AEK Athens H.C.
| A.E.K. H.C. | |
|---|---|
| Full name | A.E.K. Handball Club |
| Nickname(s) |
Enosis (Union) Dikefalos Aetos (Double-Headed Eagle) Kitrinomavroi (Yellow-Blacks) Vasilissa (Queen) |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Arena | Vyronas Indoor Hall Athens, Greece |
| Capacity | 1,200 |
| Head coach |  |
| League | Handball Premier |
| 2014–15 | Handball Premier, 3rd |
A.E.K. H.C. is the handball department of the major Greek multi-sports club A.E.K.. It was established in 2005.
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 section Handball Sports Union of Constantinople.
During the period 2006–2007, 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. The administration team of AEK HC for the period 2006–2007 consisted of Nikos Georgantzoglou and Costas Stamatiadis. The coach was Giannis Arvanitis, assistant also coach of the Greece national handball team.
During the period 2007–2008, AEK participated at EHF Cup (European Handball Federation Cup) and eliminated by Dinamo Baumit Bucuresti at second round.
On 31 May 2009, AEK HC won the Greek men's handball cup, winning Filippos 33–31 in Serres and for the period 2009–2010 participated at EHF Cup Winners' Cup.
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 H.C. terminated at 4th position of A1, gaining its European participation for 2nd consecutive time and for 3rd in general. In addition, AEK H.C. 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 taken place due to fan "fights".
For the second round of European Challenge Cup (2010–11), AEK HC won Minsk (Lefkorosia) 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.
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