BC Nokia

BC Nokia
Leagues	Korisliiga
Founded	1997; 29 years ago (1997)
History	BC Nokia (1997–present)
Arena	AGCO Power Arena
Location	Nokia, Finland
Team colors	Yellow, Black, White
Head coach	Greg Gibson
Team captain	Niko Mattila
Championships	1 (2024)
Website	www.bcnokia.fi
Home Away

BC Nokia is a professional basketball club based in Nokia, Finland.^[1] The team currently plays in the top level Korisliiga.

History

In the 2014–15 season, Nokia won the Finnish First Division and was promoted to the Korisliiga. The team finished in the 8th place in its first Korisliiga season, but defeated 1st seed Kataja BC in the first round. The team was defeated in the semi-finals, but did manage to claim the bronze medal for the 2015–16 season.

Honours

• Finnish First Division

Champions (1): 2014–15

• Korisliiga

Champions (1): 2023-24

Third place (1): 2015–16

• Finnish Basketball Cup

Runner up (1) 2024

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Finnish Cup
2014–15	2	First Division A	1st	—
2015–16	1	Korisliiga	3rd	—
2016–17	1	Korisliiga	7th	—
2017–18	1	Korisliiga	4th	—
2018–19	1	Korisliiga	8th	—
2019–20	1	Korisliiga	(6th)	—
2020–21	1	Korisliiga	6th	Semifinals
2021–22	1	Korisliiga	9th	—
2022–23	1	Korisliiga	8th	—
2023–24	1	Korisliiga	1st	Runner-up
2024–25	1	Korisliiga	9th	—

Current roster

BC Nokia roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G 3 Ross, Kahron 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 30 – (1995-10-06)6 October 1995 F 5 Boman, Hugo 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 23 – (2002-03-26)26 March 2002 F 8 Ahonen, Antti 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (2001-01-07)7 January 2001 F 9 Johnson, Kyle 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 25 – (2000-04-09)9 April 2000 F 10 Green, Xavier 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1996-09-09)9 September 1996 F 13 Besselink, Max 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 23 – (2002-04-04)4 April 2002 G 15 Nikula, Aamos 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 23 – (2003-01-07)7 January 2003 G 17 Mattila, Niko 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 31 – (1994-02-16)16 February 1994 F 18 Kanervo, Antti 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 36 – (1989-04-12)12 April 1989 C 21 Brown, Clevon 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1998-07-18)18 July 1998 F 33 Murphy, Tomas 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1998-07-01)1 July 1998 C 35 Lyons, Tyrone 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 25 – (2000-09-22)22 September 2000 F 41 Sauramo, Elias 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 21 – (2004-09-16)16 September 2004 F 44 Roiko, Santeri 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 22 – (2003-05-22)22 May 2003 G 55 Aidoo, Fiifi 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – (1996-04-05)5 April 1996	Head coach Greg Gibson Assistant coach(es) Aleksi Koskinen Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: September 19, 2024

Notable players

• Antti Kanervo
• Fiifi Aidoo
• Max Besselink
• Daeshon Francis

References

1. "BC Nokia basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details - eurobasket.com". Basketball.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2015-08-29.

External links

• Official website