# AEK V.C. > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/AEK_V.C. > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/AEK_V.C..md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AEK_V.C. > Source revision: 1348363258 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) For women's team, see [AEK Women's Volleyball Club](/source/AEK_Women's_Volleyball_Club). **AEK Men's Volleyball Club** is the men's volleyball team of the major Greek multi-sports club [AEK](/source/Athletic_Union_of_Constantinople). It was founded in 1982. AEK had their finest moment with coach [Stelios Prosalikas](/source/Stelios_Prosalikas) when they reached the final four of the Cup Winners' Cup in 2000 (achieving the 3rd position). The matches were held on 9 and 10 March in Athens; AEK were beaten in the semi-final by Cuneo, but beat Galatasaray 3-1 in the 3rd place game. ## History The men's volleyball department of AEK was originally founded in the 1930s, but soon it was disbanded and reopened in 1967 by Jason Platsi. It then participated in the third category of Athens. Nevertheless, it was not maintained and was reconstituted in 1982 to participate again in the third category of Athens. Between 1985–86 the club participated in the second division and won promotion to the 1986–87 local first division. From 1987–88, the club was struggling in the lower national categories. The club remained in the lower national divisions for four years until it won the 1990–91 championship with a record of twenty-two victories. The next year AEK participated in the second Athens division and gained promotion to the third national division. During the 1992–93 season, AEK participated for the first time in the A2 and missed promotion to the first national category against PAOK. Nonetheless, the club won promotion to the [A1](/source/A1_Ethniki_Volleyball) the next year with a record of nineteen victories. The initial presence of the club in the top volleyball national category (1994–95) was unsuccessful and the club was relegated after recording only three wins. The second half of the 90s until the beginning of the new millennium was the best year for black and yellow volleyball. The group not only participated in the A1 division but also won a ticket for the 1998–99 European Cup occupying the fifth position. It also reached the cup final and lost against Olympiacos with a 3–1 score. In 2000, AEK with coach Stelios Prosalikas reached its peak after participating in the Cup Winners Cup final four. The games were held in March 2000 in Athens. AEK lost in the semifinal to Cuneo but won 3–1 against Galatasaray in the consolation final winning the bronze medal. Unfortunately, since the downturn began in the 2001–02 year, the team was relegated to A2. The last official match was in Georgios Moschos Indoor Hall, AEK defeating Pangrati and celebrating the championship and return to the A1. But the team was not able to stay in the great division and was relegated again. The last two years the group fought at A2, won the Championship in 2005–06, and from 2006–07 returned to A1. In 2013-14, AEK played in [A1 Ethniki](/source/A1_Ethniki_Volleyball) and finished the championship in 7th place.[1] During this season, AEK also managed to win the first domestic cup title in the men's team's history. More specifically, AEK beat Foinikas Sirou 3–2 in the final of the third Greek League Cup, after having defeated in the semi-final the big favorite and host of the final-four tournament Ethnikos Alexandroupolis (0–3).[2] In March 2023, the club won the second national division for the sixth time and returned to the [A1](/source/A1_Ethniki_Volleyball).[3] In September 2023, due to a lack of financial resources AEK withdrew from [A1](/source/A1_Ethniki_Volleyball) and didn't participate. In September 2024 Alexis Alexiou issued a different club which started from Beta Ethniki. ## Season to season AEK has played 14 times in A1 Ethniki (first division). They played in A1, in season 1994–95 for the first time. From 1996–97 to 2001–02 was playing continuously in A1. The last years were going up and down the divisions.