League) |
1st (Football League) |
Quarter-finals | Christos Aravidis | 20 | |||||||||||
2015–16 | 3rd | 3rd | Winners | Ronald Vargas Diego Buonanotte Christos Aravidis |
11 | |||||||||||
2016–17 | 4th | Winners | Runners–Up | Qualifying Round 3 | Tomas Pekhart | 12 | ||||||||||
2017–18 | Winners | Not held | Runners–Up | Qualifying Round 3 | Round of 32 | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | 16 | |||||||||
2018–19 | 3rd | Runners–Up | Group E | Did not participate | Ezequiel Ponce | 21 | ||||||||||
2019–20 | 3rd | 3rd | Runners–Up | Did not participate | Play-off round | Nélson Oliveira | 16 | |||||||||
2020–21 | 3rd | 4th | Semi-finals | Group G | Karim Ansarifard | 14 | ||||||||||
2021–22 | 3rd | 5th | Quarter-finals | Did not participate | Qualifying Round 2 | Sergio Araujo | 12 | |||||||||
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