Olympiacos Men's Volleyball ( el, Ολυμπιακός, ), commonly referred to as Olympiacos, Olympiacos Piraeus or with its full name as Olympiacos CFP, is the men's volleyball department of the major Greek

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, Olympiacos CFP, based in Piraeus, Attica. The department was founded in 1926 and their home ground is the

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, Piraeus. Olympiacos is the most successful club in Greek volleyball history, having won 30 Greek Volley League titles, 16

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, 6 League Cups, all national records, and 2 Super Cups. They are the only volleyball club in Greece to have won a European competition, with 2 CEV Cup Winners' Cup/CEV Top Teams Cups (1996, 2005), and a traditional powerhouse in European volleyball, having been runners-up in all three main CEV competitions, two times in the

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(with seven final four participations), two in the

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and one in the

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, totalling seven European finals. Domestically, Olympiacos holds the record for the most consecutive championships won, with eight in a row (1987–1994), and for winning seven championships undefeated (1968, 1974, 1979, 1981, 1988, 1991, 2018). Internationally, their most successful period was between 1992 and 2005, when they came to be included amongst the top volleyball powers in Europe. During this period, apart from their two European trophies, they progressed to eleven final fours in total, seven of them consecutive between 1992 and 1998 (the first four in the CEV Champions League and the next three in the CEV Cup Winners' Cup); they also won a fourth place in the

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and a third in the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship. Olympiacos came to European prominence again by playing in the

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final; at the same time, the women's department won their respective

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. In this way, Olympiacos became the first volleyball club that had men and women playing simultaneously in European finals, and one of the very few to have won European trophies in both departments. Given the fact that Olympiacos is one of the most popular sports clubs in Greece, the men's volleyball department also receives great home support. Apart from some top Greek players such as

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, Giorgos Ntrakovits, Sakis Moustakidis, Vasilis Kournetas, Antonis Tsakiropoulos, Kostas Christofidelis, Mitar Tzourits, Olympiacos has also attracted over the years some foreign world-class players including Ivan Miljković, Lorenzo Bernardi, Jeff Stork,

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, Bengt Gustafsson,

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, Vasa Mijić,

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, Osvaldo Hernández and Fabian Drzyzga.

Honours

Domestic competitions

* Greek Volley League ** Winners (30) (record): 1968, 1968−69, 1973−74, 1975−76, 1977−78, 1978−79, 1979−80, 1980−81, 1982−83, 1986−87, 1987−88, 1988−89, 1989−90, 1990−91, 1991−92, 1992−93, 1993−94, 1997−98, 1998−99, 1999−00, 2000−01, 2002−03, 2008−09, 2009−10, 2010−11, 2012−13, 2013−14, 2017−18, 2018−19, 2020−21 * Greek Cup ** Winners (16) (record): 1980−81, 1982−83, 1988−89, 1989−90, 1991−92, 1992−93, 1993−94, 1996−97, 1997−98, 1998−99, 2000−01, 2008−09, 2010−11, 2012−13, 2013−14, 2015−16, 2016−17 * Greek League Cup ** Winners (6) (record): 2012−13, 2014−15, 2015−16, 2016−17, 2017−18, 2018−19 *

Greek Super Cup The Greek Super Cup ( el, Σούπερ Καπ Ελλάδος), officially known as the Cup of Friendship and Solidarity ( el, Κύπελλο Φιλίας και Αλληλεγγύης) was a Greek Football (soccer), association football one-match ...

** Winners (2): 2000, 2010 * Double ** Winners (14) (record): 1980−81, 1982−83, 1988−89, 1989−90, 1991−92, 1992−93, 1993−94, 1997−98, 1998−99, 2000−01, 2008−09, 2010−11, 2012−13, 2013−14

European competitions

** ''Runners-up (2):'' 1991−92, 2001−02 * Shield of the European Union

CEV Cup Winners' Cup / CEV Top Teams Cup / CEV Cup ** Winners (2): 1995−96, 2004−05 ** ''Runners-up (2):'' 1996−97, 1997−98 * Shield of the European Union

** ''Runners-up (1):'' 2017–18

Worldwide competitions

FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship: ** ''Third (1):''

