Olympiacos S.C.

Olympiacos

Nickname	Thrylos (The Legend) Erythrolefkoi (The Red-Whites) Kokkinoi (The Reds) Dafnostefanomenos (The laurel-crowned)
Founded	1926
Ground	Melina Merkouri Indoor Hall, Piraeus, Greece (Capacity: 3,000)
Chairman	Michalis Kountouris
Manager	Roberto Piazza
League	A1 Greek Volleyleague CEV Cup
2015–16	3rd
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home Away

Active departments of Olympiacos
Football	Basketball (Men's)	Basketball (Women's)
Volleyball (Men's)	Volleyball (Women's)	Athletics
Water Polo (Men's)	Water Polo (Women's)	Swimming
Sailing	Canoeing	Rowing
Table tennis	Fencing	Shooting
Boxing	Kickboxing	Taekwondo

Olympiacos S.C. is the men's volleyball team of the major Greek multi-sport club Olympiacos CFP, based in Piraeus. It was founded in 1926 and has won 2 CEV Cup Winners' Cup / CEV Cups,^[1][2] a record 27 Greek Championships,^[3] a record 15 Greek Cups, 2 Greek Super Cups, a record 2 Greek League Cups and a record 14 Doubles. Olympiacos is a traditional powerhouse of European volleyball, ranked among the top European volleyball clubs; from the early 1990s to the mid 2000s they played in no less than 11 European Final Fours and reached 6 European Finals, winning 2 CEV Cup Winners' Cup / CEV Cups (1996, 2005), being twice Runners-up of the CEV Champions League (1992, 2002) and twice Runners-up of the CEV Cup Winners' Cup / CEV Cup (1997, 1998) as well.

Olympiacos is the most successful volleyball team in Greece, having won the most Greek Championships, Cups and domestic Doubles and being the only Greek team to have won European titles. They also hold the record for the most consecutive Greek Championships, as they are the only team to have won 8 consecutive League titles (1987–1994). They have also won 6 Greek Championships undefeated (1968, 1974, 1979, 1981, 1988, 1991). Furthermore, Olympiacos is the only Greek club to have played in the FIVB Club World Championship and the CEV European Super Cup as well, having represented Greece successfully in all major European and Worldwide competitions.

In 1992 they reached the third place in the world in the FIVB Club World Championship, after a 3–0 win against Il Messaggero Ravenna. Altogether, they have participated in 7 CEV Champions League Final Fours (1982, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002), reaching the final twice (1992, 2002), in 4 CEV Cup / CEV Cup Winners' Cup Final Fours (1996, 1997, 1998, 2005), winning 2 titles (1996, 2005) and reaching the final in two other cases (1997, 1998), as well as in 1 CEV European Super Cup Final Four (1996). Along with Pallavolo Modena, they hold the record for most consecutive European Final Four participations with 7, four in the CEV Champions League (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995) and three in the CEV Cup (1996, 1997, 1998).

Apart from Olympiacos' top Greek players who have traditionally been the backbone of Greece's national team, foreign world-class players that have played with the club over the years include: Ivan Miljković, Lorenzo Bernardi, Jeff Stork, Marcos Milinkovic, Bengt Gustafsson, Raimonds Vilde, Scott Fortune, Rodolfo Sánchez, Osvaldo Hernández, Dejan Brđović, Leszek Urbanowicz, Goran Vujević, Henk-Jan Held, Igor Runov, Tom Hoff, Vasa Mijić, Pablo Meana, Plamen Konstantinov, Janne Heikkinen, Simon Tischer, Boyan Yordanov, Wytze Kooistra, Mitar Đurić and Ernardo Gómez.

