AEL Limassol
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Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou , commonly known as AEL Limassol , is a Greek Cypriot
multisport club
based in the city of Limassol
, the port of Cyprus
.
Currently AEL maintains a football team, men's and women's basketball teams, a women's volleyball team and a newly established Futsal team (1st year) and women's handball team (2nd year).
AEL is considered as the most successful club of the island by its fans, who cite the number of trophies in all sports (240 official trophies plus some unofficial ones). The basketball branch of AEL
is the only team from Cyprus to have won a European title (the European Regional Challenge Cup).
AEL FC plays in the 14000-seat Tsirion Stadium
, also known as the Olympia Stadium (G.S.O). Tsirion Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Limassol, Cyprus. It is mostly used for football matches and is also the home ground of Apollon Limassol
and Aris Limassol. The stadium was built in 1975 with the help of the contributor and philanthropist Petros I. Tsiros
, a benefactor and humanitarian of Cyprus, thus the name of the stadium.
ael
The main supporter group of the team is SY.F.AEL (ΣΥ.Φ. – Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων) οtherwise known as Gate 3. The latter name originated from the gate used to enter the East stand at Tsirion Stadium
where AEL fans are seated. Organized fan groups of AEL also exist outside Cyprus in countries like Greece (Athens
, Thessaloniki
, Patras
, Kastoria
), the United Kingdom and Russia
.
(16 April 2003) 1 minute silence in memory of founding member and athlete of AEL, Mousteri Victor died at the age of 89 years Tuesday 15 April 2003.
Victor Mousteris born in Limassol
on 27 April 1914. When AEL was founded in 1930 by B. Mousteris, honoured student and an excellent player, along with seven other students and three are the formal
player of AEL. He was also a member of the hockey and the water polo team of AEL. His career as an athlete was short since 1934 due to work commitments he left the active sport. But he did not abandon AEL. He became Board Member for many years and provided generous and tireless service to the biggest sporting club in Cyprus.
Victor Mousteris: "For us, AEL is something sacred, something more than a symbol, an ideal for which the struggles and sacrifices are not counted. All our efforts and actions aimed to preserve, strengthen and elevate the club to the highest rungs of the sporting dignity, progress and success.
For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2011.
Luciano De Bruno
Luciano de Souza
Clayton Ferreira Cruz
Nicolás Corvetto
Jairo Castillo Liasos Louka
Klimenti Tsitaishvili
Kleopas Giannou
József Sebök
Attila Tököli
Géza Mészöly Gábor Torma
Aime Koudou
Nicky Hofs
Mike Zonneveld
Mutiu Adepoju
Olgierd Moskalewicz
Radosław Kałużny Daniel Carriço
Ricardo Ribeiro Fernandes
Felipe Azevedo
Tiquinho Zé Nando
Zé Vitor
Yasser Hussain
Ilie Stan
Marian Savu
Corneliu Papură
Tibor Selymes
Saša Jovanović
Predrag Ocokoljić
Seyni N'Diaye
Kamil Čontofalský
Marko Simeunovič
Amir Karič
Muamer Vugdalič
Spasoje Bulajič
Simon Seslar
Miha Golob
Jörgen Wålemark
Gennadiy Litovchenko
A Founding member of the Cyprus Volleyball Federation in 1976, AEL's women team has dominated in the Cypriot volleyball. The team's achievements are phenomenal; Out of the 32 seasons played so far in Cyprus since the commencement of the women's volleyball league, the team won the Championship 27 times. Out of the 31 cups they won it 27 times, 24 consecutive times, from 1980 until 2003. Also they have won the Championship 15 consecutive times, from 1977 until 1991. They have also the amazing records of winning the Double 12 times from 1980 until 1991 and 9 times from 1993 until 2001.
In the past the club had also a men's team for 10 years which participated in the Cypriot Championship.
team which is currently not active. The team had plenty of victories led by its star player Renos Antoniadis. In 1931, AEL won the Cup in a match which was played in Larnaca
. One year later, the team became Cypriot Champions. The team consisted of the following players: Antoniadis, Pareas, Frangos, Christophides, Michaelides, Kalogirou, Victor Mousteris, Anastasiadis and Williamson. However, there were no further hockey competitions in Cyprus afterwards, as the other teams hockey teams of the era closed down their hockey departments because of financial problems.
