Filippos Veria

A.C. Filippos Verias
Full name Athletic Club Filippos Verias
(Greek: Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Φίλιππος Βέροιας)
Nickname(s) Vasilias (The King)
Erythrolefkoi (The Red-Whites)
Short name Filippos
Founded 1962
Arena Filippeio Indoor Hall
Capacity 1,500
President Giorgos Fikatas
Head coach Kostas Toutsis
League Handball Premier
2014–2015 5th
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Active departments of Filippos Veria
Basketball Handball (Men) Handball (Women)
Volleyball Athletics Gymnastics

A.C. Filippos Verias[1] (Greek:Α.Σ. Φίλιππος Βέροιας) is a Greek sport club based in Veria. It has departments Basketball, Volleyball and Handball. The most successful is the department of Handball that has won many titles. Filippos was founded in 1962 and its colours are white and red. Its emblem is Philip of Macedonia. Filippos is also known as "Vasilias (the king)" and its the second most successful club in Premier Handball/A1 Ethniki history.

History

Filippos Veroia Handball Club was founded in 1977, when the first Greek Handball tournament was held. Filippos won the first tournament in 1977, organised by SEGAS.[2] The next years Filippos won 8 moreover championships (reaching 9 totally) and 5 cups and became the club with the most titles in Greek Handball along with Ionikos Nea Filadelphia. In 2003 Filippos played in the final of EHF Challenge Cup but it was defeated by Danish team Skjern Håndbold. It was the first Greek handball club that played in a final of a European competition.[3][4] Filippos also participated in 2003–04 EHF Champions League where they achieved three wins in six matches and they were disqualified in a quadruple tie as they had the worst GD. After four years of decline, Filippos finished 4th in the A1 championship and after PAOK's rejection to play in the EHF Challenge Cup, they registered to the competition and they'll replace the team. This was the first time after five years that Filippos would participate in a European competition. Moreover, Theodoros Karipidis (president and owner of Veria), involvement in Filippos, boosted club's morale and confidence and it appears that there's an opportunity for the dream to resurrect from its ashes. In co-operation with Karipidis, the board of the club achieved to sign the captain of the Greek national team, Giorgos Mastrogiannis, as well as Savvas Karipidis.[5][6]

Recent seasons

Season Division Place Notes
2000–01 A1 Ethniki 2nd
2001–02 A1 Ethniki 3rd
2002–03 A1 Ethniki 1st Winner Greek Cup
2003–04 A1 Ethniki 2nd
2004–05 A1 Ethniki 2nd
2005–06 A1 Ethniki 3rd
2006–07 A1 Ethniki 2ndWinner Greek Cup
2007–08 A1 Ethniki 5th
2008–09 A1 Ethniki 5th Finalist Greek Cup
2009–10 A1 Ethniki 2nd
2010–11A1 Ethniki 5th
2011–12A1 Ethniki 8th
2012–13A1 Ethniki 9th
2013–14A1 Ethniki 7th
2014–15A1 Ethniki 5th
2015–16Handball Premier

European record

Agg. 1st match 2nd match Competition Round
HC Granitas Kaunas Lithuania 46 : 58 Greece Filippos Verias 26 : 33 20 : 252003–04 EHF Champions LeagueQualification round
Skjern Handball Denmark 67 : 55 Greece Filippos Verias 27 : 30 35 : 252002–03 EHF Challenge Cup Final
Krasnodar Russia 60 : 61 Greece Filippos Verias 29 : 35 31 : 262015–16 EHF Challenge CupRound 2
AEK Greece 56 : 68 Greece Filippos Verias 34 : 36 22 : 322015–16 EHF Challenge CupRound 3
Benfica Portugal – : – Greece Filippos Verias – : – – : –2015–16 EHF Challenge CupLast 16

Honours

Current squad

Season 2015–16[7]

Number Player Position Birth Date Height (m)
1Greece Christos EvaggelopoulosGoalkeeper 18/11/1993 1.93
2Greece Nikos ArvanitidisPivot 22/6/19881.84
3Greece Nikos ZlatanosGoalkeeper 11/10/1994 1.88
5Greece Nikos CharalabidisLeft Extreme 25/1/1997 1.88
6Greece Stefanos MichailidisLeft Inter 15/5/19941.98
7Greece Diogenis ApostolidisLeft Inter23/2/1996 1.93
9Greece Anastasios PantelidisLeft Inter23/2/1996 1.80
10Greece Charalampos AnaniadisPivot 29/7/1986 1.90
11Greece Dimitris MpantisPlay Maker15/6/1980 1.92
12Greece Akis PsomiadisGoalkeeper3/8/1996 1.88
14Greece Theofanis DeligiannisLeft Extreme11/5/1987 1.80
18Greece Grigoris SanikisLeft Inter7/8/19801.87
20Greece Savas KaripidisRight Extreme 23/5/1979 1.82
21Greece Kostas PsomiadisLeft Extreme 1/6/1997 1.88
22Greece Giorgos KotsifasGoalkeeper27/6/1982 1.87
23Greece Angelos DragolasRight extreme14/4/1991 1.85
25Greece Giorgos Mastrogiannis Play Maker 30/8/1981 1.84
33Greece Thomas KoronasGoalkeeper9/3/1994 1.85
55Greece Stauros RebelakosLeft Extreme13/6/1989 1.76
69Greece Stauros PapadopoulosLeft Extreme28/5/1980 1.80
77Serbia Veselinovic SlobodanInter12/7/1985 1.95
88Greece Nikos NikolaidisLeft Extreme21/4/1988 1.75

Technical staff

Technical staff
Head coach Greece Kostas Toutsis
Assistant coach Greece Kostas Deligiannis
Fitness coach Greece Giannis Tzoumakis

See also

References

  1. ↑ A.C. Filippos Verias eurohandball.com
  2. ↑ "Filippos Veria". handball.gr. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Έγραψε ιστορία" (in Greek). tanea.gr. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Χάντμπολ: Ο Διομήδης Αργους σε ραντεβού με την Ιστορία". tovima.gr. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Βόμβα με τον αρχηγό της Εθνικής!
  6. ↑ Συνεχίζει τις μεταγραφικές βόμβες ο βασιλιάς Φίλιππος
  7. ↑ Hellenic Handball Federation Filippos Veria squad

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