Olympiacos Water Polo Club

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For the parent multi-sport club, see Olympiacos CFP.
Olympiacos
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Nickname Thrylos (The Legend)
Erythrolefkoi (The Red-Whites)
Kokkinoi (The Reds)
Dafnostefanomenos (The laurel-crowned)
Founded 1925
League A1 Ethniki Water Polo
LEN Champions League
Based in Piraeus, Greece
Arena Papastrateio Hall Piraeus
Colors           Red, White
President Michalis Kountouris
Head coach Thodoris Vlachos
Championships 1 LEN Champions League
1 LEN Super Cup
1 Triple Crown
29 Greek Championships
17 Greek Cups
2 Greek Super Cups
Website osfp.gr

Olympiacos Water Polo Club is the men's water polo team of the major Greek multi-sport club Olympiacos CFP, based in Piraeus. It was founded in 1925 and was among the founding members of the Hellenic Swimming Federation.

Olympiacos is one of the most successful teams in Europe, having won the LEN Champions League,[1] the LEN Super Cup and the Triple Crown in 2002[2] and becoming the first club ever in water polo history (since the establishment of the modern Champions League format in 1996) to win four out of four competitions in a single year, thus completing the quadruple, comprising the aforementioned Triple Crown (LEN Champions League, Greek Championship, Greek Cup) and the LEN Super Cup.[3][4] The only European clubs, besides Olympiacos, that have achieved such a rare feat after 2002 are Jug Dubrovnik, Pro Recco, Partizan and Crvena Zvezda.

Olympiacos is by far the most successful Greek water polo club in European competitions, being the only Greek club to have won the Champions League, the European Super Cup, as well as the Triple Crown. In 2002, they won both the 2002 LEN Champions League and the 2002 LEN Super Cup in Budapest, beating home teams Honvéd and Vasas respectively.[5][6][7] They were also runners-up of the 2001 LEN Champions League, and two times runners-up of the LEN Cup Winners' Cup (1998, 1999)

Domestically, Olympiacos has won 29 Greek Championships,[8] a record 17 Greek Cups,[9][10] a record 14 Doubles and a record 2 Greek Super Cups. From 2006–07 through 2014–15 season, Olympiacos won 8 Doubles in 9 years, five of them straight (2006–2011), and four of them undefeated and having won every game (without even a single draw) in both the Greek League and the Greek Cup (2008–09, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2014–15). The club also holds many more unique records in the domestic competitions. They have achieved a record of 101 straight wins and a 126 consecutive matches unbeaten record in the regular season of the Greek League (both ended in 5 February 2011), as well as a record of 65 straight wins in the league including the play-offs.[11][12] Additionally, Olympiacos holds the record for the fewest losses (overall), the most goals scored in a season (443 goals in season 2014–15, beating their previous record of 430 goals in season 2013–14), and the fewest goals conceded in a season (109 goals in season 2014–15).

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 in both Men's and Women's departments,[13] and the only one with both its departments currently active (Pro Recco Women's department has been dissolved since 2012).[14]

Some of the best players in European water polo have played for Olympiacos over the years including: Thodoris Chatzitheodorou, Petar Trbojević, Josip Pavić, Nikola Rađen, Slobodan Nikić, Teo Đogaš, Antonis Vlontakis, Makis Voltirakis, Nikos Deligiannis, Giorgos Afroudakis, Christos Afroudakis, Thodoris Kalakonas, Themis Chatzis, Giannis Thomakos, Tasos Schizas, Giorgos Psychos, Sakis Platanitis, Dimitris Kravaritis, Giorgos Ntoskas, Kyriakos Giannopoulos, Nikos Venetopoulos, Chris Humbert, Gavin Arroyo, Jesse Smith, Andrija Komadina, Blai Mallarach and Dimitris Mazis.

Honours

Domestic competitions

Olympiacos Water Polo team in 1927. This roster won the first Greek League title in Olympiacos' long history.
  • Greek League
    • Winners (29): 1927, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1969, 1971, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015
  • Greek Cup
    • Winners (17) (record): 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015
  • Greek Super Cup
    • Winners (2) (record): 1997, 1998
  • Double
    • Winners (14) (record): 1992, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015

European competitions

International record

Season Achievement Notes
LEN Champions League
2000–01 Final won 7–6 against Posillipo in the semi-final, lost 7–8 to Jug in the final
2001–02 European
Champions		 won 8–5 against Jug in the semi-final and 9–7 against Honvéd in the final
2006–07 Final Four 4th place. Defeated 9–10 by Pro Recco in the semi-final and 13–15 by Partizan in the 3rd place game
LEN Cup Winners' Cup
1997–98 Final defeated by Ferencváros, won 7–6 in Athens, lost 6–8 in Budapest
1998–99 Final defeated by Mladost, lost 4–13 in Zagreb, won 10–6 in Athens
LEN Super Cup
2002 Supercup
Champions		 won 6–5 against Vasas in Budapest

The road to the 2001–02 LEN Champions League victory

Round Team Home  Away 
Group Stage
(Group 5)		 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 12–5
Russia Dynamo Moscow 4–5
Spain Atlètic-Barceloneta 6–5
Quarterfinals
(Blue Group)		 Germany Spandau 04 14–4 8–6
France Olympic Nice 7–7 8–7
Italy Posillipo 11–7 7–9
Semifinal Croatia Jug 8–5
Final Hungary Honvéd 9–7

Current Roster

2015–2016

Olympiacos' goalkeeper Josip Pavić, FINA World Water Polo Player of the Year in 2012
Number Nationality Player Height Date of Birth
Goalkeepers (3)
1 Croatia Josip Pavić 1.95 1982-01-15
13 Greece Stefanos Galanopoulos 1.97 1993-02-22
Defense (3)
3 Greece Vangelis Delakas 1.89 1985-02-08
7 Greece Kyriakos Pontikeas 1.90 1991-05-09
15 United States Jesse Smith 1.93 1983-04-27
Offense (2)
9 Greece Konstantinos Mourikis 1.97 1988-07-11
10 Greece Christodoulos Kolomvos 1.86 1988-10-26
Midfield (8)
2 Greece Manolis Mylonakis 1.85 1985-04-09
4 Greece Angelos Vlachopoulos 1.80 1991-09-28
5 Greece Giannis Fountoulis 1.86 1988-05-25
8 Greece Giorgos Ntoskas 1.85 1984-11-11
11 Spain Blai Mallarach 1.87 1987-08-21
12 Greece Alexandros Gounas 1.79 1989-10-03
14 Greece Giorgos Dervisis 1.95 1994-10-30
16 Greece Konstantinos Genidounias 1.82 1993-05-03
Coach
Greece Thodoris Vlachos

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:
  • Played at least one season for the club.
  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time.
  • To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

Notable coaches

Legendary coach Ivo Trumbić, under whose guidance Olympiacos won the title in 1971.[23]

See also

References

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