Peristeri B.C.

Peristeri BC
Leagues	Greek Basket League
Founded	22 October 1971; 50 years ago (1971-10-22)
Arena	Peristeri Arena
Capacity	4,000
Location	Peristeri, Athens, Greece
President	George Pantazopoulos
Head coach	Milan Tomić
Team captain	Christos Saloustros
2020–21 position	Greek League, 6th
Championships	3 Greek A2 League 3 Greek B League
Retired numbers	2 (10, )
Website	peristeribc.gr
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Basketball (men's)

Peristeri B.C. (Greek: Περιστερίου K.A.E.) is a Greek professional basketball club that was founded on October 22, 1971. The club is located in Peristeri, Greece, which is a suburban municipality in west Athens. It is a part of the G.S. Peristeri (Γ.Σ. Περιστερίου) multi-sports club. The club's full name is Gymnastikos Syllogos Peristeriou K.A.E. (Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Περιστερίου K.A.E.).

The club's emblem is the dove symbol, and the club's colors are yellow and blue. For the , the team will compete in the Greek Basket League, the first tier league in Greece as well as the FIBA Europe Cup.

History[]

Early years and rise[]

The club began play in the 1971–72 season. In the 1982–83 season, Peristeri Athens won the second level of Greek pro basketball, which was at that time, the Greek B League. In the 1988–89 season, Peristeri won the new Greek 2nd Division championship. In the following season, of 1989–90, Peristeri played games for the first time, in the top-tier level Greek League.

In the subsequent years in that era, the team was very successful, and many well-known basketball players played for the club. During this era, Peristeri competed in the European 3rd-tier level FIBA Korać Cup 7 times (in the seasons 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, and 1999–00). Well-known players such as Marko Jarić, Milan Gurović, Angelos Koronios, Michalis Pelekanos, Kostas Tsartsaris, and Alphonso Ford played for the club in that era.

In the 2000–01 season, led by the great scorer Ford, Peristeri finished in second place in the Greek League, in the regular season. The club also competed in the European 1st-tier level EuroLeague competition, during the 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons. In the 2002–03 season, Peristeri competed in the European 4th-tier level FIBA EuroCup Challenge. In the 2003–04 season, the club played in the European 3rd-tier level FIBA EuroChallenge.

Decline[]

Following the 2003–04 season, Peristeri was downgraded to the Greek B League, due to great financial troubles within the Peristeri Sports Club. For the 2007–08 season, Peristeri Athens returned to the A2 Division, after finishing in second place in the Greek B League, in the 2006–07 season. Cezary Trybański signed with the team for the 2007–08 season. After the 2012–13 Greek Basket League season, Peristeri was again relegated to the Greek A2 League. Due to economic issues, the club did not take part in the A2 League in the following season, and instead competed in the Greek B League (the 3rd division of the Greek basketball league system).^[1]

In the 2014–15 season, Peristeri finished in 4th place, in the 1st group of the Greek B League. Nevertheless, due to the withdrawal of Panionios from the Greek A2 League, Peristeri was promoted back to the A2 League, as they replaced Panionios in the competition.^[2]

On the rise again[]

In the 2017–18 season, Peristeri won its third A2 League championship. The team broke the league's win/loss record during the season, and finished with a record of 29 wins and just 1 loss.^[3] Thus, the club was promoted to the Greek Basket League for the 2018–19 season. The arrival of coach Argiris Pedoulakis proved to be a key factor for the team. With Pedoulakis coaching and a core of quality players, Peristeri finished second in the regular season and fourth overall, securing its return to European competitions. The club joined one of the two European-wide secondary leagues, the FIBA Champions League, for the 2019–20 season. The team had a successful season, managing to progress in the round of 16 of Basketball Champions League, where the team was eliminated by powerhouse Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. Peristeri finished in third position of the 2019–20 Greek Basket League, although the season ended prematurely in March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Peristeri didn't have a successful 2020–21 Greek Basket League, finishing in sixth position. The team changed 3 coaches during the season, plus it struggled with player chemistry throughout the duration of the season. In the end, Peristeri could not match the highs of the previous 2 years.

Logos[]

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  (The official logo of Peristeri's parent club.)

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  (The official alternate logo of Peristeri's parent club.)

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  (Peristeri B.C.'s official dove symbol.)

