Pezoporikos Club Larnaca ( el, Πεζοπορικός Όμιλος Λάρνακας, ''Pezoporikos Omilos Larnakas'') was 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 ...

sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

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 144 ...

with

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and

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teams. Founded in 1927, the football club joined the

Cypriot Championship 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 ...

in 1938, winning it twice as well as one

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. The colours of the club were green and white. In 1994 the club merged with

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 they formed

AEK Larnaca AEK Larnaca FC ( el, AEK; for short Αθλητική Έvωση Κίτιον Λάρνακας , translit=''Athletiki Enosi Kition Larnakas'', "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Larnaca. The club ...

(). The club also had a basketball and volleyball department and were basketball champions four times and five times cup winners. Since the 1990–91 season, the club dominated the Cyprus Basketball by winning 3 championships and one cup in four years. During the 1993–94 season the team eliminated Hapoel Eilat with 86–80 and 65–65 for the

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and qualified in the second round of Korać Cup where they were eliminated by

Panionios Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis'') ...

. Even as champions, the club merged like the football department, however, AEK Larnaca didn't continue with the same success as Pezoporikos Basketball Club had. Founding member of the

Cyprus Volleyball Federation Cyprus Volleyball Federation (CVF) (Greek: Kυπριακή Oμοσπονδία Πετοσφαίρισης, Κ.Ο.ΠΕ) ( tr, Kıbrıs Voleybol Federasyonu (KVF)) is the governing body of volleyball in Cyprus. It organises the first division, secon ...

, the volleyball women's team was more successful than the men's one. The women's team won the Cup once in 1979 when they beat

AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Λεμεσού, translation=Athletic Union of Limassol) commonly known as AEL, is a Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL also maintain ...

in the final 3–2. They were Runners up twice each in the championship and in the cup.

Former players (football section)

* Jim McSherry (1983–84) * Ian Alexander (1985–86)http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/ianalexander.html *

Spiros Livathinos Spyros Livathinos ( el, Σπύρος Λιβαθηνός; born 8 January 1955) is a former football player who played as a midfielder, coach and current scout of Panathinaikos. Career Born in Patras, Livathinos started his football career in th ...

(1986–88) * Stavros Papadopoulos (1980–81) *

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 merged wi ...

(1987–94) * Uwe Bialon (1987–94)

Honours

Football

: ** Champions (2): 1953–54, 1987–88 ** Runner-up (8): 1939–40, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1981–82 *

: ** Winners (1): 1969–70 ** Runner-up (7): 1939–40, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1983–84 *

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: ** Runner-up (2): 1954, 1988

Basketball

Cyprus Basketball Division 1 The Cypriot Basketball Division A is currently the top-tier level men's professional basketball competition of the Cypriot basketball league system. It is run and governed by the Cyprus Basketball Federation. Format At present, six clubs compete ...

: (4) 1973, 1991,1992,1994 *

(5): 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1992

Former players

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(1993) * William Sanchez (1999)

Volleyball (women)

* Cypriot Championship: ** Runner-up (2): 1977, 1989 * Cypriot Cup: ** Winners (1): 1979 ** Runner-up (7): 1989,1990

History in European competition

Overall

Matches

References

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