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 SFP, based in Piraeus. It was founded initially in 1931 and reorganized in 2017. The department has won 6 Greek Handball Championships, 4 Greek Cups, 4 Greek Super Cups (a record) and has achieved the Double 2 times.

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.Olympiacos win Greek men's handball championship. xinhuanet.com. 7 June 2018 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.

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Current squad Squad for the 2025–26 season

Olympiacos H.C.Goalkeepers 1 Diogo Valério 12 Panagiotis Papantonopoulos 88 Filippos Nikolidais Left Wingers 10 Grigoris Tzimpoulas 27 Cezary Surgiel Right Wingers 4 Luciano Scaramelli 9 Ivan Vida Line Players 20 Chrysanthos Tsanaxidis 28 Vasileios Manthos 66 Stefanos Michailidis

Left Backs 14 Tomás Cañete 19 Ivan Slišković 24 Lidor Peso 32 Nikos Passias 77 Savvas Savvas Central Backs 17 Petros Kandylas 31 Denys Barros Right Backs 5 Grega Krečič 11 Thanasis Papazoglou

Technical staff Head coach: Riccardo Trillini Assistant coach: Sergio Palazzi Goalkeeper trainer: Luigi Malavasi Team manager: Costas Karabourniotis Physiotherapist: Dionysis Tyrogalas

Transfers Transfers for the 2026–27 season

Joining David Schmidt (RB) from Frisch Auf Göppingenhttps://www.handball-world.news/artikel/bestaetigt-david-schmidt-hat-neuen-klub-1236997 Ante Kuduz (LB) from Dijon Métropole Handballhttps://www.olympiacossfp.gr/index.php/tmimata-el/chantmpol-andron/nea/o-ante-kountouz-ston-olympiako

Leaving Savvas Savvas (LB) to HSC 2000 Coburghttps://www.handball-world.news/artikel/hsc-coburg-verpflichtet-international-erfahrenen-rueckraumspieler-1197266 Chrysanthos Tsanaxidis (LP) to Jags Vöslauhttps://www.instagram.com/p/Da2n5vnlQnt/

Transfer History

Transfers for the 2025–26 seasonJoining Diogo Valério (GK) from Maritimo Madeira Andebolhttps://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1380891010703547&set=a.534515688674421 Luciano Scaramelli (RW) from Pallamano Conversanohttps://soychile.cl/santiago/sociedad/2025/07/07/912590/luciano-scarmelli-chileno-balonmano-italiano.html Tomás Cañete (LB) from SSV Brixen Handball Vasileios Manthos (LP) from AC Diomidis Argoushttps://www.in.gr/2025/07/16/sports/othersports/olympiakos-o-vasilis-manthos-epestrepse-stous-erythroleykous/#goog_rewarded Cezary Surgiel (LW) from Industria Kielce Chrysanthos Tsanaxidis Lidor Peso Denys Barros Grega Krečič

Leaving Josip Peric (CB) to Kadetten Schaffhausenhttps://kadettensh.ch/josip-peric-unterschreibt-bei-den-kadetten/ Konstantinos Kotanidis (GK) to CB Caserío Ciudad Realhttps://www.clm24.es/articulo/deportes/caserio-ficha-portero-griego-konstantinos-kotanidis-procedecente-olimpiacos/20250721195705456416.html Dimitris Tziras Giorgos Papavassilis Nikolas Liapis Luka Vujovic Predrag Vejin

Transfers for the 2023–24 seasonJoining 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 2024–2025 Team Shirt NoNationalityPlayerBirth DatePosition 1 Costas Kotanidis Goalkeeper 6 Dimitris Tziras Right Winger 8 Giorgos Papavasilis Left Winger 9 Ivan Vida Right Winger 10 Grigoris Tzimpoulas Left Winger 11 Thanasis Papazoglou Right Back 12 Panagiotis Papantonopoulos Goalkeeper 17 Petros Kandylas Central Back 18 Josip Perić Central back 19 Ivan Slišković Left Back 22 Luka Vujovic Line Player 23 Predrag Vejin Right Back 27 Nikolas Liapis Line Player 32 Nikolaos Passias Left Back 66 Stefanos Michailidis Line Player 77 Savvas Savvas Left Back 88 Filippos Nikolidais Goalkeeper

2023–2024 Team Shirt NoNationalityPlayerBirth DatePosition 1 Konstantinos Kotanidis Goalkeeper 6 Dimitrios Tziras Right Winger 7 Panagiotis Karampourniotis Line Player 8 Georgios Papavasilis Left Winger 9 Ivan Vida Right Winger 10 Grigorios Tzimpoulas Left Winger 11 Petros Vamvakaris Central Back 12 Panagiotis Papantonopoulos Goalkeeper 17 Petros Kandylas Central Back 19 Ivan Slišković Left Back 23 Charalampos Dompris Central Back 24 Christos Tsigaridas Central Back 32 Nikolaos Passias Left Back 33 Ángel Montoro Right Back 44 Savo Slavuljica Right Back 45 Miha Kavčič Line Player 66 Stefanos Michailidis Line Player 77 Savvas Savvas Left Back

