Olympiacos Men's Volleyball (, ), commonly referred to as Olympiacos, Olympiacos Piraeus or with its full name as Olympiacos SFP, is the men's professional

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department of the major

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, Olympiacos SFP, based in

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. 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 32 Greek Volley League titles, 19

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, 7 League Cups, all national records, and 3 Super Cups. They are the only volleyball team in Greece to have won a European title, having actually won 3 European titles, 2

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s in 1996 and 2005 and 1

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in 2023. Olympiacos is a historic dominant force in European volleyball, having played in 8 European finals in all three main CEV competitions: 2 times runners-up in the

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in 1992 and 2002 (with 7 CEV Champions League final four participations), 2 times winners (1996, 2005) and 2 times runners-up (1997, 1998) in the

, one time winners (2023) and one time runners-up (2018) in the

. 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 CEV Super Cup and a third in the

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. Olympiacos came to European prominence again by playing in the

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final; at the same time, the

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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. In 2023, they won the

, beating rivals

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in the semi-finals and

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in the final. Given the fact that Olympiacos is the most popular sports club 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 Mitar Djuric (, sr-Cyrl, Митар Дурић; born ) or Dimitris Tzourits is a Serbian-Greek male volleyball player. He competed at the 2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship with Trentino Volley. Sporting achievements Clubs FIVB ...

, Olympiacos has also attracted over the years some foreign world-class players including

Ivan Miljković Ivan Miljković ( sr-cyrl, Иван Миљковић ; born 13 September 1979) is a Serbian businessman and former professional volleyball player. Miljković was a member of the Serbia men's national volleyball team from 1998–2012. He is an 20 ...

Lorenzo Bernardi Lorenzo Bernardi (born 11 August 1968) is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player, a silver medallist at the Olympic Games Atlanta 1996, two–time World Champion (1990, 1994), and a two–time European Champion (1989, 1995 ...

, Jeff Stork,

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, Bengt Gustafsson,

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, Goran Vujević,

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Osvaldo Hernández Osvaldo Hernández Chambert (born 11 July 1970, in Camagüey), more commonly known as Osvaldo Hernández, is a retired Italian volleyball player originally from Cuba. In Italy, Hernández won the ''scudetto The ''scudetto'' (; Italian for ...

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and

Dragan Travica Dragan Travica (born 28 August 1986) is an Italian volleyball player, former member of the Italy men's national volleyball team. On club level he plays for Olympiacos Piraeus, bronze medalist at the 2012 Olympic Games, silver medalist at the Eu ...

Honours

Continental Competitions

''Runners-up (2): 1991−92, 2001−02'' ** Bronze_medal_europe

''3th place (2): 1992–93, 1994–95'' ** ''4th place (3): 1981–82, 1993–94, 2000–01'' * Shield of the European Union

Winners (2): 1995−96, 2004−05 ** Silver_medal_europe

''Runners-up (2): 1996−97, 1997−98'' ** ''Semifinals (1): 2018–19'' * Shield of the European Union

Winners (1):

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''Runners-up (1): 2017–18'' * Shield of the European Union

CEV Super Cup ** ''4th place (1):

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Worldwide Competitions

FIVB Club World Championship ** Bronze medal world centered-2

''3th place (1):

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Domestic competitions

* Greek League : Winners (32) (record): 1967−68, 1968−69, 1973−74, 1975−76, 1977−78, 1978−79, 1979−80, 1980−81, 1982−83, 1986−87( Stella 10 Scudetti

), 1987−88, 1988−89, 1989−90, 1990−91, 1991−92, 1992−93, 1993−94, 1997−98, 1998−99( Stella 10 Scudetti

), 1999−00, 2000−01, 2002−03, 2008−09, 2009−10, 2010−11, 2012−13, 2013−14, 2017−18, 2018−19, 2020−21( Stella 10 Scudetti

) , 2022−23, 2023−24 * Roundel of Greece

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Winners (18) (record): 1980−81, 1982−83, 1988−89, 1989−90, 1991−92, 1992−93, 1996−97, 1997−98, 1998−99, 2000−01, 2008−09, 2010−11, 2012−13, 2013−14, 2015−16, 2016−17, 2023−24, 2024−25 * Roundel of Greece

"Melina Merkouri" Cup Gold medal with cup

Winners (1) (record): 1993−94* * Roundel of Greece

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Winners (7) (record): 2012−13, 2014−15, 2015−16, 2016−17, 2017−18, 2018−19, 2024–25 * Flag of Greece

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Winners (3): 2000, 2010, 2024 Note:
• In 1994, the

was cancelled and a final 4 tournament was held in memory of

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. The international players were absent due to the 1994 World Championship. In the final Olympiacos Piraeus defeated

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3–0 to win the title.

