AEK H.C.

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Greek handball club

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fullname	AEK Handball Club
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ground	G. Kassimatis Indoor Hall
capacity	1,000
chairman	Stamatis Papastamatis
manager	Alexandros Alvanos
league	Handball Premier
season	2024–25
position	2nd
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colour2	Black
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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 and it is the most successful Greek club in European handball competitions, as it won the European Challenge Cup in 2021 and was also a runner-up in 2018 and 2025. 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.

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.

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. 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). The same year on 1 June 2013 AEK won the second Greek handball championship against Diomidis.

On 19 March 2014, AEK won the third Greek handball championship in its history, winning Diomidis 18–16 in Athens.{{cite web|title=Κυπελλούχος Ελλάδας η ΑΕΚ |url=http://www.handball.org.gr/index.php/el/press-room/news/men-s-cup |publisher=handball.org.gr |accessdate=12 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214185254/http://www.handball.org.gr/index.php/el/press-room/news/men-s-cup |archivedate=14 February 2014 }}

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.

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. In 2020, AEK won its third Greek Championship.

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. AEK won its fourth Greek Championship on 6 July 2021 celebrating a historic treble.

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.

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.

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Honours

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Type	Competition	Titles	Winners	Runners-up
Continental	1	2020–21	2017–18, 2024–25	2018–19
Domestic	5	2010–11, 2012–13, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23	2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024 , 2025
5	2008–09, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2020–21, 2024–25	2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2022
0		2023, 2025
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Shared record

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

Main article: AEK Athens H.C. in European handball competitions

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Season	Achievement	Notes
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
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The European Cup glory paths

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Round	Team	Home	Away	Aggregate	Qual.
R3	GBR London GD	41–21	16–40	81–37	[[File:Symbol keep vote.svg
L16	TUR Göztepe SK	32–23	29–25	57–52	[[File:Symbol keep vote.svg
QF	LUX Berchem HC	32–25	18–32	64–43	[[File:Symbol keep vote.svg
SF	POR AM Madeira Andebol SAD	23–23	21–29	52–44	[[File:Symbol keep vote.svg
F	ROM AHC Potaissa Turda	27–26	33–22	49–59	[[File:Symbol delete vote.svg
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2020–21 EHF European Cup ::data[format=table]

Round	Team	Home	Away	Aggregate	Qual.
R3	KOS KH Prishtina	37–19	8–41	78–25	[[File:Symbol keep vote.svg
L16	ROU CSM București	29–23	28–23	52–51	[[File:Symbol keep vote.svg
QF	RUS HC Neva SPb	29–27	21–30	59–48	[[File:Symbol keep vote.svg
SF	SLO RK Gorenje	31–29	31–31	62–60	[[File:Symbol keep vote.svg
F	SWE Ystads IF	30–26	20–24	54–46	[[File:Symbol keep vote.svg
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2024–25 EHF European Cup ::data[format=table]

Round	Team	Home	Away	Aggregate	Qual.
R2	ITA Junior Fasano	39–26	20–38	77–46	[[File:Symbol keep vote.svg
R3	MNE RK Lovćen	45–26	31–41	86–57	[[File:Symbol keep vote.svg
L16	SVN MRK Krka	38–28	25–31	69–53	[[File:Symbol keep vote.svg
QF	SER RK Partizan AdmiralBet	27–22	30–26	53–52	[[File:Symbol keep vote.svg
SF	BIH RK Izviđač	37–28	28–24	61–56	[[File:Symbol keep vote.svg
F	MKD RK Alkaloid	25–29	10–0	25–39	[[File:Symbol delete vote.svg
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European competitions record

Main article: AEK Athens H.C. in European handball competitions

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

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Rank	Team	Points
33	MKD RK Eurofarm Pelister	154
34	FRA Fenix Toulouse	150
35	GRE AEK Athens	149
36	NOR Kolstad Håndball	149
37	SLO RK Gorenje Velenje	148
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Season by season

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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
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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 2025–26 season

;Goalkeepers

12 FRA Yann Genty
14 ISR Dan Tepper
16 TUN Mohamed Amine Ben Cheikh
32 ISL Grétar Guðjónsson ;Wingers ;LW
9 FRA Adama Keïta
34 FRA Souleimany Toure ;RW
2 GRE Evangelos Arampatzis (c)
7 DEN Viktor Vlastos ;Line players
8 GER Erik Schmidt
40 GER Jonas Stüber ;Back players ;LB
5 POR Gilberto Duarte
25 FRA Dylan Garain
41 FRA Frédéric Beauregard
55 GER Julius Kühn
93 FRA Adama Sako ;CB
11 GRE Dimitrios Panagiotou
23 POR Wilson Davyes
76 FRA Lukas Szukielowicz
99 EGY Omar Salem ;RB
22 GRE Alexandros Koukoulas
77 CRO Šime Ivić

Transfer History

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Transfers for the 2025–26 season

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Team officials

:Staff for the 2025–26 season

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Notable former and current coaches

