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Olympiacos
File:Olympiakos4.svg
Full nameOlympiacos CFP
(Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς)
Nickname(s)Thrilos (Legend), Gavros, Red Devils
Founded1925
Ground"Georgios Karaiskakis" Stadium,
Piraeus, Athens
Capacity33,500
ChairmanGreece Sokratis Kokkalis
ManagerNorway Trond Sollied
LeagueSuper League Greece
(Σούπερ Λίγκα Ελλάδα 2007)
2005-06Champion


Olympiacos CFP is one of the largest multisport clubs in Greece and the world, with activities in 17 different competitive departments, including football, all of which are prominent and have won many distinctions around the world. The total number of athletes of Olympiacos is more than 3,800, the ranks of which include Olympic winners and World Champions. Olympiacos counts 224 officially recognized titles. The club boasts european and international titles in football, basketball (Olympiacos BC), volleyball, waterpolo and athletics. Fans point out as remarkable the fact that Olympiacos is the only Greek sports club to have done the Treple in two different sports.

With an outstanding 34 national championships in football in 70 seasons, while all the other major Greek clubs (AEK Athens, Panathinaikos, PAOK) have 32 championships combined, no Greek team has been as successful as Olympiacos in this area. Running up second on trophies won count is Panathinaikos FC and the third is AEK FC. According to the current world club ranking of the International Federation of Football and Statistics for the period ending July 30, 2006 , Olympiacos is No. 72 in the World. (AEK is No.120 and Panathinaikos is No.125).


Olympiacos Football Club

History

Domestic History

Olympiacos was founded on March 10, 1925, when the members of the "Piraeus Football Club" and the "Piraeus Fan Club" decided, during a historical assembly, to dissolve the two clubs in order to establish a new unified one. Notis Kamberos announced the name "Olympiacos" and Michalis Manouskos completed it to its full name, "Olympiacos Fan Club of Piraeus". The players of the newly founded Olympiacos were excellent. The Andrianopoulos brothers, however, were those who significantly raised the reputation of the club and added glory to it. Children of a prosperous family, they made the name of Olympiacos known all over Greece. Yiannis, Dinos, Yorgos, and Vassilis were the first to play. Leonidas made his appearance later on, while Leonidas played for a short time. The club's offensive line, made up of the five brothers, soon became legendary and, hence, Olympiacos is also known as Thrilos . The team's emblem is a teenager.

Olympiacos immediately caught the attention of locals, with the team filling the Piraeus Velodrome (now the Karaiskakis stadium); their fanbase consisted mainly of the working class.


In 1926 the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) was founded and in 1927 tried to organize the first Greek Championship. However in that season Olympiacos came to a dispute with the Hellenic Football Federation and did not participate.

Panathinaikos and AEK Athens FC decided to follow Olympiacos and together they formed a group called P.O.K.. During that season they played friendly games with each other. The second Greek Championship took place in 1929/30 only with three teams (the champions of the local leagues of Athens, Piraeus and Thessaloniki).

From the season 1930/31 (which started in January of 1931) and on, the best teams from the country finally participated. Olympiacos won the Greek Championship for the first time in that season.

In 1940 Olympiacos had already won 6 Championships in 11 seasons and by 1960 they had won 15 Championships in 23 seasons as well as 9 National Cups making for 6 Doubles. In fact, with key performers such as Andreas Mouratis, Elias Rossidis, Thanassis Bebis, Elias Yfantis, Kostas Polychroniou, Giorgos Darivas and Savas Theodoridis, Olympiacos won six consecutive titles from 1953/54 to 1958/59.

It is worth mentioning that Olympiacos for several seasons was not allowed to make use of the Karaiskaki Stadium and, with permission from Panathinaikos, found a temporary home in “Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium”.

The 60s and the early 70s were not as fruitful for Olympiacos, the club having won just 5 Championships and 8 Cups.

Another glorious chapter began in 1972, after Nikos Goulandris became president. He appointed Lakis Petropoulos as coach and signed star players Giorgos Delikaris, Yves Triantafyllos, Julio Losada, Milton Viera and Dimitris Persidis. The highlight for that side was the 1973/74 season, when Olympiacos won the league with record points (59) and goals (102).

