Olympiacos F.C.
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ΠΑΕ Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς (Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus) | |||
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| Founded | 10 March 1925 | |||
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Karaiskakis Stadium Piraeus, Greece | |||
| Capacity | 32,115[1] | |||
| Owner |
 Evangelos Marinakis | |||
| Chief Director |
Giannis Vrentzos | |||
| Manager |
 Míchel | |||
| League | Superleague Greece | |||
| 2012–13 | Superleague Greece, 1st | |||
| Website | Club home page | |||
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Olympiacos F.C. (Greek: ΠΑΕ Ολυμπιακός), also known simply as Olympiacos, Olympiacos Piraeus or with its full name Olympiacos C.F.P. (Greek: Oλυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, transliterated "Olympiacos Syndesmos Filathlon Piraios"), Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus, is a Greek professional football club, part of the major multi-sport club Olympiacos CFP, based in Piraeus.
Olympiacos is the most successful club in Greek football history, having won a record 40 Greek League titles,[2] a record 26 Greek Cups,[3] a record 16 Doubles[4] and a record 4 Greek Super Cups (a total record of 70 national titles). Olympiacos' dominating success is further signified by the fact that all the other Greek clubs have won a combined total of 37 League titles.[5] They also hold the record for the most consecutive Greek League titles, as they are the only side to have won 7 consecutive championships (1997–2003), having broken their own previous record of 6 (1954–1959).[6] It is one of three clubs to have never been relegated from the top flight of Greek football; in European competitions, they have reached the quarter-finals twice, in the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League[7] and the 1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup.[8] Olympiacos is also one of the founding members of the European Club Association.[9]
The club's stadium is the Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus.[10] Olympiacos is the most popular Greek club[11][12][13] with around two and a half million fans inside Greece and millions of others in the Greek communities all over the world.[14][15][16][17][18][19] Olympiacos was placed ninth on the list with the most paid up members in the world in 2006, having 83,000 registered members as of April 2006.[20] They share a great and long-standing rivalry with Panathinaikos, with whom they contest the derby of the eternal enemies.
History
Early years and domestic success
Olympiacos was founded on 10 March 1925, in the port of Piraeus, when the members of "Piraikos Podosfairikos Omilos FC" (Sport and Football Club of Piraeus) and the "Piraeus Fans Club FC" decided, during a historical assembly,[21] to dissolve the two clubs in order to establish a new unified one, with an emblem depicting the profile of an Olympic winner. Notis Kamperos announced the name Olympiacos and Michalis Manouskos completed it to its full name, Olympiacos Syndesmos Filathlon Pireos. The Andrianopoulos brothers, however, were those who significantly raised the reputation of the club and added glory to it.[22] Members of a prosperous family, they made the name of Olympiacos known over Greece. Yiannis, Dinos, Giorgos and Vassilis were the first to play. The youngest of five, Leonidas Andrianopoulos made his appearance later on and played for a long time (1927–1935). The club's offensive line, made up of the five brothers, soon became legendary. Olympiacos immediately caught the attention of locals, back then their fanbase consisted mainly of the working class, with the team filling the Neo Phaliron Velodrome, later to be the Karaiskakis Stadium, and becoming Piraeus' champions for the seasons 1925, 1926, 1927.[23]
In 1926, the Hellenic Football Federation was founded and organized the Panhellenic Championship in the 1927–1928 season, the first national championship, where the regional champions from EPSA league (Athens), EPSP league (Piraeus) and EPSM league (Thessaloniki) compete for the national title through play-offs, with Aris becoming the first champion. Up to 1958–59 the Panhellenic Championship was organized this way however the second season (1928–29) Olympiacos came to a dispute with the Hellenic Football Federation and did not participate in the championship with Panathinaikos and AEK Athens deciding to follow Olympiacos. During that season they played friendly games with each other and together formed a group called P.O.K.. The fourth Panhellenic Championship took place in 1930–31 and found Olympiacos winning the Greek national league title for the first time in the history of the club. It was the starting point of a very successful era.
