Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Team

Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Club is the women's water polo department of the major Greek multi-sport club Olympiacos, based in Piraeus. The department was founded in 1988 and they play their games at the 1000-seated Papastrateio "Petros Kapagerof" Hall in Piraeus.

Olympiacos

Nickname	Thrylos (The Legend) Gorgones (The Mermaids) Erythrolefkes (The Red-Whites)
Founded	1988
League	A1 Ethniki Water Polo LEN Euroleague
Based in	Piraeus, Greece
Arena	Papastrateio Hall Piraeus
Colors	Red, White
President	Michalis Kountouris
Head coach	Charis Pavlidis
Championships	1 LEN Euroleague 1 LEN Super Cup 1 LEN Trophy 11 Greek Championships 2 Greek Cups 1 Greek Super Cup
Website	olympiacossfp.gr

Active departments of Olympiacos
Football Basketball (Men's) Basketball (Men's B) Basketball (Women's) Volleyball (Men's) Volleyball (Women's) Handball (Men's) Water Polo (Men's) Water Polo (Women's) Athletics Swimming Sailing Canoeing Table tennis Fencing Rowing Boxing Kickboxing Taekwondo

Olympiacos is one of the most successful clubs in European Water Polo, having won the LEN Euroleague in 2015,[1] the LEN Super Cup also in 2015 and the LEN Trophy in 2014[2] and having, overall, a commanding presence in European competitions. Besides their LEN Euroleague, LEN Super Cup and LEN Trophy titles, they were runners-up of the LEN Euroleague in 2017 and 2019, runners-up of the LEN Super Cup in 2014, runners-up of the LEN Trophy in 2008 and 2018[3] and they have participated, altogether, in 7 Champions' Cup / Euroleague Final Fours (1996, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019),[4] as well as in 5 LEN Trophy Final Fours (2001, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2018), being semi-finalists of the same competition in 2009 and 2012.[5][6]

In 2014 Olympiacos won the LEN Trophy in the Final Four in Florence, beating home team Firenze 10–9 in the final. One year later, Olympiacos were crowned European Champions,[7] winning the LEN Euroleague in the 2015 Final Four in Piraeus, after a thrilling, hard-fought 10–9 win in the final against the then-reigning champions Sabadell, who were undefeated for more than 3 years with 115 consecutive wins in all competitions.[8] Olympiacos lifted the LEN Euroleague title undefeated and having won 8 straight matches without even a single draw. As European Champions, Olympiacos participated in the final of the 2015 LEN Super Cup and won the title after a 10–6 win against Plebiscito Padova, thus completing a continental Treble[9] in 2015 (LEN Euroleague, LEN Super Cup, Greek Championship), winning season's all three available titles.[10]

After the 2015 LEN Euroleague win of Olympiacos Women's Water Polo team, Olympiacos CFP became the only multi-sport club in European Water Polo history after Pro Recco to have been crowned European Champions with both its Men's and Women's departments,[11] and the only club with both its departments currently active (Pro Recco Women's department has been dissolved since 2012).[12]

Domestically, Olympiacos is the most successful Greek club, having won a shared record 11 Greek Championships, a record 2 Greek Cups, a record 1 Greek Super Cup and a record 2 Doubles. They also hold the all-time record for the most consecutive Greek Championships, as they are the only team to have won 7 consecutive Greek Championship titles (2014–2020). They won their first two titles in 1995 and 1998, but their best performance in the league came after coach Charis Pavlidis' arrival in 2007. In 2009, they managed to seize the Championship from rivals NC Vouliagmeni who had the home-court advantage, winning the best-of-five series 3–2. Beginning from season 2010–11, Olympiacos won eight Greek Championships in ten seasons (2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020), beating rivals NC Vouliagmeni in the finals on all eight occasions, despite the fact that Vouliagmeni had the home-court advantage in both the 2011 and 2014 finals. In the seasons 2015–16 and 2019–20 Olympiacos won the Greek Championship undefeated, winning every game in both the regular season and the play-offs. They won the first ever Greek Cup which was held in 2017–18 season and the first ever Greek Super Cup (held in 2020).[13]

Some of the greatest players in the world (many of them Olympic medalists and World Champions) have played for Olympiacos over the years including: Iefke van Belkum, Alexandra Asimaki, Yasemin Smit, Lauren Wenger, Ashleigh Southern, Bronwen Knox, Roberta Bianconi, Giulia Emmolo, Kami Craig, Triantafyllia Manolioudaki, Alkisti Avramidou, Eleftheria Plevritou, Margarita Plevritou, Chrysi Diamantopoulou, Stavroula Antonakou, Ilektra Psouni, Angeliki Karapataki, Antonia Moraiti, Evi Moraitidou, Anthoula Mylonaki, Dimitra Asilian, Eftychia Karagianni, Maria Kanellopoulou, Christina Tsoukala, Kyriaki Liosi, Patricia del Soto, Blanca Gil, Barbara Bujka, Ágnes Valkai, Vaso Mavrelou, Maria Balomenaki, Ann Dow, Camila Pedrosa, Sun Yating, Eszter Tomaskovics, Maria Tsouri and Assel Jakayeva.