Maroussi B.C.
GS Marousi (Greek ΓΣ Μαρούσι ), completely Gymnastikos Syllogos Amarousiou (Greek Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Αμαρουσίου ), is a Greek basketball team from the Athens suburb of Maroussi. The club currently plays in the second Greek league.
History
The basketball department was founded in 1950 rose in 1998 in the Greek A1 league. Since then, the club has developed steadily and is now one of the best addresses in Greece. Despite a small fan base made it the club it from the shadow of his Athenian city rivals to contact and to set the tone in the European competitions.
The greatest success of the club was winning the Saporta Cup of 2001. Only three years later, the club was also the final of the FIBA EuroCup subject there but Unics Kazan from Russia. The most significant success in the Greek league was reaching the play-off finals for the championship of the 2003-2004 season where Panathinaikos Athens but was defeated. Against the same opponents to two years later was defeated in the final of the Greek Cup club.
Panagiotis Giannakis After was the coach of the club until 2006, took over Lefteris Kakiousis, the Giannakis assistant coach with the Greek national team, the coach of Maroussi.
In the 2008/2009 season, Marousi sat in the play-off series for third place with 3-2 wins against Aris Thessaloniki by, qualifying as the first time to participate in the ULEB Euro League.
2012, the club was relegated after 14 years Erstligazugehörigkeit from the second division. Due to financial problems, however, the club opted not to participate in the A2 Ethniki and started instead in the 2012/13 season in the B Ethniki third-rate.
Venue
Until 1998 the club wore their home games at " Klisto Spyro Louis " in Marousi from. Since the rise in the premier league 1998 " Dimotiko Gymnastirio Amarousiou " serves as the home which is only about 500 meters northeast of the Athens Olympic Stadium. The sports hall was built in 1997 and holds 1,350 spectators. This makes it one of the smallest venues in the history of Greek basketball league. The Games of the ULEB Euro League transfers of Marousi in the adjacent Olympic Hall.
Title
- Saporta Cup ( 1x): 2001
Significant former players
- Germany Stephen Arigbabu
- Greece Nikolaos Boudouris
- Ireland Pat Burke
- Greece Andreas Glyniadakis
- United States Kenyon Jones
- Greece Konstantinos Kaimakoglou
- Germany Michael Koch
- Greece John Korfas
- Greece Angelos Koronios
- Greece Vasilios Spanoulis
- Greece Evangelos Vourtzoumis
Significant former coach
- Greece Evangelos Alexandris
- Greece Panagiotis Giannakis
- Greece Eleftherios Kakiousis