APOEL V.C.

For the parent multi-sport club, see APOEL Nicosia.

APOEL Volleyball Club is a professional volleyball team based in the city of Nicosia, Cyprus and it is a part of the APOEL multi-sport club.

APOEL

Full name	Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias
Nickname	Τhrylos (The Legend)
Founded	1928; 97 years ago (1928)
Ground	Lefkotheo Indoor Arena, Nicosia, Cyprus (Capacity: 2,100[1])
League	Cypriot First Division
2022-23	2nd
Website	Club home page

History

APOEL was formed in 1926, but the volleyball team was formed in 1928.^[2] APOEL was also a founding member of the Cyprus Volleyball Federation.

The volleyball team of APOEL won 11 championships (4 held by the Cypriot Local Committee for Sports and 7 held by the Cyprus Volleyball Federation) and 5 Cups. The 1980s was the most successful decade for the team, winning 6 Championships and 5 Cups between 1979 and 1985. Also, the decade of the 1990s was amazing for the youth teams of APOEL (U15, U17, U21) by winning 16 trophies in just 7 years.

Since then, the team had some good seasons with participation in 2003–04 CEV Top Teams Cup and 2004–05 CEV Cup, but without any title outcome. In the 2008–09 season APOEL relegated to the Second Division and suspended its activities due to financial difficulties. That was the first and only time which a team from APOEL multisport club was relegated.

In season 2012–13, the volleyball club of APOEL was reactivated and participated in the Cypriot Second Division. They became champions by winning all their league matches (15 wins out of 15 matches) and promoted to the Cypriot First Division for the 2013–14 season.

In 2018–19 APOEL has reached again to the top clubs of Cyprus by qualifying both to the cup final 4 and championship playoffs while finishing 3rd in the championship while almost reached playoffs finals although lost in the semifinals series with Pafiakos by 4-3 (Pafiakos started having a 2-0 handicap from the regular season)

In 2022-23 glorious days and memories of the golden era of the 1970s and 80s start arising again, while the team after a significantly successful year finished after 34 years in the 2nd place losing the championship in the playoff finals from Omonia

Current squad

As of: 15 September 2022^[3][4]

No.	Player	Position	Age
1	Toms Vanags	Outside hitter	32
2	Andrew Christou	Libero	25
4	Konstantinos Efstathiou	Universal	38
5	George Chrysostomou	Middle blocker	34
6	Demetris Apostolou	Outside hitter	38
8	Constantinos Petrou	Outside hitter	32
9	Christos Antoniades	Middle blocker	36
10	Markus Uuskari	Opposite	25
11	Dmytro Shlomin	Setter	33
15	Stylianos Vereis	Setter	19
17	Pantelis Panteli	Libero	37
18	Angelos Georgiou	Outside hitter	18
19	Jovan Melka	Head Coach	56
20	Michael Zacharia	Assistant Coach	43

League positions

Season Div. Pos. 1971–72 Div.1 1st 1972–73 Div.1 4th 1973–74 Div.1 4th 1974–75 Div.1 3rd 1975–76 Div.1 4th 1976–77 Div.1 4th 1977–78 Div.1 4th

Season Div. Pos. 1978–79 Div.1 1st 1979–80 Div.1 1st 1980–81 Div.1 1st 1981–82 Div.1 2nd 1982–83 Div.1 1st 1983–84 Div.1 1st 1984–85 Div.1 1st

Season Div. Pos. 1985–86 Div.1 2nd 1986–87 Div.1 2nd 1987–88 Div.1 2nd 1988–89 Div.1 2nd 1989–90 Div.1 3rd 1990–91 Div.1 8th 1991–92 Div.1 4th

Season Div. Pos. 1992–93 Div.1 5th 1993–94 Div.1 5th 1994–95 Div.1 9th 1995–96 Div.1 4th 1996–97 Div.1 4th 1997–98 Div.1 6th 1998–99 Div.1 5th

Season Div. Pos. 1999–00 Div.1 3rd 2000–01 Div.1 7th 2001–02 Div.1 4th 2002–03 Div.1 5th 2003–04 Div.1 5th 2004–05 Div.1 6th 2005–06 Div.1 8th

Season Div. Pos. 2006–07 Div.1 7th 2007–08 Div.1 6th 2008–09 Div.1 8th 2009–10 Team was inactive 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 Div.2 1st

Season Div. Pos. 2013–14 Div.1 7th 2014–15 Div.1 6th 2015–16 Div.1 7th 2016–17 Div.1 4th 2017–18 Div.1 5th 2018-19 Div.1 3rd 2019–20 Div.1 LNF 2020-21 Div.1 6th 2021-22 Div.1 6th 2022-23 Div.1 2nd

Honours

• Cypriot Championship

Winners (11): 1953–54, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85

• Cypriot Cup

Winners (5): 1978–79, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85

• Cypriot Second Division

Winners (1): 2012–13

• Youth trophies (16):

U21: 3 Championships (1991–92, 1992–93, 1995–96)
0000 2 Cups (1994–95, 1995–96)

U18: 5 Championships (1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97)

U16: 6 Championships (1988–89, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96)

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Women's team

History

APOEL women's volleyball team was formed in 1974. The women's team won their only title in 1977, when they managed to win AEL Limassol 3–2 in the season's Cup final. The team suspended its operation in 1990, due to financial problems.

League positions

Season Div. Pos. 1977–78 Div.1 2nd 1978–79 Div.1 2nd 1979–80 Div.1 2nd

Season Div. Pos. 1980–81 Div.1 4th 1981–82 Div.1 4th 1982–83 Div.1 4th

Season Div. Pos. 1983–84 Div.1 2nd 1984–85 Div.1 2nd 1985–86 Div.1 2nd

Season Div. Pos. 1986–87 Div.1 2nd 1987–88 Div.1 2nd 1988–89 Div.1 3rd

Season Div. Pos. 1989–90 Div.1 6th

Honours

• Women's Cup

Winners (1): 1976–77