Gymnastikos S. Larissas BC
| Gymnastikos Syllogos Larissas | |||
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| Leagues |
Greek A2 League Greek Cup |
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| Founded | 1928 | ||
| History |
Gymnastikos S. Larissas (1928 – 2006) Foinix Larissas (1995 – 2015) G.S. Larissas 1928 - Foinix (2015 – 2016) G.S. Larissas 1928 (2016 – 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 and White |
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| President | Kostas Dastafridis | ||
| Website | GS Larissas 1928 | ||
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Gymnastikos S. Larissas B.C. (Greek: Γυμναστικός Σ. Λάρισας K.A.E.), commonly abbreviated as either G.S. Larissas or G.S.L., is a Greek professional basketball club that is based in Larissa, Greece. The club's full name is Gymnastikos Syllogos Larissas 1928 (Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Λάρισας 1928). The club’s colors are green and white, and its emblem is the Discobolus.
The club currently plays in the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 League.
Gymnastikos S. Larissas was 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 Greek League championship with Aris, surprisingly agreed to become the head coach of Gymnastikos. Gymnastikos was in the B National (Greek 3rd division) at the time, and had great aspirations of promotion to the top-tier Greek league.
Ioannidis led the team to an undefeated run to the top division in 1980. From that time, and until 2006, the club had played several times in the top-tier Greek League, through the 2005–06 season. 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 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 FIBA Korać Cup.
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