Olympiacos Piraeus (soccer)

Olympiacos Piraeus
Basic data
Surname	PAE Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Peiraios (OSFP)
Seat	Piraeus , Greece
founding	March 10, 1925
Colours	Red White
president	Evangelos Marinakis
Board	Evangelos Marinakis (Chairman) Sokratis S. Kokkalis Savvas Theodoridis Georgios Louvaris Ioannis Moralis Dimitris Agrafiotis
Website	olympiacos.org
First soccer team
Head coach	Pedro Martins
Venue	Karaiskakis Stadium
Places	33,296
league	Super League
2019/20	1st place
home Away Alternatively

Olympiacos Piraeus (correct Greek pronunciation with final stress : Olimbiakós ) is a Greek football club based in Piraeus . It was founded in 1925 and successfully spun off from the parent club Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Peiraios in 1979 .

The main club is home to over 18 successful sports departments. European titles were u. a. won in basketball , volleyball and water polo . This article deals with the 'legend' ( Greek Θρύλος , Thrylos) : the football club of Olympiacos.

The football club Olympiakos SFP is the most successful club in Greece . The club is a 44-time Greek champion , 27-time Greek cup winner , has won a total of 17 double , three times the Supercup and once the Balkan Cup . Olympiakos is a founding member of the European Club Association .

history

The early years (1925 to 1949)

The founding fathers

Olympiacos was founded on March 10, 1925. The members of the clubs "Piraeus Sports and Football Club" and "Football Fan Club of Piraeus" spoke out at a meeting in 1925 in favor of the dissolution of both clubs and the establishment of a new club. The founding members Notis Kamperos and Michalis Manouskos were the namesake. Notis Kamperos suggested the name Olympiakos, Michalis Manouskos, the first President of Olympiacos Piraeus, completed it: Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Peiraios, OSFP

Olympiacos played the first official game in its history on a velodrome (later the Karaiskakis Stadium ) on April 30, 1925 against the crew of the French warship "Jeanne d'Arc". Olympiakos won 6-0. It was not unusual at the time that crews of foreign - preferably English - ships anchored in Piraeus had to serve as opponents.

Crew recording 1927–1929

The Karaiskakis Stadium was an ash place back then. The red and white jerseys and shoes were given to the players on loan. The work clothes had to be returned in a clean condition. There was training twice a week. On Wednesday they played on two goals. On Friday there was fitness and endurance training; The game of the week followed on Sunday. Giannis Andrianopoulos, who had studied at an English college, brought the game system with him from England. Back then you played a "2-3-5". In addition to the goalkeeper, there were two defenders, three midfielders and five strikers on the pitch.

While the board members of Olympiacos Piraeus still belonged to the upper class, the active footballers were regularly workers who devoted their little free time to football. They did not receive payment for this. Public recognition and occasional employment with the club superiors were the only remuneration. For the fans, however, they were soon the "Sunday heroes".

The first official squad (September 1925) included the following players: Giannis, Giorgos, Dinos and Vassilis Andrianopoulos, Michalis “Lalis” Lekkos, S. Vlassis, Nikos Panopoulos, Kostas Klidouchakis, Charalambos Pezonis, G. Alekakis, V. Vassiliou, Panagiotis Koroneos, Kostas Terezakis, S. Papatheocharis, E. Georgiadis, V. Prineas, G. Karamouzis, S. Pavlakis, I. Marinos, G. Passas, E. Moraitis, L. Vassiliou and K. Dardanos.

In the period from March 28, 1926 to February 10, 1929, they remained unbeaten against Greek teams (30 wins, six draws, 129: 42 goals). The first record in the club's young history.

The first titles

The first Greek football championship was held in the 1927/28 season without Olympiacos. The reason were differences with the Greek Football Association ( EPO ). After a third (and final) place in the 1929/30 season, the team from Piraeus was able to celebrate their first championship title in the following season (1930/31). Jointly responsible for the success: the Andrianopoulos brothers. The five sons of the co-founder Andreas Andrianopoulos, John, Dinos, George, Bill and Leonidas not only played in the same team, but at the time they made up the entire team storm. It was to be a very successful decade. By 1940 Olympiakos had won six championship titles in eleven seasons. In the 1946/47 season Olympiacos won the Greek Cup for the first time and thus managed the first double in the club's history.

The golden decade (1950 to 1960)

Seven championships and seven cup wins helped Olympiacos gain more national popularity in the 1950s . The legendary team of the 1950s, with key players such as Andreas Mouratis, Ilias Rossidis, Thanassis Bebis, Elias Yfantis, Kostas Polychroniou, Giorgos Darivas and Savas Theodoridis, won six championship titles and three cup wins (1957 to 1959) between 1954 and 1959 the double three times in a row. At that time Olympiacos received the nickname "legend" ( Greek Θρύλος , Thrylos) - which continues to this day.

Olympiacos were the first Greek football team to take part in a European competition. In 1959 they qualified for the European Cup . The first round opponent was Beşiktaş Istanbul . For political reasons it was decided not to travel to Turkey. Olympiacos' request to move the game to Yugoslavia was rejected by UEFA , which is why the team was subsequently disqualified. They finally celebrated their debut a year later against AC Milan . In the first leg in Piraeus they drew 2-2. The Italian club won the second leg 3-1.

The 1960s

In the 1959/60 season the first Greek league, the Alpha Ethniki , was founded. Olympiacos got off to a bad start in the new competition. For six years in a row, the red and white had to settle for second and third places. It was not until the 1965/66 season that Olympiacos succeeded in winning the first championship title in the newly created competition. The then Hungarian trainer Márton Bukovi , who is considered to be the inventor of the 4-2-4 system, was mainly responsible for the success . His modern style of play brought the club 23 wins and four draws in 30 games. The last game day went down in history. 15,000 Piraeus supporters traveled to Trikala to watch the away game against home AO Trikala. In view of the poor infrastructure at the time, such great popularity represented a great challenge. The fans camped out on the streets and in the fields in order to be able to celebrate their first title win in seven years on June 12, 1966. With Bukovi they won the second championship title in the following season (1966/67). Olympiacos won the Greek Cup five times in the 1960s .

In 1961 Olympiacos caused a stir with a win against FC Santos . The eleven around the world star Pelé was on a major European tour. The previously unbeaten FC Santos lost after victories against AEK Athens (3: 0) and Panathinaikos (3: 2) against Olympiacos Piraeus with 1: 2. In the following year Olympiacos Piraeus achieved another respectable success; this time against FC Barcelona . The Spaniards previously defeated AEK Athens 5-2 and Panathinaikos 2-0. They lost against Olympiakos with 0: 1. The red-whites subsequently confirmed their good form and won the Balkan Cup in the 1962/63 season .

The Goulandris era (1972 to 1976)

The next glorious national chapter in the club's history would not begin until 1972, when Nikos Goulandris became president. He appointed Lakis Petropoulos as coach and signed star players Giorgos Delikaris, Yves Triantafilos , Julio Losada, Milton Viera and Dimitris Persidis. Under Goulandris, Olympiacos won three championship titles from 1973 to 1975 and won the Greek Cup twice. Remarkable: Olympiakos scored 59 points and 102 goals in the 1973/74 season - a record that has remained unbroken to this day.

