Makedonikos B.C. is a Greek professional basketball

Basketball

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 club. The club is located in Neapoli

Neapoli, Thessaloniki

Neapoli is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and was former municipality in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Neapoli-Sykies, of which it is a municipal unit...

, Thessaloniki (Makedonia), Greece

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. The club was founded in the year 1928.

History

Makedonikos competed in Greece's A1 League

A1 Ethniki

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 for years until going bankrupt in 2006 and being relegated to the third division of Greek professional basketball. Makedonikos was the runner up

ULEB Cup 2004-05

The 2004-2005 ULEB Cup season started on November 9, 2004 and officially ended on April 19, 2005. The second-tier level ULEB Cup is the level that is one tier below the Euroleague level. Lietuvos Rytas won the trophy by defeating Makedonikos in the final 78-74....

 of the ULEB Cup

ULEB Cup

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 competition in 2005

ULEB Cup 2004-05

The 2004-2005 ULEB Cup season started on November 9, 2004 and officially ended on April 19, 2005. The second-tier level ULEB Cup is the level that is one tier below the Euroleague level. Lietuvos Rytas won the trophy by defeating Makedonikos in the final 78-74....

. The ULEB Cup is the 3rd highest professional basketball league in the world after the NBA and the Euroleague

Euroleague

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Makedonikos won the Greek A2 League

A2 Ethniki

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, which is the second division of the professional Greek basketball league in the years 2000 and 2002. During the 2001-02 season the team set the A2

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...

 season record for most wins with 24.

Home city

Since its foundation Makedonikos' home city was Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki

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, Greece

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. Otherwise, when the team was bought by Dimitris Mesaikos, the franchise was moved to Kozani

Kozani

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, Greece

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 for a short period to play in a newer, larger arena that had just opened there. The team returned to Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...

, Greece

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 after it went bankrupt playing in Kozani

Kozani

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Notable players

Kostas Charalampidis Dimitris Papanikolaou Dimitris Papanikolaou Dimitrios Papanikolaou, also spelled Dimitris Papanikolaou is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 2.02 m tall. He plays at the shooting guard, small forward, and power forward positions.-Pro career:Papanikolaou began his professional career in 1992 with the Greek club Sporting Athens...  Dimitris Spanoulis Panayiotis Kafkis Panayiotis Kafkis Panagiotis Kafkis is a Greek professional basketball player...  Panagiotis Liadelis Panagiotis Liadelis Panagiotis Liadelis is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He is a 1.94 m tall point guard-shooting guard.-Pro career:...  Giorgos Sigalas Giorgos Sigalas Giorgos Sigalas , is a retired Greek professional basketball player. During the 1990s, the 6'7" swingman was the regular captain of the senior men's Greek national team, as well as of the Athens-based Olympiacos in the Greek League and the Euroleague...  Manolis Papamakarios Manolis Papamakarios Emmanouil "Manolis" Papamakarios is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a 1.92 m tall point guard-shooting guard.-Pro career:...  Nikos Boudouris Nikos Boudouris Nikolaos "Nikos" Boudouris is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He started his career with the youth team of Olympiakos Volou BC...  Giorgos Balogiannis Giorgos Balogiannis Giorgos Balogiannis is a retired Greek professional basketball player.-Career:Balogiannis played for VAO BC from 1988 to 1992. In 1993, he moved to PAOK BC. Balogiannis won the Korać Cup in 1995 and 2 Greek Cups.In 2000, Balogiannis moved to Panathinaikos BC and won 2 Greek Championships and 1...  Nestoras Kommatos Nestoras Kommatos Nestoras Kommatos is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 6'8" in height and he plays at the small forward position. His father is Greek and his mother is from Guyana....  Alekos Petroulas Alekos Petroulas Alexandros "Alekos" Petroulas is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a 2.01 m tall forward.-Pro career:...  Markos Kolokas Markos Kolokas Markos Kolokas is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a 2.03 m tall forward.-Pro career:... -  Dušan Jelic Koutsopoulos Slaven Rimac Slaven Rimac Slaven Rimac is a Croatian professional basketball player born on December 19, 1974, in Zagreb . He was a member of the Croatian National Team in 1996 Olympic Games and 1997 Eurobasket...  Nikita Morgunov Nikita Morgunov Nikita Leonidovich Morgunov is a Russian professional basketball player. He plays both the power forward and center positions. He is 2.11 m in height and he weighs 125 kg...  Shane Heal Shane Heal Shane Douglas Heal is a retired Australia professional basketball player who last played with the Gold Coast Blaze of the National Basketball League, retiring at the end of the 2008/09 season. During his early years as a player, Heal played for the Brisbane Bullets and the Geelong Supercats...  Dragan Lukovski Dragan Lukovski Dragan Lukovski is a Serbian basketball player. He is 185 cm tall, 85 kg and plays point guard.-Career:*1993–94 Spartak Subotica*1994–95 Vojvodina*1995–99 Partizan...  Dušan Kecman Dušan Kecman Dušan Kecman is a Serbian professional basketball player. The 1.97 m shooting guard–small forward currently plays with Partizan Belgrade.-Pro career:...  Bojan Stevic Grigorij Khizhnyak Grigorij Khizhnyak Grigorij Khizhnyak |Nikolaev]], Ukraine) is a Ukrainian basketball player. A dominant defensive force in the paint, the 2.16 m center led the Euroleague in blocks per game for two consecutive years in 2001 and 2002 playing for Žalgiris Kaunas...

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External links

• Eurobasket.com Team Page