A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major

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multi-sport club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

based in Nea Filadelfeia,

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. The club is more commonly known in European competitions as A.E.K Athens. Established in Athens in 1924 by

Greek refugees Greek refugees is a collective term used to refer to the more than one million Greek Orthodox natives of Asia Minor, Thrace and the Black Sea areas who fled during the Greek genocide (1914-1923) and Greece's later defeat in the Greco-Turkish War ...

from

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...

after the 1919–22 Greco-Turkish war and the subsequent population exchange between Greece and Turkey, it is one of the three most successful clubs in Greece. While it fields teams in many sports under the umbrella of its amateur sports arm, Amateur AEK ( el, Ερασιτεχνική ΑΕΚ; Erasitechnikί AEK) with A.E.K. Handball team to be the best Greek handball club in European achievements having obtained one

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(in 2021) and having also reached to the finals (in 2018) and to the semi-finals (in 2019), AEK sports club is best known for its professional

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which have made some notable wins on European competitions (participating at the Semi-final of Europa League in 1977), having also obtained 12

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s, 15 Greek Cups, 1 Greek League Cup, 3

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s) and also for the professional

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which has won the Greek Basket League eight times, the Greek Basket Cup five times, the

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twice, once the FIBA

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and once the FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

History

1924–1945

The large Greek population of

, not unlike those of the other Ottoman urban centres, continued its athletic traditions in the form of numerous athletic clubs. Clubs such as Énosis Tataoúlon () and Iraklís (today

Kurtuluş S.K. Kurtuluş S.K. was a sports club of Kurtuluş, Şişli district, Istanbul, Turkey. History Kurtuluş S.K. was founded ατ 1896 under the name ''Hercules'' ( el, Ηρακλής, tr, İraklis Jimnastik Kulübü) by local Greeks in 1896. It w ...

) () from the Tatavla district, Mégas Aléxandros () and Ermís () of

Galata Galata is the former name of the Karaköy neighbourhood in Istanbul, which is located at the northern shore of the Golden Horn. The district is connected to the historic Fatih district by several bridges that cross the Golden Horn, most nota ...

, and Olympiás () of

Therapia Tarabya ( ota, Tarabiye, el, Θεραπειά, translit=Therapiá) is a neighbourhood in the Sarıyer district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is located on the European shoreline of the Bosphorus strait, between the neighbourhoods of Yeniköy and Ki ...

existed to promote the Hellenic athletic and cultural ideals. These were amongst a dozen Greek-backed clubs that dominated the sporting landscape of the city in the years preceding

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. After the war, with the influx of mainly French and British soldiers to Constantinople, many of the city clubs participated in regular competition with teams formed by the foreign troops. Taxim,

Pera Pera may refer to: Places * Pera (Beyoğlu), a district in Istanbul formerly called Pera, now called Beyoğlu ** Galata, a neighbourhood of Beyoğlu, often referred to as Pera in the past * Pêra (Caparica), a Portuguese locality in the district ...

, and Tatavla became the scene of weekly competitions in football, athletics, cycling, boxing and tennis. Ermís, one of the most popular clubs, was formed in 1875 by the Greek community of the city. Another club of Pera (Galata), known as Pera, since the mid-1880s, forced to change its name to Pera Sports Club, and then Beyoğlu S.K., in 1923. Many of its athletes, with those of the other sporting clubs, fled during the population exchanges at the end of the Greco-Turkish War, and settled mainly in Athens and

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...

. In 1924, the founders of AEK - a group of Constantinopolitan refugees (among them many athletes from the Pera Sports Club and the other Constantinopolitan clubs) - met at the athletic shop "Lux" of Emilios Ionas and Konstantinos Dimopoulos on Veranzerou Street, in the center of Athens, and created AEK. Their intention was to create a club that provided athletic and cultural diversions for the thousands of predominantly Constantinopolitan and

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n refugees who had settled in the new suburbs of Athens (including Nea Filadelfeia, Nea Ionia,

Nea Chalkidona Nea Chalkidona ( el, Νέα Χαλκηδόνα, meaning New Chalcedon) is a suburb of Athens, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Filadelfeia-Chalkidona, of which it is a municipal unit. Nea Chalkidona ...

