Doxa Lefkadas B.C., or simply Doxa B.C., is a professional basketball club that is located on the island of Lefkada, in Lefkada City, Greece. The club currently plays in Greek basketball's 3rd-tier level Greek B Basket League.

History

The parent athletic club Doxa Lefkadas, was founded in 1981. The men's basketball team was then founded in 1982. The club first played in a national division in 1987, when it played in the 4th-tier level Greek C Basket League. The team won the 4th-tier Greek C Basket League in 2010, thus earning a promotion to the 3rd-tier level Greek B Basket League. Doxa Lefkadas competed in the Greek Cup for the first time, in the 2010–11 season. For the 2011–12 season,

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declined its place in the 2nd-tier level

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, and Doxa Lefkadas replaced it in the league. For the 2012–13 season, the club finished in last place in the Greek A2 League, and was thus

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back down to the 3rd-tier Greek B League. In the 2013–14 season, Doxa Lefkadas won the North Group of the Greek B Basket League, and they were promoted back up to the Greek A2 League. In the 2015–16 season, the team finished in 6th place in the Greek A2 League. For the 2016–17 season, the club was granted a wildcard to play in the top-tier level Greek Basket League for the first time.

Arena

Doxa Lefkadas plays their home games at the 1,200 seat Lefkada Indoor Hall. In 2016, the arena was upgraded, renovated, and more seating was added, in order to meet Greek Basket League standards."Μεταμορφώθηκε" το γήπεδο της Δόξας Λευκάδας .
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Season by season

Roster

Notable players

* Georgios Apostolidis *

Vangelis Sklavos Evangelos "Vangelis" Sklavos (alternate spelling: Vaggelis) (Greek: Ευάγγελος "Βαγγέλης" Σκλάβος; born 1 December 1977) is a Greek former professional basketball player. He was born in Athens, Greece. At a height of 2.02 m ...

Alexis Kyritsis Alexandros "Alexis" Kyritsis (alternate spelling: Kiritsis) ( el, Αλέξανδρος "Αλέξης" Κυρίτσης; born May 18, 1982) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) tall. He is a talented offensive c ...

Andreas Kanonidis Andreas Kanonidis (Greek: Ανδρέας Κανονίδης; born July 26, 1991) is a Greek professional basketball player for Amyntas of the Greek A2 League. He is 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) tall and he can play at both the small forward and power ...

* Dimitris Tsaldaris *

Sakis Karidas Athanasios "Sakis" Karidas (alternate spelling: Karydas) (Greek: Αθανάσιος "Σάκης" Καρύδας; born November 4, 1979) is a Greek former professional basketball player. At a height of 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) tall, he ;played at t ...

Stelios Ioannou Stelios Ioannou (Greek: Στέλιος Ιωάννου; born July 28, 1987 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 6'7" and plays at the shooting guard position. Professional career After playing in the top-tier level ...

* Georgios Diamantopoulos * Nikos Pettas *

Giannis Kyriakopoulos Ioannis Kyriakopoulos (alternate spellings: Giannis, Yiannis, Yannis, Kiriakopoulos) ( el, Γιάννης Κυριακόπουλος; born June 6, 1983) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 1.88 m (6'2") in height, and he plays at the ...

* Ioannis Demertzis *

Ioannis Psathas Ioannis Psathas (alternate spellings: Giannis, Yiannis) ( el, Γιάννης Ψαθάς; born April 15, 1983) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) in height, and he can play at both the small forward and power ...

* Georgios Georgakis *

Christos Tapoutos Christos Tapoutos ( el, Χρήστος Ταπούτος; born September 21, 1982) is a Greek former professional basketball player. At a height of 2.06 m (6'9") tall, he played at both the small forward and power forward positions, with power forw ...

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* David Doblas * Justin Robinson *

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Melsahn Basabe Melsahn Basabe (born May 29, 1992) is an American-Puerto Rican professional basketball player for the Piratas de Quebradillas of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball at the University of Iowa. Personal life Basab ...

* Dez Wells * Eli Carter *

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* Alex Harris * vasilis vagenas

Head coaches

Makis Giatras Gerasimos "Makis" Giatras ( el, Γεράσιμος "Μάκης" Γιατράς; born August 27, 1971) is a Greek professional basketball coach, most recently having managed Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League and the EuroCup. Coaching ...

: (2008–2009) * Dimitris Papadopoulos: (2012–2013) * Vangelis Ziagkos: (2014–2015) *

Charis Markopoulos Charalambis "Charis" Markopoulos (alternate spellings: Charalambos, Haris) ( el, Χαραλάμπης "Χάρης" Μαρκόπουλος; born January 20, 1982) is a former Greek professional basketball player and current professional assistant ...

: (2016–2017)

References

External links

Doxa Lefkadas B.C. Website

Eurobasket.com Team Page
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