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AO Diomidis Argous
AO Diomidis Argous
Full name	Athlitikós Ómilos Diomidis Argous Handball Club
Nickname(s)	Wolves
Short name	Diomidis
Founded	1984; 40 years ago
Arena	Nea Kios Indoor Sports Hall, Nea Kios
Capacity	600
Head coach	Georgios Zaravinas
League	Handball Premier
Club colours
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

AO Diomidis Argous (Greek: Αθλητικός Όμιλος Διομήδης Άργους) is a Greek handball team based in Argos, that plays in the Handball Premier.

Argos

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Location of AO Diomidis Argous

History edit

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.^[1] It was also the first time a Greek team won a European title in a handball club competition.

Crest, colours, supporters edit

Kits edit

HOME
2015–18	2022–24

AWAY
2022–23	2023–24

Team edit

Current squad edit

Squad for the 2023–24 season^[2]

Diomidis Argous

Goalkeepers

12 Marco-Jan Terlecki
16 Georgios Xatzikonstantinou
88 Filippos Nikolintais

Left Wingers

02 Dimitrios Kostoulas
07 Panagiotis Tselios
22 Panteleimon Kostakidis

Right Wingers

20 Garyfalos Bagios
99 Ioannis Stefanitsis

Line Players

28 Vasileios Manthos
30 Dušan Vukadinović
31 Ioannis-Alexios Mpekiaris

Left Backs

05 Eleytherios Anastasiou
06 Orfeas Tsakalos
67 Antonios Karkagelis

Central Backs

13 Christoforos Tsakouridis
55 Periklis Orfanos

Right Backs

15 Stylianos Asvestas
77 Charalampos Mpaltatzis

Technical staff edit

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

Transfers edit

Transfers for the 2023–24 season

Joining

Dušan Vukadinović (LP) from RK Proleter Zrenjanin
Omar Salem (CB) from Aviation Sporting Club
Panagiotis Tselios (LW) from Aeropos Edessas
Panteleimon Kostakidis (LW) from Aeropos Edessas
Christoforos Tsakouridis (CB) from A.C. Doukas School
Garyfalos Bagios (RW) from Olympiacos
Filippos Nikolintais (GK) from Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia

Leaving

Sofiane Bendjilali (LP) to Valence Handball
Goran Andjelic (GK) to RK Sloboda Tuzla
Grigorios Tzimpoulas (LW) to Olympiacos
Christos Tsigaridas (CB) to Olympiacos

Previous squads edit

2011–2012 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Greece	Ilias Tsoulos	(1988-11-22) 22 November 1988 (age 35)	Goalkeeper
2	Greece	Georgios Zaravinas	(1976-06-13) 13 June 1976 (age 47)	Left Winger
4	Greece	Nikolaos Roumeliotis	(1986-02-19) 19 February 1986 (age 38)	Right Winger
5	Greece	Theodoros Megaloikonomu	(1983-08-18) 18 August 1983 (age 40)	Central Back
7	Greece	Eleftherios Kremastiotis	(1994-03-18) 18 March 1994 (age 30)	Left Winger
8	Greece	Nikolaos Passias	(1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 (age 29)	Left Back
9	Greece	Christos Priobolos	(1978-06-26) 26 June 1978 (age 45)	Left Back
10	Serbia	Duro Mujić	(1992-06-01) 1 June 1992 (age 31)	Left Back
11	Greece	Charalampos Mallios	(1987-08-06) 6 August 1987 (age 36)	Central Back
12	Cyprus	Christophoros Nungovitch	(1989-12-14) 14 December 1989 (age 34)	Goalkeeper
13	Greece	Raqi Marango	(1983-01-01) 1 January 1983 (age 41)	Line Player
17	Greece	Nikolaos Samaras	(1978-08-05) 5 August 1978 (age 45)	Right Winger
18	Greece	Fotis Kontoulis	(1991-10-24) 24 October 1991 (age 32)	Central Back
19	Greece	Evangelos Spentzos	(1995-05-09) 9 May 1995 (age 28)	Right Winger
21	Greece	Ioannidis Eleftherios	(1992-05-05) 5 May 1992 (age 31)	Left Winger
77	Serbia	Milan Urošević	(1985-05-22) 22 May 1985 (age 38)	Right Back
99	Serbia	Davor Tasković	(1986-01-16) 16 January 1986 (age 38)	Left Back

Achievements edit

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 edit

EHF Challenge Cup edit

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2011–12 Winners	Round 3	SPR Stal Mielec	30–26	27–28	57–54
	Round 4	Portovik Yuzhny	27–24	26–29	53–53 (a)
	Quarter-finals	HC Kriens-Luzern	25–21	28–28	53–49
	Semi-finals	Maccabi Tel Aviv	21–21	29–26	50–47
	Finals	Wacker Thun	26–23	20–22	46–45

EHF ranking edit

As of 6/12/2023^[3]

Rank	Team	Points
138	SPR Chrobry Głogów	34
139	RK Metalurg Skopje	34
140	HK Malmö	34
141	Diomidis Argous	33
142	RK Borac Banja Luka	33
143	Handball Club Berchem	32
144	RKHV Volendam	32

Former club members edit

Notable former players edit

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

References edit

^ http://history.eurohandball.com/article/015028/A.C.+Diomidis+Argous+win+EHF+Men%27s+Challenge+Cup
^ https://ehfec.eurohandball.com/men/2023-24/clubs/details/lAwoh-6iNpB0ZtttwBBzmA/diomidis-argous/
^ "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".