Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos

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Panellinios Athens B.C.
ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟΣ Γ.Σ.

Leagues

Greek League,
EuroCup

Founded

1891

Arena

Panellinios Indoor Hall
capacity: 1,100
expandable to 2,500

Location

Kypseli, Athens, Greece

Team colors

blue and white

President

Minos Kyriakou

Vice-presidents

Head coach

Giorgos Kalafatakis

Championships

6 Greek Championships (1929, 1939, 1940, 1953, 1955, 1957)

Website

panellinios-bc.gr

Uniforms



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1 Athletic Union History
2 Basketball Team History
- 2.1 "The Golden Five"
- 2.2 Recent History
3 Current Squad
4 Notable Players
5 Notable Coaches
6 Championships
7 External Links

[edit] Athletic Union History

The Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos (Greek: ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟΣ Γ.Σ.) athletic club, located in Kypseli, Athens, Greece and founded in the year 1891 had a team of gymnasts compete at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The team’s leader was Sotirios Athanasopoulos. Members included Nikolaos Andriakopoulos, Petros Persakis, Thomas Xenakis, and 29 others. The team placed second of the three teams in the parallel bars team event, earning a silver medal (retroactively awarded by the International Olympic Committee, as the awards at the first Olympic Games differed from the gold, silver, bronze format used later).

[edit] Basketball Team History

[edit] "The Golden Five"

Located in Kypseli, Athens, Greece the athletic union's basketball club Panellinios BC competes in the top men's professional basketball league in Greece, the A1 Ethniki and has been the league's champion 6 times in the years 1929, 1939, 1940, 1953, 1955, and 1957. The club would have likely won several more Greek championships during the 1940's but could not because the league was temporarily disbanded because of World War II. In the early 1950's era the team was called "The Golden Five" (Hrisi Pentada) (Themis Cholevas, Panagiotis Manias, Kostas Papadimas, Mimis Stefanidis, Aristidis Roubanis) and dominated not only Greek basketball, but European basketball in general. The Panellinios team headlined the Greek 1952 Olympic Team. Although the Euroleague, then known as the European Champions Cup was not formed until the basketball season 1957-58, it is widely believed that had it been formed earlier that Panellinios BC would have won several Euroleague championships as many considered Panellinios BC the best team in Europe during the early-to-mid 1950s. The team was led in these years by the great scorer Antonis Christeas.

The team stayed in the top Greek basketball division for 23 straight years starting in 1963 when the league was re-formed into a new format. The club finished third in the league in both 1970 and 1978. During this era it was Vasilis Goumas that was the leader of the team. The basketball club also finished the runner-up in the Greek Basketball Cup in 1987.

[edit] Recent History

The club struggled in the 1990s and was mired in the second and third divisions of the Greek pro league. New management came to the organization in 1999 and the franchise would eventually again begin to establish itself as a strong presence in Greek basketball. In 2004 Panellinios BC returned to the Greek A1 League led by Marijan Kraljevic and the Soulis brothers. The A1 Ethniki is one of the top domestic professional basketball leagues in the world along with the NBA, the Spanish League, and the Italian League.

In 2006 the team advanced to the playoff round of the A1 Ethniki led by Dimitrios Tsaldaris, Damir Mulaomerovic and Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje, finishing 6th in the league after losing in the playoffs to Aris BC. In 2007 the club finished in 5th place in the league with players such as Mamadou N'Diaye, Michalis Pelekanos, Gary Trent, and Anthony Goldwire. The team lost to Panionios BC in the playoffs, but in finishing 5th in the Greek A1 League qualified for the ULEB Cup competition for the first time in franchise history. The ULEB Cup is the second highest level of pro basketball in Europe after the Euroleague.

[edit] Current Squad

Panellinios Athens BC roster

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Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.
4.0 PF	4	USA	Sims, Lewis	80 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
2.0 SG	5	Greece	Argiropoulos, Nikos	74 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
2.5 G/F	6	Greece	Kalazitzidis, Dimitris	78 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
3.0 SF	7	Greece	Karamboulas, Vangelis	78 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
1.0 PG	8	Greece	Sakellariou, Giannis	73.5 6 ft 1.5 in (1.87 m)
1.5 G	9	Greece	Apostolidis, Giorgos	77.5 6 ft 5.5 in (1.97 m)
4.0 PF	10	Greece	Petroulas, Alexandros	79 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
2.5 G/F	11	Croatia	Rancic, Damir	78 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
4.0 PF	12	Greece	Sklavos, Vangelis	79.5 6 ft 7.5 in (2.02 m)
4.5 F/C	14	Hungary	Bader, Marton	83.5 6 ft 11.5 in (2.12 m)
5.0 C	15	Greece	Papaioakim, Pantelis	81 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
1.5 G	16	USA	Grundy, Anthony	74.25 6 ft 2.25 in (1.89 m)
2.5 G/F	17	Serbia	Dozet, Milan	80 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
1.0 PG	18	Greece	Pappas, Nikos	76.25 6 ft 4.25 in (1.94 m)

Head coach

Ilias Zouros

Assistant coach(es)

John Korfas
Vangelis Magiras

Legend

(C) Team captain
(*) Playing only in Euroleague
Injured

Roster • updated 2007-01-24

[edit] Notable Players

Themis Cholevas
Panagiotis Manias
Kostas Papadimas
Mimis Stefanidis
Aristidis Roubanis
Antonis Christeas
Albert Mallah
Vasilis Goumas
Michalis Pelekanos
Nikos Ekonomou
Dimitrios Tsaldaris
Andreas Glyniadakis
Christos Tsekos

[edit] Notable Coaches

Nikos Nisiotis

[edit] Championships

Total Titles: 8

National:
- Greek Championships: 6
  - 1929, 1939, 1940, 1953, 1955, 1957

Divisional:
- A2 Ethniki: 2
  - 1987
  - 2004

[edit] External Links

A1 Greek Basketball League 2007-2008

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ULEB Cup 2007-08

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Champion
DKV Joventut

Runner-up
Akasvayu Girona

Third place Dynamo Moscow | Fourth place Galatasaray Café Crown

Eliminated after Eighthfinals:
Artland Dragons • Hemofarm • BC Kyiv • Gran Canaria • Khimki • Lukoil Academic • Red Star • Zadar

Eliminated after Sixteenth Finals:
ASVEL Villeurbanne • Asco Śląsk Wrocław • Azovmash Mariupol • Benetton Treviso • BK Ventspils • ČEZ Nymburk • Elan Chalon • Hapoel Jerusalem • KK Bosna • KK Budućnost • Köln 99ers • Allianz Swans Gmunden • Telindus Oostende • Triumph Lyubertsy • Türk Telekom

Regular Season
Group A • Group B • Group C • Group D • Group E • Group F • Group G • Group H • Group I

Eliminated after Regular Season:
ALBA Berlin • Antwerp Giants • Anwil Wloclawek • ASK Riga • BC Kalev/Cramo • UPIM Bologna • Benetton Fribourg • CSU Asesoft • D. Bank Skyliners • EiffelTowers • FMP • Guildford Heat • Hanzevast Capitals • Hapoel Galil Elyon • Ludwigsburg • Ovarense Aerosoles • Panellinios GS • Pau-Orthez • Šiauliai • Spirou Charleroi • Strasbourg

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