- 2007–08 Olympiacos F.C. season
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Olympiacos 2007–08 season Chairman Socratis Kokkalis Manager José Segura Super League Greece Winners Greek Cup Winners Greek Super Cup Winners UEFA Champions League First knockout round Top goalscorer League:
Darko Kovačević (17)
All:
Darko Kovačević (24)Highest home attendance 33,500 vs Real Madrid (6 November 2007) Lowest home attendance 14,544 vs Ergotelis (16 February 2008) ← 2006–07 2008–09 → The 2007–08 season is Olympiacos 49th consecutive season in the Super League Greece and their 11th consecutive season in the UEFA Champions League. Manager Takis Lemonis left the club by mutual consent on 11 March 2008 due to the club's lower-than-expected performance of the team in the Super League, and was replaced by his assistant Spanish José Segura.[1]
Contents
Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 1 GK Leonidas Panagopoulos 2 DF Christos Patsatzoglou 3 DF Didier Domi 4 DF Leonardo 5 DF Júlio César 6 MF Ieroklis Stoltidis (vice-captain) 7 MF Luciano Galletti 9 FW Darko Kovačević 10 FW Leonel Núñez 11 MF Predrag Đorđević (captain) 14 DF Michał Żewłakow 15 DF Raúl Bravo 18 DF Paraskevas Antzas 19 MF Konstantinos Mendrinos 21 MF Andreas Vasilogiannis No. Position Player 22 FW Kostantinos Mitroglou 23 FW Michalis Konstantinou 24 MF Georgios Katsikogiannis 25 MF Fernando Belluschi 27 DF Konstantinos Lambropoulos 28 MF Cristian Raúl Ledesma 30 DF Anastasios Pantos 31 MF Aristides Soiledis 32 FW Lomana LuaLua 35 DF Vasilis Torosidis 71 GK Antonis Nikopolidis (vice-captain) 74 GK Tomislav Butina 77 MF Mirnes Šišić 87 GK Michalis Sifakis 92 DF Kyriakos Papadopoulos Winter Squad Changes
In Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 77 MF Mirnes Šišić from Levadiakos 25 MF Fernando Belluschi from River Plate 4 DF Leonardo from Portuguesa Out Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 8 MF Rodrigo Archubi to River Plate 16 MF Marco Né Released by Club 18 FW Félix Borja to FSV Mainz 05 36 MF Giannoulis Fakinos Released by Club Out on loan
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No. Position Player 4 DF Vanče Šikov to Apollon Kalamarias 7 DF Georgios Galitsios to AEL 1964 13 MF Zsolt Laczko to Leicester City 20 FW Lefteris Matsoukas to AO Egaleo Athens 77 MF Leozinho to OFI Crete -- MF Jahmir Hyka to SK Tirana Current national players
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No. Position Player 2 DF Christos Patsatzoglou 26 (1) 14 DF Michał Żewłakow 74 (2) 18 DF Paraskevas Antzas 21 (0) 23 FW Michalis Konstantinou 45 (20) 25 MF Fernando Belluschi 2 (0) 28 MF Cristian Raúl Ledesma 3 (0) 32 FW Lomana LuaLua 30 (13) 35 DF Vasilis Torosidis 10 (0) 71 GK Antonis Nikopolidis 84 (0) - Appearances (Goals)
Club
Management
Position Staff Manager José Segura Assistant manager Bozidar Badovic Club doctor Giannis Anagnostopoulos Chief scout Antreas Niniadis Last updated: 12 Mar 2008
Source: Olympiacos FCOther information
Chairman Socratis Kokkalis Vice-Chairman/Managing Director Petros Kokkalis Technical manager Ilija Ivić Ground (capacity and dimensions) Karaiskákis Stadium (33,334 / 120x80 m) Source: Olympiacos FC article about Socratis Kokkalis and Olympiacos FC article about Karaiskákis Stadium
Competitions
Overall
Competition Started round Current
position / roundFinal
position / roundFirst match Last match Greek Super Cup — — Winner 31 October 2007 Super League Greece — — Winner 2 September 2007 20 April 2008 UEFA Champions League Group Stage — Round of 16 18 September 2007 5 March 2008 Greek Cup 4th Round — Winner 5 December 2007 17 May 2008 Last updated: 18 May 2008
Source: CompetitionsSuper League Greece
Classification
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Olympiacos (C) 30 21 7 2 58 23 +35 70 UEFA Champions League 2008-09
Third Qualifying Round2 AEK Athens 30 22 2 6 65 17 +48 68 UEFA Champions League 2008-09
Second Qualifying Round3 Panathinaikos 30 20 6 4 44 18 +26 66 UEFA Cup 2008–09
Second qualifying roundUpdated to games played on April 21, 2008
Source: Super League Greece 2007-08
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.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 21 7 2 58 23 +35 70 13 2 0 32 9 +23 8 5 2 26 14 +12 Last updated: April 21, 2008
Source: Super League GreeceResults 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 H A H A H A H A A H A H A H A A H A H Result D W D W W D W L W W W W D W W D W W W W W D D W W W L W W W Last updated: April 21, 2008.
