Filippos Veria H.C.A.C. Filippos Verias eurohandball.com (Greek: Φίλιππος Βέροιας) is a Greek handball club based in Veria, section of multi-sports club Filippos Veria. The handball department of Filippos was founded in 1977 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.

History Filippos Veria Handball Club was founded in 1977, when the first Greek Handball tournament was held. Filippos won the first tournament in 1977, organised by SEGAS. 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. 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 Karypidis.Βόμβα με τον αρχηγό της Εθνικής!Συνεχίζει τις μεταγραφικές βόμβες ο βασιλιάς Φίλιππος

Recent seasons SeasonDivisionPlaceNotes2000–01 A1 Ethniki 2nd2001–02 A1 Ethniki 3rd2002–03 A1 Ethniki 1st Winner Greek Cup2003–04 A1 Ethniki 2nd2004–05 A1 Ethniki 2nd2005–06 A1 Ethniki 3rd 2006–07 A1 Ethniki 2ndWinner Greek Cup2007–08 A1 Ethniki 5th2008–09 A1 Ethniki 5th Finalist Greek Cup2009–10 A1 Ethniki 2nd 2010–11A1 Ethniki 5th 2011–12A1 Ethniki 8th2012–13A1 Ethniki 9th 2013–14A1 Ethniki 7th 2014–15A1 Ethniki 5th 2015–16Handball Premier1st Winner Greek Cup2016–17Handball Premier 7th 2017–18Handball Premier7th2018–19Handball Premier9th2019–20Handball Premier12th2020–21Handball Premier7th2021–22Handball Premier11thRelegated to A2

European record

Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate 2015–16 EHF Challenge CupR2 SKIF Krasnodar 35–29 26–31 61–60R3 A.E.K. Athens 36–34 32–22 68–561/8 S.L. Benfica 14–34 26–23 40–57 2016–17 EHF CupR1 RK Budvanska Rivijera 30–24 28–26 58–50R2 NMC Górnik Zabrze 17–30 15–20 32–50

Honours Greek Men's Handball Championship Winner (9): 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2016 Greek Men's Handball Cup Winner (6): 1985, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2007, 2016 EHF Cup Winners' Cup Semi-finals (1): 1993 EHF Challenge Cup Runners-up (1): 2003

Current squad Season 2015–16Hellenic Handball Federation Filippos Veria squad Number Player Position Birth Date Height (m)1 Christos EvaggelopoulosGoalkeeper 18/11/1993 1.93 2 Nikos ArvanitidisPivot 22/6/19881.84 3 Nikos ZlatanosGoalkeeper 11/10/1994 1.88 5 Nikos CharalabidisLeft Extreme 25/1/1997 1.88 6 Stefanos MichailidisLeft Inter 15/5/19941.987 Diogenis ApostolidisLeft Inter23/2/1996 1.93 9 Anastasios PantelidisLeft Inter23/2/1996 1.80 10 Charalampos AnaniadisPivot 29/7/1986 1.90 11 Dimitris MpantisPlay Maker15/6/1980 1.92 12 Akis PsomiadisGoalkeeper3/8/1996 1.8814 Theofanis DeligiannisLeft Extreme11/5/1987 1.8020 Savas KaripidisRight Extreme 23/5/1979 1.8221 Kostas PsomiadisLeft Extreme 1/6/1997 1.88 22 Giorgos KotsifasGoalkeeper27/6/1982 1.87 23 Angelos DragolasRight extreme14/4/1991 1.85 25 Giorgos Mastrogiannis Play Maker 30/8/1981 1.84 31 Kostas Tsilimparis Play Maker 30/8/1981 1.84 33 Thomas KoronasGoalkeeper9/3/1994 1.85 55 Stauros RebelakosLeft Extreme13/6/1989 1.76 69 Stauros PapadopoulosLeft Extreme28/5/1980 1.80 88 Nikos NikolaidisLeft Extreme21/4/1988 1.75

Technical staff Technical staffHead coach Kostas ToutsisAssistant coach Kostas DeligiannisFitness coach Giannis Tzoumakis

See also Filippos Veria Filippos Verias B.C. Veria F.C. GE Verias

References

External links Official Site A.C. Filippos Verias eurohandball.com, Filippos Verias