Panionios B.C.

Panionios BC
Nickname	Historic Blue–Reds Panthers
Leagues	Greek Basket League Greek Cup
Founded	1919
History	Panionios G.S.S. (1919–present)
Arena	Glyfada Makis Liougas Sportshall
Capacity	3,232
Location	Glyfada, Greece
Team colors	Red and Blue
President	Thodoris Mikropoulos, Panagiotis Iliadis
Team manager	Fanis Christodoulou
Head coach	Aris Lykogiannis
Championships	Greek Cup (1)
Retired numbers	8, 4
Website	pgssbc.gr
Home Away

Departments of Panionios G.S.S.
Football Basketball Basketball (women's) Volleyball Waterpolo Handball Athletics Gymnastics Swimming Cycling Judo Chess

Panionios B.C. (Greek: Πανιώνιος KAE), known in European competitions as Panionios Athens^[1] is the Greek professional basketball club that is based in Nea Smyrni, and that plays its home games in Palaio Faliro, Greece. The club is also widely known as Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, or Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis, which is the Pan-Ionian Gymnastic Club of Smyrna. This is usually abbreviated to the club name of Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ. Panionios B.C. is the basketball department of the Panionios Gymnastic Club that is based in Nea Smyrni.

Panionios B.C. has been a long-time club of the top-tier level Greek Basket League, which is considered one of the best national domestic basketball leagues in Europe. Panionios B.C. has also competed in the European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague. For sponsorship reasons, the club has also been known as Panionios On Telecoms and Panionios Forthnet, as well as several other sponsorship names.

Some of the well-known players that have played with the club over the years have included: Faidon Matthaiou, Takis Koroneos, Makis Dendrinos, Dimitris Fosses, Kostas Missas, Fanis Christodoulou, Giannis Giannoulis, Boban Janković, P. J. Brown, Panagiotis Giannakis, Henry Turner, Thurl Bailey, Travis Mays, Žarko Paspalj, Byron Dinkins, Mitchell Wiggins, Theo Papaloukas, Jure Zdovc, Laurent Sciarra, Nikos Chatzis, Georgios Sigalas, Angelos Koronios, Dimos Dikoudis, Nikos Oikonomou, Georgios Diamantopoulos, Stratos Perperoglou, Michalis Pelekanos, Ender Arslan, Miloš Vujanić, Alex Stepheson, Errick McCollum, and Tyrese Rice, among others.