Greece

[[File:Flag of Greece.svg|border|20px]] Giannis Arvanitis
[[File:Flag of Greece.svg|border|20px]] Dimitris Dimitroulias
[[File:Flag of Greece.svg|border|20px]] Kostas Toutsis
[[File:Flag of Greece.svg|border|20px]] Nikos Grammatikos (2017–19)
[[File:Flag of Greece.svg|border|20px]] Dimitris Dimitroulias (2019–22)
[[File:Flag of Greece.svg|border|20px]] Alexandros Alvanos (2022–23)

Rest of Europe

[[File:Flag of Serbia.svg|border|20px]] Dragan Đukić (2023)
[[File:Flag of France.svg|border|20px]] Frédéric Bougeant (2024–25)
[[File:Flag of Portugal.svg|border|20px]] Rui Silva (2025–26)

List of former and current players

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Criteria

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Greece

Greece Christoforos Bakaoukas (2005–16)
Greece Savvas Karypidis (2013–15)
Greece Fanis Tsaousis (2005–15)
Greece Giorgos Papadopoulos
Greece Dimitris Kaffatos (2005–07, 2009–14, 2019–20)
Greece Dionysis Georgiadis (2010–20)
Greece Giorgos Perros
Greece Alexandros Alvanos (2012–14, 2018–19)
Greece Spyros Balomenos (2012–13)
Greece Panagiotis Nikolaidis
Greece Konstantinos Tsilimparis (2013–15)
Greece Grigoris Sanikis (2013–15)
Greece Nikolaos Kritikos (2023–24)
Greece Vyron Papadopoulos (2023–24)
Greece Charalampos Mallios (2023–24)

Rest of Europe

Austria Thomas Bauer (2020–21)
Austria Nikola Stevanovic (2022)
Belarus Ivan Matskevich (2022–23)
BIH Tomislav Nuić (2021)
CRO Marin Buneta (2019–21)
CRO Stipe Mandalinić (2022–24)
CRO Nikola Jukić (2022–23)
CRO Patrik Martinović (2023–24)
CRO Petar Lulić (2024–)
Denmark Lars Jacobsen (2018–20)
Denmark Jesper Meinby (2021)
Denmark Viktor Vlastos (2024–)
France Malik Hoggas (2019–20)
France Maximilien Tike (2022–23, 2024)
France Yann Genty (2024–)
France Adama Sako (2024–)
France Jonathan Azorin (2022–)
France Adama Keïta (2024–)
France Dylan Garain (2024–)
France Lukas Szukielowicz (2024–)
France Arthur Muller (2024–25)
Germany Erik Schmidt (2024–)
Germany Julius Kühn (2025–)
Germany Jonas Stuber (2025–)
HUN Gergö Rózsavölgyi (2019)
Iceland Grétar Guðjónsson (2025–)
Lithuania Laurynas Palevicius (2018–19)
MNE Mladen Rakčević (2013–14)
MNE Goran Andjelic (2021–22)
MNE Radojica Čepić (2023)
Norway Joakim Hykkerud (2021)
Norway Elias Schaaning Thome (2023–24)
Norway Mario Matic (2024–)
Poland Łukasz Rogulski (2022–23)
Poland Krzysztof Komarzewski (2023)
POR Gilberto Duarte (2024–)
POR Wilson Davyes (2024–)
ROM Bogdan Criciotoiu (2020)
Serbia Radule Radulovic (2017–19)
Serbia Milan Kosanović (2019–21)
Serbia Miljan Manić
Serbia Mirko Lukić
Serbia Zlatko Šuša
Serbia Eldin Vražalica
Serbia Igor Arsic (2019–20)
Serbia Nemanja Živković (2022–23)
Serbia Đorđe Golubović (2023)
Slovakia Maros Balaz (2018–19)
Slovakia Juraj Briatka (2021–22)
Slovenia Igor Žabić (2023)
Spain Luis Felipe Jiménez Reina (2020–21)
Spain Ignacio Plaza Jiménez (2019–22)
Spain Cristian Ugalde (2020–22)
Spain Ignacio Moya Florido (2020–23)
Sweden Philip Jonsson (2023–24)
Ukraine Olexandr Shevelev (2022)

Africa

Algeria Abderrahim Berriah (2021–22)
Algeria Sofiane Bendjilali (2021–22)
COD Aurélien Tchitombi (2022–23)
COG Frédéric Beauregard (2024–)
Egypt Omar Salem (2024, 2025–)
SEN Souleimany Toure (2024–)
Tunisia Anis Gatfi (2015–16)
Tunisia Mohamed Amine Ben Cheikh (2024–)

Americas

Brazil Patrick Andre Toniazzo Lemos (2020–24)
Brazil Leonardo Domenech de Almeida (2022–23)

Asia

Cyprus Ioulios Argyrou (2018–19)
ISR Dan Tepper (2024–)
Turkey Yunus Özmusul (2019)

Presidential history

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Period	Name
2005–2006	GRE Costas Stamatiadis
2006–2009	GRE Nikos Georgantzoglou
2009–2011	GRE Dimitris Chatzichristos
2011–2012	GRE Costas Papadimitriou
2012–2014	GRE Dimitris Lazopoulos
2014–2016	GRE Alexis Alexiou
2016–	GRE Stamatis Papastamatis
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References

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