Faros Keratsiniou B.C.

Faros Keratsiniou
Nickname Cyan-Reds
Sharks
Founded 1971
History 1971 – Present
Arena Pantelis Nikolaidis Indoor Hall
Arena Capacity 1,000
Location Keratsini, Piraeus, Athens, Greece
Team colors Red, Black and Blue
              
President Nikos Petsas
Website Official site
Uniforms
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Faros Keratsiniou B.C. (alternate spellings: Pharos, Keratsini), or simply, Faros B.C., is a Greek professional basketball club that is based in Keratsini, Piraeus, Athens, Greece. The club's full name is Athlitikos Omilos Faros Keratsiniou, which means Sporting Group Lighthouse Keratsini (Greek: Αθλητικός Όμιλος Φάρος Κερατσινίου), abbreviated as A.O. Faros Keratsiniou. The club's emblem is a lighthouse.

History

Faros was founded in 1971, by Stefanos Lachanis. The team had its best season to date, in the 2014–15 season, when Faros was promoted to the 2nd-tier level Greek 2nd Division, because of the relegation of Panelefsiniakos to the Greek B League (Greek 3rd-tier level), due to financial problems.

During its first season (2015–16) in the Greek A2 League, Faros had a terrific start to their season, and managed to break the record for the best win/loss start in the league, which was previously set by Dafnis, during the 1998–99 season. That same season, they also managed to make it to the Greek Cup's 2016 Final. Faros became just the third team in history to make it to the Greek Cup Final, while not being a current member of the top-tier level basketball league in Greece, the Greek Basket League, after Panellinios in 1987, and Rethymno Aegean in 2007, previously accomplished the feat.

In order to reach the 2016 Greek Cup Final, Faros first beat Pagrati of the Greek 2nd Division, by a score of 79 to 57. They then beat 5 top-tier Greek First Division clubs in succession: Kolossos Rodou (70–66), Lavrio (76–56), Trikala Aries (82–67), Nea Kifissia (61–59); and in the Greek Cup semifinals, they beat PAOK, of the European 2nd-tier level league, the EuroCup, by a score of 69–65.

In the 2016–17 season, Faros won one of the Greek 2nd Division's league promotions to the top-tier level Greek Basket League. However, in the summer of 2017, Faros merged with GS Larissas, which then took the club's place in the upcoming Greek Basket League 2017–18 season.[1][2] Faros retained all of its amateur and junior clubs.

Arena

The club plays its home games at the Pantelis Nikolaidis Indoor Hall, a small arena with a capacity of about 1,000.[3]

Logos

Season by season

Season Tier Division Pos. Greek Cup European competitions
2013–14
4
 C Basket League
2nd
2014–15
3
 B Basket League
2nd
2015–16
2
 A2 Basket League
2nd
 Runners-up
2016–17
2
 A2 Basket League 2nd

Roster

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

Faros Keratsiniou B.C. roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
SG 5 Greece Charalampopoulos, Spyros 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1992-01-25)25 January 1992
F/C 9 Greece Petrodimopoulos, Christos 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 36 – (1980-12-25)25 December 1980
C -- Greece Papagiannakopoulos, Alexandros 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 20 – (1997-05-04)4 May 1997
Head coach
  • Greece Giannis Tzimas
Assistant coach(es)
  • Greece Theofilos Bekes
  • Greece Dimitris Frattas
Physiotherapist(s)
  • Greece Giorgos Nikolaou [4]
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Updated: 26 May, 2017

Honors and titles

Notable players

References

  1. ↑ Τα εισιτήρια διαρκείας του ΓΣΛ Φάρου 2017 (in Greek).
  2. ↑ Ανακοίνωσε Σκουρτόπουλο ο ΓΣΛ Φάρος (in Greek).
  3. ↑ Στη φωλιά του… λύκου (pics) (in Greek).
  4. ↑ http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Greece/AO-Faros-Keratsiniou/12375?Page=0
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