Archelaos Katerinis (full name Gymnastikos Athlitikos Syllogos Archelaos Katerinis, GAS Archelaos Katerinis – ) is a Greek multisport club based in Katerini. The club has sport departments in various sports, but the most successful is the handball team. The handball team has won two Greek cup.
History Archelaos Katerinis was founded in 1956. Initially the club had also a basketball team. This team was merged with Pierikos in 2008 and it continues as Archelaos-Pierikos B.C. The most successful team of the club is the handball team. The handball team of Archelaos was founded in 1980 and it has won 2 Greek Cups (1990, 1994) and was one time the finalist of the championship. In the recent season, Archelaos finished in second place of A2 Ethniki Handball but it was promoted to A1 replacing Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia that withdrew.
Recent seasons SeasonDivisionPlaceNotes2011–12A2 Ethniki 6th 2012–13A2 Ethniki 1st Promoted to A12013–14A1 Ethniki 12th Relegated to A22014–15A2 Ethniki 2nd Promoted to A12015–16A1 Ethniki 12th Relegated to A2
Honours Greek Cups Winner (2): 1990, 1994
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