Ionikos F.C.
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{{Football club infobox |
clubname = Ionikos FC|
image = [[Image:Ionikos.png|195px]]|
nickname = ''Galanoleukoi'' (blue-whites)
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founded = [[1965]] |
ground = [[Neapolis Public Stadium]] <br /> [[Nikea]], [[Piraeus]], [[Greece]] |
capacity = 4,999|
owner = {{flagicon|Greece}} Christos Kanellakis|
chairman = {{flagicon|Greece}} Manolis Tsacheilidis|
manager = {{flagicon|Greece}} Nikos Goulis|
league = [[Second Division (Greece)|Second Division]]|
season = [[Beta Ethniki|2007-08]]|
position = [[Beta Ethniki]], 5th |
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=== HISTORY ===
'''Ionikos FC''' is a [[football (soccer)]] club that plays in the [[Second Division (Greece)]], Greece's second football league. It was founded in June of 1965, when Former president Alex Meraklidis merged two regional football clubs: Athletic Union of Nikaia and Aris Piraeus. In 1989 Ionikos joined the ranks of Alpha Ethniki (now [[Super League Greece]]), and since then has participated in the [[UEFA Cup]] in the 1998-99 season, and made it to the Greek Cup final in the 1999-2000 season. The club's colors are blue and white.
==It was in 1989==
When IONIKOS F.C. climbed up in the 1st League, where Mr. Nikos Kanellakis funded the club and became the new president.
Only then did his visions of an ideal team become reality, by breaking the rule that gave premiership just to selected footbal clubs.
==Having the full support==
Of the administration, an impeccable competitive spirit and a vivid stronghold, IONIKOS F.C. confronted the three traditional football teams of Olympiakos, Panathinaikos and AEK in equal terms, if not always with victory, but definitely by giving the best impressions.
==Europe==
The achievement of the ultimate goal was undoubtly a dream that came true in 1999. The important and spectacular European Championship gave IONIKOS F.C. the experience and the unique opportunity to gain a placement between the giants of European football.
'''Ionikos F.C.''' in Europe
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season
! Competition
! Round
!
! Club
! Score
|-
| '''1999-2000'''
| [[UEFA Cup]]
| 1st Round
|{{flagicon|France}}
|[[FC Nantes Atlantique]]
|1-3, 0-1
|}
==Stadium==
{{Main|Neapolis Public Stadium }}
The [[Neapolis Public Stadium]] ([[Greek]]: Γήπεδο Νεάπολης) is in [[Nikaia, Attica|Nikaia]] which is a suburb of [[Piraeus]]. It is the home ground for the football section of the [[Ionikos]]. The [[Neapolis Public Stadium]] build in 1965 and has a capisity of 4.999. Record attendance is 6.565 in a 1st division football match between [[Ionikos]] and [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] on 4/2/1990.
==The History of Rangers Members club==
'''1989''': '''Τhe beginning'''
The Association of Ionikos Nikaias Supporters Rangers Club was established in August 1989. Stelios Palaiohoritis, was the founder supporter who also coined the name of the Club, aiming to highlight that its members would be the guards who would always defend the interest of Ionikos.
Before 1989 there had been two support clubs. The Association of Ionikos Nikaias Supporters and the Fan Club of Agios Georgios. However, in the absence of a common vision for the role of the fan clubs, these two clubs did not manage to unite and organise the bulk of Ionikos supporters. Nonetheless, this was a period that Ionikos Nikaias was playing in the Second Greek Football Division, and the presence of organised funs did not seem to be a problem. The team had been very popular anyway and each Sunday Neapoli Stadium was a placed packed with Ionikos fan and a no-go area for visiting supporters.
The promotion of Ionikos to the First Greek Football Division was accompanied with the need to organise the loyal fans of Ionikos further. This necessity gave birth to Rangers Club.
The first headquarters of the Club were in Elefterias Square, in the area of Koridallos. This area was and remains a stronghold of Ionikos Nikaias supporters.
The powerful presence of Rangers became evident from the early days of the Club. Before the first ever match of Ionikos for the first Greek football division, against Aris Salonika, 2000 supporters had met outside Rangers headquarters and marched over 2 kilometres to reach the Aegaleo Stadium where the match would be held.
Within a year, over 1.000 registered members turned Rangers Club to one of the most dynamic and admired supporters association in Greece.
The Club remained in the Koridallos for almost two years. Economic reasons led to the decision to close the offices in Koridallos and the club headquarters re-located in Neapolis. This movement did not influence by any means the dynamic of club. Its membership continued to rise. Leading to a powerful presence in home and away games of our beloved team.
Five years latter, in summer 1996, the Club relocated to the centre of Nikaia (P. Ralli St & P. Tsaldari St), a move that marked the beginning of a fascinating and glorious period. Given the experience of its more active members the ‘new’ start is really impressive. Over 500 Rangers visit football grounds every Sunday to watch Ionikos. Every corner of Greece, from Xanthi city in the north to Heraklion city in the south, feels the impressive presence of Rangers. The Greek press is ‘obliged’ to acknowledge that Rangers Club is among the three biggest and best independent supporters clubs in Greece.
