Trikala Aries B.C.

Trikala Basketball Club
Nickname	Sakafliades
Leagues	Greek Basket League Greek Cup
Founded	1993
History	Aeolus Trikalon B.C. (1993–2012) Trikala B.C. (2012–2013) Trikala Aries B.C. (2013–Present)
Arena	Trikala Indoor Hall
Arena Capacity	2,500
Location	Trikala, Greece
Team colors
President	Vangelis Fridas
2015–16 position	Greek Basket League 9th
Website	trikalabc.gr
Uniforms
Home Away

Trikala Aries B.C. (Greek: Τρίκαλα K.A.E.) is a Greek professional basketball club that is based in Trikala, Greece. The club was previously known as Aeolus Trikalon (Greek: Αίολος Τρικάλων).

History

The club's old Aeolus Trikalon logo.

Trikala Aries B.C. was founded in 1993, under the name Aeolus Trikalon. During the 2008–09 season, Aeolus failed to achieve the first place and qualify to the Greek B League (the 4th national league and 3rd-tier division on the Greek basketball pyramid). In the 2009–10 season, Aeolus managed to qualify.

In the next season, 2010–11, they finished in 9th place in the Greek B League. In 2012, the club changed its name to Trikala B.C., and it competed in the Greek Second Division for the first time, during the 2012–13 season. They competed in the top Greek League for the first time, in the 2013-14 season. During their first season in the top Greek League, Trikala finished in 11th place.

Arena

Trikala plays their home games at Trikala Indoor Hall, which has a seating capacity of 2,500.

Season by season results

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	P/S	Greek Cup	Europe
2006–07	5	ESKA A Category	3	—	—	—
2007–08	5	ESKA A Category	1	Promoted	—	—
2008–09	4	C Basketball League	2	—	—	—
2009–10	4	C Basketball League	1	Promoted	—	—
2010–11	3	B Basketball League	9	—	—	—
2011–12	3	B Basketball League	1	Promoted	—	—
2012–13	2	A2 Basket League	2	Promoted	—	—
2013–14	1	Greek Basket League	11	—	—	—
2014–15	1	Greek Basket League	12	—	—	—
2015–16	1	Greek Basket League	9	—	—	—

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Trikala Aries B.C. roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 7 Tsiloulis, Theodoros 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) – (1993-02-12)12 February 1993 SF 8 Karathanasis, Ioannis 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) – (1991-02-17)17 February 1991 PF 9 Tsiaras, Georgios (C) 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb) – (1982-05-04)4 May 1982 C 12 Koukoulas, Manolis 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 93 kg (205 lb) – (1991-08-19)19 August 1991 C 14 Kalles, Nikos 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 118 kg (260 lb) – (1987-04-20)20 April 1987 PG 18 Kalogiannidis, Filippos 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) – (1994-05-15)15 May 1994 PF 32 Varitimiadis, Alexandros 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) – (1994-06-21)21 June 1994	Head coach Assistant coach(es) Konstantinos Papazoglou Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2015-10-02

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Nikos Kalles	Manolis Koukoulas
PF	Georgios Tsiaras	Alexandros Varitimiadis
SF	Ioannis Karathanasis
SG	Theodoros Tsiloulis
PG	Fillipos Kalogiannidis

Notable players

• Sotirios Gioulekas
• Nikos Kaklamanos
• Michalis Giannakidis
• Nestoras Kommatos
• Georgios Georgakis
• Steve Panos
• Marios Matalon
• Georgios Tsiaras
• Alexandros Varitimiadis
• Kenny Kadji
• Junior Cadougan
• Hörður Vilhjálmsson
• Patrick Ewing Jr.
• Uroš Petrović
• Slaven Čupković
• 20px Justin Robinson
• 20px Ovie Soko
• Justin Ingram
• Alex Harris
• Nate Bowie
• Kwame Alexander
• Demetrius Conger
• Brandon Brown
• Paul Jones

Notable coaches

Kostas Flevarakis

Current sponsorships

• Gold Sponsor: Olympos
• Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer: Adidas
• Official Sponsor: Mikel Coffee Company
• Official Supporter: Hondos Center

External links

• Official Website (Greek)
• Eurobasket.com Team Profile
• YouTube Channel