APOEL Basketball Club, better known simply as APOEL, is a Cypriot professional basketball club based in the city of

Nicosia Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaor ...

. It is a part of the

APOEL APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...

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. APOEL is one of the most successful basketball clubs in Cyprus with an overall tally of 11

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, 12

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and 11 Super Cups.

History

was formed in 1926, but the basketball team was formed in 1947. The team's first ever basketball title was the Cypriot Super Cup that won in 1972. At the end of the same season (1972–73), APOEL won their second title, the

Cypriot Cup The Cypriot Cup () is the main cup competition in Cypriot football, run by the Cyprus Football Association (CFA). It began in 1934, the same season with the Cypriot Championship. It is the second most important competition for Cypriot club team ...

. The team achieved to win their first ever Championship title three years later, in season 1975–76. The 90's decade was the most successful for APOEL. The team won 4

, 5

and 4 Super Cups during that period, including one double on the 1995–96 season. After winning the double in 2001–02 season, APOEL won again the Championship in 2008–09 season, after 6 years without winning any title. The next season (2009–10), the team won their second consecutive Championship title and reached the quarterfinals of the FIBA EuroChallenge, marking their most successful campaign in the European competitions. After four years without winning any title, APOEL won again the Championship in 2013–14 season, which was their 11th league title in their history. During 2015–16 season, APOEL won their 12th

trophy, thirteen years after their last Cypriot Cup title. The next season (2016–17), APOEL returned in the European competitions after a five years break and reached the second round (Last 24) of the FIBA Europe Cup, marking one of their most successful seasons in the European competitions.

League positions

Honours

Cypriot Championship The Cypriot First Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας) is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Since February 2016, it is sponsored by Cyta and is thus officially ...

: Winners (11): 1975–76, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2013–14 *

: Winners (12) (record): 1972–73, 1978–79, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2015–16 * Cypriot Super Cup : Winners (11) (record): 1972, 1976, 1986, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2014

European campaigns

Last Update: 26 January 2017

Sponsorship names

* 2002–2004 Elma APOEL * 2004–2007 Dentalcon APOEL * 2007–2008 Aspis APOEL * 2008–2009 Seastar APOEL * 2009–2010 Μadisons APOEL * 2010–2013 Cytavision APOEL * 2015–2016 Cytavision APOEL

Players

Current roster

, valign="top" , ; Head coach * Marios Argyrou ; Assistant coaches * Giannis Damalis ;Legend: *(C) Team captain

Notable players

Cyprus * Giorgos Anastasiadis * Panagiotis Serdaris * Charis Soleas * Christos Stylianides * Vassilis Kounas Belgium * Gerben Van Dorpe Bermuda * Sullivan Phillips Cameroon *

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Croatia *

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* Saša Čuić Czech Republic * Ales Chan * Michal Křemen France *

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Great Britain *

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* Kyle Johnson *

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Greece *

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* Michalis Kakiouzis * Dimitrios Kalaitzidis Israel *

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Lithuania * Martynas Andriukaitis * Augustinas Vitas Mali * Ousmane Cisse Montenegro * Balša Radunović * Damjan Kandić * Boris Lalović Serbia *

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* Mirko Kovač * Ivan Mičeta *

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* Lazar Radosavljević USA *

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* Jerome Beasley *

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* Lonnie Cooper * Jeremiah Davis *

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* Brandon Ewing * Callistus Eziukwu * Charron Fisher * Darrin Fowlkes * Ian Hanavan * Earl Harrison *

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* Rick Hughes *

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* Mike Jones * Wykeen Kelly *

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* Arthur Lee * Thaddeus McFadden * Donte Poole *

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* Lewis Sims * Dante Stiggers * Loren Stokes *

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* Larry Turner * Tyson Wheeler * Isaac Wells *

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Women's team

History

APOEL also maintains a women's team which is competing in the women's Cypriot First Division. In their most successful seasons, APOEL women's team reached the Championship finals twice (2003–04 & 2004–05) and qualified two times for the semi-finals of the Cup (2004–05 & 2006–07).

References

External links

APOEL Athletic Football Club - official website

APOEL B.C. Youth Academy

Eurobasket.com APOEL BC Page
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