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2008–09 Olympiacos F.C. season

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Olympiacos
2008–09 season
ChairmanSokratis Kokkalis
ManagerErnesto Valverde
StadiumKaraiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Super League GreeceWinners
Greek CupWinners
Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Luciano Galletti (14)

All:
Diogo (20)
Highest home attendance30,185 vs Benfica
Lowest home attendance20,392 vs Asteras Tripolis
Average home league attendance25,370

The 2008–09 season was Olympiacos's 50th consecutive season in the Super League Greece and their 83rd year in existence. The club 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]

Players

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First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[2][3]

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 Kostas Mitroglou
23 MF Argentina ARG Sebastián Leto
25 MF Argentina ARG Fernando Belluschi
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

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Out on loan

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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

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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

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Overall

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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

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League table

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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).[4]
(C) Champions

Results summary

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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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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHA
ResultWWWDWWLWDWWWWDWWWWWWWWLDDWWWLW
Position221111111111111111111111111111
Source: Olympiacos FC
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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All times at EET

30 August 2008 1 Olympiacos 3–1 Asteras Tripolis Piraeus
19:00
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 20,392
Referee: Michalis Germanakos
13 September 2008 2 Skoda Xanthi 0–1 Olympiacos Xanthi
16:45 Report
Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena
Attendance: 4,409
Referee: Ioannis Stavridis
21 September 2008 3 Olympiacos 4–1 Panserraikos Piraeus
19:00
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 25,234
Referee: Stavros Tritsonis
27 September 2008 4 OFI 0–0 Olympiacos Heraklion
19:00 Report Stadium: Pankritio Stadium
Attendance: 9,384
Referee: Ilias Mazarakos
5 October 2008 5 Olympiacos 2–0 AEK Athens Piraeus
21:15 Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30,074
Referee: Kyros Vassaras
19 October 2008 6 Olympiacos 2–0 Panthrakikos Piraeus
19:00
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 23,693
Referee: Konstantinos Papastamatis
26 October 2008 7 Aris 1–0 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
19:00
Report Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 16,370
Referee: Vasileios Paboridis
2 November 2008 8 Olympiacos 2–0 Ergotelis Piraeus
19:00
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 26,058
Referee: Ioannis Stavridis
9 November 2008 9 Panathinaikos 0–0 Olympiacos Athens
19:00 Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 60,401
Referee: Georgios Daloukas
16 November 2008 10 Olympiacos 2–0 PAOK Piraeus
19:00 Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 29,482
Referee: Anastasios Kakos
22 November 2008 11 Iraklis 0–3 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
19:00 Report Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 9,066
Referee: Kyros Vassaras
30 November 2008 12 Olympiacos 4–1 Panionios Piraeus
19:00
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 27,487
Referee: Dimitrios Kyrkos
7 December 2008 13 Olympiacos 1–0 Levadiakos Piraeus
19:00 Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 22,337
Referee: Georgios Giannopoulos
13 December 2008 14 AEL 1–1 Olympiacos Larissa
16:45
Report Stadium: Alcazar Stadium
Attendance: 5,062
Referee: Anastasios Kakos
21 December 2008 15 Olympiacos 2–1 Thrasyvoulos Piraeus
19:00
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 20,033
Referee: Georgios Kastanidis
3 January 2009 16 Asteras Tripolis 0–1 Olympiacos Tripoli
19:00 Report
Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium
Attendance: 5,864
Referee: Vasileios Paboridis
10 January 2009 17 Olympiacos 2–1 Skoda Xanthi Piraeus
19:00
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 25,484
Referee: Michalis Germanakos
17 January 2009 18 Panserraikos 0–1 Olympiacos Serres
16:45 Report Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 7,013
Referee: Georgios Daloukas
24 January 2009 19 Olympiacos 2–1 OFI Piraeus
19:00
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 25,633
Referee: Konstantinos Papastamatis
1 February 2009 20 AEK Athens 0–1 Olympiacos Athens
19:00 Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 44,104
Referee: Dimitrios Kalopoulos
7 February 2009 21 Panthrakikos 0–2 Olympiacos Komotini
16:45 Report Stadium: Komotini Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Georgios Stathopoulos
14 February 2009 22 Olympiacos 2–1 Aris Piraeus
19:00 Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 25,867
Referee: Nathanail Charalabidis
22 February 2009 23 Ergotelis 1–0 Olympiacos Heraklion
19:00 Report Stadium: Pankritio Stadium
Attendance: 2,818
Referee: Michail Dakos
1 March 2009 24 Olympiacos 0–0 Panathinaikos Piraeus
18:30 Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 28,775
Referee: Ilias Spathas
8 March 2009 25 PAOK 0–0 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
19:00 Report Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 22,214
Referee: Anastasios Kakos
15 March 2009 26 Olympiacos 5–0 Iraklis Piraeus
19:00
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 25,182
Referee: Georgios Daloukas
22 March 2009 27 Panionios 2–3 Olympiacos Athens
20:00 Report
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 2,905
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis
5 April 2009 28 Levadiakos 1–2 Olympiacos Livadeia
19:00
Report Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 3,317
Referee: Konstantinos Papastamatis
12 April 2009 29 Olympiacos 0–1 AEL Piraeus
19:00 Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 24,280
Referee: Ilias Spathas
26 April 2009 30 Thrasyvoulos 0–2 Olympiacos Fyli
19:00 Report Stadium: Fyli Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 926
Referee: Georgios Stathopoulos

