AEL Limassol

AEL Limassol
	AEL Limassol
Basic data
Surname	AΘΛHTIKHΣ ENΩΣHΣ ΛEMEΣOY
Seat	Limassol , Republic of Cyprus
founding	4th October 1930
president	Andгeas Sofocleous
Website	aelfc.com
First soccer team
Head coach	Ivaylo Petev
Venue	Tsirio Stadium , Limassol
Places	13,331
league	First Division
2018/19	4th Place
home	Away

AEL Limassol ( Greek : Αθλητική Ένωση Λεμεσού) is a Cypriot sports club from Limassol . The association was founded in 1930. The soccer team plays their home games in the Tsirio , which has a capacity of around 14,000 spectators.

In addition to a very successful basketball and volleyball department , the club also has a cycling and bowling department .

History of the football department

AEL has been the Cypriot champion six times and the Cypriot cup winner six times.

The team has participated in the European Cup five times so far, but was eliminated each time in the first round. In 1996 AEL had to relegate to the 2nd division for the first time in the club's history, but managed to get promoted again immediately.