Panelefsiniakos B.C. (

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: Πανελευσινιακός K.A.E.) is a Greek professional

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club that is located in

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. Panelefsiniakos basketball section was founded in 1969, and the club is also commonly known as Elefsina B.C. The team competes in the

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since 2015.

History

The club's parent athletic association, Panelefsiniakos A.O.K. Elefsina, was founded in the year 1931. The club's basketball section, Panelefsiniakos B.C., was founded in the year 1969. Panelefsiniakos B.C. won the Greek Second Division championship in 2012.Πανελευσινιακός Ο Σύλλογος .
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2012–2015: The A1 experience

The club competed in the first tier professional basketball league in Greece (

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) for first time in its history in the 2012–13 season. Panelefsiniakos made a mediocre start at its debut Greek Basket League season, as the team registered just 2 victories in the first 10 match days of the league. The team spent the first round playing at

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(17 km away from the town of

), due to necessary renovation to its home court which lasted for about 3 months. In order to avoid relegation, Panelefsiniakos improved its performance in the following months and got crucial wins at home against PAOK,

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and

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. The team of coach Giorgos Skarafigkas beat also KAOD and

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and finished the season with a 7–19 record (11th spot in the standings). Greek

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was team's season MVP with 15.3 points per game on average and generally had great contribution. After the end of a successful season, Panelefsiniakos made a lot of important changes to its roster in summer of 2013, including the addition of

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former

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and Greek NT member

Manolis Papamakarios Emmanouil "Manolis" "Manos" Papamakarios (Greek: Εμμανουήλ "Μανόλης" "Μάνος" Παπαμακάριος; born August 26, 1980) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He is 1.92 m (6 ft 3 in) tall and he mainly ...

. The blue-whites begun strongly the 2013–14 season with 3 victories in the first 5 games, one of them on the road against

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. Two match days before regular season's end, Panelefsiniakos, led by

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David Kyles who scored 20 points and grabbed 4 rebounds, crushed

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at home and made a decisive step in order to stay at the top division. Finally, the goal was achieved as the club, despite its ups and downs during the year, once again managed to avoid relegation. Coach Skarafigkas' players celebrated 7 wins, in a season where

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Larry Turner (9.2 points and 3.2 rebounds per game) and

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(13.5 points and 7.6 rebounds per game) were solid.

Season by season

Arenas

Panelefsiniakos plays its home games at the Elefsina Indoor Hall (also known as "Gouva"), which has a seating capacity of 1,100 people. The club used Peristeri Indoor Hall for some months in the beginning of the 2012–13 season, due to renovation to its traditional home court.

Roster

Depth chart

Titles

* A2 Basket League: (1) **2012 * C Basket League: (1) **2009 *Total Titles: 2

Notable players and statistics

* Dimos Avramidis ''(63 Apps - 118 Pts - 74 Rebs)'' *

Thomas Nikou Thomas Nikou ( el, Θωμάς Νίκου; born June 25, 1980) is a Greek professional basketball player for Eleftheroupoli of the Greek A2 Basket League. He is a 1.85 m (6'1") tall point guard. Professional career After playing in the Greek mi ...

''(49 Apps - 200 Pts - 160 Asts)'' *

Spyros Magkounis Spyridon "Spyros" Magkounis (alternate spellings: Spiridon, Spiros, Magounis) ( el, Σπυρίδων "Σπύρος" Μαγκουνής; born December 10, 1985 in Greece) is a Greece, Greek professional basketball player. He is a 2.02 m (6 ft ...

''(30 Apps - 247 Pts - 78 Rebs)'' *

''(26 Apps - 399 Pts - 121 Asts)'' *

Nikos Papanikolopoulos Nikolaos "Nikos" Papanikolopoulos (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Παπανικολόπουλος; born April 21, 1979) is a retired Greek professional basketball player and current basketball coach. During his playing career, at a height ...

''(26 Apps - 237 Pts - 44 Asts)'' *

Ioannis Dimakos Ioannis "Giannis" Dimakos (Greek: Ιωάννης "Γιάννης" Δημάκος; born September 14, 1990) is a Greek professional basketball player for Eleftheroupoli of the Greek 2nd Division. He is a 6 ft 4 in (1.94 m) tall shooting gua ...

''(26 Apps - 35 Pts - 28 Rebs)'' *

Manos Papamakarios Emmanouil "Manolis" "Manos" Papamakarios (Greek: Εμμανουήλ "Μανόλης" "Μάνος" Παπαμακάριος; born August 26, 1980) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He is 1.92 m (6 ft 3 in) tall and he mainly ...

''(26 Apps - 239 Pts - 76 Asts)'' *

Nikos Papanikolaou Nikolaos Papanikolaou (Greek language, Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Παπανικολάου; born June 1, 1985) is a Greek professional basketball player for Psychiko B.C., Psychiko of the Greek A2 Basket League. He is a 6 ft 10 i ...

''(25 Apps - 154 Pts - 71 Rebs)'' * Antonis Mantzaris ''(25 Apps - 139 Pts - 47 Rebs)'' *

Periklis Dorkofikis Periklis Dorkofikis ( el, Περικλής Δορκοφίκης; born August 30, 1980) is a Greek former professional basketball player. At a height of 2.07 m (6'9 ") tall, he played at the power forward and center positions. Professional career ...

