A.O. Nea Ionia F.C.

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.

A.O. Nea Ionia
Full nameAthlitikos Omilos Neas Ionias
(Athletic Union of New Ionia)
Nickname(s)Κυανοκίτρινοι (Yellow-Blues)
Founded16 May 1939 (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

History

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 2014–2015 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 2015–2016 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

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]

Players

Current squad
As of 12 October 2023

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
15 GK Greece GRE Kostas Papoutsis
38 GK Greece GRE Nikitas Lourakis
3 DF Greece GRE Panagiotis Alemis
7 DF Greece GRE Dimitris Tsigaridas
8 DF Greece GRE Aggelos Marousis
11 DF Greece GRE Nikos Petras
19 DF Greece GRE Nasos Gerolimos
26 DF Greece GRE Dimitris Rautopoulos
30 DF Greece GRE Theofanis Chatzigeorgiou
44 DF Greece GRE Panagiotis Mpastas
4 DF Greece GRE Dionisis Spiratos
5 MF Greece GRE Giorgos Mpanias
14 MF Greece GRE Vasilis Antonopoulos
16 MF Greece GRE Kostas Stathopoulos
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 MF Greece GRE Spiros Apostolou
32 MF Greece GRE Dimitris Konstantinou
40 MF Greece GRE Orestis Tzamai
54 MF Greece GRE Dimitris Makris
6 MF Greece GRE Vasilis Rautopoulos
9 MF Greece GRE Leuteris Pantazopoulos
34 MF Greece GRE Vangelis Platellas
10 FW Greece GRE Giorgos Aggelis
14 FW Greece GRE Pavlos Ntyrmisi
29 FW Greece GRE Tasos Mitafis
10 FW Greece GRE Christos Tsagiannis
77 FW Greece GRE Aggelos Chamatai
81 FW Brazil BRA Fernadinho
99 FW Portugal POR Fabio Tavares


Retired numbers

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

Notable former and current players

Personnel

Current Board
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
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