Basket League

Basket League

Current season	2018/19
sport	basketball
Association	ESAKE
League foundation	1927
Teams	14 teams
Country countries	Greece
Title holder	Panathinaikos Athens
Record champions	Panathinaikos Athens (38 titles)
Website	esake.gr
↓ A2 Ethniki

In basketball, the Greek men's championship is determined in the Basket League , which is one of the most competitive and financially strongest basketball leagues in Europe. This professional league currently consists of 14 teams.

history

Aris , PAOK Ifaistos Kymi Panathinaikos , AEK , Holargos BC Panionios , GS Peristeri Olympiacos Lavrio Promitheas Colossus Rethymno

Clubs of the Basket League in the 2018/19 season

The first basketball championship in Greece was held between 1927 and 1928 . The preliminary form of today's league, which was also often interrupted by the Second World War , at that time was called Panellinio Protathlima A Katigorias (Πανελλήνιο Πρωτάθλημα Α Κατηγορίας) and lasted until 1963 .
From 1964 to 1986 the top division of Greece was Protathlima Ethnikis Katigorias (Πρωτάθλημα Εθνικής Κατηγορίας) . From 1987 to 1992 Protathlima A1 Ethnikis Katigorias (Πρωτάθλημα Α1 Εθνικής Κατηγορίας) .
In 1993 the championship finally lost its amateur status and was officially established as a professional league under the name Epangelamtiko Protathlima A1 (Επαγγελματικό Πρωτάθλημα Α1) . The league was renamed again in 2012 and has been operating as the Basket League since then . According to the current regulations, the last two teams in the table are relegated to the A2 league after the regular season. The first eight teams qualify for the play-offs. After 77 championships so far, Panathinaikos Athens is the record champion with 35 titles.

Some German basketball players also played in Greece. Ex-European champion Michael Koch played for Panathinaikos, Marousi and Ionikos for seven years. National player Patrick Femerling played for Olympiakos and moved to Panathinaikos in 2004 after a brief interlude at FC Barcelona. Other German players who have played in Greece are Stephen Arigbabu , Sascha Hupmann , Misan Nikagbatse , Ademola Okulaja , Marko Pesic and Christian Welp . The former coach of the German national team Dirk Bauermann temporarily coached the clubs Apollon Patras and Dafni Athens.

Teams 2017/18

The following teams will take part in the 2017/18 season:

Surname	city	Venue	Capacity	Championships	Title (total)
AEK	Athens	Nikos Galis Arena	18,900	8th	16
AGO Rethymnou	Rethymno	Klisto Rethymnou	02,100	-	-
Apollo Patras	Patras	Klisto tis Perivolas	03,500	-	-
Aris	Thessaloniki	Alexandreio Melathron	05,500	10	21st
GS Lavrio	Lavrio	Klisto Lavriou	01,700	-	-
Colossus	Rhodes	Klisto Gymnastirio Rhodou	01,500	-	-
Koroivos Amaliadas	Amaliada	Klisto Gymnastirio Amaliadas	02,500	-	-
Olympiacos	Piraeus	Peace and Friendship Stadium	14,776	12	25th
Panathinaikos	Athens	Nikos Galis Arena	18,900	38	64
PAOK	Thessaloniki	Klisto Pileas	08,500	02	07th
GS Kymis	Kymi	Tasos Kabouris Kanithou Indoor Hall	01,620	-	-
Trikala Basketball Club	Trikala	Klisto Trikalon	02,000	-	-
Promitheas Patras	Patras	Dimitris Tofalos Arena	04,200	-	-
Doxa Lefkadas	Lefkada	Klisto Lefkadas	01,200	-	-

Records and records

Championship title

• Panathinakos : 38
• Olympiacos : 12
• Aris : 10
• AEK : 8
• Panellinios : 6
• Iraklis : 2
• PAOK : 2
• Niar is : 1
• University of Athens : 1

Title holder

1928: Iraklis Thessaloniki 1929: Panellinios 1930: Aris Thessaloniki 1931–34: not held 1935: Iraklis Thessaloniki 1936: Near East 1937: University of Athens 1938: not held 1939: Panellinios 1940: Panellinios 1941–45: not held 1946: Panathinaikos Athens 1947: Panathinaikos Athens 1948: not held 1949: Olympiacos Piraeus 1950: Panathinaikos Athens 1951: Panathinaikos Athens 1952: not held 1953: Panellinios 1954: Panathinaikos Athens 1955: Panellinios 1956: not held