Source: Olympiacos FC
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.UEFA Champions League
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Real Madrid 6 3 2 1 13 9 +4 11 Olympiacos 6 3 2 1 11 7 +4 11 Werder Bremen 6 2 0 4 8 13 -5 6 Lazio 6 1 2 3 8 11 -3 5 Last updated: December 11, 2007
Source: UEFAMatches
All times for the Domestic Competitions at EET
Super League Greece
2007-09-02
21:15Panathinaikos 0 – 0 Olympiacos Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 13,430(Report)
2007-09-23
19:00Olympiacos 6 – 2 OFI Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 25,054César 7'
LuaLua 20' 39'
Kovačević 25' 43'
Đorđević 74'(Report) Sfakianakis 13'
Torosidis 88' (o.g.)
2007-09-29
16:45Aris Thessaloniki 1 – 1 Olympiacos Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 10,459Marco Aurelio 90+3' (Report) Galletti 39'
2007-10-06
19:00Olympiacos 1 – 0 Apollon Kalamarias Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 27,029Kovačević 44' (Report)
2007-10-20
19:00Olympiacos 4 – 1 Panionios Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 20,104LuaLua 6'
Kovačević 64'
Stoltidis 74'
Galletti 81' (pen.)(Report) Djebbour 54' (pen.)
2007-10-28
16:45Ergotelis 3 – 3 Olympiacos Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion
Attendance: 8,807Junior 21' (pen.) 88'
Theodoridis 23'(Report) César 38'
Kovačević 43'
Đorđević 59' (pen.)
2007-11-03
19:00Olympiacos 2 – 1 PAOK Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 28,077Torosidis 52'
Kovačević 67'(Report) Konstantinidis 42'
2007-11-10
19:00Asteras Tripolis 1 – 0 Olympiacos Asteras Tripolis Stadium, Tripoli
Attendance: 4,005Filomeno 34' (Report)
2007-11-24
19:00Olympiacos 1 – 0 Veria Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 18,070Kovačević 36' (Report)
2007-12-02
19:00Atromitos 1 – 3 Olympiacos Peristeri Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 5,969Korakakis 90+3' (Report) Stoltidis 11'
LuaLua 30'
Kovačević 71'
2007-12-08
19:00Olympiacos 4 – 0 Levadiakos Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 17,096Stoltidis 23'
Kovačević 35'
Đorđević 52' (pen.)
Mitroglou 63'(Report)
2007-12-16
19:00Olympiacos 1 – 0 AEK Athens Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 30,229Kovačević 83' (Report)
2007-12-23
19:00Larissa 0 – 0 Olympiacos Alkazar, Larissa
Attendance: 6,910(Report)
2007-12-29
19:00Olympiacos 2 – 1 Skoda Xanthi Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 23,164LuaLua 20'
Kovačević 59'(Report) Radzinski 26'
2008-01-05
16:45Iraklis 1 – 2 Olympiacos Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 4,394Katsabis 59' (Report) Kovačević 70' 72'
2008-01-13
19:00Olympiacos 1 – 1 Panathinaikos Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 31,310Antzas 45+1' (Report) N'Doye 14'
2008-01-20
16:45OFI 0 – 1 Olympiacos Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion
Attendance: 8,497(Report) Núñez 16'
2008-01-27
19:00Olympiacos 1 – 0 Aris Thessaloniki Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 30,014Đorđević 80' (pen.) (Report)
2008-02-03
16:45Apollon Kalamarias 0 – 3[2] Olympiacos Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 4,453
2008-02-10
19:00Panionios 0 – 4 Olympiacos Nea Smyrni Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 3,376(Report) Kovačević 5' 53'
Đorđević 27' (pen.)
