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Larisa B.C.
Leagues	To be determined
Founded	1984; 40 years ago (1984)
History	Ermis Agias Larisa B.C. (1984–2019) Larisa B.C. (2019–2022)
Arena	Larissa Neapolis Indoor Arena
Capacity	4,000 (permanent upper-tier seats) 5,500 (with retractable lower-tier seats)
Location	Larissa, Greece
Team colors	White and Blue
President	vacant
Head coach	vacant
Team captain	vacant
Ownership	TBD
2021–22 position	Greek League, 4th
Championships	1 Greek 4th Division (2016)
Website	larisabasket.gr
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Larisa B.C. (Greek: Λάρισα K.A.E.), or Larisa Basket (alternate spelling: Larissa), is a Greek professional basketball club that is located in Larissa, Greece. It is a part of the G.S. Ermis Agias Larisa (Γ.Σ. Ερμής Αγιάς Λάρισα) multi-sports club. The club's full original name was Gymnastikos Syllogos Agias Ermis Larisa (Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Επαρχίας Αγιάς Ερμής Λάρισα). The club's official emblem is a seal with Hermes (Ermis) on it, one of the Greek gods. The team's colors are white and blue.

The team most recently competed in the Greek Basket League, the top-tier level of Greek basketball. Their highest position in the league's final standings has been the 4th, achieved during the 2021-2022 campaign, under coach Fotis Takianos. The club's professional future has been in disarray since the departure of owner and president Theodoros Rizoulis in the summer of 2022.

History

Larisa B.C. was originally founded as Ermis Agias Larisa B.C. (Ερμής Αγιάς Λάρισα K.A.E.), in 1984. With the club originally being located in Agia, Larissa (regional unit), Greece. The club won the Greek 4th Division's 3rd Group, during the 2015–16 season, and was thus promoted up to the Greek 3rd Division, for the 2016–17 season. The team was then promoted up to the Greek 2nd Division, for the 2017–18 season.

Ermis Agias Larisa was given a wild card place in the top-tier level Greek Basket League's 2019–20 season. The club then relocated from Agia to Larissa (city), and was renamed to Larisa Basketball Club.

Arenas

Larisa B.C.'s main home arena is the Larissa Neapolis Indoor Arena, which is located in the city of Larissa. The arena has a seating capacity of 4,000 people in the permanent upper tier, and it can be expanded to a capacity of 5,500 people with optional retractable seating added to the lower tier. The club previously played its home games at the small 300 seat Agias Municipal Indoor Sports Center, which is located in Agia.

Honors and titles

Domestic competitions

• Greek 4th Division 3rd Group Champion: (2015–16)

Season by season

Roster

Notable players

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• Nestoras Kommatos
• Dimitris Cheilaris
• Ioannis Demertzis
• Nikos Kalles
• Zois Karampelas
• Dimitrios Lolas
• Paris Maragkos
• Spyros Mourtos
• Kostas Papadakis
• Vassilis Papadopoulos
• Nondas Papantoniou
• Tasos Spyropoulos
• Michalis Tsairelis
• Vangelis Tzolos
• Ioannis Vavatsikos
• Theodoros Zaras
• Jānis Bērziņš
• Rihards Kuksiks
• Dovydas Redikas
• Marin Marić
• Stefan Živanović
• Johnny Berhanemeskel
• / Ousman Krubally
• Ken Brown
• Davion Berry
• Jehyve Floyd
• Billy Garrett Jr.
• Wesley Gordon
• Devonte Green
• Darnell Harris
• Anthony Hickey
• Jalen Hudson
• Stefan Moody
• Terell Parks
• Scottie Reynolds
• Brandon Rush
• Jerry Smith
• Elijah Thomas
• DeVaughn Washington
• James Webb III

Head coaches

Head Coach	Years
Grigoris Giassaris	2013–2018
Stefanos Perkos	2018
Ioannis Livanos	2018–2019
Kostas Keramidas	2019
Vassilis Fragkias	2019
Vangelis Angelou	2019–2020
Nikos Papanikolopoulos	2020–2021
Fotis Takianos	2021–2022

References

1. Larissa Neapolis Arena.
2. Ερμής Αγιάς: Γίνεται ΚΑΕ και περιμένει απάντηση για την wild card (in Greek).
3. Basket League: Στον Ερμή Αγιάς η wild card (in Greek).
4. Ερμής Αγιάς: Έγινε ΚΑΕ και μετονομάστηκε επίσημα σε Λάρισα (in Greek).
5. Larissa Neapolis Arena.

External links

• Official Website (in Greek)
• Larisa B.C. Facebook (in Greek)
• Eurobasket.com Team Profile

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