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AEK Larnaca
Nickname	The green yellows
Leagues	Cypriot Division A, Cypriot Cup
Founded	1994; 31 years ago (1994)
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

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.

Season by season

Honours

League achievements

• 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

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

Roster

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

Petrolina AEK Larnaca roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G 1 Hollingsworth, Taveion 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 26 – (1998-08-14)14 August 1998 PG 4 Brown, Tookie 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 29 – (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) 25 – (1999-06-09)9 June 1999 G 9 Sizopoulos, Andreas 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 41 – (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) 37 – (1987-11-16)16 November 1987 F 34 Hunt, Jesse 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (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) 39 – (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) 31 – (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

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External links

• Official Website
• AEK Larnaca Fans
• Eurobasket.com AEK Larnaca BC Page
• Basketball Champions League profile

Videos

• AEK Larnaca v Telenet Giants Antwerp - Full Game Qualif. Rd. 1 - Basketball Champions League 2018-19 Full game (Youtube.com video)

• Basketball teams in Cyprus
• Basketball teams established in 1994
• AEK Larnaca BC
• 1994 establishments in Cyprus