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Greek Championship
  • Winners (27) (record): 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
• Greek Cup
  • Winners (15) (record): 1981, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016
• Greek Super Cup
  • Winners (2): 2000, 2010
• Greek League Cup
  • Winners (3) (record): 2013, 2015, 2016
• Greek Cup A1 Ethniki
  • Winners (1): 1994
• Double
  • Winners (14) (record): 1981, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014

European competitions

• CEV Champions League
  • Runners-up (2): 1992, 2002^[4][5]
  • Third (2): 1993, 1995
  • Fourth (3): 1982, 1994, 2001
• CEV Cup
  • Winners (2): 1996, 2005
  • Runners-up (2): 1997, 1998
• CEV European Super Cup
  • Fourth (1): 1996

Worldwide competitions

• FIVB Club World Championship:
  • Third (1): 1992

International record

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Season	Achievement	Notes
CEV Champions League
1981–82	Final Four	4th place in a group with Robe di Kappa Torino, CSKA Moscow and Dinamo Bucureşti
1991–92	Final	won 3–0 against CSKA Moscow in the semi-final, lost 0–3 to il Messaggero Ravenna in the final
1992–93	Final Four	3rd place. Lost 1–3 to Maxicono Parma in the semi-final, won 3–0 against Maes Pils Zellik in the 3rd place game
1993–94	Final Four	4th place. Lost 0–3 to Maxicono Parma in the semi-final, lost 0–3 to Maes Pils Zellik in the 3rd place game
1994–95	Final Four	3rd place. Lost 1–3 to Edilcuoghi Ravenna in the semi-final, won 3–2 against Maes Pils Zellik in the 3rd place game
2000–01	Final Four	4th place. Lost 0–3 to Sisley Treviso in the semi-final, lost 2–3 to Ford B.Gesu Roma in the 3rd place game
2001–02	Final	won 3–1 against Mostostal in the semi-final, lost 1–3 to Lube Banca Macerata in the final
2009–10	Playoff 6	5th place. Eliminated by Dynamo Moscow, 1–3 loss in Moscow, 1–3 loss in Piraeus
CEV Cup Winners Cup / CEV Top Teams Cup
1995–96	Winners	won 3–1 against Alcom Capelle in the semi-final, won 3–2 against Bayer Wuppertal in the final
1996–97	Final	won 3–1 against Berlin in the semi-final, lost 0–3 to Alpitour Traco Cuneo in the final
1997–98	Final	won 3–0 against Castêlo da Maia in the semi-final, lost 0–3 to Alpitour Traco Cuneo in the final
2004–05	Winners	won 3–0 against Dukla Liberec in the semi-final, won 3–0 against Ortec Nesselande Rotterdam in the final
FIVB Club World Championship
1992	Final Four	3rd place. Lost 0–3 to Misura Milano in the semi-final, won 3–0 against il Messaggero Ravenna in the 3rd place game
CEV European Super Cup
1996	Final Four	4th place. Lost 1–3 to Dachau in the semi-final, lost 0–3 against Daytona Modena in the 3rd place game

The road to CEV Cup Winners Cup / CEV Cup victories

The road to the 1996 CEV Cup Winners' Cup victory Round Team Home  Away  Group Stage (Group B) VK Dukla Liberec 1–3 Desimpel Torhout 3–0 Lokomotiv Kharkiv 0–3 Legia Warsaw 3–0 Belogorie Belgorod 3–0 Bayer Wuppertal 3–0 Eczacıbaşı Istanbul 0–3 Semifinal Alcom Capelle 3–1 Final Bayer Wuppertal 3–2

The road to the 2005 CEV Top Teams Cup victory Round Team Home  Away  Qualification Round (Group 7) Rabotnicki Skopje 3–0 Pafiakos Pafos 3–0 Brčko Brčko 3–0 Group Stage (Group A) Concordia Näfels 3–0 0–3 Fenerbahçe Istanbul 3–0 1–3 Šoštanj Topolsica 3–0 0–3 Quarterfinal Ziraat Bankası Ankara 3–0 0–3 Semifinal VK Dukla Liberec 3–0 Final Ortec Nesselande Rotterdam 3–0

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

• Played at least one season for the club.
• Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
• Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time.
• To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

