Water Polo

General

Στην Υδατοσφαίριση ο Όμιλος έχει σημειώσει πολλές και σημαντικές επιτυχίες σε Ελλάδα και Ευρώπη. Οι πρώτες συμμετοχές αθλητών του σε Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες, ήταν στην Υδατοσφαίριση.

Οι συνεχόμενες κατακτήσεις του Ευρωπαϊκού (2009 και 2010) από τη γυναικεία ομάδα, το Κύπελλο Κυπελλούχων Ευρώπης των Ανδρών του 1997 (το πρώτο Ευρωπαϊκό τρόπαιο που κατέκτησε ελληνική ομάδα στο πόλο), τα πρωταθλήματα και κύπελλα που έχουν κατακτήσει οι ομάδες όλων των κατηγοριών του τμήματος, καθιστούν τη Βουλιαγμένη ένα από τα πιο επιτυχημένα σωματεία στο άθλημα, σε εγχώριο και διεθνές επίπεδο. Το τμήμα ξεκίνησε τη λειτουργία του το 1957 και από τότε βαδίζει σε συνεχή ανοδική τροχιά!

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Table of Contents

The V.N.C. part of the history of water polo in Greece

History of the Vouliagmeni Nautical Club Water Polo Department

A brief extract from the Historical Album of the Vouliagmeni Nautical Club "In Search of the Athletic Ideal", written by Mr. Panos Ioannidis and which was officially presented at the beginning of July 2008, in the context of the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Club. 

1957

"Tracing" the first steps of the men's team. The names of the first "heroic" athletes - which are certainly written in capital letters in the history of the department - were: TASOS KARAGIORGOS, GIORGOS (Boulis) KASIDOKOSTAS, GIORGOS KARAGIORGOS, PARIS STAYROU, MIMIS STAYROU, GRIGORIS FALIRES, TASOS FALIRES, KOSTAS PAPAVASILEIOU, MICHAEL PAPAVASILEIOU, STEFANOS CHALKIDIS and KOSTAS TAMVAKIS.

The first coach of the team was Michalis Mitrofanis, who also coached the swimming team of the Club at that time. The ever-present president Athanasios Diakakis was the backup.

This team "endured" for about two years, since the difficulties, mainly financial, were great and the progressive departure of its members, without the possibility of renewal, brought the end of its competitive action.

1961

The effort to set up the new men's team starts from the beginning. The "yeast" was still the basic members of the first team, such as Tasos Karagiorgos, George (Booulis) Kasidokostas, Parris and Mimis Stavrou, Tasos and Grigoris Falireas, Michalis and Kostas Papavasiliou, who together with the younger George Kaklamano, Nikos Trapalis, Dimitris Anastasopoulos, George Pasipoularidis and Thodoris Apergi made up the roster of the new team.

The team acquires its first coach Michalis Mitrofanis, while Andreas Giouzelis, the new swimming coach, takes over as its coach. It participates with claims in the championship of the C' category, which is held at the end of September in the swimming pool of Zappeion under difficult weather conditions, which meant cold water, since the swimming pool had no heating !

1962-1963

The team continues its course by participating in the Panhellenic Championship of the C' category with two new faces in its composition, C. Kalliodi and G. Zorzos, both members of the swimming team of the Club.

1964

The department is suspended and its future is unknown and uncertain.

1971

There is again starting to be talk of reopening the department. It is Elias Lakoumendas, the club's swimming champion, who in the summer of that year takes the courage to ask the management to re-establish the team. But the time for this had not yet arrived, as the Club's interest was focused on other sports, such as water skiing and swimming.

1971

There is again starting to be talk of reopening the department. It is Elias Lakoumendas, the club's swimming champion, who in the summer of that year takes the courage to ask the management to re-establish the team. But the time for this had not yet arrived, as the Club's interest was focused on other sports, such as water skiing and swimming.

1972

With a proposal by Ilias Lakumenta to the president Athanasios Diakakis, the strong desire to create a new team is expressed and the Board gives its consent to start. They start from the beginning and with the support, now of the Board and the presence of the later president George Kambanis, who from the first moment was a helper and a warm supporter of all the efforts of the team, the trainings start with Ilias Lakoumenta as coordinator and aiming for a place in the C' category, which the next year was merged with the B' category (at that time there were the A' national, the A', B' and C' category).

1973

The team participates for the first time in the B' category championship, held in Agios Nikolaos, Crete, and finishes in 4th place in its group, making a satisfactory first performance with many promises for the future. It was made up of: Elias Lakoumendas (captain), Giannis Giannouris (first appearance), Alexis Dimou, Panagiotis Skouzis, Giorgos Letsios, Giorgos Kalliodis, Giorgos Zorzos, Plato Karkatzos, Orestis Kampanis and Andreas Kampanis. The team coach this year was Kostas Kasidokostas, a member of the Panathinaikos team.

1974

The team participates again in the championship of the B' category, which is held this time in Rethymno Crete in August and occupies the 3rd place.

1975

The team participates in the championship of the B' category, which is held in Kalamata, and occupies the 4th place consisting of Ilias Lakoumenta (player and coach), Giannis Giannouris, Orestis Kambanis, Sotiris Kakisis, George Krigo, Dimitris Sacharidis, Christos Sirko and L. Hadjieleftheriou.

1976

The team participates in the championship of the B' category, which is held again in Kalamata, and this time occupies the 3rd place. Apart from this, however, there is also an internal change : Yannis Giannouris, the team's goalkeeper, is called up to the national youth team and gives his place to Sotiris Kakisis, later a distinguished writer and poet.

1977

The team participates in the championship of the new B' category, created by the merger of the A' and B' category, and occupies the 3rd place in the center group, after the teams of Panathinaikos and E.N.O. Egypt, with its members Ilias Lakoumenta (player and coach), Giannis Giannouris, Sotiris Kakisis, Nikos Peratinos, Dimitris Sacharidis, George Papadimitriou, Nonta Zakynthinos, Christos Sirko, George Letsio, Michalis Basta, Michalis Stergidis, Dimitris Papachristopoulos, Theodoros Tsedos and Panagios Fragatos.

This year the department presents, for the first time, a Youth team, which participates in the respective championship. It presents ... and team, which participates in the Panhellenic Championship for Children, where it scores 2 wins and 2 defeats, coached by Giannis Giannouris, who is making his first steps as a coach, without abandoning the active activity. On the contrary, he is at the peak of his athletic action and becomes the first athlete of the Group, invited to the Men's National Team, participating in the European Championship, held in Sweden.

1978

The team occupies the 3rd place in the B' national league, in the center group, and misses the chance to claim promotion to the first national league. It consists of the "old" Elias Lakoumenta, Giannis Giannouris, Sotiris Kakis, Dimitris Papachristopoulos, Nonta Zakynthinos, Panagi Fragatos, Orestis Kambanis (who returns after a year's absence) and Michalis Basta and the "young" Panagiotis Thambopoulos, Theodoros Angelopoulos, Michalis Makellarakis, Kyriakos Mistilis, Mikhe Pantelidis and G. Komi Komi.

There are changes in the administrative and technical area of the department with the most important one being the departure of Elias Lacoumenta from the technical leadership of the men's team. The team's coach is the former international goalkeeper of Panathinaikos Nikos Anagnostopoulos, while Giannis Giannouris continues, unpaid, the preparation of the children's teams from which the legendary "babies" of the next years came out, while at the same time he participates, as a member of the national team, in the World Championship in Berlin. Panos Ioannidis, member of the Board of Directors and later General Head of the Club's Sports Departments, is appointed as the curator of the department.

1979

The team once again took 3rd place, after the team of A.O.P.Faliro.

1980

A great year for the team, the department and the Club. Efforts, dreams, ambitions and goals of 8 years become reality and are justified in a festive way. A big and successful leap lands us in the saloons of the national league and leads us to the club of the greats of the sport.

The coach of the team since the end of the previous season is Homer Polychronopoulos and the worthy protagonists of the triumph are the team's players Elias Lakoumendas, Giannis Giannouris, Theo Angelopoulos, Stelios Vakirtzis, Nikos Gennimatas, Christos Dimou, Nnas Zakynthinos, Haris Zouras, Thomas Zografos, Panagiotis Thambopoulos, Dionysis Mavrotas, Sotiris Kalogirou, Thanasis Morphopoulos, Dimitris Moyralis, Dimitris Papachristopoulos, Dionysis Protopapas, Vangelis Rupakas and Kostas Sporidis. Panos Ioannidis was the curator of the section.

An entire season full of enthusiasm, camaraderie and romance was ending to begin a new one that would mark new, greater triumphs for the department and the Club. The teenage team took third place in the respective National Championship, where the much younger George Mavrotas, who was to become the leader and flag bearer of the section and the Club, made his appearance.

Giannis Giannouris participates with the National Team in the Moscow Olympics, while Vangelis Roupakas and Kostas Sporidis participate with the National Youth Team in the Balkan Games and the Pan-European Games in the Netherlands.

