OF Nea Ionia ( el, Όμιλος Φιλάθλων Νέας Ιωνίας/ΟΦ Νέας Ιωνίας) is a Greek handball club, based in

Nea Ionia Nea Ionia ( el, Νέα Ιωνία, meaning New Ionia) is a northern suburb of Athens, Greece, and a municipality of the Attica region. It was named after Ionia, the region in Anatolia from which many Greeks migrated in the 1920s as a part of the ...

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 ...

. It was founded in 1926. The club dominates in women handball, winning the most of the last championships and

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. The team's colours are cyan and white.

History

OF Nea Ionia was founded in 1926 by refugees from

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who had been settled in

. The club stopped its action its during Second World War and refounded in 1947. At those years the club had notable football team and other teams in various sports. The football team obligatorily merged with other local teams during

Greek military junta The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels, . Also known within Greece as just the Junta ( el, η Χούντα, i Choúnta, links=no, ), the Dictatorship ( el, η Δικτατορία, i Diktatoría, links=no, ) or the Seven Years ( el, η Ε ...

. The women handball team, which is the most successful team of the club was founded in 1984. So far it won four championships and four cups. OF Nea Ionia won the champion and the cup's of season 2014-15. It is also won the championship of current season.

Current squad

As of 31 May 2015

European record

Titles

Greek Women's Handball Championship The Greek women's handball championship known as A1 Ethniki Women's Handball is an annual competition, the most important in Greek women's handball together with the Greek Cup. The competition is organised by the Hellenic Handball Federation since ...

**Winner: 5 (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) * Greek Women's Handball Cup **Winner: 5 (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018)

References

External links

Official Page
{{A2 Ethniki handball Greek handball clubs Handball clubs established in 1926 1926 establishments in Greece Sport in Attica