Olympiacos
NicknameThrylos (The Legend)
Erythrolefkes (The Red-Whites)
LeaguesGreek League
EuroLeague Women
Founded1947 (2015 reorganized)
ArenaPeace and Friendship Stadium
Capacity12,000
LocationPiraeus, Greece
Team colorsRed and White
   
PresidentMichalis Kountouris
Head coachThanos Niklas
Championships7 Greek Championships
5 Greek Cups
Websiteolympiacossfp.gr

The Olympiacos women's basketball team is the women's basketball department of the major Greek multi-sport club Olympiacos CFP, based in Piraeus. The department was initially founded in 1947, being one of the best women's basketball clubs in Greece during the 1950s and the early 1960s, when they won 3 Women's Division Center Championships (1956, 1958, 1959), which was the most important competition of Greek women's basketball at the time (until 1967–68 when the Greek Women's Basketball League was officially organized).[1] The department was dissolved in the mid-1960s and after a long period of inactivity, it was reorganized in 2015.[2][3][4][5]

Olympiacos is one of the most successful clubs in Greek women's basketball history, having won 7 Greek League championships, a record 5 Greek Cups and a record 5 Doubles. From the start of the 2015–16 season (which was the first after its reorganization), till the 25th of October 2020, Olympiacos remainded undefeated in all official or friendly games in all domestic competitions (for more than 5 years), setting a world record of 137 consecutive victories (118 of which were in the Greek League),[6][7] and winning 5 consecutive undefeated Greek League championships (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) and 4 consecutive undefeated Doubles (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 –the 2020 Greek Cup was not completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic–).[8]. The world record of 137 straight wins was finally stopped on October 25, 2020, during the 2020–21 Greek League.[9]

Roster

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Olympiacos Women's Basketball roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PF 7 Greece Spyridopoulou, Anna 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 35 – (1988-11-02)2 November 1988
SF 8 Greece Karlafti, Zafeirenia 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 25 – (1998-06-08)8 June 1998
PG 11 Greece Nikolopoulou, Angeliki 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 32 – (1991-05-02)2 May 1991
SF 21 Greece Christinaki, Eleanna 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 27 – (1996-12-16)16 December 1996
PG 23 Greece Kollatou, Evgenia 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 25 – (1998-03-05)5 March 1998
C Greece Anastasopoulou, Maria 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 24 – (1999-07-12)12 July 1999
PF Latvia Vītola, Kristīne 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 32 – (1991-06-02)2 June 1991
C Chile Morrison, Ziomara 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 34 – (1989-02-15)15 February 1989
G/F United States Williams, Brooque 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 35 – (1989-01-14)14 January 1989
Head coach
  • Greece Athanasios Niklas
Assistant coach(es)
  • Greece Konstantinos Kalogeropoulos
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: May 16, 2023

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Rebecca Tobin Maria Anastasopoulou Georgia Kampisiouli
PF Kristīne Vītola Anna Spyridopoulou Amanda Kantzy
SF Eleanna Christinaki Ioanna Diella Zafeirenia Karlafti
SG Brooque Williams Eleni Syrra Anna Kyriakoudi
PG Angeliki Nikolopoulou Evgenia Kollatou Olga Agrafiotou

Honours

Olympiacos (with their traditional red uniform) in a Greek League game in October 2016.

Domestic competitions

  • Greek League
    • Winners (7): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23
  • Greek Cup
    • Winners (5) (record): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22
  • Double
    • Winners (5) (record): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22