1981

Its first year in the big league of the A' National League and it was a real marathon since two rounds of barracks were needed to determine the two teams that would remain in the league and among them the newly promoted team of our Group.

But if the men's team fought hard to achieve its survival alongside the big teams, the teenage team, coached by Giannis Giannouris, fought and succeeded in becoming Greek Champions, defeating Volos 5-4 in the final.

1982

In the Championship the team is strengthened, makes a good performance and occupies the 5th place in the standings having in its composition: George Mavrotas, Dionysis Darras, Vangelis Rupakas, Giannis Giannouris, Christos Dimou, Nikos Gennimata, Dionysis Protopapa, Kostas Sporidis, Nonta Zakynthinos, Dionysis Mavrotas, Giannis Mavromanolakis, Theo Koukoulis, Giannis Delikanakis.

At the end of the season and after significant administrative rearrangements, Giannis Giannouris and Elias Lakoumendas leave the team and the Club. Anastasios Delikanakis, the later president, takes over as curator, while Homer Polychronopoulos remains as coach.

1983

The same course of the team is repeated, which again occupies the 5th place having in its composition George Mavrotas, Dionysis Darras, Nikos Darras, Vangelis Roupakas, George Manolis, Christos Dimou, Kostas Dimou, Kostas Sporidis, Nikos Genimata, Dionysis Mavrotas, Kostas Sakalis, Dionysis Protopapa, Kostas Protopapa, Theodoros Koukoulis and Yannis Delikanakis. However, the teenage team won the National Championship of its category, filling the people of the department with optimism for the future.

 

1984

The team again occupies the 5th place in the standings consisting of the same players as last year. The Youth team and the Teenage team, however, win the first place in the respective National Championships and Giorgos Mavrotas, now an accomplished polo player and member of our men's team, at the age of 17 participates in the Los Angeles Olympics and becomes the youngest polo player of the games.

Four more Olympiads would follow (Seoul, Barcelona, Atlanta, Sydney), where George would take part as a member of the National Team of our country and would create an unprecedented, at least for Greece, record of participation in 5 (five) Olympic Games, until 2000 (Sidney), when he hung his cap on the highest point of the trophy case of our Group!

1985

Omiros Polychronopoulos leaves the technical leadership of the department. He is succeeded, after more than two years of absence from the club, by Yannis Giannouris. The men's team is gaining ground in the Championship standings and occupies 4th place with the team consisting of Nikos Darras, Vangelis Roupakas, George Manolis, George Mavrotas, Dionysis Protopapa, Vassilis Paslis, Giannis Delikanakis, Kostas Sakalis, Christos Dimou and Kostas Dimou. In the same year the Youth team won the trophy of the Greek Champion.

Women

Start for women's water polo in the club. Yannis Giannouris is starting to activate and push the department towards the creation of a women's team. So he invites interested women, mainly female swimmers, and coaches them in the afternoons at the Zappeion swimming pool, until the activity is transferred to the Club's swimming pool in the summer (details in the Women's team chapter).

1986

The men's team achieves an important goal by occupying the 3rd place in the Greek Championship with the following composition:Giorgos Mavrotas, Nikos Darras, Dionysis Protopapas, Kostas Protopapas, Kostas Dimou, Christos Dimou, Vangelis Roupakas, Akis Kakarnakis, Kostas Sakalis, Kostas Spiliopoulos, Akis Tsatalios. Coach Yannis Giannouris, Curator Petros Hatzikostas.

However, apart from the team's success in the Championship, the same thing happens in the Greek Cup, losing in the final match to Glyfada (4-5), which in the same year is also crowned Champion. This fact gives our team the right, as a Cup finalist, to take part in the European Cup Winners' Cup, taking 2nd place in the A’ round (after Duisburg) and 3rd place in the B’ round (after Mornar Split) and Pescara.

In the same year, the Youth team emerged as Greek Champions. For the first time in the team's history, 5 of its athletes were invited to our National team: Giorgos Mavrotas, Nikos Darras, Vangelis Roupakas, Kostas Protopapas and Akis Kakarnakis.

1987

The exact same picture from last year is repeated: the team takes 3rd place in the Championship and 2nd place in the Cup with the opponent, A.N.O. Glyfadas (7-10).

It participates again in the European Cup Winners' Cup, where it is eliminated in the second phase by the strong Spanish team Catalunya, having in its composition Nikos Darras, Giorgos Mavrotas, Vangelis Roupakas, Dimitris Mavrotas, Romilos Maras, Nikos Maras, Dionysis Protopapas, Kostas Dimou, Christos Dimou, Tasos Tsikaris, Kostas Protopapas, Akis Kakarnakis, Akis Tsatalios and Stamatis Helmis. Coach is Giannis Giannouris, manager is Dimitris Amourgianos.

1988

The men's team takes 4th place in the A1 Championship and 2nd place in the Greek Cup, this time against Ethniki Piraeus (6-8), while in the European Cup it is eliminated in the 2nd phase by the Italian Arenzano, having in its composition Nikos Darras, Tasos Kotzias, Giorgos Psikhos, Giannis Garos, Akis Tsatalios, Dionysis Protopapas, Kostas Protopapas, Teo Lorantos, Kostas Dimou, Christos Dimou and Nikos Maras. Coach is Giannis Giannouris and referee is Sotiris Antoniadis. The year ends with the participation of Giorgos Mavrotas in the Seoul Olympic Games (2nd participation).

1989

The men's team repeated the results of the previous year. 4th place in the Panhellenic Championship, finalist in the Greek Cup, after an exciting match with A.N.O. Glyfada with a draw in regular time (7-7) and a defeat in overtime (10-8) and elimination from the final phase of the European Cup, by Dynamo Moscow (6-5 and 4-15).

The composition of the team: George Mavrotas, Nikos Darras, Dionysis Darras, Vangelis Roupakas, Akis Kakarnakis, Christos Dimou, Kostas Dimou, Dionysis Protopapas, Kostas Protopapas, Nikos Maras, Akis Tsatalios, Pavlos Tzelatis, Giannis Anagnostou and Theo Lorantos. Coach: Giannis Giannouris and referee: Sotiris Antoniadis

1990

The men's team occupies 2nd place in the A1 category Championship, after a surprising performance in the play-offs (it had finished 6th in the regular season of the Championship, tying with A.N.O. Glyfada and losing the title by a margin of victory in the games between them).

It also participates in the Mediterranean Cup, in Izmir, Turkey, where it takes 2nd place, having in its composition Giorgos Mavrotas, Nikos Darras, Vangelis Roupakas, Dionysis Protopapas, Akis Kakarnakis, Kostas Protopapas, Giorgos Georgiannakis, Giorgos Psychos, Akis Tsatalios, Kostas Sakalis, Kostas Dimou, Christos Dimou, Nikos Mara, Theo Laurentos, Vasilis Bey, Giannis Garos, Romilos Mara, Tasos Kotzias, Giorgos Reppas and Alexandros Manousakis. Coach: Giannis Giannouris and supervisor: Polyvios Afroudakis

1991

It is the year that everyone in the department and in the Club has been waiting for 11 years with patience, methodical and hard work. After the team's great rise to the A1 category, the time of triumph and the conquest of the Men's championship (and Women's, details in the chapter with the women's team's history) comes. The title of Greek Champion brought our team, together with the top teams in Europe, to the corresponding European Championship, where it qualifies for the round of 8 of the competition.

Contributors to the achievement of this great goal were: George Mavrotas, Nikos Darras, Vangelis Roupakas, Dionysis Protopapas, Christos Dimou, Kostas Protopapas, Kostas Dimou, Akis Kakarnakis, Theo Lorantos, Akis Tsatalios, George Psychos, George Reppas and Alexander Manousakis.

Coach and coordinator of all teams of the Department, Giannis Giannouris and superintendent of the department, Polyvios Afroudakis. After the end of the season, Giannis Giannouris leaves the technical leadership of the department. His destination is Italy and the Pescara team, with which the following year he wins the Italian Cup.

1992

As usually happens after a great success, comes the … rest of the warrior and 3rd place in the championship with Giorgos Mavrotas, Vangelis Roupakas, Kostas Protopapas, Giorgos Psychos, Akis Tsatalios, Theo Lorantos, Kostas Dimou, Christos Dimou, Giorgos Reppas, Nikos Maras, Giorgos Afroudakis, Giorgos Mouriadis, Phivos Strougaris, Teli Tourioglou, Giorgos Christopoulos, Antonis Koutsoyiannis, Anastasios Mavroidis and Dimitris Mazis. The position of coach is taken by the Italian Lino Repetto, former national coach of our country (1986-1987), while Polyvios Afroudakis continues to be the supervisor.

However, in the same year, our teenage team won the Panhellenic Championship in its category, coached by former player of our men's team, Dimitris Mavrotas.

In the European Cup LEN TROPHY our team advances to the B’ phase of the competition and is eliminated. The year ends with the participation of Giorgos Mavrotas (3rd participation) and Theo Laurentos in the Barcelona Olympic Games.