By 1940, Olympiacos had already won six championships in eleven seasons[22] and by 1960 they had won fifteen championships in twenty-three seasons, as well as nine Greek Cups, making it for six doubles. The legendary Olympiacos team of the 1950s, with key performers such as Andreas Mouratis, Ilias Rossidis, Kostas Polychroniou, Thanasis Bebis, Ilias Yfantis, Babis Kotridis, Giorgos Darivas, Babis Drosos and Savvas Theodoridis, won the title six consecutive times, from 1954 to 1959, combining it with the cup in 1957, 1958 and 1959 to celebrate their third double in a row, a unique and unmatched achievement in Greek football history. Hence, Olympiacos is also known as Thrylos, meaning "Legend",[22][24] after this classic side of the 1950s which won a hatful of titles.
Sporadic success and Goulandris era
The first championship as a Top National League, called Alpha Ethniki, was held for the first time in the 1959–60 season, however the 60s and the early 70s were not as fruitful for Olympiacos, having won only two championships and six cups. Another chapter began in 1972, after Nikos Goulandris became president. He appointed Lakis Petropoulos as coach and signed top-class players such as Giorgos Delikaris, Yves Triantafyllos, Julio Losada, Milton Viera, Michalis Kritikopoulos, Romain Argyroudis, Maik Galakos, Lakis Glezos, Kostas Davourlis, Giannis Kyrastas and Dimitris Persidis. Under Goulandris presidency, Olympiacos won the title three times in a row from 1973 to 1975, combining it with the cup in 1973 and 1975.[22] The highlight for that side was the 1973–74 season, when Olympiacos won the league with record points (59) and goals (102). Following Goulandris resignation from the presidency in 1975, the team went through a relative dry period in the second half of the 1970s. However in the early 80s, when the championship became professional, Olympiacos emerged again as the dominant power in the Greek football, winning the title four times in a row (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983). Key players during this period included forward Nikos Anastopoulos, midfielder Tasos Mitropoulos and goalkeeper Nikos Sarganis. Alketas Panagoulias, who had also been manager of the Greek national football team and the United States national soccer team, coached the team between 1981 and 1983 and again in the 1986–87 season, earning the championship title in 1982, 1983 and 1987.[22]
Olympiacos experienced its darkest days from the late-1980s until the mid-90s. In the mid-80s Olympiacos came into the hands of Greek businessman George Koskotas who was soon accused of and convicted for embezzlement, leaving Olympiacos deep in debt. On the pitch, the team, without a serious management, went nine seasons without a league title, 1988 to 1996. This period is so called as Olympiacos' stone years [25] and the 1987–88 season was the worst ever for Olympiacos, as the club finished 8th in the league.
Era of success
Olympiacos' era of success began with attracting players of international magnitude like Zlatko Zahovič, Giovanni, and World Champions Rivaldo and Christian Karembeu. Olympiacos won seven consecutive championships, beating their own past record of six, with their best season being 1998–99, when under the guidance of coach Dušan Bajević, they celebrated the Double and the qualification to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League, their best-ever European campaign. Bajević was sacked in 1999 and in the period that followed (1999–2004) Olympiacos employed no less than eight coaches. The best-known are Ioannis Matzourakis, Takis Lemonis, Trond Sollied, Oleg Protasov and Siniša Gogić.
Despite constant management changes and lack of managerial stability, Olympiacos kept on winning championships, except for the season 2003–04, when they finished second after switching three coaches in a year. In 2004, Olympiacos rehired Dušan Bajević and signed 1999 World Footballer of the Year Rivaldo. The end of the season found Olympiacos with both domestic trophies but without Bajević, who resigned; in his place, Norwegian coach Trond Sollied was hired.[26] They also signed Cypriot striker Michalis Konstantinou from arch-rivals Panathinaikos. During the season 2005–06, Olympiacos won all the four derbies against their major rivals, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens, something only achieved once more, during the season 1972–73. The combined goal total in these four matches was 11–3 in favour of Olympiacos. They also beat AEK Athens 3–0 in the Greek Cup Final to clinch their second straight double and managed to win 16 consecutive matches in the championship, breaking their own record.
