A.E.K. (sports club)

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A.E.K. (Greek: AEK [ˈaek], formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, Athletic Union of Constantinople) is the most successful and a major Greek multi-sport club, based in Nea Filadelfeia, Athens. The club is more commonly known in European competitions as A.E.K. Athens. The club's emblem is the double-headed eagle, the symbol of Palaiologos dynasty and the Byzantine Empire, their colours yellow and black, also inspired by the Byzantine Empire, serving to remind future generations of the glorious legacy of the Greeks of Constantinople. Established in Athens on 13 April 1924, by Greek refugees from Constantinople, after the 1919–22 Greco-Turkish war, AEK maintains more than 30 sports departments (football, basketball, handball, volleyball, futsal, etc.), under the control of its amateur sports arm, Amateur AEK (Greek: Ερασιτεχνική ΑΕΚ; Erasitechnikί AEK), with noteworthy departments, such as its handball team, which is the best Greek handball club,...

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