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Basketball team in Rhodes, Greece From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kolossos Rodou B.C. (Greek: Κολοσσός Ρόδου K.A.E.), known as Kolossos H Hotels for sponsorship reasons, is a Greek professional basketball team that is located on the island of Rhodes, in Rhodes City. Kolossos currently plays in the top-tier level of Greek professional basketball, the Greek League. The club was founded in 1963, and also initially featured sports like volleyball and judo in the early 1980s.[1] Today, the focus of the Greek athletic club is on the franchise's men's basketball department.
Kolossos H Hotels | |||
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Leagues | GBL Greek Cup BCL | ||
Founded | 1963 | ||
History | Kolossos Rodou B.C. (1963–present) | ||
Arena | Kallithea Palais des Sports | ||
Capacity | 3,400 | ||
Location | Rhodes, Greece | ||
Team colors | White and Cyan | ||
Main sponsor | H Hotels Collection | ||
President | Michalis Kokkinos | ||
Head coach | Giorgos Sigalas | ||
Team captain | Sotiris Billis | ||
Championships | 1 Greek 2nd Division | ||
Website | kolossosbc.gr | ||
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Due to geographical isolation, and very small financial abilities for most of the club's history, the basketball team was not able to compete at a high level for many years, and was not funded properly. Kolossos was the first Greek basketball team located in the Aegean Sea region.
In 2000, the fate of the team finally changed, when Kostas Kostaridis became the new team President, and took over the reins of the club.[2] Kostaridis changed almost the entire club management, and stated that it was the immediate goal of the team to rise from the 3rd-tier level Greek B League, to the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 League, and subsequently, the team did begin to rise up through Greece's club basketball league system.
In 2003, head coach Vassilis Fragkias joined the team, and the ascent up into the Greek A2 League division commenced. In the 2004–05 season, Kolossos won the championship of the Greek A2 League, and was therefore automatically promoted up into the top-tier level Greek League, the highest professional basketball league in Greece.
In the 2018–19 Greek Basketball League season, Kolossos finished in last place in the league. The team was thus facing relegation down to the second-tier level Greek A2 League. However, Kolossos merged with Holargos, and gained their rights to play in the top-tier level Greek League, in the following 2019–20 Greek Basketball League season.[3]
Through the 2018–19 season, Kolossos played its domestic Greek Basketball League games at the 1,242 seat Venetokleio Indoor Hall. Prior to the 2019–20 season, Kolossos moved into the 1,400 seat[4] Palais des Sports.[5] The arena's seating capacity was increased to 3,400 people, so that Kolossos could play its home games there, while competing in the European secondary level FIBA Champions League competition.
Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L | Greek Cup | European competitions | ||
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2009–10 | 1 |
Basket League | 6th | 14–14 |
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2010–11 | 1 |
Basket League | 8th | 12–14 |
Quarterfinalist | |||
2011–12 | 1 |
Basket League | 4th |
22–13 |
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2012–13 | 1 |
Basket League | 10th |
8–18 |
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2013–14 | 1 |
Basket League | 10th |
10–16 |
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2014–15 | 1 |
Basket League | 7th |
14–15 |
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2015–16 | 1 |
Basket League | 7th | 11–17 |
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2016–17 | 1 |
Basket League | 7th | 14–15 |
Quarterfinalist | |||
2017–18 | 1 |
Basket League | 8th | 11–17 |
Quarterfinalist | |||
2018–19 | 1 |
Basket League | 13th | 5–21 |
Quarterfinalist | |||
2019–20 | 1 |
Basket League | 9th | 8–12 |
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2020–21 | 1 |
Basket League | 7th | 8–16 |
Quarterfinalist |
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Updated: 26 September 2024 |
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 | Inactive |
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C | Francis Okoro | Michalis Tsairelis | Periklis Kouroupakis | ||
PF | Gabriel Galvanini | Diamantis Slaftsakis | Pavlos Giakai | Nikos Kamarianos | |
SF | Paulius Danusevičius | Andreas Petropoulos | Sotiris Billis | Giannis Chatzinikolas | |
SG | Andrew Goudelock | Au'Diese Toney | |||
PG | London Perrantes | Tyler Nelson | Iosif Koloveros |
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
Criteria |
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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Head Coach | Years |
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Charis Papazoglou | 2001–2003 |
Vassilis Fragkias | 2003–2005 |
Michalis Kyritsis | 2005–2006 |
Georgios Zevgkolis | 2006–2007 |
Vangelis Alexandris | 2007–2008 |
Ioannis Sfairopoulos | 2008–2011 |
Vassilis Fragkias | 2011–2012 |
Minas Gekos | 2012–2013 |
Vassilis Fragkias | 2013 |
Dimitrios Priftis | 2013–2014 |
Michalis Koutalianos | 2014 |
Aris Lykogiannis | 2014–2018 |
Nikos Vetoulas | 2018 |
Kostas Flevarakis | 2018–2019 |
Stergios Koufos | 2019 |
Aris Lykogiannis | 2019–2020 |
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