2007–08 Olympiacos F.C. season

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 Superleague, and was replaced by his assistant, José Segura.[1]

Olympiacos
2007–08 season
ChairmanSocratis Kokkalis
ManagerTakis Lemonis
(until 11 March 2008)
José Segura
Super League GreeceWinners
Greek CupWinners
Greek Super CupWinners
Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Darko Kovačević (17)
All:
Darko Kovačević (24)
Highest home attendance33,500 vs Real Madrid (6 November 2007)
Lowest home attendance14,544 vs Ergotelis (16 February 2008)

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  BRA Júlio César
6 MF  GRE Ieroklis Stoltidis (vice-captain)
7 MF  ARG Luciano Galletti
9 FW  SRB Darko Kovačević
10 FW  ARG Leonel Núñez
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
21 MF  GRE Andreas Vasilogiannis
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW  GRE Kostantinos Mitroglou
23 FW  CYP Michalis Konstantinou
24 MF  GRE Georgios Katsikogiannis
25 MF  ARG Fernando Belluschi
27 DF  GRE Konstantinos Lambropoulos
28 MF  ARG Cristian Ledesma
30 DF  GRE Anastasios Pantos
31 MF  GRE Aristides Soiledis
32 FW  COD Lomana LuaLua
35 DF  GRE Vasilis Torosidis
71 GK  GRE Antonis Nikopolidis (vice-captain)
74 GK  CRO Tomislav Butina
77 MF  SVN Mirnes Šišić
87 GK  GRE Michalis Sifakis
92 DF  GRE Kyriakos Papadopoulos

Winter 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
77 MF  SVN Mirnes Šišić from Levadiakos
25 MF  ARG Fernando Belluschi from River Plate
4 DF  BRA Leonardo from Portuguesa

Total spending: €10,400,000

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
8 MF  ARG Rodrigo Archubi to River Plate
16 MF  CIV Marco Né Released by Club
18 FW  ECU Félix Borja to Mainz 05
36 MF  GRE Giannoulis Fakinos Released by Club

Total income: €1,450,000

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
4 DF  MKD Vanče Šikov to Apollon Kalamarias
7 DF  GRE Georgios Galitsios to AEL 1964
13 MF  HUN Zsolt Laczkó to Leicester City
20 FW  GRE Lefteris Matsoukas to Egaleo
77 MF  BRA Leozinho to OFI Crete
88 MF  ALB Jahmir Hyka to KF Tirana

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 26 (1)
14 DF  POL Michał Żewłakow 74 (2)
18 DF  GRE Paraskevas Antzas 21 (0)
23 FW  CYP Michalis Konstantinou 45 (20)
25 MF  ARG Fernando Belluschi 2 (0)
28 MF  ARG Cristian 3 (0)
32 FW  COD Lomana LuaLua 30 (13)
35 DF  GRE Vasilis Torosidis 10 (0)
71 GK  GRE Antonis Nikopolidis 84 (0)
  • Appearances (Goals)

Club

Management
Position Staff
Manager José Segura
Assistant manager Božidar Badović
Club doctor Giannis Anagnostopoulos
Chief scout Antreas Niniadis

Last updated: 12 Mar 2008
Source: Olympiacos FC

Other information
Chairman Socratis Kokkalis
Vice-Chairman/Managing Director Petros Kokkalis
Technical manager Ilija Ivić
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Karaiskakis Stadium (33,334 / 120x80 m)

Source: Olympiacos FC article about Socratis Kokkalis and Olympiacos FC article about Karaiskákis Stadium

Competitions

Overall
Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Greek Super Cup — — Winner 31 October 2007
Super League Greece — — Winner 2 September 200720 April 2008
UEFA Champions League Group Stage — Round of 16 18 September 20075 March 2008
Greek Cup 4th Round — Winner 5 December 200717 May 2008

Updated to match played 18 May 2008
Source: Competitions

Super League Greece

Classification
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos[lower-alpha 1] (C) 30 21 7 2 55 27 +28 70 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 AEK Athens 30 22 2 6 65 17 +48 68 Qualification for the UEFA play-offs
3 Panathinaikos 30 20 6 4 44 18 +26 66
4 Aris 30 14 8 8 32 20 +12 50
5 Panionios 30 13 6 11 39 42 −3 45[lower-alpha 2]
Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
According to the official Super League playoff regulation, the position after the playoffs replaces the regular season position.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. The match of Apollon Kalamarias vs. Olympiacos, originally 1–0 to the home side, was awarded to Olympiacos 0–3 by the Greek sports court giving Olympiacos the three points, on the basis that the home side fielded an ineligible player. Apollon Kalamarias were docked one extra point.
  2. Head-to-head record: Panionios–Larissa 3–1, Larissa–Panionios 1–0.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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 Greece

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAH
ResultDWDWWDWLWWWWDWWDWWWWWDDWWWLWWW
Position737323343322221222111222111111
Source: Olympiacos FC
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

