Niki Volos (sports club)
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| Full name | Gymnastikos Syllogos Niki Volou Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Νίκη Βόλου |
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| Founded | 19 August 1924 |
| Colours | Blue, White |
| Chairman | Iordanis Xatziefraimidis |
| Website | Club website |
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G.S. Niki Volos (full name Gymnastikos Syllogos Niki Volou/ Greek: Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Νίκη Βόλου) is a Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Ionia, Magnesia. It was founded on 19 August 1924 and it has teams in football, basketball, volleyball, water polo, athletics and other sports.
Departments
[edit]- Niki Volos F.C., football team that plays in Super League Greece 2 (2024–25)
- Niki Volos B.C., basketball team that plays in Greek B Basket League (2024–25)
- Niki Volos V.C., women volleyball team that plays in B Ethniki Women Volleyball (2024–25)
- Niki Volos Water Polo, Water Polo team that plays in B Ethniki Water Polo (2024–25)
History
[edit]Niki Volos was founded in 1924 as Gymnastic Club of Volos' Refugees. The first president was Apostolos Papazoglou. After two years, in 1926, it was decided to change the name of the sports club. Panionios and Apollon were the first names that fell on the table and in fact there was a strong disagreement. The solution was provided by the then president, Maurikios Panas, who, seeing a statuette of Nike of Paionios, proposed the name "Niki Volos".
Football club of Niki participated for the first time in the championship of the first category before the establishment of the First National, as in 1953–54 she was the winner of the Northern Group and this gave her the ticket for the final phase of the National Division Championship 1953–54, Six teams (Athens (2) – Piraeus – Thessaloniki – North – South) took the 5th place with 16 points, ahead of Panahaiki, who finished the championship with 13.
Niki won for the first time in the 1961 Beta Ethniki, where she had 5 appearances in the big league. In 1966 she was relegated to the Beta Ethniki and since then has been trying to regain her rise to the big category, which eventually succeeded 48 years later, in 2014–15. In 1976 she won the Amateur Cup.
The club's men's basketball team competes in Greek Basketball League the seasons 1972–73 and 1984–85. In 1987 and 2017 Niki Volos won the ESKATH championship.
Sport facilities
[edit]Domestic honours
[edit]- Football team
- Second Division
- Third Division
- Fourth Division
- Winners (2): 1992–93, 2001–02
- Greek FCA Winners' Championship
- Winners (1): 1975–76
- Greek Football Amateur Cup
- Winner (1): 1975–76
- Basketball team
- Greek 2rd Division
- Winners (2): 1971–72, 1983–84
- Greek 4th Division
- Winners (2): 1987, 1993–94, 1995–96, 2010–11
Notable supporters
[edit]- Angelos Argyris, footballer, former Niki Volos player [1]
- Dimitris Balafas, footballer and coach, former Niki Volos captain [2]
- Lavrentis Machairitsas, singer [3]
- Dimitrios Kokkinakis, footballer, former Niki Volos player, lifelong fan [4]
- Giannis Paflias, footballer and coach, former Niki Volos captain [5]
References
[edit]- ^ Άγγελος Αργύρης: Η Νίκη Βόλου είναι ομάδα της καρδιάς μου
- ^ Μπαλάφας: «Νίκη Βόλου, η ομάδα της καρδιάς μου»
- ^ Δηλωμένος Νικιώτης ο Λαυρέντης
- ^ "Kokkinakis interview (in Greek)". e-thessalia.gr. 26 October 2014.
- ^ Όνειρό μου να καθίσω στον πάγκο της Νίκης - Mikriliga.com · Είναι η ομάδα της καρδιάς μου