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AEK BC

AEK BC is the basketball club of AEK, based in Athens, Greece.

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History

AEK were winners of the first unofficial championship of Greece in 1927. That year, the YMCA of Athens organised a championship of the basketball clubs of Greece. Prior to that year, basketball clubs played friendlies or tournaments. AEK won that championship considered "unofficial" because it was organised by the YMCA and not any pan-Hellenic athletic authority. It must have proved a success because the following year SEGAS stepped in and organised the official Greek championship.

When the local/national championship format was scrapped in the 1964 season in favour of a nationwide league, AEK again won the first title defeating Iraklis Thessaloniki - with whom they finished even on points - in a one-game playoff on May 10, 1964, with a convincing 94-74 score. AEK, in fact, dominated the 1960s with only an occasional challenge from Panathinaikos. In 1966, AEK went into the European Champions' Cup Final Four - the first Greek club to do so. Two years later, on April 4, 1968 AEK BC would again break new ground for a Greek club winning the European Cup-Winners' Cup by defeating Slavia Prague 89-82 in the Kallimarmaro before 80,000 fans.

Many years would pass before AEK would again achieve such success again. Other teams dominated the next few decades: Panathinaikos the 1970s, Aris the 1980s and Olympiakos the 1990s.

However, in 1998, AEK went into the final of the Euroleague only to lose to Kinder Bologna 58-44. Then, on April 11, 2000 AEK again faced Kinder in the final of a European Cup and this time were successful winning the Saporta Cup with an 83-76 victory.

