Nickname The City Arena Egaleo Indoor Hall Location Egaleo, Greece Head coach Giorgos Sigalas | History 1956 – Present Arena Capacity 1,200 Team colors Blue and White Date founded 1956 | |
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Leagues Greek B Basket League, Greek Basketball Cup | ||
Egaleo B.C. (alternate spelling: Aigaleo) (Greek: Αιγάλεω KAE) is a Greek professional basketball team that is located in Egaleo, Greece, which is a suburb of Athens. The club's full name is Egaleo A.O. B.C. (Greek: Αιγάλεω A.O. KAE). Egaleo currently plays in the third-tier level of basketball, the Greek B Basket League.
The club is located in Athens, but it does not have the financial resources to compete in the same manner as the big Athenian clubs like Panathinaikos, Olympiacos, and AEK Athens.
History
The team's parent athletic club was founded in 1931, as Ierapolis Athletic Union (Greek: Αθλητική Ένωσις Ιεράπολι), and the basketball division of the athletic organization was founded in 1956, by Alexandros Stavropoulos. Although the basketball department was founded in 1956, it took the club exactly fifty years to participate in the Greek First Division, which is the highest professional basketball league in Greece, in the 2006–07 season. During the 1950s and 1960s, the team remained in the lowest local (third) division, until 1971, when it qualified for the higher league, because of a new categorical system.
In 1973 and 1974, Egaleo B.C. won two league promotions, and finally took part in the 3rd-tier Greek B Basket League (1974–75, 1975–76 seasons). For the next 12 years, the team participated in the first local league (A E.S.K.A.), except in the 1981–82 season, when it was in the B E.S.K.A., after 1981's relegation. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Egaleo B.C. participated in the 4th-tier level Greek C Basket League, where it played six seasons in total, but was it relegated again to the local league in 1994.
In 1997, Egaleo won the A E.S.K.A. championship, and after two years, in 1999, Egaleo B.C. returned to the Greek B League, where it played for six seasons in total. In 2004, Egaleo B.C. won the Greek B League championship, and after having a short presence in the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 Basket League, it was promoted to the top-tier Greek Basket League, in 2006. From 1999 to 2006, the team was coached by Dimitrios Karvelas and after him, Thanasis Skourtopoulos took this position.