Olympiacos women's volleyball team ( el, Ολυμπιακός, ), commonly referred to as Olympiacos, Olympiacos Piraeus or with its full name as Olympiacos CFP, is the women's
volleyball
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department of the major
Greek
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multi-sport club
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,
Olympiacos CFP
Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...
, based in
Piraeus
Piraeus ( ; el, Πειραιάς ; grc, Πειραιεύς ) is a port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attica region of Greece. It is located southwest of Athens' city centre, along the east coast of the Saronic ...
,
Attica
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. 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
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, a record 7 Doubles, a
CEV Challenge Cup
The CEV Challenge Cup is the third tier official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe.
It started in the 1980–81 season under the name CEV Cup. In 2007 it was renamed CEV Challenge Cup.
History
* CEV Cup (1980– ...
(2018) and a
Continental Treble
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(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.
In the same season, the
men's volleyball team reached the
CEV Challenge Cup
The CEV Challenge Cup is the third tier official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe.
It started in the 1980–81 season under the name CEV Cup. In 2007 it was renamed CEV Challenge Cup.
History
* CEV Cup (1980– ...
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
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** Winners (9) (record): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19,
*
Double
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* Th ...
** Winners (7) (record): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
European competitions
*
CEV Women's Challenge Cup
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** Winners (1):
2017–18
** ''Runners-up (1):''
2016–17
*
Treble
** Winners (1): 2017–18
International record
The road to the
2017–18 CEV Challenge Cup
The 2017–18 CEV Challenge Cup was the 38th edition of the CEV Challenge Cup
The CEV Challenge Cup is the third tier official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe.
It started in the 1980–81 season under the nam ...
victory
Current squad
''Season 2022–2023''
Notes
1: Since December
2: Until December
Technical and managerial staff
Notable players
File:Manuela Secolo.jpg, Manuela Secolo
File:Lehtonen.jpg, Riikka Lehtonen
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File:Maja Ognjenovic 2013 01.jpg, Maja Ognjenović
Maja Ognjenović ( sr-cyrl, Маја Огњеновић; born 6 August 1984) is a Serbian volleyball player and the captain of the Serbia women's national volleyball team. With the national team, she won the gold medal at the 2011 Women's European ...
File:Tatiana Artmenko 2010.jpg, Tatiana Artmenko
File:Jovana Vesović.jpg, Jovana Vesović
Jovana Vesović ( sr, Јована Весовић; born 21 June 1987) is a Serbian volleyball player who competed in the 2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisi ...
File:Ivana Nesovic odojkasica.jpg, Ivana Nešović
File:2016-02 VT Aurubis Hamburg 068 Jana Franziska Poll.jpg, Jana Franziska Poll
Jana Franziska Poll (born 7 May 1988 in Meppen, West Germany) is a German volleyball player, member of the Germany women's national volleyball team. At club level, she plays for German Allianz MTV Stuttgart.
National team career
Poll made her ...
''(Players are listed in alphabetical order)''
;
*
Eva Chantava
*
Evangelia Chatziefraimoglou
*
Maria Chatzinikolaou
*
Stella Christodoulou
*
Athina Dilaveri
*
Alexandra Diplarou
*
Vaia Dirva
*
Melina Emmanouilidou
*
Dimitra Giakoumi
*
Katerina Giota
Katerina Giota ( gr, Κατερίνα Γιώτα; born July 3, 1990 in St. Petersburg, Russia) is a female professional volleyball player from Greece, who is a member of the Greece women's national volleyball team. At club level, she plays in H ...
*
Marina Kalaitzieva
*
Alexia Kalantaridou
*
Areti Karavasili
*
Anna Kavatha
Anna Kavatha ( gr, Άννα Καβαθά; born December 15, 1987 in Athens, Greece) is a volleyball player from Greece, who has been a member of the Greece women's national volleyball team. At club level, she played for Greek powerhouse Olympiac ...
*
Eleni Kiosi
*
Pola Kitsou
*
Eirini Kokkinaki
*
Areta Konomi
*
Aliki Konstantinidou
Aliki Konstantinidou ( gr, Αλίκη Κωνσταντινίδου; born June 26, 1989, in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a female professional volleyball player from Greece, who has been a member of the Greece women's national volleyball team. At club ...
*
Sofia Kosma
Sofia Kosma ( gr, Σοφία Κοσμά; born November 15, 1993 in Athens, Greece) is a female professional volleyball player from Greece, who has been a member of the Greece women's national volleyball team. At club level, she plays for AEK Athe ...