When Goulandris ended his presidency in 1976, a sporting slide followed. It was not until the early 1980s that the record champions strived to return to the top of Greek football with four consecutive titles (1979-1983). The key players at that time were: striker Nikolaos Anastopoulos , midfielder Anastasios Mitropoulos and goalkeeper Nikolaos Sarganis .

Gate 7 - The Tragedy (February 8, 1981)

Gate 7
Olympiakos vs. Panathinaikos

February 8, 1981 went down as a tragic day in the history of Olympiacos and Greek sports. In a championship game against AEK Athens, which the red-whites won 6-0, 21 people died trying to leave the stadium early. A locked grandstand gate (No. 7) was fatal for 20 Olympiakos supporters and one AEK fan. They fell and were overrun and trampled to death by the storming masses. At the end of the day, 21 were killed and 32 injured.

Fans and the club remember the dead every year with a solemn ceremony. In her memory, the new Karaiskakis Stadium has 21 black seats. Parts of the steps and the fateful gate are in the club museum.

Since that day there has been the saying known among Olympiacos supporters: Brothers, you live, you lead us! ( Greek Αδέρφια ζείτε εσείς μας οδηγείτε! ).

The 21 victims:

Panagiotis Toumanidis (14 years)	Nikos Filos (19 years)	Kostas Karanikolas (26 years)
Kostas Sklavounis (16 years)	Ioannis Dialinas (20 years)	Michalis Markou (27 Years)
Ilias Panagoulis (17 years)	Vassilis Machas (20 years)	Kostas Bilas (28 years)
Gerasimos Amitsis (18 years)	Efstratios Poupos (20 years)	Anastasios Pitsolis (30 years)
Ioannis Kanellopoulos (18 years)	Michalis Kostopoulos (21 Years)	Antonis Kouroupakis (34 Years)
Spiros Leonidakis (18 years)	Zografoula Heiratidou (23 years)	Christos Chatzigeorgiou (34 Years)
Ioannis Spiliopoulos (19 years)	Spiros Andriotis (24 years)	Dimitrios Adamopoulos (40 years)

The "stone years"

Olympiacos Piraeus had its hardest time in the late 1980s. The association was taken over by the Greek entrepreneur Georgios Koskotas. In 1988 he brought Lajos Détári to Greece for DM 16 million. However, Koskotas' "windy" business activities soon became his undoing. He was arrested in the United States on November 23, 1988 and sentenced to 25 years in prison in 1990 for corruption. In Piraeus he left a heap of broken glass. Olympiacos was heavily in debt. In the period from 1988 to 1996 Piraeus did not win a title. One also speaks of the "stone years" ( Greek : πέτρινα χρόνια ). The club played in the 1987/88 season during the entire season against relegation and finally achieved eighth place in the table. That was the worst placement in the club's history to date.

National dominance (1997 to 2009)

The situation only improved when Socrates Kokkalis became president in 1993 . He reached an agreement with the Greek government on a debt relief plan and then began to systematically rebuild the team. He signed successful coach Dušan Bajević , who left AEK Athens in a dispute in 1996 . Together they brought a lot of young talents to Piraeus in the same year. Among them players like: Predrag Đorđević , Grigoris Georgatos , Stelios Giannakopoulos , Georgios Anatolakis , Dimitrios Mavrogenidis , Alexandros Alexandris , Giorgos Amanatidis and Andreas Niniadis. They played together in this constellation for five years and soon formed the tribe of Olympiacos Piraeus.

Olympiacos' dominant era began. Internationally experienced players were brought to the port of Piraeus. So u. a .: Zlatko Zahovič , Giovanni and Christian Karembeu . Thanks to them, Olympiacos won seven championships in a row in the following years. The own record of six consecutive titles (1954-1959) was broken. The club played their best season in 1998/99, when they won the double again and made it into the quarter-finals of the Champions League - the best result of an otherwise mediocre European record for Olympiacos. Dušan Bajević moved to PAOK Thessaloniki in the 1999/00 season . Given this success, the following coaches had a difficult task ahead of them. They were dismissed by President Kokkalis after a short term in office: eleven coaches had been employed in just four years. The most famous among them were Ioannis Matzourakis (former coach of Skoda Xanthi ), Takis Lemonis , who left Skoda Xanthi at the end of 2006 to train again for Olympiakos and to replace Trond Sollied ; as well as Oleh Protassow , Siniša Gogic and Nikos Alefantos .

In the 2001/02 and 2002/03 seasons they ended up tied for first place. In 2002, the direct comparison (3: 2 and 4: 3 against AEK Athens) decided the championship; In 2003, the goal difference from the games against Panathinaikos was decisive (2: 3 and 3: 0).

In the 2003/04 season, the team was second after seven championship titles in a row. In that single year, three coaches had already been sacked. For the 2004/05 season, Dusan Bajevic was won again as coach and strengthened with the FIFA World Player of the Year 1999 and the then reigning world champion Rivaldo , whom his own fans received from the president during the championship celebration in 2003, one year before his commitment demanded. At the end of the season, the championship and the Greek Cup went back to the port of Piraeus. Dusan Bajevic had to leave early.

Trond Sollied was signed for him . Also was Michalis Konstantinou , top striker, taken of archrival Panathinaikos free transfer under contract. Olympiacos managed to win all four derbies this season (2005/06) against their big rivals Panathinaikos and AEK Athens, an achievement that was last achieved in the 1972/73 season. A local rival was left behind in the cup final as well. Olympiacos defeated AEK Athens 3-0 to get their second double in a row. Another record was broken during the season: Olympiacos achieved 16 wins in a row in the championship.

In the following season, the team was fundamentally changed. Trond Sollied brought seven new players to Piraeus. National success proved him right; the again poor performance in European competition ultimately led to his dismissal. He was replaced at the end of 2006 by Takis Lemonis, who celebrated the 35th championship title with the red and whites at the end of the season.

Olympiakos vs. Chelsea FC at Stamford Bridge (2007/08 UEFA Champions League)

In the summer of 2007 Olympiacos made some costly - and as it turned out successful - transfers. So were u. a. the later top performers Darko Kovačević , Lua Lua , Fernando Belluschi and Luciano Galletti committed. They were also responsible for the most expensive transfer business in Greek football. Midfield player and striker Nery Castillo were sold to the Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk for a record sum of 20 million euros (US $ 27.5 million) . In the Champions League, Piraeus managed to make it into the second round again thanks to their first two away wins (3: 1 against Werder Bremen and 2: 1 against Lazio Rome). The end followed against Chelsea (0-0 and 0-3). The team was not able to call up the good performances that it showed in Europe on home ground. When the championship seemed to be in jeopardy, Takis Lemonis had to leave early. He was replaced by interim coach Jose Segura. The championship of the 2007/08 season was ultimately decided at the "green table". During the season Olympiacos lost the away game at Apollon Kalamarias with 0: 1; but since Apollon used a player who was not eligible to play, the game was subsequently rated for Olympiacos. The highest sports court, the International Sports Court (CAS) in Lausanne, upheld the decision of the Greek Football Association ( EPO ). Thanks to the points awarded at the green table, the fans of Olympiacos Piraeus celebrated the 36th championship title in the club's history and later celebrated the 23rd cup victory (and thus the 13th double). AEK Athens finished the season in second place.