'''Impressive continuity'''
In 1999, Rangers Club returns to Neapolis, to its current headquarters in Heracleus St.
January 2004 marks the further expansion of Rangers Club. A second branch named Rangers Members Club is established by some of the early founding members, and located in Agios Georgios, Nikaia (P. Tsaldari St).
Each Rangers branch functions autonomously, ensuring a core principle of the Club since its establisment: the presence of pluralism. ¶
Being a lively asset for the local society, the Club develops a wider social presence, through action that fall beyond football. Such actions include the creation of a blood reserve bank and a fight against drugs.
'''RANGERS ARE A FINANCIALLY AND IDEOLOGICAL INDEPENDENT CLUB OF IONIKOS NIKAIAS SUPPORTERS.'''
Rangers do not maintain any clientele relationships with the Ionikos Nikaias Football SA.
The scope of the Club is to loyally follow and support all IONIKOS NIKAIAS teams in all sports, in all grounds in Greece and Europe.
== Current squad 2008/09 ==
''As of July 16, 2008.
<table style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; width: 160px; border: #99B3FF solid 1px">
<tr><td><div style="position: relative;">
'''Squad 2007/08'''
[[Image:Soccer.Field Transparant.png|175px]]
{{Image label|x=0.11|y=0.17|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Yellow">[[Andrejs Prohorenkovs|'''Prohorenkovs'''<br/>]]</font>}}
{{Image label|x=0.20|y=0.40|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Blue">'''Vourexakis'''<br/></font>}}
{{Image label|x=0.27|y=0.14|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Blue">[[Benjamin Onwuachi|'''Onwuachi'''<br/>]]</font>}}
{{Image label|x=0.22|y=0.25|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Blue">[[Oliver Makor|'''Makor'''<br/>]]</font>}}
{{Image label|x=0.06|y=0.31|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Blue">'''Sapanis'''<br/></font>}}
{{Image label|x=0.37|y=0.31|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Blue">'''Manousakis'''<br/></font>}}
{{Image label|x=0.09|y=0.55|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Blue">'''Poulopoulos'''<br/></font>}}
{{Image label|x=0.05|y=0.48|scale=349|text=<font size=1 color="Blue">'''Ikonomou'''<br/></font>}}
{{Image label|x=0.20.5|y=0.66|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Blue">'''Bartzokas'''<br/></font>}}
{{Image label|x=0.36|y=0.48|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Blue">'''Toskas'''<br/></font>}}
{{Image label|x=0.29|y=0.55|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Blue">'''Natsouras'''<br/></font>}}
{{Image label|x=0.12|y=0.14|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Blue">'''Gkogkas'''<br/></font>}}
{{Image label|x=0.06|y=0.34|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Yellow">'''Kostantinidis'''<br/></font>}}
{{Image label|x=0.37|y=0.34|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Yellow">'''Fabinho'''<br/></font>}}
{{Image label|x=0.37|y=0.51|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Yellow">'''Loizidis'''<br/></font>}}
{{Image label|x=0.14|y=0.58|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Yellow">'''Ucar'''<br/></font>}}
</div></td></tr>
</table>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=Greece|name=Panagiotis Bartzokas|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=Greece|name=Efthimis Kotitsas|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=Greece|name=Evaggelos Ikonomou|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=Brazil|name=[[Fabinho]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=Greece|name=Athanasios Gkogkas|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=Liberia|name=[[Oliver Makor]]|pos=FW}}[[Image:Captain sports.svg|12px|Captain]]
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=Latvia |name=[[Andrejs Prohorenkovs]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=Greece|name=Antonios Giondis|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=Greece|name=Dimitrios Tsoukalas|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=Greece|name=Georgios Vourexakis|pos=MF}}''vice''-[[Image:Captain sports.svg|12px|Vice-captain]]
