Olympiacos CFP

Full Name	Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς
Official Emblem
Founded	10 March 1925
Nicknames	Thrylos (Legend) Erythrolefki (Red-Whites) Kokkini (Reds)
Titles	397
Anthem	Thrile ton gipedon Olympiake
Club colours	Red and White
Chairman	Sokratis Kokkalis
Website	Olympiacos.org

Olympiacos CFP (Greek: ΟΣΦΠ - Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς - Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Peiraios), Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus, is a large and popular Greek multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Athens. Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Socratis Kokkalis (aka O Proedros)(born May 27 1939) is a Greek Businessman. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία A sports club, athletics club or sports association is an eclectic institution oriented to multiple Sports which fields many Teams and in several Piraeus (pɪˈræʊs Πειραιάς, piɾeˈas Πειραιεύς, piɾeˈefs is a city in the periphery of Attica, Greece, and a Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's

The club is parent to 17 different competitive departments including football (Olympiacos F.C.), basketball (Olympiacos B.C.), volleyball (Olympiacos S.C.), water polo (Olympiacos Water Polo Club), athletics and swimming, amongst others, which have won numerous domestic and European titles over the club's history. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered See also Olympiacos CFP Olympiacos FC (ΠΑΕ Ολυμπιακός also known as simply Olympiacos, Olympiacos Piraeus or with its full name Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m See also Olympiacos CFP Olympiacos Piraeus BC ( Greek name Κ Volleyball is an Olympic team sport in which two teams of 6 active players (5 normal players and one 'libero' are separated by a net that is usually four feet Olympiacos SC is the Volleyball team of the Greek Sports club Olympiacos. Water polo is a team water sport A team consists of six field players and one Goalkeeper. Olympiacos Water Polo Club is the Water polo team of the Greek Sports club Olympiacos. Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance Olympiacos has the record of winning the treble in two different team sports (basketball and water polo) while Olympiacos has won a Balkans Cup in football. Team sport refers to Sports that are practiced between opposing teams where the players interact directly and simultaneously between them to achieve an objective For the national team tournament see Balkan Cup. In 1961 a Balkans Cup for clubs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece In addition to this, in the total number of Olympiacos' athletes, Olympic winners and World Champions are included. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games

Olympiacos CFP was founded on March 10, 1925, as a football club initially, when the members of the "Piraeus Football Club" and the "Piraeus Fan Club" decided, during a historical assembly, to dissolve the two clubs in order to establish a new unified one football club initially , with the young olympic games winner boy as their eblem. Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games Notis Kamberos announced the name Olympiacos and Michalis Manouskos completed it to its full name, Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus. The Andrianopoulos brothers, however, were those who significantly raised the reputation of the club and added glory to it. Children of a prosperous family, they made the name of Olympiacos known over Greece. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Yiannis, Dinos, Giorgos, and Vassilis were the first to play. Leonidas made his appearance later on, and played for a short time. The club's offensive line, made up of the five brothers, soon became legendary and, hence, Olympiacos is also known as Thrylos (Legend), after this classic side of the 1930s which won a hatful of titles. The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression.

Contents 1 Olympiacos Football Club 1.1 Honours 1.2 Domestic 1.2.1 League 1.2.2 Cups 1.3 European 1.4 Other 2 Olympiacos Basketball Club 2.1 Honours 2.2 Domestic 2.2.1 League 2.2.2 Cups 2.3 International 2.4 Other 3 Olympiacos Volleyball Club 3.1 Honours 4 Olympiacos Water Polo Club 4.1 Honours 5 Swimming Department 5.1 Honours 6 Sailing Department 6.1 Honours 7 Table Tennis Department 7.1 Honours 8 Boxing Department 9 Athletics 10 Shooting Department 11 Weight Lifting Department 12 Wrestling Department 13 Tennis Department 14 Rowing Department 15 External links

Olympiacos Football Club

Main article: Olympiacos F.C.

Honours

Total titles: 63

Domestic

League

• Super League Greece: 36
  

1931, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Cups

• Greek Cup: 23
  

1947, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1981, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008

• Greek Super Cup: 3
  

1987, 1992, 2007

European

• Balkans Cup: 1
  

1963

Other

• Double: 13
  

1947, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1973, 1975, 1981, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008

Olympiacos Basketball Club

Main article: Olympiacos B.C.

