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.

AEK
Full nameAEK Handball Club
Nickname(s)
  • Énosis (Union)
  • Kitrinómavri (Yellow-Blacks)
  • Dikéfalos Aetós (Two-Headed Eagle)
Founded2005 (2005)
ArenaG. Kassimatis Indoor Hall
Capacity1,000
PresidentStamatis Papastamatis
Head coachDimitris Dimitroulias
LeagueHandball Premier
2020–211st
Club colours   
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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 won the first Greek handball cup winning Filippos by a score of 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 Greek handball championship through the play-offs and became champion for the first time in their short history. 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 won the second Greek handball cup in its history, winning PAOK by a score of 27–23 in Kerkyra (Corfu).[4] The same year on June 1, 2013 AEK won the second Greek handball championship against Diomidis.[5]

On 19 March 2014, AEK won the third Greek handball championship in its history, winning Diomidis 18–16 in Athens.[6]

On 29 March 2015, AEK participated in the final of the Greek men's handball cup for fifth time in a row, against PAOK, but lost the game by a score of 27–29. The team finished third in the Greek handball championship.

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 won its third Greek Championship.[8]

On 23rd May 2021, AEK HC won the fourth Greek hanball cup in its history, winning PAOK by a score of 24–22 in Kozani. On May the 30th of the same year, AEK HC won the first EHF European Cup in its history by winning the Swedish club Ystads IF, this way AEK HC became the most successful Greek club in European handball competitions.[9] AEK won its fourth Greek Championship on July 6, 2021 celebrating a historic treble.[10]

Kits

Honours

European competitions

Domestic competitions
  • Greek Championship
    • Winners (4): 2010–11, 2012–13, 2019–20, 2020–21
    • Runner-up (4): 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019
  • Greek Cup
    • Winners (4): 2008–09, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2020–21
    • Runner-up (6): 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2022

Tournaments
  • Official Tournaments
    • 47th International Handball Tournament Struga (1): 2019
    • 1st International Tournament "Andreas Papastamatis" (2): 2020, 2021

Unofficial team awards
  • Continental Treble (European trophy, National league, National cup)
    • Winners (1): 2020–21
  • Double (National league, National cup)
    • Winners (2): 2012–13, 2020–21

Players
Squad for the 2021–22 season[11]

Transfers
Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Team officials
Staff for the 2021–22 season[12]
Pos.Name
General ManagerStathis Papachartofylis
Team ManagerIlias Chatsikas
Head CoachDimitris Dimitroulias
Assistant CoachAlexandros Alvanos
Goalkeeping CoachDimitris Kaffatos
Personal trainerAlexandros Provolisianos
PhysiotherapistStavros Toilos

Season by season
Season Division Place Cup Europe
2005–06A1 Ethniki8th––
2006–07A1 Ethniki3rd––
2007–08A1 Ethniki8th–EHF Cup R2
2008–09A1 Ethniki7thWinner–
2009–10A1 Ethniki4thFinal-4EHF Cup R3
2010–11A1 Ethniki1stFinalistEHF Challenge Cup QF
2011–12A1 Ethniki2ndFinalistEHF Champions League QS
EHF Cup R2
2012–13A1 Ethniki1stWinnerEHF Cup R1
2013–14A1 Ethniki2ndWinnerEHF Champions League QS
EHF Cup R3
2014–15A1 Ethniki3rdFinalist–
2015–16Handball Premier9th–EHF Challenge Cup R3
2016–17Handball Premier3rd––
2017–18Handball Premier2nd–EHF Challenge Cup Finalist
2018–19 Handball Premier 2nd Finalist EHF Challenge Cup SF
2019–20 Handball Premier 1st Final EHF Challenge Cup QF
2020–21 Handball Premier 1st Winner EHF European Cup Winner
2021–22 Handball Premier EHF European League
  • In 2019–20 season, the Greek Cup final against Diomidis Argous and the EHF Challenge Cup quarterfinal against Potaissa Turda were cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

