Ethnikos Piraeus B.C.

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.

Ethnikos Piraeus B.C.
LeaguesA2 Basket League
Greek Cup
Founded1923
ArenaPanagiotis Salpeas Hall
Capacity1,000
LocationPiraeus, Athens, Greece
Team colorsBlue and White
   
PresidentKonstantinos Deriziotis
Head coachSavvas Simeonidis
Websiteethnikos-bc.gr
Active departments of
Ethnikos Piraeus
Football Basketball Volleyball
Water Polo Swimming Field Hockey
Canoeing

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]

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:

Roster
Ethnikos Piraeus roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
SF Siologkas, Dimitris 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – (1994-04-28)28 April 1994
PF Dimitriadis, Tasos 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 39 – (1982-01-01)1 January 1982
PF Sklivas, Antonis 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (1995-07-06)6 July 1995
C Machairas, Kostas 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 36 – (1984-04-21)21 April 1984
Head coach
  • Vangelis Vlachos
Assistant coach(es)
  • Michalis Rachovitsas
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 26-09-2014

Head coaches

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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