AEL 1964 BC

AEL 1964 BC Αθλητική Ένωση Λάρισας 1964
Image:AEL1964-Crest.svg
Leagues	A1
Founded	1928
History	1928 - present
Arena	Larissa Neapolis Arena (capacity 3,958)
Location	Larissa, Greece
Team colors	Maroon and white
President	Ioannis Latsios
Vice-presidents	Panagiotis Saxonis Theodoros Kalogeropoulos
Head coach	Konstantinos Pilafidis
Championships	none
Website	AEL 1964 BC
Uniforms
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AEL 1964 BC (in Greek: Αθλητική Ένωση Λάρισας 1964 or PAE Athlitiki Enosi Larisas 1964), the Athletic Union of Larissa 1964 BC, is a Greek basketball team that was established in 1928. The team's home is in Larissa, Greece, a city that is part of the Thessaly periphery and has a population of around 150,000 people. AEL 1964 BC hosts its home games in the Larissa Neapolis Arena, which has a seating capacity of 3,958 people.

AEL 1964 BC is part of the HEBA, which stands for The Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association or the Esake in Greek. It is one of the older clubs in the league. The team competes in the A1 Ethniki basketball league, which is ranked as one of the top 2 professional national basketball leagues in the world, excluding the NBA. The Technical Director of the team is Michael Spiliotis, his Assistant is Thrasymvoulos Liagas, and the team's Manager is Andreas Koltsidas. The President of the club is Georgios Kotsiaris. The club was previously widely known under the name Gymnastikos S. Larissas.

Team History

The team placed 2nd in the A1 Ethniki, the highest division of HEBA in 1985. The team finished in 1st place in the A2 Ethniki, the second division of HEBA in 1992. The club finished in 11th place of the A1 in the A1 Ethniki 2006-07 season. They went 8-18 during the regular season and 4-9 during the playoffs.

The team has in the past featured former NBA players like James Donaldson, Brent Scott, Sedale Threatt, Chris Garner, Richard Dumas, and Vassilis Spanoulis who began his professional Greek basketball career with the team and played with them from 1999 to 2001. Vassilis' older brother, also a star basketball player in Greece, Dimitris Spanoulis, played for the team from 2001 to 2003 and also during the 2005-2006 season. Jeremiah Massey played with the team previously as well.

Current Squad

AEL 1964 BC roster v • d • e
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. 1.0 PG 4 Greece Kyriakopoulos, Ioannis 73 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 2.0 SG 5 USA Keys, Billy 74 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 2.0 SG 6 Greece Papanikolopoulos, Nikolaos 75 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 2.0 SG 7 Greece Papachristos, Ioannis 74 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 3.0 SF 8 Greece Traianos, Anastasios 77 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 3.0 SF 9 USA Teague, David 77 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 1.0 PG 10 Greece Papanikolaou, Christos 73 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 4.0 PF 11 Greece Kolokas, Markos 79 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 4.0 PF 12 Lithuania Klimavicius, Tadas 79 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 5.0 C 13 Greece Karavanas, Panagiotis 84 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 3.0 SF 14 Montenegro Soskic, Mladen 79 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 5.0 C 15 Serbia Ceranic, Dragan 84 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	Head coach Konstantinos Pilafidis Assistant coach(es) Charis Markopoulos Thrasivoulos Liagas Legend (C) Team captain (*) Playing only in Euroleague Injured Roster • updated 2007

Notable Players

External links

• AEL 1964 BC team website
• eurobasket.com AEL 1964 BC page
• Official HEBA Site
• Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site
• A1 League at Sportime magazine (Greek)
• vitisport.cz AEL 1964 BC page
• French wiki article
• basketpedya.com AEL 1964 BC player roster
• Galanis Sports Datael:Α.Ε. Λάρισα