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  AEK Athens FC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
AEK Athens FC is the football club of the Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos, or in English the Athletic Union of Constantinople (AEK).
AEK now is a perfectly organized football club again, with ambitions of success and titles in Greece and even European competitions.
AEK lost the championship in the last 2 games and gave very good perfomances, especially against her main rivals, Olympiakos and Panathinaikos.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/AEK_Athens_FC   (444 words)

  
 SI.com - Soccer - AEK Athens faces potential bankruptcy - Friday October 1, 2004 6:54PM
ATHENS (Reuters) -- AEK Athens could go bankrupt if the Greek government does not allow the club to write off a large part of its debt estimated at 75 to 100 million euros ($95 to 125 million), the team's president said on Friday.
AEK's second appeal to the Greek courts was turned down on Thursday and while AEK president Demis Nikolaidis has vowed to keep fighting the former Greece striker is not optimistic.
AEK, who reached the group stage of the UEFA Cup after beating Slovenia's Nova Gorica in the first round on Thursday, are fourth in the domestic standings after two matches.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2004/soccer/10/01/bc.sport.soccer.aek   (324 words)

  
 AEK Athens FC -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
AEK is presently being played in (Click link for more info and facts about Nea Filadelfeia) Nea Filadelfeia.
This symbol was initially used by the (A continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395) Byzantine Empire, and is still in use by the Greek Orthodox Church.
AEK first played at the Nikos Goumas stadium which was first opened in 1930.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ae/aek_athens_fc3.htm   (265 words)

  
 ESPN.com Soccernet Europe: News - AEK Athens appoint Savevski
ATHENS, Jan 25 (Reuters) - AEK Athens have appointed Toni Savevski as player-manager after coach Yiannis Pathiakakis resigned on Thursday in the wake of the 6-1 Greek Cup defeat to arch-rivals Olympiakos Piraeus.
AEK had suffered their worst defeat in 20 years on Wednesday in the second leg of the Greek Cup tie against Olympiakos.
AEK are currently 11 points behind leaders Olympiakos and face Barcelona in the UEFA Cup fourth round on February 24.
www.soccernet.com /europe/news/2001/0125/20010125athensappoint.html   (310 words)

  
 AEK Athens
The Athletic Union of Constantinople (AEK) was formed as a sports club by refugees from Asia Minor in 1924.
In 1979 the football side of AEK split with the athletics club and became professional.
ENIC shareholding in AEK Athens is approximately 43%.
www.enic.co.uk /aekathens.htm   (104 words)

  
 soccerway.com - News - 27 May 2004 - Nikolaidis buys debt-ridden AEK Athens
AEK are reportedly 165 million euros in debt, but Nikolaidis and his partners hope the club’s situation will be judged as complying to law article 44, which would reduce the club debt to 18 millions euros.
A few days ago, debt-ridden AEK were condemned by the Greek football association not to participate in the next edition of the UEFA Cup but the Greek outfit has the right to appeal the decision this Wednesday and, after review of progress of the situation, Nikolaidis now hopes the club won’t lose its European berth.
The former AEK star was also in the middle of a storm the previous week, when unidentified individuals, thought to be hard-shell AEK fans, launched an attack on the club’s training ground Thrakomakedones, hurting players and causing serious material damages.
www.soccerway.com /news/full/?page=details&area=1085660860   (521 words)

  
 Top 16 Draw profile: AEK Athens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Simply by making an return to the Top 16, perhaps unexpected due to a slow start in a tough group, AEK Athens becomes a dangerous team for any team it faces from now on.
Even on the road, AEK made its mark with a pair of road wins and a one-point loss to Maccabi in Tel Aviv, where only one visitors has won this season.
AEK's season has proven that when the right balance is struck, a team can improve rapidly.
www.euroleague.net /noticia.jsp?temporada=E04&jornada=15&id=575   (357 words)

  
 AEK Athens soccer basketball Nikolaidis
A.E.K has many other activities such as volleyball,boxing,etc but i'm not a fan of
AEK is the first Greek team who won a European title in 1968,winning Slavia Prague in the Kalimarmaro Stadium(The stadium when the first modern Olympics took place in 1896).In that game happened a world record for the attendance.In that historical day there were over 124.000 people in the stadium.
In the late 90s AEK is in the right road in order to become again what it was always meant to be.The Queen of the European basketball.In the season 97-98
www.geocities.com /sunsetstrip/pit/9795/aek.htm   (389 words)

  
 GreekSoccer.com
AEK Athens won three successive Greek titles in the early 1990s, which encouraged Enic to buy into the club in 1997.
AEK Athens clash with Olympiacos this weekend, in what is sure to be one of the highlights of the Ethniki Katigoria calender.
Title contender AEK Athens was held to a scoreless draw at crosstown Atromitos in the opening round of the Greek first division Monday.
www.greeksoccer.com /news/aek_news.php   (654 words)

