Kavala B.C. is a Greek professional

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club that is located in

Kavala Kavala ( el, Καβάλα, ''Kavála'' ) is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala regional unit. It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos and on the Egnat ...

, Greece. The club is also known as E.K. Kavalas, with the club's full name being Enosi Kalathosfairisis Kavalas, which means Kavala Basketball Union ( el, Ένωση Καλαθοσφαίρισης Καβάλας). The club competes in the 2nd-tier level

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Club branding

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History

Kavala B.C. was founded in 2003. In 2008, Kavala B.C. merged with Panorama B.C. to form the club Kavala B.C. (men's professional team). That same year, the merged club joined the first division of Greek pro basketball, the

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, for the first time. The club has played six seasons in the Greek top division ( 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, and 2015–16). The club's best finish in the top Greek League so far is sixth place, in the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons. After spending two seasons in the Greek 2nd Division, Kavala was promoted again to the top-tier Greek Basket League. During the 2015–16 season,

Steve Giatzoglou Stylianos "Steve" Giatzoglou (alternate spellings: Yatzoglou, Yantzoglou; Greek: Στυλιανός "Στηβ" Γιατζόγλου; born 11 December 1949), is a Greek American professional basketball coach, and the president of the Union of Greek ...

, became the team's

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, after replacing Giannis Tzimas, due to the poor performances of the club to begin the season, and in order for the club to avoid

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. Eventually, the club was relegated anyway, after finishing in 14th place in the league.

Titles and honors

* Greek 2nd Division :Champions (1): 2014–15

Roster

Notable players

Head coaches

Vangelis Alexandris Evangelos "Vangelis" Alexandris ( el, Ευάγγελος "Βαγγέλης" Αλεξανδρής; born February 2, 1951) is a Greek professional basketball coach and a retired professional player. During his playing career, his nickname was "The Ti ...

Dimitris Priftis Dimitrios Priftis ( gr, Δημήτρης Πρίφτης; born October 27, 1968) is a Greek professional basketball coach who was most recently served as the head coach for Tofaş of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi. Club coaching career After h ...

Angelos Koronios Evangelos Koronios, most commonly known as Angelos Koronios (alternate spelling: Aggelos, Greek: Ευάγγελος "Άγγελος" Κορωνιός; born 16 March 1969), is a Greek former professional basketball player and coach. Professional ca ...

Name sponsorships

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External links

Kavala B.C. – Official Website

Eurobasket.com Team Profile
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