Olympiacos F.C. season 2007-08

Infobox Football club season
club =

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season = 2007–08
manager = flagicon|ESP José Segura
chairman = flagicon|GRE Socratis Kokkalis
league = Super League Greece
league result = Winners
cup1 = Greek Cup
cup1 result = Winners
cup2 = Greek Super Cup
cup2 result = Winners
cup3 =
cup3 result =
cup4 = UEFA Champions League
cup4 result = First knockout round
league topscorer =
Darko Kovačević (17)
season topscorer =
Darko Kovačević (24)
highest attendance = 33,500 vs Real Madrid (6 November 2007)
lowest attendance = 14,544 vs Ergotelis (16 February 2008)
prevseason = 2006-07
nextseason = 2008-09The 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 March 11, 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. [cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=670758.html |title=Lemonis leaves Olympiacos post |publisher=UEFA.com |language=English |date= |accessdate=2008-03-12]

quad

Winter Squad Changes

InFs player|no=77|nat=SLO|name=Mirnes Šišić|pos=MF "from Levadiakos"Fs player|no=25|nat=ARG|name=Fernando Belluschi|pos=MF "from River Plate"Fs player|no=4|nat=BRA|name=Leonardo|pos=DF "from Portuguesa"Total spending: loss 10,400,000€

OutFs player|no=8|nat=Argentina|name=Rodrigo Archubi|pos=MF "to River Plate"Fs player|no=16|nat=Ivory Coast|name=Marco Né|pos=MF "Released by Club"Fs player|no=18|nat=Ecuador|name=Félix Borja|pos=FW "to FSV Mainz 05"Fs player|no=36|nat=Greece|name=Giannoulis Fakinos|pos=MF "Released by Club"

Total income: gain 1,450,000€

Out on loan

Fs player|no=4|nat=FYROM|name=Vanče Šikov|pos=DF "to Apollon Kalamarias"fs player|no=7|nat=Greece|name=Georgios Galitsios|pos=DF "to AEL 1964"Fs player|no=13|nat=Hungary|name=Zsolt Laczko|pos=MF "to Leicester City"Fs player|no=20|nat=Greece|name=Lefteris Matsoukas|pos=FW "to AO Egaleo Athens"Fs player|no=77|nat=Brazil|name=Leozinho|pos=MF "to OFI Crete"Fs player|no=--|nat=Albania|name=Jahmir Hyka|pos=MF "to SK Tirana"

Current national players

Fs player|no=2|nat=Greece|name=Christos Patsatzoglou|pos=DF 26 (1)Fs player|no=14|nat=Poland|name=Michał Żewłakow|pos=DF 74 (2)Fs player|no=18|nat=Greece|name=Paraskevas Antzas|pos=DF 21 (0) Fs player|no=23|nat=Cyprus|name=Michalis Konstantinou|pos=FW 45 (20)Fs player|no=25|nat=Argentina|name=Fernando Belluschi|pos=MF 2 (0)Fs player|no=28|nat=Argentina|name=Cristian Raúl Ledesma|pos=MF 3 (0)Fs player|no=32|nat=Democratic Republic of the Congo|name=Lomana LuaLua|pos=FW 30 (13)Fs player|no=35|nat=Greece|name=Vasilis Torosidis|pos=DF 10 (0)Fs player|no=71|nat=Greece|name=Antonis Nikopolidis|pos=GK 84 (0)

*Appearances (Goals)

Club

The Management

Kit

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Football kit |pattern_la= |pattern_b=_redwhitestriped_sides |pattern_ra= |leftarm=FFFFFF |body=FFFFFF |rightarm=FFFFFF |shorts=FFFFFF |socks=FFFFFF |title=Away
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Other information

Competitions

Overall

uper League Greece

Classification

Results summary

Results by round

UEFA Champions League

Last updated: December 11, 2007
Source: UEFA

Matches

"All times for the Domestic Competitions at EET"

