Proteas EKA AEL
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| Nickname | Βασίλισσα (Greek) Queen (English) |
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| League | Cypriot championship | |
| League From 2008-2009 | A1 - Greece | |
| Founded | 1966 | |
| Colors | Yellow - Blue | |
| Home City | Limassol, Cyprus | |
| Presidents |  Michael Loizides Andreas Sofocleous |
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| Head-Coach |   Charles Barton |
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| Arena | Melford Arena | |
| Arena Nickname | Το κλουβί (Greek) The Cage (English) |
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| Arena Capacity | 3000 | |
Proteas EKA AEL
AEL is one of the founding members of Cyprus Basketball Federation. With coach one of the schoolteachers of the sport in Cyprus, Michalaki Nikolaidi, AEL took part in the first official championship in 1967. It is established as the “queen” of Cyprus Basketball. Other than the 13 championships, the 8 Cups and the 7 Super Cups, AEL is the only Cypriot team that has ever won a European title (Regional Challenge Cup, South Conference 2003). In 2007, for the fifth (5th) consecutive year, EKA AEL Lemesos have won the Cypriot championship. EKA AEL has become the first team in the Cyprus league to win five (5) titles in a row. Rumours say that the board of EKA AEL is trying to gain a "wild card" for Greek Championship(A1) for the upcoming season(2008-09).
| AEL Basketball Titles | ||
| FIBA Regional Challenge Cup (South Conference): | 1 | (2003) |
| Cyprus Basketball Men's League Titles: | 13 | (1974, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) |
| Cup titles: | 8 | (1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 2004, 2008) |
| Super Cup titles: | 7 | (1985, 1988, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) |
| U21 Basketball Team Titles | ||
| Cyprus Basketball U21 League Titles: | 4 | (1991, 1997, 1999, 2000) |
| U21 Cup titles: | 4 | (1997, 1998, 1999, 2002) |
| U17 Basketball Team Titles | ||
| Cyprus Basketball U17 League Titles: | 3 | (1994, 1996, 2000 |
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[edit] European Campaigns
In 2003 the “queen” was crowned with their first European crown after conquering the newly established Regional Challenge Cup (South Conference). That was a triumph which has been achieved with the astonishing record of 10 victories in 10 games. That was the beginning of the European success of AEL Limassol which continues until today. After winning the Regional Challenge Cup, AEL participated as Cypriot champions the following year in the new FIBA EuroCup and qualified from the group phase to best 16 teams. In the Group phase, AEL eliminated teams like Peristeri and Paris Basket Racing. They were eliminated in the round of 16 by Hapoel Tel Aviv. They were very close to do the same achievement in the same competition in 2004-05 but in 2005-06, when the competition changed formation AEL achieved to pass the first group round by finishing second, eliminating PAOK BC and Kallev Tallin and reached the second round (round of 16) where they finished last in their group.
The effort to reach the quarter finals was achieved in 2006-07 even though during this time AEL faced tougher opponents than the previous years. Being in the same group at the first round with former European Champions Virtus Bologna, the famous ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne and the Astronauts Amsterdam, very few would believe that AEL had any chance to qualify. However, those expectations didn't become true and after the surprise victory against Virtus Bologna with a score 88-83 and the home win against the french giants Villeurbanne 84-58, finished at second place of group 2 and qualified to second round with four wins and two losses. Unlike the previous year, when AEL finished with 0 points in the second round, being in the same group with CB Estudiantes, with the Liege Basket and BC Šiauliai, they finished second with 5 victories and 1 defeat same with the pioneering Estudiantes because of the matches between those teams. AEL beat Estudiantes 63-62. AEL reached the quarter finals but the dream to reach the final four didn't become truth after they were eliminated by the Ukrainian team Azovmash 2-1 in victories. AEL won at home 85-79 but was beaten away 88 - 63 and 97 - 69. DTL EKA AEL finished unbeaten at Home.