Olympiacos got off to a bad start in the 2008/09 season. With a new coach, Ernesto Valverde (1-year contract with a salary of € 2m), they surprisingly missed the group stage of the UEFA Champions League against Cypriot representative Anorthosis Famagusta . However, they made it into the group stage of the UEFA Cup without any problems (2-0 and 5-0 against FC Nordsjælland ). In the second group game, Piraeus managed a runaway win (5-1) against Benfica Lisbon . A 4-0 win against Hertha BSC in front of their home crowd secured the red and white team for the next round. Against the French representative AS Saint-Étienne , however, the sudden end followed. Olympiacos lost their games 3-1 and 2-1 in the round of 32. For the national performance: after only 27 match days, the club from Piraeus won the 37th championship title. Olympiacos has won more championships than all other Greek teams combined. The Greek Cup also went to Olympiacos Piraeus for the 24th time. In a dramatic final against AEK Athens (19:18 a.m.) the red and white managed the 14th double in the club's history. In addition to the previous performers, the newcomers were also responsible for the success. First and foremost, the 21-year-old Diogo , who moved from the Brazilian club Portuguesa to Piraeus for 9 million euros (70% of the player's rights) - an outstanding striker talent who was in the sights of many top European clubs . In the past season, the club not only provided the best scorer and goalscorer, but also the player of the year: Luciano Galletti .

The new decade (2009 to today)

The 2009/10 season

Temur Kezbaia

New coach Ernesto Valverde left the club after the management and coach could not agree on a contract extension. He was followed by Temur Kezbaia . The Georgian coach and former AEK Athens player has moved from Anorthosis Famagusta to the port of Piraeus. This change was not without controversy in the fan camp. Olympiacos was only his second coaching position and Kezbaia and his team from Famagusta had previously ensured that Olympiacos were eliminated from the Champions League qualification (2008/09). Temur Kezbaia signed a three-year contract with the Greek record champions.

The red and whites had to do without Christos Patsatzoglou and Fernando Belluschi , who left the club. In addition, the captain and eleven-time Greek champions Predrag Đorđević and his striker colleague Darko Kovačević ended their careers.

Olympiacos qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League against Slovak representatives ŠK Slovan Bratislava and Moldovan champions Sheriff Tiraspol . In the Greek cup competition, however, the previous year's winner was eliminated this time in the first round against Panserraikos . Compared to previous years, the championship played rather lackluster. The team failed to break away from arch-rival Panathinaikos. On September 15, 2009 they separated "by mutual agreement" from coach Kezbaia. The dissatisfaction of the fans with the destructive style of play as well as disagreements between the players and the coach obviously made the difference. On the same day, the former Brazilian international Zico signed a two-year contract with the record champions. At the beginning of January, however, he too had to leave the club. The gap to Panathinaikos was already seven points at this point. The coach was accused of a lack of commitment and failure. From now on, interim trainer Bozidar Bandovic took over the sporting management. In the Champions League, Olympiacos qualified as runner-up (behind Arsenal FC) again for the round of 16. There the Greek master failed because of Girondin's Bordeaux. Also in the fight for the championship one had to give up Panathinaikos Athens. Second loss of title in fourteen years. As a runner-up they went to the home playoffs as favorites. Olympiakos disappointed across the board. With just one win, they missed the qualifying round for the UEFA Champions League. Olympiacos Piraeus was only allowed to play for a place in the UEFA Europa League in the following season.

The 2010/11 season

Kevin Mirallas

The 2010/11 season started with Ewald Lienen , who received short-term approval from his club TSV 1860 Munich . The collaboration did not last long. Piraeus dismissed the German coach after his elimination in qualifying for the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League against Maccabi Tel Aviv .

The extremely successful, but now tired-looking president, Sokrates Kokkalis, resigned after 17 years. Evangelos Marinakis, a Greek entrepreneur who was to manage the association from then on, took over the majority of the shares. His first official act: he signed Ernesto Valverde , who had already trained the red and whites in 2008/09 and won the double with them. They also strengthened themselves through play. There were u. a. Albert Riera from Liverpool FC, Dennis Rommedahl , Kevin Mirallas , Ariel Ibagaza , Marco Pantelic and David Fuster from Villarreal signed. During the winter break, the Algerian Rafik Djebbour (AEK Athens) was signed, who was able to make a significant contribution to winning the championship with his goals. The most dangerous player was the 23-year-old Belgian Kevin Mirallas with 14 goals.

Three game days before the end of the regular season, Olympiacos Piraeus celebrated their 38th league title after beating AEK Athens 6-0. European champion Antonios Nikopolidis ended his career at the age of 40 and finally gave up his goalkeeper gloves.

The 2011/12 season

Olympiacos Piraeus qualified as Greek champions for the UEFA Champions League . There they met in Group F against the German champions Borussia Dortmund , Arsenal FC and Olympique Marseille . Olympiacos finished third behind Arsenal and Olympique Marseille with nine points and qualified for the round of 32 of the UEFA Europa League . There the red and white eliminated the Russian representative Rubin Kazan (1-0 and 1-0). In the last sixteen Olympiacos were eliminated by the Ukrainian club Metalist Kharkiv . After a 1-0 away win for the Rotweissers, they lost 2-1 in the second leg after a 1-0 lead.

Olympiacos Piraeus strengthened at the beginning of the season u. a. with Ljubomir Fejsa , a talented midfielder from Partizan Belgrade, Franco Costanzo , who came from FC Basel and replaced Antonios Nikopolidis in goal, and attacking midfielder Francisco Yeste , who moved to Piraeus from the Emirate club Al-Wasl . Probably the most important new signing was Jean Makoun . The Cameroonian moved from Aston Villa to Piraeus for a year (with purchase option) and strengthened the defensive midfield. On August 31, 2011, two more midfielders were introduced: Pablo Orbaiz from Athletic Bilbao and Djamel Abdoun from AO Kavala . In the winter, Roy Carroll , the goalkeeper of OFI Crete , was signed. The contract with the Argentine goalkeeper Franco Costanzo was terminated after only half a year. For the offensive game Colin Kâzım-Richards was signed by Galatasaray Istanbul . Loaned Brazilian striker Diogo also returned to Piraeus.

Olympiacos were Greek champions for the 39th time at the end of the season and won the club's 25th cup, the 15th double in their history. Successful coach Ernesto Valverde left the club at the end of the season at his own request. His successor was Leonardo Jardim , who moved from Sporting Braga to Piraeus. Jardim signed a two-year contract with the Greek record champions.