Olympiacos experienced its darkest days from the mid-1980s until the mid-90s. In the mid 80s Olympiacos came into the hands of Greek businessman George Koskotas. Soon Koskotas was accused of and convicted for embezzlement, leaving Olympiacos deep in debt. On the pitch, the team without a serious management went nine seasons without a league title (1986/87 to 1996/97).

The situation improved after Socrates Kokkalis took over Olympiacos's shares in 1993. Having agreed to a settlement of the club's debts with the Greek government, Kokkalis slowly resurrected the team.

In 1996 Kokkalis appointed as the team's coach Dusan Bajevic, who had just left AEK Athens FC following a clash with the management team regarding financial issues and uncertainty. The same season Kokkalis signed for the reds all the young talents he could find in the Greek market, such as Predrag Djorgevic, Grigoris Georgatos, Stelios Giannakopoulos, Giorgos Anatolakis, Dimitris Mavrogenidis, Alexis Alexandris, Giorgos Amanatidis, Andreas Niniadis. Most of these still play for Olympiacos today. Starting then, Olympiacos won seven consecutive Championships (beating their own record of 6), even after Bajevic had left in 1999.

In the 2003/04 season, Olympiacos finished second.

During the 2004/05 season, Olympiacos appointed again Dusan Bajevic and transferred World Champion Brazilian Rivaldo. The end of the season found Olympiacos with both domestic trophies (Championship and the Greek Cup) but without their manager Dusan Bajevic, as he resigned.

Therefore Olympiacos appointed Trond Sollied.
They also made a great hit in the market by signing arch-rival striker Michalis Konstantinou from Panathinaikos.

During the season 2005/06, Olympiacos achieved to win all the 4 derbies against its major rivals, Panathinaikos and AEK, something only achieved once more, during the season 1972/73.

They beat their 2nd biggest rival AEK Athens 3-0 in the greek cup final to clinch their 2nd straight double

European Campaigns

Olympiacos is the team to suffer the worst defeat in Champions League in history by suffering a 7-0 defeat in Turin in 2003 but also managed a great 6-2 victory against Levercusen on Rizoupoli Stadium (Athens) on 2002. Despite their unrivalled domestic domination, Olympiacos consistently are yet to impress well at European level.

Olympiacos's best moments at this level came with appearances in the 1992/93 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals - where they lost to Club Atlético de Madrid - and in the last eight of the 1998/99 Champions League, when Juventus FC beat them.


In 1998-1999, last Olympiacos was drawn in Group A for the UEFA Champions League, along with Ajax Amsterdam, FC Porto and Dinamo Zagreb “Thrylos” typically won all 3 home games, but also managed to secure 2 away draws and a ticket to the quarter-finals.

There they met Juventus F.C.. In the first leg at Delle Alpi, Juventus beat Olympiacos 2-1 which meant that Olympiacos only needed a 1-0 victory to proceed to the semi-finals. A vintage performance, scoring early with Sinisa Gogic and never allowing their opponents to create chances, was 5 minutes away to making that scenario come true. Dimitris Eleftheropoulos, Olympiacos’ goalkeeper, however, misjudged the flight of the ball in a seemingly harmless cross and Juventus had the last laugh and escaped with a 1-1 draw, which was the beginning of the “Late-Goal Curse” that superstitious supporters firmly believe hangs upon the team, especially in away matches.

Olympiacos’ supporters couldn’t believe how they fumbled such a huge opportunity to play in the semi-finals and even though they recognized Eleftheropoulos’ efforts up to that point, great efforts that won him the UEFA Champions Leagu Goalkeeper of the Competition even, they still held him responsible for the disqualification and to this day there is no conversation about the ’98-’99 campaign without a mention of the keeper’s error.

Arguably the most impressive incident supporting this folklore tale is the 2001-2002 UEFA Champions League away match against Deportivo de La Coruña, where Olympiacos managed to turn the game around and led 1-2 from 1-0, when, literally in the last seconds, with the referee ready to whistle for full-time, Eleftheropoulos miscommunicated with his centre-back in another innocent lob and gave away an easy, as unlikely, goal to the opposition forward for the final 2-2 draw.

