KAOD B.C. (
Greek
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: ΚΑΟΔ K.A.E.) was a professional
basketball
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club that was based in
Drama, Greece
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. The club played from 1989, until 2015, playing several years in the
top-tier level Greek Basket League
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.
Logos
K.A.O.D. B.C. logo.jpg, (KAOD's official logo 2011–2014).
KAOD BC Logo.png, (KAOD's official logo 2014–2015).
History
The team two of its best seasons so, in the 2000–01 season, when KAOD became the champion of the
Greek 2nd Division, and in the next season, 2001–02, when KAOD played in the
Greek top-tier level league, the
Greek 1st Division. They also won the Greek 2nd Division in the 2010–11 season. After the 2014–15 season, KAOD withdrew from the top-tier level
Greek Basket League
The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship), and also known as the Stoiximan Basket League for sponsorship reaso ...
.
Championships
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Greek A2 League:
**Champions (2): 2001, 2011
Notable players
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Vangelis Vourtzoumis
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Kostas Charalampidis
Konstantinos "Kostas" Charalampidis (alternate spellings: Constantinos, Costas, Haralampidis, Haralambidis, Haralabidis, Charalambides) ( Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Χαραλαμπίδης; born April 4, 1976) is a retired Gree ...
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Sakis Karidas
Athanasios "Sakis" Karidas (alternate spelling: Karydas) ( Greek: Αθανάσιος "Σάκης" Καρύδας; born November 4, 1979) is a Greek former professional basketball player. At a height of 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) tall, he ;played at ...
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Kostas Kakaroudis
Konstantinos "Kostas" Kakaroudis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Κακαρούδης; born 2 May 1983) is a Greek professional basketball player who last played for Iraklis of the Greek Basket League. He is a 2.04 m (6' 8") tall p ...
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Ioannis Athinaiou
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Vladimir Petrović-Stergiou
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Vangelis Margaritis
Evangelos "Vangelis" Margaritis (alternate spellings: Evaggelos, Vaggelis) ( el, Ευάγγελος "Βαγγέλης" Μαργαρίτης, link=no; born December 5, 1982) is a Greek professional basketball player and the team captain for PAO ...
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Linos Chrysikopoulos
Linos-Spyridon Chrysikopoulos (Greek: Λίνος-Σπυρίδων Χρυσικόπουλος; born December 1, 1992) is a Greek professional basketball player for Kolossos Rodou of the Greek Basket League. He is 6'8" (2.03 m) tall and 225 lb ...
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Alexandros Sigkounas
Alexandros Sigkounas (alternate spelling: Sigounas) (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Σιγκούνας; born July 7, 1988) is a Greek professional basketball player who last played for Vrijednosnice Osijek of the Croatian League. He is a 2.02 m (6 ...
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Theodoros Zaras
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Guy-Marc Michel
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College career
Michel played college basketball at Northern Idaho College from 2008 to 2010. He also enrolled to pl ...
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Edin Bavčić
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Nikola Marković
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Filip Čović
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Dejan Borovnjak
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Andrés Guibert
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Ryan Lorthridge
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Lazeric Jones
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Julian Vaughn
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J'Covan Brown
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Robert Loe
Head coaches
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Kostas Missas
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Nenad Marković
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Playing career
Born in Doboj to a Bosnian Serb father and a Bosnian Croat mother, Marković started ...
External links
Official WebsiteEurobasket.com Team Page
{{Men's professional basketball leagues
Basketball teams in Greece
Drama, Greece
1989 establishments in Greece