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  (Peristeri B.C.'s official basketball club logo.)

In international competitions[]

Peristeri has an overall record, from 1991 to 1992 (first participation) to 2003–04 (last participation) of: 67 wins and 58 losses, plus 1 tie in, 126 games played in all the European-wide professional club basketball competitions.

Arenas[]

Peristeri plays its home games at the Peristeri Arena, which has a seating capacity of 4,000 people.^[4] The club has also played home games at the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall.

Roster[]

Peristeri BC roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G/F 0 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 18 – (2003-04-29)29 April 2003 PG 3 Cosey, Glenn 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 29 – (1992-02-17)17 February 1992 G/F 5 Petteway, Terran 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – (1992-09-08)8 September 1992 G 6 Moraitis, Dimitrios 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 22 – (1999-02-03)3 February 1999 F/C 12 Gielo, Tomasz 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 29 – (1993-01-04)4 January 1993 C 14 Christidis, Vassilis 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 23 – (1998-07-10)10 July 1998 PF 15 Chrysikopoulos, Linos 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 29 – (1992-12-01)1 December 1992 PG 19 Katsivelis, Dimitrios 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 30 – (1991-10-01)1 October 1991 C 21 Brown, Chad 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 25 – (1996-09-06)6 September 1996 G/F 22 Saloustros, Christos (C) 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 31 – (1990-03-29)29 March 1990 SG 32 Gray, Steven 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 32 – (1989-04-08)8 April 1989 F 34 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 17 – (2004-09-27)27 September 2004 F/C 35 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 17 – (2004-10-14)14 October 2004 PG 36 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 18 – (2003-08-01)1 August 2003 G/F 37 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 18 – (2003-04-29)29 April 2003 F 77 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 17 – (2004-11-29)29 November 2004	Head coach Milan Tomić Assistant coach(es) Panagiotis Vasilopoulos Kostas Papamarkos Dimitris Rossis Alexandros Velissarakos Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: January 30, 2022

Depth chart[]

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Chad Brown	Vassilis Christidis	Vaggelis Zougris
PF	Linos Chrysikopoulos	Tomasz Gielo		Sotiris Stavrakopoulos
SF	Terran Petteway	Christos Saloustros	Ioannis Efstathiadis	Nikos Filippas
SG	Dimitris Moraitis	Steven Gray		Giannis Fytros
PG	Dimitris Katsivelis	Glenn Cosey		Ilias Manias

Titles and honours[]

• Total titles: 6
• Greek A2 League (2nd Division)
  • Champions (3): 1988–89, 2008–09, 2017–18
• Greek B League: (2nd Division / 3rd Division)
  • Champions (3): 1982–83 (2nd), 2006–07 (3rd), 2016–17 (3rd)

Seasons[]

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Notable players[]

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.

Retired numbers[]

Peristeri B.C. retired numbers
N°	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure
10		Alphonso Ford	SG	1999–2001
13			C	1984–1996

Head coaches[]

Head Coach	Years
Spyros Foskolos
Faidon Matthaiou	1976–1977
-	1983–1985
Kostas Petropoulos	1991–1993
Vassilis Fragkias	1993
- Steve Giatzoglou[5]	1994
Kostas Missas	1994–1995
- Dragan Šakota	1995–1997
Argyris Pedoulakis	1997–2004, 2010–2012, 2018–2019, 2020–2021
Ilias Zouros	2004, 2019
Georgios Meletis	2005–2006
Manos Manouselis	2006–2008
Dimitris Tziallas	2008
Nikos Karagiannis	2004–2005, 2008–2009, 2015–2018
Thanasis Skourtopoulos	2009–2010
Tzimis Koustenis	2012–2013
Vangelis Vlachos	2013
Nasos Choumpalis	2013–2014
Kostas Papamarkos	2014–2015
Nikos Papanikolopoulos	2019–2020
Sotiris Manolopoulos	2021
Milan Tomić	2021–present

References[]

External links[]

• Peristeri B.C. official site (in Greek)
• G.S. Peristeri official site (in Greek)
• Greek Basket League team profile
• Greek Basket League team profile (in Greek)
• Eurobasket.com Peristeri BC Athens team profile
• Euroleague.net Peristeri team profile
• Official fan site (in Greek)
• Official YouTube channel (in Greek)