Gymnastikos Syllogos Thessalonikis "Iraklis" (), commonly referred to as Iraklis Thessaloniki, is a multi–

sporting club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

based in the city of

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area) and the capital cit ...

Macedonia Macedonia (, , , ), most commonly refers to: * North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia * Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity * Macedonia (Greece), a former administr ...

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. G.S. Iraklis Thessalonikis was founded on 29 November 1908 and is one of the oldest and most historic sporting clubs in

, hence the nickname "Gireos" (). In 1910, the name "Iraklís" (, ) was added to the club's name as an honour to the

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(or

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as the Roman equivalent), hence the nickname "Imitheos" (). The club's

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are

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and

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, inspired by the

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History

G.S. Iraklis Thessalonikis traced its roots back on 1 July 1899 when Omilos Filomouson () was established. The club was established as a cultural union of the

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(then under Ottoman sovereignty), and it's sports department was founded in 1902. In 1903 the club joined forces with Olympia, another greek Gymnastic Club of

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was a new sport at the time, but rapidly increasing in popularity and thus the board of directors decided to line up a football team. The first

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match that was held on 23 April 1905 by the Omilos Filomouson football team which won by 3–0 against Union Sportive, team of the Western European diaspora of

Later on, Omilos Filomouson faced financial problems. As a result, members of Omilos Filomouson founded on 29 November 1908 a new sporting club, called Makedonikos Gymnastikos Syllogos (), that gained a permission to operate by the Ottoman authorities. The new club's first president was a Greek doctor, Alkiviadis Maltos. The name of the club had a direct reference to the ethnic tensions that took place in the area at that time. Due to the

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revolt of

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and their promises for ease of ethnic tensions in the area, the club was forced to change its name. Thus a new name was decided in 1910 for the club, Othomanikos Ellinikos Gymnastikos Syllogos Thessalonikis "Iraklis" (). Τhe name "Iraklís" () was added to the club's name as an honour to the

. The new name was approved, together with a new statute and a new board of directors, by a general assembly of the club on 13 April 1911. After the integration of

in the

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on 26 October 1912, the operation of the club was accepted by the Greek courts in 1914 and became a fully registered sports club on 11 January 1915 as Gymnastikos Syllogos Thessalonikis "Iraklis" ().

Crest and colours

The crest of G.S. Iraklis Thessalonikis depicts the

in a moment of rest leaning on his gnarled club, a scene inspired by the

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, itself a copy of a

crafted by

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in the

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. Throughout the entire club's history, its

are

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and

to resemble the

of the

given the fact that G.S. Iraklis Thessalonikis was established while

was a part of the

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. The club is so known in

as "Kianolefkoi" (). Statue of Szajnowicz Iwanow

Sections

G.S. Iraklis Thessalonikis maintains sections in many

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including: * G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (men's association football) (''founded in 1908'') –

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* G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (men's basketball) (''founded in 1921'') –

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G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (women's basketball) G.S. Iraklis Thessalonikis is the Woman, women's basketball team of G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki, G.S. Iraklis Thessalonikis, the multi–Sports club, sport club based in the city of Thessaloniki, Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia, Greece. The club ...

(''founded in 1926'') –

* G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (men's volleyball) (''founded in 1921'') –

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (women's volleyball) G.S. Iraklis Thessalonikis is a volleyball team based in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. Founded in 1926, it serves as the women's volleyball section of the multi–sport club of G.S. Iraklis Thessalonikis. The team's colors are blue and ...

(''founded in 1926'') –

* G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (men's water polo) (''founded in 1924'') –

Water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

* G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (women's water polo) (''founded in 1989'') –

* G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (men's rugby) (''founded in 2004'') –

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* G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (women's rugby) (''founded in 2013'') –

* G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (men's handball) (''founded in 1994'') –

Handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

* G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (athletics) (''founded in 1908'') –

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* G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (cycling) (''founded in 1931'') –

Cycling Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo ...

* G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (men's table tennis) (''founded in 2013'') –

Table tennis Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of ...

* G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (swimming) (''founded in 1912'') –

Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve hydrody ...

* G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (synchronized swimming) (''founded in 1995'') –

Synchronized swimming Synchronized swimming (in British English, synchronised swimming), also known as artistic swimming, is a sport where swimmers perform a synchronized choreographed routine, accompanied by music. The sport is governed internationally by World A ...

* G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (diving) (''founded in 2019'') –

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* G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (open water swimming) –

Open water swimming Open water swimming is a swimming discipline which takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, lakes, and rivers. Competitive open water swimming is governed by the International Swimming Federation, World Aquatics (formerly kno ...

* G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (fencing) (''founded in 1972'') –

Fencing Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. It consists of three primary disciplines: Foil (fencing), foil, épée, and Sabre (fencing), sabre (also spelled ''saber''), each with its own blade and set of rules. Most competitive fe ...

* G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (judo) (''founded in 1979'') –

Judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyc ...

* G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (ju jutsu) –

Ju Jutsu Jujutsu ( , or ), also known as jiu-jitsu and ju-jitsu (both ), is a Japanese martial art and a system of close combat that can be used in a defensive or offensive manner to kill or subdue one or more weaponless or armed and armored opponent ...

* G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (teqball) (''founded in 2025'') –

Teqball Teqball is a ball sport that is played on a curved table, combining elements of football and table tennis. Back and forth, the players hit a ball with any part of the body except arms and hands. Teqball can be played between two players as a sin ...