Núñez 81'
2008-02-16
19:00Olympiacos 1 – 0 Ergotelis Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 14,544Đorđević 28' (Report)
2008-02-23
19:00PAOK 1 – 1 Olympiacos Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 22,000González 2' (Report) Kovačević 22'
2008-03-01
19:00Olympiacos 1 – 1 Asteras Tripolis Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 24,503César 2' (Report) Cardozo 33'
2008-03-09
16:45Veria 0 – 1 Olympiacos Veria Stadium, Veria
Attendance: 3,001(Report) Patsatzoglou 7'
2008-03-15
19:00Olympiacos 2 – 0 Atromitos Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 20,343Šišić 49'
César 85'(Report)
2008-03-23
16:45Levadiakos 1 – 3 Olympiacos Levadia Municipal Stadium, Livadeia
Attendance: 4,007Dimbala 7' (Report) Galletti 19'
Belluschi 32'
Kovačević 35'
2008-03-30
19:00AEK Athens 4 – 0 Olympiacos Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 40,955Blanco 10'
Edinho 12'
Lyberopoulos 32'
Kafes 60'(Report)
2008-04-06
19:00Olympiacos 2 – 1 Larissa Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 24,318Šišić 50'
Mitroglou 90'(Report) Metin 41'
2008-04-13
19:00Skoda Xanthi 1 – 4 Olympiacos Skoda Xanthi Arena, Xanthi
Attendance: 4,957Labriakos 53' (Report) Żewłakow 31'
Đorđević 38' 49' 52'
2008-04-20
19:00Olympiacos 3 – 1 Iraklis Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 29,084Mitroglou 26' 39'
Đorđević 50'(Report) Malagueno 61' Greek Cup
In the fourth round (round of "32") of the Greek Cup 2007-08, Olympiacos faced Diagoras from Rhodes, who played in the Third Division. The latter were close to shock the champions who made it to the fifth round with a goal scored in the last minutes of the match. The next opponents of the team of Piraeus was the arch-rivals of Panathinaikos, who were crashed by the eternal enemy with a heavy 4-0 loss, in a full of Olympiacos fans Karaiskákis Stadium. In the quarter-finals, Olympiacos eliminated Iraklis, by their win 2-0 in the first leg and getting a draw 2-2 in the second. For the semi-finals, Olympiacos faced Thrasyvoulos and eliminated him, by the wins 2-3 away and 3-1 in Piraeus. So, Reds faced Aris for the Greek FA Cup Final at the Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, where they got the Greek FA Cup by their win 2-0.
Fourth Round
2007-12-05
17:45Diagoras 1 – 2 Olympiacos Diagoras Stadium, Rhodes
Attendance: 6,000Triantafyllou 59' (pen.) (Report) Mitroglou 66' 89' Fifth Round
2008-01-16
21:30Olympiacos 4 – 0 Panathinaikos Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 31,255LuaLua 6'
Torosidis 63'
Kovačević 65'
Núñez 79'(Report) Quarter-finals
2008-02-27
20:00Olympiacos 2 – 0 Iraklis Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 22,547Mendrinos 5' 9' (Report)
2008-03-19
20:00Iraklis 2 – 2 Olympiacos Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 2,397Ñíguez 42'
Ribeiro 88'(Report) Bantis 10' (o.g.)
Mitroglou 23'Semi-finals
2008-04-02
16:45Thrasyvoulos 2 – 3 Olympiacos Fyli Stadium, Fyli
Attendance: 3,524Anastasakos 29'
Bris 35'(Report) Mendrinos 16'
Núñez 28'
Kovačević 89'
2008-04-16
21:00Olympiacos 3 – 1 Thrasyvoulos Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 15,347Kovačević 14'
Konstantinou 15'
Núñez 21'(Report) Manikas 33' Final
2008-05-17
19:00Olympiacos 2 – 0 Aris Thessaloniki Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 20,270Kovačević 33'
Żewłakow 53'(Report) Greek Super Cup
Olympiacos added one more trophy to their long list. The 2006-07 Super League Greece Champions beat the 2006-2007 Greek FA Cup holders, Larissa, 1-0 at the Karaiskakis stadium on October 31, and won the Super Cup for the third time in their history. Kostas Mitroglou scored the winner on 39 minutes after a cross by Soiledis (coach Takis Lemonis decided to give more playing time to the younger players on the team) while Galletti missed out on an opportunity when his shot hit the bar on 81 minutes. The final attracted only 7,141 fans at Olympiacos' home, from which 7,030 were the supporters of the hosts.
