2006–07 Olympiacos F.C. season

The 2006–07 season was Olympiacos's 48th consecutive season in the Super League Greece and their 81st year in existence. The club were played their 10th consecutive season in the UEFA Champions League. Manager Trond Sollied left the club by mutual consent on December 29, 2006 due to the club's lower-than-expected performance of the team in the UEFA Champions League, and was replaced by Greek Takis Lemonis.^[1]

Olympiacos

2006–07 season
Chairman	Sokratis Kokkalis
Manager	Trond Sollied (until 16 December 2006) Takis Lemonis
Stadium	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Super League Greece	Winners
Greek Cup	Quarter-finals
Champions League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Rivaldo (17) All: Rivaldo (18)
Highest home attendance	33,500 vs Roma (18 October 2006)
Lowest home attendance	15,026 vs Atromitos (18 February 2007)
Average home league attendance	22,320
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^{[2][citation needed]}

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 MF  GRE Pantelis Kafes 2 DF  GRE Christos Patsatzoglou 3 DF  FRA Didier Domi 5 DF  GRE Michalis Kapsis 6 MF  GRE Ieroklis Stoltidis 7 FW  MEX Nery Castillo 8 MF  SRB Miloš Marić 9 FW  CYP Ioannis Okkas 10 MF  BRA Rivaldo 11 MF  SRB Predrag Đorđević 14 DF  POL Michał Żewłakow 16 MF  CIV Marco Ne 17 MF  GRE Giannis Taralidis 18 FW  ECU Félix Borja 20 FW  ESP Dani García 21 DF  GRE Grigorios Georgatos

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  TUR Erol Bulut 23 FW  CYP Michalis Konstantinou 27 DF  MAR Abdeslam Ouaddou 28 MF  GRE Konstantinos Mendrinos 30 DF  GRE Anastasios Pantos 32 DF  GRE Georgios Anatolakis 33 GK  BEL Erwin Lemmens 34 GK  GRE Kleopas Giannou 35 DF  GRE Vasilis Torosidis 36 MF  GRE Giannoulis Fakinos 40 FW  NGA Haruna Babangida 55 DF  BRA Júlio César 71 GK  GRE Antonios Nikopolidis 74 GK  CRO Tomislav Butina 77 FW  GRE Charilaos Pappas 87 GK  GRE Leonidas Panagopoulos

Squad changes during 2006/2007 season

In:

• Tomislav Butina
• Abdeslam Ouaddou
• Felix Borja
• Marco Ne
• Michał Żewłakow
• Didier Domi
• Júlio César Santos Correa
• Charilaos Pappas return from Apollon Kalamarias
• Vasilis Torosidis from Skoda Xanthi (Dec. 2006)

Out:

• Gabriel Schurrer free transfer to Málaga CF
• Tasos Kyriakos free transfer to Aris Thessaloniki
• Spyros Vallas on loan to AE Larisa
• Dimitris Mavrogennidis free transfer to Iraklis Thessaloniki
• Stelios Venetidis free transfer to AEL 1964
• Alexandre Joaquim D'Akol on loan to Kerkyra FC
• Yaya Touré transferred to AS Monaco
• Daniel García Lara free transfer
• Abdeslam Ouaddou free transfer (Dec. 2006)
• Athanasios Kostoulas free transfer to Skoda Xanthi

Club

The Management

Position	Staff
Manager	Takis Lemonis
Assistant manager	José Segura
Assistant manager	Michalis Cavalieris
Club doctor	Giannis Anagnostopoulos
Chief scout	Antreas Niniadis

Last updated: May 13, 2007
Source: Olympiacos FC

Other information

Chairman	Socratis Kokkalis
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 / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Super League Greece	—	—	Winner	19 August 2006	13 May 2007
UEFA Champions League	Group Stage	—	Group Stage	12 September 2006	5 December 2006
Greek Cup	4th Round	—	Quarter-finals	5 November 2006	31 January 2007

Updated to match played May 13, 2007
Source: Competitions

Super League Greece

Main article: 2006–07 Super League Greece

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	30	22	5	3	62	23	+39	71	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	AEK Athens	30	18	8	4	60	27	+33	62	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Panathinaikos	30	16	6	8	47	28	+19	54	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Aris	30	11	13	6	32	26	+6	46
5	Panionios	30	12	9	9	33	31	+2	45[a]

Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: PAOK–Panionios 1–1, Panionios–PAOK 3–1.

