Sporting B.C.
A.O. Sporting Α.Ο. Σπόρτιγκ | |||
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A2 Championships: (3) (1988, 1991, 2007) | |||
Website | sportingbc.gr | ||
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Sporting B.C. (
Ano Patissia, Athens, Greece, at the area of Elia Zervou 89 and Sarantaporoy. The club's full name is A.O. Sporting Athens B.C. (Greek
: Α.Ο. Σπόρτιγκ Αθήνα KAE).
History
The A.O. Sporting parent athletic association was founded in 1936, after a group of Greeks moved the Sporting Istanbul (Constantinople) club that had been founded in 1924, to Athens. Sporting began with sports departments in basketball and
ping pong
. Today, the A.O. Sporting athletic club has only the basketball department, A.O. Sporting B.C.
Over the years, some of the players from Sporting B.C. played for the senior men's
Greek Second Division
championship three times, in 1988, 1991 and 2007.
In international competitions
Arena
Sporting B.C. plays its home games at the 2,500 seat Sporting Sports Arena.[1]
Titles and honors
National:
- Greek 2nd Division: (3)
- 1988, 1991, 2007
Notable players
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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Greece:
- Dinos Angelidis
- Georgios Barlas
- - Dave Caligaris
- Christos Christodoulou
- Kostas Diamantopoulos
- Vangelis Karampoulas
- Fotis Katsikaris
- Georgios Kolokithas
- Nikos Liakopoulos
- Georgios Limniatis
- Faidon Matthaiou
- Dimitris Papanikolaou
- Kostas Petropoulos
- Ioannis Sioutis
- Pavlos Stamelos
- Vassilis Symtsak
- Nick Tsiotos
Europe:
USA:
- Mitchell Wiggins
- Alphonso Ford
- Derrick Hamilton
- Tony Costner
- Tony Dumas
- John Hudson
- Brian Vaughns
- Malcolm Mackey
- Donald Williams
Rest of Americas:
- Andres Guibert
Head coaches
- Kostas Diamantopoulos
- Steve Giatzoglou
- Vassilis Fragkias
- Kostas Petropoulos
- Aris Lykogiannis
- Angelos Koronios