The 2012/13 season - the 4th star

The motto for the 2012/13 season was: “Together to the fourth star” ( Greek Ολοι μαζί για το τέταρτο αστέρι ). This meant winning the 40th championship and thus the fourth star on the jersey (one star for every ten championship titles). In the Champions League, Olympiacos Piraeus met FC Arsenal , FC Schalke 04 and French champions HSC Montpellier in Group B again .

Playfully one strengthened u. a. with the Portuguese international Paulo Machado . However, you had to do without the services of Kevin Mirallas . The successful striker signed a four-year contract with Everton FC . The transfer fee was six million pounds.

Despite good performances and nine points, Olympiacos failed to make it to the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League. As a third party you qualified for the round of 32 of the Europa League. The opponent was the Spanish representative from Valencia, the UD Levante . Coach Leonardo Jardim was surprisingly dismissed on January 19, 2013, despite a ten-point lead in the Greek championship and a season record of 14 wins and three draws. The reason given was the unattractive style of play, criticized by many fans. Jardim was replaced by the Spaniard José Miguel González , player name Míchel. This last coached Sevilla FC .

Olympiacos clearly lost the round of 32 of the Europa League with 0: 3 and 0: 1. With just one defeat (24 wins and five draws), 77 points and 64:16 goals, Olympiacos took their 40th championship title in the club's history.

The 2013/14 season - the record year

Despite a fourth star and a double win, many fans criticized the unattractive style of play. Even before the end of the season, the board said that the mistakes would be corrected in the summer. Because of this, the club's technical director and advisor, Darko Kovačević , had to vacate his place. The former South African soccer player Pierre Issa took over his post . In addition, the 1998 soccer world champion, Christian Karembeu , was appointed to the club's board of directors as a strategic advisor. In addition to the changes at the organizational level, there were also major changes in the management team. A total of 18 players were signed, including many regular players. Among other things, the world-famous striker Javier Saviola moved to the Greek record champions. Coach Míchel, who took over the club in January 2013, knew about the team's strengths and weaknesses. The late engagements of Delvin N'Dinga and Sambou Yatabaré , both of which came shortly before the end of the transfer period, caused displeasure in the red and white camp. After all, it was known for a long time that the club had to strengthen its defensive midfield. For Greek standards, Olympiacos achieved high transfers with the transfers of Ioannis Fetfatzidis and Ljubomir Fejsa , who left the club for Italy and Portugal respectively.

At the end of the first half of the season Olympiacos Piraeus led the table in the Greek first division unbeaten. The gap to the runner-up was ten points: a record after the first half of the season. On January 30, 2014, Olympiacos sold their striker Konstantinos Mitroglou . He moved to the Premier League for Fulham FC for an estimated 15 million euros , where he signed a four-and-a-half year contract. Mitroglou made a significant contribution to the Red & White's success of the season with his goals in the Super and Champions League.

The team had the best start to the season of all time with 24 wins and two draws. Away, the red-whites remained unbeaten in 34 games in a row. This broke their own record from 1974 (29th games in a row without defeat). In the UEFA Champions League, the Greek champions qualified for the round of 16 with ten points . Olympiakos Piraeus prevailed as second in the group against Benfica Lisbon and RSC Anderlecht . In the round of 16, the Greeks met the traditional English club Manchester United . Although Olympiakos won the first leg in front of their home crowd with goals from Alejandro Damián Domínguez and Joel Campbell 2-0, they lost the second leg at Old Trafford 3-0 and were eliminated. On March 15, 2014, the red and white team secured their 41st championship title in the club's history ahead of schedule on the 29th matchday.

The 2014/15 season - the big renovation

After the record 2013/2014 season and good performances at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, many Olympiacos players were courted by international clubs. In the summer of 2014 u. a. Kostas Manolas for 13 million euros to AS Roma , Andreas Samaris for 10 million euros to Benfica Lisbon or José Holebas also to AS Roma. Further departures meant that almost the entire squad was rebuilt again. The service providers were replaced e.g. B. by the Swiss Pajtim Kasami from FC Fulham , Alberto Botía from FC Sevilla , Ibrahim Afellay from FC Barcelona and the returnee Konstantinos Mitroglou from FC Fulham. Despite the many departures, coach Míchel managed in a very short time to prepare the newly formed team for the Champions League and the Greek championship. So get in the group stage u. a. two honorable home wins against the Spanish champions and Champions League finalists Atlético Madrid and the Italian champions and eventual finalists Juventus Turin . In the end they reached the UEFA Europa League with nine points as the best third party in the Champions League 2014/15 . On January 6th, 2015 Míchel and Olympiacos announced the early termination of the contract. The supposed reasons: a second place in the table during the winter break, one point behind the leaders, the not consistently good performance and the bad relationship with some parts of the team. The new coach was Portuguese Vítor Pereira , who last coached the Saudi club al Ahli . In February 2015 they were eliminated from the Ukrainian club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the round of 32 of the UEFA Europa League. After 31 match days they became Greek champions for the 42nd time . In the cup final Olympiakos won 3-1 against Skoda Xanthi . Thus the 17th double in the club's history was perfect.

The 2015/16 season

With Vítor Pereira they were not satisfied in Piraeus despite the double win. During the summer break, he was resented by conversations with Celtic Glasgow . The contract was terminated. Pereira took over the coaching position at Fenerbahçe Istanbul . Another Portuguese took his place in Piraeus: Marco Silva . The 38-year-old came from Sporting Lisbon . There he was sacked four days after winning the Portuguese Football Cup . The supposed reason: Silva is said to have not worn the formal club outfit at an official game. Piraeus also parted ways with technical director Pierre Issa. The former player and youth coach Grigoris Georgatos took over his post. Playfully one strengthened u. a. with the Argentine Esteban Cambiasso , who came from Leicester City , the Icelander Alfreð Finnbogason , who had previously played for Real Sociedad and the Nigerian Ideye Brown , who moved from the English first division club West Bromwich Albion to the port of Piraeus. In the UEFA Champions League, the Greek record champions faced Bayern Munich , Arsenal FC and Dinamo Zagreb . Despite two away wins in London and Zagreb, Olympiacos did not qualify for the Champions League round of 16. With nine points, they finished third in the group and faced RSC Anderlecht in the round of 32 of the UEFA Europa League . Piraeus lost the first leg in Belgium 0-1. In the second leg, the red and white had to admit defeat 1: 2 n. V. Six game days before the end of the season they were mathematically determined as the Greek champions. The cup final, which had to be postponed several times, was lost to AEK Athens 2-1.

The 2017/18 season

Due to poor performance in the league, Evangelos Marinakis put all players on the professional team on leave until the end of the season and imposed a fine of up to 400,000 euros on them. From then on, the youth team from Piraeus would play the rest of the season. The following day, coach Óscar García also resigned.