, Nea Smyrni). AEK BC 1928

AEK's first president,

Konstantinos Spanoudis Konstantinos Spanoudis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Σπανούδης; 1871 – 24 April 1941) was a Greek politician of the Liberal Party, journalist and the first president of AEK sports club. Biography Spanoudis was born in 1871 in Fanari ...

(1871–1941), a journalist and associate of the Prime Minister

Eleftherios Venizelos Eleftherios Kyriakou Venizelos ( el, Ελευθέριος Κυριάκου Βενιζέλος, translit=Elefthérios Kyriákou Venizélos, ; – 18 March 1936) was a Greek statesman and a prominent leader of the Greek national liberation move ...

, petitioned the government to set aside land for the establishment of a sports ground. In 1926, land in Nea Filadelfeia that was originally set aside for refugee housing, was donated as a training ground for the refugees' sports activities. AEK began using the ground for training, albeit unofficially. In 1930, the property where AEK trained was officially signed over to the club. Venizelos soon approved the plans to build what was to become AEK's home ground for the next 70 years, the

Nikos Goumas Stadium Nikos Goumas Stadium ( el, Στάδιο Νίκος Γκούμας) was a multi-purpose stadium in Nea Filadelfeia, a northwestern suburb of Athens, Greece. It was used mostly for football matches and was the home stadium of AEK Athens F.C. It i ...

. The liberal politician was present at the inauguration of the stadium. AEK Athletic Club was established in 1924 and is one of the most successful departments of AEK. One of the first sections of the AEK athletic club was cycling. M. Kaloudis was a winner in the Balkan Games (in 1940 in Bucharest when he was third) and was one of the founders of the Chamber. He first appeared in 1929 and was followed by Petoun, Tarsinian and Krisalis. Another cycling ace was Kouvelis, who won the gold medal in the Balkan Games of 1940 in the race of 33 kilometers. Both Kaloudis and his Kouvelis participated in the Olympic Games in London in 1948.

1945–1960

In the Olympic Games of 1948 in London, M. Kaloudis led to the new excursion of AEK in cycling. At the beginning of the 1950s, the sport had blossomed and AEK competed with Panionios and Panathinaikos. The department then had a plethora of skilled cyclists as Davouti, Kouyioumtzis (won the race Athens-Loutraki 1952), Chatziargyri, Georgiadis, Arapi, Barda, Alexis, Tzioti, Barla, Trasian, etc. AEK Table Tennis Club acquired the third position, both in men and in young men championships, in Greece in 1959. AEK Athens Table Tennis (ping-pong) Club, participated in Greek championships during the decades of 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

1961–1970

AEK was the first ever Greek basketball team to participate in the FIBA European Champions Cup (now called the EuroLeague) Final Four, in 1966, which was held in Bologna, Italy. Two years later, AEK was the first-ever Greek team, not only to reach a

FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup The FIBA Saporta Cup was the name of the second-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, where the domestic National Cup winners, from all over Europe, played against each other. The competition was organized by FIBA E ...

Final Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: *Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event ** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of con ...

, but also to win a European-wide title. On April 4, 1968, AEK captained by Giorgos Amerikanos, defeated Slavia VŠ Praha, by a score of 89–82, in Athens, in front of 80,000 spectators (at the time, the

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in basketball attendance) in Kallimarmaron Stadium. AEK Athens V.C. is the volleyball team of the Greek sports club AEK. It was re-founded in 1967 by Jason Platsi. Over the years AEK have struggled to stay in the top flight of Greek volleyball, competing in A2 (Greece's second division) and A1. The Boxing Club was founded in 1969 and during the 1970s had its first success.

1971–1980

The football team, with star player the striker

Thomas Mavros Thomas Mavros ( el, Θωμάς Μαύρος, born 31 May 1954) is a Greek former international football player who played as a striker. He was "the flag" of AEK Athens, that led the club to huge success, during the 70's and 80's. Mavros is rega ...

, reached the semi-finals of

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in 1977, where they were eliminated by

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. The Italian team eventually won the trophy. With many star players they continued appearing in European (

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and

) competitions.