Greek Cup

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Fourth round

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29 October 2008 Diagoras 2–3 Olympiacos Rhodes
16:50
  • Triantafyllou 30', 66'
Report
Stadium: Diagoras Stadium
Referee: Spiros Stathopoulos

Fifth round

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21 January 2009 OFI 0–2 Olympiacos Heraklion
20:00 Report
Stadium: Pankritio Stadium
Attendance: 4,102
Referee: Anastasios Kakos

Quarter-finals

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4 February 2009 First leg PAOK 1–0 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
21:15 Report Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 21,043
Referee: Anastasios Kakos
4 March 2009 Second leg Olympiacos 2–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–1 agg.)
PAOK Piraeus
21:15
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 23,983
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis

Semi-finals

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18 March 2009 First leg Asteras Tripolis 2–2 Olympiacos Tripoli
21:15
Report
Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium
Attendance: 3,875
Referee: Dimitrios Kalopoulos
9 April 2009 Second leg Olympiacos 2–1
(4–3 agg.)
Asteras Tripolis Piraeus
18:00
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 18,989
Referee: Georgios Daloukas

Final

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UEFA Champions League

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All times at CET

Third qualifying round

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13 August 2008 First leg Anorthosis Cyprus 3–0 Greece Olympiacos Larnaca, Cyprus
20:00
(Report) Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
27 August 2008 Second leg Olympiacos Greece 1–0
(1–3 agg.)
Cyprus Anorthosis Piraeus, Greece
20:00 (Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 27,904
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

UEFA Cup

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All times at CET

First round

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16 September 2008 First leg Nordsjælland Denmark 0–2 Greece Olympiacos Farum, Denmark
20:00 (Report)
Stadium: Farum Park
Attendance: 5,184
Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)
2 October 2008 Second leg Olympiacos Greece 5–0
(7–0 agg.)
Denmark Nordsjælland Piraeus, Greece
20:45
(Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 24,515
Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)

Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MET GAL OLY HER BEN
1 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 4 3 1 0 3 0 +3 10 Advance to knockout stage 1–0 0–0
2 Turkey Galatasaray 4 3 0 1 4 1 +3 9 0–1 1–0
3 Greece Olympiacos 4 2 0 2 9 3 +6 6 4–0 5–1
4 Germany Hertha BSC 4 0 2 2 1 6 −5 2 0–1 1–1
5 Portugal Benfica 4 0 1 3 2 9 −7 1 0–1 0–2
Source: RSSSF
23 October 2008 1 Galatasaray Turkey 1–0 Greece Olympiacos Istanbul, Turkey
20:15
(Report) Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium
Attendance: 23,500
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)
27 November 2008 2 Olympiacos Greece 5–1 Portugal Benfica Piraeus, Greece
20:45
(Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30,185
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
3 December 2008 3 Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine 1–0 Greece Olympiacos Kharkiv, Ukraine
20:45
(Report) Stadium: Metalist Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
18 December 2008 4 Olympiacos Greece 4–0 Germany Hertha BSC Piraeus, Greece
20:45
(Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30,063
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

Round of 32

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18 February 2009 First leg Olympiacos Greece 1–3 France Saint-Étienne Piraeus, Greece
18:30 Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
26 February 2009 Second leg Saint-Étienne France 2–1
(5–2 agg.)
Greece Olympiacos Saint-Étienne, France
20:55
Report
Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Attendance: 30,511
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

Team kit

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Home
Away
Third
Friendlies

Individual Awards

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Name Pos. Award
Argentina Luciano Galleti Winger
  • Super League Greece Player of the Season
  • Super League Greece Best Foreign Player
  • Super League Greece Golden Boot
Greece Antonios Nikopolidis Goalkeeper
  • Super League Greece Goalkeeper of the Season

References

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  1. ^ "Olympiacos turn to Valverde". UEFA.com. 2008-05-28. Archived from the original on 29 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  2. ^ "Olympiakos Piraeus - Squad 2008/2009". worldfootball.net.
  3. ^ "Olympiacos 2008/2009". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Playoff regulation (pdf, greek)" (PDF).
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