Infrastructure

Stadion

Georgios Karaiskaki Stadium

Olympiakos vs. Chelsea FC
UEFA Champions League 2007/08

The Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium ( Greek Γήπεδο Γεώργιος Καραϊσκάκης ) is located in Faliro , a district of Piraeus, near the port. It is connected to the Athens Metro and holds 33,296 spectators. It serves as the backdrop for the Olympiacos home games and was rebuilt in 2004. The Greek national football team also plays at home here. The Karaiskakis Stadium is one of 13 European stadiums that have been awarded four stars by UEFA . It is therefore a possible venue for a UEFA Cup final. The stadium was built as a cycling track for the Olympic Games in 1896 . It was renovated in 1964 and named after Georgios Karaiskakis , a freedom fighter of the Greek Revolution who was fatally wounded nearby. In the course of history Olympiacos played Piraeus a. a. in the Athens Olympic Stadium and in the Risoupoli Stadium .

Worth mentioning: Olympiacos Piraeus was not allowed to play its home games in the Karaiskakis Stadium for a while . Ironically, the eternal rival, Panathinaikos Athens , helped out. The games were allowed to be played on opposing terrain, the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium .

Club museum

On May 14, 2006, the club opened a cross-departmental museum, which was housed in the stadium.

Club colors and club crest

The club colors have always been: red and white. Red stands for passion and white symbolizes virtue . The club colors are also the basis for various nicknames of Olympiacos Piraeus. The elf from Piraeus is not only called Thrylos ('legend'), but also Erythrolefki ('the red-whites') and Kokkini ('the reds').

The club crest, which has changed slightly over time, shows the image of a young Olympian of antiquity ( Olympic Games of Antiquity ):

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The hymn

Greek Θρύλε των γηπέδων Ολυμπιακέ δαφνοστεφανωμένε μεγάλε και τρανέ έχεις δύναμή σου Ολυμπιακέ, υτοόν πύριακέ, υτοόν. Ολυμπί-Ολυμπί-Ολυμπιακέ ομάδα ομαδάρα μου, μεγάλη μου αγάπη, Ολυμπιακάρα μου. Ολυμπί-Ολυμπί-Ολυμπιακέ ομάδα ομαδάρα μου, μεγάλη μου αγάπη, Ολυμπιακάρα μου. Δόξα στα παιδιά σου Ολυμπιακέ χιλιοτραγουδισμένε, στον κόσμο ξακουστέ. Τρέμουν στ 'άκουσμά σου Ολυμπιακέ κι ακόμα σε θυμούνται η Σάντος κι ο Πελέ. Ολυμπί-Ολυμπί-Ολυμπιακέ ομάδα ομαδάρα μου, μεγάλη μου αγάπη, Ολυμπιακάρα μου.

German Legend of the stadiums, Olympiacos crowned laurel wreath, Great and Mighty Olympiacos, Your great strength is your passionate people who never give up. Olympi-, Olympi-, Olympiakos my team , super team, my great love, my great Olympiakos. Olympi-, Olympi-, Olympiakos my team , super team, my great love, my great Olympiakos. Glory to your children, Olympiacos a thousand times popular, famous in the world. They tremble when your name is heard, Olympiakos and they can still remember you, Santos and Pelé. Olympi-, Olympi-, Olympiakos my team , super team, my great love, my great Olympiakos.

Jerseys, suppliers and sponsors

Jerseys 2008/09

Olympiacos players have been wearing red and white jerseys with vertical stripes since the club was founded. In addition, red or white shorts and socks are worn. Away from home, Olympiakos traditionally wears a completely white or red outfit. The players in the fourth, completely black equipment are rarely seen.

Here is a selection of historical jerseys:

1925

1971

1978

1979

1985

2009

2011

2013

2015

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The sportswear is currently manufactured by the supplier Puma . From the 2015/16 season, the red and white team will be working with Adidas again. Olympiacos Piraeus has been supporting the “100% Campaign”, a vaccination campaign, of UNICEF since October 22, 2013 . The Unicef ​​logo now adorns the red and white jerseys. Together they want to raise a total of two million euros for the United Nations Children's Fund by 2015.

A selection and an overview by years

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season	Outfitter	sponsor
1979	Umbro	Without
1980	puma	Without
1980-1982	Asics	Without
1982-1983	Asics	Fiat
1982-1983	Asics	Travel plan
1984-1988	puma	Citizen
1988	puma	Toyota
1989	puma	Bank of Crete
1989-1990	puma	Without
1990-1992	puma	Diana
1992-1993	Umbro	Diana

season	Outfitter	sponsor
1993-1994	lotto	Diana
1994-1995	Adidas	Ethnokarta MasterCard
1995-1997	puma	Ethnokarta MasterCard
1997-2000	puma	Aspis Bank
2000-2005	Umbro	Siemens Mobile
2005-2006	puma	Siemens
2006-2009	puma	Vodafone
2009-2010	puma	Citibank
2010-2013	puma	Pame Stoixima
2013-2015	puma	UNICEF
2015–	Adidas	UNICEF

successes

Greek Master (45)
1931	1933	1934	1936	1937	1938	1947	1948	1951	1954
1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1966	1967	1973	1974	1975
1980	1981	1982	1983	1987	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
2002	2003	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2011	2012	2013
2014	2015	2016	2017	2020
Greek Cup Winner (27)
1947	1951	1952	1953	1954	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961
1963	1965	1968	1971	1973	1975	1981	1990	1992	1999
2005	2006	2008	2009	2012	2013	2015
Greek Supercup (4)
1980	1987	1992	2007
Cup of Greater Greece (3)
1969	1972	1976
Balkan Cup (1)
1963

Current squad 2019/20

• As of August 29, 2019

No. position Surname 1 TW José Sá 2 MF Hillal Soudani 3 FROM Ruben Semedo 4th MF Mady Camara 5 MF Andreas Bouchalakis 7th MF Kostas Fortounis 8th MF Guilherme 9 ST Miguel Ángel Guerrero 10 MF Daniel Podence 11 ST Youssef El-Arabi 14th FROM Omar Elabdellaoui 15th FROM Svetozar Marković 16 TW Bobby Allain 18th MF Bruno

No. position Surname 19th MF Giorgos Masouras 20th FROM Yassine Meriah 21st FROM Kostas Tsimikas 23 FROM Leonardo Koutris 24 FROM Ousseynou Ba 28 MF Mathieu Valbuena 32 MF Thanasis Androutsos 34 FROM Avraam Papadopoulos 35 FROM Vasilios Torosidis 66 FROM Pape Abou Cissé 77 MF Lazaros Christodoulopoulos 81 TW Konstantinos Tzolakis 96 ST Fiorin Durmishaj 97 MF Lazar Ranđelović

Youth football

The youth football department of Olympiacos is headed by Thodoris Eleftheriadis, a former youth national coach. The team plays in the U-20 Superleague for the Greek youth championship and takes part in the 2015/16 UEFA Youth League , a European club competition for young players. The home games are played in Renti, the training ground of Olympiacos Piraeus (capacity: 3,000 places).

Significant former players

The players are sorted alphabetically

Alexandros Alexandris (1994-2004, storm)

Greece's Player of the Year 2001 scored 127 goals in 242 games for the record champions. He is ten times Greek champion (seven times with Olympiacos and three times with AEK Athens) and one time Greek cup winner. He is the top scorer in 1994, 1997, 2001 and 2002.

