Olympiacos SFP (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 SFP, is the women's volleyball department of the major Greek multi-sport club, Olympiacos SFP, 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.

Olympiacos
NicknameThrylos (The Legend)
Erythrolefkes (The Red-Whites)
Founded1930
GroundMelina Merkouri Indoor Hall, Piraeus, Greece
(Capacity: 1,800)
ChairmanGreece Michalis Kountouris
ManagerItaly Lorenzo Micelli
LeagueHellenic Women’s Volleyball League
CEV Champions League
CEV Cup
2022–232nd
WebsiteClub home page
Uniforms
Home
Away
Championships
1 CEV Challenge Cup
8 Hellenic Championships
10 Hellenic Cups

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 10 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 (10) (record): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2023–24
  • Double
    • Winners (7) (record): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19

European competitions

International record

SeasonAchievementNotes
CEV Cup
2013–148th finalseliminated by Aluprof Bielsko-Biała, 0–3 loss in Piraeus, 3–2 win in Bielsko-Biała
2014–158th finalseliminated by Galatasaray Daikin, 1–3 loss in Istanbul, 0–3 loss in Piraeus
CEV Challenge Cup
2007–08Quarter-finalseliminated by Infoplus Minetti Imola, 0–3 loss in San Lazzaro, 0–3 loss in Piraeus[3]
2015–168th finalseliminated by CSM București, 3–0 win in Piraeus, 1–3 (golden set) loss in Bucharest
2016–17Finaldefeated by Bursa BBSK, 3–2 win in Piraeus, 0–3 loss in Bursa
2017–18Winnersdefeated Bursa BBSK, 2–3 loss in Piraeus, 3–1 win in Bursa
2019–20Semi-finalsOlympiacos reached the semi-finals but CEV Challenge Cup was suspended over COVID-19 pandemic

The road to the 2017–18 CEV Challenge Cup victory

RoundTeamHome Away 
16th Finals CV Logroño3–02–3
8th Finals CSM Târgoviște2–31–3
Quarter-finals Sm'Aesch Pfeffingen3–01–3
Semi-finals Dinamo Krasnodar3–20–3
Finals Bursa BBSK2–31–3

Team Roster

Season 2024–2025

NumberPlayerPositionHeightDate of birth
2 Marialena ArtakianouLibero1.7021 May 1994
3 Yamila NizetichOutside Hitter1.8227 January 1989
5 Ifigenia SampatiLibero1.7001/08/1998
7 Tzina Lamprousi (c)Middle Blocker1.8427 January 1993
10 Melina EmmanouilidouMiddle Blocker1.8718 September 1994
12 - Milica KuburaOpposite1.9420 March 1995
13 Bianca FarriolMiddle Blocker1.8518 December 2001
19 Paraskevī ZafeiriouOutside Hitter1.798 June 2006
88 Valia DagreOutside Hitter1.8528 July 2007
Isabella di IulioSetter1.7526 November 1991

Technical and managerial staff

NameJob
Lorenzo MicelliHead coach
Spyros SarantitisAssistant coach
Giorgos SomponisAssistant coach
Nikos KatsiourasTeam Manager
Xenofon KrokosStatistician
Dimitris GeorgasTrainer
Giorgos TsikourisHead doctor
Akis StratakisPhysio
Elena ZervakakiPhysio
Giorgos GlakousakisPhysio
Vangelis RoussosConditioner

Notable players

(Players are listed in alphabetical order)

Notable coaches

See also

References