After a record-breaking season, in the 2006 summer transfers, Trond Sollied signed seven players. However, Sollied did not live up to expectations in the UEFA Champions League 2006–07 and was replaced by Takis Lemonis at the end of 2006. Lemonis transferred the young star Vasilis Torosidis, and though Lemonis won the third consecutive championship for Olympiacos, he failed to win the Greek Cup after a surprise elimination by PAS Giannina.
In the summer of 2007, Olympiacos made very expensive transfers like Darko Kovačević and Luciano Galletti and realized the most lucrative transfer in Greek football history, by selling striker-midfielder Nery Castillo to Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk for the record sum of €20 million ($27.5 million).[27] Because of a clause in Castillo's contract, Olympiacos received €15 million and the remaining €5 million were given directly to the player.[28] Furthermore, a controversy started between the team and Rivaldo, as Olympiacos did not wish to renew the player's contract, despite the fact that Rivaldo had featured heavily in the club's successful campaigns, both in Greece and abroad. Former player Ilija Ivic was selected for the role of the team's football director. The team didn't start well in the Greek championship, but it achieved a stunning performance in the Champions League, qualifying for the last 16 as they finished second in their group, level on eleven points with group-winners Real Madrid.[29] However, the team's less than satisfactory performance in the league, coupled with the defeat from Chelsea in Stamford Bridge, prompted club owner Sokratis Kokkalis to sack coach Takis Lemonis. The team's assistant manager, Jose Segura, coached the team for the remainder of the season. Although Olympiacos managed to win both the Greek Cup and Championship, Segura returned to his previous position.
In the summer of 2008, Olympiacos made prominent transfers, signing Diogo Luis Santo, Avraam Papadopoulos and Dudu Cearense, and appointed Ernesto Valverde as the new coach with a three-year contract worth approximately €6 million.[30] The 2008–09 season started badly for Olympiacos, with the team losing their first few official matches, against Anorthosis Famagusta for the Champions League third qualifying round, and was eliminated from the tournament, which resulted to a seat in the UEFA Cup first round, where Olympiacos beat Nordsjælland to qualify for the group stage. The team also started good in the Super League Greece 2008–09, winning every match at home, but facing difficulties away. After an impressive UEFA Cup run at home, the team managed to get through to the round of 32, facing French side Saint-Étienne.
In the summer of 2009, Olympiacos signed major players, such as Olof Mellberg from Juventus for €2.5 million,[31] English striker Matt Derbyshire from Blackburn Rovers, midfielder Jaouad Zairi from Asteras Tripolis, and Enzo Maresca from Sevilla. Many other players returned from loan spells, such as former Real Madrid defender Raúl Bravo, Georgios Katsikogiannis and Argentine midfielder Cristian Raul Ledesma. Olympiacos appointed former Brazil legend Zico as their coach and started the 2009–2010 season with great success, as they qualified for the Champions League final 16, finishing 2nd in Group H only 3 points behind Arsenal,[32] despite the absence of numerous first-team players due to injuries. They are up to face Bordeaux in the final 16. Domestically, Olympiacos secured a 2–0 derby win over arch-rivals Panathinaikos, with striker Kostas Mitroglou scoring twice.[33]
Crest and colours