1981–1990

AEK Table Tennis Club acquired the third position in Greek Cups of 1984 and 1985. The relevant department of AEK was inactive for almost 23 years (1986–2009).

1991–2000

The football team, under the guidance of ex-player Dušan Bajević won three consecutive championships in 1992, 1993 and 1994. Since 1995, AEK also has a women's volley club team, which has advanced to the final of the Greek Cup (2011). The department of fencing was founded in 1996. The basketball team reached the FIBA EuroLeague's Final Four in Barcelona in 1998, and beat Benetton Treviso, by a score of 69–66, before losing in the

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to Kinder Bologna, by a score of 44–58. In 2000, on 11 April, AEK won their second international trophy, the

, by defeating Kinder Bologna 83–76. The biggest success for the boxing department came in the late 1990s, with Tigran Ouzlian,

Artur Mikaelyan Artur Mikaelyan ( hy, Արթուր Միքայելյան, el, Αρτούρ Μικαελιάν; born March 8, 1970, in Kirovakan, Armenian SSR) is an Armenian– Greek amateur boxer. Mikaelyan won a bronze medal at the 1995 World Amateur ...

and

Mike Arnaoutis Michalis John Arnaoutis is a Greek professional boxer who challenged for the WBO light welterweight title in 2006. At regional level he held the WBO- NABO light welterweight title from 2004 to 2006 and the IBF-USBA light welterweight title from ...

(who became a professional boxer in the United States).

2001–2010

AEK H.C. is also another growing department of AEK. It was founded by a decision of the General Assembly of AEK on July 12, 2005. On August 5, 2005, the Greek Handball Federation accepted a merger of GA Ilioupolis with the ''Handball Sports Union of Constantinople''. In 2007 AEK HC was 3rd in A1 and gained the first participation in European Cups. On 31 May 2009, AEK HC won the Greek Cup in Serres. The department of AEK Futsal Club was established in 2008 by a merger with ''Enosi Geraka futsal team'' and participated in B'Ethniki (second division), where it finished first at the regular season and second after play-off games. However, for the period 2009–10 AEK futsal club is playing again at B'Ethniki, due to a decision taken by EPO (Greek Football Federation), forbidding all team mergers generally. AEK Futsal Club terminated at second position of B'Ethniki after play-off games in April 2010 and gained the participation in A'Ethniki (first division) for the period 2010–11 and has been advanced to the semi-finals of the Greek Cup (2011). The Chess department was founded by a decision of the General Assembly of AEK on 12 July 2005. The department staffed directly by 3 September 2005 is a member of the Greek Chess Federation. In 2006 AEK Chess Club was Greek Cup finalist and in 2008 Greek Cup semi-finalist (third place). Also won the Attica Cup in 2006 and the Attica Rapid Championships in 2006, 2009 and 2010. In 2010 participated at A' Ethniki (1st Division) and took the seventh place. AEK VC had its finest moment with coach Stelios Prosalikas, as has prevailed in the final four of the European Cup Winners Cup. The races held (9–10 March 2000) in the closed Nea Liosia and AEK lost in the semi-final by Cuneo, but won 3–1 Galatasaray in the small final and won the third place.

2011–2020

In 2011,

AEK FC AEK FC ( el, ΠΑΕ A.E.K. ; Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; ''Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos'', meaning ''Athletic Union of Constantinople'') is a Greek professional football club based in Nea Filade ...

won the Greek Cup. In 2011, AEK HC won the

. Also, on 26 February 2011, AEK HC advanced to the quarter-final (best 8) of European Challenge Cup by defeating Sporting Lisboa. In 2012, AEK WVC won the Greek Women Championship. In 2013, AEK HC make Double won the

and the Greek Cup. In 2014, AEK HC won the Greek Cup. In 2014, AEK VC won the Greek Men's League Cup. In 2016,

won the Greek Cup. In

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, AEK BC won the FIBA Champions League and the Greek Cup. In 2018,

won the

. In 2018,

AEK Futsal AEK Futsal Club is a Greek futsal club established in 2008 by a merger with the O.F. Gerakas, Geraka Futsal team. They participated in the B'Ethniki (second division) that year, where they finished 1st in the regular season and 2nd in the play ...

won the Greek Cup. Also, in 2018, AEK HC reached the final of

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. In 2019, AEK BC won the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. In 2019,

won the

. In 2019, AEK Women's Futsal won the Hellenic Futsal Greek Championship. In 2020, AEK BC won the Greek Cup. In 2020

won the

. In 2020, AEK HC won the

. In 2021, AEK HC won the

, the Greek Cup and the

, a historic treble.