Final
2007-10-31
20:00Olympiacos 1 – 0 Larissa Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 7,141Mitroglou 39' (Report) UEFA Champions League
All times at CET
Group stage
Olympiacos, in their 11th consecutive presence in the competition, were drawn into Group C with Real Madrid, Werder Bremen and Lazio. The Reds started their campaign with a 1-1 draw behind closed doors in Karaïskákis Stadium against Lazio, but on the second day Olympiacos made their first ever away win in the Champions League and stopped their run of 31 matches without a success on their travels, with a 3-1 win over Werder Bremen at Weserstadion, turning the game around from 0-1. After, they travelled to Santiago Bernabéu Stadium as leaders of Group C, where they were finally defeated 2-4 to Real, after a heart-breaking match in which the Greek team was playing with 10 men from the 13th minute and was leading the score to the 68th with 2-1, turning it around from 0-1 and wasting a lot of chances to score more. Real Madrid scored their third goal in the 83rd, but Olympiacos came close to score many times during the last minutes of the match and leave Madrid with the draw, when Real secured the win with a last-minute goal.
At the second round, Olympiacos produced a determined display to earn a point against Real Madrid, in the goalless draw at the Karaiskakis Stadium, keeping alive the record of being undefeated by Real in Athens in four matches. The Reds moved a step closer to qualifying for the last 16 after coming from behind to defeat Lazio 2-1 in Stadio Olimpico, while on the last day Olympiacos smashed Werder Bremen 3-0 in Athens, which ensured their place in the knock out stage of the tournament.
2007-09-18
20:45Olympiacos 1 – 1 Lazio Karaïskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 0[3]
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)Galletti 55' (Report) Zauri 77'
2007-10-03
20:45Werder Bremen 1 – 3 Olympiacos Weserstadion, Bremen
Attendance: 37,500
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)Almeida 32' (Report) Stoltidis 72'
Patsatzoglou 82'
Kovačević 87'
2007-10-24
20:45Real Madrid 4 – 2 Olympiacos Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 64,477
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)Raúl 2'
Robinho 68' 83'
Balboa 90'(Report) Galletti 8'
César 47'
2007-11-06
20:45Olympiacos 0 – 0 Real Madrid Karaïskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 33,500
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)(Report)
2007-11-28
20:45Lazio 1 – 2 Olympiacos Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 39,996
Referee: Howard Webb (England)Pandev 30' (Report) Galletti 35'
Kovačević 64'
2007-12-11
20:45Olympiacos 3 – 0 Werder Bremen Karaïskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 30,297
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)Stoltidis 12' 74'
Kovačević 70'(Report) Standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Real Madrid 6 3 2 1 13 9 +4 11 Olympiacos 6 3 2 1 11 7 +4 11 Werder Bremen 6 2 0 4 8 13 -5 6 Lazio 6 1 2 3 8 11 -3 5 Knockout stage
The draw for the first knockout round took place on 21 December, and paired Olympiacos with Chelsea of England. The two clubs had never met in the past. In the first leg in Athens, Olympiacos held Chelsea to 0-0, a score which left both teams content, Olympiacos because they didn't concede a goal in their home and Chelsea because they kept a clean sheet to occupy the driving seat going into the return leg in London. Olympiacos, backed by deafening and frenzied support, refused to be overawed by their English opponents, enjoying the lion's share of possession and chances in a closely contested encounter. The Londoners failed to create one real clear-cut chance against their opponents and their manager Avram Grant said: "The performance could have been better. It's not a bad result. We didn't create a lot of chances, it's disappointing. But its hard to play here. They have good supporters and a well organized team."[4]
In the second leg in London, Chelsea won 3-0, with more difficulty than the score shows. The Blues surprised the Reds and scored very early with their first chance. Olympiacos balanced the game, but the English scored again before the end of the first half. At the start of the second half Chelsea scored for last time, with another error in the Greek defence. In the rest of the game Olympiacos had the control, and he could score once or twice.
2008-02-19
20:45Olympiacos 0 – 0 Chelsea Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 31,302
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)(Report)
2008-03-05
20:45Chelsea 3 – 0 Olympiacos Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 37,721
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)Ballack 5'
Lampard 25'
Kalou 48'(Report) Chelsea won 3–0 on aggregate.
References
- ^ "Lemonis leaves Olympiacos post". UEFA.com. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=670758.html. Retrieved 2008-03-12.
- ^ The match was played on 3 February 2008 and Apollon Kalamarias won 1-0, but due to the illegal appearance of Roman Wallner (Apollon) the result was invalid. It was decided that Olympiacos would be awarded a 3-0 win while Apollon would be punished with 1 point deducted.
- ^ Olympiacos ordered to play match behind closed doors after crowd trouble against FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the previous Champions League campaign on the 5 December 2006.
- ^ "Olympiacos holds Chelsea to 0-0 draw". FOX Sports on MSN. 2008-02-20. http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/7817356/Olympiakos-holds-Chelsea-to-0-0-draw. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
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