Panionios B.C. (

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: Πανιώνιος KAE), known in European competitions as Panionios Athens is the

professional

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club that is based in

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, and that plays its home games in

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, Athens, Greece. The club is also widely known as Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, or Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis, which is the Pan-Ionian Gymnastic Club of

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. This is usually abbreviated to the club name of Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ. Panionios B.C. is the basketball department of the Panionios Gymnastic Club that is based in

. Panionios B.C. has been a long-time club of the top-tier level

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, which is considered one of the best national domestic basketball leagues in Europe. Panionios B.C. has also competed in the European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague. For sponsorship reasons, the club has also been known as Panionios

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and Panionios

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, as well as several other sponsorship names. Some of the well-known players that have played with the club over the years have included:

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, Takis Koroneos,

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, Henry Turner,

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, Stratos Perperoglou,

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, and

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, among others.

Logos

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History

Early years

The basketball clubs' parent athletic union, the Panionios Gymnastic Club, was founded in 1890, in

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(located today in the modern country of

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), making it one of the oldest sporting clubs in Europe. The sporting clubs' basketball department was founded in 1919. After the Greek military suffered defeat in the Greco-Turkish War in 1922, the club was transferred to the

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suburb of

, in Greece. The basketball department, Panionios B.C., began participation in the

starting in the 1928–29 season, and finished in second place in the league that year. Panionios B.C. finished in third place in the league the next year.

Rise of the club to prominence in Greek basketball

Panionios B.C. competed in the top-tier Greek basketball league, in consecutive years, from the 1981–82 season until the 2014–15 season. In the 1986–87 season, Panionios played in the championship finals series of the Greek League, losing out to

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, and their two Greek basketball legends

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and

(Giannakis would later go on to play for Panionios). In 1991, led by

, the team won the

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title, by defeating PAOK by a score of 73–70. Panionios also played in the finals game of the Greek Cup in both 1977 and 1995. Ιn the 1993–94 season, after an exciting run in the European 3rd-tier level

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, and after scoring a couple of wins against

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in the quarterfinals, Panionios reached the semifinals, and played against PAOK Bravo. This marked the first civil conflict between Greek basketball clubs in European-wide competitions, ever. The club finished in 3rd place in the Greek League in the 1995–96 season, under their

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at the time,

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, and thus qualified to the EuroLeague for the 1996–97 season. In the FIBA EuroLeague 1996–97 season, the team was coached by

Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou (Greek: Ευθύμης Κιουμουρτζόγλου; born September 28, 1952 in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a Greek former professional basketball coach. Clubs coaching career Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou has been the head ...

. Two years later, in 1999, Panionios once again reached the semifinals of the FIBA Korać Cup, where they were again eliminated, this time from the super favorites of the tournament,

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, which featured

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. In the Greek League 2007–08 season, under the ownership of

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, the founder of

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, Panionios, led by Ivan Zoroski,

Giannis Kalampokis Giannis Kalampokis (alternate spellings: Ioannis, Yiannis, Yannis, Kalambokis, Kalabokis) ( Greek: Γιάννης Καλαμπόκης; born on August 15, 1978 in Ilio, Peristeri, Athens, Greece) is a Greek former professional basketball player a ...

, and charismatic head coach

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, finished in 3rd place in the Greek League. They came back from an 0–2 series deficit in the deciding best-of-five league third-place series against

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, and won the series 3–2. That secured the team a place in the EuroLeague competition for the EuroLeague 2008–09 season. This marked the club's first EuroLeague appearance in more than a decade.

Decline of the club

After the 2014–15 season, Panionios was

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to the Greek 2nd Division, after 33 consecutive seasons with a presence in the top-tier level

. For the 2015–16 season, Panionios preferred to play in the third-tier of Greece, the

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level

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, due to financial difficulties. They were promoted up to the Greek 2nd Division for the 2016–17 season. They won the Greek 2nd Division title of the 2016–17 season, and were promoted back up to the top-tier level league, for the 2017–18 season. Due to financial difficulties, Panionios was demoted down to the Greek 3rd Division, prior to the 2020–21 season.

