Olympiacos CFP (women's volleyball)

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.

For the parent multi-sport club, see Olympiacos CFP.

Olympiacos
NicknameThrylos (The Legend)
Erythrolefkes (The Red-Whites)
Founded1930
GroundMelina Merkouri Indoor Hall, Piraeus, Greece
(Capacity: 1,800)
Chairman Michalis Kountouris
Manager Spyros Sarantitis
LeagueHellenic Women’s Volleyball League
CEV Women's Challenge Cup
2019–201st (Champions)
WebsiteClub home page
Uniforms
Home
Away
Championships
1 CEV Challenge Cup
8 Hellenic Championships
9 Hellenic Cups
Active departments of Olympiacos
Football Basketball
(Men's)		 Basketball
(Men's B)
Basketball
(Women's)		 Volleyball
(Men's)		 Volleyball
(Women's)
Handball
(Men's)		 Water Polo
(Men's)		 Water Polo
(Women's)
Athletics Swimming Sailing
Canoeing Table tennis Fencing
Rowing Boxing Kickboxing
Taekwondo

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 CV Logroño 3–0 2–3
8th Finals CSM Târgoviște 2–3 1–3
Quarter-finals Sm'Aesch Pfeffingen 3–0 1–3
Semi-finals Dinamo Krasnodar 3–2 0–3
Finals Bursa BBSK 2–3 1–3

Current squad

Season 2020–2021

Number Player Position Height Date of birth
3 Georgia Argyriou Middle Blocker 1.84 12/11/1988
6 Regan Hood Scott Outside hitter 1.88 10/08/1983
7 Ilioni Kelesidi Middle Blocker 1.91 17/06/1997
8 Elena Milentigievits Libero 1.80 15/06/1999
10 Areta Konomi Libero 1.64 31/01/1989
18 Panagiota Xanthopoulou Setter 1.80 11/10/1999
19 Theodora Foumaki Setter 1.76 5/08/2005
20 Athanasia Totsidou Outside hitter 1.78 18/06/1989

Technical and managerial staff
Name Job
Spyros Sarantitis Head Coach
Giorgos Somponis Assistant Coach
Nikos Katsiouras Team Manager
Xenofon Krokos Statistician
Dimitris Georgas Trainer
Giorgos Tsikouris Head Doctor
Akis Stratakis Physio
Elena Zervakaki Physio
Giorgos Glakousakis Physio
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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