Makedonikos B.C. (

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: Μακεδονικός K.A.E.) is a Greek professional

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club. The club is located in Neapoli,

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. The parent athletic club was founded in 1928, and the basketball department was founded in 1948. Makedonikos means "

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" in

History

Makedonikos won the Greek A2 League, which is the second-tier league in Greece, in the years 2000 and 2002. During the 2001–02 season, the team set the then A2 season record for most wins, with 24. Makedonikos was the runner-up of the EuroCup's 2004–05 season. Since its foundation in 1948, Makedonikos' home city was

. Otherwise, when the team was bought by Dimitris Mesaikos, the franchise was moved to

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, in the mid 2000s, to play in a newer, larger arena that had just opened there. The team returned to

, after it had financial problems while playing in

. Makedonikos competed in the top-tier level Greek Basket League for several years, until going

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in 2007, when it was relegated to the third-tier level Greek B League.

Arenas

Makedonios plays its domestic home games at the 600 seat Makedonikos Indoor Hall, which is located in

. When the club was located in

, Greece, they played their homes games at the 1,500 seat Ioannis Skarkalas Indoor Hall.

Titles and honors

*2× Greek 2nd Division Champion: (2000, 2002) * EuroCup Finalist: (2005)

Notable players

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Georgios Balogiannis Georgios Balogiannis (alternate spelling: Giorgos, Ballogianis, Mpalogiannis) ( el, Γιώργος Μπαλογιάννης; born January 17, 1971, in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. Professional career ...

Nikos Boudouris Nikolaos "Nikos" Boudouris (alternate spellings: Bountouris, Mpoudouris, Mpountouris) ( el, Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Μπουντούρης; born 25 September 1971 in Volos, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. Early ca ...

Kostas Charalampidis Konstantinos "Kostas" Charalampidis (alternate spellings: Constantinos, Costas, Haralampidis, Haralambidis, Haralabidis, Charalambides) ( Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Χαραλαμπίδης; born April 4, 1976) is a retired Gree ...

Panagiotis Kafkis Panagiotis Kafkis (alternate spelling: Panayiotis) ( Greek: Παναγιώτης Καυκής; born May 8, 1980 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek former professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, at a height of 1.97 m (6&nb ...

Lefteris Kakiousis Eleftherios "Lefteris" Kakiousis ( el, Ελευθέριος "Λευτέρης" Κακιούσης; born 7 June 1968 in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player and a professional basketball coach. He played at t ...

* Vangelis Karampoulas *

Sotiris Karapostolou Sotirios "Soto" Karapostolou (alternate spelling: Sotiris) ( Greek: Σωτηρης "Σωτω" Καραποστολου; born July 15, 1978) is a Greek former professional basketball player and current basketball assistant coach. During his playi ...

Manthos Katsoulis Mathaios "Manthos" Katsoulis ( el, Μάνθος Κατσούλης; born 20 July 1956) is a Greek former professional basketball player. College career Katsoulis played college basketball at McGill University, with the McGill Redmen (1982� ...

Markos Kolokas Markos Kolokas ( Greek: Μάρκος Κολώκας; born April 21, 1977, in Athens, Greece) is a Greek former professional basketball player and professional basketball coach. At a height of 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) tall, he played at both th ...

* Nestoras Kommatos *

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Pantelis Papaioakeim Panteleimon "Pantelis" Papaioakeim (alternate spelling: Papaeoakeim) ( el, Παντελεήμων "Παντελής" Παπαϊωακείμ) (born 9 September 1975) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At a height of 2.06 m (6'9") ...

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 main ...

* Dimitris Papanikolaou *

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* Georgios Sigalas * Dimitris Spanoulis ;USA * William Avery * Walter Berry * Elton Brown *

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* Ben Davis * Ben Handlogten * Jason Hart *

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Dewayne Jefferson Dewayne Jefferson (born August 10, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player who grew up in West Point, Mississippi. College career Jefferson rose to prominence while playing college basketball at Mississippi Valley State Univers ...

* Pete Mickeal * Scoonie Penn * Rashad Phillips * Dickey Simpkins *

Alvin Sims Alvin Sims (born October 18, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'4" (1.93 m) guard from Paris High School in Paris, Kentucky, Sims played at the University of Louisville from 1993 to 1997, where he averaged 11.9 point ...

* Charles Smith *

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;Europe * Shane Heal * - Dušan Jelić * Dušan Kecman * Grigorij Khizhnyak * Dragan Lukovski * Nikita Morgunov *

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* Bojan Stević

Head coaches

* Soulis Markopoulos * Zvi Sherf *

Argyris Pedoulakis Argyris Pedoulakis (alternate spellings: Argirios, Argiris, Argyrios) ( el, Αργύρης Πεδουλάκης; born May 26, 1964) is a former Greek professional basketball player and basketball coach, who is currently acting as the general man ...

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* Antonis Baksevanis

References

External links

Official Website

Eurobasket.com Team Page
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