Omonia V.C.

Omonia Volleyball Club or Omonia V.C. is the volleyball team of the Omonia Athletic Club based in Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus. It is a founding member of the Cyprus Volleyball Federation and has been participating at its competitions since its inception in 1978.

Omonia
Full nameOmonia Nicosia Volleyball Club
Nickname(s)Queen
Short nameOMO
Founded1948
GroundEleftheria Indoor Hall
Nicosia, Cyprus
Capacity6,800
Chairman Loris Kiriakou
Head Coach Savvas Savva (volleyball)
LeagueCyprus Volleyball Division 1
2018–191st place
Active departments of Omonia Nicosia
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Football Basketball
Futsal Volleyball
Football (Women) Cycling

Omonia V.C. is ranked 67th (as of November 2020) in the Men's European clubs ranking.[1]

History

Despite of not been one of the most successful clubs in terms of number of trophies such as Anorthosis and Nea Salamis, Omonia VC has been considered as one of the most noteworthy teams in Cyprus. Recently, in 2016, it celebrated its second consecutive championship and fourth cup. The most notable player has been Panos Eracleous who served the club for 27 years, from 1987 until his retirement in 2014. Nowadays, the club owns its recent success to the so-called golden green generation which refers to players such as Aggelos Alexiou, Jimmys Apostolou and the Petrakkides twins, Achilleas Petrakkides and the captain Sotos Petrakidis, who after spending some time in other local and foreign teams, returned to Omonia where they commenced their careers and conquered domestically. The peak of their reign has been the undefeated defense of their second consecutive domestic championship during the 2015–2016 season.

The manager of the team Savvas Savva, who is in charge since 2013, had also commenced his career in Omonia VC where he served until his retirement. He is by far the most successful manager in the team's history as he has won 4 Cypriot Championships, 2 Cypriot Cup and 4 Supercups.

Omonia VC has a remarkable record of 29 consecutive wins in all domestic competitions which spans in three different seasons. The strike started on the 20/2/2015 at the 16th round of the 2014–2015 Cypriot championship season and ended on the 11/11/2016 at the 3rd round of the 2016–2017 season. During this period Omonia VC won 2 Championships, 1 Cup and 2 Super Cups.

Current squad

Head coach: Savvas Savva (Volleyball)

No. Name Date of birth Position
1 Achilleas Petrakidis (1984-08-12) August 12, 1984Opposite
3 Sotiris Petrakidis (1984-08-12) August 12, 1984Middle-blocker
7 Nikolas Eleftheriou (1997-10-17) October 17, 1997Outside-spiker
9 Christodoulos Antoniades (1986-12-27) December 27, 1986Middle-blocker
11 Christos Prodromou (1995-10-26) October 26, 1995Middle-blocker
12 Angelos Alexiou (1987-02-04) February 4, 1987Middle-blocker
18 Bruno Henrique (1989-05-18) May 18, 1989Setter

Cypriot Championship

The following table presents Omonia's performance at the Cyprus Volleyball Federation championships, for any campaigns adequate information was found.

Season Cypriot Championship
Division Position Teams Wins-Losses Set Points
1978 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 8th 10
1978–1979 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 5th 8
1979–1980 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 5th 10
1980–1981 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 7th 10
1981–1982 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 7th 10
1982–1983 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 5th 10
1983–1984 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 4th 10
1984–1985 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 7th 10
1985–1986 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 8th 10
1986–1987 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 9th 10
1987–1988 Second Division 1st
1988–1999 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 5th 10
1989–1990 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 7th 10
1990–1991 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 3rd 10
1991–1992 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 9th 10
1992–1993 Second Division 1st
1993–1994 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 4th 10
1994–1995 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 3rd 11
1995–1996 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 5th 10
1996–1997 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 3rd 9
1997–1998 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 2nd 10
1998–1999 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 4th 10
1999–2000 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 7th 10
2000–01 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 6th 10
2001–02 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 4th 9
2001–02 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 4th 9
2002–03 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 4th 8
2003–04 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 7th 8
2004–05 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 7th 8
2005–06 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 3rd 8
2006–07 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 6th 9
2007–08 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 5th 10
2008–09 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 3rd 10
2009–10 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 3rd 8 12–8 41–30 32
2010–11 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 4th 8 8–12 28–40 27
2011–12 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 4th 7 6–12 21–38 24
2012–13 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 5th 8 11–9 42–36 31
2013–14 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 2nd 8 14–6 51–28 42
2014–15 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 1st 8 18–2 56–12 53
2015–16 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 1st 8 20–0 60–11 58
2016–17 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 1st 8 16–4 49–19 48
2017–18 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 2nd 8 15–4 47–21 46
2018–19 Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 1st 8 18–0 54–9 50

Cypriot Cup Finals

The following table presents the seasons where Omonia succeeded to qualify at the Cypriot Cup Final through knock-out phases, and the results.

