AC Diomidis Argous

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

Argos

Location of AO Diomidis Argous

AO Diomidis Argous
Full name	Athlitikós Ómilos Diomidis Argous Handball Club
Nickname(s)	Wolves
Short name	Diomidis
Founded	1984; 41 years ago (1984)
Arena	Nea Kios Indoor Sports Hall, Nea Kios
Capacity	600
Head coach	Georgios Zaravinas
League	Handball Premier
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

History

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

Kits

HOME
2015–18	2022–24

AWAY
2022–23	2023–24

Team

Current squad

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

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

Transfers

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

2011–2012 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Greece	Ilias Tsoulos	(1988-11-22) 22 November 1988 (age 36)	Goalkeeper
2	Greece	Georgios Zaravinas	(1976-06-13) 13 June 1976 (age 49)	Left Winger
4	Greece	Nikolaos Roumeliotis	(1986-02-19) 19 February 1986 (age 39)	Right Winger
5	Greece	Theodoros Megaloikonomu	(1983-08-18) 18 August 1983 (age 41)	Central Back
7	Greece	Eleftherios Kremastiotis	(1994-03-18) 18 March 1994 (age 31)	Left Winger
8	Greece	Nikolaos Passias	(1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 (age 30)	Left Back
9	Greece	Christos Priobolos	(1978-06-26) 26 June 1978 (age 47)	Left Back
10	Serbia	Duro Mujić	(1992-06-01) 1 June 1992 (age 33)	Left Back
11	Greece	Charalampos Mallios	(1987-08-06) 6 August 1987 (age 37)	Central Back
12	Cyprus	Christophoros Nungovitch	(1989-12-14) 14 December 1989 (age 35)	Goalkeeper
13	Greece	Raqi Marango	(1983-01-01) 1 January 1983 (age 42)	Line Player
17	Greece	Nikolaos Samaras	(1978-08-05) 5 August 1978 (age 46)	Right Winger
18	Greece	Fotis Kontoulis	(1991-10-24) 24 October 1991 (age 33)	Central Back
19	Greece	Evangelos Spentzos	(1995-05-09) 9 May 1995 (age 30)	Right Winger
21	Greece	Ioannidis Eleftherios	(1992-05-05) 5 May 1992 (age 33)	Left Winger
77	Serbia	Milan Urošević	(1985-05-22) 22 May 1985 (age 40)	Right Back
99	Serbia	Davor Tasković	(1986-01-16) 16 January 1986 (age 39)	Left Back

Achievements

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

EHF Challenge Cup

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

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

Notable former players

• 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)