Apollon Limassol Basketball Club (Greek: Καλαθοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Απόλλων Λεμεσού), is an Cypriot basketball club. The team competes in the Cyprus Basketball Division A, the top tier of Cypriot basketball. The team represents the city of Limassol, Cyprus.
Having been one of the founding members of the Cyprus Basketball Division A, Apollon Limassol have been a regular in the first division for many years. Despite this, the team has yet to see significant success both domestically and internationally.
The Apollon Limassolsports club was founded in the year 1954, the basketball section of Apollon Limassol was formed in 1967. The team was one of the original founding member of the Cyprus Basketball Federation, one of the first professional basketball leagues in Cyprus.
Since the teams inception in 1967, Apollon Limassol has regularly participated in the Cyprus Basketball Division A, the first tier of Cypriot Basketball. The titles in the history of the basketball department are Cypriot Basketball Cups in 2002 and 2014, and a Super Cup in 2004-05.
Despite having stayed in the first tier for many years, Apollon Limassol have yet to achieve greater success in the league. Having failed to win the league since its inception, and as well as having not finished runners-up in the league since 2001.
Apollon Limassol have briefly participated in international competitions such as the now defunct FIBA Korać Cup and the FIBA EuroChallenge, however, the team has not participated in any competitions internationally since 2013. Recently, the team lack of success domestically has proven it difficult to qualify for either the Basketball Champions League or the FIBA Europe Cup.
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Limassol Basketball Club Greek Kala8osfairikos Omilos Apollwn Lemesoy is an Cypriot basketball club The team competes in the Cyprus Basketball Division A the top tier of Cypriot basketball The team represents the city of Limassol Cyprus Apollon LimassolLeaguesCyprus Division AFounded1967 56 years ago 1967 History1967 presentArenaApollon ArenaCapacity1 700LocationLimassol CyprusTeam colorsBlue and whiteHead coachPanayiotis YiannarasChampionshipsCypriot Cup 2 2002 2014 Cypriot Super Cup 1 2005HomeAwayHaving been one of the founding members of the Cyprus Basketball Division A Apollon Limassol have been a regular in the first division for many years Despite this the team has yet to see significant success both domestically and internationally Contents 1 History 2 Season by season 3 Honours 3 1 Domestic competitions 3 2 European competitions 3 2 1 European cups 4 Current roster 5 Notable players 6 Notable managers 7 External linksHistory EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed May 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Apollon Limassol sports club was founded in the year 1954 the basketball section of Apollon Limassol was formed in 1967 The team was one of the original founding member of the Cyprus Basketball Federation one of the first professional basketball leagues in Cyprus Since the teams inception in 1967 Apollon Limassol has regularly participated in the Cyprus Basketball Division A the first tier of Cypriot Basketball The titles in the history of the basketball department are Cypriot Basketball Cups in 2002 and 2014 and a Super Cup in 2004 05 Despite having stayed in the first tier for many years Apollon Limassol have yet to achieve greater success in the league Having failed to win the league since its inception and as well as having not finished runners up in the league since 2001 Apollon Limassol have briefly participated in international competitions such as the now defunct FIBA Korac Cup and the FIBA EuroChallenge however the team has not participated in any competitions internationally since 2013 Recently the team lack of success domestically has proven it difficult to qualify for either the Basketball Champions League or the FIBA Europe