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AEK Larnaca B.C.

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Arena Capacity
  
3,000

Team colors
  
Green and Yellow

Head coach
  
Linos Gavriel

Founded
  
1994

Location
  
Larnaca, Cyprus

President
  
Andreas Lefkaritis

Arena
  
Kition Athletic Center

Championships
  
3

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Leagues
  
Cypriot Division A, Cypriot Cup, Champions League

Petrolina AEK Larnaca B.C. (in Greek: ΑΕΚ Λάρνακας), is a Cypriot professional basketball club based in Larnaca, Cyprus. The club competes in the Cypriot Basketball League. The president of the team is Andreas Lefkaritis and the current head coach is Linos Gavriel.

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History

AEK Larnaca B.C. was formed in 1994 after a merger of two Larnaca clubs: EPA Larnaca and Pezoporikos. The team has many participations in the Cyprus Basketball Division A but had also relegated to the second division. Before the merger of the two teams, Pezoporikos won the championship 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 in the finals by 3–1.

League achievements

Cyprus First Division
  • Champions (3): 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16
  • Cyprus Second Division
  • Champions (2): 2004–05, 2006–07
  • Cyprus Cup
  • Semifinals (2): 2009, 2013
  • Cypriot Super Cup
  • Winners (3): 2013, 2015, 2016
  • European competitions

  • 1994–1995: FIBA European Cup
  • 1995–1996: Korać Cup
  • 2001–2002: Korać Cup
  • 2015–2016: FIBA Europe Cup
  • 2016–2017: FIBA Europe Cup
  • Women's team

    AEK Larnaca also maintains a women's team, Petrolina AEK. The team competes in the women's first division.

    References

    AEK Larnaca B.C. Wikipedia