Honours

Total titles: 17

Domestic

League

• Greek Championship: 9
  

1949, 1960, 1976, 1978, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

Cups

• Greek Cup: 7
  

1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1994, 1997, 2002

International

• Euroleague: 1
  

1997

• Intercontinental Cup Runners-Up: 1
  

1997

Other

• Double: 4
  

1976, 1978, 1994, 1997

• Triple Crown: 1
  

1997

Olympiacos Volleyball Club

Main article: Olympiacos S.C.

Honours

• Total Titles: 36
  • Greek Championships: 22
    • 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003
  • Greek Cups: 11
    • 1981, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
  • Greek Super Cup: 1
    • 2000
  • European Cup Winners Cup/Top Teams Cup: 2
    • 1996, 2005

Olympiacos Water Polo Club

Main article: Olympiacos Water Polo Club

Honours

• Total Titles: 36

• Men
  • Greek Championships: 21
    • 1933, 1934, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1969, 1971, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
  • Greek Cups: 11
    • 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
  • European Champions League: 1
    • 2002
  • European Super Cup: 1
    • 2002

• Women
  • Greek Championships: 2
    • 1995, 1998

Swimming Department

The swimming department was established roughly at the same time as Olympiacos S. See also Olympiacos CFP Olympiacos FC (ΠΑΕ Ολυμπιακός also known as simply Olympiacos, Olympiacos Piraeus or with its full name The Super League Greece (Σούπερ Λίγκα Ελλάδα founded in 2006 is the highest professional football league in Greece. Alpha Ethniki 1965-66 complete season Standings Match table Play off 13th place Alpha Ethniki 1966-67 complete season Standings Match table Play off 14th place Alpha Ethniki 1972-73 complete season Standings Match table Alpha Ethniki 1973-74 complete season Standings Match table Play off 13th-15th place Panserraikos Alpha Ethniki 1974-75 complete season Standings Match table Alpha Ethniki 1979-80 complete season Standings Match table Play off 1st place Olympiacos - Aris Alpha Ethniki 1980-81 complete season Standings Match table Alpha Ethniki 1981-82 complete season Standings Match table Play off 1st place Olympiacos - Panathinaikos Alpha Ethniki 1982-83 complete season Standings Match table Play out Relegation Panionios - Makedonikos Alpha Ethniki 1986-87 complete season Standings Match table Alpha Ethniki 1996-97 complete season Standings Match table Alpha Ethniki 1997-98 complete season Standings Match table Alpha Ethniki 1998-99 complete season Standings Match table Alpha Ethniki 1999-00 complete season Standings Match table Alpha Ethniki 2000-01 complete season Standings Match table Play off Relegation Panachaiki - Paniliakos League Standings Final standings Olympiakos - Panathinaikos match The football game that decided the champion in Greece in 2003 League standings The 2005-06 Greek Football season saw Olympiacos claim its second consecutive and 34th Greek title in the Alpha Ethniki This was the inaugural Super League Greece season Olympiacos clinched the inaugural title on April 22 with their victory over Kerkyra, for their third 2007-08 was the second season of the Super League's, and started on September 1, 2007. The Greek Football Cup (Κύπελλο Ελλάδος commonly known as the Greek Cup, is a knockout cup competition in Greek football, run The Greek Cup 2005-06 was the 64th staging of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup, competition The Greek Cup 2007-08 was the 66th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short The Greek Super Cup (Σούπερ Κάπ Ελλάδος is a Greek association football competition which takes place in an annual match between the Super League For the national team tournament see Balkan Cup. In 1961 a Balkans Cup for clubs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece The Balkans Cup 1961-62 was the second Balkans Cup, a football competition for representative clubs from the Balkan states The Double is a term in football, which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season See also Olympiacos CFP Olympiacos Piraeus BC ( Greek name Κ The A1 Ethniki (often referred to as Greek League or Greek Championship) is the highest professional Basketball competition among pro clubs in The Greek Basketball Cup or Hellenic Cup is an annual cup Competition, organized by the Greek Basketball Federation since 1976. EuroLeague WomenThe Euroleague (EL is one of the professional Basketball competitions in Europe, with teams from thirteen different European countries The McDonald's Championship (sometimes called McDonald's Open) was an international men's Basketball cup competition played between champions of continental club The Double is a term in football, which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season The Triple Crown in Basketball is a term in European Basketball that refers to a team which won in the same season the Euroleague (or the old Champions Cup and the Olympiacos SC is the Volleyball team of the Greek Sports club Olympiacos. The CEV Top Teams Cup or Austrian Airlines Top Teams Cup is an official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year Olympiacos Water Polo Club is the Water polo team of the Greek Sports club Olympiacos. C. itself, in 1925. The club is considered a "champion for life" in swimming and has produced legendary athletes, who were prominent in Greece and distinguished themselves in European and World Events.