In 2004-2005 Olympiacos was drawn in Group A once again, this time against Liverpool FC, AS Monaco FC and Deportivo. Rivaldo made an inspiring debut for Olympiacos, in Spain against his former Spanish team Deportivo but “Thrylos” only managed to get a draw. The team predictably won all three home games in the freshly renovated Georgios Karaïskákis Stadium, notably with the same score, 1-0, meanwhile losing 2-1 away against AS Monaco.

With one match to go and in a very bizarre combination of results, Olympiacos were in danger of being one of only 2 teams that have managed to collect 10 points and not qualify for the next round. They went to Anfield to play the last match against Liverpool FC and in order to progress they had either to not lose, or to score and not lose by more than one goal.

Rivaldo turned back the years to show the capacity crowd why he was named European Footballer of the Year in 1999. He opened the score with a foul for the 0-1 Olympiacos lead, which was the Half time result. Despite that Olympiacos needed to receive three goals in the second half to be eliminated, Liverpool achieved to score those three goals (3-1) which marked the premature end of yet another Olympiacos UEFA Champions Leaguen Campaign. Liverpool FC were the ones to progress and they, incidentally, went on to actually lift the trophy, producing a similar display in the final.

Olympiacos’ 2004-2005 European effort didn’t end there however, as they were seeded to continue in the UEFA Cup. They were drawn against French team FC Sochaux for the round of 32 and proceeded thanks to 2 more 1-0 victories. In the round of sixteen they faced Newcastle United and were easily eliminated with two losses, thus putting an end to the club’s second most successful European Campaign.

With more national titles than Panathinaikos, AEK Athens FC and PAOK FC combined, it is European success that Olympiacos’ fans most long for. With next year’s UEFA Champions League final set to be played in Greece’s own OAKA Spyros Louis “Thrylos” might have one extra reason to pursue its international dream.

Current squad

As of 31 July 2006 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 MF Greece GRE Pantelis Kafes
2 DF Greece GRE Christos Patsatzoglou
3 DF France FRA Didier Domi
4 FW Spain ESP Daniel Garcia Lara
5 DF Greece GRE Michalis Kapsis
6 MF Greece GRE Ieroklis Stoltidis
7 MF Mexico MEX Nery Castillo
8 MF Serbia SRB Milos Maric
9 FW Cyprus CYP Ioannis Okkas
10 MF Brazil BRA Rivaldo
11 MF Serbia SRB Predrag Đorđević
14 DF Poland POL Michał Żewłakow
16 MF Ivory Coast CIV Marco Né
17 MF Greece GRE Giannis Taralidis
18 FW Ecuador ECU Félix Borja
19 DF Greece GRE Athanasios Kostoulas
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Greece GRE Grigorios Georgatos
22 MF Turkey TUR Erol Bulut
23 FW Cyprus CYP Michalis Konstantinou
27 DF Morocco MAR Abdeslam Ouaddou
28 MF Greece GRE Konstantinos Mendrinos
30 DF Greece GRE Anastasios Pantos
32 DF Greece GRE Georgios Anatolakis
33 GK Belgium BEL Erwin Lemmens
34 GK Greece GRE Kleopas Giannou
36 MF Greece GRE Giannoulis Fakinos
44 DF Brazil BRA Julio Cesar Santos Correa
71 GK Greece GRE Antonios Nikopolidis
74 GK Croatia CRO Tomislav Butina
87 GK Greece GRE Leonids Panagopoulos

Squad change during 2006/2007 season

In:

Out:

Historic Players

Football Club Honours

(Total Titles: 59)

  • 34 Championships: 1931, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
  • 22 Cups: 1947, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1981, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2005, 2006
  • 12 Doubles: 1947, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1973, 1975, 1981, 1999, 2005, 2006
  • 2 Super Cups: 1980 (Unofficial), 1987, 1992
  • 1 Balkan Cup: 1963

source: Hellenic Football Federation http://www.epo.gr

Club's expectations for season 2006/07

According to Olympiacos' president Socratis Kokkalis for the next season Olympiacos targets are to reclaim Greek Double as well as participate in UEFA Champions League Final which is to be held in Athens.



