Ethnikos Piraeus B.C.

Ethnikos Piraeus B.C.
Leagues A2 Basket League
Greek Cup
Arena Panagiotis Salpeas Hall
Arena Capacity 1,000
Location Piraeus, Athens, Greece
Team colors Blue and White
         
President D. Karafantis
Head coach Giorgos Kalafatakis
Website ethnikos-bc.gr
Uniforms
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Ethnikos Piraeus
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Ethnikos Piraeus B.C. is the basketball department of the Greek multi-sport club of Ethnikos Piraeus or Ethnikos OFPF (National Club of Fans of Piraeus and Phalerum). It is based in Piraeus, which is located in the Athens urban area, and its home is the Panagiotis Salpeas Gymnasium. In the current season, Ethnikos Piraeus plays in the second division of the Greek basketball league system. The team’s colours are white and blue.

History

During the decade of the 1970s, Ethnikos played in the Beta Ethniki (second national league), and came close to reaching promotion to the top-tier level A Ethniki (first national league). The former president of FIBA Europe, George Vassilakopoulos, competed in Ethnikos Piraeus. In the subsequent following years, Ethnikos' standing as a club declined, and it played in the lower minor league Greek divisions.

In recent years, the club was promoted almost every year, as it climbed up to the Greek 2nd Division. Ethnikos was promoted 3 times, in 3 years (in 2012, 2013, and 2014).[1] In 2014, Ethnikos was promoted to the Greek A2 Basket League (second division), after beating Livadeia in a one off playoff game.[2]

Roster

As of 8 October 2016

Ethnikos Piraeus roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 4 Greece Papapetrou, Georgios 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 25 – (1991-11-23)23 November 1991
PF 5 Greece Douzidis, Thanasis 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 19 – (1997-08-18)18 August 1997
G/F 6 Greece Martzos, Paris 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 31 – (1985-05-29)29 May 1985
PF 7 Greece Antonakis, Tasos 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 24 – (1992-02-09)9 February 1992
SF 8 Greece Kokkalis, Nikos 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 31 – (1985-02-13)13 February 1985
PG 9 Estonia Laane, Rait-Riivo 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 23 – (1993-05-24)24 May 1993
SG 10 Greece Papafloratos, Stelios 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
SG 11 Greece Oikonomopoulos, Kostas 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 20 – (1996-09-23)23 September 1996
C 12 Greece Machairas, Kostas 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 32 – (1984-04-21)21 April 1984
C 13 Greece Chalaris, Stelios 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (1992-05-22)22 May 1992
Head coach
  • Greece Vangelis Vlachos
Assistant coach(es)
  • Greece Michalis Rachovitsas
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 26-09-2014

Titles

Ethnikos has won the amateur level cup of the South Attica regional (ESKANA) 3 times.

The results of Ethnikos' 3 ESKANA local regional cup finals wins:

References

  1. ↑ Το «θαύμα» του Εθνικού Πειραιά στο μπάσκετ (in Greek). protothema.gr. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Στην Α2 ο Εθνικός!". sport24.gr. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Εθνικός Πέραμα 66-62". ethnikos.gr. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Κυπελλούχος ο Εθνικός 69-63 τον Μίλωνα". eskana.gr. 25 February 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Κύπελλο ΕΣΚΑΝΑ: Το σήκωσε ο Εθνικός". onsports.gr. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.

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