Apollon Patras B.C.

Main article: Apollon Patras

Apollon Patras
Nickname	White-Blacks
Leagues	Greek League Greek Cup
Founded	1947
History	1947 - Present
Arena	Apollon Patras Indoor Hall (capacity: 3,500)
Location	Patras, Greece
Team colors	White and Black
Head coach	Kostas Mexas
Championships	A2 Championships: (2) (1992, 2003)
Website	apollonpatras.gr
Uniforms
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Apollon Patras B.C., named after the Greek God Apollo, is a Greek professional basketball club that is located in Patras, Greece. Apollon Patras B.C. is the basketball club of the Greek sports athletic union A.S. Apollon Patras. Currently, Apollon competes in the Greek League, which is the top basketball division in Greece.

History

Apollon arena in Perivola, Patras.

Dimitris Tofalos Arena

The club's predecessor sports club, A.S. Apollon Patras, was founded in 1926. The basketball section, Apollon Patras B.C., was founded in the year 1947. Apollon Patras B.C. has competed in the top division Greek League in a total of 28 different seasons so far, being one of the constant teams in the Greek League's top division over the years.

The club competed in the top division for the first time in the 1971-72 season. Apollon won the local Achaea tournament 4 times, in the years 1956, 1958, 1971, and 1973.

In 1997, Apollon B.C. had a successful season finishing in the 8th place of the Greek League and reaching the Round of 16 at the Saporta Cup. The club also made it to the final of the Greek Cup, for the first time in its history, but they were defeated by Olympiacos. In that particular season, Olympiacos was considered one of the greatest teams in European basketball, as they had won the 1997 Triple Crown.

One more successful season followed in 1998, in which Apollon finished in the 7th place of the Championships and made it to the Saporta Cup 32-Round. The following year (1999), the team was relegated to A2.

In 2003, Apollon B.C. won the Greek Second Division championship, and subsequently returned to the first division for four straight seasons (2004 to 2007). The team was relegated to A2 in 2007 and returned to A1 Ethniki in the season 2012-2013 entering the play-offs and finishing in the 8th place.

Titles & honours

Titles: (8)

• Divisional titles: (4)
  • A2 Ethniki (2): 1992, 2003
  • B Ethniki (2): 1976, 1979
• Local titles: (4)
  • Achaia Championships (4): 1956, 1958, 1971, 1973

Honours:

• Greek Cup finalist (2): 1997, 2015
• A1 Ethniki play offs participations (8): 1988, 1989, 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2013, 2014

European honours:

• Saporta Cup: Round of 16 (1997), eliminated by Türk Telekom (140-155)
• Saporta Cup: Round of 32 (1998), eliminated by Hapoel Eilat (173-180)
• Korać Cup: Round of 16 (1999), eliminated by JDA Dijon (122-135)

Apollon Patras' season by season rankings

Season	League	Place
1979-80	Α Ethniki	10th
1980-81	Α Ethniki	11th
1981-82	A Ethniki	10th
1982-83	Α Ethniki	9th
1983-84	Α Ethniki	12th
1984-85	Α Ethniki	11th
1985-86	Α Ethniki	6th
1986-87	Α1	9th
1987-88	Α1	8th
1988-89	Α1	7th

Season	League	Place
1989-90	Α1	8th
1990-91	Α1	11th
1991-92	Α2	1st
1992-93	Α1	10th
1993-94	Α1	11th
1994-95	Α1	12th
1995-96	Α1	8th
1996-97	Α1	8th
1997-98	Α1	7th
1998-99	Α1	13th

Season	League	Place
1999-00	Α2	3rd
2000-01	Α2	4th
2001-02	Α2	4th
2002-03	Α2	1st
2003-04	Α1	11th
2004-05	Α1	9th
2005-06	Α1	10th
2006-07	Α1	13th
2007-08	Α2	13th
2008-09	Α2	10th

Season	League	Place
2009-10	Β Ethniki	5th
2010-11	Α2	5th
2011-12	Α2	2nd
2012-13	Α1	8th
2013-14	Α1	8th
2014-15	Α1	10th

