Omonia VC

Omonia VC

Full name	Omonia Nicosia Volleyball Club
Founded	1948
Ground	Eleftheria Indoor Hall Nicosia, Cyprus
Ground Capacity	6,800
Chairman	Antonis Tzionis
Head Coach	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.

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.

Cypriot Super Cup Finals

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 Nov	19:00	Omonia Nicosia	0–3	ACH Volley Ljubjana	16–25	23–25	18–25			57–75	Report

Second Leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Nov	18:00	ACH Volley Ljubjana	3–0	Omonia Nicosia	25–23	25–21	25–21			75–65	Report

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.

• 2009-10 Chellenge Cup

1st Qualification Round

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

2nd Qualification Round

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

• 2010-11 Chellenge Cup

2nd Qualification Round

	Results
Metallurg Zhlobin	3 - 1 3 - 0	Omonia Nicosia

• 2014-15 Challenge Cup

2nd Qualification Round

	Results
Anorthosis Famagusta	1 – 3 0 – 3	Omonia Nicosia

16th Final

	Results
Omonia Nicosia	1 – 3 1 – 3	Dukla Liberec

• 2015-16 CEV Cup

16th Final

	Results
Jastrzębski Węgiel	0 – 3 0 – 3	Omonia Nicosia

8th Final

	Results
CV Teruel	3 – 0 3 – 2	Omonia Nicosia

• 2016-17 CEV Cup

32th Final

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

Honours

• Cypriot Championships
  • Winner (2): 2014-2015, 2015-2016
• Cyprus Cup:
  • Winner (4): 1998-1999, 2005-2006, 2008–2009, 2015-2016
• Cypriot Super Cup:
  • Winner (3): 2014, 2015, 2016

References