Olympiacos Basketball Club


Olympiacos BC
Club Name Olympiacos Piraeus Basketball Club
Image File:Olympiakos4.svg
Founded 1925
Arena Peace and Friendship Stadium,
Faliro, Piraeus,
Greece.
Capacity 15,000
Chairman Greece Socrates Kokkalis
Manager Israel Pinhas Gershon
League A1 Greek Basketball League
Position 2005-06 2rd
Website Olympiacos Official Website

Olympiacos BC' is a Greek basketball team. It is part of the Olympiacos CFP family and was founded in 1925. It is one of the oldest and greatest bsketball clubs in Europe.Each year is a strong contestant to win bothe the Greek Championship and the Euroleague.It is usually reffered as the Chicago Bulls of Europe due to the fact that they wear the same colours and they had played an exhibition game in 1997.


History

Beginning in the 1930s, it was the first Greek team to familiarize itself with American basketball as Alekos Spanoudakis learned to imitate the jump shot of American sailors and his brother Yannis met basketball legend Bob Cousy and practiced many of his secrets on the court.

The Spanoudakis brothers led the club to its first Greek League title in 1949. The second title didn't come until 11 years later, in 1960, which allowed the Reds for the first time to qualify for the European Championship. But it wasn't until 1976 that Olympiacos would win another Greek title, and it did so in unprecedented fashion, running off 22 victories in 22 games.

Another Greek title followed two years later, and in a decade which also saw Olympiacos add four Greek Cups between 1976 and 1980, the future looked bright.

But the rest of the 1980s marked a low period for the Reds.

By 1993, however, the club rebounded, climbing all the way back to rule Greece with five consecutive Championships, not mention several Greek Cups good for trophy doubles. Olympiacos also reached the Euroleague final in 1994 and 1995. It is worth mentioning that in order to advance to the two finals Olympiacos played with archrivals Panathinaikos and won both games.

In 1997, Olympiacos achieved the coveted triple crown: the Greek League title, the Greek Cup and the Euroleague crown (by beating Barcelona 73-58 in Rome). Olympiacos is the only Greek team to have achieved this and one of the very few in the history of European Basketball.

The same year they played against Chicago Bulls and it was a game between the European Champion and the NBA Champion. Again Olympiacos is the only Greek team in history that played such a match. During that game Olympiacos never used a zone defence, although it was played according to European basketball ruling and was defeated naturally by the team of one of the greatest basketball players ever, Michael Jordan (Olympiacos - Chicago Bulls: 78 - 104).

Although there was a return to the Final Four in 1999, a few years went by before the Reds won another trophy. In 2001-2002 the club managed to win the Greek Cup. Then they came within one victory of the Euroleague Final Four and made it to the last game of the Greek League final series.

The Reds were one of the Euroleague's most dangerous teams in 2002-03 as well. The club came closer than any team to knocking off champ Barcelona in Barcelona, and showed itself to be, despite its highs and lows, able to beat any team at any time.

The last few seasons concluded without any trophies, but the ambition remains intact for 2006-07 with the signing of Pinhas GERSHON as a Coach and NBA star Arvydas MACIJAUSKASthe Reds are a threat on any court in Europe.

To conclude with we must say that Olympiacos B.C. has been voted as the Best Team of the 90s in Europe by FIBA.

Basketball Club Honours

(Total Titles: 17)

  • 9 A1 Championships: 1949, 1960, 1976, 1978, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • 7 Cups: 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1994, 1997, 2002
  • 1 Euroleague: 1997


The most successful season for Olympiacos is 1996-1997 whan they managed to win the Triple-Crown (both the Greek Championship,the Greek Cup and Euroleague.