Honours

• Total Titles: 49

• • Greek championships: 49
    • 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.

Sailing Department

The sailing department was established in 1963 and since then, has won Olympic distinctions (3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals), 2 gold medals in World Championships as well as 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medal in European Championships. The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an International Multi-sport event, usually quadrennial organised by the International It should be noted that the sailing department successfully organized the FINN World Championships in 1998 and 2002 at the club's new marine training facilities in Alexandras Square, Piraeus. The leading athlete in the FINN Category is World Champion and Olympiacos athlete, Aimilios Papathanassiou.

Honours

• Total Titles: 37

• • Men's Championships: 37
    • Dragon: 1970, 1971, 1972.
    • Finn: 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.
    • Laser: 1976.
    • Optimist: 1987.
    • Soling: 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993.
    • Star: 1986, 1987, 1995.

Table Tennis Department

The Table Tennis Department (Ping-Pong) was established in 1956 and has both a Men's and a Women's division. From 1962 to 1967 they won every single women's Hellenic Championship, while from 1967 to 1986 they won all Hellenic Championships in the mixed categories. In the last few years, having benefited by the sponsorship of Thrilos SA, they have emerged even more confidently in title - challenging and have achieved important distinctions both in the men's and in the women's divisions.

Honours

• Total Titles: 147

• • Greek Championship Men Single: 15
    • 1970, 1970 (Mantzaroglou), 1971, 1971 (Mantzaroglou), 1972, 1976, 1976 (A Category), 1976 (Mantzaroglou), 1977, 1977 (A Category), 1980 (A Category), 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.
  • Greek Championship Women Single: 37
    • 1956, 1957, 1957 (Mantzaroglou), 1957 (OCFP Cup), 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1964 (Mantzaroglou), 1964 (Athlitiki Echo), 1965, 1966, 1966 (Mantzaroglou), 1967 (Mantzaroglou), 1968, 1970, 1971 (Mantzaroglou), 1975, 1975 (A Category), 1979 (A Category), 1980, 1980 (A Category), 1981, 1982, 1983, 1983 (A Category), 1984, 1985, 1986, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007.
  • Greek Championship Men Double: 12
    • 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 2004, 2005, 2006.
  • Greek Championship Women Double: 19
    • 1959, 1959 (Spring), 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966 (Thessaloniki Tournament), 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2005, 2006, 2007.
  • Greek Championship Men-Women Double: 20
    • 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966 (Thessaloniki Tournament), 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 2004, 2005, 2006
  • Greek Championship Men Club: 4
    • 1980, 2003, 2004, 2005
  • Greek Championship Women Club: 17
    • 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • Greek Cup Men: 3
    • 2003, 2004, 2005
  • Greek Cup Women: 10
    • 1965, 1966, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007

Boxing Department

The boxing department was established in 1948 and from 1968 until 1975 kept winning the Hellenic Championship. Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, In 1970 they won the title in all categories! The department continues to produce athletes of the highest standards and often Pan-Hellenic champions, while it boasts international achievements, as in the case of Vassilis Papoutsakis and Constantinos Petropoulos, who won 2nd place in their categories at the European Championship in 2001 and Vaggelis Papoutsakis 3rd place at the World Championship in 2001.

