Olympiacos Men's Volleyball ( el, Ολυμπιακός, ), 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
A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports.
Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
,
Olympiacos CFP, based in
Piraeus,
Attica. The department was founded in 1926 and their home ground is the
Melina Merkouri Indoor Hall in
Agios Ioannis Rentis
Agios Ioannis Rentis ( el, Άγιος Ιωάννης Ρέντης) is a suburb and a former municipality in the Piraeus regional unit, lying in the western part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is par ...
, Piraeus.
Olympiacos is the
most successful club in Greek volleyball history, having won 30
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 (1996, 2005), and a traditional powerhouse in European volleyball, having been runners-up in all three main
CEV competitions, two times in the
CEV Champions League (with seven final four participations), two in the
CEV 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 CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 it was renamed ...
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 (1987–1994), and for winning
seven championships undefeated (1968, 1974, 1979, 1981, 1988, 1991, 2018). 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 and 1998 (the first four in the CEV Champions League and the next three in the CEV Cup Winners' Cup); they also won a fourth place in the
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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
The 2017–18 CEV Challenge Cup was the 38th edition of the CEV Challenge Cup tournament, the former CEV Cup.
Participating teams
Qualification phase
2nd round
*1st leg 21–23 November 2017
*2nd leg 28–30 November 2017
Mai ...
final; at the same time, the
women's department won their respective
2017–18 CEV Women's Challenge Cup
The 2017–18 CEV Women's Challenge Cup was the 38th edition of the European Challenge Cup volleyball club tournament, the former "CEV Cup".
Format
The tournament is played on a knockout format, with 37 teams participating. Initially 10 teams pl ...
. 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 one of the most popular sports clubs 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,
Bengt Gustafsson,
Raimonds Vilde
Raimonds Vilde (born August 19, 1962) is a former Latvian volleyball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 ...
,
Vasa Mijić,
Tom Hoff,
Goran Vujević
Goran Vujević ( sr-cyr, Горан Вујевић; born 27 February 1973) is a Serbian-Montenegrin volleyball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics and for Serbia and Montenegro in the ...
,
Henk-Jan Held
Hendrik Jan ("Henk-Jan") Held (born 12 November 1967 in Renswoude, Utrecht) is a volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain.
After having wo ...
,
Osvaldo Hernández and
Fabian Drzyzga.
Honours
Domestic competitions
*
Greek Volley League
** Winners (30) (record): 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, 2020−21
*
Greek Cup
** Winners (16) (record): 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 (6) (record): 2012−13, 2014−15, 2015−16, 2016−17, 2017−18, 2018−19
*
Greek Super Cup
** Winners (2): 2000, 2010
* Double
** Winners (14) (record): 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 (2):''
1991−92,
2001−02
*
CEV Cup Winners' Cup / CEV Top Teams Cup / CEV Cup
** Winners (2):
1995−96,
2004−05
** ''Runners-up (2):''
1996−97,
1997−98
*
CEV Challenge Cup
** ''Runners-up (1):''
2017–18
Worldwide competitions
*
FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship:
** ''Third (1):''
1992
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International record
The road to CEV Cup Winners Cup / CEV Cup victories
The road to the 1996 CEV Cup Winners' Cup victory
The road to the 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 (7 consecutive European Final Four participations, four in the CEV Champions League –1992, 1993, 1994, 1995– and three in the CEV Cup Winners' Cup –1996, 1997, 1998–, winners of the
1996
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CEV Cup Winners' 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 CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 it was renamed CE ...
, twice
Runners-up of the CEV Champions League in
1992
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and
2002
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, twice
Runners-up of the CEV Cup Winners' Cup in
1997
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and
1998
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,
third place in the world in the
FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship in 1992 and fourth place in the
1996
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CEV European Super Cup) and one of the best supported volleyball teams in Europe.
In the
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
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List of most Olympic gold medals over career
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, 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
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
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
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
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
The 2017–18 CEV Challenge Cup was the 38th edition of the CEV Challenge Cup tournament, the former CEV Cup.