All times for domestic competitions at Eastern European Time

Super League Greece
2 September 2007 1Panathinaikos0–0OlympiacosAthens
21:15 (Report) Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium
Attendance: 13,430
23 September 2007 2Olympiacos6–2OFIPiraeus
19:00 Júlio César  7'
LuaLua  20', 39'
Kovačević  25', 43'
Đorđević  74'		 (Report) Sfakianakis  13'
Torosidis  88' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 25,054
29 September 2007 3Aris1–1OlympiacosThessaloniki
16:45 Marco Aurélio  90+3' (Report) Galletti  39' Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 10,459
6 October 2007 4Olympiacos1–0Apollon KalamariasPiraeus
19:00 Kovačević  44' (Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 27,029
20 October 2007 5Olympiacos4–1PanioniosPiraeus
19:00 LuaLua  6'
Kovačević  64'
Stoltidis  74'
Galletti  81' (pen.)		 (Report) Djebbour  54' (pen.) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 20,104
28 October 2007 6Ergotelis3–3OlympiacosHeraklion
16:45 Júnior  21' (pen.), 88'
Theodoridis  23'		 (Report) Júlio César  38'
Kovačević  43'
Đorđević  59' (pen.)		 Stadium: Pankritio Stadium
Attendance: 8,807
3 November 2007 7Olympiacos2–1PAOKPiraeus
19:00 Torosidis  52'
Kovačević  67'		 (Report) Konstantinidis  42' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 28,077
10 November 2007 8Asteras Tripolis1–0OlympiacosTripoli
19:00 Filomeno  34' (Report) Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium
Attendance: 4,005
24 November 2007 9Olympiacos1–0VeriaPiraeus
19:00 Kovačević  36' (Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 18,070
2 December 2007 10Atromitos1–3OlympiacosAthens
19:00 Korakakis  90+3' (Report) Stoltidis  11'
LuaLua  30'
Kovačević  71'		 Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Attendance: 5,969
8 December 2007 11Olympiacos4–0LevadiakosPiraeus
19:00 Stoltidis  23'
Kovačević  35'
Đorđević  52' (pen.)
Mitroglou  63'		 (Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 17,096
16 December 2007 12Olympiacos1–0AEK AthensPiraeus
19:00 Kovačević  83' (Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30,229
23 December 2007 13Larissa0–0OlympiacosLarissa
19:00 (Report) Stadium: Alkazar
Attendance: 6,910
29 December 2007 14Olympiacos2–1Skoda XanthiPiraeus
19:00 LuaLua  20'
Kovačević  59'		 (Report) Radzinski  26' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 23,164
5 January 2008 15Iraklis1–2OlympiacosThessaloniki
16:45 Katsabis  59' (Report) Kovačević  70', 72' Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 4,394
13 January 2008 16Olympiacos1–1PanathinaikosPiraeus
19:00 Antzas  45+1' (Report) N'Doye  14' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 31,310
20 January 2008 17OFI0–1OlympiacosHeraklion
16:45 (Report) Núñez  16' Stadium: Pankritio Stadium
Attendance: 8,497
27 January 2008 18Olympiacos1–0ArisPiraeus
19:00 Đorđević  80' (pen.) (Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30,014
3 February 2008 19Apollon Kalamarias0–3[2]OlympiacosThessaloniki
16:45 Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 4,453
10 February 2008 20Panionios0–4OlympiacosAthens
19:00 (Report) Kovačević  5', 53'
Đorđević  27' (pen.)
Núñez  81'		 Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 3,376
16 February 2008 21Olympiacos1–0ErgotelisPiraeus
19:00 Đorđević  28' (Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 14,544
23 February 2008 22PAOK1–1OlympiacosThessaloniki
19:00 González  2' (Report) Kovačević  22' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
1 March 2008 23Olympiacos1–1Asteras TripolisPiraeus
19:00 Júlio César  2' (Report) Cardozo  33' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 24,503
9 March 2008 24Veria0–1OlympiacosVeria
16:45 (Report) Patsatzoglou  7' Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 3,001
15 March 2008 25Olympiacos2–0AtromitosPiraeus
19:00 Šišić  49'
Júlio César  85'		 (Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 20,343
23 March 2008 26Levadiakos1–3OlympiacosLivadeia
16:45 Dimbala  7' (Report) Galletti  19'
Belluschi  32'
Kovačević  35'		 Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 4,007
30 March 2008 27AEK Athens4–0OlympiacosAthens
19:00 Blanco  10'
Edinho  12'
Lyberopoulos  32'
Kafes  60'		 (Report) Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 40,955
6 April 2008 28Olympiacos2–1LarissaPiraeus
19:00 Šišić  50'
Mitroglou  90'		 (Report) Metin  41' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 24,318
13 April 2008 29Skoda Xanthi1–4OlympiacosXanthi
19:00 Labriakos  53' (Report) Żewłakow  31'
Đorđević  38', 49', 52'		 Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena
Attendance: 4,957
20 April 2008 30Olympiacos3–1IraklisPiraeus
19:00 Mitroglou  26', 39'
Đorđević  50'		 (Report) Malagueño  61' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 29,084

Greek Cup

In the fourth round (round of "32") of the Greek Cup, 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 were rivals Panathinaikos, who were crushed 4–0 by Olympiacos in an at-capacity Karaiskakis Stadium. In the quarter-finals, Olympiacos eliminated Iraklis 2–0 in the first leg and earning a 2–2 draw in the second. For the semi-finals, Olympiacos faced Thrasyvoulos, winning 2–3 away and 3–1 at home. Olympiacos then faced Aris in the final at the Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, where they won the Greek Cup after a 2–0 win.