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=Greece|name=Alexis Loizidis|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=Argentina|name=Matias Emanuel Fontato|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=France|name=Kendal Ucar|pos=DF}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=Greece|name=Manolis Koletsis|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=31|nat=Greece|name=Antonios Poutas|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=32|nat=Greece|name=Panagiotis Nakas|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=40|nat=Spain|name=[[Juan José García Granero|García Granero]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=55|nat=Greece|name=Antonios Natsouras|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=80|nat=Nigeria|name=[[Benjamin Onwuachi]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=--- |nat=Greece|name= Dimitrios Balafas|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=--- |nat=Greece|name= Apostolis Papazoudis|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=--- |nat=Greece|name= Sotirios Papazoudis|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=--- |nat=Hungary|name= Gabor Eros|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=--- |nat=Greece|name= [[Nikos Ghalas]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=--- |nat=Greece|name= Christos Pouris|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=--- |nat=Greece|name= Stamoulis Petrou|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=--- |nat=Democratic Republic of the Congo|name= Alex Gaston Kibikula|pos=DF}}
{{Fs end}}
===Summer Squad Changes for the 2008-09 Season===
'''In'''
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=Argentina|name= Matias Emanuel Fontato|pos=DF}} '''from''' [[Club Guarani]]
{{Fs player|no= |nat=Greece|name= Dimitrios Balafas|pos=DF}} '''from''' [[Veroia FC|Veroia]]
{{Fs player|no= |nat=Greece|name= Apostolis Papazoudis|pos=DF}} '''from''' [[Thermaikos FC|Thermaikos]]
{{Fs player|no= |nat=Greece|name= Sotirios Papazoudis|pos=MF}} '''from''' [[AE Polykastro]]
{{Fs player|no= |nat=Hungary|name= Gabor Eros|pos=MF}} '''from''' [[Panthrakikos]]
{{Fs player|no= |nat=Greece|name= [[Nikos Ghalas]]|pos=MF}} '''from''' [[Aiolikos]]
{{Fs player|no= |nat=Greece|name= Christos Pouris|pos=GK}} '''from''' [[Koropi FC]]
{{Fs player|no= |nat=Greece|name= Stamoulis Petrou|pos=DF}} '''from''' [[Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos F.C.|Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos]]
{{Fs player|no= |nat=Democratic Republic of the Congo|name= Alex Gaston Kibikula|pos=DF}} '''Released'''
{{Fs end}}
'''Out'''
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=Greece|name= Georgios Poulopoulos|pos=DF}} '''''Released by Club and moved to''''' '''[[Diagoras F.C.|Diagoras]]'''
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=Uruguay|name= Marcelo Gutman|pos=MF}} '''Released by Club'''
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=Greece|name= Georgios Xenidis|pos=DF}} '''Released by club'''
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=Greece|name=Sotirios Konstantinidis|pos=FW}} '''Released by club'''
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=Greece|name=Grigorios Toskas|pos=DF}}'''''Released by club and moved to''''' '''[[Kallithea FC]]'''
{{Fs player|no=99|nat=Greece|name=Ioannis Lazanas|pos=FW}}'''Released by club'''
{{Fs player|no=73|nat=Greece|name=Dimosthenis Manousakis|pos=MF}} '''''Released by Club and moved to''''' '''[[Ethnikos Achnas FC]]'''
{{Fs player|no=77|nat=Greece|name=[[Miltiadis Sapanis]]|pos=MF}} '''''Released by Club and moved to''''' '''[[Kavala FC]]'''
{{Fs end}}
====Out on loan====
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs end}}
===Off-Season friendly matches for 2008/2009 season===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!|Teams
!|Date
!|Time
!|Score
!|Stadium
!|Scorers
|-
| '''[[Vyzas]] - Ionikos'''||[[10 August]]||[[To be determined|TBD]]|| - ||Megara Stadium, [[Megara]], [[Greece]]|| -
|-
| '''[[Ilioupoli]] - Ionikos'''||[[13 August]]||[[To be determined|TBD]]|| - ||Ilioupoli Stadium, [[Ilioupoli]], [[Greece]]|| -
|-
| '''[[Thrasyvoulos]] - Ionikos'''||[[16 August]]||[[To be determined|TBD]]|| - ||[[Fyli Stadium]], [[Athens]], [[Greece]]||-
|-
| '''[[Kallithea FC|Kallithea]] - Ionikos'''||[[20 August]]||[[To be determined|TBD]]||-||[[Gregoris Lambrakis Stadium]], [[Kallithea]], [[Greece]]||-
|-
