GS Ilioupolis ( el, Γ.Σ. Ηλιούπολης) is a

multi-sport club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

based in

Ilioupoli Ilioupoli ( el, Ηλιούπολη, " Sun City") is a suburban municipality belongs to Central Athens regional unit and located in the central-southern part of the Athens. Its name is the modern form of the ancient name of Heliopolis in E ...

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

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. The club was founded in 1953, and it has about 2,000 athletes competing in nine sports.

Colours and crest

GS Ilioupoli's colours are red and blue and its logo features a setting sun on its nearby mountains and the ground.

Sports

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

(Men's and Women's) * Football *

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Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

Track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

(Men's and Women's) *

Water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

* Handball (''defunct'') *

Futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is ...

(''defunct'')

Football team

The football team of Ilioupolis achieved to play in Beta Ethniki (2nd tier championship) for two years, the seasons 2009-10 and 2010-11. The second season in Beta Ethniki, Ilioupoli was punished about the match-fixing scandal, known from the journalists as

Koriopolis Koriopolis ( el, Κοριόπολις) is the name given by the Greek press to a match fixing scandal in Greek football that came to light in June 2011. The investigation centres on offences that include illegal gambling, fraud, extortion and mone ...

, and relegated to Delta Ethniki (fourth-tier championship).

Honours

Gamma Ethniki The Gamma Ethniki ( el, Γ΄ Εθνική Ερασιτεχνική Κατηγορία, C National Amateur Division) is the third highest football league in Greece. History The Gamma Ethniki began in 1965 as an amateur championship, while in 198 ...

**Winners (1): 2021–22

Players

Basketball team

Ilioupolis has basketball team both men's and women's. The basketball team of GS Ilioupolis plays in the Athens local divisions. Biggest success of the club was winning the

championship, in the season 1994-95

Volleyball team

The women’s volleyball team of GS Ilioupolis plays in the A1 Ethniki (1st-tier championship). It plays for 2nd consecutive season in A1 Ethniki and has played again in the past, from 1995 to 1999.

Water polo team

GS Ilioupolis water polo team plays in

A1 Ethniki Water Polo The A1 Ethniki ( el, Α1 Εθνική Κατηγορία), often referred to as the Greek Water Polo League, is the highest professional water polo league in Greece. It is run by the Hellenic Swimming Federation. It is considered one of the top ...

. It won the ascension during the last season (2014–15) when it finished in the 2nd place in A2 Ethniki championship.

Track and field

*Rankings: **2010: 63rd (out of 321 clubs) **2011: 49th (out of 299 clubs). **2012: 44th (out of 281 clubs)

Futsal team

Ilioupoli had a futsal team. This team had won a

Greek cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most ...

in 2009. In the same year it was the finalist of the championship. The next years, Ilioupoli Futsal team finished in the 5th or 6th place of the championship until 2012 when the team withdrew from the championship.

Titles

;Futsal team * Hellenic Futsal Cup **Winner (1) :2009

References

External links

GS Ilioupolis
- Official site * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ilioupolis Football clubs in Attica Association football clubs established in 1953 1953 establishments in Greece Multi-sport clubs in Greece Gamma Ethniki clubs