Foinikas Syros (Greek: Φοίνικας Σύρου) is a professional Greek volleyball club based in the island of Syros. Foinikas plays in the first division of Greek Volleyball Championship (A1 Ethniki Volleyball) and has won 2 national titles, the Greek League Cup at 2012 and 2021. Their home ground is the Dimitris Vikelas Arena in Ermoupolis, Syros and their colours are blue and red.
History The club was founded in 1980 and its first home was the Foinikas, village in the southwest of Syros. Since 2000, Foinikas plays continually in national divisions. In season 1999-2000 Foinikas was promoted in fourth division of Volleyleague (Gamma Ethniki). The next season, won the rise in third division (Beta Ethniki). After four years, in season 2004-05 was promoted in second division (A2 Ethniki). In season 2008-09 played for first time in first division. Foinikas remained in first division for two years. In season 2009-10 was relegated but returned the next year. As soon as it returned, won the Greek League Cup. At the same season succeeded one more important accolade. It played in the finals of the championship but was beaten by Iraklis Thessaloniki.
Recent seasons SeasonDivisionPlaceNotes2000–01Gamma Ethniki Promoted to Beta Ethniki2001–02Beta Ethniki 2002–03Beta Ethniki 2003–04Beta Ethniki 2004–05Beta Ethniki Promoted to A2 Ethniki2005–06A2 Ethniki3rd 2006–07A2 Ethniki3rd 2007–08A2 Ethniki 2nd Promoted to A1 Ethniki2008–09A1 Ethniki 5th 2009–10A1 Ethniki 12th Relegated to A2 Ethniki2010–11A2 Ethniki 1st Promoted to A1 Ethniki2011–12A1 Ethniki2ndWinner League Cup2012–13A1 Ethniki5th 2013–14A1 Ethniki4th 2014–15A1 Ethniki3rd2015–16A1 Ethniki2nd2016–17A1 Ethniki6th2017–18A1 Ethniki3rd2018–19A1 Ethniki3rd2019–20A1 Ethniki4th2020–21A1 Ethniki2ndWinner League Cup2021–22A1 Ethniki3rdWinner Super Cup
Honours Greek Volleyball Championship Finalist (3): 2011–12, 2015–16, 2020–21 Greek Volleyball League Cup Winner (2): 2012, 2021 Finalist (2): 2014, 2019 Greek Volleyball Super Cup Winner (1): 2021
Current squad 2020–2021 roster NumberPlayerPositionHeight (m)Birth Date1 Peter Michalovič Opposite 2.00 2 Georgios Papalexiou Middle blocker 2.02 3 Dimitris Pochanis Opposite 2.00 4 Dimitris Konstantinidis Libero 1.88 5 Raydel Hierrezuelo Setter 1.96 6 Deivid Júnior Costa Middle blocker 2.06 7 Kostas Kapetanidis Outside hitter 1.95 8 Ilias Theodosis Setter 1.90 9 Nikos Papaggelopoulos Middle blocker 2.02 10 Markos Galiotos Setter 1.95 12 Mitar Tzourits Middle blocker 2.11 13 Andreas Frangos (c) Outside hitter 2.01 14 Žiga Štern Outside hitter 1.93 15 Vasilis Karasavvidis Libero 1.96 17 Panagiotis Papadopoulos Outside hitter 1.98 18 Nikos Milis Opposite 1.97
Technical and managerial staff JobNameHead coach Joško MilenkoskiAssistant coach Luigi Parisi
Notable players
(Players are listed in alphabetical order)
Andreas Andreadis Andreas Frangos Vasilis Kournetas Ilias Lappas Athanasios Maroulis Athanasios Protopsaltis
Panagiotis Pelekoudas Nikolaos Smaragdis Dimitrios Soultanopoulos Mitar Tzourits Theodoros Voulkidis
Pedro Azenha Leonardo Caldeira Deivid Júnior Costa Murilo Radke
Boyan Yordanov
Raydel Hierrezuelo
Tomislav Dokić Nikola Mijailović
Peter Michalovič
Žiga Štern
Sponsorships Great Sponsors: ONEX Neorion Shipyards, Blue Star Ferries, City Insurance
References
External links Official website foinikasclub.gr Club presentation at Hellenic Volleyball League site /www.volleyleague.gr Club presentation volleybox.net