GAS Archelaos Katerinis

GAS Archelaos Katerinis
Founded	1956
Arena	Katerini Indoor Hall
Capacity	800
League	Handball Premier
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Archelaos Katerinis (full name Gymnastikos Athlitiokos Syllogos Archelaos Katerinis, GAS Archelaos Katerinis - Greek: Γυμναστικός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Αρχέλαος Καστερίνης, ΓΑΣ Αρχέλαος Κατερίνης) is a Greek multisport club based in Katerini. The club has sport departments in various sports, but the most successful is the handball team. The handball team has won two Greek cup.^[1]

History

Archelaos Katerinis was founded in 1956. Initially the club had also a basketball team. This team was merged with Pierikos in 2008 and it continues as Archelaos-Pierikos B.C. The most successful team of the club is the handball team. The handball team of Archelaos was founded in 1980 and it has won 2 Greek Cups (1990, 1994) and was one time the finalist of the championship.^[1] In the recent season, Archelaos finished in second place of A2 Ethniki Handball but it was promoted to A1 replacing Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia that withdrew.^[2]

Recent seasons

Season	Division	Place	Notes
2011-12	A2 Ethniki	6th
2012-13	A2 Ethniki	1st	Promoted to A1
2013-14	A1 Ethniki	12th	Relegated to A2
2014-15	A2 Ethniki	2nd	Promoted to A1
2015-16	A1 Ethniki	12th	Relegated to A2

Honours

• Greek Cups
  • Winner (2): 1990, 1994

References

1. "Αρχέλαος Κατερίνης". handball.gr. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
2. "Α2 Χάντμπολ: Ανατροπή στον όμιλο της Ασπίδας Ξάνθης, στην Premier ο Αρχέλαος Κατερίνης!". thrakisports.gr. Retrieved 26 December 2015.