Fourth round
5 December 2007 Diagoras1–2OlympiacosRhodes
17:45 Triantafyllou  59' (pen.) (Report) Mitroglou  66', 89' Stadium: Diagoras Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Michalis Germanakos

Fifth round
16 January 2008 Olympiacos4–0PanathinaikosPiraeus
21:30 LuaLua  6'
Torosidis  63'
Kovačević  65'
Núñez  79'		 (Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 31,255
Referee: Anastasios Kakos

Quarter-finals
27 February 2008 First legOlympiacos2–0IraklisPiraeus
20:00 Mendrinos  5', 9' (Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 22,547
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis
19 March 2008 Second legIraklis2–2
(3–4 agg.)		OlympiacosThessaloniki
20:00 Aarón  42'
Ribeiro  88'		 (Report) Bantis  10' (o.g.)
Mitroglou  23'		 Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 2,397
Referee: Ioannis Stavridis

Semi-finals
2 April 2008 First legThrasyvoulos2–3OlympiacosFyli
16:45 Anastasakos  29'
Bris  35'		 (Report) Mendrinos  16'
Núñez  28'
Kovačević  89'		 Stadium: Fyli Stadium
Attendance: 3,524
Referee: Dimitrios Kyrkos
16 April 2008 Second legOlympiacos3–1
(6–3 agg.)		ThrasyvoulosPiraeus
21:00 Kovačević  14'
Konstantinou  15'
Núñez  21'		 (Report) Manikas  33' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 15,347
Referee: Stavros Tritsonis

Final
17 May 2008 Olympiacos2–0ArisThessaloniki
19:00 Kovačević  33'
Żewłakow  53'		 (Report) Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 20,270

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
31 October 2007 Olympiacos1–0LarissaPiraeus
20:00 Mitroglou  39' (Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 7,141

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 at the Karaiskákis 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 defeated 2–4 to Real Madrid after a heart-breaking match in which the Greek team was playing with ten men from the 13th minute and was leading the score to the 68th with 2–1, turning it around from 0–1. 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.

In the return legs of the group stage, 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 Rome's Stadio Olimpico, while on the last day, Olympiacos smashed Werder Bremen 3–0 in Athens, which ensured their place in the knockout stage of the tournament.

18 September 2007 1Olympiacos 1–1 LazioPiraeus, Greece
20:45 Galletti  55' (Report) Zauri  77' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 0[3]
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
3 October 2007 2Werder Bremen 1–3 OlympiacosBremen, Germany
20:45 Almeida  32' (Report) Stoltidis  72'
Patsatzoglou  82'
Kovačević  87'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 37,500
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
24 October 2007 3Real Madrid 4–2 OlympiacosMadrid, Spain
20:45 Raúl  2'
Robinho  68', 83'
Balboa  90'		 (Report) Galletti  8'
Júlio César  47'		 Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Attendance: 64,477
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
6 November 2007 4Olympiacos 0–0 Real MadridPiraeus, Greece
20:45 (Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 33,500
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
28 November 2007 5Lazio 1–2 OlympiacosRome, Italy
20:45 Pandev  30' (Report) Galletti  35'
Kovačević  64'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 39,996
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
11 December 2007 6Olympiacos 3–0 Werder BremenPiraeus, Greece
20:45 Stoltidis  12', 74'
Kovačević  70'		 (Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30,297
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)
Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Real Madrid 6 3 2 1 13 9 +4 11 Advance to knockout stage
2 Olympiacos 6 3 2 1 11 7 +4 11
3 Werder Bremen 6 2 0 4 8 13 −5 6 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Lazio 6 1 2 3 8 11 −3 5
Source:

Knockout stage
Chelsea vs Olympiacos

The draw for the first knockout round took place on 21 December, and paired Olympiacos with Chelsea. 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 did not 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. 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 the final time after another error from the Olympiacos defence.

19 February 2008 First legOlympiacos 0–0 ChelseaPiraeus, Greece
20:45 (Report) Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 31,302
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
5 March 2008 Second legChelsea 3–0
(3–0 agg.)		 OlympiacosLondon, England
20:45 Ballack  5'
Lampard  25'
Kalou  48'		 (Report) Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 37,721
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Team kit

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): Vodafone

Home
Away
Third
Fourth

Source: Olympiacos FC

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References
  1. "Lemonis leaves Olympiacos post". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-12.
  2. 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 one point deducted.
  3. Olympiacos ordered to play match behind closed doors after crowd trouble against Shakhtar Donetsk in the previous Champions League campaign on the 5 December 2006.
  4. "Olympiacos holds Chelsea to 0-0 draw". FOX Sports on MSN. 2008-02-20. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
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