A.C. Doukas Basketball, commonly known as Doukas B.C. or Doukas, (Greek: Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Εκπαιδευτηρίων Δούκα/Α.Σ.Ε.Δ.) is a Greek professional

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club that is based in

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. It was founded in 1979, by Doukas School, and its team colours are blue and white. The home arena of the club is the Dais Gymnasium in Marousi. Currently, the men's team plays in Greek A2 League, the Greek second division.

History

Doukas' basketball team was founded in the early 1990s. In the 2013–14 season, the club finished in 10th place in the Greek B League, and remained in the third division. The most successful era of the club's history was the period 2003–2007, when the club played in the A2 Category (second division). In the 2004–05 season, Doukas in finished in 9th place, which was the highest place the club had attained to that point in its presence in the A2 category. In the 2006–07 season, the club was

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down to the Greek B League, and from the 2007–08 season, to the 2014–15 season, the club played continuously in the B League. In the 2014–15 season, Doukas finished in 12th place in the B League. But Doukas then merged with the A2 League club Aetos, and was subsequently promoted to the A2.

Recent seasons

Notable players

Giannis Giannoulis Giannis Giannoulis (alternate spellings: Gioannis, Yannis, Ioannis, Yiannis (Greek: Γιάννης Γιαννούλης; born June 5, 1976) is a Greek-Canadian former professional basketball player. During his playing career, at a height of tall ...

* Georgios Kalaitzis *

Vassilis Symtsak Vassilis Symtsak (alternative spellings: Vasilis, Vasileios, Simtsak) (; (born 3 March 1981) is a Greek professional basketball coach and former player, currently an assistant coach for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the E ...

Apollon Tsochlas Apollon Tsochlas (alternate spellings: Apollonas, Apollona) (Greek: Απόλλων Τσόχλας; born August 20, 1983) is a Greek professional basketball player for Neaniki Estia Megaridas of the Greek A2 Basket League. He is a 6 ft 2 in ...

* Sotiris Manolopoulos *

Panagiotis Kafkis Panagiotis Kafkis (alternate spelling: Panayiotis) (Greek: Παναγιώτης Καυκής; born May 8, 1980, in Athens, Greece) is a Greek former professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, at a height of 1.97 m (6&nb ...

Dimitrios Kompodietas Dimitrios "Dimitris" Kompodietas (alternate spelling: Kobodietas) (; born April 26, 1985) is a Greek professional basketball player for Palaio Faliro B.C. of the Greek B Basket League. He is a tall shooting guard-small forward. Professional ca ...

Alexis Kyritsis Alexandros "Alexis" Kyritsis (alternate spelling: Kiritsis) (; born May 18, 1982) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) tall. He is a talented offensive combo guard-swingman. Professional career In his professi ...

* Tasos Spyropoulos *

Georgios Limniatis Georgios "George" Limniatis (alternate spellings: Giorgos, Giorgios) (; born March 22, 1971) is a Greek retired professional basketball player and professional basketball coach, who last managed Peristeri of the Greek Basketball League (GBL). Dur ...

Theodoros Karras Theodoros "Thodoris" Karras (; born December 18, 1997) is a Greek professional basketball player for Koroivos Amaliadas of the Greek A2 Basket League. At a height of tall, with a wingspan, he plays at the center position. Professional career ...

Manolis Papamakarios Emmanouil "Manolis" "Manos" Papamakarios (Greek: Εμμανουήλ "Μανώλης" "Μάνος" Παπαμακάριος; born August 26, 1980) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He is 1.92 m (6 ft 3 in) tall and he mainly ...

* Andreas Kanonidis *

Nikos Rogkavopoulos Nikolaos Agapitos Rogkavopoulos (alternate spelling: Rogavopoulos; ; born June 27, 2001) is a Greek professional basketball player for Saski Baskonia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He is a tall swingman. Youth career Rogkavopoulos ...

Iakovos Milentigievits Iakovos Milentigievits Alifieris (alternate spelling: Milentijević) (Greek: Ιάκωβος Μιλεντίγιεβιτς Αλιφιέρης; born January 11, 1997) is a Serbian–Greek professional basketball player who last played for Panionios ...

* / Nikos Pavlos * Stefan Đorđević * Guillem Rubio

References

External links

Official Site

Eurobasket.com Team Page
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