Omonia VC

Omonia VC
Full name Omonia Nicosia Volleyball Club
Founded 1948
Ground Eleftheria Indoor Hall
Nicosia, Cyprus
Ground Capacity 6,800
Chairman Cyprus Antonis Tzionis
Head Coach Cyprus Savvas Savva
League D1
2015-16 D1, 1st place

Omonia Volleyball Club or Omonia VC 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 VC is ranked 77th (as of November 2016) 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 VC 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 2 Cypriot Championships, 1 Cypriot Cup and 3 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 ACV won 2 Championships, 1 Cup and 2 Super Cups.

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
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 4th 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

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

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

CEV Champions League

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

First Leg

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Nov19:00Omonia Nicosia Cyprus 0–3Slovenia 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 Slovenia 3–0Cyprus Omonia Nicosia 25–2325–2125–21  75–65Report

CEV Cup and Challenge Cup

Owing to its recent domestic success, Omonia ACV 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 ACV'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 2 consecutive championships of 2014-2015 and 2015-2016.

1st Qualification Round

  Results  
Omonia Nicosia Cyprus 3 - 0
3 - 0 		Montenegro OK Sutjeska Nikšić

2nd Qualification Round

  Results  
VC Euphony Asse-Lennik Belgium 3 - 0
1 - 3 		Cyprus Omonia Nicosia

2nd Qualification Round

  Results  
Metallurg Zhlobin Belarus 3 - 1
3 - 0 		Cyprus Omonia Nicosia

2nd Qualification Round

  Results  
Anorthosis Famagusta Cyprus 1 – 3
0 – 3 		Cyprus Omonia Nicosia

16th Final

  Results  
Omonia Nicosia Cyprus 1 – 3
1 – 3		Czech Republic Dukla Liberec

16th Final

  Results  
Jastrzębski WęgielPoland 0 – 3
0 – 3 		Cyprus Omonia Nicosia

8th Final

  Results  
CV Teruel Spain 3 – 0
3 – 2 		Cyprus Omonia Nicosia

32th Final

  Results  
Omonia Nicosia Cyprus 0 – 0
0 – 0 		Serbia OK Novi Pazar

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Eurotopteams


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