Championships

Greek Cup

Seasons

Season A1 Ethniki Cup Europe Coach Roster
1957-58 Champion Missas Pantazopoulos Vangelis Dermanoutsos, Nikos Babanikolos, Evangelatos, Karamanlis, Papathanasiou, Sevdinoglou, Tzekos, Tzilitzoglou, Nikos Hatziraptis, Panagiotis Panoutsos, Terkesidis
1958-59 _ Euroleague Last 16 Missas Pantazopoulos
1962-63 Champion _ Missas Pantazopoulos Giorgos Amerikanos, Stelios Vasiliadis, Aias Larentzakis, Vangelis Dermanoutsos, Lakis Tsavas, Giorgos Moschos, Vangelis Nikitopoulos, Nikos Babanikolos, Antonis Christeas, Giorgos Ekonomou, Attalas
1963-64 Champion Euroleague Last 32 Missas Pantazopoulos Giorgos Amerikanos, Stelios Vasiliadis, Aias Larentzakis, Vangelis Dermanoutsos, Lakis Tsavas, Giorgos Moschos, Vangelis Nikitopoulos, Nikos Babanikolos, Antonis Christeas, Giorgos Ekonomou, Attalas, Christos Zoupas, Giorgos Trontzos, Theodoropoulos
1964-65 Champion Euroleague Last 8 Missas Pantazopoulos Giorgos Amerikanos, Stelios Vasiliadis, Aias Larentzakis, Vangelis Dermanoutsos, Lakis Tsavas, Giorgos Moschos, Vangelis Nikitopoulos, Antonis Christeas, Giorgos Ekonomou, Christos Zoupas, Giorgos Trontzos, Theodoropoulos, Nikos Nesiadis
1965-66 Champion Euroleague Last 4 Missas Pantazopoulos
Themis Cholevas
Giorgos Amerikanos, Stelios Vasiliadis, Aias Larentzakis, Vangelis Dermanoutsos, Lakis Tsavas, Giorgos Moschos, Vaggelis Nikitopoulos, Antonis Christeas, Giorgos Ekonomou, Christos Zoupas, Giorgos Trontzos, Theodoropoulos, Nikos Nesiadis
1966-67 _ Euroleague Last 16
1967-68 Champion Cup Winners' Cup Winner Nikos Milas Antonis Christeas, Giorgos Amerikanos, Stelios Vasiliadis, Aias Larentzakis, Christos Zoupas, Giorgos Trontzos, Lakis Tsavas, Nikos Nesiadis, Andreas Dimitriadis, Petros Petrakis
1968-69 _ Euroleague Last 16 Nikos Milas
1969-70 Champion Cup Winners' Cup Last 4 Nikos Milas Antonis Christeas, Giorgos Amerikanos, Stelios Vasiliadis, Aias Larentzakis, Christos Zoupas, Giorgos Trontzos, Nikos Nesiadis, Stavros Vafopoulos, Vilis, Vogdanidis, Dianas, Vasilis Nidriotis, Spiliotis, Christoforou
1970-71 _ Euroleague Last 16
1971-72 _ Cup Winners' Cup Last 8
1972-73 _ _
1973-74 _ Korac Cup Last 8
1974-75 _ Cup Winners' Cup Last 16
1975-76 _ Finalist Korac Cup Last 16 Kostas Mourouzis Michalis Gianouzakos, Apostolos Kontos, Nikos Tsoskounoglou, Kantelis, Papadatos, Giorgos Trontzos, Nikos Nesiadis, Nidriotis
1976-77 _ _ Cup Winners' Cup Last 32
1977-78 _ Finalist Korac Cup Last 8 Fedon Mattheou Minas Gekos, Giorgos Trontzos, Michalis Gianouzakos, Bogatsiotis, Kanakakis, Vafopoulos, Karterouliotis, Fotsis
1978-79 _ _ _
1979-80 _ Finalist Korac Cup Last 16 Giorgos Trontzos Michalis Gianouzakos, Stamelos, Minas Gekos, Vassilis Goumas, Kanakakis, Vangelis Fotsis, Koroneos, Pantazis, Nikos Tsoskounoglou
1980-81 4th place Winner Korac Cup Last 16 Fred Develey Vassilis Goumas, Kurt Rambis, Minas Gekos, Kanakakis, Giannopoulos, Vangelis Fotsis, Nikos Apostolidis
1981-82 5th place Last 4 Cup Winners' Cup Last 16 Fred Develey Minas Gekos, Alexis Giannopoulos, Vasilis Goumas, Nikos Apostolidis
1982-83 4th place _ Korac Cup Last 32 Minas Gekos, Alexis Giannopoulos, Vasilis Goumas
1983-84 5th place _ Korac Cup Last 16 Giorgos Agiasotelis, Nikos Apostolidis, Minas Gekos, Alexis Giannopoulos, Vasilis Goumas
1984-85 6th place _ Korac Cup Last 16 Minas Gekos, Alexis Giannopoulos
1985-86 9th place _ Korac Cup Last 16 V. Nikitopoulos,
M. Anastasiadis,
N. Nesiadis
Minas Gekos, Alexis Giannopoulos
1986-87 7th place _ M. Anastasiadis,
K. Anastasatos,
G. Amerikanos
Minas Gekos, Alexis Giannopoulos
