Difference between revisions of "Olympiakos BC"
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+ | [[Image:Olympiakos BC 1994 Euroleague final.jpg|thumb|200px|1994 Euroleague final]] | ||
+ | [[Image:Olympiakos BC 1995 Euroleague final.jpg|thumb|200px|1995 Euroleague final]] | ||
[[Image:Olympiakos 1997.jpg|thumb|200px|1997 Euroleague Champion]] | [[Image:Olympiakos 1997.jpg|thumb|200px|1997 Euroleague Champion]] | ||
+ | [[Image:Olympiakos BC 1999 Euroleague final4.jpg|thumb|200px|1999 Euroleague 3rd place]] | ||
'''Olympiakos BC''' is the basketball club of Olympiakos [[Piraeus]]. | '''Olympiakos BC''' is the basketball club of Olympiakos [[Piraeus]]. | ||
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Although there was a return to the Final Four in [[1999]], a few years went by before the Reds won another trophy. The drought ended in 2001-[[2002]] with a Greek Cup victory, while Olympiakos also reached the Greek League finals and came within a victory of the Euroleague Final Four. In [[2005]], an ever-changing roster made life tough for Olympiakos. The Reds couldn't reach the Euroleague Top 16 and, despite rallying to make the Greek League playoffs, bowed out in the quarterfinals series. | Although there was a return to the Final Four in [[1999]], a few years went by before the Reds won another trophy. The drought ended in 2001-[[2002]] with a Greek Cup victory, while Olympiakos also reached the Greek League finals and came within a victory of the Euroleague Final Four. In [[2005]], an ever-changing roster made life tough for Olympiakos. The Reds couldn't reach the Euroleague Top 16 and, despite rallying to make the Greek League playoffs, bowed out in the quarterfinals series. | ||
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+ | Olympiakos won their second Euroleague title on [[May 13]], [[2012]] by defeating CSKA Moscow 62-61. | ||
To conclude with we must say that Olympiakos BC has been voted as the Best Team of the [[1990s]] in Europe by FIBA | To conclude with we must say that Olympiakos BC has been voted as the Best Team of the [[1990s]] in Europe by FIBA | ||
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*[[1996]] | *[[1996]] | ||
*[[1997]] | *[[1997]] | ||
+ | *[[2012]] | ||
+ | *[[2015]] | ||
+ | *[[2016]] | ||
==Greek Cup== | ==Greek Cup== | ||
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*[[1997]] | *[[1997]] | ||
*[[2002]] | *[[2002]] | ||
+ | *[[2010]] | ||
+ | *[[2011]] | ||
==Euroleague== | ==Euroleague== | ||
*[[1997]] | *[[1997]] | ||
+ | *[[2012]] | ||
+ | *[[2013]] | ||
==Seasons== | ==Seasons== | ||
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| bgcolor= red| | | bgcolor= red| | ||
| - | | - | ||
− | | | + | | [[Fedon Mattheou]] |
− | | | + | | [[Tolis Spanos]], [[Makis Katsafados]], [[Stelios Amerikanos]] |
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| '''1972-73''' | | '''1972-73''' | ||
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| [[Saporta Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]] [[FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1975-86|Last 8]] | | [[Saporta Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]] [[FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1975-86|Last 8]] | ||
| [[Fedon Mattheou]] | | [[Fedon Mattheou]] | ||
− | | [[Steve Giatzoglou]], [[Giorgos Kastrinakis]], [[Pavlos Diakoulas]], [[Kimonas Kokorogiannis]], [[Giorgos Barlas]], [[Paul Melini]], Sismanidis, Tsantalis, Rammos, Garonis, Spanos | + | | [[Steve Giatzoglou]], [[Giorgos Kastrinakis]], [[Pavlos Diakoulas]], [[Kimonas Kokorogiannis]], [[Giorgos Barlas]], [[Paul Melini]], [[Nikos Sismanidis]], Tsantalis, [[Thanasis Rammos]], Garonis, [[Tolis Spanos]] |
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| '''1976-77''' | | '''1976-77''' | ||
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| [[Euroleague]] [[FIBA European Champions Cup 1976-77|Last 8]] | | [[Euroleague]] [[FIBA European Champions Cup 1976-77|Last 8]] | ||
| [[Kostas Mourouzis]] | | [[Kostas Mourouzis]] | ||
− | | [[Steve Giatzoglou]], [[Giorgos Kastrinakis]], [[Pavlos Diakoulas]], [[Giorgos Barlas]], [[Paul Melini]], Rammos, Sismanidis, Spanos, Garonis | + | | [[Steve Giatzoglou]], [[Giorgos Kastrinakis]], [[Pavlos Diakoulas]], [[Giorgos Barlas]], [[Paul Melini]], [[Thanasis Rammos]], [[Nikos Sismanidis]], [[Tolis Spanos]], Garonis |
