Panionios B.C.

Panionios Athens BC ΠΑΝΙΩΝΙΟΣ
Panionios Athens BC ΠΑΝΙΩΝΙΟΣ logo
Nickname	Historic Blue-Reds
Leagues	Greek League, Greek Cup, Euroleague
Founded	1929
History	1929 - present
Arena	Helliniko Indoor Arena (seating capacity: 14,500)
Location	Ellinikon, Athens, Greece
Team colors	blue and crimson
President	Elias Lianos
Head coach	Aleksandar Trifunović
Championships	1 Greek Cup: (1991)
Website	panioniosbc.gr
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Panionios Athens BC (in Greek: ΠΑΝΙΩΝΙΟΣ) is the Greek professional basketball club of Ellinikon, Athens, Greece. Panionios BC is the basketball department of the Panionios Gymnastic Club that is based in Nea Smyrni, Athens, Greece. The Panionios parent athletic union was founded in the year 1890 and the basketball department in the year 1929. The team's colors are blue and crimson.

Well-known players that have played with the club over the years have included: Thurl Bailey, P.J. Brown, Mitchell Wiggins, Panagiotis Giannakis, Theo Papaloukas, Žarko Paspalj, and Fanis Christodoulou.

Club description

Panionios BC is considered to be a long-time mid-level club of the Greek League, which is considered the 2nd-best domestic basketball league in Europe after the Spanish League. Recently, Panionios BC has also competed in the Euroleague, which is widely regarded as the 2nd-best basketball league in the world behind the NBA.

History

The basketball department of the Panionios Athletic Club, Panionios BC, began participation in the Greek League starting in the year 1929, and finished in second place in the league that year. Panionios BC finished in third place in the league the next year.

Panionios BC has competed in the top Greek basketball league, the Greek League, in consecutive years since the year 1982. In 1991, the team won the Greek Cup championship by defeating PAOK Thessaloniki by a score of 73-70. Panionios also played in the championship game of the Greek Cup in both 1977 and 1995. In 1987, Panionios played in the championship finals series of the Greek League, losing out to Aris Thessaloniki and their two Greek basketball legends Nick Galis and Panagiotis Giannakis (Giannakis would later go on to play for Panionios).

In the Greek League 2007-08 season, Panionios finished in 3rd place, which secured the team a place in the Euroleague competition for the Euroleague 2008-09 season, marking the club's first Euroleague appearance in more than a decade .

Current roster

Template:Euroleague roster header |- | style="text-align:center;" | PG | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Xanthopoulos, Vasilis | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | 93 kg (205 lb) | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | | style="text-align:center; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%"| |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | SG | style="text-align:center;" | 6 | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Zoroski, Ivan | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | 93 kg (205 lb) | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | | style="text-align:center; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%"| |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | SF | style="text-align:center;" | 7 | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Georgallis, Ioannis | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | 100 kg (220 lb) | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | | style="text-align:center; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%"| |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | SF | style="text-align:center;" | 8 | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Cvetković, Branko | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | 102 kg (225 lb) | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | | style="text-align:center; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%"| |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | PG | style="text-align:center;" | 9 | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Miles, Aaron | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | 79 kg (174 lb) | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | | style="text-align:center; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%"| |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | SG | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Kalambokis, Giannis | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | 91 kg (201 lb) | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | | style="text-align:center; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%"| |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | PF | style="text-align:center;" | 11 | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Nikolic, Goran | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | 111 kg (245 lb) | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | | style="text-align:center; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%"| |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | PF | style="text-align:center;" | 13 | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Raičević, Miroslav | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | 107 kg (236 lb) | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | | style="text-align:center; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%"| |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | C | style="text-align:center;" | 14 | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Kendall, Levon | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | 109 kg (240 lb) | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | | style="text-align:center; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%"| |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | C | style="text-align:center;" | 15 | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Giannoulis, Ioannis | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | 111 kg (245 lb) | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | | style="text-align:center; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%"| |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | C | style="text-align:center;" | 18 | style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Baxter, Lonny | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | 120 kg (265 lb) | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%" | | style="text-align:center; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 80%"| |-

Current depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench	Reserve
C	Lonny Baxter	Ioannis Giannoulis	Levon Kendall
PF	Goran Nikolić	Miroslav Raičević
SF	Branko Cvetković	Ioannis Georgallis
SG	Giannis Kalambokis	Ivan Zoroski
PG	Aaron Miles	Vasilis Xanthopoulos

On loan:

• Vladimir Janković - Loaned to Mega Aqua Monta
• Dimitrios Katiakos - Loaned to Panerithraikos

Championships

1 Greek Cup: (1991)

Notable players

Theodoros Papaloukas Panagiotis Giannakis Theofanis Christodoulou Christos Christodoulou Takis Koroneos Giorgos Gasparis Giorgos Bosganas Giorgos Karagoutis Panayiotis Kafkis Nikos Hatzis Stratos Perperoglou Vassilis Kikilias Aggelos Koronios Christos Tapoutos Nikos Ekonomou Fedon Mattheou

Nikos Linardos Giorgos Sigalas Giannis Sioutis Giorgos Kalaitzis Tzanis Stavrakopoulos Vaggelis Aggelou Ioannis Giannoulis Georgios Diamantopoulos Savas Iliadis Dusan Sakota Thurl Bailey P.J. Brown John Hudson Kennedy Winston Byron Dinkins Ed Stokes William Avery Toby Bailey Henry Turner Andre Hutson Rashad Wright Gerry McNamara

Travis Watson Mark Landsberger Mateen Cleaves Ruben Douglas Mitchell Wiggins Lonny Baxter Amal McCaskill Žarko Paspalj Boban Janković Dragan Lukovski Stephen Arigbabu Ender Arslan Miroslav Pecarski Jure Zdovc Brad Newley Antanas Kavaliauskas

Notable Coaches

• Panagiotis Giannakis
• Nikos Linardos
• Makis Dendrinos
• Dušan Ivković
• Vlade Đurović
• Nenad Markovic

External links

• Euroleague.net Official Team Page
• Euroleague.net Panionios BC Team Profile
• ULEB Cup Official Site Team Profile
• Panionios Panthers Club
• ESAKE Home Page
• Galanis Sports Data