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unusual facts about AEK Athens F.C.



Anastasios Tsoumagas

Anastasios Tsoumagas (born 22 March 1991 in Edessa, Greece) is a Greek footballer, currently playing for AEK Athens F.C. in the Football League 2, as a defender.

Anestis Argyriou

He scored his first goal in a friendly match against Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. in a 1–0 victory for AEK Athens.

Djamel Abdoun

His next two goals came again from the penalty spot; against AEK Athens away and Platanias at home.

ENIC Group

During the football investment boom of the mid to late 1990s it began to acquire shares in football clubs around Europe and bought stakes in Tottenham Hotspur (29,9%), Rangers F.C. (25,1%), SK Slavia Prague (96,7%), AEK Athens F.C. (47%), Vicenza Calcio (99,9%) and FC Basel (50%).

Garry Ayre

With the Cosmos, Ayre played in Soccer Bowl '78 as a substitute as well as a tour of Europe in the fall of 1978, where the team played against Red Star Belgrade, AEK Athens, Atlético Madrid, Galatasaray and Chelsea.

Karim Fegrouche

The 2012–13 season started very well for Fegrouche – on 21 October 2012 he saved a penalty from Marama Vahirua against Panthrakikos and on 3 December he saved another penalty from Roger Guerreiro against AEK Athens.

Lampros Choutos

Choutos returned to his country in that summer, signing with Panionios GSS, but was only eligible to start playing in the following January; he again began experiencing first-team football, and notably scored two of three at Athens Olympic Sports Complex, helping defeat hosts AEK Athens F.C. and collecting the Man of the Match award.

Nikos Goumas Stadium

After AEK Athens F.C. came under its current ownership, the plan for a stadium in Nea Filadelfeia was abandoned.

P.O.K.

The term dates to in 1927, when Olympiacos F.C., Panathinaikos F.C. and AEK Athens F.C. withdrew from the Greek Championship after disagreements with the Hellenic Football Federation (HFF), mainly over the championship's financial status.

Stavros Tziortziopoulos

On 12 November 2006, he scored for the first time for AEK Athens F.C. against AEL A.E. Larisa.

Stelios Skevofilakas

Stelios Skevofilakas (1940 – 10 June 2009) was a Greek footballer who played for AEK Athens and Atromitos.

Winston DuBose

When DuBose was trying his hand at European soccer in 1989, he was one of only a handful of American pioneers then playing professionally on the continent: only Chris Sullivan (Le Touquet AC), Frank Klopas (AEK Athens), Paul Caligiuri (Meppen), Bruce Murray (FC Lucerne), and Peter Vermes (Raba Eto) were also eking out a living there at the time.


see also

Manuel Jiménez

Manuel Jiménez Jiménez (born 1964), Spanish footballer selected for the 1990 FIFA World Cup, and coach of AEK Athens F.C.