''(24 Apps - 125 Pts - 52 Rebs)'' * Ioannis Athanasoulas ''(24 Apps - 202 Pts - 61 Rebs)'' * Stelios Ioannou ''(23 Apps - 118 Pts - 71 Rebs)'' *

Fotios Vasilopoulos Fotios Vasilopoulos (alternative spellings: Fotis, Vassilopoulos) ( el, Φώτης Βασιλόπουλος; born 1986) is a Greek professional basketball player who plays for Ethnikos Piraeus B.C. of the Greek B Basket League. He is 1.87 m (6' ...

''(23 Apps - 120 Pts - 82 Asts)'' *

Georgios Tsiakos Georgios "George" Tsiakos (alternate spelling: Giorgos) (Greek: Γιώργος Τσιάκος; born July 19, 1982) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall power forward-center. Professional career Tsiakos ...

''(23 Apps - 136 Pts - 92 Rebs)'' * Efthymios Tsakaleris ''(19 Apps - 38 Pts - 33 Rebs)'' * Dimitris Arapis ''(19 Apps - 44 Pts - 27 Rebs)'' * Nikos Kalles ''(10 Apps - 32 Pts - 15 Rebs)'' *

Alexandros Sigkounas Alexandros Sigkounas (alternate spelling: Sigounas) (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Σιγκούνας; born July 7, 1988) is a Greek professional basketball player who last played for Vrijednosnice Osijek of the Croatian League. He is a 2.02 m (6 ...

''(didn't play in

)'' *

Fotios Zoumpos Fotios Zoumpos (alternate spellings: Fotis, Zoubos) ( el, Φώτης Ζούμπος; born April 4, 1993) is a Greek professional basketball player for Milon of the Greek 3rd division. He is 6 ft 4 in (1.95 m) tall and weighs 190 lb ...

''(didn't play in

)'' *

Nikos Kaklamanos Nikos Kaklamanos (born July 12, 1981 in Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) in height. He can play at both the point guard and shooting guard positions. Professional career In his pro career, Kaklama ...

''(didn't play in

)'' * Manolis Koukoulas ''(didn't play in

)'' * Giannis Kyriakopoulos ''(didn't play in

)'' * Alekos Petroulas ''(didn't play in

)'' * Dimitris Benos ''(didn't play in

)'' * Christos Deligiannis ''(didn't play in

)'' * Vangelis Balafas ''(didn't play in

)'' * Larry Turner ''(27 Apps - 239 Pts - 135 Rebs)'' * Rob Jones ''(24 Apps - 263 Pts - 156 Rebs)'' * Elijah Johnson ''(22 Apps - 238 Pts - 81 Rebs)'' * Brandis Raley-Ross ''(17 Apps - 155 Pts - 51 Rebs)'' *

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''(16 Apps - 142 Pts - 139 Rebs)'' * Xavier Gibson ''(15 Apps - 125 Pts - 49 Rebs)'' * Ned Cox ''(15 Apps - 67 Pts - 17 Rebs)'' * Harper Kamp ''(14 Apps - 68 Pts - 44 Rebs)'' * Vincent Simpson ''(12 Apps - 61 Pts - 19 Rebs)'' *

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''(12 Apps - 158 Pts - 95 Rebs)'' *

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''(11 Apps - 58 Pts - 20 Asts)'' *

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''(11 Apps - 120 Pts - 46 Rebs)'' * Keyon Carter ''(8 Apps - 10 Pts - 7 Rebs)'' * Aaric Murray ''(7 Apps - 70 Pts - 41 Rebs)'' * John Ofoegbu ''(7 Apps - 21 Pts - 6 Rebs)'' * David Kyles ''(6 Apps - 81 Pts - 29 Rebs)'' * Jamal Wilson ''(4 Apps - 30 Pts - 7 Rebs)'' * Terrence Joyner ''(4 Apps - 5 Pts - 7 Rebs)'' * Nikolas Raivio ''(4 Apps - 28 Pts - 8 Rebs)'' * Tyler Hughes ''(3 Apps - 2 Pts - 2 Rebs)'' * Amoke Omondi ''(Only pre-season)'' *

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''(26 Apps - 293 Pts - 169 Rebs)'' * Nemanja Mitrović ''(13 Apps - 110 Pts - 25 Rebs)'' *

''(22 Apps - 297 Pts - 168 Rebs)'' * Rokas Uzas ''(5 Apps - 19 Pts - 8 Rebs)'' *

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''(1 App - 19 Pts - 7 Rebs)'' *''Notice: The statistics are about Basket League only, not other divisions or

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Head coaches

Georgios Kalafatakis Georgios Kalafatakis (alternate spelling: Giorgos) (born November 9, 1958; el, Γιώργος Καλαφατάκης) is a Greek professional basketball coach and a retired professional basketball player. Playing career Kalafatakis played club b ...

References

External links

Official Website

Eurobasket.com Team Profile
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