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| '''1977-78''' | | '''1977-78''' | ||
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| [[Saporta Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]] [[FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1977-78|Last 16]] | | [[Saporta Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]] [[FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1977-78|Last 16]] | ||
| [[Kostas Mourouzis]] | | [[Kostas Mourouzis]] | ||
− | | [[Steve Giatzoglou]], [[Giorgos Kastrinakis]], [[Pavlos Diakoulas]], Rammos, Garonis, [[Paul Melini]], Heliotis, Spetsiotis, Sismanidis, Spanos | + | | [[Steve Giatzoglou]], [[Giorgos Kastrinakis]], [[Pavlos Diakoulas]], [[Thanasis Rammos]], Garonis, [[Paul Melini]], Heliotis, Spetsiotis, [[Nikos Sismanidis]], [[Tolis Spanos]] |
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| '''1978-79''' | | '''1978-79''' | ||
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| [[Euroleague]] [[FIBA European Champions Cup 1978-79|Last 6]] | | [[Euroleague]] [[FIBA European Champions Cup 1978-79|Last 6]] | ||
| [[Kostas Mourouzis]] | | [[Kostas Mourouzis]] | ||
− | | [[Steve Giatzoglou]], [[Giorgos Kastrinakis]], [[Pavlos Diakoulas]], [[Paul Melini]], Sismanidis, Raftopoulos | + | | [[Steve Giatzoglou]], [[Giorgos Kastrinakis]], [[Pavlos Diakoulas]], [[Paul Melini]], [[Nikos Sismanidis]], [[Aris Raftopoulos]] |
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| '''1979-80''' | | '''1979-80''' | ||
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| [[Korac Cup]] [[Korac Cup 1979-80|Last 8]] | | [[Korac Cup]] [[Korac Cup 1979-80|Last 8]] | ||
| [[Giorgos Barlas]] | | [[Giorgos Barlas]] | ||
− | | [[Steve Giatzoglou]], [[Giorgos Kastrinakis]], [[Pavlos Diakoulas]], [[Kimonas Kokorogiannis]], [[Paul Melini]], Iordanidis, Raftopoulos, Rammos | + | | [[Steve Giatzoglou]], [[Giorgos Kastrinakis]], [[Pavlos Diakoulas]], [[Kimonas Kokorogiannis]], [[Paul Melini]], Iordanidis, [[Aris Raftopoulos]], Rammos |
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| '''1980-81''' | | '''1980-81''' | ||
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| [[Korac Cup]] [[Korac Cup 1982-83|Last 32]] | | [[Korac Cup]] [[Korac Cup 1982-83|Last 32]] | ||
| [[Giorgos Barlas]] | | [[Giorgos Barlas]] | ||
− | | [[Steve Giatzoglou]], [[Giorgos Kastrinakis]], [[Giannis Paragios]], [[Kimonas Kokorogiannis]], [[Giorgos Skropolithas]], Kassimis, Raftopoulos, Kozakis | + | | [[Steve Giatzoglou]], [[Giorgos Kastrinakis]], [[Giannis Paragios]], [[Kimonas Kokorogiannis]], [[Giorgos Skropolithas]], Kassimis, [[Aris Raftopoulos]], Kozakis |
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| '''1983-84''' | | '''1983-84''' | ||
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| [[Kostas Anastasatos]] | | [[Kostas Anastasatos]] | ||
− | | [[Argiris Kambouris]], [[Alexis Christodoulou]], [[Kostas Panagiotopoulos]], [[Tzimis Maniatis]], [[ | + | | [[Argiris Kambouris]], [[Alexis Christodoulou]], [[Kostas Panagiotopoulos]], [[Tzimis Maniatis]], [[Yiannis Paragios]], [[Dimitris Sampanis]], Kozakis, Koukis, Nalbandis |
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| '''1986-87''' | | '''1986-87''' | ||
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− | | [[Zarko Paspalj]], [[Giorgos Sigalas]], [[ | + | | [[Zarko Paspalj]], [[Giorgos Sigalas]], [[Greg Brooks]], [[Argiris Kambouris]], [[George Papadakos]], [[Stavros Elianidis]], [[Panagiotis Karatzas]], [[Vaggelis Aggelou]], [[Tzimis Maniatis]], [[Kostas Moraitis]], [[Babis Papadakis]], [[Alexis Yannopoulos]], [[Ilias Karkavasis]] |
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| [[Euroleague]] [[FIBA European Championship 1993-94|Last 8]] | | [[Euroleague]] [[FIBA European Championship 1993-94|Last 8]] | ||
| [[Giannis Ioannidis]] | | [[Giannis Ioannidis]] | ||
− | | [[Žarko Paspalj]], [[ | + | | [[Žarko Paspalj]], [[Walter Berry]], [[Argiris Kambouris]], [[George Papadakos]], [[Stavros Elliniadis]], [[Giorgos Sigalas]], [[Franco Nakić]], [[Milan Tomic]], [[Dragan Tarlac]], [[Antonis Stamatis]], [[Babis Papadakis]], [[Giorgos Limniatis]], [[Kostas Moraitis]], [[Sean Higgins]] |
