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{{short description|Multi-sport club in Cyprus}}
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| nickname = ''Γαλαζοκίτρινοι'' (The Blue-yellows) <br>''Λέοντες'' (The lions)
| ground = [[Alphamega Stadium]]
| capacity = 11,000
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| chairman = Konstantinos Konstantinou
| manager = [[Paolo Tramezzani]]
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'''Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou''' ({{langx|el|'''Α'''θλητική '''Έ'''νωση '''Λ'''εμεσού|translation=Athletic Union of Limassol}}) is a [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] [[sports club]] based in the city of [[Limassol]], most famous for its football team.

AEL Limassol also maintains a [[AEL Limassol B.C.|men's]] and [[AEL Limassol B.C. (women)|women's]] basketball teams, a women's volleyball team and a (newly established in 1976) Futsal team, a women's handball team as well as a cricket team. AEL Limassol is one of the oldest and most decorated football clubs on the island and the most successful club in Limassol with 17 official football trophies consisting of 6 first division championships, 7 cups and 4 super cups.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ael-limassol.net/ael/about/%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%84%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B1/ |title=96 trophies |access-date=22 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204062901/http://www.ael-limassol.net/ael/about/%cf%84%ce%b1%cf%85%cf%84%cf%8c%cf%84%ce%b7%cf%84%ce%b1/ |archive-date=4 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> The sponsor of the club is Meridian Sport.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2024-07-09 |title=Meridianbet Signs Largest Sponsorship Deal in Cypriot Football History with FC AEL Limassol - Meridianbet |url=https://ir.meridianbet.com/2024/07/09/meridianbet-signs-largest-sponsorship-deal-in-cypriot-football-history-with-fc-ael-limassol/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==History==

The club was founded on 4 October 1930, with Stavros Pittas serving as the club's first president.<ref name="AEL">{{cite web|url=http://www.aelfc.com/history.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924020959/http://www.aelfc.com/history.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2011|script-title=el:Ιστορία Συλλόγου|publisher=AEL Limassol|language=el}}</ref> The football section of the club competed in its first game on 6 January 1931 against PSC, winning 6–1 in Limassol.<ref name="AEL" /> The club won the national championship in 1934 though this is not credited as it is an unofficial title.<ref name="RSSSF">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cyphist.html |title=Cyprus&nbsp;– List of Final Tables 1931–1998 |url-status=live |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514040358/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/cyphist.html |archive-date=14 May 2011  }}</ref> Later that year, AEL became one of the eight founding members of the [[Cypriot First Division]] for the [[1934–35 Cypriot First Division|1934–35]] season, the first official league of the country.<ref name="AEL" /><ref name="RSSSF" />

AEL Limassol celebrated its first official title success in [[1940–41 Cypriot First Division|1941]], defeating [[APOEL FC|APOEL]] 4–3 in a two-legged championship play-off.<ref name="RSSSF"/> AEL fans had to wait 12 years until tasting title success again, as the club finally became champions of Cyprus again in [[1952–53 Cypriot First Division|1953]].<ref name="AEL"/><ref name="RSSSF"/> AEL would twice repeat this success, winning back-to-back league championships in [[1954–55 Cypriot First Division|1955]] and [[1955–56 Cypriot First Division|1956]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cyphist.html |title=Cyprus&nbsp;– List of Final Tables 1931–1998 |work=RSSSF |date=6 January 2005 |access-date=14 October 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514040358/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/cyphist.html |archive-date=14 May 2011  }}</ref>

The club won its last major trophy in 1989 – before the title success of 2012 –<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news/0254-0d7de1523004-27018e2ebfdc-1000--ael-limassol-end-44-year-cypriot-title-wait/|title=AEL Limassol end 44-year Cypriot title wait|publisher=UEFA|date=5 May 2012|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-date=31 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731153700/https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=cyp/news/newsid=1793566.html|url-status=live}}</ref> when it defeated city rivals [[Aris Limassol FC|Aris Limassol]] 3–2 after extra time in final of the [[1988–89 Cypriot Cup|Cypriot Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cocacola-cup.com.cy/index.php?q=34|title=Cyprus Coca Cola Cup|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-date=27 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927122014/http://www.cocacola-cup.com.cy/index.php?q=34|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cypcuphistfull.html |title=Cyprus&nbsp;– Cup History 1934–1996 |work=RSSSF |access-date=14 October 2014 |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208002922/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cypcuphistfull.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2011, after disappointingly finishing in seventh-place in the previous campaign, AEL hired [[Pambos Christodoulou]],<ref>{{cite web
 |url        = http://www.aelfc.com/news-detail.php?news=298
 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130116144737/http://www.aelfc.com/news-detail.php?news=298
 |url-status   = dead
 |archive-date = 16 January 2013
 |title      = Pambos Christodoulou: AEL FC was my dream!
 |access-date = 15 November 2011
 |language   = el
}}</ref> who had a reputation of steering "modest sides away from relegation", to start the club's rebuilding process.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=cyp/news/newsid=1798770.html|title=Season review: Cyprus|publisher=UEFA|date=18 May 2012|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-date=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004153607/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=cyp/news/newsid=1798770.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> AEL Limassol secured the Cypriot league title for the first time since 1968 on 5 May 2012, ending a 44-year drought without a Cypriot first division title.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1626014.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509041005/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1626014.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 May 2012|title= AEL Limassol end 44-year title wait |publisher=FIFA |date=5 May 2012}}</ref>