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  Ivan Miljković

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  Lorenzo Bernardi

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  Boyan Yordanov

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  Janne Heikkinen

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  Tom Hoff

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  Mitar Đurić

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  Osvaldo Hernández

Greece Kaloudis Alexoudis Sotiris Amarianakis Andreas Andreadis Christos Angelidis Apostolos Armenakis Theodoros Bozidis Akis Chatziantoniou Dimitris Chorianos Kostas Christofidelis Giorgos Dermatis Christos Dimitrakopoulos - Mitar Đurić Iraklis Doriadis Giannis Fakas - Dima Filippov Andreas Fragkos Vasilis Galakos Marios Giourdas Kostas Goudakos Makis Kanellos Dimitris Kazazis Menelaos Kokkinakis Tasos Koublis Kostas Kourbetis Vasilis Kournetas Chrysanthos Kyriazis Giannis Laios Andreas Lorandos Giorgos Lykoudis Thanos Maroulis Sakis Moustakidis Thanasis Michalopoulos Avgoustinos Michalos Dimitris Mitropoulos Giorgos Ntrakovits Kyriakos Pantelias Achilleas Papadimitriou Giorgos Papazoglou Panagiotis Pelekoudas Giorgos Petreas Stefanos Polyzos Stelios Prosalikas Kostas Prousalis Nikos Roumeliotis Nikos Smaragdis Sotiris Sotiriou Dimitris Soultanopoulos Giorgos Stefanou Kostas Stivachtis Giannis Takouridis Kostas Tampouratzis Lefteris Terzakis Andreas Theodoridis Michalis Triantafyllidis Sotiris Tsergas Antonis Tsakiropoulos Manos Xenakis Vasilis Xerovasilas

Argentina Jorge Elgueta Pablo Meana Marcos Milinkovic  Brazil Leonardo Caldeira Paulino Dirceu Luiz Felipe Fonteles  Bulgaria Krasimir Gajdarski Ivaylo Gavrilov Nikolay Jeliazkov Plamen Konstantinov Ludmil Naydenov Dimo Tonev Hristo Tsvetanov Boyan Yordanov Andrey Zhekov  Croatia Tomislav Čošković  Cuba Rolando Despaigne Osvaldo Hernández Rodolfo Sánchez  England - Jason Haldane  Finland Janne Heikkinen Olli Kunnari  France Renaud Herpe  Germany Christian Pampel Simon Tischer  Italy Lorenzo Bernardi Paolo Merlo  Latvia Raimonds Vilde

Netherlands Henk-Jan Held Wytze Kooistra  Poland Leszek Urbanowicz  Puerto Rico José Rivera  Russia - Igor Runov  Serbia Dejan Bojović Slobodan Boškan Dejan Brđović - Milan Jurišić - Milan Marković Vasa Mijić Ivan Miljković Veljko Petković - Goran Vujević  Slovenia Tine Urnaut  Sweden Bengt Gustafsson  Ukraine Andrii Diachkov Oleksiy Gatin Igor Popov  United States Carson Clark Scott Fortune Tom Hoff Jayson Jablonsky Reid Priddy Riley Salmon Jeff Stork Donald Suxho  Venezuela Ernardo Gómez Iván Márquez Andy Rojas

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  Plamen Konstantinov

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  Goran Vujević

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  Renaud Herpe

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  Reid Priddy

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  Wytze Kooistra

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  Olli Kunnari

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  Giorgos Petreas

Notable coaches

Ljubomir Travica  Zoran Gajić

Kostas Ampelas Kyriakos Pantelias Dimitar Zahariev Giannis Laios Vladimir Kondra Gian Paolo Montali Zoran Gajić Daniele Ricci Ljubomir Travica Claudio Cuello Anders Kristiansson Flavio Gulinelli Giannis Kalmazidis Dimitris Kazazis Roberto Piazza

