Elliniko-Sourmena B.C.

Elliniko-Sourmena B.C.
Founded	2012
History	1989-2012 Elliniko B.C. 2012 - Present Elliniko-Sourmena B.C.
Location	Elliniko, Greece
Team colors	Blue and White
Uniforms
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Elliniko-Sourmena B.C. is a Greek basketball club, based in Elliniko, a suburb in the south of Athens. The club was founded in 2012 after merging the older local basketball clubs, Elliniko B.C. and Sourmena B.C. The colours of the club are the blue and white and the emblem is a torch. The most successful team of the club is the women team which dominated for two seasons (2013-14 and 2014-15) in women's Greek basketball and won two Greek championships and two cups.^[1]

Women's team

History

Elliniko-Sourmena B.C. was founded 2012, after merging of Elliniko B.C. and Sourmena B.C.^[2] The former club Elliniko B.C. had promoted in A1 Ethniki in the period 2011-12. The new team replaced Elliniko B.C and played in first division. In period 2012-13 finished in 2nd place, after losing by Panathinaikos in the Championship finals.^[3] But the next season reached to top, winning both the championship and the cup. The club repeated the double the next year.^[4] But the presence of women team of Elliniko- Sourmena finished in summer of 2015, when the club merged with the Olympiacos women's team and was replaced by Olympiacos in the championship.^[5]

last seasons

Season	Division	Place	Notes
2011-12	A2 Ethniki	1st	Promoted to A1 (as Elliniko B.C.)
2012-13	A1 Ethniki	2nd
2013-14	A1 Ethniki	1st	Winner Greek Cup
2014-15	A1 Ethniki	1st	Winner Greek Cup

Notable players

• Pelagia Papamichail
• Anastasia Gkotzi
• Evina Stamati
• Aphrodite Kosma
• Lukendra Johnson
• Nena Nikolaidou
• Anthi Balta
• Maria Boni
• Vaso Fouraki
• Stella Fouraki
• Roula Kalogirou
• Aristea Maglara

Men's team

The men's team of Elliniko-Sourmena continues its presence. The club plays in the lower divisions of Greek championship. The season 2014-15, it played in B ESKANA (local division of south Athens).

Honours

Women's Team

• Greek Championships (2): 2014, 2015
• Greek Cups (2): 2014, 2015

References

1. "Η "χρυσή βίβλος" του κυπέλλου μπάσκετ γυναικών". contra.gr. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
2. "History". aoelliniko.gr. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
3. "Στην κορυφή τα κορίτσια του Παναθηναϊκού". enet.gr. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
4. "Μετά το Κύπελλο και το Πρωτάθλημα στο Ελληνικό!". pamesports.gr. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
5. "Ο Ολυμπιακός στην Α1 γυναικών. Συγχώνευση με το Ελληνικό". contra.gr. Retrieved 29 August 2015.

External links

• Official Page