| '''[[Ethnikos Piraeus]] - Ionikos'''||[[24 August]]||[[To be determined|TBD]]||-||Elliniko Stadium, [[Athens]], [[Greece]]||-
|-
| '''[[Agia Paraskevi F.C.|Agia Paraskevi]] - Ionikos'''||[[31 August]]||[[To be determined|TBD]]||-||Agia Paraskevi Municipal Stadium, [[Athens]], [[Greece]]||-
|-
| '''[[Fostiras]] - Ionikos'''||[[6 September]]||[[To be determined|TBD]]||-||Tavros Stadium , [[Athens]], [[Greece]]||-
|}
== Sponsorship ==
*[[Mitre Sports International]] - Official Sportswear Partner
* Casino Xanthi - Sponsor
* Nectar S.A. - Sponsor
* OPAP - Sponsor
== Notable Former Players ==
{{col-begin-small}}
{{col-3}}
;Greece
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Nikos Anastopoulos]]
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Kostas Frantzeskos]]
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Nikolaos Frousos]]
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Nikos Tsiantakis]]
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Michalis Vlachos]]
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Giannis Xanthopoulos
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Sokratis Ofridopoulos
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Michalis Ziogas]]
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Kostas Kottakis
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Sokratis Gemelos
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Thodoris Pahatouridis
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Christos Mikes
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Stavros Stamatis
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Nikos Vamvakoulas
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Sakis Tsiolis]]
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Michalis Leontiadis
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Petros Michos
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Ilias Savvidis
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Manolis Papadopoulos
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Sotirios Konstantinidis
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Christos Michail
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Giorgos Daraklitsas
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Anastasios Ferekidis
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Nikos Tsiblidis
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Georgios Poulopoulos
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Nikos Oustabasidis
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Kostas Behlivanis
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Giannis Hadjinikolaou
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Nikos Kourkounas
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Vasilis Filis
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Manolis Papadopoulos
*{{flagicon|Greece}} Dimosthenis Manousakis
{{col-3}}
;Albania
*{{flagicon|Albania}} [[Arjan Beqaj]]
*{{flagicon|Albania}} [[Foto Strakosha]]
;Bolivia
*{{flagicon|Bolivia}} [[Milton Coimbra]]
;Brazil
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} Paolo Adrioli
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Jocimar Nascimento]]
;Croatia
*{{flagicon|Croatia}} Miloe Klajevic
;France
*{{flagicon|France}} Cιdric Montabor
;Uruguay
*{{flagicon|Uruguay}} Dario Delgado
*{{flagicon|Uruguay}} Marcelo Gutman
;Peru
*{{flagicon|Peru}} Dario Muchodrigo
;Portugal
*{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Filipe da Costa]]
*{{flagicon|Portugal}} Fereira King
{{col-3}}
;Scotland
*{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Craig Brewster]]
;South Africa
*{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Pierre Issa]]
*{{flagicon|South Africa}} Notsimane Pitso
;Syria
*{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Mohammad Nasser Afash]]
{{col-end}}
== Famous Managers ==
*{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Sergio Markarián]] '''(1998-1999)'''
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Oleg Blokhin]] '''(1994-1997)''' - '''(1999-2002)'''
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Jacek Gmoch]] '''(1997-1998)''' - '''(2002-2003)'''
== Managerial history ==
{| class="wikitable"
! width=175|Player
! width=45|Matches
|-
|-
||{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Nikos Alefantos]]|| <center> 1992
