Kolossos Rodou B.C.
Basketball team in Rhodes, Greece From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kolossos Rodou B.C. (Greek: Κολοσσός Ρόδου K.A.E.), known as Kolossos H Hotels for sponsorship reasons, is a Greek professional basketball team that is located on the island of Rhodes, in Rhodes City. Kolossos currently plays in the top-tier level of Greek professional basketball, the Greek League. The club was founded in 1963, and also initially featured sports like volleyball and judo in the early 1980s.[1] Today, the focus of the Greek athletic club is on the franchise's men's basketball department.
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| Nickname | Θαλασσί (The Cerulean Blue) | ||
| Leagues | GBL Greek Cup | ||
| Founded | 1963 | ||
| History | Kolossos Rodou B.C. (1963–present) | ||
| Arena | Kallithea Palais des Sports | ||
| Capacity | 3,400 | ||
| Location | Rhodes, Greece | ||
| Team colors | White and Cyan | ||
| Main sponsor | H Hotels Collection | ||
| President | Michalis Kokkinos | ||
| Head coach | Javier Carrasco | ||
| Team captain | Sotiris Billis | ||
| Championships | 1 Greek 2nd Division | ||
| Website | kolossosbc.gr | ||
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History
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Early years
Due to geographical isolation, and very small financial abilities for most of the club's history, the basketball team was not able to compete at a high level for many years, and was not funded properly. Kolossos was the first Greek basketball team located in the Aegean Sea region.
Rise
In 2000, the fate of the team finally changed, when Kostas Kostaridis became the new team President, and took over the reins of the club.[2] Kostaridis changed almost the entire club management, and stated that it was the immediate goal of the team to rise from the 3rd-tier level Greek B League, to the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 League, and subsequently, the team did begin to rise up through Greece's club basketball league system.
In 2003, head coach Vassilis Fragkias joined the team, and the ascent up into the Greek A2 League division commenced. In the 2004–05 season, Kolossos won the championship of the Greek A2 League, and was therefore automatically promoted up into the top-tier level Greek League, the highest professional basketball league in Greece.
Merger with Holargos
In the 2018–19 Greek Basketball League season, Kolossos finished in last place in the league. The team was thus facing relegation down to the second-tier level Greek A2 League. However, Kolossos merged with Holargos, and gained their rights to play in the top-tier level Greek League, in the following 2019–20 Greek Basketball League season.[3]
Arenas
Through the 2018–19 season, Kolossos played its domestic Greek Basketball League games at the 1,242 seat Venetokleio Indoor Hall. Prior to the 2019–20 season, Kolossos moved into the 1,400 seat[4] Palais des Sports.[5] The arena's seating capacity was increased to 3,400 people, so that Kolossos could play its home games there, while competing in the European secondary level FIBA Champions League competition.
Season by season
| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L | Greek Cup | European competitions | ||
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| 2009–10 | 1 |
Basket League | 6th | 14–14 |
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| 2010–11 | 1 |
Basket League | 8th | 12–14 |
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| 2011–12 | 1 |
Basket League | 4th |
22–13 |
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| 2012–13 | 1 |
Basket League | 10th |
8–18 |
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| 2013–14 | 1 |
Basket League | 10th |
10–16 |
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| 2014–15 | 1 |
Basket League | 7th |
14–15 |
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| 2015–16 | 1 |
Basket League | 7th | 11–17 |
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| 2016–17 | 1 |
Basket League | 7th | 14–15 |
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| 2017–18 | 1 |
Basket League | 8th | 11–17 |
Quarterfinalist | |||
| 2018–19 | 1 |
Basket League | 13th | 5–21 |
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| 2019–20 | 1 |
Basket League | 9th | 8–12 |
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| 2020–21 | 1 |
Basket League | 7th | 8–16 |
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Honours and titles
- Greek 2nd Division
- Champion (1): 2004–05
- Mavroskoufia Basketball Tournament
- Winner (2): 2016, 2019 (shared)
Players
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Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
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| C | Chevez Goodwin | Michalis Tsairelis | Periklis Kouroupakis | |
| PF | Gabriel Galvanini | Nick McGlynn | Diamantis Slaftsakis | Nikos Kamarianos |
| SF | Oleksandr Lypovyy | Sotiris Billis | Giannis Chatzinikolas | |
| SG | Andrew Goudelock | Andreas Petropoulos | Donovan Jackson | |
| PG | London Perrantes | Iosif Koloveros |
Notable players
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Antonis Asimakopoulos
Pat Calathes
Mladen Pantić
Franko Nakić
Roope Ahonen
Tom Liden
Stevan Nađfeji
Kerem Kanter
Luka Brajkovic
Yanick Moreira
Kim Tillie
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Simisola Shittu
Michael Dixon
Head coaches
| Head Coach | Years |
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 Charis Papazoglou | 2001–2003 |
| Vassilis Fragkias | 2003–2005 |
| Michalis Kyritsis | 2005–2006 |
| Georgios Zevgkolis | 2006–2007 |
| Vangelis Alexandris | 2007–2008 |
| Ioannis Sfairopoulos | 2008–2011 |
| Vassilis Fragkias | 2011–2012 |
| Minas Gekos | 2012–2013 |
| Vassilis Fragkias | 2013 |
| Dimitrios Priftis | 2013–2014 |
| Michalis Koutalianos | 2014 |
| Aris Lykogiannis | 2014–2018 |
| Nikos Vetoulas | 2018 |
| Kostas Flevarakis | 2018–2019 |
| Stergios Koufos | 2019 |
| Aris Lykogiannis | 2019–2020 |
| Ilias Kantzouris | 2020–2022 |
| Ilias Papatheodorou | 2022–2023 |
 Curro Segura | 2023–2024 |
| Giorgos Sigalas | 2024 |
| Makis Giatras | 2024 |
References
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