APOEL B.C.

APOEL
Nickname	ΘΡΥΛΟΣ The legend
Leagues	Cypriot Division A Cypriot Cup
Founded	1947; 77 years ago (1947)
Arena	Lefkotheo Indoor Arena
Capacity	2,100[1]
Location	Nicosia, Cyprus
Head coach	Ioannis Damalis
Championships	11 Cypriot Championships 12 Cypriot Cups 11 Cypriot Super Cups
Website	apoel.com.cy
Home Away

Active departments of APOEL Nicosia
Football Basketball Volleyball Futsal Handball Table tennis Bowling Archery Cycling Water polo Runners team Swimming

APOEL Basketball Club, also known as APOEL PERESTROIKA for sponsorship reasons and better known simply as APOEL, is a Cypriot professional basketball club based in the city of Nicosia. It is a part of the APOEL multi-sport club. APOEL is one of the most successful basketball clubs in Cyprus with an overall tally of 11 Championships, 12 Cups and 11 Super Cups.

History

APOEL was formed in 1926, but the basketball team was formed in 1947.^[2] The team's first ever basketball title was the Cypriot Super Cup that won in 1972. At the end of the same season (1972–73), APOEL won their second title, the Cypriot Cup. The team achieved to win their first ever Championship title three years later, in season 1975–76.

The 90's decade was the most successful for APOEL. The team won 4 Championships, 5 Cups and 4 Super Cups during that period, including one double on the 1995–96 season.

After winning the double in 2001–02 season, APOEL won again the Championship in 2008–09 season, after 6 years without winning any title. The next season (2009–10), the team won their second consecutive Championship title and reached the quarterfinals of the FIBA EuroChallenge, marking their most successful campaign in the European competitions.^{[citation needed]}

After four years without winning any title, APOEL won again the Championship in 2013–14 season, which was their 11th league title in their history. During 2015–16 season, APOEL won their 12th Cypriot Cup trophy, thirteen years after their last Cypriot Cup title.^[3] The next season (2016–17), APOEL returned in the European competitions after a five years break and reached the second round (Last 24) of the FIBA Europe Cup, marking one of their most successful seasons in the European competitions.^[4][5]

League positions

Honours

• Cypriot Championship^[2]

Winners (11): 1975–76, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2013–14

• Cypriot Cup

Winners (12) (record): 1972–73, 1978–79, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2015–16

• Cypriot Super Cup

Winners (11) (record): 1972, 1976, 1986, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2014

European campaigns

Last Update: 26 January 2017^[6]

Sponsorship names

• 2002–2004 0Elma APOEL
• 2004–2007 0Dentalcon APOEL
• 2007–2008 0Aspis APOEL
• 2008–2009 0Seastar APOEL
• 2009–2010 0Μadisons APOEL
• 2010–2013 0Cytavision APOEL
• 2015–2016 0Cytavision APOEL

Players

Current roster

APOEL roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SG 3 Simitzis, Konstantinos 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 26 – (1998-01-01)1 January 1998 G 4 Chimonas, Andreas 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 23 – (2001-03-30)30 March 2001 G 5 Giannaras, Ioannis 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 25 – (1999-03-27)27 March 1999 SF 6 Ieronymides, Viktor 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 29 – (1995-01-29)29 January 1995 SF 8 Kilaras, Gavriel 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 34 – (1990-01-09)9 January 1990 SG 10 Kounas, Vassilis (C) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 39 – (1984-10-25)25 October 1984 G/F 11 Papamichael, Petros 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 28 – (1995-08-31)31 August 1995 G/F 12 Griffin, Dayon 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 28 – (1995-12-21)21 December 1995 G/F 15 Pointer, Sir'Dominic 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 31 – (1992-05-06)6 May 1992 C 22 Koumis, Michalis 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1996-11-08)8 November 1996 PG 23 Norfleet, Julian 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 32 – (1991-11-02)2 November 1991 F/C 33 Lucas, Landen 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 30 – (1993-10-03)3 October 1993 PG 77 Kasinos, Iakovos 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 28 – (1995-06-03)3 June 1995	Head coach Marios Argyrou Assistant coaches Giannis Damalis Legend (C) Team captain

Notable players

Women's team

History

APOEL also maintains a women's team which is competing in the women's Cypriot First Division. In their most successful seasons, APOEL women's team reached the Championship finals twice (2003–04 & 2004–05) and qualified two times for the semi-finals of the Cup (2004–05 & 2006–07).

References

External links

• APOEL Athletic Football Club - official website (in Greek)
• APOEL B.C. Youth Academy (in Greek)
• Eurobasket.com APOEL BC Page