Current roster


  • Coach

Israel Pinhas Gershon

The season 2005-2006 for Olympiacos

The big comeback

The 2005-06 season has seen the return of a Red giant, which has overcome some slow years with a nice combination of young talent and experience which has paid off. Olympiacos completely renewed its roster before the start of the season and not only immediately paid off, but also gave its fans some hope for a bright future. Players like Reinaldas Seibutis, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Georgios Printezis or above all, Sofoklis Schortsianitis may well be a solid core of players for many years to come. Olympiacos survived a difficult regular season and shined in the Top 16, advancing to the Quarterfinal Playoffs. The Reds were just a win away from making it to the Final Four for the first time since 1999. Maccabi Elite won the best-of-three series 2-1, but Game 3 went down to the wire and experienced proved to be a decisive factor in the final 2 minutes, when the hosts managed to seal a 77-73 win and advanced to the Final Four in Prague. Tyus Edney earned February MVP honors, as well as ranking third in assists at the end of the regular season and second in the Top 16. Olympiacos also shined in its domestic competition, as the Reds made it to the Greek League finals for the the first time in five years by surviving a thrilling five-game series against Maroussi. Panathinaikos ended up sweeping the best-of-five final playoff series, but it was clear that the Reds are back where they used to be, becoming a team able to challenge for every title.

Olympiacos was ready for a turnaround season and it showed it right away, beating Maccabi 83-78 at home in Game 2. Quincy Lewis led the Reds with 21 points against his former team, while Edney added 14 for Olympiacos. It happened to be Olympiacos' only win in the opening 4 games, but once the team underwent an adjustment period, things started to roll. Olympiacos beat Prokom Trefl Sopot 70-65 in Game 5 behind 19 points from Nikos Hatzis, and even when the team lost its following game against Cibona, the Reds bounced back in style. Olympiacos got back-to-back home wins to lift its Group B record to 4-4. The Reds thrashed Armani Jeans Milano 89-67 with 16 points from Hatzis, and then beat Winterthur FC Barcelona 80-68 in Game 8. Former Barcelona player Andrija Zizic led Olympiacos that day with 18 points while Edney scored 16 points and dished 9 assists. Olympiacos would only win one of its next four games, getting a 65-63 home win against Lietuvos Rytas in which Nikos Barlos had 14 points. The Reds needed to win its final two regular season games in order to advance to the Top 16. A 99-70 home win against Cibona virtually made Olympiacos advance to the next round. Edney posted a double-double of 24 points and 11 assists to pace the winners. Olympiacos finished fifth in Group B with a 7-7 record by beating Milano 75-84, in which was its first road win of the season. Once again Edney led the way with 17 points and 9 assists.

The Reds have to face a very competitive Top 16 group featuring Spanish powerhouses Unicaja and Winterthur FCB, as well as a classic Euroleague team like Zalgiris Kaunas. Olympiacos showed its power right as the Top 16 started, beating Unicaja 87-84 in Athens. Olympiacos ended Unicaja's 12-game win streak. Edney led the winners again with 18 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists. He averaged 19.6 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds while playing 35 minutes per game in three games, enough to be considered Euroleague Basketball's MVP for February. The Reds took another step to advance to the playoffs by beating Zalgiris 78-69 at home. Schortsianitis led the way for Olympiacos with 25 points on 10-for-12 shooting off the bench. Olympiacos registered a 76-72 road loss in Barcelona before travelling to Malaga to face Unicaja in a make-or-break game. The Reds, who stayed in Spain to practice for four days after losing its first Top 16 game, showed its power with a resounding 75-87 road win against Unicaja which almost qualified the team for the Quarterfinal Playoffs. Edney kept shining with 25 points and 7 rebounds. By the time the Reds beat Zalgiris 72-99 in Kaunas in Game 6, Olympiacos was already seonc in Group B and would face Maccabi in the playoffs. Hatzis led Olympiacos in Kaunas with 21 points on 7-for-7 shooting in just 16 minutes.

Maccabi opened the best-of-three playoff series with a 87-78 home win in Game 1. Nikola Vujcic led Maccabi with 23 points on 10-for-14 shooting. Edney had 20 points for Olympiacos while Seibutis and Vasilopoulos each added 13. Lewis and Schortsianitis shined with big dunks with tied the game, 72-72, midway through the final period, but Vujcic and Maceo Baston fueled a 8-2 run which seal the win down the stretch. Olympiacos fired back with a 76-79 home win in Game 2 to tie the series. Schortsianitis led the winners with 17 points on 7-for-8 shooting, Lewis had 14 while Edney and Vasilopoulos each added 10. The game went down to the wire again, as the Reds up 69-66 with 1:20 to play. A critical offensive rebound and a three-point play by Vasilopoulos sealed the outcome with 17 seconds to go. It all came down to a crucial Game 3, in which Maccabi beat Olympiacos 77-73 in Tel Aviv. Will Solomon led the winners with 18 points. Edney had 14 points for Olympiacos, Schortsianitis 13 and Hatzis 12. A three-pointer by Christos Harissis gave the Reds its last lead, 69-71, as Solomon and Vujcic rescued Maccabi with a 7-2 run which gave the hosts a 76-73 edge with 23 seconds to go. Olympiacos needed a triple to tie and got a wide-open look once when Edney drove and kicked the ball out to Manolis Papamakarios, who missed the shot. As such, Maccabi advanced to the final but Olympiacos showed it is ready for a bright future. As soon as its youngster gain more experience, a new era should be starting for the Reds.

