AO Neas Ionias
Wikipedia - 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. The club currently compete in the Athens First Division.
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. 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. 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.
AO Neas Ionias heeft een lange geschiedenis in de Griekse competities en heeft verschillende succesvolle perioden gehad, waaronder een periode in de Super League, de hoogste voetbaldivisie van Griekenland. De club heeft ook deelgenomen aan Europese competities, waaronder de UEFA Europa League.
Enkele van de meest bekende spelers die voor AO Neas Ionias hebben gespeeld zijn:
* Giannis Kalitzakis
* Giourkas Seitaridis
* Stelios Giannakopoulos
* Kostas Katsouranis
AO Neas Ionias is een populaire club in Nea Ionia en heeft een trouwe aanhang. De club staat bekend om haar sterke jeugdopleiding en heeft verschillende talentvolle jonge spelers voortgebracht.