Cup Season by season EditSeason Tier Division Pos Cypriot Cup European competitions1991 92 1 Division A 4th1993 94 1 Division A 5th1997 98 1 Division A 8th1998 99 1 Division A 2nd1999 00 1 Division A 2nd 3 Korac Cup 3R2000 01 1 Division A 2nd 3 Korac Cup 2R2001 02 1 Division A 3rd Champion 3 Korac Cup 1R2002 03 1 Division A 3rd2003 04 1 Division A 4th Runner up2004 05 1 Division A 4th2005 06 1 Division A 4th 4 EuroCup Challenge R162006 07 1 Division A 5th 4 EuroCup Challenge SF2007 08 1 Division A 7th2008 09 1 Division A 3rd2009 10 1 Division A 5th2010 11 1 Division A 5th2011 12 1 Division A 3rd2012 13 1 Division A 5th 3 EuroChallenge RS2013 14 1 Division A 3rd Champion2014 15 1 Division A 5th2015 16 1 Division A 4th2016 17 1 Division A 6thHonours EditTotal titles 3 Domestic competitions Edit Cypriot ChampionshipRunners up 1999 2000 2001Cypriot CupWinners 2002 2014 Runners up 2004Cypriot Super CupWinners 2005 Runners up 2002 2014European competitions Edit FIBA EuroCup ChallengeSemifinalist 1 2006 07European cups Edit 1999 00 Korac Cup 2000 01 Korac Cup lost to Hemofarm Vrsac in eliminations 2001 02 Korac Cup 2002 03 FIBA Regional Challenge Final 4 2003 04 FIBA Europe Cup took 2nd place 2 2 in Group D of South Conference 2004 05 FIBA Europe Cup took 3rd place 1 3 in Conference South Group C 2005 06 EuroCup Challenge took 1st place 3 1 in Group G lost to Khimik in 1 8 Finals 2006 07 Europe Cup Challenge took 1st place 4 2 in Group A lost to Samara 77 75 50 76 in the Semifinals 2012 13 EuroChallenge took 4th place 1 5 in Group GCurrent roster EditNote Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events Players may hold other non FIBA nationality not displayed Apollon Limassol rosterPlayers CoachesPos No Nat Name Ht AgeF C 1 King Anthony 2 06 m 6 ft 9 in 110 kg 243 lb 38 1985 01 22 22 January 1985SF 3 Eleftheriou Rafail 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in 100 kg 220 lb 28 1994 08 16 16 August 1994SG 4 Pridgett Sayeed 1 96 m 6 ft 5 in 91 kg 201 lb 24 1998 05 22 22 May 1998G 5 Bogues Shannon 1 90 m 6 ft 3 in 88 kg 194 lb 26 1997 02 20 20 February 1997PG 6 Iliadis Stefanos 1 85 m 6 ft 1 in 85 kg 187 lb 28 1994 09 17 17 September 1994PF 7 Finke Michael 2 08 m 6 ft 10 in 107 kg 236 lb 26 1996 04 26 26 April 1996PF 8 Georgiou Marios 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in 111 kg 245 lb 31 1991 08 29 29 August 1991PG 10 Holton Jr Mike 1 86 m 6 ft 1 in 84 kg 185 lb 32 1990 11 27 27 November 1990SG 11 Tompazos Artemis 1 86 m 6 ft 1 in 85 kg 187 lb 33 1989 05 12 12 May 1989G F 14 Zdravic Petar 1 94 m 6 ft 4 in 90 kg 198 lb 25 1997 12 21 21 December 1997F 16 Muosa Fahad 1 95 m 6 ft 5 in 85 kg 187 lb 19 2003 06 01 1 June 2003C 17 Loizides Christos 2 05 m 6 ft 9 in 105 kg 231 lb 32 1991 03 20 20 March 1991PG 21 Evzonas Christos 1 90 m 6 ft 3 in 82 kg 181 lb 24 1998 10 31 31 October 1998G F 22 Cheatham Haanif 1 97 m 6 ft 6 in 88 kg 194 lb 26 1996 09 06 6 September 1996F 32 Virardi Rolandos 2 03 m 6 ft 8 in 95 kg 209 lb 26 1996 10 21 21 October 1996 Head coach Panayiotis YiannarasAssistant coach es Stergios XystourisLegend C Team captain Injured Roster Updated 9 March 2022Notable players EditNote Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events Players may hold other non FIBA nationality not displayed CriteriaTo appear in this section a player must have either Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time Sam Jones Kenny Satterfield Joey DorseyNotable managers EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed May 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Guillermo VecchioExternal links Edithttp www apollonbc net Apollon BC Official Site http www apollon1954 com Apollon Limassol News http www fygas net Archived 2020 10 27 at the Wayback Machine Apollon Limassol Fan Page Eurobasket com Apollon Limassol BC Page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Apollon Limassol B C amp oldid 1137224945, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