Christodoulou had a dream-like first season at the helm AEL, as his side was unbeaten and had not conceded any goals through the first five games. At the end of the second round, AEL finished top of the table,<ref>{{cite web
| url        =http://www.cfa.com.cy/Gr/news/10082
| title        =AEL Lemesos won the Championship.
| access-date        =5 May 2012
| language        =el
| archive-date        =26 October 2020
| archive-url        =https://web.archive.org/web/20201026214605/https://www.cfa.com.cy/Gr/news/10082
| url-status        =live
}}</ref> three points clear of the second placed team and had only conceded seven goals, the best defensive record of all the league teams. In the play-off round, AEL battled with the top four teams for the championship, winning it with one game to spare and conceding only nine goals. As Christodoulou has managed to bring AEL the championship crown,<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.protathlima.com/content/league/story.jsp?league_id=1&id=115017
 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131183040/http://www.protathlima.com/content/league/story.jsp?league_id=1&id=115017
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-date=31 January 2013
 |title=Pambos Christodoulou: My first Championship Crown 
 |access-date=5 May 2012 
 |language=el 
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.kerkida.net/ael/item/22225-%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%BE%CE%B7%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1-44-%CE%B5%CF%84%CF%8E%CE%BD-%CF%80%CF%81%CF%89%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%B8%CE%BB%CE%AE%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B1-%CE%B7-%CE%B1%CE%B5%CE%BB-%CF%86%CF%8E%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82 
 |title=AEL Lemesos Cypriot Championship Winners 2011–2012 
 |access-date=5 May 2012 
 |language=el 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507230153/http://www.kerkida.net/ael/item/22225-%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%BE%CE%B7%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1-44-%CE%B5%CF%84%CF%8E%CE%BD-%CF%80%CF%81%CF%89%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%B8%CE%BB%CE%AE%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B1-%CE%B7-%CE%B1%CE%B5%CE%BB-%CF%86%CF%8E%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82 
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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url        =https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1626014.html
| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120509041005/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1626014.html
| url-status =dead
| archive-date =9 May 2012
| title      =AEL Limassol end a long time title wait
| access-date =6 May 2012
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url =https://www.uefa.com/news/0254-0d7de1523004-27018e2ebfdc-1000--ael-limassol-end-44-year-cypriot-title-wait/
| title =AEL Limassol end 44-year Cypriot title wait with Pambos Christodoulou
| date =5 May 2012
| access-date =6 May 2012
| archive-date =31 July 2018
| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180731153700/https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=cyp/news/newsid=1793566.html
| url-status =live
}}</ref> he was nicknamed by fans "Pambourinho", a combination of his name and of esteemed manager [[José Mourinho]].

AEL received the championship trophy during a spectacular "fiesta" evening at the [[Tsirio Stadium]] on the evening of Saturday 12 May 2012. They followed this with an open-top bus parade through Limassol. Up to 12,000 AEL fans packed the stadium to watch the fiesta and trophy presentation.

The club then turned their attention to the [[2011–12 Cypriot Cup#Final|Cup Final]] of 16 May against [[AC Omonia|Omonia]] and the chance to be crowned [[double (association football)|double]] winners for the first time in club history; the club, however, lost 1–0 in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cfa.com.cy/Gr/news/10199|title=Κυπελλούχος η Ομόνοια|publisher=Κυπριακή Ομοσπονδία Ποδοσφαίρου|date=16 May 2012|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923221834/http://www.cfa.com.cy/Gr/news/10199|url-status=live}}</ref> The following year, AEL made it to the group stage of a [[UEFA competitions|UEFA tournament]] for the first time, finishing last and picking up four points in their [[2012–13 UEFA Europa League|UEFA Europa League]] group.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=52800/profile/history/index.html |title=AEL&nbsp;– History |work=UEFA |access-date=13 October 2014 |archive-date=15 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815210343/https://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=52800/profile/history/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 22 October 2013, Angolan manager [[Lito Vidigal]] was sacked after just over three months in charge.<ref name="Petev new AEL manager">{{cite web |url=https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/football-bulgarian-petev-take-charge-ael-limassol-192547171--sow.html |title=European Football&nbsp;– Coach who was chased out by hooligans named AEL Limassol boss |work=Eurosport |date=25 October 2013 |access-date=14 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023124118/https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/football-bulgarian-petev-take-charge-ael-limassol-192547171--sow.html |archive-date=23 October 2014  }}</ref> Bulgarian [[Ivaylo Petev]] was appointed as AEL's manager on 25 October, having previously guided [[PFC Ludogorets Razgrad|Ludogorets Razgrad]] to promotion to the [[Bulgarian A Football Group|A Group]] as well as two A Group titles, a [[2012 Bulgarian Cup Final|Bulgarian Cup]] win as well as a triumph in the [[2012 Bulgarian Supercup|Bulgarian Super Cup]].<ref name="Petev new AEL manager" /> Petev signed an initial deal to stay at AEL until the end of the [[2014–15 Cypriot First Division|2014–15]] season.<ref name="Petev new AEL manager" />

