Olympiacos CFP
| Full Name | Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus [Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) |
| Official Emblem | Olympiacos CFP's emblem |
| Founded | 10 March 1925 |
| Nicknames | Thrylos (Legend) Erythrolefki (Red-Whites) |
| Titles | 501 |
| Anthem | Thryle ton gipedon, Olympiake... |
| Club colours | Red and White Stripes |
| Chairman |  Sokratis Kokkalis (F.C)
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| Website | http://www.olympiacos.org |
Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus, (OCFP), (Greek: Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς), transliterated Olympiacos Sindesmos Filathlon Pireos (OSFP), is a large and the most popular multisport club based in Piraeus, the major port of Athens.
The club is parent to a number of different competitive departments including Football (Olympiacos F.C.), Basketball (Olympiacos B.C.), Volleyball (Olympiacos S.C.), Water Polo (Olympiacos Water Polo Club), Athletics and Swimming, amongst others, which have won numerous domestic and European titles over the club's history*. Olympiacos CFP is the only Greek sports club to have managed to win five European titles, major European titles in three different team sports and The treble in two team sports. They have won the Euroleague in Basketball, two CEV Cup Winners' Cup in Volleyball, the LEN Euroleague and the European Super Cup in Water Polo. In addition to this, in the total number of Olympiacos' athletes, Olympic winners and World Champions are included.
Olympiacos CFP was founded on March 10, 1925, as a football club initially, when the members of the "Piraeus Football Club" and the "Piraeus Fan Club" decided, during a historical assembly, to dissolve the two clubs in order to establish a new unified one football club, with the young Olympic games winner boy as their emblem. Notis Kamberos announced the name Olympiacos and Michalis Manouskos completed it to its full name, Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus. The Andrianopoulos brothers, however, were those who significantly raised the reputation of the club and added glory to it. Children of a prosperous family, they made the name of Olympiacos known over Greece. Yiannis, Dinos, Giorgos, and Vassilis were the first to play. Leonidas made his appearance later on, and played for a short time. The club's offensive line, made up of the five brothers, soon became legendary and, hence, Olympiacos is also known as Thrylos (Legend), after this classic side of the 1930s which won a hatful of titles.
- About the sum of titles:
Olympiacos Football Club
Honours
- Total Titles: 66
Olympiacos Basketball Club
Honours
- Total Titles: 18
- Men
Olympiacos Volleyball Club
Honours
- Total Titles: 38
- Men
Olympiacos Water Polo Club
Honours
- Total Titles: 44
- Men
- Women
Swimming Department
The swimming department was established roughly at the same time with the club's foundation in 1925. Olympiacos is considered the lifelong champion in swimming and has listed athletes, who were prominent in Greece and distinguished themselves in European events.
Honours
- Total Titles: 56
Diving Department
Although there is no sufficient information related to the exact year of establishment, nor the year of its official suspension, the Diving Department has won a considerable number of Greek championships since 1958. It is worth mentioning that the available information is up to 1997 as was stated within the Greek ministry of Sports http://www.sport.gov.gr
Honours
- Total Titles: 28
- Men
- Women
Sailing Department
The sailing department was established in 1963 and since then, has won Olympic distinctions (3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals), 2 gold medals in World Championships as well as 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medal in European Championships. It should be noted that the sailing department successfully organized the FINN World Championships in 1998 and 2002 at the club's new marine training facilities in Alexandras Square, Piraeus. The leading athlete in the FINN Category is World Champion and Olympiacos athlete, Aimilios Papathanassiou.
Honours
- Total Titles: 45
- Men
- Women
Table Tennis Department
The Table Tennis Department (Ping-Pong) was established in 1956 and has both a Men's and a Women's division. From 1962 to 1967 they won every single women's Hellenic Championship, while from 1967 to 1986 they won all Hellenic Championships in the mixed categories. In the last few years, having benefited by the sponsorship of Thrilos SA, they have emerged even more confidently in title - challenging and have achieved important distinctions both in the men's and in the women's divisions.
Honours
- Total Titles: 181
- Men
- Women
- Men-Women
Boxing Department
The boxing department was established in 1948. In 1970 they won the title in all categories! The department continues to produce athletes of the highest standards and often Pan-Hellenic champions, while it boasts international achievements, as in the case of Vassilis Papoutsakis and Constantinos Petropoulos, who won 2nd place in their categories at the European Championship in 2001 and Vaggelis Papoutsakis 3rd place at the World Championship in 2001.
