Ethnikos Piraeus B.C. is the basketball department of the Greek

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Ethnikos Piraeus Ethnikos Piraeus (Greek: Εθνικός Πειραιώς) is a Greek multisport club based in Piraeus. It was founded in 1923. The full name of the club is Ethnikos Omilos Filathlon Pireos/Phalirou or Ethnikos OFPF (Greek: Εθνικός Όμιλ ...

or Ethnikos OFPF (''National Club of Fans of

Piraeus Piraeus ( ; el, Πειραιάς ; grc, Πειραιεύς ) is a port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attica region of Greece. It is located southwest of Athens' city centre, along the east coast of the Saronic ...

and Phalerum''). It is based in

, which is located in the

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urban area, and its home is the Panagiotis Salpeas Gymnasium. In the current season, Ethnikos Piraeus plays in the second division of the Greek basketball league system. The team's colours are white and blue.

History

During the decade of the 1970s, Ethnikos played in the

Beta Ethniki The Football League ( el, Φούτμπολ Λιγκ) was the second highest professional football league in Greece since its inception in 1962 as ''Beta Ethniki'' and until 2019. It then served as a third tier after the creation of the Super Lea ...

(second national league), and came close to reaching promotion to the top-tier level A Ethniki (first national league). The former president of

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George Vassilakopoulos George Vassilakopoulos (alternate spellings: Georgios, Giorgos, Vasilakopoulos, Vassilacopoulos, Vasilacopoulos; el, Γιώργος Βασιλακόπουλος; born 18 January 1939) is a Greek politician, former professional basketball player ...

, competed in Ethnikos Piraeus. In the subsequent following years, Ethnikos' standing as a club declined, and it played in the lower minor league Greek divisions. In recent years, the club was

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almost every year, as it climbed up to the Greek 2nd Division. Ethnikos was promoted 3 times, in 3 years (in 2012, 2013, and 2014). In 2014, Ethnikos was promoted to the

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(second division), after beating

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in a one off playoff game.

Titles

Ethnikos has won the

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level cup of the South

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regional (ESKANA) 3 times. The results of Ethnikos' 3 ESKANA local regional cup finals wins: *2009 : Ethnikos –

Perama Perama ( el, Πέραμα) is a suburb of Piraeus. It is part of Athens urban area and belogs to the Piraeus regional unit. It lies on the southwest edge of the Aegaleo mountains, on the Saronic Gulf coast. It is 8 km northwest of Piraeus, ...

66 – 62 *2012 : Ethnikos – Milon 69 – 63 *2014 : Ethnikos – Proteas Voulas 83 – 77

Roster

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 Page
{{Basketball in Greece Basketball teams in Piraeus Ethnikos Piraeus