Panionios in international competitions

Arenas

Panionios played its domestic Greek League home games at "Artakis" Nea Smyrni Indoor Hall, a now demolished 1,832-seat arena that was owned by the Nea Smyrni municipality. They used the arena from its opening in 1979 to 2006, and from 2009 to its close in 2019. From 2006 to 2009, the club used the

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, which was built for the

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, and has a capacity of 15,000, as its home arena. At various times, the club has also used the National Athletic Center Glyfada Makis Liougas, which has a capacity of 3,232. In 2019, the club moved into the Sofia Befon Palaio Faliro Indoor Hall for the 2019–20 season. The arena seats 1,204 people.Αυτό είναι το νέο Κλειστό Γήπεδο του Παλαιού Φαλήρου .
/ref> It was opened in 2017. The municipality of Nea Smyrni has begun the construction of a new modern-style multi-use indoor arena, called the Boban Janković Indoor Hall, named after Boban Janković, which is being built on the same location as the old Nea Smyrni Indoor Hall. The new arena is scheduled to be open for the 2022–23 season. The club will play at a smaller arena in Nea Smyrni neighborhood, Andreas Varikas Indoor Hall, until its new arena is completed.

Honours and titles

Domestic competitions

* Greek League : ''Runners-up (1)'': 1986–87 *

: Winners (1): 1990–91 : ''Runners-up (2)'': 1976–77, 1994–95 * Greek 2nd Division (1961–1986) / Greek 2nd Division (1986–present) : Winners (3): 1973–74, 1980–81, 2016–17 * Greek 3rd Division : Winners (1): 2015–16

European competitions

: ''Semifinalist (2)'': 1993–94, 1998–99

Other competitions

* Athens, Greece Tournament : Winners (1): 2011

International record

Season by season results

Notable players

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* Ioannis Athanasoulas *

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* Nikos Barlos * Marios Batis *

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Georgios Kalaitzis Georgios Kalaitzis (also spelled Giorgos; el, Γιώργος Καλαϊτζής; born August 29, 1976) is a Greek basketball coach and former player, who is currently the Team Manager of Panathinaikos. During his playing career, at a height of ...

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* Theodoros Karamanolis *

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Christos Saloustros Christos "Chris" Saloustros (Greek: Χρήστος Σαλούστρος; born March 29, 1990) is a Greek professional basketball player for PAOK of the Greek Basket League. He is a 2.02 m (6 ft 7 in) tall small forward. Professional caree ...

Zisis Sarikopoulos Zisis Sarikopoulos (alternate spelling: Zissis) (Greek: Ζήσης Σαρικόπουλος; born March 31, 1990, in Athens, Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player for Iraklis Thessaloniki of the Greek A2 Basket League. He is tall, and ...

* Alexandros Sigkounas *

Ioannis Sioutis Ioannis Sioutis (alternate spelling: Giannis) ( el, Γιάννης Σιούτης; born July 27, 1973) is a Greek retired professional basketball player and current assistant coach for AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champi ...

Vangelis Sklavos Evangelos "Vangelis" Sklavos (alternate spelling: Vaggelis) (Greek: Ευάγγελος "Βαγγέλης" Σκλάβος; born 1 December 1977) is a Greek former professional basketball player. He was born in Athens, Greece. At a height of 2.02 m ...

* Gaios Skordilis * Dimitris Stamatis *

Tzanis Stavrakopoulos Tzanis Stavrakopoulos ( el, Τζαννής Σταυρακόπουλος) (born October 30, 1971) is a Greek former professional basketball player. At a height of 2.02 m (6'7 "), he played at the small forward position. Professional career Stavrako ...

* Vassilis Symtsak *

Christos Tapoutos Christos Tapoutos ( el, Χρήστος Ταπούτος; born September 21, 1982) is a Greek former professional basketball player. At a height of 2.06 m (6'9") tall, he played at both the small forward and power forward positions, with power forw ...

Dimitris Verginis Dimitrios Verginis (alternate spelling: Dimitris) (Greek language, Greek: Δημήτρης Βεργίνης; born May 15, 1987) is a Greek professional basketball player for Panionios B.C., Panionios of the Greek B Basket League, Greek 3rd divisio ...

Vassilis Xanthopoulos Vassilis Xanthopoulos (alternate spellings: Vasilios, Vasilis, Vasileios; Greek: Βασίλης Ξανθόπουλος; born 29 April 1984) is a Greek professional basketball player for AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Ch ...

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Stephen Arigbabu Stephen Olumide Arigbabu (born 15 February 1972) is a German professional basketball coach and former player. He is 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) tall. Arigbabu played at the center position. Professional career During his professional career, Arigba ...

Dejan Borovnjak Dejan Borovnjak (born April 1, 1986) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Antalya Güneşi of the Turkish Basketball First League. Professional career Borovnjak began his professional career in 2004 with Partizan Belgrade. In the summ ...

