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ARIS BC Thessaloniki
Aris Sports Club is a Greek sport club that premiered on the 25th of March 1914 in Thessaloniki and was destined to become one of the biggest and most historic teams of the country. The emblem of the team is the god of war resting, always on guard to fight if necessary. The colors of the team are yellow and black, reminiscent of Byzantium, where Thessaloniki has always been the second most important city of the Empire. Aris has captured 3 league titles and 1 Cup in Soccer and 10 league titles, 8 Cups and 3 European Cup titles in basketball. Also have 4 league titles in waterpolo, 1 league title(1997) and 1 Super Cup(1998) in volleyball). The jersey color is yellow and black. The club is named after Ares, the god of war, whose image is portrayed on the club logo. The football team plays at Kleanthis Vikelides Stadium which was renovated during the 2004 Summer Olympics,whereas the basketball in Alexandreio Melathron.
History
First Steps
The club was established by a group of young friends in a pub in Thessaloniki on March 1914, being one of the first in Greece. In the beginning it was based near Galerius Arch but after the accession of two minor football clubs in 1919 and 1921 the club's base was moved near Flemming Street. The first stadium was built were today lays Mars Field Park in Stratou Avenue. Quickly it became very popular and soon new departments apart football were established. The Basketball department was formed in 1922. In 1923 it was the first Greek club that played an international match against Sporting Club of Serbia. In 1925 in a famous match Aris won 5-2 his biggest rival PAOK, who wanted to use the same jersey colours. The Greek football championship was first organised in 1928 and Aris was the first team that became champion. Up to then, there were 3 local championships in Thessaloniki, in Athens and in Piraeus, with the team having 12 local championship titles. The successes in the 30' continued, not only in one department, but also in basketball with the 1930 champion's title and in water polo.
Basketball squad
Guards
4 Terrel Castle Age:33
7 Savvas Kaberides Age:27
8 Corey Brewer Age:30
12 Nikolai Padius Age:25
16 Nikolaos Orfanos Age:23
Forwards
5 Georgios Sigalas Age:34
9 Dimitrios Charitopoulos Age:22
10 Antonios Asimakopoulos Age:29
11 Mike Wilkinson Age:24
13 Panagiotis Karavanas Age:20
Centers
14 Ryan Stack Age:30
15 Alexander Koul Age:30
Famous basketball players who played for Aris
Nick Galis (Nikos Galis)
Panagiotis Giannakis
Giannis Ioannidis
Giorgos Filippou
Giorgos Sigalas
Stojan Vrankovic
Mike Wilkinson
Zarko Paspalj
Titles and successes
Basketball (21x)
Greek basketball Cup Cups (8x) 1985,1987,1988,1989,1990,1992,1998,2004 Runner up 1984,2003,2005
A1 Ethniki Championships (10x) 1930,1979,1983,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991 Runner up 1980,1984
FIBA Champion's Cup (1x) 2003
FIBA Korac Cup (1x) 1997
FIBA European Cup (1x) 1993
BC Aris has played 283 international games and reached 3 times in FIBA European Championship Final Four 1988,1989,1990
Most popular fan clubs are: Super3, Ierolohites.
Aris Sports Club is a Greek sport club that premiered on the 25th of March 1914 in Thessaloniki and was destined to become one of the biggest and most historic teams of the country. The emblem of the team is the god of war resting, always on guard to fight if necessary. The colors of the team are yellow and black, reminiscent of Byzantium, where Thessaloniki has always been the second most important city of the Empire. Aris has captured 3 league titles and 1 Cup in Soccer and 10 league titles, 8 Cups and 3 European Cup titles in basketball. Also have 4 league titles in waterpolo, 1 league title(1997) and 1 Super Cup(1998) in volleyball). The jersey color is yellow and black. The club is named after Ares, the god of war, whose image is portrayed on the club logo. The football team plays at Kleanthis Vikelides Stadium which was renovated during the 2004 Summer Olympics,whereas the basketball in Alexandreio Melathron.
History
First Steps
The club was established by a group of young friends in a pub in Thessaloniki on March 1914, being one of the first in Greece. In the beginning it was based near Galerius Arch but after the accession of two minor football clubs in 1919 and 1921 the club's base was moved near Flemming Street. The first stadium was built were today lays Mars Field Park in Stratou Avenue. Quickly it became very popular and soon new departments apart football were established. The Basketball department was formed in 1922. In 1923 it was the first Greek club that played an international match against Sporting Club of Serbia. In 1925 in a famous match Aris won 5-2 his biggest rival PAOK, who wanted to use the same jersey colours. The Greek football championship was first organised in 1928 and Aris was the first team that became champion. Up to then, there were 3 local championships in Thessaloniki, in Athens and in Piraeus, with the team having 12 local championship titles. The successes in the 30' continued, not only in one department, but also in basketball with the 1930 champion's title and in water polo.
Basketball squad
Guards
4 Terrel Castle Age:33
7 Savvas Kaberides Age:27
8 Corey Brewer Age:30
12 Nikolai Padius Age:25
16 Nikolaos Orfanos Age:23
Forwards
5 Georgios Sigalas Age:34
9 Dimitrios Charitopoulos Age:22
10 Antonios Asimakopoulos Age:29
11 Mike Wilkinson Age:24
13 Panagiotis Karavanas Age:20
Centers
14 Ryan Stack Age:30
15 Alexander Koul Age:30
Famous basketball players who played for Aris
Nick Galis (Nikos Galis)
Panagiotis Giannakis
Giannis Ioannidis
Giorgos Filippou
Giorgos Sigalas
Stojan Vrankovic
Mike Wilkinson
Zarko Paspalj
Titles and successes
Basketball (21x)
Greek basketball Cup Cups (8x) 1985,1987,1988,1989,1990,1992,1998,2004 Runner up 1984,2003,2005
A1 Ethniki Championships (10x) 1930,1979,1983,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991 Runner up 1980,1984
FIBA Champion's Cup (1x) 2003
FIBA Korac Cup (1x) 1997
FIBA European Cup (1x) 1993
BC Aris has played 283 international games and reached 3 times in FIBA European Championship Final Four 1988,1989,1990
Most popular fan clubs are: Super3, Ierolohites.
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