G.S. Olympia Larissa B.C.

GS Olympia Larisas
Leagues	Greek League Greek Cup
Founded	1979
History	1979 - present
Arena	Larissa Neapolis Arena (seating capacity: 5,500)[1]
Location	Larissa, Greece
Team colors	Orange and Green
President	Georgios Malakos
Website	gslolympiabc.gr
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GS Olympia Larissa BC (alternate spelling: Olimpia) (in Greek: Γ.Σ. Ολύμπια Λάρισας) is a Greek professional basketball club that is based in Larissa, Greece. The club's full name is Gymnastikos Syllogos Olympia Larissa Basketball Club. It was founded in 1979, making it one of the youngest sports clubs in Greece. Its colors are orange and green. Olympia Larissa's home arena is the Larissa Neapolis Arena. In 2009, the club merged with AEL 1964 BC.

Notable Greek players that have played with the club include: Giorgos Printezis, Dimos Dikoudis, and Nikos Ekonomou.

History

GS Olympia Larissa BC is a team that has been ascending of late in the Greek A1 League. During the 2006-07 season, Olympia Larissa placed 7th in the regular season and qualified to the playoffs for the first time, with core leaders such as former University of Florida standout Matt Walsh, 2007 NBA Draft second round draft pick Giorgos Printezis and Giorgos Tsiaras.

Olympia Larissa is a team composed of young players on the rise with a promising future. In the 2007-08 season of the Greek League, Olympia qualified for the playoffs for the second consecutive year, placing 8th in regular season. In the 2007-08 season of the EuroCup the team reached the stage of the Top 16 and that same season in the Greek Cup the club reached the quarter-finals.

In 2009, Olympia Larissa merged with AEL 1964 BC.

Logo of Olympia Larissa prior to the merger with AEL.

Roster

GS Olympia Larissa BC rosterPG		4	Greece !	Tzakopoulos, Triantafillos	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
1.5 !G	5	Bulgaria !	Avramov, Bozhidar	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
2.0 !SG	6	Germany !	Greene, Demond	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
4.0 !F	7	Greece !	Papachristos, Ioannis	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
2.0 !SG	8	USA !	Jackson, Stefon	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
3.0 !SF	9	Greece !	Bogdanos, Dimitris	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
4.0 !F	10	Greece !	Kommatos, Nestoras	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
6.0 !C	11	Greece !	Papakostas, Theofanis	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
6.0 !C	12	Greece !	Papaioakeim, Pantelis	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
1.0 !PG	13	Greece !	Trihopoulos, Giorgos	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
1.0 !PG	15	USA !	Fontenet, Jason	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
1.5 !G	17	Greece !	Spanos, Nikos	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
3.0 !SF	16	Greece !	Karagiolidis, Giannis	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
3.0 !SF	18	Greece !	Theodorakos, Nikolaos	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)

Head coach

• Vangelis Koutsokeras

Assistant coach(es)

Thrasymboulos Liagas

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Legend

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

• Injured

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Roster
Updated: 2008-09-17

Notable players

Dimos Dikoudis Sotiris Gioulekas Spiros Papavasileiou Kostas Totsios Nikos Ekonomou Giorgos Printezis Giorgos Tsiaras Fanis Koumbouras Kostas Charalampidis Nikos Kaklamanos Marios Batis Nestoras Kommatos

- Franko Nakić Vladimir Krstić Aleksandar Radojević Stephen Arigbabu Demond Greene Sven Schultze Māris Ļaksa

Tyrone Nesby Doremus Bennerman Erick Barkley Tyrone Grant Corey Belser Matt Walsh

Notable coaches

Nikos "Magic" Stavropoulos Vangelis Alexandris Giorgos Bartzokas

References

1. ^ Stadia.gr Capacity is 5,500 with lower tier seats.

External links

• Official Club Website (Greek)
• Basketpedya.com Team Profile
• Olympia BC Channel