AEK H.C.

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AEK Handball Club is the handball department of the major Greek multi-sports club A.E.K. It was established in 2005. The club is commonly known in European competitions as AEK Athens HC.

History

The department Handball of A.E.K. was 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 the absorption of the association's Board of Handball GA Ilioupolis with AEK Handball Club.

During the period 2006–07, AEK Handball Club acquired the 3rd position in A1 (Greek Men's handball championship) and gained participation at European Cups for the first time.

During the period 2007–08, AEK participated in EHF Cup (European Handball Federation Cup) and was eliminated by Dinamo Baumit Bucuresti in the second round.

On 31 May 2009, with Nikos Georgantzoglou as president, AEK won the first Greek handball cup winning Filippos by a score of 33–31 in Serres.

For the period 2009–10 AEK participated at EHF Cup Winners' Cup.[1]

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 (drawing 22–22). During the period 2009–10, AEK HC terminated at 4th position of A1, gaining its European participation for the 2nd consecutive time and for 3rd in general. In addition, AEK HC participated in the final four of Greek men's handball cup on 29 May 2010 in Lamia, but the semi-final game against PAOK did not take place due to fan "fights".

For the second round of the European Challenge Cup (2010–11), AEK HC won HC Dinamo Minsk 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 the final score of 32–27. For the Quarter-Final (phase 8), AEK played against Partizan of Beograd and was disqualified.[2]

On 7 May 2011, AEK won the Greek handball championship through the playoffs and became champion for the first time in their short history. AEK needed only the win against PAOK at Thessaloniki and was losing by one goal (22–21) 30 seconds before the final whistle but with great will and power scored twice (the final goal at the exact second of the final) and gained the first championship of its history just 6 years after its establishment.[3] AEK participated in the first round of the EHF Champions League for the period 2011–12 and also in the first round of Challenge Cup, losing to Lions (Holland).

On 17 March 2012, AEK participated in the final game of the Greek men's handball cup against PAOK but lost the game 26–24. AEK participated to the EHF Cup for the period 2012–13 but was eliminated by Diomidis Argous in the first round, losing both games at Argos and Athens.

On 3 March 2013, AEK won the second Greek handball cup in its history, winning PAOK by a score of 27–23 in Kerkyra (Corfu).[4] The same year on 1 June 2013 AEK won the second Greek handball championship against Diomidis.[5]

On 19 March 2014, AEK won the third Greek handball championship in its history, winning Diomidis 18–16 in Athens.[6]

On 29 March 2015, AEK participated in the final of the Greek men's handball cup for the fifth time in a row, against PAOK, but lost the game by a score of 27–29. The team finished third in the Greek handball championship.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

On 14 and 20 May 2018, AEK HC played the final games of EHF Challenge Cup 2017–18 and became one of the three most successful teams in Greek handball (including Diomidis Argous and Filippos Verias) in European achievements.[7] In 2020, AEK won its third Greek Championship.[8]

On 23 May 2021, AEK HC won the fourth Greek handball cup in its history, winning PAOK by a score of 24–22 in Kozani. On 30 May of the same year, AEK HC won the first EHF European Cup in its history by winning the Swedish club Ystads IF, this way AEK HC became the most successful Greek club in European handball competitions.[9] AEK won its fourth Greek Championship on 6 July 2021 celebrating a historic treble.[10]

At the start of the 2022–23 season, the club made several changes in the first-team squad due to last year's unsuccessful results. The first-team changes of the summer transfer period helped AEK to finish at the top of the league in the regular season. The club was drawn to play against Olympiacos after qualifying for the championship finals through the regular season. In an exciting match series, which ended 3-2 in favor of AEK, the club was crowned champion for the fifth time.[11][12]

In April 2025, AEK handball club lifted its fifth Greek handball cup winning ESN Vrilissia by a score of 43-21 in SUNEL Arena at Athens.[13]

Kits

Honours and titles

European competitions

Domestic competitions

Tournaments

  • Official Tournaments
    • 47th International Handball Tournament Struga (1): 2019
    • International Tournament "Andreas Papastamatis" (4): 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

Unofficial team awards

  • European Treble (HHF League and Cup, and EHF Cup)
    • Winners (1): 2020–21
  • National Double (HHF League and Cup)
    • Winners (2): 2012–13, 2020–21

Performance in international competitions

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Season Achievement Notes
EHF Challenge Cup \ European Cup
2010–11 Quarter-finals lost on aggregate by RK Partizan Beograd, 28–22 (L) in Belgrade and 23–24 (L) in Athens
2017–18 Runners-up lost on aggregate by AHC Potaissa Turda, 27–26 (W) in Athens and 33–22 (L) in Cluj-Napoca
2018–19 Semi-finals eliminated on aggregate by Madeira Andebol SAD, 22–30 (L) in Athens and 27–22 (L) in Madeira
2019–20 Quarter-finals drawn against AHC Potaissa Turda but cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 Champions defeated Ystads IF on aggregate, 30–26 (W) and 20–24 (W) in the finals at Chalcis
2024–25 Runners-up lost on aggregate by RK Alkaloid, 25–29 (L) in Athens and 10–0 (L) (by forfeit) in Skopje