Olympiacos Volleyball Club

The men's volleyball department is among the oldest and most historic departments of the Club. It was established in 1930 and is almost a "permanent resident" at the top of Hellenic Volleyball, having won 21 National Championships and 10 Hellenic Cups. Olympiacos Volleyball team is ranked among the top European teams with a constant presence at the European Championships finals and two Cup of Cups in 1996 & 2005.

(Total Titles: 36)

  • 22 Championships: 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003
  • 11 Cups: 1981, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
  • 1 Super Cup: 2000
  • 1 European Cup Winners' Cup: 1996
  • 1 Top Teams Cup: 2005

Actual Roster

Libero (2)
tba Martin Meana
Setters (2)
tba Vassilis Kournetas
tba Veliko Petkovits
Middle Blockers (3)
tba Akis Chaziantoniou
tba Antonis Tsakiropoulos
tba Dimitris Soultanopoulos
tba Alex Diaz
Wing Spikers (5)
tba Kostas Christofidelis
tba Jorje Elgheta
tba Marios Giourdas
tba Nikos Aggelopoulos
Opposites (2)
tba Nikos Roumeliotis
tba Ivan Bojiovic
tba Juric Mitre

  • Coach

Greece Tasos Koublis










The women's volleyball department was established in 1988 and includes a Women's, Youth and Adolescent's division. It initially participated in the local Piraeus Leagues but within seven years managed to raise itself by six divisions and reach the top one. The team won it's promotion from A2, to the A1 top division this season 2005/06. source: Hellenic Volleyball Federation http://www.volleyball.gr

Historical Volley Ball Players

Some of the club's famous volleyball players include:

  • Ioannis Laios
  • Thanassis Moustakidis
  • Bengt Gustavsson (SWE)
  • Raimond Vilde (URS)
  • Dimitris Kazazis
  • Stafanos Polyzos
  • Stelios Prosalikas
  • Marcos Milinkovic (ARG)
  • Hernan Gomez (VEN)
  • Osvaldo Hernandez
  • Ioannis Triadafyllidis
  • Stelios Amarianakis
  • Giorgos Dragovic
  • Vasilis Kournetas
  • Lorenzo Bernardi (ITA)

Olympiacos Water Polo Club

Olympiacos is among the founding members of the Hellenic Federation of Swimming Fans. Today the Federation has been renamed to Hellenic Federation of Swimming. The Pireaus home team is the first in the history of Hellenic water polo that won the Hellenic National Championship. This was in 1927, when the first unofficial Hellenic water polo championship took place, and in 1928 the official Hellenic National Championship was established. During the 70 year history of water polo Olympiacos boasts a brilliant course marked with Championships and success both in Greece and abroad.

(Total Titles: 31)

  • 19 Championships: 1933, 1934, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1969, 1971, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
  • 9 Cups: 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
  • 1 European Champions League: 2002
  • 1 European Super Cup: 2002

The greatest moment in the club's history was its victory in the 2002 European Champions Cup, after beating Honved in the final. Olympiacos had also played in the final of the previous year, as well as two European Cup finals in the late 90's. In 2002, Olympiacos also won the European Super Cup, after beating in the final the European Cup-Winner.

The women's water polo department was established in 1990 and has won the Hellenic Championship twice, in 1995 and 1997. It should be noted that, both years, the team participated in the European Champions Cup and achieved some very good results.

  • 2 Greek Championships: 1995, 1998



Swimming Department

The swimming department was established roughly at the same time as Olympiacos S.C. itself, in 1925. The club is considered a "champion for life" in swimming and has produced legendary athletes, who were prominent in Greece and distinguished themselves in European and World Events.

