2010–11 Olympiacos F.C. season

Olympiacos
2010–11 season
Chairman	Evangelos Marinakis
Manager	Ernesto Valverde
Stadium	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Super League Greece	1st (Champions)
Greek Cup	Quarter-Finals
Europa League	Third qualifying round
	← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 season was Olympiacos' 52nd consecutive season in the Superleague Greece.

The season was marked by the return of Ernesto Valverde as head coach. Varverde took charge of the team about mid August after the club's failure to qualify to 2010–11 UEFA Europa League group stage.

Olympiacos finished first in the Greek Superleague, winning the title after an unsuccessful 2009–10 season. This was Evangelos Marinakis' first season as chairman of the club.

Events

14.06.10: Ewald Lienen is appointed as the new Olympiacos manager replacing Božidar Bandović, after a disappointing season under Bandović.
21.06.10: Olympiacos enter the draw for the second qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League as the top seeded team and they are drawn to play against Besa of Albania. It is the first time that Olympiacos play directly in the UEFA Europa League after 13 consecutive seasons in the UEFA Champions League.
15.07.10: Olympiacos smash Besa 5–0 at the Qemal Stafa Stadium in Tirana, Albania, in the first leg of the second qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, achieving their biggest away win in European competitions.
16.07.10: In the draw for the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, Olympiacos are drawn to play the winners of the encounter between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Mogren.
22.07.10: In the second leg, Olympiacos trounce Besa 6–1 at the Karaiskakis Stadium, setting a new club record for their biggest ever European home win, with their previous record being 5–0. They qualify for the next round of the tournament with an 11–1 win on aggregate, which is also a record aggregate score for a Greek football club in European competitions.
05.08.10: Olympiacos are eliminated from the UEFA Europa League in the third qualifying round on away goals as the aggregate score is 2–2 against Maccabi Tel Aviv. A 2–1 win at the Karaiskakis Stadium in the first leg on 29.07.10 is compounded by a 1–0 loss at the Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv, Israel, to secure the biggest surprise in the qualifyings.^[1]
06.08.10: Olympiacos sack coach Ewald Lienen after the club's shocking elimination from the UEFA Europa League.^[2]
07.08.10: Olympiacos reappoint Ernesto Valverde as manager.^[3]

Current squad

As of 20 July 2010 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	GRE	Nikolaos Papadopoulos
2	DF	GRE	Giannis Maniatis
3	DF	FRA	François Modesto
4	DF	SWE	Olof Mellberg
5	DF	GRE	Georgios Galitsios
6	MF	ITA	Enzo Maresca
7	MF	ARG	Ariel Ibagaza
8	MF	BRA	Dudu
9	FW	SRB	Marko Pantelić
10	FW	ALG	Rafik Djebbour
11	MF	MAR	Jaouad Zairi
14	FW	BEL	Kevin Mirallas
15	DF	ESP	Raúl Bravo
18	MF	GRE	Giannis Fetfatzidis
19	MF	ESP	David Fuster


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	GER	José Holebas
21	DF	GRE	Avraam Papadopoulos
23	FW	GRE	Giorgos Niklitsiotis
24	MF	DEN	Dennis Rommedahl
25	MF	BRA	Wanderson
29	FW	HUN	Krisztián Németh
30	MF	ESP	Moisés Hurtado
33	MF	GRE	Giannis Papadopoulos
35	DF	GRE	Vasilis Torosidis (Vice-captain)
42	GK	HUN	Balázs Megyeri
71	GK	GRE	Antonios Nikopolidis (Captain)
77	MF	ESP	Albert Riera
78	GK	BEL	Urko Pardo
87	FW	BRA	Diogo
88	MF	GRE	Georgios Katsikogiannis

Transfers

Summer Transfers

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
—	DF	FRA	François Modesto (from Monaco)
—	MF	ARG	Ariel Ibagaza (from Villarreal)
—	FW	BEL	Kevin Mirallas (from Saint-Étienne)
—	DF	GRE	José Holebas (from 1860 München)
—	MF	DEN	Dennis Rommedahl (from Ajax)
—	GK	HUN	Balázs Megyeri (from Ferencváros)
—	MF	ESP	Albert Riera (from Liverpool)
—	MF	GER	Denis Epstein (from Iraklis)
—	MF	ESP	David Fuster (from Villarreal)
—	FW	HUN	Krisztián Németh (from Liverpool)
—	FW	SRB	Marko Pantelić (from Ajax)
—	MF	ESP	Moisés Hurtado (from Espanyol)