  
 Phantis: Greek Soccer
A group of refugees that came to Athens in 1922 had a great desire to keep their home-land tradition going by creating sometime during the month of April 1924 the Athlitiki Enosi Konstantinoupoleos (AEK) soccer club.
The individuals responsible for creating AEK were Aimilios and Menelaos Ionas, and Kostas Dimopoulos who had sports stores in Athens.
One of the first hurdles that AEK encountered was the absence of a soccer pitch.
sports.phantis.com /soccer/teams/info.php?TeamID=4&who=AEK   (365 words)

  
 Euroleague - Card Teams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
One of the unexpected success stories of the last Euroleague season, AEK Athens, faces the challenging task in 2005-06 of sustaining momentum despite changes up and down its bench, from the coach to the captain.
A third national cup was won in 2001, the same year AEK made the Euroleague semifinals.
In 2001-02, AEK narrowly missed a trip to the Final Four but domestically, AEK returned to the top of the heap in Greece.
www.euroleague.net /teams/teamCard.jsp?id=AEK   (573 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Fan hospitalized as rival supporters clash in Athens
ATHENS, Greece – A man was hospitalized Monday following clashes between rival fans of league leaders AEK Athens and crosstown Panathinaikos, police said.
AEK overtook Panathinaikos in the championship Sunday, beating Halkidona 1-0 to top the 16-team standings in Greece's first division.
AEK has 21 points, one ahead of Panathinaikos and Olympiakos Piraeus, which share second place.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/soccer/20041129-0228-eu-spt-soc-greece-fansclash.html   (120 words)

  
 Sporting Life - Football | Barclays Premiership Live, Carling Cup Live, SPL, Championship, Champions League, European ...
Monaco had already qualified before their clash with an AEK side who had nothing to play for and the result was a game devoid of passion and excitement.
Unseasonably miserable weather in Athens meant the pitch was heavy and it seemed to affect the play during the opening 45 minutes with neither side really taking the game by the scruff of the neck.
AEK were definitely the better side in the opening stages and it took Monaco 18 minutes to register an attack on goal.
www.sportinglife.com /football/live/reports/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=international_feed/03/12/10/SOCCER_Gre-AEK_Athens_Nightlead.html   (593 words)

  
 ESPNsoccernet.com: AEK Athens Team Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Greek first division club AEK Athens has been saved from bankruptcy after a successful appeal to the courts to have most of its debt written off.
AEK Athens will compete in the UEFA Cup after a team of investors led by Greece forward and Atletico Madrid striker Demis Nikolaidis moved to pay off their debts.
AEK Athens president in waiting, Demis Nikolaidis, is close to resolving a damaging row with many of his players that is threatening to derail Greece's Euro 2004 campaign.
soccernet.espn.go.com /team?tag=GRE.AEK_ATHENS&cc=3888   (284 words)

  
 Zenit St Petersburg 5 AEK Athens 1 / St.Petersburg city news / Petersburg CITY / Guide to St. Petersburg, Russia
AEK began brightly and created the first real opening after just two minutes, but Alessandro Soares fired narrowly wide of the far post.
AEK could have extended their advantage on the counter-attack.
AEK Athens Michailidis, Bruno Alves, Kostenoglou, Soares, Petkov (Rusev 71), Konstantinidis (Tziortziopoulos 56), Katsouranis, Kontis, Amponsah (Kabantais 56), Krassas, Liberopoulos.
petersburgcity.com /news/city/2004/10/28/zenit_uefa   (564 words)

  
 VirtualTourist.com - AndyRG's Athens Travelogue - AEK, the best greek team...
AEK (Athlitiki Enosi Konstantinoupoleos, which means Athletic Union of Constantinople/Istanbul - see my next tip for details about its history) has a lot of achievements to show, in a variety of sports.
AEK has just won 83-76 Kinder Bologna in basketball, at the final of European Cup in Lausanne (11/4/2000), and fans are on the streets, to celebrate it.
AEK has just scored (3-0 against Ionikos, 10/5/2000) and it is time for its 11th Greek Cup - the last one was in 2002 against Olympiakos, see the "sports travel" tips about it.
www.virtualtourist.com /m/tt/2c126   (661 words)

  
 BigSoccer Boards - [R] OSFP vs. PAO and AEK waiting for the result ...
AEK can still win the title if both Olympiakos and PAO lose but the chances of that happening is almost impossible.
Actually the coach (who is in the middle of a dispute among AEK fans foe leaving AEK for Olympiakos some years ago) and the players went a long way and successfully under the circumstances...
For AEK to be able to build on it, we have to have a reliable solution in the ownership status and a financial injection because the debts are too high!
www.bigsoccer.com /forum/showthread.php?t=48780   (674 words)

  
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PAE AEK's reaction is to prohibit the televised transmission.
AEK is 21st with 204.5 points, same as Dutch club Feyenoord.
AEK Athens have signed Greek international Grigoris Georgatos to a four year contract term (3+1) reportedly worth 350,000 euros per year.
www.aekfans.gr /news3.htm   (956 words)

