Sporting Athens
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| Full name | AO Sporting Athens |
| Founded | 1936 |
| Club colors | Red Blue |
| Venue | Klisto Sporting |
| Places | 2,500 |
| president |
 Vasilios Sakopoulos
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| Trainer |
Alexis Karatzas
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| Homepage | www.sportingbc.gr |
| league | Gamma Ethniki, group south 2 |
| 2014/2015 | 4th Place |
AO Sporting Athens ( Greek Α.Ο. Σπόρτιγκ Αθηνών ) is a Greek basketball team from the Athens district of Patisia . The men's division currently plays in the Gamma Ethniki, the fourth highest league in the country.
Men
history
Sporting Athens was founded in 1936 by Greeks who emigrated from today's Istanbul and were previously members of the Sporting Club Constantinople , which was founded in 1924 .
In 1939 and 1940 Sporting reached the final of the Greek championship, but both times had to admit defeat to city rivals Panellinios . In 1945 the club won the championship final. Since Greece was still occupied by German troops at that time, the title could not be officially evaluated and went down in the club's history as the freedom cup. In 1946 and 1947 Sporting again reached the finals for the Greek championship and was again defeated in both games by Panathinaikos Athens . In 1979 the club took part in the European Cup for the first time and started in the Korać Cup .
In 1982, the club rose from the A1 Ethniki for the first time . Since then, Sporting has been promoted and relegated several times and has achieved a total of three championships in the A2 Ethniki , the second highest Greek division.
Significant former players
Konstantinos Angelidis Alphonso Ford Fotis Katsikaris Georgios Kolokithas Nikos Liakopoulos Fedon Mattheou Dimitris Papanikolaou Giannis Sioutis
Eminent former coaches
Women
history
Sporting's women's division is one of the most important clubs in Greece. With 21 championships won - 20 of them between 1976 and 1999 - it is by far the most successful team in the country.
Sporting won the first championship in 1976. In 1977 the club played its first international game against Red Star Belgrade. The first victory in a European away game came in 1983. In 1991 in Barcelona and 1992 in Bari , the club made it into the Final Four tournament for the European Cup in two consecutive years. In 1996 Sporting won the Greek club cup, which was held for the first time for women.
In 2007 Sporting relegated to the second-class A2 Ethniki.
Eminent former players
Nikoleta Arnaoutoglou (first Greek player to move abroad) Anni Konstantinidou Dimitra Kalentzou
title
- Greek Masters (21 ×): 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004
- Greek Cup Winner (3 ×): 1996, 1999, 2005
homestead
The venue for the club's home games for both men and women is Klisto Sporting in Patisia, which has a capacity of 2,500. The sports hall, built in 1968, is owned by the association and was also used by Panathinaikos Athens from 2002 to 2004 , as the Olympic hall was undergoing renovation and modernization work at that time in view of the upcoming Olympic Games .
Other sports
Originally, Sporting also had departments in the sports of weightlifting , wrestling , swimming , table tennis and volleyball . In addition to basketball, only judo and rhythmic gymnastics are now offered.