Olympiacos_H.C.
Olympiacos H.C.
Greek handball club
For the parent multi-sport club, see Olympiacos CFP.
Olympiacos Handball Club (currently known for sponsorship reasons as Olympiacos S.F.P. / Omilos Xini) is the men's handball team of the major Greek multi-sport club Olympiacos CFP, based in Piraeus. It was founded initially in 1931 and reorganized in 2017. The department has won 3 Greek Handball Championships, 3 Greek Cups and 2 Doubles.
Piraeus
Location of Olympiacos H.C.
Quick Facts Full name, Nickname(s) ...
| Olympiacos SFP HC | |||
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| Full name | Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós Handball Club | ||
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| Short name | Olympiacos | ||
| Founded | 1931; 93 years ago (1931) | ||
| Arena | Ilioupoli Indoor Hall | ||
| Capacity | 1,500 | ||
| President | Michalis Kountouris | ||
| Head coach | Željko Babić | ||
| League | Handball Premier | ||
| 2021–22 | Handball Premier, 1st | ||
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| Website Official site | |||
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In 2017–18 season, which was the first after its reorganization, Olympiacos won the domestic double. They won the Greek Handball Championship by beating AEK Athens with 3–2 wins in the finals in a dramatic fashion, as they overturned an initial 0–2 win by AEK and took three straight wins to secure the League title.[1] They also won the Greek Cup, beating PAOK in the semi-final and ASE Douka in the final to complete the domestic Double.[2] On 10 September 2022, Olympiacos lifted the Greek Super Cup after winning AESH Pylaia in the final.[3][4]
Kits
More information HOME ...
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     2019–20 |
   2020–21 |
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More information AWAY ...
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Current squad
- Squad for the 2023–24 season[5]
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Technical staff
- Head coach:
Nikos Grammatikos - Assistant coach: Panagiotis Messinis
- Physiotherapist: Dionysios Tyrogalas
- Club doctor: Georgios Karachalios
Transfers
- Transfers for the 2023–24 season
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More information 2022–2023 Team, Shirt No ...
| 2022–2023 Team | ||||
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| Shirt No | Nationality | Player | Birth Date | Position |
| 1 |  Greece | Konstantinos Kotanidis | (1992-02-07) 7 February 1992 (age 32) | Goalkeeper |
| 3 | Greece | Michail Rousos | (2004-04-23) 23 April 2004 (age 20) | Right Winger |
| 4 | Greece | Triantafyllos Prokopiou | (2005-06-24) 24 June 2005 (age 18) | Line Player |
| 6 |  France Democratic Republic of the Congo | Olivier Nyokas | (1986-06-28) 28 June 1986 (age 37) | Left Back |
| 7 | Greece | Panagiotis Karampourniotis | (1998-02-20) 20 February 1998 (age 26) | Line Player |
| 8 | Greece | Georgios Papavasilis | (2000-07-31) 31 July 2000 (age 23) | Left Winger |
| 10 | Greece | Konstantinos Koutoulogenis | (2004-11-01) 1 November 2004 (age 19) | Line Player |
| 16 | Greece | Taxiarchis Papadimitriou | (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 (age 25) | Goalkeeper |
| 17 | Greece | Petros Kandylas | (1991-02-28) 28 February 1991 (age 33) | Central Back |
| 20 | Greece | Garyfalos Bagios | (1994-04-26) 26 April 1994 (age 29) | Right Winger |
| 22 | Greece | Vyron Papadopoulos | (1986-02-22) 22 February 1986 (age 38) | Left Winger |
| 23 | Greece | Charalampos Dompris | (1994-07-23) 23 July 1994 (age 29) | Central Back |
| 25 |  Netherlands | Florent Bourget | (1998-06-12) 12 June 1998 (age 25) | Central Back |
| 30 |  Austria | Robert Weber | (1985-11-25) 25 November 1985 (age 38) | Right Winger |
| 32 | Greece | Nikolaos Passias | (1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 (age 29) | Left Back |
| 33 |  Spain | Ángel Montoro | (1989-04-10) 10 April 1989 (age 35) | Right Back |
| 39 | Greece | Vasilis Liolios | (1999-05-13) 13 May 1999 (age 24) | Central Back |
| 44 |  Serbia | Savo Slavuljica | (1998-08-13) 13 August 1998 (age 25) | Right Back |
| 55 |  Ukraine | Vladyslav Ostroushko | (1986-03-05) 5 March 1986 (age 38) | Left Back |
| 59 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | Elmir Gradjan | (1993-12-28) 28 December 1993 (age 30) | Line Player |
| 66 | Greece | Stefanos Michailidis | (1994-05-15) 15 May 1994 (age 29) | Line Player |
| 99 | Austria | Thomas Bauer | (1986-01-24) 24 January 1986 (age 38) | Goalkeeper |
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More information 2018–2019 Team, Shirt No ...
