2008–09 Olympiacos F.C. season

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]

Olympiacos
2008–09 season
ChairmanSocratis Kokkalis
ManagerErnesto Valverde
Super League GreeceWinners
Greek CupWinners
Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Luciano Galletti (14)
All:
Diogo (20)
Highest home attendance30,185 vs Benfica
Lowest home attendance20,392 vs Asteras Tripolis

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 GK Leonidas Panagopoulos
2 DF Christos Patsatzoglou
3 DF Didier Domi
4 DF Leonardo
5 DF Georgios Galitsios
6 MF Ieroklis Stoltidis (vice-captain)
7 MF Luciano Galletti
8 FW Óscar
9 FW Darko Kovačević
10 FW Diogo
11 MF Predrag Đorđević (captain)
14 DF Michał Żewłakow
15 DF Raúl Bravo
18 DF Paraskevas Antzas
19 MF Konstantinos Mendrinos
No. Position Player
20 MF Dudu Cearense
21 DF Avraam Papadopoulos
22 FW Kostantinos Mitroglou
23 MF Sebastián Leto
25 MF Fernando Belluschi
27 DF Konstantinos Lambropoulos Under 20s
30 DF Anastasios Pantos
31 MF Aristides Soiledis Under 20s
33 MF Giannis Papadopoulos
35 DF Vasilis Torosidis
36 MF Giorgos Niklitsiotis
50 GK Pavel Kovać
71 GK Antonis Nikopolidis (vice-captain)
77 MF Mirnes Šišić
92 DF Kyriakos Papadopoulos

Summer squad changes

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 MF Zsolt Laczko to Leicester City
77 MF Leozinho to OFI
24 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 DF Christos Patsatzoglou 34 (1)
14 DF Michał Żewłakow 84 (3)
21 DF Avraam Papadopoulos 4 (0)
25 MF Fernando Belluschi 2 (0)
28 FW Cristian Ledesma 3 (0)
35 DF Vasilis Torosidis 20 (1)
77 MF Mirnes Šišić 9 (2)
7 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

Updated to match played 17 December 2008
Source: Competitions

Super League Greece
Main article: 2008–09 Superleague Greece

Classification
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 22 5 3 50 14 +36 71 Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
2 PAOK 30 18 9 3 39 16 +23 63 Qualification for Superleague Greece 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
Source: superleaguegreece.net (in Greek)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
According to the official Superleague playoff regulation, the position after the playoffs replaces the regular season position.[2]
(C) Champion.

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
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHA
ResultWWWDWWLWDWWWWDWWWWWWWWLDDWWWLW
Source: Olympiacos FC
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

All times at EET

30 August 2008 1Olympiacos3 – 1Asteras TripolisPiraeus
19:00 Galletti  61', 63' (pen.)
Kovačević  81'		 (Report) Cesarec  45+2' (pen.) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 20,392
13 September 2008 2Skoda Xanthi0 – 1OlympiacosXanthi
16:45 (Report) Diogo  72' Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena
Attendance: 4,409
21 September 2008 3Olympiacos4 – 1PanserraikosPiraeus
19:00 Kovačević  23'
Galletti  27'
Diogo  81'
Óscar  88'		 (Report) Tadiz  85' (pen.) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 25,234
27 September 2008 4OFI0 – 0OlympiacosHeraklion
19:00 (Report) Stadium: Pankritio Stadium
Attendance: 9,384
5 October 2008 5Olympiacos2 – 0AEK AthensPiraeus
21:15 Kovačević  63'
Diogo  66'		 (Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30,074
19 October 2008 6Olympiacos2 – 0PanthrakikosPiraeus
19:00 Galletti  66', 73' (Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 23,693
26 October 2008 7Aris1 – 0OlympiacosThessaloniki
19:00 Javito  18' (Report) Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 16,370
2 November 2008 8Olympiacos2 – 0ErgotelisPiraeus
19:00 Kovačević  28'
Dudu  34'		 (Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 26,058
9 November 2008 9Panathinaikos0 – 0OlympiacosAthens
19:00 (Report) Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 60,401
16 November 2008 10Olympiacos2 – 0PAOKPiraeus
19:00 Patsatzoglou  45'
Diogo  86'		 (Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 29,458
22 November 2008 11Iraklis0 – 3OlympiacosThessaloniki
19:00 (Report) Đorđević  34'
Belluschi  39'
Dudu  81'		 Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 9,066
30 November 2008 12Olympiacos4 – 1PanioniosPiraeus
19:00 Belluschi  31'
Diogo  52'
Mitroglou  78', 80'		 (Report) Goundoulakis  87' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 27,487
7 December 2008 13Olympiacos1 – 0LevadiakosPiraeus
19:00 Belluschi  28' (Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 22,337
13 December 2008 14Larissa1 – 1OlympiacosLarissa
16:45 Solano  74' (Report) Belluschi  52' Stadium: Alkazar
Attendance: 5,062
21 December 2008 15Olympiacos2 – 1ThrasyvoulosPiraeus
19:00 Leto  21'
Galletti  90+3' (pen.)		 (Report) Chloros  29' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 20,033

