Olympiacos F.C. season 2008-09

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Olympiacos
Season 2008–09
Manager Flag of Spain Ernesto Valverde
Chairman Flag of Greece Socratis Kokkalis
League Super League Greece
Final league position
Greek Cup
Greek Super Cup
UEFA Champions League
Top goalscorer
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2009-10

The 2008–09 season is Olympiacos 50th consecutive season in the Super League Greece and their 12th consecutive season in the UEFA Champions League, provided that it qualifies in the Group Stage. In the beginning of the summertime Olympiacos unveiled Spanish Ernesto Valverde as their new coach.[1]

Contents

[edit] Squad

No. Position Player
1 Flag of Greece GK Leonidas Panagopoulos
2 Flag of Greece DF Christos Patsatzoglou
3 Flag of France DF Didier Domi
4 Flag of Brazil DF Leonardo
5 Flag of Brazil DF Júlio César
6 Flag of Greece MF Ieroklis Stoltidis (vice-captain)
7 Flag of Argentina MF Luciano Galletti
9 Flag of Serbia FW Darko Kovačević
10 Flag of Argentina FW Leonel Núñez
11 Flag of Serbia MF Predrag Đorđević (captain)
14 Flag of Poland DF Michał Żewłakow
15 Flag of Spain DF Raúl Bravo
18 Flag of Greece DF Paraskevas Antzas
19 Flag of Greece MF Konstantinos Mendrinos
20 Flag of Greece FW Lefteris Matsoukas
21 Flag of Greece MF Andreas Vasilogiannis
No. Position Player
22 Flag of Greece FW Kostantinos Mitroglou
24 Flag of Greece MF Georgios Katsikogiannis
25 Flag of Argentina MF Fernando Belluschi
27 Flag of Greece DF Konstantinos Lambropoulos
28 Flag of Argentina MF Cristian Raúl Ledesma
30 Flag of Greece DF Anastasios Pantos
31 Flag of Greece MF Aristides Soiledis
32 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo FW Lomana LuaLua
35 Flag of Greece DF Vasilis Torosidis
71 Flag of Greece GK Antonis Nikopolidis (vice-captain)
77 Flag of Slovenia MF Mirnes Šišić
87 Flag of Greece GK Michalis Sifakis
92 Flag of Greece DF Kyriakos Papadopoulos
-- Flag of Greece DF Georgios Galitsios
-- Flag of Slovakia GK Pavel Kovać
-- Flag of Greece MF Giannis Papadopoulos

[edit] Summer Squad Changes for the 2008-09 Season

In

No. Position Player
-- Flag of Greece DF Georgios Galitsios loan return from AEL 1964
-- Flag of Greece MF Giannis Papadopoulos from Iraklis FC
-- Flag of Slovakia GK Pavel Kovać from Apollon Kalamarias

Total spending: ▼ 1,800,000 €

Out

No. Position Player
74 Flag of Croatia GK Tomislav Butina Released by Club and moved to Dinamo Zagreb
23 Flag of Cyprus FW Michalis Konstantinou Released by Club

Total income: ▲ 0 €

[edit] Out on loan

No. Position Player
4 Flag of the Republic of Macedonia DF Vanče Šikov to Apollon Kalamarias
13 Flag of Hungary MF Zsolt Laczko to Leicester City
77 Flag of Brazil MF Leozinho to OFI Crete

[edit] Current national players

No. Position Player
2 Flag of Greece DF Christos Patsatzoglou 26 (1)
14 Flag of Poland DF Michał Żewłakow 74 (2)
18 Flag of Greece DF Paraskevas Antzas 21 (0)
25 Flag of Argentina MF Fernando Belluschi 2 (0)
28 Flag of Argentina FW Cristian Raúl Ledesma 3 (0)
32 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo FW Lomana LuaLua 30 (13)
35 Flag of Greece DF Vasilis Torosidis 10 (0)
71 Flag of Greece GK Antonis Nikopolidis 84 (0)
77 Flag of Slovenia MF Mirnes Sisic 2 (1)
  • Appearances (Goals)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Olympiacos turn to Valverde (English). UEFA.com (2008-05-28). Retrieved on 2008-05-29.

[edit] External links

Olympiacos F.C. official website

Olympiacos F.C. seasons
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