Crest and colours

Since the club's foundation AEK adopted the image of a

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on a

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background. The emblem and colours were chosen as a reminder for the lost homelands and they represent the club's historical ties to

. Its usage also survived as a decorative element in the

Greek Orthodox Church The term Greek Orthodox Church ( Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, ''Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía'', ) has two meanings. The broader meaning designates "the entire body of Orthodox (Chalcedonian) Christianity, sometimes also cal ...

, which was the inheritor of the Byzantine legacy during the Ottoman Empire, while it remained a popular symbol among Greeks. In modern Greece various variations of the two-headed eagles are used in Church flags (based on Byzantine flag patterns and heraldic emblems) and officially by the

Hellenic Army The Hellenic Army ( el, Ελληνικός Στρατός, Ellinikós Stratós, sometimes abbreviated as ΕΣ), formed in 1828, is the land force of Greece. The term ''Hellenic'' is the endogenous synonym for ''Greek''. The Hellenic Army is th ...

; the bird found also its way into the Greek coat of arms for a brief period in 1925–1926.

Departments

AEK is an amateur multi-sports club with the mission to create and advance as many sports as it is possible and its main professional and semiprofessional teams operate independently. The club has teams in many sports, including

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cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from ...

boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

fencing Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, ...

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat s ...

weightlifting Weightlifting generally refers to activities in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells or barbells. People lift various kinds of weights for a variety of different reasons. These may include various types of competition; pro ...

gymnastics Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, s ...

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with th ...

both male and female teams,

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cov ...

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...

kickboxing Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, general ...

taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean martial arts, Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast k ...

Brazilian jiu-jitsu Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ; pt, jiu-jitsu brasileiro ) is a self-defence martial art and combat sport based on grappling, ground fighting (ne-waza) and submission holds. BJJ focuses on the skill of taking an opponent to the ground, control ...

wheelchair basketball Wheelchair basketball is basketball played by people with varying physical disabilities that disqualify them from playing a non-disabled sport. These include spina bifida, birth defects, cerebral palsy, paralysis due to accident, amputations (of ...

, and

esports Esports, short for electronic sports, is a form of competition using video games. Esports often takes the form of organized, multiplayer video game competitions, particularly between professional sports, professional players, individually or as ...

, but its most popular teams primarily compete in

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the ...

, and

futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is ...

Titles

Flag of the Greek Orthodox Church floating

A.E.K. Football Club (30)

* Greek Championships (12): : 1939, 1940, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1979, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2018 * Greek Cup (15): : 1932, 1939, 1949, 1950, 1956, 1964, 1966, 1978, 1983, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2011, 2016 * Greek League Cup (1): : 1990 (record) *

(2): 1989, 1996

A.E.K. Basketball Club (17)

* Intercontinental Cup (1): : 2019 * European Cup Winners' Cup / Saporta Cup (2): : 1968, 2000 * Champions League (1): : 2018 * Greek Championships (8): : 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 2002 *

Greek Basketball Cup The Greek Basketball Cup or Hellenic Basketball Cup ( Greek: Κύπελλο Ελλάδος καλαθοσφαίρισης ανδρών) is the top-tier level annual pro basketball national cup competition in Greece. It is organized by the Hell ...

