A.O. Nea Ionia F.C.

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A.O. Nea Ionia
Full nameAthlitikos Omilos Neas Ionias
(Athletic Union of New Ionia)
Nickname(s)Κυανοκίτρινοι (Yellow-Blues)[citation needed]
Founded16 May 1939; 84 years ago (1939-05-16) (merged three times in 1967,1988 and 2001)
GroundMunicipal Stadium of Nea Ionia
Capacity3,000
ChairmanAndreas Chatzipavlidis
Head CoachDimitris Papaspirou
LeagueAthens First Division
2022–238th[1]
WebsiteClub website

A.O. Nea Ionia F.C, officially known as Nea Ionia (Greek: Νέα Ιωνία, Athlitikos Omilos Neas Ionias), the "Athletic Union of New Ionia", is a Greek association football club based in the city of Nea Ionia, Greece.[2] The club currently compete in the Athens First Division.

History[edit]

At the end of the first decade of the previous century, the town of Nea Ionia had a lot of football clubs, each with its separate football history.[3][4] The town was known to the rest of Athens for its sport-active inhabitants. A.O. Nea Ionia is a merged product of historic football clubs, last accomplished in 2001, and it's today's most representative club of this refugee town.[5] The basic colours of the team are yellow and blue. The football club was relegated from the Greek Football League 2 in the 2014-15 season, as they finished 13th in Group 4 rankings. A change of ownership and severe financial problems led the club to the local championships in the new 2015-16 football season.

In 2018, the club appealed to the Hellenic Football Federation for the training compensation (€29.500) of Marios Ogboe's transfer from OFI Crete to Hamilton Academical and won the case.[6][7]

Stadium[edit]

The club's home ground is located in Nea Ionia, Athens. The municipal stadium of Nea Ionia[8] is the home ground for A.O.Nea Ionia from the day of its foundation. It was built in 1962. In 2004, the whole stadium was extensively renovated, and the pitch was replaced with a turf system of the very last generation. The dressing rooms were renovated in 2007. The new facilities and stands that were built in 2015 were fully sponsored by the government of Greece. The stadium is also the home ground for A.E. Eleftheroupoli and P.A.O. Alsoupolis. The main entrance of the stadium is situated at Olympias Street.[9]

Part of the dramatic film "The Striker with Number 9", directed by Pantelis Voulgaris, was filmed in this stadium.[10]

Honours and achievements[edit]

Domestic competitions[edit]

  • Football League 2 (Third-tier)
    • Participation (2): 2013–14, 2014–15
  • Delta Ethniki (Fourth-tier)
    • Participation (10): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

As of 1 November 2023[11]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Greece GRE Savvas Leukopoulos
2 GK Greece GRE Kostas Papoutsis
3 GK Greece GRE Nikitas Lourakis
4 DF Greece GRE Panagiotis Alemis
5 DF Greece GRE Dimitris Tsigaridas
6 DF Greece GRE Aggelos Marousis
7 DF Greece GRE Nikos Petras
8 DF Greece GRE Nasos Gerolimos
9 DF Greece GRE Dimitris Rautopoulos
10 DF Greece GRE Theofanis Chatzigeorgiou
11 DF Greece GRE Panagiotis Mpastas
12 DF Greece GRE Dionisis Spiratos
13 MF Greece GRE Vasilis Antonopoulos
14 MF Greece GRE Dimitris Georgopoulos
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Greece GRE Spiros Apostolou
16 MF Greece GRE Dimitris Konstantinou
17 MF Greece GRE Orestis Tzamai
18 MF Greece GRE Dimitris Makris
19 MF Greece GRE Vasilis Rautopoulos
20 MF Greece GRE Leuteris Pantazopoulos
21 FW Greece GRE Vangelis Platellas
22 FW Greece GRE Giorgos Aggelis
23 FW Greece GRE Marios Spyridakis
24 FW Greece GRE Christos Tsagiannis
25 FW Greece GRE Aggelos Chamatai
26 FW Brazil BRA Fernadinho
27 FW Portugal POR Fabio Tavares
28 FW Greece GRE Alexandros Limnios


Retired numbers[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
32 FW Greece GRE Pantelis Pantelidis (posthumous)

Notable former coaches[edit]

Notable former and current players[edit]

Personnel[edit]

Current Board[edit]