[edit] PROTEAS EKA AEL roster
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| Number | Name | Position | Height (m) | Birth date | Former Team |
| 10 | Χρίστος Σπύρου |
Playmaker | 1.83 | 19.03.1975 | PAO(Cyprus) |
| 4 | Αλέξης Λιάτσος |
Forward | 2.00 | 18.11.1980 | Rethimno(Greece) |
| 9 | Κωνσταντίνος Περεντός |
Forward | 1.98 | 01.05.1983 | Junior Team |
| ? | Γιώργος Παλάλας |
Playmaker | 1.85 | 20.03.1981 | Junior Team |
| 12 |  Rade Kozomara |
Small Forward | 1.92 | 05.12.1983 | |
| 7 | Milutin Aleksic |
Small Forward | 2.02 | 28.04.1982 | PAOK(Greece) |
| 5 |  Sasa Cuic |
Power Forward | 2.15 | 11.03.1983 | Rotterdam(Netherland) |
| 13 |  Vasily Zavoruev |
Small Forward | 2.02 | 13.01.1987 | CSKA(Moscow) |
| 6 |  Karim Souchu |
Small Forward | 1.98 | 30.03.1979 | Liege(Belgium) |
| 10 |  Maxime Zianveni |
Small Forward | 1.98 | 29.12.1979 | Sluc Nancy(France) |
| 10 |  Ali Bouziane |
Guard / Playmaker | 1.92 | 25.03.1977 | |
| ? |  Olivier Ilunga |
Point Guard | 1.85 | 13.03.1984 | 08 Stockholm(Sweden) |
| 15 | Duane Woodward |
Power Forward / Combo Guard | 1.91 | 04.06.1976 | Siviglia Wear(Italy) |
| 8 | Ryan Randle |
Power Forward / Center | 2.06 | 21.04.1981 | Fayetteville P.(USA) |
ON LOAN
| Number | Name | Position | Height (m) | Birth date | Former Team | On Loan To | Until |
| 11 |  Alen Trepalovac |
Center | 2.15 | 14.01.1985 | Cibona Zagreb(Croatia) | AEK(Cyprus) | 2009 |
[edit] 2006-2007 roster (DTL EKA AEL)
[edit] Former Players
| Number | Name | Position | Height (m) |
| 11 | Bruno Šundov |
Center | 2.21 |
| 13 | Aleksandr Dedushkin |
Center | 2.07 |
| 14 |  Arseni Kuchinsky |
Small Forward | 2.02 |
| 13 |  Remon van de Hare |
Center | 2.22 |
| 5 |  Jeron Roberts |
Guard | 1.94 |
| 4 |  Zydrunas Urbonas |
Forward | 1.98 |
| 12 | Antonio Michael King |
Guard | 1.91 |
| 15 |  Mihal Hlebowicki |
Forward | 2.03 |
| 12 | Frankie King |
Guard | 1.95 |
| 13 | Michael McDonald |
Center | 2.08 |
| 12 | Darrin Fowlkes |
Forward | 2.01 |
[edit] EKA AEL European wins
| Date | Competition | Match | Place | Score | Spectators |
| 19.11.1997 | Korac Cup 1998 Preliminary Round | AEL Limassol - Hapoel Galil Elyon | Limassol (CYP) | 88 - 83 | 500 |
| 17.10.2001 | Korac Cup 2002 Elimination Round II | AEL Limassol - Roseto Basket | Limassol (CYP) | 20 - 0 | - |
| 24.10.2001 | Korac Cup 2002 Elimination Round II | Roseto Basket - AEL Limassol | Roseto Degli Abruzzi (ITA) | 0 - 20 | - |
| 29.10.2002 | Regional Challenge Cup 2003 Qualifying Round |
EKA AEL - Nikol Fert-G | Limassol (CYP) | 84 - 75 | 350 |
| 06.11.2002 | Regional Challenge Cup 2003 Qualifying Round |
HKK Brotnjo - EKA AEL | Citluk (BIH) | 74 - 75 | 500 |
| 13.11.2002 | Regional Challenge Cup 2003 Qualifying Round |
EKA AEL - BC Zrinjevac | Limassol (CYP) | 82 - 70 | 800 |
| 04.12.2002 | Regional Challenge Cup 2003 Qualifying Round |
Nikol Fert - EKA AEL | Gostivar (MKD) | 67 - 87 | 300 |
| 11.12.2002 | Regional Challenge Cup 2003 Qualifying Round |
EKA AEL - HKK Brotnjo | Limassol (CYP) | 94 - 83 | 1500 |
| 18.12.2002 | Regional Challenge Cup 2003 Qualifying Round |
BC Zrinjevac - EKA AEL | Zagreb (CRO) | 72 - 77 | 900 |
| 07.01.2003 | Regional Challenge Cup 2003 Quarter Final |
