2008–09 Olympiacos F.C. season

Olympiacos

2008–09 season
Chairman	Socratis Kokkalis
Manager	Ernesto Valverde
Super League Greece	Winners
Greek Cup	Winners
Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Luciano Galletti (14) All: Diogo (20)
Highest home attendance	30,185 vs Benfica
Lowest home attendance	20,392 vs Asteras Tripolis
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2008–09 season was Olympiacos' 50th consecutive season in the Super League 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.

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	GRE	Leonidas Panagopoulos
2	DF	GRE	Christos Patsatzoglou
3	DF	FRA	Didier Domi
4	DF	BRA	Leonardo
5	DF	GRE	Georgios Galitsios
6	MF	GRE	Ieroklis Stoltidis (vice-captain)
7	MF	ARG	Luciano Galletti
8	FW	ESP	Óscar
9	FW	SRB	Darko Kovačević
10	FW	BRA	Diogo
11	MF	SRB	Predrag Đorđević (captain)
14	DF	POL	Michał Żewłakow
15	DF	ESP	Raúl Bravo
18	DF	GRE	Paraskevas Antzas
19	MF	GRE	Konstantinos Mendrinos

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	BRA	Dudu Cearense
21	DF	GRE	Avraam Papadopoulos
22	FW	GRE	Kostantinos Mitroglou
23	MF	ARG	Sebastián Leto
25	MF	ARG	Fernando Belluschi
27	DF	GRE	Konstantinos Lambropoulos Under 20s
30	DF	GRE	Anastasios Pantos
31	MF	GRE	Aristides Soiledis Under 20s
33	MF	GRE	Giannis Papadopoulos
35	DF	GRE	Vasilis Torosidis
36	MF	GRE	Giorgos Niklitsiotis
50	GK	SVK	Pavel Kovać
71	GK	GRE	Antonis Nikopolidis (vice-captain)
77	MF	SVN	Mirnes Šišić
92	DF	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	GRE	Georgios Galitsios loan return from AEL 1964
8	FW	ESP	Óscar from Real Zaragoza
10	FW	BRA	Diogo from Portuguesa
20	MF	BRA	Dudu Cearense from CSKA Moscow
21	DF	GRE	Avraam Papadopoulos from Aris
23	MF	ARG	Sebastián Leto loan from Liverpool
33	MF	GRE	Giannis Papadopoulos from Iraklis
50	GK	SVK	Pavel Kovać from Apollon Kalamarias

Total spending: €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	CRO	Tomislav Butina Released and moved to Dinamo Zagreb
87	GK	GRE	Michalis Sifakis (Released)
23	FW	CYP	Michalis Konstantinou Released
10	FW	ARG	Leonel Núñez moved to Independiente
32	FW	COD	Lomana LuaLua moved to Al-Arabi

Total income: €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	HUN	Zsolt Laczko to Leicester City
77	MF	BRA	Leozinho to OFI
24	MF	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	GRE	Christos Patsatzoglou 34 (1)
14	DF	POL	Michał Żewłakow 84 (3)
21	DF	GRE	Avraam Papadopoulos 4 (0)
25	MF	ARG	Fernando Belluschi 2 (0)
28	FW	ARG	Cristian Ledesma 3 (0)
35	DF	GRE	Vasilis Torosidis 20 (1)
77	MF	SVN	Mirnes Šišić 9 (2)
7	MF	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

Main article: 2008–09 Super League Greece

Classification

Pos	Team	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).
(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

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	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	W
Position	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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	Galletti 61', 63' (pen.) Kovačević 81'	(Report)	Cesarec 45+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 20,392

Skoda Xanthi v Olympiacos

13 September 2008 2	Skoda Xanthi	0 – 1	Olympiacos	Xanthi
16:45		(Report)	Diogo 72'	Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 4,409

Olympiacos v Panserraikos

21 September 2008 3	Olympiacos	4 – 1	Panserraikos	Piraeus
19:00	Kovačević 23' Galletti 27' Diogo 81' Óscar 88'	(Report)	Tadiz 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 25,234

OFI v Olympiacos

27 September 2008 4	OFI	0 – 0	Olympiacos	Heraklion
19:00		(Report)		Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Attendance: 9,384

Olympiacos v AEK Athens

5 October 2008 5	Olympiacos	2 – 0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
21:15	Kovačević 63' Diogo 66'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 30,074

Olympiacos v Panthrakikos

19 October 2008 6	Olympiacos	2 – 0	Panthrakikos	Piraeus
19:00	Galletti 66', 73'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 23,693

