2007–08 Olympiacos F.C. season

Olympiacos
2007–08 season
Chairman Socratis Kokkalis
Manager José Segura
Superleague Greece Winners
Greek Cup Winners
Greek Super Cup Winners
UEFA Champions League First knockout round
Top goalscorer League:
Darko Kovačević (17)
All:
Darko Kovačević (24)
Highest home attendance 33,500 vs Real Madrid (6 November 2007)
Lowest home attendance 14,544 vs Ergotelis (16 February 2008)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2007–08 season is Olympiacos 49th consecutive season in the Superleague Greece and their 11th consecutive season in the UEFA Champions League. Manager Takis Lemonis left the club by mutual consent on 11 March 2008 due to the club's lower-than-expected performance of the team in the Superleague, and was replaced by his assistant, José Segura.[1]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

Winter squad changes

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
77 Slovenia MF Mirnes Šišić from Levadiakos
25 Argentina MF Fernando Belluschi from River Plate
4 Brazil DF Leonardo from Portuguesa

Total spending: Decrease €10,400,000

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
8 Argentina MF Rodrigo Archubi to River Plate
16 Ivory Coast MF Marco Né Released by Club
18 Ecuador FW Félix Borja to Mainz 05
36 Greece MF Giannoulis Fakinos Released by Club

Total income: Increase €1,450,000

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
4 Republic of Macedonia DF Vanče Šikov to Apollon Kalamarias
7 Greece DF Georgios Galitsios to AEL 1964
13 Hungary MF Zsolt Laczkó to Leicester City
20 Greece FW Lefteris Matsoukas to Egaleo
77 Brazil MF Leozinho to OFI Crete
88 Albania MF Jahmir Hyka to KF Tirana

Current national players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
2 Greece DF Christos Patsatzoglou 26 (1)
14 Poland DF Michał Żewłakow 74 (2)
18 Greece DF Paraskevas Antzas 21 (0)
23 Cyprus FW Michalis Konstantinou 45 (20)
25 Argentina MF Fernando Belluschi 2 (0)
28 Argentina MF Cristian 3 (0)
32 Democratic Republic of the Congo FW Lomana LuaLua 30 (13)
35 Greece DF Vasilis Torosidis 10 (0)
71 Greece GK Antonis Nikopolidis 84 (0)
  • Appearances (Goals)

Club

Management

Position Staff
Manager Spain José Segura
Assistant manager Serbia Božidar Badović
Club doctor Greece Giannis Anagnostopoulos
Chief scout Greece Antreas Niniadis

Last updated: 12 Mar 2008
Source: Olympiacos FC

Other information

Chairman Greece Socratis Kokkalis
Vice-Chairman/Managing Director Greece Petros Kokkalis
Technical manager Serbia Ilija Ivić
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Karaiskakis Stadium (33,334 / 120x80 m)

Source:Olympiacos FC article about Socratis Kokkalis and Olympiacos FC article about Karaiskákis Stadium

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Greek Super Cup — — Winner 31 October 2007
Super League Greece — — Winner 2 September 200720 April 2008
UEFA Champions League Group Stage — Round of 16 18 September 20075 March 2008
Greek Cup 4th Round — Winner 5 December 200717 May 2008

Last updated: 18 May 2008
Source: Competitions

Superleague Greece

Classification

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 21 7 2 58 23 +35 70 2008–09 UEFA Champions League
Third qualifying round
2 AEK Athens 30 22 2 6 65 17 +48 68 UEFA Champions League 2008-09
Second Qualifying Round
3 Panathinaikos 30 20 6 4 44 18 +26 66 UEFA Cup 2008–09
Second qualifying round

Updated to games played on April 21, 2008.
Source: 2007–08 Superleague Greece
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 21 7 2 58 23  +35 70 13 2 0 32 9  +23 8 5 2 26 14  +12

Last updated: April 21, 2008.
Source: Super League Greece

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAH
ResultDWDWWDWLWWWWDWWDWWWWWDDWWWLWWW

