2008–09 Olympiacos F.C. season

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Olympiacos
2008–09 season
ChairmanSocratis Kokkalis
ManagerErnesto Valverde
Super League Greece1st
UEFA Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA CupRound of 32
Greek CupFinal
Top goalscorerLeague:
Luciano Galletti (14)
All:
Diogo (20)
Highest home attendance30,185 vs Benfica
Lowest home attendance20,392 vs Asteras Tripolis

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. 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 Kostantinos Mitroglou
23 MF Argentina ARG Sebastián Leto
25 MF Argentina ARG Fernando Belluschi
27 DF Greece GRE Konstantinos Lambropoulos Under 20s
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
UCL QR3 — QR3 13 Aug 2008 30 Aug 2008
UEFA Cup R1 Rof32 16 Sep 2008
Greek Cup Round 4 Round 5 29 Oct 2008

Updated to match played 17 December 2008
Source: Competitions

Super League Greece

Classification

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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

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UEFA Cup group stage

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 4 3 1 0 3 0 +3 10
Turkey Galatasaray 4 3 0 1 4 1 +3 9
Greece Olympiacos 4 2 0 2 9 3 +6 6
Germany Hertha BSC 4 0 2 2 1 6 −5 2
Portugal Benfica 4 0 1 3 2 9 −7 1

Matches

Superleague Greece

All times at EET

Olympiacos3 – 1Asteras Tripolis
Galletti 61', 63' (pen.)
Kovačević 81'		 (Report) Cesarec 45+2' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,392
Skoda Xanthi0 – 1Olympiacos
(Report) Diogo 72'
Attendance: 4,409
Olympiacos4 – 1Panserraikos
Kovačević 23'
Galletti 27'
Diogo 81'
Óscar 88'		 (Report) Tadiz 85' (pen.)
Attendance: 25,234
OFI0 – 0Olympiacos
(Report)
Attendance: 9,384
Olympiacos2 – 0AEK Athens
Kovačević 63'
Diogo 66'		 (Report)
Attendance: 30,074
Olympiacos2 – 0Panthrakikos
Galletti 66', 73' (Report)
Referee: 23,693
Aris1 – 0Olympiacos
Javito 18' (Report)
Referee: 16,370
Olympiacos2 – 0Ergotelis
Kovačević 28'
Dudu 34'		 (Report)
Attendance: 26,058
Panathinaikos0 – 0Olympiacos
(Report)
Attendance: 60,401
Olympiacos2 – 0PAOK
Patsatzoglou 45'
Diogo 86'		 (Report)
Attendance: 29,458
Iraklis0 – 3Olympiacos
(Report) Đorđević 34'
Belluschi 39'
Dudu 81'
Attendance: 9,066
Olympiacos4 – 1Panionios
Belluschi 31'
Diogo 52'
Mitroglou 78', 80'		 (Report) Goundoulakis 87'
Attendance: 27,487
Olympiacos1 – 0Levadiakos
Belluschi 28' (Report)
Attendance: 22,337
Larissa1 – 1Olympiacos
Solano 74' (Report) Belluschi 52'
Attendance: 5,062
Olympiacos2 – 1Thrasyvoulos
Leto 21'
Galletti 90+3' (pen.)		 (Report) Chloros 29'
Attendance: 20,033

UEFA Champions League

All times at CET

Third qualifying round

Anorthosis Cyprus3 – 0Greece Olympiacos
Torosidis 4' (o.g.)
Sosin 17'
Laban 85'		 (Report)
Attendance: 10,500
Olympiacos Greece1 – 0Cyprus Anorthosis
Belluschi 54' (Report)
Attendance: 27,904

UEFA Cup

All times at CET

First round

Nordsjælland Denmark0 – 2Greece Olympiacos
(Report) Mitroglou 74'
Leto 90+3'
Attendance: 5,184
Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)
Olympiacos Greece5 – 0Denmark Nordsjælland
Torosidis 11'
Diogo 30', 43'
Kovačević 72', 80'		 (Report)
Attendance: 24,515
Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)

Group stage

Galatasaray Turkey1 – 0Greece Olympiacos
Kewell 25' (Report)
Attendance: 23,500
Olympiacos Greece5 – 1Portugal Benfica
Galletti 1'
Patsatzoglou 17'
Diogo 24', 53'
Belluschi 44'		 (Report) David Luiz 33'
Attendance: 30,185
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine1 – 0Greece Olympiacos
Edmar 88' (Report)
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
Olympiacos Greece4 – 0Germany Hertha BSC
Dudu 55'
Galletti 68' (pen.)
Torosidis 87'
Diogo 88'		 (Report)
Attendance: 30,063

Round of 32

Olympiacos Greece1 – 3France Saint-Étienne
Đorđević 63' Ilan 12'
Dernis 43'
Gomis 90'
Saint-Étienne France2 – 1Greece Olympiacos
Payet 45'
Ilan 58'		 Report Óscar 75'

Greek Cup

Fourth round

Diagoras2 – 3Olympiacos
Triantafyllou 30' 66' (Report) Óscar 14'
Diogo 67'
Kovačević 84'
Diagoras Stadium, Rhodes

Fifth Round

OFI0 – 2Olympiacos

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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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