At the end of the [[2013–14 Cypriot First Division|2013–14 season]], AEL finished in first place in the [[2013–14 Cypriot First Division#League table|initial phase of the competition]]. Going into the championship match against APOEL on 17 May 2014, AEL needed only a draw to secure their second league title in three years. The match, however, was abandoned (at 0–0) after 52 minutes when firecrackers thrown by AEL fans struck APOEL player [[Kaká (footballer, born 1981)|Kaká]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/soccer-cyprus-fa-wants-title-decider-replayed-violence-062700850--sow.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAH6BP9R0i5B30qlKVpxUziBKGukNUfGuIubtuzLvyhKz-YQysRuc89W3VJSNn-MqPdCYb-4ZnaQnjblBiT_8w_pbdn_MrDaBjE53n_e7gTH7-juuMuo2JmEbTnGA6jK3i-PnQw42JYfYbmcRuPjyuVX6QvrTA8cBS94YMuxQO6wz|title=Soccer-Cyprus FA wants title decider replayed after violence|publisher=[[Yahoo! News]]|date=23 May 2014|access-date=23 May 2014|archive-date=24 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724042601/https://ca.news.yahoo.com/soccer-cyprus-fa-wants-title-decider-replayed-violence-062700850--sow.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAH6BP9R0i5B30qlKVpxUziBKGukNUfGuIubtuzLvyhKz-YQysRuc89W3VJSNn-MqPdCYb-4ZnaQnjblBiT_8w_pbdn_MrDaBjE53n_e7gTH7-juuMuo2JmEbTnGA6jK3i-PnQw42JYfYbmcRuPjyuVX6QvrTA8cBS94YMuxQO6wz|url-status=live}}</ref> The match was replayed behind closed doors at a neutral stadium on 31 May 2014, and APOEL achieved to win their second consecutive league title after beating AEL 1–0, courtesy of a [[Cillian Sheridan]] goal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=cyp/news/newsid=2102109.html |title=Sheridan strike hands APOEL Cypriot title |work=UEFA |date=31 May 2014 |access-date=14 October 2014 |archive-date=5 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605205230/https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=cyp/news/newsid=2102109.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=cyp/news/newsid=2102109.html|title=Sheridan strike hands APOEL Cypriot title|publisher=UEFA|date=31 May 2014|access-date=31 May 2014|archive-date=5 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605205230/https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=cyp/news/newsid=2102109.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 6 June 2014, the [[Cyprus Football Association]]'s (CFA) disciplinary committee&nbsp;– acting as an appeals board&nbsp;– unanimously cancelled on the CFA council's decision to repeat the 17 May championship final, awarding the match to APOEL with a 0–3 score.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cyprus-mail.com/2014/06/07/26013/|title=APOEL are champions... again!|publisher=cyprus-mail.com|date=6 June 2014|access-date=6 June 2014|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714142458/http://cyprus-mail.com/2014/06/07/26013/|url-status=live}}</ref> AEL [[Left winger|winger]] [[Jorge Filipe Monteiro|Jorge Monteiro]] finished the season as joint-top scorer in the league with 18 goals, and the former [[FC Porto|Porto]] academy product was voted player of the year by the CFA. AEL finished in the 4th place of the championship of 2016–2017 and as a result the team won a place in the first qualifying round of Europa League. Furthermore, AEL achieved to go up to third qualifying round from a not fair play game from the referee [[Artyom Kuchin]] and the players of [[Austria Wien]]. The referee had shown the white dot of the penalty for a ghost foul outside of the box of AEL and a red card for AEL defender [[Marco Airosa]] in the twenty second minute. AEL had fight for the win for the whole game to achieve two goals that send her in the play-offs but the score finished 1–2.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=cyp/news/newsid=2112865.html |title=Season review: Cyprus |work=UEFA |date=10 June 2014 |access-date=14 October 2014 |archive-date=13 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913122915/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=cyp/news/newsid=2112865.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==AEL Limassol 1930==
The football department of AEL is legally owned by AEL Football (Public) Ltd ({{langx|el|ΑΕΛ Ποδόσφαιρο Δημόσια ΛΤΔ}}), a public limited company, from 2009 until 31 May 2023. The company's main activity is the management, operation and commercial exploitation of AEL Football club.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} After the vote of confidence by the AEL Board of Directors, from 1 June 2023 the football team will pass into the hands of our association.

==Stadium==
[[File:Tsirion_Stadium_02.JPG|thumb|[[Tsirion Stadium]]]] 
[[File:Alphamega Stadium Logo.jpg|thumb|[[Alphamega Stadium]]]]   



[[AEL Limassol FC|AEL Limassol]] has been playing its home matches at the 13,331-seat [[Tsirio Stadium]] until 2022. Tsirio Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Limassol. It is mostly used for football matches and was also the home ground of Apollon Limassol FC and Aris Limassol FC. The stadium was built in 1975.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}






The construction of the [[Alphamega Stadium]] replaced Tsirio Stadium as the home ground of [[AEL Limassol FC|AEL Limassol]]. The first match on the new Stadium was ΑΕL vs Olympiakos, with a score of 2–0 on 23 December 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sigmalive.com/sports/football/cyprus/a-league/1037500/live-ta-egkainia-tou-alphamega-stadium|title=Ολοκληρώθηκαν τα εγκαίνια του "Alphamega Stadium"|date=2022-11-25|language=el|website=sigmalive.com|access-date=2022-12-15|archive-date=25 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125223951/https://www.sigmalive.com/sports/football/cyprus/a-league/1037500/live-ta-egkainia-tou-alphamega-stadium|url-status=live}}</ref> The capacity of the new stadium is 10,700 seats.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kathimerini.com.cy/gr/athlitismos/kypros-spor/apollonas/gipedo-lemesoy-parathyraki-gia-ayxisi-xoritikotitas|title=Γήπεδο Λεμεσού: "Παραθυράκι" για αύξηση χωρητικότητας|date=2022-10-20|language=el|website=kathimerini.com.cy|access-date=2022-12-15|archive-date=25 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125140202/https://www.kathimerini.com.cy/gr/athlitismos/kypros-spor/apollonas/gipedo-lemesoy-parathyraki-gia-ayxisi-xoritikotitas|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Current squad==
{{updated|26 June 2025}}
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{{Fs player|no=2|nat=CYP|pos=DF|name=Christoforos Frantzis}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Facundo Costantini}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=BFA|pos=DF|name=[[Dylan Ouédraogo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=[[Denis Thomalla]]}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=CYP|pos=MF|name=[[Vasilios Papafotis]]|other={{small|[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=CYP|pos=FW|name=Simonas Christophi}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=CYP|pos=FW|name=Stelios Panagiotou}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=RSA|pos=FW|name=[[Luther Singh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=RWA|pos=DF|name=[[Emmanuel Imanishimwe]]}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=CYP|pos=DF|name=[[Andreas Panagiotou Filiotis]]}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=SRB|pos=MF|name=[[Nemanja Glavčić]]}}
{{Fs player|no=33|nat=CYP|pos=FW|name=[[Andreas Makris (footballer)|Andreas Makris]]}}
{{Fs player|no=34|nat=HUN|pos=DF|name=[[Ákos Kecskés]]}}
{{Fs player|no=42|nat=CYP|pos=DF|name=Kypros Neophytou}}
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{{Fs player|no=74|nat=CYP|pos=DF|name=Savvas Christodoulou}}
{{Fs player|no=76|nat=CYP|pos=DF|name=Kyriakos Kyriakou}}
{{Fs player|no=77|nat=CYP|pos=FW|name=Themis Themistokleous}}
{{Fs player|no=90|nat=CYP|pos=MF|name=Panagiotis Panagi}}
{{Fs player|no=92|nat=CYP|pos=FW|name=Alexandros Efstathiou}}
{{Fs player|no=93|nat=CYP|pos=GK|name=Andreas Panagi}}
{{Fs player|no=98|nat=CYP|pos=GK|name=Panagiotis Kyriakou}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=CYP|pos=DF|name=Lambros Genethliou}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=CYP|pos=FW|name=Angelos Andreou}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=GUY|pos=FW|name=[[Morgan Ferrier]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SVK|pos=MF|name=[[Julius Szoke]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=LBN|pos=MF|name=[[Bassel Jradi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SRB|pos=MF|name=[[Ivan Milosavljević (footballer, born 2000)|Ivan Milosavljević]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SRB|pos=DF|name=[[Dušan Stevanović (footballer, born 1996)|Dušan Stevanović]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=CYP|pos=DF|name=[[Christos Wheeler]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start|nonumber=|bg=FFFF00|color=000080|border=ffffff}}
{{Fs end}}

