BC Nokia

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BC Nokia
BC Nokia logo.png
Leagues Korisliiga
Founded1997;28 years ago (1997)
HistoryBC Nokia
(1997–present)
ArenaAGCO Power Arena
Location Nokia, Finland
Team colorsYellow, Black, White
   
Head coachGreg Gibson
Team captain Niko Mattila
Championships1 (2024)
Website www.bcnokia.fi

BC Nokia is a professional basketball club based in Nokia, Finland. [1] The team currently plays in the top level Korisliiga.

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History

In the 2014–15 season, Nokia won the Finnish First Division and was promoted to the Korisliiga. The team finished in the 8th place in its first Korisliiga season, but defeated 1st seed Kataja BC in the first round. The team was defeated in the semi-finals, but did manage to claim the bronze medal for the 2015–16 season.

Honours

Champions (1): 2014–15
Champions (1): 2023-24
Third place (1): 2015–16

Runner up (1) 2024

Season by season

SeasonTierLeaguePos. Finnish Cup
2014–15 2First Division A1st-
2015–16 1 Korisliiga 3rd-
2016–17 1 Korisliiga 7th-
2017–18 1 Korisliiga 4th-
2018–19 1 Korisliiga 8th-
2019–20 1 Korisliiga (6th)-

Current roster

BC Nokia roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
G 3 Flag of the United States.svg Ross, Kahron 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)29 – (1995-10-06)6 October 1995
F 5 Flag of Finland.svg Boman, Hugo 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)23 – (2002-03-26)26 March 2002
F 8 Flag of Finland.svg Ahonen, Antti 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)24 – (2001-01-07)7 January 2001
F 9 Flag of the United States.svg Johnson, Kyle 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)25 – (2000-04-09)9 April 2000
F 10 Flag of the United States.svg Green, Xavier 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)28 – (1996-09-09)9 September 1996
F 13 Flag of Finland.svg Besselink, Max 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)23 – (2002-04-04)4 April 2002
G 15 Flag of Finland.svg Nikula, Aamos 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)22 – (2003-01-07)7 January 2003
G 17 Flag of Finland.svg Mattila, Niko 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)31 – (1994-02-16)16 February 1994
F 18 Flag of Finland.svg Kanervo, Antti 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)36 – (1989-04-12)12 April 1989
C 21 Flag of the United States.svg Brown, Clevon 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)26 – (1998-07-18)18 July 1998
F 33 Flag of Finland.svg Murphy, Tomas 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)26 – (1998-07-01)1 July 1998
C 35 Flag of the United States.svg Lyons, Tyrone 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)24 – (2000-09-22)22 September 2000
F 41 Flag of Finland.svg Sauramo, Elias 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)20 – (2004-09-16)16 September 2004
F 44 Flag of Finland.svg Roiko, Santeri 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)21 – (2003-05-22)22 May 2003
G 55 Flag of Finland.svg Aidoo, Fiifi 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)29 – (1996-04-05)5 April 1996
Head coach
  • Flag of Finland.svg Greg Gibson
Assistant coach(es)
  • Flag of Finland.svg Aleksi Koskinen

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Updated: September 19, 2024

Notable players

References

  1. "BC Nokia basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details - eurobasket.com". Basketball.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2015-08-29.