Current squad

Olympiacos S.C. first team in 1926

Season 2015–2016

Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Height	Position
1	Greece	Charis Sakoglou	July 1, 1990	1.94	Opposite
4	Greece	Dimitris Soultanopoulos	September 3, 1981	2.01	Middle Blocker
5	Greece	Kostas Stivachtis	May 22, 1980	1.86	Setter
7	Greece	Dima Filippov	December 4, 1990	1.98	Setter
8	Latvia	Hermans Egleskalns	December 8, 1990	2.03	Opposite
9	Greece	Menelaos Kokkinakis	January 21, 1993	1.93	Outside Hitter
10	Montenegro	Božidar Ćuk	June 13, 1992	2.00	Outside Hitter
11	Greece	Konrad Guzda	September 25, 1990	1.88	Libero
12	Greece	Christos Papadopoulos	November 25, 1986	1.98	Middle Blocker
14	Greece	Markos Galiotos	August 23, 1996	1.95	Setter
15	Greece	Nikos Deliprimis	May 17, 1990	1.97	Outside Hitter
16	Slovakia	František Ogurčák	April 24, 1984	1.98	Outside Hitter
17	Greece	Kostas Tampouratzis	September 2, 1983	1.91	Libero
18	Greece	Giorgos Sfendylakis	December 12, 1988	2.02	Middle Blocker
19	Romania	Andrei Spînu	January 24, 1987	2.10	Middle Blocker

Technical and managerial staff

Name	Job
Roberto Piazza	Head Coach
Giannis Fakas	Assistant Coach
Massimiliano Giaccardi	Assistant Coach

Historical performance in Volleyleague

Season Position W–L Sets 1967–68 1st 6–0 18–0 1968–69 1st 13–1 40–12 1969–70 2nd 20-2 1970–71 4th 16–6 1971–72 2nd 22–2 1972–73 2nd 1973–74 1st 24–0 1974–75 3rd 1975–76 1st 14–1 1976–77 2nd 13–2 1977–78 1st 21–1 1978–79 1st 22–0 1979–80 1st 17–1 52–13 1980–81 1st 22–0 66–13 1981–82 2nd 20–2 63–11

Season Position W–L Sets 1982–83 1st 21–1 65–16 1983–84 2nd 26–2 79–18 1984–85 2nd 25–3 80–14 1985–86 2nd 20–2 63–14 1986–87 1st 21–1 64–11 1987–88 1st 22–0 66–9 1988–89 1st 19–1 59–6 1989–90 1st 21–1 63–6 1990–91 1st 20–0 60–9 1991–92 1st 21–1 1992–93 1st 20–1 62–12 1993–94 1st 21–1 65–11 1994–95 2nd 1995–96 4th 18–8 61–36 1996–97 3rd 19–6 65–27

Season Position W–L Sets 1997–98 1st 26–5 84–25 1998–99 1st 27–3 82–19 1999–00 1st 27–3 82–21 2000–01 1st 27–2 84–14 2001–02 2nd 25–6 83–30 2002–03 1st 25–2 78–24 2003–04 2nd 23–5 76–27 2004–05 2nd 20–11 72–37 2005–06 3rd 20–9 64–37 2006–07 3rd 22–6 72–31 2007–08 3rd 22–9 72–39 2008–09 1st 26–5 82–28 2009–10 1st 25–6 82–34 2010–11 1st 21–6 71–33 2011–12 5th 14–11 56–38

Season Position W–L Sets 2012–13 1st 26–3 78–23 2013–14 1st 23–7 80–38 2014–15 2nd 22–7 75–40 2015–16 3rd 21–5 70–24

Positions

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Times	27	12	6	2	1

See also

• Olympiacos Women's Volleyball Team

References

1. "CEV Cup (Top Teams Cup) 1995/96 Olympiacos Piraeus (GRE) - SV Bayer Wuppertal (GER) 3:2 (Final)". volleyball-movies.net.
2. "CEV Cup (Top Teams Cup) 2004/05 Olympiacos Piraeus (GRE) - Ortec Nesselande Rotterdam (NED) 3:0 (Final)". volleyball-movies.net.
3. "Η χρυσή βίβλος της Volleyleague" (in Greek). gazzetta.gr. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
4. "2001/02 European Champions League". cev.lu.
5. "1991/92 European Champions League". cev.lu.

External links

• Olympiacos CFP Official Website – Men's Volleyball (Greek)