1993

The men's team wins 2nd place in the A1 category championship and advances to the B’ phase of the European Cup LEN TROPHY, where it is eliminated having in its composition the same players as the previous year's team. Our children's team wins the Panhellenic Championship of its category, while Giorgos Mavrotas, Theo Lorantos and Giorgos Psychos are called up to the Men's National Team. In the department's tax office, Polyvios Afroudakis, during whose time the men's team won the title of Greek champion for the first time, is succeeded by Giorgos Petsalis, vice president of the Club.

1993-4

This year, ALL the teams in the department succeed and take a place in the top 3 of their Panhellenic Championships and five (5) of them are declared CHAMPIONS OF GREECE.

  • Men's Team coached by Josep Brasco Cata: 3rd place
  • Youth Team coached by Dimitris Mavrotas: 3rd place
  • Youth Team coached by Dimitris Mavrotas: 1st place
  • Children's Team A' coached by Kostas Protopapas: 1st place
  • Children's Team B with coach Kostas Dimou: 3rd place
  • Pampedon team coached by Kostas Dimou: position
  • (The remaining 3 championships were won by the Women's, Junior and Girls' teams, details in the Women's polo chapter)

Contributors to this great success of the department, in addition to the worthy players of the team, were the coaches led by Spaniard Josep Brasco Cata, who had succeeded Lino Repetto at the beginning of the season, and the active superintendent Giorgos Petsalis.

The year ends with the call-up to the National Team (coached by Giannis Giannouris) of Giorgos Afroudakis, at the age of 17, along with Giorgos Mavrotas, Teo Laurentos and Giorgos Psychos, and their participation in the World Championships in Rome (7th place).

1994-5

The men's team takes 2nd place in the A1 category Championship and reaches the final of the Greek Cup against N.O. Patras (12-13) having in its composition Giorgos Reppas, Giorgos Afroudakis, Giorgos Mouriadis, Antonis Koutsoyiannis, Giorgos Mavrotas, Kostas Protopapas, Dimitris Mazis, Giorgos Psychos, Akis Tsatalios, Teo Lorantos, Kostas Dimou, Christos Dimou, Dionysis Stathopoulos and Spyros Boulougouras.

The team's coach is Josep Brasco Cata and the manager is Nikos Klimakis, who succeeds Giorgos Petsalis. The youth team wins the Greek Championship in its category again with coach Vangelis Roupakas, while Giorgos Mavrotas, Teo Lorantos, Giorgos Afroudakis and Giorgos Psychos are called up to the Men's National Team.

1995-6

It is the year of the Greek Cup and the return, at the beginning of the season, to the bench of Giannis Giannouris' team, after a year as the National coach. The team triumphs by defeating N.O.Patron in the final with 11-8, while in the Championship it takes 2nd place having in its composition Giorgos Mavrotas, Teo Lorantos, Giorgos Psychos, Giorgos Afroudakis, Giorgos Reppas, Dimitris Mazis, Petar Trbojevic, Tony Koutsoyiannis, Vassilis Lambatos, Dimitris Stathopoulos, Zachos Afroudakis, Dimitris Tsiklos, Spyros Boulougouras, Vassilis Drakatos, Nikos Kafetzopoulos, Tzortzis Mouriadis, Manolis Sigalas and Michalis Tsoukatos. Coach: Giannis Giannouris and supervisors: Giannis Sakellis and Polyvios Afroudakis.

In addition to the Greek Cup, the team also won the Super Cup. The year ended with the participation of Giorgos Mavrotas (4th participation), Giorgos Afroudakis, Theo Laurentou and Giorgos Psychos in the Atlanta Olympic Games.

1996-7

The Men's team wins the European Cup! The dreams and expectations of all the people of the department and the V.N.C. are miraculously realized, promoting and honoring not only the Club itself and Vouliagmeni, but also Greece throughout the sporting Europe. The golden year ends with another triumph, the conquest of the A1 category championship. It was the second time in its history that the team was crowned champion of Greece.

Contributors to the great success: George Mavrotas, George Afroudakis, Theo Lorantos, George Reppas, George Psychos, Dimitris Mazis, Tony Koutsoyiannis, Petar Trbojevic, Spyros Boulougouras, Zachos Afroudakis, Nikos Kafetzopoulos, Dionysis Stathopoulos, Dimitris Tsiklos, Michalis Tsoukatos, Manolis Sigalas. The team's coach is Giannis Giannouris, with Dimitris Mavrotas as an associate and Polyvios Afroudakis as the administrator.

1997-8

The team's brilliant career continues with the conquest, for the 3rd time, of the Greek Championship of the A1 category. The composition of the team: Giorgos Mavrotas, Giorgos Afroudakis, Giorgos Reppas, Theo Lorantos, Dimitris Mazis, Petar Trbojevic, Tony Koutsoyiannis, Vasilis Lampatos, Dionysis Stathopoulos, Nikos Kafetzopoulos, Giorgos Mouriadis, Dimitris Tsiklos, Spyros Boulougouras and Zachos Afroudakis. Coach is Giannis Giannouris and supervisor is Polyvios Afroudakis.

In the same year, the Youth team, coached by Dimitris Mavrotas, faithful to the tradition that wants the Club to be strong and invincible in the younger age categories, won first place in the corresponding championship.

1998-9

The team occupies 2nd place in the Greek Championship of the A1 category, after an eventful match in the final of the play-offs with Olympiacos (4-5) at the Club's swimming pool.

But if the championship was lost unfairly, the Greek Cup came to Vouliagmeni. Our team defeated Olympiacos 8-7 in the final and was crowned Greek Cup Winner.

In the European Cup Winners' Cup, with victories over the Italian Pescara, the Yugoslav Becej and the Hungarian Vazutas, the team advances to the round of 8 of the competition, where it is eliminated.

At the beginning of the season (October 1998), Polyvios Afroudakis, a successful section supervisor, leaves and is succeeded by Nikos Klimakis, our member and supervisor of the younger age groups, with Savvas Megoulas as a collaborator, also our member and supervisor of the younger groups.

1999-00

The team takes 2nd place in the A1 Championship after a close match, in which it was defeated after extra time, in a “sudden death” match. The coach is still Giannis Giannouris, with Dimitris Mavrotas as his partner.

At the end of the season, Giannis Giannouris leaves the technical leadership of the department, taking up a managerial position in the Organizing Committee of the Athens Olympic Games in 2004. He is succeeded by Vangelis Roupakas, a former elite member of the men's team, former coach of the women's team, while Nikos Klimakis continues as superintendent.

The Youth team, coached by Dimitris Mavrotas, wins 1st place in the Panhellenic Championship of its category. The year ends with the participation of Giorgos Mavrotas, Theo Lorantou, Giorgos Reppas, Giorgos Afroudakis and Dimitris Mazis in the Sydney Olympics. For Theo Lorantou this is the 3rd participation in the Olympic Games and for Giorgos Mavrotas the 5th, an unsurpassed record for Greek standards! (which Giorgos Afroudakis will later equal).

2000-1

The year of the “near” conquest of the European Cup LEN TROPHY. The team reached the final of the competition, defeating the Italian Brescia in the first match at home by 6-7, but losing in the replay, after extra time, in “sudden death” by 7-9.

In the A1 category championship, it once again takes 2nd place, behind Olympiacos, after 3 games in the play-offs, while in the Greek Cup it participates in the final against, once again, the Olympiacos team (7-9).

The composition of the team: George Mavrotas, George Afroudakis, George Reppas, Theo Lorantos, Dimitris Mazis, Nikos Kafetzopoulos, George Mouriadis, Spyros Boulougouras, Gavin Arroyo, Giannis Katrouzanakis, Tony Koutsoyiannis, Dimitris Tsiklos and Zachos Afroudakis. Coach: Vangelis Roupakas and supervisor: Nikos Klimakis.

The Youth team holds the Group's flag high by winning the Greek Championship in its category, defeating Ethnikos Piraeus 7-5 in the final match of the competition.

2001-2

It is marked by the tragic loss of Akis Tsataliou. A select player for the men's team (1986-1995), coach of the infrastructure sections (girls) and coach of the Women's team for the last 7 years, Akis passed away suddenly on March 10, at noon, during his team's championship match against Ethnikos Piraeus.

In the competitive field, the men's team takes, for the umpteenth time, 2nd place in the A1 Championship. In the Greek Cup, it is again in the final phase against Olympiacos. The result is a defeat by a single goal difference (9-10), while in the European Cup Winners' Cup the team advances to the 4th round of the competition, where it is eliminated by the Hungarian Vasas.

The composition of the team: George Mavrotas, George Afroudakis, George Reppas, Theo Lorantos, Dimitris Mazis, Petre Santa, Gavin Arroyo, Tony Koutsoyiannis, Dimitris Tsiklos, Nikos Kafetzopoulos, Giannis Avgoustianakis, Angelos Angelides, Stelios Protonotarios, Dimitris Miteloudis, Zachos Afroudakis and Andreas Papadimitrakopoulos. Coach: Vangelis Roupakas and curator: Nikos Klimakis.

