Papagou B.C., or Papagou Athens B.C. (alternate spelling: Papagos) is a

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professional

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club that was founded in 1976. The team is located in

Papagou Papagou ( el, Παπάγου or Παπάγος ''Papagos'') is a suburb and municipal unit in the eastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. The town is named after Marshal Alexandros Papagos, a general who led the Greek Army in the Second ...

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. The club's full name is Athlitikos Syllogos Papagou Athens Basketball Club, which is abbreviated as A.S. Papagou Athens B.C. (

: Α.Σ. Παπάγου Αθήνα K.A.E.).

Logos

Papagou BC logo1.png , (The official logo of Papagou B.C.) Papagou BC logo2.jpg , (The official alternate logo of Papagou B.C.)

History

The club's parent athletic association was founded in 1966. Ten years later, in 1976, the men's basketball club was founded. Papagou was promoted into the major Greek basketball division in 1990. The team spent seven seasons there in the 1990s, and had success in the 1996–97 season, and especially in the 1997–98 season, by beating

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in the first round of the Greek League playoffs, before losing to PAOK in the second round. Led in that era by the great scorers

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and Georgios Diamantopoulos, they finished 7th in the Greek League in the 1996–97 season, and gained a qualification to the following 1997–98 season's

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competition. They would make one more appearance in that European-wide 3rd-tier level competition, during the 1998–99 season. More recently, the Papagou basketball team struggled to hold on to its position in the top league in Greece, the first division

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. In the 1998–99 season, the team competed in the Greek first division, for the last time in recent years.

Arena

The team's home arena is "Saloun" Indoor Hall, which is located approximately two miles away from downtown

Titles and honors

* Greek 2nd Division Champion (3): **1990, 1993, 1995

Retired numbers

Notable players

Greece: * Antonis Asimakopoulos *

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* Kostas Charissis * Georgios Diamantopoulos * George Dikeoulakos *

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 car ...

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* Memos Ioannou * Sotiris Katoufas * John Korfas *

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* Georgios Limniatis * Sotiris Manolopoulos * Nikos Michalos * - Michalis Misunov * George Papadakos * Michalis Romanidis *

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* Michalis Yfantis * Alexandros Zabetakis * - Anatoly Zourpenko Europe:' *

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USA: * Tony Costner * Derrek Farr *

* Greg Foster *

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* Tony Harris * Todd Mitchell *

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* Anthony Pelle * John Shasky * Tony White * Randy Woods Africa: *

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Head coaches

* David Stergakos * Kostas Diamantopoulos * Kostas Missas * Michalis Kyritsis * John Korfas * Minas Gekos *

Dinos Kalampakos Dinos Kalampakos (alternate spelling: Kalabakos) ( el, Ντίνος Καλαμπάκος; born November 14, 1964) is a Greek former professional basketball player and current basketball coach for Agrinio of the Greek A2 Basket League. Kalampakos s ...

External links

Official Team Site

Official Team Blog

Eurobasket.com Team Profile
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