AEK (men's water polo) explained

Team:AEK Water Polo
Pixels:155px
Founded:1962
2017 (re-establishment)
League:A1 Ethniki Water Polo
City:Athens, Greece
President:Alexis Alexiou
Coach:[Konstantinos Kokkinakis| 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

Current squad

Season 2022–23

Nat.width=145; align=centerPlayer Birth DatePositionL/R
1 Michalis Tsatalios 17 July 1988
2 Anargyros Koryzis
3 Michalis Kazazis 5 February 1994 Centre Back
4 Aris Mavrotas 5 September 2000 Wing
6 Konstantinos Papakos Wing
7 Rafail Manioudakis Wing
8 Dimitris Stamelos 30 March 2001 Wing
9 Christos Papoukas Wing
10 Nikolaos Stellatos 17 June 1979 Wing
11 Michalis Diplaros Wing
12 Xenofon Zorzos 18 October 2002 Centre Forward
13 Lefteris Katsinoulas 11 June 2002
14 14 November 1985 Centre Forward
16 Alexandros Iliopoulos Wing
17 Manolis Tsistrakis Wing
9 October 1975 Centre Back
Luis Araya 7 July 1998 Wing

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Φώντας Χήτας. ΑΕΚ: Από την δεκαετία του '60 έρχεται η ιστορία της. 8 July 2020. koe.org.gr. Online. Greek.
  2. Web site: The first water polo team of AEK!. waterpolonews.gr. 2018-04-16. 2020-07-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20200708173830/https://www.waterpolonews.gr/h-prwth-omada-ydatosfairishs-ths-aek/. dead.
  3. Web site: Θοδωρής Νταλαγιώργος. Η πρώτη ομάδα υδατοσφαίρισης της ΑΕΚ!. 8 July 2020. waterpolonews.gr. Online. Greek. 8 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200708173830/https://www.waterpolonews.gr/h-prwth-omada-ydatosfairishs-ths-aek/. dead.
  4. Web site: AEK: Its history comes from the '60s . koe.org.gr. 2020-07-07.
  5. Web site: Ιστορική άνοδος των Ανδρών στην Α1! . aek.gr . 6 July 2020 . 6 July 2020 . Online . Greek.
  6. Web site: Αυγουστάκης . Κώστας . ΑΕΚ - Ολυμπιακός 4-20: Ερυθρόλευκη υπεροχή στον τελικό του Stoiximan Κυπέλλου . sport24.gr . 1 June 2023 . Online . Greek . 2021 . 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. Web site: Πατσούρας . Αντώνης . ΑΕΚ - ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ 4-20 : Το 22ο Κύπελλο στον Ολυμπιακό! (vids) . gazzetta.gr . 1 June 2023 . Online . Greek . 2021 . 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..