Season Winner Result Loser
1983–84 APOEL Nicosia 3–1 Omonia
1994–95 Anorthosis Famagusta 3–1 Omonia
1996-96 Pafiakos Paphos 3–1 Omonia
1997–98 Anorthosis Famagusta 3–0 Omonia
1998–99 Omonia 3–0 Pafiakos Paphos
2005–06 Omonia 3–2 Dionysos Stroumpiou
2008–09 Omonia 3–2 Anorthosis Famagusta
2011–12 Anorthosis Famagusta 3–1 Omonia
2013–14 Anorthosis Famagusta 3–2 Omonia
2015–16 Omonia 3–2 Nea Salamis Famagusta
2016–17 Pafiakos Paphos 3–2 Omonia
2017–18 Omonia 3–1 APOEL Nicosia
2018–19 Omonia 3–1 Pafiakos Paphos

Cypriot Super Cup Finals
Season Winner Result Loser
1995 Anorthosis Famagusta 3–0 Omonia
1999 Nea Salamis Famagusta 3–0 Omonia
2006 Pafiakos Paphos 3–0 Omonia
2009 Anorthosis Famagusta 3–2 Omonia
2014 Omonia 3–0 Anorthosis Famagusta
2015 Omonia 3–1 AEK Karava-Lampousa
2016 Omonia 3–0 Nea Salamis Famagusta
2017 Omonia 3–2 Pafiakos Paphos
2018 Omonia 3–2 Pafiakos Paphos
2019 Omonia 3–1 Pafiakos Paphos

CEV Champions League

Omonia participated for the first time at the second round of the 2017 CEV Champions League qualification phase where it was knocked out by ACH Volley Ljubjana, the winner of the 2007 version of CEV Cup, in knock-out games.

2nd Qualification Round

First Leg

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Nov19:00Omonia 0–3 ACH Volley Ljubjana 16–2523–2518–25  57–75Report

Second Leg

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
6 Nov18:00ACH Volley Ljubjana 3–0 Omonia 25–2325–2125–21  75–65Report

2nd Qualification Round

First Leg

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Oct18:45Omonia 3–0 Jedinstvo Bemax Bijelo Polje 25–2225–1625–15  75–53Report

Second Leg

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
22 Oct18:00Jedinstvo Bemax Bijelo Polje 2–3 Omonia 24–2625–1418–2528–269–15104–106Report

3rd Qualification Round

First Leg

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Nov18:45Omonia 0–3 Jastrzębski Węgiel 26–2813–2516–25  55–78Report

Second Leg

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Nov18:00Jastrzębski Węgiel 3–0 Omonia 25–1725–1925–16  75–52Report

Home CEV Champions League attendance record

Date Opponent Spectators
2 Nov 2016 ACH Volley Ljubjana 1,582[2]
18 Oct 2017 Jedinstvo Bemax Bijelo Polje 1,200[3]
8 Nov 2017 Jastrzębski Węgiel 1,254[4]

CEV Cup and Challenge Cup

Owing to its recent domestic success, Omonia VC has also participated at the other two of CEV's pan-European competitions. In a rare occasion, it was drawn to play against their biggest domestic rivals Anorthosis Famagusta where it successfully knocked them out from the competition. Omonia VC's first European success was the elimination of the Montenegrin team OK Sutjeska Nikšić when the current coach Savvas Savva was a teammate of the golden green generation that has won the 3 consecutive championships.

1st Qualification Round

  Results      
Omonia 3 – 0
3 – 0		 OK Sutjeska Nikšić

2nd Qualification Round

  Results      
VC Euphony Asse-Lennik 3 – 0
1 – 3		 Omonia

2nd Qualification Round

  Results      
Metallurg Zhlobin 3 – 1
3 – 0		 Omonia

2nd Qualification Round

  Results      
Anorthosis Famagusta 1 – 3
0 – 3		 Omonia

16th Final

  Results      
Omonia 1 – 3
1 – 3		 Dukla Liberec

16th Final

  Results      
Jastrzębski Węgiel[Note POL]0 – 3
0 – 3		 Omonia
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    Jastrzębski Węgiel withdrew from the competition.

8th Final

  Results      
CV Teruel 3 – 0
3 – 2		 Omonia

32nd Final

  Results      
Omonia 2 – 3
0 – 3		 OK Novi Pazar

16th Final

  Results      
Volley Amriswil 3 – 0
2 – 3		 Omonia

16th Final

  Results      
Mladost Ribola Kaštela 2 – 3
1 – 3		 Omonia

8th Final

  Results      
Belogorie Belgorod 3 – 0
3 – 0		 Omonia

16th Final

  Results      
Pénzügyőr Budapest 3 – 0
3 – 0		 Omonia

16th Final

  Results      
GIO Strumica 0 – 3
X		 Omonia

8th Final

  Results      
Omonia 0 – 0
0 – 0		 Ziraat Bankası Ankara

Honours
  • Cypriot Championships
    • Winner (4): 2014–2015, 2015–2016, 2016–2017, 2018–2019
  • Cyprus Cup:
    • Winner (6): 1998–1999, 2005–2006, 2008–2009, 2015–2016, 2017–18, 2018–19
  • Cypriot Super Cup:
    • Winner (6): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

References
  1. "Eurotopteams". Archived from the original on 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
  2. "Omonia Vs ACH Volley". cev.lu. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  3. "Omonia Vs Jedinstvo Bemax Bijelo Polje". cev.lu. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  4. "Omonia Vs Jastrzębski Węgiel". cev.lu. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
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