Nikolaos Anastopoulos (1980–1987, 1989–1992 and 1993/1994, Sturm)

Anastopoulos is the record scorer for the Greek national team and a legendary striker of the 1980s with 29 goals . In 273 games he scored 145 goals for the red and white.

Georgios Anatolakis (1997-2007, defense)

Anatolakis was known for his willingness to fight, passionate commitment and perseverance. He was used in 248 games and celebrated ten championships and three cup wins with Olympiacos.

Dinos Andrianopoulos (1925–1932, Sturm)

Georgios Andrianopoulos
Legendary player, founding member and President (1954–1967)

Georgios Andrianopoulos (1925–1931, Sturm)

Yiannis Andrianopoulos (1925–1929, Sturm)

Leonidas Andrianopoulos (1925–1935, Sturm)

Vassilis Andrianopoulos (1925–1933, Sturm)

Thanassis Bebis (1946–1964, midfielder)

A veteran in midfield of Olympiacos. Bebis played for the club for nearly two decades. In the 1980s he returned to the port of Piraeus as a coach.

Nery Castillo (2000-2007, midfielder)

The Mexican international moved to the port of Piraeus in 2000 at the age of 16. In 105 games he scored 30 goals for Olympiakos. In 2007 he moved to the Ukraine for FK Shakhtar Donetsk for the record sum of 20 million euros . Nery Castillo is a six-time Greek champion and two-time Greek cup winner.

Giorgos Darivas (1946–1958, Sturm)

"Lorenzi", his nickname, was part of the legendary team of the 1950s . The striker was in the service of Olympiacos from 1946 to 1958. In 1971, 1975 and 1976 he took a seat on the red and white coaching bench.

Kostas Davourlis (1974–1978, midfielder)

The "black prince" moved to Olympiacos in the 1974/75 season for 9.25 million drachmas. At the time the most expensive transfer in Greek football history. In a total of 325 first division games, the creative midfielder scored a total of 95 goals. His hard shot made him a dreaded free-kick taker. Davourlis was voted into the top 50 best Greek football players by the Greek sports magazine Ethnosport .

Giorgos Delikaris (1970–1978, midfielder)

The resemblance to George Best earned him the nickname "Gianni Rivera of Greece". Delikaris is without a doubt one of the best footballers Greece has ever produced. In the election of the UEFA Jubilee 52 Golden Players , he came fourth in Greece. He completed 226 league games for Olympiacos and was part of the legendary team from 1969 to 1978. Many fans did not forgive him for his move to arch-rival Panathinaikos Athens in the 1978/79 season.

Lajos Détári (1988–1990, midfielder)

The Hungarian midfielder moved from Eintracht Frankfurt to Olympiacos Piraeus in 1988 for DM 16 million . In 55 games he scored 33 goals. After only two years he moved to FC Bologna .

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Predrag Đorđević (1996–2009, midfielder)

Đorđević played for the series champions between 1996 and 2009. He completed 341 league games and scored a total of 127 goals. The Serbian international, who also has Greek citizenship, was the team's captain and head for years. Đorđević is the record holder in Greece with twelve championship titles from 13 years.

Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos (1994-2004, Tor)

Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos (* 1976) played for the club as a goalkeeper for over 20 years

Grigoris Georgatos (1996–1999, 2000–2001 and 2004–2007, defense)

Grigoris Georgatos, also known as "Trelos karaflos" (crazy bald head), was considered one of the best winger players in Greece. He played 174 league games for Olympiacos and scored 27 goals. Georgatos is a 35-time Greek national player, seven-time Greek champion and three-time cup winner. In 1999 he moved to Inter Milan for 14 million DM - at that time the highest transfer fee that was ever paid for a Greek player. In November 2013 Georgatos took over the management of the Olympiakos Youth Academy.

Stelios Giannakopoulos (1996-2003, midfielder)

Giannakopoulos moved in 1996, as an avowed supporter of Panathinaikos , from FC Paniliakos to Olympiacos. Nevertheless, he managed to play his way into the hearts of Olympiakos fans. During his time at Olympiacos he won seven championship titles in a row (1997-2003). In summer 2003 he turned down a contract offer with an annual salary of around 1 million euros and left the club for Bolton Wanderers .

Giovanni (1999-2005, storm)

Despite his height (191 cm), Giovanni was considered one of the greatest technicians of his time. In the prime footballer's age (27 years), he moved from FC Barcelona to Olympiakos for 24 million DM in 1999 . There he eventually became a legend. In 129 games he scored 61 times for the red and white. He was five times Greek champion and once top scorer in the Greek league. In Greece, Giovanni is nicknamed "Magos" (Greek Μάγος ), which means "the magician", thanks to his outstanding technical skills .

Achilleas Grammatikopoulos (1928–1944, Tor)

Grammatikopoulos guarded the gate of the red and white for sixteen years. He was considered one of the best goalkeepers of his time. His nickname was therefore also " Zamora ", named after one of the world's best goalkeepers of the 1920s and 1930s. He won a total of seven championships and seven times the Greek Cup with Olympiacos.

Ilija Ivić (1994–1999, storm)

The Serbian striker played for the Greek record champions for five years. In 112 league appearances, he scored 64 goals. He won the Greek championship three times and the Greek Cup once. From 2007 to 2008 he was technical director at Olympiacos Piraeus.

Vassilis Karapialis (1991-2000, midfield)

The offensive midfield star of the 1990s moved from AE Larisa to Olympiacos Piraeus in 1991 for 45 million drachmas . In 229 championship games he scored 61 goals for the red and white team. Karapialis is a 21-time Greek national player, five-time Greek champion and three-time cup winner.

Kiriakos Karataidis (1988-2001, defense)

Christian Karembeu (2001-2004, midfield)

The French international played for Olympiacos for three years. He's a great personality and was an excellent midfielder. His defensive qualities and the almost flawless game helped Olympiakos to two more championships (2001/02 and 2002/03). He played 88 league games and scored five goals.

Takis Lemonis (1978–1987, midfielder)

Julio Losada (1972–1980, Sturm)

The only 1.62 m tall and nimble Uruguayan striker played eight seasons for the red and white. In 146 games he scored 30 goals. Losada is a five-time Greek champion and crowd favorite of the 1970s .

Dimitris Mavrogenidis (1997-2006, defense)

Dimitris Mavrogenidis was Piraeus' first choice for right-back for almost a decade. He convinced with his speed, his dynamism and his will to fight. Mavrogenidis completed 201 league games for Olympiacos Piraeus and was on the field 48 times at European level with the red and white. He is eight-time Greek champion, three-time cup winner and 24-time national player.

Tasos Mitropoulos (1981–1992 and 1997–1998, midfield)

Andreas Mouratis (1944–1955, defense)

The fans called him, because of his defensive strength, "Missouri" - that was the name of an American fighter aircraft carrier anchored in Piraeus. Turkish fans called him "Murat Aslan", Murat the lion, after a national team game against Turkey. Mouratis played for Olympiacos between 1944 and 1955. The crowd favorite was six times Greek champion and five times won the Greek cup with the red and white. He came to 16 missions in the Greek national team.