(5): : 1981, 2000, 2001, 2018, 2020 :

A.E.K. Handball Club (9)

(1): : 2021 *

(4): : 2011, 2013, 2020, 2021 * Greek Cup (4): : 2009, 2013, 2014, 2021

A.E.K. Volleyball Club Men (1)

* Greek Men League Cup (1): : 2014 :

A.E.K. Volleyball Club Women (2)

* Greek Women Championship (1): : 2012 * Greek Women Super Cup (1): : 2012 :

A.E.K. Rugby League

* Greek Championship 9's (2): 2018, 2019 * Greek Championship 13's (2): 2018, 2019

A.E.K. Futsal Men (5)

(2) : 2019, 2020 * Greek Cup (1) : 2018 *

(2) : 2018, 2019

A.E.K. Futsal Women (3)

*Hellenic Futsal Super League Women (1) : 2019 *Hellenic Futsal Greek Cup Women (1) : 2022 *Hellenic Futsal Greek Super Cup Women (1) : 2022

A.E.K. Cycling

* Greek Championship, Overall Standings (10) : 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1975, 1979, 1981

A.E.K. Boxing

* Greek Championship, Men (6) : 1978, 1980, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2006

A.E.K. Athletics

* Greek Cross-Country Championships (men) 10: : 1937, 1946, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 * Greek Championship, Women 4: : 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 * Greek Indoor Championship, Women 3: : 2011, 2015, 2016 * Greek Cross-Country Championship, Women 3: : 2010, 2011, 2012 A.E.K. Fencing(12) * Greek Championship, Women 10: : 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 * Greek Championship, Men 2: : 2018, 2020

A.E.K. Table Tennis

* Greek Championship, Men (2): : 2019, 2020

European and Worldwide honours

Notable supporters

Alekos Alavanos Alexandros 'Alekos' Alavanos ( el, Αλέκος Αλαβάνος; born 22 May 1950 in Athens) is a Greek politician, former member of the Hellenic Parliament and the European Parliament. From 2004 until 2008 he was president of the Coalition o ...

, politician *

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, politician *

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, model *

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, singer * Vasilis Avlonitis, actor *

Bartholomew I of Constantinople Bartholomew I ( el, Βαρθολομαῖος Αʹ, , tr, I. Bartholomeos; born 29 February 1940) is the 270th archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch, since 2 November 1991. In accordance with his title, he is regarded as the '' ...

, is the 270th and current Archbishop of Constantinople and

Ecumenical Patriarch The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul), New Rome and '' primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of th ...

* Maria Bakodimou, TV presenter * Sotiria Bellou,

rebetiko Rebetiko ( el, ρεμπέτικο, ), plural rebetika ( ), occasionally transliterated as rembetiko or rebetico, is a term used today to designate originally disparate kinds of urban Greek music which have come to be grouped together since the s ...

singer *

Kostas Bigalis Kostas (or Costas) Bigalis (Greek: Κώστας Μπίγαλης, born 15 March 1953 in Athens) is a Greek composer and singer. Biography He began his artistic career at the age of 19 when he was won a music competition and signed his firs ...

, singer * Nives Celsius, model *

Rallia Christidou Rallia Christidou ( Greek: Ραλλία Χρηστίδου, ) is a popular Greek singer originating from Neo Irakleio, Athens. She started her studies in classic guitar and received a diploma from the National music school of Greece. Her name ...

, singer *

Nikos Dimou Nikos Dimou ( el, Νίκος Δήμου), born in 1935 in Athens, is a Greek writer and columnist. He started out as a copywriter and went on to become one of the best-known Greek intellectuals. Biography He graduated from Athens College an ...

, writer *

Tasos Giannopoulos Anastasios (Tasos) Giannopoulos ( el, Τάσος Γιαννόπουλος; 1931 – November 8, 1977) was a Greek actor. He was born in 1931 and died of cancer on November 8, 1977 at the age of 46. He was famous as Kitsos in his movies. Fil ...

, actor *

Manolis Glezos Manolis Glezos ( el, Μανώλης Γλέζος; 9 September 1922 – 30 March 2020) was a Greek left-wing politician, journalist, author, and folk hero, best known for his participation in the World War II resistance. In Greece, he is best ...

, politician *

Pavlos Haikalis Pavlos Haikalis (also Chaikalis; el, Παύλος Χαϊκάλης) is a Greek actor and politician. Biography Pavlos Haikalis was born in Katakolo, Elis, on 30 October 1959. He, and his older brother Thanasis Haikalis (1948-2022), was rai ...