*
Eleftheria Koukou
*
Evi Kyriakidou
*
Tzina Lamprousi
Tzina (Georgia) Lamprousi ( gr, Τζίνα Λαμπρούση; born January 27, 1993, in Athens) is a female professional volleyball player from Greece, who is a member of the Greece women's national volleyball team. At club level, she plays in ...
*
Maria Maggina
*
Niki Manolakou
*
Chrysoula Neratzi
*
Katerina Nikolaidou
*
Vaso Nikouli
*
Maria Nomikou
*
Chara Papadopoulou
*
Maria Plagiannakou
*
Areti Teza
*
Athanasia Totsidou
*
Zenia Tsima
*
Katerina Vasilaki
*
Gianna Vlachou
*
Anna Xerikou
*
Nikol Zaharea
;
*
Nadzeya Malasai
;
*
Mariana Costa
Mariana Costa (born 14 October 1992) is a Brazilian handballer for Debreceni VSC (women's handball), Debreceni VSC and the Brazil women's national handball team, Brazilian national team.
Achievements
*Liga Naţională (Handbal Feminin), Romania ...
;
*
Aneta Germanova
*
Elena Koleva
*
Radosveta Teneva
*
Gabriela Tsvetanova
*
Antonina Zetova
Antonina Zetova ( Bulgarian: Антонина Зетова) (born on 7 September 1973 in Pleven) is an international volleyball player from Bulgaria.
Career
As a left handed outside hitter 1.89 m tall Zetova lead the Bulgarian team to several ...
;
*
Biljana Gligorović
*
Karla Klarić
;
*
Wilma Salas
;
*
Manolina Konstantinou
*
Katerina Zakchaiou
Katerina Zakchaiou ( gr, Κατερίνα Ζακχαίου; born July 26, 1998, in Limassol, Cyprus) is a Cypriot female professional volleyball player, member of the Cyprus women's national volleyball team. At club level, she plays for Italian ...
;
*
Michaela Monzoni
*
Lucie Mühlsteinová
*
Jana Simankova
;
*
Riikka Lehtonen
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;
*
Laura Emonts
Laura Emonts, née Weihenmaier (born 4 April 1991) is a German volleyball player. She is a member of the Germany women's national volleyball team. She was part of the German national team at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship i ...
*
Saskia Hippe
Saskia Hippe (born 16 January 1991) is a German volleyball player. She is a member of the Germany women's national volleyball team. At club level, she plays in A1 Ethniki Women's Volleyball, Hellenic Volley League for Greece, Greek powerhouse Oly ...
*
Jana Franziska Poll
Jana Franziska Poll (born 7 May 1988 in Meppen, West Germany) is a German volleyball player, member of the Germany women's national volleyball team. At club level, she plays for German Allianz MTV Stuttgart.
National team career
Poll made her ...
;
*
Katalin Kiss
;
*
Tatiana Artmenko
;
*
Manuela Secolo
;
*
Julia Borisova
;
*
Yuliya Saltsevich
Yuliya Aleksandrovna Saltsevich (russian: Ю́лия Алекса́ндровна Салце́вич; born May 12, 1967 in Riga, Latvian SSR) is a retired Russian female volleyball player who was a member of the USSR women's volleyball team fr ...
;
*
Aleksandra Crnčević
*
Svetlana Krstić
*
Ana Lazarević
*
Ivana Luković
*
Ivana Nešović
*
Maja Ognjenović
Maja Ognjenović ( sr-cyrl, Маја Огњеновић; born 6 August 1984) is a Serbian volleyball player and the captain of the Serbia women's national volleyball team. With the national team, she won the gold medal at the 2011 Women's European ...
*
Biljana Simanić
*
Jovana Vesović
Jovana Vesović ( sr, Јована Весовић; born 21 June 1987) is a Serbian volleyball player who competed in the 2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisi ...
;
*
Ivana Bramborová
*
Martina Noseková
;
*
Sonja Borovinšek
;
*
Eleni Gkortsaniouk
*
Olga Trach
;
*
Mallori Gibson
*
Stephanie Niemer
Stephanie Niemer (born September 3, 1989) is a female American volleyballer, playing as an Outside Hitter.
Career
After three years in Puerto Rico, Stefani Niemer in 2014 traveled for first time in Europe, signing in French ASPTT Mulhouse. In ...
*
Regan Hood Scott
*
Taylor Agost
Notable coaches
See also
*
Olympiacos Men's Volleyball Team
References
External links
Official website
Olympiacos Women's Volleyball team on CEV official website
Olympiacos profile on women.volleybox.net
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Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
Greek volleyball clubs