Aries Trikala B.C.

Trikala Basketball Club
Nickname Sakafliades
Leagues Greek League
Greek Cup
Founded 1993
History Aeolus Trikalon B.C.
(1993–2012)
Trikala B.C.
(2012–2013)
Trikala Aries B.C.
(2013–Present)
Arena Trikala Indoor Hall
(capacity: 2,500)
Location Trikala, Greece
Team colors               
President Vangelis Fridas
Head coach Kostas Flevarakis
Website trikalabc.gr
Uniforms
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The club's old Aeolus Trikalon logo.

Aries Trikala B.C. (Greek: Τρίκαλα KAE) is a Greek professional basketball club that is based in Trikala, Greece. The club was previously known as Aeolus Trikalon (Greek: Αίολος Τρικάλων).

History

Trikala Aries B.C. was founded in 1993, under the name Aeolus Trikalon. During the 2008–09 season, Aeolus failed to achieve the first place and qualify to the Greek 3rd Division. In the 2009–10 season, Aeolus managed to qualify.

In the next season, 2010–11, they finished in 9th place. In 2012, the club changed its name to Trikala B.C., and it competed in the Greek Second Division for the first time, during the 2012–13 season.[1] They competed in the top Greek League for the first time, in the 2013-14 season. During their first season in the top Greek League, Trikala finished in 11th place.

Arena

Trikala plays their home games at Trikala Indoor Hall, which has a seating capacity of 2,500.[2]

Season by season results

Recent Seasons
Season Division Place - Record Name
2006–07 ESKA A Category 3rd AO Aeolus Trikalon
2007–08 ESKA A Category 1st AO Aeolus Trikalon
2008–09 Greek C Basketball League 2nd (19 wins - 7 losses) AO Aeolus Trikalon
2009–10 Greek C Basketball League 1st (23 wins - 3 losses) AO Aeolus Trikalon
2010–11 Greek B Basketball League 9th (13 wins - 17 losses) AO Aeolus Trikalon
2011–12 Greek B Basketball League 1st (28 wins - 2 losses) AO Aeolus Trikalon
2012–13 Greek A2 Basketball League 2nd (21 wins - 5 losses) Trikala B.C.
2013–14 Greek Basket League 11th (9 wins - 17 losses) Trikala Aries B.C.
2014–15 Greek Basket League 12th (8 wins - 18 losses) Trikala Aries B.C.

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Trikala Aries B.C. roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 4 Canada Cadougan, Junior 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 25 – (1990-07-05)5 July 1990
PF 6 United Kingdom Soko, Ovie 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 25 – (1991-02-07)7 February 1991
SG 7 Greece Tsiloulis, Theodoros 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 23 – (1993-02-12)12 February 1993
SF 8 Greece Karathanasis, Ioannis 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 24 – (1991-02-17)17 February 1991
PF 9 Greece Tsiaras, Georgios (C) 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 33 – (1982-05-04)4 May 1982
SF 11 United States Jones, Paul 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 26 – (1989-07-03)3 July 1989
C 12 Greece Koukoulas, Manolis 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 24 – (1991-08-19)19 August 1991
PG 13 Iceland Vilhjálmsson, Hörður 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 27 – (1988-12-18)18 December 1988
C 14 Greece Kalles, Nikos 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 118 kg (260 lb) 28 – (1987-04-20)20 April 1987
PG 15 United Kingdom Robinson, Justin 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 28 – (1987-10-17)17 October 1987
PG 18 Greece Kalogiannidis, Filippos 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (1994-05-15)15 May 1994
PF 23 United States Brown, Brandon 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 31 – (1985-01-14)14 January 1985
PF 32 Greece Varitimiadis, Alexandros 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 21 – (1994-06-21)21 June 1994
Head coach
  • Greece Kostas Flevarakis
Assistant coach(es)
  • Greece Kostas Papazoglou

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 2015-10-02

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Ovie Soko Nikos Kalles Manolis Koukoulas
PF Georgios Tsiaras Brandon Brown Alexandros Varitimiadis
SF Paul Jones Ioannis Karathanasis
SG Junior Cadougan Theodoros Tsiloulis
PG Hörður Vilhjálmsson Justin Robinson Fillipos Kalogiannidis

Notable players

Current sponsorships

References

External links

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