EKA AEL - HKK Brotnjo | Limassol (CYP) | 97 - 74 | 1500 |
| 09.01.2003 | Regional Challenge Cup 2003 Quarter Final |
EKA AEL - HKK Brotnjo | Limassol (CYP) | 95 - 78 | 1500 |
| 12.01.2003 | Regional Challenge Cup 2003 Semi Final |
Apollonas - EKA AEL | Limassol (CYP) | 73 - 52 | 2000 |
| 13.01.2003 | Regional Challenge Cup 2003 Final |
EKA AEL - KK Igokea | Limassol (CYP) | 92 - 82 | 3500 |
| 18.11.2003 | EuroCup 2004 Qualifying Round | KK Hemofarm - EKA AEL | Vrsac (SCG) | 68 - 75 | 1500 |
| 25.11.2003 | EuroCup 2004 Qualifying Round | EKA AEL - Dexia Mons-Hainaut | Limassol (CYP) | 69 - 68 | 1200 |
| 02.12.2003 | EuroCup 2004 Qualifying Round | EKA AEL - BC Khimki | Limassol (CYP) | 87 - 68 | 2000 |
| 16.12.2003 | EuroCup 2004 Qualifying Round | EKA AEL - Paris Basket Racing | Limassol (CYP) | 72 - 67 | 2000 |
| 13.01.2004 | EuroCup 2004 Qualifying Round | ANWIL Wloclawek - EKA AEL | Wloclawek (POL) | 54 - 68 | 2500 |
| 20.01.2004 | EuroCup 2004 Qualifying Round | EKA AEL - GS Peristeri | Limassol (CYP) | 63 - 57 | 2500 |
| 03.02.2004 | EuroCup 2004 Qualifying Round | Dexia Mons-Hainaut - EKA AEL | Mons (BEL) | 76 - 81 | 1700 |
| 02.11.2004 | EuroCup 2005 Qualifying Round | EKA AEL - KK Belgrade | Limassol (CYP) | 81 - 79 | 1000 |
| 30.11.2004 | EuroCup 2005 Qualifying Round | EKA AEL - Hraklis Thessalonikis | Limassol (CYP) | 88 - 77 | 1200 |
| 07.12.2004 | EuroCup 2005 Qualifying Round | EKA AEL - Olympia Larissas | Limassol (CYP) | 89 - 80 | 1200 |
| 23.12.2005 | EuroCup 2005 Qualifying Round | KK Belgrade - EKA AEL | Belgrade (SRB) | 0 - 20 | - |
| 12.01.2005 | EuroCup 2005 Qualifying Round | EKA AEL - Khimik Yuzhny | Limassol (CYP) | 83 - 64 | 1800 |
| 18.01.2005 | EuroCup 2005 Qualifying Round | EKA AEL - Paris Basket Racing | Limassol (CYP) | 64 - 58 | 1800 |
| 01.02.2005 | EuroCup 2005 Qualifying Round | Hraklis Thessalonikis - EKA AEL | Thessaloniki (GRE) | 87 - 89 | 500 |
| 08.02.2005 | EuroCup 2005 Qualifying Round | Olympia Larissas - EKA AEL | Larissa (GRE) | 69 - 73 | 100 |
| 26.10.2005 | EuroCup 2006 Round 1 | Privatbank EKA AEL - BC Kalev | Limassol (CYP) | 67 - 49 | 1500 |
| 02.11.2005 | EuroCup 2006 Round 1 | PAOK - Privatbank EKA AEL | Thessaloniki (GRE) | 74 - 75 | 500 |
| 09.11.2005 | EuroCup 2006 Round 1 | Privatbank EKA AEL - Fenerbahçe | Limassol (CYP) | 82 - 81 | 3000 |
| 15.11.2005 | EuroCup 2006 Round 1 | BC Kalev - Privatbank EKA AEL | Tallinn (EST) | 65 - 71 | 1500 |
| 23.11.2005 | EuroCup 2006 Round 1 | Privatbank EKA AEL - PAOK | Limassol (CYP) | 84 - 67 | 1500 |
| 14.11.2006 | EuroCup 2007 Round 1 | DTL EKA AEL - Amsterdam Astronauts | Limassol (CYP) | 82 - 49 | 1200 |
| 21.11.2006 | EuroCup 2007 Round 1 | DTL EKA AEL - Virtus Europonteggi Bologna | Limassol (CYP) | 88 - 83 | 3100 |
| 29.11.2006 | EuroCup 2007 Round 1 | DTL EKA AEL - Adecco ASVEL Villeurbanne | Limassol (CYP) | 84 - 58 | 3500 |
| 04.12.2006 | EuroCup 2007 Round 1 | Amsterdam Astronauts - DTL EKA AEL | Amsterdam (NED) | 79 - 95 | 350 |
| 16.01.2007 | EuroCup 2007 Round 2 | DTL EKA AEL - Liege Basket | Limassol (CYP) | 70 - 64 | 2500 |
| 23.01.2007 | EuroCup 2007 Round 2 | BC Siauliai - DTL EKA AEL | Siauliai (LTU) | 79 - 85 | 850 |