, actor and politician *

Kostas Hatzichristos Kostas Hatzichristos or Costas Hajihristos ( el, Κώστας Χατζηχρήστος; 1921 – October 3, 2001) was a Greek actor. Biography He was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, to a large family of thirteen members, he was the eleventh c ...

, actor * Nasos Iliopoulos, SYRIZA's Press representative *

Antonis Kafetzopoulos Antonis Kafetzopoulos ( el, Αντώνης Καφετζόπουλος; born 13 October 1951) is a Greek actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1980. He has won two Hellenic Film Academy Awards for his roles in the films ''Plato's Academ ...

, actor *

Stelios Kazantzidis Stelios Kazantzidis (Greek: Στέλιος Καζαντζίδης; 29 August 1931 – 14 September 2001) was one of the most prominent Greek singers. A leading singer of Greek popular music, or Laïkó, he collaborated with many of Greece's fore ...

, singer *

Panos Kammenos Panagiotis "Panos" Kammenos ( el, Παναγιώτης "Πάνος" Καμμένος, ; born 12 May 1965) is a Greek politician and the founder of the right-wing party "Independent Greeks", which formed the governing coalition of the Hellenic Par ...

, politician * Panos Kiamos, singer *

Lambros Konstantaras Lambros Konstantaras (13 March 1913 – 28 June 1985) was a Greek film actor. He appeared in 80 films between 1940 and 1981. He was born and died in Athens. Biography He was born in 1913, in Kolonaki, Athens. He studied acting in Paris an ...

, actor *

Fotis Kouvelis Fotis-Fanourios Kouvelis ( el, Φώτης-Φανούριος Κουβέλης; born 3 September 1948) is a Greek lawyer and leftist politician. Biography Kouvelis was born in Volos. He studied law and political science at the University of Athe ...

, former leader of Democratic Left *

Vassilis Logothetidis Vasilis Logothetidis (Greek: Βασίλης Λογοθετίδης; 1897 – 20 February 1960) was a Greek comedian. He is considered one of the most significant modern Greek actors. Logothetidis was born as Vasilis Tavlaridis (Βασίλης Τ ...

, actor *

Stelios Mainas Stelios Mainas ( el, Στέλιος Μάινας; born 1 October 1957 in Ermoupoli, Syros) is a Greek actor. He graduated Veakis Drama School in 1982 and has been working as a stage, cinema and television actor ever since. His first film role w ...

, actor * Yannis Maris, detective fiction writer *

Giorgos Mitsakis Giorgos Mitsakis ( el, Γιώργος Μητσάκης; Constantinople, 1921 - Athens, 17 November 1993) was a Greek composer and lyricist of numerous '' rebetika'' and folk songs, as well as a skillful bouzouki player. He was also known by the ...

, musician * George Mitsikostas, comedian * Sotiris Moustakas, actor * Katerina Moutsatsou, actress *

Aristotle Onasis Aristotle Socrates Onassis (, ; el, Αριστοτέλης Ωνάσης, Aristotélis Onásis, ; 20 January 1906 – 15 March 1975), was a Greek-Argentinian shipping magnate who amassed the world's largest privately-owned shipping fleet and wa ...

, one of the world's richest men *

Tzimis Panousis Tzimis Panousis (; 12 February 1954 – 13 January 2018) was a Greek musician, stand-up comedian and occasional film and theater actor born in Athens, where he spent most of his life. He is often seen as the modern-day Aristophanes. His ...

, musician *

Pantelis Pantelidis Pantelis Pantelidis ( el, Παντελής Παντελίδης; 23 November 1983 – 18 February 2016) was a Greek singer, songwriter and lyricist. He died on 18 February 2016 in a car crash. Biography Born on November 23, 1983, Pantelis Pantel ...

, musician and singer * James Pantemis, football player *

Errika Prezerakou Errika Prezerakou ( el, Έρρικα Πρεζεράκου, born 8 March 1975 in Nea Filadelfeia) is a former Greek pole vaulter. Biography Her personal best was 4.25 metres, a height she cleared both outdoor (in Athens 2003) and indoor (in P ...

