2008–09 Olympiacos F.C. season

Olympiacos 2008–09 football season
Olympiacos
2008–09 season
ChairmanSokratis Kokkalis
ManagerErnesto Valverde
StadiumKaraiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
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
Average home league attendance25,370
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2008–09 season was Olympiacos's 50th consecutive season in the Super League Greece and their 83rd year in existence. The club 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]

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[2][3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Greece GRE Leonidas Panagopoulos
2 DF Greece GRE Christos Patsatzoglou
3 DF France FRA Didier Domi
4 DF Brazil BRA Leonardo
5 DF Greece GRE Georgios Galitsios
6 MF Greece GRE Ieroklis Stoltidis (vice-captain)
7 MF Argentina ARG Luciano Galletti
8 FW Spain ESP Óscar
9 FW Serbia SRB Darko Kovačević
10 FW Brazil BRA Diogo
11 MF Serbia SRB Predrag Đorđević (captain)
14 DF Poland POL Michał Żewłakow
15 DF Spain ESP Raúl Bravo
18 DF Greece GRE Paraskevas Antzas
19 MF Greece GRE Konstantinos Mendrinos
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Brazil BRA Dudu Cearense
21 DF Greece GRE Avraam Papadopoulos
22 FW Greece GRE Kostas Mitroglou
23 MF Argentina ARG Sebastián Leto
25 MF Argentina ARG Fernando Belluschi
30 DF Greece GRE Anastasios Pantos
31 MF Greece GRE Aristides Soiledis Under 20s
33 MF Greece GRE Giannis Papadopoulos
35 DF Greece GRE Vasilis Torosidis
36 MF Greece GRE Giorgos Niklitsiotis
50 GK Slovakia SVK Pavel Kovać
71 GK Greece GRE Antonis Nikopolidis (vice-captain)
77 MF Slovenia SVN Mirnes Šišić
92 DF Greece GRE 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. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF Greece GRE Georgios Galitsios loan return from AEL 1964
8 FW Spain ESP Óscar from Real Zaragoza
10 FW Brazil BRA Diogo from Portuguesa
20 MF Brazil BRA Dudu Cearense from CSKA Moscow
21 DF Greece GRE Avraam Papadopoulos from Aris
23 MF Argentina ARG Sebastián Leto loan from Liverpool
33 MF Greece GRE Giannis Papadopoulos from Iraklis
50 GK Slovakia SVK 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. Pos. Nation Player
74 GK Croatia CRO Tomislav Butina Released and moved to Dinamo Zagreb
87 GK Greece GRE Michalis Sifakis (Released)
23 FW Cyprus CYP Michalis Konstantinou Released
10 FW Argentina ARG Leonel Núñez moved to Independiente
32 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 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. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF Hungary HUN Zsolt Laczko to Leicester City
77 MF Brazil BRA Leozinho to OFI
24 MF Greece GRE 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. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Greece GRE Christos Patsatzoglou 34 (1)
14 DF Poland POL Michał Żewłakow 84 (3)
21 DF Greece GRE Avraam Papadopoulos 4 (0)
25 MF Argentina ARG Fernando Belluschi 2 (0)
28 FW Argentina ARG Cristian Ledesma 3 (0)
35 DF Greece GRE Vasilis Torosidis 20 (1)
77 MF Slovenia SVN Mirnes Šišić 9 (2)
7 MF Argentina ARG Luciano Galletti 13 (3)
  • Appearances (goals)

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round 		Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Super League Greece — 1st 30 Aug 2008 26 Apr 2009
Champions League Third qualifying round — Third qualifying round 13 Aug 2008 30 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

League table

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 22 5 3 50 14 +36 71 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 PAOK 30 18 9 3 39 16 +23 63 Qualification for the Play-offs
3 Panathinaikos 30 17 10 3 51 18 +33 61
4 AEK Athens 30 14 13 3 40 24 +16 55
5 AEL 30 12 13 5 36 26 +10 49
Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Play-offs (neutral ground).
(Note: Criterion 4 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[4]
(C) Champions

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
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

