Maroussi B.C.

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Maroussi
Saporta Cup
1 Greek 3rd Division
Websitewww.maroussi1896.gr

Maroussi B.C. (Greek: K.A.E. Μαρούσι) alternately translated as Marousi, Amaroussi, or Amaroussion, is a professional basketball club that is based in Marousi, a northern suburb of Athens, Greece. The club's full name is Gymnastikos Syllogos Maroussi Basketball Club, which is commonly abbreviated as G.S. Maroussi B.C.

The club currently plays in the top-tier Greek Basket League.

History

1950–1998

The multi-sports club Gymnastikos Syllogos Amarousiou (Amarousi Sports Club) was founded in 1896, the same year that Maroussi native Spyridon Louis won the Olympic marathon at the 1896 Summer Olympics. The club's men's basketball section started in 1950.

The basketball section played in the Greek minor leagues for the first two decades of its existence. It reached the Greek top division, the A National Category (Alpha League) in 1969, where it played for one season before being relegated.

In the 1970s, the club was led by Nikos Darivas at

European third-tier level FIBA Korać Cup's 1978–79 season
.

The club was then relegated after the 1980–81 season, and alternated between the second-tier level A2 League and the third-tier level B League for the next 18 years.

1998–2010

Maroussi was promoted back up to the Greek First Division for the 1998–99 season, and moved from the Spiros Louis Gym to the newly constructed Maroussi Saint Thomas Indoor Hall.

Maroussi won the title of the

European second-tier level FIBA Saporta Cup, during the 2000–01 season. That team was coached by Vangelis Alexandris, and it featured the inside-outside scoring tandem of Jimmy Oliver and Ashraf Amaya, as well as the rebounding skills of Vassil Evtimov.[2] Maroussi became the sixth
Greek team to win a European continental-wide title.

The club at this time received financial backing from Greek businessman Aris Vovos.[3]

The club then played in the second-tier level

FIBA Europe League's (later called FIBA EuroChallenge) 2003–04 season, but they lost in the final to the Russian club UNICS Kazan. In the Greek Cup
, Maroussi reached the Greek Cup Final Four in the 1999–00 season and the Greek Cup Final in the 2001–02 season.

Under the club's

AEK Athens, which had been the league's runner-up the preceding year, and the league's champions the year before that, in the playoffs, before ultimately losing in the Greek League Finals to Panathinaikos.[2]

In the

Panionios
in the 3rd place playoff series.

Panathinaikos in the summer of 2005. In the 2005–06 season, Maroussi finished the regular season in third place, behind Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, and was subsequently defeated Olympiacos in the playoff semifinals. Maroussi then lost the 3rd place playoff series against Aris
. In that season's Greek Cup, they were beaten in the Greek Cup Final.

Coach

Greek national basketball team. In the following 2006–07 season
, the Maroussi side finished the regular season in 8th place, and reached the first round of the playoffs, where they lost to Panathinaikos.

In the

Panionios
.

Under head coach Markopoulos (who was

European top-tier level EuroLeague.[4]

In 2010,

PAOK, and he and was replaced as the team's head coach by Georgios Bartzokas
, a former Maroussi player.

Maroussi beat fellow Greek League club

Adriatic League club Partizan Belgrade, while playing home games at the Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall
.

In the

Olympiacos. In the 3rd place playoff series, they beat Panellinios, to again qualify for the next season of the EuroLeague
.

Maroussi player

Greek League's Best Coach
award.

2010–present

The club's decline

Club President

Aris Vovos left the club during the 2010 off-season, leaving a big gap in the club's finances.[5] After a consortium led by Giorgos Gamaris and Thanasis Maris, failed to gain control of the club, its ownership reverted to the club's amateur section in October.[6]

The team was then only allowed to be registered to the top-tier level Greek Basket League's 2010–11 season on appeal. The player's union criticized the club for late salary payments. The EuroLeague revoked the club's licence to play in the Qualifying Rounds of the competition.[7] The former Panathinaikos club football player Vasilis Konstantinou, a Marousi native who had played youth basketball with the team, was named team president in October. Head coach Vangelis Alexandris returned to replace the departing Bartzokas, whilst experienced players such as Nestoras Kommatos, Ioannis Gagaloudis, and Dimitrios Charitopoulos were brought into the team to form a new squad following a player exodus.[8] Maroussi finished the

Aris. By finishing in the top 5 in the Greek League, they qualified for the next season's edition of the European 2nd-tier level EuroCup
, but they were not permitted to participate in the competition, due to financial issues.

