Koroivos B.C. or Koroivos Amaliadas B.C. (alternate spellings: Koroibos Amaliada) (

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: Κόροιβος Αμαλιάδας KAE), is a

professional

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club that is based in

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, Greece. The club's full name is Athlitikos Syllogos Amaliadas Koroivos (Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Αμαλιάδας Κόροιβος), which is also abbreviated as A.S.A. Koroivos (Α.Σ.Α. Κόροιβος) and it maintains different sport departments. The club's name is in honour of the first

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winner of the

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Club branding

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History

The parent athletic club of Koroivos was founded in 1982, and the club's basketball section was founded in 1983. In 2010, Koroivos merged with

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and gained Xanthi's club rights, and also took their place in the Greek 2nd Division during the 2010–11 season. Koroivos also took

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' place in the Greek 2nd Division during the 2012–13 season. Koroivos finished in 2nd place in the Greek 2nd Division in the 2013–14 season, after

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 th ...

hit a 3 pointer at the end of the game against

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, to give Koroivos a 58 to 57 win in the next to last game of the season. The club thus gained

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to play in the top Greek League for the first time in the 2014–15 season.

Arenas

Koroivos plays their home games at the 2,000 seat Amaliada Ilida Indoor Hall.

Season by season

Roster

Notable players

Greece: * Tasos Charismidis *

Dimitris Charitopoulos Dimitrios Charitopoulos (alternate spellings: Dimitris, Haritopoulos) (Greek: Δημήτρης Χαριτόπουλος; born November 14, 1983) is a Greek professional basketball player and the team captain. He is 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) tall, ...

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* Andreas Kanonidis *

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Nikos Pettas Nikolaos "Nikos" Pettas (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Πέττας; born February 28, 1981) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a 6 ft 4 in (1.95 m) tall shooting guard-small forward. Professional career Pettas began ...

* Panagiotis Vasilopoulos Europe: *

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* - Devon van Oostrum *

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USA: * Ken Brown *

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* Toddrick Gotcher * Kenny Hall * -

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* Robert Lowery *

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Africa: * -

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Harding Nana Harding Ngueyep Nana (born January 17, 1981) is a Cameroonian professional basketball player currently playing as a power forward for Swiss Central of the Swiss Basketball League. He is also a member of the Cameroon national basketball team. C ...

Oceania: * Corey Webster

Head coaches

Charis Markopoulos Charalampis "Charis" Markopoulos (alternate spellings: Charalabis, Haralampis, Haralabis, Haris) (; born January 20, 1982) is a Greek former professional basketball player and coach. Early life and youth career Markopoulos began playing the ...

Dinos Kalampakos Dinos Kalampakos (alternate spelling: Kalabakos) (; born November 14, 1964) is a Greek former professional basketball player and current basketball coach for Doxa Lefkadas of the Greek A2 Basket League. Kalampakos spent the bulk of his club playi ...

References

External links

Official Website

Eurobasket.com Team Profile
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