The team was active for a small period of time but that did not stop the team from adding another trophy to the hundreds that AEL won in various other sports. On 11 June 1989, a day after the football team of the club won the Cypriot Cup, the handball team won the Cypriot Cup in handball by beating Youth Centre Larnaca 23–19 in the final which was played in Lefkotheo Indoor Hal, Nicosia
.
s in 1932, 1933 and 1934 in the Cyprus Regatta Games. The members of the team were Nearchos Pieris, Christakis Dixon, Andreas Araouzos, Sotiris Antoniades and Maximos Morides. The club had also a waterpolo team which was unbeaten Cypriot Champions. The team achieved a noted victory against a selected team of the Royal Navy
which were then Mediterranean Champions. Apart from the Cypriot Championships, AEL won the Mediterranean Naval Cup.
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
multisport club
Sports club
A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...
based in the city of Limassol
Limassol
Limassol is the second-largest city in Cyprus, with a population of 228,000 . It is the largest city in geographical size, and the biggest municipality on the island. The city is located on Akrotiri Bay, on the island's southern coast and it is the capital of Limassol District.Limassol is the...
, the port of Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
.
Currently AEL maintains a football team, men's and women's basketball teams, a women's volleyball team and a newly established Futsal team (1st year) and women's handball team (2nd year).
AEL is considered as the most successful club of the island by its fans, who cite the number of trophies in all sports (240 official trophies plus some unofficial ones). The basketball branch of AEL
Proteas EKA AEL
Proteas EKA AEL , is a Cypriot professional basketball club based in Limassol, Cyprus. The club competes in the Cypriot League...
is the only team from Cyprus to have won a European title (the European Regional Challenge Cup).
AEL FC plays in the 14000-seat Tsirion Stadium
Tsirion Stadium
Tsirion Stadium is an all seater multi-purpose stadium in Limassol, Cyprus. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of AEL Limassol, Apollon Limassol, Aris Limassol and APEP Pitsilias. In the past, especially in 1990s, it was used as the home ground for the Cyprus...
, also known as the Olympia Stadium (G.S.O). Tsirion Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Limassol, Cyprus. It is mostly used for football matches and is also the home ground of Apollon Limassol
Apollon Limassol
Apollon Limassol is a Greek Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon F.C...
and Aris Limassol. The stadium was built in 1975 with the help of the contributor and philanthropist Petros I. Tsiros
Petros I. Tsiros
Petros I. Tsiros was born in Limassol in September 1904 and died in May 1984. His father was Ioannis Tsiros, a well known contractor, who was responsible for the construction of Limassol's water tower, a pioneering and advanced project at the time....
, a benefactor and humanitarian of Cyprus, thus the name of the stadium.
Greece First Division
AEL won the championship of 1967–68 and competed next season in First Division in Greece. The "Yellow" Limassol team, despite the fact that the squad had very good and talented players, but their young age would not let them meet the new conditions that they had to face so they finished in last place with 39 points, with 2 wins 1 draw and 31 losses.ael
Supporters
For the cup final of 1985 against EPA Larnaca almost 15000 AEL fans followed their team in Nicosia(record). For the cup final of 2009, 14000 AEL fans traveled to Nicosia for the game in GSP stadium. There were sold 13919 tickets at total (of which 9300 were sold in 6 hours, something unusual for Cypriot standards. Also during 2007 more than 4000 AEL supporters(record) followed their basketball team in larnaka(kitio) for the Championship final against APOEL.The main supporter group of the team is SY.F.AEL (ΣΥ.Φ. – Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων) οtherwise known as Gate 3. The latter name originated from the gate used to enter the East stand at Tsirion Stadium
Tsirion Stadium
Tsirion Stadium is an all seater multi-purpose stadium in Limassol, Cyprus. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of AEL Limassol, Apollon Limassol, Aris Limassol and APEP Pitsilias. In the past, especially in 1990s, it was used as the home ground for the Cyprus...
where AEL fans are seated. Organized fan groups of AEL also exist outside Cyprus in countries like Greece (Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
, Patras
Patras
Patras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...
