Pezoporikos Larnaca FC

Pezoporikos Club Larnaca (Greek: Πεζοπορικός Όμιλος Λάρνακας, Pezoporikos Omilos Larnakas) was a Cypriot sports club based in Larnaca with football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1927, the football club joined the Cypriot Championship in 1938, winning it twice as well as one Cypriot Cup. The colours of the club were green and white. In 1994 the club merged with EPA Larnaca and they formed AEK Larnaca (Αθλητική Ένωση Κιτίου).

Pezoporikos
Πεζοπορικός

Full name	Πεζοπορικός Όμιλος Λάρνακας Pezoporikos Omilos Larnacas
Founded	1927; 96 years ago (1927)
Dissolved	1994; 29 years ago (1994)
Ground	GSZ Stadium
Home colours Away colours

The club also had a basketball and volleyball department and were basketball champions four times and five times cup winners. Since the 1990–91 season, the club dominated the Cyprus Basketball by winning 3 championships and one cup in four years. During the 1993–94 season the team eliminated Hapoel Eilat with 86–80 and 65–65 for the Korać Cup and qualified in the second round of Korać Cup where they were eliminated by Panionios. Even as champions, the club merged like the football department, however, AEK Larnaca didn't continue with the same success as Pezoporikos Basketball Club had.

Founding member of the Cyprus Volleyball Federation, the volleyball women's team was more successful than the men's one. The women's team won the Cup once in 1979 when they beat AEL Limassol in the final 3–2. They were Runners up twice each in the championship and in the cup.

Former players (football section)

Main page: Category:Pezoporikos Larnaca players

•   Jim McSherry (1983–84)^[1]
•   Ian Alexander (1985–86)^[2]
•   Spiros Livathinos (1986–88)
•   Stavros Papadopoulos (1980–81)
•   Neophytos Larkou (1987–94)
•   Uwe Bialon (1987–94)

Honours

Football

• Cypriot Championship:
  • Champions (2): 1953–54, 1987–88
  • Runner-up (8): 1939–40, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1981–82
• Cypriot Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1969–70
  • Runner-up (7): 1939–40, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1983–84
• Super cup:
  • Runner-up (2): 1954, 1988

Basketball

• Cyprus Basketball Division 1: (4) 1973, 1991,1992,1994
• Cypriot Cup (5): 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1992

Former players

•   Darrell Armstrong (1993)
•   William Sanchez (1999)

Volleyball (women)

• Cypriot Championship:
  • Runner-up (2): 1977, 1989
• Cypriot Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1979
  • Runner-up (7): 1989,1990

History in European competition

Overall

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
European Cup	0	0	0	2	2	7	-5
European Cup Winners' Cup	6	0	2	4	2	25	-23
UEFA Cup	6	0	2	4	6	20	-14
Total	14	0	4	10	10	52	–42

Matches

Season	Competition	Round1	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Agg.
1970–71	European Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Cardiff City	0–8 (A)	0–0 (H)	0–8
1972–73	European Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Cork Hibernians	1–2 (H)	1–4 (A)	2–6
1973–74	European Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Malmö FF	0–0 (H)	0–11 (A)	0–11
1978–79	UEFA Cup	1R	Śląsk Wrocław	2–2 (H)	1–5 (A)	3–7
1980–81	UEFA Cup	1R	VfB Stuttgart	0–6 (A)	1–4 (H)	1–10
1982–83	UEFA Cup	1R	Zürich	2–2 (H)	0–1 (A)	2–3
1988–89	European Cup	1R	IFK Göteborg	1–2 (H)	1–5 (A)	2–7

References

1. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/jimmcsherry.html^{[bare URL]}
2. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/ianalexander.html^{[bare URL]}