Pagrati B.C. (alternate spellings: Pagkrati, Pagratiou, Pagkratiou, Pangrati, Pangratiou, Pangkrati, Pangkratiou) is a Greek professional basketball club. The club is located in the Pangrati neighborhood of Athens, Greece. The team competes in the Greek 2nd Division.

History The A.O. Pagrati Athens parent sports athletic association was founded in 1929. The sport club's basketball department, Pagrati B.C., was founded in 1938.Ιστορία Τμήματος Μπάσκετ Ανδρών . Around the era of 1950, was the basketball club's first peak period, which established it as one of the big Greek clubs of that era. In 1979, the team was in a downward spiral, as it was downgraded to the Greek 3rd Division.

In 1988, the club returned to the top-tier level Greek League, and it stayed in the top Greek Division for the next 6 years. After that 6-year run in the Greek top-tier level (A1), the club again struggled in the lower Greek divisions, until it was promoted up to the Greek 2nd Division, for the 2006–07 season.

Arena Pagrati B.C. plays its home games at the METS Indoor Hall, which is located in the Pangrati neighborhood of Athens. The arena features two basketball courts, as well as volleyball and handball courts. The arena is used by all of Pagrati's major athletic departments.

The volleyball teams of Panathinaikos VC Men and Panathinaikos VC Women, have also used the venue to host home games. The arena has also been used to judo matches. For basketball games, the arena has a seating capacity of 1,500 people.

Season by season Pagrati B.C. Athens 1938The men's basketball section of A.O. Pagrati Athens was founded.

1964–65Basket League 3rd 1965–66Basket League7th 1966–67Basket League7th 1967–68Basket League8th 1968–69Basket League3rd 1969–70Basket League8th

1970–71Basket League4th 1971–72Basket League6th 1972–73Basket League10th 1973–74Basket League8th 1974–75Basket League12th Relegated to B Basket League 1975–76B Basket League3rd Greek CupPhase D 1976–77 B Basket League Greek CupPhase C 1977–78 B Basket League Greek CupPhase B 1978–79 B Basket League Greek CupPhase C 1979–80B Basket League 11th Relegated to Regional League Greek CupPhase B

1980–81 Regional League 1981–82 Regional League 1982–83 Regional League 1983–84 Regional League Promoted to B Basket League 1984–85B Basket League7th Greek CupPhase B Round 1 1985–86B Basket League2nd Greek CupPhase B Round 3 1986–87A2 Basket League2nd Greek CupSemifinals 1987–88A2 Basket League4th Greek CupSemifinals 1988–89A2 Basket League2nd Promoted to Basket League Greek CupPhase A Round 2 1989–90Basket League10th Greek CupQuarterfinals

1990–91Basket League10th Greek CupRound of 16 1991–92Basket League11th Greek CupRound of 16 1992–93Basket League9th Greek CupSemifinals 1993–94Basket League10th Greek CupQuarterfinals 1994–95Basket League13th Relegated to A2 Basket League Greek CupRound of 16 1995–96A2 Basket League12th Greek CupPhase A Round 2 1996–97A2 Basket League13th Relegated to B Basket League Greek CupPhase A Round 2 1997–98B Basket League13th Relegated to C Basket League Greek CupPhase A Round 1 1998–99C Basket League2nd 1999–00C Basket League2nd

2000–01C Basket League2nd 2001–02C Basket League2nd 2002–03C Basket League2nd 2003–04C Basket League2nd 2004–05C Basket League4th Promoted to B Basket League 2005–06B Basket League7th Greek CupPhase A Round 1 2006–07B Basket League3rd Promoted to A2 Basket League Greek CupPhase A Round 2 2007–08A2 Basket League8th Greek CupPhase B Round 2 2008–09A2 Basket League7th Greek CupPhase B Round 1 2009–10A2 Basket League3rd Greek CupPhase A Round 1

2010–11A2 Basket League10th Greek CupPhase B Round 1 2011–12A2 Basket League11th Greek CupPhase A Round 1 2012–13A2 Basket League10th Greek CupPhase A 2013–14A2 Basket League5th Greek CupPhase A 2014–15A2 Basket League8th Greek CupPhase B Round 1 2015–16A2 Basket League5th Greek CupPhase A 2016–17A2 Basket League16th Relegated to B Basket League Greek CupPhase A 2017–18B Basket League10th Greek CupPhase A Round 3 2018–19B Basket League4th Promoted to A2 Basket League Greek CupRound of 16 2019–20A2 Basket League13th Greek CupPhase A Round 3

2020–21 A2 Basket League Greek Cup Phase A Round 3

Notable players

Greece: Tasos Antonakis Efthimis Bakatsias Ioannis Chatzinikolas Ioannis Dimakos Stavros Elliniadis Georgios Gasparis Giannis Giannopoulos Panagiotis Kafkis Dinos Kalampakos Panagiotis Karatzas Ioannis Karamalegkos Alekos Kontovounisios Antonis Lanthimos Yorgos Lanthimos Nikos Liakopoulos Takis Maglos Nikos Michalos Filippos Moschovitis Spyros Motsenigos Stathis Papadionysiou - Nick Paulos Andreas Petropoulos Aris Raftopoulos Ioannis Rodostoglou Michalis Romanidis Vangelis Sakellariou Alexandros Sigkounas Vangelis Sklavos Aris Tatarounis Sakis Tzalalis Fotis Vasilopoulos Dimitris Lolas

Europe: - Bryan Bracey Slaviša Koprivica

USA: Earl Harrison John Hudson Thomas Jordan Richard Rellford Wayne Tinkle

Rest of Americas: Ian Lockhart

Head coaches Mimis Stefanidis Aris Raftopoulos Johnny Neumann Makis Dendrinos - Steve Giatzoglou Rajko Toroman Apostolos Kontos Aris Lykogiannis Vassilis Fragkias Dimitris Papadopoulos Dinos Kalampakos Dimitris Liogas Giannis Giannopoulos

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References

External links Official Team Website Eurobasket.com Team Profile