Holargos B.C. (alternate spellings: Cholargos) is a Greek professional basketball club. The club is located in

Cholargos Holargos ( el, Χολαργός, also: ''Cholargos'') is a suburb of Athens, Greece, located northeast of the city center and about away from Syntagma Square. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Papagou-Cholargo ...

, a suburban town in the Athens agglomeration, Greece. The club's full name is Athlitiki Enosi Holargou ( Greek: Αθλητική Ένωση Χολαργού), which is abbreviated as (Α.Ε. Χολαργού), and which means Basketball Club Holargos. In 2016, the club was merged with

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, and was thus

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to the Greek 2nd Division. In 2019, the club merged with Kolossos. In 2020 Holargos BC men's team makes a restart and will play in the 2nd Division of ESKA Championship.

History

In 2009, Holargos appeared for the first time in the 4th-tier level of the Greek national championships, in the Greek C League. In 2012, the club was

to the 3rd-tier level Greek B League, and stayed there for 3 years. In 2016, the club merged with

, in order to be able to participate in the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 League. During the 2016 summer transfer window, Holargos managed to make some very good transfers (for that level of competition), including

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 ...

, Georgios Apostolidis, Georgios Tsiakos,

Igor Milošević Igor Milošević (Serbian Cyrillic: Игор Милошевић; born April 14, 1986) is a former Greek professional basketball player of Serbian origin. In Greece, he is known as Igkor Milosevits (Greek: Ιγκόρ Μιλόσεβιτς). At a he ...

, and

Kevin Bleeker Kevin Bleeker (born 10 May 1993) is a Dutch basketball player for the Den Helder Suns of the BNXT League. Formerly, he played for Holargos, Navarar and Heroes Den Bosch. Early life Bleeker first played for the junior teams of BV Noordkop in ...

, who became the first non-Greek player to sign with the team. In 2018, Holargos BC got

to the top-tier level Greek Basket League for the first time in its history, after defeating

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in the finals of the Greek A2 Basket League promotion playoffs. For their first year in the Greek Basket League, Holargos appointed Aris Lykogiannis as the team's head coach. After a successful 2018–19 season, in which Holargos reached the Greek Basket League playoffs and ranked 8th in the final league standings, the future of the club in the first division came into question, due to an announcement which declared that Holargos would not be participating in the 2019–20 campaign because of financial problems, and was seeking to concede their registration in the league to another club. Eventually, the majority owner of the club sold the club's tax ID to Kolossos Rodou. Κολοσσός: Η συνένωση με τον Χολαργό είναι γεγονός ./ref> Holargos decided not to play in any League in the 2019–20 season. In June 2020, the Board of Directors of Holargos decided the restart of the men's team, which in the 2020-21 season will participate in the championship of ESKA 2nd Division.

Arena

Holargos plays its home games at the "Antonis Tritsis" Indoor Hall, which was opened in 1990. The arena originally had a seating capacity of 800, but it was increased to 1,240 for the club's debut in the top-tier level Greek Basket League's 2018–19 season.

Season by season

Roster

The team has not signed any players ahead of the new season. The club's first team matches will be played by the U-18 academy players.

Notable players

Grigoris Rallatos Grigoris Rallatos (Greek: Γρηγόρης Ραλλάτος) born in , is a Greek professional basketball player who last played for Holargos in the Greek Basket League. Rallatos started his career in the youth academies of Panionios B.C. with ...

* Georgios Apostolidis * Panos Kalaitzakis * Akis Kallinikidis *

Michalis Kamperidis Michalis Kamperidis (alternate spelling: Michail) (Greek: Μιχάλης Καμπερίδης; born April 24, 1994) is a Greek professional basketball player who last played for PAOK of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. ...

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 ...

Thomas Kottas Thomas "Tom" Kottas ( el, Θωμάς "Τομ" Κώττας; born 27 April 1996) is a Greek professional basketball player for Iraklis of the Greek Elite League. He is a 2.08 m (6'10") tall center. Professional career Kottas began playing ...

Spyros Motsenigos Spyridon "Spyros" Motsenigos (alternate spelling: Spiridon, Spiros) ( el, Σπυρίδων "Σπύρος" Μοτσενίγος; born January 1, 1992) is a Greek professional basketball player for Milon of the Greek C Basketball League. He is 1.9 ...

* Nikos Papanikolaou * Sakis Skoulidas *

Alexis Spyridonidis Alexandros "Alexis" Spyridonidis ( Greek: Αλέξανδρος "Αλέξης" Σπυριδωνίδης; born February 3, 1995) is a Greek professional basketball player for Aias Evosmou of the Greek A2 Basket League. Professional career Spyridon ...

Tasos Spyropoulos Anastasios "Tasos" Spyropoulos ( el, Αναστάσιος "Τάσος" Σπυρόπουλος; born April 1, 1995) is a Greek professional basketball player for Mykonos of the Greek A2 Basket League. He is a 2.08 m (6'10") tall power forward-cen ...

Angelos Tsamis Angelos Tsamis (alternate spelling: Aggelos) ( el, Άγγελος Τσάμης; born October 2, 1981) is a Greek professional basketball player for Mykonos of the Greek 3rd division. Born in Kato Achaia, Greece, he is a 1.92 m (6 ft 3 in) t ...

* Georgios Tsiakos * / Vlado Janković * /

* Robert Gilchrist *

Teddy Okereafor Teddy Okereafor (born 11 November 1992) is a British professional basketball player for the Cheshire Phoenix of the British Basketball League (BBL). Okereafor played college basketball for Virginia Commonwealth University and Rider University. He ...

* Danny Agbelese *

Rashad Bell Rashad Ernest Bell (born September 23, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. He also holds a Hungarian passport. References External links 1982 births Living people Alba Fehérvár players Al-Mina'a basketball player ...

Darrin Dorsey Darrin Dorsey (born May 17, 1987) is an American-born Cambodian professional basketball player who last played for Trefl Sopot of the Polish Basketball League. He is a 1.88 m. tall point guard. High school career Dorsey played high school basket ...

Toarlyn Fitzpatrick Toarlyn Lavon Fitzpatrick (born September 4, 1989), nicknamed Fitz, is an American professional basketball player for Rapid București of the Liga Națională. High school career Fitzpatrick played high school basketball at C. Leon King High Sc ...

Javontae Hawkins Javontae Hawkins (born November 13, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Limoges CSP of the LNB Pro A. He played his first two years of college basketball with the South Florida Bulls. Hawkins later played also with Eastern Ken ...

Jermaine Love Jermaine Love-Roberts (born March 27, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Nizhny Novgorod of the VTB United League. A 6'3", 186 lbs combo guard, Love played for Prairie State College (where he became the school' ...

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Head coaches

References

External links

Official Website

Eurobasket.com Team Page
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