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	22	5	3	62	23	+39	71	13	1	1	35	7	+28	9	4	2	27	16	+11

Last updated: 13 May 2007.
Source: Competitive matches

Results 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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	W
Position	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

All times at EET

Olympiacos v Skoda Xanthi

19 August 2006 1	Olympiacos	2–1	Skoda Xanthi	Piraeus
19:00	Rivaldo 67', 86'	Report	Barkoglou 5'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 21,100 Referee: Vasileios Terovitsas

Panionios v Olympiacos

27 August 2006 2	Panionios	0–3	Olympiacos	Athens
21:00		Report	Castillo 6', 42', 90'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 5,651 Referee: Kyros Vassaras

Olympiacos v PAOK

9 September 2006 3	Olympiacos	2–0	PAOK	Piraeus
19:00	Konstantinou 7' Castillo 29'	Report		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 29,140 Referee: Athanassios Briakos

OFI v Olympiacos

17 September 2006 4	OFI	1–2	Olympiacos	Heraklion
19:00	Ofori-Quaye 29'	Report	Rivaldo 69' Borja 86'	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Attendance: 7,719 Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis

Olympiacos v AEK Athens

23 September 2006 5	Olympiacos	1–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
19:00	Emerson 45' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 29,101 Referee: Kyros Vassaras

Iraklis v Olympiacos

1 October 2006 6	Iraklis	0–1	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
21:00		Report	Marić 25'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 6,519 Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis

Atromitos v Olympiacos

22 October 2006 7	Atromitos	1–0	Olympiacos	Athens
16:45	Korakakis 60'	Report		Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 4,076 Referee: Christoforos Zografos

Olympiacos v Ergotelis

28 October 2006 8	Olympiacos	1–0	Ergotelis	Piraeus
19:00	Rivaldo 59'	Report		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 20,405 Referee: Lazaros Polatian

Panathinaikos v Olympiacos

5 November 2006 9	Panathinaikos	1–0	Olympiacos	Athens
19:00	Kostoulas 48' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 40,091 Referee: Vasileios Terovitsas

Olympiacos v Apollon Kalamarias

12 November 2006 10	Olympiacos	5–0	Apollon Kalamarias	Piraeus
19:00	Rivaldo 40', 69', 82' Đorđević 47' Okkas 71'	Report		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 19,254 Referee: Romanos Kontogiannidis

Aris v Olympiacos

18 November 2006 11	Aris	2–3	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
19:00	Koke 30', 44'	Report	Rivaldo 61', 66' Castillo 81'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 6,915 Referee: Christoforos Zografos

Olympiacos v AEL

26 November 2006 12	Olympiacos	4–0	AEL	Piraeus
19:00	Babangida 14' Rivaldo 48' Borja 65' Pappas 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 22,156 Referee: Anastasios Kakos

Kerkyra v Olympiacos

2 December 2006 13	Kerkyra	0–2	Olympiacos	Corfu
16:45		Report	Júlio César 37' Stoltidis 38'	Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium Attendance: 2,830 Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis

Olympiacos v Egaleo

10 December 2006 14	Olympiacos	3–2	Egaleo	Piraeus
19:00	Okkas 61' Júlio César 82' Borja 88'	Report	Cesarec 22', 51'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 16,245 Referee: Romanos Kontogiannidis

Olympiacos v Ionikos

16 December 2006 15	Olympiacos	3–0	Ionikos	Piraeus
19:00	Stoltidis 44', 87' Júlio César 80'	Report		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 17,192 Referee: Dimitrios Kalopoulos

Skoda Xanthi v Olympiacos

7 January 2007 16	Skoda Xanthi	0–0	Olympiacos	Xanthi
16:45		Report		Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 4,645 Referee: Vasileios Terovitsas

Olympiacos v Panionios

14 January 2007 17	Olympiacos	1–0	Panionios	Piraeus
19:00	Castillo 5'	Report		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 25,157 Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis

PAOK v Olympiacos

21 January 2007 18	PAOK	2–3	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
19:00	Mięciel 29' Torghelle 89'	Report	Torosidis 57' Rivaldo 66' Castillo 70'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 23,483 Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis

Olympiacos v OFI

28 January 2007 19	Olympiacos	4–1	OFI	Piraeus
19:00	Đorđević 31', 42', 90' (pen.) Castillo 59'	Report	Drulić 49'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 25,517 Referee: Ioannis Stavridis

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

4 February 2007 20	AEK Athens	3–3	Olympiacos	Athens
19:00	Nikopolidis 29' (o.g.) Konstantinou 48' (o.g.) Kampantais 71'	Report	Đorđević 45' Rivaldo 45+2' Júlio César 71'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 36,122 Referee: Athanassios Briakos

Olympiacos v Iraklis

11 February 2007 21	Olympiacos	2–0	Iraklis	Piraeus
19:00	Đorđević 31' (pen.) Castillo 70'	Report		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 15,501 Referee: Michail Koukoulakis

Olympiacos v Atromitos

18 February 2007 22	Olympiacos	4–1	Atromitos	Piraeus
19:00	Borja 27' Rivaldo 35' Castillo 48' Pappas 90+1'	Report	Luciano 52' (pen.)	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 15,026 Referee: Konstantinos Papastamatis

