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Omonia Volleyball Club or Omonia V.C. 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.

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Omonia

Full name	Omonia Nicosia Volleyball Club
Nickname(s)	Queen
Short name	OMO
Founded	1948
Ground	Eleftheria Indoor Hall Nicosia, Cyprus
Capacity	6,800
Chairman	Loris Kiriakou
Head Coach	Savvas Savva (volleyball)
League	Cyprus Volleyball Division 1
2018–19	1st place

Active departments of Omonia Nicosia
? Football Basketball Futsal Volleyball Football (Women) Cycling

Omonia V.C. is ranked 77th (as of August 2022) in the Men's European clubs ranking.[1]

History

Omonia VC is one of the most successful volleyball clubs in Cyprus. Recently, 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, Christodoulos Antoniades and the Petrakkides twins, Achilleas Petrakkides and the captain Sotos Petrakkides, 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, with a year's break as an assistant coach in 2018, 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 5 Cypriot Championships, 2 Cypriot Cups and 4 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 VC won 2 Championships, 1 Cup and 2 Super Cups. More recently, Omonia VC has set an undefeated record of 24 wins within a single season, gained them their 5th Championship. Moreover, the club holds another record, that of winning the 2020-2021 title undefeated with 24 wins.

Current squad

Head coach: Savvas Savva (Volleyball)

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
1	Achilleas Petrakidis	(1984-08-12) August 12, 1984 (age 38)	Opposite
3	Sotiris Petrakidis	(1984-08-12) August 12, 1984 (age 38)	Middle-blocker
7	Nikolas Eleftheriou	(1997-10-17) October 17, 1997 (age 25)	Outside-spiker
9	Christodoulos Antoniades	(1986-12-27) December 27, 1986 (age 35)	Middle-blocker
11	Christos Prodromou	(1995-10-26) October 26, 1995 (age 27)	Middle-blocker
12	Angelos Alexiou	(1987-02-04) February 4, 1987 (age 35)	Middle-blocker
18	Bruno Henrique	(1989-05-18) May 18, 1989 (age 33)	Setter

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

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
2017	Omonia	3–2	Pafiakos Paphos
2018	Omonia	3–2	Pafiakos Paphos
2019	Omonia	3–1	Pafiakos Paphos
2021	Omonia	3–0	E.N.P. Paralimni

CEV Champions League

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

• 2016–17 CEV Champions League

2nd Qualification Round

First Leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Nov	19:00	Omonia	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	25–23	25–21	25–21			75–65	Report

• 2017–18 CEV Champions League

2nd Qualification Round

First Leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Oct	18:45	Omonia	3–0	Jedinstvo Bemax Bijelo Polje	25–22	25–16	25–15			75–53	Report

Second Leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Oct	18:00	Jedinstvo Bemax Bijelo Polje	2–3	Omonia	24–26	25–14	18–25	28–26	9–15	104–106	Report

3rd Qualification Round

First Leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Nov	18:45	Omonia	0–3	Jastrzębski Węgiel	26–28	13–25	16–25			55–78	Report

Second Leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Nov	18:00	Jastrzębski Węgiel	3–0	Omonia	25–17	25–19	25–16			75–52	Report

Home CEV Champions League attendance record

Date	Opponent	Spectators
2 Nov 2016	ACH Volley Ljubjana	1,582[2]
18 Oct 2017	Jedinstvo Bemax Bijelo Polje	1,200[3]
8 Nov 2017	Jastrzębski Węgiel	1,254[4]

CEV Cup and Challenge Cup

Owing to its recent domestic success, Omonia VC 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 VC'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 3 consecutive championships.

• 2009–10 Challenge Cup

1st Qualification Round

	Results
Omonia	3 – 0 3 – 0	OK Sutjeska Nikšić

2nd Qualification Round

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

• 2010–11 Challenge Cup

2nd Qualification Round

	Results
Metallurg Zhlobin	3 – 1 3 – 0	Omonia

• 2014–15 Challenge Cup

2nd Qualification Round

	Results
Anorthosis Famagusta	1 – 3 0 – 3	Omonia

16th Final

	Results
Omonia	1 – 3 1 – 3	Dukla Liberec

• 2015–16 CEV Cup

16th Final

	Results
Jastrzębski Węgiel[Note POL]	0 – 3 0 – 3	Omonia

8th Final

	Results
CV Teruel	3 – 0 3 – 2	Omonia

• 2016–17 CEV Cup

32nd Final

	Results
Omonia	2 – 3 0 – 3	OK Novi Pazar

• 2017–18 CEV Cup

16th Final

	Results
Volley Amriswil	3 – 0 2 – 3	Omonia

• 2018–19 Challenge Cup

16th Final

	Results
Mladost Ribola Kaštela	2 – 3 1 – 3	Omonia

8th Final

	Results
Belogorie Belgorod	3 – 0 3 – 0	Omonia

• 2019–20 Challenge Cup

16th Final

	Results
Pénzügyőr Budapest	3 – 0 3 – 0	Omonia

• 2020–21 Challenge Cup

16th Final

	Results
GIO Strumica	0 – 3 W.O.	Omonia

8th Final

	Results
Omonia	W.O.	Ziraat Bankası Ankara

• 2021–22 Challenge Cup

16th Final

	Results
Omonia	0 – 3 2 – 3	Narbonne Volley

• 2021–22 Challenge Cup

16th Final

	Results
McDonalds Ried Im Innkers	1 – 3 0 – 3	Omonia

Honours

• Cypriot Championships
  • Winner (6): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021-2022
• Cyprus Cup:
  • Winner (8): 1998–99, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021-22
• Cypriot Super Cup:
  • Winner (7): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021

References

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