Branko Cvetković Branko Cvetković ( sr-cyr, Бранко Цветковић, born 5 March 1984) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. He also represented the Serbian national team internationally. He is 2.00 m (6 ft 6 ¾ in) tall and p ...

Boris Dallo Boris Omer Dallo (born 12 March 1994) is a French professional basketball player for Cholet Basket of the LNB Pro A. He can play at both guard positions. Early life and youth career Dallo was born in Nantes on 12 March 1994. He began his youth clu ...

* Uroš Duvnjak *

Zoran Erceg Zoran Erceg (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Ерцег; born 11 January 1985) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at , he played the power forward positio ...

Vassil Evtimov Vassil Iliev "Vasco" Evtimov ( bg, Васил Илиев "Васко" Евтимов) (born 30 May 1977) is a French-Bulgarian former professional basketball player and head coach of BC Chernomorets in National Basketball League. A 2.08 m pow ...

* Boban Janković * -

Dušan Jelić Dušan Jelić ( sr-cyr, Душан Јелић; born 13 August 1974) is a Serbian-Greek professional basketball coach and former player. At a height of 2.11 m (6'11") tall, he played at the center position. Coaching career In February 2021, Je ...

Gintaras Kadžiulis Gintaras Kadžiulis (born 29 March 1980) is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach and former player. His playing position was combo guard. Professional career Born in Panevėžys, Kadžiulis started his professional basketball career at th ...

Antanas Kavaliauskas Antanas Kavaliauskas (born September 19, 1984) is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach and former player. He serves as the director of player development for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). He played co ...

* Dragan Lukovski *

* Guy-Marc Michel *

Vladimir Micov Vladimir Micov ( sr-cyr, Владимир Мицов, born April 16, 1985) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. Standing at a height of , he mainly played as a small forward. Professional career 2001–2009 Micov played for Beop ...

Goran Nikolić Goran Nikolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Горан Николић; born on July 1, 1976) is a Montenegrin former professional basketball player. He is 2.07 m (6 ft 9 ½ in) in height and 111 kg (245 lbs) in weight. Born in Nikšić, Mont ...

* - Miroslav Pecarski * - Miroslav Raičević * -

* Joao Santos *

Nikoloz Tskitishvili Nikoloz Tskitishvili ( ka, ნიკოლოზ ცქიტიშვილი; born April 14, 1983) is a Georgian former professional basketball player. He is a 7'0" forward-center, who was selected fifth overall by the Denver Nuggets in the ...

Kristaps Valters Kristaps Valters (born September 18, 1981) is a Latvian former professional basketball player. After retiring he became a coach, and is currently working as a head coach for Valmiera/ORDO. Playing career Valters first played professionally in ...

USA: * William Avery (basketball), William Avery *

Toby Bailey John Garfield "Toby" Bailey (born November 19, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. He is currently a sports agent. College career Bailey played four years of college basketball at UCLA, being part of the Bruins squad th ...

Lonny Baxter Lonny () is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Ardennes department The following is a list of the 449 communes of the Ardennes department of France. The communes cooperate ...

Davion Berry Davion Christopher Lamont Berry (born November 1, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Manama Club of the Bahraini Premier League. He played college basketball for the Weber State Wildcats where he was named Big Sky Conference ...

Chris Booker Chris Booker (born May 20, 1971) is an American radio and TV personality. Career Booker has worked as a correspondent for TV Guide Channel covering red carpet events such as "Live at the Grammys with Joan and Melissa Rivers," and "Live at th ...

P.J. Brown Collier "P. J." Brown Jr. (born October 14, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The , center/power forward was selected out of Louisiana Tech University by the New ...

* Travon Bryant * T. J. Carter *

Mateen Cleaves Mateen Ahmad Cleaves (born September 7, 1977) is a retired American basketball player. He played parts of six seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was an All-American college player for Michigan State, where he led the Sparta ...

Jon Diebler Jon Keith Diebler (born June 22, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player who is the director of recruiting for the Butler Bulldogs of the Big East Conference. He played four seasons of college basketball at Ohio State Universi ...

Joey Dorsey Richard Elmer "Joey" Dorsey (born December 16, 1983) is an American professional basketball player for APOP Paphos B.C. of the Cyprus Basketball Division A. He played college basketball for the University of Memphis. College career During both h ...