Former Sections

* G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (wrestling) (''founded in 1924'') –

wrestling Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves di ...

* G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (boxing) (''founded in 1965'') –

Boxing Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as boxing glove, protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing Punch (combat), punch ...

* G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (weightlifting) (''founded in 1920'') –

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* G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (inline hockey) (''founded in 2008'') –

Inline hockey Inline hockey or roller hockey is a variant of hockey played on a hard, smooth surface, with players using inline skates to move and ice hockey sticks to shoot a hard, plastic puck into their opponent's goal to score points. The sport is a v ...

* G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (ice hockey) (''founded in 2008'') –

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* G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki (men's cricket) (''founded in 2015'') –

Cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

Honours

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Source: *

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: 1 **

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Balkans Cup The Balkans Cup was an international football competition for clubs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. It was introduced in 1961 and was very popular in the 1960s (the 1967 final attracted 42,000 spectators), being ...

: 1 **

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Basketball

Source:

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* Greek Championships: 2 ** 1928, 1935

Women A woman is an adult female human. Before adulthood, a female child or adolescent is referred to as a girl. Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and women with functional u ...

* Greek Championships: 4 ** 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972

Volleyball

Source:

Men A man is an adult male human. Before adulthood, a male child or adolescent is referred to as a boy. Like most other male mammals, a man's genome usually inherits an X chromosome from the mother and a Y chromosome from the fa ...

* Greek Championships: 5 ** 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012 * Greek Cups: 6 ** 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2012 * Greek Super Cups: 4 ** 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 * Greek Cup A1 Ethniki: 1 ** 1999

Αthletics

Source:

Men

* Greek Championships: 6 ** 1975, 1976, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1986 * Greek Cups: 2 ** 1979, 1990

Women

* Greek Championships: 1 ** 1991 * Greek Cross Country Championships: 6 ** 1967, 1981, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2009 * Greek Cups: 3 ** 1989, 1990, 1991

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Source:

Men

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: 1 ** 2013 * Greek Championship Rugby Sevens: 2 ** 2013, 2014

Women

* Greek Championship Rugby Sevens: 2 ** 2014, 2024

Fencing

Source:

Men

* Greek Épée team championship: 1 ** 1983

Women

* Greek Foil team championship: 1 ** 1978

Freestyle wrestling

Source:

Men

* Greek Championships: 11 ** 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

European honours

Notable supporters

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, TV presenter * Thodoris Atheridis, actor *

Nikos Chatzivrettas Nikolaos (Nikos) Chatzivrettas (alternate spelling: Hatzivrettas) (Greek: Νικόλαος (Νίκος) Χατζηβρέττας; born May 26, 1977) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At a height of Chatzivrettas 1.97 m (6 f ...

, basketball player, former Iraklis player * Athanasios Giannousis, former Mayor of Thessaloniki *

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, former Prime Minister of

* Georgios Lianis, former Minister of Sports, politician * Georgios Katsanis, former Iraklis athlete, special forces in the 1974 Cyprus war *

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, football player and coach, former Iraklis captain * Nikos Kouvelas, basketball player, former Iraklis player * Sotiris Kouvelas, former Mayor of Thessaloniki, former MP *

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, Slovak volleyball player, Greek champion with Iraklis * Alekos Leonis, volleyball player and coach, Greek champion with Iraklis * Giannis Mangriotis, politician, former Minister of Macedonia-Thrace * Theodoros Karaoglou, politician, former MP *

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, basketball player and coach, former Iraklis captain and coach * Konstantinos Kosmopoulos, former Mayor of Thessaloniki * Lazaros Kyrizoglou, former mayor of Ampelokipi, Thessaloniki * Theocharis Manavis, former Mayor of Thessaloniki *

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, former Iraklis athlete, saboteur during German Occupation (1941-44) * Anastasios Katsabis, footballer, former Iraklis captain * Ieroklis Michailidis, actor * Giorgos Orfanos, former Minister of Sports, politician *

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, basketball player, 2005 European champion, former Iraklis player * Michalis Papadopoulos, former Mayor of Thessaloniki * Daniil Papadopoulos, football player and coach, former Iraklis captain *

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, former football player *

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, singer * Dimitris Starovas, musician, actor *

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, singer * Polina Trigonidou, model, journalist, volleyball player * Fanis Toutziaris, footballer, former Iraklis player *

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References

External links

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History

Crest and colours

Sections

Former Sections

Honours

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Basketball

Men A man is an adult male human. Before adulthood, a male child or adolescent is referred to as a boy. Like most other male mammals, a man's genome usually inherits an X chromosome from the mother and a Y chromosome from the fa ...

Women A woman is an adult female human. Before adulthood, a female child or adolescent is referred to as a girl. Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and women with functional u ...

Volleyball

Men A man is an adult male human. Before adulthood, a male child or adolescent is referred to as a boy. Like most other male mammals, a man's genome usually inherits an X chromosome from the mother and a Y chromosome from the fa ...

Αthletics

Men

Women

Rugby Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby union: 15 players per side *** American flag rugby *** Beach rugby *** Mini rugby *** Rugby sevens, 7 players per side *** Rugby tens, 10 players per side *** Snow rugby *** Tou ...

Men

Women

Fencing

Men

Women

Freestyle wrestling

Men

European honours

Notable supporters

References

See also

External links

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