Olympiacos SC

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Olympiakos SC
Full name Olympiacos SC
Nickname(s) Red-Whites
Founded 1930
Ground Rendis, Piraeus, Greece
Capacity 3,000
Chairman Flag of Greece Sokratis Kokkalis
Manager Flag of Greece Tasos Koublis
League A1
2005-06
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Olympiacos SC is the volleyball team of the Greek sports club Olympiacos. It was founded in 1930 and has won 22 National Championships and 11 Hellenic Cups. They are ranked among the top European teams and they are the most successful greek club.

Olympiacos are the dominants of greek volleyball, having gained the most national championships and cups while they are the only greek team to have won european trophies (2 Cup Winners Cup). They have also played in many Final Fours in the european competitions which makes them one of the biggest volleyball clubs of Europe.

Olympiacos have a women volleyball team as well which was founded in 1992. Contrary to the men team, women of Olympiacos have never done anything good in the greek league and they were always between the first (A1) and the second (A2) division up to 2006, when the team regenerated and now they are considered amongst the top greek clubs.


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[edit] Actual Roster

tba Georgios Koulieris
6 Vassilis Kournetas
tba Theodoros Bozidis
8 Akis Chaziantoniou
10 Antonis Tsakiropoulos
tba Dimitris Soultanopoulos
tba Boris Yordanov
1 Kostas Christofidelis
tba Jorge Elgheta
2 Marios Giourdas
tba Nikos Aggelopoulos
11 Nikos Roumeliotis
tba Dejan Bojovic
tba Mitre Djuric


[edit] Selected Former Players

  • Flag of Greece Stelios Amarianakis
  • Flag of Greece Giorgos Dragovic
  • Flag of Greece Dimitris Kazazis
  • Flag of Greece Vasilis Kournetas
  • Flag of Greece Ioannis Laios
  • Flag of Greece Thanassis Moustakidis
  • Flag of Greece Stafanos Polyzos
  • Flag of Greece Stelios Prosalikas
  • Flag of Greece Ioannis Triadafyllidis
  • Flag of Argentina Marcos Milinkovic
  • Flag of Italy Lorenzo Bernardi
  • Flag of Sweden Bengt Gustavsson
  • Flag of Russia Raimond Vilde
  • Flag of Venezuela Hernan Gomez


[edit] International record

Season Achievement Notes
Champions Cup
1981-82 4th place / Final Four
1991-92 2nd place / Final Four defeated by Il Messagero Ravenna
1992-93 3rd place / Final Four
1993-94 4th place / Final Four
1994-95 3rd place / Final Four
Champions League
2000-01 4th place / Final Four
2001-02 2nd place / Final Four defeated by Lube Banca Macerata 1-3
Cup Winners Cup/Top Teams Cup
1995-96 Winners / Final Four won Bayer Wuppertal
1996-97 2nd place / Final Four defeated by Alpitour Traco Cuneo
1997-98 2nd place / Final Four defeated by Alpitour Traco Cuneo
2004-05 Winners / Final Four won Ortec Nesselande Rotterdam 3-0


[edit] Honours

  • Total Titles: 36
    • Greek Championships: 22
      • 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003
    • Greek Cups: 11
      • 1981, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
    • Greek Super Cup: 1
      • 2000
    • European Cup Winners Cup/Top Teams Cup: 2
      • 1996, 2005

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