Kolossos Rodou BC

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A.O. Kolossos Rhodes

Leagues

A1 Ethniki

Founded

1963

History

1963 - present

Arena

Kleiston Gym
(capacity 1,242)

Location

Rhodes, Greece

Team colors

white and blue

President

Kostas Kostaridis

Vice-presidents

Head coach

Georgios Zevgolis

Championships

none

Website

kolossosbc.gr

Uniforms



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Main article: Kolossos Rodou BC

A.O. Kolossos Rhodes AKA Colossus Rhodes is a Greek basketball team in Rhodes, Greece. Kolossos currently plays in the first Greek League of professional basketball the A1 Ethniki. The club was founded in 1963 and also initially featured sports like volleyball and Judo in the early 1980s. Today, the focus of the Greek athletic club is on the franchise's basketball department.

1 History
2 Rise
3 Championships
4 Roster 2007/2008 season
5 Notable players
6 External links

[edit] History

Due to geographical isolation and very small financial abilities for most of the club's history the basketball team was not able to compete at a high level and was not funded properly. Kolossos was the first Greek basketball team located in the Aegean region.

[edit] Rise

In 2000 the fate of the team finally changed when Kostas Kostaridis became the new Team President and took over the reins of the team. Kostaridis changed almost the entire club management and stated that it was the goal of the team to rise from the Greek B League to the A2 Ethniki and subsequently the team did begin to rise up through Greece's B division of basketball.

In 2003, coach Vasilis Frangias joined the team and the ascent up in the A2 Ethniki division commenced. In the 2004-2005 season Kolossos won the championship of the A2 Ethniki and was therefore automatically moved into the Greek A1 League, the highest professional basketball league in Greece.

[edit] Championships

Divisional:
- A2 Ethniki: 1
  - 2005

[edit] Roster 2007/2008 season

5 - Marios Matalon
6 - J.R. Pinnock
7 - Ivo Josipovic
8 - Matija Ceskovic
9 - Panagiotis Panagiotarakos
11 - Michalis Kounounis
12 - Savo Djikanovic
13 - Giannis Skordalis
14 - Miroslav Todic
15 - Alexandros Tsamatos
17 - Antonis Asimakopoulos
18 - Giorgos Diamantopoulos
19 - Kenny Taylor

[edit] Notable players

[edit] External links

A1 Greek Basketball League 2007-2008

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International basketball

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Africa: FIBA Africa – Africa Championship Americas: FIBA Americas – Americas Championship Asia: FIBA Asia – Asian Championship Europe: FIBA Europe – EuroBasket Oceania: FIBA Oceania – Oceania Championship