==Current staff==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!colspan="2"|Technical staff
|-
|align=left|Head Coach
|align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Tramezzani]]
|-
|align=left|General Football Director
|align=left| {{flagicon|MKD}} [[Ivan Trickovski]]
|-
|align=left|Assistant Coach
|align=left| {{flagicon|CYP}} Konstantinos Rostantis
|-
|align=left|Opponent Analyst 
|align=left| {{flagicon|CYP}} Giorgos Eleftheriou
|-
|align=left|Team Director
|align=left| {{flagicon|CYP}} Angelos Perikleous
|-
|align=left|Goalkeeping Coach
|align=left| {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Vladimir Balić]]
|-
|align=left|Fitness Coach
|align=left|  {{flagicon|GRE}} Giannis Dourountos
|-
|align=left|Trainer/Rehabilitation Coach
|align=left| {{flagicon|CYP}} Giannis Vasilopoulos
|-
|align=left|Chief Scouter
|align=left| {{flagicon|CYP}} Giannis Theodorou
|-
|align=left|Academy General Director
|align=left| {{flagicon|CYP}} Giorgos Karatzas
|-

!colspan="2"|Medical staff
|-
|align=left|Doctor
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Dr. Theodoros Philippou
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Physiotherapists
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Giorgos Zantis
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Polys Achilleos
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Kimonas Papamiltiadous
|-
|align=left|Chiropractor
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Nikos Poullis
|}

==Honours==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
!style="width: 10%;"|Type
!style="width: 10%;"|Competition
!style="width: 5%;"|Titles
!style="width: 30%;"|Seasons
|-
| rowspan="4" |'''Domestic'''
! scope=col|[[Cypriot First Division]]
|'''6'''
|
[[1940–41 Cypriot First Division|1940–41]], 
[[1952–53 Cypriot First Division|1952–53]], 
[[1954–55 Cypriot First Division|1954–55]],  
[[1955–56 Cypriot First Division|1955–56]], 
[[1967–68 Cypriot First Division|1967–68]], 
[[2011–12 Cypriot First Division|2011–12]]
|-
! scope=col| [[Cypriot Second Division]]
|'''1'''
|
[[1996–97 Cypriot Second Division|1996–97]]
|-
! scope=col| [[Cypriot Cup]]
|'''7'''
|
[[1938–39 Cypriot Cup|1938–39]], [[1939–40 Cypriot Cup|1939–40]], [[1947–48 Cypriot Cup|1947–48]], [[1984–85 Cypriot Cup|1984–85]], [[1986–87 Cypriot Cup|1986–87]], [[1988–89 Cypriot Cup|1988–89]], [[2018–19 Cypriot Cup|2018–19]]
|-
! scope=col|[[Cypriot Super Cup]] 
|'''4'''
|
1953, 
1968, 
1985, 
2015
|}
* {{legend|gold|record}}
* {{smallsup|s}} shared record

==UEFA club coefficient ranking==
'''UEFA Team Ranking (2025/26)'''

===UEFA Club ranking===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Rank !! Country !! Team !! Points
|-
|256||{{flagicon|SWE}}||[[Kalmar FF|Kalmar]]||4.925
|-
|257||{{flagicon|CYP}}||[[Aris Limassol FC|Aris Limassol]]||4.707
|-
|- style="background:#dfd;"
|'''258'''||{{flagicon|CYP}}||'''AEL Limassol'''||'''4.707'''
|-
|259||{{flagicon|SMR}}||[[SP Tre Penne|Tre Penne]]||4.500
|-
|260||{{flagicon|BIH}}||[[FK Velež Mostar|Velež Mostar]]||4.500
|-
|}

Last update: 8 June 2025
<br /> Source: [https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/uefarankings/club/?year=2026]

