Faros Keratsiniou B.C. (alternate spellings: Pharos, Keratsini), or simply, Faros B.C., is a

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professional

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club that is based in

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, Greece. The club's full name is Athlitikos Omilos Faros Keratsiniou, which means Sporting Group Lighthouse Keratsini (

: Αθλητικός Όμιλος Φάρος Κερατσινίου), abbreviated as A.O. Faros Keratsiniou. The club's

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is a

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. In 2017, the professional team merged with G.S. Larissas Faros, which received the spot of Keratsiniou in the

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Logos

Faros Keratsiniou B.C.jpg , (The club's lighthouse logo, 1971–2015) Faros_new_logo_2015.png , (2015–present)

History

Faros was founded in 1971, by Stefanos Lachanis. The team had its best season to date, in the 2014–15 season, when Faros was

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to the 2nd-tier level Greek 2nd Division, because of the

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of Panelefsiniakos to the Greek B League (Greek 3rd-tier level), due to financial problems. During its first season (2015–16) in the Greek A2 League, Faros had a terrific start to their season, and managed to break the record for the best win/loss start in the league, which was previously set by Dafnis, during the 1998–99 season. That same season, they also managed to make it to the

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's 2016 Final. Faros became just the third team in history to make it to the Greek Cup Final, while not being a current member of the top-tier level basketball league in Greece, the

, after

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in 1987, and Rethymno Aegean in 2007, previously accomplished the feat. In order to reach the 2016 Greek Cup Final, Faros first beat

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of the Greek 2nd Division, by a score of 79 to 57. They then beat 5 top-tier Greek First Division clubs in succession: Kolossos Rodou (70–66),

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(76–56), Trikala Aries (82–67), Nea Kifissia (61–59); and in the Greek Cup semifinals, they beat PAOK, of the European 2nd-tier level league, the EuroCup, by a score of 69–65. In the 2016–17 season, Faros won one of the Greek 2nd Division's league promotions to the top-tier level

. However, in the summer of 2017, Faros merged with G.S. Larissas, which then took the club's place in the upcoming Greek Basket League 2017–18 season. Faros retained all of its amateur and junior clubs.

Arena

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Season by season

Honors and titles

**Runners-up (1): 2015–16 * Greek Second Division **Runners-up (2): 2015–16, 2016–17

Notable players

Nikos Angelopoulos Nikolaos "Nikos" Angelopoulos (Greek language, Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Αγγελόπουλος; born June 27, 1984) is a Greek professional basketball player for Ionikos Nikaias B.C., Ionikos Nikaias of the Greek A2 Basket League, G ...

* Marios Batis *

Michalis Kakiouzis Michalis "Mika" Kakiouzis (alternate spellings: Michail, Michailis, Mihalis) (Greek: Μιχάλης Κακιούζης; born November 29, 1976) is a Greek professional basketball coach and former player. He is currently working as head coach for K ...

Vangelis Karampoulas Evangelos "Vangelis" Karampoulas (alternate spellings: Vaggelis, Karaboulas) (Greek: Ευάγγελος "Βαγγέλης" Καράμπουλας; born November 18, 1981) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a 2.00 m (6 ft 6 in) t ...

Sotiris Katoufas Sotiris Katoufas (alternate spelling Sotirios) ( el, Σωτήρης Κατούφας, link=no; born July 10, 1979) is a Greek professional basketball player for AOF Porfyras of the Greek C Basket League. He is a 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall power ...

Dimitrios Kompodietas Dimitrios "Dimitris" Kompodietas (alternate spelling: Kobodietas) ( el, Δημήτρης Κομποδιέτας; born April 26, 1985) is a Greek professional basketball player for Palaio Faliro B.C. of the Greek B Basket League. He is a 1.96 m (6 ...

Nikos Liakopoulos Nikolaos "Nikos" Liakopoulos ( el, Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Λιακόπουλος; born March 16, 1983 in Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player for KAO Korinthou of the Greek 3rd division. He is a 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) tall p ...

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 ...

Ioannis Milonas Ioannis Milonas (alternate spelling: Giannis) ( el, Γιάννης Μυλωνάς; born July 27, 1969, in Trikala, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At a height of 2.02 m (6' 7"), he played at the small forward position. ...

* Filippos Moschovitis *

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 ...

Christos Petrodimopoulos Christos Petrodimopoulos (Greek language, Greek: Χρήστος Πετροδημόπουλος; born December 25, 1980) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) tall power forward (basketball), power forward / c ...

Gaios Skordilis Gaios "Guy" Skordilis ( el, Γάιος "Γκάι" Σκορδίλης; born December 6, 1987) is a Greek professional basketball player for Milon B.C., Milon of the Greek A2 Basket League. He is a 2.08 m (6'10") tall 125 kg (275 lb.) Cen ...

Kostas Kakaroudis Konstantinos "Kostas" Kakaroudis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Κακαρούδης; born 2 May 1983) is a Greek professional basketball player who last played for Iraklis of the Greek Basket League. He is a 2.04 m (6' 8") tall p ...

Fotis 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' 1 ...

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 ...

References

External links

Official Website

Official Blog Site

Twitter Account

YouTube Account

Eurobasket.com Team Page
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