Filippos Veria

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.

A.C. Filippos Verias
Full nameAthletic Club Filippos Verias
(Greek: Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Φίλιππος Βέροιας)
Nickname(s)Vasilias (The King)
Erythrolefkoi (The Red-Whites)
Short nameFilippos
Founded1962
ArenaFilippeio Indoor Hall
Capacity1,500
PresidentGiorgos Fikatas
Head coachStelios Sereikidis
CaptainGiorgos Mastrogiannis
LeagueHandball Premier
2017–20187th
Home
Away
Website
Official site
Active departments of Filippos Veria
Basketball Handball (Men) Handball (Women)
Volleyball Athletics Gymnastics

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
2015–16Handball Premier1stWinner Greek Cup
2016–17Handball Premier7th
2017–18 Handball Premier 7th

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

Honours

Current squad

Season 2015–16[7]

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

Technical staff
Technical staff
Head coach Kostas Toutsis
Assistant coach Kostas Deligiannis
Fitness coach Giannis Tzoumakis
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See also

References
  1. A.C. Filippos Verias eurohandball.com
  2. "Filippos Veria". handball.gr. Archived from the original on 1 May 2014. 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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