==European record==
<small>1R = First round, PR = Preliminary round, Q = Qualifying round, PO = play-off round.</small>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
|-
! Season
! Competition
! Round
! Club
! 1st leg
! 2nd leg
! Aggregate
!
|-
| [[1968–69 European Cup|1968–69]]
| [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]
| [[1968–69 European Cup#First round|1R]]
| {{flagicon|Spain|1945}} [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–6
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–6
| style="text-align:center;"| '''0–12'''
|[[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:white;"|
|-
| [[1985–86 European Cup Winners' Cup|1985–86]]
| [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]]
| [[1985–86 European Cup Winners' Cup#First round|1R]]
| {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Dukla Prague]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–2
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–4
| style="text-align:center;"| '''2–6'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:white;"|
|-
| [[1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup|1987–88]]
| [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]]
| [[1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup#Preliminary round|PR]]
| {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda|DAC Dunajská Streda]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–1
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–5
| style="text-align:center;"| '''1–6'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:white;"|
|-
| [[1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup|1989–90]]
| [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]]
| [[1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup#First round|1R]]
| {{flagicon|Austria}} [[FC Admira Wacker Mödling|Admira Wacker]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–3
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–0
| style="text-align:center;"| '''1–3'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:white;"|
|-
| [[2002–03 UEFA Cup|2002–03]]
| [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]]
| [[2002–03 UEFA Cup#Qualifying round|QR]]
| {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–4
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–1
| style="text-align:center;"| '''2–5'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:white;"|
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[Template:2012–13 in European football (UEFA)|2012–13]]
| rowspan="3"| [[2012–13 UEFA Champions League|UEFA Champions League]]
| style="background:#cff;"| [[2012–13 UEFA Champions League#Second qualifying round|2Q]]
| style="background:#cff;"| {{flagicon|Northern Ireland}} [[Linfield F.C.|Linfield]]
|  style="background:#cff; text-align:center;"| 3–0
|  style="background:#cff; text-align:center;"| 0–0
|  style="background:#cff; text-align:center;"| '''3–0'''
|  style="background:#cff; text-align:center;"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| style="background:#cff;"| [[2012–13 UEFA Champions League#Third qualifying round|3Q]]
| style="background:#cff;"| {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[FK Partizan|Partizan]]
|  style="background:#cff; text-align:center;"| 1–0
|  style="background:#cff; text-align:center;"| 1–0
|  style="background:#cff; text-align:center;"| '''2–0'''
|  style="background:#cff; text-align:center;"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| [[2012–13 UEFA Champions League#Play-off round|PO]]
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–1
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–2
| style="text-align:center;"| '''2–3'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[2012–13 UEFA Europa League|UEFA Europa League]]
| rowspan="3"| [[2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage#Group C|Group C]]
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–5
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–0
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| '''4th place'''
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (football)|Fenerbahçe]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–1
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–2
|-
| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–0
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–2
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:white;"|
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Template:2014–15 in European football (UEFA)|2014–15]]
| [[2014–15 UEFA Champions League|UEFA Champions League]]
| [[2014–15 UEFA Champions League#Third qualifying round|3Q]]
| {{flagicon|Russia}} [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–0
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–3
| style="text-align:center;"| '''1–3'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| [[2014–15 UEFA Europa League|UEFA Europa League]]
| [[2014–15 UEFA Europa League#Play-off round|PO]]
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–2
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–3
| style="text-align:center;"| '''1–5'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:white;"|
|-
| rowspan="3"|[[2017–18 UEFA Europa League|2017–18]]
| rowspan="3"|[[UEFA Europa League]]
| style="background:#cff;" |[[2017–18 UEFA Europa League#First qualifying round|1Q]]
| style="background:#cff;" |{{flagicon|Gibraltar}} [[St Joseph's F.C.|St Joseph's]]
| style="background:#cff; text-align:center;"| 4–0
| style="background:#cff; text-align:center;"| 6–0
| style="background:#cff; text-align:center;"| '''10–0'''
| style="background:#cff; text-align:center;"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| style="background:#cff;" |[[2017–18 UEFA Europa League#Second qualifying round|2Q]]
| style="background:#cff;" |{{flagicon|Luxembourg}} [[FC Progrès Niederkorn|Progrès Niederkorn]]
| style="background:#cff; text-align:center;"| 1–0
| style="background:#cff; text-align:center;"| 2–1
| style="background:#cff; text-align:center;"| '''3–1'''
| style="background:#cff; text-align:center;"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| [[2017–18 UEFA Europa League#Third qualifying round|3Q]]
| {{flagicon|Austria}} [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–0
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–2
| style="text-align:center;"| '''1–2'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:white;"|
|-
| rowspan="1"|[[2019–20 UEFA Europa League|2019–20]]
| rowspan="1"|[[UEFA Europa League]]
| [[2019–20 UEFA Europa League#Second qualifying round|2Q]]
| {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Aris Thessaloniki F.C.|Aris]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–0
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–1
| style="text-align:center;"| '''0–1'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:white;"|
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League|2021–22]]
| rowspan="2"|[[UEFA Europa Conference League]]
| style="background:#cff;" |[[2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League#Second qualifying round|2Q]]
| style="background:#cff;" |{{flagicon|Albania}} [[KF Vllaznia Shkodër|Vllaznia]]
|  style="background:#cff; text-align:center;"| 1–0
|  style="background:#cff; text-align:center;"| 1–0
|  style="background:#cff; text-align:center;"| '''2–0'''
|  style="background:#cff; text-align:center;"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| [[2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League#Third qualifying round|3Q]]
| {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Qarabağ FK|Qarabağ]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–1
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–1
| style="text-align:center;"| '''1–2'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|}