The season ends with the retirement from active activity of the international polo player, with five (5) Olympic participations, and captain of the V.N.C and the National Team, Giorgos Mavrotas. He had made his first appearance and participated in the men's team in 1981, at the age of 16. For twenty-one (21) years, he was present and the protagonist of all its successes and he never stopped feeling and being part of the Group.

2002-3

History and the 2nd place in the A1 Championship repeats itself, with Olympiacos as our “eternal” rival. In the European Cup Winners’ Cup, our team was eliminated in the quarter-finals by the powerful Italian team Posillipo, after extra time, in a “sudden death” match.

The composition of the team: George Afroudakis, George Reppas, Theo Lorantos, Dimitris Mazis, Petre Santa, Christos Afroudakis, Gavin Arroyo, George Hatzidakis, Tony Koutsoyiannis, George Katsounis, Dimitris Tsiklos, Giannis Avgoustianakis, Angelos Angelides, Dimitris Miteloudis, Stelios Protonotarios, Evangelos Doudesis and Zachos Afroudakis. Coach: Vangelis Roupakas and curator: Savvas Megoulas.

2003-4

At the Athens Olympic Games, the following members of the Men's Team of the Club participated: George Afroudakis, Christos Afroudakis, Dimitris Mazis, George Reppas and Petre Santa and achieved 4th place.

In the competitive sector, the team won 2nd place in the A1 category Championship, having in its composition George Afroudakis, George Reppas, Dimitris Mazis, Theo Lorantos, Petre Santa, Christos Afroudakis, George Katsaounis, Dimitris Tsiklos, Gavin Arroyo, George Hatzidakis, Tony Koutsoyiannis, Angelos Angelidis, Dimitris Miteloudis, Stelios Protonotarios, Evangelos Doudesis and Zachos Afroudakis.

In the LEN Trophy, after a brilliant run, they reach the final of the competition but are defeated by Barcelona.

At the end of the year, the 4-year coach Vangelis Roupakas is succeeded by Serbian coach Dejan Jovovic, while the team's key athletes Giorgos Afroudakis, Giorgos Reppas, Dimitris Mazis and Christos Afroudakis leave the team. The cycle of the Club's great polo team, which has been starring since 1996, has closed.

2004-5

The team is presented without its 4 main members, who have chosen other destinations, with the consequence of being significantly weakened. Thus, in the A1 Championship, the team, after many years, remains outside the 3rd group and occupies 8th place, having in its composition many, young athletes.

It consists of Theo Loranto, Jeff Powers, Dimitris Miteloudis, Giorgos Hatzidakis, Stelios Protonotarios, Elmisian Artin, Giorgos Katsaounis, Dimitris Tsiklos, Zachos Afroudakis, Tony Koutsoyiannis, Angelos Angelidis, Evangelos Doudesis and Kostas Tsalkanis. Coach is Dejan Jovovic and trustee is Lazaros Antoniadis.

At the end of the season, Theo Laurentos and Tony Koutsoyiannis also leave the team.

2005-6

Dimitris Mavrotas, a former player of the team and for several years the coach of the Club's younger age groups (with significant successes and championship victories), takes over as coach, and he also takes on the task of rebuilding it.

Nevertheless, the end of the championship finds them in 6th place. The composition: Angelos Angelidis, Stelios Protonotarios, Dimitris Miteloudis, Nikos Kafetzopoulos, Fanis Tigas, Evangelos Doudesis, Dimitris Tsiklos, Kostas Tsalkanis, Gerben Silvis, Giorgos Hatzidakis, Giorgos Katsaounis, Zachos Afroudakis and Vasilis Emmanouilidis. Superintendent: Lazaros Antoniadis.

2006-7

The team, although ... young, continues to "climb" in the A1 Championship standings, occupying 4th place supported by Stelios Protonotarios, Kostas Tsalkanis, Giorgos Hatzidakis, Dimitris Miteloudis, Giorgos Katsaounis, Dimitris Tsiklos, Vassilis Emmanouilidis, Milan Ticic, Angelos Angelidis, Kostas Bournazos, Giannis Salpea, Paris Hatzigoula, Evangelos Doudesi, Dionysis Karountzos and Dimitris Lentzos. Coach is Dimitris Mavrotas and manager is Lazaros Antoniadis.

At the end of the season, the team's coach, Dimitris Mavrotas, leaves after a successful run and Giannis Giannouris, the coach of the European Cup and the 3 Panhellenic Championships, returns after an absence of 7 years.

2007-8

In a dramatic final, the Youths lose the gold medal in overtime, to Chania. However, it is the first time in years that an age group of the Group claims the title of Champion with claims. The Teenagers and the Boys follow, winning 2nd places in the Panhellenic Championships.

The men's team, coached again by Giannis Giannouris and refereed by Rennos Velonias, achieved 5th place and renewed its presence in European competitions. The team consists of: Stelios Protonotarios, Kostas Tsalkanis, Andro Franitsevits, Dimitris Miteloudis, Giannis Salpeas, Evangelos Doudesis, Paris Hatzigoulas, Dionysis Karountzos, George Katsaounis, Angelos Angelidis, Milan Samartzics, George Hatzidakis, Petros Doudesis.

At the same time, Dimitris Miteloudis is among the selected members of the National Team for the pre-Olympic tournament, the European Championship and, most importantly, for the Beijing Olympic Games, where V.N.C. has a representative for the 8th consecutive time!

1981

A Women's Polo Team, consisting of athletes from various departments as well as children of members, is participating in the "Group's Sports Festival" in the form of a demonstration for the first time. This was the beginning...

1985

Systematic training sessions for the Women's team begin at the initiative of Giannis Giannouris, coach of the Club's Men's team.

1988

The 1st Women's Championship is held. Vangelis Roupakas, an international player of the men's team and later its coach, takes over. The team wins 2nd place, while 5 of its members, Tzina Roupakas, Terry Roupakas, Alexia Kammenou, Eleana Pagoulatou and Evelina Delikanaki, are invited to the first National Team of our country. The team's supervisor was Sotiris Antoniadis.

1989 – 1990

The Women's Team of the Club once again takes 2nd place.

1991

The big moment arrives, when the girls of the team triumphantly lift the Greek Champion cup. It is the time to justify the efforts that are not limited to the time horizon of the Panhellenic Championships, but begin long before, when Giannis Giannouris, Vangelis Roupakas and Anestis Pesmatzoglou began the creation of the team in 1985 at the Zappeion swimming pool or even earlier, when the members of the Club saw for the first time young girls playing a “male” sport, such as polo, at the “Sports Fair” of 1981.

The final match of the Championship against Ethnikos Piraeus, winner of the three previous championships, and our team's 5-4 victory was decided in overtime and "sudden death".

All the girls on the team were of course wonderful in their great effort to win the coveted title. However, it is worth mentioning separately the amazing performance of the team's goalkeeper, Tzina Roupaka, who saved 3 penalties!

The team's most worthy athletes were Iro Damaskou, Evelina Delikanaki, Liana Dima, Nicole Kavvadia, Alexia Kammenou, Sofia Kourakou, Mania Bikoff, Eleana Pagoulatou, Terry Rupaka, Gina Rupaka, Eugenia Skountzou, Sirene Tsalta and Despina Farou.

The coach and architect of this success was Vangelis Roupakas. The title of Greek Champion gives our team the right to participate in the European Club Champions Cup, where it qualifies for the final six of the competition.

1992

Our team wins 2nd place in the Greek Championship, while Alexia Kammenou, Liana Dima, Mania Bikoff, Gina Rupaka and Terry Rupaka are called up to the National Team. In the same year, Gina Rupaka emerges as the best goalkeeper in Europe!

1993

The title of Greek champion is “going down” to the Group for the second time. Our Champions were: Terry Rupaka, Gina Rupaka, Alexia Kammenou, Liana Dima, Mania Bikoff, Maria-Stella Radou, Jenny Skountzou, Evelina Delikanaki, Niovi Mara, Phryne Andrianaki, Andy Melidoni, Maria Kiskira, Sirene Tsalta and Sofia Kourakou.

Coach and major contributor to the triumph is Vangelis Roupakas, while Sotiris Kakisis, goalkeeper of the legendary team of 1976-80, has been the team's manager since the beginning of the season. In the European Champions Cup, our team qualifies for the final phase and is ranked 4th.

1994

The great success of winning the Greek Championship is repeated in a triumphant manner, since during the championship the team suffers only one defeat. In the same year, the Junior Women's team is also declared Greek Champion, confirming the dominance of the Club in the field of women's polo.

The coaching team, responsible for the younger age groups, also includes Akis Tsatalios, a former key figure in the men's team, who, together with the coach of the women's team, lead the department on the path to success. The women's team is headed by Dionysis Protopapas, also a former key player in the men's team.

1995

The team, after two consecutive championships, falls to 3rd place, having Dimitris Mavrotas as coach and Andreas Marinakis, a member of the Board of Directors, as administrator. In the same year, the Junior team again wins the Panhellenic Championship with Akis Tsatalios as coach.

