AEL

AEL Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ ΑΕΛ), also known by its full name Athlitiki Enosi Larissas (Greek: Αθλητική Ένωση Λάρισας, lit. 'Athletic Union of Larissa'), simply called AEL or Larissa, is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Larissa, capital of Greece's Thessaly region.

Founded in 1964, it is directly associated with the city of Larissa and its representation. The club's emblem, is a rising horse and its colors are crimson and white. It is the only team outside the two major Greek cities (Athens and Thessaloniki) to have won the Greek Championship, which happened in the 1987–88 season. AEL has also won the Greek Cup twice (1984–85 and 2006–07) and came runners-up in the Cup finals of 1982 and 1984. This record places the club among the top teams in the history of Greek football.

They play their home games at Alcazar Stadium, the club's initial homeground that was renovated in the summer of 2020, with a capacity of 13,108 seats. The team competed in the Greek Super League, the first tier of the Greek football league system, until its relegation in May 2021.

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