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
1	GK	GRE	Leonidas Panagopoulos (free transfer to Panionios)
2	DF	GRE	Kyriakos Papadopoulos (to Schalke 04 for €2.5M)
3	DF	FRA	Didier Domi (released)
6	MF	GRE	Ieroklis Stoltidis (free transfer to Kerkyra)
7	MF	ARG	Luciano Galletti (retired)
14	DF	POL	Michał Żewłakow (free transfer to Ankaragücü)
19	MF	ARG	Jesús Dátolo (loan return to Napoli)
24	DF	BRA	Leonardo (on loan to Internacional for €0.25M)
28	MF	ARG	Cristian Ledesma (free transfer to Colón Santa Fe)
30	DF	GRE	Anastasios Pantos (free transfer to PAS Giannina)
32	FW	COD	Lomana LuaLua (free transfer to Omonoia)
50	GK	SVK	Pavel Kováč (free transfer to Kavala)
—	MF	GER	Denis Epstein (on loan to Kerkyra)
—	FW	ENG	Matt Derbyshire (on loan to Birmingham City)
—	FW	BRA	Diogo (on loan to Flamengo)
—	MF	ITA	Enzo Maresca

Competitions

Superleague Greece

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	30	24	1	5	65	18	+47	73	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Panathinaikos	30	18	6	6	47	26	+21	60	Qualification for the Play-offs
3	AEK Athens	30	15	5	10	46	37	+9	50
4	PAOK	30	14	6	10	32	29	+3	48
5	Olympiacos Volos^[a] (D)	30	12	11	7	40	28	+12	47	Play-offs and relegation to the Delta Ethniki

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); 7) Draw.
(Note: Criterion 4 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified
Notes:

^ On 28 July 2011, the Disciplinary Committee of the competition found Olympiacos Volos and Kavala guilty of match-fixing. Therefore the clubs were automatically put at the end of the league table and demoted to the Football League. The decision, however, was lifted on 10 August 2011 after both appealed. Instead of that Olympiacos Volos had 10 points deducted and Kavala 8 for the 2011-2012 season. On 23 August 2011, the Professional Sports Committee stripped Kavala and Olympiacos Volos of their professional licence, due to their chairmen's involvement in the match fixing scandal.^[4]

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	24	1	5	65	18	+47	73	15	0	0	46	6	+40	9	1	5	19	12	+7

Last updated: 18 April 2011.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W

Source: superleaguegreece.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

All times at EET

28 August 2010 1	Iraklis	2 – 1	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
	Mara 79' (pen.) Vellios 86'	(Report)	Mitroglou 59'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 10,752

11 September 2010 2	Olympiacos	2 – 0	Kerkyra	Piraeus
	Mellberg 29' Riera 86'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 0 (due to ban)

19 September 2010 3	Panserraikos	0 – 1	Olympiacos	Serres
		(Report)	Pantelić 32'	Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium Attendance: 5,214

25 September 2010 4	Olympiacos	3 – 0	Asteras Tripoli	Piraeus
	Pantelić 36' Fuster 62' Fitanidis 72' (o.g.)	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 25,090

2 October 2010 5	Olympiacos	3 – 1	Olympiacos Volou	Piraeus
	Torosidis 7' Mirallas 21', 90+1'	(Report)	Umbides 71'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 27,605

16 October 2010 6	Skoda Xanthi	0 – 3	Olympiacos	Xanthi
		(Report)	Riera 16' Torosidis 53' Fetfatzidis 75'	Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 2,221

24 October 2010 7	Olympiacos	1 – 0	Aris	Piraeus
	Riera 2'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 30,099

30 October 2010 8	Panathinaikos	2 – 1	Olympiacos	Athens
	Cissé 57', 63'	(Report)	Mirallas 37'	Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium Attendance: 52,300

6 November 2010 9	Olympiacos	5 – 0	Panionios	Piraeus
	Mirallas 34', 68' Torosidis 51' Pantelić 78' Riera 90+3'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 22,312

