APOEL Basketball Club, better known simply as APOEL, is a Cypriot professional basketball club based in the city of Nicosia. It is a part of the APOEL Nicosia, APOEL Sports club, multi-sport club. APOEL is one of the most successful basketball clubs in Cyprus with an overall tally of 11 Cyprus Basketball Division A, Championships, 12 Cypriot Basketball Cup, Cups and 11 Cypriot Basketball Super Cup, Super Cups.

History

APOEL Nicosia, APOEL was formed in 1926, but the basketball team was formed in 1947. The team's first ever basketball title was the Cypriot Basketball Super Cup, Cypriot Super Cup that won in 1972. At the end of the same season (1972–73), APOEL won their second title, the Cypriot Basketball Cup, Cypriot Cup. The team achieved to win their first ever Cyprus Basketball Division A, Championship title three years later, in season 1975–76. The 90's decade was the most successful for APOEL. The team won 4 Cyprus Basketball Division A, Championships, 5 Cypriot Basketball Cup, Cups and 4 Cypriot Basketball Super Cup, Super Cups during that period, including one double on the 1995–96 season. After winning the double in 2001–02 season, APOEL won again the Cyprus Basketball Division A, Championship in 2008–09 season, after 6 years without winning any title. The next season (2009–10), the team won their second consecutive Cyprus Basketball Division A, Championship title and reached the quarterfinals of the 2009–10 FIBA EuroChallenge, FIBA EuroChallenge, marking their most successful campaign in the European competitions. After four years without winning any title, APOEL won again the Cyprus Basketball Division A, Championship in 2013–14 season, which was their 11th league title in their history. During 2015–16 season, APOEL won their 12th Cypriot Basketball Cup, Cypriot Cup trophy, thirteen years after their last Cypriot Cup title. The next season (2016–17), APOEL returned in the European competitions after a five years break and reached the second round (Last 24) of the 2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup, FIBA Europe Cup, marking one of their most successful seasons in the European competitions.

League positions

Honours

*Cyprus Basketball Division A, Cypriot Championship : Winners (11): 1975–76, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2013–14 *Cypriot Basketball Cup, Cypriot Cup : Winners (12) (record): 1972–73, 1978–79, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2015–16 * Cypriot Basketball Super Cup, Cypriot Super Cup : Winners (11) (record): 1972, 1976, 1986, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2014

European campaigns

Last Update: 26 January 2017

Sponsorship names

* 2002–2004 Elma APOEL * 2004–2007 Dentalcon APOEL * 2007–2008 Aspis APOEL * 2008–2009 Seastar APOEL * 2009–2010 Μadisons APOEL * 2010–2013 Cytavision APOEL * 2015–2016 Cytavision APOEL

Players

Current roster

, valign="top" , ; Head coach * Marios Argyrou ; Assistant coaches * Giannis Damalis ;Legend: *(C) Team captain

Notable players

Cyprus * Giorgos Anastasiadis * Panagiotis Serdaris * Charis Soleas * Christos Stylianides * Vassilis Kounas Belgium * Gerben Van Dorpe Bermuda * Sullivan Phillips Cameroon * Cyrille Makanda Croatia * Zvonko Buljan * Saša Čuić Czech Republic * Ales Chan * Michal Křemen France * Michael Mokongo Great Britain * Ogo Adegboye * Kyle Johnson (basketball), Kyle Johnson * Tarick Johnson Greece * Andreas Glyniadakis * Michalis Kakiouzis * Dimitrios Kalaitzidis (basketball), Dimitrios Kalaitzidis Israel * Amit Tamir Lithuania * Martynas Andriukaitis * Augustinas Vitas Mali * Ousmane Cisse Montenegro * Balša Radunović * Damjan Kandić * Boris Lalović Serbia * Milan Dozet * Dušan Jelić * Mirko Kovač (basketball), Mirko Kovač * Ivan Mičeta * Vukašin Mandić * Aleksandar Radojević * Lazar Radosavljević USA * Rashid Atkins * Jerome Beasley * Rasheed Brokenborough * Lonnie Cooper * Jeremiah Davis * Jamar Anthony Diggs, Jamar Diggs * Brandon Ewing * Callistus Eziukwu * Charron Fisher * Darrin Fowlkes * Ian Hanavan * Earl Harrison (basketball), Earl Harrison * Brandon Heath (basketball), Brandon Heath * Rick Hughes * Ryan Humphrey * Mike Jones (basketball, born 1984), Mike Jones * Wykeen Kelly * Frankie King * Arthur Lee (basketball), Arthur Lee * Thaddeus McFadden * Donte Poole * Jeron Roberts * Anthony Roberson * Lewis Sims * Dante Stiggers * Loren Stokes * Kevin Tiggs * Larry Turner (basketball), Larry Turner * Tyson Wheeler * Isaac Wells * QJ Peterson

Women's team

History

APOEL also maintains a women's team which is competing in the women's Cypriot First Division. In their most successful seasons, APOEL women's team reached the Championship finals twice (2003–04 & 2004–05) and qualified two times for the semi-finals of the Cup (2004–05 & 2006–07).

References

External links

APOEL Athletic Football Club - official website

APOEL B.C. Youth Academy

Eurobasket.com APOEL BC Page
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