Athlitikos Omilos Paleou Falirou BC
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AO Paleou Falirou BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Leagues | A2 Ethniki | |||||||||||||||||||||
Founded | 1926
(basketball club: 1931) |
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History | 1931 - present | |||||||||||||||||||||
Arena | Nea Smyrni Indoor Hall
(capacity: 1,832) |
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Location | Nea Smyrni, Athens, Greece | |||||||||||||||||||||
Team colors | yellow and navy blue | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Head coach | Giannis Georgikopoulos | |||||||||||||||||||||
Championships | none | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Athlitikos Omilos Paleou Falirou BC, abbreviated as AOPF BC (in English: Palaio Faliro Athletic Club BC) is a Greek professional basketball club. The team is located in Nea Smyrni, Greece, a suburb of the city of Athens, Greece. The club competes in the Greek League second division, the A2 Ethniki.
[edit] History
The parent athletic club was founded in the year 1926, with the athletic union's first sporting department being the football club. In 1928 the athletic union added the track and field section and in 1929 it added swimming and volleyball sections. The basketball club, AOPF BC, was added in the year 1931, after the athletic union decided to abandon the football club in favor of a basketball department.