{{Infobox Basketball club | color1 = White | color2 = #C24641 | color3 = #C24641 | name = AENK | nickname = Neophytes | logo = AENK BC Logo.png | image_size = 150px | leagues = [[Greek B Basket League|Greek B League]]<br/>[[Greek Basketball Cup|Greek Cup]] | founded = {{start date and age|1996}} | history = '''Nea Kifissia B.C.'''<br>(1996–present) | arena = Zirineio Indoor Hall | capacity = 1,500 | location = [[Kifissia]], [[Greece]] | colors = Red, White, and Blue <br/>{{color box|#C24641}} {{color box|white}} {{color box|#151B54}} | president = Panagiotis Latsoudas | vice-presidents = | coach = | season = [[2015–16 Greek Basket League|2015–16]] | position = [[Greek Basket League]] '''6th''' | championships = '''1''' [[Greek A2 Basketball League|Greek A2 League]] (2013) | website = [http://www.aenkbc.gr/ aenkbc.gr] | h_body = B20000 | h_pattern_b = _blacksides | h_shorts = B20000 | h_pattern_s = _blacksides | a_body = FFFFFF | a_pattern_b = _redsides_2 | a_shorts = FFFFFF | a_pattern_s = _redsides }}
'''Nea Kifissia''' or '''Nea Kifisia B.C.''', or New Kifissia B.C. ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Νέας Κηφισιάς KAE), is a [[Greece|Greek]] professional [[basketball]] club that is based in [[Kifissia]], a suburban town in the [[Athens#Athens Urban Area|Athens urban area]], [[Greece]]. The club's full name is Athletic Union Nea Kifissia (Αθλητική Ένωση Νέας Κηφισιάς), which is also abbreviated as Α.E.Ν.Κ., which is the club's common name. The club is also known by the name A.E.N. Kifissia (Α.Ε.Ν. Κηφισιάς).
==History== [[Image:Neakifissialogo.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Nea Kifissia B.C. [[English language|English]] logo.]] A.E.N.K. was founded in 1994, with the men's basketball section being started in 1996. The club competed in the [[Greek A2 Basketball League|Greek Second Division]], for the first time, during the 2011–12 season. The club won the Greek Second Division championship in 2013.<ref>[http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/ElladaBasket/A2/nikh_sthn_trith_paratash_kai_anodo_gia_thn_khfisia.2230586.html Sport24.gr Νίκη στην τρίτη παράταση και άνοδο για την Κηφισιά.] {{in lang|el}}</ref>
They played in the top league in Greece, the [[Greek Basket League]], for the first time in the 2013–14 season. The club's first season in the league was amazing, considering it was their first time competing in Greece's top division. They finished in fifth place in the regular season.
The success of the club has been compared with the success that [[Maroussi B.C.|Maroussi]] had in the Greek League in the recent previous years, in where a nearby local Athens community club ([[Marousi]] and [[Kifissia]] are located near each other) was able to achieve good results on the Greek national level.
In the [[2016–17 Basketball Champions League|2016–17 season]], the club qualified play for the first time in a European-wide league tournament, as they qualified to play in the [[Basketball Champions League|Champions League]]. However, the club refused its place in the Champions League, due to financial issues. Nowadays the team competes in Greek C League.