When, in 1925, the merger of the two clubs of Piraeus, Athlitikos Podosfairikos Syllogos Pireos and Omilos Filathlon Pireos, gave birth to the new football club, the latter was unanimously baptized Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus, a name inspired from the Ancient Olympic Games, the morality, the vying and the splendor that they represented in ancient Greece. Consequently, the club adopted the laureate teen as their emblem, which symbolizes the Olympic Games winner, a crest that underwent minor changes through the ages. Red and white were chosen as the colours of the crest; red for the passion and white for the virtue.[34][35]
The typical kit of the team is that of a shirt with red and white vertical stripes, and red or white shorts and socks. The shirt has taken different forms during the history of the club, for example with thin or wider stripes. The second most common kit is the all-red one and next the all-white one. Olympiacos has used several other colours during its history as an away or third kit, with the most notable of them being the monotint black or silver one. The most common kits of Olympiacos during their history are these below (the year of each one is indicant):
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    1979
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1985
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  2008–09
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   2009–10
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     2010–11
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    2013–14
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Stadium
The Karaiskakis Stadium (Greek: Γήπεδο Γεώργιος Καραϊσκάκης), situated at the Faliro area of Piraeus, Greece, is the traditional and current home ground of Olympiacos. Named after Georgios Karaiskakis, national hero of the Greek War of Independence, it hosts Olympiacos home matches for the most of the club's history.[36]
It was built in 1895 as a velodrome, to host the cycling events for the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Its official name was Neo Phaliron Velodrome (Greek: Ποδηλατοδρόμιο Νέου Φαλήρου) and the pitch was covered with curm. Olympiacos started using it since its foundation in 1925. In 1964, the stadium was renovated, taking its current name and the shape it had until 2003, with an athletics track around the pitch.[37] Being one of the most important sport venues in Greece, it hosted the 1969 European Athletics Championships and the 1971 European Cup Winners' Cup Final between Chelsea and Real Madrid.[38]
Olympiacos left the Karaiskakis Stadium temporarily, to play home games at the newly built Athens Olympic Stadium, in 1984. After a five-year use of the biggest stadium in Greece, the team returned to their traditional home, where they played until 1997. It was then that Olympiacos got back to the Athens Olympic Stadium, where they stayed for another period of five years. In 2002, the Olympic Stadium was closed for renovation works due to the 2004 Summer Olympics and Olympiacos moved to the Georgios Kamaras Stadium in Rizoupoli, home of Apollon Smyrnis, for the following two seasons.
The Karaiskakis Stadium had fallen in disrepair and its use was passed to Olympiacos in April 2003; the club took the responsibility to build a new football-only ground in its place, to be used for the football tournament of the 2004 Olympics.[39] In return, Olympiacos got exclusive use of the stadium until 2052, covering all maintenance costs and also paying 15% of revenue to the State. The old stadium was demolished in the spring of 2003 and the whole project was constructed in the record period of 14 months. It was completed on 30 June 2004 at a total cost of €60 million.[40] Nowadays, the Karaiskakis Stadium is one of the most modern football grounds in Europe, also hosting the museum of Olympiacos[41] and several facilities around.
