Petrolina AEK Larnaca B.C. (in

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: ΑΕΚ Λάρνακας), is a

Cypriot Cypriot (in older sources often "Cypriote") refers to someone or something of, from, or related to the country of Cyprus. * Cypriot people, or of Cypriot descent; this includes: **Armenian Cypriots **Greek Cypriots **Maronite Cypriots **Turkish C ...

professional

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club based in

Larnaca Larnaca ( el, Λάρνακα ; tr, Larnaka) is a city on the south east coast of Cyprus and the capital of the district of the same name. It is the third-largest city in the country, after Nicosia and Limassol, with a metro population of 1 ...

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. The club competes in the Cypriot Basketball League. The president of the team is Vasilis Sellas and the current head coach is Nikolas Papadopoulos.

History

AEK Larnaca B.C. was formed in 1994 after a merger of two Larnaca clubs:

EPA Larnaca EPA Larnaca (, ''Enosis Pezoporikou Amol'') was a Cypriot football club based in the city of Larnaca. Founded in 1930 with the merge of two local clubs, Pezoporikos and AMOL, the club was a founding member of Cyprus Football Association and part ...

and Pezoporikos. The team has many participations in the

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but had also relegated to the second division. Before the merger of the two teams, Pezoporikos won the

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four times (1973, 1991, 1992, 1994). As AEK the team has won the two titles of the second division. In 2013, the team achieved its first Championship as AEK, after beating

APOEL APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...

in the finals by 3–1.

Season by season

League achievements

;

Cyprus First Division The Cypriot First Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας) is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Since February 2016, it is sponsored by Cyta and is thus officially ...

*Champions (5): 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2020–21 ;Cyprus Second Division *Champions (2): 2004–05, 2006–07 ;

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: *Winners (3): 2016-17, 2017–18, 2020-21 ;Cypriot Super Cup: *Winners (5): 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

European competitions

*1994–1995: FIBA European Cup *1995–1996:

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*2001–2002:

*2015–2016:

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*2016–2017:

Roster

Notable players

External links

Official Website

AEK Larnaca Fans

Eurobasket.com AEK Larnaca BC Page

Basketball Champions League profile

Videos

AEK Larnaca v Telenet Giants Antwerp - Full Game Qualif. Rd. 1 - Basketball Champions League 2018-19
Full game (Youtube.com video) {{DEFAULTSORT:Aek Larnaca B.C. Basketball teams in Cyprus Basketball teams established in 1994 1994 establishments in Cyprus