Faros Keratsiniou B.C.

Faros Keratsiniou
Nickname	Cyan-Reds Panionios Sharks
Leagues	A2 Basket League Greek Cup
Founded	1971
History	1971 – Present
Arena	Pantelis Nikolaidis Indoor Hall
Capacity	1,000
Location	Keratsini, Piraeus, Athens, Greece
Team colors	Red, Black and Blue
President	Nikos Petsas
Head coach	Andreas Polemis
Website	Official site
Uniforms
Home Away

Faros Keratsiniou B.C. (alternate spellings: Pharos, Keratsini), or simply, Faros B.C., is a Greek professional basketball club that is based in Keratsini, Piraeus, Athens, Greece. The club's full name is Athlitikos Omilos Faros Keratsiniou, which means Sporting Group Lighthouse Keratsini (Greek: Αθλητικός Όμιλος Φάρος Κερατσινίου), abbreviated as A.O. Faros Keratsiniou. The club's emblem is a lighthouse.

History

Faros was founded in 1971, by Stefanos Lachanis. The team had its best season to date, in the 2014–15 season, when Faros was promoted to the 2nd-tier level Greek 2nd Division, because of the relegation of Panelefsiniakos to the Greek B League (Greek 3rd-tier level), due to financial problems.

During its first season (2015–16) in the Greek A2 League, Faros had a terrific start to their season, and managed to break the record for the best win/loss start in the league, which was previously set by Dafni, during the 1998–99 season. That same season, they also managed to make it to the Greek Cup's 2016 Final. Faros became just the third team in history to make it to the Greek Cup Final, while not being a current member of the top-tier level basketball league in Greece, the Greek Basket League, after Panellinios in 1987, and Rethymno Aegean in 2007, previously accomplished the feat.

In order to reach the 2016 Greek Cup Final, Faros first beat Pagrati of the Greek 2nd Division, by a score of 79 to 57. They then beat 5 top-tier Greek First Division clubs in succession: Kolossos Rodou (70-66), Lavrio (76-56), Trikala Aries (82-67), Nea Kifissia (61-59); and in the Greek Cup semifinals, they beat PAOK, of the European 2nd-tier level league, the Eurocup, by a score of 69-65.

Arena

The club plays its home games at the Pantelis Nikolaidis Indoor Hall, a small arena with a capacity of about 1,000.^[1]

Logos

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  (The club's lighthouse logo, 1971–2015)

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  (2015–present)

Season by season results

Recent Seasons
Season	Greek Division	Tier Level	Place - Record	Greek Cup
2013–14	Greek C Basket League	4th tier	2nd (15-5)
2014–15	Greek B Basket League	3rd tier	2nd (22-5)
2015–16	Greek A2 Basket League	2nd tier		Finalist

Roster

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Faros Keratsiniou B.C. roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 4 Papadopoulos, Andreas 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 35 – 19 May 1980 SG 5 Charalampopoulos, Spyros 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – 25 January 1992 G/F 6 Kountouras, Giorgos 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 26 – 8 March 1990 G/F 7 Karampoulas, Vangelis 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 34 – 18 November 1981 G 8 Batis, Marios 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 35 – 20 June 1980 F/C 9 Petrodimopoulos, Christos 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 35 – 25 December 1980 G 10 Liakopoulos, Nikos 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 33 – 16 March 1983 PF 11 Angelopoulos, Nikos 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 118 kg (260 lb) 31 – 27 June 1984 G/F 12 Kompodietas, Dimitrios 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 31 – 26 April 1985 G 13 Chortsas, Vangelis 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 20 – 6 September 1995 F/C 14 Katoufas, Sotiris 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 36 – 7 October 1979 F 15 Kakiouzis, Michalis 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 39 – 29 November 1976 G 17 Papamakarios, Manos 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 35 – 26 August 1980 C 20 Skordilis, Gaios 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 125 kg (276 lb) 28 – 6 December 1987 F/C Papagiannakopoulos, Alexandros 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 19 – 4 May 1997	Head coach Andreas Polemis Assistant coach(es) Theofilos Bekes Dimitris Frattas Physiotherapist(s) Giorgos Nikolaou [2] Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2016-3-4

Honors and titles

• Greek Cup Finalist: (2015–16)

Notable players

• Nikos Angelopoulos
• Marios Batis
• Michalis Kakiouzis
• Vangelis Karampoulas
• Sotiris Katoufas
• Dimitrios Kompodietas
• Nikos Liakopoulos
• Spyros Magkounis
• Ioannis Milonas
• Filippos Moschovitis
• Manos Papamakarios
• Christos Petrodimopoulos
• Gaios Skordilis

References

1. Στη φωλιά του… λύκου (pics) (Greek).
2. http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Greece/AO-Faros-Keratsiniou/12375?Page=0

External links

• Official Website (Greek)
• Official Blog Site (Greek)
• Twitter Account (Greek)
• YouTube Account (Greek)
• Eurobasket.com Team Page