Sporting B.C.

Sporting B.C. (Greek: ΚΑΕ Σπόρτιγκ) is a Greek professional basketball team that is located at Ano Patissia, Athens, Greece, at the area of Elia Zervou 89 and Sarantaporoy. The club's full name is A.O. Sporting Athens B.C. (Greek: Α.Ο. Σπόρτιγκ Αθήνα KAE).

History
The A.O. Sporting parent athletic association was founded in 1936, after a group of Greeks moved the Sporting Istanbul (Constantinople) club that had been founded in 1924, to Athens. Sporting began with sports departments in basketball and volleyball, and later added the sports of boxing, swimming, and ping pong. Today, the A.O. Sporting athletic club has only the basketball department, A.O. Sporting B.C.

Over the years, some of the players from Sporting B.C. played for the senior men's Greek National Basketball Team. The team competed in the FIBA Korać Cup competition in the 1979–80, 1980–81, 1995–96, and 1996–97 seasons. Sporting won the Greek Second Division championship three times, in 1988, 1991 and 2007.

Arena
Sporting B.C. plays its home games at the 2,500 seat Sporting Sports Arena.

Titles and honors
National:
 * Greek 2nd Division: (3)
 * 1988, 1991, 2007

Notable players
Greece:
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Dinos Angelidis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Georgios Barlas
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]]-[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Dave Caligaris
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Christos Christodoulou
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Kostas Diamantopoulos
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Vangelis Karampoulas
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Fotis Katsikaris
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Georgios Kolokithas
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Nikos Liakopoulos
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Georgios Limniatis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Faidon Matthaiou
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Dimitris Papanikolaou
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Kostas Petropoulos
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Ioannis Sioutis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Pavlos Stamelos
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Vassilis Symtsak
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Nick Tsiotos

Europe:
 * [[Image:Flag of Croatia.svg|20px]]-[[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px]] Nikola Radulović

USA:
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Mitchell Wiggins
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Alphonso Ford
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Derrick Hamilton
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Tony Costner
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Tony Dumas
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] John Hudson
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Brian Vaughns
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Malcolm Mackey
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Donald Williams

Rest of Americas:
 * [[Image:Flag of Cuba.svg|20px]] Andres Guibert

Head coaches

 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Kostas Diamantopoulos
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Steve Giatzoglou
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Vassilis Fragkias
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Kostas Petropoulos
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Aris Lykogiannis
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Angelos Koronios