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AEL 1964
Nickname	Vasilissa Tou Kampou (Queen of The Lowland)
Leagues	Thessaly league ESKATH Greek Cup
Founded	1993
History	AEL 1964 (1993 – 2006) AEL G.S. (2006– 2009) G.S. Olympia Larissas (2009 – 2010) AEL 1964 (2010 – Present)
Arena	Larissa Neapolis Arena
Capacity	5,500
Location	Larissa, Greece
Team colors	Maroon and White
Website	e-ael.gr
Home Away

A.E.L. 1964 B.C. (Greek: Α.Ε.Λ. 1964 K.A.E.) is a Greek professional basketball team.

The club is located in Larissa, Greece, a city that is part of the Thessaly periphery. The team is a part of the AEL 1964 multi-sports club. When the team competed in the top-tier Greek League, they played their home games at the Larissa Neapolis Arena.

Team's names

• AEL 1964: (1993–2006)
  Team Colors: Maroon and White
• AEL GS: (2006–2009)
  Team Colors: Maroon and White
• A.E. Larissa: (2010–Present)
  Team Colors: Maroon and White

History

The Greek basketball club Gymnastikos S. Larissas was founded in Larissa in 1928. In 2006, Gymnastikos merged with the multi-sports club of AEL 1964, which did not have a fully professional level men's basketball section at the time. Gymnastikos' basketball team then became the new basketball section for AEL 1964, under the new name of AEL 1964 G.S., with the newly merged club retaining all of the rights and history of the original club, G.S. Larissas. The colours were maroon and white like AEL, while the new club carried AEL's badge also.

In 2009, AEL 1964 G.S. then merged with another basketball club from Larissa, Olympia Larissa, to form G.S. Olympia Larissa. G.S. Olympia Larissa finished last in the Greek Basket League 2009–10 season, and that combined with financial problems, caused it to be relegated down to the Greek lower divisions. As a result, in 2010, the two clubs of AEL 1964 and Olimpia Larissa, separated back from each other, after having merged.

AEL then continued on for the 2010–11 season, under the name of AEL 1964, playing in the Greek lower divisions. A new independent club based on the original Gymnastikos S. Larissas basketball section, called Nea Gymnastikos S. Larissas, was also formed in 2011. This was because 5 years time had passed since the original Gymnastikos club had merged with AEL 1964, and in the original merger agreement, it allowed for another new club to form locally using the Gymnastikos name and logo, after 5 years had passed.

Honours

Thessaly League ESKATH:

• Winners (4): 2000, 2002, 2013, 2023

Arena

AEL plays their home games at the Larissa Neapolis Arena, which can seat up to 5,500 people for basketball games.

Roster

A.E.L.1964 B.C. roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 5 Deligiorgis, Apollon 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 31 – (1993-07-03)3 July 1993 SF 8 Koutinas, Sakis 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) G/F 9 Kouvelas, Alexandros 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) PF 10 Tsoutsos, Nikos 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 41 – (1982-12-30)30 December 1982 PG 11 Politis, Michalis 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 36 – (1988-09-21)21 September 1988 G/F 14 Papachristos, Giannis 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 44 – (1980-01-19)19 January 1980 PF 15 Staboulis, Giannis 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) PF 18 Maltetsos, Giannis 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 39 – (1985-09-14)14 September 1985	Head coach Avraam Papadopoulos Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 02/08/2016

Notable players

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• Nestoras Kommatos
• Giannis Kyriakopoulos
• Dimitris Bogdanos
• Giorgos Apostolidis
• Markos Kolokas
• Nikos Papanikolopoulos
• Michalis Tsairelis
• Fotios Lampropoulos
• Sotirios Manolopoulos
• Marios Matalon
• Theodoros Zaras
• Zlatko Bolić
• Rudy Mbemba
• Amit Tamir
• Héctor Romero
• Sammy Mejia
• Arthur Lee
• Rod Brown
• Torin Francis
• Billy Keys
• David Teague
• Lance Williams

Head coaches

• Yannis Christopoulos

See also

• G.S. Olympia Larissa
• Gymnastikos S. Larissas

References

1. Larissa Neapolis Arena.
2. More data: its capacity may be increased to about 5,500 through the addition of an extra lower tier of seats.

External links

• AEL Athletic Club website (in Greek)
• Eurobasket.com Team Page

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