Larisa B.C.

Larisa B.C.
Leagues	Greek Basket League Greek Cup
Founded	1984; 38 years ago (1984)
History	Ermis Agias Larisa B.C. (1984–2019) Larisa B.C. (2019–Present)
Arena	Larissa Neapolis Indoor Arena
Capacity	4,000 (permanent upper-tier seats) 5,500 (with retractable lower-tier seats)[1]
Location	Larissa, Greece
Team colors	White and Blue
President	Thodoris Rizoulis
Head coach	Fotis Takianos
2019–20 position	Greek League, 8th
Championships	1 Greek 4th Division (2016)
Website	larisabasket.gr
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Larisa B.C. (Greek: Λάρισα K.A.E.), or Larisa Basket (alternate spelling: Larissa), is a Greek professional basketball club that is located in Larissa, Greece.^[2] It is a part of the G.S. Ermis Agias Larisa (Γ.Σ. Ερμής Αγιάς Λάρισα) multi-sports club. The club's full original name was Gymnastikos Syllogos Agias Ermis Larisa (Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Επαρχίας Αγιάς Ερμής Λάρισα). The club's official emblem is a seal with Hermes (Ermis) on it, one of the Greek gods. The team's colors are white and blue.

The team currently competes in the Greek Basket League, the top-tier level of Greek basketball.

History[]

Larisa B.C. was originally founded as Ermis Agias Larisa B.C. (Ερμής Αγιάς Λάρισα K.A.E.), in 1984. With the club originally being located in Agia, Larissa (regional unit), Greece. The club won the Greek 4th Division's 3rd Group, during the 2015–16 season, and was thus promoted up to the Greek 3rd Division, for the 2016–17 season. The team was then promoted up to the Greek 2nd Division, for the 2017–18 season.

Ermis Agias Larisa was given a wild card place in the top-tier level Greek Basket League's 2019–20 season.^[3] The club then relocated from Agia to Larissa (city), and was renamed to Larisa Basketball Club.^[4]

Arenas[]

Larisa B.C.'s main home arena is the Larissa Neapolis Indoor Arena, which is located in the city of Larissa. The arena has a seating capacity of 4,000 people in the permanent upper tier, and it can be expanded to a capacity of 5,500 people with optional retractable seating added to the lower tier.^[5] The club previously played its home games at the small 300 seat Agias Municipal Indoor Sports Center, which is located in Agia.

Honors and titles[]

Domestic competitions[]

• Greek 4th Division 3rd Group Champion: (2015–16)

Season by season[]

Roster[]

Larisa B.C. roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G/F 3 Hudson, Jalen 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 25 – (1996-05-21)21 May 1996 F/C 5 Krubally, Ousman 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 33 – (1988-03-13)13 March 1988 F/C 6 Tsairelis, Michalis 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 34 – (1988-02-23)23 February 1988 G/F 7 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 20 – (2002-01-28)28 January 2002 F/C 8 Spyropoulos, Tasos 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 26 – (1995-04-01)1 April 1995 SG 11 Green, Devonte 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 25 – (1997-02-02)2 February 1997 G 12 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 18 – (2003-08-27)27 August 2003 SF 12 Bērziņš, Jānis 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 28 – (1993-05-04)4 May 1993 G/F 13 Zaras, Theodoros 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 34 – (1987-08-12)12 August 1987 PG 18 Karampelas, Zois 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 20 – (2001-04-27)27 April 2001 G 22 Papantoniou, Nondas 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 31 – (1990-04-28)28 April 1990 C 34 Marić, Marin 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 28 – (1994-02-21)21 February 1994 PG 42 Moody, Stefan 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 28 – (1993-10-06)6 October 1993	Head coach Fotis Takianos Assistant coach(es) Ioannis Missas Team Manager Nestoras Kommatos Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: January 15, 2022

Depth chart[]

Notable players[]

Head coaches[]

Head Coach	Years
Grigoris Giassaris	2013–2018
Stefanos Perkos	2018
Ioannis Livanos	2018–2019
Kostas Keramidas	2019
Vassilis Fragkias	2019
Vangelis Angelou	2019–2020
Nikos Papanikolopoulos	2020–2021
Fotis Takianos	2021–2022

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website (in Greek)
• Larisa B.C. Facebook (in Greek)
• Eurobasket.com Team Profile