1957: Panellinios 1958: AEK Athens 1959: PAOK Thessaloniki 1960: Olympiacos Piraeus 1961: Panathinaikos Athens 1962: Panathinaikos Athens 1963: AEK Athens 1964: AEK Athens 1965: AEK Athens 1966: AEK Athens 1967: Panathinaikos Athens 1968: AEK Athens 1969: Panathinaikos Athens 1970: AEK Athens 1971: Panathinaikos Athens 1972: Panathinaikos Athens 1973: Panathinaikos Athens 1974: Panathinaikos Athens 1975: Panathinaikos Athens 1976: Olympiacos Piraeus 1977: Panathinaikos Athens 1978: Olympiacos Piraeus

1979: Aris Thessaloniki 1980: Panathinaikos Athens 1981: Panathinaikos Athens 1982: Panathinaikos Athens 1983: Aris Thessaloniki 1984: Panathinaikos Athens 1985: Aris Thessaloniki 1986: Aris Thessaloniki 1987: Aris Thessaloniki 1988: Aris Thessaloniki 1989: Aris Thessaloniki 1990: Aris Thessaloniki 1991: Aris Thessaloniki 1992: PAOK Thessaloniki 1993: Olympiacos Piraeus 1994: Olympiacos Piraeus 1995: Olympiacos Piraeus 1996: Olympiacos Piraeus 1997: Olympiacos Piraeus 1998: Panathinaikos Athens 1999: Panathinaikos Athens 2000: Panathinaikos Athens

2001: Panathinaikos Athens 2002: AEK Athens 2003: Panathinaikos Athens 2004: Panathinaikos Athens 2005: Panathinaikos Athens 2006: Panathinaikos Athens 2007: Panathinaikos Athens 2008: Panathinaikos Athens 2009: Panathinaikos Athens 2010: Panathinaikos Athens 2011: Panathinaikos Athens 2012: Olympiacos Piraeus 2013: Panathinaikos Athens 2014: Panathinaikos Athens 2015: Olympiacos Piraeus 2016: Olympiacos Piraeus 2017: Panathinaikos Athens 2018: Panathinaikos Athens 2019: Panathinaikos Athens 2020: Panathinaikos Athens

Women

The Greek women's championship is currently played among 14 teams. The top division is called A1 Ethniki . After a total of 26 match days, consisting of home and return matches, the champions will be chosen. The last two of the table are relegated to the A2 league.

history

The first championship of women was held in 1967-1968 under the name Panellinio Protathlima (Πανελλήνιο Πρωτάθλημα) . From the 1984–1985 season Protathlima A Ethnikis Katigorias (Πρωτάθλημα Α Εθνικής Κατηγορίας) . Since 1997 the top division is officially called Protathlima A1 Ethnikis Katigorias (Πρωτάθλημα Α1 Εθνικής Κατηγορίας) .

Statistics of the Greek basketball champions

• AO Sporting: 21
• Athinaikos Athens: 4
• Panathinaikos Athens: 4
• Olympiacos: 4
• Ano Liosa: 3
• Iraklis Thessaloniki: 3
• Apollon Kalamarias: 2
• Palio Faliro: 2
• Piraikos: 2
• AE Esperides: 2
• AE Sourmenon-Ellinikou 2
• Olympiakos Volou: 1
• SAAKT: 1
• Panionios Athens: 1

Title holder

1968: Iraklis Thessaloniki 1969: Piraikos 1970: Piraikos 1971: Iraklis Thessaloniki 1972: Iraklis Thessaloniki 1973: SAAKT 1974: Apollon Kalamarias 1975: AO Palio Faliro 1976: AO Sporting 1977: AO Sporting 1978: AO Olympiakos Volou 1979: AO Sporting 1980: AO Sporting

1981: AO Sporting 1982: AO Palio Faliro 1983: AO Sporting 1984: AO Sporting 1985: AO Sporting 1986: AO Sporting 1987: AO Sporting 1988: AO Sporting 1989: AO Sporting 1990: AO Sporting 1991: AO Sporting 1992: Apollon Kalamarias 1993: AO Sporting

1994: AO Sporting 1995: AO Sporting 1996: AO Sporting 1997: AO Sporting 1998: Panathinaikos Athens 1999: AO Sporting 2000: Panathinaikos Athens 2001: Ano Liosia 2002: Ano Liosia 2003: Ano Liosia 2004: AO Sporting 2005: Panathinaikos Athens 2006: AE Esperides

2007: Panionios Athens 2008: AE Esperides 2009: Athinaikos Athens 2010: Athinaikos Athens 2011: Athinaikos Athens 2012: Athinaikos Athens 2013: Panathinaikos Athens 2014: AE Sourmenon-Ellinikou 2015: AE Sourmenon-Ellinikou 2016: Olympiacos Piraeus 2017: Olympiacos Piraeus 2018: Olympiacos Piraeus 2019: Olympiacos Piraeus

See also

• Basketball in Greece

Web links

• Greek Basketball Federation (Greek)
• Association of Greek Basketball Teams (Greek)