, pole vaulter * Lefteris Papadopoulos, lyricist *

Ange Postecoglou Angelos Postecoglou ( el, Άγγελος Ποστέκογλου, ; born 27 August 1965) is an Australian association football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic. Born in Greece, he move ...

, football manager * Stathis Psaltis, actor *

Stelios Perpiniadis Stelios Perpiniadis (; 14 May 1899 – 4 September 1977), better known as Stellakis (Greek: Στελλάκης), was a Greek folk musician who wrote, sang, and played guitar in the ''rebetiko'' style. He was the father of Greek folk musician, Vange ...

musician *

Miltiadis Papaioannou Miltiadis Papaioannou ( el, Μιλτιάδης Παπαϊωάννου, born 1947) is a Greece, Greek politician of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). He was born in the village of Lykouria (now part of the municipality of Kalavryta) i ...

, politician * Prince Nikolaos of Denmark * Stan, singer *

Yannis Stournaras Yannis (or Giannis) Stournaras ( el, Γιάννης Στουρνάρας; born 10 December 1956) is a Greek economist who has been the Governor of the Bank of Greece since June 2014. Previously, he had been the Greek Minister of Finance from 5 Ju ...

, Governor of the Bank of Greece *

Pandelis Thalassinos Pantelis Thalassinos ( el, Παντελής Θαλασσινός) is a Greek singer and songwriter. Biography He was born in Keratsini, Piraeus on 11 June 1958. His father, Michalis, hailed from the island of Chios and his mother, Evangelia, f ...

, musician *

Gianna Terzi Yianna Terzi ( el, Γιάννα Τερζή; born Ioanna Terzi [] on 1 December 1980) is a Greeks, Greek singer and songwriter. She Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song " ...

, singer * Marios Tokas, composer * Sakis Tolis, singer *

Makis Triantafyllopoulos Efthimios "Makis" Triantafillopoulos ( el, Μάκης Τριανταφυλλόπουλος; born 14 August 1954) is a Greek journalist and publisher. He was, along with Themos Anastasiadis, the publisher of Proto Thema newspaper and host of two ...

, Greek journalist *

Kostas Tsakonas Kostas Tsakonas ( el, Κώστας Τσάκωνας, 11 October 1943 – 4 November 2015) was a Greek actor.

, actor * Stefanos Tsitsipas, tennis player * Giorgos Vasiliou, actor *

Pantelis Voulgaris Pantelis Voulgaris ( el, Παντελής Βούλγαρης; born 23 October 1940) is a Greek film director and screenwriter. His first feature film '' To proxenio tis Annas'' in 1972 won the first prize in Thessaloniki International Film Festi ...

, film director *

Kostas Voutsas Kostas Voutsas ( el, Κώστας Βουτσάς; born Konstantinos Savvopoulos ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Σαββόπουλος; 31 December 1931 – 26 February 2020) was a Greece, Greek actor, director, and writer. Personal life Vouts ...

, actor *

Despoina Vandi Despina Vandi - ΣΤΑ 'ΔΩΣΑ ΟΛΑΑ ( el, Δέσποινα Βανδή, ), born as Despina Malea () on 22 July 1969, is a Greek singer. Born in Tübingen near Stuttgart, Germany, Vandi's family returned to Kavala, Greece when she was six ye ...

, singer *

Eleni Vitali Eleni Vitali (Ελένη Βιτάλη) is a Greek popular singer and composer of Gypsy origin, active from the early 1970s. Career and life Eleni Vitali was born in Athens on September 19, 1954 into a musical Hellenized- Gypsy family and w ...

, singer *

Nikos Xanthopoulos Nikos Xanthopoulos ( el, Nίκος Ξανθόπουλος; 14 March 1934 – 22 January 2023) was a Greek actor, known for his roles in the 1960s era Greek Drama Cinema. He was also a singer of Greek folk bouzouki, having released many albums an ...

, actor * Zannino, actor * Peggy Zina, singer

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References

External links

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