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Larissa F.C.
Full name	PAE Athlitiki Enosi Larissas 1964; (Athletic Union of Larissa 1964 FC)
Nickname(s)	Vasilissa tou Kampou ; (The Queen of Lowland)
Founded	1964
Ground	Alkazar Stadium,; Larissa, Greece
Capacity	13,108
Chairman	Konstantinos Piladakis
Manager	Marinos Ouzounidis
League	Super League Greece ; (Σούπερ Λίγκα Ελλάδα)
2008-09	Super League Greece, 5th
Home colours	Away colours

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AEL 1964 (Greek: Αθλητική Ένωση Λάρισας 1964 - Athlitiki Enosi Larissas 1964), the Athletic Union of Larissa 1964, is a Greek association football club based in the city of Larissa, capital of Greece's Thessaly region. The club is also known, unofficially, as Larissa. It is the only FC outside the Greek capital Athens and co-capital Salonika, that has ever been Greek Champions (1988). They also have won a couple of Greek Cups (1985, 2007) and played another couple of Cup finals (1982, 1984), which places AEL amongst the top 5 of Greek Football. Famous fans: Philippos Pliatsikas (singer), Tasos Vamvakidis (actor), Stelios Kantonias (businessman), Kostas Kapatais (producer, winner of 2004 Olympic Golden Rings), Vassilis Tsiaras (lawyer), George Roussakis (journalist), Kostas Agorastos (politician), Dimitris Karatzas (businessman), Nikolaos Karydis (judge).

The team currently competes in the Super League Greece.

History

The club was founded as Athlitiki Enosi Larissas in 1964, the result of a merger of four local clubs - Iraklis Larissas, Aris Larissas, Toxotis Larissas and Larissaikos. It was promoted to the firt division in season 1972-73,but stayed only two years.After a second promotion (1977-78)they reached the cup final three times (1982,1984,1985) winning the last 4-1 against PAOK.However, after winning the 1988 championship, the club fell into decline and by 2000 it had been relegated to the third division, going through bankruptcy. In 2003, the club was forced to change its name to AEL 1964 as a result of the bankruptcy.

However, the 2004-2005 season proved to be very fruitful for the club, winning the second division (achieving double promotion) and advancing to the quarterfinals of the Greek Cup. AEL has had a couple of good seasons in the First Division ever since. They have been particularly successful in the Greek Cup, and as highlight they lift the trophy for second time after 23 years.They also played in UEFA Cup 2007-08,reaching the group stage by eliminating Blackburn Rovers.In 2008-2009 season the team finished 5th in SuperLeague and won an UEFA Europa League place,but were eliminated in the 2nd qualifying round by KR Reykjavik (1-1,0-2).

Titles

AEL 1964 is the only countryside based team (i.e., outside of the Athens and Thessaloniki metropolitan areas) to win the Greek Alpha Ethniki (now Super League Greece) Championship, when they did so in 1988. The club also won the Greek football Cup twice: in 1985 by beating PAOK FC in the final (4-1) and in 2007 by beating Panathinaikos 2-1. Before that, AEL 1964 made the finals of the Greek Cup twice, losing in both 1982 and 1984 to Panathinaikos.

Greek Cup 2006-07 winners

AEL lifted the 2007 cup for their second time in their history after beating favourites Panathinaikos by a one goal margin^[2]. Two goals gave underdog AEL the Cup by stunning their opposition who were in the midst of a disappointing season both nationally and in Europe. The first goal came early in the match as at the third minute AEL won a free kick which was taken by Georgios Fotakis and headed in by striker Jozef Kozlej. Just before the end of the first half Panathinaikos won a penalty and Dimitris Papadopoulos stepped up to make the score even on the 44th minute. As the match was approaching its end Henri Antchouet scored with a strong shoot after an excellent long pass from Georgios Fotakis to give AEL the lead. AEL then kept the lead, sealing a glorious day for the unlikely winners. The 10,000 AEL fans deliriously celebrated the goal as the opposing fans felt the disappointment of having to end the season trophyless despite high expectations.

Stadium

AEL currently plays at the Alkazar stadium, AEL's home since 1964. However plans have been approved to build a new ground at the suburbs of the city(the region is called neapoli). The new stadium's capacity will be 16,000 seats.

