Apollon Patras B.C.

Main article: Apollon Patras
Apollon Patras
Nickname White-Blacks
Leagues Greek League
Greek Cup
Founded 1947
History 1947 - Present
Arena Apollon Patras Indoor Hall
(capacity: 3,500)
Location Patras, Greece
Team colors White and Black
         
Head coach Kostas Mexas
2015–16 position Greek Basket League 10th
Championships 2 A2 Championships
(1992, 2003)
Website apollonpatras.gr
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Apollon Patras B.C., named after the Greek God Apollo, is a Greek professional basketball club that is located in Patras, Greece. Apollon Patras B.C. is the basketball club of the Greek sports athletic union A.S. Apollon Patras. Currently, Apollon competes in the Greek League, which is the top basketball division in Greece.

History

Apollon arena in Perivola, Patras.
Dimitris Tofalos Arena

The club's predecessor sports club, A.S. Apollon Patras, was founded in 1926. The basketball section, Apollon Patras B.C., was founded in the year 1947. Apollon Patras B.C. has competed in the top division Greek League in a total of 28 different seasons so far, being one of the constant teams in the Greek League's top division over the years.

The club competed in the top division for the first time in the 1971-72 season. Apollon won the local Achaea tournament 4 times, in the years 1956, 1958, 1971, and 1973.

In 1997, Apollon B.C. had a successful season finishing in the 8th place of the Greek League and reaching the Round of 16 at the Saporta Cup. The club also made it to the final of the Greek Cup, for the first time in its history, but they were defeated by Olympiacos. In that particular season, Olympiacos was considered one of the greatest teams in European basketball, as they had won the 1997 Triple Crown.

One more successful season followed in 1998, in which Apollon finished in the 7th place of the Championships and made it to the Saporta Cup 32-Round. The following year (1999), the team was relegated to A2.

In 2003, Apollon B.C. won the Greek Second Division championship, and subsequently returned to the first division for four straight seasons (2004 to 2007). The team was relegated to A2 in 2007 and returned to A1 Ethniki in the season 2012-2013 entering the play-offs and finishing in the 8th place.

Titles & honours

Titles: (8)

Honours:

European honours:

Apollon Patras' season by season rankings

Season League Place
1979-80Α Ethniki 10th
1980-81Α Ethniki 11th
1981-82A Ethniki 10th
1982-83Α Ethniki 9th
1983-84Α Ethniki 12th
1984-85Α Ethniki 11th
1985-86Α Ethniki 6th
1986-87Α1 9th
1987-88Α1 8th
1988-89Α1 7th
Season League Place
1989-90Α1 8th
1990-91Α1 11th
1991-92Α2 1st
1992-93Α1 10th
1993-94Α1 11th
1994-95Α1 12th
1995-96Α1 8th
1996-97Α1 8th
1997-98Α1 7th
1998-99Α1 13th
Season League Place
1999-00Α2 3rd
2000-01Α2 4th
2001-02Α2 4th
2002-03Α2 1st
2003-04Α1 11th
2004-05Α1 9th
2005-06Α1 10th
2006-07Α1 13th
2007-08Α2 13th
2008-09Α2 10th
Season League Place
2009-10Β Ethniki 5th
2010-11Α2 5th
2011-12Α2 2nd
2012-13Α1 8th
2013-14Α1 8th
2014-15Α1 10th
2015-16Α1 10th

Logos

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Apollon Patras B.C. roster
Players Coaches
Lenny
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PF 4 Greece Niforas, Vasilis  2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 24 – (1991-08-02)2 August 1991
G 6 Greece Verginis, Dimitris 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 28 – (1987-05-15)15 May 1987
G 8 Greece Mastrogiannopoulos, Sarantis 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 18 – (1997-12-03)3 December 1997
SF 9 Greece Athanasoulas, Ioannis  2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 29 – (1987-01-21)21 January 1987
G/F 10 Sweden Pahlmblad, Martin 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 29 – (1986-05-09)9 May 1986
F 11 Norway Jawara, Karamo 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 24 – (1991-06-25)25 June 1991
C 13 Greece Pelekoudas, Andreas 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 28 – (1987-07-27)27 July 1987
PF 14 Greece Tataris, Dionysis 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 18 – (1998-02-05)5 February 1998
F 15 Greece Kouzeloglou, Giannis 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 21 – (1995-01-07)7 January 1995
G 17 Greece Bazinas, Periklis 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 15 – (2000-11-20)20 November 2000
PF 21 United States Meier, Tony 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 25 – (1990-06-03)3 June 1990
G 23 United States Saddler, Devon 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 24 – (1991-05-10)10 May 1991
PG 24 Greece Nikolopoulos, Ntinos 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 27 – (1988-08-30)30 August 1988
C 25 United States Woods, Tony 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 26 – (1990-01-24)24 January 1990
Head coach
  • Greece Kostas Mexas
Assistant coach(es)
  • Greece Konstantinos Raikitzis
  • Greece Panagiotis Kaperonis
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 29 Oct 2015

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Tony Woods Andreas Pelekoudas
PF Tony Meier Karamo Jawara Dionysis Tataris Vasilis Niforas
SF Martin Pahlmblad Giannis Kouzeloglou Ioannis Athanasoulas
SG Devon Saddler Sarantis Mastrogiannopoulos Periklis Bazinas
PG Dimitris Verginis Ntinos Nikolopoulos

Notable players

Notable coaches

Current sponsorships

References

  1. ↑ Apollonpatras.gr Old Index. (Greek)

External links

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