Apollon Limassol B.C.

Apollon Limassol Basketball Club (Greek: Καλαθοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Απόλλων Λεμεσού), is a 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 Limassol
Leagues	Cyprus Division A
Founded	1967; 58 years ago (1967)
History	1967–present
Arena	Apollon Arena
Capacity	1,700
Location	Limassol, Cyprus
Team colors	Blue and white
Head coach	Panayiotis Yiannaras
Championships	Cypriot Cup (2): 2002, 2014 Cypriot Super Cup (1): 2005
Home Away

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.

History

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 team's 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.

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Cypriot Cup	European competitions
1991–92	1	Division A	4th
1993–94	1	Division A	5th
1997–98	1	Division A	8th
1998–99	1	Division A	2nd
1999–00	1	Division A	2nd		3 Korać Cup	3R
2000–01	1	Division A	2nd		3 Korać Cup	2R
2001–02	1	Division A	3rd	Champion	3 Korać Cup	1R
2002–03	1	Division A	3rd		4 EuroCup Challenge	SF
2003–04	1	Division A	4th	Runner-up
2004–05	1	Division A	4th
2005–06	1	Division A	4th		4 EuroCup Challenge	R16
2006–07	1	Division A	5th		4 EuroCup Challenge	SF
2007–08	1	Division A	7th
2008–09	1	Division A	3rd
2009–10	1	Division A	5th
2010–11	1	Division A	5th
2011–12	1	Division A	3rd
2012–13	1	Division A	5th		3 EuroChallenge	RS
2013–14	1	Division A	3rd	Champion
2014–15	1	Division A	5th
2015–16	1	Division A	4th
2016–17	1	Division A	6th

Honours

Total titles: 3

Domestic competitions

• Cypriot Championship

Runners-up: 1999, 2000, 2001

• Cypriot Cup

Winners: 2002, 2014

Runners-up: 2004

• Cypriot Super Cup

Winners: 2005

Runners-up: 2002, 2014

European competitions

• FIBA EuroCup Challenge:

Semifinalist (2): 2002–03, 2006–07

European cups

• 1999–00: Korać Cup
• 2000–01: Korać Cup: lost to Hemofarm Vršac in eliminations
• 2001–02: Korać Cup
• 2002–03: FIBA Regional Challenge Final 4: lost to eventual Challenge Cup winners AEL Limassol by 73–52.
• 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 G

Current roster

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

Apollon Limassol roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age C 1 King, Anthony 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 40 – (1985-01-22)22 January 1985 SF 3 Eleftheriou, Rafail 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 31 – (1994-08-16)16 August 1994 SG 4 Pridgett, Sayeed 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 27 – (1998-05-22)22 May 1998 G 5 Bogues, Shannon 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 28 – (1997-02-20)20 February 1997 PG 6 Iliadis, Stefanos 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 30 – (1994-09-17)17 September 1994 PF 7 Finke, Michael 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 29 – (1996-04-26)26 April 1996 PF 8 Georgiou, Marios 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 33 – (1991-08-29)29 August 1991 PG 10 Holton Jr., Mike 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 34 – (1990-11-27)27 November 1990 SG 11 Tompazos, Artemis 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 36 – (1989-05-12)12 May 1989 G/F 14 Zdravic, Petar 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 27 – (1997-12-21)21 December 1997 F 16 Muosa, Fahad 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 22 – (2003-06-01)1 June 2003 C 17 Loizides, Christos 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 34 – (1991-03-20)20 March 1991 PG 21 Evzonas, Christos 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 26 – (1998-10-31)31 October 1998 G/F 22 Cheatham, Haanif 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 28 – (1996-09-06)6 September 1996 F 32 Virardi, Rolandos 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 28 – (1996-10-21)21 October 1996	Head coach Panayiotis Yiannaras Assistant coach(es) Stergios Xystouris Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 9 March 2022

Notable players

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

Criteria
To 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 Dorsey

Notable managers

• Guillermo Vecchio

External links

• http://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