Kolossos Rodou B.C.

Kolossos Rodou B.C. (Greek: Κολοσσός Ρόδου K.A.E.), known as Kolossos H Hotels for sponsorship reasons, is a Greek professional basketball team that is located on the island of Rhodes, in Rhodes City. Kolossos currently plays in the top-tier level of Greek professional basketball, the Greek League. The club was founded in 1963, and also initially featured sports like volleyball and judo in the early 1980s.[1] Today, the focus of the Greek athletic club is on the franchise's men's basketball department.

Kolossos H Hotels
LeaguesGreek League
Greek Cup
Founded1963 (1963)
HistoryKolossos Rodou B.C.
(1963–present)
ArenaKallithea Palais des Sports
Capacity1,400
LocationRhodes City, Rhodes, Greece
Team colorsWhite and Cyan
   
Main sponsorH Hotels Collection
PresidentMichalis Kokkinos
Head coachIlias Kantzouris
Team captainVassilis Xanthopoulos
2019–20 position9th
Championships1 Greek 2nd Division
Websitekolossosbc.gr

History

Early years

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 for many years, and was not funded properly. Kolossos was the first Greek basketball team located in the Aegean Sea region.

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 club.[2] Kostaridis changed almost the entire club management, and stated that it was the immediate goal of the team to rise from the 3rd-tier level Greek B League, to the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 League, and subsequently, the team did begin to rise up through Greece's club basketball league system.

In 2003, head coach Vassilis Fragkias joined the team, and the ascent up into the Greek A2 League division commenced. In the 2004–05 season, Kolossos won the championship of the Greek A2 League, and was therefore automatically promoted up into the top-tier level Greek League, the highest professional basketball league in Greece.

Merger with Holargos

In the 2018–19 Greek Basket League season, Kolossos finished in last place in the league. The team was thus facing relegation down to the second-tier level Greek A2 League. However, Kolossos merged with Holargos, and gained their rights to play in the top-tier level Greek League, in the following 2019–20 Greek Basket League season.[3]

Arenas

Through the 2018–19 season, Kolossos played its domestic Greek Basket League games at the 1,242 seat Venetokleio Indoor Hall. Prior to the 2019–20 season, Kolossos moved into the 1,400 seat[4] Palais des Sports.[5]

Season by season
Season Tier Division Pos. W–L Greek Cup European competitions
2011–12
1
 Basket League
4th
22–13
2012–13
1
 Basket League
10th
8–18
2013–14
1
 Basket League
10th
10–16
2014–15
1
 Basket League
7th
14–15
2015–16
1
 Basket League 7th
11–17
2016–17
1
 Basket League 7th
14–15
 Quarterfinalist
2017–18
1
 Basket League 8th
11–17
 Quarterfinalist
2018–19
1
 Basket League 13th
5–21
 Quarterfinalist

    Honours and titles

    Players

    Current roster

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

    Kolossos Rodou roster
    PlayersCoaches
    Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
    PG 1 Lawson, Ty 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 33 – (1987-11-03)3 November 1987
    F 3 Kamarianos, Nikos 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 23 – (1997-03-21)21 March 1997
    PG 4 Xanthopoulos, Vassilis (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 36 – (1984-04-29)29 April 1984
    PG 7 Artis, Dominic 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 27 – (1993-07-07)7 July 1993
    G/F 8 Andrić, Mihajlo 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 26 – (1994-04-01)1 April 1994
    SG 9 Liapis, Michail 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 25 – (1995-03-11)11 March 1995
    G 10 Arsenopoulos, Nikos 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 20 – (2000-05-19)19 May 2000
    F/C 11 Kanter, Kerem 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 25 – (1995-04-29)29 April 1995
    SF 12 Billis, Sotiris 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 24 – (1996-11-14)14 November 1996
    G/F 13 Zaras, Theodoros 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 33 – (1987-08-12)12 August 1987
    C 21 Spicer, Khaliq 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 26 – (1994-05-27)27 May 1994
    PF 25 Goins, Kenny 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 24 – (1996-09-11)11 September 1996
    SG 26 Mirosavic, Angelos 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 18 – (2002-10-31)31 October 2002
    Head coach
    Assistant coach(es)
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • Injured
    Updated: January 21, 2021

    Depth chart
    Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
    C Kerem Kanter Khaliq Spicer
    PF Kenny Goins Nikos Kamarianos
    SF Mihajlo Andrić Thodoris Zaras Sotiris Billis
    SG Dominic Artis Michalis Liapis Angelos Mirosavic
    PG Ty Lawson Vassilis Xanthopoulos Nikos Arsenopoulos

    Notable players

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

    Head coaches
    Head Coach Years
    Charis Papazoglou
    2001–2003
    Vassilis Fragkias
    2003–2005
    Michalis Kyritsis
    2005–2006
    Georgios Zevgkolis
    2006–2007
    Vangelis Alexandris
    2007–2008
    Ioannis Sfairopoulos
    2008–2011
    Vassilis Fragkias
    2011–2012
    Minas Gekos
    2012–2013
    Vassilis Fragkias
    2013
    Dimitrios Priftis
    2013–2014
    Michalis Koutalianos
    2014
    Aris Lykogiannis
    2014–2018
    Nikos Vetoulas
    2018
    Kostas Flevarakis
    2018–2019
    Stergios Koufos
    2019
    Aris Lykogiannis
    2019–present

    References
    1. Έτος Ίδρυσης 1963 (in Greek).
    2. "ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΣΥΛΛΟΓΟΥ {{in lang|el}}". Archived from the original on 2017-09-08. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
    3. Κολοσσός: Η συνένωση με τον Χολαργό είναι γεγονός (in Greek).
    4. ΑΦΙΕΡΩΜΑ ΣΤΟΝ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΟ H HOTELS: Νέο ξεκίνημα στη Ρόδο (in Greek).
    5. Κολοσσός: Αλλάζει έδρα τη νέα αγωνιστική περίοδο (in Greek).
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