Updated to match(es) played on April 21, 2008. Source: Olympiacos FC
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

UEFA Champions League

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Spain Real Madrid 6321139+411
Greece Olympiacos 6321117+411
Germany Werder Bremen 6204813-56
Italy Lazio 6123811-35

Last updated: December 11, 2007
Source: UEFA

Matches

All times for domestic competitions at Eastern European Time

Super League Greece

Panathinaikos 0–0 Olympiacos
(Report)
Attendance: 13,430
Olympiacos 6–2 OFI
Júlio César  7'
LuaLua  20', 39'
Kovačević  25', 43'
Đorđević  74'		 (Report) Sfakianakis  13'
Torosidis  88' (o.g.)
Attendance: 25,054
Aris 1–1 Olympiacos
Marco Aurélio  90+3' (Report) Galletti  39'
Attendance: 10,459
Olympiacos 1–0 Apollon Kalamarias
Kovačević  44' (Report)
Attendance: 27,029
Olympiacos 4–1 Panionios
LuaLua  6'
Kovačević  64'
Stoltidis  74'
Galletti  81' (pen.)		 (Report) Djebbour  54' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,104
Ergotelis 3–3 Olympiacos
Júnior  21' (pen.), 88'
Theodoridis  23'		 (Report) Júlio César  38'
Kovačević  43'
Đorđević  59' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,807
Olympiacos 2–1 PAOK
Torosidis  52'
Kovačević  67'		 (Report) Konstantinidis  42'
Attendance: 28,077
Asteras Tripolis 1–0 Olympiacos
Filomeno  34' (Report)
Attendance: 4,005
Olympiacos 1–0 Veria
Kovačević  36' (Report)
Attendance: 18,070
Atromitos 1–3 Olympiacos
Korakakis  90+3' (Report) Stoltidis  11'
LuaLua  30'
Kovačević  71'
Attendance: 5,969
Olympiacos 4–0 Levadiakos
Stoltidis  23'
Kovačević  35'
Đorđević  52' (pen.)
Mitroglou  63'		 (Report)
Attendance: 17,096
Olympiacos 1–0 AEK Athens
Kovačević  83' (Report)
Attendance: 30,229
Larissa 0–0 Olympiacos
(Report)
Attendance: 6,910
Olympiacos 2–1 Skoda Xanthi
LuaLua  20'
Kovačević  59'		 (Report) Radzinski  26'
Attendance: 23,164
Iraklis 1–2 Olympiacos
Katsabis  59' (Report) Kovačević  70', 72'
Attendance: 4,394
Olympiacos 1–1 Panathinaikos
Antzas  45+1' (Report) N'Doye  14'
Attendance: 31,310
OFI 0–1 Olympiacos
(Report) Núñez  16'
Attendance: 8,497
Olympiacos 1–0 Aris
Đorđević  80' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 30,014
Apollon Kalamarias 0–3[2] Olympiacos
Attendance: 4,453
Panionios 0–4 Olympiacos
(Report) Kovačević  5', 53'
Đorđević  27' (pen.)
Núñez  81'
Attendance: 3,376
Olympiacos 1–0 Ergotelis
Đorđević  28' (Report)
Attendance: 14,544
PAOK 1–1 Olympiacos
González  2' (Report) Kovačević  22'
Attendance: 22,000
Olympiacos 1–1 Asteras Tripolis
Júlio César  2' (Report) Cardozo  33'
Attendance: 24,503
Veria 0–1 Olympiacos
(Report) Patsatzoglou  7'
Attendance: 3,001
Olympiacos 2–0 Atromitos
Šišić  49'
Júlio César  85'		 (Report)
Attendance: 20,343
Levadiakos 1–3 Olympiacos
Dimbala  7' (Report) Galletti  19'
Belluschi  32'
Kovačević  35'
Attendance: 4,007
AEK Athens 4–0 Olympiacos
Blanco  10'
Edinho  12'
Lyberopoulos  32'
Kafes  60'		 (Report)
Attendance: 40,955
Olympiacos 2–1 Larissa
Šišić  50'
Mitroglou  90'		 (Report) Metin  41'
Attendance: 24,318
Skoda Xanthi 1–4 Olympiacos
Labriakos  53' (Report) Żewłakow  31'
Đorđević  38', 49', 52'
Attendance: 4,957
Olympiacos 3–1 Iraklis
Mitroglou  26', 39'
Đorđević  50'		 (Report) Malagueño  61'
Attendance: 29,084