1996

The team takes 2nd place with the Spaniard Pepe Brasco Kata as coach, former coach of the men's team. In the same year, the Junior team wins the Panhellenic Championship of their category for the third consecutive year, with Akis Tsatalios as coach again.

1997


Akis Tsatalios takes over as coach of the women's team, having won three championships with the Junior team, and leads them to the conquest of the 4th – in its history – Greek Championship with Tsina Rupaka, Alexia Kammenou, Liana Dima, Terry Rupaka, Niovi Mara, Phryne Andrianaki, Andy Melidoni, Antigone Roumbesi, Sofia Petsali, Maria Kiskira, Giuli Lara and Ioanna Karanassio.

In the same year, the Junior Girls team won the Panhellenic Championship in its category for the fourth consecutive time. The department's director is Andreas Marinakis.

1998

The women's team takes 2nd place in the championship, with a goal difference from Olympiacos, but the youth team reaches the conquest of its fifth consecutive Panhellenic title, an enviable success and a sample of the great work that is done in the section and the younger age groups.

The participation of our athletes in the National Team continues with Tina Roupaka, Alexia Kammenou, Andy Melidoni and Phryne Andrianaki who achieved 5th place at the World Championships in Perth, Australia.

1999

The women's team once again takes 2nd place in the Greek Championship, with Australian Simone Hanken in its lineup, and the Junior team wins the title of Greek Champion for the umpteenth time, coached, always, by Akis Tsatalios and his partner, Alexis Staikopoulos.

Alexia Kammenou, Andy Melidoni, Sofia Petsali and Krystallia Diamantidis are invited to the National Team, participating in the 5th place win at the European Championship.

2000

The team reaches the European dream by reaching the final match of the European Cup LEN TROPHY. In this match, which took place at our swimming pool, they faced the Italian Gifa Palermo, to which they were defeated 5-9.

Despite the defeat, it was certainly the greatest success so far in the career of the team, which consisted of Antigone Roumbesi, Giuli Lara, Alexia Kammenou, Tzina Roupakas, Andy Melidoni, Anna Charalambidou, Sofia Petsali, Dina Kouteli, Lida Komninou, Vasia Klimaki, Annie Angelidi, Phryne Andrianaki, Ioanna Diamantidis and Krystallia Diamantidis. The coach was Akis Tsatalios and the umpire was Andreas Marinakis.

In the Greek Championship, the team, exhausted by its over-effort in its European campaign, takes 3rd place.

After the end of the Championship, sisters Gina and Terry Roupakas are retiring from active activity, after approximately 15 years of participation and rich contribution to the Club and our National Team. The Club's women's polo owes a lot to Terry and Gina, to Gina and Terry (twin sisters), who will continue to quietly offer their valuable services as coaches of the Club's young age groups, winning countless championships and preparing in the best way the young polo players who from time to time staff the Women's team of the department.

2001

The women's team takes 2nd place in the Greek Championship, while the Junior team wins the title of Champion once again. At the end of the season, Alexia Kammenou, an international athlete and a key member of the women's team since its first appearance in 1986, retires from active activity. A little later, she will become the team's manager and, from 2006, its coach.

2002

The year is marked by a tragic event: Akis Tsatalios, the coach of the team that gave it so many distinctions and moments of triumph, faints during the match against the National Team for the Championship, at the Piraeus swimming pool and, while being transported to the hospital, passes away at the age of just 33.

The news shocked the entire Club as well as the entire world of Greek polo, but especially his teammates on the men's team and the girls on the team, who are unable to realize that Akis will no longer be around them.

In the Greek Championship, the team, with the heavy shadow of the loss of Akis, takes 2nd place with Stamatis Helmis as acting coach. The Young Women's team (formerly Juniors) wins the Greek Championship in its category, with Tzina Roupaka as coach and Andreas Marinakis as Superintendent.

The same achievement is achieved by the Junior Women's team, which is crowned Greek Champion with coaches Gina and Terry Roupaka and head coach Katerina Geka. In the European Cup LEN TROPHY, our team succeeds and passes to the final phase of the competition, where it takes 4th place.

2003

The Women's Polo Department fulfills the most optimistic expectations of the Club. Its successes are unique and honor the Club and Greece. A top achievement and brilliant success, the conquest of the European Cup LEN TROPHY, in the final phase of the institution that was organized at the Club's swimming pool on April 18-20.

At the same time, our team wins the Panhellenic Championship title for the 5th time in its history.

The golden girls of the team are: Annie Angelidi, Ioanna Diamantidis, Krystallia Diamantidis, Kelina Kantzou, Dina Kouteli, Giuli Lara, Andy Melidoni, Anthi Mylonaki, Evi Moraitidou, Sofia Petsali, Antigone Roumbesi, Vasso Florokapi, Phryne Andrianaki and Anna Charalambidou. The coach of the great success was Giorgos Katsoulis and his assistant was Tina Roupaka.

The Young Women's team also wins the Panhellenic Championship title with Coach Tina Roupaka and Supervisor Katerina Geka.

2004

At the Athens Olympic Games, 5 of the girls from the Women's team participated in the country's Olympic Team which won the silver medal: they are Andy Melidoni, Antigone Roumbesi, Evi Moraitidou, Giouli Lara and Anthi Mylonaki. At the Greek Championship, the team took 2nd place with the same composition and the same coach.

2005

The title of Greek Champion returns triumphantly for the 6th time in the Group.
Our team wins the trophy, by a large margin over the second place, with coach now Tassos Papanastasiou and assistant coach Alexia Kammenou. The referee was Nikos Peratinos, a member of the men's polo team from the 1976-78 season.

The Young Women's team, under the guidance of Terry Rupaka and the collaboration of Tina Rupaka, continues and conquers the Greek Championship in its category for the umpteenth time. In the European Cup LEN TROPHY, our team qualifies for the final phase, where it takes 4th place.

Antigoni Roumbesi, Giuli Lara, Katerina Oikonomopoulou, Kelina Kantzou, Alexandra Asimaki and Maria Tsouri are members of the National Team that conquers the World League, the final phase of which takes place in St. Petersburg.

2006

The team wins the title of Greek Champion for the 7th time with coach Tasos Papanastasiou and referee Nikos Peratinos. In the European Champions Cup, the result of the previous year is repeated with participation in the Final Four and winning 4th place. The Young Women's team, true to tradition, wins the title of Greek Champion again with coaches the sisters Gina and Terry Roupaka.

2007

The triumphant course of the Department continues. The Women's team deservedly wins the title of Greek Champion for the 3rd consecutive time and for the 8th time overall in its History! This is truly an enviable and remarkable achievement of the Club in the field of Women's Polo.

The composition of the team: Anthi Mylonaki, Christina Tsoukala, Andy Melidoni, Vec Rippon, Kelina Kantzou, Kiki Liosi, Katerina Oikonomopoulou, Antigoni Roumbesi, Sofia Petsali, Despina Chrysikopoulou, Dina Kouteli, Giuli Lara, Elena Kouvdou and Nafsika Alexaki. The coach since the beginning of the season is Alexia Kammenou, an international player of the Club, assistant coach until last year, with collaborators Gina and Terry Roupaka and supervisor Nikos Peratinos.

The strengthening of our National Team continues, as Antigone Roumbesi, Giouli Lara, Katerina Oikonomopoulou, Kelina Kantzou, Kiki Liosi and Elena Kouvdou are participating in the World Championship (in Melbourne), while Dina Kouteli, Despina Chrysikopoulou and Christina Tsoukala are also participating in the preparations.

2008

The girls fail to defend their title and remain marginally in 2nd place, behind Glyfada.

In the Champions Cup, however, they put in excellent performances and after eliminating the Hungarian Honved in the quarterfinals (with a victory and qualification to the second leg in Budapest) and the European Champion Fiorentina in the semifinals of the Final Four, on Italian soil, they are in direct competition for the top inter-club title.

Unfortunately, they fail to do so, losing in extra time by one goal to the host (and 6-time European Champion in the last 8 years) Horizonte Catania. However, they have put in their best performance in the competition's history.

The year concludes with the presence of 6 athletes on the Olympic Team, as Christina Tsoukala, Kiki Liosi, Alexandra Asimaki, Antigone Roumbesi, Angeliki Gerolimou and Giouli Lara represent the Greek colors in Beijing.

The girls who accompanied the 6 internationals, in the 2007/8 season, were Anthi Mylonaki, Andy Melidoni, Nafsika Alexaki, Kelina Kantzou, Despina Chrysikopoulou, Dina Kouteli and Elena Kouvdou. The team's coach was Alexia Kammenou, with Gina Roupaka as assistant and Nikos Peratinos as the manager.

This year marks 21 years of the Greek Panhellenic Championships, during which the Women's Polo Club won:

  • Eight (8) Women's championships.
  • Fourteen (14) championships in the Junior and Young Women's categories (renamed Junior in 2001).
  • Six (6) championships in the Girls' Division.