|-
||{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Hristo Bonev]]|| <center>1993/1994
|-
||{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Oleg Blokhin]]|| <center>1994/1997
|-
||{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Jacek Gmoch]]|| <center>1997/1998
|-
||{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Sergio Markarián]]|| <center>1998/1999
|-
||{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Oleg Blokhin]]|| <center>1999/2002
|-
||{{flagicon|France}} [[Jean-Michel Cavalli]]|| <center> 2002
|-
||{{flagicon|Greece}} Socratis Gemelos|| <center> 2002
|-
||{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Jacek Gmoch]]||<center> 2002/2003
|-
||{{flagicon|Greece}} Vaggelis Vlachos|| <center>2003/2005
|-
||{{flagicon|Greece}} Thanasis Tsiolis|| <center> 2005
|-
||{{flagicon|Greece}} Sakis Tsiolis|| <center> 2005
|-
||{{flagicon|Argentina}} Inacio Soares Augusto|| <center> 2006
|-
||{{flagicon|Greece}} Hadjinikolaou|| <center>2006/2007
|-
||{{flagicon|Greece}} Giorgos Vazakas|| <center>2007/2008
|-
||{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Nikos Anastopoulos]]|| <center> 2008
|-
||{{flagicon|Greece}} Nikos Goulis || 2008 - present
|}
==Beta Ethniki 2007-08==
'''Classification'''
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! width="44" |Pos
! width="200" |Team
! width="40" |Pld
! width="40" |W
! width="40" |D
! width="40" |L
! width="40" |F
! width="40" |A
! width="40" |GD
! width="40" |Pts
|-bgcolor="ACE1AF"
|1||align="left"|'''[[Panserraikos]]'''||34||18||10||5||46||19||27||'''64'''
|-bgcolor="ACE1AF"
|2||align="left"|'''[[Thrasyvoulos]]'''||34||18||7||9||44||27||17||'''61'''
|-bgcolor="ACE1AF"
|3||align="left"|'''[[Panthrakikos]]'''||34||17||10||7||44||31||13||'''60'''
|-
|4||align="left"|'''[[PAS Giannina]]'''||34||16||9||9||54||38||16||'''57'''
|-
|'''5'''||align="left"|'''IONIKOS'''||'''34'''||'''15'''||'''9'''||'''10'''||'''37'''||'''28'''||'''9'''||'''54'''
|-
|6||align="left"|'''[[Kallithea FC|Kallithea]]'''||34||15||7||12||40||35||4||'''52'''
|-
|7||align="left"|'''[[Kerkyra FC|Kerkyra]]'''||34||13||11||10||39||33||6||'''50'''
|-
|8||align="left"|'''[[Agrotikos Asteras]]'''||34||14||5||15||43||45||-2||'''47'''
|-
|9||align="left"|'''[[Ethnikos Piraeus]]'''||34||11||12||11||32||36||-4||'''45'''
|-
|10||align="left"|'''[[Ilisiakos|Ilysiakos]]'''||34||13||4||17||31||38||-7||'''43'''
|-
|11||align="left"|'''[[Kalamata FC|Kalamata]]'''||34||11||9||14||30||33||-3||'''42'''
|-
|12||align="left"|'''[[Ethnikos Asteras]]'''||34||10||11||13||32||37||-5||'''41'''
|-
|13||align="left"|'''[[Pierikos]]'''||34||10||14||10||28||31||-3||'''41'''
|-
|14||align="left"|'''[[Kassandra Olympiakos AS|ASK Olympiakos Volos]]'''||34||9||12||13||31||38||-7||'''39'''
|-
|15||align="left"|'''[[Kastoria FC|Kastoria]]'''||34||10||9||15||26||41||-15||'''39'''
|-bgcolor="ffc0cb"
|16||align="left"|'''[[Egaleo FC|Egaleo]]'''||34||10||9||15||28||34||-6||'''39'''
|-bgcolor="ffc0cb"
|17||align="left"|'''[[Haidari FC|Chaidari]]'''||34||8||14||12||30||31||-1||'''38'''
|-bgcolor="ffc0cb"
|18||align="left"|'''[[Agios Dimitrios FC|Agios Dimitrios]]'''||34||2||8||24||22||62||-40||'''14'''
|}
{|
|width="05"|
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
!'''Matchday'''
!'''Home'''
!'''Score'''
!'''Away'''
|-
|'''1'''
|[[Ethnikos Asteras]]
|1-0
|'''Ionikos'''
|-
|'''2'''
|'''Ionikos'''
|0-0
|[[Panthrakikos]]
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Kallithea FC|Kallithea]]
|0-1
|'''Ionikos'''
|-
|'''4'''
|'''Ionikos'''
|1-0
|[[Panseraikos]]
|-
|'''5'''
|[[Ethnikos Piraeus]]
|1-1
|'''Ionikos'''
|-
|'''6'''
|'''Ionikos'''
|1-1
|[[Kalamata FC|Kalamata]]
|-
|'''7'''
|'''Ionikos'''
|1-0
|[[Kassandra Olympiakos AS|Kassandra Olympiakos]]
|-
|'''8'''
|[[Egaleo FC|Egaleo]]
|1-2
|'''Ionikos'''
|-
|'''9'''
|'''Ionikos'''
|0-0
|[[Thrasyvoulos]]
|-
|'''10'''
|[[Agios Dimitrios FC|Agios Dimitrios]]
|0-1
|'''Ionikos'''
|-
|'''11'''
|'''Ionikos'''
|3-1
|[[Agrotikos Asteras]]
|-
|'''12'''
|[[Kerkyra FC]]
|0-0
|'''Ionikos'''
|-
|'''13'''
|'''Ionikos'''
|1-0
|[[Ilisiakos]]
|-
|'''14'''
|[[Haidari FC|Haidari]]
|2-3
|'''Ionikos'''
|-
|'''15'''
|[[PAS Giannina]]
|1-0
|'''Ionikos'''
|-
|'''16'''
|'''Ionikos'''
|0-0
|[[Kastoria FC|Kastoria]]
|-
|'''17'''
|[[Pierikos]]
|1-1
|'''Ionikos'''
|-
|'''18'''