(Total Titles: 9)

• Greek Championships (men) 7: 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975

• Greek Championships (women) 1: 1970

• European Championships (men) 1: 2001 (Papoutsakis)

Athletics

The track and field department was established in November 16, 1953 and since then it has produced Olympic medalists as well as World, European, Mediterranean, Balkan and Pan-Hellenic Champions. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The department boasts some of the best athletes in the track and field events both in Greece and worldwide. Cases in point are Kenteris, Thanou, Maniani, Voggoli, Xanthou, Meletoglou, Dimotsios, Doupis, Polias, Polymerou, Papadias, Devetzi, Halkia, Karastamati, Iltsios, Redoumi, Papagianni and more. Konstantinos Kenteris, also spelled as Konstadinos Kederis (in Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Κεντέρης born July 11, 1973) is Ekaterini ("Katerina" Thanou (Αικατερίνη (Κατερίνα Θάνου ekateˈrini ˈθanu born February 1, 1975) is a Greek Ekaterini Voggoli (Αικατερίνη Βόγγολη ekateˈrini ˈvoŋɡoli born October 30, 1970 in Larissa) is a retired Greek Hrysopiyi Devetzi (Χρυσοπηγή Δεβετζή xrisopiˈʝi ðeveˈdz͡i born October 2, 1975) is a Greek athlete competing in the Fani Halkia (Φανή Χαλκιά faˈni xalˈca born February 2, 1979 in Larissa) is a Greek hurdler.

(Total titles: 1)

• 1 Open Greek Championship (Men): 2006.

Shooting Department

The shooting departments is amongst the most upwardly mobile departments of Olympiacos. Its ranks include World Champion Yorgos Salavadakis, while Olympiacos athletes N. Sakelaropoulos, K. Savorianakis and Stylianos Karabinakis are part of the Hellenic National Team.

Weight Lifting Department

The weightlifting department began its activities in 1960 and is made up of the Men's, Adolescents, Youth and Children's divisions, while five of the club's athletes are part of the Hellenic National Team. Weightlifting, also called Olympic weightlifting or Olympic-style weightlifting, is a sport in which participants attempt a maximum weight single lift of a barbell To name a few of our athletes, Christos Spyrou (7th place at the Sydney 2000 Olympics), Yorgos Vitsaras, Efthymis Vitsaras, Dionyssis Bazinas, Kimonas Stavrou. Final results for the Weightlifting events at the 2000 Summer Olympics. The Department participates in all three divisions of the Pan-Hellenic Championship (A, B, C).

Wrestling Department

The wrestling department has been functioning for more than 30 years and includes the Men's, Adolescents and Children's divisions. Wrestling is the act of physical engagement between two people in which each wrestler strives to get an advantage over or control of the opponent In 1976-77 Olympiacos wrestling team won the Hellenic Championship and that same year participated in the European Cup. It should be noted that the wrestling department has produced distinguished athletes. The younger generation is continuing the tradition of success such as Xenofon Koutsioumbas 3rd place at the Men's World Championship in 2001 and 3rd place at the European Championship in 2003 and Yorgos Koutsioumbas 3rd place at the Adolescent's World Championship in 2001 and 6th place at the European Championship in 2002.

(Total titles: 3)

• Greek Championships (Freestyle) 1: 1977
• Greek Championships (Greco-Roman) 1: 2006
• European Cela Cup 1: 2006

Tennis Department

The tennis department was established in 1998 and is already successful, considering it has won a few distinctions in the children's and adolescents' tournaments where it has participated so far. Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles)

Rowing Department

The Rowing Department was established in 1927 and it boasts big achievements and distinctions in the Hellenic and European Championships. The European Rowing Championships is an International Rowing Regatta organised by FISA (the International Rowing Federation The department includes rowing, canoe-kayak, kayak polo and kayak slalom. GB coxless pair of Toby Garbett & Rick Dunn at Henley Royal Regatta 2004 The new marine training facilities of Olympiacos in Alexandras Square have boosted the athletes of the department, who now train under excellent circumstances, that help them achieve their athletic goals.

External links

Official website

• Olympiacos Official website (Greek) (English)

Official fan site

• Ultras Gate 7 Olympiacos Supporters website (Greek) (English)

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