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style="font-size: larger;"|**Aris A.C.**
Full Name	Athletic Club Aris
Official Emblem
Founded	1914
Nickname	Κιτρινόμαυροι (Yellow-Black)
Titles	31 (Men)
Anthem	You are the pride of Macedonia
Club colours	Yellow and Black
Chairman	Nikolaos Papadopoulos
Website	Official (amateur) athletic club website

Aris , i.e. the Ares Sports Club, is a Greek

Greece

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sport club founded on 25 March 1914 in Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...

. The club colors are yellow and black. The club is named after Ares

Ares

Ares is the Greek god of war. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. In Greek literature, he often represents the physical or violent aspect of war, in contrast to the armored Athena, whose functions as a goddess of intelligence include military strategy and...

, the god of war, whose image (as depicted in the Ludovisi Ares

Ludovisi Ares

The Ludovisi Ares is an Antonine Roman marble sculpture of Mars, a fine 2nd-century copy of a late 4th-century BCE Greek original, associated with Scopas or Lysippus: thus the Roman god of war receives his Greek name, Ares....

) is portrayed on the club logo

Logo

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. Aris is considered to be one of the most important Greek sport clubs and maintains departments in many sports, including:

Aris FC
Aris Thessaloniki F.C.
Aris Football Club , also known as God of war and the Yellows, is a Greek football club based in the city of Thessaloniki, Macedonia. Formed in 1914, the club was a founding member of Macedonian Football Clubs Association as well as the Hellenic Football Federation, they currently compete in...

- Football
Football (soccer)
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Aris BC
Aris BC
Aris Basketball Club is the professional basketball team of the Thessaloniki-based Greek sport club Aris Thessaloniki. Aris BC was founded in 1922, eight years after the founding of Aris Thessaloniki....

- Basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
Aris VC
Aris VC
Aris VC is a volleyball club from Thessaloniki, Greece, part of Aris Thessaloniki Sport Club. Aris participates in the A1 Division and it is one of the most historical teams of the whole club and of the most stable values of the Greek volleyball, inside and outside its borders.-History:Aris was the...

- Volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
Aris WPC
Aris Water Polo Club
Aris Water Polo Club is a Water Polo Club from Thessaloniki, Greece, part of Aris Thessaloniki Sport Club. Aris participates in the A2 Division and it is 4th most successful in championship titles team in Greek water polo championship....

- Water Polo
Water polo
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Aris Baseball
Aris Baseball
Aris Baseball is a baseball club based in Thessaloniki, Greece, and belongs to one of the biggest sport clubs in Greece, "Aris Thessaloniki". The club was established in 2002 and it is the only major baseball club in Macedonia and one of the most important in Greece.From it first participation in...

- Baseball
Baseball
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Football

3 Panhellenic Championship
Panhellenic Championship
The Panhellenic Championship was a Greek football competition to determine the nation's champion club, which ran from 1906 to 1959.In the beginning , it was run by the Hellenic Association of Amateur Athletics and it was actually a local tournament among clubs from Athens and Piraeus...

: 1928, 1932, 1946
- Runner up : 1980
1 Greek Cup
Greek football Cup
The Greek Football Cup , commonly known as the Greek Cup or for sponsorship reasons the Football Cup OPAP, is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation....

: 1970
- Runner up : 1932, 1933, 1940, 1950, 2003, 2005 , 2008, 2010

Basketball

10 Greek Championships
A1 Ethniki
The Greek Basket League , commonly referred to as the Greek Basketball League or Greek Basketball Championship, is the highest professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by HEBA...

: 1930, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991
- Runner up: 1980, 1984

8 Greek Cups: 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1998, 2004
- Runner up: 1984, 2003, 2005

1 EuroCup Challenge
EuroCup Challenge
The EuroCup Challenge was the 4th tier level transnational professional club basketball competition in Europe. It was run and organized by FIBA Europe.-Promotion to FIBA EuroCup:...

: 2003

1 Korać Cup
Korac Cup
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: 1997

1 FIBA European Cup
Saporta Cup
Saporta Cup was the name of the second-tier level European professional club basketball competition, where the National Cup winners from all over Europe played against each other. The competition was organized by FIBA Europe...

: 1993

Volleyball

1 Greek Championship: 1997
1 Greek Super Cup: 1998

Waterpolo

4 Greek Championships: 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932

Weightlifting

2 Women Greek Championships: 1994, 1995

Ice Hockey

4 Greek Championships
Greek Ice Hockey Championship
Greek Ice hockey Championship is the only level of ice hockey in Greece. It is operated under the jurisdiction of the Greek Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. There are currently registered 100 players, but it is unsure how many of them are...

: 1989, 1990, 1991, 2011

Anthem

See footnote

Greek	\|English Translation
Της Μακεδονίας είσαι το καμάρι	Tis Makedonias eisai to kamari	You are the pride of Macedonia
Άρη, της Μακεδονίας είσαι το καμάρι Άρη, της Μακεδονίας είσαι το καμάρι Η ιστορία γράφει, Άρη μου, για σένα Νίκες, μεγαλεία, χρόνια δοξασμένα Γράφηκαν με γράμματα χρυσά που δε σκουριάζουν Και όλοι οι αντίπαλοι, Άρη μου, τρομάζουν Άρη, της Μακεδονίας είσαι το καμάρι Άρη, της Μακεδονίας είσαι το καμάρι Έφτασες της δόξας το γλυκό μεθύσι Και κανείς δε μπόρεσε να σε σταματήσει Κύπελλα Ευρώπης, νίκες, μεγαλεία Δοξαζεις την Ελλάδα, κατέχεις τα πρωτεία Άρη, της Μακεδονίας είσαι το καμάρι Άρη, της Μακεδονίας είσαι το καμάρι	Ari, tis Makedonias eisai to kamari Ari, tis Makedonias eisai to kamari I istoria grafei, Ari mou, gia sena Nikes, megaleia, chronia doksamnena Grafikan me grammata chrisa pou de skouriazoun Kai oloi oi antipaloi, Ari mou, tromazoun Ari, tis Makedonias eisai to kamari Ari, tis Makedonias eisai to kamari Eftases tis doksas to glyko methisi Kai kaneis de mporese na se stamatisei Kypella Evropis, nikes, megaleia Doksazeis tin Ellada, katecheis ta proteia Ari, tis Makedonias eisai to kamari Ari, tis Makedonias eisai to kamari	Oh Aris, you are the pride of Macedonia Oh Aris, you are the pride of Macedonia History has written for you, my Aris, Victories, greatnesses, glorious years All in golden letters that do not rust And all the opponents, my Aris, are frighten Oh Aris, you are the pride of Macedonia Oh Aris, you are the pride of Macedonia You got drunk by glory's sweet wine And no one could stop you European Cups, victories, greatnesses You glorify Greece, you possess everything Oh Aris, you are the pride of Macedonia Oh Aris, you are the pride of Macedonia

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