Nea Kifissia or Nea Kifisia B.C., or New Kifissia B.C. (

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: Νέας Κηφισιάς KAE), is a

professional

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club that is based in Kifissia,

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. The club's full name is Athletic Union Nea Kifissia (Αθλητική Ένωση Νέας Κηφισιάς), which is also abbreviated as Α.E.Ν.Κ., which is the club's common name. The club is also known by the name A.E.N. Kifissia (Α.Ε.Ν. Κηφισιάς).

History

A.E.N.K. was founded in 1994, with the men's basketball section being started in 1996. The club competed in the Greek Second Division, for the first time, during the 2011–12 season. The club won the Greek Second Division championship in 2013. They played in the top league in Greece, the

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, for the first time in the 2013–14 season. The club's first season in the league was amazing, considering it was their first time competing in Greece's top division. They finished in fifth place in the regular season. The success of the club has been compared with the success that

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had in the Greek League in the recent previous years, in where a nearby local Athens community club ( Marousi and Kifissia are located near each other) was able to achieve good results on the Greek national level. In the 2016–17 season, the club qualified play for the first time in a European-wide league tournament, as they qualified to play in the Champions League. However, the club refused its place in the Champions League, due to financial issues. Nowadays the team competes in Greek C League. In 2016, the club was relegated down from the first-tier Greek Basket League, to the third-tier Greek B League, due to financial problems.Η Κηφισιά ενημέρωσε τον ΕΣΑΚΕ πως δεν θα παίξει στην Basket League .
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Championships

* Greek A2 League :Winners (1): 2012–13

Roster

Notable players

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 the sma ...

Ioannis Psathas Ioannis Psathas (alternate spellings: Giannis, Yiannis) ( el, Γιάννης Ψαθάς; born April 15, 1983) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) in height, and he can play at both the small forward and power ...

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 ...

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 ...

* Dimitrios Tsaldaris *

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 ...

* Nikos Barlos *

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 ...

Dimitrios Mavroeidis Dimitrios Mavroeidis (alternate spellings: ''Dimitris'', ''Mavroidis'') ( Greek: Δημήτρης Μαυροειδής; born July 4, 1985) is a Greek professional basketball player and the team captain for AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League a ...

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&nbs ...

Leonidas Kaselakis Leonidas Kaselakis (Greek: Λεωνίδας Κασελάκης; born June 1, 1990) is a Greek professional basketball player and the team captain for Peristeri of the Greek Basket League. He is a 2.02 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, 109 kg (240&nb ...

Andreas Glyniadakis Andreas Glyniadakis (alternate spelling: Gliniadakis) (Greek language, Greek: Ανδρέας Γλυνιαδάκης; born 26 August 1981) is a Greek former professional basketball player. He played center (basketball), center at a height of tall ...

* Nikos Gkikas * Linos Chrysikopoulos *

Panagiotis Vasilopoulos Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, commonly known as Panos Vasilopoulos (alternate spellings: Panayiotis, Vassilopoulos) (Greek: Παναγιώτης "Πάνος" Βασιλόπουλος; born February 8, 1984) is a Greek former professional basketball pla ...

* Saša Vasiljević * Nikola Pešaković * Uroš Duvnjak * Petar Popović *

Ogo Adegboye Stephen Ogooluwa "Ogo" Adegboye (born 23 September 1987) is a Nigerian-British professional basketball player who last played for London Lions of the British Basketball League (BBL). Early life Born in Nigeria, Adegboye moved to London at the a ...

* Patrick Ewing Jr. * Tony Crocker *

Darrius Garrett Darrius Garrett (born April 11, 1990) is American-Rwandan professional basketball player who last played for Iraklis of the Greek Basket League. He played college basketball for the University of Richmond. High school career Garret attended McE ...

* Justin Jackson * Cade Davis *

Dustin Hogue Dustin Hogue (born June 30, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League. He played college basketball for Indian Hills Community College and Iowa State Cyclones. Hogue enter ...

* Muhammad El-Amin * Roscoe Smith * Robert Lowery *

Xavier Silas Xavier James Silas (born January 22, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player and current head coach for the Mets de Guaynabo (basketball), Mets de Guaynabo of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN), the highest professional bask ...

* Tony Woods

Head coaches

* Ilias Papatheodorou

References

External links

Official Website

Eurobasket.com Team ProfileA.E.N.K. Basketball Club
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