Ionikos Nikaias B.C. (

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: Iωνικός Νίκαιας K.A.E.) is a Greek professional

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club that is located in

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. The club was founded in 1965. It is a part of the A.O. Ionikos Nikaias (Α.Ο. Ιωνικός Νίκαιας)

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, the first tier level in Greek basketball.

Logos

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History

Early years

Ionikos Nikaias' men's basketball club was founded in 1965, and it played its first game in 1966, during the 1966–67 season. Over the years, the club has featured Greek players such as:

Panagiotis Giannakis Panagiotis Giannakis ( el, Παναγιώτης Γιαννάκης, ; born January 1, 1959), alternatively spelled Panayiotis Yiannakis or Yannakis, is a retired Greek professional basketball player and coach. As a player, he was primarily a poin ...

Fotis Katsikaris Fotios Katsikaris (alternate spelling: Fotis) ( Greek: Φώτιος Κατσικάρης, born 16 May 1967) is a Greek professional basketball coach and a former professional basketball player, he was most recently head coach for the Unicaja Mála ...

Nikos Oikonomou Nikolaos "Nikos" Oikonomou (alternate spellings: Ikonomou, Ekonomou) (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Οικονόμου; born February 19, 1973) is a retired Greek professional basketball player, and a current professional basketball coach. ...

, Vangelis Margaritis,

Vassilis Kavvadas Vassilis Kavvadas (alternate spellings: Vasilis, Vasileios) (Greek: Βασίλης Καββαδάς; born December 28, 1991) is a Greek professional basketball player for Aris of the Greek Basket League. He is 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall and he ...

, and Marios Batis. Ionikos Nikaias played in the Greek 2nd Division for the first time, in the 1972–73 season. The club won the Greek 2nd Division first group in the 1974–75 season, and was thus promoted to the top-tier level Greek League, for the first time, for the 1975–76 season. The club made 12 consecutive season appearances in the top-tier level

, during the 1970s and 1980s period, from the 1975–76 season, to the 1986–87 season. The club also competed in the 3rd-tier level European-wide competition, the

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, in both the 1979–80 and 1984–85 seasons. On January 24, 1981, Ionikos Nikaias, led by a then 22-year-old Giannakis, played against

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, which was led at the time by

Nikos Galis Nikolaos Georgalis ( el, Νικόλαος Γεωργαλής; born July 23, 1957), commonly known as either Nikos Galis ( el, Νίκος Γκάλης), or Nick Galis, is a retired Greek professional basketball player. Galis, who during his playin ...

. Aris won in a tight game, by a score of 114–113. The game is memorable in the history of Greek pro club basketball, because in the game, Giannakis scored 73 points, and Galis scored 62 points, achieving the 2nd and 4th most points scored in a single game of the Greek League basketball championship. On August 3, 1984, Ionikos Nikaias transferred its club star Panagiotis Giannakis, to the Greek club

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. Aris paid Ionikos Nikaias a transfer fee for his player rights, in the amount of 42 million Greek Drachmas, which was considered a huge amount of money for a transfer at that time. In order to complete the transfer, Giannakis also personally received a BMW car, a

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, and 8 million drachmas from Aris.

Recent years

Ionikos Nikaias won the Greek 3rd Division south conference in the 2017–18 season, and thus earned a league

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to the Greek 2nd Division, for the 2018–19 season. That marked the first time the club had played in the Greek 2nd Division, since the 2003–04 season. In the 2018–19 season, Ionikos won the Greek 2nd Division (A2) championship, and was promoted up to the first tier level

, for the 2019–20 season. That marked the first time the club had played in Greece's first division, since the 1986–87 season.

Ionikos Nikaias B.C. in international competitions

Arenas

Ionikos' long-time home arena (1970–2018, 2020–present) is the Nikaias Platonas Indoor Hall (

: Κλειστό Γυμναστήριο Πλάτων Νικαίας), which is an indoor arena that is located in

, and has a seating capacity of 1,200 people. Platonas Gymnasium was renovated in 2020. For the Greek Basket League 2019–20 season, while the arena was being renovated, Ionikos moved into the Sofia Befon Indoor Hall, which is located in

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Honors and titles

Domestic competitions

* Greek 2nd Division (B) / Greek 2nd Division (A2) Champion: (2) **(1974–75 B), 2018–19 A2) * Greek 3rd Division Champion: (1) **(2017–18)

European competitions

*Participant in

( 3rd-tier): (2) **( 1979–80, 1984–85)

Roster

Depth chart

Notable players

Greece: * Nikos Arsenopoulos * Giannis Athinaiou * Marios Batis *

Dimitris Bogdanos Dimitris Bogdanos (spatial-alien) (Greek: Δημήτρης Μπόγδανος; born October 26, 1975) is a Greek former professional basketball player. At a height of 2.02 m (6' 7 ") in height, he played at both the small forward and power forwar ...

* Vassilis Charalampopoulos * Nikos Chougkaz * Ioannis Dimakos *

* Costis Gontikas * Georgios Kalafatakis *

Andreas Kanonidis Andreas Kanonidis (Greek: Ανδρέας Κανονίδης; born July 26, 1991) is a Greek professional basketball player for Amyntas of the Greek A2 League. He is 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) tall and he can play at both the small forward and power ...

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 ...

* Iosif Koloveros * Dimitris Kompodietas * Thomas Kottas *

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 ...

Dimitris Lolas Dimitrios Lolas (alternate spelling: Dimitris) (Greek: Δημήτριος Λόλας; born January 31, 1986) is a Greek professional basketball player for Niki Volou of the Greek 3rd division. At a height of 6'8" (2.03 m), he can play at both th ...

* Vangelis Margaritis *

Loukas Mavrokefalidis Loukas Mavrokefalidis (alternate spelling: Mavrokefalides) (Greek: Λουκάς Μαυροκεφαλίδης; born July 25, 1984) is a Greek professional basketball player and the team captain for Ionikos Nikaias of the Greek Basket League. He ha ...

Iakovos Milentigievits Iakovos Milentigievits Alifieris (alternate spelling: Milentijević) (Greek: Ιάκωβος Μιλεντίγιεβιτς Αλιφιέρης; born January 11, 1997) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 1.90 m (6 ft 2 in) tall. He ...

* Andreas Papadopoulos * Michael Paragyios * Christos Petrodimopoulos *

Andreas Petropoulos Andreas Petropoulos ( el, Ανδρέας Πετρόπουλος; born February 11, 1994) is a Greek professional basketball player for AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. He is a 1.96 m (6'5") tall swingman. ...

* Ioannis Sachpatzidis * Vangelis Sakellariou *

Sofoklis Schortsanitis Sofoklis Schortsanitis (Greek: Σοφοκλής Σχορτσανίτης; born 22 June 1985) is a Greek former professional basketball player and Olympian. An All-EuroLeague First Team selection in 2011, Schortsanitis won the EuroLeague title ...

* Vassilis Toliopoulos *

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' ...

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Angelo Tsagarakis Angelo Constantin Tsagarakis (alternate spellings: Angelos, Aggelos, Tsagkarakis) (Greek: Άγγελος Τσαγκαράκης; born June 3, 1984) is a retired French-Greek professional basketball player who played both point guard and shooting g ...

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* Jordan Callahan * Toarlyn Fitzpatrick *

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* Daniel Hamilton * Jeremy Hollowell *

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* Lucky Jones * Eugene Lawrence *

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* Adam Smith * B. J. Stith *

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Head coaches

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References

External links

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