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Olympiacos
2013–14 season
ChairmanEvangelos Marinakis
ManagerMíchel
StadiumKaraiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Superleague GreeceChampions
Greek CupSemi-Finals
UEFA Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Konstantinos Mitroglou (14)

All:
Konstantinos Mitroglou (17)
Highest home attendance27,189 vs PAOK
(10 November 2013)
Lowest home attendance15,523 vs Skoda Xanthi
(14 September 2013)
Average home league attendance19,392

The 2013–14 season was Olympiacos' 55th consecutive season in the Super League Greece. Olympiacos also participated in the Greek cup and 2013–14 UEFA Champions League group stage. The first game of the season took place at OAKA on 19 August against AEL Kalloni.

Olympiacos won the domestic title for the fourth year in a row, breaking the all-time record for the biggest point difference between the first and the second team in the regular season. The most memorable accomplishment of the year was arguably the 2–0 win over Manchester United in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League, though not managing to defend that score in England.

At the domestic cup, Olympiacos was eliminated in the semifinals by PAOK 2–2 on aggregate, falling off of the away goals rule.

Olympiacos' top goalscorer for the season was striker Konstantinos Mitroglou, who moved to Fulham at the end of the January 2014 transfer window for a fee of approximately €15 million.

Players

Current squad

As of 31 January 2014[1]

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 Northern Ireland NIR Roy Carroll
2 MF Greece GRE Giannis Maniatis (vice-captain)
3 MF Portugal POR Pelé
4 DF Spain ESP Miguel Torres
5 MF Portugal POR Paulo Machado
6 DF Greece GRE Anastasios Papazoglou
7 MF Argentina ARG Ariel Ibagaza
8 MF Republic of the Congo CGO Delvin N'Dinga (on loan from Monaco)
9 FW Argentina ARG Javier Saviola
14 MF Greece GRE Andreas Samaris
16 GK Spain ESP Roberto
17 MF Paraguay PAR Hernán Pérez (on loan from Villarreal)
18 FW Paraguay PAR Nelson Valdez (on loan from Al-Jazira)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Spain ESP David Fuster
20 DF Greece GRE José Holebas
21 DF Greece GRE Avraam Papadopoulos (captain)
23 DF Greece GRE Dimitris Siovas
24 DF Greece GRE Kostas Manolas
25 DF Spain ESP Iván Marcano (on loan from Rubin Kazan)
26 FW Costa Rica CRC Joel Campbell (on loan from Arsenal)
30 DF Brazil BRA Leandro Salino
35 MF Argentina ARG Alejandro Domínguez
42 GK Hungary HUN Balázs Megyeri
44 FW Serbia SRB Marko Šćepović
88 DF Cameroon CMR Gaëtan Bong
99 FW Nigeria NGA Michael Olaitan

For recent transfers, see List of Greek football transfers summer 2013

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
DF Greece GRE Manolis Tzanakakis (at Ergotelis)
MF Greece GRE Andreas Bouchalakis (at Ergotelis)
FW Greece GRE Dimitris Diamantakos (at Ergotelis)
MF Norway NOR Abdisalam Ibrahim (at Ergotelis)
MF Serbia SRB Aleksandar Katai (at Platanias)
MF Greece GRE Panagiotis Vlachodimos (at Platanias)
MF Greece GRE Manolis Siopis (at Platanias)
DF Greece GRE Vasilios Karagounis (at Aris)
MF Greece GRE Andreas Tatos (at Aris)
DF Brazil BRA Leandro (at PAS Giannina)
MF Greece GRE Charalambos Lykogiannis (at Levadiakos)
MF Greece GRE Dimitris Kolovos (at Panionios)
No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Greece GRE Andreas Gianniotis (at Fostiras)
MF Albania ALB Klodian Gino (at Fostiras)
DF Greece GRE Konstantinos Rougalas (at Fostiras)
MF Greece GRE Giorgos Lyras (at Fostiras)
MF Greece GRE Ioannis Paidakis (at Glyfada)
GK Greece GRE Aris Vlachos (at Ermis Zoniana)
MF Greece GRE Dimitrios Voutsiotis (at Ionikos)
MF Argentina ARG Tomás De Vincenti (at APOEL)
FW Greece GRE Nikolaos Ioannidis (at Hansa Rostock)
DF France FRA Claude Dielna (at Ajaccio)
MF Mali MLI Sambou Yatabaré (at Bastia)
MF Montenegro MNE Petar Grbić (at Partizan)
MF Serbia SRB Saša Zdjelar (at OFK Beograd)
MF Colombia COL Juan Pablo Pino (at Independiente Medellín)[2]

