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'''A.O. Kolossos Rhodes''' aka '''Colossus Rhodes''' is a Greek [[basketball]] team based in [[Rhodes (city)|Rhodes]], [[Greece]]. Kolossos currently plays in the first Greek League of professional basketball the [[A1 Ethniki]]. The club was founded in [[1963]] and initially also featured sports like volleyball and Judo. Today, the focus of the Greek athletic club is on the franchise's [[basketball]] department.

==History==
Due to geographical isolation and very small financial abilities for most of the club's history the basketball team was not able to compete at a high level. 
==Rise==

In [[2000]], the fate of the team changed when Kostas Kostaridis  took over the reins of the team. Kostaridis changed almost the entire club management and stated that it was the goal of the team to rise from the Greek B League to the [[A2 League]].
 
In [[2003]], coach Vasilis Frangias joined the team and the ascent to the [[A2 Division]] commenced. In the [[2005]] season, Kolossos won the championship of the A2 and was promoted to the [[A1 Division]], the highest professional basketball league in Greece.

==Players==
*[[Panagiotis Panagiotarakos]]
*[[Antonis Asimakopoulos]]
*[[Michalis Kounounis]]
*[[Yiannis Skordalis]]
*[[Giorgos Diamantopoulos]]
*[[Ivo Josipovic]]
*[[Savo Djikanovic]]
*[[Miroslav Todic]]
*[[Kenny Taylor]]
*[[Marios Matalon]]
*[[Danilo Pinnock]]

==External links==
*[http://www.kolossosbc.gr/ Official Team Page]
*[http://www.galanissportsdata.com/basketball/mena1/season2007_08/a1teamrs.asp?t=13 Galanis Sports data]

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[[Category:Basketball Clubs]]