(Total Titles: 47)

  • 47 Greek championships - 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006



Sailing Department

The sailing department was established in 1963 and since then, has won Olympic distinctions (3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals), 2 gold medals in World Championships as well as 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medal in European Championships. It should be noted that the sailing department successfully organized the FINN World Championships in 1998 and 2002 at the club's new marine training facilities in Alexandras Square, Piraeus. The leading athlete in the FINN Category is World Champion and Olympiacos athlete, Aimilios Papathanassiou. . . .

Table Tennis Department

The Table Tennis Department (Ping-Pong) was established in 1959 and has both a Men's and a Women's division. From 1962 to1967 they won every single women's Hellenic Championship, while from 1967 to 1986 they won all Hellenic Championships in the mixed categories. In the last few years, having benefited by the sponsorship of Thrilos SA, they have emerged even more confidently in title - challenging and have achieved important distinctions both in the men's and in the women's divisions.

(Total Titles: 30)

Men Single (4): 1980, 2003, 2004, 2005
Men Cup (3): 2003, 2004, 2005
Women Single (14): 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1975, 1981, 1982, 1983, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006
Women Cup (9): 1965, 1966, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2001, 2005, 2006



Boxing Department

The boxing department was established in 1948 and from 1968 until 1975 kept winning the Hellenic Championship. In 1970 they won the title in all categories! The department continues to produce athletes of the highest standards and often Pan-hellenic champions, while it boasts international achievements, as in the case of Vassilis Papoutsakis and Constantinos Petropoulos, who won 2nd place in their categories at the European Championship in 2001 and Vaggelis Papoutsakis 3rd place at the World Championship in 2001.

(Total Titles: 1)

  • 1 Championship 1971



Track & Field Department

The track and field department was established in November 16, 1953 and since then it has produced Olympic medalists as well as World, European, Medditeranean, Balkan and Pan-Hellenic Champions. The department boasts some of the best athletes in the track and field events both in Greece and worldwide. Cases in point are Kenteris, Thanou, Maniani, Voggoli, Xanthou, Meletoglou, Dimotsios, Doupis, Polias, Polymerou, Papadias, Devetzi, Halkia, Karastamati, Iltsios, Redoumi, Papagianni and more



Shooting Department

The shooting departments is amongst the most upwardly mobile departments of Olympiacos. Its ranks include World Champion Yorgos Salavadakis, while Olympiacos athletes N. Sakelaropoulos, K. Savorianakis and Stylianos Karabinakis are part of the Hellenic National Team



Weight Lifting Department

The weightlifting department began its activities in 1960 and is made up of the Men's, Adolescents, Youth and Children's divisions, while five of the club's athletes are part of the Hellenic National Team. To name a few of our athletes, Christos Spyrou (7th place at the Sydney 2000 Olympics), Yorgos Vitsaras, Efthymis Vitsaras, Dionyssis Bazinas, Kimonas Stavrou. The Department participates in all three divisions of the Pan-hellenic Championship (A, B, C).



Wrestling Department

The wrestling department has been functioning for more than 30 years and includes the Men's, Adolescents and Children's divisions. In 1977-78 Olympiacos wrestling team won the Hellenic Championship and that same year participated in the European Cup. It should be noted that the wrestling department has produced distinguished athletes. The younger generation is continuing the tradition of success such as Xenofon Koutsioumbas 3rd place at the Men's World Championship in 2001 and 3rd place at the European Championship in 2003 and Yorgos Koutsioumbas 3rd place at the Adolescent's World Championship in 2001 and 6th place at the European Championship in 2002.

  • 2 Championships 1978, 2006




Tennis Department

The tennis department was established in 1998 and is already successful, considering it has won a few distinctions in the children's and adolescents' tournaments where it has participated so far



Rowing Department

The Rowing Department was established in 1927 and it boasts big achievements and distinctions in the Hellenic and European Championships. The department includes rowing, canoe-kayak, kayak polo and kayak slalom. The new marine training facilities of Olympiacos in Alexandras Square have boosted the athletes of the department, who now train under excellent circumstances, that help them achieve their athletic goals




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