AEK (men's water polo)

AEK Water Polo
Founded	1962; 2017 (re-establishment)
League	A1 Ethniki Water Polo
Based in	Athens, Greece
Colors
President	Alexis Alexiou
Head coach	Konstantinos Kokkinakis
Website	aek.gr

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.

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

A2 Greek Men's Water Polo League
- Winners (1): 2020
A3 Greek Men's Water Polo League
- Winners (3): 1966, 1968, 2018
Greek Water Polo Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2021

Current squad

Season 2022–23

№	Nat.	Player	Birth Date	Position	L/R
1		Michalis Tsatalios	(1988-07-17) July 17, 1988 (age 36)
2		Anargyros Koryzis		Goalkeeper
3		Michalis Kazazis	(1994-02-05) February 5, 1994 (age 30)	Centre Back
4		Aris Mavrotas	(2000-09-05) September 5, 2000 (age 24)	Wing
6		Konstantinos Papakos		Wing
7		Rafail Manioudakis		Wing
8		Dimitris Stamelos	(2001-03-30) March 30, 2001 (age 23)	Wing
9		Christos Papoukas		Wing
10		Nikolaos Stellatos	(1979-06-17) June 17, 1979 (age 45)	Wing
11		Michalis Diplaros		Wing
12		Xenofon Zorzos	(2002-10-18) October 18, 2002 (age 22)	Centre Forward
13		Lefteris Katsinoulas	(2002-06-11) June 11, 2002 (age 22)	Goalkeeper
14		Nikola Vukčević	(1985-11-14) November 14, 1985 (age 39)	Centre Forward
16		Alexandros Iliopoulos		Wing
17		Manolis Tsistrakis		Wing
		Konstantinos Kokkinakis	(1975-10-09) October 9, 1975 (age 49)	Centre Back
		Luis Araya	(1998-07-07) July 7, 1998 (age 26)	Wing

Staff

Technical Staff
Section Chairman	Alexis Alexiou
Section Leader	Panos Michalopoulos
Technical Manager	Giorgos Kirmizoglou

Head Coach	Konstantinos Dandolos
Technical Director	Vasilios Davillas

Sponsorships

Great Sponsor: Molto

References

^ Φώντας Χήτας. "ΑΕΚ: Από την δεκαετία του '60 έρχεται η ιστορία της". koe.org.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
^ "The first water polo team of AEK!". waterpolonews.gr. Archived from the original on 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
^ 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.
^ "AEK: Its history comes from the '60s". koe.org.gr. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
^ "Ιστορική άνοδος των Ανδρών στην Α1!". aek.gr (in Greek). Online. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
^ 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.
^ 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.

External links

[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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