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International record

The road to CEV Cup Winners Cup / CEV Cup victories

The road to the 1996 CEV Cup Winners' Cup victory

The road to the 2005 CEV Top Teams Cup victory

Supporters

Olympiacos fans are renowned for their passionate and fervent support to the team, with the atmosphere at home matches regarded as extremely intense and intimidating to such an extent that is rarely seen in volleyball matches. In the decade of the 1900s and the early 2000s, Olympiacos was among the top powers in European volleyball (7 consecutive European Final Four participations, four in the CEV Champions League –1992, 1993, 1994, 1995– and three in the CEV Cup Winners' Cup –1996, 1997, 1998–, winners of the

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, twice Runners-up of the CEV Champions League in

and

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, twice Runners-up of the CEV Cup Winners' Cup in

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and

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, third place in the world in the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship in 1992 and fourth place in the

CEV European Super Cup) and one of the best supported volleyball teams in Europe. In the 1992 CEV Champions League Final Four in Piraeus, an estimated 20,000 Olympiacos fans crowded the Peace and Friendship Stadium for the semi-final against CSKA Moscow and 20,000 more for the final against il Messaggero Ravenna. Volleyball legend Karch Kiraly, Hall of Famer and three times

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, a key member of il Messaggero Ravenna at the time, talked about the 1992 CEV Champions League Final in a 2018 interview: "''That particular CEV Champions League Final Four in Piraeus was really a very special experience. Even now as we speak, the first thing that comes to my mind was the unbelievable atmposhere that we all lived in that volleyball game in Athens 26 years ago. In that day I cherished the Greek supporters and the passion of Olympiacos fans for volleyball. It was something unique."'' In the 1996 CEV Cup Winners' Cup Final Four which was held again in Piraeus and the Peace and Friendship Stadium, an estimated 18,000 to 20,000 Olympiacos fans filed into SEF and created the most intense atmosphere, pushing the team to their first ever European title against the

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side Bayer Wuppertal, after a hard-fought 3–2 win. After the victory, hundreds of ecstatic Olympiacos fans stormed the court and celebrated the title with the players. Olympiacos hosted the Final Four of the CEV Top Teams Cup in 2005 and Olympiacos supporters relived some of the 1990s moments. 15,000 fans packed the Peace and Friendship Stadium and provided once again an electric atmosphere, helping Olympiacos to win their second European title, after a 3–0 win against the Dutch side Ortec Nesselande Rotterdam in the final. In 2018 Peace and Friendship Stadium lived once again some of its timeless glory, as an estimated 12,000 Olympiacos fans created an extraordinary atmosphere in the final of the

against Bunge Ravenna. Ravenna's Austrian star Paul Buchegger talked about the atmosphere in the post-game interview: "''The atmosphere, the fans were really great. It was a "red hell", when I entered the court I had goose bumps. I have never played in front of such a big crowd."''

Notable players

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* Apostolos Armenakis * Theodoros Bozidis * Akis Chatziantoniou *

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* Kostas Christofidelis *

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* Iraklis Doriadis * Giorgos Dragovits *-

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* Giannis Fakas *- Dima Filippov * Andreas Frangos *

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* Makis Kanellos * Theoklitos Karipidis * Dimitris Kazazis *

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* Tasos Koublis *

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* Vasilis Kournetas *

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* Chrysanthos Kyriazis *

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* Andreas Lorandos * Giorgos Lykoudis * Thanos Maroulis * Thanasis Michalopoulos * Avgoustinos Michalos *

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* Sakis Moustakidis *

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* Giorgos Papazoglou *

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* Stefanos Polyzos * Stelios Prosalikas * Kostas Prousalis *

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* Nikos Roumeliotis * Nikos Smaragdis * Dimitris Soultanopoulos * Giorgos Stefanou * Kostas Stivachtis * Giannis Takouridis * Kostas Tambouratzis *

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* Antonis Tsakiropoulos *

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* Sotiris Tsergas *

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* Vasilis Xerovasilas *

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* Jorge Elgueta * Pablo Meana *-

* Leonardo Caldeira * Athos Ferreira Costa * Paulino Dirceu * Luiz Felipe Fonteles *

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Nikolay Jeliazkov Nikolay Jeliazkov or Zheliazkov ( bg, Николай Желязков) (born ) is a former Bulgarian male volleyball player and coach. He was part of the Bulgaria men's national volleyball team at the 1994 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship ...

