2007–08 Olympiacos F.C. season

Olympiacos
2007–08 season
Chairman Socratis Kokkalis
Manager José Segura
Super League 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
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 season is Olympiacos 49th consecutive season in the Super League 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 Super League, and was replaced by his assistant Spanish 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 Djordjević (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 Raúl 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 FSV 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 Laczko to Leicester City
20 Greece FW Lefteris Matsoukas to AO Egaleo Athens
77 Brazil MF Leozinho to OFI Crete
88 Albania MF Jahmir Hyka to SK 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 Raúl Ledesma 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)

Club

Management

Position Staff
Manager Spain José Segura
Assistant manager Serbia Bozidar Badovic
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) Karaiskákis 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 2007 20 April 2008
UEFA Champions League Group Stage—Round of 16 18 September 2007 5 March 2008
Greek Cup 4th Round—Winner 5 December 2007 17 May 2008

Last updated: 18 May 2008
Source: Competitions

Super League 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 UEFA Champions League 2008-09
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: Super League Greece 2007-08
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
Result D W D W W D W L W W W W D W W D W W W W W D D W W W L W W W

Last updated: April 21, 2008.
Source: Olympiacos FC
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

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 the Domestic Competitions at EET

Super League Greece

2007-09-23
19:00
Olympiacos 6 – 2 OFI
César  7'
LuaLua  20'  39'
Kovačević  25'  43'
Đorđević  74' 		(Report) Sfakianakis  13'
Torosidis  88' (o.g.)
Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 25,054

2007-09-29
16:45
Aris Thessaloniki 1 – 1 Olympiacos
Marco Aurelio  90+3' (Report) Galletti  39'

2007-10-20
19:00
Olympiacos 4 – 1 Panionios
LuaLua  6'
Kovačević  64'
Stoltidis  74'
Galletti  81' (pen.) 		(Report) Djebbour  54' (pen.)
Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 20,104

2007-10-28
16:45
Ergotelis 3 – 3 Olympiacos
Junior  21' (pen.)  88'
Theodoridis  23' 		(Report) César  38'
Kovačević  43'
Đorđević  59' (pen.)
Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion
Attendance: 8,807

2007-11-03
19:00
Olympiacos 2 – 1 PAOK
Torosidis  52'
Kovačević  67' 		(Report) Konstantinidis  42'
Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 28,077

2007-11-24
19:00
Olympiacos 1 – 0 Veria
Kovačević  36' (Report)
Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 18,070

2007-12-02
19:00
Atromitos 1 – 3 Olympiacos
Korakakis  90+3' (Report) Stoltidis  11'
LuaLua  30'
Kovačević  71'
Peristeri Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 5,969

2007-12-08
19:00
Olympiacos 4 – 0 Levadiakos
Stoltidis  23'
Kovačević  35'
Đorđević  52' (pen.)
Mitroglou  63' 		(Report)
Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 17,096

2007-12-16
19:00
Olympiacos 1 – 0 AEK Athens
Kovačević  83' (Report)
Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 30,229

2007-12-23
19:00
Larissa 0 – 0 Olympiacos
(Report)
Alkazar, Larissa
Attendance: 6,910

2007-12-29
19:00
Olympiacos 2 – 1 Skoda Xanthi
LuaLua  20'
Kovačević  59' 		(Report) Radzinski  26'
Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 23,164

2008-01-05
16:45
Iraklis 1 – 2 Olympiacos
Katsabis  59' (Report) Kovačević  70'  72'

2008-01-13
19:00
Olympiacos 1 – 1 Panathinaikos
Antzas  45+1' (Report) N'Doye  14'
Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 31,310

2008-01-20
16:45
OFI 0 – 1 Olympiacos
(Report) Núñez  16'
Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion
Attendance: 8,497

2008-02-10
19:00
Panionios 0 – 4 Olympiacos
(Report) Kovačević  5'  53'
Đorđević  27' (pen.)
Núñez  81'
Nea Smyrni Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 3,376

2008-02-16
19:00
Olympiacos 1 – 0 Ergotelis
Đorđević  28' (Report)
Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 14,544

2008-02-23
19:00
PAOK 1 – 1 Olympiacos
González  2' (Report) Kovačević  22'
Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 22,000

2008-03-01
19:00
Olympiacos 1 – 1 Asteras Tripolis
César  2' (Report) Cardozo  33'
Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 24,503

2008-03-09
16:45
Veria 0 – 1 Olympiacos
(Report) Patsatzoglou  7'
Veria Stadium, Veria
Attendance: 3,001

2008-03-15
19:00
Olympiacos 2 – 0 Atromitos
Šišić  49'
César  85' 		(Report)
Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 20,343

2008-03-30
19:00
AEK Athens 4 – 0 Olympiacos
Blanco  10'
Edinho  12'
Lyberopoulos  32'
Kafes  60' 		(Report)
Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 40,955

