Peristeri B.C.

Peristeri B.C., or Peristeri Athens B.C. (Greek: Περιστερίου K.A.E.) is a Greek professional basketball club that is located in Peristeri, Greece, which is both a city and a suburb in the western part of the Athens agglomeration. The club's full name is Gymnastikos Syllogos Peristeriou K.A.E. (Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Περιστερίου K.A.E.). It is a part of the G.S. Peristeri (Γ.Σ. Περιστερίου) multi-sports club. The club was founded on October 22, 1971.

The club's emblem is the

History

Early years and rise of the club

The club began play in the 1971–72 season. In the 1977–78 season, Peristeri Athens won the third level championship of Greek pro basketball, under head coach Faidon Matthaiou. In the 1982–83 season, under head coach Thanasis Christoforou, Peristeri won the second level championship of Greek pro basketball, which was at that time, the Greek B League. In the following 1983–84 season, Peristeri played games for the first time, in the top-tier level Greek Basket League. Peristeri won the Greek 2nd Division championship again, in the 1988–89 season.

In the subsequent years, the team was very successful, and many well-known basketball players played for the club. During this era, Peristeri competed in the

Peristeri then competed in the top-tier level Greek 1st Division, in the 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, and 2012–13 seasons. After the 2012–13 Greek Basket League season, Peristeri was again relegated down to the second-tier level Greek A2 League. However, due to economic issues, the club did not take part in the A2 League in the following season, and instead competed in the third-tier level Greek B League, during the 2013–14 season.^[1]

Peristeri managed to win the 2014–15 edition of the Greek 2nd-tier level ESKA Cup competition. While in that same 2014–15 season, Peristeri finished in fourth place, in the First Group of the third-tier level Greek B League, and thus did not earn a direct league promotion. Nevertheless, due to the withdrawal of Panionios Athens from the second-tier level Greek A2 League, Peristeri was then promoted back up to the A2 League, as they replaced Panionios in the competition, for the 2015–16 season.^[2] However, following that season, the club was relegated back down to the Greek 3rd Division, for the 2016–17 season.

Return to European-wide competitions

Peristeri won the Greek 3rd Division in the 2016–17 season. Then, in the following 2017–18 season, Peristeri won its third Greek 2nd Division championship. The team broke the league's win–loss record during that season, and finished with an overall record of 29 wins and just 1 loss.^[3] Thus, the club was promoted up to the top-tier level Greek Basket League, for the 2018–19 season. The return arrival of head coach Argyris Pedoulakis proved to be a key factor for the team. With Pedoulakis coaching, and with a core of quality players, Peristeri finished second in the regular season, and in fourth place overall at the end of the league's playoffs, which thus secured the team's return to European-wide competitions.

The club then joined one of the two European-wide secondary leagues, the

Under head coach Milan Tomić, Peristeri finished the 2021–22 Greek Basket League season in 8th place. While in Pan-European competition, they competed in the European-wide fourth-tier level FIBA Europe Cup competition's 2021–22 season. In August 2022, the team was given the new sponsorship name of Peristeri B.C. Athens Bwin, after the club secured a naming rights deal with Bwin, for the purposes of increasing the team's budget, as part of an overall effort by the club to position itself in a higher echelon within the Greek Basket League.

An international legend becomes the head coach

Peristeri hired international basketball legend

Logos

• 
  (The official logo of Peristeri's parent club.)
• 
  (The official alternate logo of Peristeri's parent club.)
• 
  (Peristeri B.C.'s official dove symbol.)
• 
  (Peristeri B.C.'s official basketball club logo.)

In international competitions

From the 1991–92 season, to the 2003–04 season, Peristeri Athens had an overall win/loss record of: 67 wins and 58 losses, plus 1 tie, in a total of 126 games played in all of their European-wide professional club basketball competitions.

