APOEL B.C.

APOEL Basketball Club, also known as APOEL PERESTROIKA for sponsorship reasons and better known simply as APOEL, is a Cypriot professional basketball club based in the city of Nicosia. It is a part of the APOEL multi-sport club. APOEL is one of the most successful basketball clubs in Cyprus with an overall tally of 11 Championships, 12 Cups and 11 Super Cups.

History
APOEL was formed in 1926, but the basketball team was formed in 1947. The team's first ever basketball title was the Cypriot Super Cup that won in 1972. At the end of the same season (1972–73), APOEL won their second title, the Cypriot Cup. The team achieved to win their first ever Championship title three years later, in season 1975–76.

The 90's decade was the most successful for APOEL. The team won 4 Championships, 5 Cups and 4 Super Cups during that period, including one double on the 1995–96 season.

After winning the double in 2001–02 season, APOEL won again the Championship in 2008–09 season, after 6 years without winning any title. The next season (2009–10), the team won their second consecutive Championship title and reached the quarterfinals of the FIBA EuroChallenge, marking their most successful campaign in the European competitions.

After four years without winning any title, APOEL won again the Championship in 2013–14 season, which was their 11th league title in their history. During 2015–16 season, APOEL won their 12th Cypriot Cup trophy, thirteen years after their last Cypriot Cup title. The next season (2016–17), APOEL returned in the European competitions after a five years break and reached the second round (Last 24) of the FIBA Europe Cup, marking one of their most successful seasons in the European competitions.

Honours

 * Cypriot Championship
 * Winners (11): 1975–76, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2013–14


 * Cypriot Cup
 * Winners (12) (record): 1972–73, 1978–79, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2015–16


 * Cypriot Super Cup
 * Winners (11) (record): 1972, 1976, 1986, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2014

European campaigns
Last Update: 26 January 2017

Sponsorship names

 * 2002–2004 Elma APOEL
 * 2004–2007 Dentalcon APOEL
 * 2007–2008 Aspis APOEL
 * 2008–2009 Seastar APOEL
 * 2009–2010 Μadisons APOEL
 * 2010–2013 Cytavision APOEL
 * 2015–2016 Cytavision APOEL

Current roster

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 * Head coach
 * 🇨🇾 Marios Argyrou
 * Assistant coaches
 * 🇨🇾 Giannis Damalis
 * Legend:
 * (C) Team captain
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Notable players
Cyprus
 * 🇨🇾 Giorgos Anastasiadis
 * 🇨🇾 Panagiotis Serdaris
 * 🇨🇾 Charis Soleas
 * 🇨🇾 Christos Stylianides
 * 🇨🇾 Vassilis Kounas

Belgium
 * 🇧🇪 Gerben Van Dorpe

Bermuda
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sullivan Phillips

Cameroon
 * 🇨🇲🇷🇺 Cyrille Makanda

Croatia
 * Zvonko Buljan
 * Saša Čuić

Czech Republic
 * 🇨🇿 Ales Chan
 * 🇨🇿 Michal Křemen

France
 * 🇫🇷 Michael Mokongo

Great Britain
 * 🇬🇧 Ogo Adegboye
 * 🇬🇧🇨🇦 Kyle Johnson
 * 🇬🇧🇺🇸 Tarick Johnson

Greece
 * Andreas Glyniadakis
 * Michalis Kakiouzis
 * Dimitrios Kalaitzidis

Israel
 * 🇮🇱 Amit Tamir

Lithuania
 * 🇱🇹 Martynas Andriukaitis
 * 🇱🇹 Augustinas Vitas

Mali
 * 🇲🇱 Ousmane Cisse

Montenegro
 * 🇲🇪 Balša Radunović
 * 🇲🇪 Damjan Kandić
 * 🇲🇪 Boris Lalović

Serbia
 * 🇷🇸 Milan Dozet
 * 🇷🇸 Dušan Jelić
 * 🇷🇸 Mirko Kovač
 * 🇷🇸 Ivan Mičeta
 * 🇷🇸 Vukašin Mandić
 * 🇷🇸🇧🇦 Aleksandar Radojević
 * 🇷🇸 Lazar Radosavljević

USA
 * 🇺🇸 Rashid Atkins
 * 🇺🇸 Jerome Beasley
 * 🇺🇸 Rasheed Brokenborough
 * 🇺🇸 Lonnie Cooper
 * 🇺🇸 Jeremiah Davis
 * 🇺🇸 Jamar Diggs
 * 🇺🇸 Brandon Ewing
 * 🇺🇸 Callistus Eziukwu
 * 🇺🇸 Charron Fisher
 * 🇺🇸🇨🇾 Darrin Fowlkes
 * 🇺🇸🇧🇪 Ian Hanavan
 * 🇺🇸 Earl Harrison
 * 🇺🇸 Brandon Heath
 * 🇺🇸 Rick Hughes
 * 🇺🇸 Ryan Humphrey
 * 🇺🇸 Mike Jones
 * 🇺🇸 Wykeen Kelly
 * 🇺🇸 Frankie King
 * 🇺🇸 Arthur Lee
 * 🇺🇸 Thaddeus McFadden
 * 🇺🇸 Donte Poole
 * 🇺🇸🇮🇱 Jeron Roberts
 * 🇺🇸 Anthony Roberson
 * 🇺🇸🇪🇸 Lewis Sims
 * 🇺🇸 Dante Stiggers
 * 🇺🇸 Loren Stokes
 * 🇺🇸 Kevin Tiggs
 * 🇺🇸🇩🇴 Larry Turner
 * 🇺🇸 Tyson Wheeler
 * 🇺🇸 Isaac Wells
 * 🇺🇸 QJ Peterson

History
APOEL also maintains a women's team which is competing in the women's Cypriot First Division. In their most successful seasons, APOEL women's team reached the Championship finals twice (2003–04 & 2004–05) and qualified two times for the semi-finals of the Cup (2004–05 & 2006–07).