Olympiakos Neon Liosion is a Greek

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 football club based in Ilio

Ilio, Greece

Ilion is a suburb in the west-northwest part of Athens, Greece. The two mountaintops of Aigaleo lie to the west. It is also located east-southeast of Eleusis, south of Attiki Odos , west and southwest of Kifissou Avenue , and north of Piraeus and Poseidonos Avenue...

. The team was founded in 1952, when the city was named Nea Liosia. The home stadium of the team is the National Sports Center Of Ilion.

History

The first Chairman of Olympiakos Neon Liosion was N. Skarpelis. Some of his successors included Kostas Liosis, Vasilis Liosis, Giannis Pelekoudas, Theodonis, Oikonomopoulos, Tsigos, V. Papadakis, T. Marsonis, Manolitsis, V. Alatas, G. Politis, Giannis Charalabopoulos, and the current Chairman, Zaharias Chatzis.

The most successful period of the team was 1970–1980, when they played in the Beta Ethniki

Beta Ethniki

Football League, former Beta Ethniki, is the second highest professional football league in Greece.-History:In its first years, the system of conduct was very intriguing. It began in 1954 as regional championship, separated in two groups, North and South. Then, the participating teams were the...

, the second highest professional football league in Greece.

Notable players

N. Sideris, M.Toudas, T.Xatzioannidis, Siavalas, Nikolaidis, G. Gaitatzis, Kornilakis, Karagiorgos, Koudourgiotis, Alafogiannis, Meletis, Bertzeletos, Antzoulatos, Paipetis, Skafidas, Maskaleris, Botis, Konstantinidis, Arapinis.