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| Shirt No | Nationality | Player | Birth Date | Position |
| 4 | Greece | Nikolaos Kritikos | (1996-09-24) 24 September 1996 (age 27) | Left Back |
| 6 | Greece | Dimitrios Tziras | (1991-04-05) 5 April 1991 (age 33) | Right Winger |
| 7 | Greece | Panagiotis Karampourniotis | (1998-02-20) 20 February 1998 (age 26) | Line Player |
| 8 |  Brazil | Patrick Lemos | (1996-05-23) 23 May 1996 (age 27) | Central Back |
| 11 | Spain | Luis Felipe Jiménez Reina | (1989-06-12) 12 June 1989 (age 34) | Right Back |
| 12 |  Poland | Marko Terlecki | (2000-05-08) 8 May 2000 (age 23) | Goalkeeper |
| 14 | Greece | Panagiotis Stoumpis | (1991-06-15) 15 June 1991 (age 32) | Left Winger |
| 15 | Greece | Stylianos Asvestas | (1999-03-21) 21 March 1999 (age 25) | Right Back |
| 16 | Greece | Argyris Papadopoulos-Vellis | (1998-02-10) 10 February 1998 (age 26) | Goalkeeper |
| 17 | Greece | Petros Kandylas | (1991-02-28) 28 February 1991 (age 33) | Central Back |
| 18 | Greece | Grigorios Sanikis | (1980-01-29) 29 January 1980 (age 44) | Left Back |
| 23 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Petar Bubalo | (1992-08-01) 1 August 1992 (age 31) | Right Back |
| 24 | Greece | Antonios Kontis | (1991-10-07) 7 October 1991 (age 32) | Left Winger |
| 27 | Greece | Nikolaos Liapis | (1999-08-24) 24 August 1999 (age 24) | Line Player |
| 31 | Greece | Konstantinos Tsilimparis | (1979-07-31) 31 July 1979 (age 44) | Goalkeeper |
| 32 | Serbia | Igor Arsić | (1989-10-19) 19 October 1989 (age 34) | Goalkeeper |
| 33 | Greece | Andreas Arapakopoulos | (1994-11-15) 15 November 1994 (age 29) | Line Player |
| 50 | Greece | Theodoros Delichristos | (2000-06-17) 17 June 2000 (age 23) | Central Back |
| 77 | Greece | Angelos Tsilis | (1992-11-06) 6 November 1992 (age 31) | Left Winger |
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- Greek Championship
- Winners (3): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22
- Greek Cup
- Winners (3): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2022–23
- Greek Super Cup
- Winners (2): 2022, 2023
- Double
- Winners (2): 2017–18, 2018–19
More information Season, Competition ...
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2017–18 | EHF Cup | R1 |  Talent Plzeň |
21–21 | 29–17 | 39–50 |
| 2018–19 | EHF Cup | R2 |  Sport36-Komló |
27–22 | 34–29 | 56–56 |
| R3 |  RK Nexe |
22–25 | 30–25 | 47–55 | ||
| 2019–20 | EHF Cup | R1 | RK Borac m:tel |
30–21 | 25–30 | 60–46 |
| R2 |  SCM Politehnica Timișoara |
29–26 | 31–29 | 58–57 | ||
| R3 |  MT Melsungen |
19–20 | 32–28 | 47–52 | ||
| 2022–23 | EHF European Cup | R2 | RK Sloboda Tuzla |
34–24 | 27–19 | 61–43 |
| R3 |  Wacker Thun |
22–24 | 19–24 | 41–48 | ||
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EHF ranking
- As of 06/12/2023[6]
More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Points |
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| 64 |  MŠK Považská Bystrica | 82 |
| 65 |  Spor Toto SK | 81 |
| 66 | Olympiacos H.C. | 79 |
| 67 | BM Cuenca | 79 |
| 68 |  SSV Brixen Handball | 79 |
| 69 | Alpla HC Hard | 79 |
| 70 |  ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar | 78 |
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Notable former players
- Alexandros Alvanos (2017–2018)
- Charalampos Mallios (2019–2020)
- Vyron Papadopoulos (2021–2023)
- Grigorios Sanikis (2017–2020)
- Savvas Savvas (2023–)
- Konstantinos Tsilimparis (2017–2020)
Thomas Bauer (2021-2023)- Robert Weber (2022–2023)
Artur Karvatski (2019–2020)
Goran Bogunović (2019–2020)- Ivan Slišković (2023–)
- Ivan Vida (2023–)
Olivier Nyokas (2022–2023)
Božidar Leković (2014–2015)- Bogdan Petričević (2017–2018)
Florent Bourget (2023)
Ángel Montoro (2021–)
Vladyslav Ostroushko (2021–2023)
- Olympiacos win Greek men's handball championship. xinhuanet.com. 7 June 2018
- "Ο Ολυμπιακός νικητής του Σούπερ Καπ 2022!". handball.org.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ""Πάτησε" την Πυλαία και σήκωσε την κούπα του Super Cup o Ολυμπιακός!". sport-fm.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Olympiacos HC.
- Olympiacos CFP official website (in English)
- Olympiacos CFP official website – Men's Handball – News, History, Roster (in Greek)
- Olympiacos H.C. at EHF (in English)
- Olympiacos H.C. on Facebook