Dafni BC

Dafni BC S.A.
Leagues	Greek A2 League Greek Cup
Founded	1967
History	1967 - Present
Arena	Dafni Indoor Hall (capacity: 1,200)
Location	Dafni, Attica, Athens, Greece
Team colors	Yellow-Orange and Black
Head coach	Kostas Sorotos
Championships	A2 Championships: (1) (1999)
Website	www.dafnibc.gr
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AO Dafni Athens BC (English: Daphne), commonly known as Dafni BC, is a Greek professional basketball club. The club is located in Dafni, Attica, a suburb of the city of Athens, Greece. The club competes in the Greek League second division the A2 Ethniki. The colors of the team are yellow-orange and black and the team's symbol is the laurel branch.

History

The athletic organization's parent athletic union, the AO AC Dafnis, was founded in the year 1939 when the sports club started with a football club. In 1967, the athletic union added the basketball club, Dafni BC, as one of its sports sections.

In 1969, the team competed in the Greek A1 League for the first time, and stayed in the A1 until 1975. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s the club often competed in the A1. Legendary Euroleague player Theo Papaloukas played with the club from 1997 to 1999. In the 1998-99 season Papaloukas led Dafni BC to the Greek A2 League divisional championship.

Championships

• Divisional:
  • Greek A2 League: 1
    • 1999

Notable players

Fanis Christodoulou Theodoros Papaloukas Tzanis Stavrakopoulos Dinos Angelidis Giannis Sioutis Giannis Milonas Prodromos Dreliozis

Blue Edwards Buck Johnson Rodrick Rhodes Zendon Hamilton Richard Rellford Mike Smrek Vasco Evtimov Stephen Arigbabu

Notable coaches

• Dirk Bauermann

External links

• Official Team Website (Greek)
• Eurobasket.com Team Profile