Egaleo ΒC

Infobox Basketball club
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name =Egaleo AO Athens
ΑΙΓΑΛΕΩ AO
nickname =The City
logo =AIGALEObasket.jpg
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leagues =Greek League,
Greek Cup,
founded =1956
history =1956 - present
arena =Egaleo Indoor Hall
(capacity: 1,200)
location =Egaleo, Greece
colors =dark blue and white
president =flagicon|Greece Georgios Isigonis
vice-presidents =flagicon|Greece
coach =flagicon|Greece Thanassis Skourtopoylos
championships = none
website = [http://www.egaleobc.gr egaleobc.gr]
colors=white and blue
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h_shorts=ffffff
a_body=2B65EC
a_shorts=2B65EC
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Egaleo AO Athens (in Greek: ΑΙΓΑΛΕΩ AO) AKA KAE Aigaleo is a Greek professional basketball team that is located in Egaleo, Greece, which is a suburb of Athens. Egaleo currently plays in the first Greek League of professional basketball the A1 Ethniki. The team's parent athletic club was founded in the year 1931 and the basketball division of the athletic organization was founded in the year 1956.

History

After the basketball department was founded in 1956 it only took the team 6 years to make it into the A1 division, which is the highest professional basketball league in Greece. Although the club is located in Athens it does not have the financial resources to compete in the same manner as the other Athenian teams like Panathinaikos BC, Olympiacos BC, AEK Athens BC, Panionios BC and Maroussi BC. From 1999 to 2006, the team was coached by Dimitrios Karvelas.

Roster

Euroleague roster header
team=Egaleo Athens BC
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accessdate = 2008-09-17

Notable Players

External links

* [http://www.aigaleobc.gr/ Official Team Page]
* [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/basketball/mena1/season2007_08/a1teamrs.asp?t=12 Galanis Sports Data]