Sporting B.C. (

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: ΚΑΕ Σπόρτιγκ) is a Greek professional

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team that is located at Ano Patissia,

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, at the area of Elia Zervou 89 and Sarantaporoy. The club's full name is A.O. Sporting Athens B.C. (

: Α.Ο. Σπόρτιγκ Αθήνα KAE).

History

The A.O. Sporting parent athletic association was founded in 1936, after a group of Greeks moved the Sporting Istanbul (Constantinople) club that had been founded in 1924, to Athens. Sporting began with sports departments in basketball and

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, and later added the sports of

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, swimming, and ping pong. Today, the A.O. Sporting athletic club has only the basketball department, A.O. Sporting B.C. Over the years, some of the players from Sporting B.C. played for the senior men's Greek National Basketball Team. The team competed in the FIBA Korać Cup competition in the 1979–80, 1980–81, 1995–96, and 1996–97 seasons. Sporting won the

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championship three times, in 1988, 1991 and 2007.

In international competitions

Arena

Sporting B.C. plays its home games at the 2,500 seat Sporting Sports Arena.Γήπεδο – Εκδηλώσεις .
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Titles and honors

National: * Greek 2nd Division: (3) **1988, 1991, 2007

Notable players

Greece: * Dinos Angelidis * Georgios Barlas * - Dave Caligaris * Christos Christodoulou * Kostas Diamantopoulos * Vangelis Karampoulas * Fotis Katsikaris * Georgios Kolokithas * Nikos Liakopoulos * Georgios Limniatis * Faidon Matthaiou * Dimitris Papanikolaou *

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* Ioannis Sioutis * Pavlos Stamelos *

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Head coaches

* Kostas Diamantopoulos * Steve Giatzoglou *

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* Aris Lykogiannis *

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References

External links

Sportingbc.gr Official Team Website

Eurobasket.com Team Profile
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