Aiolos Astakou B.C.

Aiolos Astakos A.M.S.
Leagues Greek A2 League
Greek Cup
Founded 1990
History 1990 – Present
Arena Astakos Municipal Sports Center
Location Astakos, Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece
Team colors Yellow and Blue
         
President Apostolis Pantazis
Head coach Michalis Koutalianos
Championships 1 Greek B Championship (2016)
Website aiolosastakoubc.gr
Uniforms

Aiolos Astakou B.C. (alternate spellings: Aeolus and Astakos; Greek: Αίολος Αστακού / Αίολος Αστακός) is a Greek professional basketball club. The club is located in Astakos, Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. The club's full name is A.M.S. Aiolos Astakou (Α.Μ.Σ. Αίολος Αστακού). The club is named after the Greek god Aeolus. The club's name can be translated into English as Aeolus Lobster.

The team competes in the Greek A2 Basket League.

History

Aiolos Astakou was founded in 1990. The club reached the lower minor league divisions of Greek basketball for the first in the 2003–04 season. The club reached the 4th-tier level Greek C Basket League, for the first time, in the 2014–15 season.

They then played in the 3rd-tier level Greek B Basket League in the 2015–16 season. They were then promoted to the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 Basket League for the 2016–17 season.

Arenas

Aiolos Astakou's permanent home arena is the Astakos Municipal Sports Center,[1][2] which is located in Xiromero, Astakos. They have also temporarily played at the Vonitsa Indoor Hall,[3] which is located in Vonitsa, while a construction project on their regular home arena was being done.[4]

Titles

Roster

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

Aiolos Astakos B.C. roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PF 4 Greece Brozos, George 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 32 – (1986-05-25)25 May 1986
SF 5 Greece Theodorakos, Giorgos 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 30 – (1988-01-17)17 January 1988
PG 6 Greece Koumpouras, Fanis 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 34 – (1983-12-08)8 December 1983
G/F 7 Greece Papadionysiou, Stathis 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 26 – (1992-06-15)15 June 1992
PG 8 Greece Katsares, Nikos 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 35 – (1983-03-17)17 March 1983
G 9 Greece Gatzias, Aggelos 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
SG 10 Greece Kaklamanos, Nikos 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 37 – (1981-07-12)12 July 1981
F 11 Greece Kitsoulis, Vasillis 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 35 – (1983-05-03)3 May 1983
C 12 Greece Kasabalis, Tasos 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
C 13 Greece Charismidis, Tasos 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 37 – (1981-06-07)7 June 1981
C 14 Greece Psomas-Libaris, Nikos 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 34 – (1984-01-16)16 January 1984
PF 17 Greece Gizogiannis, Andronikos 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 35 – (1983-02-08)8 February 1983
Head coach
  • Greece Michalis Koutalianos
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Notable players

References

  1. ↑ Α.Μ.Σ. ΑΙΟΛΟΣ ΑΣΤΑΚΟΥ Η ΕΠΙΣΗΜΗ ΙΣΤΟΣΕΛΙΔΑ ΤΗΣ ΟΜΑΔΑΣ (in Greek).
  2. ↑ Μετακομίζει στο σπίτι του ο Αίολος Αστακού (in Greek).
  3. ↑ Γήπεδο (in Greek).
  4. ↑ Μένει στο ΔΑΚ Βόνιτσας ο Αίολος Αστακού (in Greek).
  • Official Team Website (in Greek)
  • "AMS Aiolos Astakou basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details - eurobasket.com". basketball.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
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