Greek soccer has experienced tremendous growth in recent years, with the national team's success in the 2004 European Championship serving as a turning point for the sport in the nation. This victory brought international recognition and increased the interest in soccer among the Greek populatio
Papastathopoulos: During a derby against Panathinaikos, Socratis Papastathopoulos became the youngest player to have ever captained AEK on May 14th 2008. He was only 19 years old
Maniatis: He began playing soccer for Parnassos Arahovas in the lowest division of Greek professional soccer league. Yiannis Maniatis once said: “I used to play in front of 10 people in the village of Arahova and a few years later I played in front of 40.000 fans in the Karaiskakis stadium”
Nicknames include Piratiko (The Pirate Ship), Ethniki (The National) & Galanolefki (The Sky Blues and Whites)