Papagou B.C.

Papagou B.C., or Papagou Athens B.C. (alternate spelling: Papagos) is a Greek professional basketball club that was founded in 1976. The team is located in Papagou, Attica, Greece. The club's full name is Athlitikos Syllogos Papagou Athens Basketball Club, which is abbreviated as A.S. Papagou Athens B.C. (Greek: Α.Σ. Παπάγου Αθήνα K.A.E.).

History
The club's parent athletic association was founded in 1966. Ten years later, in 1976, the men's basketball club was founded. Papagou was promoted into the major Greek basketball division in 1990. The team spent seven seasons there in the 1990s, and had success in the 1996–97 season, and especially in the 1997–98 season, by beating Peristeri in the first round of the Greek League playoffs, before 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 in the 1996–97 season, and gained a qualification to the following 1997–98 season's FIBA Korać Cup competition. They would make one more appearance in that European-wide 3rd-tier level 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 Basket League. In the 1998–99 season, the team competed in the Greek first division, for the last time in recent years.

Arena
The team's home arena is "Saloun" Indoor Hall, which is located approximately two miles away from downtown Papagou.

Titles and honors

 * Greek 2nd Division Champion (3):
 * 1990, 1993, 1995

Notable players
Greece:
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Antonis Asimakopoulos
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Georgios Bosganas
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Kostas Charissis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Georgios Diamantopoulos
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] George Dikeoulakos
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Periklis Dorkofikis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Nikos Filippou
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Memos Ioannou
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Sotiris Katoufas
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Jon Korfas
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Alexis Kyritsis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Georgios Limniatis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Sotiris Manolopoulos
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Nikos Michalos
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]]-[[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|20px]] Michalis Misunov
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]]-[[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px]] George Papadakos
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Michalis Romanidis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Georgios Sigalas
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Michalis Yfantis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Alexandros Zabetakis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]]-[[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|20px]] Anatoly Zourpenko

Europe:'
 * [[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] Stephen Arigbabu

USA:
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Tony Costner
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Derrek Farr
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Alphonso Ford
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Greg Foster
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Lowell Hamilton
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Tony Harris
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Todd Mitchell
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Mikki Moore
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Lawrence Moten
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Anthony Pelle
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] John Shasky
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Tony White
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Randy Woods

Africa:
 * [[Image:Flag of Egypt.svg|20px]] Alaa Abdelnaby

Head coaches

 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] David Stergakos
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Kostas Diamantopoulos
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Kostas Missas
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Michalis Kyritsis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Jon Korfas
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Minas Gekos
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Dinos Kalampakos