Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia

Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (also Ionikos Nea Philadelphia) is a sport clup 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 is founded in 1930. The club has got teams in many sports. More successful teams are the team of handball and the team of basketball. The colours of Ionikos are blue and white.

Basketball team

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 Philadelphia 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. Today, the team competed in Beta Ethiki.

Notable players

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.^[2] In the last season (2012–13), it was playing in A2 Category.

Titles

• 10 Greek Men's Championships:^[3] 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1999.
• 5 Greek Men's Cups:^[4] 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993.

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 now played in A2 category in 2nd group. It has played 22 times in A1 Category. The better period of team was the decade of seventies when Ionikos took the three place of championship twice.

Titles

• 2 Greek women's championships: 1989, 1994.

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