APOEL Volleyball Club is a professional

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team based in the city of

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and it is a part of the

APOEL APOEL FC (; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") is a Cypriot professio ...

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History

was formed in 1926, but the volleyball team was formed in 1928. APOEL was also a founding member of the

Cyprus Volleyball Federation Cyprus Volleyball Federation (CVF) (Greek: Kυπριακή Oμοσπονδία Πετοσφαίρισης, Κ.Ο.ΠΕ) () is the governing body of volleyball in Cyprus. It organises the first division, second division leagues and a cup competitio ...

. The volleyball team of APOEL won 11 championships (4 held by the Cypriot Local Committee for Sports and 7 held by the

) and 5 Cups. The 1980s was the most successful decade for the team, winning 6

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and 5 Cups between 1979 and 1985. Also, the decade of the 1990s was amazing for the youth teams of APOEL (U15, U17, U21) by winning 16 trophies in just 7 years. Since then, the team had some good seasons with participation in 2003–04

CEV Top Teams Cup The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year. Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed to CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 to CEV Cup. T ...

and 2004–05

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, but without any title outcome. In the 2008–09 season APOEL relegated to the Second Division and suspended its activities due to financial difficulties. That was the first and only time which a team from

multisport club was relegated. In season 2012–13, the volleyball club of APOEL was reactivated and participated in the Cypriot Second Division. They became champions by winning all their league matches (15 wins out of 15 matches) and promoted to the

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for the 2013–14 season. In 2018–19 APOEL has reached again to the top clubs of Cyprus by qualifying both to the cup final 4 and championship playoffs while finishing 3rd in the championship while almost reached playoffs finals although lost in the semifinals series with Pafiakos by 4-3 (Pafiakos started having a 2-0 handicap from the regular season) In 2022-23 glorious days and memories of the golden era of the 1970s and 80s start arising again, while the team after a significantly successful year finished after 34 years in the 2nd place losing the championship in the playoff finals from Omonia

Current squad

As of: ''15 September 2022''

League positions

Honours

* Cypriot Championship : Winners (11): 1953–54, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85 * Cypriot Cup : Winners (5): 1978–79, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85 *Cypriot Second Division : Winners (1): 2012–13 * Youth trophies (16): : U21: 3 Championships (1991–92, 1992–93, 1995–96)
2 Cups (1994–95, 1995–96) : U18: 5 Championships (1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97) : U16: 6 Championships (1988–89, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96)

Women's team

History

APOEL women's volleyball team was formed in 1974. The women's team won their only title in 1977, when they managed to win

AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou () is a Cyprus, Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL Limassol also maintains a AEL Limassol B.C., men's and AEL Limassol B.C. (women), women's basketball teams, a wom ...

3–2 in the season's Cup final. The team suspended its operation in 1990, due to financial problems.

League positions

Honours

* Women's Cup : Winners (1): 1976–77

References

External links

APOEL Athletic Football Club – official website
{{APOEL V.C.

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Volleyball clubs in Cyprus