Greek Cup

In the fourth round (round of "32") of the Greek Cup, Olympiacos faced Diagoras from Rhodes, who played in the Third Division. The latter were close to shock the champions who made it to the fifth round with a goal scored in the last minutes of the match. The next opponents were rivals Panathinaikos, who were crushed 4–0 by Olympiacos in an at-capacity Karaiskakis Stadium. In the quarter-finals, Olympiacos eliminated Iraklis 2–0 in the first leg and earning a 2–2 draw in the second. For the semi-finals, Olympiacos faced Thrasyvoulos, winning 2–3 away and 3–1 at home. Olympiacos then faced Aris in the final at the Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, where they won the Greek Cup after a 2–0 win.

Fourth round

Diagoras 1–2 Olympiacos
Triantafyllou  59' (pen.) (Report) Mitroglou  66', 89'
Diagoras Stadium, Rhodes
Attendance: 6,000

Fifth round

Olympiacos 4–0 Panathinaikos
LuaLua  6'
Torosidis  63'
Kovačević  65'
Núñez  79'		 (Report)
Attendance: 31,255

Quarter-finals

Olympiacos 2–0 Iraklis
Mendrinos  5', 9' (Report)
Attendance: 22,547
Iraklis 2–2 Olympiacos
Aarón  42'
Ribeiro  88'		 (Report) Bantis  10' (o.g.)
Mitroglou  23'
Attendance: 2,397

Semi-finals

Thrasyvoulos 2–3 Olympiacos
Anastasakos  29'
Bris  35'		 (Report) Mendrinos  16'
Núñez  28'
Kovačević  89'
Attendance: 3,524
Olympiacos 3–1 Thrasyvoulos
Kovačević  14'
Konstantinou  15'
Núñez  21'		 (Report) Manikas  33'
Attendance: 15,347

Final

Olympiacos 2–0 Aris
Kovačević  33'
Żewłakow  53'		 (Report)
Attendance: 20,270

Greek Super Cup

Olympiacos added one more trophy to their long list. The 2006-07 Super League Greece Champions beat the 2006-2007 Greek FA Cup holders, Larissa, 1-0 at the Karaiskakis stadium on October 31, and won the Super Cup for the third time in their history. Kostas Mitroglou scored the winner on 39 minutes after a cross by Soiledis (coach Takis Lemonis decided to give more playing time to the younger players on the team) while Galletti missed out on an opportunity when his shot hit the bar on 81 minutes. The final attracted only 7,141 fans at Olympiacos' home, from which 7,030 were the supporters of the hosts.

Final

Olympiacos 1–0 Larissa
Mitroglou  39' (Report)
Attendance: 7,141

UEFA Champions League

All times at CET

Group stage

Olympiacos, in their 11th consecutive presence in the competition, were drawn into Group C with Real Madrid, Werder Bremen and Lazio. The Reds started their campaign with a 1–1 draw behind closed doors at the Karaiskákis Stadium against Lazio, but on the second day, Olympiacos made their first ever away win in the Champions League and stopped their run of 31 matches without a success on their travels with a 3–1 win over Werder Bremen at Weserstadion, turning the game around from 0–1. After, they travelled to Santiago Bernabéu Stadium as leaders of Group C, where they were defeated 2–4 to Real Madrid after a heart-breaking match in which the Greek team was playing with ten men from the 13th minute and was leading the score to the 68th with 2–1, turning it around from 0–1. Real Madrid scored their third goal in the 83rd, but Olympiacos came close to score many times during the last minutes of the match and leave Madrid with the draw, when Real secured the win with a last-minute goal.

