AEK Larnaca

Full name	Athletiki Enosi Kition Greek: Αθλητική Ένωση Κίτιον
Nickname(s)	Κιτρινοπράσινοι (The Green Yellows)
Founded	1994
Ground	Neo GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus (Capacity: 13,032)
Chairman	Marios Ellinas
Manager	Andreas Michaelides
League	Cypriot Second Division
2008–09	First Division, 13th (Relegated)
Home colours Away colours

AEK Larnaca FC (Greek: Αθλητική Έvωση Κίτιον; Athletiki Enosi Kition) is a Cypriot Sports club, based in the port of Larnaca. The club was formed in 1994 after a merger of two Larnaca clubs: EPA Larnaca and Pezoporikos. The club has football section, basketball sections for men AEK Larnaca B.C. and women Petrolina AEK and a volleyball section for women.

The colours of the club are yellow and green and their emblem is admiral Kimon, who died at the seafront defending the city of Kition (modern Larnaca) in a major battle in Cyprus at about 450 BC, in a fight against the Persians. He had told his officers to keep the news of his possible death secret. The quote "Και Νεκρος Ενικα" ("Even in death he was victorious") refers to Kimon.

Contents 1 History 2 Supporters 3 Current squad 3.1 Coaching staff 4 Notable former players 5 Notable former managers 6 Honours 6.1 Football 6.2 Volleyball (Women) 7 External links

[edit] History

AEK Larnaca won their first Cypriot Cup in 2004 beating AEL Limassol 2-1. They reached two more times the Cup final, but both times were beaten by APOEL FC; in 1996, 2-0 in extra time and in 2006, 3-2. It is their only title as AEK until now. The two clubs that led to the merger, EPA Larnaca FC and Pezoporikos Larnaca, also enjoyed separate success on their own, with the first winning three championship titles, five cups and one Super Cup, while Pezoporikos won two leagues and one cup.

The basketball club, after the first year of the merge of Pezoporikos and EPA, finished in the second position and continued to do well in 1995 finishing 3rd. The following years until 2000, the club, despite the financial problem that had, achieved to remain in First Division. In 2001-02, the club stopped the basketball team's activities for a year because of financial problems and stopped to compete in any competition. In 2002-03 the club began playing in the second division, winning both its league and the cup in 2004-05, but being relegated the immediate year after promotion, only to again win the double in 2006-07.

The volleyball team, for women only, was beaten in the Cup final by AEL Limassol 3-0, one year after the merge of Pezoporikos and EPA. The same happened in 2001, being beaten by the same team with same score but, as AEL Limassol won the double, participated in the Super Cup finally emerging victorious, 3-1 in Lefkotheo Indoor Hall, Nicosia, winning the first piece of silverware in the club's history. In 2007, the section achieved a double, again beating AEL on both occasions (cup and league).

They were relegated to the second division for the first time in their history in the 2008-09 season.

[edit] Supporters

[edit] Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Alexandre Negri 2 MF Michalis Demetriou 3 DF Kyriacos Kyriacou 4 DF Nélson Veiga (captain) 5 DF Loukas Louka 6 MF Fernandes 7 MF Joshua Izuchukwu 8 MF Giorgos Lambropoulos 9 MF Iván Campo 10 MF Xenofon Gittas 11 MF Adamos Efstathiou 12 DF Orthodoxos Ioannou 13 FW Constantinos Mintikkis 14 FW Jože Benko

No. Position Player 16 FW Opara 17 FW Christos Xenofontos 18 FW Yiasoumis Yiasoumi 19 DF Michalis Michael 20 FW Thanasis Kavallaris 21 MF Ali El-Omari 22 MF Giorgos Theodosiou 24 GK Andreas Photiou 25 MF Marios Georgiou 27 FW Kyriakos Panteli 30 DF Alexandros Pagalis 31 GK Panayiotis Kythreotis TBA FW Eugenio Neves TBA MF Antonis Panagi

Benko Yiasoumi Joshua El-Omari Fernandes Lambropoulos Kyriacou Demetriou Veiga Louka Negri

Possible Lineup for 09/10 Season.