Logos

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Roster

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

Apollon Patras B.C. roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PF 4 Niforas, Vasilis  2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 82 kg (181 lb) – (1991-08-02)2 August 1991 PG 5 Argyropoulos, Nikos 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 86 kg (190 lb) – (1978-03-25)25 March 1978 G 6 Verginis, Dimitris 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) – (1987-05-15)15 May 1987 G 8 Mastrogiannopoulos, Sarantis 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) – (1997-12-03)3 December 1997 SF 9 Athanasoulas, Ioannis  2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 107 kg (236 lb) – (1987-01-21)21 January 1987 G/F 10 Pahlmblad, Martin 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) – (1986-05-09)9 May 1986 F 11 Jawara, Karamo 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 107 kg (236 lb) – (1991-06-25)25 June 1991 PG 12 Dillard, Kevin 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 83 kg (183 lb) – (1989-10-15)15 October 1989 C 13 Pelekoudas, Andreas 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) – (1987-07-27)27 July 1987 PF 14 Tataris, Dionysis 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) – (1998-02-05)5 February 1998 F 15 Kouzeloglou, Giannis 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) – (1995-01-07)7 January 1995 F/C 16 Lampropoulos, Fotis 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) – (1983-09-11)11 September 1983 G 17 Bazinas, Periklis 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) – (2000-11-20)20 November 2000 PF 21 Meier, Tony 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) – (1990-06-03)3 June 1990 G 23 Saddler, Devon 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 95 kg (209 lb) – (1991-05-10)10 May 1991 PG 24 Nikolopoulos, Ntinos 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) – (1988-08-30)30 August 1988 C 25 Woods, Tony  2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 113 kg (249 lb) – (1990-01-24)24 January 1990	Head coach Konstantinos Mexas Assistant coach(es) Konstantinos Raikitzis Panagiotis Kaperonis Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 29 Oct 2015

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Tony Woods	Fotis Lampropoulos	Andreas Pelekoudas	Dionysis Tataris
PF	Tony Meier	Karamo Jawara		Vasilis Niforas
SF	Martin Pahlmblad	Giannis Kouzeloglou		Ioannis Athanasoulas
SG	Devon Saddler	Dimitris Verginis		Periklis Bazinas
PG	Kevin Dillard	Nikos Argyropoulos	Ntinos Nikolopoulos	Sarantis Mastrogiannopoulos

Notable players

• Kostas Petropoulos
• Giannis Papagiannis
• Argiris Papapetrou
• Andreas Mperdesis
• Dimitris Dimakopoulos
• Dionisis Fragiskatos
• Vangelis Aggelou
• Nikos Vetoulas
• Giannis Molfetas
• Christos Myriounis
• Vassilis Kikilias
• Giannis Milonas
• Christos Charissis
• Panagiotis Liadelis
• Nikos Barlos
• Nikos Argiropoulos
• / Bill Mellis
• / Gerasimos Tzakis
• / Dušan Vukčević
• Mark Petway
• Wayne Yearwood
• Rod Sellers
• Andrew Gaze
• John Shasky
• Buck Johnson
• Mirko Milićević
• Harold Ellis
• Eric Riley
• Tony Dawson
• Erik Meek
• Andrés Guibert
• Ratko Varda
• Mladen Šekularac
• Joseph Forte
• Todd Fuller
• Chris Garner
• Pat Durham
• Ashraf Amaya
• Terence Morris
• Jimmy Oliver
• Terrence Rencher
• Danya Abrams
• Dontae' Jones
• Derrick Hamilton
• Larry Turner
• Jamel Thomas
• Brandon Penn

Notable coaches

• Yannis Christopoulos
• Minas Gekos
• Vangelis Alexandris
• Dimitris Papadopoulos
• Kostas Petropoulos
• Nikos Vetoulas
• Costas Diamantopoulos
• - Dragan Šakota
• Darko Ruso
• Dirk Bauermann

Current sponsorships

• Great Shirt Sponsor: CARNA
• Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer: asics
• Great Sponsor: Loux (company)
• Official Sponsor: Peloponnisos (newspaper)

External links

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