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| '''1993-94''' | | '''1993-94''' | ||
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| bgcolor= silver| [[Euroleague]] [[FIBA European Championship 1993-94|Finalist]] | | bgcolor= silver| [[Euroleague]] [[FIBA European Championship 1993-94|Finalist]] | ||
| [[Giannis Ioannidis]] | | [[Giannis Ioannidis]] | ||
− | | [[Žarko Paspalj]], [[Roy Tarpley]], [[Panagiotis Fasoulas]], [[Argiris Kambouris]], [[Giorgos Sigalas]], [[Milan Tomic]], [[Franco | + | | [[Žarko Paspalj]], [[Roy Tarpley]], [[Panagiotis Fasoulas]], [[Argiris Kambouris]], [[Giorgos Sigalas]], [[Milan Tomic]], [[Franco Nakic]], [[Dragan Tarlac]], [[Efthimis Bakatsias]], [[George Papadakos]], [[Panagiotis Karatzas (basketball)|Panagiotis Karatzas]], [[Antonis Stamatis]], [[Giorgos Limniatis]], [[Babis Papadakis]] |
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| '''1994-95''' | | '''1994-95''' | ||
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| bgcolor= silver| [[Euroleague]] [[FIBA European Championship 1994-95|Finalist]] | | bgcolor= silver| [[Euroleague]] [[FIBA European Championship 1994-95|Finalist]] | ||
| [[Giannis Ioannidis]] | | [[Giannis Ioannidis]] | ||
− | | [[ | + | | [[Eddie Johnson]], [[Alexander Volkov (basketball)|Alexander Volkov]], [[Panagiotis Fasoulas]], [[Dragan Tarlac]], [[Efthimis Bakatsias]], [[Giorgos Sigalas]], [[Argiris Kambouris]], [[Franco Nakic]], [[Milan Tomic]], [[George Papadakos]], [[Giorgos Limniatis]], [[Antonis Stamatis]], [[Babis Papadakis]] |
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| '''1995-96''' | | '''1995-96''' |
Revision as of 09:15, September 20, 2018
Olympiakos BC is the basketball club of Olympiakos Piraeus.
Olympiakos won their first of its nine Greek League titles in 1949. Their next championship wouldn't be until 1960 with the low point in their history coming five years later when they were relegated.
It was in the 1990s that the Reds made their biggest mark. The middle of that decade belonged to Olympiakos, not only in Greece, but all around the continent. Head coach Yiannis Ioannidis led the club to four consecutive Greek League titles between 1993 and 1996 and to the Euroleague final in 1994 and 1995. It is worth mentioning that in order to advance to the two finals Olympiakos played with archrivals Panathinaikos and won both games.
Dusan Ivkovic came to the bench in 1997, which was the most successful year in the history of Olympiakos Basketball Club as they won the Triple Crown, i.e. all competitions in which they participated; Greek League, Greek Cup and Euroleague (by beating FC Barcelona 73-58 in Rome. Olympiakos are the only Greek team to have achieved this and one of the very few in the history of European Basketball. At the Euroleague final, the most valuable player of the game was David Rivers (Olympiakos' playmaker). The same year they played against the Chicago Bulls - a game between the European Champions and the Champions of the NBA.
Although there was a return to the Final Four in 1999, a few years went by before the Reds won another trophy. The drought ended in 2001-2002 with a Greek Cup victory, while Olympiakos also reached the Greek League finals and came within a victory of the Euroleague Final Four. In 2005, an ever-changing roster made life tough for Olympiakos. The Reds couldn't reach the Euroleague Top 16 and, despite rallying to make the Greek League playoffs, bowed out in the quarterfinals series.
Olympiakos won their second Euroleague title on May 13, 2012 by defeating CSKA Moscow 62-61.
To conclude with we must say that Olympiakos BC has been voted as the Best Team of the 1990s in Europe by FIBA
A1 Championships
Greek Cup
Euroleague
Seasons
Players
- Panagiotis Fassoulas
- Giorgos Kastrinakis
- Argyris Kambouris
- Steve Yiatzoglou
- Aris Raftopoulos
- Giorgos Sigalas
- Thimios Bakatsias
- Makis Katsafados
- Yiannis Spanoudakis
- Dragan Tarlac
- Zarko Paspalj
- Roy Tarpley
- Sofoklis Schortsianitis
- Manolis Papamakarios
- Panagiotis Vasilopoulos
- Yiannis Bourousis
- Alex Acker
- Andrija Zizic
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