Athlitikos Omilos Paleou Falirou BC
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Athlitikos Omilos Paleou Falirou BC, abbreviated as AOPF BC (in English
: Paleo Faliro Athletic Club BC) is a Greek professional basketball
club. The team is located in Paleo Faliro, Piraeus
, Athens
, Greece
. The club competes in the Greek League
second division, the A2 Ethniki
.
section and in 1929 it added swimming
and volleyball
sections. The basketball club, AOPF BC, was added in the year 1931, after the athletic union decided to abandon the football club in favor of a basketball department.
English language
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: Paleo Faliro Athletic Club BC) is a Greek professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
club. The team is located in Paleo Faliro, Piraeus
Piraeus
Piraeus is a city in the region of Attica, Greece. Piraeus is located within the Athens Urban Area, 12 km southwest from its city center , and lies along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf....
, Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
. The club competes in the Greek League
A1 Ethniki
The Greek Basket League , commonly referred to as the Greek Basketball League or Greek Basketball Championship, is the highest professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by HEBA...
second division, the A2 Ethniki
A2 Ethniki
The HEBA A2 or commonly called, the Greek A2 League, is the second division of the highest professional basketball competition among pro clubs in Greece. It is operated by the Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association . The league has 16 teams...
.
History
The parent athletic club was founded in the year 1926, with the athletic union's first sporting department being the football club. In 1928 the athletic union added the track and fieldTrack and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
section and in 1929 it added swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
and volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
sections. The basketball club, AOPF BC, was added in the year 1931, after the athletic union decided to abandon the football club in favor of a basketball department.