Olympiacos U20 squad

Olympiacos U20 is the youth team of Olympiacos. They participate in the Superleague U20 championship and in UEFA Youth League competition. They play their home games at the 3,000-seater Renti Training Centre in Renti, Piraeus.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Greece GRE Eleftherios Choutetsiotis
GK Greece GRE Michalis Iliadis
GK Greece GRE Giorgos Strezos
DF Greece GRE Anastasis Bougioukos
DF Greece GRE Dimitris Gkoutsios
DF Greece GRE Giorgos Makrostergios
DF Greece GRE Giannis Sotirakos
DF Greece GRE Argyris Toufas
DF Greece GRE Konstantinos Vlachos
DF Greece GRE Antonis Vatousiadis
DF Greece GRE Praxitelis Vouros
DF Greece GRE Panagiotis Volonakis
MF Serbia SRB Marko Janković
MF Albania ALB Qazim Laci
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Greece GRE Alexandros Margaritis
MF Greece GRE Achilleas Nasiakopoulos
MF Greece GRE Christoforos Pasalidis
MF Greece GRE Antonis Papasavvas
MF Greece GRE Nilos Psychogios
MF Greece GRE Charalambos Rentzis
MF Greece GRE Manolis Saliakas
MF Greece GRE Dimitris Siopis
FW Greece GRE Kostas Garefalakis
FW Greece GRE Ilias Ignatidis
FW Greece GRE Giorgos Kanavetas
FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Boban Lazić
FW Greece GRE Nikos Vergos

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

16 July 2013 Friendly Simurq Zaqatala Azerbaijan 1 – 2 Greece Olympiacos Schwaz
18:00 Zrnanović 46' Report Diamantakos 8'
Mitroglou 55'
18 July 2013 Friendly Freiburg Germany 4 – 2 Greece Olympiacos
Mehmedi 4', 22'
Schmid 16'
Zuck 72'
Tatos 48'
Olaitan 73'
26 July 2013 Friendly Stuttgart Germany 0 – 0 Greece Olympiacos
3 August 2013 Friendly Liverpool England 2 – 0 Greece Olympiacos Liverpool, England
Allen 24'
Henderson 63'
Stadium: Anfield
7 August 2013 Friendly Olympiacos Greece 1 – 0 Belgium Anderlecht Faliro, Greece
Siovas 14' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
10 August 2013 Friendly Valencia Spain 2 – 1 Greece Olympiacos Valencia, Spain
Banega 5'
Postiga 41'
Fuster 85' Stadium: Mestalla

Competitions

Overview

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Superleague Greece 1 1st 19 August 18 January
Greek Football Cup Second Round Fourth Round(QF) 26 September 22 January
Champions League Group Stage Second Round (R16) 17 September 11 December

Last updated: 25 January 2014

Superleague Greece

League table

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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
25 23 2 0 74 9  +65 71 14 0 0 43 7  +36 9 2 0 31 2  +29