==Historical list of coaches==
{{Incomplete list|date=September 2024}}
{{div col|colwidth=28em|small=yes}}
* {{flagicon|CYP}} Dimitris Tsiepis (1930&nbsp;–1932)
* {{flagicon|GRE}} Argiris Gavalas (1932&nbsp;–1946) 
* {{flagicon|CYP}} Costas Vasiliou (1946&nbsp;–1948)
* {{flagicon|GRE}} Argiris Gavalas (1948&nbsp;–1956)
* {{flagicon|CYP}} Spiros Elia
* {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Ferdinard Ceplar]]
* {{flagicon|GRE}} Christos Christodoulou
* {{flagicon|AUT}} Ulhen Fitz
* {{flagicon|GRE}} Georgios Eisaggeleas
* {{flagicon|CYP}} Costas Pambou "Mavrokolos"
* {{flagicon|ROM}} [[Nicolae Simatoc]] (1962&nbsp;–1963)
* {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Loizos Pantelidis]] (1968&nbsp;–1969)
* {{flagicon|CZE}} [[František Havránek]] (1984&nbsp;–1986)
* {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Valér Švec]] (1986&nbsp;–1988)
* {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Dušan Uhrin]] (1988&nbsp;–1989)
* {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jiri Dunaj]] (1989&nbsp;–1990)
* {{flagicon|CZE}} [[František Cipro]] (1990&nbsp;–1992)
* {{flagicon|FRY}} [[Željko Sanković]] (1992)
* {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anatoliy Byshovets]] (1993)
* {{flagicon|FRY}} [[Tomislav Kaloperović]] (1993&nbsp;–1995)
* {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Andreas Kissonergis]] (1995)
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Diethelm Ferner]] (1995&nbsp;–1996)
* {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Apostol Chachevski]] (1996&nbsp;–1997)
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Kálmán Mészöly]] (1997&nbsp;–1998)
* {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Panicos Orphanides]] (1998&nbsp;– 1999)
* {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Loizos Mavroudis]] (2000)
* {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Andreas Michaelides]] (Jul 2000&nbsp;–Sept 2002)
* {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Ioannis Matzourakis|Giannis Matzourakis]] (Sep 2002&nbsp;–Nov 2003)
* {{flagicon|NED}} [[Henk Houwaart]] (Nov 2003&nbsp;–31 Dec 2004)
* {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Oleh Protasov]] (Dec 2004&nbsp;–Mar 2005)
* {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Andreas Michaelides]] (Mar 2005&nbsp;– May 2005)
* {{flagicon|SVN}} [[Bojan Prašnikar]] (1 Jul 2005&nbsp;– 30 Nov 2005)
* {{flagicon|CYP}} Loizos Mavroudis (Feb 2006&nbsp;– May 2006)
* {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Panicos Orphanides]] (July 2006&nbsp;– Jan 2007)
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Eli Guttman]] (Feb 2007&nbsp;– Dec 2007)
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Mariano Barreto]] (4 Dec 2007&nbsp;– 5 Feb 2008)
* {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Andreas Michaelides]] (Feb 2008&nbsp;– Jan 2009)
* {{flagicon|ROM}} [[Mihai Stoichiță]] (26 Jan 2009&nbsp;– 20 May 2009)
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Nir Klinger]] (1 Aug 2009&nbsp;– 1 Dec 2009)
* {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Dušan Uhrin, Jr.]] (1 Jan 2010&nbsp;– 21 Sep 2010)
* {{flagicon|ROM}} [[Mihai Stoichiță]] (22 Sep 2010&nbsp;– 7 Feb 2011)
* {{flagicon|NED}} [[Raymond Atteveld]] (7 Feb 2011&nbsp;– May 2011)
* {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Pambos Christodoulou]] (24 Mar 2011&nbsp;– 22 Oct 2012)
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Jorge Costa (footballer)|Jorge Costa]] (24 Oct 2012&nbsp;– 22 May 2013)
* {{flagicon|ANG}} [[Lito Vidigal]] (1 Jul 2013&nbsp;– 22 Oct 2013)
* {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Ivaylo Petev]] (25 Oct 2013&nbsp;– 17 Nov 2014)
* {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Christakis Christoforou]] (17 Nov 2014&nbsp;– 19 Oct 2015)
* {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Makis Chavos]] (27 Oct 2015&nbsp;– 8 Feb 2016)
* {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Pambos Christodoulou]] (8 Feb 2016&nbsp;– 7 Mar 2017)
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Bruno Baltazar]] (22 Mar 2017&nbsp;– 5 Mar 2018)
* {{flagicon|BIH}} [[Dušan Kerkez]] (5 Mar 2018&nbsp;– 6 Dec 2021)
* {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Savvas Pantelidis]] (8 Dec 2021&nbsp;– 20 May 2022)
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Silas (Portuguese footballer)|Silas]] (21 May 2022&nbsp;– 17 Sep 2022)
* {{flagicon|MKD}} [[Cedomir Janevski]] (17 Sep 2022&nbsp;– 14 Apr 2023)
* {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Christos Charalabous]] (14 Apr 2023&nbsp;– 10 Oct 2023)
* {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Toni Koskela]] (15 Oct 2023&nbsp;– 22 Jan 2024)
* {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Alexandros Garpozis|Alexis Garpozis]] (22 Jan 2024&nbsp;– 15 May 2024)
* {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Chris Coleman (footballer)|Chris Coleman]] (25 May 2024&nbsp;– 27 Nov 2024)
* {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Marinos Satsias]] (27 Nov 2024&nbsp;– 24 Jan 2025)
* {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Marios Nicolaou (footballer, born 1983)|Marios Nicolaou]] (26 Jan 2025&nbsp;– 26 May 2025)
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Tramezzani]] (2 Jun 2025&nbsp;– present)

{{div col end}}

==Presidential history==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!#
! Name
! From
! To
!<small>Period</small>
|-
|1.
| Stavros Pittas
| 1930
| 1932
|2yrs
|-
|2.
| Kriton Tornaritis
| 1932
| 1934
|2yrs
|-
|3.
| Yiangos Limanititis
| 1934
| 1953
|19yrs
|-
|4.
| Nikos Solomonides
| 1953
| 1971
|18yrs
|-
|5.
| Nikos Kountas
| 1971
| 1976
|5yrs
|-
|6.
| Georgios Tornaritis
| 1976
| 1982
|6yrs
|-
|7.
| Loris Lysiotis
| 1982
| 1996
|14yrs
|-
|8.
| Dimitris Solomonides
| 1996
| 2002
|6yrs
|-
|9.
| Giorgos Frantzis
| 2002
| 2003
|1yrs
|-
|10.
| Akis Ellinas
| 2003
| 2005
|2yrs
|-
|11.
| Agis Agapiou
| 2005
| 2006
|1yrs
|-
|12.
| Marios Herodotou
| 2006
| 2007
|1yrs
|-
|13.
| Zacharias Koundouros
| 2007
| 2008
|1yrs
|-
|14.
| [[Andreas Sofocleous]]
| 2008
| 2022
|14yrs
|-
|15.
|Costas Christodoulou
|2018
|2022
|4yrs
|-
|16.
|Nicos Christodoulides
|2022
|2024
|2yrs
|-
|17.
|Konstantinos Konstantinou
|2024
|Present
|
|-
|}