In the return legs of the group stage, Olympiacos produced a determined display to earn a point against Real Madrid, in the goalless draw at the Karaiskakis Stadium, keeping alive the record of being undefeated by Real in Athens in four matches. The Reds moved a step closer to qualifying for the last 16 after coming from behind to defeat Lazio 2–1 in Rome's Stadio Olimpico, while on the last day, Olympiacos smashed Werder Bremen 3–0 in Athens, which ensured their place in the knockout stage of the tournament.

Olympiacos Greece 1–1 Italy Lazio
Galletti  55' (Report) Zauri  77'
Attendance: 0[3]
Werder Bremen Germany 1–3 Greece Olympiacos
Almeida  32' (Report) Stoltidis  72'
Patsatzoglou  82'
Kovačević  87'
Attendance: 37,500
Real Madrid Spain 4–2 Greece Olympiacos
Raúl  2'
Robinho  68', 83'
Balboa  90'		 (Report) Galletti  8'
Júlio César  47'
Attendance: 64,477
Olympiacos Greece 0–0 Spain Real Madrid
(Report)
Attendance: 33,500
Lazio Italy 1–2 Greece Olympiacos
Pandev  30' (Report) Galletti  35'
Kovačević  64'
Attendance: 39,996
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Olympiacos Greece 3–0 Germany Werder Bremen
Stoltidis  12', 74'
Kovačević  70'		 (Report)
Attendance: 30,297
Standings
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Spain Real Madrid 6321139+411
Greece Olympiacos 6321117+411
Germany Werder Bremen 6204813-56
Italy Lazio 6123811-35

Knockout stage

Chelsea vs Olympiacos

The draw for the first knockout round took place on 21 December, and paired Olympiacos with Chelsea. The two clubs had never met in the past. In the first leg in Athens, Olympiacos held Chelsea to 0–0, a score which left both teams content, Olympiacos because they did not concede a goal in their home and Chelsea because they kept a clean sheet to occupy the driving seat going into the return leg in London. Olympiacos, backed by deafening and frenzied support, refused to be overawed by their English opponents, enjoying the lion's share of possession and chances in a closely contested encounter. The Londoners failed to create one real clear-cut chance against their opponents and their manager Avram Grant said, "The performance could have been better. It's not a bad result. We didn't create a lot of chances, it's disappointing. But its hard to play here. They have good supporters and a well organized team."[4]

In the second leg in London, Chelsea won 3–0. The Blues surprised the Reds and scored very early with their first chance. Olympiacos balanced the game, but the English scored again before the end of the first-half. At the start of the second-half, Chelsea scored for the final time after another error from the Olympiacos defence.

Olympiacos Greece 0–0 England Chelsea
(Report)
Attendance: 31,302
Chelsea England 3–0 Greece Olympiacos
Ballack  5'
Lampard  25'
Kalou  48'		 (Report)
Attendance: 37,721

Chelsea won 3–0 on aggregate.

Team kit

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): Vodafone

Home
Away
Third
Fourth

Source: Olympiacos FC

References

  1. ↑ "Lemonis leaves Olympiacos post". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-12.
  2. ↑ The match was played on 3 February 2008 and Apollon Kalamarias won 1–0, but due to the illegal appearance of Roman Wallner (Apollon), the result was invalid. It was decided that Olympiacos would be awarded a 3–0 win while Apollon would be punished with one point deducted.
  3. ↑ Olympiacos ordered to play match behind closed doors after crowd trouble against Shakhtar Donetsk in the previous Champions League campaign on the 5 December 2006.
  4. ↑ "Olympiacos holds Chelsea to 0-0 draw". FOX Sports on MSN. 2008-02-20. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
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