| 30.01.2007 | EuroCup 2007 Round 2 | DTL EKA AEL - Club Estudiantes | Limassol (CYP) | 63 - 62 | 3500 |
| 13.02.2007 | EuroCup 2007 Round 2 | Liege Basket - DTL EKA AEL | Liege (BEL) | 58 - 77 | 1000 |
| 20.02.2007 | EuroCup 2007 Round 2 | DTL EKA AEL - BC Siauliai | Limassol (CYP) | 94 - 85 | 2100 |
| 09.03.2007 | EuroCup 2007 Quarter-Final | DTL EKA AEL - Azovmash Mariupol | Limassol (CYP) | 85 - 79 | 3450 |
| 20.11.2007 | EuroCup 2008 Elimination Round 2 | BC Dnipro - Proteas EKA AEL | Dnepropetrovsk (UKR) | 53 - 64 | 5000 |
| 27.11.2007 | EuroCup 2008 Elimination Round 2 | Proteas EKA AEL – BC Dnipro | Limassol (CYP) | 104 - 69 | 600 |
| 19.12.2007 | EuroCup 2008 Qualifying Round | Proteas EKA AEL – KK Zagreb | Limassol (CYP) | 103 - 80 | 1100 |
| 15.01.2008 | EuroCup 2008 Qualifying Round | Proteas EKA AEL – Olympia Larissas | Limassol (CYP) | 91 - 71 | 800 |
| 22.01.2008 | EuroCup 2008 Qualifying Round | Spartak St. Petersburg - Proteas EKA AEL | St.Petersburg (RUS) | 77 - 81 | 800 |
| 29.01.2008 | EuroCup 2008 Qualifying Round | Proteas EKA AEL – Spartak St. Petersburg | Limassol (CYP) | 72 - 71 | 2500 |
| 19.02.2008 | EuroCup 2008 Quarter Final Round | Proteas EKA AEL – Khimik | Limassol (CYP) | 70 - 65 | 2000 |
| 26.02.2008 | EuroCup 2008 Quarter Final Round | Khimik - Proteas EKA AEL | Yuzhny (UKR) | 76 - 87 | 1700 |
| The First and the only European title from a Cypriot Team in all sports | |||||
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| Adecco ASVEL Villeurbanne was one of the big favorites to qualified to the final four but DTL EKA AEL qualified over her | |||||
| Virtus Europonteggi Bologna and Club Estudiantes qualified in the FinalFour, Semi-Finals | |||||
| SC Azovmash Mariupol qualified in the Final | |||||
| Proteas EKA AEK qualified to the Final-Four of EUROCUP (2-0 in best of 3 games) | |||||
[edit] Turning Points in History of AEL B.C
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| 1966: | The Cyprus Basketball Association is formed with AEL Limassol among its founding members. |
| 1974: | AEL Limassol conquers their first basketball Championship. |
| 1977: | AEL Limassol become the first Cypriot basketball club to participate in a European competition. |
| 1983: | In an official basketball game for the championship, AEL shattered Ethnikos with 177-39 and creates a new Cyprus league record of better attack and bigger difference in a game. The record remains up to today. |
| 1994: | AEL Limassol are relegated to the 2nd division for the first time in their history. |
| 2003: | The basketball team of AEL writes the goldenest page in the history of association and Cypriot sports after it conquers invincible the European Regional Challenge Cup while few days is later crowned champion Cyprus after 15 years. |
[edit] EKA AEL records
| Record | For | From - Until |
| Most Championships in Row | 5 Peat | (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) |
| Most Cups in Row | 4 Years | (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983) |
| Most Super Cups in Row | 4 Years | (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) |
| Most Wins in a Row (European and Cyprus league) | ||
| Most Wins in a Row (Cyprus League) | ||
