Olympiacos women's volleyball
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| Nickname |
Thrylos (The Legend) Erythrolefkes (The Red-Whites) Dafnostefanomenos (The laurel-crowned) |
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| Founded | 1930 | ||
| Ground | , Piraeus, Greece (Capacity: 3,000) |
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| Chairman |
 Michalis Kountouris |
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| Manager |
 Branko Kovačević
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| League |
A1 Ethniki Women's Volleyleague Greek Cup CEV Women's Challenge Cup |
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| 2016–17 | 1st (Champions) | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Olympiacos women's volleyball is the women's volleyball department of the major Greek multi-sport club Olympiacos CFP, based in Piraeus. It was founded in 1930 and is one of the most successful volleyball clubs in Greece, having won 5 Greek Championships, a record 7 Greek Cups and 5 Doubles. They play their games at the 3,000-seat Melina Mercouri Hall in Piraeus.
In the 2013 A1 finals, Olympiacos defeated AEK Athens, with 3 wins and 2 losses, thereby winning the Greek Championship for the first time in their history. AEK started the finals with a 2–0 lead (due to the final standings of the regular season), but Olympiacos managed to win three consecutive games (two of them being away games) to secure the title.
Olympiacos holds the all-time record for winning seven consecutive Greek Cups –in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017–, holding also the record for winning five straight Doubles in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
In European competitions, the department reached the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup in and the final of the same competition in 2016-17 season.
Some of the greatest players in European volleyball have played for Olympiacos over the years including: Manuela Secolo, Riikka Lehtonen, Maja Ognjenović, Tatiana Artmenko, Antonina Zetova, Michaela Monzoni, Lucie Mühlsteinová, Jovana Vesović, Ivana Bramborová and Saskia Hippe.
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