== AEL Football Academies ==

* '''Cypriot U21 Championships: 13'''
:: 1940, 1951, 1960, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2008

* '''Cyprus U21 Cup: 1'''
:: 1997

* '''Cypriot U19 Championships: 1'''
:: 2018

* '''Cypriot U17 Championships: 6'''
:: 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2018

* '''Cypriot U16 Championships: 1'''
:: 2017

* '''Cypriot U15 Championships: 2'''
:: 2005, 2009

* '''Cypriot U14 Championships: 1'''
:: 2025

* '''Elite Neon Cup - Silver Cup (U14): 1'''
:: 2025

* '''Cypriot U13 Championships: 3'''
:: 2006, 2008, 2017

== AEL Limassol departments ==

=== AEL Limassol B.C. (PAYABL EKA AEL) ===
{{main|AEL Limassol B.C.|AEL Limassol B.C. (women)}}
Since 1966, AEL sports club maintains both men's and women's professional [[basketball]] teams.

Since the 2022–23 season, both the [[AEL Limassol B.C.|men's]] and [[AEL Limassol B.C. (women)|women's]] teams currently operate under the same administration and are both referred to for sponsorship reasons as '''PAYABL EKA AEL'''.
The men's team won the [[2002–03 FIBA Europe Regional Challenge Cup]], thereby making AEL the only Cypriot sports club to have won a European title.

Both the men's and women's basketball team are considered to be the most successful teams in Cyprus in terms of trophies won and therefore both teams are referred to by Basketball fans and enthusiasts as "''The Queen'' " (Greek: "''Η Βασίλισσα''").

=== AEL FUTSAL ===
The [[futsal]] club was founded in 2009 and the same year became a member of the [[Cypriot Futsal First Division|Cyprus Futsal Federation]]. AEL Futsal won its first trophy during the 2016–17 season, by winning the 2016–17 Cypriot Futsal Cup.

In 2022–23, the team won its first [[Cypriot Futsal First Division|Cypriot Futsal Championship]]. In the same season, the team also had the chance to win what would be the domestic futsal treble ([[Cypriot Futsal First Division|Championship]], Cup and [[Cypriot Futsal Super Cup|Super Cup]]), by reaching the Cypriot Futsal Cup final, however AEL was defeated in the final. The club did however manage to win the [[Cypriot Futsal Super Cup|2023 Cypriot Futsal Super Cup]], defeating [[APOEL Futsal|APOEL]] 8–2 in the final.

As 2023 Cypriot Futsal Champions, AEL participated in the [[2023–24 UEFA Futsal Champions League]], reaching the last 32 stage of the competition, which is a Cypriot first.

In 2023–24 AEL won its second Futsal championship by defeating [[Omonoia Nicosia|AC Omonia]] 9–1.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-20 |title=Πρωταθλήτρια η ΑΕΛ! Κέρδισε την Ομόνοια με 9-1 και έκανε το back2back! (Φώτος) {{!}} Kerkida.net |url=https://www.kerkida.net/eidiseis/alla-spor/futsal/ael/protathlitria-i-ael-kerdise-tin-omonoia-me-9-1-kai-ekane-back2back-fotos |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=www.kerkida.net |language=en |archive-date=22 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322150418/https://www.kerkida.net/eidiseis/alla-spor/futsal/ael/protathlitria-i-ael-kerdise-tin-omonoia-me-9-1-kai-ekane-back2back-fotos |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="3" | Futsal Team Titles
|-
|[[Cypriot Futsal First Division|Cypriot Futsal Championship]]
|3
|(2023, 2024, 2025)
|-
|Cypriot Futsal Cup
|2
|(2017, 2024)
|-
|[[Cypriot Futsal Super Cup]] 
|2
|(2023, 2024)
|}

=== AEL Limassol Women's Volleyball Club (Robomarkets AEL) ===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:left;"
|| '''Fullname''' || Robomarkets ΑΕΛ
|- style="text-align:left;"
|| '''Nicknames''' || ''Βασίλισσα'' (Greek)<br>''Queen'' (English)
|- style="text-align:left;"
|| '''Tranbunker Danoi ΑΕΛ founded''' || 1976
|- style="text-align:left;"
|| '''Team Colors''' || Yellow With Blue
|- style="text-align:left;"
|| '''Arena''' || [[Nicos Solomonides Arena|Nicos Solomonides]]
|- style="text-align:left;"
|| '''Arena Nickname''' || ''Το κλουβί'' (Greek)<br>''The Cage'' (English)
|- style="text-align:left;"
|| '''Arena Capacity''' || 3,000
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=3 | Women Volleyball Team Titles
|-
|Championship titles:
|30
|(1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2021)
|-
|Cup titles:
|28
|(1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2011)
|-
|Super Cup titles:
|13
|(1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011)
|-
! colspan=3 | Women U21 Volleyball Team Titles
|-
|Championship titles:
|11
|(1987, 1988, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010)
|-
|Cup titles:
|5
|(2000, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2010)
|-
! colspan=3 | Women U17 Volleyball Team Titles
|-
|Championship titles:
|11
|(1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009)
|-
|Cup titles:
|1
|(2000)
|}

A founding member of the Cyprus Volleyball Federation in 1976, AEL's women team has dominated in the Cypriot [[volleyball]]. The team's achievements are phenomenal; Out of the 32 seasons played so far in Cyprus since the commencement of the women's volleyball league, the team won the Championship 27 times. Out of the 31 cups they won it 27 times, 24 consecutive times, from 1980 until 2003. Also they have won the Championship 15 consecutive times, from 1977 until 1991. They have also the amazing records of winning the Double 12 times from 1980 until 1991 and 9 times from 1993 until 2001.
In the past the club had also a men's team for 10 years which participated in the Cypriot Championship.

