Filippos Veria H.C. ( Greek: Φίλιππος Βέροιας) is a Greek handball club based in Veria, section of multi-sports club

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. The handball department of Filippos was founded in 1977 and its colours are white and red. Its emblem is

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. Filippos is also known as "Vasilias (the king)" and it is the second most successful club in Premier Handball/A1 Ethniki history.

History

Filippos Veria Handball Club was founded in 1977, when the first Greek Handball tournament was held. Filippos won the first tournament in 1977, organised by

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. The next years Filippos won 8 moreover

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(reaching 9 totally) and 5

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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

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. It was the first Greek handball club that played in a final of a European competition. Filippos also participated in

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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 Karypidis Savvas Karipidis (Greek: Σάββας Καρυπίδης; born 23 May 1979) is a retired Greek male handball player. He was a member of the Greece men's national handball team, playing as a right wing. He was a part of the team at the 2004 Summ ...

Recent seasons

European record

Honours

Greek Men's Handball Championship The Greek Men's Handball Championship, or Handball Premier, is the most important competition of Greek handball. The competition which is organised by Hellenic Handball Federation (Greek: ΟΧΕ) started in 1979–80 season. The most successful tea ...

**Winner (9): 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2016 *

Greek Men's Handball Cup The Greek Handball Cup is the second more important competition of Greek handball. The Cup is organised by the Hellenic Handball Federation (Greek: ΟΧΕ). The first Cup took place in 1982–83 season. The most successful team of the competition i ...

**Winner (6): 1985, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2007, 2016 * EHF Cup Winners' Cup **Semi-finals (1): 1993 * EHF Challenge Cup **Runners-up (1): 2003

Current squad

Season 2015–16Hellenic Handball Federation
Filippos Veria squad

Technical staff

References

External links

Official SiteA.C. Filippos Verias eurohandball.com, Filippos Verias
{{A1 Greek handball Handball clubs in Greece Sport in Veria