Kolossos Rodou B.C.
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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. The club was founded in 1963, and also initially featured sports like volleyball and judo in the early 1980s.cite-ref-1[1] Today, the focus of the Greek athletic club is on the franchise's men's basketball department.
Contents
• History
• Rise
• Arenas
• Players
• Roster
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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.cite-ref-2[2] 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.cite-ref-3[3]
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 seatcite-ref-4[4] Palais des Sports.cite-ref-5[5] 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
| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L | Greek Cup | European competitions | European competitions | |
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| 2009–10 | 1 | Basket League | 6th | 14–14 | | | | |
| 2010–11 | 1 | Basket League | 8th | 12–14 | Quarterfinalist | | | |
| 2011–12 | 1 | Basket League | 4th | 22–13 | | | | |
| 2012–13 | 1 | Basket League | 10th | 8–18 | | | | |
| 2013–14 | 1 | Basket League | 10th | 10–16 | | | | |
| 2014–15 | 1 | Basket League | 7th | 14–15 | | | | |
| 2015–16 | 1 | Basket League | 7th | 11–17 | | | | |
| 2016–17 | 1 | Basket League | 7th | 14–15 | Quarterfinalist | | | |
| 2017–18 | 1 | Basket League | 8th | 11–17 | Quarterfinalist | | | |
| 2018–19 | 1 | Basket League | 13th | 5–21 | Quarterfinalist | | | |
| 2019–20 | 1 | Basket League | 9th | 8–12 | | | | |
| 2020–21 | 1 | Basket League | 7th | 8–16 | Quarterfinalist | | | |
Honours and titles
• Champion (1): 2004–05
• Winner (2): 2016, 2019 (shared)
Players
Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
Depth chart
Notable players
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
| Criteria |
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| 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. |
Head coaches
References
cite-note-11. ↑ Έτος Ίδρυσης 1963 (in Greek).
cite-note-22. ↑ "ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΣΥΛΛΟΓΟΥ {{in lang|el}}". Archived from the original on 2017-09-08. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
cite-note-33. ↑ "Κολοσσός: Η συνένωση με τον Χολαργό είναι γεγονός " (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2019-07-23. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
cite-note-44. ↑ ΑΦΙΕΡΩΜΑ ΣΤΟΝ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΟ H HOTELS: Νέο ξεκίνημα στη Ρόδο (in Greek).
cite-note-55. ↑ "Κολοσσός: Αλλάζει έδρα τη νέα αγωνιστική περίοδο " (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2023-07-01. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
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