1987-88 4th place Finalist Vaggelis Nikitopoulos Kostas Patavoukas, Minas Gekos, Panagiotis Aridas, Alexis Giannopoulos, Sakelariou, Giorgos Agiasotelis, Skourtopoulos, Michelidakis, Fotsis, Katsigiannis
1988-89 6th place Last 4 Cup Winners' Cup Last 8 Krešimir Ćosić,
Nikos Nesiadis
Danny Vranes, Kostas Patavoukas, Minas Gekos, Panagiotis Aridas, Alexis Giannopoulos
1989-90 6th place Last 4 _ Vaggelis Nikitopoulos Nasos Galakteros, Kostas Patavoukas, Jim Yusevic, Minas Gekos, Panagiotis Aridas, Alexis Giannopoulos, Vassilis Lanes, Christos Kountourakis, Chris Kosturos, Thanasis Skourtopoulos, Ahileas Tuntas, Vagelis Vutselas
1990-91 5th place Last 4 Korac Cup Last 32 Krešimir Ćosić Nasos Galakteros, Minas Gekos, Thomas Jordan, Christos Kountourakis, Kostas Patavoukas, Ivo Petrovic, Richard Rellford
1991-92 4th place Finalist Korac Cup Last 16 Vaggelis Nikitopoulos Nasos Galakteros, Kostas Patavoukas, Thomas Jordan, Christos Papasaratou, Fotis Katsikaris, Vassilis Lanes, Panagiotis Aridas, Christos Kountourakis
1992-93 6th place _ Korac Cup Last 32 Michalis Kyritsis,
Richard Dukeshire,
Nikos Nesiadis
Derrick Hamilton, Rod Sellers, Miloš Babić, Nasos Galakteros, Kostas Patavoukas, Dimitris Podaras, Vassilis Lanes, Giorgos Yannopoulos, Fotis Katsikaris, Alexandros Koukakis, Christos Kountourakis, Christos Papasaratou, Giorgos Piukas, Manolis Souliotis
1993-94 8th place _ Korac Cup Last 64 Steve Giatzoglou,
Apostolos Kontos
Tony Costner, Tony White, Rastko Cvetkovic, Jack Haley, Kannard Johnson, Dimitris Podaras, Vassilis Lanes, Alexis Giannopoulos, Fotis Katsikaris, Alexandros Koukakis, Christos Kountourakis, Dejan Lakicevic, Christos Papasarantou, Giorgos Piukas
1994-95 8th place _ Vlado Djurović Rolando Blackman, Tim Burroughs, Dimitris Podaras, Yannis Gakis, Minas Gekos, Kostas Ikonomakis, Fotis Katsikaris, Alexandros Koukakis, Giorgos Kuklakis, Dejan Lakicevic, Mirko Milicevic, Nikos Nusis, Christos Papasarantou
1995-96 10th place Last 4 Korac Cup Last 16 Nikos Nesiadis,
Lefteris Subotic
Tony Campbell, Marcus Liberty, Andy Toolson, Anthony Pelle, Kostas Ikonomakis, Nikos Chatzis, Michalis Kakiouzis, Panayotis Barlas, Fotis Katsikaris, Dimitris Papadopoulos, Dimitris Podaras, Kostas Zervas, Giorgos Kuklakis, Christos Liggos, Nikos Nusis
1996-97 2nd place Last 4 Giannis Ioannidis Victor Alexander, Bill Edwards, Roberto Chiacig, Claudio Coldebella, Nikos Chatzis, Michalis Kakiouzis, Michael Larsen, Pit Papachronis, Dimitris Podaras, Stefano Attruia, Giorgos Kuklakis, Kostas Zervas
1997-98 4th place Finalist Euroleague Finalist Giannis Ioannidis Bane Prelević, Victor Alexander, Willie Anderson, Claudio Coldebela, José Lasa, Michael Andersen, Michael Larsen, Jake Tsakalidis, Michalis Kakiouzis, Nikos Chatzis
1998-99 5th place Finalist Saporta Cup Last 32 Giorgos Kalafatakis,
Fotis Katsikaris, Kostas Politis
Joe Arlauckas, Branislav Prelevic, Lloyd Daniels, Michael Andersen, Jake Tsakalidis, Dimos Dikoudis, Nikos Chatzis, Michalis Kakiouzis, Aggelos Koronios, Prodromos Nikolaidis, Panayotis Barlas, Dimitris Papadopoulos, Ruben Patterson, Brandon Williams
1999-00 4th place Winner Saporta Cup Winner Dušan Ivković Michalis Kakiouzis, Aggelos Koronios, Dimos Dikoudis, Jake Tsakalidis, Nikos Chatzis, Martin Müürsepp, Anthony Bowie, Steve Hansell, Misiakos
2000-01 4th place Winner Euroleague Semifinalist Dušan Ivković İbrahim Kutluay, Vrbica Stefanov, Andrew Betts, Michalis Kakiouzis, Dimos Dikoudis, Martin Müürsepp, Nikos Chatzis, Geert Hammink, Vassilis Kikilias, Spiros Panteliadis
