Olympiacos H.C.

For the parent multi-sport club, see Olympiacos CFP.

Olympiacos SFP HC
Full name	Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós/ Xyni Group Handball Club
Nickname(s)	Thrylos (The Legend) Erythrolefkoi (The Red-Whites)
Short name	Olympiacos
Founded	2017 (2017)
Arena	Ilioupoli Indoor Hall
Capacity	1,500
President	Michalis Kountouris
Head coach	Željko Babić
League	Handball Premier
2021–22	Handball Premier, 1st
Club colours
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Website Official site

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

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Location of Olympiacos H.C.

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. They also won the Greek Cup, beating PAOK in the semi-final and ASE Douka in the final to complete the domestic Double. On 10 September 2022, Olympiacos lifted the Greek Super Cup after winning AESH Pylaia in the final.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

HOME
2019–20	2020–21	2021–24

AWAY
2023–24

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season

Olympiacos H.C.

Goalkeepers 01 Konstantinos Kotanidis 12 Panagiotis Papantonopoulos Left Wingers 08 Georgios Papavasilis 10 Grigorios Tzimpoulas Right Wingers 09 Ivan Vida 013 Dimitrios Tziras Line Players 07 Panagiotis Karampourniotis 45 Miha Kavčič 66 Stefanos Michailidis Left Backs 19 Ivan Slišković 32 Nikolaos Passias 77 Savvas Savvas Central Backs 11 Petros Vamvakaris 17 Petros Kandylas 23 Charalampos Dompris 24 Christos Tsigaridas Right Backs 33 Ángel Montoro 44 Savo Slavuljica

Technical staff

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

Transfers

Transfers for the 2023–24 season

Joining

• Savvas Savvas (LB) from ASV Hamm-Westfalen
• Panagiotis Papantonopoulos (GK) from CB Ademar León
• Grigorios Tzimpoulas (LW) from AC Diomidis Argous
• Christos Tsigaridas (CB) from AC Diomidis Argous
• Dimitrios Tziras (RW) from A.C. Doukas
• Miha Kavčič (LP) from HSC Kreuzlingen

Leaving

• Vyron Papadopoulos (LW) to AEK Athens
• Garyfalos Bagios (RW) to AC Diomidis Argous
• Taxiarchis Papadimitriou (GK)
• Thomas Bauer (GK) to JAGS Vöslau
• Florent Bourget (CB) to HC Visé BM
• Vladyslav Ostroushko (LB) to KS Azoty-Puławy
• Olivier Nyokas (LB)

Previous squads

2022–2023 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Greece	Konstantinos Kotanidis	(1992-02-07) 7 February 1992	Goalkeeper
3	Greece	Michail Rousos	(2004-04-23) 23 April 2004	Right Winger
4	Greece	Triantafyllos Prokopiou	(2005-06-24) 24 June 2005	Line Player
6	FranceDemocratic Republic of the Congo	Olivier Nyokas	(1986-06-28) 28 June 1986	Left Back
7	Greece	Panagiotis Karampourniotis	(1998-02-20) 20 February 1998	Line Player
8	Greece	Georgios Papavasilis	(2000-07-31) 31 July 2000	Left Winger
10	Greece	Konstantinos Koutoulogenis	(2004-11-01) 1 November 2004	Line Player
16	Greece	Taxiarchis Papadimitriou	(1998-06-04) 4 June 1998	Goalkeeper
17	Greece	Petros Kandylas	(1991-02-28) 28 February 1991	Central Back
20	Greece	Garyfalos Bagios	(1994-04-26) 26 April 1994	Right Winger
22	Greece	Vyron Papadopoulos	(1986-02-22) 22 February 1986	Left Winger
23	Greece	Charalampos Dompris	(1994-07-23) 23 July 1994	Central Back
25	Netherlands	Florent Bourget	(1998-06-12) 12 June 1998	Central Back
30	Austria	Robert Weber	(1985-11-25) 25 November 1985	Right Winger
32	Greece	Nikolaos Passias	(1995-02-17) 17 February 1995	Left Back
33	Spain	Ángel Montoro	(1989-04-10) 10 April 1989	Right Back
39	Greece	Vasilis Liolios	(1999-05-13) 13 May 1999	Central Back
44	Serbia	Savo Slavuljica	(1998-08-13) 13 August 1998	Right Back
55	Ukraine	Vladyslav Ostroushko	(1986-03-05) 5 March 1986	Left Back
59	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Elmir Građan	(1993-12-28) 28 December 1993	Line Player
66	Greece	Stefanos Michailidis	(1994-05-15) 15 May 1994	Line Player
99	Austria	Thomas Bauer	(1986-01-24) 24 January 1986	Goalkeeper

