Panionios B.C.
Basketball team in Nea Smyrni, Greece / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Panionios B.C. (Greek: Πανιώνιος KAE), known in European competitions as Panionios Athens[1] is the Greek professional basketball club that is based in Nea Smyrni, and that plays its home games in Palaio Faliro, Greece. The club is also widely known as Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, or Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis, which is the Pan-Ionian Gymnastic Club of Smyrna. This is usually abbreviated to the club name of Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ. Panionios B.C. is the basketball department of the Panionios Gymnastic Club that is based in Nea Smyrni.
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Nickname | Historic Blue–Reds Panthers | ||
Leagues | Greek 2nd Division Greek Cup | ||
Founded | 1919 | ||
History | Panionios G.S.S. (1919–present) | ||
Arena | Milon Indoor Hall | ||
Capacity | 1,300 | ||
Location | Nea Smyrni, Greece | ||
Team colors | Red and Blue | ||
Main sponsor | Cosmorama | ||
President | Thodoris Mikropoulos, Panagiotis Iliadis | ||
Team manager | Fanis Christodoulou | ||
Head coach | Aris Lykogiannis | ||
Team captain | Dimitris Verginis | ||
Championships | Greek Cup (1) | ||
Retired numbers | 8, 4 | ||
Website | panioniosbc.gr | ||
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Panionios B.C. has been a long-time club of the top-tier level Greek Basket League, which is considered one of the best national domestic basketball leagues in Europe. Panionios B.C. has also competed in the European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague. For sponsorship reasons, the club has also been known as Panionios On Telecoms and Panionios Forthnet, as well as several other sponsorship names.
Some of the well-known players that have played with the club over the years have included: Faidon Matthaiou, Takis Koroneos, Makis Dendrinos, Dimitris Fosses, Kostas Missas, Fanis Christodoulou, Giannis Giannoulis, Boban Janković, P. J. Brown, Panagiotis Giannakis, Henry Turner, Thurl Bailey, Travis Mays, Žarko Paspalj, Byron Dinkins, Mitchell Wiggins, Theo Papaloukas, Jure Zdovc, Laurent Sciarra, Nikos Chatzis, Georgios Sigalas, Angelos Koronios, Dimos Dikoudis, Nikos Oikonomou, Georgios Diamantopoulos, Stratos Perperoglou, Michalis Pelekanos, Ender Arslan, Miloš Vujanić, Alex Stepheson, Errick McCollum, and Tyrese Rice, among others.