Plamen Konstantinov Plamen Georgiev Konstantinov ( bg, Пламен Георгиев Константинов) (born 14 June 1973) is a former Bulgarian volleyball player, a member of Bulgaria men's national volleyball team, head coach of Lokomotiv Novosibirsk and ...

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* Hristo Tsvetanov *

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* Andrey Zhekov * Justin Duff *-

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* Gavin Schmitt * Liberman Agámez * Tomislav Čošković * Rolando Despaigne * Osvaldo Hernández *

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* Janne Heikkinen * Olli Kunnari *

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* Renaud Herpe *

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* Lorenzo Bernardi * Paolo Merlo *

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* Fabian Drzyzga *

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* José Rivera *

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Igor Runov Igor Runov (russian: Игорь Рунов; 8 February 1963 – 11 April 2011} was a Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics and for the Unified Team at ...

Dejan Bojović Dejan Bojović ( sr, Дејан Бојовић; born 3 April 1983) is former Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team, a participant of the 2008 Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (fr ...

* Slobodan Boškan *

Dejan Brđović Dejan Brđović (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Брђовић, 21 February 1966 – 21 December 2015) was a Serbian volleyball player who competed for Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia in the 1996 Summer Olymp ...

Konstantin Čupković Konstantin Čupković ( sr-cyrl, Константин Чупковић; born 2 January 1987) is a Serbian professional volleyball player, a former member of the Serbia national team. At the professional club level, he plays for BBTS Bielsko-Bi ...

*- Milan Jurišić *-

Milan Marković Milan Marković ( sr-cyr, Милан Марковић, born 7 September 1970) is a Serbian lawyer, professor and politician. He served as the Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government from 2007 to 2011 and as the Minister of H ...

* Vasa Mijić * Ivan Miljković * Aleksandar Okolic * Veljko Petković *-

* František Ogurčák *

Alen Pajenk Alen Pajenk (born 23 April 1986) is a Slovenian volleyball player who plays for Olympiacos Praeus and the Slovenia national team. With Slovenia, he was the runner-up of the European Volleyball Championship three times, in 2015, 2019 and 2021. ...

Tonček Štern Tonček Štern (born 14 November 1995) is a Slovenian volleyball player who plays for Olympiacos and the Slovenia national team. With Slovenia, he was the runner-up of the European Volleyball Championship in 2019 and 2021. Personal life Štern ...

* Tine Urnaut *

Bengt Gustafson Bengt Gustafson (born 17 May 1963) is a Sweden volleyball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Se ...

Andrii Diachkov Andrii Diachkov (born 28 April 1985) is a Ukrainian volleyball player, a member of Ukraine men's national volleyball team and Montpellier UC. Career Clubs Ukrainian period Andrii Diachkov started his volleyball career in the Ukrainian Me ...

* Oleksiy Gatin * Igor Popov *

Carson Clark Carson Clark (born January 20, 1989) is an American male volleyball player. He was part of the United States men's national volleyball team at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Poland. He won two NCAA National Championship ...

Scott Fortune Scott Thomas Fortune (born January 23, 1966) is an American former volleyball player. He was an All-American at Stanford University and a three-time Olympian for the United States national team. He helped the United States win the gold medal at ...

Jayson Jablonsky Jayson Jablonsky (born July 23, 1985) is an American male volleyball player. He is part of the United States men's national volleyball team The United States men's national volleyball team represents the country in international competitions an ...

Reid Priddy William Reid Priddy (born October 1, 1977), known as Reid Priddy, is an American volleyball player on the United States men's national volleyball team and Italian club Cucine Lube Civitanova. He has also played on the AVP tour from 2000 to 200 ...

Riley Salmon Riley Salmon (born July 2, 1976, in Amarillo, Texas) is a volleyball player from the United States. He graduated from Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas, and played two years of varsity volleyball at Pierce College from 1994-96 bef ...

* Jeff Stork *

Donald Suxho Donald Suxho (born February 21, 1976, in Korçë, Albania) is an Albanian-American professional volleyball player and a player for the U.S. Olympic Team. As a setter, he participated in the 2004 Olympic games in Athens, Greece as well as the ...