European record
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2007–08 EHF Cup R2 Dinamo Baumit București 30–29 22–361 52–65
2009–10 EHF Cup Winners' Cup R3 Izmir BSB SK 24–291 22–22 46–51
2010–11 EHF Challenge Cup R3 SKA Minsk 31–251 27–32 58–57
16 Sporting CP 32–27 23–271 55–54
QF RK Partizan Beograd 23–24 22–281 45–52
2011–12 EHF Champions League QR RK Partizan Beograd 25–26 4th
Tatran Presov 23–40
2011–12 EHF Cup R2 OCI-Lions 25–271 24–26 49–53
2012–13 EHF Cup R1 AC Diomidis Argous 29–30 18–301 47–60
2013–14 EHF Champions League QR HC Dinamo Minsk 21–25 3rd
Besiktas JK 34–30
2013–14 EHF Cup R3 Lugi HF 22–241 23–25 45–49
2015–16 EHF Challenge Cup R3 AC Filippos Verias 34–361 22–32 56–68
2017–18 EHF Challenge Cup R3 London GD 41–21 40–161 81–37
16 Göztepe SK 32–23 25–291 57–52
QF Berchem HC 32–251 32–18 64–43
SF AM Madeira Andebol SAD 23–23 29–211 52–44
F AHC Potaissa Turda 27–26 22–331 49–59
2018–19 EHF Challenge Cup R3 Bregenz Handball 29–251 20–18 49–43
16 AS SGS Ramhat Hashron 35–25 34–281 69–53
QF Dinamo Viktor Stavropol 30–24 21–251 51–49
SF AM Madeira Andebol SAD 22–30 22–271 44–57
2019–20 EHF Challenge Cup R3 HC Vogošća Poljine Hills 41–22H 33–27H 74–49
16 Drammen HK 33–311 27–27 60–58
QF AHC Potaissa Turda --- --- ---
2020–21 EHF European Cup R3 KH Prishtina 37–19H 41–8H 78–25
16 CSM București 29–23 23–281 52–51
QF HC Neva SPb 29–27H 30–21H 59–48
SF RK Gorenje 31–291 31–31 62–60
F Ystads IF 30–26Η 24–20Η 54–46
2021–22 EHF European League Group D Tatabánya KC 34–261 24–25 5th
RK Pelister 27–301 19–30
Sporting CP 25–24 30–311
Kadetten Schaffhausen 28–31 26–301
USAM Nîmes 34–30 27–261
Competitions Appearances Played W D L Goals
1 EHF Champions League 2 4 1 0 3 103–121
2 EHF European League/EHF Cup 5 18 5 0 13 467–510
EHF Cup Winners' Cup 1 2 0 1 1 46–51
3 EHF European Cup/EHF Ch.Cup 6 40 25 3 12 1,169–1,005
Overall 14 64 31 4 29 1,785–1,687

Notable former coaches
  • Giannis Arvanitis
  • Dimitris Dimitroulias
  • Kostas Toutsis
  • Nikos Grammatikos

Notable current and former players

Sponsorships
  • Great Sponsor: Elliniki Etairia Graniton
  • Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer: Macron
  • Official Broadcaster: ERT3

References
  1. "Κύπελλο Χάντμπολ: Πρώτος τίτλος στην ΑΕΚ". enet.gr. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  2. "Τέλος η Ευρώπη για την ΑΕΚ". sport24.gr. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  3. "Χάντμπολ: Πρωταθλήτρια Ελλάδας η ΑΕΚ με φοβερή ανατροπή!". enet.gr. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  4. "Χάντμπολ: Το σήκωσε η ΑΕΚ, 27-23 τον ΠΑΟΚ!". onsports.gr. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  5. "Πρωταθλήτρια χάντμπολ η ΑΕΚ". enet.gr. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  6. "Κυπελλούχος Ελλάδας η ΑΕΚ". handball.org.gr. Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  7. "EHF Challenge Cup Final - Handball: AEK fought, won, but did not... raise it up" (in Greek). iefimerida.gr. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  8. "Πρωταθλήτρια Handball Premier η ΑΕΚΑΡΑ!". aek.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  9. Nikolaev, Sergey. "AEK claim maiden European trophy". ehfec.eurohandball.com. Online. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  10. "Ιστορικό τρεμπλ για τη «Βασίλισσα» ΑΕΚ!". sport-fm.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  11. Hellenic Handball Federation AEK HC roster
  12. "AEK ATHENS HC". ehfec.eurohandball.com. Online. Retrieved 31 May 2021.

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