Individual club awards

* Double ** Winners (15) (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, 2023−24

International record

The road to 3 CEV European titles

The road to 2
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s victories

1996 CEV Cup Winners' Cup victory

2005 CEV Top Teams Cup victory

The road to the
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victory

2023 CEV Challenge 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

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

and

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

, third place in the world in the

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

, an estimated 20,000 Olympiacos fans crowded the

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for the semi-final against

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and 20,000 more for the final against il Messaggero Ravenna. Volleyball legend

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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

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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

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n 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

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. I have never played in front of such a big crowd."'' On 15 March 2023, 13,000 Olympiacos fans created an amazing atmosphere in a fully packed Peace and Frienship Stadium, as they helped Olympiacos win the

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, their third European title, after beating

3–0 in the second leg of the finals.

Notable players

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Aleksandar Atanasijević Aleksandar Atanasijević ( sr-cyrl, Александар Атанасијевић; born 4 September 1991) is a Serbian professional volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for Olympiacos. Atanasijević took part in 2 Olympic Games (Lon ...

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* Andreas Andreadis *

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* Apostolos Armenakis *

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* Akis Chatziantoniou *

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* Kostas Christofidelis *

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* Giorgos Dermatis * Christos Dimitrakopoulos * Iraklis Doriadis * Giorgos Dragovits *-

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* Giannis Fakas *- Dima Filippov * Andreas Frangos * Vasilis Galakos *

* Dimitrios Gkaras *

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*- Konrad Guzda * Makis Kanellos * Theoklitos Karipidis * Dimitris Kazazis * Menelaos Kokkinakis * Tasos Koublis * Rafail Koumentakis * Kostas Kourbetis * Vasilis Kournetas * Pavlos Kouzounis * Chrysanthos Kyriazis * Giannis Laios * Dimosthenis Linardos * Andreas Lorandos *

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* Thanos Maroulis * Thanasis Michalopoulos * Avgoustinos Michalos * Dimitris Mitropoulos * Sakis Moustakidis *

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* Achilleas Papadimitriou * Giorgos Papazoglou * Panagiotis Pelekoudas * Giorgos Petreas * Stefanos Polyzos * Stelios Prosalikas * Kostas Prousalis * Giannis Roumeliotakis *

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

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* Antonis Tsakiropoulos *

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* Sotiris Tsergas * Dimitris Tziavras * Manos Xenakis *

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* Nikos Zoupanis * Jorge Elgueta *

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* Leonardo Caldeira * Athos Ferreira Costa * Paulino Dirceu *

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* Krasimir Gaydarski * Ivaylo Gavrilov *

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* Lyudmil Naydenov * Dimo Tonev *

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* Boyan Yordanov *

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* Gavin Schmitt *

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* Rolando Despaigne *

* Salvador Hidalgo Oliva *

Rodolfo Sánchez Rodolfo Sánchez (born 27 May 1969) is a Cuban former volleyball player and coach. He was part of the Cuban men's national volleyball team at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. He played for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos S.C., with whom he won th ...

* Janne Heikkinen *

Olli Kunnari Olli Kunnari (born 2 February 1982) is a Finnish volleyball player. He is one of the key players in the Finnish national volleyball team. During the early years of his career, he played in the Finnish Champion league. In year 2004, he left ...

Mikko Oivanen Mikko Oivanen (born 26 May 1986) is a Finnish volleyball player, a member of Finland men's national volleyball team. Personal life Mikko has a twin brother – Matti Oivanen, who is also a volleyball player. Career Clubs Oivanen started hi ...

Eemi Tervaportti Eemi Tervaportti (born 26 July 1989) is a Finnish professional volleyball player who plays as a setter for Indykpol AZS Olsztyn and the Finland national team. Honours Club * CEV Champions League ** 2022–23 – with Jastrzębski Węgiel * D ...

* Renaud Herpe *

Marcus Böhme Marcus Böhme (born 25 August 1985) is a German professional volleyball player, a member of the Germany national team. The bronze medallist at the 2014 World Championship, and the 2009 European League winner. At the professional club level, ...

* Christian Fromm *

Christian Pampel Christian Pampel (born 6 September 1979 in Gehrden) is a retired volleyball player from Germany. Career Christian Pampel started his career in Linkenheim-Hochstetten, Hochstetten in 1995. After three years in the Volleyball-boarding school F ...

Simon Tischer Simon Tischer (born 24 April 1982) is a German retired volleyball player. He was born in Schwäbisch Gmünd. International career Simon Tischer was a member of the Germany men's national volleyball team, German National team for many years. He t ...

* Paolo Merlo *

* Hermans Egleskalns *

* Božidar Ćuk *

Wytze Kooistra Wytze Kooistra (born 3 June 1982) is a Dutch volleyball player, a member of Netherlands men's national volleyball team and Dutch club Abiant Lycurgus Groningen. Career He began his career as a middle-blocker. In 2013, he played for his national ...

