Makedonikos B.C.

"Makedonikos" redirects here. For the football club, see Makedonikos FC. For the football stadium, see Makedonikos Stadium.

Makedonikos B.C. Μακεδονικός K.A.E.
Makedonikos B.C. Μακεδονικός K.A.E. logo
Leagues	Greek League Greek Cup
Founded	1928
History	1928 - Present
Arena	Neapolis Arena (capacity: 1,500)
Location	Neapoli, Thessaloniki, Greece
Team colors	Green, White
President	Athanasios Angelopoulos
Head coach	Costas Flevarakis
Championships	A2 Championships: (2) (2000, 2002)
Website	Eurobasket.com
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Home Away

Makedonikos B.C. (Μακεδονικός K.A.E. in Greek) is a Greek professional basketball club. The club is located in Neapoli, Thessaloniki (Makedonia), Greece. The club was founded in the year 1928.

History

Makedonikos competed in Greece's A1 League for years until going bankrupt in 2006 and being relegated to the third division of Greek professional basketball. Makedonikos was the runner up of the ULEB Cup competition in 2005. The ULEB Cup is the 3rd highest professional basketball league in the world after the NBA and the Euroleague.

Makedonikos won the Greek A2 League, which is the second division of the professional Greek basketball league in the years 2000 and 2002. During the 2001-02 season the team set the A2 season record for most wins with 24.

Naming

Makedonikos means "Macedonian" in Greek.

Home city

Since its foundation Makedonikos' home city was Thessaloniki, Greece. Otherwise, when the team was bought by Dimitris Mesaikos, the franchise was moved to Kozani, Greece for a short period to play in a newer, larger arena that had just opened there. The team returned to Thessaloniki, Greece after it went bankrupt playing in Kozani.

Honors

• Greek A2 League Champions: 2000, 2002
• ULEB Cup Runners Up: 2005

Notable players

Kostas Charalampidis Dimitris Papanikolaou Dimitris Spanoulis Panayiotis Kafkis Panagiotis Liadelis Giorgos Sigalas Manolis Papamakarios Nikos Boudouris Giorgos Balogiannis Nestoras Kommatos Alekos Petroulas Markos Kolokas - Dušan Jelic Koutsopoulos Slaven Rimac Nikita Morgunov Shane Heal Dragan Lukovski Dušan Kecman Bojan Stevic Grigorij Khizhnyak

Elton Brown Pete Mickeal Scoonie Penn Andre Hutson Charles Smith Joe Ira Clark Jason Hart Dewayne Jefferson Ben Handlogten Dickey Simpkins Ben Davis Walter Berry Alvin Sims William Avery Terrel Castle

Notable coaches

• Zvi Sherf
• Soulis Markopoulos

External links

• Eurobasket.com Team Page