- Olympiacos S.C.
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Olympiacos S.C. Full name Olympiacos SC Nickname Red-Whites Founded 1930 Ground Melina Merkouri (Rendis), Piraeus, Greece
(Capacity: 3,000)Chairman Leonidas Theodorakakis
League A1 2010-11 season 1st Uniforms Current Home Away Libero Olympiacos S.C. is the volleyball team of the Greek sports club Olympiacos. It was founded in 1930 and has won 23 National Championships, 13 Greek Cups and 1 Greek Super Cup. They are ranked among the top European teams and they are the most successful Greek club.
Olympiacos are the dominants of Greek volleyball, having gained the most national championships and cups while they are the only Greek team to have won European trophies (2 CEV Top Teams Cup). They have also played in many Final Four in the European competitions which makes them one of the biggest volleyball clubs of Europe.
Olympiacos have a women volleyball team as well which was founded in 1992. Contrary to the men's team, women of Olympiacos had never played a major role until 2007, when they finished second in the Greek league and eliminated their eternal enemy Panathinaikos in the Greek Cup. In the season 2007-08 the women department reached the quarter finals of the Challenge Cup.
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Honours
(Total titles: 42)
Men
- Domestic
- Greek Championship: 25
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- 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
- Greek Cup: 12
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- 1981, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2011
- Greek Super Cup: 2
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- 2000, 2010,2011
- European
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- 1996, 2005
- Other
- Double: 10
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- 1981, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2011
Notes
- In 1994, a Final Four tournament was held instead of a cup competition, where all international players were excluded because of the upcoming World Cup. Olympiacos won the tournament but that title is not considered an official one by the Hellenic Volleyball Federation.[1]
Women
- Domestic
- Greek Championship:
- Runners-up (3): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Greek Cup: (1)2011
- Runners-up (1): 2010
Winners (1): 2011
International record
Season Achievement Notes Champions Cup 1981-82 4th place / Final Four 1991-92 2nd place / Final Four defeated by Il Messaggero Ravenna 1992-93 3rd place / Final Four 1993-94 4th place / Final Four 1994-95 3rd place / Final Four Champions League 2000-01 4th place / Final Four 2001-02 2nd place / Final Four defeated by Lube Banca Macerata 1-3 Cup Winners Cup/Top Teams Cup 1995-96 Winners / Final Four won Bayer Wuppertal 1996-97 2nd place / Final Four defeated by Alpitour Traco Cuneo 1997-98 2nd place / Final Four defeated by Alpitour Traco Cuneo 2004-05 Winners / Final Four won Ortec Nesselande Rotterdam 3-0 Selected Former Players
Apostolos Armenakis
Goran Vujevic
Stylianos Amarianakis
Georgios Dragovits
Scott Fortune
Ivo Gavrilov
Marios Giourdas
Ernando Gómez
Bengt Gustavsson
Hendrik Jan "Henk Jan" Held
Osvaldo Hernández Chambert
Ray Salmon
Georgios Kazamias
Dimitrios Kazazis
Plamen Konstantinov
Vasilios Kournetas
Ioannis Laios
Vasa Mijić
Milan Markovic
Athanasios Moustakidis
Stefanos Polyzos
Stylianos Prosalikas
Igor Runov
Jeff Stork
Antonios Tsakiropoulos
Hristo Tsvetanov
Marcos Milinkovic
Lorenzo Bernardi
Urbanowicz Leszek
Raimond Vilde
Boyan Yordanov
Ivan Miljković
Tom Hoff
Huber Eno
Pablo Meana
Roster 2011-2012
External links
- Official Website of Olympiacos Piraeus (Greek) (English)
- Olympiacos Volleyball Unofficial Site (Greek)
- Ελληνική Ομοσπονδία Πετοσφαίρισης (Greek)
Apollon Kalamarias · Aris · Ethnikos Alexandroupolis · Finikas Syros · Iraklis · Kifisia · Lamia · Olympiacos · Pamvohaikos · Panathinaikos · P.A.O.K. · EA PatrasFinal Four Play-off 6 Trentino BetClic •
ASSECO Resovia Rzeszów •
Hypo Tirol Innsbruck •
ACH Volley Bled •
Dynamo Moscow •
Olympiacos
Eliminated in Play-off 12 Knack Randstad Roeselare •
CSKA Sofia •
VfB Friedrichshafen •
Lube Banca Marche Macerata •
Panathinaikos •
Zenit Kazan
Moved to CEV Cup Eliminated in Group stage Jihostroj České Budějovice •
Unicaja Almeria •
Budvanska Rivijera Budva •
Radnički Kragujevac •
Jastrzębski Węgiel •
İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi •
Paris Volley
Categories:- Olympiacos
- Greek volleyball clubs
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