Ethnikos Piraeus B.C. is the basketball department of the Greek

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of Ethnikos Piraeus or Ethnikos OFPF (''National Club of Fans of

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and

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''). It is based in

and its home is the Panagiotis Salpeas Gymnasium. In the current season, Ethnikos Piraeus plays in the third division of the

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. The team's colours are white and blue.

History

During the decade of the 1970s, Ethnikos played in the

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(second national league), and came close to reaching

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to the top-tier level A Ethniki (first national league). The former president of

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, George Vassilakopoulos, competed in Ethnikos Piraeus. In the subsequent following years, Ethnikos' standing as a club declined, and it played in the lower minor league Greek divisions. In recent years, the club was promoted almost every year, as it climbed up to the Greek 2nd Division. Ethnikos was promoted 3 times, in 3 years (in 2012, 2013, and 2014). In 2014, Ethnikos was promoted to the

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(second division), after beating

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in a one off playoff game.

Titles

Ethnikos has won the

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level cup of the South

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regional (ESKANA) 3 times. The results of Ethnikos' 3 ESKANA local regional cup finals wins: *2009 : Ethnikos –

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66 – 62 *2012 : Ethnikos – Milon 69 – 63 *2014 : Ethnikos – Proteas Voulas 83 – 77

Roster

Head coaches

* Georgios Kalafatakis

References

External links

Official website

Eurobasket.com Team Page
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