2022–2023 Team Shirt NoNationalityPlayerBirth DatePosition 1 Konstantinos Kotanidis Goalkeeper 3 Michail Rousos Right Winger 4 Triantafyllos Prokopiou Line Player 6 Olivier Nyokas Left Back 7 Panagiotis Karampourniotis Line Player 8 Georgios Papavasilis Left Winger 10 Konstantinos Koutoulogenis Line Player 16 Taxiarchis Papadimitriou Goalkeeper 17 Petros Kandylas Central Back 20 Garyfalos Bagios Right Winger 22 Vyron Papadopoulos Left Winger 23 Charalampos Dompris Central Back 25 Florent Bourget Central Back 30 Robert Weber Right Winger 32 Nikolaos Passias Left Back 33 Ángel Montoro Right Back 39 Vasilis Liolios Central Back 44 Savo Slavuljica Right Back 55 Vladyslav Ostroushko Left Back 59 Elmir Građan Line Player 66 Stefanos Michailidis Line Player 99 Thomas Bauer Goalkeeper

2018–2019 Team Shirt NoNationalityPlayerBirth DatePosition 4 Nikolaos Kritikos Left Back 6 Dimitrios Tziras Right Winger 7 Panagiotis Karampourniotis Line Player 8 Patrick Lemos Central Back 11 Luis Felipe Jiménez Reina Right Back 12 Marko Terlecki Goalkeeper 14 Panagiotis Stoumpis Left Winger 15 Stylianos Asvestas Right Back 16 Argyris Papadopoulos-Vellis Goalkeeper 17 Petros Kandylas Central Back 18 Grigorios Sanikis Left Back 23 Petar Bubalo Right Back 24 Antonios Kontis Left Winger 27 Nikolaos Liapis Line Player 31 Konstantinos Tsilimparis Goalkeeper 32 Igor Arsić Goalkeeper 33 Andreas Arapakopoulos Line Player 50 Theodoros Delichristos Central Back 77 Angelos Tsilis Left Winger

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

Domestic Competitions Greek Championship Winners (6): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26 Greek Cup

Winners (5): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2022–23, 2025–26 Greek Super Cup Winners (5) (record): 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Individual club awards Double Winners (3): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2025-26

European record SeasonCompetitionRoundClub1st leg2nd legAggregate 2017–18 EHF CupR1 Talent Plzeň 21–21 (A) 17–29 (H) 38–50 2018–19 EHF CupR2 Sport36-Komló 29–34 (A) 27–22 (H) 56–56 R3 RK Nexe22–25 (H)25–30 (A)47–55 2019–20 EHF CupR1 RK Borac m:tel30–21 (H)30–25 (A)60–46R2 SCM Politehnica Timișoara29–31 (A)29–26 (H)58–57R3 MT Melsungen28–32 (A)19–20 (H)47–52 2022–23 EHF European CupR2 RK Sloboda Tuzla 34–24 (H) 27–19 (A) 61–43R3 Wacker Thun22–24 (A)19–24 (H)41–482023–24EHF European CupR2 Raimond Sassari31–24 (A)38–29 (H)69–53R3 MRK Trogir27–26 (A)36–28 (H)63–54Last 16 SV Brixen Handball29–23 (A)37–25 (H)66–48Quarterfinals MRK Krka31–26 (H)25–19 (A)56–45Semifinals Ferencvárosi TC28–28 (A)39–32 (H)67–60Final Valur Reykjavík26–30 (A)31–27 (H)57–57, 4–5 (p)2024–25EHF European CupR2 Fivers Margareten30–21 (H)29–35 (A)59–56R3 Potaissa Turda32–27 (A)27–31 (H)59–58Last 16 Drammen HK36–35 (A)34–30 (H)70–65Quarterfinals Runar Sandefjord37–31 (H)23–33 (A)60–642025–26EHF European CupR2 Albatro Siracusa34–28 (A)38–25 (H)72–53 R3 Cassano Magnago HC25–20 (H)29–26 (A)54–46Last 16 BK-4639–30 (H)31–25 (A)70–55Quarterfinals GRK Ohrid26–31 (H)24–25 (A)50–56

Notes

Olympiacos is always mentioned first in the score. H: Home / A: Away (in bold) a Both legs were hosted by Talent Plzeň. b Olympiacos qualified on away goals. c Both legs were hosted by Olympiacos.

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)

References

External links

Olympiacos CFP official website Olympiacos CFP official website – Men's Handball – News, History, Roster Olympiacos H.C. at EHF