Last updated: 17 February 2014.
Source: Competitive matches

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

19 August 2013 1 AEL Kalloni 0 – 1 Olympiacos Athens
Report Maniatis 61' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 10,177
Referee: Konstantinos Ioannidis
25 August 2013 2 Olympiacos 2 – 1 Atromitos Piraeus
Fuster 51'
Saviola 54'
Report Napoleoni 47' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 18,109
Referee: Ilias Spathas
1 September 2013 3 Levadiakos 0 – 5 Olympiacos Livadeia
20:30 Report Saviola 16' (pen.)
Mitroglou 70', 89', 90+1'
Weiss 85'
Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,175
Referee: Ioannis Topouzis
14 September 2013 4 Olympiacos 4 – 0 Skoda Xanthi Piraeus
Saviola 4'
Mitroglou 27', 45', 73'
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 15,523
Referee: Charalambos Kalogeropoulos
22 September 2013 5 Panetolikos 0 – 0 Olympiacos Agrinio
20:30 Report Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium
Attendance: 4,502
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos
28 September 2013 6 Panionios 0 – 2 Olympiacos Nea Smyrni
20:30 Report Weiss 61'
Saviola 75'
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 2,010
Referee: Michail Voskakis
6 October 2013 7 Olympiacos 6 – 0 Veria Piraeus
16:00 Mitroglou 8', 20', 81'
Campbell 63', 82'
Maniatis 71'
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 17,003
Referee: Ioannis Kampaxis
19 October 2013 8 Platanias 1 – 4 Olympiacos Chania
20:30 Torres 2' Report Fernandes 66' (o.g.)
Mitroglou 68'
Saviola 73'
Weiss 87'
Stadium: Chania, Crete
Attendance: 2,857
Referee: Apostolos Abarkiolis
Man of the Match: Alejandro Domínguez
27 October 2013 9 Olympiacos 5 – 1 OFI Piraeus
19:30 Mitroglou 4', 52'
Holebas 58'
Maniatis 85'
Yatabaré 86'
Report Lampropoulos 1' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 19,135
Referee: Georgios Liahoudis
2 November 2013 10 Panathinaikos 0 – 1 Olympiacos Athens
19:30 Report Mitroglou 90' Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium
Attendance: 15,009
Referee: Stavros Mandalos
10 November 2013 11 Olympiacos 4 – 0 PAOK Piraeus
19:00 Mitroglou 36'
Saviola 60'
Fuster 74'
Campbell 80'
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 27,189
Referee: Andreas Pappas
Man of the Match: Joel Campbell
23 November 2013 12 Panthrakikos 1 – 4 Olympiacos Komotini
Igor 42' Report Manolas 21'
Campbell 53'
Samaris 58'
Saviola 88'
Stadium: Komotini Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 4,044
Referee: Christos Mitsios
1 December 2013 13 Olympiacos 3 – 0 Ergotelis Piraeus
19:00 Campbell 3'
Olaitan 45+2'
Domínguez 62'
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 14,495
Referee: Alexandros Dimitropoulos
7 December 2013 14 Olympiacos 2 – 0 Asteras Tripoli Piraeus
19:00 Domínguez 74' (pen.)
Olaitan 89'
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 15,144
Referee: Haralambos Kalogeropoulos
Man of the Match: Alejandro Domínguez
15 December 2013 15 Aris 0 – 2 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
Report Domínguez 6'
Weiss 27'
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Andreas Pappas
18 December 2013 16 Olympiacos 3 – 2 PAS Giannina Piraeus
19.00 Saviola 21'
Machado 51' (pen.)
Campbell 70' (pen.)
Report Ilić 11'
Kritikos 87'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
21 December 2013 17 Apollon Smyrni 0 – 5 Olympiacos Athens
18:30 Report Fuster 26'
Manolas 31'
Samaris 41'
Saviola 63', 80'
Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium
Referee: Mihail Voskakis
12 January 2014 19 Atromitos 0 – 0 Olympiacos Athens
19:00 Report Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
18 January 2014 20 Olympiacos 2 – 0 Levadiakos Piraeus
17:15 Olaitan 55'
Holebas 82'
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
26 January 2014 21 Skoda Xanthi 0 – 2 Olympiacos Xanthi
19:30 Report Olaitan 24'
Ibagaza 89'
Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena
2 February 2014 22 Olympiacos 2 – 1 Panetolikos Piraeus
15:00 Olaitan 26'
Campbell 71' (pen.)
Report Camara 5' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
5 February 2014 23 Olympiacos 2 – 0 Panionios Piraeus
17:15 Samaris 11'
Šćepović 18'
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Referee: Stavros Tritsonis
8 February 2014 24 Veria 0 – 5 Olympiacos Veria
19:30 Report Domínguez 59'
Pérez 69'
Olaitan 70', 90+2'
Maniatis 85'
Stadium: Veria Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2282
Referee: Apostolos Abarkiolis
15 February 2014 25 Olympiacos 4 – 2 Platanias Piraeus
19:30 Olaitan 28'
Valdez (68)
Pérez 70'
Marcano 78'
Report Torres 37'
Vlachodimos 72'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Referee: Stavros Tritsonis
22 February 2014 26 OFI 0 – 4 Olympiacos Heraklion
19:30 Report Machado 39'
Šćepović 42', 52', 88'
Referee: K. Ioannidis
9 March 2014 28 PAOK 2 – 1 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
19:30 Athanasiadis 36'
Tzavellas 84'
Report Samaris 33' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Kakos
23 March 2014 30 Ergotelis 1 – 4 Olympiacos Heraklion
19:30 Ibrahim 55' Report Valdez 3', 9', 13'
Campbell 32' (pen.)
30 March 2014 32 Olympiacos 1 – 0 Aris Piraeus
19:30 Valdez 84' Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
13 April 2014 34 Olympiacos 1 – 0 Apollon Smyrni Piraeus
19:30 Saviola 88' Summary Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 32,161
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos

