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
Founded1962
2017 (re-establishment)
LeagueGreek Water Polo League
Based inAthens, Greece
Colors         
PresidentAlexandros Alexiou
Head coachKonstantinos Dandolos
Websiteaek.gr
Departments of AEK Athens
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 waterpolo 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 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 promoted to the Greek Water Polo League for the first time in their history.[5]

Honours

Current squad

Season 2020–21

№ Nat. Player Birth Date Position L/R
Konstantinos Flegkas (1988-07-17) July 17, 1988Goalkeeper
Nikola Rađen (1985-01-29) January 29, 1985Centre BackR
Nikola Vukčević (1985-11-14) November 14, 1985Centre Forward
Michalis Vekkos (1996-10-27) October 27, 1996Wing
Christos Koutsialis (1989-06-24) June 24, 1989Centre Back
Loukas Likaris (1990-10-01) October 1, 1990Centre Back
Dimitrios Tigkas (1993-04-01) April 1, 1993Centre Back
Aris Mavrotas (2000-09-05) September 5, 2000Wing
Antonis Giannouris (1999-07-05) July 5, 1999Wing
Nikolaos Stellatos (1979-06-17) June 17, 1979Wing
Michalis Kazazis (1994-02-05) February 5, 1994Centre Back

Staff
Technical Staff
Section Chairman Alexandros Alexiou
Section Leader Panos Michalopoulos
Technical Manager Giorgos Kirmizoglou
Head Coach Konstantinos Dandolos
Technical Director Vasilis Siamanis

See also

Sponsorships

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