uper League Greece

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date=2007-09-02
time=21:15
team1=Panathinaikos
score=0 – 0
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=7 (Report)]
team2=Olympiacos
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens
attendance=13,430
referee= ----footballbox
date=2007-09-23
time=19:00
team1=Olympiacos
score=6 – 2
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=15 (Report)]
team2=OFI
goals1=César goal|7
LuaLua goal|20 goal|39
Kovačević goal|25 goal|43
Đorđević goal|74
goals2=Sfakianakis goal|13
Torosidis goal|88|o.g.
stadium=Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
attendance=25,054
referee= ----footballbox
date=2007-09-29
time=16:45
team1=Aris Thessaloniki
score=1 – 1
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=17 (Report)]
team2=Olympiacos
goals1=Marco Aurelio goal|90+3
goals2=Galletti goal|39
stadium=Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki
attendance=10,459
referee= ----footballbox
date=2007-10-06
time=19:00
team1=Olympiacos
score=1 – 0
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=25 (Report)]
team2=Apollon Kalamarias
goals1=Kovačević goal|44
goals2=
stadium=Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
attendance=27,029
referee= ----footballbox
date=2007-10-20
time=19:00
team1=Olympiacos
score=4 – 1
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=34 (Report)]
team2=Panionios
goals1=LuaLua goal|6
Kovačević goal|64
Stoltidis goal|74
Galletti goal|81|pen.
goals2=Djebbour goal|54|pen.
stadium=Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
attendance=20,104
referee= ----footballbox
date=2007-10-28
time=16:45
team1=Ergotelis
score=3 – 3
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=44 (Report)]
team2=Olympiacos
goals1=Junior goal|21|pen. goal|88
Theodoridis goal|23
goals2=César goal|38
Kovačević goal|43
Đorđević goal|59|pen.
stadium=Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion
attendance=8,807
referee= ----footballbox
date=2007-11-03
time=19:00
team1=Olympiacos
score=2 – 1
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=50 (Report)]
team2=PAOK
goals1=Torosidis goal|52
Kovačević goal|67
goals2=Konstantinidis goal|42
stadium=Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
attendance=28,077
referee= ----footballbox
date=2007-11-10
time=19:00
team1=Asteras Tripolis
score=1 – 0
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=58 (Report)]
team2=Olympiacos
goals1=Filomeno goal|34
goals2=
stadium=Asteras Tripolis Stadium, Tripoli
attendance=4,005
referee= ----footballbox
date=2007-11-24
time=19:00
team1=Olympiacos
score=1 – 0
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=66 (Report)]
team2=Veria
goals1=Kovačević goal|36
goals2=
stadium=Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
attendance=18,070
referee= ----footballbox
date=2007-12-02
time=19:00
team1=Atromitos
score=1 – 3
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=58 (Report)]
team2=Olympiacos
goals1=Korakakis goal|90+3
goals2=Stoltidis goal|11
LuaLua goal|30
Kovačević goal|71
stadium=Peristeri Stadium, Athens
attendance=5,969
referee= ----footballbox
date=2007-12-08
time=19:00
team1=Olympiacos
score=4 – 0
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=82 (Report)]
team2=Levadiakos
goals1=Stoltidis goal|23
Kovačević goal|35
Đorđević goal|52|pen.
Mitroglou goal|63
goals2=
stadium=Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
attendance=17,096
referee= ----footballbox
date=2007-12-16
time=19:00
team1=Olympiacos
score=1 – 0
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=96 (Report)]
team2=AEK Athens
goals1=Kovačević goal|83
goals2=
stadium=Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
attendance=30,229
referee= ----footballbox
date=2007-12-23
time=19:00
team1=Larissa
score=0 – 0
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=103 (Report)]
team2=Olympiacos
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Alkazar, Larissa
attendance=6,910
referee= ----footballbox
date=2007-12-29
time=19:00
team1=Olympiacos
score=2 – 1
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=106 (Report)]
team2=Skoda Xanthi
goals1=LuaLua goal|20
Kovačević goal|59
goals2=Radzinski goal|26
stadium=Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
attendance=23,164
referee= ----footballbox
date=2008-01-05
time=16:45
team1=Iraklis
score=1 – 2
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=113 (Report)]
team2=Olympiacos
goals1=Katsabis goal|59
goals2=Kovačević goal|70 goal|72
stadium=Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
attendance=4,394
referee= ----footballbox
date=2008-01-13
time=19:00
team1=Olympiacos
score=1 – 1
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=128 (Report)]
team2=Panathinaikos
goals1=Antzas goal|45+1
goals2=N'Doye goal|14
stadium=Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
attendance=31,310
referee= ----footballbox
date=2008-01-20
time=16:45
team1=OFI
score=0 – 1
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=134 (Report)]
team2=Olympiacos
goals1=
goals2=Núñez goal|16
stadium=Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion
attendance=8,497
referee= ----footballbox
date=2008-01-27
time=19:00
team1=Olympiacos
score=1 – 0
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=143 (Report)]
team2=Aris Thessaloniki
goals1=Đorđević goal|80|pen.
goals2=
stadium=Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
attendance=30,014
referee= ----footballbox
date=2008-02-03
time=16:45
team1=Apollon Kalamarias
score=0 – 3 [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.]
report=
team2=Olympiacos
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
attendance=4,453
referee= ----footballbox
date=2008-02-10
time=19:00
team1=Panionios
score=0 – 4
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=160 (Report)]
team2=Olympiacos
goals1=
goals2=Kovačević goal|5 goal|53
Đorđević goal|27|pen.
Núñez goal|81
stadium=Nea Smyrni Stadium, Athens
attendance=3,376
referee= ----footballbox
date=2008-02-16
time=19:00
team1=Olympiacos
score=1 – 0
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=162 (Report)]
team2=Ergotelis
goals1=Đorđević goal|28
goals2=
stadium=Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
attendance=14,544
referee= ----footballbox
date=2008-02-23
time=19:00
team1=PAOK
score=1 – 1
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/Season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=171 (Report)]
team2=Olympiacos
goals1=González goal|2
goals2=Kovačević goal|22
stadium=Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
attendance=22,000
referee= ----footballbox
date=2008-03-01
time=19:00
team1=Olympiacos
score=1 – 1
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/Season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=178 (Report)]
team2=Asteras Tripolis
goals1=César goal|2
goals2=Cardozo goal|33
stadium=Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
attendance=24,503
referee= ----footballbox
date=2008-03-09
time=16:45
team1=Veria
score=0 – 1
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/Season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=189 (Report)]
team2=Olympiacos
goals1=
goals2=Patsatzoglou goal|7
stadium=Veria Stadium, Veria
attendance=3,001
referee= ----footballbox
date=2008-03-15
time=19:00
team1=Olympiacos
score=2 – 0
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/Season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=195 (Report)]
team2=Atromitos
goals1=Šišić goal|49
César goal|85
goals2=
stadium=Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
attendance=20,343
referee= ----footballbox
date=2008-03-23
time=16:45
team1=Levadiakos
score=1 – 3
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/Season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=205 (Report)]
team2=Olympiacos
goals1=Dimbala goal|7
goals2=Galletti goal|19
Belluschi goal|32
Kovačević goal|35
stadium=Levadia Municipal Stadium, Livadeia
attendance=4,007
referee= ----footballbox
date=2008-03-30
time=19:00
team1=AEK Athens
score= 4 – 0
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/Season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=209 (Report)]
team2=Olympiacos
goals1=Blanco goal|10
Edinho goal|12
Lyberopoulos goal|32
Kafes goal|60
goals2=
stadium=Olympic Stadium, Athens
attendance= 40,955
referee= ----footballbox
date=2008-04-06
time=19:00
team1=Olympiacos
score=2 – 1
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=222 (Report)]
team2=Larissa
goals1=Šišić goal|50
Mitroglou goal|90
goals2=Metin goal|41
stadium=Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
attendance=24,318
referee= ----footballbox
date=2008-04-13
time=19:00
team1=Skoda Xanthi
score=1 – 4
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=232 (Report)]
team2=Olympiacos
goals1=Labriakos goal|53
goals2=Żewłakow goal|31
Đorđević goal|38 goal|49 goal|52
stadium=Skoda Xanthi Arena, Xanthi
attendance=4,957
referee= ----footballbox
date=2008-04-20
time=19:00
team1=Olympiacos
score=3 – 1
report= [http://www.galanissportsdata.com/football/national/season2007_08/aetblgame.asp?game=239 (Report)]
team2=Iraklis
goals1=Mitroglou goal|26 goal|39
Đorđević goal|50
goals2=Malagueno goal|61
stadium=Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
attendance=29,084
referee=

