Esperos Kallitheas B.C.

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Esperos Kallitheas
Founded1945
History1945 – Present
Location Kallithea, Athens, Greece
Team colorsblue and white
  
Website esperos.com
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Old P.O.K. Esperos logo.

Esperos Kallitheas B.C. is the men's basketball section of the Greek multi-sports club of Esperos Kallitheas (full name: POK Esperos/Panathlitikos Omilos Kallitheas Esperos). The basketball club was founded in 1945, two years after the establishment of the parent athletic club. [1] The club has played six times in the top-tier level Greek Basket League, (the last time was in the 1999–2000 season). [2]

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History

Esperos Basketball Club was founded in 1945, thanks to the efforts of Takis Kontouzoglou. In the 1972–73 season, they played for first time in the top-tier level Greek first division. They also played in the Greek first division in another 5 seasons (in the 1978–79, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1989–90, and 1999–2000 seasons), making it six seasons in total that they played in Greece's first division, counting the 1972–73 season. [1]

Esperos also won the Greek 2nd division championship once, in the 1998–99 season, and they have also won four Greek B League championships (Greek 3rd-tier), in 1978, 1980, 1982, and 1987.

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Head coaches

Women's team

Esperos also had a women's basketball team. The women's team was the original founder of the successful club Esperides Kallitheas, that was founded in 1995. [3]

In 2012, Esperides women's club merged with Ikaros Kallitheas , and ended its individual existence, however Esperides subtracted Ikaros' name in the recent years .

Esperos re-established women's team in 2023 and is playing in ESKANA Regional Α League.

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References

  1. 1 2 "history". esperos.com. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  2. "Περασμένα μεγαλεία στο ελληνικό μπάσκετ". sport24.gr. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. "history women". esperos.com. Retrieved 18 October 2015.