Position Staff
President Greece Andreas Chatzipavlidis
Vice President A Greece Anastasios Theodoridis
Vice President B Greece Dionysios Tsourapis
General Secretary Greece Spyros Rakitzopoulos
Chief Financial Officer Greece Ilianna Kosta
Financial Officer Assistant Greece Ioanna Theodoridou
Deputy General Manager Greece Panagiotis Elmaloglou
Technical Director Greece Makis Elmaloglou
General Manager Greece Emmanouhl Despotopoulos
Kit Manager Greece Georgios Choulis

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Αθηνών. "Βαθμολογία Περιόδου 2022-2023 Α΄Κατηγορία 1ος Όμιλος". epsath.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  2. ^ Ε.Π.Σ. Αθηνών beta. ΝΕΑ ΙΩΝΙΑ. epsath.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. ^ Μπράτσος, Νάσος (12 December 2020). "Τα πρώτα αθλητικά βήματα των Μικρασιατών προσφύγων στη Ν. Ιωνία Αττικής (B' μέρος)". ertnews.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  4. ^ Μπράτσος, Νάσος (19 December 2020). "Τα πρώτα αθλητικά βήματα των Μικρασιατών προσφύγων στη Ν. Ιωνία Αττικής (Γ' μέρος)". ertnews.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  5. ^ Μπράτσος, Νάσος (21 January 2017). "Α.Ο. Νέας Ιωνίας: Συνεχής προσφορά στον ερασιτεχνικό αθλητισμό". ertnews.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 16 October 2023. H ομάδα με τη σημερινή της μορφή υπάρχει από το 2001 όταν προέκυψε από τη συγχώνευση του Α.Ο. Νεάπολης και του Ιωνικού Νέας Ιωνίας, ενώ ανέστειλε τη δράση της και η ποδοσφαιρική ομάδα Βυζάντιο
  6. ^ Γεωργούντζος, Σωτήρης (13 July 2018). "Αποζημίωσης-σταθμός για το ερασιτεχνικό ποδόσφαιρο!". sportstonoto.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Δικαίωση για Νέα Ιωνία στο Διαιτητικό, την πληρώνει ο ΟΦΗ για Ογκμποε". soccerplus.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  8. ^ Foursquare. "Γήπεδο Ίκαρου". foursquare.com. Online. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Ολυμπίας 6, Νέα Ιωνία, 142 33". google.com/maps/dir. Online. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  10. ^ Μπράτσος, Νάσος (5 December 2020). "Τα πρώτα αθλητικά βήματα των Μικρασιατών προσφύγων στη Ν. Ιωνία Αττικής (Α' μέρος)". ertnews.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 16 October 2023. Στο σημερινό δημοτικό γήπεδο της Νέας Ιωνίας γυρίστηκε μέρος της ταινίας "Η φανέλα με το 9", είναι η τρίτη φωτο.
  11. ^ "ΡΟΣΤΕΡ ΑΝΔΡΩΝ 2023 - 2024". aonionias.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  12. ^ Δαλαταριώφ, Παναγιώτης; Βέργος, Δημήτρης. "O Nτανιέλ Μπατίστα στο Gazzetta, στην εξομολόγηση της ζωής του". specials.gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Εγώ όταν ήμουν στην Δ' Εθνική στη Νέα Ιωνία, η ΑΕΚ Κ20 έχασε 9-0.
  13. ^ Γρυπάρης, Νίκος (11 January 2008). "Γκέντσογλου και Πάνου απέκτησε η Νέα Ιωνία". contra.gr (in Greek).
  14. ^ Κατσαΐτης, Πασχάλης (8 January 2014). "Δεν στέριωσε ούτε στη Νέα Ιωνία ο Τσαμουρλίδης". enwsi.gr (in Greek).
  15. ^ Γιάννης, Γεωργόπουλος (30 January 2018). "Ογκμποε: «Δεν περίμενα πως από τον ΟΦΗ θα βρεθώ στη Χάμιλτον". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Ο 23χρονος φορ, ο οποίος ανακοινώθηκε πριν από μια εβδομάδα από τους «Ακαδημαϊκούς», ξεκίνησε από τα... αλώνια της Δ΄ Εθνικής παίζοντας στη Ν. Ιωνία
  16. ^ Ζαχάκης, Θανάσης (8 October 2022). "Σπουδαία κίνηση με Αινεία Καλογέρη στη Νέα Ιωνία". stoplekto.gr (in Greek).
  17. ^ Παντζαρίδης, Κυριάκος (10 November 2022). "Τέλος Αινείας Καλογερής και Μιχάλης Παπαδόπουλος από τη Νέα Ιωνια". soccerlive.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  18. ^ "Έκανε το… μπαμ η Νέα Ιωνία με την απόκτηση του Πλατέλλα". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 12 October 2023.

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