# 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.

## 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. 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
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

## 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 48) | 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 30) | 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 46) | Left Back |
| 10 | Serbia | Duro Mujić | (1992-06-01) 1 June 1992 (age 32) | 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 29) | Right Winger |
| 21 | Greece | Ioannidis Eleftherios | (1992-05-05) 5 May 1992 (age 32) | Left Winger |
| 77 | Serbia | Milan Urošević | (1985-05-22) 22 May 1985 (age 39) | 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 |
| 2011–12 Winners | Round 4 | Portovik Yuzhny | 27–24 | 26–29 | 53–53 (a) |
| 2011–12 Winners | Quarter-finals | HC Kriens-Luzern | 25–21 | 28–28 | 53–49 |
| 2011–12 Winners | Semi-finals | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 21–21 | 29–26 | 50–47 |
| 2011–12 Winners | Finals | Wacker Thun | 26–23 | 20–22 | 46–45 |

### EHF ranking

    As of 6/12/2023
| 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)