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AEK B.C.

AEK
2016–17 AEK B.C. season
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Nickname
  • Vasilissa (Queen)
  • Enosis (Union)
  • Kitrinomavroi (The Yellow-Blacks)
  • Dikefalos Aetos (Two-Headed Eagle)
Leagues Greek League
Greek Cup
Champions League
Founded 1924
History AEK B.C.
(1924–present)
Arena Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall
Arena Capacity 18,500
(fan seating)
18,800
(with media seats)
18,989
(with VIP seats)
Location Athens, Greece
Team colors Yellow, Black
         
President Makis Angelopoulos
Head coach Sotiris Manolopoulos
Ownership Makis Angelopoulos (76%)
Vertical Solutions (24%)
2015–16 position 3rd
Championships 2 Saporta Cups
8 Greek Championships
3 Greek Cups
Retired numbers 2 (6, 10)
Website aekbc.gr
Uniforms
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Home jersey
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Team colours
Home
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Away jersey
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Team colours
Away
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Alternate jersey
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Team colours
Alternate

AEK Basketball Club (Greek: Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos, means Athletic Union of Constantinople), also known simply as AEK BC (Greek: ΚΑΕ ΑΕΚ) or AEK, known in European competitions as AEK Athens, is a Greek professional basketball club based in Athens, Greece, part of the major multi-sport club AEK. The club was established in Athens in 1924 by Greek refugees from Constantinople in the wake of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922).

AEK was the first-ever Greek basketball team, not only to reach a European Cup Final, but also to win a European title. On April 4, 1968, AEK defeated Slavia VŠ Praha by a score of 89-82, in Athens in front of 80,000 fans. They have won the Greek Basket League 8 times (1957–58, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1969–70, 2001–02), and the Greek Basketball Cup 3 times (1980–81, 1999–00, 2000–01), while they have also twice won the FIBA Saporta Cup (former European Cup Winners' Cup) (1967–68 and 1999-00).

They are one of the most popular Greek clubs, with millions of fans in both Greece and Cyprus, as well as in the Greek communities all over the world, mainly in Australia, the United Kingdom, and North America.


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