Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Team


Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Club is the women's water polo department of the major Greek multi-sport club Olympiacos, based in Piraeus. The department was founded in 1988 and they play their games at the 1000-seated :el:Παπαστράτειο Κολυμβητήριο Πειραιά|Papastrateio "Petros Kapagerof" Hall in Piraeus.
Olympiacos is one of the most successful clubs in European Water Polo, having won the LEN Euroleague in :it:LEN Euro League Women 2014-2015|2015, the LEN Super Cup also in 2015 and the LEN Trophy in :it:Coppa LEN 2013-2014 |2014 and having, overall, a commanding presence in European competitions. Besides their LEN Euroleague, LEN Super Cup and LEN Trophy titles, they were runners-up of the LEN Euroleague in 2017 and 2019, runners-up of the LEN Super Cup in 2014, runners-up of the LEN Trophy in 2008 and 2018 and they have participated, altogether, in 7 Champions' Cup / Euroleague Final Fours, as well as in 5 LEN Trophy Final Fours, being semi-finalists of the same competition in 2009 and 2012.
In 2014 Olympiacos won the LEN Trophy in the :it:Coppa LEN 2013-2014 #Final Four|Final Four in Florence, beating home team :it:Firenze Pallanuoto|Firenze 10–9 in the final. One year later, Olympiacos were crowned :it:LEN Euro League Women 2014-2015|European Champions, winning the LEN Euroleague in the :it:LEN Euro League Women 2014-2015#Final Four|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. Olympiacos lifted the LEN Euroleague title undefeated and having won 8 straight matches without even a single draw. As European Champions, Olympiacos participated in the final of the 2015 LEN Super Cup and won the title after a 10–6 win against Plebiscito Padova, thus completing a continental Treble in 2015, winning season's all three available titles.
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 its Men's and Women's departments, and the only club with both its departments currently active.
In Greece, Olympiacos have won a shared record eleven Greek Championships, a shared record one :el:Κύπελλο Ελλάδος υδατοσφαίρισης γυναικών|Greek Cup and a record one Double, being the most successful club domestically. They also hold the all-time record for the most consecutive Greek Championships, as they are the only team to have won 7 consecutive Greek Championship titles. They won their first two titles in 1995 and 1998, but their best performance in the league came after coach Charis Pavlidis' arrival in 2007. In 2009, they managed to seize the Championship from rivals NC Vouliagmeni who had the home-court advantage, winning the best-of-five series 3–2. Beginning from season 2010–11, Olympiacos won eight Greek Championships in ten seasons, beating rivals NC Vouliagmeni in the finals on all eight occasions, despite the fact that Vouliagmeni had the home-court advantage in both the 2011 and 2014 finals. In the seasons 2015–16 and 2019-20 Olympiacos won the Greek Championship undefeated, winning every game in both the regular season and the play-offs. They won the first ever :el:Κύπελλο Ελλάδος υδατοσφαίρισης γυναικών|Greek Cup which was held in 2017–18 season.
Some of the greatest players in the world have played for Olympiacos over the years including: Iefke van Belkum, Alexandra Asimaki, Yasemin Smit, Lauren Wenger, Ashleigh Southern, Bronwen Knox, Roberta Bianconi, Giulia Emmolo, Kami Craig, Triantafyllia Manolioudaki, Alkisti Avramidou, Eleftheria Plevritou, Margarita Plevritou, Chrysi Diamantopoulou, Stavroula Antonakou, Ilektra Psouni, Angeliki Karapataki, Antonia Moraiti, Evi Moraitidou, Anthoula Mylonaki, Dimitra Asilian, Eftychia Karagianni, Maria Kanellopoulou, Christina Tsoukala, Kyriaki Liosi, Patricia del Soto, Blanca Gil, Barbara Bujka, Ágnes Valkai, Vaso Mavrelou, Maria Balomenaki, Ann Dow, Camila Pedrosa, Sun Yating, Eszter Tomaskovics, Maria Tsouri and Assel Jakayeva.

Current Roster

2019–2020
Squad as of 7 July 2020
, 2011 FINA World Player of the Year
, winner of the :it:LEN Euro League Women 2014–2015|2015 LEN Euroleague with Olympiacos

Honours

Domestic competitions

The road to the 2014–15 LEN Euroleague">:it:LEN Euro League Women 2014-2015">2014–15 LEN Euroleague victory

The road to the 2013–14 LEN Trophy">:it:Coppa LEN 2013-2014 (pallanuoto femminile)">2013–14 LEN Trophy victory

Notable players

Notable coaches

Personnel

Management, coaching and technical staff