The Gate 7 Tragedy
The history of the Karaiskakis Stadium and Olympiacos was marked by the worst tragedy that ever hit Greek sports, known as the Karaiskakis Stadium disaster. On 8 February 1981, Olympiacos hosted AEK Athens for a League match, which ended 6–0, in an unprecedented triumph for the host team of Piraeus. During the last minutes of the game, thousands of Olympiacos fans at the Gate 7 rushed to the exit, to get to the stadium's main entrance and celebrate with the players, but the doors were almost closed and the turnstiles still in place, making the exit almost impossible.[42] As people continued to come down from the stands, unable to see what happened, the stairs of Gate 7 became a death trap; people were crushed, tens of fans were seriously injured and twenty-one young people died, most of them by suffocation.[43]
Supporters
Olympiacos' traditional fanbase comes from the city of Piraeus, where the club is based, as well as a good part of the rest of the Athens area. The club's popularity increased during the 1950s after winning consecutive titles and setting several records, and they became the best-supported football club in the country. Traditionally, Olympiacos used to represent the working class, but the club has always attracted fans from all the social classes and their fanbase is not associated with any specific social group anymore.[44][45]
Olympiacos is the most popular of the Greek clubs according to polls.[46][47] Several newspapers and magazines' polls rank Olympiacos as the most popular club in Greece with a percentage varying between 29–37% among the fans and 20.3–29.3% in total population, which corresponds to around two and a half millions of supporters in Greece.[11][48] The club is overwhelmingly popular in Piraeus, where almost half of its population supports Olympiacos,[49] while their support in the whole of Athens reaches 45.1% of the fans, making them the most popular club in the Greek capital.[50] They are also the most popular club in the working class with a percentage of 37% and in all age groups,[49] as well as among both male and female fans;[51] the vast majority of their fans comes from the centre and centre-right of the political spectrum.[49] Outside of Athens, Olympiacos is the most popular club in Central Greece, the Peloponnese, Thessaly, the Aegean and the Ionian Islands.[52] Additionally, they have the highest average all-time attendance in Greek football, having topped the attendance tables in most of the seasons in Super League Greece history.[53]
In 2006, Olympiacos was placed in the top ten of the clubs with the most paying members in the world, holding the ninth place just ahead of Real Madrid.[54] As of April 2006, the club had some 83,000 registered members.[55] Olympiacos and Red Star Belgrade fans have developed a deep friendship, calling themselves the Orthodox Brothers. Usually, Olympiacos supporters from several fan-clubs attend Red Star's matches, especially against their old rival Partizan, and vice-versa. More recently, the Orthodox Brothers have started to include fans of Spartak Moscow in their club.
Olympiacos fans are renowned for their passionate and fervent support to their team, with the atmosphere at home matches regarded as intimidating. When they played Newcastle United at home in the 2004–05 UEFA Cup, the match was televised in the United Kingdom on Channel 5 and the guest commentator was former England international Tony Cottee, who was constantly mentioning how great the atmosphere was. During the game he was asked whether it was the most atmospheric stadium he had been to and replied: "I'd have to say it probably is. You hear a lot about various places and the atmosphere there but when you go you realise it's not all that... But this place is the real deal."[56] The experienced Czech international winger Jaroslav Plašil paid further testament to the hostile atmosphere created by Olympiacos fans at home before his team Bordeaux visit Karaiskakis Stadium, where he had played during his time at AS Monaco and stated: "It was one of the most intense atmospheres I've ever experienced in a stadium, so I expect it will be a bit like hell for us. Their supporters really can help their team."[57] Paris Saint-Germain superstar striker Zlatan Ibrahimović spoke of his admiration for Olympiacos supporters after an Olympiacos–Paris Saint-Germain match on September 17, 2013: "They played in front of their fantastic public. Olympiacos supporters were amazing. My friend Olof Mellberg played here and he talked to me about the supporters. I never saw it live, but now I understand. It's amazing. It's a big advantage for Olympiacos."[58][59] PSG billionaire owner Nasser Al-Khelaifi stated: "I have big respect for the fans here. I've never seen fans like Olympiacos' fans in my life."[60]
Affiliated clubs
Rivalries
Traditionally, Olympiacos' main rival is Panathinaikos and their so-called derby of the eternal enemies is the classic rivalry in the Athens area and Greek football in general.[63] The two teams are the most successful and most popular Greek football clubs, and the rivalry is also indicative of social, cultural and regional differences; Olympiacos is traditionally seen as the classic representative of the working class of the port city of Piraeus, while Panathinaikos is considered the club of the Athenian higher-class society, although nowadays this differentiation has weakened and the two clubs have similar fanbases.[44][45] Olympiacos is the most successful football club in Greece, having won a record 70 major official titles compared to Panathinaikos' 40 titles and also being the most successful in their head-to-head fixtures, having won 76 derbies. The hatred is so intense that many violent incidents have taken place in several regions of Athens, especially before or after a derby. On 29 March 2007, a 22 year old Panathinaikos fan, was stabbed to death at Paiania, a town close to Athens where a women's volleyball game between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos was scheduled to take place that day, during a pre-arranged clash between hooligans of the two clubs. That incident caused major upset in Greece and sparked a large police investigation into the organized supporters scene, while all team sport events in Greece were suspended for two weeks.[64][65][66]
Another major rival of Olympiacos is AEK Athens, due to their proximity and strong on-pitch rivalry.[67] The rivalry between Olympiacos and PAOK, although PAOK was rarely a primary contestant of Olympiacos, is long-standing, dating back to the 1960s, when Olympiacos negotiated to acquire the player-symbol of PAOK, Giorgos Koudas. Also relies on the rivalry between Athens and Thessaloniki, the country's two major cities.[68] Another rival of Olympiacos used to be Ethnikos Piraeus, the second-most successful club of Piraeus, but the rivalry languished because Ethnikos Piraeus no longer plays in the top tier of Greek football.