Participating teams
Qualification phase
2nd round
*1st leg 21–23 November 2017
*2nd leg 28–30 November 2017
Mai ...
against
Bunge Ravenna. Ravenna's
Austrian star
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
File:Ivan Miljković.jpg, Ivan Miljković
File:Lorenzo Bernardi2 (cropped).JPG, Lorenzo Bernardi
File:Tom Hoff 2008.jpg, Tom Hoff
File:Fabian Drzyzga 2014 01.jpg, Fabian Drzyzga
File:Dragan Travica3.JPG, Dragan Travica
File:Goran Vujević.JPG, Goran Vujević
Goran Vujević ( sr-cyr, Горан Вујевић; born 27 February 1973) is a Serbian-Montenegrin volleyball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics and for Serbia and Montenegro in the ...
File:Todor Aleksiev.JPG, Todor Aleksiev
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Aleksiev won bronze medals wi ...
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Michalis Alexandropoulos
Michalis Alexandropoulos ( el, Μιχάλης Αλεξανδρόπουλος, born in Kinshasa)[Kaloudis Alexoudis
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*
Sotiris Amarianakis
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Andreas Andreadis
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Christos Angelidis
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Apostolos Armenakis
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Theodoros Bozidis
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Akis Chatziantoniou
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Kostas Christofidelis
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Anestis Dalakouras
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Honours National team
* 2014 European Volleyball League
Club
*CEV Challen ...
*
Theologos Daridis
Theologos Daridis (born ) is a Greek male volleyball player. He has been a member of the Greece men's national volleyball team. At club level he currently plays for Olympiacos
Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακ ...
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Giorgos Dermatis
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Christos Dimitrakopoulos
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Iraklis Doriadis
Iraklis Doriadis ( el, Ηρακλής Δωριάδης, born ) is a retired Greek volleyball player and volleyball coach. He has 292 appearances with Greece men's national volleyball team. He played for Olympiacos for 9 years (1977–1986), winni ...
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Giorgos Dragovits
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Mitar Đurić
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Giannis Fakas
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Dima Filippov
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Andreas Frangos
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Marios Giourdas
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Dimitrios Gkaras
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Sporting achievements Clubs
* National champions ...
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Given name
* Costas Andreou, Greek musician
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Konrad Guzda
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Makis Kanellos
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Theoklitos Karipidis
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Dimitris Kazazis
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Menelaos Kokkinakis
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Honours
* Greek Championship (3)
** 2011, 20 ...
*
Tasos Koublis
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Rafail Koumentakis
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Honours Club
* 2022–23 CEV Chall ...
*
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Given name
* Costas Andreou, Greek musician
* Kostas Antetokounmpo (born 1997), a Greek basketball player
* ...
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Vasilis Kournetas
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Pavlos Kouzounis
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*Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece (bo ...
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Chrysanthos Kyriazis
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Giannis Laios
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Andreas Lorandos
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Giorgos Lykoudis
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Thanos Maroulis
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Thanasis Michalopoulos
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Avgoustinos Michalos
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Dimitris Mitropoulos
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Sakis Moustakidis
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Achilleas Papadimitriou
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Giorgos Papazoglou
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Panagiotis Pelekoudas
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Stefanos Polyzos
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Stelios Prosalikas
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Kostas Prousalis
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Nikos Roumeliotis
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Nikos Smaragdis
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Dimitris Soultanopoulos
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Giorgos Stefanou
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Kostas Stivachtis
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Giannis Takouridis
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Kostas Tambouratzis
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From Eleuther, son of Apollo and Aethusa.
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Andreas Theodoridis
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Michalis Triantafyllidis
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Antonis Tsakiropoulos
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Paraskevas Tselios
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Sotiris Tsergas
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Manos Xenakis
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Vasilis Xerovasilas
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The Greece men's national vol ...
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Jorge Elgueta
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Pablo Meana
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Marcos Milinkovic
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Leonardo Caldeira
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Athos Ferreira Costa
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Paulino Dirceu
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Luiz Felipe Fonteles
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Todor Aleksiev
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Aleksiev won bronze medals wi ...
