Livadeia B.C. (alternate spellings: Livadia) was a Greek professional

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club. The club was located in

Livadeia Livadeia ( el, Λιβαδειά ''Livadiá'', ; grc, Λεβάδεια, Lebadeia or , ''Lebadia'') is a town in central Greece. It is the capital of the Boeotia regional district. Livadeia lies north-west of Athens, west of Chalkida, south-e ...

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. The team competed in the Greek 2nd Division. The club was also commonly known as A.E. Leivadeias, or A.E.L.

History

The A.E. Livadeia parent sports athletic association was founded in 1994. The sport club's basketball department, Livadeia B.C., was founded in 1994. In 2013, the club returned to the Greek B League (Betta Ethniki), and the next season, it was

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for the first time to the Greek 2nd Division. In 2016, the club was merged with

Holargos Holargos ( el, Χολαργός, also: ''Cholargos'') is a suburb of Athens, Greece, located northeast of the city center and about away from Syntagma Square. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Papagou-Cholarg ...

Notable players

Giannis Giannopoulos Yannis, Yiannis, or Giannis (Γιάννης) is a common Greek given name, a variant of ''John'' (Hebrew) meaning "God is gracious." In formal Greek (e.g. all government documents and birth certificates) the name exists only as Ioannis (Ιωάνν� ...

Ioannis Gagaloudis Ioannis "Gaga" Gagaloudis (alternate spellings: Yannis, Giannis, Gagaloudes, Gkagkaloudis) ( el, Γιάννης Γκαγκαλούδης; born August 22, 1978) is a Greek professional basketball player for Esperos Kallitheas B.C. of the Greek ...

Head coaches

Nikos Oikonomou Nikolaos "Nikos" Oikonomou (alternate spellings: Ikonomou, Ekonomou) (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Οικονόμου; born February 19, 1973) is a retired Greek professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two team ...

External links

Eurobasket.com Team Profile
{{Men's professional basketball leagues Basketball teams in Greece Basketball teams established in 1994