  
 <<-- G R E E K C I T Y-->>: Bajevic officially returns to AEK Athens
ATHENS, Greece Dusan Bajevic officially returned to coach AEK Athens on Thursday after a six-year absence.
Nikolaidis' inclusion in AEK's roster was one of Bajevic's conditions for him to return to the Athens club.
AEK finished second in last season's Greek soccer league and will play in the August qualifying games for the Champions League.
www.greekcity.com.au /content/content.cfm?id=236   (363 words)

  
 UEFA Cup Preview: Zenit St Petersburg v AEK Athens
For AEK Athens, last season’s game against Zenit for the group stage of the UEFA Cup was one of their worst ever in European competitions.
Then even though AEK had opened the scoring, they were on the receiving end of a shameful 5-1 defeat away in St. Petersburg.
AEK will look for a positive result to give them the advantage for the second leg in Athens, while Zenit want a win with as many goals as possible.
www.isfa.com /news/?id=18029   (222 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
63 :(aek) S_Konstant'is crosses in from the wing...
The AEK Athens fans found that one amusing Min.
AEK Athens Attempts on Goal : 22
4dw.net /gnet/matchreports/uefacup/050105/nkz_aek.txt   (809 words)

  
 AEK Athens FC - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
AEK Athens FC - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
AEK Athens FC is the football club of the Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupolis, or in English the Athletic Union of Constantinople (AEK).
The sports club was founded in April of 1924 in Athens, Greece following the expulsion of the Greek population of Turkey in 1922.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/AEK_Athens_FC   (368 words)

  
 AEK Athens Tickets - Champions League
Whether you are looking for AEK Athens tickets, football tickets, sold out event tickets or AEK Athens corporate hospitality, My Ticket Market.com has a wide selection of AEK Athens Champions League tickets, so you can enjoy the incredible experience of seeing your favourite team playing in the exciting UEFA Champions League.
The delivery address for your AEK Athens tickets must be the same as the address at which you receive your credit card billing statement.
The AEK Athens ticket prices are set by the ticket seller and may differ from face value.
www.soldouteventtickets.com /listings/241/245/8226/Champions%20League/aek-athens-cl   (390 words)

  
 BigSoccer Boards - AEK "Nikos Goumas" Stadium Demolished
AEK will be able to use a small hotel able to provide rooms to 60 people in order to host opponent squads.
The AEK museum and Hall of Fame will be in an area reaching 600 m2, the conference center will be 640 m2 and the AEK sports shop will be 240 m2.
Just keep in mind that in Greece AEK and all the other big teams have some help from the state also on the grounds of promoting sport etc...
www.bigsoccer.com /forum/showthread.php?t=50912   (1004 words)

  
 ATL World Cup Soccer. All the top world soccer news daily. News from international soccer. Euro 2004, champion's ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
AEK Athens have installed former playing star Dusan Bayevic as their new coach on a three year contract.
AEK president Makis Psomiadis confirmed the deal last night after Fernando Santos quit two weeks ago.
Bayevic coached AEK for 12 years up to 1996 and won seven league championships with the club.
www.wldcup.com /news/2002May/20020521_13577_aek_athens.html   (126 words)

  
 Singapore Soccer Community - Bajevic calls it quits at AEK Athens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Serbian-born coach Dusan Bajevic quit Greek first division side AEK Athens after a group of the club's fans verbally abused his family during a match at the weekend.
When Bajevic left AEK to go to bitter rival Olympiakos Piraeus in 1996, he was never forgiven by some AEK supporters despite having led the club to four league championships between 1989 and 1994.
He returned to AEK in June 2002, but never felt at home at AEK where he had also starred as a player.
www.singaporesoccer.com /forum/showthread.php?t=2405   (443 words)

  
 Singapore Soccer Community - Nikolaidis Confirms Interest In Buying AEK Athens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Nikolaidis, who played eight seasons at AEK before transferring to Atletico Madrid last summer, remains a hero at the Greek club and he said: "Over the last few days, there is in progress an attempt, in which I am taking part, to find a permanent solution to the ownership status at AEK.
The troubled Athens club's exact debts are not known but the team reportedly owes to tax authorities 17 million euros.
AEK Athens is currently fourth in Greek league, nine points behind leader Olympiakos, but remains in contention for a Champions League spot as they trail third-placed PAOK Thessaloniki by only two points.
www.singaporesoccer.com /forum/showthread.php?t=2412   (340 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The AEK Athens fans are up off their seats...
He jumps into the AEK Athens crowd to celebrate...
There are a number of AEK Athens players on the overlap...
4dw.net /gnet/matchreports/uefacup/090205/aek_auw.txt   (1013 words)

  
 PSV - Teams: AEK Athens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
AEK Athens is the third club of Greece, after Olympiakos Piraeus and Panathinaikos.
Yet AEK were candidates for the Greek title until the last day of the campaign.
Last season AEK did not survive the Champions League first group phase of the group in which Real Madrid, AS Roma and the Belgian side RC Genk also participated.
english.psv.nl /show?id=43781   (244 words)

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