Regional competitions

Technical and managerial staff

Name Job
Greece Evi Dimitratou Team Manager
Greece Thanos Niklas Head coach

Seasons

Season League Cup Europe Coach Roster
2015–16 Champion Winner Eleni Kapogianni Olga Chatzinikolaou, Anastasia Gkotzi, Roula Kalogirou, Anthi Balta, Soultana Chalivera, Maria Roza Boni, Evina Stamati, Afroditi Kosma, Hallie Christofferson, Lykendra Johnson, Pelagia Papamichail, Nena Nikolaidou
2016–17 Champion Winner EuroCup
Group Stage		 Eleni Kapogianni Olga Chatzinikolaou, Anastasia Gkotzi, Evina Maltsi, Soultana Chalivera, Maria Roza Boni, Evina Stamati, Styliani Kaltsidou, Zoi Dimitrakou, Stella Fouraki, Afroditi Kosma, Lynetta Kizer, Lykendra Johnson, Pelagia Papamichail (Kateřina Bartoňová, Doneeka Lewis, Milica Jovanović left during the season)
2017–18 Champion Winner EuroCup
Round of 16		 Eleni Kapogianni, Kostas Missas Olga Chatzinikolaou, Yvonne Anderson, Angeliki Nikolopoulou, Anthi Balta, Evina Maltsi, Soultana Chalivera, Evdokia Stamati, Katerina Sotiriou, Styliani Kaltsidou, Anna Spyridopoulou, Afroditi Kosma, Mirna Mazić, Victoria Macaulay
2018–19 Champion Winner EuroLeague
Group Stage		 Giorgos Pantelakis Anna Niki Stamolamprou, Angeliki Nikolopoulou, Jessica Thomas, Pinelopi Pavlopoulou, Maria Avtzi, Evina Stamati, Katerina Sotiriou, Rita Rasheed, Anna Spyridopoulou, Afroditi Kosma, Christina Litsi, Mirna Mazić, Lykendra Johnson, Ivana Tikvić
2019–20 Champion Cancelled (COVID-19 pandemic) EuroCup
Round of 16		 Giorgos Pantelakis Anna Niki Stamolamprou, Angeliki Nikolopoulou, Jessica Thomas, Pinelopi Pavlopoulou, Maria Avtzi, Jacki Gemelos, Evina Stamati, Anna Spyridopoulou, Afroditi Kosma, Bashaara Graves, Vasiliki Louka, Anna Jurčenková (Katerina Sotiriou left during the season)
2020–21 Runners up Cancelled (COVID-19 pandemic) Cancelled (COVID-19 pandemic) Giorgos Pantelakis Anna Niki Stamolamprou, Evina Stamati, Dionysia Alexandri, Anna Spyridopoulou, Nathalie Fontaine, Angeliki Nikolopoulou, Eirini Kouki, Vasiliki Papamarkaki, Stephanie Kostowicz, Athanasia Panteli, Jori Davis, Maria-Eleni Grispou, Taya Reimer
2021–22 Champion Winner EuroCup
Round of 8		 Martins Zibarts Michelle Plouffe, Alexis Tolefree, Anna Niki Stamolamprou, Evina Stamati, Dionysia Alexandri, Anna Spyridopoulou, Eleni Syrra, Angeliki Nikolopoulou, Stella Fouraki, Ioanna Diela, Evangelia Vamvaka, Kristīne Vītola, Vasiliki Papamarkaki, Athanasia Panteli, Ruth Hamblin, Shayla Cooper
2022–23 Champion Last 8 EuroLeague
Group Stage		 Martins Zibarts, Thanos Niklas Megan Gustafson, Kylee Shook, Anna Niki Stamolamprou, Evina Stamati, Aina Ayuso, Anna Spyridopoulou, Eleni Syrra, Angeliki Nikolopoulou, Ioanna Diela, Evangelia Vamvaka, Digna Strautmane

Notable players

Megan Gustafson

Notable coaches

Kit manufacturers and Shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt partner
2015–2016 Adidas Novibet
2016–2017 Stoiximan.gr

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Γυναικείο Μπάσκετ Ολυμπιακού" (in Greek). redsagainsthemachine.gr. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  2. ↑ after absorbing Elliniko-Sourmena B.C.
  3. ↑ Ολυμπιακός και με τη… βούλα στο γυναικείο μπάσκετ!
  4. ↑ Τμήμα μπάσκετ και στις Γυναίκες
  5. ↑ "Θρύλος και στο Μπάσκετ Γυναικών" (in Greek). gavros.gr. Archived from the original on 31 July 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  6. ↑ Basket/ElladaBasket/A1Women/a1-gynaikwn-o-olympiakos-prosperase-to-connecticut-kai-ekane-pagkosmio-rekor.5677459.html Olympiacos set a world record sport24.gr
  7. ↑ Olympiakos' world record is the envy of the USA contra.gr
  8. ↑ 81-rekor-kai-istoria-grammeni-me-erythroleyka-grammata Record and history written in red and white letters fosonline.gr
  9. ↑ The "green » put...a brake on the record of 137 victories! gazzetta.gr
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