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A. E. Lemesos (Athlitiki Enosis Lemesou- AEL, Greek: Αθλητική Ένωσις Λεμεσού - ΑΕΛ, Athletic Union of Lemesos) is a Greek Cypriot multisport club based in the city of Lemesos, Cyprus'. AEL maintains not only the football team (something very common in the country), but provides equal opportunities to all sports. At present, AEL maintains football (soccer), (men's and women's) basketball, (women's) volleyball, cycling and bowling clubs that participate in their corresponding domestic leagues and European competitions. In the past, AEL also maintained a handball club.
[edit] Football team  AEL FC is one of the founding members of the Cyprus Football Association and has participated in all first division leagues since the early 30's except the 1997-98 period when it participated in the second division championship [1]. [edit] StadiumMain article: Tsirion Stadium AEL FC plays in the 13,331 seater, Tsirion Stadium, also known as the Olympia Stadium (G.S.O). Tsirion Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Limassol, Cyprus. It is mostly used for football matches and is also the home ground of Apollon Limassol and Aris Limassol. The stadium was built in 1975 with the help of the generous contributor and great philanthropist, Mr. Petros Tsiros, thus the name of stadium. [edit] SupportersAEL has very dedicated followers and in terms of ticket sales it is the 3rd Cypriot club of all times, thus the 3rd most supported team on the island. For the cup final of 1985 against EPA Larnaca almost 15000 AEL fans followed their team in nicosia(record). For the cup final of 2009 more than 14000 AEL fans traveled to Nicosia for the game in GSP stadium where they lost from Peyia. There were sold 10919 tickets at total (of which 9600 were sold in 6 hours, something unusual for Cypriot standards). The main supporter group of the team is SY.F.AEL ({{|ΣΥ.Φ.ΑΕΛ Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων ΑΕΛ}}) otherwise known as Gate 3. The latter name originated from the gate used to enter the East stand at Tsirion Stadium where AEL fans are sited. Organized fan groups of AEL also exist outside Cyprus in countries like Greece (Athens, Thessaloniki), the United Kingdom and Russia. [edit] Current squadAs of 10 September 2009, according to combined sources on the official website
For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2009.
[edit] Notable former PlayersSee also category: AEL FC players [edit] Presidential History
[edit] Managerial HistorySee also category: AEL FC managers
[edit] Honours
[edit] U21 Football Team Titles
[edit] U17 Football Team Titles
[edit] Basketball Team (Proteas EKA AEL)
[edit] Women's Basketball Team (KV Imperial AEL)
[edit] KV Imperial AEL roster
[edit] Women Volleyball Team (Tranbunker Danoi ΑΕΛ)
A Founding member of the Cyprus Volleyball Federation in 1976, AEL's women team has dominated in the Cypriot volleyball. The team's achievements are phenomenal; Out of the 32 seasons played so far in Cyprus since the commencement of the women's volleyball league, the team won the Championship 27 times. Out of the 31 cups they won it 27 times, 24 consecutive times, from 1980 until 2003. Also they have won the Championship 15 consecutive times, from 1977 until 1991. They have also the amazing records of winning the Double 12 times from 1980 until 1991 and 9 times from 1993 until 2001. In the past the club had also a men's team for 10 years which participated in the Cypriot Championship. [edit] Tranbunker Danoi ΑΕΛ Roster
[edit] Bowling TeamThe bowling club was founded in 1999 and the same year became a member of the Limassol District Federation. In 2001, the team participated in the Cypriot Championship as one of the two representatives of the Limassol District Federation. In 2003 the team won its first trophy by winning the Limassol District Federation Cup and in 2006 its first Championship by winning the Limassol District Federation Championship. The home of the team is the Galaktika Bowling Center.
[edit] Cycling TeamThe cycling team was founded in 2001 and the same year became a member of the Limassol District Federation. The first men's cycling team consisted of the following : Ομηρος Χριστοφόρου, Παντελής Τίμινης, Μιχάλης Τσουλόφτας, Ηρόδοτος Κυριάκου, Σωτήρης Σκουταρίδης, Δημήτρης Αραούζος
[edit] Defunct Sports departmentsApart from the currently active sports departments, AEL had in the past some other sports departments, which today are defunct. Despite this, these currently not active departments had all won titles for AEL when they were active. [edit] Field HockeyIn the past AEL Limassol had a field hockey team which is currently not active. The team had plenty of victories led by its star player Renos Antoniadis. In 1931, AEL won the Cup in a match which was played in Larnaca. One year later, the team became Cypriot Champions. The team consisted of the following players: Antoniadis, Pareas, Frangos, Christophides, Michaelides, Kalogirou, Victor Mousteris, Anastasiadis and Williamson. However, there were no further hockey competitions in Cyprus afterwards, as the other teams hockey teams of the era closed down their hockey departments because of financial problems. [edit] HandballAnother AEL sport department that currently does not exist is the handball. The team was active for a small period of time but that did not stop the team from adding another trophy to the hundreds that AEL won in various other sports. On June 11, 1989, a day after the football team of the club won the Cypriot Cup, the handball team won the Cypriot Cup in handball by beating Youth Centre Larnaca 23-19 in the final which was played in Lefkotheo Indoor Hal, Nicosia. [edit] Men's VolleyballAEL maintains 3 teams for women's volleyball but does not currently have a men's Volleyball team. [edit] WaterpoloAEL was also active in maritime sports, especially those that needed team articipation. AEL pioneered in Regattas in 1932, 1933 and 1934 in the Cyprus Regatta Games. The members of the team were Nearchos Pieris, Christakis Dixon, Andreas Araouzos, Sotiris Antoniades and Maximos Morides. The club had also a waterpolo team which was unbeaten Cypriot Champions. The team achieved a noted victory against a selected team of the Royal Navy which were then Mediterranean Champions. Apart from the Cypriot Championships, AEL won the Mediterranean Naval Cup. [edit] References
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