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AEK Larnaca
AEK Larnaca
Nickname	The green yellows
Leagues	Cypriot Division A,; Cypriot Cup
Founded	1994; 30 years ago
Arena	Kition Athletic Center
Capacity	3,000
Location	Larnaca, Cyprus
Team colors	Green and Yellow;
President	Vasilis Sellas
Head coach	Nikolas Papadopoulos
Championships	6 Cypriot Championships; 4 Cypriot Cups; 5 Cypriot Super Cup
Website	www.aek.com.cy
Home	Away

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 Vasilis Sellas and the current head coach is Nikolas Papadopoulos.

History edit

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.^{[citation needed]}

Season by season edit

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Cypriot Cup	European competitions
1998–99	1	Division A	8th
1999–00	1	Division A	9th
2000–01	1	Division A	5th
2001–02	1	Division A	5th		3 Korać Cup	1R
2002–03	2	Division B	10th
2003–04	2	Division B	10th
2004–05	2	Division B	1st
2005–06	1	Division A	8th
2006–07	2	Division B	1st
2007–08	1	Division A	6th
2008–09	1	Division A	6th
2009–10	1	Division A	7th
2010–11	1	Division A	7th
2011–12	1	Division A	4th
2012–13	1	Division A	1st
2013–14	1	Division A	2nd
2014–15	1	Division A	1st
2015–16	1	Division A	1st	Runner-up	3 FIBA Europe Cup	R32
2016–17	1	Division A	2nd	Champion	3 Champions League	QR1
2016–17	1	Division A	2nd	Champion	4 FIBA Europe Cup	RS
2017–18	1	Division A	1st	Champion	4 FIBA Europe Cup	QR2
2018–19	1	Division A	2nd	Runner-up	3 Champions League	QR1
2018–19	1	Division A	2nd	Runner-up	4 FIBA Europe Cup

Honours edit

League achievements edit

Cyprus First Division

Champions (6): 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2020–21, 2022–23

Cyprus Second Division

Champions (2): 2004–05, 2006–07

Cyprus Cup

Winners (4): 2016-17, 2017–18, 2020-21, 2022–23

Cypriot Super Cup

Winners (5): 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

European competitions edit

1994–1995: FIBA European Cup
1995–1996: Korać Cup
2001–2002: Korać Cup
2015–2016: FIBA Europe Cup
2016–2017: FIBA Europe Cup

Roster edit

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Petrolina AEK Larnaca roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
G	1	Hollingsworth, Taveion	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	25 – (1998-08-14)14 August 1998
PG	4	Brown, Tookie	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	28 – (1995-11-22)22 November 1995
G/F	7	Christodoulou, Antreas	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	29 – (1995-02-22)22 February 1995
G	8	Panayiotou, Theodoros	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	24 – (1999-06-09)9 June 1999
G	9	Sizopoulos, Andreas	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	40 – (1983-07-30)30 July 1983
G	13	Stylianou, Pavlos	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	24 – (2000-02-17)17 February 2000
PF	30	Manolopoulos, Sotirios	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	36 – (1987-11-16)16 November 1987
F	34	Hunt, Jesse	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	26 – (1997-07-30)30 July 1997
SG	35	Koronides, Aristides	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	42 – (1982-04-20)20 April 1982
PG	44	Panteli, Iakovos (C)	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	38 – (1985-10-03)3 October 1985
F/C	69	Mantovani, Roberto	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	30 – (1994-01-04)4 January 1994
F/C		Jones, Christian	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	30 – (1993-07-06)6 July 1993

Head coach

Nikolas Papadopoulos

Assistant coach(es)

Stylianos Gregoriou

Strength & conditioning coach(es)

Christos Skarparis

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 27 March 2022

Notable players edit

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.