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| Full name | Athletiki Enosi Kition Template:Lang-el | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Κιτρινοπράσινοι (The Green Yellows), Φρουροί (Guardians) | |||
| Founded | 1994 | |||
| Ground | Neo GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | |||
| Capacity | 13,032 | |||
| Chairman |  Marios Ellinas | |||
| Manager | Andreas Michaelides | |||
| League | Cypriot First Division | |||
| 2009-2010 | Second Division, 2th (Promoted) | |||
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AEK Larnaca FC (Template:Lang-el; 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.
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.
Supporters
Current squad
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Transfers 2010/11
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On loan
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Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Board of directors
- President: Marios Ellinas
- Vice-President: Fivos Stavridis
- Director of Football: Evangelos Mouskos
- Communication Director:Dimitris Georgiadis
- Marketing Director:Andreas Pavlidis
- Director of Basketball and Volleyball sections:Andreas Lefkaritis
- Director of Academies:Giorgos Pafitis
- Legal Director:Iosif Frankos
Coaching staff
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Sponsorship
- Official Shirt Sponsor - CytaVision
- Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer - Puma
Notable former players
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Cyprus
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Senegal Slovenia Spain The Netherlands Venezuela Zimbabwe
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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)
Honours
Football
- Cypriot Cup:
- Winners (1): 2004
- Runner-up (2): 1996, 2006
- LTV Super Cup:
- Runner-up (2): 1996, 2004
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