Faros Keratsiniou B.C. (alternate spellings: Pharos, Keratsini), or simply, Faros B.C., is a

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club that is based in

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, Greece. The club's full name is Athlitikos Omilos Faros Keratsiniou, which means Sporting Group Lighthouse Keratsini (

: Αθλητικός Όμιλος Φάρος Κερατσινίου), abbreviated as A.O. Faros Keratsiniou. The club's

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is a

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. In 2017, the professional team merged with G.S. Larissas Faros, which received the spot of Keratsiniou in the

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Logos

Faros Keratsiniou B.C.jpg , (The club's lighthouse logo, 1971–2015) Faros_new_logo_2015.png , (2015–present)

History

Faros was founded in 1971, by Stefanos Lachanis. The team had its best season to date, in the 2014–15 season, when Faros was promoted to the 2nd-tier level Greek 2nd Division, because of the

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of Panelefsiniakos to the Greek B League (Greek 3rd-tier level), due to financial problems. During its first season (2015–16) in the Greek A2 League, Faros had a terrific start to their season, and managed to break the record for the best win/loss start in the league, which was previously set by Dafnis, during the 1998–99 season. That same season, they also managed to make it to the

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's 2016 Final. Faros became just the third team in history to make it to the Greek Cup Final, while not being a current member of the top-tier level basketball league in Greece, the

, after Panellinios in 1987, and Rethymno Aegean in 2007, previously accomplished the feat. In order to reach the 2016 Greek Cup Final, Faros first beat Pagrati of the Greek 2nd Division, by a score of 79 to 57. They then beat 5 top-tier Greek First Division clubs in succession: Kolossos Rodou (70–66), Lavrio (76–56), Trikala Aries (82–67), Nea Kifissia (61–59); and in the Greek Cup semifinals, they beat

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

, of the European 2nd-tier level league, the EuroCup, by a score of 69–65. In the 2016–17 season, Faros won one of the Greek 2nd Division's league promotions to the top-tier level

. However, in the summer of 2017, Faros merged with G.S. Larissas, which then took the club's place in the upcoming Greek Basket League 2017–18 season. Faros retained all of its amateur and junior clubs.

Arena

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Season by season

Honors and titles

**Runners-up (1): 2015–16 * Greek Second Division **Runners-up (2): 2015–16, 2016–17

Notable players

* Nikos Angelopoulos * Marios Batis *

Michalis Kakiouzis Michalis "Mika" Kakiouzis (alternate spellings: Michail, Michailis, Mihalis) (Greek language, Greek: Μιχάλης Κακιούζης; born November 29, 1976) is a Greek former professional basketball player and basketball coach, coach. He is cu ...

* Vangelis Karampoulas * Sotiris Katoufas * Dimitrios Kompodietas * Nikos Liakopoulos * Spyros Magkounis * Ioannis Milonas * Filippos Moschovitis * Manos Papamakarios * Christos Petrodimopoulos * Gaios Skordilis * Kostas Kakaroudis * Fotis Vasilopoulos * Ioannis Dimakos

References

External links

Official Website

Official Blog Site

Twitter Account

YouTube Account

Eurobasket.com Team Page
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