2008-04-06
19:00
Olympiacos 2 – 1 Larissa
Šišić  50'
Mitroglou  90' 		(Report) Metin  41'
Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 24,318

2008-04-13
19:00
Skoda Xanthi 1 – 4 Olympiacos
Labriakos  53' (Report) Żewłakow  31'
Đorđević  38'  49'  52'
Skoda Xanthi Arena, Xanthi
Attendance: 4,957

2008-04-20
19:00
Olympiacos 3 – 1 Iraklis
Mitroglou  26'  39'
Đorđević  50' 		(Report) Malagueno  61'
Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 29,084

Greek Cup

In the fourth round (round of "32") of the Greek Cup 2007-08, 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 of the team of Piraeus was the arch-rivals of Panathinaikos, who were crashed by the eternal enemy with a heavy 4-0 loss, in a full of Olympiacos fans Karaiskákis Stadium. In the quarter-finals, Olympiacos eliminated Iraklis, by their win 2-0 in the first leg and getting a draw 2-2 in the second. For the semi-finals, Olympiacos faced Thrasyvoulos and eliminated him, by the wins 2-3 away and 3-1 in Piraeus. So, Reds faced Aris for the Greek FA Cup Final at the Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, where they got the Greek FA Cup by their win 2-0.

Fourth Round

2007-12-05
17:45
Diagoras 1 – 2 Olympiacos
Triantafyllou  59' (pen.) (Report) Mitroglou  66'  89'
Diagoras Stadium, Rhodes
Attendance: 6,000

Fifth Round

2008-01-16
21:30
Olympiacos 4 – 0 Panathinaikos
LuaLua  6'
Torosidis  63'
Kovačević  65'
Núñez  79' 		(Report)
Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 31,255

Quarter-finals

2008-02-27
20:00
Olympiacos 2 – 0 Iraklis
Mendrinos  5'  9' (Report)
Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 22,547

2008-03-19
20:00
Iraklis 2 – 2 Olympiacos
Ñíguez  42'
Ribeiro  88' 		(Report) Bantis  10' (o.g.)
Mitroglou  23'

Semi-finals

2008-04-02
16:45
Thrasyvoulos 2 – 3 Olympiacos
Anastasakos  29'
Bris  35' 		(Report) Mendrinos  16'
Núñez  28'
Kovačević  89'
Fyli Stadium, Fyli
Attendance: 3,524

2008-04-16
21:00
Olympiacos 3 – 1 Thrasyvoulos
Kovačević  14'
Konstantinou  15'
Núñez  21' 		(Report) Manikas  33'
Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 15,347

Final

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

2007-10-31
20:00
Olympiacos 1 – 0 Larissa
Mitroglou  39' (Report)
Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
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 in Karaïskákis 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 finally defeated 2-4 to Real, after a heart-breaking match in which the Greek team was playing with 10 men from the 13th minute and was leading the score to the 68th with 2-1, turning it around from 0-1 and wasting a lot of chances to score more. 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.

At the second round, 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 Stadio Olimpico, while on the last day Olympiacos smashed Werder Bremen 3-0 in Athens, which ensured their place in the knock out stage of the tournament.

2007-09-18
20:45
Olympiacos Greece 1 – 1 Italy Lazio
Galletti  55' (Report) Zauri  77'

2007-10-03
20:45
Werder Bremen Germany 1 – 3 Greece Olympiacos
Almeida  32' (Report) Stoltidis  72'
Patsatzoglou  82'
Kovačević  87'
Weserstadion, Bremen
Attendance: 37,500
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

2007-10-24
20:45
Real Madrid Spain 4 – 2 Greece Olympiacos
Raúl  2'
Robinho  68'  83'
Balboa  90' 		(Report) Galletti  8'
César  47'

2007-11-28
20:45
Lazio Italy 1 – 2 Greece Olympiacos
Pandev  30' (Report) Galletti  35'
Kovačević  64'
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 39,996
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

2007-12-11
20:45
Olympiacos Greece 3 – 0 Germany Werder Bremen
Stoltidis  12'  74'
Kovačević  70' 		(Report)
Karaïskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 30,297
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)
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 of England. 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 didn't 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, with more difficulty than the score shows. 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 last time, with another error in the Greek defence. In the rest of the game Olympiacos had the control, and he could score once or twice.

2008-02-19
20:45
Olympiacos Greece 0 – 0 England Chelsea
(Report)
Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 31,302
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

2008-03-05
20:45
Chelsea England 3 – 0 Greece Olympiacos
Ballack  5'
Lampard  25'
Kalou  48' 		(Report)

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 1 point deducted.
  3. ↑ Olympiacos ordered to play match behind closed doors after crowd trouble against FC 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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