Ionikos N.F. B.C. is a Greek professional

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that is based in Nea Filadelfeia, a suburb of

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. The club's full name is Ionikos Neas Filadelfeias Basketball Club (

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n New Philadelphia). The basketball club is a part of A.S. Ionikos Neas Filadelfeias.

History

Ionikos N.F. played in Greece's top-tier level, the Greek Basket League, from 2001 to 2005. In 2004, Ionikos moved to

Amaliada Amaliada ( el, Αμαλιάδα, Katharevousa: Ἀμαλιάς, ''Amaliás'') is a town and a former municipality in northwestern Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ilida, of which it i ...

, Greece, and was named ''Ionikos N.F. Amaliada'', but the team returned to Nea Filadelfeia, Greece, at the end of the 2004–05 season. In the 2003–04 season, Ionikos played in the European 2nd-tier level EuroCup,Ionikos NF Egnatia Bank
ULEB Cup 2003–04 statistics. and in the 2004–05 season, Ionikos played in the European 3rd-tier level FIBA EuroChallenge.

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Notable players

Greece: *

Antonis Asimakopoulos Antonios Asimakopoulos (alternate spelling: Antonis) (Greek: Αντώνης Ασημακόπουλος; born July 24, 1976) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) tall power forward. Professional career ...

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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 ...

* Georgios Filippakis *

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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 ...

Apostolos Kontos Apostolos Kontos (Greek: Απόστολος Κόντος) (born on November 22, 1947) is a Greek former professional basketball player and coach. He is considered to be one of the great players in Panathinaikos Athens history, and is the club's al ...

* Georgios Limniatis * / Sasa Marcović *

Makis Nikolaidis Prodromos "Makis" Nikolaidis (alternate spelling: Nikolaides) (Greek: Πρόδρομος "Μάκης" Νικολαΐδης; born July 13, 1978) is a former Greek-Cypriot professional basketball player. At a height of 2.01 m (6'7") tall, and 102&n ...

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 ...

Spyros Panteliadis Spyridon "Spyros" Panteliadis (alternate spellings: Spiridon, Spyros) ( el, Σπυρίδων "Σπύρος" Παντελιάδης; (born January 30, 1977 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player. At 1.91 m (6 ft. 3 in.) tall, ...

* Michalis Perrakis * / Miloš Šakota * Vassilis Soulis * Tzanis Stavrakopoulos *

Aris Tatarounis Aris Tatarounis (Greek: Άρης Ταταρούνης; born May 4, 1989) is a Greek former professional basketball player. At a height of 1.92 m (6' 3") tall, he played at the point guard and shooting guard positions. Professional career Tataroun ...

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Nikos Vetoulas Nikolaos "Nikos" Vetoulas (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Βετούλας; born February 6, 1974 in Patras, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player and coach, currently managing Apollon Patras of the Greek Basket League. ...

Europe: *

Teoman Alibegović Teoman "Teo" Alibegović (born January 11, 1967) is Bosnian-Slovenian former professional basketball player, coach, and manager. With 990 points scored, he is the second all-time top scorer of the senior Slovenian national basketball team. Earl ...

* Michael Koch * Mirza Kurtović *

Antti Nikkilä Antti Nikkilä (born 25 August 1978) is a Finnish retired basketball player. He stands 2.10 m (6' 11") tall and weighs 122 kg (270 lb). He played college basketball at Valparaiso University (Valparaiso, Indiana, U.S.) from 1999–2003, ...

Jurica Žuža Jurica Žuža (born April 4, 1978) is a Croatian basketball coach and former basketball player serving as assistant coach for Lokomotiv Kuban of the VTB United League. Professional career Žuža started his professional career at Zadar under c ...

Rest of Americas: *

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USA: * Antoine Carr * Robert Conley *

Tony Dawson Antonio Ray Dawson (born August 25, 1967) is a retired American professional basketball player. At a height of 6'7" (2.01 m) tall, and a weight of 220 lb. (100 kg), he played at the small forward position. High school Dawson was born ...

Eddie Gill Edward Gill III (born August 16, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. Gill was born played college basketball at the College of Eastern Utah, Salt Lake Community College, and Weber State University. With the Weber State Wil ...

* / Justin Hamilton * Charles Jones * Carl Thomas * Kenyan Weaks

Head coaches

References

External links

Eurobasket.com Team ProfileEuroCup Team Page
{{Men's professional basketball leagues Basketball teams in Greece