AEL's history from 1964-88 (English subtitles)

Added: Jun 13, 2008

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AEL Larissa history from 1964-88' (English subtitles) A.E. Larissa F.C. was founded on the 17th of May 1964 after the union of four local teams : Larisaikos, Iraklis, Aris and Toxotis. The vision of this decision was the creation of a strong club in order to represent the city of Larissa in the top divisions of the greek football and the greek club' s name (Athlitiki Enosi Larissas) represents this idea, since it' s translated as Athletic Union of Larissa. It' s colors were decided to be claret and white and as an emblem was used the galloping horse, the symbol of the city due to the tradition since the ancient years. Nine years later Larissa F.C. qualifies into the first division of the Greek championship, but two year later returns back to the second division. The moment of the glorious comeback is the 18th June of 1978 : the club wins Makedonikos by 4-1 in Thessaloniki in front of thousands of supporters and opens a new era, the creation of a team that would bring the so - called football revolution in the 80' s. The first sign was the participation in the greek cup final in 1982 against Panathinaikos, where Larissa lost by 1-0. Two years later the history was repeated and Larissa lost again by 2-0. The 3rd time in the greek cup Final was the crucial one. Larissa had to face the champion of that season, PAOK Thessaloniki on 22-06-1985 in the Olympic stadium of Athens. The claret boys had taken their black and white opponents were struck by storm and after an incredible performance ended to win the historical game by 4-1. The same year, some months earlier Larissa' s name was spread all over Europe after it' s fantastic performance in the Uefa Cup Winner' s Cup, reaching to the quarterfinals. The club on it' s way to the "8" of the competition beat Siofok and Servette before losing from Dynamo Moscow. Three years later Larissa F.C. marches for the title of the Greek Championship. During Mars' 88, a weird story about a foreign player using forbidden medicine is used to take away 4 points from the club. The supporters revolve against this ridiculous scandal and thousands of them close the national road and the railway station : the whole country remains cut in two for more than two day. The prime minister himself orders to change the law about forbidden medicine leaving the cost for the user as it was in the rest of Europe. Larissa ends it' s way to the top of the 1st of May 1988 beating Iraklis in Alkazar stadium by 1-0 : the magnificent goal goal by the captain Giorgos Mitsimponas gives the sign for thousands to celebrate.

Channel: Sports

Tags: 1964  1972  1973  1978  1979  1982  1983  1984  1985  1987  ael  championship  cup  greek  larisa  larissa  ΑΕΛ  Λάρισα 

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