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
2021–222nd
WebsiteClub home page
Uniforms
Home
Away
Championships
1 CEV Challenge Cup
8 Hellenic Championships
9 Hellenic Cups

Olympiacos women's volleyball team (Greek: Ολυμπιακός, [olimbiaˈkos]), commonly referred to as Olympiacos, Olympiacos Piraeus or with its full name as Olympiacos CFP, is the women's volleyball department of the major Greek multi-sport club, Olympiacos CFP, 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 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 9 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

Domestic competitions

  • Hellenic Championship
    • Winners (8): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
  • Hellenic Cup
    • Winners (9) (record): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19,
  • Double
    • Winners (7) (record): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19

European competitions

International record

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

Round Team Home  Away 
16th Finals Spain CV Logroño 3–0 2–3
8th Finals Romania CSM Târgoviște 2–3 1–3
Quarter-finals Switzerland Sm'Aesch Pfeffingen 3–0 1–3
Semi-finals Russia Dinamo Krasnodar 3–2 0–3
Finals Turkey Bursa BBSK 2–3 1–3

Team Roster

Season 2023–2024

Number Player Position Height Date of birth
1 Greece Emily Konstantelou Middle Blocker 1.84 27 May 1997
2 Greece Marialena Artakianou Libero 1.70 21 May 1994
3 Argentina Yamila Nizetich Outside Hitter 1.82 27 January 1989
4 Italy Giulia Carraro Setter 1.75 25 July 1994
5 Greece Ifigenia Sampati Libero 1.70 01/08/1998
7 Greece Tzina Lamprousi (c) Middle Blocker 1.84 27 January 1993
9 Greece Kostantina Vlachaki Outside Hitter 1.78 08/05/1995
10 Greece Melina Emmanouilidou Middle Blocker 1.87 18 September 1994
11 Greece Maria Tsitsigianni Opposite 1.87 20 November 2000
12 Serbia Milica Kubura Opposite 1.94 20 March 1995
13 Argentina Bianca Farriol Middle Blocker 1.85 18 December 2001
15 Greece Evagelia Tani Setter 1.82 18 April 2004
16 Czech Republic Michaela Mlejnkova Outside Hitter 1.85 26 July 1996
19 Greece Paraskevī Zafeiriou Outside Hitter 1.79 8 June 2006
88 Greece Valia Dagre Outside Hitter 1.85 28 July 2007

Technical and managerial staff

Name Job
Italy Lorenzo Micelli Head coach
Greece Spyros Sarantitis Assistant coach
Greece Giorgos Somponis Assistant coach
Greece Nikos Katsiouras Team Manager
Greece Xenofon Krokos Statistician
Greece Dimitris Georgas Trainer
Greece Giorgos Tsikouris Head doctor
Greece Akis Stratakis Physio
Greece Elena Zervakaki Physio
Greece Giorgos Glakousakis Physio
Greece Vangelis Roussos Conditioner

Notable players

(Players are listed in alphabetical order)

Notable coaches

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Το έκτο αστέρι στον Ολυμπιακό με ρεκόρ 75-2 σετ!" (in Greek). novasports.gr. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  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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