13 November 2010 10	Ergotelis	0 – 2	Olympiacos	Heraklion
		(Report)	Pantelić 78' Fuster 90+5'	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Attendance: 5,302

21 November 2010 11	Olympiacos	3 – 0	PAOK	Piraeus
	Mirallas 37', 72' Rommedahl 87'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 30,275
Note: not completed

27 November 2010 12	AEK Athens	1 – 0	Olympiacos	Athens
	Blanco 90'	(Report)		Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium Attendance: 24,980

5 December 2010 13	Kavala	0 – 1	Olympiacos	Kavala
		(Report)	Fuster 41' (pen.)	Stadium: Anthi Karayanni Stadium Attendance: 4,175

12 December 2010 14	Olympiacos	2 – 1	Atromitos	Piraeus
	Fuster 34' (pen.) Mirallas 36'	(Report)	Favalli 90+3'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 20,015

19 December 2010 15	AE Larissa	0 – 1	Olympiacos	Larisa
		(Report)	Katsiaros 29' (o.g.)	Stadium: AEL FC Arena Attendance: 10,855

5 January 2011 16	Olympiacos	2 – 0	Iraklis	Piraeus
	Fuster 32' Pantelić 83'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 25,117

9 January 2011 17	Kerkyra	0 – 2	Olympiacos	Kerkyra
		(Report)	Tsigas 55' (o.g.) Mirallas 70'	Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium Attendance: 1,579

16 January 2011 18	Olympiacos	4 – 2	Panserraikos	Piraeus
	Pantelić 52', 85' Riera 70', 89'	(Report)	Georgiadis 65', 67'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 21,190

23 January 2011 19	Asteras Tripoli	0 – 1	Olympiacos	Tripoli
		(Report)	Fuster 30' (pen.)	Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium Attendance: 5,255

31 January 2011 20	Olympiacos Volou	0 – 1	Olympiacos	Volos
		(Report)	Fuster 19'	Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium Attendance: 14,757

6 February 2011 21	Olympiacos	1 – 0	Skoda Xanthi	Piraeus
	Adefemi 45' (o.g.)	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 20,093

12 February 2011 22	Aris	1 – 2	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
	Neto 17'	(Report)	Djebbour 39' Fuster 75'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 11,939

19 February 2011 23	Olympiacos	2 – 1	Panathinaikos	Piraeus
	Mirallas 20' Djebbour 90+2'	(Report)	Leto 58'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 30,845

27 February 2011 24	Panionios	1 – 1	Olympiacos	Athens
	Svěrkoš 68'	(Report)	Mirallas 43'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 3,388

6 March 2011 25	Olympiacos	3 – 0	Ergotelis	Piraeus
	Modesto 47' Pantelić 58' Mirallas 65'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 0(due to ban)

13 March 2011 26	PAOK	2 – 1	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
	Koutsianikoulis 45' Vitolo 71' (pen.)	(Report)	Djebbour 12'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 20,023

20 March 2011 27	Olympiacos	6 – 0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
	Djebbour 2', 61' Mellberg 7' Fuster 19' Mirallas 68' Holebas 71'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 27,880

3 April 2011 28	Olympiacos	3 – 1	Kavala	Piraeus
	Fuster 58' Djebbour 65' Mirallas 67'	(Report)	Niculae 63'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 19,704

10 April 2011 29	Atromitos	3 – 1	Olympiacos	Athens
	Sfakianakis 22' Anastasakos 37' Camara 53'	(Report)	Modesto 34'	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 3,313

18 April 2011 30	Olympiacos	6 – 0	AE Larissa	Piraeus
	Djebbour 7' Fuster 15', 17' Mellberg 62' Pantelić 65' Fetfatzidis 76'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 31,256

Goalscorers

This is the list of goalscorers in accordance with Super League Greece as organising body.