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Krasimir Gaydarski
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Ivaylo Gavrilov
Ivailo Gavrilov ( bg, Ивайло Гаврилов) (born ) is a former Bulgarian male volleyball player. He was part of the Bulgaria men's national volleyball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He played for Olympiacos and Moka Rica Forlì Ital ...
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Nikolay Jeliazkov
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Plamen Konstantinov
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Lyudmil Naydenov
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Dimo Tonev
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Hristo Tsvetanov
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Boyan Yordanov
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Andrey Zhekov
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Justin Duff
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Jason Haldane
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Gavin Schmitt
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Liberman Agámez
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Tomislav Čošković
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Rolando Despaigne
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Osvaldo Hernández
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Salvador Hidalgo Oliva
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Rodolfo Sánchez
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Janne Heikkinen
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Olli Kunnari
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Mikko Oivanen
Mikko Oivanen (born 26 May 1986) is a Finnish volleyball player, a member of Finland men's national volleyball team.
Personal life
Mikko has a twin brother – Matti Oivanen, who is also a volleyball player.
Career Clubs
Oivanen started h ...
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Eemi Tervaportti
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Renaud Herpe
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Marcus Böhme
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Christian Fromm
Christian Fromm (born 15 August 1990) is a German professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Rapid București and the Germany national team.
Personal life
On 24 June 2017, Fromm married Maren Brinker.
Honours
Club
* Do ...
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Christian Pampel
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Simon Tischer
Simon Tischer (born 24 April 1982) is a German volleyball player. He was born in Schwäbisch Gmünd.
Career Clubs
* Maoam Mendig
* 2004-2007 VfB Friedrichshafen
* 2007-2009 Iraklis Thessaloniki V.C.
* 2009-2011 Olympiacos S.C.
* 2010-2011 ...
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Lorenzo Bernardi
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Paolo Merlo
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Dragan Travica
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Hermans Egleskalns
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Sporting achievements National Championships
*2010/2011 ...
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Raimonds Vilde
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He was born in Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 ...
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Božidar Ćuk
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Henk-Jan Held
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After having wo ...
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Wytze Kooistra
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Career
He began his career as a middle-blocker. In 2013, he played for his national ...
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Jeroen Rauwerdink
Jeroen Rauwerdink (born 13 September 1985) is a Dutch male volleyball player. He is part of the Netherlands men's national volleyball team. On club level he plays for Dynamo Apeldoorn. Jeroen Rauwerdink is, with his 337 caps (on 26 April 2021), t ...
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Fabian Drzyzga
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Leszek Urbanowicz
Leszek Urbanowicz (born 1 June 1964) is a Polish volleyball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and comm ...
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José Rivera
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Andrei Spînu
Andrei Spinu (; born 10 June 1986) is a Moldovans, Moldovan entrepreneur and politician, who since August 2021 has been Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development of the Republic of Moldova in the Gavrilița Cab ...
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Igor Runov
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Dejan Bojović
Dejan Bojović ( sr, Дејан Бојовић; born 3 April 1983) is former Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team, a participant of the 2008 Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (fr ...
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Slobodan Boškan
Slobodan Boškan ( Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Бошкан, born 18 August 1975) is a Serbian former volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team, 2000 Olympic volleyball champion, medalist of European Champio ...
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Dejan Brđović
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Konstantin Čupković
Konstantin Čupković ( sr-cyrl, Константин Чупковић; born 2 January 1987) is a Serbian professional volleyball player, a former member of the Serbia national team. At the professional club level, he plays for BBTS Bielsko-Bi ...
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Milan Jurišić
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Milan Marković
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Vasa Mijić
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Ivan Miljković
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Aleksandar Okolic
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
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Veljko Petković
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Goran Vujević
Goran Vujević ( sr-cyr, Горан Вујевић; born 27 February 1973) is a Serbian-Montenegrin volleyball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics and for Serbia and Montenegro in the ...
