Olympiacos women's volleyball team (Greek: Ολυμπιακός, [olimbiaˈkos]), commonly referred to as Olympiacos, Olympiacos Piraeus or with its full name as Olympiacos SFP, is the women's volleyball department of the major Greek multi-sport club, Olympiacos SFP, based in Piraeus, Attica. The department was founded in 1930 and their home ground is the Melina Mercouri Indoor Hall in Agios Ioannis Rentis, Piraeus.
Nickname | Thrylos (The Legend) Erythrolefkes (The Red-Whites) | ||
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Founded | 1930 | ||
Ground | Melina Merkouri Indoor Hall, Piraeus, Greece (Capacity: 1,800) | ||
Chairman | Michalis Kountouris | ||
Manager | Lorenzo Micelli | ||
League | Hellenic Women’s Volleyball League CEV Champions League CEV Cup | ||
2022–23 | 2nd | ||
Website | Club home page | ||
Uniforms | |||
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Championships | |||
1 CEV Challenge Cup 8 Hellenic Championships 10 Hellenic Cups |
Olympiacos is one of the most successful volleyball clubs in Greece and the country's most successful in European competitions, having won 8 League titles, a record 10 Cups, a record 7 Doubles, a CEV Challenge Cup (2018) and a Continental Treble (2018), the only women's volleyball club in Greece to have won a European title. They hold the unique records for winning eight consecutive Greek League titles (2013–2020), nine consecutive national Cups (2011–2019) and seven consecutive Doubles (2013–2019).
The season 2017–18 was the most successful in the club's history and the most successful by any Greek women's volleyball club in history; besides winning the aforementioned CEV Challenge Cup in their second final presence in a row, they won the domestic competitions undefeated, with 25–0 wins in the League, finishing the season with only two sets lost in an unprecedented 75–2 set record, and 4–0 wins in the Cup with a 12–1 set record, achieving a Continental Treble and their sixth consecutive domestic Double.[1][2] In the same season, the men's volleyball team reached the CEV Challenge Cup final and Olympiacos became the first Greek volleyball club that had men and women playing simultaneously in European finals, and one of the very few in the continent to have won European trophies in both departments.
Honours
editDomestic competitions
edit- Hellenic Championship
- Winners (8): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
- Hellenic Cup
- Winners (10) (record): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2023–24
- Greek Super Cup
- Winners (1) (record): 2024
- Double
- Winners (7) (record): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
European competitions
edit- CEV Women's Challenge Cup
- Treble
- Winners (1): 2017–18
International record
editSeason | Achievement | Notes | |
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CEV Cup | |||
2013–14 | 8th finals | eliminated by Aluprof Bielsko-Biała, 0–3 loss in Piraeus, 3–2 win in Bielsko-Biała | |
2014–15 | 8th finals | eliminated by Galatasaray Daikin, 1–3 loss in Istanbul, 0–3 loss in Piraeus | |
CEV Challenge Cup | |||
2007–08 | Quarter-finals | eliminated by Infoplus Minetti Imola, 0–3 loss in San Lazzaro, 0–3 loss in Piraeus[3] | |
2015–16 | 8th finals | eliminated by CSM București, 3–0 win in Piraeus, 1–3 (golden set) loss in Bucharest | |
2016–17 | Final | defeated by Bursa BBSK, 3–2 win in Piraeus, 0–3 loss in Bursa | |
2017–18 | Winners | defeated Bursa BBSK, 2–3 loss in Piraeus, 3–1 win in Bursa | |
2019–20 | Semi-finals | Olympiacos reached the semi-finals but CEV Challenge Cup was suspended over COVID-19 pandemic |
The road to the 2017–18 CEV Challenge Cup victory
editRound | Team | Home | Away |
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16th Finals | CV Logroño | 3–0 | 2–3 |
8th Finals | CSM Târgoviște | 2–3 | 1–3 |
Quarter-finals | Sm'Aesch Pfeffingen | 3–0 | 1–3 |
Semi-finals | Dinamo Krasnodar | 3–2 | 0–3 |
Finals | Bursa BBSK | 2–3 | 1–3 |
Team Roster
editSeason 2024–2025
Number | Player | Position | Height | Date of birth |
2 | Marialena Artakianou | Libero | 1.70 | 21 May 1994 |
3 | Yamila Nizetich | Outside Hitter | 1.82 | 27 January 1989 |
5 | Ifigenia Sampati | Libero | 1.70 | 01/08/1998 |
7 | Tzina Lamprousi (c) | Middle Blocker | 1.84 | 27 January 1993 |
10 | Melina Emmanouilidou | Middle Blocker | 1.87 | 18 September 1994 |
12 | - Milica Kubura | Opposite | 1.94 | 20 March 1995 |
13 | Bianca Farriol | Middle Blocker | 1.85 | 18 December 2001 |
19 | Paraskevī Zafeiriou | Outside Hitter | 1.79 | 8 June 2006 |
88 | Valia Dagre | Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 28 July 2007 |
Isabella di Iulio | Setter | 1.75 | 26 November 1991 |
Technical and managerial staff
editName | Job |
Lorenzo Micelli | Head coach |
Spyros Sarantitis | Assistant coach |
Giorgos Somponis | Assistant coach |
Nikos Katsiouras | Team Manager |
Xenofon Krokos | Statistician |
Dimitris Georgas | Trainer |
Giorgos Tsikouris | Head doctor |
Akis Stratakis | Physio |
Elena Zervakaki | Physio |
Giorgos Glakousakis | Physio |
Vangelis Roussos | Conditioner |
Notable players
edit(Players are listed in alphabetical order)
Notable coaches
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Το έκτο αστέρι στον Ολυμπιακό με ρεκόρ 75-2 σετ" (in Greek). novasports.gr. Archived from the original on 7 September 2018. www.novasports.gr
- ^ ""Ερυθρόλευκα" ρεκόρ στο τρεμπλ των γυναικών!" (in Greek). gazzetta.gr. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "Challenge Cup 2007–08 quarter-finals". cev.eu. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ^ "Αφιέρωμα στο γυναικείο τμήμα βόλεϊ του Ολυμπιακού" (in Greek). volleynews.gr.
External links
edit- Official website (in English)
- Olympiacos Women's Volleyball team on CEV official website (in English)
- Olympiacos profile on women.volleybox.net (in English)