Arenas

Peristeri plays its home games at the

Peristeri B.C. roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 0 Mitrou-Long, Elijah 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 27 – (1996-12-15)15 December 1996 PG 1 Ragland, Joe 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 34 – (1989-11-11)11 November 1989 SF 2 Dangubić, Nemanja 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 31 – (1993-04-13)13 April 1993 PG 4 Xanthopoulos, Vassilis 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 39 – (1984-04-29)29 April 1984 G 6 Love, Jermaine 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 35 – (1989-03-27)27 March 1989 F/C 7 Chatzis, Dimitris 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 20 – (2003-06-24)24 June 2003 G 11 Poulianitis, Stelios 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 29 – (1995-04-03)3 April 1995 PG 12 Maragkoudakis, Giannis 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 18 – (2006-02-01)1 February 2006 F 14 Kaselakis, Leonidas (C) 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 33 – (1990-06-01)1 June 1990 C 15 Renfro, Nate 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 27 – (1996-12-11)11 December 1996 G/F 24 Williams, Kenny 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 27 – (1996-11-18)18 November 1996 SG 25 Alexakis, Alexandros 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 16 – (2007-05-25)25 May 2007 C 32 Thompson, Trevor 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 29 – (1994-06-12)12 June 1994 PF 33 Chougkaz, Nikos 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 23 – (2000-10-04)4 October 2000 C 35 Zougris, Vangelis 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 19 – (2004-10-14)14 October 2004 SF 77 Stavrakopoulos, Sotiris 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 19 – (2004-11-29)29 November 2004 PG Bilalis, Konstantinos (TW) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 20 – (2004-03-25)25 March 2004 G/F Fytros, Giannis (TW) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 20 – (2004-01-21)21 January 2004 C Kamperidis, Alexis (TW) 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 18 – (2005-06-20)20 June 2005	Head coach Vassilis Spanoulis Assistant coach(es) Kostas Charalampidis Charalampos Skouzis Kostas Iliadis Team manager Giorgos Tsiaras Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 19 March 2024

Depth chart

Titles and honours

Domestic competitions

• Greek Cup:
  • Finalists (1): 2022–23

• Greek Super Cup:
  • Finalists (1): 2020

• Greek A2 League (2nd Division):
  • Champions (3): 1988–89, 2008–09, 2017–18

• Greek B League (2nd Division / 3rd Division):
  • Champions (3): 1982–83 (2nd Division), 2006–07 (3rd Division), 2016–17 (3rd Division)

• Greek 3rd Division:
  • Champions (1): 1977–78 (ESKA)

• Greek 2nd Tier ESKA Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2014–15

Seasons

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Notable players

Retired numbers

Peristeri B.C. retired numbers
N°	Nat.	Player	Position	Years With Club
#10		Alphonso Ford	SG	1999–2001
#13		Nikos Fasouras	C	1984–1996

Head coaches

Head coach	Years
Spyros Foskolos
Faidon Matthaiou	1976–1978
- Thanasis Christoforou	1982–1985
Kostas Petropoulos	1991–1993
Vassilis Fragkias	1993
- Steve Giatzoglou[7]	1994
Kostas Missas	1994–1995
- Dragan Šakota	1995–1997
Argyris Pedoulakis	1997–2004, 2010–2012, 2018–2019, 2020–2021
Ilias Zouros	2004, 2019
Georgios Meletis	2005–2006
Manos Manouselis	2006–2008
Dimitris Tziallas	2008
Nikos Karagiannis	2004–2005, 2008–2009, 2015–2018
Thanasis Skourtopoulos	2009–2010
Tzimis Koustenis	2012–2013
Vangelis Vlachos	2013
Nasos Choumpalis	2013–2014
Kostas Papamarkos	2014–2015
Nikos Papanikolopoulos	2019–2020
Sotiris Manolopoulos	2021
- Milan Tomić	2021–2022
Vassilis Spanoulis	2022–present

References

External links

• Peristeri B.C. official site (in Greek)
• G.S. Peristeri official site (in Greek)
• Greek Basket League team profile
• Greek Basket League team profile (in Greek)
• Eurobasket.com Peristeri BC Athens team profile
• Euroleague.net Peristeri team profile
• Official fan site (in Greek)
• Official YouTube channel (in Greek)