# Olympiacos H.C.

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 | |
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.

## 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

## Previous squads

2022–2023 Team :
| Shirt No | Nationality | Player | Birth Date | Position |
| 1 | Greece | Konstantinos Kotanidis | (1992-02-07) 7 February 1992 (age 33) | Goalkeeper |
| 3 | Greece | Michail Rousos | (2004-04-23) 23 April 2004 (age 20) | Right Winger |
| 4 | Greece | Triantafyllos Prokopiou | (2005-06-24) 24 June 2005 (age 19) | Line Player |
| 6 | France Democratic Republic of the Congo | Olivier Nyokas | (1986-06-28) 28 June 1986 (age 38) | Left Back |
| 7 | Greece | Panagiotis Karampourniotis | (1998-02-20) 20 February 1998 (age 27) | Line Player |
| 8 | Greece | Georgios Papavasilis | (2000-07-31) 31 July 2000 (age 24) | Left Winger |
| 10 | Greece | Konstantinos Koutoulogenis | (2004-11-01) 1 November 2004 (age 20) | Line Player |
| 16 | Greece | Taxiarchis Papadimitriou | (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 (age 26) | Goalkeeper |
| 17 | Greece | Petros Kandylas | (1991-02-28) 28 February 1991 (age 34) | Central Back |
| 20 | Greece | Garyfalos Bagios | (1994-04-26) 26 April 1994 (age 30) | Right Winger |
| 22 | Greece | Vyron Papadopoulos | (1986-02-22) 22 February 1986 (age 39) | Left Winger |
| 23 | Greece | Charalampos Dompris | (1994-07-23) 23 July 1994 (age 30) | Central Back |
| 25 | Netherlands | Florent Bourget | (1998-06-12) 12 June 1998 (age 26) | Central Back |
| 30 | Austria | Robert Weber | (1985-11-25) 25 November 1985 (age 39) | Right Winger |
| 32 | Greece | Nikolaos Passias | (1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 (age 30) | Left Back |
| 33 | Spain | Ángel Montoro | (1989-04-10) 10 April 1989 (age 35) | Right Back |
| 39 | Greece | Vasilis Liolios | (1999-05-13) 13 May 1999 (age 25) | Central Back |
| 44 | Serbia | Savo Slavuljica | (1998-08-13) 13 August 1998 (age 26) | Right Back |
| 55 | Ukraine | Vladyslav Ostroushko | (1986-03-05) 5 March 1986 (age 39) | Left Back |
| 59 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Elmir Građan | (1993-12-28) 28 December 1993 (age 31) | Line Player |
| 66 | Greece | Stefanos Michailidis | (1994-05-15) 15 May 1994 (age 30) | Line Player |
| 99 | Austria | Thomas Bauer | (1986-01-24) 24 January 1986 (age 39) | Goalkeeper |
2018–2019 Team :
| Shirt No | Nationality | Player | Birth Date | Position |
| 4 | Greece | Nikolaos Kritikos | (1996-09-24) 24 September 1996 (age 28) | Left Back |
| 6 | Greece | Dimitrios Tziras | (1991-04-05) 5 April 1991 (age 33) | Right Winger |
| 7 | Greece | Panagiotis Karampourniotis | (1998-02-20) 20 February 1998 (age 27) | Line Player |
| 8 | Brazil | Patrick Lemos | (1996-05-23) 23 May 1996 (age 28) | Central Back |
| 11 | Spain | Luis Felipe Jiménez Reina | (1989-06-12) 12 June 1989 (age 35) | Right Back |
| 12 | Poland | Marko Terlecki | (2000-05-08) 8 May 2000 (age 24) | Goalkeeper |
| 14 | Greece | Panagiotis Stoumpis | (1991-06-15) 15 June 1991 (age 33) | Left Winger |
| 15 | Greece | Stylianos Asvestas | (1999-03-21) 21 March 1999 (age 25) | Right Back |
| 16 | Greece | Argyris Papadopoulos-Vellis | (1998-02-10) 10 February 1998 (age 27) | Goalkeeper |
| 17 | Greece | Petros Kandylas | (1991-02-28) 28 February 1991 (age 34) | Central Back |
| 18 | Greece | Grigorios Sanikis | (1980-01-29) 29 January 1980 (age 45) | Left Back |
| 23 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Petar Bubalo | (1992-08-01) 1 August 1992 (age 32) | Right Back |
| 24 | Greece | Antonios Kontis | (1991-10-07) 7 October 1991 (age 33) | Left Winger |
| 27 | Greece | Nikolaos Liapis | (1999-08-24) 24 August 1999 (age 25) | Line Player |
| 31 | Greece | Konstantinos Tsilimparis | (1979-07-31) 31 July 1979 (age 45) | Goalkeeper |
| 32 | Serbia | Igor Arsić | (1989-10-19) 19 October 1989 (age 35) | Goalkeeper |
| 33 | Greece | Andreas Arapakopoulos | (1994-11-15) 15 November 1994 (age 30) | Line Player |
| 50 | Greece | Theodoros Delichristos | (2000-06-17) 17 June 2000 (age 24) | Central Back |
| 77 | Greece | Angelos Tsilis | (1992-11-06) 6 November 1992 (age 32) | Left Winger |

## Honours
### European competitions

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

### Domestic competitions

* Greek Championship
    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

### Individual club awards

* Double
** Winners (2): 2017–18, 2018–19

## 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 |
| 2018–19 | EHF Cup | R3 | RK Nexe | 22–25 | 30–25 | 47–55 |
| 2019–20 | EHF Cup | R1 | RK Borac m:tel | 30–21 | 25–30 | 60–46 |
| 2019–20 | EHF Cup | R2 | SCM Politehnica Timișoara | 29–26 | 31–29 | 58–57 |
| 2019–20 | EHF Cup | R3 | MT Melsungen | 19–20 | 32–28 | 47–52 |
| 2022–23 | EHF European Cup | R2 | RK Sloboda Tuzla | 34–24 | 27–19 | 61–43 |
| 2022–23 | EHF European Cup | R3 | Wacker Thun | 22–24 | 19–24 | 41–48 |
| 2023-24 | EHF European Cup | R2 | Raimond Sassari | 38–29 | 24–31 | 69–53 |
| 2023-24 | EHF European Cup | R3 | MRK Trogir | 36–28 | 26–27 | 63–54 |
| 2023-24 | EHF European Cup | Last 16 | SV Brixen Handball | 37–25 | 23–29 | 66–48 |
| 2023-24 | EHF European Cup | Quarterfinals | MRK Krka | 31–26 | 19–25 | 56–45 |
| 2023-24 | EHF European Cup | Semifinals | FTC-Green Collect | 39–32 | 28–28 | 67–60 |
| 2023-24 | EHF European Cup | 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)