|'''Ionikos'''
|1-0
|[[Ethnikos Asteras]]
|-
|'''19'''
|[[Panthrakikos]]
|1-1
|'''Ionikos'''
|-
|'''20'''
|'''Ionikos'''
|0-1
|[[Kallithea FC|Kallithea]]
|-
|'''21'''
|[[Panseraikos]]
|1-0
|'''Ionikos'''
|-
|'''22'''
|'''Ionikos'''
|2-1
|[[Ethnikos Piraeus]]
|-
|'''23'''
|[[Kalamata FC|Kalamata]]
|2-1
|'''Ionikos'''
|-
|'''24'''
|[[Kassandra Olympiakos AS|Kassandra Olympiakos]]
|0-1
|'''Ionikos'''
|-
|'''25'''
|'''Ionikos'''
|2-1
|[[Egaleo FC|Egaleo]]
|-
|'''26'''
|[[Thrasyvoulos]]
|2-0
|'''Ionikos'''
|-
|'''27'''
|'''Ionikos'''
|3-0
|[[Agios Dimitrios FC|Agios Dmitrios]]
|-
|'''28'''
|[[Agrotikos Asteras]]
|4-3
|'''Ionikos'''
|-
|'''29'''
|'''Ionikos'''
|1-2
|[[Kerkyra FC|Kerkyra]]
|-
|'''30'''
|[[Ilisiakos]]
|1-0
|'''Ionikos'''
|-
|'''31'''
|'''Ionikos'''
|1-0
|[[Haidari FC|Haidari]]
|-
|'''32'''
|'''Ionikos'''
|4-1
|[[PAS Giannina]]
|-
|'''33'''
|[[Kastoria FC|Kastoria]]
|1-1
|'''Ionikos'''
|-
|'''34'''
|'''Ionikos'''
|0-1
|[[Pierikos]]
|-
|}
====Results by round====
{{Fb_rbr_header |nr=34 }}
{{Fb_rbr_ground|m1=A|m2=H|m3=A|m4=H|m5=A|m6=H|m7=H|m8=A|m9=H|m10=A|m11=H|m12=A|m13=H|m14=A|m15=A|m16=H|m17=A|m18=H|m19=A|m20=H|m21=A|m22=H|m23=A|m24=A|m25=H|m26=A|m27=H|m28=A|m29=H|m30=A|m31=H|m32=H|m33=A|m34=H}}
{{Fb_rbr_result|m1=L|m2=D|m3=W|m4=W|m5=D|m6=D|m7=W|m8=W|m9=D|m10=W|m11=W|m12=D|m13=W|m14=W|m15=L|m16=D|m17=D|m18=W|m19=D|m20=L|m21=L|m22=W|m23=L|m24=W|m25=W|m26=L|m27=W|m28=L|m29=L|m30=L|m31=W|m32=W|m33=D|m34=L}}
|}
== Statistics 2007/08 ==
{|
|- valign="top"
|'''Tables'''
{| class="wikitable"
!Matches|| Played || Won || Drawn || Lost || G.F. || G.A. || G.D. || Points
|-
| <center>'''Home'''
| <center>17
| <center>10
| <center>4
| <center>3
| <center>21
| <center>9
| <center>12
| <center>34
|-
| <center>'''Away'''
| <center>17
| <center>5
| <center>5
| <center>7
| <center>16
| <center>19
| <center>-3
| <center>20
|-
| <center>'''Global'''
| <center>34
| <center>15
| <center>9
| <center>10
| <center>37
| <center>28
| <center>9
| <center>54
|}
| '''Goal Scorers'''
{| class="wikitable"
!Scorers|| Goals
|-
|[[Benjamin Onwuachi]]
|<center>14
|-
|Athanasios Gkogkas
|<center>4
|-
|[[Oliver Makor]]
|<center>4
|-
|Fabinho
|<center>3
|-
|[[Andrejs Prohorenkovs]]
|<center>3
|-
|Miltos Sapanis
|<center>2
|-
|Sotirios Konstantinidis
|<center>2
|-
|Antonis Natsouras
|<center>1
|-
|Manousakis
|<center>1
|-
|Granero
|<center>1
|-
|Poulopoulos
|<center>1
|}
|'''Attendance at Home''' - ''Neapolis Public Stadium''
{| class="wikitable"
!Match || Attendance
|-
|[[Panthrakikos]]
|<center> 650
|-
|[[Panseraikos]]
|<center> 1 350
|-
|[[Kalamata FC|Kalamata]]
|<center> 960
|-
|[[Kassandra Olympiakos AS]]
|<center> 900
|-
|[[Thrasyvoulos]]
|<center> 1 900
|-
|[[Agrotikos Asteras]]
|<center> 600
|-
|[[Ilisiakos]]
|<center> 830
|-
|[[Kastoria FC|Kastoria]]
|<center> 850
|-
|[[Ethnikos Asteras]]
|<center> 1 000
|-
|[[Kallithea FC|Kallithea]]
|<center> 1 300
|-
|[[Ethnikos Piraeus]]
|<center> 900
|-
|[[Egaleo FC|Egaleo]]
|<center> 1 360
|-
|[[Agios Dimitrios FC|Agios Dimitrios]]
|<center> 1 000
|-
|[[Kerkyra FC|Kerkyra]]
|<center> 970
|-
|[[Haidari FC|Haidari]]
|<center> 910
|-
|[[PAS Giannina]]
|<center> 4 000
|-
|[[Pierikos]]
|<center> 730
|}
|}
==Last Match==
{{footballbox|date = [[May 28]], [[2008]]<br />16:30 [[Central European Time|CET]]|team1 = [[Kastoria FC|Kastoria]]|score = 1 – 1 |team2 = ''IONIKOS''|goals1 ={{goal|89}}Lazaridis|goals2 ={{goal|83}} Kostantinidis |stadium = [[Municipal Stadium of Kastoria]]<br />'''Attendance: 700 <br />'''Referee:''' }}
==Next Match==
{{footballbox|date =[[June 1]], [[2008]]<br />17:00 [[Central European Time|CET]] |team1 = ''IONIKOS''|score = 0 – 1 |team2 = [[Pierikos]] |goals1 = |goals2 ={{goal|15}} [[Stanton Fredericks|Stiga]] |stadium = [[Neapolis Public Stadium]] <br />'''Attendance:''' '''731''' <br />'''Referee:''' Gkougkoulias |report = }}
==Honours==
* [[UEFA Cup 1999-00|1999-00 season]] UEFA CUP Participant
* '''1999-2000''' GREEK CUP Finalist
* '''[[Beta Ethniki]]'''
** 1993-1994 [[Beta Ethniki]] Champion
* '''[[Super League Greece]]'''
** '''1997-1998''' 5th place
** '''1998-1999''' 5th place
==FAN CLUB==
* Rangers Members Club
* Rangers Neapoli Club
* "ULTRAS"- KERATSINI CLUB
==Rivalries==
Ionikos fans harbor a deep antipathy for [[Proodeftiki FC|Proodeftiki]] , [[Egaleo FC|Egaleo]] and [[Kallithea FC|Kallithea]].
