2007–08 Olympiacos F.C. season

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 MF Mirnes Šišić from Levadiakos 25 MF Fernando Belluschi from River Plate 4 DF Leonardo from Portuguesa

Total spending: €10,400,000

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

Total income: €1,450,000

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

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

• Appearances (Goals)

Chairman	Socratis Kokkalis
Vice-Chairman/Managing Director	Petros Kokkalis
Technical manager	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

Updated to match played 18 May 2008
Source: Competitions

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.

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.

All times at CET

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 v Lazio

18 September 2007 1	Olympiacos	1–1	Lazio	Piraeus, Greece
20:45	Galletti  55'	(Report)	Zauri  77'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 0[3] Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

Werder Bremen v Olympiacos

3 October 2007 2	Werder Bremen	1–3	Olympiacos	Bremen, Germany
20:45	Almeida  32'	(Report)	Stoltidis  72' Patsatzoglou  82' Kovačević  87'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 37,500 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Real Madrid v Olympiacos

24 October 2007 3	Real Madrid	4–2	Olympiacos	Madrid, Spain
20:45	Raúl  2' Robinho  68', 83' Balboa  90'	(Report)	Galletti  8' Júlio César  47'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 64,477 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Olympiacos v Real Madrid

6 November 2007 4	Olympiacos	0–0	Real Madrid	Piraeus, Greece
20:45		(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 33,500 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Lazio v Olympiacos

28 November 2007 5	Lazio	1–2	Olympiacos	Rome, Italy
20:45	Pandev  30'	(Report)	Galletti  35' Kovačević  64'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 39,996 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Olympiacos v Werder Bremen

11 December 2007 6	Olympiacos	3–0	Werder Bremen	Piraeus, Greece
20:45	Stoltidis  12', 74' Kovačević  70'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 30,297 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

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 v Chelsea

19 February 2008 First leg	Olympiacos	0–0	Chelsea	Piraeus, Greece
20:45		(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 31,302 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Chelsea v Olympiacos

5 March 2008 Second leg	Chelsea	3–0 (3–0 agg.)	Olympiacos	London, England
20:45	Ballack  5' Lampard  25' Kalou  48'	(Report)		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 37,721 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)