Omonia Volleyball Club or Omonia V.C. is the

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

team of the Omonia Athletic Club based in

Nicosia Nicosia, also known as Lefkosia and Lefkoşa, is the capital and largest city of Cyprus. It is the southeasternmost of all EU member states' capital cities. Nicosia has been continuously inhabited for over 5,500 years and has been the capi ...

, the capital of

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. It is 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 ...

and has been participating at its competitions since its inception in 1978. Omonia V.C. is ranked 77th (as of August 2022) in the Men's

History

Omonia VC is one of the most successful volleyball clubs in Cyprus. The most notable player has been Panos Eracleous who served the club for 27 years, from 1987 until his retirement in 2014. Nowadays, the club owns its recent success to the so-called ''golden green generation'' which refers primarily to Aggelos Alexiou and the Petrakkides twins, Achilleas Petrakkides and the captain Sotos Petrakkides, who after spending some time in other local and foreign teams, returned to Omonia VC where they commenced their careers and conquered domestically. The peak of their reign has been the undefeated defense of their second consecutive domestic championship during the 2015–2016 season. The manager of the team Savvas Savva, who is in charge since 2013, with a year's break as an assistant coach in 2018, had also commenced his career in Omonia VC where he served until his retirement. He is by far the most successful manager in the team's history as he has won 8 Cypriot Championships, 7 Cypriot Cups and 8 Supercups. Omonia VC has a remarkable record of 29 consecutive wins in all domestic competitions which spans in three different seasons. The strike started on the 20/2/2015 at the 16th round of the 2014–2015 Cypriot championship season and ended on the 11/11/2016 at the 3rd round of the 2016–2017 season. During this period Omonia VC won 2 Championships, 1 Cup and 2 Super Cups. More recently, Omonia VC has set an undefeated record of 24 wins within a single season, gained them their 5th Championship. Moreover, the club holds another record, that of winning the 2020-2021 title undefeated with 24 wins.

Current squad

Head coach: Savvas Savva (Volleyball)

Cypriot Championship

The following table presents Omonia's performance at the

championships, for any campaigns adequate information was found.

Domestic finals

The following table presents the seasons where Omonia succeeded to qualify at the Cypriot Cup Final through knock-out phases or the Cypriot Super Cup and the results.

European competitions

Omonia VC's first European success was the elimination of the Montenegrin team OK Sutjeska Nikšić when the current coach Savvas Savva was a teammate of the ''golden green generation'' that has won the 6 domestic championships. In a rare occasion, it was drawn to play against their biggest domestic rivals

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where it successfully knocked them out from the competition. In its most successful European campaign, the club reached the quarterfinals of the

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Honours

* Cypriot Championships ** Winner (8): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-24 * Cyprus Cup: ** Winner (10): 1998–99, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 * Cypriot Super Cup: ** Winner (8): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023

References

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