The European Cup glory paths

2017–18 EHF Challenge Cup

Round Team   Home     Away   Aggregate Qual.
R3 Template:Flagicon London GD 41–21[14] 16–40[15] 81–37 File:Symbol keep vote.svg
L16 Template:Flagicon Göztepe SK 32–23[16] 29–25[17] 57–52 File:Symbol keep vote.svg
QF Template:Flagicon Berchem HC 32–25[18] 18–32[19] 64–43 File:Symbol keep vote.svg
SF Template:Flagicon AM Madeira Andebol SAD 23–23[20] 21–29[21] 52–44 File:Symbol keep vote.svg
F Template:Flagicon AHC Potaissa Turda 27–26[22] 33–22[23] 49–59 File:Symbol delete vote.svg

2020–21 EHF European Cup

Round Team   Home     Away   Aggregate Qual.
R3 Template:Flagicon KH Prishtina 37–19[24] 8–41[25] 78–25 File:Symbol keep vote.svg
L16 Template:Flagicon CSM București 29–23[26] 28–23[27] 52–51 File:Symbol keep vote.svg
QF Template:Flagicon HC Neva SPb 29–27[28] 21–30[29] 59–48 File:Symbol keep vote.svg
SF Template:Flagicon RK Gorenje 31–29[30] 31–31[31] 62–60 File:Symbol keep vote.svg
F Template:Flagicon Ystads IF 30–26[32] 20–24[33] 54–46 File:Symbol keep vote.svg

2024–25 EHF European Cup

Round Team   Home     Away   Aggregate Qual.
R2 Template:Flagicon Junior Fasano 39–26[34] 20–38[35] 77–46 File:Symbol keep vote.svg
R3 Template:Flagicon RK Lovćen 45–26[36] 31–41[37] 86–57 File:Symbol keep vote.svg
L16 Template:Flagicon MRK Krka 38–28[38] 25–31[39] 69–53 File:Symbol keep vote.svg
QF Template:Flagicon RK Partizan AdmiralBet 27–22[40] 30–26[41][42] 53–52 File:Symbol keep vote.svg
SF Template:Flagicon RK Izviđač 37–28[43] 28–24[44] 61–56 File:Symbol keep vote.svg
F Template:Flagicon RK Alkaloid 25–29[45] 10–0[46] 25–39 File:Symbol delete vote.svg

European competitions record

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Competitions Appearances Played W D L GF \ GA
1 EHF Champions League 2 4 1 0 3 103–121
2 EHF European League/EHF Cup 6 24 6 0 18 625–703
EHF Cup Winners' Cup 1 2 0 1 1 46–51
3 EHF European Cup/EHF Ch.Cup 8 56 36 3 17 1,656–1,413
Overall 17 86 43 4 39 2,430–2,288

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EHF ranking

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Rank Team Points
33 Template:Flagicon RK Eurofarm Pelister 154
34 Template:Flagicon Fenix Toulouse 150
35 Template:Flagicon AEK Athens 149
36 Template:Flagicon Kolstad Håndball 149
37 Template:Flagicon RK Gorenje Velenje 148

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Season by season

Season Division Place Cup Super Cup Europe
2005–06 A1 Ethniki 8th – – –
2006–07 A1 Ethniki 3rd – – –
2007–08 A1 Ethniki 8th – – EHF Cup R2
2008–09 A1 Ethniki 7th Winner – –
2009–10 A1 Ethniki 4th Final-4 – EHF Cup R3
2010–11 A1 Ethniki 1st Finalist – EHF Challenge Cup QF
2011–12 A1 Ethniki 2nd Finalist – EHF Champions League QS
EHF Cup R2
2012–13 A1 Ethniki 1st Winner – EHF Cup R1
2013–14 A1 Ethniki 2nd Winner – EHF Champions League QS
EHF Cup R3
2014–15 A1 Ethniki 3rd Finalist – –
2015–16 Handball Premier 9th – – EHF Challenge Cup R3
2016–17 Handball Premier 3rd – – –
2017–18 Handball Premier 2nd – – EHF Challenge Cup Finalist
2018–19 Handball Premier 2nd Finalist – EHF Challenge Cup SF
2019–20 Handball Premier 1st Final – EHF Challenge Cup QF
2020–21 Handball Premier 1st Winner – EHF European Cup Winner
2021–22 Handball Premier 2nd Finalist – EHF European League GS
2022–23 Handball Premier 1st Final-4 – EHF European Cup
2023–24 Handball Premier 2nd – Finalist EHF European League GS
2024–25 Handball Premier 2nd Winner – EHF European Cup Finalist
  • In the 2019–20 season, the Greek Cup final against Diomidis Argous and the EHF Challenge Cup quarterfinal against Potaissa Turda were canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Players

Squad for the 2024–25 season[47]

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Team officials

Staff for the 2025–26 season[48]
Pos. Name
General Manager Efstathios Papachartofylis
Team Manager Panagiotis Nikolaidis
Head coach Rui Silva
Assistant coach Diogo Castro
Goalkeeper coach Evangelos Raspitsos
Personal trainer Georgios Vavetsis
Physiotherapist Stylianos Lekkas

Notable former and current coaches

Notable former and current players

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Sponsorships

  • Great Sponsor: Elliniki Etairia Graniton
  • Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer: Macron
  • Official Broadcaster: ERT3

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External links

Official websites

Media

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