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

Matches

All times at EET

Olympiacos v Asteras Tripolis
30 August 2008 1 Olympiacos 3–1 Asteras Tripolis Piraeus
19:00
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 20,392
Referee: Michalis Germanakos
Skoda Xanthi v Olympiacos
13 September 2008 2 Skoda Xanthi 0–1 Olympiacos Xanthi
16:45 Report
Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena
Attendance: 4,409
Referee: Ioannis Stavridis
Olympiacos v Panserraikos
21 September 2008 3 Olympiacos 4–1 Panserraikos Piraeus
19:00
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 25,234
Referee: Stavros Tritsonis
OFI v Olympiacos
27 September 2008 4 OFI 0–0 Olympiacos Heraklion
19:00 Report Stadium: Pankritio Stadium
Attendance: 9,384
Referee: Ilias Mazarakos
Olympiacos v AEK Athens
5 October 2008 5 Olympiacos 2–0 AEK Athens Piraeus
21:15 Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30,074
Referee: Kyros Vassaras
Olympiacos v Panthrakikos
19 October 2008 6 Olympiacos 2–0 Panthrakikos Piraeus
19:00
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 23,693
Referee: Konstantinos Papastamatis
Aris v Olympiacos
26 October 2008 7 Aris 1–0 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
19:00
Report Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 16,370
Referee: Vasileios Paboridis
Olympiacos v Ergotelis
2 November 2008 8 Olympiacos 2–0 Ergotelis Piraeus
19:00
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 26,058
Referee: Ioannis Stavridis
Panathinaikos v Olympiacos
9 November 2008 9 Panathinaikos 0–0 Olympiacos Athens
19:00 Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 60,401
Referee: Georgios Daloukas
Olympiacos v PAOK
16 November 2008 10 Olympiacos 2–0 PAOK Piraeus
19:00 Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 29,482
Referee: Anastasios Kakos
Iraklis v Olympiacos
22 November 2008 11 Iraklis 0–3 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
19:00 Report Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 9,066
Referee: Kyros Vassaras
Olympiacos v Panionios
30 November 2008 12 Olympiacos 4–1 Panionios Piraeus
19:00
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 27,487
Referee: Dimitrios Kyrkos
Olympiacos v Levadiakos
7 December 2008 13 Olympiacos 1–0 Levadiakos Piraeus
19:00 Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 22,337
Referee: Georgios Giannopoulos
AEL v Olympiacos
13 December 2008 14 AEL 1–1 Olympiacos Larissa
16:45
Report Stadium: Alcazar Stadium
Attendance: 5,062
Referee: Anastasios Kakos
Olympiacos v Thrasyvoulos
21 December 2008 15 Olympiacos 2–1 Thrasyvoulos Piraeus
19:00
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 20,033
Referee: Georgios Kastanidis
Asteras Tripolis v Olympiacos
3 January 2009 16 Asteras Tripolis 0–1 Olympiacos Tripoli
19:00 Report
Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium
Attendance: 5,864
Referee: Vasileios Paboridis
Olympiacos v Skoda Xanthi
10 January 2009 17 Olympiacos 2–1 Skoda Xanthi Piraeus
19:00
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 25,484
Referee: Michalis Germanakos
Panserraikos v Olympiacos
17 January 2009 18 Panserraikos 0–1 Olympiacos Serres
16:45 Report Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 7,013
Referee: Georgios Daloukas
Olympiacos v OFI
24 January 2009 19 Olympiacos 2–1 OFI Piraeus
19:00
Report
  • Simić 62'
 Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 25,633
Referee: Konstantinos Papastamatis
AEK Athens v Olympiacos
1 February 2009 20 AEK Athens 0–1 Olympiacos Athens
19:00 Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 44,104
Referee: Dimitrios Kalopoulos
Panthrakikos v Olympiacos
7 February 2009 21 Panthrakikos 0–2 Olympiacos Komotini
16:45 Report Stadium: Komotini Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Georgios Stathopoulos
Olympiacos v Aris
14 February 2009 22 Olympiacos 2–1 Aris Piraeus
19:00 Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 25,867
Referee: Nathanail Charalabidis
Ergotelis v Olympiacos
22 February 2009 23 Ergotelis 1–0 Olympiacos Heraklion
19:00 Report Stadium: Pankritio Stadium
Attendance: 2,818
Referee: Michail Dakos
Olympiacos v Panathinaikos
1 March 2009 24 Olympiacos 0–0 Panathinaikos Piraeus
18:30 Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 28,775
Referee: Ilias Spathas
PAOK v Olympiacos
8 March 2009 25 PAOK 0–0 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
19:00 Report Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 22,214
Referee: Anastasios Kakos
Olympiacos v Iraklis
15 March 2009 26 Olympiacos 5–0 Iraklis Piraeus
19:00
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 25,182
Referee: Georgios Daloukas
Panionios v Olympiacos
22 March 2009 27 Panionios 2–3 Olympiacos Athens
20:00 Report
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 2,905
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis
Levadiakos v Olympiacos
5 April 2009 28 Levadiakos 1–2 Olympiacos Livadeia
19:00
Report Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 3,317
Referee: Konstantinos Papastamatis
Olympiacos v AEL
12 April 2009 29 Olympiacos 0–1 AEL Piraeus
19:00 Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 24,280
Referee: Ilias Spathas
Thrasyvoulos v Olympiacos
26 April 2009 30 Thrasyvoulos 0–2 Olympiacos Fyli
19:00 Report
Stadium: Fyli Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 926
Referee: Georgios Stathopoulos

Greek Cup

Fourth round

Diagoras v Olympiacos
29 October 2008 Diagoras 2–3 Olympiacos Rhodes
16:50
  • Triantafyllou 30', 66'
 Report
Stadium: Diagoras Stadium
Referee: Spiros Stathopoulos