=== Bowling team ===
The [[bowling]] club was founded in 1999 and the same year became a member of the Limassol District Federation. In 2001, the team participated in the Cypriot Championship as one of the two representatives of the Limassol District Federation. In the team won its first trophy by winning the Limassol District Federation Cup and in 2006 its first Championship by winning the Limassol District Federation Championship. The home of the team is the Galaktika Bowling Center.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BOWLING |url=https://www.aelimassol.com/departments/bowling/ |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=ΑΕΛ {{!}} ΑΘΛΗΤΙΚΗ ΕΝΩΣΗ ΛΕΜΕΣΟΥ |language=en-US |archive-date=11 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611063842/https://www.aelimassol.com/departments/bowling/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
|'''Player'''
|-
|{{flagicon|CYP}} Christos Krassas
|-
|{{flagicon|CYP}} Michalis Perikleous
|-
|{{flagicon|CYP}} Matthaios Armeftis
|-
|{{flagicon|CYP}} Niki Schiza
|-
|{{flagicon|CYP}} Kyriakos Hadjitofis
|-
|{{flagicon|CYP}} Stelios Potamitis
|-
|{{flagicon|CYP}} Christos Antoniou
|}

{|class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=3 | Bowling Team Titles
|-
|Limassol Championship:
|5
|(2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2023)
|-
|Limassol Cup:
|5
|(2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009)
|}

=== Billiards team ===
The idea to create an AEL [[Cue sports|billiards team]] started in September 2008 with Dimitris Dimitriou as the leader and took "flesh and bones" on September 10, 2010. AEL-Billiards from its first participation showed that it will be the star and that they will be among the great teams of Cyprus.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=ΜΠΙΛΙΑΡΔΟ |url=https://www.aelimassol.com/departments/billiard/ |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=ΑΕΛ {{!}} ΑΘΛΗΤΙΚΗ ΕΝΩΣΗ ΛΕΜΕΣΟΥ |language=en-US |archive-date=30 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030210938/https://www.aelimassol.com/departments/billiard/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The first match took place on October 4, 2010, away from home against the BREAK-TEAM team and AEL won with a score of 4–1. A symbolic date because it coincides with the founding of our beloved club in 1930! With a great start, 6 wins in 6 matches this season, AEL finished in 3rd place, just 1 point from 2nd place leading to the all-Cypriot final-four. A point of reference is that from the first year it had victories over all its rival teams. AEL's HEADQUARTERS were located in the "DYNAMIC PoolHall".<ref name=":0" /> The first roster of AEL billiards club consisted of:

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
|'''Player'''
|-
|{{flagicon|CYP}} Stelios Avgousti '''(C)'''
|-
|{{flagicon|CYP}} Sotiris Neophytou
|-
|{{flagicon|CYP}} Friksos Gavriel
|-
|{{flagicon|CYP}} Marios Constantinou
|-
|{{flagicon|CYP}} Giannis Theocharous
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="3" | Billiards club Titles
|-
|Cyprus Pro-League
|1
|(2013–14) 
|-
|Cypriot Championship ([[Eight-ball|eight–ball]]),
|1
|(2019)
|-
|Cypriot Championship ([[Ten-ball|ten–ball]])
|1
|(2019)
|}

=== Cycling team ===
The [[cycling]] team was founded in 2001 and the same year became a member of the Limassol District Federation. The first men's cycling team consisted of the following : Κωνσταντίνος Ιωάννου, Στέλιος Βασιλάκης, Χριστόφορος Στεφάνου, Αλέξης Κέστας, Mark Williams, Σταύρος Αντωνίου, Χρίστος Παναγιώτου, William de Doncker.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="3" | Cycling Team Titles
|-
|General – Road cup:
|3
|(2004, 2005, 2006)
|-
|Men – Road cup:
|3
|(2004, 2005, 2006)
|-
|Masters 1 – Road cup:
|1
|(2006)
|-
|Masters 2 – Road cup:
|3
|(2004, 2005, 2006)
|}

=== Esports team ===
AEL has also an [[esports]] department.

=== Boxing team ===
The [[boxing]] team was formed in 2023 and trains at the AEL boxing gym at [[Nicos Solomonides Arena]].

==Defunct sports departments==
Apart from the currently active sports departments, AEL had in the past some other sports departments, which today are defunct. Despite this, these currently not active departments had all won titles for AEL when they were active.

===Field hockey===
In the past AEL Limassol had a [[field hockey]] team which is currently not active. The team had plenty of victories led by its star player Renos Antoniadis. In 1931, AEL won the Cup in a match which was played in [[Larnaca]]. One year later, the team became Cypriot Champions. The team consisted of the following players: Antoniadis, Pareas, Frangos, Christophides, Michaelides, Kalogirou, Victor Mousteris, Anastasiadis and Williamson. However, there were no further hockey competitions in Cyprus afterwards, as the other hockey teams of the era closed down their hockey departments because of financial problems.

===Handball===
Another AEL sport department that currently does not exist is the handball.
The team was active for a small period of time but that did not stop the team from adding another trophy to the hundreds that AEL won in various other sports. On 11 June 1989, a day after the football team of the club won the Cypriot Cup, the handball team won the Cypriot Cup in handball by beating Youth Centre Larnaca 23–19 in the final which was played in Lefkotheo Indoor Hal, [[Nicosia]].

===Volleyball===
AEL maintains 3 teams for women's volleyball but does not currently have a men's Volleyball team.

===Waterpolo===
AEL was also active in maritime sports, especially those that needed team participation. AEL pioneered in [[Regatta]]s in 1932, 1933 and 1934 in the Cyprus Regatta Games. The members of the team were Nearchos Pieris, Christakis Dixon, Andreas Araouzos, Sotiris Antoniades and Maximos Morides. The club had also a [[waterpolo]] team which was unbeaten Cypriot Champions. The team achieved a noted victory against a selected team of the [[Royal Navy]] which were then Mediterranean Champions. Apart from the Cypriot Championships, AEL won the Mediterranean Naval Cup.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://ael-fc.com}}
* [http://www.aelimassol.com Limassol Club official website]
* [http://www.syfael.com Official SY.F.AEL fans' website]
* [http://www.lions-radio.com Lions Radio unofficial fans' website]

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