IRAKLIS is a basketball club from Thessaloniki, Greece. Founded in 1908 Iraklis is the most historic sports club in northern Greece. In basketball, Iraklis was the first club to win the national title in 1927-1928 and has also won the league in 1934-1935. One of Iraklis' earliest players, Abatzioglou, was one of the 13 founders of FIBA.

Iraklis has participated twice in European Euroleague (1996 European Championship and 2001 FIBA Suproleague). This year the team participated in the Fiba European League.

Many famous basketball players have played for Iraklis, X-MAN McDaniels, Jury Zdovdc, David Ancrum, James Donaldson, Walter Berry, Lazaros Papadopoulos, Nikos Chatzivretas, Dimitris Diamantidis, Lefteris Kakiousis and Guinness Record holder Aristidis Moumoglou who has scored 143 points in a single game in 1972!