Fifth round

OFI v Olympiacos
21 January 2009 OFI 0–2 Olympiacos Heraklion
20:00 Report
Stadium: Pankritio Stadium
Attendance: 4,102
Referee: Anastasios Kakos

Quarter-finals

PAOK v Olympiacos
4 February 2009 First leg PAOK 1–0 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
21:15 Report Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 21,043
Referee: Anastasios Kakos
Olympiacos v PAOK
4 March 2009 Second leg Olympiacos 2–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–1 agg.)		 PAOK Piraeus
21:15
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 23,983
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis

Semi-finals

Asteras Tripolis v Olympiacos
18 March 2009 First leg Asteras Tripolis 2–2 Olympiacos Tripoli
21:15
Report
Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium
Attendance: 3,875
Referee: Dimitrios Kalopoulos
Olympiacos v Asteras Tripolis
9 April 2009 Second leg Olympiacos 2–1
(4–3 agg.)		 Asteras Tripolis Piraeus
18:00
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 18,989
Referee: Georgios Daloukas

Final

AEK Athens v Olympiacos
2 May 2009 AEK Athens 4–4 (a.e.t.)
(14–15 p)		 Olympiacos Athens
20:30
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 48,594
Referee: Anastasios Kakos
Penalties

UEFA Champions League

All times at CET

Third qualifying round

Anorthosis Cyprus v Greece Olympiacos
13 August 2008 First leg Anorthosis Cyprus 3–0 Greece Olympiacos Larnaca, Cyprus
20:00
(Report) Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
Olympiacos Greece v Cyprus Anorthosis
27 August 2008 Second leg Olympiacos Greece 1–0
(1–3 agg.)		 Cyprus Anorthosis Piraeus, Greece
20:00 (Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 27,904
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

UEFA Cup

All times at CET

First round

Nordsjælland Denmark v Greece Olympiacos
16 September 2008 First leg Nordsjælland Denmark 0–2 Greece Olympiacos Farum, Denmark
20:00 (Report)
Stadium: Farum Park
Attendance: 5,184
Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)
Olympiacos Greece v Denmark Nordsjælland
2 October 2008 Second leg Olympiacos Greece 5–0
(7–0 agg.)		 Denmark Nordsjælland Piraeus, Greece
20:45
(Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 24,515
Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)

Group stage

Pos Team
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  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MET GAL OLY HER BEN
1 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 4 3 1 0 3 0 +3 10 Advance to knockout stage — — 1–0 0–0 —
2 Turkey Galatasaray 4 3 0 1 4 1 +3 9 0–1 — 1–0 — —
3 Greece Olympiacos 4 2 0 2 9 3 +6 6 — — — 4–0 5–1
4 Germany Hertha BSC 4 0 2 2 1 6 −5 2 — 0–1 — — 1–1
5 Portugal Benfica 4 0 1 3 2 9 −7 1 0–1 0–2 — — —
Source: RSSSF
Galatasaray Turkey v Greece Olympiacos
23 October 2008 1 Galatasaray Turkey 1–0 Greece Olympiacos Istanbul, Turkey
20:15
(Report) Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium
Attendance: 23,500
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)
Olympiacos Greece v Portugal Benfica
27 November 2008 2 Olympiacos Greece 5–1 Portugal Benfica Piraeus, Greece
20:45
(Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30,185
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine v Greece Olympiacos
3 December 2008 3 Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine 1–0 Greece Olympiacos Kharkiv, Ukraine
20:45
(Report) Stadium: Metalist Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
Olympiacos Greece v Germany Hertha BSC
18 December 2008 4 Olympiacos Greece 4–0 Germany Hertha BSC Piraeus, Greece
20:45
(Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30,063
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

Round of 32

Olympiacos Greece v France Saint-Étienne
18 February 2009 First leg Olympiacos Greece 1–3 France Saint-Étienne Piraeus, Greece
18:30 Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
Saint-Étienne France v Greece Olympiacos
26 February 2009 Second leg Saint-Étienne France 2–1
(5–2 agg.)		 Greece Olympiacos Saint-Étienne, France
20:55
Report
  • Óscar 75'
 Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Attendance: 30,511
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

Team kit

Home
Away
Third
Friendlies

Individual Awards

Name Pos. Award
Argentina Luciano Galleti Winger
  • Super League Greece Player of the Season
  • Super League Greece Best Foreign Player
  • Super League Greece Golden Boot
Greece Antonios Nikopolidis Goalkeeper
  • Super League Greece Goalkeeper of the Season

References

  1. ^ "Olympiacos turn to Valverde". UEFA.com. 2008-05-28. Archived from the original on 29 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  2. ^ "Olympiakos Piraeus - Squad 2008/2009". worldfootball.net.
  3. ^ "Olympiacos 2008/2009". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Playoff regulation (pdf, greek)" (PDF).

External links

  • Official Website of Olympiacos Piraeus (in Greek and English)
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