| Nickname | Thrylos (The Legend) Erythrolefkoi (The Red-Whites) |
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| Founded | 1925 |
| League | A1 Ethniki Water Polo LEN Champions League |
| Based in | Piraeus, Greece |
| Arena | Papastrateio Pool Piraeus (Capacity: 1000) |
| Colors | Red, White |
| President | Michalis Kountouris |
| Head coach | Hrvoje Koljanin |
| Championships | 2 LEN Champions Leagues 1 LEN Super Cup 2 Quadruple Crowns 38 Greek Leagues 25 Greek Cups 5 Greek Super Cups |
| Website | olympiacossfp.gr |
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Olympiacos Men's Waterpolo (Greek: Ολυμπιακός, [olimbiaˈkos]), commonly referred to as Olympiacos, Olympiacos Piraeus or with its full name as Olympiacos CFP, is the professional men's water polo department of the major Greek multi-sport club, Olympiacos CFP, based in Piraeus, Greece. The department was founded in 1925, one of the founding members of the Hellenic Swimming Federation, and their home ground is the Papastrateio Pool in Piraeus.
Olympiacos is one of the most successful teams in Europe and a traditional powerhouse of continental water polo,[1][2] having won 2 LEN Champions Leagues (2001–02, 2017–18),[3][4] 1 LEN Super Cup (2002) and 2 Triple Crowns (2002, 2018), the only Greek club to have been crowned European Champions. They have also been six times runners-up (counting nine European finals overall), three in the LEN Champions League (2000–01, 2015–16, 2018–19), two in the LEN Cup Winners' Cup (1997–98, 1998–99) and one more in the LEN Super Cup (2018). In 2001–02, Olympiacos became the first club ever in waterpolo history to win all four competitions they claimed (LEN Champions League, LEN Super Cup, Greek League and Greek Cup), completing a Continental Quadruple. They won their second Continental Quadruple in 2017–18 season (LEN Champions League, Greek League, Greek Cup, Greek Super Cup). After the 2014–15 LEN Euro League win of the women's department, parent club Olympiacos CFP became the second sports club in continental waterpolo history to have been crowned European Champions with both its men's and women's teams and the only one in Europe with both these departments currently active.
Domestically, Olympiacos is the most titled club in Greek water polo history, as the club's 66 domestic titles (69 overall) are the most out of any Greek club. They have won 38 League titles, a record 25 Cups, a record 5 Super Cups and a record 21 Doubles. They are the dominant force since 1992, having set a number of records including a winning streak of 163 straight wins in both the Greek League's regular season and play-offs, which lasted from May 2013 to May 2019. The men's waterpolo department receives great support from the club's large fanbase, as Olympiacos is the most popular sports club in Greece.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Some of the greatest players in the world have played for Olympiacos over the years including: Filip Filipović, Gergő Zalánki, Josip Pavić, Maro Joković, Kostas Kakaris, Giannis Fountoulis, Andro Bušlje, Márton Vámos, Paulo Obradović, Marko Bijac, Luka Lončar, Thodoris Chatzitheodorou, Alexandros Papanastasiou, Stelios Argyropoulos, Petar Trbojević, Slobodan Nikić, Stefan Mitrović, Ivan Buljubašić, Konstantinos Mourikis, Teo Đogaš, Mlađan Janović, Nikola Rađen, Dimitris Nikolaidis, Makis Voltirakis, Antonis Vlontakis, Nikos Deligiannis, Thodoris Kalakonas, Themis Chatzis, Giannis Thomakos, Giorgos Psychos, Sakis Platanitis, Dimitris Kravaritis, Dimitris Skoumpakis, Vangelis Delakas, Manolis Mylonakis, Tasos Schizas, Giorgos Afroudakis, Christos Afroudakis, Giorgos Ntoskas, Kyriakos Giannopoulos, Nikos Venetopoulos, Chris Humbert, Gavin Arroyo, Albert Español, Jesse Smith, Andrija Komadina, Blai Mallarach, Manolis Zerdevas, Christodoulos Kolomvos, Angelos Vlachopoulos, Dimitris Mazis, Alexandros Gounas, Giorgos Dervisis and Konstantinos Genidounias. Such players, under the guidance of world-class coaches like Nikola Stamenić, Zoltán Kásás, Boris Popov, Dragan Matutinović, Mile Nakić, Thodoris Vlachos and Igor Milanović have made Olympiacos one of the most successful teams in European water polo the last 25 years (only Pro Recco, Jug and Posillipo have won more LEN Champions League titles than Olympiacos since 1993).
