[2] The next years Filippos won 8 moreover championships (reaching 9 totally) and 5 cups and became the club with the most titles in Greek Handball along with Ionikos Nea Filadelphia.

[3][4] Filippos also participated in 2003–04 EHF Champions League where they achieved three wins in six matches and they were disqualified in a quadruple tie as they had the worst GD.

After four years of decline, Filippos finished 4th in the A1 championship and after PAOK's rejection to play in the EHF Challenge Cup, they registered to the competition and they'll replace the team.

Moreover, Theodoros Karipidis (president and owner of Veria), involvement in Filippos, boosted club's morale and confidence and it appears that there's an opportunity for the dream to resurrect from its ashes.

In co-operation with Karipidis, the board of the club achieved to sign the captain of the Greek national team, Giorgos Mastrogiannis, as well as Savvas Karypidis.