Ionikos Nikaias (full name Athlitikos Omilos Ionikos Nikaias, A.O. Ionikos Nikaias / el, Α.Ο. Ιωνικός Νικαίας) is a Greek
multi-sports club that is based in
Nikaia, Piraeus. It was founded in 1965, and it has teams in
football
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,
basketball, and
water polo. The club's name derives from
Ionia
Ionia () was an ancient region on the western coast of Anatolia, to the south of present-day Izmir. It consisted of the northernmost territories of the Ionian League of Greek settlements. Never a unified state, it was named after the Ionian ...
, the birthplace of many residents of Nikaia, which came to Nikaia as refugees after the Asia Minor Disaster. The club's colours are blue and white.
Departments
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Ionikos Nikaias F.C.
Ionikos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Ιωνικός) or Ionikos Nikaia is a Greek professional football club based in Nikaia, Piraeus, Greece, currently competing in the Super League Greece, the top-tier of the Greek football league system.
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, football team
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Ionikos Nikaias B.C., basketball team that plays in
Greek Basket League (2019–)
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Ionikos Nikaias Water Polo Ionikos may refer to the following Greek sports clubs:
*Ionikos Nikaias, a sports club in Nikaia
**Ionikos F.C., or Ionikos Nikaias, a football club
**Ionikos Nikaias B.C., a basketball team
*Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia, a sports club in Nea Filadelf ...
, Water Polo team that plays in
A2 Ethniki Water Polo (2016–17)
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Ionikos Nikaias V.C.
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Ionikos Nikaias Tennis Club Ionikos may refer to the following Greek sports clubs:
*Ionikos Nikaias, a sports club in Nikaia
**Ionikos F.C., or Ionikos Nikaias, a football club
**Ionikos Nikaias B.C., a basketball team
*Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia
Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (als ...
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Ionikos Nikaias Boxing Club
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Ionikos eSports Ionikos may refer to the following Greek sports clubs:
*Ionikos Nikaias, a sports club in Nikaia
**Ionikos F.C., or Ionikos Nikaias, a football club
**Ionikos Nikaias B.C., a basketball team
*Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia
Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (als ...
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Ionikos Nikaias Weightlifting club Ionikos may refer to the following Greek sports clubs:
*Ionikos Nikaias, a sports club in Nikaia
**Ionikos F.C., or Ionikos Nikaias, a football club
**Ionikos Nikaias B.C., a basketball team
*Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia
Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (als ...
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Ionikos Nikaias Softball club
History
Ionikos Nikaias was founded in 1965, after the merger of the two former clubs of
Nikaia (in those years called Kokkinia), Aris Piraeus and A.E. Nikaia. The first departments of the club were the football and the basketball teams. These are the most successful departments of the club so far. The football team has played in the
Greek Super League (1st-tier) many times, and it has reached a final of the
Greek Cup. It has also played in the
UEFA Cup three times.
The basketball team of Ionikos, was also founded in 1965. The most important period of the club was the late 1970s and early 1980s, when the club played in the top-tier level
Greek Basket League. Ionikos had notable players, such as
Panagiotis Giannakis, and it played two times in the
FIBA Korać Cup.
Ionikos also had a notable volleyball team, that had a presence in
A1 Ethniki Volleyball. This team was merged with Aris Nikaias in 2001, and formed the team of
A.E. Nikaia
A.E. Nikaia (full name Athlitiki Enosi Nikaia) was a volleyball club based in Nikaia. The club was founded in 2001, after the merger of the Ionikos Nikaias and G.N.O. Aris Nikaias volleyball clubs. The team's greatest success was winning the Gre ...
. The successor of Ionikos achieved a win of the
Greek Volleyball Cup
The Greek Volleyball Cup began with 1980–81 season. It is organized by Hellenic Volleyball Federation. The competition was not held sometimes in the past for financial reasons . Olympiacos won the first Cup in 1981 and is the most successful cl ...
in 2003.
The water polo team of Ionikos plays in
A2 Ethniki Water Polo.
Honours
;Football Team
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Greek Football Cup
**Finalist (1): 2000
References
External links
football teambasketball teamwater polo team
{{A2 Ethniki water polo
1965 establishments in Greece