# Trikala Aries B.C.

Aiolos Trikalon B.C. (alternate spellings: Aeolus, Trikala; Greek: Αίολος Τρικάλων), previously known for sponsorship reasons as Trikala Aries, was a Greek professional basketball club that is based in Trikala, Greece. The club is named after Aeolus.

## Branding

* The club's Aiolos Trikalon B.C. logo (1993–2012).
* The club's Trikala B.C. logo (2012–2019).
* The club's Aries Trikala B.C. logo (2012–2019).
* The club's Aiolos Trikalon B.C. logo (2019–2022).

## History

The club was founded in 1993, under the name Aiolus Trikalon Basketball Club. During the 2008–09 season, Aeolus failed to achieve a promotion place in their league, and to qualify to the Greek B League (3rd-tier division on the Greek basketball pyramid). However, in the subsequent 2009–10 season, Aeolus managed to qualify.
In the next season, 2010–11, they finished in 9th place in the Greek B League. In 2012, the club changed its name to Trikala Basketball Club, abbreviated as Trikala B.C., and it then competed in the Greek Second Division, for the first time, during the 2012–13 season. In 2013, Greek company Aries became the official name sponsor of the team, and the team became known as Trikala Aries.
The club competed in the top-tier level Greek Basket League, for the first time, in the 2013–14 season. During their first season in the top level Greek League, Trikala finished in 11th place. Following the 2017–18 season, the team had financial difficulties and had to disband. The team returned for the 2018–19 season, once again under the club's original name of Aiolos Trikalon. In 2022 the club merged with Ikaros Trikala, and the new club has the name Trikala Basket.

## Arena

Trikala plays its home games at Trikala Municipal Sports Hall, which has a seating capacity of 2,500.

## Season by season

| Season | [[Greek basketball league system|Tier]] | League | Pos. | W–L | [[Greek Basketball Cup|Greek Cup]] |
| 2006–07 | 5 | ESKA A Category | 3rd | | |
| 2007–08 | 5 | ESKA A Category | 3rd | | |
| 2008–09 | 4 | C Basket League | 2nd | | |
| 2009–10 | 4 | C Basket League | 1st | | |
| 2010–11 | 3 | B Basket League | 9th | | 1st Round, MD 2 |
| 2011–12 | 3 | B Basket League | 1st | | 2nd Round, MD 1 |
| 2012–13 | 2 | A2 Basket League | 2nd | 21-5 | 2nd Round, MD 3 |
| 2013–14 | 1 | Basket League | 11th | 9–17 | 2nd Round, MD 1 |
| 2014–15 | 1 | Basket League | 12th | 8–18 | 2nd Round, MD 2 |
| 2015–16 | 1 | Basket League | 9th | 9–17 | 2nd Round, MD 3 |
| 2016–17 | 1 | Basket League | 10th | 10–16 | 2nd Round, MD 1 |
| 2017–18 | 1 | Basket League | 14th | 4–22 | 2nd Round, MD 1 |
| 2018–19 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2019–20 | 4 | C Basket League | 1st | 15–2 | |
| 2020–21 | 3 | B Basket League | 3rd | 2–0 | |
| 2021–22 | 3 | B Basket League | 2nd | 20–4 | |

## Titles and honors
### Domestic competitions

* Greek 3rd Division
    Champions (1): (2011–12)
* Greek 4th Division
    Champions (2): (2009–10, 2019–20)

## Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

## Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
* Criteria
* To appear in this section a player must have either:
* Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
* Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
* Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

### Greece

* Georgios Georgakis
* Michalis Giannakidis
* Sotiris Gioulekas
* Nikos Kaklamanos
* Nestoras Kommatos
* Marios Matalon
* Steve Panos
* Sofoklis Schortsanitis
* Georgios Tsiaras
* Alexandros Varitimiadis
* Kostas Vasileiadis

### Europe

* Gilvydas Biruta
* Slaven Čupković
* Oleksandr Lypovyy
* Uroš Petrović
* Justin Robinson
* Ovie Soko
* Marko Tejić
* - Angelo Tsagarakis
* Hörður Vilhjálmsson
* Alexander Lindqvist

### USA

* Kwame Alexander
* Kelsey Barlow
* Nate Bowie
* Brandon Brown
* Mike Caffey
* Demitrius Conger
* Alex Harris
* David Haughton
* Justin Ingram
* Paul Jones
* Lamond Murray Jr.
* D. J. Richardson

### Rest of Americas

* Junior Cadougan
* Patrick Ewing Jr.
* Kentan Facey

### Africa

* Kenny Kadji

## Head coaches

* Kostas Flevarakis
* Konstantinos Papazoglou
* Ioannis Kastritis
* Kostas Mexas

## Sponsorship names

For sponsorship reasons, the team has been known as:
* Trikala Aries (2013–2018)

### Other Sponsors

* Gold Sponsor: Olympos
* Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer: Adidas
* Official Sponsor: Mikel Coffee Company
* Official Supporter: Hondos Center