{{More citations needed|date=August 2023}}{{short description|Greek basketball team}} {{Infobox Basketball club | name = Rethymno Cretan Kings | nickname = | logo = Rethymnobclogo.png | image_size = 250px | leagues = Greek 4th Division | founded = {{Start date and age|1986}} | history = {{Collapsible list|'''A.G.O. Rethymno'''<br/>(1986–2008)<br/>'''Rethymno B.C.'''<br/>(2008–2013)<br/>'''Rethymno Aegean B.C.'''<br/>(2013–2015)<br/>'''Rethymno Cretan Kings B.C.'''<br/>(2015–present)}} | arena = Melina Merkouri Indoor Hall | capacity = 1,600 | location = Rethymno, Crete, Greece | colors = Gold and Wine<br/>{{color box|#FDBB30}} {{color box|#860038}} | president = Giannis Kalaitzakis | coach = Dimitris Mitropoulos | owner = | manager = | sponsor = Cretan Kings Zythos | captain = | season = 2019–20 | position = Greek League, '''11th''' | championships = '''1''' Greek 3rd Division <br/> '''1''' Greek 4th Division | website = [http://rethymnobc.gr/ rethymnobc.gr] | h_body = FFFFFF | h_pattern_b = _rethymnobc1920h | h_shorts = FFFFFF | h_pattern_s = _rethymnobc1920h | a_shorts = 000000 | a_pattern_b = _rethymno1920_gbl_a | a_body = 000000 | a_pattern_s = _rethymnobc1920a }}
'''Rethymno Cretan Kings B.C.''', or simply '''Cretan Kings''' (Greek: Ρέθυμνο Κρητικοί K.A.E.), is a Greek formerly professional sports basketball club that was founded on the Greek island of Crete, in Rethymno, Greece, in 1986. The club is also commonly known as Rethymno B.C. (Ρέθυμνο K.A.E.).
The team was previously known as Rethymno Aegean B.C. (Ρέθυμνο Aegean K.A.E.), or Athlitikos Gymnastikos Omilos Rethymnou (Α.G.Ο.R.) (Αθλητικός Γυμναστικός Όμιλος Ρεθύμνου (Α.Γ.Ο.Ρ.). The team's parent athletic club was founded in 1965.
==History== To date, Rethymno's greatest accomplishment occurred during the 2006–07 season, when the team qualified to play in the final of the Greek Cup, after defeating the top-tier level Greek League teams PAOK, Panionios, Sporting, and Kolossos Rodou. Rethymno was finally defeated by the EuroLeague powerhouse Panathinaikos, by a score of 87–48, in the final game of the 2007 Greek Cup, but nevertheless, Rethymno secured a new strong place in the Greek pro leagues after the team's showing.
After previously being named Rethymno Aegean, the club changed its name to Rethymno Cretan Kings, or simply Cretan Kings, in 2015.
In the summer of 2020, after the departure of owner Kostis Zobanakis, it was decided that the club would be voluntarily relegated to the local divisions and start anew.
===Logos=== <gallery> File:A.G.O.R. B.C. logo.jpg|(to 2010) File:Agor logo.gif|(2010–2015) File:Rethymno B.C. logo.jpg|(2015–2018) File:Rethymnobclogo.png|(2018–present) </gallery>
==Arena== Rethymno plays its home games at the Melina Merkouri Indoor Hall. The arena originally had a capacity of 1,100, but it was expanded to 1,600, when the club first joined the top-tier level Greek Basket League. There are currently plans to further expand the arena again, in the near future.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/OmadesBasket/A2Agor/zompanakhs-hmastan-konta-ston-mpirts-gia-ligo-den-ekleise.4326277.html |title=Ζομπανάκης: "Ήμασταν κοντά στον Μπιρτς, για λίγο δεν έκλεισε" . |access-date=2016-10-19 |language=el |archive-date=2016-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020041250/http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/OmadesBasket/A2Agor/zompanakhs-hmastan-konta-ston-mpirts-gia-ligo-den-ekleise.4326277.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Season by season== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center" !Season !Tier !Division !Pos. !