Position	Player	Goals
1	Kevin Mirallas	14
2	Rafik Djebbour*	12
2	David Fuster	12
3	Marko Pantelić	9
4	Albert Riera	6
5	Vasilis Torosidis	3
5	Olof Mellberg	3
7	Giannis Fetfatzidis	2
7	François Modesto	2
9	Kostas Mitroglou	1
	Dennis Rommedahl	1
	Giannis Maniatis*	1
	José Holebas	1

Djebbour has scored 5 goals for AEK Athens and 7 for Olympiacos
Maniatis has scored 1 goal for Panionios and 0 for Olympiacos
Source: [1]
Last updated:18 April 2011

Greek Cup

All times UTC+3

Fourth Round

3 November 2010	Ilioupoli	0 – 1	Olympiacos	Egaleo
17:00		[2]	Pantelić 87'	Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium Attendance: - Referee: Dimitris Thanos (Grevena)

Fifth Round

22 December 2010	Asteras Tripoli	0 – 1	Olympiacos	Tripoli
17:30		[3]	Ibagaza 86'	Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium Attendance: - Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Macedonia)

Quarter-Finals

19 January 2011	Olympiacos	1–1	PAOK	Piraeus
18:00	Modesto 45'		Vieirinha 82'	Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Attendance: 28,404 Referee: Stavros Tritsonis (Athens)

2 February 2011	PAOK	1–0	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
18:00	Salpingidis 57'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 0

PAOK won 2-1 on aggregate

UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

15 July 2010 First leg	Besa	0 – 5	Olympiacos	Tirana, Albania
21:30		Report	Óscar 19', 30' Dudu 46' Diogo 70', 84'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

22 July 2010 Second leg	Olympiacos	6 – 1 (11 – 1 agg.)	Besa	Piraeus, Greece
21:30	Dudu 46', 79' Derbyshire 53' Maresca 75', 90' Fetfatzidis 88'	Report	Lazarevski 48'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: — Referee: Lee Probert (England)

Third qualifying round

29 July 2010 First leg	Olympiacos	2 – 1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Piraeus, Greece
21:30	Zairi 67' Rommedahl 73'	Report	Medunjanin 18' (pen.)	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: — Referee: Dougie McDonald (Scotland)

5 August 2010 Second leg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1 – 0 (2a – 2 agg.)	Olympiacos	Tel Aviv, Israel
21:00	Colautti 42'	Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 12,421 Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

Team kit

Home

Away

Third

Fourth

References

^ "Maccabi Tel-Aviv stun Olympiacos". UEFA. www.uefa.com. 2010-08-05. Archived from the original on 7 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-17. Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC caused the main upset of the night by knocking out Olympiacos FC, but elsewhere the third qualifying round's top guns hit the target to advance to the play-offs.
^ "Olympiacos sack Ewald Lienen following Europa League exit". Inside Futbol. www.insidefutbol.com. 2010-08-07. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
^ Crawford, Stephen (2010-08-07). "Former Villarreal coach Ernesto Valverde agrees to Olympiacos return". Goal.com. www.goal.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
^ "Olympiakos Volou and Kavala to Delta Ethniki" (in Greek). Contra.gr. Retrieved 25 August 2011.

External links

Official Website of Olympiacos Piraeus (in Greek and English)

[table_note_OLV0.080897504501463-5] On 28 July 2011, the Disciplinary Committee of the competition found Olympiacos Volos and Kavala guilty of match-fixing. Therefore the clubs were automatically put at the end of the league table and demoted to the Football League. The decision, however, was lifted on 10 August 2011 after both appealed. Instead of that Olympiacos Volos had 10 points deducted and Kavala 8 for the 2011-2012 season. On 23 August 2011, the Professional Sports Committee stripped Kavala and Olympiacos Volos of their professional licence, due to their chairmen's involvement in the match fixing scandal.^[4]

[1] "Maccabi Tel-Aviv stun Olympiacos". UEFA. www.uefa.com. 2010-08-05. Archived from the original on 7 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-17. Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC caused the main upset of the night by knocking out Olympiacos FC, but elsewhere the third qualifying round's top guns hit the target to advance to the play-offs.

[2] "Olympiacos sack Ewald Lienen following Europa League exit". Inside Futbol. www.insidefutbol.com. 2010-08-07. Retrieved 2010-08-17.

[3] Crawford, Stephen (2010-08-07). "Former Villarreal coach Ernesto Valverde agrees to Olympiacos return". Goal.com. www.goal.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-17.

[Olympiakos_Volou_and_Kavala_relegated_to_Delta_Ethniki-4] "Olympiakos Volou and Kavala to Delta Ethniki" (in Greek). Contra.gr. Retrieved 25 August 2011.

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