Ioannis Sfairopoulos officially takes over Crvena Zvezda / News - Basketnews.com

Sfairopoulos signed a two-year deal with Crvena Zvezda.

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The day after parting ways with head coach Dusko Ivanovic, Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade officially announced his successor.

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The Serbian club will be led by Ioannis Sfairopoulos, the team officially announced. The 56-year-old specialist signed a two-year deal with the organization.

BasketNews had previously written about the agreement between the two sides.

Sfairopoulos had last coached Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv (2018-2022) and is slated to return to a EuroLeague bench after 20 months after being dismissed in February 2022.

During his term in Israel, Sfairopoulos won three consecutive championships (2019-2021) and was named twice coach of the year. He had previously guided Olympiacos through four campaigns (2014-2018), reaching the EuroLeague title game in 2015 and 2017 and winning two straight domestic championship trophies in 2015 and 2016.

After an almost complete roster rebuild last offseason, Crvena Zvezda started the EuroLeague season with one win in the first four matches. The club will face off against Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade in two crucial derbies in five days next week.

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