, Kastoria
Kastoria
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), the United Kingdom and Russia
Russia
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.
Victor Mousteris
Before the cup match against Olympiakos NicosiaOlympiakos Nicosia
Olympiakos Nicosia is a football club in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia. The club was founded in 1931. It is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. Olympiakos's home ground is the New GSP Stadium of 23,400 seat capacity...
(16 April 2003) 1 minute silence in memory of founding member and athlete of AEL, Mousteri Victor died at the age of 89 years Tuesday 15 April 2003.
Victor Mousteris born in Limassol
Limassol
Limassol is the second-largest city in Cyprus, with a population of 228,000 . It is the largest city in geographical size, and the biggest municipality on the island. The city is located on Akrotiri Bay, on the island's southern coast and it is the capital of Limassol District.Limassol is the...
on 27 April 1914. When AEL was founded in 1930 by B. Mousteris, honoured student and an excellent player, along with seven other students and three are the formal
player of AEL. He was also a member of the hockey and the water polo team of AEL. His career as an athlete was short since 1934 due to work commitments he left the active sport. But he did not abandon AEL. He became Board Member for many years and provided generous and tireless service to the biggest sporting club in Cyprus.
Victor Mousteris: "For us, AEL is something sacred, something more than a symbol, an ideal for which the struggles and sacrifices are not counted. All our efforts and actions aimed to preserve, strengthen and elevate the club to the highest rungs of the sporting dignity, progress and success.
Current squad
On loan
OutFor recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2011.
Current staff
| Technical staff | |
|---|---|
| Director of Football |  Rui Paulo Silva JúniorRui Paulo Silva Júnior Rui Paulo Silva Júnior is a retired footballer last playing for Cyprus first division club Olympiakos Nicosia, at left-back or left wing-back position... |
| Head coach |  Charalambos ChristodoulouPambos Christodoulou Pambos Christodoulou is a Cypriot football manager currently of AEL Lemesos. He is well known for his very good team building skills.-Playing career:... |
| Assistant coach | Dionysis Dionysiou |
| Goalkeeping coach | Andreas Mavris Andreas Mavris Andreas Mavris Andreas Mavris Andreas Mavris (born 21 March 1972 is a former Cypriot goalkeeper currently a Goalkeeping coach for AEL Limassol of Cyprus working closely with manager Pambos Christodoulou, previously he was coach at Olympiakos Nicosia and Doxa Katokopias... |
| Physical fitness coach | Sotiris Charalambous |
| Team manager | Giorgos Evripidou |
| Sports Physiologist | Giorgos Panayiotou |
| Physiologist | Evaggelos Nicolaou |
| Masseur | Stefanos Aristodimou |
| Assistant Masseur | Andreas Giorgallis |
| Assistant Masseur | Giannis Loutsios |
Notable former players
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Luciano De Bruno
Luciano De Bruno
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Luciano de Souza
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Clayton Ferreira Cruz
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Nicolás Corvetto
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Jairo Castillo Liasos Louka
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Klimenti Tsitaishvili
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Kleopas Giannou
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József Sebök
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Attila Tököli
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Géza Mészöly Gábor Torma
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Aime Koudou
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Nicky Hofs
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Mike Zonneveld
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Tiquinho Zé Nando
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Zé Vitor
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Yasser Hussain
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Ilie Stan
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Marian Savu
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Corneliu Papură
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Predrag Ocokoljić
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Seyni N'Diaye
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Jörgen Wålemark
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Honours
- Cypriot ChampionshipCypriot First DivisionThe Cypriot Championship First Division is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus. As of 2007 it is sponsored by Marfin Popular Bank and is hence officially known as Marfin Laiki League .-Format:...
: 5
-
- 1941, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1968
- Cypriot Championship (Second Division)Cypriot Second Division- Structure :Fourteen clubs compete in the league, playing each other twice, once at home and once away for a total of 26 games per team. The topthree clubs are promoted to the first division and the bottom three are relegated to the third division.- Teams :...
