Olympiacos Men's Volleyball (Greek: Ολυμπιακός, [olimbiaˈkos]), commonly referred to as Olympiacos, Olympiacos Piraeus or with its full name as Olympiacos SFP, is the men's professional volleyball department of the major Greek multi-sport club, Olympiacos SFP, based in Piraeus, Attica. The department was founded in 1926 and their home ground is the Melina Merkouri Indoor Hall in Agios Ioannis Rentis, Piraeus.
Olympiacos is the most successful club in Greek volleyball history, having won 32 Greek Volley League titles, 19 Cups, 8 League Cups, all national records, and 4 Super Cups. They are the only volleyball team in Greece to have won a European title, having actually won 3 European titles, 2 CEV Cups in 1996 and 2005 and 1 CEV Challenge Cup in 2023. Olympiacos is a historic dominant force in European volleyball, having played in 8 European finals in all three main CEV competitions: 2 times runners-up in the CEV Champions League in 1992 and 2002 (with 7 CEV Champions League final four participations), 2 times winners (1996, 2005) and 2 times runners-up (1997, 1998) in the CEV Cup, one-time winners (2023) and one-time runners-up (2018) in the CEV Challenge Cup.
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 CEV Super Cup 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 final; at the same time, the women's department won their respective 2017–18 CEV Women's Challenge Cup. 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. In 2023, they won the CEV Challenge Cup, beating rivals Panathinaikos in the semi-finals and Maccabi Tel Aviv in the final.
The men's volleyball department has traditionally received strong home support, reflecting the broader popularity of Olympiacos in Greece.Apart from some Greek players such as Marios Giourdas, Giorgos Ntrakovits, Sakis Moustakidis, Vasilis Kournetas, Antonis Tsakiropoulos, Kostas Christofidelis and Mitar Tzourits, Olympiacos has also attracted over the years foreign world-class players including Ivan Miljković, Lorenzo Bernardi, Jeff Stork, Marcos Milinkovic, Bengt Gustafsson, Raimonds Vilde, Vasa Mijić, Tom Hoff, Goran Vujević, Henk-Jan Held, Osvaldo Hernández, Fabian Drzyzga and Dragan Travica.
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Honours
Continental Competitions
CEV Champions League
Runners-up (2): 1991−92, 2001−02
3rd place (2): 1992–93, 1994–95
4th place (3): 1981–82, 1993–94, 2000–01
CEV Cup
Winners (2): 1995−96, 2004−05
Runners-up (2): 1996−97, 1997−98
Semifinals (1): 2018–19
CEV Challenge Cup
Winners (1): 2022–23
Runners-up (1): 2017–18
CEV Super Cup
4th place (1): 1996
Worldwide Competitions
FIVB Club World Championship
3rd place (1): 1992
Domestic competitions
Greek League
Winners (32) (record): 1967−68, 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(), 2022−23, 2023−24
Greek Cup
Winners (18) (record): 1980−81, 1982−83, 1988−89, 1989−90, 1991−92, 1992−93, 1996−97, 1997−98, 1998−99, 2000−01, 2008−09, 2010−11, 2012−13, 2013−14, 2015−16, 2016−17, 2023−24, 2024−25
Melina Mercouri Cup
Winners (1) (record):1993-94*
Greek League Cup
Winners (8) (record): 2012−13, 2014−15, 2015−16, 2016−17, 2017−18, 2018−19, 2024–25, 2025–26
Greek Super Cup
Winners (4) (shared record): 2000, 2010, 2024, 2025
Note:
• In 1994, the Greek Cup was cancelled and a final 4 tournament was held in memory of Melina Merkouri. The international players were absent due to the 1994 World Championship. In the final Olympiacos Piraeus defeated Aris Thessaloniki 3–0 to win the title which does count as the cup title for that year according to the Hellenic Volleyball Federation
Individual club awards
Double
Winners (15) (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, 2023−24
The road to 3 CEV European titles
Supporters
Olympiacos fans are renowned for their passionate support to the team, with the atmosphere at home matches regarded as intense to an extent rarely seen in volleyball matches. In the decade of the 1900s and the early 2000s, Olympiacos was among the top powers in European volleyball. Olympiacos had 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 CEV Cup Winners' Cup, twice Runners-up of the CEV Champions League in 1992 and 2002, twice Runners-up of the CEV Cup Winners' Cup in 1997 and 1998, third place in the world in the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship in 1992 and fourth place in the 1996 CEV European Super Cup, and was considered 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, 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.
Season 2025–2026 squad
Notes
1: Since January
2: Until January
3: Since December
4: Since January
5: Until December
Captains
Michalis Triantafyllidis (1989–1994)
Sakis Moustakidis (1994–1996)
Giorgos Dragovits (1996–2001)
Marios Giourdas (2001–2003)
Antonis Tsakiropoulos (2003–2007)
Vasilis Kournetas (2007–2009)
Dimitris Soultanopoulos (2009–2010)
Andreas Andreadis (2010–2012)
Kostas Christofidelis (2012–2015)
Menelaos Kokkinakis (2015–2017)
Kostas Christofidelis (2017–2019)
Giorgos Petreas (2019–2020)
Kostas Stivachtis (2020–2022)
Dragan Travica (2022–2025)
Aleksandar Atanasijević (2025–present)
Historical performance in Volleyleague
Kit manufacturer
The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Olympiacos team.