Aris v Olympiacos

26 October 2008 7	Aris	1 – 0	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
19:00	Javito 18'	(Report)		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 16,370

Olympiacos v Ergotelis

2 November 2008 8	Olympiacos	2 – 0	Ergotelis	Piraeus
19:00	Kovačević 28' Dudu 34'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 26,058

Panathinaikos v Olympiacos

9 November 2008 9	Panathinaikos	0 – 0	Olympiacos	Athens
19:00		(Report)		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 60,401

Olympiacos v PAOK

16 November 2008 10	Olympiacos	2 – 0	PAOK	Piraeus
19:00	Patsatzoglou 45' Diogo 86'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 29,458

Iraklis v Olympiacos

22 November 2008 11	Iraklis	0 – 3	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
19:00		(Report)	Đorđević 34' Belluschi 39' Dudu 81'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 9,066

Olympiacos v Panionios

30 November 2008 12	Olympiacos	4 – 1	Panionios	Piraeus
19:00	Belluschi 31' Diogo 52' Mitroglou 78', 80'	(Report)	Goundoulakis 87'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 27,487

Olympiacos v Levadiakos

7 December 2008 13	Olympiacos	1 – 0	Levadiakos	Piraeus
19:00	Belluschi 28'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 22,337

Larissa v Olympiacos

13 December 2008 14	Larissa	1 – 1	Olympiacos	Larissa
16:45	Solano 74'	(Report)	Belluschi 52'	Stadium: Alkazar Attendance: 5,062

Olympiacos v Thrasyvoulos

21 December 2008 15	Olympiacos	2 – 1	Thrasyvoulos	Piraeus
19:00	Leto 21' Galletti 90+3' (pen.)	(Report)	Chloros 29'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 20,033

Asteras Tripolis v Olympiacos

3 January 2009 16	Asteras Tripolis	0 – 1	Olympiacos	Tripoli
19:00				Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium

Olympiacos v Skoda Xanthi

10 January 2009 17	Olympiacos	2 – 1	Skoda Xanthi	Piraeus
19:00				Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

Panserraikos v Olympiacos

17 January 2009 18	Panserraikos	0 – 1	Olympiacos	Serres
16:45				Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium

Olympiacos v OFI

24 January 2009 19	Olympiacos	2 – 1	OFI	Piraeus
19:00				Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

1 February 2009 20	AEK Athens	0 – 1	Olympiacos	Athens
19:00				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

Panthrakikos v Olympiacos

7 February 2009 21	Panthrakikos	0 – 2	Olympiacos	Komotini
16:45				Stadium: Komotini Municipal Stadium

Olympiacos v Aris

14 February 2009 22	Olympiacos	2 – 1	Aris	Piraeus
19:00				Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

Ergotelis v Olympiacos

22 February 2009 23	Ergotelis	1 – 0	Olympiacos	Heraklion
19:00				Stadium: Pankritio Stadium

Olympiacos v Panathinaikos

1 March 2009 24	Olympiacos	0 – 0	Panathinaikos	Piraeus
18:30				Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

PAOK v Olympiacos

8 March 2009 25	PAOK	0 – 0	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
19:00				Stadium: Toumba Stadium

Olympiacos v Iraklis

15 March 2009 26	Olympiacos	5 – 0	Iraklis	Piraeus
19:00				Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

Panionios v Olympiacos

22 March 2009 27	Panionios	2 – 3	Olympiacos	Athens
20:00				Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium

Levadiakos v Olympiacos

5 April 2009 28	Levadiakos	1 – 2	Olympiacos	Livadeia
19:00				Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium

Olympiacos v Larissa

12 April 2009 29	Olympiacos	0 – 1	Larissa	Piraeus
19:00				Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

Thrasyvoulos v Olympiacos

26 April 2009 30	Thrasyvoulos	0 – 2	Olympiacos	Fyli
19:00				Stadium: Fyli Municipal Stadium

Greek Cup

Main article: 2008–09 Greek Football Cup

Fourth round

Diagoras v Olympiacos

29 October 2008	Diagoras	2 – 3	Olympiacos	Rhodes
16:50	Triantafyllou 30' 66'	(Report)	Óscar 14' Diogo 67' Kovačević 84'	Stadium: Diagoras Stadium Referee: Spiros Stathopoulos

Fifth round

OFI v Olympiacos

21 January 2009	OFI	0 – 2	Olympiacos	Heraklion
20:00			Belluschi 69' Galetti 85'	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	Sérgio Conceição 30'			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	Diogo 46' Derbyshire 110'			Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 23,983 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis

