A.O. Nea Ionia F.C, officially known as Nea Ionia (Greek: Νέα Ιωνία, Athlitikos Omilos Neas Ionias), the "Athletic Union of New Ionia", is a Greek association football club based in the city of Nea Ionia, Greece.[2] The club currently compete in the Athens First Division.
At the end of the first decade of the previous century, the town of Nea Ionia had a lot of football clubs, each with its separate football history.[3][4] The town was known to the rest of Athens for its sport-active inhabitants. A.O. Nea Ionia is a merged product of historic football clubs, last accomplished in 2001, and it's today's most representative club of this refugee town.[5] The basic colours of the team are yellow and blue. The football club was relegated from the Greek Football League 2 in the 2014–15 season, as they finished 13th in Group 4 rankings. A change of ownership and severe financial problems led the club to the local championships in the new 2015-16 football season.
In April 2024, the football club of Nea Ionia won its first regional cup against Aris Petroupolis in a final held at Georgios Kamaras Stadium.[8][9]
On 11 September 2024, the football club of Nea Ionia defeated AER Afandou in the second qualifying round of the 2024–25 Greek Football Cup, recording its first win ever in the Greek Cup.[10] On 15 September 2024, Nea Ionia defeated Anagennisi Artas breaking another record by advancing to the fourth qualifying round of the Greek Cup for the first time in its history.[11] On 26 September 2024, the club was disqualified, in penalties(1-2), by Panionios football club and lost its chance to participate in the fifth round of the 2024–25 Greek Football Cup.[12]
The club's home ground is located in Nea Ionia, Athens. The municipal stadium of Nea Ionia[13] is the home ground for A.O. Nea Ionia F.C. from the day of its foundation. It was built in 1962. In 2004, the whole stadium was extensively renovated, and the pitch was replaced with a turf system of the very last generation. The dressing rooms were renovated in 2007. The new facilities and stands that were built in 2015 were fully sponsored by the government of Greece. The stadium is also the home ground for Eleftheroupoli F.C. and P.A.O. Alsoupolis. The main entrance of the stadium is situated at Olympias Street.[14]
^Μπράτσος, Νάσος (21 January 2017). "Α.Ο. Νέας Ιωνίας: Συνεχής προσφορά στον ερασιτεχνικό αθλητισμό". ertnews.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 16 October 2023. H ομάδα μετη σημερινή της μορφή υπάρχει από το 2001 όταν προέκυψε από τη συγχώνευση τουΑ.Ο. Νεάπολης καιτου Ιωνικού Νέας Ιωνίας, ενώ ανέστειλε τη δράση της καιη ποδοσφαιρική ομάδα Βυζάντιο
^"Χρειάστηκε τα πέναλτι γιανα ξεπεράσει το εμπόδιο της Νέας Ιωνίας ο Πανιώνιος". sport-fm.gr (in Greek). 26 September 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024. Στην αναμέτρηση που διεξήχθη στο γήπεδο του Φωστήρα στον Ταύρο, η ομάδα της Super League 2 είχε την υπεροχή στο μεγαλύτερο διάστημα του αγώνα, αλλά καιη Νέα Ιωνία είχε τις ευκαιρίες της, με τις δύο ομάδες τελικά να «κολλούν» στο 0-0 σε κανονική διάρκεια και παράταση, πριν ο «Ιστορικός» πάρει τελικά την πρόκριση στη διαδικασία των πέναλτι (2-1 με συνολικά έξι άστοχες εκτελέσεις).
^Foursquare. "Γήπεδο Ίκαρου". foursquare.com. Online. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
^Γιάννης, Γεωργόπουλος (30 January 2018). "Ογκμποε: «Δεν περίμενα πως από τονΟΦΗθα βρεθώ στη Χάμιλτον". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Ο 23χρονος φορ, ο οποίος ανακοινώθηκε πριν από μια εβδομάδα από τους «Ακαδημαϊκούς», ξεκίνησε από τα... αλώνια της Δ΄ Εθνικής παίζοντας στηΝ. Ιωνία
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