An amazing harvest of gold medals, which ranks our Club at the top of Greek Women's Polo, which deservedly represented our country on the international stage by winning the LEN TROPHY European Cup. A brilliant course, based on the fruitful and creative work of the people of the department and especially the technicians in the infrastructure teams, which gives optimism and the prospect of great successes in the future.

A1 Men's Aquatics Team of Vouliagmeni Nautical Club

  1. Emmanuel Andreadis
  2. Aristides Chalyvopoulos
  3. John Tottis
  4. Efstathios Kalogeropoulos
  5. Andreas Almyras
  6. Nemanja Ubovic
  7. Dimitrios Hatzis
  8. Dylan Woodhead
  9. Nikolas Kastrinakis
  10. Athanasios Kastrinakis
  11. Semir Spahic
  12. Nikolaos Giannatos
  13. Christos Levantis
  14. Konstantinos Belesis
  15. Eleftherios Legakis
  16. Vasilios Marios Dritsas
  17. Efstathios Karagiannis
  18. Anastasios Giannopoulos
  19. George Sioutis
  20. Achilles Pimplis
  21. Kyriakos Levantis
  22. Kosmas Patsilinakos
  23. Spyridon Giannatos

Coach

Vladimir Vujasinovic

Ο Σέρβος προπονητής έχει γεννηθεί στις 14 Αυγούστου του 1973.  Υπήρξε ένας εκ των κορυφαίων παικτών όλων των εποχών, καθώς ήταν ικανός να προσφέρει σε όλες τις θέσεις. Άφησε ιστορία με την εθνική ομάδα της Γιουγκοσλαβίας, μετέπειτα Σερβίας & Μαυροβουνίου και ύστερα Σερβίας, μετρώντας 341 παιχνίδια και 391 γκολ για τη χώρα του, ενώ ήταν και αρχηγός για πολλά έτη. Ο τεχνικός της ομάδας ανδρών του Ν.Ο.Β. ξεκίνησε την προπονητική του καριέρα στην Παρτίζαν το 2013 και οδήγησε τη σερβική ομάδα σε τέσσερα διαδοχικά πρωταθλήματα, ενώ μαζί έφθασαν δύο φορές στα ημιτελικά του Τσάμπιονς Λιγκ. Η ομάδα του ήταν η νεότερη σε μέσο όρο ηλικίας στη διοργάνωση.

Assistant Coach

George Hatzidakis

Supervisor

Christos Afroudakis

Ξεκίνησε να παίζει πόλο στο Ν.Ο.Β. το 1990, έως το 2004. Αγωνίστηκε στην Ιταλική Ποσίλλιπο μέχρι και το 2006, κατακτώντας Ευρωλίγκα και Σούπερκαπ. Το 2006 έπαιξε για ένα χρόνο στον Εθνικό. Μεταξύ 2007-2011 αγωνίστηκε για τον Ολυμπιακό, κατακτώντας 4 πρωταθλήματα και 4 κύπελλα Ελλάδος. Το 2011-2012 επέστρεψε στο Ν.Ο.Β., κατακτώντας πρωτάθλημα και κύπελλο Ελλάδος. 

Ως μέλος της Εθνικής ομάδας ανδρών από το 2001, πήρε μέρος σε 4 Ολυμπιάδες και κατέκτησε 2 χάλκινα μετάλλια σε Παγκόσμια Πρωταθλήματα. Με την Εθνική ομάδα νέων-ανδρών κατέκτησε χρυσό μετάλλιο σε Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα και 2 φορές ασημένιο μετάλλιο σε Ευρωπαικό πρωτάθλημα.

Το 2021 αποσύρθηκε από την ενεργό δράση και φοιτεί πλέον στο Ελληνικό Ανοιχτό Πανεπιστήμιο.

Goalkeeper

Date of Birth: 12/06/2002

Emmanuel Andreadis

The professional career of 21-year-old goalkeeper Manos Andreadis began in 2020, signing a 4-year contract with the Vouliagmeni team, in whose Academies he started and progressed, reaching the Men's team in 2018-2019. The young goalkeeper of NOV ideally complements the experienced Panagiotis Tzortzatos, while he is also a key member of the National Youth Men's Team. In the 2021-2022 season, he won 1st Place in the Youth Men's Championship with the Vouliagmeni Nautical Club, while he is the only one to have won all the championships at all young ages with NOV, and even as captain.

Peripheral

Date of Birth: 20/03/2002

Aristides Chalyvopoulos

The NOB Men's team has another World Champion with the age-group National teams. Aristides Chalyvopoulos was acquired 2 seasons ago (2020) by Vouliagmeni, coming from the Olympiacos team and last year he was crowned Youth Men's Champion with NOB. The 20-year-old regional player won the Gold medal with the Youth National Team at the 2018 World Championship, while later he found himself at the top of Europe and the world again with the Youth Men's National Team (2018-2019). Undoubtedly, in the 4 years he will "expand" at NOB, Aristides Chalyvopoulos is expected to unfold his talent even more.

Peripheral

Date of Birth: 01/08/2005

John Tottis

Giannis Tottis, the 20-year-old regional player from Thessaloniki, plays for the Vouliagmeni Nautical Club and is a member of the National Youth Men's Team. He began his career at PAOK with successes in the age championships, and then played for Panathinaikos and Apollon Smyrnis before joining V.N.C., where he continues his athletic career.

Peripheral

Date of Birth: 28/06/2001

Efstathios Kalogeropoulos

Stathis Kalogeropoulos is a very talented and dedicated athlete. Born in 2001, he began his career at the Vouliagmeni Nautical Club in 2008, at the age of just 7, and has since been an integral member of the club for 16 years. His progress was not long in coming and he managed to advance to the men's team of the Vouliagmeni Nautical Club, in which he currently plays as captain. At the same time, his career in the national team was equally impressive. In 2018, he won two world cups with the national youth team and the national youth men's team, while in 2018 he was a member of the team that won the European Championship with the national youth men's team. The continuation was equally successful, as with the men's national team he won the bronze medal at the 2022 World Cup and the silver medal in 2023, making Greece one of the leading powers in world polo.One of his last great successes came at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where Greece achieved 5th place, an excellent distinction in one of the most demanding sporting institutions in the world. Stathis, with his continuous progress and unparalleled passion for polo, is a very important player of his generation and his future in the sport is bright.

Defender

Date of Birth: 09/01/2004

#5 Andreas Almyras

Andreas Almyras plays in the peripheral position and was born in 2004, while the summer before last he was the captain of the National Youth Team, on the way to winning the silver medal at the European Championship in Malta. The young athlete began his career in Patras and has also competed with Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and Hydraikos in the A1 men's league.

Rebounder

Year of Birth: 1991

#6 Nemanja Ubovic

Nemanja Ubovic comes from Serbia, having been a member of the national team participating in the top European competitions. The Serbian international has vast European experience, as well as successful stints in the top leagues of the old continent. Specifically, Nemanja Ubovic has worn the cap of Barceloneta and Sabadell in Spain, Brescia in Italy, while in Hungary he initially played for OSC and then “moved” to Ferencváros, where he played the last 2 years.

Peripheral

Date of Birth: 15/01/2008

#7 Dimitrios Hatzis

Dimitris Hatzis was born in 2008 and comes from the academies of the Vouliagmeni Nautical Club. He is competing for the men's team for the second year.  Vouliagmeni.At the same time, with the  The national youth team, of which he was captain, has achieved third place in Europe and sixth in the world. With the national youth team, he ranked sixth in the world.

Defender

Date of Birth: 25/09/1998

#8 Dylan Woodhead

Dylan Woodhead joins Vouliagmeni Nautical Club from San Francisco, California and the US National Team. He began his career as a member of Stanford University, with whom he won the National Championship in 2019.He has since competed with Team USA, initially in youth competitions and then on the Men's National Team, with participation in the Tokyo and Paris Olympics, where he won the bronze medal in 2024. He competes as a defender and is in V.N.C. for the third season,

Peripheral

Date of Birth: 23/06/2004

#9 Nikos Kastrinakis

Another talent of the Vouliagmeni Nautical Club has been promoted to the Men's team, after a highly successful career in the NOB infrastructure and beyond. The 19-year-old regional player, Nikolas Kastrinakis, is adding more and more distinctions to his list of achievements, the most recent of which was the Silver medal at the 2021 European Youth Championship, where he was a key member of our representative team. In addition, he was crowned Greek Champion with the Vouliagmeni team in the 2021-2022 season, in the Young Men's Category. The young polo player's future looks brighter, now being a member of the NOB Men's team.

Defender

Date of Birth: 13/02/2006

#10 Athanasios Kastrinakis

Kastrinakis Athanasios plays as a defender, and is also a product of the club's academies, having won numerous medals in age-group championships with the V.N.C. team. The young V.N.C. athlete is starting his professional career this year by coaching the Vouliagmeni men's team, with which he is expected to achieve Panhellenic and European distinctions.

