Kolossos Rodou B.C. (Greek: Κολοσσός Ρόδου K.A.E.), known as Kolossos H Hotels for sponsorship reasons, is a Greek professional basketball team that is located on the island of Rhodes, in Rhodes City. Kolossos currently plays in the top-tier level of Greek professional basketball, the Greek Basketball League (GBL). The club was founded in 1963, and also initially featured sports like volleyball and judo in the early 1980s.Έτος Ίδρυσης 1963 . Today, the focus of the Greek athletic club is on the franchise's men's basketball department.
History Early years Due to geographical isolation, and very small financial abilities for most of the club's history, the basketball team was not able to compete at a high level for many years, and was not funded properly. Kolossos was the first Greek basketball team located in the Aegean Sea region.
Rise In 2000, the fate of the team finally changed, when Kostas Kostaridis became the new team President, and took over the reins of the club. Kostaridis changed almost the entire club management, and stated that it was the immediate goal of the team to rise from the 3rd-tier level Greek B League, to the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 League, and subsequently, the team did begin to rise up through Greece's club basketball league system.
In 2003, head coach Vassilis Fragkias joined the team, and the ascent up into the Greek A2 League division commenced. In the 2004–05 season, Kolossos won the championship of the Greek A2 League, and was therefore automatically promoted up into the top-tier level Greek League, the highest professional basketball league in Greece.
Merger with Holargos In the 2018–19 Greek Basketball League season, Kolossos finished in last place in the league. The team was thus facing relegation down to the second-tier level Greek A2 League. However, Kolossos merged with Holargos, and gained their rights to play in the top-tier level Greek League, in the following 2019–20 Greek Basketball League season.
Arenas Through the 2018–19 season, Kolossos played its domestic Greek Basketball League games at the 1,242 seat Venetokleio Indoor Hall. Prior to the 2019–20 season, Kolossos moved into the 1,400 seatΑΦΙΕΡΩΜΑ ΣΤΟΝ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΟ H HOTELS: Νέο ξεκίνημα στη Ρόδο . Palais des Sports. The arena's seating capacity was increased to 3,400 people, so that Kolossos could play its home games there, while competing in the European secondary level FIBA Champions League competition.
Season by season SeasonTierDivisionGreek CupEuropean competitions2009–10 Basket League 6th 2010–11 Basket League 8th Quarterfinalist2011–12 Basket League 2012–13 Basket League 2013–14 Basket League 2014–15 Basket League 2015–16 Basket League 7th 2016–17 Basket League 7th Quarterfinalist2017–18 Basket League 8th Quarterfinalist2018–19 Basket League 13th Quarterfinalist2019–20 Basket League 9th 2020–21 Basket League 7th Quarterfinalist2021–22 Basket League 5th Phase 22022–23 Basket League 7th Quarterfinalist2023–24 Basket League 6th 2024–25 Basket League 10th Champions League
Honours and titles Greek 2nd Division Champion (1): 2004–05 Mavroskoufia Basketball Tournament Winner (2): 2016, 2019 (shared)
Players Roster
Depth chart
Notable players
Antonis Asimakopoulos Sotiris Billis Kostas Charissis Manolis Chatzidakis Linos Chrysikopoulos Georgios Diamantopoulos Ioannis Georgallis Charis Giannopoulos Panagiotis Kafkis Georgios Kalaitzis Giannis Kalampokis Nikos Kamarianos Dimitris Katsivelis Nestoras Kommatos Giannoulis Larentzakis Sotirios Manolopoulos Vangelis Margaritis Dimitris Mavroeidis Spyros Panteliadis Nikos Papanikolopoulos Nikos Pappas Christos Saloustros Diamantis Slaftsakis Christoforos Stefanidis Vassilis Toliopoulos Michalis Tsairelis Dimitris Tsaldaris Georgios Tsalmpouris Angelos Tsamis Panos Vasilopoulos Vassilis Xanthopoulos Thodoros Zaras Pat Calathes Steve Panos Mladen Pantić Franko Nakić Jurica Golemac Roope Ahonen Tom Liden Stevan Nađfeji Miroslav Todić Saša Vasiljević Mihajlo Andrić Stefan Momirov Stefan Pot Oleksandr Lypovyy Kerem Kanter Luka Brajkovic Yanick Moreira Kim Tillie Danny Agbelese Daniel Utomi Simisola Shittu Dominic Artis Tyrone Brazelton Travon Bryant LaRon Dendy Michael Dixon Robert Dozier John Edwards Jordan Floyd Gary McGhee Kenny Goins Andrew Goudelock Malcolm Griffin Jamelle Hagins Langston Hall Dusty Hannahs Lance Harris Marcus Hatten Scotty Hopson Mike James Jared Jordan Lasan Kromah Kevin Langford Ty Lawson Kelvin Lewis Steve Logan Shonn Miller Bambale Osby London Perrantes J. R. Pinnock Tyler Polley Juvonte Reddic Trevor Releford Steven Smith Taylor Smith TJ Starks Curtis Stinson Marquis Teague Dominic Waters Glynn Watson Jr. Kenny Williams James Young
Head coaches Head CoachYears Charis Papazoglou Vassilis Fragkias Michalis Kyritsis Georgios Zevgkolis Vangelis Alexandris Ioannis Sfairopoulos Vassilis Fragkias Minas Gekos Vassilis Fragkias Dimitrios Priftis Michalis Koutalianos Aris Lykogiannis Nikos Vetoulas Kostas Flevarakis Stergios Koufos Aris Lykogiannis Ilias Kantzouris Ilias Papatheodorou Curro Segura Giorgos Sigalas Makis Giatras
References
External links Official website Eurobasket.com Team Page