AEK Larnaca FC (Greek: AEK (for short Athletike Evose Kition Larnakas, romanized as Athletiki Enosi Kition Larnakas, "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is an Cypriot professional football team from Larnaca, Cyprus. Their home field as of the 2016-2017 season is the new AEK Arena which is located at Georgios Karapatakis stadium, which has the capacity of 8,000 fans. The club was established in 1994 following the merger between two Larnaca clubs, EPA Larnaca and Pezoporikos. The club also has basketball sections for males AEK Larnaca BC, as well as an women's volleyball section.
The name of the club comes to the Greek word "Kition" which means "ancient". Greek city kingdom of Cyprus Kition which was located on the spot of the present-day Larnaca. The colors that the team wears are green and yellow as well as their symbol Admiral Kimon who was killed on the seafront while defending the town of Kition (modern Larnaca) in an important battle in Cyprus in the year the time of 450 BC during a battle to the Persians. Kimon had instructed his officers to keep the information about his imminent death a secret. The expression "Kai Nekrosenika" ("Even even in death, Kimon won") is a reference to Kimon.
One of the greatest achievements of the club's football team is the invitation into the 2010-12 UEFA Europa League group stage as well as the winning of the Cypriot Cup in 2004 and the Cypriot Cup in 2018. The most impressive league record is 2nd position in three consecutive seasons.
In 2019, AEK signed their biggest-ever shirt sponsorship with the Cypriot-based betting firm Bet on Alfa Ltd. for a 3-year contract. It was the first time that Bet on Alfa became a major sponsor for an official Cypriot professional football team.
AEK finished second at the close of the 2021/22 season . They due to Cyprus its improvement in its European position (15th) was able to gain Champions League qualification for the first time in the history of the club. They will play Midtjylland for their very first fixture in Europe's top competition.
