Ethnikos Piraeus B.C.

Ethnikos Piraeus B.C.
Leagues	A2 Basketball League Greek Cup
Arena	Panagiotis Salpeas Hall
Location	Piraeus, Greece
Team colors	Blue and White
President	D.Karafantis
Head coach	Dimitris Liogas
Website	ethnikos-bc.gr
Uniforms
Home Away

Active departments of Ethnikos Piraeus
Football	Basketball	Volleyball
Waterpolo	Swimming	Field Hockey
Canoeing

Ethnikos Piraeus B.C. is the basketball department of the Greek multisport club of Ethnikos Piraeus or Ethnikos OFPF (National Club of Fans of Piraeus and Phalerum). It is based in Piraeus and its home is the Panagiotis Salpeas Gymnasium. In current season Ethnikos Piraeus plays in A2 Ethniki, the second Greek professional Basket League. The team’s colours are white and blue.

History

During the decade of 1970, Ethnikos played in Beta Ethniki and reached close to the promotion in A Ethniki (first division). The former president of FIBA Europe George Vassilakopoulos competed in Ethnikos Piraeus. Next years Ethnikos declined and played in lowest divisions. The last years the club is promoted almost every year reaching in A2 Ethniki. Ethnikos has been promoted 3 times in 3 last years.^[1] The previous year Ethnikos was promoted in A2 winning Livadeia B.C. in one play-off game.^[2]

Roster

As of 26 September 2014

Ethnikos Piraeus roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 4 Mantzaris, Antonis 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) PG 5 Tzolos, Vangelis 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) PG 6 Totsios, Kostas 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) PG 7 Vasilopoulos, Fotios 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) C 8 Vougioukas, Alex 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) SG 9 Palaiochoritis, Vangelis 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) PF 10 Raptis, Alexis 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) PF 11 Gizogiannis, Andronikos 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) C 12 Latović, Damir 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) SF 13 Magkounis, Spyros 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) PF 14 Tziallas, Costas 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	Head coach Dimitris Liogas Assistant coach(es) Michalis Rachovitsas Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 26-09-2014

Titles

Ethnikos has won three times the non professional cup of South Attica (ESKANA).

The winning finals of Ethnikos:

• 2009 : Ethnikos – Perama B.C. 66 – 62^[3]
• 2012 : Ethnikos – Milon B.C. 69 – 63 ^[4]
• 2014 : Ethnikos – Proteas Voula B.C. 83 – 77 ^[5]

References

1. Το «θαύμα» του Εθνικού Πειραιά στο μπάσκετ (in Greek). protothema.gr. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
2. "Στην Α2 ο Εθνικός!". sport24.gr. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
3. "Εθνικός Πέραμα 66-62". ethnikos.gr. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
4. "Κυπελλούχος ο Εθνικός 69-63 τον Μίλωνα". eskana.gr. 25 February 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
5. "Κύπελλο ΕΣΚΑΝΑ: Το σήκωσε ο Εθνικός". onsports.gr. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.

External links

• Official website (Greek)
• Eurobasket.com Team Page