Pagrati B.C. (alternate spellings: Pagkrati, Pagratiou, Pagkratiou, Pangrati, Pangratiou, Pangkrati, Pangkratiou) is a Greek professional

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club. The club is located in the

Pangrati Pangrati or Pagrati ( el, Παγκράτι) is a neighborhood in Central Athens, Greece, having an estimated population of 35,173 residents. Named after the ancient sanctuary of Hercules Pancrates ("All Powerful"), its frontage runs from Vasi ...

neighborhood of

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. The team competes in the Greek 2nd Division.

History

The A.O. Pagrati Athens parent sports athletic association was founded in 1929. The sport club's basketball department, Pagrati B.C., was founded in 1938.Ιστορία Τμήματος Μπάσκετ Ανδρών .
/ref> Around the era of 1950, was the basketball club's first peak period, which established it as one of the big Greek clubs of that era. In 1979, the team was in a downward spiral, as it was downgraded to the Greek 3rd Division. In 1988, the club returned to the top-tier level Greek League, and it stayed in the top Greek Division for the next 6 years. After that 6-year run in the Greek top-tier level ( A1), the club again struggled in the lower Greek divisions, until it was promoted up to the Greek 2nd Division, for the 2006–07 season.

Arena

Pagrati B.C. plays its home games at the METS Indoor Hall, which is located in the

neighborhood of

. The arena features two basketball courts, as well as

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and handball courts. The arena is used by all of Pagrati's major athletic departments. The

teams of Panathinaikos VC Men and Panathinaikos VC Women, have also used the venue to host home games. The arena has also been used to

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matches. For basketball games, the arena has a

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of 1,500 people.

Season by season

Notable players

Greece: * Tasos Antonakis * Efthimis Bakatsias * Ioannis Chatzinikolas * Ioannis Dimakos *

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* Georgios Gasparis * Giannis Giannopoulos * Panagiotis Kafkis * Dinos Kalampakos * Panagiotis Karatzas * Ioannis Karamalegkos * Antonis Lanthimos *

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* Nikos Liakopoulos * Takis Maglos * Nikos Michalos * Filippos Moschovitis * Spyros Motsenigos *

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* - Nick Paulos *

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* Ioannis Rodostoglou * Michalis Romanidis * Vangelis Sakellariou * Alexandros Sigkounas * Vangelis Sklavos *

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* Sakis Tzalalis *

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Europe: * - Bryan Bracey * Slaviša Koprivica USA: * Earl Harrison *

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* Wayne Tinkle Rest of Americas: *

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Head coaches

Mimis Stefanidis Dimitrios "Mimis" Stefanidis ( el, Δημήτριος "Μίμης" Στεφανίδης, born 28 October 1931) is a former international professional basketball player and basketball coach, from Greece. He was born in Athens. Professional career S ...

* Aris Raftopoulos *

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* Makis Dendrinos * -

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 ...

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* Apostolos Kontos *

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* Vassilis Fragkias * Dimitris Papadopoulos * Dinos Kalampakos * Dimitris Liogas * Giannis Giannopoulos

Notes

References

External links

Official Team Website

Eurobasket.com Team Profile
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