* '''[[Ionikos]] and [[Proodeftiki FC|Proodeftiki]]'''
* '''[[Ionikos]] and [[Egaleo FC|Egaleo]]'''
* '''[[Ionikos]] and [[Kallithea FC|Kallithea]]'''
* '''[[Ionikos]] and [[Atromitos F.C.|Atromitos]]'''
==Seasons==
{|
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|
*'''1965-1966''': [[Beta Ethniki]] 5th
*'''1966-1967''': [[Beta Ethniki]] 5th
*'''1967-1968''': [[Beta Ethniki]] 11th
*'''1968-1969''': [[Beta Ethniki]] 17th
*'''1969-1970''': [[Beta Ethniki]] 14th
*'''1970-1971''': [[Beta Ethniki]] 5th
*'''1971-1972''': [[Beta Ethniki]] 16th
*'''1972-1973''': [[Beta Ethniki]] 9th
*'''1973-1974''': [[Beta Ethniki]] 8th
*'''1974-1975''': [[Beta Ethniki]] 9th
*'''1975-1976''': [[Beta Ethniki]] 18th - (Relegated)
*'''1976-1977''': A' Piraeus - (Promoted)
*'''1977-1978''': [[Beta Ethniki]] 9th
*'''1978-1979''': [[Beta Ethniki]] 18th - (Relegated)
*'''1979-1980''': A' Piraeus
*'''1980-1981''': A' Piraeus
*'''1981-1982''': A' Piraeus - (Promoted)
*'''1982-1983''': [[Beta Ethniki]] 15th - (Relegated)
||
*'''1983-1984''': [[Gamma Ethniki]] 3rd
*'''1984-1985''': [[Gamma Ethniki]] 2nd - (Promoted)
*'''1985-1986''': [[Beta Ethniki]] 15th
*'''1986-1987''': [[Beta Ethniki]] 7th
*'''1987-1988''': [[Beta Ethniki]] 13th
*'''1988-1989''': [[Beta Ethniki]] 3th - (Promoted)
*'''1989-1990''': [[Super League Greece]] 14th
*'''1990-1991''': [[Super League Greece]] 16th - (Relegated)
*'''1991-1992''': [[Beta Ethniki]] 2nd - Promoted
*'''1992-1993''': [[Super League Greece]] 17th - (Relegated)
*'''1993-1994''': [[Beta Ethniki]] 1st - (Promoted) '''Champion'''
*'''1994-1995''': [[Super League Greece]] 15th
*'''1994-1995''': [[Super League Greece]] 15th
*'''1995-1996''': [[Super League Greece]] 8th
*'''1996-1997''': [[Super League Greece]] 8th
*'''1997-1998''': [[Super League Greece]] 5th
*'''1998-1999''': [[Super League Greece]] 5th
*'''1999-2000''': [[Super League Greece]] 12th
||
*'''2000-2001''': [[Super League Greece]] 7th
*'''2001-2002''': [[Super League Greece]] 12th
*'''2002-2003''': [[Super League Greece]] 14th
*'''2003-2004''': [[Super League Greece]] 9th
*'''2004-2005''': [[Super League Greece]] 10th
*'''2005-2006''': [[Super League Greece]] 12th
*'''2006-2007''': [[Super League Greece]] 16th - (Relegated)
*'''2007-2008''': '''[[Beta Ethniki]]''' '''5th'''
|}
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* '''16''' seasons in [[Super League Greece]]
* '''21''' seasons in [[Beta Ethniki]]
* '''2''' seasons in [[Gamma Ethniki]]
* '''4''' seasons in A' Piraeus
==Soccer team's history==
'''The beginning...'''
Nikaia is a City with a great football tradition. Some of the greatest Greek footballers started their careers playing for the local teams. Nikaia Sports United (AE Nikaias) participated in the inaugural national Greek championship in 1959. Unfortunately however, this presence did not have the expected continuation. Most of the great players left the teams of the region to play for Olympiakos Panathinaikos and AEK, and the clubs of Kokkinia did not manage any major success.
