Alki Larnaca (, ''ALKI Larnakas'') was a Cypriot

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club based in the town of Larnaca. The club was founded in 1948 and it was dissolved on the 6th of May 2014 due to financial issues. The club's colours were blue and red. They reached the

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final on five occasions without a win.

History

1979 was the best year in club's history. They finished third in the Cypriot Championship and played the final in the

, losing to APOEL Nicosia, which were also the champions. That gave them the right to play in the

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, where they were eliminated in the first round by Dinamo Bucharest. The team was crowned Champions of the

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for the season 2009–10 and have participated in the

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until its dissolution.

Honours

** Runners-up (5): 1966–67, 1969–70, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1979–80 *

** Champions (4): 1959–60, 1981–82, 2000–01, 2009–10

European Cups history

Managers

* Panayiotis Xiourouppas (8 January 2009 – 30 June 2009) * Marios Constantinou (21 March 2010 – 19 October 2010) * Itzhak Shum (21 October 2010 – 11 June 2011) *

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(1 January 2011 – 30 July 2011) * Kostas Kaiafas (1 August 2011 – 4 November 2012) * Neophytos Larkou (5 November 2012 – 9 April 2013) * Kostas Kaiafas (10 April 2013 – 10 March 2014) * Vesko Mihajlović (10 March 2014 – 6 May 2014)

Notable players

* Dimitri Hatzimouratis * Tassos Vanellis * Christos Kostis * Bruno Cirillo

References

External links

* * {{Cypriot First Division Defunct football clubs in Cyprus Association football clubs established in 1948 1948 establishments in Cyprus Association football clubs disestablished in 2014 Football clubs in Larnaca 2014 disestablishments in Cyprus