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Olympiacos 
Full name Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus F.C.
(ΠΑΕ Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς)Nickname(s) Τhrylos (The Legend)
Erythrolefki (The Red-Whites)
Kokkini (The Reds)Founded 10 March 1925 Ground Athletic Center of Agios Ioannis Rentis,[1]
Piraeus, Greece
(Capacity: 15,060)Owner Vangelis Marinakis[2][3] Chairman Vangelis Marinakis Manager 
Darko Kovačević[4]League Super League Greece 2009–10 Super League Greece, 1st 
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Current seasonOlympiacos U-21, also Olympiakos U-21, of Piraeus, Greece, is the reserve team of Olympiacos. Three members of the current under 21 squad are eligible to play in the senior team and reserves this season.[3]
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Manager
At the end of January 2011, former manager, Alekos Alexandris, departed from the Olympiacos Youth Academy and was replaced by Darko Kovačević.[5]
Youth academy
In February 2011, Olympiacos announced the establishment of its first Olympiacos Youth Academy outside of Greece in Sydney, Australia.[4] The Australian academy is managed by, Chris Kalantzis and Kyriakos Tohouroglou, two former Olympiacos players.[4]
Team Roster
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 2 
DF Yannis Apostolopoulos 4 DF Giorgos Petropoulos 6 DF Panagiotis Stamogiannos (Captain) 7 
MF Guillaume Bernard Panuel [6] 14 MF Filippos Kurtanovic 15 GK Ivan Babovic 16 DF Evangelos Kabasis 26 MF Spyros Karatzanidis No. Position Player 19 
MF Wanderson [7] 24 MF Thomas Makaronas 20 FW Dimitrios Diamantakos [8] 21 FW Konstantinos Lavdas 22 DF Stavros Soulis 25 MF Climaco Pinto Leandro 32 MF Panagiotis Kokavesis 44 DF Kostas Rougalas [8] References
- ^ Sports facilities of Olympiakos, Rentis intrakat.gr
- ^ Olympiakos, owner charged over derby fracas ekathimerini.com, 22 February 2011.
- ^ a b Ringing in the Changes: New Owner, New Manager, New Players The Offside Olympiacos, 15 July 2010.
- ^ a b c Olympiakos keen on local talent neokosmos.com. 13 February 2011.
- ^ Alexandris quits from Olympiacos U-21 side GreekSoccer.com
- ^ Jouer - Guillaume Panuel footballdatabase.eu (French)
- ^ Wanderson UEFA.com
- ^ a b Ireland, Austria lead challenge to Greece UEFA.com, 18 March 2010
External links
Categories:- Olympiacos
- Youth football in Greece
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