Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia

Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (also Ionikos Nea Philadelphia) is a sport club that is based in Nea Filadelfeia, an Athenian suburb. The full name of club is A.S. Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (Greek: Α. Σ. Ιωνικός Νέας Φιλαδέλφειας). It was founded in 1930. The club has teams in many sports. The more successful teams are the handball and basketball teams. The colours of Ionikos are blue and white.

Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia
Founded1930
Based inNea Filadelfeia
Coloursblue and white
Titles10 Men's Handball Championships,
5 Men's Handball Cups,
2 Women's Volleyball Championships,
BranchesBasketball,
Volleyball,
Handball
Departments of Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia
Basketball Volleyball Handball

Basketball team
Main article: Ionikos N.F. B.C.

Ionikos N.F. played in the Greek Basket League from 2001 to 2005. In 2004, Ionikos moved to Amaliada, Greece and was named Iionikos N.F. Amaliada, but the team returned to Nea Filadelfeia at the end of the season. In the 2003–04 season, Ionikos played in the EuroCup,[1] and in the 2004–05 season, Ionikos played in the EuroChallenge.[2] Today, the team competes in the Greek B League.

Notable players

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

Handball team

The handball department of Ionikos is the most successful team of the club. Ionikos has got fifteen domestic titles (ten championships and five cups). In season 2010-11 Ionikos relegated in A2 Category.[3] In recent season (2014–15), it finished in 1st place in A2 Ethniki and promoted to A1. However, it was withdrawn from the championship due to financial problems and was replaced by Archelaos Katerinis.[4]

Titles

Recent seasons
Season Division Place Notes
2001-02A1 Ethniki5thFinalist Greek Cup
2002-03A1 Ethniki4thFinalist Greek Cup
2003-04A1 Ethniki3rd
2004-05A1 Ethniki7th
2005-06A1 Ethniki10th
2006-07A1 Ethniki11th
2007-08A1 Ethniki9th
2008-09A1 Ethniki11thRelegated to A2
2009-10A2 Ethniki1stPromoted to A1
2010-11A1 Ethniki11thRelegated to A2
2011-12A2 Ethniki5th
2012-13A2 Ethniki5th
2013-14A2 Ethniki3rd
2014-15A2 Ethniki1stPromoted to A1 but after
it was withdrawn from the championship

Volleyball team

The volleyball department had also donated successes, mainly the women’s team. The women’s team has conquered two Greek championships. During last season (2012–13) the team played in A2 category, in 2nd group.

The men’s team of Ionikos plays in A2 Ethniki in 2nd group. It has played 22 times in A1 Ethniki. The better period of team was the decade of seventies when Ionikos took the three place of championship twice.

Titles

References
  1. Ionikos NF Egnatia Bank, ULEB Cup 2003–04 statistics.
  2. IONIKOS NF AMALIADA ACCUMULATED STATISTICS.
  3. "Υποβιβάστηκε ο Ιωνικός". onsports.gr. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  4. "Και επίσημα τέλος ο Ιωνικός ΝΦ". sport-fm.gr. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  5. Greek handball Federation, Greek Champions Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Greek Handball Federation, cup's winners Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine


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