Filippos Veria H.C. (

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: Φίλιππος Βέροιας) is a Greek handball club based in

Veria Veria (; ), officially transliterated Veroia, historically also spelled Beroea or Berea, is a city in Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia, northern Greece, capital of the regional unit of Imathia. It is located north-nor ...

, 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

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. The next years Filippos won 8 moreover

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(reaching 9 totally) and 5

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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 The EHF European Cup is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the third-tier competition of European club handball, after the EHF Champions League and the EHF European League. Foun ...

but it was defeated by Danish team

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. 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 The 2003–04 EHF Champions League was the 44th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament. Montpellier Handball were the reigning champions. RK Celje won their first ever title, beating SG Flensburg-Handewitt SG Flensburg-Handewitt ...

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

, 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

), 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.

Recent seasons

European record

Honours

Greek Men's Handball Championship The Greek Men's Handball Championship, or Handball Premier, is the most important competition of Greek handball. The competition which is organised by Hellenic Handball Federation (Greek: ΟΧΕ) started in the 1979–80 season. The most successfu ...

**Winner (9): 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2016 *

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**Winner (6): 1985, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2007, 2016 *

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**Semi-finals (1): 1993 *

**Runners-up (1): 2003

Current squad

Season 2015–16Hellenic Handball Federation
Filippos Veria squad

Technical staff

References

External links

Official SiteA.C. Filippos Verias eurohandball.com, Filippos Verias
{{A1 Greek handball Handball clubs in Greece Sport in Veria Handball clubs established in 1977 1977 establishments in Greece