* Jeroen Rauwerdink *

* Leszek Urbanowicz * José Rivera *

Andrei Spînu Andrei Spînu (; born 10 June 1986) is a Moldovans, Moldovan entrepreneur and politician, who was Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova in the Gavrilița Cabinet, Government of Gavrilița and served as Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Developme ...

Igor Runov Igor Runov (; 8 February 1963 – 11 April 2011} was a Russian volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), o ...

Dejan Bojović Dejan Bojović (; 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, medalist of European Championship A European Championship is the top level ...

Slobodan Boškan Slobodan Boškan (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Бошкан, born 18 August 1975) is a Serbian former volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team, 2000 Olympic volleyball champion, medalist of European Championship ...

Dejan Brđović Dejan Brđović (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Брђовић, 21 February 1966 – 21 December 2015) was a Serbian volleyball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1996 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. He played three matches.

Konstantin Čupković Konstantin Čupković ( sr-Cyrl, Константин Чупковић; born 2 January 1987) is a Serbian professional volleyball player, a former member of the Serbia men's national volleyball team, Serbia national team. At the professional clu ...

Milan Jurišić Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

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

* Aleksandar Okolic * Veljko Petković *- Goran Vujević * František Ogurčák * Alen Pajenk *

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

* Tine Urnaut * Bengt Gustafson *

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 Men's National Collegia ...

Scott Fortune Scott Thomas Fortune (born January 23, 1966) is an American former volleyball player. Fortune 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 meda ...

* Jayson Jablonsky * Reid Priddy *

Riley Salmon Riley Salmon (born July 2, 1976) is an American volleyball player. He graduated from Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas, and played two years of varsity volleyball at Pierce College from 1994–96, before joining the men's natio ...

* Jeff Stork *

Donald Suxho Donald Suxho (born February 21, 1976) 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 2012 Olympic Games in ...

Ernardo Gómez Ernardo "Harry" Andrés Gómez Cañas (born July 30, 1982, in Ciudad Bolívar, Bolívar) is a Venezuelan former professional volleyball player, who won the gold medal with the Venezuela men's national volleyball team, Venezuela national team at th ...

Iván Márquez Luciano Marín Arango (born 16 June 1955), better known as Iván Márquez, 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 an ...

Andy Rojas Andy Rojas may refer to: * Andy Rojas (volleyball) (born 1977), Venezuelan volleyball player * Andy Rojas (footballer) (born 2005), Costa Rican footballer {{hndis, Rojas, Andy ...

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Notable coaches

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

Dimitar Zahariev Dimitar Zahariev () (21 October 1928 – 3 January 2022) was a 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 Olympic Games in Tokyo, in t ...

* Giannis Laios * Vladimir Kondra *

Gian Paolo Montali Gian Paolo Montali (born 18 January 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 junior ...

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

* Daniele Ricci *

Ljubomir Travica Ljubomir Travica ( sr-cyr, Љубомир Травица; born 1 October 1954) is a professional volleyball coach and former player from former Yugoslavia. He is the current head coach of You Energy Volley, in the Italian Volleyball League. His ...

* Claudio Cuello *

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 Giannis Kalmazidis (; born 16 June 1968) is a Greek-Swedish retired volleyball player and current coach of O.F.I. (sports club), OFI Crete. He played for national level for Sweden men's national volleyball team, Sweden and was competed in the Vo ...

* Dimitris Kazazis * Roberto Piazza *

* Fernando Muñoz Benitez *

Alberto Giuliani Alberto Giuliani (born 25 December 1964) is an Italian professional volleyball coach who works for Modena Volley. Personal life His son, Ludovico (born 1998) is a professional volleyball player. Honours Club * CEV Cup ** 2009–10 – with B ...

Daniel Castellani Daniel Jorge Castellani (born 21 March 1961) is an Argentine professional volleyball coach and former player. He was a member of the Argentina national team from 1976 to 1988, and a bronze medallist at the Olympic Games Seoul 1988 and the 198 ...

Andrea Gardini Andrea Gardini (born 1 October 1965) is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player, a silver ( Atlanta 1996) and bronze ( Sydney 2000) Olympic Games medallist, three–time World Champion (1990, 1994, 1998), and four–time Eur ...

Season 2024–2025 squad

Notes

1: Since January
2: Since November

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) * Andreas Andreadis (2010–2012) * Kostas Christofidelis (2012–2015) * Menelaos Kokkinakis (2015–2017) * Kostas Christofidelis (2017–2019) * Giorgos Petreas (2019–2020) * Kostas Stivachtis (2020–2022) *

(2022–present)

Historical performance in Volleyleague

Stats

Positions

Kit manufacturer

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

References

External links

Olympiacos SFP Official Website
www.olympiacossfp.gr
Olympiacos SFP Official Website – Men's Volleyball
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