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František Ogurčák
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Alen Pajenk
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Tonček Štern
Tonček Štern (born 14 November 1995) is a Slovenian volleyball player who plays for Olympiacos and the Slovenia national team. With Slovenia, he was the runner-up of the European Volleyball Championship in 2019 and 2021.
Personal life
Štern ...
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Tine Urnaut
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Bengt Gustafson
Bengt Gustafson (born 17 May 1963) is a Sweden volleyball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Se ...
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Andrii Diachkov
Andrii Diachkov (born 28 April 1985) is a Ukrainian volleyball player, a member of Ukraine men's national volleyball team and Montpellier UC.
Career
Clubs
Ukrainian period
Andrii Diachkov started his volleyball career in the Ukrainian Me ...
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Oleksiy Gatin
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Igor Popov
Igor Popov (born 25 March 1970) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian retired volleyball player. He was a member of Ukraine men's national volleyball team. At club level, he played in Italy (for Sempre Volley, Ignis Padova, :it:Napoli Volley, Com Cavi Napoli an ...
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Carson Clark
Carson Clark (born January 20, 1989) is an American male volleyball player. He was part of the United States men's national volleyball team at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Poland. He won two NCAA National Championship ...
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Scott Fortune
Scott Thomas Fortune (born January 23, 1966) is an American former volleyball player. He was an All-American at Stanford University and a three-time Olympian for the United States national team. He helped the United States win the gold medal at ...
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Tom Hoff
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Jayson Jablonsky
Jayson Jablonsky (born July 23, 1985) is an American male volleyball player. He is part of the United States men's national volleyball team
The United States men's national volleyball team represents the country in international competitions an ...
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Reid Priddy
William Reid Priddy (born October 1, 1977), known as Reid Priddy, is an American volleyball player on the United States men's national volleyball team and Italian club Cucine Lube Civitanova. He has also played on the AVP tour from 2000 to 200 ...
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Riley Salmon
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Jeff Stork
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Donald Suxho
Donald Suxho (born February 21, 1976, in Korçë, Albania) is an Albanian-American professional volleyball player and a player for the U.S. Olympic Team. As a setter, he participated in the 2004 Olympic games in Athens, Greece as well as the ...
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Ernardo Gómez
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Iván Márquez
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Andy Rojas
File:25 PLS12-maxi.jpg, Janne Heikkinen
File:Mitar Đurić.jpg, Mitar Đurić
File:Пламен Константинов.jpg, Plamen Konstantinov
Plamen Georgiev Konstantinov ( bg, Пламен Георгиев Константинов) (born 14 June 1973) is a former Bulgarian volleyball player, a member of Bulgaria men's national volleyball team, head coach of Lokomotiv Novosibirsk and ...
File:BoyanYordanov.JPG, Boyan Yordanov
File:Osvaldo Hernández.jpg, Osvaldo Hernández
File:Reidpriddy.gif, Reid Priddy
William Reid Priddy (born October 1, 1977), known as Reid Priddy, is an American volleyball player on the United States men's national volleyball team and Italian club Cucine Lube Civitanova. He has also played on the AVP tour from 2000 to 200 ...
File:Kunnari Olli.JPG, Olli Kunnari
Notable coaches
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Kostas Ampelas Kostas or Costas ( el, Κώστας) is a Greek given name and surname. As a given name it is the hypocorism for Konstantinos (Constantine).
Given name
* Costas Andreou, Greek musician
* Kostas Antetokounmpo (born 1997), a Greek basketball player
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Kyriakos Pantelias Kyriacos is a Greek male given name, which means "of the lord" (derived from Greeκύριος(kyrios) "lord"). Examples of people with this name include:
* Kyriacos Costa Nicolaou (born 1946), Cypriot-American chemist known for synthesizing Taxol
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Dimitar Zahariev
Dimitar Zahariev ( bg, Димитър Захариев) (born October 21, 1928) is a former Bulgarian volleyball player and volleyball coach. He was the head coach of the Bulgaria men's national volleyball team that won the 5th place in the 1964 ...
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Giannis Laios
Giannis Laios ( el, Γιάννης Λάιος, born ) is a retired Greek male volleyball player and volleyball coach. He has 217 appearances with Greece men's national volleyball team. He played for Olympiacos for 12 years (1973-1985), winning 7 ...
