Ilysiakos B.C.

KAE Ilysiakos ΚΑΕ Ηλυσιακός
Leagues	Greek C Basketball League Greek Cup
Founded	1968
History	1968 – Present
Arena	Ilisia Indoor Hall (capacity: 1,700)
Location	Ilisia, Zografou, Athens, Greece
Team colors	Gold and Black
President	Pantelis Gampierakis
Head coach	Dimitris Liogas
Website	ilisiakos.gr
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Ilysiakos B.C. (Greek: Ηλυσιακός Κ.Α.Ε.) is a Greek professional basketball team that is located in the Ilisia neighborhood of Zografou, Athens, Greece. The club's name is said to be a reference to Elysium, which is why the club's name and logo beings with a Greek alphabet Η, instead of an Ι, even though the name of Ilissia, where the club is based, begins with an Ι in Greek. However, when the name is translated into the English alphabet, the H becomes an I.^[1]

The club is known for being based mostly on Greek players and Greek coaches, and for developing young players.

History

The parent athletic sports club, Ilysiakos Athlitikos Omilos (Greek: Ηλυσιακός Αθλητικός Όμιλος), was founded in 1927. The basketball team of Ilysiakos was established in 1968. In the 1986–87 season, Ilysiakos participated for the first time in the top Greek Basket League, and stayed there for two straight seasons. Following the 1987–88 season, the team got relegated to the Greek 2nd Division.

From 1988 to 2003, the club was competing in the Greek second and third divisions. However, the club had its biggest success with its participation in the final four of the Greek Cup in 1995, where the team finished in 4th place. In the year 2003, the club got promoted to the first division again, but was once again relegated to the second division after the 2003–04 season.

The club's second return to the first division, in the 2009–10 season, was much more successful, as Ilysiakos played in the top division for 5 consecutive seasons. During that time, players like Vonteego Cummings, Brent Petway, Terrell Stoglin, and Aloysius Anagonye played with the club. In this same era of the club, Nikos Chatzis, who was a member of the senior men's Greek national team, and won several titles in his playing career: 2 Greek Cups (2000, 2001), the Saporta Cup (2000), and the Greek League championship (2002), became the captain of the team. In this same time, Panagiotis Kafkis and Georgios Apostolidis, who also represented Greece, were also members of the team.

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Ilysiakos B.C. roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age	Head coach Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2013-01-05

Notable Players

Petros Fikaris Vassilis Goumas Giorgos Kastrinakis Andreas Papantoniou Kyriakos Vidas Dimitrios Kokolakis Charis Papageorgiou Nikos Chatzis Ioannis Athinaiou Antonis Fotsis Kostas Charissis Panagiotis Kafkis Stratos Perperoglou Giannis Sioutis Leonidas Skoutaris Michael Paragyios Dimitrios Tsarouchas Georgios Bogris Leonidas Kaselakis Marios Batis

Alekos Petroulas Sakis Karidas Anatoly Zourpenko Nikos Liakopoulos Giorgos Apostolidis Periklis Dorkofikis Tasos Antonakis Alexis Kyritsis Andreas Kanonidis Nondas Papantoniou Ioannis Athanasoulas Stelios Ioannou Nikos Papanikolopoulos Marios Matalon Dimitrios Kompodietas Riste Stefanov Grega Mali Darius Maskoliūnas Miroslav Todić Kyle Johnson

Conor Grace Harding Nana Willie Deane Brett Eppehimer Brent Petway Vonteego Cummings Warren Carter Brian Butch Aloysius Anagonye Dominique Morrison Art Long Terrell Stoglin Othello Hunter Jimmy Baxter Tyrone Grant

Notable coaches

Kostas Flevarakis Dimitris Papanikolaou

References

1. Basketball.ilisiakos.gr Με «Η» και με δάφνες. (Greek)

External links

• Ilysiakos B.C. - Official Website (Greek)
• Eurobasket.com Team Page