Statistics
European performance
Olympiacos has a long presence in UEFA competitions, debuting on 13 September 1959, against Milan for the 1959–60 European Cup, being the first Greek team in a European competition. However, they were to play against Beşiktaş for the preliminary round of the 1958–59 European Cup, but withdrew.[69] They celebrated their 200th European game on 23 February 2010, against Bordeaux in the first knockout round of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League. Olympiacos was also the first Greek team to advance to the next round of any European competition, eliminating Zagłębie Sosnowiec for the 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup. Their best European results were reaching the quarter-finals of the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League, where they were eliminated by Juventus, and the quarter-finals of the 1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup, before losing to Atlético Madrid.
At the European level, Olympiacos have a strong record in home games. This has been proved by some long-standing unbeaten sequences, especially in the UEFA Champions League, where Manchester United was the first team to beat Olympiacos at home, in the latter's fifth consecutive participation in the tournament with its new format. In addition, Olympiacos gained impressive wins at home, like the stunning 6–2 victory over the then Champions League runners-up Bayer Leverkusen in the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League, and three consecutive large wins in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, 5–0 against Nordsjælland, 5–1 against Benfica and 4–0 against Hertha Berlin.
Best campaigns
| Season | Achievement | Notes | |
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| 1974–75 | Last 16 | eliminated by Anderlecht 1–5 in Brussels, 3–0 in Athens | |
| 1982–83 | Last 16 | eliminated by Hamburg 0–1 in Hamburg, 0–4 in Athens | |
| 1983–84 | Last 16 | eliminated by Benfica 1–0 in Athens, 0–3 in Lisbon | |
| 1998–99 | Quarter-finals | eliminated by Juventus 1–2 in Turin, 1–1 in Athens | |
| 2007–08 | Last 16 | eliminated by Chelsea 0–0 in Athens, 0–3 in London | |
| 2009–10 | Last 16 | eliminated by Bordeaux 0–1 in Athens, 1–2 in Bordeaux | |
| European Cup Winners' Cup | |||
| 1963–64 | Last 16 | eliminated by Lyon 1–4 in Lyon, 2–1 in Athens | |
| 1965–66 | Last 16 | eliminated by West Ham United 0–4 in London, 2–2 in Athens | |
| 1968–69 | Last 16 | eliminated by Dunfermline Athletic 0–4 in Dunfermline, 3–0 in Athens | |
| 1986–87 | Last 16 | eliminated by Ajax 0–4 in Amsterdam, 1–1 in Athens | |
| 1990–91 | Last 16 | eliminated by Sampdoria 0–1 in Athens, 1–3 in Genoa | |
| 1992–93 | Quarter-finals | eliminated by Atlético Madrid 1–1 in Athens, 1–3 in Madrid | |
| UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League | |||
| 1989–90 | Last 16 | eliminated by Auxerre 1–1 in Athens, 0–0 in Auxerre | |
| 2004–05 | Last 16 | eliminated by Newcastle United 1–3 in Athens, 0–4 in Newcastle | |
| 2011–12 | Last 16 | eliminated by Metalist Kharkiv 1–0 in Kharkiv, 1–2 in Piraeus | |
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Notes
- a. ^ Valencia were the eventual runners-up.
