AEK Handball Club is the handball department of the major Greek multi-sports club A.E.K. It was established in 2005. The club is commonly known in European competitions as AEK Athens.
History
The department Handball of A.E.K. 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 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 and gained the participation at European Cups for the first time. During the period 2007–08, AEK participated at EHF Cup and eliminated by Dinamo Baumit Bucuresti at second round. On 31 May 2009, with Nikos Georgantzoglou as a president, AEK HC won the 1st Greek men's handball cup winning Filippos 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 and on 21 November 2009 in Smyrni. During the period 2009–10, AEK HC terminated at 4th position of A1, gaining its European participation for 2nd consecutive time and for 3rd in general. In addition, AEK HC participated at 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 European Challenge Cup, 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, 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 final score 32–27. For the Quarter-Final, AEK played against Partizan of Beograd and disqualified. On 7 May 2011, AEK won the Final of and became the Greek Champion for 2011. AEK needed only the win against PAOK at Thessaloniki and was losing by one goal 30 seconds before the final whistle but with great will and power scored twice and gained the first championship of its history just 6 years from their establishment. AEK participated to the first round of the EHF Champions League for the period 2011–12 and also to the first round of Challenge Cup, losing from Lions. On 17 March 2012, AEK participated to 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 HC won the 2nd Greek men's handball cup in its history, winning PAOK 27–23 in Kerkyra. The same year on 1 June, AEK HC won its 2nd Greek Championship playing against Diomidis. On 19 March 2014, AEK HC won the 3rd Greek men's handball cup in its history, winning Diomidis 18–16 in Athens. On 29 March 2015, AEK HC participated to the final of the Greek men's handball cup for 5th time in a row, against PAOK, but lost the game 27–29. On Greek Championship finished 3rd. On 14 and 20 May 2018, AEK HC played to the final games of EHF Challenge Cup2017–18 and became one of the three most successful teams in Greek handball in European achievements.
All Seasons
In the 2019–20 season, due to the covid-19, the Greek Cup Final tournament and the EHF Ch.C. QF tournament were cancelled.
