Lavrio B.C.

G.S. Lavrio
Nickname	Metallorichoi (The Miners)
Leagues	Greek Basket League Greek Cup
Founded	1990
History	1990 – Present
Arena	Lavrio Indoor Hall
Capacity	1,700
Location	Lavrio, Greece
Team colors	Yellow, Blue
President	Ioannis Psarakis
Head coach	Christos Serelis
2015–16 position	Greek Basket League 11th
Website	lavrio-bc.gr
Uniforms
Home Away

Lavrio B.C., or G.S. Lavrio (alternate spelling: Lavrion) (Greek: Γ.Σ. Λαυρίου K.A.E.), is a Greek professional basketball club that is based in Lavrio, Greece. The club's full name is Gymnastikos Syllogos Lavrio (Greek: Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Λαυρίου).

The club's current logo is an owl, symbolizing the ancient Greek coin Dekadrachm.

History

Lavrio was founded in 1990. The club played in the local regional ESKA leagues from 1990 to 2002. The club then spent five years playing at the Greek C National League level, from 2002 until 2007, when the club was promoted to the Greek B National League. During the club's first two seasons in the Greek National B League, 2007–08 and 2008–09, Lavrio ranked 6th in the final league standings. But the next season, 2009–10, it was declared the champion team of the category, after winning a tie-breaker with Panelefsiniakos (24 wins and 6 losses ). Therefore, for the first time in the club's history, it came up to the A2 National League. At the same time, in the organization of the Greek Cup, the club was eliminated after four games, losing in the 2nd leg of the second phase of the tournament against PAOK, by a score of 73-83.

During its first season in the Greek A2 Basketball League, in 2010–11, Lavrio finished in 4th place in the league standings. In the Greek Cup, the club was eliminated on the 2nd game day, where they were defeated by a score of 69-63, against Nea Kifissia. The following season, 2011–12, while still competing in the same league category, they finished in 8th place in the league standings. In the course of the Greek Cup, they were eliminated on the 2nd game day of Phase A, after being defeated by a score of 74-59, against Panerythraikos. In the 2012–13 season, the team continued its good performances, and finished in 5th place in the final standings of the league classification tables. In the Greek Cup, they were eliminated at the first game of the second phase, when they were defeated by Ikaroi Serron, by a score of 64-60.

In the 2014–15 season, Lavrio played in the Greek A2 League, and finished in third place in the league. Because the club KAOD withdrew from the top-tier Greek Basket League, Lavrio was then promoted to the top professional national basketball league in Greece, for the first time in its history.^[1]Lavrio managed to secure their place in the league one game before the end of the season, even though the team lost from Aries Trikala. The club finished 11th in yhe regular season.

Logos

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Roster

Lavrio B.C. roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 4 Young, Brandon 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 24 – 16 November 1991 F/C 6 Bakas, Giorgos 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 35 – 27 September 1980 PG 7 Tsiros, Panagiotis 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 33 – 19 February 1983 G/F 9 Sakellariou, Vangelis 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 26 – 4 August 1989 G/F 10 Nikolakopoulos, Panagiotis 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 21 – 24 August 1994 PG 11 Nixon, Zamal 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 29 – 7 January 1987 F/C 12 Perrakis, Michalis 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 32 – 15 March 1984 G/F 13 Giannakopoulos, Sakis (C) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 33 – 24 October 1982 C 14 Kaklamanakis, Dimitris 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 21 – 1 September 1994 F 15 Kešelj, Marko 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 28 – 2 January 1988 SG 19 Kaponis, Giannis 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 21 – 19 May 1994 PF 28 Barlos, Nikos 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 36 – 12 July 1979 G 33 Bebis, Vangelis 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 21 – 1 February 1995 PF 49 Biruta, Gilvydas 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 24 – 10 October 1991	Head coach Christos Serellis Assistant coach(es) Kostas Paschalis Alexandros Georgantas Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 20-08-2015

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Michalis Perrakis	Dimitris Kaklamanakis
PF	Gilvydas Biruta	Nikos Barlos		Giorgos Bakas
SF	Marko Kešelj	Sakis Giannakopoulos	Panagiotis Nikolakopoulos
SG	Brandon Young	Vangelis Sakellariou		Giannis Kaponis
PG	Zamal Nixon	Panagiotis Tsiros	Vangelis Bebis

Notable players

• Sakis Giannakopoulos
• Michalis Perrakis
• Vangelis Sakellariou
• Giorgos Danas
• Vangelis Bebis
• Nikos Barlos
• Dimitris Kaklamanakis
• Gilvydas Biruta
• Marko Keselj
• Brandon Young
• Zamal Nixon
• Ousman Krubally
• Demarius Bolds

References

1. "Τίτλοι τέλους ο ΚΑΟΔ, το Λαύριο στην Α1". gazzetta.gr. Retrieved 18 September 2015.

External links

• Eurobasket.com Team Profile
• Official page (Greek)
• Basket Lavrio Blogspot (Greek)