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Antonios Nikopolidis (2004-2011, goal)

The 2004 European champions won a total of eleven championship titles and won the Greek Cup nine times. Between 2004 and 2011 he guarded the goal of the red and white team in 196 league games.

Kostas Polychroniou (1954–1968, midfielder)

The defensive midfielder, who took over the successful man marking from Pelé on July 4, 1961, played 246 times for the Red Whites. The long-time team captain scored 13 goals in these league games. Polychroniou came to 27 appearances in the Greek national football team. The future coach managed the sporting fortunes of his former club from 1993 to 1994.

Anastasios Pantos (2003-2010, defense)

The fast right full-back played in 132 league games for Olympiacos. His professional attitude and good physical condition made him a crowd favorite. Pantos won five championships with Olympiacos and was four times cup winners.

Oleh Protasov (1990-1994, Sturm)

The Russian and later Ukrainian international was the top performer in the early 1990s . In 85 league games, the USSR Footballer of the Year (1987) scored a total of 48 goals. Protasov was once Greek champion and cup winner with the red and white.

Rivaldo (2004-2007, midfielder)

The 1999 FIFA World Player of the Year and 2002 World Cup winner played for the Greek record champions for three years. He scored 36 goals in 70 competitive games. Rivaldo won three championship titles with the red and white and won the Greek Cup twice.

Ilias Rossidis (1948–1961, defense)

The captain of the legendary team of the 1950s appeared for Olympiacos over 500 times. The right full-back scored 150 goals in 247 league games. He crowned his career with seven championship titles, nine cup wins and five doubles. Rossidis played a total of 29 times for the Greek national football team.

Nikolaos Sarganis (1981–1985, gate)

The 58-time national player, also known as the phantom, guarded the goal of the red and white team in 144 championship games. Without a doubt one of the best goalkeepers in Greece. His move to arch-rival Panathinaikos Athens in the 1985/86 season caused a stir.

Savvas Theodoridis (1955–1962, Tor)

For many, one of the best goalkeepers Greece has ever produced. At the age of 27, Savvas Theodoridis retired after seven successful years (six championship titles and seven cup wins). Today he is General Director of Olympiacos Piraeus.

Yves Triantafilos (1971–1974, Sturm)

Born in France , Yves Triantafyllos moved from US Boulogne to the port of Piraeus in 1971 . In three years, the exceptional striker of the 1970s scored 58 goals for Olympiacos. In 1974, to the regret of the Greek fans, he left the club again. His next stop was the AS Saint-Étienne .

Giorgos Sideris (1959–1970 and 1972, Sturm)

With 224 goals, Giorgos Sideris is Olympiakos' most successful goalscorer of all time. His extraordinary goal instinct and his speed on the ball were his most outstanding qualities. "Nothing and nobody could stop him"; this earned him the nickname "the bulldozer". Sideris scored a total of 522 goals by 1970.

Nikos Tsiantakis (1988-1995, midfielder)

Tsiantakis played 196 times for Olympiacos and scored 22 goals. The midfielder was denied a championship title. He celebrated two cup wins (1990 and 1992) with Piraeus.

Ilias Yfantis (1954–1964, Sturm)

The offensive all-rounder, born in Piraeus in 1936, was part of the golden team of the 1950s . He scored a total of 28 goals for Olympiacos and made seven appearances for the Greek national team.

Coach chronicle

Míchel
Former coach of Olympiacos

Trainer	nationality	Term of office
Ioannis Andrianopoulos		1925-1927
József Kováts		1930-1932
Jan Kopsiva		1927-1930, 1933-1934, 1936-1937
Peter Pispaloou		1934-1935
Nikolaos Panopoulos		1935-1936
Peter Lantz		1937-1938
Tibor Esser		1932-1933, 1938
Themistoklis Asderis		1945-1947
Theologis Symeonidis		1948-1950, 1954-1955
Konstantinos Negropontis		1955
Ioannis Helmis Vangelis Helmis		1950-1954, 1956
Prvoslav Dragićević		1956-1957
Tibor Kemény		1957-1958
Bruno Vale		1958-1960
Kiril Simonovski		1960–1962
Alekos Hatzistavridis		1962
Ioannis Helmis		1962-1963
Andras Dolgos		1963-1964
Nandor Cserna		1964-1965
Marton Bukovi		1965-1967
Thanassis Soulis		1967-1968
Ljubiša Spajić		1968-1969
Thanassis Bebis		1969
Stjepan Bobek		1969-1970
Iliad Yfantis		1970
Dan Georgiadis		1970-1971
Vassilis Petropoulos		1971, 1975-1977
Georgios Darivas		1971, 1975-1976
Alan Ashman		1971-1972
Vic Buckingham		1975-1976
Les Shannon		1976-1977
Todor Veselinović		1977-1980
Kazimierz Górski		1980-1983
Helmut Senekowitsch		1984
Thanassis Bebis		1980, 1984, 1985

Trainer	nationality	Term of office
Alketas Panagoulias		1981, 1986-1987
Heinz Höher		1983
Nikos Alefantos		1984, 1995
Georg Keßler		1984-1985
Antonis Georgiadis		1985-1986
Giannis Gounaris		1988
Pavlos Grigoriadis		1988, 1989
Jacek Gmoch		1988-1989
Miltos Papapostolou		1989-1990
Imre Komora		1990
Oleg Blochin		1990-1993
Ljupko Petrovic		1993
Kostas Polychroniou		1994-1995
Stavros Diamantopoulos		1995-1996
Meletis Persias		1996
Dušan Bajević		1996-2000, 2004-2005
Alberto Bigon		2000
Giannis Matzourakis		2000-2001
Takis Lemonis		2001-2003, 2006-2007, 2017
Oleh Protasov		2003-2004
Trond Sollied		2005-2006
Jose Segura		2008
Ernesto Valverde		2008-2009
Temur Kezbaia		2009
Zico		2009-2010
Božidar Bandović		2010
Ewald Lienen		2010
Ernesto Valverde		2010–2012
Leonardo Jardim		2012
José Miguel González		2013-2015
Vítor Pereira		2015
Marco Silva		2015-2016
Víctor Sánchez del Amo		2016
Paulo Bento		2016-2017
Besnik Hasi		2017

Club presidents

The table lists all the club presidents of Olympiacos Piraeus:

Michalis Manouskos
1st President and Founder of Olympiacos Piraeus

president	era
Michalis Manouskos	1925-1928, 1937-1939, 1945-1950
Thanassis Mermingas	1929-1931, 1953-1954
Takis Zakkas	October 1931, 1936
Giannis Andrianopoulos	1932, 1933-1935
Giannis Barbaressos	11/29/1946 - 12/22/1946
Giorgos Andrianopoulos	1954-1967
Kostas Bousakis	1967-1969
Tassos Ikonomou	1969-1970
Eftichios Goumas	1970-1971
Aristidis Skilitsis	1971
Dimitris Vardanis	1971-1972
Nikolaos Goulandris	1972-1975
Kostas Thanopoulos	1975, 1976-1978
Periklis Lanaras	1975
Iraklis Tsitsalis	1978-1979
Stavros Daifas	1979-1985, 1986, 1992-1994
Nikos Efthimiou	1986
Giorgos Koskotas	1987-1988
Argiris Saliarelis	1988-1992
Giorgos Banasakis	1992
Socrates Kokkalis	1993-2010
Evangelos Marinakis	2011 – today

statistics

UEFA club coefficient

The current club coefficient overview:

