- Makedonikos BC
Infobox Basketball club
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name =Makedonikos Kozani B.C.
Μακεδονικός K.A.E.
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leagues =Greek League
founded =1928
history =1928 - present
arena =Neapoli Indoor Arena
(capacity: 1,500)
location =Neapoli,Thessaloniki ,Greece
colors =green, black, red, and white
president =flagicon|Greece Athanasios Angelopoulos
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coach =flagicon|Greece Costas Flevarakis
championships = none
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a_pattern_s = _whitesidesMakedonikos Kozani B.C. (or Μακεδονικός K.A.E. in Greek) is a Greek professional
basketball club. The club is located in Neapoli,Thessaloniki ,Greece .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 theNBA and theEuroleague . The club was founded in the year 1928.Makedonikos won the
A2 Ethniki , 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. The club's parent sports club is [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=el&u=http://www.makedonikos.com/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=4&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dmakedonikos%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG Makedonikos] .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 toKozani ,Greece for a short period to play in a newer, larger arena that had just opened there. The team returned toThessaloniki ,Greece after it went bankrupt playing inKozani .Honours
*Greek A2 League Champions: 2000, 2002
*ULEB Cup Runners Up: 2005Notable former players
Notable coaches
*
Zvi Sherf External links
* [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=el&u=http://www.esake.gr/HEBA/makedonikos.php&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=9&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dmakedonikos%2Bbc%26start%3D40%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN HEBA website team profile page]
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