Pezoporikos Larnaca FC

Pezoporikos
Πεζοπορικός
Full nameΠεζοπορικός Όμιλος Λάρνακας
Pezoporikos Omilos Larnacas
Short namePOL (ΠΟΛ)
Founded1927 (1927)
Dissolved1994 (1994)
GroundGSZ Stadium

Pezoporikos Omilos Larnacas (Greek: Πεζοπορικός Όμιλος Λάρνακας) was a Cypriot sports club based in Larnaca with football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1927, the football club joined the Cypriot Championship in 1938, winning it twice as well as one Cypriot Cup. The colours of the club were green and white. In 1994 the club merged with EPA Larnaca and they formed AEK Larnaca (Αθλητική Ένωση Κιτίου).

The club also had a basketball and volleyball department and were basketball champions four times and five times cup winners. Since the 1990–91 season, the club dominated the Cyprus Basketball by winning 3 championships and one cup in four years. During the 1993–94 season the team eliminated Hapoel Eilat with 86–80 and 65–65 for the Korać Cup and qualified in the second round of Korać Cup where they were eliminated by Panionios. Even as champions, the club merged like the football department, however, AEK Larnaca didn't continue with the same success as Pezoporikos Basketball Club had.

Founding member of the Cyprus Volleyball Federation, the volleyball women's team was more successful than the men's one. The women's team won the Cup once in 1979 when they beat AEL Limassol in the final 3–2. They were Runners up twice each in the championship and in the cup.

Former players (football section)

Honours

Football

Basketball

Former players

Volleyball (women)

  • Cypriot Championship:
    • Runner-up (2): 1977, 1989
  • Cypriot Cup:
    • Winners (1): 1979
    • Runner-up (7): 1989,1990

History in European competition

Overall

Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
European Cup 2 0 0 2 2 7 -5
European Cup Winners' Cup 6 0 2 4 2 25 -23
UEFA Cup 6 0 2 4 6 20 -14
Total 14 0 4 10 10 52 –42

Matches

Season Competition Round1 Club 1st leg 2nd leg Agg.
1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R Cardiff City 0–8 (A) 0–0 (H) 0–8
1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R Cork Hibernians 1–2 (H) 1–4 (A) 2–6
1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R Malmö FF 0–0 (H) 0–11 (A) 0–11
1978–79 UEFA Cup 1R Śląsk Wrocław 2–2 (H) 1–5 (A) 3–7
1980–81 UEFA Cup 1R VfB Stuttgart 0–6 (A) 1–4 (H) 1–10
1982–83 UEFA Cup 1R Zürich 2–2 (H) 0–1 (A) 2–3
1988–89 European Cup 1R IFK Göteborg 1–2 (H) 1–5 (A) 2–7

References

  1. ^ "Jim McSherry". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Ian Alexander". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.