Honours
- Total Titles: 2
Athletics
The track and field department was established in November 16, 1953. The department has had in its ranks, through transfers, some of the best athletes in the track and field events in Greece including Olympic medalists as well as World, European, Mediterranean, Balkan and Pan-Hellenic Champions. Cases in point are Kenteris, Thanou, Iakovakis, Voggoli, Devetzi, Halkia, Maniani, Xanthou, Meletoglou, Dimotsios, Doupis, Polias, Polymerou, Papadias, Karastamati, Iltsios, Redoumi, Papagianni and more.
Honours
- Total titles: 17
- Men
- Women
Shooting Department
The shooting departments is amongst the most upwardly mobile departments of Olympiacos. Its ranks include World Champion Yorgos Salavadakis, while Olympiacos athletes N. Sakelaropoulos, K. Savorianakis and Stylianos Karabinakis are part of the Hellenic National Team.
Honours
- Total Titles: 1
Weight Lifting Department
The weightlifting department began its activities in 1960 and is made up of the Men's, Adolescents, Youth and Children's divisions, while five of the club's athletes are part of the Hellenic National Team. To name a few of our athletes, Christos Spyrou (7th place at the Sydney 2000 Olympics), Yorgos Vitsaras, Efthymis Vitsaras, Dionyssis Bazinas, Kimonas Stavrou. The Department participates in all three divisions of the Pan-Hellenic Championship (A, B, C).
Wrestling Department
The wrestling department has been functioning for more than 30 years.
Honours
- Total Titles: 3
Tennis Department
The tennis department was established in 1998 and is already successful, considering it has won a few distinctions in the children's and adolescents' tournaments where it has participated so far.
Rowing Department
The Rowing Department was established in 1927 and it boasts big achievements and distinctions in the Hellenic and European Championships. The department includes rowing, canoe-kayak, kayak polo and kayak slalom. The new marine training facilities of Olympiacos in Alexandras Square have boosted the athletes of the department, who now train under excellent circumstances, that help them achieve their athletic goals.
Gymnastics Department
Year of establishment is unknown.
Honours
- Total titles: 1
Racing Department
The racing team is operated by Olympiacos F.C. and it was established in 2008. The club competes at the open-wheel motor racing championship of Superleague Formula along with some of the most popular and powerful association football clubs of the world. It was one of the four clubs invited to compete at first. The best result so far for Olympiacos is the 6th position among 19 racing teams in the final standings of the 2009 Superleague Formula season.
Honours
- Total wins: 2 (not included in total titles)
Anthem
In Greek
- Θρύλε των γηπέδων, Ολυμπιακέ
- Δαφνοστεφανωμένε, μεγάλε και τρανέ
- Που έχεις δύναμή σου, Ολυμπιακέ
- τον πύρινό σου κόσμο, που δε λυγά ποτέ
- Ολυμπι- Ολυμπι- Ολυμπιακέ
- Ομάδα, ομαδάρα μου
- Μεγάλη μου αγάπη
- Ολυμπιακάρα μου
- Δόξα στα παιδιά σου, Ολυμπιακέ
- Χιλιοτραγουδισμένε, στον κόσμο ξακουστέ
- Τρέμουν στ' άκουσμά σου, Ολυμπιακέ
- Κι ακόμα σε θυμούνται η Σάντος κι ο Πελέ
- Ολυμπι- Ολυμπι- Ολυμπιακέ
- Ομάδα, ομαδάρα μου
- Μεγάλη μου αγάπη
- Ολυμπιακάρα μου
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English transliteration
- Thrile ton gipedon, Olympiake
- Dafnostefanomene, megale ke trane
- Pou ehis dinami sou, Olympiake
- Ton pyrino sou kosmo, pou de lyga pote
- Olympi- Olympi- Olympiake
- Omada, omadara mou
- Megali mou agapi
- Olympiakara mou
- Doxa sta pedia sou, Olympiake
- Hiliotragoudismene, ston kosmo xakouste
- Tremoun st' akousma sou, Olympiake
- Ki akoma se thimounte i Santos ke o Pele
- Olympi- Olympi- Olympiake
- Omada, omadara mou
- Megali mou agapi
- Olympiakara mou
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English translation
- Legend of the fields, Olympiacos
- Crowned with bays, great and mighty
- Having as your force, Olympiacos
- Your fiery supporters, that never fall
- Olympi- Olympi- Olympiacos
- My team, my great team
- My great love
- My great Olympiacos
- Glory to your sons, Olympiacos
- Sung a thousand times, renowned to the world
- (Everyone's) shaking in fear on your hearing, Olympiacos
- And Santos and Pele still remember you
- Olympi- Olympi- Olympiacos
- My team, my great team
- My great love
- My great Olympiacos
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