Olympiacos H.C.

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 it was reorganized in 2017, when merged with DIKE.AS. Nea Ionia.The department has won 3 Greek Handball Championships, 2 Greek Cups and 2 Doubles.^[1][2]

Olympiacos
Full name	Olympiacos Handball Club
Nickname(s)	Thrylos (The Legend) Erythrolefkoi (The Red-Whites)
Founded	1931; 92 years ago (1931)
Arena	Ilioupoli Indoor Hall
President	Michalis Kountouris
Head coach	Nikos Grammatikos
League	Handball Premier
2021–22	Handball Premier, 1st
Home Away
Website Official site

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 lead by AEK and took three straight wins to secure the League title.^[3] They also won the Greek Cup, beating PAOK in the semi-final and ASE Douka in the final to complete the domestic Double.^[4] On 10 September 2022, Olympiacos lifted the Greek Super Cup after winning AESH Pylaia in the final.^[5][6]

Olympiacos play their games at Manos Loizos Indoor Hall in Nikaia, Piraeus.

Honours

• Greek Championship
  • Winners (3): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22
• Greek Cup
  • Winners (2): 2017–18, 2018–19
• Greek Super Cup
  • Winners (1): 2022
• Double
  • Winners (2): 2017–18, 2018–19

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
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

Notable players

Alexis Alvanos   Andreas Arapakopoulos   Stelios Asvestas   Garyfallos Bagios   Thodoris Delichristos   Petros Kandylas   Panagiotis Karampourniotis   Antonis Kontis   Pantelis Kostakidis   Nikos Kritikos   Nikos Liapis

Charalampos Mallios   Stefanos Michailidis   Fotis Misailidis   Juro Mujic   Tasos Papadionysiou   Grigoris Sanikis   Panagiotis Stoumpis   Anastasios Tsaknis   Konstantinos Tsilimparis   Angelos Tsilis   Dimitris Tziras

Artur Karvatski   Petar Bubalo   Patrick Lemos   Matija Spikic   Bogdan Petričević   Igor Arsić   Nikola Skrobić   Luis Felipe Jiménez Reina

Notable coaches

•   Giorgos Zaravinas
•   Giorgos Karasavvidis
•   Nenad Kljaić

Seasons

Season	Division	Place	Cup	Super Cup	Europe
2017–18	Handball Premier	Champions	Winners		EHF Cup R1
2018–19	Handball Premier	Champions	Winners		EHF Cup R3
2019–20	Handball Premier	Runners-up	Semifinals		EHF Cup R3
2020–21	Handball Premier	Abandoned	Semifinals
2021–22	Handball Premier	Champions	Semifinals
2022–23	Handball Premier	TBD	TBD	Winners	TBD

Current squad

Season 2022–2023^[7][8]

Number	Player	Birth Date	Height (m)	Position
1	Kostas Kotanidis	07/02/1992	1.90	Goalkeeper
6	Olivier Nyokas	28/06/1986	1.88	Left back
7	Panagiotis Karampourniotis	20/02/1998	1.94	Pivot
8	Giorgos Papavasilis	31/07/2000	1.85	Left Extreme
11	Charalampos Mallios	06/08/1987	1.82	Play Maker
12	Marko Terlecki	08/05/2000	1.95	Goalkeeper
17	Petros Kandylas	28/02/1991	1.97	Play Maker
20	Garyfallos Bagios	26/04/1994	1.78	Right Extreme
23	Charalabos Dompris	23/07/1994	1.85	Play Maker
28	Robert Weber	25/11/1985	1.79	Right wing
32	Nikos Passias	17/02/1995	1.95	Left Inter
23	Vasilis Liolios	13/05/1999	1.85	Play Maker
33	Ángel Montoro	10/04/1989	2.13	Right back
44	Savo Slavuljica	13/08/1998	1.88	Right Extreme
59	Elmir Građan	28/12/1993	1.90	Pivot
66	Stefanos Michailidis	15/05/1994	2.00	Pivot
77	Vladyslav Ostroushko	5/04/1986	2.03	Left Inter
99	Thomas Bauer	24/01/1986	1.90	Goalkeeper

Technical and managerial staff

Job	Name
Head coach	Georgios Karasavvidis

Sponsorships

• Great Sponsor: Xini Group
• Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer: Adidas

References

1. Olympiacos SFP take first domestic trophy. European Handball Federation official website. 22 June 2018
2. Olympiakos win Greek Handball Cup. handball-planet.com. 14 March 2018.
3. . xinhuanet.com. 7 June 2018
4. Ο Ολυμπιακός νίκησε 22–21 τον ΠΑΟΚ με τέρμα του Φώτη Μισαηλίδη στο 59:53. Hellenic Handball Federation official website. 10 March 2018. (in Greek)
5. "Ο Ολυμπιακός νικητής του Σούπερ Καπ 2022!". handball.org.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
6. "«Πάτησε» την Πυλαία και σήκωσε την κούπα του Super Cup o Ολυμπιακός!". sport-fm.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
7. Olympiacos roster – European Handball Federation
8. Olympiacos roster

External links

 

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)