| Most Wins in a Row (European League) | 10 Games | 30.10.2002 - 13.02.2003 |
| Most Home Wins in a Row (European and Cyprus league) | ||
| Most Home Wins in a Row (Cyprus league) | ||
| Most Home Wins in a Row (European league) | 12 Games | 01.02.2006 - present |
[edit] EKA AEL Accumulated Historical Results
| Season | Competition | Games | Win/Lose | F/A |
| 2007 | EuroCup | 15 | 10/5 | 77.3/75.7 |
| 2006 | EuroCup | 12 | 5/7 | 78.8/83.4 |
| 2005 | EuroCup | 14 | 8/6 | 70.9/70.6 |
| 2004 | EuroCup | 14 | 7/7 | 70.1/72.6 |
| 2003 | FIBA Europe Regional Challenge Cup South Conference |
10 | 10/0 | 85.6/72.7 |
| 2002 | Korac Cup | 8 | 2/6 | |
| 2001 | Korac Cup | 2 | 0/2 | |
| 2000 | Korac Cup | 2 | 0/2 | |
| 1999 | Korac Cup | 2 | 0/2 | |
| 1998 | Korac Cup | 6 | 1/5 | |
| 1992 | European Cup Radivoj Korac | 2 | 0/2 |
[edit] EuroCup 2008 Accumulated Statistics
| Name | G | Min | 2P FG M/A |
2P FG % |
3P FG M/A |
3P FG % |
FreeThrows M/A |
FreeThrows % |
Reb Off |
Reb Def |
Reb Tot |
Assist | PF | TO | Steels | Blocks | Pts | Avg |
| M.Aleksic | 10 | 351 | 49/81 | 60.5 | 6/21 | 28.6 | 63/86 | 73.3 | 16 | 57 | 73 | 44 | 30 | 33 | 16 | 2 | 179 | 17.9 |
| D.Woodward | 10 | 347 | 34/66 | 51.5 | 10/31 | 32.3 | 37/48 | 77.1 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 38 | 29 | 27 | 14 | 0 | 135 | 13.5 |
| K.Souchu | 10 | 284 | 22/39 | 56.4 | 18/49 | 36.7 | 12/15 | 80.0 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 110 | 11.0 |
| R.Randle | 10 | 214 | 35/76 | 46.1 | 1/4 | 25.0 | 21/32 | 65.6 | 20 | 26 | 46 | 8 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 94 | 9.4 |
| M.Zianveni | 6 | 145 | 17/35 | 48.6 | 1/8 | 12.5 | 18/23 | 78.3 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 55 | 9.2 |
| B.Sundov | 8 | 140 | 21/29 | 72.4 | 3/5 | 60.0 | 16/22 | 72.7 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 67 | 8.4 |
| A.Buziane | 3 | 63 | 3/6 | 50.0 | 3/5 | 60.0 | 4/6 | 66.7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 6.3 |
| V.Zavoruev | 9 | 148 | 2/7 | 28.6 | 11/26 | 42.3 | 17/21 | 81.0 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 54 | 6.0 |
| A.Cuic | 8 | 95 | 10/22 | 45.5 | 4/10 | 40.0 | 8/11 | 72.7 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 5.0 |
| O.Ilunga | 7 | 91 | 3/6 | 50.0 | 4/10 | 40.0 | 8/10 | 80.0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 3.7 |
| Α.Λιάτσος | 9 | 82 | 6/10 | 60.0 | 2/5 | 40.0 | 6/9 | 66.7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 2.7 |
| Γ.Παλάλας | 2 | 10 | 1/1 | 100.0 | 1/1 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 |
| Κ.Περεντός | 4 | 25 | 3/3 | 100.0 | 1/1 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2.3 |
| A.Kuchinsky | 1 | 7 | 1/2 | 50.0 | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| TEAM | 5 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 10 | 207/383 | 54.0 | 65/176 | 36.9 | 210/283 | 74.2 | 91 | 225 | 316 | 128 | 215 | 135 | 103 | 9 | 819 | ||
| AVERAGE | 21/38 | 7/18 | 21/28 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 82 |
[edit] Administration
| Address: | 227, Makarios Ave., Doma Court 502 , 3105Limassol, CYP |
| Tel.: | 00 357 (25) 81 44 33 |
| Fax: | 00 357 (25) 81 44 77 |
| Email: | haris@aelbc.com |
| Web: | www.aelbc.com |