- ^ "Predstavljamo Olympiacos" (in Croatian). VK Jug official website. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ Αποθέωση του πρωταθλητή Ευρώπης Ολυμπιακού από τους Κροάτες (in Greek). fosonline.gr. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "Stories - Onsports.gr" Όταν η Ευρώπη υποκλίθηκε στον Ολυμπιακό (in Greek). onsports.gr. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
- ^ Ύμνοι για τον Πρωταθλητή Ευρώπης Ολυμπιακό (in Greek). gavros.gr. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "Concentration of people supporting the most popular club (page 41), Greece: Olympiacos 26%" (PDF). UEFA sixth club licensing benchmarking report on European club football. UEFA. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- ^ Βαμμένα Κόκκινα....Μυαλά - Απίστευτη η υποστήριξη του Ολυμπιακού εντός ελληνικών συνόρων καθώς οι "Ερυθρόλευκοι" βρίσκονται στην ενδέκατη θέση σε ολόκληρη την Ευρώπη από πλευράς δημοφιλίας ενός συλλόγου στη χώρα του (in Greek). "GOAL" newspaper. 19 April 2014.
- ^ http://www.sport24.gr/football/ellada/article344370.ece , Περισσότερους οπαδούς ο Ολυμπιακός. Σε πρόσφατη έρευνα σχετικά με τους περισσότερους οπαδούς, ο ΟΣΦΠ είναι 1ος, 30/06/2009 SPORT24, 15ετής έρευνα του Παντελή Κυπριανού (in Greek)
- ^ "SPORT 24 - Στέλιος Μαρκάκης » Πόσοι είναι οι οπαδοί Ολυμπιακού, Παναθηναϊκού, ΑΕΚ, ΠΑΟΚ, Αρη και… πόσο τους αρέσουν οι ομάδες τους εφέτος". Archived from the original on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2013., το 36% (2.016.000) δηλώνουν Ολυμπιακοί, το 30% (1.680.000) Παναθηναϊκοί, Έρευνα της Focus, Οκτώβριος 2005 –Φεβρουάριος 2006, SPORT24, επίσημο blog του sport24 και του αθλητικού συντάκτη Στέλιου Μαρκάκη (in Greek)
- ^ http://www.tanea.gr/news/greece/article/4524106/?iid=2 , Έλαβον: ΟΣΦΠ 39%, ΠΑΟ 30%, ΑΕΚ 15%, ΠΑΟΚ 11%, Άρης 5%. Ύστερα από 15ετή έρευνα δύο πανεπιστημιακοί στο βιβλίο τους καταγράφουν την ιστορία και γεωγραφία του ελληνικού ποδοσφαίρου, 30/06/2009, ΤΑ ΝΕΑ – tanea.gr (in Greek)
- ^ http://www.sportdog.gr/article/111831/oi-pio-polloi-einai-oi-olubiakoi , Πιο πολλοί είναι οι Ολυμπιακοί!, 26/06/2012 sportdog από έρευνα του ΣΚΑΙ (in Greek)
- ^ http://www.contra.gr/Soccer/Europe/230473.html , Περισσότερους φιλάθλους η Μπαρτσελόνα, πρώτη ελληνική ομάδα ο Ολυμπιακός (in Greek)