Rebounder

Date of Birth: 18/11/2005

#11 Semir Spahic

Born and raised in Chania, where last year he was crowned Greek champion with N.O. Chania, in the Youth Men's category. He plays both as a winger and as a defender, and has been a member of the National Youth (European runner-up 2021) and Youth Men's teams.

Peripheral

Date of Birth: 19/07/2006

#12 Nikolaos Giannatos

The 18-year-old regional Nikolaos Giannatos, a member of our men's team, coming from our group's academies, has won numerous distinctions in the age-based championships of the V.N.C.. with the most important being winning the Panhellenic Youth Men's Championship in the 2023-2024 season. At the same time, he has significant distinctions to his credit as a member of our National Team, with the most important being winning the gold medal at the European Youth Championship (U17) in 2023 in Manisa, Turkey and in the corresponding Children's (U15) championships, winning a bronze medal at the European Championship (Loulé, Portugal, 2021) and winning a silver medal at the World Championship (U16) (Volos, Greece, 2022). He also won the title of champion twice in the Panhellenic interscholastic water polo championship in 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 with Vouliagmeni High School.

Goalkeeper

Date of Birth 02/04/2005

#13 Christos Levantis

Christos Levantis, born in 2005,  He plays as a goalkeeper for the men's water polo team of the club. During his career in the club's academies, he has distinguished himself many times with his team, winning championships and medals, with the most recent success being winning the Youth Men's Championship in the 2023-2024 season. At the same time, as an active  A member of the national team participated in the European Youth Men's Championship in Burgas, Bulgaria in the summer of 2024.

Peripheral

Date of Birth 06/06/2006

#14 Konstantinos Belesis

Konstantinos Belesis began his athletic career at the academies of the Vouliagmeni Nautical Club. In addition to the numerous  successes with the club, he has great distinctions with the national team. He has  won the gold medal at the European Youth Championship in 2023, the silver medal at the 2022 World Championship as well as 6th place at this year's World Championship in Argentina. His career with the cap of N.C Vouliagmeni continues, being a member of the men's team.

Defender

Date of Birth 13/04/2006

#15 Eleftherios Legakis

Lefteris Legakis plays in the peripheral position and was born in 2006. He has distinguished himself with the Vouliagmeni Nautical Club team with the most important distinction of the championship of  Young Men's in the 2023-2024 season

Rebounder

Date of Birth 17/07/2006

#16 Vasilios Marios Dritsas

18-year-old Vasilis Dritsas is another athlete who comes from the Water Polo Academies of the V.N.C. He competes as a free throw and thanks to his dedication and hard work, he has deservedly earned a place in the Men's Water Polo Team of the Club.

Vasilis has distinguished himself several times with the Club's Academies, the most important being last year's victory in the Youth Men's Championship.

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Date of Birth 26/08/2006

#17 Efstathios Karagiannis

18-year-old Stathis Karagiannis is another athlete who comes from the academies of the Vouliagmeni Nautical Club and is now a member of the men's team.During his career in the age-group championships, he received various distinctions with the V.N.C. team, the most important of which was winning the Panhellenic Youth Men's Championship in the 2023-2024 season. While, he twice won the title of champion in the Panhellenic Interscholastic Water Polo Championship in 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 with the Vouliagmeni High School.

Goalkeeper

Date of Birth 30/06/2007

#18 Anastasios Giannopoulos

17 year old Tasos Giannopoulos has been part of the Vouliagmeni Nautical Club academies for ten years. He plays as a goalkeeper and his career in the age group championships is full of successes. However, last year stood out where he won all the championships he participated in.  the Panhellenic Championship for young men, the Panhellenic Championship for teenagers and the Panhellenic Interschool Championship.

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Date of Birth 10/01/2008

#19 George Sioutis

Giorgos Sioutis was born in 2008 and plays as a regional player.
From a very young age, he has belonged to the academies of the Vouliagmeni Nautical Club and in his career so far, the most important moments are winning the bronze medal in the Panhellenic Mini Children's Championship in 2021, the bronze medal in the Children's category in 2023 and the gold medal in the Youth category in the Panhellenic Championship, held in Patras, in the summer of 2024.

Goalkeeper

Date of Birth 19/01/2008

#20 Achilles Pimplis

Achilleas Pimplis was born in 2008 and plays as a goalkeeper. In 2024, he won 1st place in the Panhellenic Youth Championship. Our athlete also competes with the Greek National Team, having won the bronze medal at the U15 European Championship in Podgorica in 2023 and 6th place at the U16 World Championship in Malta in 2024.

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Date of Birth 08/02/2008

#21 Kyriakos Levantis

16-year-old Kyriakos Levantis comes from the academies of the Vouliagmeni Nautical Club and is now a member of the men's team. He competes in the regional position and during his career in the age championships he received various distinctions with the V.N.C. team, the most important of which was winning the Panhellenic Youth Championship.  the 2023-2024 season.

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Date of Birth 11/04/2008

#22 Kosmas Patsilinakos

Kosmas Patsilinakos was born in 2008.  He began his athletic career at the Vouliagmeni Nautical Club, with which he has won 2 Panhellenic championships (Young Men 2024 and Youth 2024). In addition to the successes he has achieved with our club's cap, our athlete also competes with the Greek National Team cap, winning the bronze medal at the U15 European Championship in Podgorica in 2023 and 6th place at the U16 World Championship in Malta in 2024.

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Date of Birth 15/09/2008

#22 Spyridon Giannatos

Spyros Giannatos was born in 2008, he has been competing with the Vouliagmeni Nautical Club as a member of its academies for ten years. He has significant distinctions in his athletic career, culminating in the gold medal with the Youth team in 2024 and at the same time he won the Panhellenic Interschool Championship with the Vouliagmeni High School in the same year. He has participated in training camps with the Greek National Team in the Children's age category in the years 2023 and 2024.

Vouliagmeni Naval Club's A1 Women's Water Polo Team

Renewed and youthful, the Women's Team of the Vouliagmeni Nautical Club claims the top of Greek and European water polo for another year!

  1. Marina Kotsioni
  2. Stamatina Kaiafas
  3. Despina Kalogeropoulou
  4. Maria Eleni Mimidi
  5. Athena Dimitra Giannopoulou
  6. Eleni Xenaki
  7. Eleftheria Fountotou
  8. Nefeli Anna Krassa
  9. Kitty Lynn Joustra
  10. Despina Andreadi
  11. Lola Moolhuijen
  12. Phoebe Angelidis
  13. Evangelia Karytsa
  14. Aspasia Fouraki
  15. Emmanuella Paraskevi Capetopoulou
  16. Eleni Valvi 
  17. Despina Kouremeti
  18. Theodora Papadopoulou
  19. Elizabeth Koutsada
  20. Phaedra Christina Loupaki
  21. Eleni Elmisian

Coach

Kiriaki Liosi

Led by the Athens Silver Olympic Champion (2004) and World Champion (2011), Kyriaki Liosi, the women of V.N.C. aim, as always, to conquer domestic competitions.

Assistant Coach

Christina Tsoukala

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Goalkeeper

Date of Birth: 25/03/1999

#1 Marina Kotsioni

Having been part of the Vouliagmeni Nautical Club family for the last 10 years, the 25-year-old main goalkeeper of the women's team, Marina Kotsioni, has evolved and contributed to many great successes of the V.N.C., from the age-group Championships to winning the Greek Cup in 2019 in Chios and 3rd place in the LEN Euroleague the same year. In addition, wearing the cap of the National Team, Marina has participated in many international competitions, World and European Championships (2016 - New Zealand, 2018-Madeira, 2019-Madeira 4th place), both with the youth National teams, as well as with the Women's representative team (Europa Cup-2019, World Championship-Guangzhou 2019). Previously and at a younger age, the young goalkeeper played for Tritonas Maroussiou.

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Date of Birth: 12/04/2003

#2 Stamatina Kaifa

"Born and raised" by the Vouliagmeni Nautical Club. The 21-year-old player started at the NOB Water Polo Academies and gradually developed athletically, now rightfully belonging to the Women's main team. With hard and methodical work, the young regional player won a place in the representative groups of Greek water polo from a young age, having already participated in some important international competitions. The highlight of the brilliant path she has begun to chart, Stamatina Kaiafas, was crowned Silver World Champion in October 2021 with the National Youth Women's Team and in 2022 at the European Championship  with the National Youth Women's Team she won 3rd place.

Defender

Date of Birth: 13/02/2004

#3 Despina Kalogeropoulou

20-year-old Despina Kalogeropoulou  it is about  an athlete who comes from the Water Polo Academies of the V.N.C. . She competes as a defender  and for the last 4 years she has been playing for the Club's women's water polo team.Her career to date has been full of successes, both with the women's team and in the age categories, with the most important being winning the title in the Panhellenic Girls' and Juniors' Championships.Despina has also competed with the national team cap in age categories, winning  notable distinctions. Among her most important successes are the bronze medal at the European Girls' Championship (Kirisi-2019), the silver medal at the European Girls' Championship (Šibenik-2021), the bronze medal at the European Youth Women's Championship (Israel-2022) and  the silver medal at the World Junior Championships (Belgrade-2022)

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Date of Birth: 28/11/1997

#4 Maria Anna Mimidi

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Date of Birth: 06/12/2001

#5 Athena – Dimitra Giannopoulou

Athena Giannopoulou is a graduate of the School of Business Administration in Piraeus and was born on December 6, 2001. She competes as a regional player and has been a member of the Nautical Club since 2018. The most important achievements in her athletic career are winning the Greek Cup in 2019 with Vouliagmeni. With the women's national team, she has taken 3rd place in the European Championship in Split in 2022. 3rd place and qualification for the Olympic Games in the European Championship in Eindhoven in 2023. 4th place in the World Championship in Doha. Participation and 7th place in the Olympic Games in Paris 2024.