* Ernardo Gómez *

Iván Márquez Luciano Marín Arango, aka "Iván Márquez" (born June 16, 1955) is a Colombian guerrilla leader, member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), part of its secretariat higher command and advisor to the Northwestern and Caribbean ...

Andy Rojas Andy Agustin Rojas Guevara (born 2 October 1977) is a Venezuelan retired male volleyball player. He was part of the Venezuela men's national volleyball team. He competed with the national team at the Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men ...

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Notable coaches

Kostas Ampelas Kostas or Costas ( el, Κώστας) is a Greek given name and surname. As a given name it is the hypocorism for Konstantinos (Constantine). Given name * Costas Andreou, Greek musician * Kostas Antetokounmpo (born 1997), a Greek basketball player * ...

Dimitar Zahariev Dimitar Zahariev ( bg, Димитър Захариев) (born October 21, 1928) is a former Bulgarian volleyball player and volleyball coach. He was the head coach of the Bulgaria men's national volleyball team that won the 5th place in the 1964 ...

Vladimir Kondra Vladimir Grigorevich Kondra (russian: Владимир Григорьевич Кондра, born 16 November 1950) is a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, a ...

Gian Paolo Montali Gian Paolo Montali (born January 18, 1960 in Traversetolo, province of Parma) is an Italian volleyball coach who has won two Volleyball European Championships with Italian national team. Montali began his career as volleyball coach for the juni ...

Zoran Gajić Zoran Gajić ( sr-cyrl, Зоран Гајић; born 28 December 1958) is a Serbian volleyball coach serving as minister of sports since 2022. As a volleyball coach, he coached Rabita Baku, and FR Yugoslavia, Ira ...

Daniele Ricci Daniele is an Hebrew male given name, the cognate of the English name Daniel. Danièle is a French language, French female given name, an alternative spelling of Danielle. Men with the given name Daniele * Daniele Bracciali (born 1978), Italian ...

Ljubomir Travica Ljubomir Travica ( sr-cyr, Љубомир Травица; born 1 October 1954) is a Serbian professional volleyball coach and former player. The current head coach of the Tunisian team, ES Tunis. His son Dragan Travica is a volleyball player, ...

Claudio Cuello Claudio César Cuello (born March 4, 1958) is a former Argentine volleyball player and current coach. He was head coach of Argentina women's national volleyball team from 1997 to 2002 and in 2003 he became head coach of Argentina men's national v ...

Anders Kristiansson Anders is a male name in Scandinavian languages and Fering North Frisian, an equivalent of the Greek Andreas ("manly") and the English Andrew. It originated from Andres via metathesis. In Sweden, Anders has been one of the most common names fo ...

* Giannis Kalmazidis * Dimitris Kazazis *

Roberto Piazza Roberto Piazza (born 29 January 1968) is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Netherlands men's national volleyball team, Netherlands national team and Power Volley Milano, Allianz Milano ...

* Slobodan Boškan * Fernando Muñoz Benitez * Alberto Giuliani

Players

2022–2023 Roster

Technical and managerial staff

Captains

(1989–1994) * Sakis Moustakidis (1994–1996) * Giorgos Dragovits (1996–2001) *

(2001–2003) * Antonis Tsakiropoulos (2003–2007) * Vasilis Kournetas (2007–2009) * Dimitris Soultanopoulos (2009–2010) *

(2010–2012) * Kostas Christofidelis (2012–2015) *

(2015–2017) * Kostas Christofidelis (2017–2019) *

Giorgos Petreas Georgios Petreas ( gr, Γιώργος Πετρέας; born 19 November 1986, in Kalamata, Greece) is a Greek male volleyball player. He is the captain of the Greece men's national volleyball team. On club level he plays for Panathinaikos. Sport ...

(2019–2020) * Kostas Stivachtis (2020–2022)

Historical performance in Volleyleague

Stats

Positions

Kit manufacturer

The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Olympiacos team.

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Porto Petrol other sponsors: Athens Medical Group,

Nova Sports Nova Sports is a Greek sports pay television network owned by Nova, a subsidiary of Greek telecommunications company of the same name. It was launched in 1994 as ''SuperSport'' and at the time was the first premium sports service in Greece. It i ...

and Astari Plastikoy.

References

External links

Olympiacos CFP Official Website – Men's Volleyball
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