Current squad

As of 21 August 2009 ^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SVN	Dino Seremet
2	DF	GRE	Michalis Boukouvalas
3	DF	GRE	Stylianos Venetidis
4	DF	GRE	Nikolaos Dabizas (captain)
5	MF	GRE	Ilias Kyriakidis
6	MF	BRA	Delson
7	MF	GRE	Stelios Giannakopoulos
8	MF	GRE	Nikolaos Vlasopoulos
10	MF	ISR	Salim Tuama
11	MF	TUR	Tümer Metin
12	MF	GRE	Dimitrios Balis
14	MF	ARG	Milton Axel Müller
16	GK	GRE	Petros Baimakis
17	MF	SRB	Aleksandar Simić


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	GK	POL	Arkadiusz Malarz
19	DF	MAR	Naïm Aarab
21	MF	BRA	Romeu
22	DF	GRE	Theodoros Tripotseris
23	FW	BRA	Caio
25	GK	GRE	Dimitrios Sotiriou
26	DF	GRE	Dimitrios Kolovetsios
42	MF	ARG	Walter Matías Iglesias
71	FW	GRE	Athanasios Tsigas
77	DF	GRE	Panagiotis Katsiaros
79	FW	GRE	Georgios Lytras
92	MF	GRE	Savvas Siatravanis
99	FW	ISR	Shimon Abuhatzira
—	DF	CMR	Patrice Kwedi (on trial)

For recent transfers, see List of Greek football transfers summer 2009.

Youth team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ALB	Erid Prifti
2	GK	GRE	Christos Batavanis
3	DF	GRE	Alexandros Karateev
4	DF	GRE	Simos Kios
5	DF	GRE	Christos Nonis
6	MF	GRE	Alexandros Tiliopoulos
7	DF	GRE	Thomas Bourouzikas
8	DF	GRE	Nikolaos Karanikas
9	DF	GRE	Anastasios Zagkos
10	MF	ALB	Ermis Mezini


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	MF	GRE	Tasos Capetani
12	MF	GRE	Nikolaos Lougkos
13	MF	GRE	Ilias Karagiannis
14	MF	GRE	Kostas Eleftheriadis
15	MF	GRE	Savvas Siatravanis
16	FW	GRE	Antonios Vouzas
17	FW	GRE	Georgios Lytras
18	FW	ITA	Giorgio Rocca
19	FW	GRE	Apostolos Bardas
20	FW	GRE	Christos Repsis

Coaching and medical staff

Manager: Marinos Ouzounidis
Assistant Manager: Georgios Karagiannis
Fitness Coach: Christos Mourikis
Goalkeeping Coach: Christos Michail
Chief Scout: Nikolaos Kotsovos
Youth Team Manager:
Youth Team Coach: Konstantinos Katsaras
Youth Team Fitness Coach: Christos Kapelianis

Managerial history

Giorgos Donis 2004-2008
Marinos Ouzounidis 2008-present

Notable former players

Greece

Albania

Lefter Millo

Argentina

Marcelo Sarmiento

Belgium

Mbo Mpenza

Brazil

Cameroon

David Embe

Côte d'Ivoire

Ibrahima Bakayoko

Cyprus

France

Gabon

Henry Antchouet

Germany

Marco Foerster

Peru

Nolberto Solano

Poland

Portugal

Hélder Cristóvão

Romania

Serbia

Saša Ilić

Slovakia

Jozef Kožlej

All the European games

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
1983–84	UEFA Cup	1st Round	Budapest Honvéd	2–0	0–3 (a.e.t.)

1984–85	Cup Winners' Cup	1st Round	Siófok	2–0	1–1
		2nd Round	Servette	2–1	1–0
		Quarter finals	Dynamo Moscow	0–0	0–1

1985–86	Cup Winners' Cup	1st Round	Sampdoria	1–1	0–1

1988–89	European Cup	1st Round	Neuchâtel Xamax	2–1	1–2 (0–3 p)

2006–07	Intertoto Cup	3rd Round	Kayserispor	0–0	0–2

2007–08	UEFA Cup	1st Round	Blackburn Rovers	2–0	1–2
		Group Stage (Group A)	Everton		1–3
			Zenit St. Petersburg	2–3
			AZ Alkmaar		0–1
			Nuremberg	1–3

2009–10	Europa League	2nd Qual. Round	KR Reykjavík	1–1	0–2

References

^ Ouzounidis named as new Larissa boss
^ Panathinaikos - Larisa : 1-2 Match report from Scorespro.com
^ "Current Roster".

External links

Official Sites

Supporters

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[1] Ouzounidis named as new Larissa boss

[2] Panathinaikos - Larisa : 1-2 Match report from Scorespro.com

[Current_Roster-3] "Current Roster".

