Apollon Limassol BC

Pizza Express Primetel Apollon
Leagues	Cypriot Championship
Founded	1967 (1967)
History	1967–present
Arena	Primetel Apollon Arena (capacity: 1,700)
Location	Limassol, Cyprus
Team colors	Blue and White
President	George Papas
Head coach	Igors Miglinieks
Championships	Cypriot Cup (1): 2002 Cypriot Super Cup (1): 2005
Website	Official website
Uniforms
Home Away

Pizza Express Primetel Apollon (in Greek: Pizza Express Primetel Απόλλων), is a Cypriot professional basketball club based in Limassol, Cyprus. The club competes in the Cypriot League. The president of the team is Tasos Anastasiades and the current manager is the Irish James Weldon.

History

Apollon Limassol BC was founded in 1967 and is from the founding members of Cyprus Basketball Federation. From then the team participates regularly in the Cyprus Basketball Division 1. The unique titles in the history of department, are a cup in 2002 and a Super Cup in 2004.

Apollon Limassol BC won the cup against apoel with score 76-69 in nicosia. over than 1500 fans travelled to nicosia.

League Positions

League achievements

• Cyprus League Finalist:
  • 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005
• Cyprus League Semifinals:
  • 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009

Cup achievements

• Cyprus Cup Winner:
  • 2002, 2014
• Cyprus Cup Finalist:
  • 2004

European cups achievements

• EuroCup Challenge Semifinals:
  • 2007

European cups

• 1999–00: Korać Cup
• 2000–01: Korać Cup: lost to Hemofarm Vršac in eliminations
• 2001–02: Korać Cup
• 2002–03: FIBA Regional Challenge Final 4
• 2003–04: FIBA Europe Cup: took 2nd place (2-2) in Group D of South Conference
• 2004–05: FIBA Europe Cup: took 3rd place (1-3) in Conference South Group C
• 2005–06: EuroCup Challenge: took 1st place (3-1) in Group G, lost to Khimik in 1/8 Finals
• 2006–07: Europe Cup Challenge: took 1st place (4-2) in Group A, lost to Samara 77-75, 50-76 in the Semifinals
• 2012–13: EuroChallenge: took 4th place (1–5) in Group G

Roster

Pizza Express Primetel Apollon Roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. Νο. Nat. Name Ht. 1.0 !PG 7000400000000000000♠4 LAT ! Gabrāns, Raimonds 7000184000000000000♠1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 1.0 !PG 7000500000000000000♠5 LIT ! Gaidamavičius, Tomas 7000192000000000000♠1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 1.0 !PG 7000600000000000000♠6 CYP ! Iliadis, Stefanos 7000186000000000000♠1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 3.0 !SF 7000700000000000000♠7 SWE ! Rush, Erik 7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 4.0 !PF 7001100000000000000♠10 RUS ! Omelchenko, Mikhail 7000197000000000000♠1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 2.0 !SG 7001110000000000000♠11 USA ! Raymond, Benjamin 7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 2.0 !SG 7001120000000000000♠12 CYP ! Pantouris, Grigoris (C) 7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 5.0 !C 7001130000000000000♠13 LAT ! Grafs, Raitis 7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 5.0 !C 7001140000000000000♠14 USA ! Tremaine, Ford 7000206999999999999♠2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 3.0 !SF 7001150000000000000♠15 USA ! Gillenwater, Troy 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 3.0 !SF CYP ! Antonov, Vanko 7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 4.0 !PF CZE ! Englicky, Pavel 7000209000000000000♠2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	Head coach Igors Miglinieks Assistant coach(es) Marios Argyrou Akis Constantinou Marios Thrasyvoulidis Legend (C) Team captain

Former players

Notable managers

• Guillermo Vecchio
• Predrag Benacek
• James Weldon

External links

• http://www.apollonbc.net/ Apollon BC Official Site
• http://www.apollon1954.com/ Apollon Limassol News
• http://www.fygas.net/ Apollon Limassol Fan Page