Ionikos F.C.
Greek association football team
Ionikos Football Club (Greek: Α.Ο. Ιωνικός Νικαίας) is a Greek football club based in Nikaia, Greece, competing in the Gamma Ethniki. It is part of the multi-sport club Ionikos Nikaias.
From 1989 to 2007 Ionikos spent 16 out of 18 seasons in the Alpha Ethniki/Super League. During that span Ionikos finished as high as 5th-place in the league (on two occasions), was a finalist in the 1999-2000 Greek Cup, and participated in the 1999-2000 UEFA cup.
The club's colours are blue and white.
Every Orthodox Easter Monday the retired football players of Ionikos and AEK organize a match in memory of the 1922 Asia Minor catastrophe. Ionikos holds a long-standing rivalry with the other major club within the wider Nikaia-Korydallos area, Proodeftiki.
History
Foundation and early years (1965–1989)
Ionikos was established in 1965, from a merger of local clubs Nikaia Sports Union and Aris Piraeus, with Alex Meraklidis as new club's first president. The club's early years were indifferent in progress but Ionikos became a mainstay of the Greek Second Division through the 1970s before being relegated in 1976 to the local Piraeus FCA Championship. After playing in the FCA Winners' Championship and gaining an immediate promotion, another relegation followed in 1979, with fans funding the club for the new Gamma Ethniki (Third Division).
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