{{Tooltip|P/S|Postseason}} !Greek Cup !colspan=3|Europe |- |- |bgcolor=#efefef|2000–01 | {{center|4}} | align=left| C Basket League | {{center|6th}} | {{center| —}} | {{center| —}} | colspan=3 | — |- |bgcolor=#efefef|2001–02 | {{center|4}} | align=left| C Basket League | {{center|3rd}} | {{center| —}} | {{center| —}} | colspan=3 | — |- |bgcolor=#efefef|2002–03 | {{center|4}} | align=left| C Basket League | {{center|4th}} | {{center| —}} | {{center| —}} | colspan=3 | — |- |bgcolor=#efefef|2003–04 | {{center|4}} | align=left| C Basket League | bgcolor= gold| {{center|1st}} | align=left bgcolor=#97DEFF | Promoted | {{center| —}} | colspan=3 | — |- |bgcolor=#efefef|2004–05 | {{center|3}} | align=left| B Basket League | bgcolor= gold|{{center|1st}} | bgcolor=#97DEFF align=left | Promoted | {{center| —}} | colspan=3 | — |- |bgcolor=#efefef|2005–06 | {{center|2}} | align=left| A2 Basket League | bgcolor= #CD7F32| {{center|3rd}} | {{center| —}} | {{center| —}} | colspan=3 | — |- |bgcolor=#efefef|2006–07 | {{center|2}} | align=left| A2 Basket League | bgcolor= #CD7F32| {{center|3rd}} | bgcolor=#97DEFF align=left | Promoted | bgcolor=silver align=left | Runner-up | colspan=3 | — |- |bgcolor=#efefef| 2007–08 | {{center|1}} | Greek Basket League | {{center|13th}} | bgcolor="#FFCCCC" align=left | Relegated | {{center| —}} | colspan=3 | — |- |bgcolor=#efefef| 2008–09 | {{center|2}} | align=left | A2 Basket League | {{center|6th}} | {{center| —}} | {{center| —}} | colspan=3 | — |- |- |bgcolor=#efefef| 2009–10 | {{center|2}} | align=left | A2 Basket League | {{center|7th}} | {{center| —}} | {{center| —}} | colspan=3 | — |- |- |bgcolor=#efefef| 2010–11 | {{center|2}} | align=left | A2 Basket League | bgcolor=silver | {{center|2nd}} | bgcolor=#97DEFF align=left | Promoted | {{center| —}} | colspan=3 | — |- |bgcolor=#efefef| 2011–12 | {{center|1}} | Greek Basket League | {{center|5th}} | style="background:#D0F0C0" align=left |Quarterfinalist | {{center| —}} | colspan=3 | — |- |bgcolor=#efefef| 2012–13 | {{center|1}} | Greek Basket League | {{center|5th}} | style="background:#ACE1AF" align=left |Fourth place | {{center| —}} | colspan=3 | — |- |bgcolor=#efefef| 2013–14 | {{center|1}} | Greek Basket League | {{center|9th}} | {{center| —}} | {{center| —}} | colspan=3 | — |- |bgcolor=#efefef| 2014–15 | {{center|1}} | Greek Basket League | {{center|6th}} | style="background:#D0F0C0" align=left |Quarterfinalist | {{center| —}} | colspan=3 | — |- |bgcolor=#efefef| 2015–16 | {{center|1}} | Greek Basket League | {{center|8th}} | style="background:#D0F0C0" align=left |Quarterfinalist | align=left | Quarterfinals | colspan=3 | — |- |bgcolor=#efefef| 2016–17 | {{center|1}} | Greek Basket League | {{center|6th}} | style="background:#D0F0C0" align=left |Quarterfinalist |{{center| —}} | colspan=3 | — |- |bgcolor=#efefef| 2017–18 | {{center|1}} | Greek Basket League | {{center|10th}} | colspan=3 | — |{{center| —}} | colspan=3 | — |- |bgcolor=#efefef| 2018–19 | {{center|1}} | Greek Basket League | {{center|9th}} | colspan=3 | — |{{center| —}} | colspan=3 | — |}
==Honors and titles== '''Greek Cup''' *Runner-up (1): 2006–07 '''Greek B Basket League''' *'''Champions (1):''' 2004–05 '''Greek C Basket League 2nd Group''' *'''Champions (1):''' 2003–04
