Rethymno Cretan Kings
Leagues	Greek Local 1st Division, Crete (EKASK)
Founded	1986 (1986)
History	List A.G.O. Rethymno (1986–2008) Rethymno B.C. (2008–2013) Rethymno Aegean B.C. (2013–2015) Rethymno Cretan Kings B.C. (2015–present)
Arena	Melina Merkouri Indoor Hall
Capacity	1,600
Location	Rethymno, Crete, Greece
Team colors	Gold and Wine
Main sponsor	Cretan Kings Zythos
President	Giannis Kalaitzakis
Head coach	Dimitris Mitropoulos
2019–20 position	Greek League, 11th
Championships	1 Greek 3rd Division 1 Greek 4th Division
Website	rethymnobc.gr
Home Away

Rethymno Cretan Kings B.C., or simply Cretan Kings (Greek: Ρέθυμνο Κρητικοί Βασιλιάδες 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.

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.^[1]

Season by season

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

Head coaches

Head coach	Years
Stergios Koufos	2003–2007
Argyris Pedoulakis	2007–2008
Fotis Takianos	2008–2009
Stavros Mykoniatis	2009
Nikos Karagiannis	2009–2010
Stavros Mykoniatis	2010
Stergios Koufos	2010–2013
Thanasis Giaples	2013–2014
Georgios Kalafatakis	2014
Thanasis Skourtopoulos	2014–2016
Kostas Flevarakis	2016
Tony Konstantinidis	2016–2017
Nikos Vetoulas	2017–2018
Stavros Mykoniatis	2018
Vangelis Ziagkos	2018–2020

References

External links

• Official Team Page (in Greek)
• Eurobasket.com Team Page
• Rethymno Cretan Kings history at Charityidols.com

Media

• Official YouTube channel