Ilysiakos B.C.

Ilysiakos B.C. (Greek: Ηλυσιακός Κ.Α.Ε.) is a Greek professional basketball team that is located in the Ilisia neighborhood of Zografou, Athens, Greece. The club's name is said to be a reference to Elysium, which is why the club's name and logo beings with a Greek alphabet Η, instead of an Ι, even though the name of Ilissia, where the club is based, begins with an Ι in Greek. However, when the name is translated into the English alphabet, the H becomes an I.

The club is known for being based mostly on Greek players and Greek coaches, and for developing young players.

History
The parent athletic sports club, Ilysiakos Athlitikos Omilos (Greek: Ηλυσιακός Αθλητικός Όμιλος), was founded in 1927. The basketball team of Ilysiakos was established in 1968. In the 1986–87 season, Ilysiakos participated for the first time in the top Greek Basket League, and stayed there for two straight seasons. Following the 1987–88 season, the team got relegated to the Greek 2nd Division.

From 1988 to 2003, the club was competing in the Greek second and third divisions. However, the club had its biggest success with its participation in the final four of the Greek Cup in 1995, where the team finished in 4th place. In the year 2003, the club got promoted to the first division again, but was once again relegated to the second division after the 2003–04 season.

The club's second return to the first division, in the 2009–10 season, was much more successful, as Ilysiakos played in the top division for 5 consecutive seasons. During that time, players like Vonteego Cummings, Brent Petway, Terrell Stoglin, and Aloysius Anagonye played with the club. In this same era of the club, Nikos Chatzis, who was a member of the senior men's Greek national team, and won several titles in his playing career: 2 Greek Cups (2000, 2001), the FIBA Saporta Cup (2000), and the Greek League championship (2002), became the captain of the team. In this same time, Panagiotis Kafkis and Georgios Apostolidis, who also represented Greece, were also members of the team.

Arena
Ilysaiakos plays its home games at the 1,700 seat Antonis Fotsis Indoor Hall. The arena is named in honor of Ilysiakos player Antonis Fotsis.

Club titles and honors

 * 2× Greek 2nd Division Champion: (1985, 1986)
 * Greek 4th Division Champion: (2001)
 * Greek 3rd Division Champion: (2002)

Notable players

 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Tasos Antonakis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Georgios Apostolidis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Ioannis Athanasoulas
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Ioannis Athinaiou
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Marios Batis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Georgios Bogris
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Kostas Charissis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Nikos Chatzis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Periklis Dorkofikis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Petros Fikaris
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Antonis Fotsis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Andreas Glyniadakis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Vassilis Goumas
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Stelios Ioannou
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Panagiotis Kafkis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Andreas Kanonidis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Sakis Karidas
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Leonidas Kaselakis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Georgios Kastrinakis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Dimitrios Kokolakis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Dimitrios Kompodietas
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Alexis Kyritsis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Nikos Liakopoulos
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Marios Matalon
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Charis Papageorgiou
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Nikos Papanikolopoulos
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Andreas Papantoniou
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Nondas Papantoniou
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Michael Paragyios
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Stratos Perperoglou
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Alekos Petroulas
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Leonidas Skoutaris
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Ioannis Sioutis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Dimitrios Tsarouchas
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Kyriakos Vidas
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Anatoly Zourpenko
 * [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px]] Brett Eppehimer
 * [[Image:Flag of Ireland.svg|20px]] Conor Grace
 * [[Image:Flag of UK.svg|20px]] Kyle Johnson
 * [[Image:Flag of Slovenia.svg|20px]] Grega Mali
 * [[Image:Flag of Lithuania.svg|20px]] Darius Maskoliūnas
 * [[Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg|20px]] Harding Nana
 * [[Image:Flag of Macedonia.svg|20px]] Riste Stefanov
 * [[Image:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg|20px]] Miroslav Todić
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Aloysius Anagonye
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Jimmy Baxter
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Brian Butch
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Warren Carter
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Vonteego Cummings
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Willie Deane
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Tyrone Grant
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Othello Hunter
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Art Long
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Dominique Morrison
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Brent Petway
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Terrell Stoglin