AEK Larnaca B.C.

AEK Larnaca
Nickname	The green yellows
Leagues	Cypriot Division A, Cypriot Cup
Founded	1994; 32 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	7 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.^{[citation needed]}

Season by season

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
					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
					4 FIBA Europe Cup	2R
2019–20	1	Division A	2nd[a]	Cancelled[1]
2020–21	1	Division A	1st	Champion
2021–22	1	Division A	2nd		3 Champions League	QR1
2022–23	1	Division A	1st	Champion	4 FIBA Europe Cup	QR2
2023–24	1	Division A	2nd	Runner-up	3 Champions League	2QR
					4 FIBA Europe Cup	RS
2024–25	1	Division A	1st		4 FIBA Europe Cup	RS

Honours

League achievements

• Cyprus First Division

• Champions (7): 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2020–21, 2022–23, 2024–25

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

International tournaments

Mavroskoufia Basketball Tournament

• Winners (1): 2025

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) 27 – (1998-08-14)14 August 1998 PG 2 Cooper, Ta'Lon 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1999-11-26)26 November 1999 G 5 Giannaras, Ioannis 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 26 – (1999-03-27)27 March 1999 PG 6 Varsos, Georgios 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 26 – (1999-01-29)29 January 1999 PF 8 Nottage, Askam 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (2000-10-02)2 October 2000 G 16 Ntoklis, Themistoklis 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 17 – (2008-03-11)11 March 2008 C 17 Loizides, Christos 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 34 – (1991-03-20)20 March 1991 PF 24 McKinnis, Jayveous 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1999-08-19)19 August 1999 SG 31 Papadopulos, Alexandros 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 18 – (2007-10-06)6 October 2007 F 34 Hunt, Jesse 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 – (1997-07-30)30 July 1997 PG 44 Panteli, Iakovos (C) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 40 – (1985-10-03)3 October 1985 PG 88 Diggs, Jamar 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 37 – (1988-11-27)27 November 1988 C 96 Bezhanishvili, Giorgi 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 27 – (1998-11-16)16 November 1998	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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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.

Notes

1. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the league was suspended on 17 March 2020.^[1]

References

1. "ΟΡΙΣΤΙΚΗ ΔΙΑΚΟΠΗ ΣΤΟ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑ ΟΠΑΠ ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝ" (in Greek). Cypriot Basketball Federation. 17 March 2020.

External links

• Official Website^{[permanent dead link]}
• 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)