Elliniko-Sourmena B.C. is a Greek basketball club, based in

Elliniko Elliniko ( el, Ελληνικό, meaning "Greek") is a coastal suburb of Athens, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Elliniko-Argyroupoli, of which it is a municipal unit. Elliniko is known for the Helli ...

, a suburb in the south of

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. The club was founded in 2012 after merging the older local basketball clubs, Elliniko B.C. and Sourmena B.C. The colours of the club are the blue and white and the emblem is a torch. The most successful team of the club is the women team which dominated for two seasons (2013–14 and 2014–15) in women's Greek basketball and won two Greek

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and two

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Women's team

History

Elliniko-Sourmena B.C. was founded 2012, after merging of Elliniko B.C. and Sourmena B.C. The former club Elliniko B.C. had promoted in

A1 Ethniki The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship), and also known as the Stoiximan Basket League for sponsorship reaso ...

in the period 2011-12. The new team replaced Elliniko B.C and played in first division. In period 2012-13 finished in 2nd place, after losing by

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

in the Championship finals. But the next season reached to top, winning both the championship and the cup. The club repeated the double the next year. But the presence of women team of Elliniko- Sourmena finished in summer of 2015, when the club merged with the Olympiacos women's team and was replaced by Olympiacos in the championship.

last seasons

Notable players

Pelagia Papamichail Pelagia Papamichail (born April 29, 1986, in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a Greece, Greek female basketball player. She plays for Olympiacos Women's Basketball, Olympiacos. References External linksProfile
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* Anastasia Gkotzi *

Evdokia Stamati Evdokia "Evina" Stamati (, born 2 August 1984) is a Greek professional basketball player who plays for Olympiacos Women's Basketball, Olympiacos and Greece women's national basketball team. She was part of the Greek national team in EuroBasket Wom ...

* Afroditi Kosma *

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* Nena Nikolaidou * Anthi Balta * Maria Roza Boni * Vaso Fouraki *

Stella Fouraki Styliani "Stella" Fouraki (Greek: ; born March 24, 1994) is a Greek professional basketball player who plays for Olympiacos in the Greek Women's Basketball League The Greek women's Basketball League, also known as A1 Ethniki (A1 National) Women's ...

* Roula Kalogirou * Aristea Maglara

Men's team

The men's team of Elliniko-Sourmena continues its presence. The club plays in the lower divisions of Greek championship. The season 2014-15, it played in B ESKANA (local division of south Athens).

Honours

;Women's Team * Greek Championships (2): 2014, 2015 * Greek Cups (2): 2014, 2015

References

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External links

Official Page
Women's basketball teams in Greece Basketball teams established in 2012 Basketball teams in Athens