Greek Football Cup

Second round

25 September 2013 First leg Olympiacos 5 – 1 Fokikos Piraeus
18:00 Campbell 4'
Yatabaré 8'
Šćepović 52', 81'
Olaitan 63'
Frangos 56' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Referee: Aristeidis Vatsios (West Attica)
30 October 2013 Second leg Fokikos 3 – 5
(4 – 10 agg.)
Olympiacos Amfissa
20:30 Frangos 9'
Randy 51'
Álvarez 76'
Fuster 16'
Weiss 23'
Olaitan 25'
N'Dinga 33'
Papasavas 86'
Stadium: Amfissa Municipal Stadium

Third round

08 January 2014 First leg Olympiacos 4 – 0 Asteras Tripoli Piraeus
20:00 Domínguez 17' (pen.)
Campbell 35'
Bong 56'
Olaitan 60'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Referee: Stavros Mantalos
22 January 2014 Second leg Asteras Tripoli 0 – 1
(0 – 5 agg.)
Olympiacos Tripoli
20:00 Šćepović 79' Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium

Quarter-finals

29 January 2014 First leg Olympiacos 0 – 0 Atromitos Piraeus
20:00 Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
12 February 2014 Second leg Atromitos 1 – 1
(1 – 1a agg.)
Olympiacos Athens
20:00 Tavlaridis 42' Domínguez 56' (pen.) Stadium: Peristeri Stadium

Semi-finals

02 April 2014 First leg Olympiacos 2 – 1 PAOK Piraeus
Domínguez 8'
Fuster 10'
Athanasiadis 31' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Referee: Kalogeropoulos
16 April 2014 Second leg PAOK 1 – 0
(2 – 2 a agg.)
Olympiacos Thessaloniki
Athanasiadis (47) Stadium: Toumba Stadium

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

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17 September 2013 1 Olympiacos Greece 1 – 4 France Paris Saint-Germain Piraeus, Greece
20:45 CEST Weiss 25'
Bong Yellow card 30'
Report Cavani 19'
Motta 68', 73'
Marquinhos 86'
Van der Wiel Yellow card 87'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 31,253
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Man of the Match: Thiago Motta
2 October 2013 2 Anderlecht Belgium 0 – 3 Greece Olympiacos Anderlecht, Belgium
20:45 CEST N'Sakala Yellow card 45'
Bruno Yellow card 51'
Report Mitroglou 17', 56', 72'
Samaris Yellow card 24'
Maniatis Yellow card 28'
Manolas Yellow card 36'
Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Attendance: 15,918
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)
Man of the Match: Konstantinos Mitroglou
23 October 2013 3 Benfica Portugal 1 − 1 Greece Olympiacos Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CEST Pérez Yellow card 55'
Gaitán Yellow card 62'
Cardozo 83'
Report Domínguez 29'
Fuster Yellow card 36'
Weiss Yellow card 42'
Mitroglou Yellow card 59'
Maniatis Yellow card 84'
Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 38,149
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
Man of the Match: Konstantinos Mitroglou
5 November 2013 4 Olympiacos Greece 1 − 0 Portugal Benfica Piraeus, Greece
20:45 CET Manolas 13'
Yatabaré Yellow card 38'
Roberto Yellow card 85'
N'Dinga Yellow card 89'
Domínguez Yellow card 90+2'
Report Pereira Yellow card 33'
Matić Yellow card 37'
Amorim Yellow card 42'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 31,461
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Man of the Match: Roberto
27 November 2013 5 Paris Saint-Germain France 2 – 1 Greece Olympiacos Paris, France
20:45 CET Ibrahimović 7'
Verratti Yellow card 29' Yellow-red card 46'
Van der Wiel Yellow card 66'
Matuidi Yellow card 67'
Cavani Yellow card 87', 90'
Report Manolas Yellow card 49', 80'
Domínguez Yellow card 67'
Weiss Yellow card 71'
Maniatis Yellow card 82'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 44,466
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
Man of the Match: Zlatan Ibrahimović
10 December 2013 6 Olympiacos Greece 3 – 1 Belgium Anderlecht Piraeus, Greece
20:45 CET Saviola 33', 58'
Fuster Yellow card 52'
Domínguez 90+5' (pen.)
Report Kouyaté Yellow card 7' Yellow-red card 49'
Milivojević Yellow card 21'
Kljestan 39', Yellow card 65'
Mitrović Yellow card 64'
N'Sakala Yellow card 71' Yellow-red card 88'
Proto Red card 90+3'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 31,444
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
Man of the Match: Javier Saviola