As of August 26, 2020

rank	team	Points
33	Inter Milan	44,000
34	PFK CSKA Moscow	44,000
35	Olympiacos Piraeus	43,000
36	FC Copenhagen	42,000
37	SC Braga	41,000

European Cup balance sheet

As of December 11, 2019

competition	Games	S.	U	N	T +	T-
UEFA Champions League	174	63	33	78	216	265
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	033	14th	07th	13	043	047
UEFA Cup / Europa League	094	42	16	36	139	119
total	301	1190	55	1270	398	431

International success

season		competition		round		opponent		Away		home
1963/64		UEFA Cup Winners' Cup		Round of 16		Olympique Lyon		1: 4		2: 1
1965/66		UEFA Cup Winners' Cup		Round of 16		West Ham United		0: 4		2: 2
1968/69		UEFA Cup Winners' Cup		Round of 16		Dunfermline Athletic		0: 4		3-0
1974/75		European Champions Cup		Round of 16		RSC Anderlecht		1: 5		3-0
1982/83		European Champions Cup		Round of 16		Hamburger SV		0: 1		0: 4
1983/84		European Champions Cup		Round of 16		Benfica Lisbon		0: 3		1-0
1986/87		UEFA Cup Winners' Cup		Round of 16		Ajax Amsterdam		0: 4		1: 1
1989/90		Uefa cup		Round of 16		AJ Auxerre		0-0		1: 1
1990/91		UEFA Cup Winners' Cup		Round of 16		Sampdoria Genoa		1: 3		0: 1
1992/93		UEFA Cup Winners' Cup		Quarter finals		Atlético Madrid		1: 3		1: 1
1998/99		UEFA Champions League		Quarter finals		Juventus Turin		1: 2		1: 1
2004/05		Uefa cup		Round of 16		Newcastle United		0: 4		1: 3
2007/08		UEFA Champions League		Round of 16		Chelsea FC		0: 3		0-0
2009/10		UEFA Champions League		Round of 16		Girondins Bordeaux		1: 2		0: 1
2011/12		UEFA Europa League		Round of 16		Metalist Kharkiv		1-0		1: 2
2013/14		UEFA Champions League		Round of 16		Manchester United		0: 3		2-0

The highest victories in the European Cup

season		competition		game		Result
1993/94		Uefa cup		Olympiacos Piraeus - Botev Plovdiv		5: 1
1997/98		Champions League		Olympiacos - FK Mazyr		5-0
2002/03		Champions League		Olympiacos - Bayer 04 Leverkusen		6: 2
2008/09		Uefa cup		Olympiacos - FC Nordsjælland		5-0
2008/09		Uefa cup		Olympiacos Piraeus - Benfica Lisbon		5: 1
2008/09		Uefa cup		Olympiacos - Hertha BSC		4-0
2010/11		UEFA Europa League		Olympiacos Piraeus - KS Besa Kavaja		6: 1
2010/11		UEFA Europa League		Olympiacos Piraeus - KS Besa Kavaja		5-0

Player with the most goals

Status: April 1, 2009 (over 3000 goals since 1959)

space	player	nationality	Gates
01	Georgios Sideris		224
02	Nikos Anastopoulos		145
03	Alexis Alexandris		127
04th	Predrag Đorđević		108
05	Nikos Gioutsos		99
06th	Michalis criticism opoulos		84
07th	Aristidis Papazoglou		71
08th	Panagiotis Tsalouchidis		65
09	Mike Galakos		64
0	Stelios Giannakopoulos		64
0	Ilija Ivić		64
12	Vassilis Karapialis		61
13	Giovanni		59
14th	Yves Triantafyllos		58
15th	Tasos Mitropoulos		51
16	Petros Karavitis		50
17th	Oleh Protasov		48
	Pavlos Vassiliou		48
19th	Vassilis botinos		42
20th	Lajos Détari		35

Other statistics

• Record goalscorer : Georgios Sideris (224)
• Biggest win in the Greek league Olympiakos - Fostiras 11-0 (1973/74)
• Biggest defeat in the Greek league : Panathinaikos Athens - Olympiakos 8-2 (June 1, 1930)
• Most wins of the season : 30 (1999/00)
• Most goals this season : 102 (1973/74)
• Fewest goals this season : 13 (1972/73)
• Longest winning streak : 16 (8th to 23rd matchday in the 2005/06 season)
• Longest run without defeat in one season : 58 (3rd matchday in the 1972/73 season to 27th matchday in the 1973/74 season)
• Longest run without an away defeat : 34 (20th matchday in the 2011/12 season to 28th matchday in the 2013/14 season)
• Best start to the season : 2013/14 (24 wins, two draws)
• Participation in the UEFA Champions League : 28 (withdrawn 1958/59)
• Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup : 9 (withdrawn 1962/63)
• Participation in the UEFA Europa League : 19
• Biggest win in the UEFA Champions League : Olympiakos 6-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (September 18, 2002)
• Biggest defeat in UEFA Champions League : Juventus Turin 7-0 Olympiakos (10 December 2003)
• Player with the most European appearances : Predrag Đorđević (83)
• Player with the most goals in European competitions : Predrag Đorđević (15)

Web links

Commons : Olympiacos Piraeus  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the association (Greek, English)

See also

• Soccer in Greece
• Greek champion (soccer)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fifa article on family stories in world football (accessed April 12, 2009)
2. ↑ e-soccer.gr on the tragedy  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Greek) (accessed April 12, 2009)  
3. ↑ Uefa article on Nery Castillo's move (accessed April 12, 2009)
4. ↑ Article at fussball24.de from April 21, 2008 (accessed April 12, 2009)
5. ↑ short article on the early championship from March 22, 2009 (accessed on April 12, 2009)
6. ↑ Article by Sky Sports (accessed April 12, 2009)
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14. ↑ Olympiacos separates from Ketsbaia on September 15, 2009
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26. ↑ sports247.my (English) Ljubomir Fejsa zu Benfica Lisbon, accessed on August 25, 2013  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
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29. ↑ Piraeus for the 43rd time Greek master . In: focus.de . Retrieved February 28, 2016.
30. ↑ Reaction to 1: 1 - President sends players on compulsory leave on spiegel.de
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33. ↑ To be found on the website under Museum . (Greek, English) (accessed April 12, 2009)
34. ↑ https://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Olympiakos/oi-duo-umnoi-apo-to-1931-mexri-shmera.3468907.html
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36. ↑ http://www.olympiacos.org/article/29975/anakoinosi-tis-pae-olympiakos Official communication of the association (Greek)
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38. ↑ UEFA rankings for club competitions . www.uefa.com. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
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