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Vladimir Kondra
Vladimir Grigorevich Kondra (russian: Владимир Григорьевич Кондра, born 16 November 1950) is a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, a ...
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Gian Paolo Montali
Gian Paolo Montali (born January 18, 1960 in Traversetolo, province of Parma) is an Italian volleyball coach who has won two Volleyball European Championships with Italian national team.
Montali began his career as volleyball coach for the junio ...
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Zoran Gajić
Zoran Gajić ( sr-cyrl, Зоран Гајић; born 28 December 1958) is a Serbian volleyball coach serving as minister of sports since 2022. As a volleyball coach, he coached Rabita Baku, and FR Yugoslavia, I ...
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Daniele Ricci
Daniele is an Hebrew male given name, the cognate of the English name Daniel.
Danièle is a French language, French female given name, an alternative spelling of Danielle.
Men with the given name Daniele
* Daniele Bracciali (born 1978), Italian ...
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Ljubomir Travica
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Claudio Cuello
Claudio César Cuello (born March 4, 1958) is a former Argentine volleyball player and current coach. He was head coach of Argentina women's national volleyball team from 1997 to 2002 and in 2003 he became head coach of Argentina men's national v ...
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Anders Kristiansson
Anders is a male name in Scandinavian languages and Fering North Frisian, an equivalent of the Greek Andreas ("manly") and the English Andrew. It originated from Andres via metathesis.
In Sweden, Anders has been one of the most common names fo ...
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Giannis Kalmazidis
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Dimitris Kazazis
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Roberto Piazza
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Slobodan Boškan
Slobodan Boškan ( Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Бошкан, born 18 August 1975) is a Serbian former volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team, 2000 Olympic volleyball champion, medalist of European Champio ...
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Fernando Muñoz Benitez
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Alberto Giuliani
Players
2022–2023 Roster
Technical and managerial staff
Captains
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Michalis Triantafyllidis
Michalis Triantafyllidis ( el, Μιχάλης Τριανταφυλλίδης, born ) is a retired Greek male volleyball player. He has 365 appearances with Greece men's national volleyball team and he was part of the Greek team winning the bronze ...
(1989–1994)
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Sakis Moustakidis (1994–1996)
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Giorgos Dragovits (1996–2001)
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Marios Giourdas (2001–2003)
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Antonis Tsakiropoulos (2003–2007)
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Vasilis Kournetas (2007–2009)
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Dimitris Soultanopoulos (2009–2010)
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Andreas Andreadis (2010–2012)
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Kostas Christofidelis (2012–2015)
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Menelaos Kokkinakis
Menelaos Kokkinakis ( el, Μενέλαος Κοκκινάκης) (born ) is a Greek male volleyball player. He is part of the Greece men's national volleyball team. On club level he plays for PAOK.
Honours
* Greek Championship (3)
** 2011, 20 ...
(2015–2017)
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Kostas Christofidelis (2017–2019)
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Giorgos Petreas
Georgios Petreas ( gr, Γιώργος Πετρέας; born 19 November 1986, in Kalamata, Greece) is a Greek male volleyball player. He is the captain of the Greece men's national volleyball team. On club level he plays for Panathinaikos.
Sport ...
(2019–2020)
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Kostas Stivachtis (2020–2022)
Historical performance in Volleyleague
Stats
Positions
Kit manufacturer
The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Olympiacos team.
Sponsorship
Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Porto Petrol other sponsors: Athens Medical Group,
Nova Sports
Nova Sports is a Greek sports pay television network owned by Nova, a subsidiary of Greek telecommunications company of the same name. It was launched in 1994 as ''SuperSport'' and at the time was the first premium sports service in Greece. It ...
and Astari Plastikoy.
See also
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Olympiacos Women's Volleyball Team
References
External links
Olympiacos CFP Official Website – Men's Volleyball
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Volleyball
Greek volleyball clubs
Volleyball clubs established in 1926
1926 establishments in Greece