Papagou B.C.

Papagos Athens B.C.
Founded	1966
History	1966 – Present
Arena	EAK Papagou
Arena Capacity	1,200
Location	Papagou, Athens, Greece
Team colors	Blue and White
Head coach	Simeonidis Savvas
Championships	A2 Championships: (3) (1990, 1993, 1995)
Website	acpapagou.gr

Papagou B.C., or Papagou Athens B.C. (alternate spelling: Papagos) is a Greek professional basketball club that was founded in 1966. The team is located in Papagou, Greece, which is a suburb of the city of Athens. The club's full name A.S. Papagou Athens B.C. The team's home arena is EAK Papagou, located approximately two miles away from downtown Athens.

History

Papagou was promoted into the major Greek basketball division in 1991. The team spent seven seasons there in the 1990s, and had great success in the 1996–97 season, and especially in the 1997–98 season, by beating Peristeri in the first round of the playoffs for the first time, and losing to PAOK in the second round. Led in that era by the great scorers Alphonso Ford and Georgios Diamantopoulos, they finished 7th in the Greek League, and gained a qualification to the next season's FIBA Korać Cup competition. They would make one more appearance in that European competition during the 1998–99 season.

More recently, the Papagou basketball team struggled to hold on to its position in the top league in Greece, the first division Greek A1 League. In 1999, the team competed in the A1 first division for the last time in recent years.

Championships

Total Titles: 2

National: 0
- Greek League Championship:

Divisional: 3
- Greek A2 League:
  - 1990, 1993, 1995

Notable players

Notable coaches

Minas Gekos

External links

Greek B Basketball League 2015–16

North Group	Pierikos-Archelaos Ermis Langada Ionikos Ionias Gymnastikos S. Larissas Efkarpia B.C. Stratoni B.C. Titanes Palama Polygiros B.C. Aiolos Astakou SAAK Anatolia EAK Thessalonikis AEL 1964 Argos Orestiko B.C. Agrinio B.C. Kastoria

South Group	Ergotelis B.C. Niki Amarousiou Ikaros Neas Smyrnis Koropi B.C. Enosi Iliou Esperos Patras Panelefsiniakos Irakleio Promitheas Chalkis Panionios Filathlitikos Papagou Cholargos Amyntas Cronus Agiou Dimitriou Ionikos Nikaias

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