Apollon Patras B.C.


Apollon Patras B.C., named after the Greek God Apollo, is a Greek professional basketball club that is located in Patras, Greece. Apollon Patras B.C. is the men's basketball club of the Greek multi sports athletic union A.S. Apollon Patras. The club's name sponsorship is Apollon Patras B.C. Carna. Currently, Apollon competes in the Greek A2 Basket League, which is the 2nd-tier level basketball division in Greece.

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History

The club's parent athletic club, A.S. Apollon Patras, was founded in 1926. The club's men's basketball section, Apollon Patras B.C., was founded in the year 1947. Apollon Patras B.C. has competed in the top division Greek Basket League, in a total of 32 different seasons so far, being one of the constant teams in the Greek League's top division over the years.
The club competed in the top division for the first time in the 1971–72 season. Apollon won the local Achaea regional tournament 4 times, in the years 1956, 1958, 1971, and 1973.
In the 1996–97 season, Apollon B.C. had one of its most successful seasons, finishing in the 7th place of the Greek League, and reaching the Round of 16 at the Saporta Cup. The club also made it to the final of the Greek Cup, for the first time in its history, but they were defeated by Olympiacos. In that particular season, Olympiacos had what is considered to be one of the greatest teams in European basketball history, as they had won the 1997 Triple Crown.
One more successful season followed in the 1997–98 season, in which Apollon finished in the 6th place of the Greek League, and made it to the Saporta Cup Round of 32. The following year, the team was relegated down to the Greek A2 Basket League.
In 2003, Apollon B.C. won the Greek Second Division championship, and subsequently returned to the Greek first division for four straight seasons. The team was relegated to the second division again after the 2006–07 season, and returned to the top division Greek Basket League in the 2012–13 season. In that season, Apollon made the league's playoffs, and finished in 8th place in the league's final standings.
Apollon played in the 2015 Greek Cup Final, where they lost to Panathinaikos, by a score of 68-53.

Apollon Patras in international competitions

Arenas

Apollon Patras plays its home games at the 3,500 seat Apollon Patras Indoor Hall. They have also played home games at the Dimitris Tofalos Arena, which can seat 4,150.

Titles and honours

Titles:
Greek honours:
'''European honours:
SeasonGreek DivisionPlace
1979–80Basket League10th
1980–81Basket League11th
1981–82Basket League10th
1982–83Basket League9th
1983–84Basket League12th
1984–85Basket League11th
1985–86Basket League6th
1986–87Basket League9th
1987–88Basket League8th
1988–89Basket League6th

SeasonGreek DivisionPlace
1989–90Basket League8th
1990–91Basket League11th
1991–92A2 Basket League1st
1992–93Basket League10th
1993–94Basket League11th
1994–95Basket League11th
1995–96Basket League8th
1996–97Basket League7th
1997–98Basket League6th
1998–99Basket League13th

SeasonGreek DivisionPlace
1999–00A2 Basket League3rd
2000–01A2 Basket League4th
2001–02A2 Basket League4th
2002–03A2 Basket League1st
2003–04Basket League11th
2004–05Basket League9th
2005–06Basket League10th
2006–07Basket League13th
2007–08A2 Basket League13th
2008–09A2 Basket League10th

SeasonGreek DivisionPlace
2009–10B Basket League5th
2010–11A2 Basket League5th
2011–12A2 Basket League2nd
2012–13Basket League8th
2013–14Basket League8th
2014–15Basket League10th
2015–16Basket League10th
2016–17Basket League13th

Roster

Lenny

Notable players

Head coaches

Current sponsorships