Ionikos was established in 1965, following the merger of the two most popular teams of the region Nikaia Sports Union and Aris Piraeus. Hopes for a distinguished and successful team did not realise, not least because the neighbouring team of Olympiakos Piraeus was interested in limiting the possibilities of Ionikos promoting to the First Division. It was the era that football teams returns were solely from gate revenues, so Ionikos presence in the First Division would damage financially Olympiakos
Still, the team was very close to promotion but did not manage to realise these prospects. On the contrary two times the team played in the Conference League, leaving a bitter taste to its supporters. Nonetheless, the loyal supporters never left their favourite team alone. Every Sunday, they were there and the stadium was bringing memories from hell. In 1975, in a match against Ioannina, 10.000 supporters packed a Stadium of 2.000 seats.
In 1982 Ionikos relegated from the Second Division to the Third Division. In season 1982-83, Ionikos leads the South Group of the Division. A few matches before the end of the season Ionikos entertains Athinaikos in a decisive derby regarding the team that would gain promotion. Despite the conditions of stormy rain 9.000 fans of Ionikos watch their beloved team to lose 0-1. The final match against Visas in Megara was the decisive one, the winner would gain promotion to the Second Division. The national motorway hosts a blue wave of 4.000 fans, who were ready to celebrate promotion. The first half is full of joy, as Ionikos is 2 goals ahead. However, in the second half Visas scores three silly goals and promotion turns to an unfulfilled dream. The players return to Nikaia, but they have to spend hours in the police station as 2000 thousand fans demand explanations outside.
The message is clear and the next season (1983-84) Ionikos marches towards promotion. The team plays great football, wins clearly the derby against Thriamvos who was chasing promotion 4-0 and gains promotion.
Summer 1984 is marked by the major expansion of Neapoli Stadium. Gate 6 and Gates 3, 4 and 7 are built, increasing the capacity to 8.000 seats. The Stadium takes its current shape with Gate 3 turning the gate of the loyal and organised supporters.
The first four seasons in the Second Division are mediocre. Ionikos stand in the middle of the league table, easily escaping relegation from the early matches, without any second thoughts for ‘better’ achievements.
Rather unexpectedly, season 1988-89 is the turning point. Ionikos surprises everybody and chases promotion. Once more, the last match of the season is at home against Athinaikos. Ionikos has to win the match to reach First Division for the first time in its history. And that’s what the team does. Great football, and a 3-1 win in front of the loyal supporters who have packed Neapoli Stadium. The fans celebrate in the Stadium and continue to do so all night long, from Amfiali to Memou Square.
'''The modern history...'''
Promotion was accompanied by unexpected problems. Dimitris Melissanidis, the then chairman of the Club who had led the team to the Greek Premiership withdraws, without providing any major justification for his decision. The team faces severe difficulties to find the sum that is required to participate in the championship.
Fortunately, Nikos Kanellakis moves forward. A businessman with substantial wealth, he decided to pay the financial burdens of the Club and became its new chairman. Ionikos participates to the Greek Premiership without any financial problems.
Due to the lack of experiences the first years of the Team in the first division were difficult. The renewal of the home ground contributes further to these difficulties. Although the first year relegation was avoided, the second year the team lost the First Division status. Relegation was the outcome of some strange results of the last day.
One year later (1991-92) the team returns to the First Division, only to be relegated the next season (1992-93). Once more the team fought for avoiding relegation until the last moment – when it lost an away match against OFH in Crete. That was to be the last relegation. Christo Bonef was the coach who lead the team to an immediate return to the Greek Premiership (1993-94), and a successful presence during the 1994-95 season.
The arrival of the Ukraine legend Oleg Blahin as a coach in 1995 marks the beginning of a new area. Ionikos turns to a team that is characterized by a winning spirit.
Three years later (1998), N. Kannelakis invites a coach that had just been sacked by the national team of Paraguay, Sergio Markarian, to work in Greece. Having one of the three best attacks in the Greek Premiership, Ionikos plays an entertaining football, and joins the best Clubs of the country.
The reward was a ticket to Europe. In 1999 Ionikos participates in the UEFA CUP for the first time in his history. Ionikos faces the more experienced French team Nant, and loses both home and away games (1-3 and 0-1 respectively)
In 2000, Ionikos reaches the final of the Greek Cup, where he faced AEK. Over five thousands Ionikos’ fans spent the night singing and dominate the whole event. But the team lost 3-0, a score that was not representative of Ionikos performance.
This Cup final participation marked the end of the golden era and the beginning of a relative decline. A lot of capable players left and and the team lost most of its power.
In 2003, following a dreadful season, the team finished in the 16th position of the Greek Premiership and had to play a play-out game in order to stay in the league. Ionikos fans had to travel and conquer the city of Volos, where the team managed to beat Apollon Kalamarias 2-1, althought it played the last 20 minutes with 10 men.
In 2004, following a mediocre season, Ionikos finished in the 10th position of the Greek Premiership
Unfortunately, on 21 April 2004 Ionikos lives the most tragic moment of his history. Nikos Kanellakis, the chairman of team for 14 years, died. Hundreds of Ionikos supporters, as well as other sports fans attend his funeral, where the flag of Ionikos covers the coffin of the late chairman..
== External links ==
*[http://www.ionikos-fc.gr Official site]
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