Knockout phase

Round of 16
25 February 2014 First leg Olympiacos Greece 2 – 0 England Manchester United Piraeus, Greece
20:45 CEST Domínguez 38'
Campbell 55'
Report Evra Yellow card 3'
Ferdinand Yellow card 90'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 29,815
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
Man of the Match: Alejandro Domínguez
19 March 2014 Second leg Manchester United England 3 – 0
(3 – 2 agg.)
Greece Olympiacos Manchester, England
20:45 CEST Carrick Yellow card 10'
Van Persie 25' (pen.), 45+1', 52'
Evra Yellow card 61'
Ferdinand Yellow card 90+1'
Report Manolas Yellow card 6'
Domínguez Yellow card 10'
Salino Yellow card 62'
Marcano Yellow card 90+1'
Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 74,662
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Man of the Match: Robin van Persie

Statistics

Goal scorers

No. Pos. Nation Name Superleague Greece UEFA Champions League Greek Cup Total
11 FW Greece Konstantinos Mitroglou 14 3 0 17
7 FW Argentina Javier Saviola 11 2 0 13
26 MF Costa Rica Joel Campbell 6 0 2 8
79 MF Slovakia Vladimír Weiss 4 1 1 6
35 MF Argentina Alejandro Domínguez 4 2 1 7
99 MF Nigeria Michael Olaitan 4 0 4 6
2 MF Greece Giannis Maniatis 3 0 0 3
19 MF Spain David Fuster 3 0 1 4
24 DF Greece Kostas Manolas 3 2 0 5
44 FW Serbia Marko Šćepović 1 0 3 3
10 MF Argentina Ariel Ibagaza 1 0 0 1
60 MF Mali Sambou Yatabaré 1 0 1 2
20 DF Greece José Holebas 2 0 0 2
14 MF Greece Andreas Samaris 3 0 0 3
8 MF Republic of the Congo Delvin N'Dinga 0 0 1 1
- MF Greece Antonis Papasavvas 0 0 1 1
5 MF Portugal Paulo Machado 2 0 0 2
- - - Opponent's own Goals 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 63 10 15 88

Last updated: 24 November 2013

Starting 11

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
MS Notes
16 GK Spain Roberto 26
30 RB Brazil Salino 15 Miguel Torres has 4 starts
24 CB Greece Manolas 20
21 CB Greece Papadopoulos 13 Siovas has 11 starts
20 LB Greece Holebas 15 Bong has 11 starts
2 DM Greece Maniatis 15 N'Dinga has 8 starts
14 DM Greece Samaris 22
9 ST Argentina Saviola 19 Domínguez has 13 starts
26 RW Costa Rica Campbell 19
19 LW Spain Fuster 13
11 ST Greece Mitroglou 18

Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

References

  1. ^ "Olympiacos team". olympiacos.org. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  2. ^ on loan players