Olympiacos women's basketball

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Olympiacos
NicknameThrylos (The Legend)
Erythrolefkes (The Red-Whites)
Leagues Greek League
EuroLeague Women
Founded1947 (2015 reorganized)
Arena Peace and Friendship Stadium
Capacity12,000
Location Piraeus, Greece
Team colorsRed and White
  
Main sponsor Stoiximan
PresidentMichalis Kountouris
Head coachFroso Drakaki
Team captain Angeliki Nikolopoulou
OwnershipGeorge Leriotis
Championships9 Greek Championships
6 Greek Cups
Website olympiacossfp.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]

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Olympiacos is one of the most successful clubs in Greek women's basketball history, having won 9 Greek League championships, a record 6 Greek Cups and a record 6 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 Flag of Greece.svg Spyridopoulou, Anna 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)36 – (1988-11-02)2 November 1988
SF 8 Flag of Greece.svg Karlafti, Zafeirenia 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)27 – (1998-06-08)8 June 1998
PG 11 Flag of Greece.svg Nikolopoulou, Angeliki 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)34 – (1991-05-02)2 May 1991
SF 21 Flag of Greece.svg Christinaki, Eleanna 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)28 – (1996-12-16)16 December 1996
PG 23 Flag of Greece.svg Kollatou, Evgenia 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)27 – (1998-03-05)5 March 1998
Head coach

Froso Drakaki

Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Updated: May 16, 2023

Depth chart

Pos.Starting 5Bench 1Bench 2Bench 3
C Ciera Johson Ivanna Jakubcova Maria Katsamouri
PF Danielle Raber Anna Spyridopoulou Anna Kyriakoudi
SF Eleanna Christinaki Zafeirenia Karlafti Ioanna Diella
SG Nausia Woolfolk Panorea Dalla Katerina Alexi
PG Angeliki Nikolopoulou Evgenia Kollatou Eleni Togka Sofia Kokkoli

Honours

Olympiacos (with their traditional red uniform) in a Greek League game in October 2016. Kronos Ag. Dimitriou vs. Olympiakos Women A1 Championship 2016-17.png
Olympiacos (with their traditional red uniform) in a Greek League game in October 2016.

Domestic competitions

Regional competitions

Technical and managerial staff

NameJob
Flag of Greece.svg Evi Dimitratou Team Manager
Flag of Greece.svg Froso Drakaki Head coach

Seasons

Season League Cup Europe CoachRoster
2015–16 Champion Winner Eleni Kapogianni Evina Stamati, Anastasia Gkotzi, Roula Kalogirou, Anthi Balta, Soultana Chalivera, Maria Roza Boni, Afroditi Kosma, Pelagia Papamichail, Olga Chatzinikolaou, Nena Nikolaidou, Lykendra Johnson, Hallie Christofferson
2016–17 Champion Winner EuroCup
Group Stage
Eleni Kapogianni Evina Stamati, Anastasia Gkotzi, Soultana Chalivera, Maria Roza Boni, Afroditi Kosma, Pelagia Papamichail, Olga Chatzinikolaou, Lykendra Johnson, Evina Maltsi, Styliani Kaltsidou, Zoi Dimitrakou, Stella Fouraki, Lynetta Kizer (Kateřina Bartoňová, Doneeka Lewis, Milica Jovanović left during the season)
2017–18 Champion Winner EuroCup
Round of 16
Eleni Kapogianni, Kostas Missas Evina Stamati, Soultana Chalivera, Afroditi Kosma, Anthi Balta, Olga Chatzinikolaou, Evina Maltsi, Styliani Kaltsidou, Anna Spyridopoulou, Angeliki Nikolopoulou, Katerina Sotiriou, Yvonne Anderson, Mirna Mazić, Victoria Macaulay
2018–19 Champion Winner EuroLeague
Group Stage
Giorgos Pantelakis Evina Stamati, Afroditi Kosma, Anna Spyridopoulou, Angeliki Nikolopoulou, Katerina Sotiriou, Lykendra Johnson, Anna Niki Stamolamprou, Pinelopi Pavlopoulou, Maria Avtzi, Christina Litsi, Mirna Mazić, Rita Rasheed, Ivana Tikvić, Jessica Thomas
2019–20 Champion Cancelled (COVID-19 pandemic) EuroCup
Round of 16
Giorgos Pantelakis Evina Stamati, Afroditi Kosma, Anna Spyridopoulou, Angeliki Nikolopoulou, Anna Niki Stamolamprou, Pinelopi Pavlopoulou, Maria Avtzi, Jacki Gemelos, Vasiliki Louka, Jessica Thomas, Bashaara Graves, Anna Jurčenková (Katerina Sotiriou left during the season)
2020–21 Runners up Cancelled (COVID-19 pandemic) Cancelled (COVID-19 pandemic) Giorgos Pantelakis Evina Stamati, Anna Spyridopoulou, Angeliki Nikolopoulou, Anna Niki Stamolamprou, Dionysia Alexandri, Eirini Kouki, Vasiliki Papamarkaki, Athanasia Panteli, Maria-Eleni Grispou, Nathalie Fontaine, Stephanie Kostowicz, Jori Davis, Taya Reimer
2021–22 Champion Winner EuroCup
Round of 8
Martins Zibarts Evina Stamati, Anna Spyridopoulou, Angeliki Nikolopoulou, Anna Niki Stamolamprou, Dionysia Alexandri, Vasiliki Papamarkaki, Athanasia Panteli, Stella Fouraki, Ioanna Diela, Eleni Syrra, Evangelia Vamvaka, Kristīne Vītola, Michelle Plouffe, Ruth Hamblin, Alexis Tolefree, Shayla Cooper
2022–23 Champion Last 8 EuroLeague
Group Stage
Martins Zibarts, Thanos Niklas Evina Stamati, Anna Spyridopoulou, Angeliki Nikolopoulou, Anna Niki Stamolamprou, Ioanna Diela, Eleni Syrra, Evangelia Vamvaka, Megan Gustafson, Kylee Shook, Aina Ayuso, Digna Strautmane
2023–24 Champion Last 8 EuroCup
Round of 32
Thanos Niklas Anna Spyridopoulou, Angeliki Nikolopoulou, Ioanna Diela, Eleni Syrra, Eleanna Christinaki, Evgenia Kollatou, Zafeirenia Karlafti, Maria Anastasopoulou, Georgia Kampisiouli, Anna Kyriakoudi, Kristīne Vītola, Rebecca Tobin, Brooque Williams (Ziomara Morrison left during the season)

Notable players

Megan Gustafson Megan Gustafson in 2019 (cropped).jpg
Megan Gustafson

Notable coaches

Kit manufacturers and Shirt sponsors

PeriodKit manufacturerShirt partner
2015–2016 Adidas Novibet
2016–2017Stoiximan.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