- b. ^ Bayer Leverkusen were the runners-up of the previous season.
- c. ^ Liverpool were the eventual winners.
- d. ^ AS Monaco were the runners-up of the previous season.
- e. ^ Benfica were the runners-up of 2012–13 Europa League.
- f. ^ Tottenham Hotspur were the defending winners.
- g. ^ In the second qualifying round.
National league records
| Outline | Record |
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| Record win | 11–0 (vs Fostiras, 1973–74) |
| Most wins in a season | 30 (1999–00) |
| Most goals scored in a season | 102 (1973–74) |
| Fewest goals conceded in a season | 13 (1972–73) |
| Longest sequence of wins | 16 (8th day of 2005–06 – 23rd day of 2005–06) |
| Longest sequence of unbeaten matches | 58 (3rd day of 1972–73 – 27th day of 1973–74) |
Honours
Domestic competitions
- Greek Championship
- Double
- Winners (16) (record): 1947, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1973, 1975, 1981, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013
European competitions
- UEFA Champions League:
- Quarter-finals (1): 1998–99
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:
- Quarter-finals (1): 1992–93
International competitions
- Balkans Cup
- Winners (1): 1963
Players
Current squad
- As of 31 January 2014[70]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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For recent transfers, see List of Greek football transfers summer 2013
Out on loan
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Olympiacos U20 squad
Olympiacos U20 is the youth team of Olympiacos. They participate in the Superleague U20 championship[72] and in UEFA Youth League competition. They play their home games at the 3,000-seater Renti Training Centre in Renti, Piraeus.[73]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Former players
Personnel
Management
| Position | Staff |
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| President [74] | Evangelos Marinakis |
| Chief Director | Giannis Vrentzos |
| Chief Executive | Dimitris Agrafiotis |
| 1st Vice-President | Savvas Theodoridis |
| 2nd Vice-President | Sokratis S. Kokkalis |
| 3rd Vice-President | George Louvaris |
| 4th Vice-President | Ioannis Moralis |
| Technical Consultant | Juan Jose Lorenzo |
| Strategic Advisor |  Christian Karembeu |
| Sports Director |  Pierre Issa |
| Team manager | Kyriakos Dourekas |
Technical and medical staff
| Technical staff [75] | |
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| Head coach [76] | Míchel |
| Assistant coach | Víctor |
| Carlos Morales Luengo | |
| Analyst | Giorgos Martakos |
| Antonis Lemonakis | |
| Goalkeeping coach | Alekos Rantos |
| Fitness coach | Jose Vallejo |
| Fitness trainer | Christos Mourikis |
| Youth team coach |  Bernd Storck |
| Youth goalkeeping coach | Vasilis Alexoudis |
| Scouting staff [77] | |
| Head of Scouting Department | Juan Jose Lorenzo |
| Scout | Nikos Vamvakoulas |
| Georgios Amanatidis | |
| Dimitrios Barbalias | |
| Giorgos Kokolakis | |
 Giovanni | |
| Medical staff [78] | |
| Head doctor | Christos Theos |
| Physio | Nikos Lykouresis |
| Alexis Kapetanakis | |
| Nikolaos Koulopoulos | |
| Nutritionist – Physiologist | Maria Lykomitrou |
Managerial history
Olympiacos F.C. presidents
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 Founder and first president of Olympiacos, Michalis Manouskos |
 Legendary player, founding member and president (1954–1967) of Olympiacos, Giorgos Andrianopoulos |
 Nikos Goulandris, president of Olympiacos (1972–1975) |
References
- ↑ http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/StatDoc/competitions/UCL/01/67/63/79/1676379_DOWNLOAD.pdf
- ↑ "Olympiacos clinch 40th Greek title". UEFA.com. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
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