Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Team

Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Club
Nickname	Thrylos (Legend) Erythrolefkoi (The Red-Whites) Kokkinoi (The Reds) Dafnostefanomenos (The laurel-crowned)
Founded	1925 (Women's Water Polo Club: 1988)
League	A1 Ethniki Water Polo LEN Champions' Cup
Based in	Piraeus, Greece
Arena	Papastrateio Hall Piraeus
Colors	Red, White
President	Michalis Kountouris
Head coach	Charis Pavlidis
Championships	1 LEN Euroleague 1 LEN Trophy 5 Greek Championships
Website	osfp.gr

Active departments of Olympiacos
Football	Basketball	Volleyball (Men's)
Volleyball (Women's)	Water Polo (Men's)	Water Polo (Women's)
Swimming	Athletics	Table tennis
Sailing	Canoeing	Rowing
Boxing	Kickboxing	Taekwondo
Fencing	The Club

Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Club is the women's Water polo department of the major Greek multi-sport club Olympiacos. The department was founded in 1988 and they play their games at the 1000-seated Papastrateio Hall in Piraeus.

Olympiacos is one of the most successful clubs in European Water Polo, having won the LEN Euroleague in 2015^[1] and the LEN Trophy in 2014^[2] and having, overall, a commanding presence in European competitions. Besides their LEN Euroleague and LEN Trophy titles, they were runners-up of the LEN Super Cup in 2014 and runners-up of the LEN Trophy in 2008^[3] and they have participated, altogether, in 4 Champions' Cup / Euroleague Final Fours (1996, 2010, 2011, 2015),^[4] as well as in 4 LEN Trophy Final Fours (2001, 2007, 2008, 2014), being semi-finalists of the same competition in 2009 and 2012.^[5][6] Domestically, Olympiacos have won 5 Greek Championships.

In 2014 Olympiacos won the LEN Trophy in the Final Four in Florence, beating home team Firenze 10–9 in the final. One year later, Olympiacos were crowned European Champions,^[7] winning the LEN Euroleague in the 2015 Final Four in Piraeus, after a thrilling, hard-fought 10–9 win in the final against the then-reigning champions Sabadell, who were undefeated for more than 3 years with 115 consecutive wins in all competitions.^[8] Olympiacos lifted the LEN Euroleague title undefeated and having won 8 straight matches without even a single draw.

After the 2015 LEN Euroleague win of Olympiacos Women's Water Polo team, Olympiacos CFP became the only multi-sport club in European Water Polo history after Pro Recco to have been crowned European Champions with both the Men's and the Women's departemts,^[9] and the only club with both its departments currently active (Pro Recco Women's department has been dissolved since 2012).^[10]

Some of the greatest players in the world (many of them Olympic medalists and World Champions) have played for Olympiacos over the years including: Iefke van Belkum, Alexandra Asimaki, Yasemin Smit, Lauren Wenger, Ashleigh Southern, Bronwen Knox, Roberta Bianconi, Kami Craig, Triantafyllia Manolioudaki, Alkisti Avramidou, Stavroula Antonakou, Ilektra Psouni, Blanca Gil, Angeliki Karapataki, Antonia Moraiti, Evi Moraitidou, Anthoula Mylonaki, Dimitra Asilian, Eftychia Karagianni, Patricia del Soto, Barbara Bujka, Ágnes Valkay, Vaso Mavrelou, Maria Balomenaki, Sun Yating, Esther Tomaskovic, Maria Tsouri and Asel Jakaeva.

Current Roster

2014–2015

Number	Nationality	Player	Height	Date of Birth
colspan=6 style="color:#fff;background:#ED0000" "|Goalkeepers (2)
1		Chrysi Diamantopoulou	1.86	22/09/1995
13		Ioanna Stamatopoulou	1.82	27/06/1998
colspan=6 style="color:#fff;background:#ED0000" "|Defense (2)
2		Evi Tetzalidou	1.68	21/02/1990
14		Despoina Gouzoula	1.66	03/06/1997
colspan=6 style="color:#fff;background:#ED0000" "|Offense (3)
7		Alexandra Asimaki	1.71	28/06/1988
8		Margarita Plevritou	1.75	17/11/1994
12		Virginia Niarchakou	1.68	05/12/1996
colspan=6 style="color:#fff;background:#ED0000" "|Midfield (9)
3		Eleftheria Plevritou	1.73	23/04/1997
4		Maria Sora	1.64	10/06/1996
5		Triantafyllia Manolioudaki (C)	1.70	19/03/1986
6		Alkisti Avramidou	1.68	26/02/1988
9		Milva Kalogerakou	1.64	10/07/1998
10		Ashleigh Southern	1.88	22/10/1992
11		Roberta Bianconi	1.75	08/02/1989
14		Vaso Plevritou	1.70	08/06/1998
15		Silia Logotheti	1.72	04/10/1998
colspan=6 style="color:#fff;background:#ED0000" "|Coach
		Charis Pavlidis

Honours

Olympiacos were crowned European Champions in 2015, with Ashleigh Southern scoring 4 goals in the 10–9 win against Sabadell in the final

Domestic competitions

• Greek League
  • Winners (5): 1994–95, 1997–98, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2013–14

European competitions

• LEN Euroleague
  • Winners (1): 2014–15
  • Third (1): 2010–11
  • Fourth (2): 1995–96, 2009–10
• LEN Trophy
  • Winners (1): 2013–14
  • Runners-up (1): 2007–08
  • Semi-finals (2): 2008–09, 2011–12
  • Fourth (2): 2000–01, 2006–07
• LEN Super Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2014

International record

Bronwen Knox scored Olympiacos' winning goal in the 2014 LEN Trophy final against Firenze (10–9)^[11]

The road to the 2014–15 LEN Euroleague victory Round Team Home  Away  Group Stage (Group D) Firenze 14–4 ZVL Leiden 16–8 Vouliagmeni 9–5 Târgu Mureș 39–2 Quarterfinals Szentes 10–6 15–10 Semifinal Kinef Kirishi 10–8 Final Sabadell 10–9

The road to the 2013–14 LEN Trophy victory Round Team Home  Away  Group Stage (Group D) SKIF Moscow 13–10 Firenze 7–8 Eger 12–6 Quarterfinals Sabadell 9–10 6–8 Semifinal Kinef Kirishi 8–5 Final Firenze 10–9

Notable players

Iefke van Belkum

Notable coaches

See also

• Olympiacos Water Polo Club

References

External links

• Official Website of Olympiacos Piraeus (Greek) (English)