2008–09 Olympiacos F.C. season

Olympiacos
2008–09 season
Chairman Socratis Kokkalis
Manager Ernesto Valverde
Super League Greece 1st
UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
UEFA Cup Round of 32
Greek Cup Final
Top goalscorer League:
Luciano Galletti (14)
All:
Diogo (20)
Highest home attendance 30,185 vs Benfica
Lowest home attendance 20,392 vs Asteras Tripolis
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2008–09 season was Olympiacos' 50th consecutive season in the Superleague Greece, but they are competing in the UEFA Cup after an 11-year participation in the UEFA Champions League, as they were eliminated in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round by Anorthosis. In the beginning of the summertime, Olympiacos unveiled Spanish Ernesto Valverde as their new coach.[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 Greece DF Georgios Galitsios
6 Greece MF Ieroklis Stoltidis (vice-captain)
7 Argentina MF Luciano Galletti
8 Spain FW Óscar
9 Serbia FW Darko Kovačević
10 Brazil FW Diogo
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
No. Position Player
20 Brazil MF Dudu Cearense
21 Greece DF Avraam Papadopoulos
22 Greece FW Kostantinos Mitroglou
23 Argentina MF Sebastián Leto
25 Argentina MF Fernando Belluschi
27 Greece DF Konstantinos Lambropoulos Under 20s
30 Greece DF Anastasios Pantos
31 Greece MF Aristides Soiledis Under 20s
33 Greece MF Giannis Papadopoulos
35 Greece DF Vasilis Torosidis
36 Greece MF Giorgos Niklitsiotis
50 Slovakia GK Pavel Kovać
71 Greece GK Antonis Nikopolidis (vice-captain)
77 Slovenia MF Mirnes Šišić
92 Greece DF Kyriakos Papadopoulos

Summer 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
5 Greece DF Georgios Galitsios loan return from AEL 1964
8 Spain FW Óscar from Real Zaragoza
10 Brazil FW Diogo from Portuguesa
20 Brazil MF Dudu Cearense from CSKA Moscow
21 Greece DF Avraam Papadopoulos from Aris
23 Argentina MF Sebastián Leto loan from Liverpool
33 Greece MF Giannis Papadopoulos from Iraklis
50 Slovakia GK Pavel Kovać from Apollon Kalamarias

Total spending: Decrease €23.8 million

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

No. Position Player
74 Croatia GK Tomislav Butina Released and moved to Dinamo Zagreb
87 Greece GK Michalis Sifakis (Released)
23 Cyprus FW Michalis Konstantinou Released
10 Argentina FW Leonel Núñez moved to Independiente
32 Democratic Republic of the Congo FW Lomana LuaLua moved to Al-Arabi

Total income: Increase €5.5 million

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
13 Hungary MF Zsolt Laczko to Leicester City
77 Brazil MF Leozinho to OFI
24 Greece MF Georgios Katsikogiannis to Levadiakos

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 34 (1)
14 Poland DF Michał Żewłakow 84 (3)
21 Greece DF Avraam Papadopoulos 4 (0)
25 Argentina MF Fernando Belluschi 2 (0)
28 Argentina FW Cristian Ledesma 3 (0)
35 Greece DF Vasilis Torosidis 20 (1)
77 Slovenia MF Mirnes Šišić 9 (2)
7 Argentina MF Luciano Galletti 13 (3)
  • Appearances (goals)

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Super League Greece — 1st 30 Aug 200826 Apr 2009
Champions League Third qualifying round — Third qualifying round 13 Aug 200830 Aug 2008
UEFA Cup First round Round of 32 16 Sep 2008
Greek Cup Round 4 Round 5 29 Oct 2008

Last updated: 17 December 2008
Source: Competitions

Super League Greece

Classification

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos 30 22 5 3 50 14 +36 71 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2 PAOK 30 18 9 3 39 16 +23 63 Qualification for Greek Superleague Play-offs
3 Panathinaikos 30 17 10 3 51 18 +33 61
4 AEK Athens 30 14 13 3 40 24 +16 55
5 Larissa 30 12 13 5 36 26 +10 49

Updated to games played on April 26, 2009.
Source: Super League Greece 2008-09
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 22 5 3 50 14  +36 71 13 1 1 33 8  +25 9 4 2 17 6  +11