: 1
- Cypriot Championship (Second Division)
- 1997
- Cypriot Cup: 6
- 1939, 1940, 1948, 1985, 1987, 1989
- LTV Super Cup: 3
- 1953, 1968, 1985
- Cyprus K.A. Severi Cup: 3
- 1953, 1955, 1956
- 1941, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1968
U21 football team titles
- Cypriot U21 Championship: 11
-
- 1940, 1951, 1960, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2008
U17 football team titles
- Cypriot U17 Championship: 3
-
- 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011
- Cyprus U17 Cup: 1
- 1997
- 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011
Women's basketball team (KV Imperial AEL)
| Women Basketball Team Titles | ||
| Championship titles: | 9 | (1993, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,2010,2011) |
| Cup titles: | 9 | (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2009,2010, 2011) |
| Super Cup titles: | 5 | (1998, 2006, 2007,2008, 2009) |
| Women U21 Basketball Team Titles | ||
| Championship titles: | 8 | (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2008) |
| Women U17 Basketball Team Titles | ||
| Championship titles: | 1 | (2005) |
| Cup titles: | 1 | (2005) |
KV Imperial AEL roster
| Number | Name | Position | Height (m) |
| Αννα Μιχαήλ |
Center | 1.75 | |
| Ερση Κυριάκου |
Centre | 1.82 | |
| Κάλια Παπαδοπούλου |
Play Maker | 1.66 | |
| Χριστιάνα Μενελάου |
Play Maker | 1.59 | |
| Αφροδίτη Σαρκά |
Shooting Guard | 1.69 | |
| Λουκία Λάρκου |
Shooting Guard | 1.71 | |
| Στάλω Φαίδωνος |
Forward | 1.76 | |
| Δωρίνα Ιωαννίδου |
Forward | 1.70 | |
| Γιάννα Κλεάνθους |
Forward | 1.70 | |
 Marija Petrovic |
Shooting Guard | 1.75 | |
| Andrea Pinter |
Guard | 1.74 | |
 Ancuta Stoenescu |
Guard | 1.71 | |
 Andrea Gardenale |
Forward | 1.96 | |
 Gardner-Combs Andrea |
Center | 1.91 | |
| Betty Lennox |
Center | 1.59 | |
| Petros Antoniou |
Coach | ||
| Χρίστος Σπύρου |
Assistant Coach |
Women volleyball team (Tranbunker Danoi ΑΕΛ)
| Fullname | Tranbunker Danoi ΑΕΛ |
| Nicknames | Βασίλισσα (Greek) Queen (English) |
| Tranbunker Danoi ΑΕΛ founded | 1976 |
| Team Colors | Yellow With Blue |
| Arena | Nicos Solomonidis |
| Arena Nickname | Το κλουβί (Greek) The Cage (English) |
| Arena Capacity | 3000 |
| Women Volleyball Team Titles | ||
| Championship titles: | 27 | (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006) |
| Cup titles: | 27 | (1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006) |
| Super Cup titles: | 10 | (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) |
| Women U21 Volleyball Team Titles | ||
| Championship titles: | 9 | (1987, 1988, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008) |
| Cup titles: | 3 | (2000, 2002, 2004) |
| Women U17 Volleyball Team Titles | ||
| Championship titles: | 9 | (1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006) |
| Cup titles: | 1 | (2000) |
A Founding member of the Cyprus Volleyball Federation in 1976, AEL's women team has dominated in the Cypriot volleyball. The team's achievements are phenomenal; Out of the 32 seasons played so far in Cyprus since the commencement of the women's volleyball league, the team won the Championship 27 times. Out of the 31 cups they won it 27 times, 24 consecutive times, from 1980 until 2003. Also they have won the Championship 15 consecutive times, from 1977 until 1991. They have also the amazing records of winning the Double 12 times from 1980 until 1991 and 9 times from 1993 until 2001.
In the past the club had also a men's team for 10 years which participated in the Cypriot Championship.
