Aigaleo B.C.

Aigaleo B.C. (alternate spelling: Egaleo) () is a Greek professional basketball team that is located in Aigaleo, Greece, which is a suburb of Athens. The club's full name is Aigaleo A.O. B.C. (Greek: Αιγάλεω A.O. KAE). Aigaleo currently plays in the third-tier level of Greek basketball, the Greek B Basket League.

History

The team's parent athletic club was founded in 1931, as Ierapolis Athletic Union (Greek: Αθλητική Ένωσις Ιεράπολι), and the basketball division of the athletic organization was founded in 1956, by Alexandros Stavropoulos. Although the basketball department was founded in 1956, it took the club exactly fifty years to participate in the Greek First Division, which is the highest professional basketball league in Greece, in the 2006–07 season. During the 1950s and 1960s, the team remained in the lowest local (third) division, until 1971, when it qualified for the higher league, because of a new categorical system.

In 1973 and 1974, Aigaleo B.C. won two league promotions, and finally took part in the 3rd-tier level Greek B Basket League (1974–75, 1975–76 seasons). For the next 12 years, the team participated in the first local league (A E.S.K.A.), except in the 1981–82 season, when it was in the B E.S.K.A., after 1981's relegation. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Aigaleo B.C. participated in the 4th-tier level Greek C Basket League, where it played six seasons in total, but was it relegated again to the local league in 1994.

In 1997, Aigaleo won the A E.S.K.A. championship, and after two years, in 1999, Aigaleo B.C. returned to the Greek B League, where it played for six seasons in total. In 2004, Aigaleo B.C. won the Greek B League championship, and after having a short presence in the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 Basket League, it was promoted to the top-tier level Greek Basket League, in 2006. From 1999 to 2006, the team was coached by Dimitrios Karvelas, and after him, Thanasis Skourtopoulos took that position.

Arena

Aigaleo plays its home games at the 2,000 seat Aigaleo Stavros Venetis Indoor Hall.

Titles and honors

Domestic competitions

* Greek 3rd Division
: Champions (1): (2003–04)

* Greek 4th Division
: Champions (3): (1998–99, 2000–01, 2018–19)

League pyramid history

Notable players

;Greece:
* Stelios Amerikanos
* Nikos Angelopoulos
* Nikos Charalampopoulos
* Vassilis Charalampopoulos
* Athanasios Diamantopoulos
* Ioannis Dimakos
* Andronikos Gizogiannis
* Ioannis Golfinopoulos
* Akis Kallinikidis
* Vangelis Karampoulas
* Giorgos Kassanos
* Ioannis Kolios
* Giorgos Kosmopoulos
* Ioannis Kyriakopoulos
* Giannoulis Larentzakis
* Kostas Leventakos
* Dimitrios Lolas
* Kostas Magkounis
* Spyros Magkounis
* Nikos Michalos
* Iakovos Milentigievits
* Makis Nikolaidis
* Kostas Papageorgiou
* Christos Petrodimopoulos
* Nikos Pettas
* Michalis Polytarchou
* Vangelis Sakellariou
* Dimitrios Sakellariou
* Miloš Šakota
* Vassilis Soulis
* Giorgos Thomopoulos
* Stamatis Villiotis

;Europe:
* Chris Bracey
* Guido Grunheid
* Dejan Hohler
* Abdurahman Kahrimanović
* Vladimir Krstić
* Robert Maras
* Ninoslav Marjanovic
* Donnie McGrath
* Robert Šarović

;USA:
* Rashad Anderson
* Keydren Clark
* Anthony Goldwire
* Leemire Goldwire
* DeVon Hardin
* Ibby Jaaber
* Andrae Patterson
* Donell Taylor

Head coaches

* Nikolaos Terkesidis
* Alexandros Kontovounisios
* Georgios Amerikanos
* Georgios Trontzos
* Pavlos Diakoulas
* Loukas Kontos
* Serafeim Potosoglou
* Giorgos Nikitopoulos
* Aris Raftopoulos
* Pavlos Stamelos
* Argiris Kambouris
* Steve Giatzoglou
* Giorgos Zevgolis
* Takis Panoulias
* Kostas Keramidas
* Thanasis Skourtopoulos

Sources

*"Απ' τις αλάνες της Ε.Σ.Κ.Α. στα παρκέ της A1-The History of Egaleo Men Basketball Team 1956–2008", Nikos D. Nikolaidis, "Emvryo" Publications, 2008, .

References

External links

Official website

Eurobasket.com Team Page

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Basketball teams established in 1956
Basketball teams in Greece