Olympiacos SFP (women's volleyball)

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.

Olympiacos
NicknameThrylos (The Legend)
Erythrolefkes (The Red-Whites)
Founded1930
GroundMelina Merkouri Indoor Hall, Piraeus, Greece
(Capacity: 1,800)
ChairmanGreece Michalis Kountouris
ManagerItaly Lorenzo Micelli
LeagueHellenic Women’s Volleyball League
CEV Champions League
CEV Cup
2022–232nd
WebsiteClub home page
Uniforms
Home
Away
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

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Domestic competitions

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  • 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
  • Double
    • Winners (7) (record): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19

European competitions

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International record

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Season Achievement Notes
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

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Round Team Home  Away 
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

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Season 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

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Name 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

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(Players are listed in alphabetical order)

Notable coaches

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "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
  2. ^ ""Ερυθρόλευκα" ρεκόρ στο τρεμπλ των γυναικών!" (in Greek). gazzetta.gr. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Challenge Cup 2007–08 quarter-finals". cev.eu. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Αφιέρωμα στο γυναικείο τμήμα βόλεϊ του Ολυμπιακού" (in Greek). volleynews.gr.
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