Diagoras Dryopideon Aigaleo B.C.

Diagoras Dryopideon Aigaleo B.C. (alternate spelling: Egaleo) (Greek: Διαγόρας Δρυοπιδέων Αιγάλεω K.A.E.) is a Greek professional basketball team that is located in Aigaleo, Greece, which is a suburb of Athens. It is a part of the multi sports club Athlitikos Syllogos Diagoras Dryopideon Aigaleo (Greek: Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Διαγόρας Δρυοπιδέων Αιγάλεω). Diagoras currently plays in the second-tier level of Greek pro basketball, the Greek A2 Basket League.

Diagoras Dryopideon Aigaleo
Diagoras Dryopideon Aigaleo logo
Nickname"The Aigaleo Greens"
LeaguesGreek 2nd Division
Greek Cup
Founded1996
History1996 – Present
ArenaAigaleo Stavros Venetis Indoor Hall
Capacity2,000
LocationAigaleo, Athens, Greece
Team colorsGreen and White
   
Head coachAlexandros Zavos
ChampionshipsGreek 4th Division: (1)
Websitediagorasdr.gr

History

The club's parent athletic association, A.S. Diagoras Dryopideon Aigaleo (Α.Σ. Διαγόρας Δρυοπιδέων Αιγάλεω) was founded in 1967.[1] The men's basketball section of the club was founded in 1996.[2] After competing for many years in local and regional leagues in Greece, Diagoras Dryopideon played in a Greek national league for the first time, in the 2014–15 season, when the club competed in Greece's national minor league, the Greek 4th Division.

During the 2016–17 season, Diagoras won the Greek 4th Division's 2nd Group, and thus earned a league promotion to the Greek 3rd Division, for the following 2017–18 season. Diagoras finished second in the Greek 3rd Division's 1st Group, in the 2017–18 season, and thus earned a league promotion to the Greek 2nd Division, for the 2018–19 season. The club also made it to the last 16 stage of the 2018–19 Greek Cup tournament, where they lost to AEK Athens, by a score of 76–54.

In the 2019–20 Greek Cup tournament, Diagoras made it to the semifinals of the Greek Cup, where they again lost to AEK Athens, by a score of 89–71.[3][4] In the Greek 2nd Division's 2019–20 season, Diagoras finished in second place in the league, behind Charilaos Trikoupis, and earned a league promotion up to the top-tier level Greek Basket League, for the following 2020–21 season. However, Diagoras declined to take their place in the league.

Arena

Diagoras Dryopideon plays its home games at the 2,000 seat Aigaleo Stavros Venetis Indoor Hall.

Season by season
Season [[Greek basketball league system|Tier]] League Pos. Wins-Losses [[Greek Basketball Cup|Greek Cup]] [[Greek basketball clubs in European and worldwide competitions|European competitions]]
2014–15 4 C Basket League 10th 11–15
2015–16 5 ESKA1
2016–17 4 C Basket League 1st 16–1
2017–18 3 B Basket League 2nd 22–8 First Round
2018–19 2 A2 Basket League 6th 17–13 Last 16
2019–20* 2 A2 Basket League (2nd)* 16-5 Semifinals

* In the 2019–20 season, Olympiacos B Development Team had the 2nd best record in the Greek A2 Basket League's regular season, at 17–4, but they were deducted a total of 6 points (3 wins) by the Hellenic Basketball Federation. That was due to a punishment of the senior club of Olympiacos, for its forfeiting of several Greek Basket League and Greek Cup games, during the previous 2018–19 season. As a result, Olympiacos B Development Team was placed below Diagoras Dryopideon (16–5 record), in the Greek A2 Basket League's 2019–20 season standings.

Titles and honors

Domestic competitions
Runner-up (1): (2020)
Runner-up (1): (2018)
Champion (1): (2017)

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

References
  1. THE TEAM (in Greek).
  2. Τμήμα καλαθοσφαίρισης ανδρών (in Greek).
  3. Promitheas and AEK reach basketball's cup final.
  4. Mavrokefalidis leads Promitheas to Greek Cup final.
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