Olympiacos SFP (men's volleyball)
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Full name | Olympiacos SC | ||
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Nickname(s) | Red-Whites | ||
Founded | 1930 | ||
Ground | Rendis, Piraeus, Greece | ||
Capacity | 3,000 | ||
Chairman | Sokratis Kokkalis | ||
League | A1 | ||
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Olympiacos SC is the volleyball team of the Greek sports club Olympiacos. It was founded in 1930 and has won 23 National Championships and 11 Greek Cups. They are ranked among the top European teams and they are the most successful Greek club.
Olympiacos are the dominants of Greek volleyball, having gained the most national championships and cups while they are the only Greek team to have won European trophies (2 Cup Winners Cup). They have also played in many Final Fours in the European competitions which makes them one of the biggest volleyball clubs of Europe.
Olympiacos have a women volleyball team as well which was founded in 1992. Contrary to the men's team, women of Olympiacos had never played a major role until 2007, when they finished second in the Greek league and eliminated their eternal enemy Panathinaikos in the Greek Cup. In the season 2007-08 the women department reached the quarter finals of the Challenge Cup.
Honours
(Total titles: 38)
Men
- Domestic
- European
- Other
Women
- Domestic
- Greek Championship:
- Runners-up (3): 2007, 2008, 2009
- Greek Cup:
- Runners-up (1): 2010
International record
Season | Achievement | Notes | |
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Champions Cup | |||
1981-82 | 4th place / Final Four | ||
1991-92 | 2nd place / Final Four | defeated by Il Messaggero Ravenna | |
1992-93 | 3rd place / Final Four | ||
1993-94 | 4th place / Final Four | ||
1994-95 | 3rd place / Final Four | ||
Champions League | |||
2000-01 | 4th place / Final Four | ||
2001-02 | 2nd place / Final Four | defeated by Lube Banca Macerata 1-3 | |
Cup Winners Cup/Top Teams Cup | |||
1995-96 | Winners / Final Four | won Bayer Wuppertal | |
1996-97 | 2nd place / Final Four | defeated by Alpitour Traco Cuneo | |
1997-98 | 2nd place / Final Four | defeated by Alpitour Traco Cuneo | |
2004-05 | Winners / Final Four | won Ortec Nesselande Rotterdam 3-0 |
Selected Former Players
- Stylianos Amarianakis
- Georgios Dragovits
- Scott Fortune
- Ivo Gavrilov
- Marios Giourdas
- Ernando Gomez
- Bengt Gustavsson
- Hendrik Jan "Henk Jan" Held
- Osvaldo Hernández Chambert
- Georgios Kazamias
- Dimitrios Kazazis
- Plamen Konstantinov
- Vasilios Kournetas
- Ioannis Laios
- Vasa Mijić
- Athanasios Moustakidis
- Stefanos Polyzos
- Stylianos Prosalikas
- Igor Runov
- Jeff Stork
- Antonios Tsakiropoulos
- Hristo Tsvetanov
- Marcos Milinkovic
- Lorenzo Bernardi
- Urbanowicz Leszek
- Raimond Vilde
- Boyan Yordanov
- Ivan Miljković
Roster 2009-2010
' | Staff | Name |
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Head
Coach |
Anders Kristiansson |
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Assistant
Coach |
Giorgos
Kalmazidis |
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Trainer |
Minas
Vrettos |
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Physiotherapist |
Nikos
Papageorgiou |
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Physiotherapists |
Giorgos
Papageorgiou |
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Statistician |
Paraskevas
Nikolareas |
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Statistician |
Leonidas Gaitanakis |
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Property
Attendant |
Spiros
Bletsas |
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Team
Manager |
Vasilis
Kallimanis |