2018–2019 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
4	Greece	Nikolaos Kritikos	(1996-09-24) 24 September 1996	Left Back
6	Greece	Dimitrios Tziras	(1991-04-05) 5 April 1991	Right Winger
7	Greece	Panagiotis Karampourniotis	(1998-02-20) 20 February 1998	Line Player
8	Brazil	Patrick Lemos	(1996-05-23) 23 May 1996	Central Back
11	Spain	Luis Felipe Jiménez Reina	(1989-06-12) 12 June 1989	Right Back
12	Poland	Marko Terlecki	(2000-05-08) 8 May 2000	Goalkeeper
14	Greece	Panagiotis Stoumpis	(1991-06-15) 15 June 1991	Left Winger
15	Greece	Stylianos Asvestas	(1999-03-21) 21 March 1999	Right Back
16	Greece	Argyris Papadopoulos-Vellis	(1998-02-10) 10 February 1998	Goalkeeper
17	Greece	Petros Kandylas	(1991-02-28) 28 February 1991	Central Back
18	Greece	Grigorios Sanikis	(1980-01-29) 29 January 1980	Left Back
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Petar Bubalo	(1992-08-01) 1 August 1992	Right Back
24	Greece	Antonios Kontis	(1991-10-07) 7 October 1991	Left Winger
27	Greece	Nikolaos Liapis	(1999-08-24) 24 August 1999	Line Player
31	Greece	Konstantinos Tsilimparis	(1979-07-31) 31 July 1979	Goalkeeper
32	Serbia	Igor Arsić	(1989-10-19) 19 October 1989	Goalkeeper
33	Greece	Andreas Arapakopoulos	(1994-11-15) 15 November 1994	Line Player
50	Greece	Theodoros Delichristos	(2000-06-17) 17 June 2000	Central Back
77	Greece	Angelos Tsilis	(1992-11-06) 6 November 1992	Left Winger

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 (3) (record): 2022, 2023, 2024
• Double
  • Winners (2): 2017–18, 2018–19

European competitions

• EHF European Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2023–24

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

Rank	Team	Points
64	MŠK Považská Bystrica	82
65	Spor Toto SK	81
66	Olympiacos H.C.	79
67	BM Cuenca	79
68	SSV Brixen Handball	79
69	Alpla HC Hard	79
70	ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar	78

Former club members

Notable former players

• Alexandros Alvanos (2017–2018)
• Charalampos Mallios (2019–2020)
• Vyron Papadopoulos (2021–2023)
• Grigorios Sanikis (2017–2020)
• Savvas Savvas (2023–)
• Konstantinos Tsilimparis (2017–2020)
• Thomas Bauer (2021-2023)
• Robert Weber (2022–2023)
• Artur Karvatski (2019–2020)
• Goran Bogunović (2019–2020)
• Ivan Slišković (2023–)
• Ivan Vida (2023–)
• Božidar Leković (2014–2015)
• Bogdan Petričević (2017–2018)
• Florent Bourget (2023)
• Ángel Montoro (2021–)
• Vladyslav Ostroushko (2021–2023)

External links

• 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)
• Olympiacos H.C. on Facebook