Filippos Veria

A.C. Filippos Verias
Full name Athletic Club Filippos Verias
(Greek: Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Φίλιππος Βέροιας)
Nickname(s) Vasilias (The King)
Erythrolefkoi (The Red-Whites)
Short name Filippos
Founded 1962
Arena Filippeio Indoor Hall
Capacity 1,500
President Giorgos Fikatas
Head coach Stelios Sereikidis
Captain Giorgos Mastrogiannis
League Handball Premier
2016–2017 7th
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Active departments of Filippos Veria
Basketball Handball (Men) Handball (Women)
Volleyball Athletics Gymnastics

A.C. Filippos Verias[1] (Greek: Α.Σ. Φίλιππος Βέροιας) is a Greek sport club based in Veria. It has departments in Basketball, Volleyball, Handball, Gymnastics, and Athletics. The most successful is the department of Handball that has won many titles. Filippos was founded in 1962 and its colours are white and red. Its emblem is Philip of Macedonia. Filippos is also known as "Vasilias (the king)" and it is the second most successful club in Premier Handball/A1 Ethniki history.

History

Filippos Veroia Handball Club was founded in 1977, when the first Greek Handball tournament was held. Filippos won the first tournament in 1977, organised by SEGAS.[2] The next years Filippos won 8 moreover championships (reaching 9 totally) and 5 cups and became the club with the most titles in Greek Handball along with Ionikos Nea Filadelphia. In 2003 Filippos played in the final of EHF Challenge Cup but it was defeated by Danish team Skjern Håndbold. It was the first Greek handball club that played in a final of a European competition.[3][4] Filippos also participated in 2003–04 EHF Champions League where they achieved three wins in six matches and they were disqualified in a quadruple tie as they had the worst GD. After four years of decline, Filippos finished 4th in the A1 championship and after PAOK's rejection to play in the EHF Challenge Cup, they registered to the competition and they'll replace the team. This was the first time after five years that Filippos would participate in a European competition. Moreover, Theodoros Karipidis (president and owner of Veria), involvement in Filippos, boosted club's morale and confidence and it appears that there's an opportunity for the dream to resurrect from its ashes. In co-operation with Karipidis, the board of the club achieved to sign the captain of the Greek national team, Giorgos Mastrogiannis, as well as Savvas Karipidis.[5][6]

Recent seasons

Season Division Place Notes
2000–01A1 Ethniki2nd
2001–02A1 Ethniki3rd
2002–03A1 Ethniki1stWinner Greek Cup
2003–04A1 Ethniki2nd
2004–05A1 Ethniki2nd
2005–06A1 Ethniki3rd
2006–07A1 Ethniki2ndWinner Greek Cup
2007–08A1 Ethniki5th
2008–09A1 Ethniki5thFinalist Greek Cup
2009–10A1 Ethniki2nd
2010–11A1 Ethniki5th
2011–12A1 Ethniki8th
2012–13A1 Ethniki9th
2013–14A1 Ethniki7th
2014–15A1 Ethniki5th
2015–16A1 Ethniki1stWinner Greek Cup
2016–17A1 Ethniki7th

European record

Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2015–16 EHF Challenge Cup R2 Russia SKIF Krasnodar 35–29 26–31 61–60
R3 Greece A.E.K. Athens 36–34 32–22 68–56
1/8 Portugal S.L. Benfica 14–34 26–23 40–57
2016–17 EHF Cup R1 Montenegro RK Budvanska Rivijera 30–24 28–26 58–50
R2 Poland NMC Górnik Zabrze 17–30 15–20 32–50

Honours

Current squad

Season 2015–16[7]

Number Player Position Birth Date Height (m)
1Greece Christos EvaggelopoulosGoalkeeper18/11/19931.93
2Greece Nikos ArvanitidisPivot22/6/19881.84
3Greece Nikos ZlatanosGoalkeeper11/10/19941.88
5Greece Nikos CharalabidisLeft Extreme25/1/19971.88
6Greece Stefanos MichailidisLeft Inter15/5/19941.98
7Greece Diogenis ApostolidisLeft Inter23/2/19961.93
9Greece Anastasios PantelidisLeft Inter23/2/19961.80
10Greece Charalampos AnaniadisPivot29/7/19861.90
11Greece Dimitris MpantisPlay Maker15/6/19801.92
12Greece Akis PsomiadisGoalkeeper3/8/19961.88
14Greece Theofanis DeligiannisLeft Extreme11/5/19871.80
20Greece Savas KaripidisRight Extreme23/5/19791.82
21Greece Kostas PsomiadisLeft Extreme1/6/19971.88
22Greece Giorgos KotsifasGoalkeeper27/6/19821.87
23Greece Angelos DragolasRight extreme14/4/19911.85
25Greece Giorgos MastrogiannisPlay Maker30/8/19811.84
31Greece Kostas TsilimparisPlay Maker30/8/19811.84
33Greece Thomas KoronasGoalkeeper9/3/19941.85
55Greece Stauros RebelakosLeft Extreme13/6/19891.76
69Greece Stauros PapadopoulosLeft Extreme28/5/19801.80
88Greece Nikos NikolaidisLeft Extreme21/4/19881.75

Technical staff

Technical staff
Head coach Greece Kostas Toutsis
Assistant coach Greece Kostas Deligiannis
Fitness coach Greece Giannis Tzoumakis

See also

References

  1. ↑ A.C. Filippos Verias eurohandball.com
  2. ↑ "Filippos Veria". handball.gr. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Έγραψε ιστορία" (in Greek). tanea.gr. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Χάντμπολ: Ο Διομήδης Αργους σε ραντεβού με την Ιστορία". tovima.gr. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Βόμβα με τον αρχηγό της Εθνικής!
  6. ↑ Συνεχίζει τις μεταγραφικές βόμβες ο βασιλιάς Φίλιππος
  7. ↑ Hellenic Handball Federation Filippos Veria squad
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