2001-02 Champion Last 16 Euroleague Last 8 Dragan Šakota J. R. Holden, Nikos Zisis, Christos Tapoutos, Nikos Chatzis, Vassilis Kikilias, Dimos Dikoudis, Jim Bilba, Andrew Betts, Michalis Kakiouzis, Giannis Bourousis, Chris Carr, Arijan Komazec, Spiros Panteliadis, Paschalis, Lazic
2002-03 2nd place Last 8 Euroleague Last 32 Dragan Šakota Michalis Kakiouzis, Dimos Dikoudis, Nikos Chatzis, Nikos Zisis, Roderick Blakney, Andrew Betts, Joe Crispin, Christos Tapoutos, Giannis Bourousis, Pero Antić, Vassilis Kikilias, Kostas Paschalis, Nikola Jestratijević, John Rillie, Giorgos Tsiaras, Steve Woodberry, Dimos Angelopoulos, Spyros Magounis
2003-04 4th place Last 8 Euroleague Last 32 Fotis Katsikaris Horace Jenkins, Nikos Chatzis, Nikos Zisis, Christos Tapoutos, Giannis Bourousis, Andreas Glyniadakis, Pero Antić, Kris Hill, Quadre Lollis, Spyros Magounis, Dimitris Misiakos, Sotiris Nikolaidis, Pantelis Papaioakim, Nikos Papanikolaou, Blagota Sekulić, Giorgos Sourlis, Giorgos Tsiaras
2004-05 2nd place Last 8 Euroleague Last 16 Fotis Katsikaris Toby Bailey, Nikos Chatzis, Nikos Zisis, Quadre Lollis, Andreas Glyniadakis, Giannis Bourousis, Sandro Nicević, Pero Antić, Michalis Pelekanos, Yiannis Kakiouzis, Davor Kus, Spyros Magounis, Alexandros Melniks, Sotiris Nikolaidis, Nikos Papanikolaou, Giorgos Tsiaras
2005-06 7th place Last 4 Euroleague Last 32 Lefteris Kakiousis Giannis Bourousis, Lionel Chalmers, Taylor Coppenrath, Michalis Pelekanos, Slaven Rimac, Jerel Blassingame, Dror Hajaj, Ioannis Kalampokis, Spiros Panteliadis, Pantelis Papaioakim, Amit Tamir, Giorgos Tsiaras, Spyros Magounis, Nikos Papanikolaou, Anestis Matos, Giannis Athanasoulas
2006-07 9th place Last 8 ULEB Eurocup Last 32 Vangelis Alexandris,
Soulis Markopoulos
Nestoras Kommatos, Brent Scott, Christos Tapoutos, Prodromos Nikolaidis, Nikos Vetulas, Jasmin Perkovic, Sotiris Nikolaidis, Lavelle Felton, Giannis Gagaloudis, Josko Garma, Ante Grgurević, Kostas Maglos, Antonios Michaloglou, Nikos Papanikolaou, Adrian Penland, Spyros Magounis, Panteleimon Kakavas, Giannis Athanasoulas, Marios Sakellarakis
2007-08 7th place Last 8 FIBA EuroCup Last 32 Aggelos Koronios,
Dimitris Priftis,
Vaggelis Aggelou
Alexis Kyritsis, K'Zell Wesson, Christos Tapoutos, Amara Sy, William Avery, Nikos Barlos, Kostas Harisis, Nikos Chatzis, Dimitris Papanikolau, Filiberto Rivera, Smiljan Pavic, Vassilis Simtsak, Giannis Sioutis, Saša Vasiljević, Angelos Tsamis
2008-09 9th place Last 8 _ Kostas Flevarakis D.J. Thompson, Travon Bryant, Tarmo Kikerpill, Christos Tapoutos, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Nikos Chatzis, Michael Andersen, Giannis Kyriakopoulos, Kostas Stamatis, Fotis Vasilopoulos, Periklis Dorkofikis, Istvan Nemeth, Tasos Antonakis, Zois Ballas
2009-10 10th place _ Kostas Flevarakis,
Argiris Pedoulakis,
Minas Gekos
Kostas Stamatis, Fotis Vasilopoulos, Periklis Dorkofikis, Tasos Antonakis, Avraam Kallinikidis, Torin Francis, Lamont Mack, Prodromos Nikolaidis, Taurean Green, Stavros Toutziarakis, Riste Stefanov, Martynas Mazeika, Rodrigue Mels, Andronikos Gizogiannis, Epameinondas Papantoniou, Vangelis Tzolos, Christos Marinos
2010-11 13th place - relegated _ Minas Gekos,
Aggelos Koronios
Periklis Dorkofikis, Dimosthenis Dikoudis, Avraam Kallinikidis, Prodromos Nikolaidis, Nikos Papanikolaou, Terrel Castle, Jarrett Hart,Flinder Boyd, Darko Cohadarevic, Voukasin Mandic, Sharaud Curry, Tasos Antonakis, Vangelis Tzolos, Kostas Stamatis, Kostas Tsaprounis, Angelos Matos, Stavros Kokkinopoulos, Anthony Grundy, Rodrigue Mels,Patrick Sparks, Lamont Mack

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