Tranbunker Danoi ΑΕΛ Roster
| Number | Player |
| 1 |  Marina Christophorou |
| 11 |  Mayia Deprova |
| 3 | Marina Pepekou |
| 4 | Skevi Ioannidou |
| 5 | Oxana Pavlou |
| 6 | Sotia Papakyriakou |
| 9 |  Marina Isova |
| 10 | Cesara Ruxadoyu |
| 2 | Manolina Costantinidou |
| 14 | Josephine Socratous |
| 15 | Dora Yiallouri |
| 16 | Tania Tomihova |
| Coach | Roula Katchambi |
Bowling team
The bowling club was founded in 1999 and the same year became a member of the Limassol District Federation. In 2001, the team participated in the Cypriot Championship as one of the two representatives of the Limassol District Federation. In 2003 the team won its first trophy by winning the Limassol District Federation Cup and in 2006 its first Championship by winning the Limassol District Federation Championship. The home of the team is the Galaktika Bowling Center.| Player |
| Christos Krassas |
| Nikolas kleanthous |
| Michalis Perikleous |
| Georgios Georgiou |
| Andros Kalogirou |
| Demetris Demetriou |
| Panikos Kleanthous |
| Bowling Team Titles | ||
| Limassol Championship: | 3 | (2006, 2008, 2009) |
| Limassol Cup: | 5 | (2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008) |
Cycling team
The cycling team was founded in 2001 and the same year became a member of the Limassol District Federation. The first men's cycling team consisted of the following : Ομηρος Χριστοφόρου, Παντελής Τίμινης, Μιχάλης Τσουλόφτας, Ηρόδοτος Κυριάκου, Σωτήρης Σκουταρίδης, Δημήτρης Αραούζος| Cycling Team Titles | ||
| General – Road cup: | 3 | (2004, 2005, 2006) |
| Men – Road cup: | 3 | (2004, 2005, 2006) |
| Masters 1 – Road cup: | 1 | (2006) |
| Masters 2 – Road cup: | 2 | (2004, 2005) |
Defunct sports departments
Apart from the currently active sports departments, AEL had in the past some other sports departments, which today are defunct. Despite this, these currently not active departments had all won titles for AEL when they were active.Field hockey
In the past AEL Limassol had a field hockeyField hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
team which is currently not active. The team had plenty of victories led by its star player Renos Antoniadis. In 1931, AEL won the Cup in a match which was played in Larnaca
Larnaca
Larnaca, is the third largest city on the southern coast of Cyprus after Nicosia and Limassol. It has a population of 72,000 and is the island's second largest commercial port and an important tourist resort...
. One year later, the team became Cypriot Champions. The team consisted of the following players: Antoniadis, Pareas, Frangos, Christophides, Michaelides, Kalogirou, Victor Mousteris, Anastasiadis and Williamson. However, there were no further hockey competitions in Cyprus afterwards, as the other teams hockey teams of the era closed down their hockey departments because of financial problems.
Handball
Another AEL sport department that currently does not exist is the handball.The team was active for a small period of time but that did not stop the team from adding another trophy to the hundreds that AEL won in various other sports. On 11 June 1989, a day after the football team of the club won the Cypriot Cup, the handball team won the Cypriot Cup in handball by beating Youth Centre Larnaca 23–19 in the final which was played in Lefkotheo Indoor Hal, Nicosia
Nicosia
Nicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line...
.
Men's volleyball
AEL maintains 3 teams for women's volleyball but does not currently have a men's Volleyball team.Waterpolo
AEL was also active in maritime sports, especially those that needed team articipation. AEL pioneered in RegattaRegatta
A regatta is a series of boat races. The term typically describes racing events of rowed or sailed water craft, although some powerboat race series are also called regattas...
s in 1932, 1933 and 1934 in the Cyprus Regatta Games. The members of the team were Nearchos Pieris, Christakis Dixon, Andreas Araouzos, Sotiris Antoniades and Maximos Morides. The club had also a waterpolo team which was unbeaten Cypriot Champions. The team achieved a noted victory against a selected team of the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
which were then Mediterranean Champions. Apart from the Cypriot Championships, AEL won the Mediterranean Naval Cup.