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AC Diomidis Argous

Greek handball club


Greek handball club

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fullnameAthlitikós Ómilos Diomidis Argous Handball Club
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groundNea Kios Indoor Sports Hall, Nea Kios
capacity600
managerGeorgios Zaravinas
leagueHandball Premier
websitehttp://www.diomidishandball.gr
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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.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

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Team

Current squad

:Squad for the 2023–24 season

[[File:Ac_diomidis_argous_logo.jpg30x30px]] Diomidis Argous

Technical staff

  • Head coach: GRE Georgios Zaravinas
  • Assistant coach: GRE Andreas Vassilopoulos
  • Physiotherapist: GRE Georgios Sideris

Transfers

:Transfers for the 2025–26 season ;Joining [[Image:Arrow-up.png]]

;Leaving [[Image:Arrow-down.gif]]

  • GREPOL Marko-Jan Terlecki (GK) to CZE SKKP Handball Brno
  • EGY Omar Salem (CB) to GRE AEK Athens
  • GRE Vasileios Manthos (LP) to GRE Olympiacos

Transfer History

20x20px **Transfers for the 2023–24 season**

Previous squads

20x20px **2011–2012 Team**Shirt NoNationalityPlayerBirth DatePosition
1Ilias TsoulosGoalkeeper
2Georgios ZaravinasLeft Winger
4Nikolaos RoumeliotisRight Winger
5Theodoros MegaloikonomuCentral Back
7Eleftherios KremastiotisLeft Winger
8Nikolaos PassiasLeft Back
9Christos PriobolosLeft Back
10Duro MujićLeft Back
11Charalampos MalliosCentral Back
12Christophoros NungovitchGoalkeeper
13Raqi MarangoLine Player
17Nikolaos SamarasRight Winger
18Fotis KontoulisCentral Back
19Evangelos SpentzosRight Winger
21Ioannidis EleftheriosLeft Winger
77Milan UroševićRight Back
99Davor TaskovićLeft 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

SeasonRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
[2011–12](2011-12-ehf-challenge-cup)
[[File:Gold medal blank.svg13px]] *Winners*Round 3POL SPR Stal Mielec30–2627–28**57–54**
Round 4UKR Portovik Yuzhny27–2426–29**53–53 (a)**
Quarter-finalsSUI HC Kriens-Luzern25–2128–28**53–49**
Semi-finalsISR Maccabi Tel Aviv21–2129–26**50–47**
FinalsSUI Wacker Thun26–2320–22**46–45**

EHF ranking

  • GRE Charalampos Mallios (2010–2012, 2013–2014, 2021–2023)
  • GRE Nikolaos Samaras (2009–2017)
  • GRE Georgios Zaravinas (2010–2014)
  • ALG Sofiane Bendjilali (2022–2023)
  • BIHGER Sven Suton (2017–2018)
  • CYP Christophoros Nungovitch (2011–2015)
  • SRB Đorđe Golubović (2020–2021)
  • UKR Olexandr Shevelev (2020–2022)

References

References

  1. "European Handball Federation - A.C. Diomidis Argous win EHF Men's Challenge Cup / Article".
  2. "Diomidis Argous - Players, Team & Season Info | EHF".
  3. https://www.facebook.com/bssmanagement/posts/breaking-news-marko-jan-terlecki-is-new-member-of-skkp-brno-he-comming-from-gree/1040276424946058/
  4. https://www.in.gr/2025/07/16/sports/othersports/olympiakos-o-vasilis-manthos-epestrepse-stous-erythroleykous/#goog_rewarded
  5. "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".
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