==Notable players== {{Basketball notable players criteria}} {{Div col|colwidth=14em}} *{{flagicon|Greece}} Nikos Angelopoulos *{{flagicon|Greece}} Georgios Dedas *{{flagicon|Greece}} Periklis Dorkofikis *{{flagicon|Greece}} Ioannis Gagaloudis *{{flagicon|Greece}} Charis Giannopoulos *{{flagicon|Greece}} Andreas Glyniadakis *{{flagicon|Greece}} Kostas Kakaroudis *{{flagicon|Greece}} Giannis Kalampokis *{{flagicon|Greece}} Akis Kallinikidis *{{flagicon|Greece}} Sotirios Karapostolou *{{flagicon|Greece}} Nestoras Kommatos *{{flagicon|Greece}} Fanis Koumpouras *{{flagicon|Greece}} Spyros Magkounis *{{flagicon|Greece}} Nikos Papanikolaou *{{flagicon|Greece}} Ioannis Psathas *{{flagicon|Greece}} Apollon Tsochlas *{{flagicon|Greece}} Ian Vougioukas *{{flagicon|EST}} Gregor Arbet *{{flagicon|IRE}} Brian Fitzpatrick *{{flagicon|NED}} Charlon Kloof *{{flagicon|NED}} Roeland Schaftenaar *{{flagicon|Serbia}} Uroš Duvnjak *{{flagicon|Serbia}} Dejan Kravić *{{flagicon|Serbia}} Damir Latović *{{flagicon|Serbia}} Stevan Nadjfeji *{{flagicon|Serbia}} Milenko Topić *{{flagicon|Lithuania}} Tomas Delininkaitis *{{flagicon|Russia}} Yaroslav Korolev *{{flagicon|UK}} Tarick Johnson *{{flagicon|SEN}} Mouhammad Faye *{{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|UKR}} Steve Burtt Jr. *{{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|BIH}} Zack Wright *{{flagicon|USA}} Kwame Alexander *{{flagicon|USA}} Robert Arnold *{{flagicon|USA}} J'Covan Brown *{{flagicon|USA}} T. J. Carter *{{flagicon|USA}} Dionte Christmas *{{flagicon|USA}} Keith Clanton *{{flagicon|USA}} Vincent Council *{{flagicon|USA}} Travis Daniels *{{flagicon|USA}} Toarlyn Fitzpatrick *{{flagicon|USA}} Reggie Freeman *{{flagicon|USA}} Kenny Gabriel *{{flagicon|USA}} Shaquille Goodwin *{{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Harrow *{{flagicon|USA}} Anthony Hickey *{{flagicon|USA}} Damian Hollis *{{flagicon|USA}} Paris Horne *{{flagicon|USA}} Aaron Jones *{{flagicon|USA}} Walter Lemon Jr. *{{flagicon|USA}} Rashad Madden *{{flagicon|USA}} Stefan Moody *{{flagicon|USA}} Larry O'Bannon *{{flagicon|USA}} Brent Petway *{{flagicon|USA}} Gabe Pruitt *{{flagicon|USA}} Trevis Simpson *{{flagicon|USA}} Tyler Stone *{{flagicon|USA}} Gary Talton *{{flagicon|USA}} David Young *{{flagicon|USA}} Conner Frankamp {{Div col end}}
==Head coaches== {| |- style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#860038 ! width="50%" |Head coach ! width="30%" |Years |- bgcolor="#EFEFEF" |{{flagicon|Greece}} Stergios Koufos || {{center|2003–2007}} |- |{{flagicon|Greece}} Argyris Pedoulakis || {{center|2007–2008}} |- bgcolor="#EFEFEF" |{{flagicon|Greece}} Fotis Takianos || {{center|2008–2009}} |- |{{flagicon|Greece}} Stavros Mykoniatis || {{center|2009}} |- bgcolor="#EFEFEF" |{{flagicon|Greece}} Nikos Karagiannis || {{center|2009–2010}} |- |{{flagicon|Greece}} Stavros Mykoniatis || {{center|2010}} |- bgcolor="#EFEFEF" |{{flagicon|Greece}} Stergios Koufos || {{center|2010–2013}} |- |{{flagicon|Greece}} Thanasis Giaples || {{center|2013–2014}} |- bgcolor="#EFEFEF" |{{flagicon|Greece}} Georgios Kalafatakis || {{center|2014}} |- |{{flagicon|Greece}} Thanasis Skourtopoulos || {{center|2014–2016}} |- bgcolor="#EFEFEF" |{{flagicon|Greece}} Kostas Flevarakis || {{center|2016}} |- |{{flagicon|Cyprus}} {{flagicon|Greece}} Tony Konstantinidis || {{center|2016–2017}} |- bgcolor="#EFEFEF" |{{flagicon|Greece}} Nikos Vetoulas || {{center|2017–2018}} |- |{{flagicon|Greece}} Stavros Mykoniatis || {{center|2018}} |- bgcolor="#EFEFEF" |{{flagicon|Greece}} Vangelis Ziagkos || {{center|2018–2020}} |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://rethymnobc.gr/ Official Team Page] {{in lang|el}} *[http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=GRE&Team=6368 Eurobasket.com Team Page] *[https://www.charityidols.com/idols/basketball-teams/rethymno-cretan-kings-bc/ Rethymno Cretan Kings history] at Charityidols.com '''Media''' *[https://www.youtube.com/user/RethymnoBC Official YouTube channel]
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