AEK Athens F.C. Academy

AEK Athletic Club was one of the first Greek clubs to found a youth academy back in 1934, while AEK Athens Football Club have managed them since 1979.

History


AEK Athletic Club was one of the first Greek clubs to found a youth academy back in 1934.

Famous players have been produced by AEK youth development system over the years.

Some of the most notable include: Tryfon Tzanetis (1933–1950), Kleanthis Maropoulos (1934–1952), Andreas Stamatiadis (1950–1969), Stelios Skevofilakas (1960–1973), Spyros Pomonis (1961–1973), Giorgos Karafeskos (1963–1974), Nikos Karoulias (1973–1974), Spyros Ikonomopoulos (1978–1994), Stelios Manolas (1978–1998), Vangelis Vlachos (1979–1985), Lysandros Georgamlis (1979–1986), Pantelis Konstantinidis (1993–1994), Dionysis Chiotis (1995–1998, 2000–2007), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (2005–2008), Savvas Gentsoglou (2006–2012), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (2007–2010), Kostas Manolas (2009–2012), Victor Klonaridis (2010–2012, 2017–2020) and Konstantinos Galanopoulos (2015–).

AEK Athens U19 squad
AEK Athens U19 is the youth team of AEK. They participate in the Super League U19 championship. They play their home games at the OPAP Sports Centre in Spata.
 * P. Players with professional contract.


 * AEK Athens U19 Staff
 * Head coach: Sofyane Cherfa
 * Physical trainer: Angelos Konstantopoulos
 * Goalkeeping coach: Athanasios Paraschoudis

AEK Athens U17 squad

 * AEK Athens U17 Staff
 * Head coach: Aristotelis Schizas
 * Physical trainer: Georgios Papaleontiou
 * Goalkeeping coach: Stelios Skyriotis

Notable players
Notable players coming from the club's youth departments include:
 * Konstantinos Galanopoulos
 * Dionysis Chiotis
 * Lysandros Georgamlis
 * Savvas Gentsoglou
 * Victor Klonaridis
 * Pantelis Konstantinidis
 * Kostas Manolas
 * Stelios Manolas
 * Kleanthis Maropoulos
 * Sokratis Papastathopoulos
 * Michalis Pavlis
 * Andreas Stamatiadis
 * Stelios Skevofilakas
 * Panagiotis Tachtsidis
 * Tryfon Tzanetis
 * Vangelis Vlachos