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За майже 30 років сового існування АЕК Ларнака двічі здобував Кубок Кіпру – у сезоні 2003-04 та 2017-18 років. Також клуб виграв один Суперкубок Кіпру в 2018-му. У національному чемпіонаті \"жовто-зелені\" шість разів ставали срібними призирами, останній раз – у сезоні 2023-24. Але це не так просто, як може здаватися – адже на Кіпрі є такі сильні клуби, як АПОЕЛ та Аполлон.\\n\\nОкремою гордістю клубу є їхні європейські досягненя. У 2011-12 роках АЕК став першою кіпрською командою, яка пробилася до групового етапу Ліги Європи! Це був справжній прорив для кіпрського футболу. В 2022 році клуб дебютував у кваліфікації Ліги Чемпіонів, а в сезоні 2022-23 команда пробилася до 1/8 фіналу Ліги Конференцій, ставши другим кіпрським клубом, який досяг такої стадії в європейських турнірах. Ще одне досягнення – серія з 6 матчів без поразок в євротурнірах, що є рекордом для кіпрських каманд.

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Жовто-зелені кольори – це візитна картка клубу, яка одразу впадає в очі. На емблемі АЕК Ларнака зображений адмірал Кімон, який загинув, захищаючи місто Кітіон від персів (приблизно 450 рік до н.е.). Цей історичний звязок з минулим є дуже важливим для клубу. Девіз команди – \"Και Νεκρος Ενικα\", що у перекладі означє \"Навіть у смерті він був переможцем\". Як бачимо, клуб міцно тримається своєї історичної ідентичності.\\n\\nДомашні матчі з 2016 року команда проводить на сучасній АЕК Арені, яка замінила старий GSZ Стедіум. Фанати створюють неймовірну атмосферу на домашніх іграх, фактично перетворюючись на 12-го гравця на полі. \\n\\nЦікаво, що АЕК – це не тільки футбол. Клуб також має чоловічу баскетбольу команду, жіночу волейбольну команду та команду з футзалу. Таке розмаїття видів споту відповідає початковій ідеї засновників – створити багатопрофільну спортивну організацію в Ларнаці.

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З 2014 року в клубі розпочалася так звана \"іспанська ера\", коли на посаду спортивного директора призначили Хаві Року. Відтоді в команді з'явилося багато іспанських гравців і тренерів, які привнеси в гру команди характерний іспанський стиль з акцентом на контроль м'яча та позиційні атаки. Цей підхід допоміг клубу регулярно фінішувати в топ-4 кіпрського чемпіонату.\\n\\nОстанні сезони АЕК Ларнака показує стабільні результати – команда є одним з лідерів чемпіонату Кіпру, регулярно грає у єврокубках і бореться за найвищі позиції в національних змаганнях. В минулому сезоні клуб знову став серебряним призером чемпіонату, підтвердивши свій високий рівень.\\n\\nНа майбутнє клуб ставить амбітні завдання: виграти чемпіонат Кіпру, регулярно виступати на груповому етапі європейських турнірів і продовжувати розвивати свою футбольну академію. З огляду на стабільність і якість гри останніх років, ці цілі виглядають цілком реалістичними. АЕК Ларнака демонструє, що й відносно молодий клуб може стати силною фігурою як на національній, так і на європейській арені.

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