* Ruben Douglas * Muhammad El-Amin * Luke Hancock *

Antonio Harvey Antonio Harvey (born July 6, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player. Born in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Harvey attended Southern Illinois University (1988–89), Connors State College (1989–90), the University of Georgia (19 ...

Donnell Harvey Donnell Eugene Harvey (born August 26, 1980) is an American retired professional basketball player. He previously played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the New Jersey Nets, Denver Nuggets, Dallas Mavericks, Orlando Magic, and ...

John Hudson John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

* Andre Hutson *

Chris Jent Christopher Matthew Jent (born January 11, 1970) is an American basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was formerly the head coach of the Bakersfi ...

* Billy Keys *

Randolph Keys Randolph Keys (born April 19, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player who played five National Basketball Association (NBA) seasons in his career for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers and Milwauke ...

Mark Landsberger Mark Walter Landsberger (born May 21, 1955) is a retired American professional basketball player. At 6'8" and 215 pounds, he played power forward and center for the Los Angeles Lakers from 1980-1983. Career Landsberger attended Mounds View High S ...

* Kevin Langford *

Amal McCaskill Amal Omari McCaskill (born October 28, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player, at the center position. After a four-year career at Marquette University, McCaskill was selected by the National Basketball Association's Orlando ...

Jeff McInnis Jeff Lemans McInnis (born October 22, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA), in Greece Gerry McNamara Gerry McNamara (born August 28, 1983) is a retired American basketball player and current assistant coach of the Syracuse University men's basketball team. A former guard for the Orange, he never missed a start in his career which lasted from ...

Landon Milbourne Landon Milbourne (born June 29, 1987) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Maccabi Ashdod of the Israeli Premier League. He played college basketball at the University of Maryland before playing professionally in Fran ...

Aaron Miles Aaron Wade Miles (born December 15, 1976) is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played nine seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2003 to 2011 for the Chicago White Sox, Colorado Rockies, St. Louis Cardinals, Chica ...

* Chris Owens * Mark Payne * Gabe Pruitt *

Rod Sellers Walter Roderick Sellers (born August 7, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player. He played at Wilson High School (South Carolina), Wilson High School in his native Florence, South Carolina, and played college basketball at UConn ...

Paul Shirley Paul Murphy Shirley (born December 23, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Unicaja Málaga in the Spanish ACB. Shirley is noted for briefly maintaining an online journal (blog) while playing for the ...

* E. J. Singler *

Ed Stokes Edward Kobie Stokes (born September 3, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player, who played at the center position. Stokes attended the University of Arizona. During his collegiate career, he scored 984 points, grabbed 644 reb ...

* Jimmie Taylor * Henry Turner * John Wallace *

Travis Watson Travis Watson (born March 20, 1981) is an American professional basketball player. A 2.03 m tall power forward, he led the 2007–08 EuroLeague in rebounds with 9.7 per game while playing for Olimpia Milano. College career Watson played college ...

Kennedy Winston Kennedy Lawrence Winston (born July 29, 1984) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Club Atlético Peñarol (Mar del Plata), Club Atlético Peñarol of the Liga Nacional de Básquet. He is a former college basketball ...

* Rashad Wright Rest of Americas: * -

Levon Kendall Levon Maxwell Simon Kendall (born July 4, 1984) is a Canadian-Irish professional basketball player who currently plays for Movistar Estudiantes of the Liga ACB. He plays at both power forward and center. He is 2.09 m (6 ft 10 ¼ in) in hei ...

* Samardo Samuels Africa: * -

Chinemelu Elonu Chinemelu D. Elonu Jr. (born March 11, 1987) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for Al-Jahra of the Kuwaiti Division I Basketball League. He played college basketball for Texas A&M. High school career Elonu attended Alief Elsi ...

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Brad Newley Brad Newley (born 18 February 1985) is an Australian professional basketball player for Melbourne United of the National Basketball League (NBL). After starting his career in Australia, playing for the Australian Institute of Sport and the Tow ...

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Top players in games played and points scored in the Greek Basket League (since the 1992–93 season)

Panionios team leaders in games played and points scored, since the

became fully

professional A professional is a member of a profession or any person who works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the particular knowledge and skil ...

, starting with the 1992–93 season. * Through the 2019–20 season. : :

References

External links

Panionios B.C. Official Website

Eurobasket.com Team Page

Greek Basket League Team PageEuroCup Official Team PageEuroleague.net Panionios B.C. Team ProfilePanionios Panthers Club
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