In May 2011, Maroussi was ordered by

euros to former player Jared Homan in unpaid salaries and bonuses.[9] Maroussi was unable to pay Homan, or Georgios Diamantopoulos, who won a similar ruling against the club in August of that year. Due to this, the club was then banned by FIBA from being able to register any new players in the Greek League, in November 2011. A temporary financial agreement with Homan, led to the suspension of the ban on registering any new players for one day, during which Frank Elegar
was recruited to the club.

Nikos Linardos became the team's new head coach for the 2011–12 season, which began with a long losing streak, despite Maroussi player Nestoras Kommatos being one of the league's top scorers, and Maroussi player Ioannis Gagaloudis being one of the league's assists leaders.

The team's financial crisis deepened. Gagaloudis, Kommatos, Charitopoulos, and Elegar all left the club, due to unpaid salaries. Teenagers from the club's youth team, such as Dimitrios Agravanis and Lampros Tsontzos, were then moved into the team's starting five for Greek League games. The club was also prohibited from selling any tickets to home games, due to unpaid taxes, and it ceased paying its players and training staff.[10] Maroussi finished the 2011–12 season with a 1–23 regular season record, winning their only game of the season against Peristeri, another team that was suffering from financial problems at the time.[11]

Due to going into bankruptcy, the club was then

semi-professional competition, the Greek B League, for the 2012–13 season. The club was then demoted to the fourth-tier level Greek C League
, for the 2015–16 season.

For the 2016–17 season, the club was promoted up to the Greek B League. Then, for the 2017–18 season, the club was promoted up to the second-tier level Greek A2 League. In the 2019–20 season, the club played in the Greek 3rd Division, and in the 2020–21 season, the club played in the Greek 2nd Division.

Arenas

Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall
.

Maroussi plays its national domestic home games at the 1,700 seat capacity Maroussi Saint Thomas Indoor Hall, which is leased to the club by the municipality of Marousi. The club played its EuroLeague home games in Panathinaikos BC Arena which is Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall.

Honours and titles

Domestic competitions

International competitions

Roster

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

Maroussi B.C. roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 0 United States Cosey, Glenn 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 32 – (1992-02-17)17 February 1992
G/F 2 United States Hill, Ahmed 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 29 – (1995-03-21)21 March 1995
PG 5 Greece Stasinos, Orfeas (C) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 24 – (1999-09-05)5 September 1999
F/C 8 United States Juiston, Shakur 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 28 – (1996-03-31)31 March 1996
C 10 Greece Bogris, Georgios 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 35 – (1989-02-19)19 February 1989
G
 		11 United States Briscoe, Isaiah 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 28 – (1996-04-13)13 April 1996
PF
 		12 Greece Filippakos, Panagiotis 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 30 – (1994-04-09)9 April 1994
C 13 Serbia Raduljica, Miroslav 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 36 – (1988-01-05)5 January 1988
G
 		22 Greece Nikolaidis, Alexandros 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 21 – (2002-08-21)21 August 2002
G/F 23 Greece Iordanou, Christos 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 25 – (1998-11-23)23 November 1998
F
 		28 United States Woodard II, Robert 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 24 – (1999-09-22)22 September 1999
SF 31 Greece Giannopoulos, Charis 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 34 – (1989-07-13)13 July 1989
F/C 98 Chile Haase, Felipe 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 26 – (1998-03-19)19 March 1998
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Miroslav Raduljica Giorgos Bogris Felipe Haase
PF
 Shakur Juiston Robert Woodard II Panos Filippakos
SF Charis Giannopoulos Ahmed Hill Christos Iordanou
SG Alexandros Nikolaidis Isaiah Briscoe
PG Glenn Cosey Orfeas Stasinos

