Peristeri B.C.

Peristeri BC (in Greek: Gymnastikos Syllogos Peristeriou KAE), is a Greek professional basketball club that was founded on October 22, 1971. The club is located in Peristeri, Greece, which is a suburban municipality of the city of Athens. The team competes in the Greek League.

History

In 1983, Peristeri Athens won the first place of the second division of the pro Greek A League, the Greek A2 League. In 1989, Peristeri again won the A2 Division Championship, for the first time while competing under the Greek League's current competition format. In the following season of 1989-90, Peristeri fought contests for the first time in the Greek A1 League.

In the subsequent years in that era, the team was very successful and many well-known basketball players played for the club. During this era, Peristeri competed in the Korać Cup 7 times (in the years 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2000). Well-known players such as Marko Jaric, Milan Gurović, Aggelos Koronios, Michalis Pelekanos, Kostas Tsartsaris, and Alphonso Ford played for the club in this era.

In 2001, led by the great scorer Ford, Peristeri finished in second place in the Greek League in the regular season. The club also competed in the Euroleague 2000-01 and the Euroleague 2001-02 seasons. In 2003, Peristeri competed in the FIBA Champions' Cup. In the year 2004, the club battled in the EuroCup League.

Following the 2003-04 season, Peristeri was downgraded to the Greek B League, due to great financial troubles within...
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