In 2016, the club was relegated down from the [[Greek basketball league system|first-tier]] Greek Basket League, to the [[Greek basketball league system|third-tier]] [[Greek B Basket League|Greek B League]], due to financial problems.<ref>[http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/OmadesBasket/aenk/h-khfisia-enhmerwse-ton-esake-pws-den-paiksei-sthn-basket-league.4193230.html Η Κηφισιά ενημέρωσε τον ΕΣΑΚΕ πως δεν θα παίξει στην Basket League {{in lang|el}}.]</ref>
==Championships== *'''[[Greek A2 Basket League|Greek A2 League]]''' :'''Winners (1)''': 2012–13
==Roster== {{Basketball roster nationality note}} {{Basketball roster header|team=Nea Kiffisia B.C. | color1 = White | bg1 = #C24641 | color2 = #C24641 | bg2 = White}} <!-- list of players --> {{player3 | num = 3 |nat = GRE| first = Filippos | last =Moschovitis |pos = PG |m = 1.90|kgs = |year=1978|month=11 |date=26}} {{player3 |num = 6|nat = GRE|first = Nikos | last = Michalos |pos = G |m = 1.92|year = 1977|month = 5 |date = 21|kgs = 86 |note = C }} {{player3 | num = 7 | nat = GRE| first = Dimitris | last = Flionis | pos = G |m = 1.90|kgs = |year=1997 |month=4|date=8}} {{player3 | num = 8|nat = USA| first = Eric | last = Buckner | pos = C | m = 2.08 | kgs = 100| year = 1990 | month = 4 | date = 26}} {{player3 |num = 9|nat = GRE|first = Giannis | last = Kouzeloglou |pos = F |m = 2.07|year = 1995|month = 1 |date = 7 |kgs = 95}} {{player3 | num = 15|nat = GRE| first = Panagiotis | last = Karavanas|pos = C |m = 2.13|kgs = |year=1984|month=8 |date=26}} {{player3 | pos=F | num=22 | nat=AZE | first=Nik | last=Caner-Medley | m=2.03 | kgs=104 | year=1983 | month=10 | date=20}} {{player3 | num = 23|nat = USA| first = Landon | last = Milbourne |pos = F |m = 2.01|kgs = 95 |year = 1987|month = 06|date = 29}} {{player3 | pos = SF| num = 31|nat = GRE| first = Charis | last = Giannopoulos |m = 2.01| kgs = |year = 1989|month = 7 |date = 13}} {{player3 | num = 34|nat = USA|first = Cory |last = Jefferson |pos = PF|m = 2.06|kgs = 99 |year = 1990|month = 12|date = 26}} {{player3 | pos=C | num=44 | nat=JAM | first=Jerome | last=Jordan | m=2.13 | kgs=115 | year=1986 | month=9 | date=29}} {{player3 |num = 50|nat = NGA| first = Micheal | last = Eric |pos = FC|m = 2.11|kgs = 109|year = 1988| month = 6 | date = 24}} {{player3 |num = 99|nat = USA|first = Brandon |last = Triche |pos = G |m = 1.93|kgs = 95.4 |year = 1991|month = 02|date = 21}}
<!-- end list of players --> {{Basketball roster footer | head_coach = [[Dimitris Liogas]] * {{player||Greece|vacant}} | asst_coach = | roster_url = http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/AE_Nea_Kifisia_Athens/12737?Page=1| accessdate = 2016-7-29}}
==Notable players== {{Basketball notable players criteria}} {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Markos Kolokas]] * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Ioannis Psathas]] * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Dimitrios Kompodietas]] * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Vangelis Karampoulas]] * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Dimitrios Tsaldaris]] * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Nikos Liakopoulos]] * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Nikos Barlos]] * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Michalis Kakiouzis]] * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Dimitrios Mavroeidis]] * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Panagiotis Kafkis]] * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Leonidas Kaselakis]] * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Andreas Glyniadakis]] * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Nikos Gkikas]] * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Linos Chrysikopoulos]] * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Panagiotis Vasilopoulos]] * [[Image:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg|20px]] [[Saša Vasiljević]] * [[Image:Flag of Serbia.svg|20px]] [[Nikola Pešaković]] * [[Image:Flag of Serbia.svg|20px]] [[Uroš Duvnjak]] * [[Image:Flag of Serbia.svg|20px]] [[Petar Popović (basketball, born 1996)|Petar Popović]] * [[Image:Flag of United Kingdom.svg|20px]] [[Ogo Adegboye]] * [[Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg|20px]] [[Patrick Ewing Jr.]] * [[Image:Flag of USA.svg|20px]] [[Tony Crocker]] * [[Image:Flag of USA.svg|20px]] [[Darrius Garrett]] * [[Image:Flag of USA.svg|20px]] [[Justin Jackson (basketball, born 1990)|Justin Jackson]] * [[Image:Flag of USA.svg|20px]] [[Cade Davis]] * [[Image:Flag of USA.svg|20px]] [[Dustin Hogue]] * [[Image:Flag of USA.svg|20px]] [[Muhammad El-Amin]] * [[Image:Flag of USA.svg|20px]] [[Roscoe Smith]] * [[Image:Flag of USA.svg|20px]] [[Robert Lowery (basketball)|Robert Lowery]] * [[Image:Flag of USA.svg|20px]] [[Xavier Silas]] * [[Image:Flag of USA.svg|20px]] [[Tony Woods (basketball)|Tony Woods]] {{div col end}}
==Head coaches== * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Ilias Papatheodorou]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140423044958/http://www.aenkbc.gr/ Official Website] {{in lang|el}} *[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/AE_Nea_Kifisia/12737?Page=0 Eurobasket.com Team Profile] *[http://aenkbasketball.wordpress.com/ A.E.N.K. Basketball Club] {{in lang|el}}
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