Greek Cup
Main article: 2008–09 Greek Football Cup

Fourth round
29 October 2008 Diagoras2 – 3OlympiacosRhodes
Triantafyllou  30' 66' (Report) Óscar  14'
Diogo  67'
Kovačević  84'		 Stadium: Diagoras Stadium

Fifth round
21 January 2009 OFI0 – 2OlympiacosHeraklion
Belluschi  69'
Galetti  85'		 Stadium: Pankritio Stadium

Quarter-finals
4 February 2009 First legPAOK1 – 0OlympiacosThessaloniki
21:15 Sérgio Conceição  30' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: T. Kakos
4 March 2009 Second legOlympiacos2 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(2 – 1 agg.)		PAOKPiraeus
21:15 Diogo 46'
Derbyshire 110'		 Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Referee: M. Koukoulakis

Semi-finals
18 March 2009 First legAsteras Tripoli2 – 2OlympiacosTripoli
21:15 Filomeno  30', 35' Diogo  43', 73' Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium
Referee: D. Kalopoulos
9 April 2009 Second legOlympiacos2 – 1
(4 – 3 agg.)		Asteras TripoliPiraeus
18:00 Leto  47'
Diogo  62'		 Cesarec  39' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Referee: G. Daloukas

Final
2 May 2009 AEK Athens4 – 4 (a.e.t.)
(14 – 15 p)		OlympiacosAthens
20:30 Blanco  4', 8'
Scocco  90', 107'		 Report (in Greek)
Report		 Derbyshire  47', 90+6'
Dudu Cearense  72'
Galletti  102'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 48,594
Referee: Anastasios Kakos
Penalties
Kafes
Blanco
Scocco
Edinho
Majstorović
Nsaliwa
Saja
Pelletieri
Georgeas
Kafes
Blanco
Scocco
Edinho
Majstorović
Nsaliwa
Saja
Pelletieri 		Óscar
Dudu Cearense
Diogo
Domi
Đorđević
Torosidis
Belluschi
Nikopolidis
Antzas
Óscar
Dudu Cearense
Diogo
Domi
Đorđević
Torosidis
Belluschi
Nikopolidis

UEFA Champions League
Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League

All times at CET

Third qualifying round
13 August 2008 First legAnorthosis 3 – 0 OlympiacosLarnaca, Cyprus
20:00 Torosidis  4' (o.g.)
Sosin  17'
Laban  85'		 (Report) Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
27 August 2008 Second legOlympiacos 1 – 0
(1 – 3 agg.)		 AnorthosisPiraeus, Greece
20:00 Belluschi  54' (Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 27,904
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

UEFA Cup
Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup

All times at CET

First round
16 September 2008 First legNordsjælland 0 – 2 OlympiacosFarum, Denmark
20:00 (Report) Mitroglou  74'
Leto  90+3'		 Stadium: Farum Park
Attendance: 5,184
Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)
2 October 2008 Second legOlympiacos 5 – 0
(7 – 0 agg.)		 NordsjællandPiraeus, Greece
20:45 Torosidis  11'
Diogo  30', 43'
Kovačević  72', 80'		 (Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 24,515
Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)

Group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Metalist Kharkiv 4 3 1 0 3 0 +3 10
Galatasaray 4 3 0 1 4 1 +3 9
Olympiacos 4 2 0 2 9 3 +6 6
Hertha BSC 4 0 2 2 1 6 −5 2
Benfica 4 0 1 3 2 9 −7 1
Source:
23 October 2008 1Galatasaray 1 – 0 OlympiacosIstanbul, Turkey
20:15 Kewell  25' (Report) Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium
Attendance: 23,500
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)
27 November 2008 2Olympiacos 5 – 1 BenficaPiraeus, Greece
20:45 Galletti  1'
Patsatzoglou  17'
Diogo  24', 53'
Belluschi  44'		 (Report) David Luiz  33' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30,185
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
3 December 2008 3Metalist Kharkiv 1 – 0 OlympiacosKharkiv, Ukraine
20:45 Edmar  88' (Report) Stadium: Metalist Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
18 December 2008 4Olympiacos 4 – 0 Hertha BSCPiraeus, Greece
20:45 Dudu  55'
Galletti  68' (pen.)
Torosidis  87'
Diogo  88'		 (Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30,063
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

Round of 32
18 February 2009 First legOlympiacos 1 – 3 Saint-ÉtiennePiraeus, Greece
18:30 Đorđević  63' Report Ilan  12'
Dernis  43'
Gomis  90'		 Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
26 February 2009 Second legSaint-Étienne 2 – 1
(5 – 2 agg.)		 OlympiacosSaint-Étienne, France
20:55 Payet  45'
Ilan  58'		 Report Óscar  75' Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Attendance: 30,511
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

Saint-Étienne won 5–2 on aggregate.

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.
  2. Playoff regulation (pdf, greek)
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