AO Diomidis Argous () is a Greek handball team based in Argos, that plays in the Handball Premier.
History
The club was founded in 1976. The handball department was founded in the club in 1984. The team was named after Diomedes, the former king of the city of Argos, who became famous in the Trojan War. The symbol of the team is the ancient wolf with the crown of King Diomedes. Popularly nicknamed the "Wolves", the team won for the first time the EHF Challenge Cup in 2012, downing in the final Wacker Thun. It was also the first time a Greek team won a European title in a handball club competition.
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Team
Current squad
Squad for the 2023–24 season
Diomidis ArgousGoalkeepers 12 Marco-Jan Terlecki 16 Georgios Xatzikonstantinou 88 Filippos Nikolintais Left Wingers 2 Dimitrios Kostoulas 7 Panagiotis Tselios 22 Panteleimon Kostakidis Right Wingers 20 Garyfalos Bagios 99 Ioannis Stefanitsis Line Players 28 Vasileios Manthos 30 Dušan Vukadinović 31 Ioannis-Alexios Mpekiaris
Left Backs 5 Eleytherios Anastasiou 6 Orfeas Tsakalos 67 Antonios Karkagelis Central Backs 13 Christoforos Tsakouridis 55 Periklis Orfanos Right Backs 15 Stylianos Asvestas 77 Charalampos Mpaltatzis
Technical staff Head coach: Georgios Zaravinas Assistant coach: Andreas Vassilopoulos Physiotherapist: Georgios Sideris
Transfers Transfers for the 2025–26 season
Joining
Leaving Omar Salem (CB) to AEK Athens Christoforos Tsakouridis (CB) to BT Füchsehttps://www.bt-fuechse.at/post/grieche-verstärkt-füchse-team Marko-Jan Terlecki (GK) to SKKP Handball Brnohttps://www.facebook.com/bssmanagement/posts/breaking-news-marko-jan-terlecki-is-new-member-of-skkp-brno-he-comming-from-gree/1040276424946058/ Vasileios Manthos (LP) to Olympiacoshttps://www.in.gr/2025/07/16/sports/othersports/olympiakos-o-vasilis-manthos-epestrepse-stous-erythroleykous/#goog_rewarded
Transfer History
Transfers for the 2023–24 seasonJoining Dušan Vukadinović (LP) from RK Proleter Zrenjanin Omar Salem (CB) from Aviation Sporting Club Panagiotis Tselios (LW) from Aeropos Edessas Panteleimon Kostakidis (LW) from Aeropos Edessas Christoforos Tsakouridis (CB) from A.C. Doukas School Garyfalos Bagios (RW) from Olympiacos Filippos Nikolintais (GK) from Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia
Leaving Sofiane Bendjilali (LP) to Valence Handball Goran Andjelic (GK) to RK Sloboda Tuzla Grigorios Tzimpoulas (LW) to Olympiacos Christos Tsigaridas (CB) to Olympiacos
Previous squads 2011–2012 Team Shirt NoNationalityPlayerBirth DatePosition 1 Ilias Tsoulos Goalkeeper 2 Georgios Zaravinas Left Winger 4 Nikolaos Roumeliotis Right Winger 5 Theodoros Megaloikonomu Central Back 7 Eleftherios Kremastiotis Left Winger 8 Nikolaos Passias Left Back 9 Christos Priobolos Left Back 10 Duro Mujić Left Back 11 Charalampos Mallios Central Back 12 Christophoros Nungovitch Goalkeeper 13 Raqi Marango Line Player 17 Nikolaos Samaras Right Winger 18 Fotis Kontoulis Central Back 19 Evangelos Spentzos Right Winger 21 Ioannidis Eleftherios Left Winger 77 Milan Urošević Right Back 99 Davor Tasković Left Back
Achievements
EHF Challenge Cup Winners (1): 2011/12 Greek Championships Winners (2): 2011/12, 2013/14 Runners-up (3): 2012/13, 2014/15, 2015/16 Greek Cup Runners-up (2): 2013/14, 2019/20
European record
EHF Challenge Cup SeasonRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate2011–12 Winners Round 3 SPR Stal Mielec 30–26 27–28 57–54 Round 4 Portovik Yuzhny 27–24 26–29 53–53 (a) Quarter-finals HC Kriens-Luzern 25–21 28–28 53–49 Semi-finals Maccabi Tel Aviv 21–21 29–26 50–47 Finals Wacker Thun 26–23 20–22 46–45
EHF ranking
Rank Team Points138 SPR Chrobry Głogów34139 RK Metalurg Skopje34140 HK Malmö34141 Diomidis Argous33142 RK Borac Banja Luka33143 Handball Club Berchem32144 RKHV Volendam32
Former club members
Notable former players
Charalampos Mallios (2010–2012, 2013–2014, 2021–2023) Nikolaos Samaras (2009–2017) Georgios Zaravinas (2010–2014) Sofiane Bendjilali (2022–2023) Sven Suton (2017–2018) Christophoros Nungovitch (2011–2015) Đorđe Golubović (2020–2021) Olexandr Shevelev (2020–2022)
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