Semi-finals

Asteras Tripoli v Olympiacos

18 March 2009 First leg	Asteras Tripoli	2 – 2	Olympiacos	Tripoli
21:15	Filomeno 30', 35'		Diogo 43', 73'	Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium Attendance: 3,875 Referee: Dimitrios Kalopoulos

Olympiacos v Asteras Tripoli

9 April 2009 Second leg	Olympiacos	2 – 1 (4 – 3 agg.)	Asteras Tripoli	Piraeus
18:00	Leto 47' Diogo 62'		Cesarec 39'	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	Blanco 4', 8' Scocco 90', 107'	Report (in Greek) Report	Derbyshire 47', 90+6' Dudu Cearense 72' Galletti 102'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 48,594 Referee: Anastasios Kakos
	Penalties
	Kafes Blanco Scocco Edinho Majstorović Nsaliwa Saja Pelletieri Georgeas Kafes Blanco Scocco Edinho Majstorović Nsaliwa Saja Pelletieri		Óscar Dudu Cearense Diogo Domi Đorđević Torosidis Belluschi Nikopolidis Antzas Óscar Dudu Cearense Diogo Domi Đorđević Torosidis Belluschi Nikopolidis

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League

All times at CET

Third qualifying round

Anorthosis v Olympiacos

13 August 2008 First leg	Anorthosis	3 – 0	Olympiacos	Larnaca, Cyprus
20:00	Torosidis 4' (o.g.) Sosin 17' Laban 85'	(Report)		Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Olympiacos v Anorthosis

27 August 2008 Second leg	Olympiacos	1 – 0 (1 – 3 agg.)	Anorthosis	Piraeus, Greece
20:00	Belluschi 54'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 27,904 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup

All times at CET

First round

Nordsjælland v Olympiacos

16 September 2008 First leg	Nordsjælland	0 – 2	Olympiacos	Farum, Denmark
20:00		(Report)	Mitroglou 74' Leto 90+3'	Stadium: Farum Park Attendance: 5,184 Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)

Olympiacos v Nordsjælland

2 October 2008 Second leg	Olympiacos	5 – 0 (7 – 0 agg.)	Nordsjælland	Piraeus, Greece
20:45	Torosidis 11' Diogo 30', 43' Kovačević 72', 80'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 24,515 Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MET	GAL	OLY	HER	BEN
1	Metalist Kharkiv	4	3	1	0	3	0	+3	10	Advance to knockout stage		—	—	1–0	0–0	—
2	Galatasaray	4	3	0	1	4	1	+3	9			0–1	—	1–0	—	—
3	Olympiacos	4	2	0	2	9	3	+6	6			—	—	—	4–0	5–1
4	Hertha BSC	4	0	2	2	1	6	−5	2			—	0–1	—	—	1–1
5	Benfica	4	0	1	3	2	9	−7	1			0–1	0–2	—	—	—

Source: RSSSF

Galatasaray v Olympiacos

23 October 2008 1	Galatasaray	1 – 0	Olympiacos	Istanbul, Turkey
20:15	Kewell 25'	(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

Olympiacos v Benfica

27 November 2008 2	Olympiacos	5 – 1	Benfica	Piraeus, Greece
20:45	Galletti 1' Patsatzoglou 17' Diogo 24', 53' Belluschi 44'	(Report)	David Luiz 33'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 30,185 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

Metalist Kharkiv v Olympiacos

3 December 2008 3	Metalist Kharkiv	1 – 0	Olympiacos	Kharkiv, Ukraine
20:45	Edmar 88'	(Report)		Stadium: Metalist Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

Olympiacos v Hertha BSC

18 December 2008 4	Olympiacos	4 – 0	Hertha BSC	Piraeus, Greece
20:45	Dudu 55' Galletti 68' (pen.) Torosidis 87' Diogo 88'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 30,063 Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

Round of 32

Olympiacos v Saint-Étienne

18 February 2009 First leg	Olympiacos	1 – 3	Saint-Étienne	Piraeus, Greece
18:30	Đorđević 63'	Report	Ilan 12' Dernis 43' Gomis 90'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Saint-Étienne v Olympiacos

26 February 2009 Second leg	Saint-Étienne	2 – 1 (5 – 2 agg.)	Olympiacos	Saint-Étienne, France
20:55	Payet 45' Ilan 58'	Report	Óscar 75'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 30,511 Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

Saint-Étienne won 5–2 on aggregate.

Team kit

Home

Away

Third

Friendlies

External links

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