[4] Season Division Place Notes 1990–91 Gamma Ethniki promoted to Beta 1991–92 Beta Ethniki promoted to A2 1992–93 A2 Ethniki 2nd 1993–94 A2 Ethniki 1st promoted to A1 1994–95 A1 Ethniki 11th relegated to A2 1995–96 A2 Ethniki 2nd promoted to A1 1996–97 A1 Ethniki 5th 1997–98 A1 Ethniki 5th 1998–99 A1 Ethniki 6th Greek Cup Finalists 1999–00 A1 Ethniki 6th 2000–01 A1 Ethniki 8th 2001–02 A1 Ethniki 11th relegated to A2 2002–03 A2 Ethniki 1st promoted to A1 2003–04 A1 Ethniki 12th relegated to A2 2004–05 A2 Ethniki 7th Season Division Place Notes 2005–06 A2 Ethniki 1st promoted to A1 2006–07 A1 Ethniki 7th 2007–08 A1 Ethniki 11th relegated to A2 2008–09 A2 Ethniki 1st promoted to A1 2009–10 A1 Ethniki 11th relegated to A2 2010–11 A2 Ethniki 11th relegated to Beta 2011–12 Beta Ethniki 1st promoted to A2 2012–13 A2 Ethniki 1st promoted to A1 2013–14 A1 Ethniki 7th League Cup Winners 2014–15 A1 Ethniki 12th relegated to A2 2015–16 A2 Ethniki 3rd 2016–17 A2 Ethniki 3rd 2017–18 A2 Ethniki 1st promoted to A1 2018–19 A1 Ethniki 8th 2019–20 inactive 2020-21 Pre League canceled 2021-22 Pre League 6th 2022-23 Pre League 1st promoted to A1 later withdrew 2023-24 inactive 2024-25 Beta Ethniki 1st promoted to A2 via play-off 2025-26 A2 Ethniki ## Honours AEK V.C. honours aek.gr Type Competition Titles Winners Runners-up Third place Ref. Continental CEV Cup bgcolor=|0 1999–00 [5] Domestic Greek A2 Volleyball League 6 1993–94, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2017–18 1992–93, 1995–96, 2015–16, 2016–17 [6] Pre League 1 2022–23 [7] Beta Ethniki 3 1991–92, 2011–12 , 2024–25 Gamma Ethniki 1 1990–91 Greek Volleyball Cup 0 1998–99 [8] Greek Volleyball League Cup 1 2013–14 - S Shared record ## European performance Season Achievement Notes CEV Cup 1999–00 Final Four 3rd place. Lost 1–3 to Alpitour Traco Cuneo in the semi-final, won 3–0 against Galatasaray S.K. in the 3rd place game ## Team **Season 2022–2023** Shirt No Nationality Player Birth Date Height (m) Position 2 Alexandros Polychroniadis July 2, 1988 (age 38) 1.89 Libero 3 Eduard Ramos September 13, 1997 (age 28) 2.00 Opposite 4 Nikos Melles January 20, 1995 (age 31) 2.00 Middle blocker 5 Vasilis Konidis March 23, 2004 (age 22) 1.94 Outside hitter 6 Bruno Fyllipe Amorim January 23, 1996 (age 30) 1.99 Middle blocker 8 Nikos Kavarinos December 22, 2004 (age 21) 1.95 Outside hitter 9 Nikos Kaounis February 12, 2003 (age 23) 1.83 Outside hitter 10 Lykourgos Roussis November 9, 1988 (age 37) 1.87 Setter 11 Giannis Achilleopoulos June 26, 1989 (age 37) 1.80 Libero 12 Nikos Iliakopoulos February 4, 2001 (age 25) 1.97 Setter 13 Nikos Palentzas May 6, 1991 (age 35) 1.99 Opposite 14 Spyros Barbounis August 1, 2000 (age 26) 1.89 Outside hitter 15 Angelos Chalilis January 28, 2005 (age 21) 1.97 Middle blocker 16 Ektoras Kamarinopoulos June 4, 2005 (age 21) 2.08 Middle blocker 17 Henrique Batagim August 1, 1993 (age 33) 2.01 Outside hitter 20 Nikos Mantzios February 26, 2007 (age 19) 1.78 Setter ### Technical and managerial staff Job Name Manager Akis Chatziantoniou Assistant Georgios Mantzios Physiotherapist Stavros Toilos Caregiver Georgios Siomos Fitness coach Panagiotis Adamopoulos ## Notable coaches - [Dimitris Kazazis](/source/Dimitrios_Kazazis) - [Stelios Prosalikas](/source/Stelios_Prosalikas) - Akis Flaounas - [Zoran Gajić](/source/Zoran_Gaji%C4%87) - [Jorge Elgueta](/source/Jorge_Elgueta) ## List of former players Criteria To appear in this section a player must have either: Played at least one season for the club. Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. Performed successfully during his period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career. **Greece** - [Andreas Andreadis](/source/Andreas_Andreadis) - [Sotiris Amarianakis](/source/Sotiris_Amarianakis) - [Theoklitos Karipidis](/source/Theoklitos_Karipidis) - [Thanassis Moustakidis](/source/Thanassis_Moustakidis) - [Konstantinos Stivachtis](/source/Konstantinos_Stivachtis) - [Michalis Alexandropoulos](/source/Michalis_Alexandropoulos) - [Athanasios Maroulis](/source/Athanasios_Maroulis) - [Akis Chatziantoniou](/source/Theodoros_Chatziantoniou) - [Nikos Samaras](/source/Nikos_Samaras) [†](/source/Deceased) - [Sotirios Tsergas](/source/Sotirios_Tsergas) - [Ioannis Fakas](/source/Ioannis_Fakas) - [Christos Voloudakis](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CF%81%CE%AE%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B4%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%82) - [Makis Kanellos](/source/Gerasimos_Kanellos) - [Georgios Kotsilianos](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgios_Kotsilianos) - [Giannis