Archelaos Katerinis (full name Gymnastikos Athlitikos Syllogos Archelaos Katerinis, GAS Archelaos Katerinis – el, Γυμναστικός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Αρχέλαος Καστερίνης, ΓΑΣ Αρχέλαος Κατερίνης) is a Greek multisport club based in
Katerini
Katerini ( el, Κατερίνη, ''Kateríni'', ) is a city and municipality in northern Greece, the capital city of Pieria regional unit in Central Macedonia, Greece. It lies on the Pierian plain, between Mt. Olympus and the Thermaikos Gulf, ...
. The club has sport departments in various sports, but the most successful is the handball team. The handball team has won two Greek cup.
History
Archelaos Katerinis was founded in 1956. Initially the club had also a basketball team. This team was merged with
Pierikos in 2008 and it continues as
Archelaos-Pierikos B.C. The most successful team of the club is the handball team. The handball team of Archelaos was founded in 1980 and it has won 2
Greek Cups (1990, 1994) and was one time the finalist of the championship.
[ In the recent season, Archelaos finished in second place of A2 Ethniki Handball but it was promoted to A1 replacing ]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). ...
that withdrew.
Recent seasons
Honours
* Greek Cups
**Winner (2): 1990, 1994
References
{{A1 Greek handball
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