Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (also Ionikos Nea Philadelphia) is a sport club that is based in

Nea Filadelfeia Nea Filadelfeia ( el, Νέα Φιλαδέλφεια, meaning ''New Philadelphia'') is a suburb of Athens, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Filadelfeia-Chalkidona, of which it is the seat and a munici ...

, an Athenian suburb. The full name of club is A.S. Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia (Greek: Α. Σ. Ιωνικός Νέας Φιλαδέλφειας). It was founded in 1930. The club has teams in many sports. The more successful teams are the

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

and

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

teams. The colours of Ionikos are blue and white.

Basketball team

Ionikos N.F. played in the

Greek Basket League 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 ...

from 2001 to 2005. In 2004, Ionikos moved to Amaliada, Greece and was named ''Iionikos N.F. Amaliada'', but the team returned to

at the end of the season. In the 2003–04 season, Ionikos played in the EuroCup,Ionikos NF Egnatia Bank
ULEB Cup 2003–04 statistics. and in the 2004–05 season, Ionikos played in the

EuroChallenge FIBA EuroChallenge (called the FIBA Europe League in 2003–05, and FIBA EuroCup in 2005–08) was the 3rd-tier level transnational men's professional continental club basketball competition in Europe, from 2003 to 2015. It was organized and run ...

. Today, the team competes in the Greek B League.

Notable players

Handball team

The handball department of Ionikos is the most successful team of the club. Ionikos has got fifteen domestic titles (ten championships and five cups). In season 2010-11 Ionikos relegated in A2 Category. In recent season (2014–15), it finished in 1st place in A2 Ethniki and promoted to A1. However, it was withdrawn from the championship due to financial problems and was replaced by Archelaos Katerinis. ;Titles: *10 Greek Men's Championships: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1999. *5 Greek Men's Cups:Greek Handball Federation, cup's winners
1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993. *1 Greek Men's Super Cup: 1999

Recent seasons

Volleyball team

The volleyball department had also donated successes, mainly the women’s team. The women’s team has conquered two Greek championships. During last season (2012–13) the team played in A2 category, in 2nd group. The men’s team of Ionikos plays in A2 Ethniki in 2nd group. It has played 22 times in

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 ...

. The better period of team was the decade of seventies when Ionikos took the three place of championship twice. ;Titles: *2 Greek women's championships: 1989, 1994.

References

{{A2 Greek women's volleyball Multi-sport clubs in Athens