Kifissia V.C.

==Staff==

Head Coach 2025-2026 season was Nikolaos Zalmas, the assistant coach is Nikolaos Grezias.

Head Strength and Conditioning coach Panagiotis Roxanas, Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach Stefanos Morellas and Physiotherapist Andreas Tzanis

During the last eight years, Kifissia has played continually in the A1 Ethniki. It usually <ref>Internal Business Structure

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'''Kifissia V.C.''' (Kifissia Volleyball Club; {{langx|el|Α.Ο.Π. Κηφισιάς}} {{lang|el-Latn|A.O.P. Kifissias}}, former Α.Ο. Κηφισιάς) is a volleyball club which was founded in [[1932 in sports|1932]] in [[Kifissia]], a town and a suburb in [[Athens]] urban area, [[Greece]]. The club was firstly founded under the name A.O. Kifissia but in 2015, it absorbed Metamorfosi V.C. and renamed A.O.P Kifissia (Athlitikos Omilos Petosferisis Kifissias/Kifissia Volleyball Club).<ref name=volleyleague>{{cite web|title=volleyleague.gr|url=http://www.volleyleague.gr/index.php/component/k2/item/3863-afieroma-volley-league-pame-stoixima-2015-16-a-o-p-kifisias|publisher=Αφιέρωμα Volley League «Πάμε Στοίχημα» 2015-16: Α.Ο.Π.Κηφισιάς|accessdate=27 March 2016}}</ref> The club plays at the Zirineio Indoor Ball, which holds 800 people.

The team plays at the [[Greek volleyball championship|A1 division]] of the Greek Volleyball Championships. The club ranked 6th in the [[2007-08 in Greek volleyball|2007–08]] season, while in 2013-2014 it ended up in the third place of the league, the best result in its history. A.O. Kifissia also took the second place in the [[Balkan Volleyball Championships|Balkan Championships]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20120802203346/http://www.goalday.gr/article.asp?catid=10632&subid=2&tag=7761&pubid=1408338 AO Kηφισιάς, Aσημένια με το «καλημέρα»]</ref>

==Recent seasons== During the last eight years, Kifissia has played continually in the A1 Ethniki. It usually finishes in medium or low places of the championship.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kifissia|url=http://www.volleyleague.gr/index.php/season/2013-14/teams/ao-kifissias|publisher=volleyleague.gr|accessdate=19 March 2014|language=Greek}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !Season !Division !Place !Notes |- |2006-07|| A2 Ethniki|| 1st||Promoted to A1 Ethniki |- |2007-08||[[A1 Ethniki Volleyball|A1 Ethniki]]||6th|| |- |2008-09||[[A1 Ethniki Volleyball|A1 Ethniki]]||9th|| |- |2009-10||[[A1 Ethniki Volleyball|A1 Ethniki]]||10th|| |- |2010-11||[[A1 Ethniki Volleyball|A1 Ethniki]]||8th|| |- |2011-12||[[A1 Ethniki Volleyball|A1 Ethniki]]||9th|| |- |2012-13||[[A1 Ethniki Volleyball|A1 Ethniki]]||7th || Finalist League Cup |- |2013-14||[[A1 Ethniki Volleyball|A1 Ethniki]]||3rd || Finalist Greek Cup |- |2014-15||[[A1 Ethniki Volleyball|A1 Ethniki]]||5th || |- |2015-16||[[A1 Ethniki Volleyball|A1 Ethniki]]||4th || Finalist Greek Cup |- |2016-17||[[A1 Ethniki Volleyball|A1 Ethniki]]||5th || Finalist Greek Cup |- |2017-18||[[A1 Ethniki Volleyball|A1 Ethniki]]||4th || |- |2018-19||[[A1 Ethniki Volleyball|A1 Ethniki]]||4th || |- |2019-20||[[A1 Ethniki Volleyball|A1 Ethniki]]||5th || |- |2020-21||[[A1 Ethniki Volleyball|A1 Ethniki]]||5th || |- |2021-22||[[A1 Ethniki Volleyball|A1 Ethniki]]||6th || |- |}

==Honours== *'''[[Greek Volleyball Cup]]''' **Finalist (3): 2014, 2016, 2017 *'''[[Greek Volleyball League Cup]]''' **Finalist (1): 2013 *'''Balkan Volleyball Championships:''' **[[2008-09 in Balkan volleyball|2008-09]]: 2nd

==Current squad== '''2016–2017 roster'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.volleyleague.gr/index.php/season/2016-17/teams/ao-kifissias|title = Α.Ο.Π.Κηφισιάς}}</ref> {| class=wikitable bgcolor="white" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;" |- style="color: white;background:#0000FF" | align=center|'''Number''' | align=center|'''Player''' | align=center|'''Position''' | align=center|'''Height (m)''' |- |2||{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Valentyn Burkovskyi ||Middle blocker ||2.05 |- |3 ||{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Konstantinos Christofidelis]] ||Outside hitter|| 1.95 |- |4 ||{{flagicon|Greece}} Giorgos Kapelas || Libero ||1.88 |- |8||{{flagicon|Greece}} Giannis Papadopoulos || Outside Hitter|| 1.92 |- |9 ||{{flagicon|Slovenia}} Zlatko Pulko ||Outside hitter|| 1.95 |- |10||{{flagicon|Greece}} Nikos Papaggelopoulos ||Middle blocker ||2.02 |- |11 ||{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Boyan Yordanov]]|| Opposite ||1.97 |- |12 ||{{flagicon|Greece}} Kostas Tampouratzis || Libero ||1.91 |- |13||{{flagicon|Greece}} Menelaos Frangiadakis||Middle blocker ||1.98 |- |14||{{flagicon|Greece}} Nikos Karatzas||Middle blocker ||2.00 |- |16 ||{{flagicon|Greece}} Spyros Veloudis || Libero ||1.72 |- |18 ||{{flagicon|Greece}} Nikos Gavriil||Setter ||1.88 |- |19 ||{{flagicon|Greece}} Christos Oikonomopoulos ||Outside hitter ||1.87 |- |20||{{flagicon|Greece}} Nikos Giotakis||Outside hitter ||1.87 |}

==References== <references />

==External links== *[http://www.volleyleague.gr/index.php/season/2015-16/teams/ao-kifissias Kifissia at the Greek Volleyball League] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105215726/http://www.volleyleague.gr/index.php/season/2015-16/teams/ao-kifissias |date=2016-01-05 }} *[http://srv-web1.parliament.gr/display_doc.asp?item=36489&seg=3802 ''Athlitikos Kosmos'', No. 6 (13/6/1926), p.7] {{in lang|el}} *[http://srv-web1.parliament.gr/display_doc.asp?item=36489&seg=3802 ''Athlitikos Kosmos'', No. 38 (23/1/1927), p.5] {{in lang|el}} *[http://srv-web1.parliament.gr/display_doc.asp?item=36489&seg=3802 ''Athlitikos Kosmis'', No. 46 (20-3-1927), p.3"] {{in lang|el}}

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