[edit] Coaching staff

[edit] Notable former players

See also category: AEK Larnaca FC players

Cyprus Constantinos Mina Paraskevas Christou Andreas Constantinou Koullis Pavlou Marios Neophytou Sofronis Avgousti Charis Nicolaou Demetris Daskalakis Antonis Katsis Eleftherios Eleftheriou Nicolas Georgiou Georgos Theodotou Paris Elia Panayiotis Xiourouppas Savvas Constantinou Marios Constantinou Bosnia and Herzegovina Esad Razić Brazil Tininho Valmir Alves De Oliveira Edvaldo Evair Paulinho Magno Mocelin Cássio Czech Republic Pavel Pergl Martin Abraham Jiří Bobok Egypt Amir Azmy France Christophe Ettori Greece Demetris Maris Dimitrios Zografakis Angelos Georgiou Kostas Frantzeskos Charis Syligardakis Georgios Simos

Gambia Mustapha Kamal N'Daw Jatto Ceesay Georgia Klimenti Tsitaishvili Germany Heiner Backhaus Ghana Emmanuel Pappoe Hungary Zoltán Kenesei Israel Erez Mesika Lithuania Edgaras Jankauskas Macedonia Goran Lazarevski Montenegro Dragoje Lekovic Morocco Hamid Rhanem Abdelkarim Kissi Netherlands Antilles Raymond Victoria Nigeria George Datoru Azubuike Oliseh Sunny Ekeh Kingsley Romania Narcis Răducan Cristian Munteanu Paraguay Aldo Adorno

Poland Mariusz Nosal Portugal Zé Nando Pedro Moita Paulo Adriano Miguel Fidalgo Tiquinho Russia Akhrik Tsveiba Serbia Ivica Francisković Saša Drakulić Zoran Milošević Dragan Isailović Miloje Klajević Petar Puaca Goran Djordjević Miloš Adamović Milan Belić Senegal Omar Traoré Ismail Ba Slovenia Milan Osterc Marjan Dominko Spain Toñito The Netherlands Nordin Wooter Donny de Groot Martin Cruijff Venezuela Héctor Gonzalez José Manuel Rey Zimbabwe Nagoli Kennedy

[edit] Notable former managers

• Stavros Papadopoulos
• Petros Ravousis(1998-1999)
• Radmilo Ivancevic(2001-2002)
• Dusan Mitosevic
• Michalis Hadjipieris(2002-2003)
• Nikos Andronikou (2003)
• Andreas Mouskallis (1994, December 2003-November 2004)
• Neofitos Larkou (2004)
• Nikolay Kostov(December 2004-2005)
• Marios Constantinou (2005-October 2007)
• Nir Klinger (October 2007-October 2008)
• Makis Katsavakis (October 2008-December 2008)
• Louis Stefani (December 2008)
• Christos Kassianos (January 2009)
• Savvas Constantinou (February 2009-November 2009)
• Andreas Michaelides(December 2009-present)

[edit] Honours

[edit] Football

• Cypriot Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2004
  • Runner-up (2): 1996, 2006

• LTV Super Cup:
  • Runner-up (2): 1996, 2004

[edit] Volleyball (Women)

• Championship:
  • Winners (1): 2007

• Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2007
  • Runner-up (2): 1995, 2001

• Super Cup:
  • Winners (2): 2001
  • Runner-up (1): 1995, 2007

[edit] External links

• Official website
• AEK Larnaca Fans

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v • d • e AEK Larnaca – current squad 1 Negri · 2 Michalis Demetriou · 3 Kyriacou · 4 Veiga · 5 Louka · 6 Fernandes · 7 Joshua · 8 Giorgos Lambropoulos · 9 Iván Campo · 10 Xenofon Gittas · 11 Efstathiou · 12 Orthodoxos Ioannou · 13 Constantinos Mintikkis · 14 Benko · 16 Opara · 17 Xenofontos · 18 Yiasoumi · 19 Michael · 20 Thanasis Kavallaris · 21 El-Omari · 22 Giorgos Theodosiou · 24 Photiou · 25 Georgiou · 27 Kyriakos Panteli · 30 Alexandros Pagalis · 31 Kythreotis · Manager: A. Michaelides