Omonia BC
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Omonia is a Cypriot
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

 professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 club based in Nicosia
Nicosia
Nicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line...

, Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

. The club competes in the Cypriot League
Cyprus Basketball Division 1
The Cypriot First Division A of the Men’s Basketball League is currently the top competition on the Cyprus Basketball calendar. It is run and governed by the Cyprus Basketball Federation...

. The president of the team is Miltiades Neophytou and the current manager is Kyriacos Adamou.

History

Omonia BC was founded in 1948 from then the team participates regularly in the Cyprus Basketball Division 1
Cyprus Basketball Division 1
The Cypriot First Division A of the Men’s Basketball League is currently the top competition on the Cyprus Basketball calendar. It is run and governed by the Cyprus Basketball Federation...

. The team has never won neither a championship
Cyprus Basketball Division 1
The Cypriot First Division A of the Men’s Basketball League is currently the top competition on the Cyprus Basketball calendar. It is run and governed by the Cyprus Basketball Federation...

 neither a cup
Cypriot Basketball Cup
The Cypriot Basketball Cup is an annual cup competition, organized by the Cyprus Basketball Federation since 1969. From 2007 the cup competition format changed, and in the cup participate only the teams of the Cypriot 1st Division. The cup employs a knock-out format...

. However, the team has sometimes finished first and second in the regular season of the Cyprus Basketball Division 1
Cyprus Basketball Division 1
The Cypriot First Division A of the Men’s Basketball League is currently the top competition on the Cyprus Basketball calendar. It is run and governed by the Cyprus Basketball Federation...

, it could not manage to proceed far and away from its opponents.

League achievements

  • Cyprus League Semifinals
    Cyprus Basketball Division 1
    The Cypriot First Division A of the Men’s Basketball League is currently the top competition on the Cyprus Basketball calendar. It is run and governed by the Cyprus Basketball Federation...

    :
    • 2007, 2008
  • Cyprus Cup Finalist
    Cypriot Basketball Cup
    The Cypriot Basketball Cup is an annual cup competition, organized by the Cyprus Basketball Federation since 1969. From 2007 the cup competition format changed, and in the cup participate only the teams of the Cypriot 1st Division. The cup employs a knock-out format...

    :
    • 2003
  • Cyprus Cup Semifinals
    Cypriot Basketball Cup
    The Cypriot Basketball Cup is an annual cup competition, organized by the Cyprus Basketball Federation since 1969. From 2007 the cup competition format changed, and in the cup participate only the teams of the Cypriot 1st Division. The cup employs a knock-out format...

    :
    • 2004, 2006

Roster

Omonia BC Roster
Players Coaches
Pos. Νο. Nat. Name

Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
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Legend:
  • (C) Team captain

Former players

Duke Tshomba Goran Adzić Bojan Barjaktarević Dejan Bojinović Alen Jazvin Sasa Vezenkov Kyle Julius Luka Jelaska Zvonimir Kovacević Bob Menama Linas Juknevicius Peter Farago Vladimir Lukić Andelko Mandić Sasa Mijajlović Vladimir Mijović Will Chavis Eugene Dabney Arthur Davis Darrin Fowlkes Brian Green Harry Hart Sean Jamieson Nolan Johnson Mike King Jerome LaGrange Reggie Manuel Rob Phelps B.J. Pratt Marlon Smith Marvin Stone
Marvin Stone (basketball)
Marvin Stone was an American basketball player.Stone was a native of Huntsville, Alabama. While attending Virgil I. Grissom High School he led Grissom to the school's second ever 6A State Title in 1999. The 6'10" center/power forward was regarded as one of the top recruits in the country, as a...

 Jay Taylor James Williams Rasaun Young

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