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

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date=2007-12-05
time=17:45
team1=Diagoras
score=1 – 2
report= [http://www.epo.gr/cup/07_08/4rth_05-12.asp (Report)]
team2=Olympiacos
goals1=Triantafyllou goal|59|pen.
goals2=Mitroglou goal|66 goal|89
stadium=Diagoras Stadium, Rhodes
attendance=6,000
referee=

Fifth Round

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date=2008-01-16
time=21:30
team1=Olympiacos
score=4 – 0
report= [http://www.epo.gr/cup/07_08/5th_16-01.asp (Report)]
team2=Panathinaikos
goals1=LuaLua goal|6
Torosidis goal|63
Kovačević goal|65
Núñez goal|79
goals2=
stadium=Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
attendance=31,255
referee=

Quarter-finals

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date=2008-02-27
time=20:00
team1=Olympiacos
score=2 – 0
report= [http://www.epo.gr/cup/07_08/pro_27-02.asp (Report)]
team2=Iraklis
goals1=Mendrinos goal|5 goal|9
goals2=
stadium=Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
attendance=22,547
referee= ----footballbox
date=2008-03-19
time=20:00
team1=Iraklis
score=2 – 2
report= [http://www.epo.gr/cup/07_08/pro_19-03.asp (Report)]
team2=Olympiacos
goals1=Ñíguez goal|42
Ribeiro goal|88
goals2=Bantis goal|10|o.g.
Mitroglou goal|23
stadium=Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
attendance=2,397
referee=

emi-finals

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date=2008-04-02
time=16:45
team1=Thrasyvoulos
score= 2 – 3
report= [http://www.epo.gr/cup/07_08/semi_02-04.asp (Report)]
team2=Olympiacos
goals1=Anastasakos goal|29
Bris goal|35
goals2=Mendrinos goal|16
Núñez goal|28
Kovačević goal|89
stadium=Fyli Stadium, Fyli
attendance=3,524
referee= ----footballbox
date=2008-04-16
time=21:00
team1=Olympiacos
score= 3 – 1
report= [http://www.epo.gr/cup/07_08/semi_16-04.asp (Report)]
team2=Thrasyvoulos
goals1=Kovačević goal|14
Konstantinou goal|15
Núñez goal|21
goals2=Manikas goal|33
stadium=Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
attendance=15,347
referee=

