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Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos, the Athletic Union of Constantinople, known in European competitions as AEK Athens, is a Greek association football club based in the city of Athens, Greece.
Established in Athens on 13th April 1924 by Greek refugees from Constantinople (now Istanbul) in the wake of the Greco-Turkish War, AEK has grown to become one of the most successful clubs in Greek football, winning 28 national titles and continuously appearing in European competitions, having participated in the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in 1977.
The colours of yellow and black were adopted from AEK's connections with Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire.
AEK have always worn predominantly yellow shirts (striped or plain), black shorts, and yellow or black socks. The only exception has been in the unusual, but notable, Kappa kits of the 1990s (which featured a double-headed eagle across the kit), or in recent years, mainly in European competitions, when the club has worn an all-yellow kit.
AEK has many organised supporter groups. Gate 21 was formed in 1975, Original 21. was formed in 1982 by former members of Gate 21, Pan-Hellenic Federation was formed in 1976, Peirates tou Oneirou was formed in 1993, AEK FANS was formed in 2001, Defenders was formed in 2003. Original 21 has grown to become the largest Greek supporter group, with clubs all over Greece, Europe, and as far away as Australia
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* AEK fansite
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