Chaslamaidis](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99%CF%89%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A7%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%90%CE%B4%CE%B7%CF%82) - [Ilias Lappas](/source/Ilias_Lappas) - [Konrad Guzda](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CF%8C%CE%BD%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%93%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%B6%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1) - [Georgios Tzioumakas](/source/Georgios_Tzioumakas) **Rest of Europe** - [Inoslav Krnić](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inoslav_Krni%C4%87) - [Jaromír Koláčný](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarom%C3%ADr_Kol%C3%A1%C4%8Dn%C3%BD) - [Christian Strehlau](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Strehlau) - [Fabrice Bry](/source/Fabrice_Bry) - [Balša Radunović](/source/Bal%C5%A1a_Radunovi%C4%87_(volleyball)) - [Bela Bunford](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bela_Bunford) - [Edin Škorić](/source/Edin_%C5%A0kori%C4%87) - [Đula Mešter](/source/%C4%90ula_Me%C5%A1ter) - [Dejan Brđović](/source/Dejan_Br%C4%91ovi%C4%87) - [Jordi Gens](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordi_Gens) - [Julián Torres](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juli%C3%A1n_Garc%C3%ADa-Torres) - [Yuriy Filippov](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%B9_%CE%A6%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%AF%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%86) - Oleg Mushenko **Americas** - [Pablo Meana](/source/Pablo_Meana) - [Oscar Vizzari](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%8C%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%81_%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%B6%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B9) - [Santiago Darraidou](/source/Santiago_Darraidou) - [Celso](/source/Celso_Brum_Junior) - Jorge Payan - [Jayson Jablonsky](/source/Jayson_Jablonsky) - [Carlos Tejeda](/source/Carlos_Tejeda) - [Fredy Cedeño](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredy_Cede%C3%B1o) *Players whose names are italicized still play for the team* ## Sponsorships - Great Sponsor: **N/A** - Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer: **[Macron](/source/Macron_(sportswear))** - Official Broadcaster: **N/A** ## See also - [AEK Women's Volleyball Club](/source/AEK_Women's_Volleyball_Club) ## References 1. ["el:Έχασε και έμεινε 7η η ΑΕΚ"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140414133520/http://www.woop.gr/content/148456/ehase-kai-emeine-7e-e-aek) (in Greek). woop.gr. Archived from [the original](http://www.woop.gr/content/148456/ehase-kai-emeine-7e-e-aek) on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014. 1. ["Hellenic Volleyball League - Έγραψε ιστορία η ΑΕΚ κατακτώντας το League Cup"](http://www.volleyleague.gr/index.php/league-cup/item/1659-egrapse-istoria-i-aek-kataktontas-to-league-cup) 1. ["Νίκησε στο Φάληρο και επέστρεψε στην Volleyleague η ΑΕΚ"](https://www.sport-fm.gr/article/sports/volley/aek-nikise-sto-faliro-kai-epestrepse-stin-Volleyleague/4368044) (in Greek). *sport-fm.gr*. Retrieved 30 March 2023. Στα μεγάλα σαλόνια ανδρικού βόλεϊ επιστρέφει η ΑΕΚ. 1. ["AEK"](http://volleyleague.gr/index.php/season/2013-14/teams/aek) (in Greek). volleyleague.gr. Retrieved 30 March 2014. 1. ["CEV Cup 1999/00"](https://volleybox.net/men-cev-cup-1999-00-o889/classification). *volleybox.net*. 11 March 2000. Retrieved 2 September 2025. 1. ["Χρυσή βίβλος"](https://www.volleyball.gr/a2-andron/xrush-biblos) (in Greek). *volleyball.gr*. Retrieved 2 September 2025. All-time champions - A2 1. ["Βαθμολογία"](https://www.volleyball.gr/pre-league/andron/arxeio/2022-2023/bathmologia) (in Greek). *volleyball.gr*. Retrieved 2 September 2025. 2022-23 1. ["Η Χρυσή Βίβλος του Κυπέλλου Ελλάδας ανδρών."](https://www.volleyball.gr/kupello/andron/xrush-biblos) (in Greek). *volleyball.gr*. Retrieved 2 September 2025. 1999 (Δράμα): Ολυμπιακός – ΑΕΚ 3-1 (25-16, 21-25, 26-17, 26-24) ## External links - [A.E.K. Official Website – Men's Volleyball](https://www.aek.gr/category/volei/volei-andron/) (in Greek) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [AEK V.C.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AEK_V.C.) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AEK_V.C.?action=history)). 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