Alki Larnaca ( el, ΑΛΚΗ Λάρνακας, ''ALKI Larnakas'') was a Cypriot

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club based in the town of

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. The club was founded in 1948 and it was dissolved on the 6th of May of 2014 due to financial issues. The club's colours were blue and red. They reached the

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final on five occasions without a win.

History

1979 was the best year in club's history. They finished third in the

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and played the final in the

, losing to

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, which were also the champions. That gave them the right to play in the

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, where they were eliminated in the first round by

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. The team was crowned Champions of the

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for the season 2009–10 and have participated in the

Cypriot 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 ...

until its dissolution.

Honours

: ** Runner-up: 1966–67, 1969–70, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1979–80 *

** Champions (4): 1959–60, 1981–82, 2000–01, 2009–10

European Cups history

Managers

Panayiotis Xiourouppas Panikkos Xiourouppas ( el, Πανίκκος Ξιούρουππας) (born September 4, 1968) is a Cypriot retired professional football player and current football manager. He started his career in with Ermis Aradippou, while he played mainly fo ...

(8 January 2009 – 30 June 2009) *

Marios Constantinou Marios Constantinou ( el, Μάριος Κωνσταντίνου; born on 14 July 1967) is a former international Cypriot football midfielder and current manager. He is a holder of the UEFA Pro Licence. In the past he was footballer of Pezopori ...

(21 March 2010 – 19 October 2010) *

Itzhak Shum Itzhak Shum ( he, יצחק שום; born 1 September 1948 in Kishinev, Moldavian SSR) is a retired Israeli football player and manager, and currently the owner of Hapoel Kfar Saba. Playing career He played 78 times and scored 10 goals for Isr ...

(21 October 2010 – 11 June 2011) *

Radmilo Ivančević Radmilo Ivančević ( sr-cyr, Радмило Иванчевић; born 4 September 1950) is a Serbian football manager and former footballer. Coaching career Ivančević's career began in 1983 as manager of Serbian amateur club Šumadija Aranđ ...

(1 January 2011 – 30 July 2011) *

Kostas Kaiafas Kostas Kaiafas ( gr, Κώστας Καϊάφας; born 22 September 1974 in Nicosia) is Cypriot former football player and manager. As a player, he was a midfielder for Omonia and Alki Larnaca. He was the captain of Omonia and the second lo ...

(1 August 2011 – 4 November 2012) *

Neophytos Larkou Neophytos Larkou ( el, Νεόφυτος Λάρκου; born March 8, 1966) is a former international Cypriot football midfielder and currently he is a football manager. Career He started his career from Pezoporikos but when Pezoporikos merg ...

(5 November 2012 – 9 April 2013) *

(10 April 2013 – 10 March 2014) *

Vesko Mihajlović Vesko Mihajlović (Serbian Cyrillic: Веско Михајловић; born 17 March 1968) is a Serbian former football midfielder and manager. He is widely considered to be one of the best foreign players to have played in the Cypriot Championsh ...

(10 March 2014 – 6 May 2014)

External links

* * {{Cypriot First Division Defunct football clubs in Cyprus Association football clubs established in 1948 1948 establishments in Cyprus Association football clubs disestablished in 2014 Football clubs in Larnaca 2014 disestablishments in Cyprus