Olympiacos CFP (men's volleyball)
Olympiacos Men's Volleyball, commonly referred to as Olympiacos, Olympiacos Piraeus or with its full name as Olympiacos CFP, is the men's volleyball department of the major Greek multi-sport club, Olympiacos CFP, based in Piraeus, Attica. The department was founded in 1926 and their home ground is the :el:Κλειστό Γυμναστήριο Ρέντη «Μελίνα Μερκούρη»|Melina Mercouri Indoor Hall in Agios Ioannis Rentis, Piraeus.
Olympiacos is the most successful club in Greek volleyball history, having won 29 Greek Volley League titles, 16 Cups, 6 League Cups, all national records, and 2 Super Cups. They are the only volleyball club in Greece to have won a European competition, with 2 CEV Cup Winners' Cup/CEV Top Teams Cups, and a traditional powerhouse in European volleyball, having been runners-up in all three main CEV competitions, two times in the CEV Champions League, two in the CEV Cup and one in the CEV Challenge Cup, totalling seven European finals.
Domestically, Olympiacos holds the record for the most consecutive championships won, with eight in a row, and for winning seven championships undefeated. 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 1992–1998 ; they also won a fourth place in the :it:Supercoppa europea |CEV Super Cup and a third in the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship. Olympiacos came to European prominence again by playing in the 2017–18 CEV Challenge Cup final; at the same time, the women's department won their respective 2017–18 CEV Women's Challenge Cup. 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.
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 Marios Giourdas, Giorgos Ntrakovits, Sakis Moustakidis, Vasilis Kournetas, Antonis Tsakiropoulos, Kostas Christofidelis, Mitar Tzourits, Olympiacos has also attracted over the years some foreign world-class players including Ivan Miljković, Lorenzo Bernardi, Jeff Stork, Marcos Milinkovic, :it:Bengt Gustafsson|Bengt Gustafsson, Raimonds Vilde, Vasa Mijić, Tom Hoff, Goran Vujević, Henk-Jan Held, Osvaldo Hernández and Fabian Drzyzga.
Honours
Domestic competitions
- Greek Volley League
- * Winners : 1968, 1968−69, 1973−74, 1975−76, 1977−78, 1978−79, 1979−80, 1980−81, 1982−83, 1986−87, 1987−88, 1988−89, 1989−90, 1990−91, 1991−92, 1992−93, 1993−94, 1997−98, 1998−99, 1999−00, 2000−01, 2002−03, 2008−09, 2009−10, 2010−11, 2012−13, 2013−14, 2017−18, 2018−19
- Greek Cup
- * Winners : 1980−81, 1982−83, 1988−89, 1989−90, 1991−92, 1992−93, 1993−94, 1996−97, 1997−98, 1998−99, 2000−01, 2008−09, 2010−11, 2012−13, 2013−14, 2015−16, 2016−17
- Greek League Cup
- * Winners : 2012−13, 2014−15, 2015−16, 2016−17, 2017−18, 2018−19
- Greek Super Cup
- * Winners : 2000, 2010
- Double
- * Winners : 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
European competitions
- CEV Champions League
- * Runners-up : :fr:Coupe des champions de volley-ball masculin 1991-1992|1991−92, 2001−02
- * Third : :fr:Coupe des champions de volley-ball masculin 1992-1993|1992−93, :fr:Coupe des champions de volley-ball masculin 1994-1995|1994−95
- * Fourth : :fr:Coupe des champions de volley-ball masculin 1981-1982|1981−82, :fr:Coupe des champions de volley-ball masculin 1993-1994|1993−94, :fr:Ligue des champions de volley-ball masculin 2000-2001|2000−01
- CEV Cup Winners' Cup / CEV Top Teams Cup / CEV Cup
- * Winners : :fr:Coupe des Vainqueurs de Coupe de volley-ball masculin 1995-1996|1995−96, :it:Top Teams Cup 2004-2005 |2004−05
- * Runners-up : :fr:Coupe des Vainqueurs de Coupe de volley-ball masculin 1996-1997|1996−97, :it:Coppa delle Coppe 1997-1998 |1997−98
- * Semi-finals : 2018−19
- :it:Supercoppa europea di pallavolo maschile|CEV European Super Cup
- * Fourth : :it:Supercoppa europea 1996 |1996
- CEV Challenge Cup
- * Runners-up : 2017–18
Worldwide competitions
- FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship:
- * Third : 1992
International record
The road to CEV [Cup Winners Cup / CEV Cup">CEV Top Teams Cup">CEV [Cup Winners Cup / CEV Cup] victories
The road to the 1996 CEV Cup Winners' Cup">:fr:Coupe des Vainqueurs de Coupe de volley-ball masculin 1995-1996">1996 CEV Cup Winners' Cup victory
The road to the 2005 CEV Top Teams Cup">:it:Top Teams Cup 2004-2005 (pallavolo maschile)">2005 CEV Top Teams 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 |1998, third place in the world in the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship in 1992 and fourth place in the :it:Supercoppa europea 1996 and one of the best supported volleyball teams in Europe.In the :it:Coppa dei Campioni 1991-1992 #Finale a quattro|1992 CEV Champions League Final Four in Piraeus, an estimated 20,000 Olympiacos fans crowded the Peace and Friendship Stadium for the semi-final against CSKA Moscow and 20,000 more for the final against il Messaggero Ravenna. Volleyball legend Karch Kiraly, Hall of Famer and three times Olympic gold medalist, 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 :fr:Coupe des Vainqueurs de Coupe de volley-ball masculin 1995-1996#Finale à quatre|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 German side :fr:Bayer Wuppertal |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 :it:Top Teams Cup 2004-2005 #Final Four|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 Dutch side :it:Volleybalclub Nesselande Rotterdam|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 2017–18 CEV Challenge Cup against Bunge Ravenna. Ravenna's Austrian star :it:Paul Buchegger|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 goose bumps. I have never played in front of such a big crowd."
Notable players
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Notable coaches
Players
2020–2021 Roster
Technical and managerial staff
Historical performance in Volleyleague
Stats
| Season | Position | Sets | |
| 1982–83 | 1st | 21–1 | 65–16 |
| 1983–84 | 2nd | 26–2 | 79–18 |
| 1984–85 | 2nd | 25–3 | 80–14 |
| 1985–86 | 2nd | 20–2 | 63–14 |
| 1986–87 | 1st | 21–1 | 64–11 |
| 1987–88 | 1st | 22–0 | 66–9 |
| 1988–89 | 1st | 19–1 | 59–6 |
| 1989–90 | 1st | 21–1 | 63–6 |
| 1990–91 | 1st | 20–0 | 60–9 |
| 1991–92 | 1st | 21–1 | |
| 1992–93 | 1st | 20–1 | 62–12 |
| 1993–94 | 1st | 21–1 | 65–11 |
| 1994–95 | 2nd | ||
| 1995–96 | 4th | 18–8 | 61–36 |
| 1996–97 | 3rd | 19–6 | 65–27 |
| Season | Position | Sets | |
| 2012–13 | 1st | 26–3 | 78–23 |
| 2013–14 | 1st | 23–7 | 80–38 |
| 2014–15 | 2nd | 22–7 | 75–40 |
| 2015–16 | 3rd | 21–5 | 70–24 |
| 2016–17 | 2nd | 28–4 | 89–24 |
| 2017–18 | 1st | 30−0 | 90−12 |
| 2018–19 | 1st | 27−3 | 79−24 |
Positions
Kit manufacturer
The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Olympiacos team.| Period | Kit provider |
| 2002– | Puma Mikasa Adidas |