AEK Women's Volleyball Club

AEK Women's Volleyball Club is the women volleyball section of the major Greek multi-sport club of AEK. It was founded in 1995 and has won one Greek Championship (2011–12) and one Greek Super Cup (2011–12).

For men's team, see AEK V.C.
AEK
Full nameAEK Women's Volleyball Club
NicknameÉnosis (Union)
Kitrinómavres (The Yellow-Blacks)
Vasílissa (Queen)
AEK tis Kardiás (AEK of Heart)
Founded1995
GroundFEA Nea Filadelfeia, Athens
(Capacity: 400)
ChairmanAlexis Alexiou
Head coachKostas Arseniadis
LeagueA1 Ethniki
2019–20Pre League, 1st (promoted)
WebsiteClub home page
Uniforms
Home
Away
Championships
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Departments of AEK Athens
Football Basketball Volleyball
(Men's)
Volleyball
(Women's)		 Water Polo
(Men's)		 Water Polo
(Women's)
Handball Futsal Athletics
Cycling Table tennis Boxing
Fencing Field hockey Rugby
Chess Muay Thai MMA
Weightlifting eSports Parasports

History

The women's volleyball team was founded in 1995, after merging with the group of Alsoupolis, and participated for the first time in the local league of the first Athens. Slowly, they climbed all categories and in the spring of 2002 they were promoted to A1 with coach George Paganeli. But the team was not quite ready for a great class and downgraded immediately.

Since then (2003–04), they competed in A2, but they won the Championship in 2005–06 and the following season (2006–07) will be struggling again to the great category.

In 2011–12 season, AEK won for the first time the A1 championship.[1] Also they won the Greek Super Cup at the same year.[2]

The first years, the volleyball departments of AEK were housed in the indoor "Leontios Hall" in Patissia and since 1989 in the historic Georgios Moschos Indoor Hall.

Recent seasons
Season Division Place Notes
2002–03A1 Ethniki11thRelegated to A2
2006–07A1 Ethniki10th
2007–08A1 Ethniki11thRelegated to A2
2009–10A2 Ethniki1stPromoted to A1
2010–11A1 Ethniki3rd
2011–12A1 Ethniki1stWinner Greek Super Cup
2012–13A1 Ethniki2nd
2013–14A1 Ethniki2nd
2014–15A1 Ethniki4th
2015–16A1 Ethniki6th
2016–17A1 Ethniki12thRelegated to Pre League
2017–18Pre League3rd
2018–19Pre League3rd
2019–20Pre League1stPromoted to A1

Honours

Domestic competitions

European competitions

International record


Season Achievement Notes
CEV Cup
2012–13 16th finals eliminated by Ses Calais, 3–2 win in Nea Filadelfeia, 2–3 loss in Calais
2013–14 16th finals eliminated by SVS Post Schwechat, 3–2 win in Nea Filadelfeia, 1–3 loss in Vienna
CEV Challenge Cup
2014–15 Qualification eliminated by ŽOK Bimal-Jedinstvo Brčko, 3–0 win in Nea Filadelfeia, 0–3 (golden set) loss in Brčko
2015–16 Qualification eliminated by Minchanka Minsk, 2–3 loss in Minsk, 0–3 loss in Nea Filadelfeia

Team

Season 2020–2021, as of January 2021.[3]

Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date
1 Marina Tsochatzi Setter 1.78 (1993-07-17) 17 July 1993
2 Marianna Belia Libero 1.65 (1998-10-24) 24 October 1998
3 Nikoleta Perović Opposite 1.84 74 (1994-11-01) 1 November 1994
4 Lydia Merkouri Setter 1.83 (1997-12-30) 30 December 1997
9 Sofia Bousia Middle Blocker 1.81 (1994-05-01) 1 May 1994
10 Mara Rapti Outside Hitter 1.75 96 (1996-10-30) 30 October 1996
11 Melina Souvalioti Outside Hitter 1.80 (1999-03-04) 4 March 1999
12 Vasiliki-Maria Dialla Middle Blocker 1.83 78 (1998-03-05) 5 March 1998
15 Angeliki Kavvadia Middle Blocker 1.89 80 (1994-02-17) 17 February 1994
16 Georgia Oikonomou Setter (2005-02-09) 9 February 2005
17 Roza Armaou Outside Hitter 1.74 (2002-10-15) 15 October 2002
18 Evangelia Toulgaridou Libero 1.62 (1998-03-23) 23 March 1998
19 Ariana Pîrv Outside Hitter 1.82 65 (1996-05-24) 24 May 1996
Darlene Ramdin Outside Hitter 1.87 89 (1989-05-08) 8 May 1989

Notable players

Notable coaches
  • Apostolos Oikonomou
  • Manolis Roumeliotis

Sponsorships
  • Great Sponsor: winmasters
  • Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer: Macron
  • Official Broadcaster: N/A

See also

References
  1. "Πρωταθλήτρια η ΑΕΚ". sport24.gr. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  2. "Πήρε το Σούπερ καπ η ΑΕΚ". contra.gr. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  3. "AEK roster". volleyball.gr. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
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