Final

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date=2008-05-17
time=19:00
team1=Olympiacos
score= 2 – 0
report= [http://www.epo.gr/cup/07_08/final_17-05.asp (Report)]
team2=Aris Thessaloniki
goals1=Kovačević goal|33
Żewłakow goal|53
goals2=
stadium=Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
attendance=20,270
referee=

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

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date=2007-10-31
time=20:00
team1=Olympiacos
score=1 – 0
report= [http://en.olympiakos.gr/article.aspx?aid=23250 (Report)]
team2=Larissa
goals1=Mitroglou goal|39
goals2=
stadium=Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
attendance=7,141
referee=

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 83th, 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.

footballbox
date=2007-09-18
20:45
team1=Olympiacos flagicon|GRE
score=1 – 1
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15105/match=301172/report=rp.html (Report)]
team2=flagicon|ITA Lazio
goals1=Galletti goal|55
goals2=Zauri goal|77
stadium=Karaïskákis Stadium, Athens
attendance=0 [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.]
referee=Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)----footballbox
date=2007-10-03
20:45
team1=Werder Bremen flagicon|GER
score=1 – 3
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15105/match=301180/report=rp.html (Report)]
team2=flagicon|GRE Olympiacos
goals1=Almeida goal|32
goals2=Stoltidis goal|72
Patsatzoglou goal|82
Kovačević goal|87
stadium=Weserstadion, Bremen
attendance=37,500
referee=Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)----footballbox
date=2007-10-24
20:45
team1=Real Madrid flagicon|ESP
score=4 – 2
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15105/match=301196/report=rp.html (Report)]
team2=flagicon|GRE Olympiacos
goals1=Raúl goal|2
Robinho goal|68 goal|83
Balboa goal|90
goals2=Galletti goal|8
César goal|47
stadium=Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
attendance=64,477
referee=Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)----footballbox
date=2007-11-06
20:45
team1=Olympiacos flagicon|GRE
score=0 – 0
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15105/match=301220/report=rp.html (Report)]
team2=flagicon|ESP Real Madrid
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Karaïskákis Stadium, Athens
attendance=33,500
referee=Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)----footballbox
date=2007-11-28
20:45
team1=Lazio flagicon|ITA
score=1 – 2
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15105/match=301228/report=rp.html (Report)]
team2=flagicon|GRE Olympiacos
goals1=Pandev goal|30
goals2=Galletti goal|35
Kovačević goal|64
stadium=Stadio Olimpico, Rome
attendance=39,996
referee=Howard Webb (England)----footballbox
date=2007-12-11
20:45
team1=Olympiacos flagicon|GRE
score=3 – 0
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15105/match=301252/report=rp.html (Report)]
team2=flagicon|GER Werder Bremen
goals1=Stoltidis goal|12 goal|74
Kovačević goal|70
goals2=
stadium=Karaïskákis Stadium, Athens
attendance=30,297
referee=Laurent Duhamel (France)

tandings

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." [cite web|url=http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/7817356/Olympiakos-holds-Chelsea-to-0-0-draw |title=Olympiacos holds Chelsea to 0-0 draw |publisher=FOX Sports on MSN |language=English |date=2008-02-20 |accessdate=2008-02-24]

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.

footballbox
date=2008-02-19
time=20:45
team1=Olympiacos flagicon|GRE
score=0 – 0
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15106/match=301893/report=rp.html (Report)]
team2=flagicon|ENG Chelsea
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens
attendance=31,302
referee=Konrad Plautz (Austria) ----footballbox
date=2008-03-05
time=20:45
team1=Chelsea flagicon|ENG
score=3 – 0
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15106/match=301897/report=rp.html (Report)]
team2=flagicon|GRE Olympiacos
goals1=Ballack goal|5
Lampard goal|25
Kalou goal|48
goals2=
stadium=Stamford Bridge, London
attendance=37,721
referee=Manuel Mejuto González (Spain) "Chelsea won 3–0 on aggregate."

References

External links

* [http://www.olympiacos.org/ Olympiacos F.C. official website]
* [http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team?id=435&cc=5739/ Olympiacos F.C. on ESPN]
* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/index.html UEFA Champions League]