GS Ilioupolis ( el, Γ.Σ. Ηλιούπολης) is a
multi-sport club
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based in
Ilioupoli,
Athens,
Greece.
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
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Basketball (Men's and Women's)
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Football
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Judo
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Tennis
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Track and field
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Swimming
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Volleyball (Men's and Women's)
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Water polo
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Handball
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(''defunct'')
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Futsal (''defunct'')
Football team
The football team of Ilioupolis achieved to play in
Beta Ethniki
The Football League ( el, Φούτμπολ Λιγκ) was the second highest professional football league in Greece since its inception in 1962 as ''Beta Ethniki'' and until 2019. It then served as a third tier after the creation of the Super Lea ...
(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
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Gamma Ethniki
**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
Gamma Ethniki championship, in the season 1994-95
Volleyball team
The women’s volleyball team of GS Ilioupolis plays in the
A1 Ethniki
The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship), and also known as the Stoiximan Basket League for sponsorship reaso ...
(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. 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 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
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Hellenic Futsal Cup
The Hellenic Futsal Cup is the second important competition of 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.
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**Winner (1) :2009
References
External links
GS Ilioupolis- Official site
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Football clubs in Attica
Association football clubs established in 1953
1953 establishments in Greece
Multi-sport clubs in Greece
Gamma Ethniki clubs