APOEL
Nickname	ΘΡΥΛΟΣ The legend
Leagues	Cypriot Division A Cypriot Cup
Founded	1947; 78 years ago (1947)
Arena	Lefkotheo Indoor Arena
Capacity	2,100[1]
Location	Nicosia,Cyprus
Head coach	Ioannis Damalis
Championships	11Cypriot Championships 12Cypriot Cups 11Cypriot Super Cups
Website	apoel.com.cy
Home Away

Active departments ofAPOEL Nicosia
Football Basketball Volleyball Futsal Handball Table tennis Bowling Archery Cycling Water polo Runners team Swimming

APOEL Basketball Club, also known asAPOEL PERESTROIKA for sponsorship reasons and better known simply asAPOEL, is a Cypriot professionalbasketball club based in the city ofNicosia. It is a part of theAPOELmulti-sport club. APOEL is one of the most successfulbasketball clubs inCyprus with an overall tally of 11Championships, 12Cups and 11Super Cups.

APOEL was formed in 1926, but the basketball team was formed in 1947.^[2] The team's first ever basketball title was theCypriot Super Cup, which they won in 1972. At the end of the same season (1972–73), APOEL won their second title, theCypriot Cup. The team achieved to win their first everChampionship title three years later, in season 1975–76.

The 90's decade was the most successful for APOEL. The team won 4Championships, 5Cups and 4Super Cups during that period, including one double on the 1995–96 season.

After winning the double in 2001–02 season, APOEL won again theChampionship in 2008–09 season, after 6 years without winning any title. The next season (2009–10), the team won their second consecutiveChampionship title and reached the quarterfinals of theFIBA EuroChallenge, marking their most successful campaign in the European competitions.^{[citation needed]}

After four years without winning any title, APOEL won again theChampionship in 2013–14 season, which was their 11th league title in their history. During 2015–16 season, APOEL won their 12thCypriot Cup trophy, thirteen years after their last Cypriot Cup title.^[3] The next season (2016–17), APOEL returned in the European competitions after a five years break and reached the second round (Last 24) of theFIBA Europe Cup, marking one of their most successful seasons in the European competitions.^[4][5]

• Cypriot Championship^[2]

Winners (11): 1975–76, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2013–14

• Cypriot Cup

Winners (12) (record): 1972–73, 1978–79, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2015–16

• Cypriot Super Cup

Winners (11) (record): 1972, 1976, 1986, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2014

Last Update: 26 January 2017^[6]

• 2002–20040Elma APOEL
• 2004–20070Dentalcon APOEL
• 2007–20080Aspis APOEL
• 2008–20090Seastar APOEL
• 2009–20100Μadisons APOEL
• 2010–20130Cytavision APOEL
• 2015–20160Cytavision APOEL

APOEL roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SG 3 Simitzis, Konstantinos 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 27 –(1998-01-01)1 January 1998 G 4 Chimonas, Andreas 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 24 –(2001-03-30)30 March 2001 G 5 Giannaras, Ioannis 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 26 –(1999-03-27)27 March 1999 SF 6 Ieronymides, Viktor 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 30 –(1995-01-29)29 January 1995 SF 8 Kilaras, Gavriel 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 35 –(1990-01-09)9 January 1990 SG 10 Kounas, Vassilis (C) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 41 –(1984-10-25)25 October 1984 G/F 11 Papamichael, Petros 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 30 –(1995-08-31)31 August 1995 G/F 12 Griffin, Dayon 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 29 –(1995-12-21)21 December 1995 G/F 15 Pointer, Sir'Dominic 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 33 –(1992-05-06)6 May 1992 C 22 Koumis, Michalis 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 29 –(1996-11-08)8 November 1996 PG 23 Norfleet, Julian 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 34 –(1991-11-02)2 November 1991 F/C 33 Lucas, Landen 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 32 –(1993-10-03)3 October 1993 PG 77 Kasinos, Iakovos 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 30 –(1995-06-03)3 June 1995	Head coach Marios Argyrou Assistant coaches Giannis Damalis Legend (C) Team captain

APOEL also maintains a women's team which is competing in the women's Cypriot First Division. In their most successful seasons, APOEL women's team reached the Championship finals twice (2003–04 & 2004–05) and qualified two times for the semi-finals of the Cup (2004–05 & 2006–07).

• APOEL Athletic Football Club - official website(in Greek)
• APOEL B.C. Youth Academy(in Greek)
• Eurobasket.com APOEL BC Page

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