Last updated: April 26, 2009.
Source: Super League Greece

Results by round

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Updated to match(es) played on December 22, 2008. Source: Olympiacos FC
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

UEFA Cup group stage

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 431030+310
Turkey Galatasaray 430141+39
Greece Olympiacos 420293+66
Germany Hertha BSC 402216−52
Portugal Benfica 401329−71

Matches

Superleague Greece

All times at EET

Olympiacos 3 – 1 Asteras Tripolis
Galletti  61', 63' (pen.)
Kovačević  81'		 (Report) Cesarec  45+2' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,392
Skoda Xanthi 0 – 1 Olympiacos
(Report) Diogo  72'
Attendance: 4,409
Olympiacos 4 – 1 Panserraikos
Kovačević  23'
Galletti  27'
Diogo  81'
Óscar  88'		 (Report) Tadiz  85' (pen.)
Attendance: 25,234
OFI 0 – 0 Olympiacos
(Report)
Attendance: 9,384
Olympiacos 2 – 0 AEK Athens
Kovačević  63'
Diogo  66'		 (Report)
Attendance: 30,074
Olympiacos 2 – 0 Panthrakikos
Galletti  66', 73' (Report)
Referee: 23,693
Aris 1 – 0 Olympiacos
Javito  18' (Report)
Referee: 16,370
Olympiacos 2 – 0 Ergotelis
Kovačević  28'
Dudu  34'		 (Report)
Attendance: 26,058
Panathinaikos 0 – 0 Olympiacos
(Report)
Attendance: 60,401
Olympiacos 2 – 0 PAOK
Patsatzoglou  45'
Diogo  86'		 (Report)
Attendance: 29,458
Iraklis 0 – 3 Olympiacos
(Report) Đorđević  34'
Belluschi  39'
Dudu  81'
Attendance: 9,066
Olympiacos 4 – 1 Panionios
Belluschi  31'
Diogo  52'
Mitroglou  78', 80'		 (Report) Goundoulakis  87'
Attendance: 27,487
Olympiacos 1 – 0 Levadiakos
Belluschi  28' (Report)
Attendance: 22,337
Larissa 1 – 1 Olympiacos
Solano  74' (Report) Belluschi  52'
Attendance: 5,062
Olympiacos 2 – 1 Thrasyvoulos
Leto  21'
Galletti  90+3' (pen.)		 (Report) Chloros  29'
Attendance: 20,033

UEFA Champions League

All times at CET

Third qualifying round

Anorthosis Cyprus 3 – 0 Greece Olympiacos
Torosidis  4' (o.g.)
Sosin  17'
Laban  85'		 (Report)
Attendance: 10,500
Olympiacos Greece 1 – 0 Cyprus Anorthosis
Belluschi  54' (Report)
Attendance: 27,904

UEFA Cup

All times at CET

First round

Nordsjælland Denmark 0 – 2 Greece Olympiacos
(Report) Mitroglou  74'
Leto  90+3'
Attendance: 5,184
Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)
Olympiacos Greece 5 – 0 Denmark Nordsjælland
Torosidis  11'
Diogo  30', 43'
Kovačević  72', 80'		 (Report)
Attendance: 24,515
Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)

Group stage

Galatasaray Turkey 1 – 0 Greece Olympiacos
Kewell  25' (Report)
Attendance: 23,500
Olympiacos Greece 5 – 1 Portugal Benfica
Galletti  1'
Patsatzoglou  17'
Diogo  24', 53'
Belluschi  44'		 (Report) David Luiz  33'
Attendance: 30,185
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine 1 – 0 Greece Olympiacos
Edmar  88' (Report)
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
Olympiacos Greece 4 – 0 Germany Hertha BSC
Dudu  55'
Galletti  68' (pen.)
Torosidis  87'
Diogo  88'		 (Report)
Attendance: 30,063

Round of 32

Greek Cup

Fourth round

Diagoras 2 – 3 Olympiacos
Triantafyllou  30' 66' (Report) Óscar  14'
Diogo  67'
Kovačević  84'
Diagoras Stadium, Rhodes

Fifth Round

Team kit

Home
Away
Third
Friendlies

References

  1. ↑ "Olympiacos turn to Valverde". UEFA.com. 2008-05-28. Archived from the original on 29 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
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