GS Ilioupolis

Ilioupoli

Full name	Gymnastikos Syllogos Ilioupolis
Founded	1953
Ground	Iloupoli Municipal Stadium Ilioupoli, Greece
Capacity	2,000
League	Athens A Local
2013–14	Athens A Local, 7th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

GS Ilioupolis (Greek: ΓΣ Ηλιούπολη) is a multi-sport club based in Ilioupoli, Athens, Greece.

The club was founded in 1953, and it has about 2,000 athletes competing in nine sports.^[1]

Colours and crest

GS Ilioupoli's colours are red and blue and its logo features a setting sun on its nearby mountains and the ground.^[1]

Sports

• Basketball (Men's and Women's)
• Football
• Judo
• Tennis
• Track and field
• Swimming
• Volleyball (Men's and Women's)
• Water polo
• Handball (defunct)
• Futsal (defunct)

Football team

The football team of Ilioupolis achieved to play in Beta Ethniki (2nd tier championship) for two years, the seasons 2009-10 and 2010-11. The second season in Beta Ethniki, Ilioupoli was punished about the match-fixing scandal, known from the journalists as Koriopolis, and relegated to Delta Ethniki (fourth-tier championship).^[2][3]

Squad 2010 - 2011

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Nikolaos Kouvarakis 2 MF Dimitrios Tsatsaris 3 MF Jose Pla Moya 4 DF Michalis Nikolopoulos 5 DF Thodoris Berios 6 MF Srdjan Urosevic 9 FW Stylianos Kritikos 10 MF Sotiris Leontiou 11 DF Angelos Sikalias 13 GK Albert Marrama

No. Position Player 15 GK Michalis Saroglou 16 DF Papadopoulos Giannis 17 GK Giannis Takidis 18 MF Christos Niaros 19 MF Efstathios Stefanidis 23 MF Justin Marku 21 FW Anastasios Thanos 22 MF Spyridon Dorovinis 28 DF Dimitrios Alkiviadis

Basketball team

Ilioupolis has basketball team both men's and women's. The basketball team of GS Ilioupolis plays in the Athens local divisions. Biggest success of the club was winning the Gamma Ethniki championship, in the season 1994-95

Volleyball team

The women’s volleyball team of GS Ilioupolis plays in the A1 Ethniki (1st-tier championship). It plays for 2nd consecutive season in A1 Ethniki and has played again in the past, from 1995 to 1999.

Water polo team

GS Ilioupolis water polo team plays in A1 Ethniki Water Polo. It won the ascension during the last season (2014-15) when it finished in the 2nd place in A2 Ethniki championship.^[4]

Track and field

• Rankings:
  • 2010: 63rd (out of 321 clubs)^[5]
  • 2011: 49th (out of 299 clubs).^[6]
  • 2012: 44th (out of 281 clubs)

Futsal team

Ilioupoli had a futsal team. This team had won a Greek cup in 2009. In the same year it was the finalist of the championship. The next years, Ilioupoli Futsal team finished in the 5th or 6th place of the championship until 2012 when the team withdrew from the championship.^[7]

Titles

Futsal team

• Hellenic Futsal Cup
  • Winner (1) :2009

References

1. "History". GS Ilioupoli.
2. "ΕΕΑ: Ο Ηρακλής και άλλες 8 ομάδες στην Δ' Εθνική". tovima.gr. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
3. "Υποβιβασμός για Ηλιούπολη". sport-fm.gr. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
4. "Στην Α1 ΝΕΠ και Ηλιούπολη". onsports.gr. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
5. "Track and field results, 2010", SEGAS (Greek) PDF
6. "Track and field results, 2011", SEGAS (Greek) PDF
7. "Τέλος ο Γ.Σ. Ηλιούπολης από το πρωτάθλημα ποδοσφαίρου σάλας". geitoniamou.gr. Retrieved 24 October 2015.

External links

• (Greek) GS Ilioupolis - Official site