G.S. Larissas BC
| GS Larissas Faros | ||||
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| Leagues |
Greek League Greek Cup |
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| Founded | 1928 | |||
| History |
Gymnastikos S. Larissas B.C. (1928 – 2006) G.S. Larissas 1928 - Foinix B.C. (2015 – 2016) G.S. Larissas 1928 B.C. (2016 – 2017) G.S.L. Faros 2017 B.C. (2017 – present) |
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| Arena | Larissa Neapolis Indoor Arena | |||
| Capacity |
Basketball: 4,000 (permanent upper-tier seats) 5,500 (with retractable lower-tier seats) |
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| Location | Larissa, Greece | |||
| Team colors | Green, White, and Blue |
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| President | Kostas Dastavridis | |||
| Head coach | Thanasis Skourtopoulos | |||
| Website | GS Larissas 1928 | |||
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Gymnastikos S. Larissas Faros B.C. (Greek: Γυμναστικός Σ. Λάρισας Φάρος K.A.E.), commonly abbreviated as either G.S. Larissas Faros, or G.S.L. Faros, is a Greek professional basketball club that is based in Larissa, Greece. The club's full name is Gymnastikos Syllogos Larissas Faros 2017 (Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Λάρισας Φάρος 2017). The club’s colors are green, white, and blue, and its emblem is the Discobolus. The club is well-known for being the first team of the legendary European basketball player, Vassilis Spanoulis.
The club currently plays in Greece's top-tier level, the Greek Basket League.
(The club's official GS Larissas 1928 logo.)
(The club's official GS Larissas Faros 2017 logo.)
Gymnastikos S. Larissas was originally founded in 1928, and it was the first basketball club of the city of Larissa, that played in the top-tier level Greek Basket League (A1 National). In 1979, basketball coach Giannis Ioannidis, after winning the top-tier Greek League championship with Aris, surprisingly agreed to become the head coach of Gymnastikos. Gymnastikos was in the B National (at that time, the Greek 2nd division) at the time, and had great aspirations of being promoted to the top-tier Greek league.
Ioannidis led the team to an undefeated run in the Greek 2nd Division in the 1979–80 season, which earned the club a league promotion to the top-tier division in 1980. From that time, and through the 2005–06 season, the club played several times in the top-tier Greek League (in the 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, and 2005–06 seasons). The club's best season to date was the 1994–95 season, when under head coach Vangelis Alexandris' guidance, they almost earned a qualification place in the 3rd-tier European-wide league, the FIBA Korać Cup. They were ultimately denied a place in the Korać Cup by Sporting, by just one point (86–85), in the play-off decider game that determined which team qualified for Korać Cup.
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