Olympiacos H.C.

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 4 Greek Handball Championships, 3 Greek Cups and 2 Doubles.

Piraeus
Location of Olympiacos H.C.
For the parent multi-sport club, see Olympiacos CFP.
Olympiacos SFP HC
Full nameOlympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós/ Xyni Group Handball Club
Nickname(s)
  • Thrylos (The Legend)
  • Erythrolefkoi (The Red-Whites)
Short nameOlympiacos
Founded2017 (2017)
ArenaIlioupoli Indoor Hall
Capacity1,500
PresidentMichalis Kountouris
Head coachŽeljko Babić
LeagueHandball Premier
2021–22Handball Premier, 1st
Club colours   
Home
Away
Website
Official site
Active departments of Olympiacos
Football Basketball
(Men's)		 Basketball
(Women's)
Volleyball
(Men's)		 Volleyball
(Women's)		 Water Polo
(Men's)
Water Polo
(Women's)		 Handball
(Men's)		 Table tennis
Athletics Swimming Boxing
Sailing Canoeing Rowing
Fencing Kickboxing Taekwondo
Wrestling Basketball B

History

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]

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

Team

Current squad
Squad for the 2023–24 season[5]
Olympiacos H.C.

Technical staff
  • Head coach: Nikos Grammatikos
  • Assistant coach: Panagiotis Messinis
  • Physiotherapist: Dionysios Tyrogalas
  • Club doctor: Georgios Karachalios

Transfers
Transfers for the 2023–24 season

Previous squads

Honours

Domestic competitions
  • Greek League
    • Winners (4): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2023–24
  • Greek Cup
    • Winners (3): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2022–23
  • Greek Super Cup
    • Winners (2): 2022, 2023
  • Double
    • Winners (2): 2017–18, 2018–19

European competitions

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
2023-24 EHF European Cup R2 Raimond Sassari 38–29 24–31 69–53
R3 MRK Trogir 36–28 26–27 63–54
Last 16 SV Brixen Handball 37–25 23–29 66–48
Quarterfinals MRK Krka 31–26 19–25 56–45
Semifinals FTC-Green Collect 39–32 28–28 67–60
Final Valur 31–27 30–26 57–57, 4–5 (p)

EHF ranking
As of 06/12/2023[6]
RankTeamPoints
64 MŠK Považská Bystrica82
65 Spor Toto SK81
66 Olympiacos H.C.79
67 BM Cuenca79
68 SSV Brixen Handball79
69 Alpla HC Hard79
70 ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar78

Former club members

Notable former players

References
  1. Olympiacos win Greek men's handball championship. xinhuanet.com. 7 June 2018
  2. https://www.handball-planet.com/olympiakos-win-greek-handball-cup/
  3. "Ο Ολυμπιακός νικητής του Σούπερ Καπ 2022!". handball.org.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  4. ""Πάτησε" την Πυλαία και σήκωσε την κούπα του Super Cup o Ολυμπιακός!". sport-fm.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  5. https://ehfec.eurohandball.com/men/2023-24/clubs/details/QxIjJUr5-reBO0Une6diEQ/olympiacos-sfp/
  6. "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".
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