Omonia V.C.

Omonia VC is one of the most successful volleyball clubs in Cyprus. 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 primarily to Aggelos Alexiou 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 7 Cypriot Championships, 6 Cypriot Cups and 8 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.

Head coach: Savvas Savva (Volleyball)

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

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 1978 Div.1 8th 10 1978–1979 Div.1 5th 8 1979–1980 Div.1 5th 10 1980–1981 Div.1 7th 10 1981–1982 Div.1 7th 10 1982–1983 Div.1 5th 10 1983–1984 Div.1 4th 10 1984–1985 Div.1 7th 10 1985–1986 Div.1 8th 10 1986–1987 Div.1 9th 10 1987–1988 Div.2 1st 1988–1999 Div.1 5th 10 1989–1990 Div.1 7th 10 1990–1991 Div.1 3rd 10 1991–1992 Div.1 9th 10 1992–1993 Div.2 1st 1993–1994 Div.1 4th 10 1994–1995 Div.1 3rd 11 1995–1996 Div.1 5th 10 1996–1997 Div.1 3rd 9 1997–1998 Div.1 2nd 10 1998–1999 Div.1 4th 10 1999–2000 Div.1 7th 10 2000–01 Div.1 6th 10

Season Cypriot Championship Division Position Teams Wins-Losses Set Points 2001–02 Div.1 4th 9 2001–02 Div.1 4th 9 2002–03 Div.1 4th 8 2003–04 Div.1 7th 8 2004–05 Div.1 7th 8 2005–06 Div.1 3rd 8 2006–07 Div.1 6th 9 2007–08 Div.1 5th 10 2008–09 Div.1 3rd 10 2009–10 Div.1 3rd 8 12–8 41–30 32 2010–11 Div.1 4th 8 8–12 28–40 27 2011–12 Div.1 4th 7 6–12 21–38 24 2012–13 Div.1 5th 8 11–9 42–36 31 2013–14 Div.1 2nd 8 14–6 51–28 42 2014–15 Div.1 1st 8 18–2 56–12 53 2015–16 Div.1 1st 8 20–0 60–11 58 2016–17 Div.1 1st 8 16–4 49–19 48 2017–18 Div.1 2nd 8 15–4 47–21 46 2018–19 Div.1 1st 8 18–0 54–9 50 2019–20 Div.1 1st Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2020–21 Div.1 1st 9 24–0 72–10 69 2021–22 Div.1 1st 8 17-3 54-23 49 2022–23 Div.1 1st 9 17-0 51-8 49

The following table presents the seasons where Omonia succeeded to qualify at the Cypriot Cup Final through knock-out phases or the Cypriot Super Cup and the results.

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 6 domestic championships. 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. In its most successful European campaign, the club reached the quarterfinals of the 2022–23 CEV Challenge Cup.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate	Qual.
1984–85	CEV Challenge Cup	1st round	Hapoel Mate Asher	0–3	0-3	0–6
1999–00	CEV Challenge Cup	1st round	Volley 80 Pétange	1–3	0-3	0–6
2002–03	CEV Challenge Cup	1st round	Uniqa Salzburg	0–3	0-3	0–6
2006–07	Top Teams Cup	Group stage	Cimone Modena	-	1–3	3rd
			SK Posojilnica Aich/Dob	-	3–0
			Maribor	0–3	-
2009–10	CEV Challenge Cup	1st round	OK Sutjeska Nikšić	3–0	3-0	6–0
2nd round	Aalst	3-1	0-3	3-4
2010–11	CEV Challenge Cup	2nd round	Metallurg Zhlobin	1-3	0-3	1-6
2014–15	CEV Challenge Cup	2nd round	Anorthosis Famagusta	3–0	3-1	6–1
1/16	Dukla Liberec	1-3	1-3	2-6
2015–16	CEV Cup	1/16	Jastrzębski Węgiel	3–0	3-0	6–0
1/8	CV Teruel	2-3	0-3	2-6
2016-17	CEV Champions League	2nd qualification round	ACH Volley Ljubljana	0-3	0-3	0-6
CEV Cup	1/16	OK Novi Pazar	2-3	0-3	2-6
2017-18	CEV Champions League	2nd qualification round	Jedinstvo Bemax Bijelo Polje	3–0	3-2	6–2
	3rd qualification round	Jastrzębski Węgiel	0-3	0-3	0-6
CEV Challenge Cup	1/16	Volley Amriswil	3-2	0-3	3-5
2018–19	CEV Challenge Cup	1/16	Ribola Kaštela	3–2	3-1	6–3
1/8	Belogorie Belgorod	0-3	0-3	0-6
2019–20	CEV Challenge Cup	1/16	Pénzügyőr Budapest	0-3	0-3	0-6
2020–21	CEV Challenge Cup	1/16	GIO Strumica	3–0	X	3–2
1/8	Ziraat Bankası Ankara	X	X	W.O.
2021–22	CEV Challenge Cup	1/16	Narbonne Volley	0-3	2-3	2–6
2022–23	CEV Challenge Cup	1/32	Ried Im Innkers	3–0	3–1	6–0
		1/16	Ribola Kaštela	3–2	3–1	5-1
1/8	Aalst	3-1	3-2	5-1
1/4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1-3	0-3	0-6
2023–24	CEV Challenge Cup	1/32	Panvita Pomgrad

Home CEV Champions League attendance record

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

• Cypriot Championships
  • Winner (7): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021-2022, 2022-2023
• Cyprus Cup:
  • Winner (9): 1998–99, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
• Cypriot Super Cup:
  • Winner (8): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023