Ergotelis v Olympiacos

25 February 2007 23	Ergotelis	1–2	Olympiacos	Heraklion
16:45	Kiliaras 86'	Report	Pappas 21' Júlio César 78'	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Attendance: 14,960 Referee: Theofilos Fotiadis

Olympiacos v Panathinaikos

4 March 2007 24	Olympiacos	0–1	Panathinaikos	Piraeus
19:00		Report	Papadopoulos 89'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 30,598 Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis

Apollon Kalamarias v Olympiacos

11 March 2007 25	Apollon Kalamarias	1–2	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
16:45	Orfanos 14'	Report	Rivaldo 59' Castillo 73'	Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium Attendance: 2,090 Referee: Vasileios Arguropoulos

Olympiacos v Aris

18 March 2007 26	Olympiacos	0–0	Aris	Piraeus
19:00		Report		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 26,087 Referee: Lazaros Polatian

AEL v Olympiacos

15 April 2007 27	AEL	0–0	Olympiacos	Larissa
19:00		Report		Stadium: Alcazar Stadium Attendance: 7,839 Referee: Vasilios Terovitsas

Olympiacos v Kerkyra

22 April 2007 28	Olympiacos	3–1	Kerkyra	Piraeus
19:00	Rivaldo 3' Đorđević 25' (pen.) Castillo 53'	Report	Flavinho 58'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 23,655 Referee: Theofilos Fotiadis

Egaleo v Olympiacos

29 April 2007 29	Egaleo	1–1	Olympiacos	Athens
19:00	Jančetić 45'	Report	Stoltidis 63'	Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium Attendance: 2,412 Referee: Ioannis Stavridis

Ionikos v Olympiacos

13 May 2007 30	Ionikos	3–5	Olympiacos	Piraeus
17:00	Natsouras 61' Fabinho 65' Makor 85'	Report	Rivaldo 41', 68' (pen.) Okkas 49' Borja 66' Mendrinos 76'	Stadium: Neapoli Stadium Attendance: 351 Referee: Konstantinos Finokaliotis

Greek Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Greek Football Cup

Fourth round

Atsalenios v Olympiacos

8 November 2006	Atsalenios	0–2	Olympiacos	Heraklion
19:00 EET		Report	Marić 49' Pappas 76'	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Referee: Charalampos Karatzas (Euboea)

Fifth round

Haidari v Olympiacos

19 December 2006	Haidari	1–3	Olympiacos	Haidari
19:00	Tournas 5'	Report	Pappas 36' Borja 67' Okkas 90+2'	Stadium: Takis Charalambidis Stadium Referee: Anastasios Kakos

Quarter-finals

PAS Giannina v Olympiacos

17 January 2007 First leg	PAS Giannina	2–0	Olympiacos	Ioannina
16:00	Kontogoulidis 32' Domoraud 76'	Report		Stadium: Zosimades Stadium Referee: Lazaros Polatian

Olympiacos v PAS Giannina

31 January 2007 Second leg	Olympiacos	2–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 agg.)	PAS Giannina	Piraeus
18:45	Đorđević 61' (pen.) Babangida 73'	Report	Kontogoulidis 98'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Referee: Romanos Kontogiannidis

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Valencia	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	13	Advance to knockout stage
2	Roma	6	3	1	2	8	4	+4	10
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	1	3	2	6	11	−5	6	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Olympiacos	6	0	3	3	6	11	−5	3

Source: RSSSF

All times at CET

Olympiacos v Valencia

12 September 2006 1	Olympiacos	2–4	Valencia	Piraeus, Greece
20:45	Konstantinou 24' Castillo 66'	Report	Morientes 34', 39', 90' Albiol 85'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Shakhtar Donetsk v Olympiacos

27 September 2006 2	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–2	Olympiacos	Donetsk, Ukraine
20:45	Matuzalém 34' Marica 70'	Report	Konstantinou 24' Castillo 68'	Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 25,500 Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

Olympiacos v Roma

18 October 2006 3	Olympiacos	0–1	Roma	Piraeus, Greece
20:45		Report	Perrotta 76'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 33,500 Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Roma v Olympiacos

31 October 2006 4	Roma	1–1	Olympiacos	Rome, Italy
20:45	Totti 66'	Report	Júlio César 19'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Valencia v Olympiacos

22 November 2006 5	Valencia	2–0	Olympiacos	Valencia, Spain
20:45	Angulo 45' Morientes 46'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 29,500 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

Olympiacos v Shakhtar Donetsk

5 December 2006 6	Olympiacos	1–1	Shakhtar Donetsk	Piraeus, Greece
20:45	Castillo 54'	Report	Matuzalém 27'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Steve Bennett (England)

Team kit

Supplier: Puma^[3]
Sponsor(s): Vodafone^[4]

Home

Away

Third

Fourth

Source: Olympiacos FC

Individual Awards

Name	Pos.	Award
Rivaldo	Attacking Midfielder	Super League Greece Best Foreign Player