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 == History ==
-The club was founded as ''Athlitiki Enosi Larissas'' in 1964, the result of a merger of four local clubs - Iraklis Larissas, Aris Larissas, Toxotis Larissas and Larissaikos.  It quickly rose to the first division.  However, after winning the 1988 championship, the club fell into decline and by 2000 it had been relegated to the third division, going through bankruptcy.  In 2003, the club was forced to change its name to '''AEL 1964''' as a result of the bankruptcy.
+The club was founded as ''Athlitiki Enosi Larissas'' in 1964, the result of a merger of four local clubs - Iraklis Larissas, Aris Larissas, Toxotis Larissas and Larissaikos.  It was promoted to the firt division in season 1972-73,but stayed only two years.After a second promotion (1977-78)they reached the cup final three times (1982,1984,1985) winning the last 4-1 against PAOK.However, after winning the 1988 championship, the club fell into decline and by 2000 it had been relegated to the third division, going through bankruptcy.  In 2003, the club was forced to change its name to '''AEL 1964''' as a result of the bankruptcy.
-However, the 2004-2005 season proved to be very fruitful for the club, winning the second division (achieving double promotion) and advancing to the quarterfinals of the [[Greek football Cup|Greek Cup]].  AEL has had a couple of good seasons in the First Division ever since.  They have been particularly successful in the Greek Cup, and as highlight they lift the trophy for second time after 23 years.
+However, the 2004-2005 season proved to be very fruitful for the club, winning the second division (achieving double promotion) and advancing to the quarterfinals of the [[Greek football Cup|Greek Cup]].  AEL has had a couple of good seasons in the First Division ever since.  They have been particularly successful in the Greek Cup, and as highlight they lift the trophy for second time after 23 years.They also played in UEFA Cup 2007-08,reaching the group stage by eliminating Blackburn Rovers.In 2008-2009 season the team finished 5th in SuperLeague and won an UEFA Europa League place,but were eliminated in the 2nd qualifying round by KR Reykjavik (1-1,0-2).
 ==Titles==

v t e Super League Greece
2024–25 clubs	AEK Athens Aris Asteras Tripolis Atromitos Kallithea Lamia Levadiakos OFI Olympiacos Panathinaikos Panetolikos Panserraikos PAOK Volos
Former clubs	AEL Akratitos Apollon Kalamarias Apollon Smyrnis Aspida Xanthi Athinaikos Atromitos Piraeus Chalkida Chalkidona Diagoras Doxa Drama Edessaikos Egaleo Ergotelis Ethnikos Asteras Ethnikos Athens^* Ethnikos Piraeus Fostiras Ionikos Iraklis Kalamata Kalloni Kastoria Kavala Kerkyra Kifisia Korinthos Makedonikos Megas Alexandros Megas Alexandros Katerini Naoussa Niki Volos Olympiacos Volos Panachaiki Panargiakos Panegialios Panelefsiniakos Panionios Paniliakos Panthrakikos PAS Giannina Peiraikos Syndesmos^* Pierikos Platanias Proodeftiki Rodos Thermaikos Thrasyvoulos Trikala Veria Vyzas Megara Xanthi *only in pre-HFF championships
Former clubs (from Cyprus)	AEL Limassol APOEL EPA Larnaca Olympiacos Nicosia Omonia
Competition	Clubs Seasons & winners Players foreign Managers Stadia Broadcasters Referees
Statistics and awards	Records All-time table PSAP Awards Top Scorers Golden Star Foreign Player of the Season Greek Player of the Season Young Player of the Season Goalkeeper of the Season Manager of the Season Referee of the Season
Associated competitions	Greek Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Europa Conference League Super League Greece Youth Leagues
Category

v t e Super League Greece seasons
SEGAS Championship	1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1910–11 1911 1912 1914
FCA Championship	1921–22 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27
EPSE Championship	1922–23
Panhellenic Championship	1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59
Alpha Ethniki	1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06
Super League Greece	2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e Football in Greece
Overview	Hellenic Football Federation List of Unions Awards By number of titles List of clubs List of venues
National teams	Greece men U-23 U-21 U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 Greece women W U–19 W U–17 Greece Beach Soccer men Military football team
League competitions	Super League 1 Super League 2 Football League (defunct) Gamma Ethniki Delta Ethniki (defunct) Local Championships FCA Winners' Championship Panhellenic Championship (defunct) Champions Youth Leagues Top goalscorers Super League Football League Women's top division
Cup competitions	Greek Cup Super Cup League Cup (defunct) Gamma Ethniki Cup Amateurs' Super Cup Amateurs Cup Women's Cup
Miscellaneous	P.O.K. Greek football clubs in European competitions