Dafnis B.C. is a Greek professional
basketball
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club. The club's full name is Athlitikos Omilos Dafnis B.C., or A.O. Dafnis B.C. The club is located in
Dafni, Athens,
Greece
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. The colors of the team are yellow and black, and the team's symbol is the laurel branch.
History
The athletic organization's parent athletic union, the A.O. A.C. Dafni, was founded in 1939, when the sports club started with a
football
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club. In 1967, the athletic union added the basketball club, A.O. Dafni B.C., as one of its sports sections.
In 1969, the team competed in the
top-tier level Greek Basket League
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for the first time, and stayed there until 1975. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the club often competed in the Greek top-tier league (
A1). Legendary
EuroLeague
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player
Theo Papaloukas, played with the club from 1997 to 1999. In the 1998–99 season, Papaloukas led Dafni B.C. to the
Greek 2nd Division championship. In 2010, Dafni and
A.O. Amyntas merged, creating A.O. Amyntas Dafnis. In 2015, the two clubs broke their merger, and Dafni was reformed.
Championships and honors
*Divisional:
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Greek A2 League: 1
***1999
Notable players
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Fanis Christodoulou
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Theo Papaloukas
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Tzanis Stavrakopoulos
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Dinos Angelidis
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Ioannis Sioutis
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Ioannis Milonas
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Makis Dreliozis
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Nikos Liakopoulos
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Ioannis Gagaloudis
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Fotios Vasilopoulos
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Georgios Limniatis
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Dimitris Fosses
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Dimitris Lolas
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Vasco Evtimov
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Stephen Arigbabu
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Mike Smrek
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Rowan Barrett
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Blue Edwards
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Buck Johnson
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Rodrick Rhodes
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Zendon Hamilton
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Richard Rellford
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A.J. Bramlett
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Derrick Chievous
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Gary Plummer
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Bubba Wells
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Scotty Thurman
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Geno Carlisle
Head coaches
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Dirk Bauermann
Dirk Bauermann (born 10 December 1957) is a German professional basketball coach.
Playing career
Bauermann played sports club, club basketball in the German senior club of BBC Krefeld, from 1975 to 1981.
Club coaching career
Bauermann was an ass ...
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Kostas Missas
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Vassilis Fragkias
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Zoran Slavnić
Zoran "Moka" Slavnić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Мока Славнић; born 26 October 1949) is a Serbian retired professional basketball player and coach. He played with Crvena zvezda and with Partizan. One of the best European point guar ...
External links
Eurobasket.com Team Profile
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Basketball teams in Greece
Basketball teams established in 1967