APOEL V.C.

APOEL

Full name	Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias
Nickname	Τhrylos (The Legend)
Founded	1928; 96 years ago (1928)
Ground	Lefkotheo Indoor Arena, Nicosia, Cyprus (Capacity: 2,100[1])
League	Cypriot First Division
2022-23	2nd
Website	Club home page

Active departments of APOEL Nicosia
Football Basketball Volleyball Futsal Handball Table tennis Bowling Archery Cycling Water polo Runners team Swimming

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 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

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

• 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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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.

• Women's Cup

Winners (1): 1976–77

• APOEL Athletic Football Club – official website (in Greek)