Panionios Women's Basketball

Panionios
Leagues	Greek Championship Greek Cup
Founded	1947
Arena	Nea Smyrni Indoor Hall
Capacity	2,000
Location	Nea Smyrni, Athens, Greece
Team colors
Head coach	Angelos Tsikliras
Home Away

Panionios Women's Basketball is the women's basketball department of Panionios GSS, the Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Smyrni. The first basketball department of the club was founded in 1919 and was one of the first in Greece. The women's department in turn was established in the post-war period. Its last reconstitution took place in the late 1990s. The club plays in A2 Ethniki (2nd tier) but recently it has played in A1 Ethniki. They have won one Greek Championship, in 2007. ^[1]

History

Panionios Women's basketball team was founded in 1947. It took part in the local championship of Athens-Piraeus since those years there wasn't a Panhellenic women championship. The club ceased its activities for some years but it returned in action in the late 1990s. Panionios achieved to win the Panhellenic championship immediately after its promotion to A1 Ethniki. ^[2] It is the only time that a Greek team wins a championship coming from a second division. The next years, Panionios is weakened and the current season it plays in A2 Ethniki.

Recent seasons

Season	Division	Place	Notes
2003-04	Beta Ethniki	1st	Promoted to A2
2005-06	A2 Ethniki	2nd	Promoted to A1
2006-07	A1 Ethniki	1st
2007-08	A1 Ethniki	2nd
2008-09	A1 Ethniki	8th
2009-10	A1 Ethniki	7th
2010-11	A1 Ethniki	5th
2011-12	A1 Ethniki	3rd
2012-13	A1 Ethniki	11th	Relegated to A2
2013-14	A2 Ethniki	6th
2014-15	A2 Ethniki	4th
2015-16	A2 Ethniki	2nd	Promoted to A1
2016-17	A1 Ethniki	9th
2017-18	A1 Ethniki	3rd
2018-19	A1 Ethniki	8th
2019-20	A2 Ethniki	5th

Honours

• Greek Women's Basketball League
  • Winners (1): 2007
  • Runners-up (1): 2008
• Greek Women's Basketball Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2017

Roster

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

Panionios Women's Basketball roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 4 Petersen, Lexi 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 32 – (1993-06-12)12 June 1993 G 5 Tsika, Elli 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) F/C 6 Healy, Katie 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 31 – (1994-08-07)7 August 1994 G 7 Tsiadi, Ioanna 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) G 8 Botsari, Alexia 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 42 – (1983-03-28)28 March 1983 F 9 Stabourlou, Polina 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) G/F 10 Theodoromanolaki, Despina 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 33 – (1991-12-23)23 December 1991 G 11 Stefanidou, Julie 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) PF 12 Pateraki, Ria 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 31 – (1993-12-28)28 December 1993 F/C 13 Grigoriou, Sofia 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) G 15 Machla, Kelly 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) F/C 17 Mitsi, Athina 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Head coach Angelos Tsikliras Assistant coach(es) Angelos Giannoulakis Legend (C) Team captain Injured

References

1. "Η "χρυσή Βίβλος" της Α1 μπάσκετ γυναικών". contra.gr. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
2. "Α1 Γυναικών: Πρωταθλητής ο Πανιώνιος". contra.gr. Retrieved 5 January 2016.

External links

• Official page
• Women Panionios B.C. at Eurobasket.com