Seasons

Season Greek League Greek Cup Europe
Head Coach
 Roster
1998–99 7th place Round of 16 _ Kostas Petropoulos
Pete Papachronis, Alexis Falekas, Nikos Kasuridis, Sotiris Manolopoulos, Vangelis Logothetis, Panagiotis Panagiotarakos, Spyros Panteliadis, Charis Charalampidis, Alexis Karatzas, Pete Pangas
1999–00
10th place
 3rd
Korać Cup
Quarter finals
 Vangelis Alexandris
Pete Papachronis, Vangelis Logothetis, Alexis Falekas, Anatoly Zourpenko, Sotiris Manolopoulos, Panagiotis Panagiotarakos, Spyros Panteliadis, Dimitris Karaplis, Kostas Anagnostou, Charis Charalampidis, Kostantinos Tsevas
2000–01
7th place
 Quarter-finals
Saporta Cup
Winner
 Vangelis Alexandris
Dimitris Marmarinos, Kostas Anagnostu, Charis Charalampidis, Panagiotis Stavropoulos, Kostantinos Tsevas
2001–02
7th place
 Finalist
Korać Cup
Semi finals
 Nikos Linardos,
Kostas Petropoulos
Giorgos Tsiakos
2002–03
6th place
 Round of 16 FIBA Europe Champions Cup
Round of 64 		Panagiotis Giannakis
Bill Phillips, Panagiotis Stavropoulos
2003–04
Finalist
 Round of 16
Finalist
 Panagiotis Giannakis
Dimitris Lolas, Nikos Moutoupas, Angelos Siamandouras, Dimitris Giannakis
2004–05
4th place
 Quarter-finals
ULEB Cup
Quarter finals
 Panagiotis Giannakis
Dimitris Lolas, Petros Noeas
2005–06
4th place
 Finalist
FIBA EuroCup
Quarter Finals
 Panagiotis Giannakis
Dimitris Lolas, Sotiris Nikolaidis, Petros Noeas, Christoforos Stefanidis, Dimitris Despos, Vassilis Giannoulakos
2006–07
8th place
 Semi-finals
FIBA EuroCup
Second Round
Darko Russo
Dimitris Lolas, Theodoros Tsiotras
2007–08
4th place
 Round of 16
FIBA EuroCup
Elimination Round 2
 Soulis Markopoulos
Michalis Paragyios, Stavros Toutziarakis
2008–09
3rd place
 Semi-finals
Eurocup Basketball
Last 16
 Soulis Markopoulos
Dimitris Mavroeidis, Fanis Koumpouras, Christoforos Stefanidis, Stavros Toutziarakis, Nondas Papantoniou, Shawn Huff, Petros Noeas, Kostas Kaimakoglou
2009–10
3rd place
 Quarter-finals
Euroleague
Top 16
 Georgios Bartzokas
Dimitris Mavroeidis, Fanis Koumpouras, Konstaninos Papantonakos, Michalis Pelekanos, Marios Batis, Stefanos Moreau Christos Lakkas, Kostas Kaimakoglou, Stevan Nađfeji, Igor Milošević
2010–11
5th place
 Withdrew
Revoked
 Vangelis Alexandris
Dimitris Agravanis
2011–12
13th place (relegated to B League
) 		Quarter-finals Nikos Linardos
Dimitris Charitopoulos, Serafinos Mantalvanos, Feliks Kojadinović, Andreas Kanonidis, George Theodosiou, Stefanos Fazianos, Giannis Yiannis, Dimitrios Kalogeropoulous, Savo Đikanović, Adam McCoy

Notable players

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

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official
    NBA
    match at any time.

Greece:

Europe:

USA:

Rest of Americas:

Oceania:

Maroussi players that played in the NBA

Head coaches

Sponsorship names

References

  1. ^ "Maroussi"EuroLeague, 28 March 2007. Retrieved on 27 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b "2008-09 Club Profile: Maroussi Costa Coffee."EuroCup, 1 September 2008. Retrieved on 27 April 2015.
  3. ^ Georgakopoulos, George."Small club’s meteoric rise to glory." Archived 2011-12-01 at the Wayback MachineAthens Plus, 12 February 2010. Retrieved on 27 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Euroleague 2009-10 Club Profile – Maroussi BC."EuroLeague. Retrieved on 27 April 2015.
  5. ^ Georgakopoulos, George."Empty pockets, empty stands." Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback MachineAthens Plus, 24 September 2010. Retrieved on 27 April 2015.
  6. ^ Georgakopoulos, George."Maroussi in danger of missing out on A1 league." Archived 2015-06-28 at the Wayback MachineAthens Plus, 8 October 2010. Retrieved on 27 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Maroussi's licence to play Qualifying Rounds revoked."EuroLeague, 16 September 2010. Retrieved on 27 April 2015.
  8. ^ Mammides, Chris. "Eurobasket News Report – Greece – Transfer News."Eurobasket.com, 13 October 2010. Retrieved on 27 April 2015.
  9. ^ "Arbitral award (BAT 0134/10) - Mr. Jared Homan vs. Maroussi B.C."Basketball Arbitral Tribunal, Geneva, 9 May 2011. Retrieved on 27 April 2015.
  10. ^ "Greek basketball league crumbling amid country's financial crisis."Sports Illustrated, Athens, 12 April 2012. Retrieved on 27 April 2015.
  11. ^ Maguire, Ken. "Victory at last: Maroussi wins 58-52." Archived 2013-05-29 at the Wayback MachineKingsofMaroussi.com, Marousi, 3 March 2012. Retrieved on 27 April 2015.

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