Xanthi B.C. () was a Greek professional

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club that is located in

Western Thrace Western Thrace or West Thrace (, '' ytikíThráki'' ), also known as Greek Thrace or Aegean Thrace, is a geographical and historical region of Greece, between the Nestos and Evros rivers in the northeast of the country; East Thrace, which lie ...

Xanthi Xanthi is a city in the region of Western Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the Xanthi regional unit of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace. Amphitheatrically built on the foot of Rhodope mountain chain, the city is divided ...

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. Xanthi competed in the Greek 2nd Division.

History

Xanthi competed in the 2nd-tier level Greek 2nd Division, and then merged with

Koroivos Koroivos (, before 1955: Κελεβή - ''Kelevi'') is a village in the municipal unit of Gastouni, Elis, Greece. It is situated in a flat rural area, south of the river Pineios. It is 2 km southeast of Lefkochori, 2 km west of Roupaki, ...

in 2010. Koroivos then took over Xanthi's place in the Greek 2nd Division in the following season. After Koroivos took Xanthi's place in the Greek 2nd Division, Xanthi was then

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down to the 5th-tier level league in Greece, due to the club's financial problems.History.
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A.P.S. Aspida Xanthi A.P.S. Aspida Xanthi (Athletic and Cultural Club Aspida Xanthi) is an athletic club in the city of Xanthi, Greece. It was founded in 1922. It maintains departments of football and basketball. Its name means ''shield'' and its colours are cyan and ...

for the 2010–11 season.

Arena

The club's home arena is

Xanthi Arena Xanthi Arena, AKA Philippos Amiridis Arena is an indoor sporting arena that is located in the city of Xanthi, in the region of Western Thrace, Greece. The arena can be used for both basketball and volleyball games. Its capacity is 3,957 seats. Th ...

. Its capacity is 5,000.

Notable players

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 ...

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 ...

Dimitris Spanoulis Dimitrios Spanoulis (alternate spelling: Dimitris, Dimitri) (Greek: Δημήτρης Σπανούλης; born October 11, 1979) is a Greek former professional basketball player. During his playing career, at a height of 6 ft 3 in (1.92 m) t ...

References

External links

Eurobasket.com Team Page
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