Rebounder

Date of Birth: 05/07/1997

#6 Eleni Xenaki

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Date of Birth: 10/06/2002

#7 Eleftheria Fountotou

The 22-year-old regional player, Eleftheria Fountotou, began her polo career at the Olympiacos academies at the age of 6, where she contributed to many successes in the age-group championships. She later joined the Olympiacos women's team, with which she won 3 championships (2018-2020) and 1 Cup in 2020, while in 2019 she took second place in the Cup held in Chios.Eleftheria then played for four years with the Glyfada team. During this period, the team won third place in the championship in 2021, second in 2022 and second place in the Greek Cup held in Larissa in 2022.With the national team, Eleftheria achieved significant distinctions: first place in the Balkan Games (U15) in Bulgaria in 2017, third place in the U18 World Championship in Belgrade in 2018, and second place in the U20 World Championship in Israel in 2020. In the summer of 2023, she participated for the first time in the Women's World Championship held in Fukuoka.

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Date of Birth: 8/01/2008

#8 Nefeli Anna Krassa

The sixteen-year-old regional Nefeli Anna Krassa comes from the academies of Nov and since 2017, she has contributed to many successes in both age and larger categories of the Panhellenic Championships. In addition to the recent conquest of the Panhellenic Youth Championship K17 of 2024, this summer she won the bronze European medal with the National team  U19 in Zagreb and the silver World medal with the U18 National Team in Chengdu of China.In August 2023, she was crowned bronze European Champion with the U18 National Team in Manisa, Turkey, and in July, silver European Champion with the U16 category, where she served as captain of the U16 team.

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International athlete Kitty Lynn Joustra has been a member of the V.N.C. team since 2023. She competes in the position of Fountaristos.  and is 26 years old. She holds a degree in molecular and cellular biology. Kitty also competes with the Dutch National Team with which she has won many medals, such as gold at the 2023 World Championships, gold at the 2018 & 2024 European Championships and Bronze at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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Date of Birth: 25/09/2004

#10 Despina Andreadi

20-year-old Despina Andreadi is another athlete who comes from the Water Polo Academies of the V.N.C. She competes as a regional and, thanks to her dedication and hard work, has deservedly earned a place in the Club's women's water polo team.Her career to date has been full of successes, both with the women's team and in the age categories, with the most important being winning the title in the Panhellenic Girls' and Juniors' Championships.Despina has represented Greece in top international competitions, winning notable distinctions. Among her most important successes are the bronze medal at the European Girls' Championship (Kirisi-2019), the silver medal at the European Girls' Championship (Šibenik-2020) and the silver medal at the World Junior Championships (Belgrade-2021).

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Date of Birth: 17/08/2004

#11 Lola Moolhuijen

Lola Moolhuijzen is 20 years old and this year she joined the Vouliagmeni Nautical Club. She is an international athlete with the Netherlands and started her career with the Polar Bears Ede team. Her greatest achievements with her country's National Team are the Olympic bronze medal in Paris in 2024, the World Championship gold medal in Fukuoka in 2023, the European Championship gold medal in Eindhoven in 2024, the bronze medal at the World Championship in Budapest in 2022 and the Bronze medal at the World Youth Championship U20 medal in Coimbra, 2023. 

Defender

Date of Birth: 20/04/2003

#12 Phoebe Angelidis

The 21-year-old defender, Phoebe Angelidis, will compete for the Vouliagmeni Navy club for the fourth time this year. During these years, she has won 2nd place with our team in the Greek Women's Championship in 2023 and 2024, 3rd place in 2022, 2nd place in the Greek Women's Cup in 2023 and 2nd place in the Youth Women's Championship in 2022. In addition, with the national team, she has won 3rd place in the European Youth Women's Championship (Israel-2022) and 6th place in the World Youth Women's Championship (Portugal-2023).The first steps of her competitive career, before joining our team, were taken with the cap of Nireas Chalandri, winning first place in the junior (2019) and young women's (2020) championships.  and 2021).

Goalkeeper

Date of Birth: 05/12/2002

#13 Evangelia Karytsa

22-year-old goalkeeper, Eva Karytsa, has played for the A.N.O.G women's team for the last 8 years. In 2020 and 2021, she helped her team win the bronze medal in the Panhellenic Championship, while in 2022 she reached second place in the Championship and the Greek Cup.In the age-group championships, she won the Junior and Young Women's championships in 2018. In her international career, in 2021 she became silver champion with the Junior Women's national team at the World Championship in Israel. In 2022 she participated with the Women's national team in the World League in Tenerife.

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Date of Birth: 10/01/2006

#14 Aspasia Fouraki

The 18-year-old regional Aspasia Fouraki is a new member of the Vouliagmeni Nautical Club coming from the Chania Regional Team. Aspasia, representing the national team, has won 2nd place at the World Junior Championship held in Larissa in 2022, 3rd place at the European Junior Championship in Turkey in 2023, 4th place at the European Junior Championship in Hungary 2021, 2nd place at the World Junior Championship in China 2024 and 3rd place at the Young Women's Championship in Croatia 2024.We wish her the a long and successful journey so far  to have even more next to the Vouliagmeni Nautical Club

Defender

Date of Birth: 07/05/2009

#15 Emmanuela Paraskevi Capetopoulou

15-year-old defender Emmanuela Capetopoulou comes from the team's academies and from a young age contributed to many successes of V.N.C. in the age-group championships, notably winning the Panhellenic Championship with the youth team in 2024 as well as 3rd place in the Panhellenic Championships with the girls' team in 2024 and 2023.

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Date of Birth: 30/05/2008

#16 Eleni Valvi

The 16-year-old regional player, Elena Valvi, began competing with the club's cap in 2022. Over the years, she has contributed to many successes, with her most notable achievement being first place in the Panhellenic Youth Championship in 2024 and third place in the Panhellenic Girls Championship in 2023.

In the summer of 2023, Elena, wearing the national team cap, contributed to winning the silver medal at the European Girls' Championship in Zagreb, as well as winning 5th place at the U16 World Championship in Manisa, Turkey, in July 2024.

 

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Date of Birth: 24/09/2008

#17 Despina Kouremeti

16-year-old Despina Kouremeti  This is an athlete who comes from the Water Polo Academies of the V.N.C.. Since 2019, she has been competing as a regional player, and has contributed to many successes in both age and larger categories of the Panhellenic Championships. This year  won the gold medal  of the Panhellenic Youth Championship U17 of 2024

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Date of Birth: 25/09/2008

#18 Theodora Papadopoulou

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Date of Birth: 12/01/2009

#19 Elizabeth Koutsada

Fifteen-year-old Elizabeth Koutsada is an athlete who began her career in the sport of water polo in 2019/20 and has been competing for the academies of the Vouliagmeni National Water Polo Association since 2023. She has contributed to several successes of the National Water Polo Association, the most important of which are in the Girls' category, which won the bronze medal in the Panhellenic Championship, and in the Juniors' category, which won the gold medal.

Goalkeeper

Date of Birth: 05/07/2009

#20 Phaedra Christina Loupaki

Phaedra Christina Loupaki has been an athlete at the Vouliagmeni Nautical Club since the age of 10 and plays as a goalkeeper.She has managed to distinguish herself in all categories of the V.N.C.. In 2021 she won 1st place in the 2008 mini girls, in 2022 2nd place in the 2009 mini girls, and in 2023 3rd place in the 2008 girls. In 2024 she distinguished herself with 1st place in the 2007 junior girls and 3rd place in the 2009 girls. In addition, last year she had the opportunity to compete in the women's team, with which she took 2nd place in the Panhellenic Championship.

One of her most important distinctions came in July 2023, when she was invited to participate in the U15 national girls' team, (2008), winning the silver medal and 2nd place at the European Championship in Zagreb. With dedication and perseverance, Phaedra continues to pursue new goals, drawing inspiration from the role models of the great athletes of the group

Rebounder

Date of Birth: 03/05/2010

#21 Eleni Elmisian

Lenya Elmisian was born in 2010.  She began her athletic career at the Vouliagmeni Nautical Club, with which she has won 2 Panhellenic Championships. In 2022 with the Mini Girls team and in 2024 with the Junior Girls team. She has also won two silver medals in the girls category in 2022 and 2023 and two bronze medals in the girls category in 2023 and 2024.

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