Olympiacos Water Polo Club

Olympiacos

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 (Capacity: 1000)
Colors	Red, White
President	Michalis Kountouris
Head coach	Thodoris Vlachos
Championships	1 LEN Champions League 1 LEN Super Cup 1 Triple Crown 30 Greek Championships 18 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. Besides their 2002 triumph, Olympiacos have also been twice runners-up of the LEN Champions League, reaching the final of the 2001 LEN Champions League in Dubrovnik and the final of the 2016 LEN Champions League in Budapest and twice runners-up of the LEN Cup Winners' Cup in 1998 and 1999.

Olympiacos is by far the most successful Greek water polo club in European competitions, being the only Greek club to have won the LEN Champions League, the LEN European Super Cup, as well as the Triple Crown and the only Greek club to have reached a total of 6 European finals. 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]

Domestically, Olympiacos has won 30 Greek Championships,^[8] a record 18 Greek Cups,^[9][10] a record 15 Doubles and a record 2 Greek Super Cups. From 2006–07 through 2015–16 season, Olympiacos won 9 Doubles (Greek Championship and Greek Cup) in 10 years, five of them straight (2006–2011), and five more 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, 2015–16). 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 on 5 February 2011), as well as an ongoing record of 95 straight wins in both the Greek League (including the play-offs) and the Greek Cup (last defeat on 8 May 2013).^[11][12] Additionally, Olympiacos holds the record for the fewest losses (overall), the most goals scored in a season (444 goals in season 2015–16, beating their previous record of 443 goals in season 2014–15), and the fewest goals conceded in a season (100 goals in season 2015–16).

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, Andro Bušlje, Slobodan Nikić, Teo Đogaš, Mlađan Janović, Nikola Rađen, Albert Español, 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, Angelos Vlachopoulos 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 (30): 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, 2016
• Greek Cup
  • Winners (18) (record): 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
• Greek Super Cup
  • Winners (2) (record): 1997, 1998
• Double
  • Winners (15) (record): 1992, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

European competitions

• LEN Champions League
  • Winners (1): 2002
  • Runners-up (2): 2001, 2016
• LEN Super Cup
  • Winners (1): 2002
• LEN Cup Winners' Cup
  • Runners-up (2): 1998, 1999
• Triple Crown
  • Winners (1): 2002

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
2015–16	Final	won 8–7 against Szolnoki in the semi-final, lost 4–6 to Jug in the final
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)	Dynamo Kyiv	12–5
	Dynamo Moscow	4–5
	Atlètic-Barceloneta	6–5
Quarterfinals (Blue Group)	Spandau 04	14–4	8–6
	Olympic Nice	7–7	8–7
	Posillipo	11–7	7–9
Semifinal	Jug	8–5
Final	Honvéd	9–7

Current Roster

2016–17

Olympiacos' goalkeeper Josip Pavić, FINA World Water Polo Player of the Year in 2012

Number	Nationality	Player	Height	Date of Birth
Goalkeepers (2)
1		Josip Pavić	1.95	1982-01-15
13		Stefanos Galanopoulos	1.97	1993-02-22
Defense (3)
3		Vangelis Delakas	1.89	1985-02-08
7		Kyriakos Pontikeas	1.90	1991-05-09
		Andro Bušlje	2.00	1986-01-04
Offense (2)
9		Konstantinos Mourikis	1.97	1988-07-11
10		Christodoulos Kolomvos	1.86	1988-10-26
Midfield (7)
2		Manolis Mylonakis	1.85	1985-04-09
5		Giannis Fountoulis	1.86	1988-05-25
8		Giorgos Ntoskas	1.85	1984-11-11
14		Giorgos Dervisis	1.95	1994-10-30
16		Konstantinos Genidounias	1.82	1993-05-03
		Albert Español	1.88	1985-10-29
		Mlađan Janović	1.90	1984-06-12
Coach
		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.

• 
  Giannis Fountoulis
• 
  Konstantinos Mourikis
• 
  Christodoulos Kolomvos
• 
  Manolis Mylonakis
• 
  Vangelis Delakas
• 
  Angelos Vlachopoulos

Greece[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] Giorgos Afroudakis Christos Afroudakis Antonis Aronis Nikos Beristianos Nikos Bistis Fotis Blanis Babis Charalambidis Makis Charitos Marios Chatzikiriakakis Themis Chatzis Thodoris Chatzitheodorou Ilias Damaskos Periklis Damaskos Christos Daras Vangelis Delakas Nikos Deligiannis Giorgos Dervisis Christos Floros Giannis Fountoulis Kostas Galanidis Konstantinos Genidounias Kyriakos Giannopoulos Alexandros Gounas Andreas Gounas Spyros Ioannidis Ioannis Isigonis Thodoris Kalakonas Nikos Kaloudis Marios Kapotsis Spyros Kapralos Antonis Karavanos Giorgos Katsoulis Thanasis Katsoulis Spyros Kinigalakis Giannis Kocheilas Nikitas Kocheilas Christodoulos Kolomvos Vangelis Koskinas Andreas Kourachanis Michalis Kouretas

Dimitris Kravaritis Giannis Ladas Kostas Loudis Charis Malevitis Takis Mathioudakis Dimitris Mazis Giorgos Michailidis Takis Michalos Alekos Monastiriotis Konstantinos Mourikis Dinos Mourtzis Babis Moutsatsos Manolis Mylonakis Giorgos Ntoskas Christos Oikonomou Vasilis Ontrias Giorgos Palikaris Giannis Palios Manolis Papadopoulos Charis Pavlidis Sakis Platanitis Omiros Polychronopoulos Kyriakos Pontikeas Takis Provatopoulos Manolis Psarros Giorgos Psychos Stefanos Santa Sarantis Sarantos Stathis Sarantos Tasos Schizas Nikos Telionis Giorgos Theodorakopoulos Argyris Theodoropoulos Giannis Thomakos Spyros Tsiminos Giorgos Venardos Nikos Venetopoulos Angelos Vlachopoulos Thodoris Vlachos Antonis Vlontakis Makis Voltirakis

Croatia Andro Bušlje Teo Đogaš Andrija Komadina Josip Pavić Antonio Petković Tihomil Vranješ  Germany Thomas Schertwitis  Hungary Tamás Dala  Montenegro Mlađan Janović  Serbia Slobodan Nikić Nikola Rađen Petar Trbojević  Spain Albert Español Blai Mallarach  United States Gavin Arroyo Chris Humbert Jeremy Pope Jesse Smith

Notable coaches

Hall of Fame coach Ivo Trumbić, under whose guidance Olympiacos won the title in 1971.^[23]

Christos Svolopoulos Makis Charitos Ivo Trumbić Nikos Loukatos Boris Popov Mile Nakić Nikola Stamenić Dragan Matutinović Zoltán Kásás Veselin Đuho Vangelis Pateros Thodoris Vlachos

See also

• Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Team

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External links

• Olympiacos CFP Official Website – Men's Water Polo (Greek)
• Eleftherotypia (Greek)