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Panathinaikos BC
| Club's name: Panathinaikos BC League: Greek League, Greek Cup, Euroleague Location: Athens, GRE Founded: 1922 Colours: Green and White Head Coach: �eljko Obradovic Arena: Athens Olympic Indoor Hall (18,900) National Title: Greek Championship: 1946, 1947, 195, 1951, 1954, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Greek Cup: 1979, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1993, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008 International Title: European Champions' Cup: 1996, 2000 Euroleague: 2001, 2007 International Cup: 1996 |
The basketball department is called Panathinaikos Basketball Club and it is currently owned by pharmaceutical magnates Pavlos & Thanassis Giannakopoulos.
The team was created in 1922 and has a very solid background among the best teams in Europe.
Panathinaikos has produced basketball legends such as: Dominique Wilkins, Byron Scott, Dino Radja, Dejan Bodiroga, Nikos Galis, Panagiotis Giannakis, Stojan Vrankovic, Fanis Christodoulou, Antonio Davis, Zeljko Rebraca just to mention some.
In the 1996 final four in Paris, Panathinaikos was the first Greek team to win the European Championships (now Euroleague), beating FC Barcelona in the final.
That same year in September the team obtained the Inter-continental cup, prevailing by 2-1 wins over Olympia of Argentina (83-89, 83-78, 101-76).
The team has won 28 national championships, 10 Greek Cups, 4 European Championships and 1 Inter-continental Cup.
The team’s home arena is the Olympic Sports Hall with a capacity for 18,700.
More recently in 2007 in Athens F4, Panathinaikos crowned themselves Champions of Europe for the fourth time, beating CSKA Moscow 93-91 in the Euroleague final.
2008/09 Squad
| Name | Position | Hight |
 Fragiskos Alvertis |
Forward | 2.06 m |
 Michael Batiste |
Forward / Center | 2,04 m |
| Dimitris Diamantidis |
Point Guard | 1,96 m |
| Antonis Fotsis |
Power Forward | 2.09 m |
| Nikos Hatzivrettas |
Guard / Forward | 1,97 m |
 Šarūnas Jasikevičius |
Point Guard | 1,93 m |
 Du�an Kecman |
Guard / Forward | 1.97 m |
| Drew Nicholas |
Guard | 1,93 m |
 Nikola Peković |
Center | 2.10 m |
| Stratos Perperoglou |
Small Forward | 2.03 m |
| Dusan Sakota |
Forward | 2,09 m |
| Vassilis Spanoulis |
Guard | 1.93 m |
| Aris Tatarounis |
Point Guard | 1,92 m |
| Kostas Tsartsaris |
Forward / Center | 2,09 m |
| Dimitris Verginis |
Guard | 1,91 m |
(Last update: 10.10.2008)