2008–09 Olympiacos F.C. season

The 2008–09 season was Olympiacos's 50th consecutive season in the Super League Greece and their 83rd year in existence. The club are competing in the UEFA Cup after an 11-year participation in the UEFA Champions League, as they were eliminated in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round by Anorthosis. In the beginning of the summertime, Olympiacos unveiled Spanish Ernesto Valverde as their new coach.^[1]

Olympiacos

2008–09 season
Chairman	Sokratis Kokkalis
Manager	Ernesto Valverde
Stadium	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Super League Greece	Winners
Greek Cup	Winners
Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Luciano Galletti (14) All: Diogo (20)
Highest home attendance	30,185 vs Benfica
Lowest home attendance	20,392 vs Asteras Tripolis
Average home league attendance	25,370
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

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 GK  GRE Leonidas Panagopoulos 2 DF  GRE Christos Patsatzoglou 3 DF  FRA Didier Domi 4 DF  BRA Leonardo 5 DF  GRE Georgios Galitsios 6 MF  GRE Ieroklis Stoltidis (vice-captain) 7 MF  ARG Luciano Galletti 8 FW  ESP Óscar 9 FW  SRB Darko Kovačević 10 FW  BRA Diogo 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

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  BRA Dudu Cearense 21 DF  GRE Avraam Papadopoulos 22 FW  GRE Kostas Mitroglou 23 MF  ARG Sebastián Leto 25 MF  ARG Fernando Belluschi 30 DF  GRE Anastasios Pantos 31 MF  GRE Aristides Soiledis Under 20s 33 MF  GRE Giannis Papadopoulos 35 DF  GRE Vasilis Torosidis 36 MF  GRE Giorgos Niklitsiotis 50 GK  SVK Pavel Kovać 71 GK  GRE Antonis Nikopolidis (vice-captain) 77 MF  SVN Mirnes Šišić 92 DF  GRE Kyriakos Papadopoulos

Summer squad changes

In: 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 5 DF  GRE Georgios Galitsios loan return from AEL 1964 8 FW  ESP Óscar from Real Zaragoza 10 FW  BRA Diogo from Portuguesa 20 MF  BRA Dudu Cearense from CSKA Moscow 21 DF  GRE Avraam Papadopoulos from Aris 23 MF  ARG Sebastián Leto loan from Liverpool 33 MF  GRE Giannis Papadopoulos from Iraklis 50 GK  SVK Pavel Kovać from Apollon Kalamarias Total spending: €23.8 million

Out: 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 74 GK  CRO Tomislav Butina Released and moved to Dinamo Zagreb 87 GK  GRE Michalis Sifakis (Released) 23 FW  CYP Michalis Konstantinou Released 10 FW  ARG Leonel Núñez moved to Independiente 32 FW  COD Lomana LuaLua moved to Al-Arabi Total income: €5.5 million

Out on loan

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 13 MF  HUN Zsolt Laczko to Leicester City 77 MF  BRA Leozinho to OFI 24 MF  GRE Georgios Katsikogiannis to Levadiakos

Current national players

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 2 DF  GRE Christos Patsatzoglou 34 (1) 14 DF  POL Michał Żewłakow 84 (3) 21 DF  GRE Avraam Papadopoulos 4 (0) 25 MF  ARG Fernando Belluschi 2 (0) 28 FW  ARG Cristian Ledesma 3 (0) 35 DF  GRE Vasilis Torosidis 20 (1) 77 MF  SVN Mirnes Šišić 9 (2) 7 MF  ARG Luciano Galletti 13 (3)

• Appearances (goals)

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Super League Greece	—	1st		30 Aug 2008	26 Apr 2009
Champions League	Third qualifying round	—	Third qualifying round	13 Aug 2008	30 Aug 2008
UEFA Cup	First round	Round of 32		16 Sep 2008
Greek Cup	Round 4	Round 5		29 Oct 2008

Updated to match played 17 December 2008
Source: Competitions

Super League Greece

Main article: 2008–09 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	50	14	+36	71	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	PAOK	30	18	9	3	39	16	+23	63	Qualification for the Play-offs
3	Panathinaikos	30	17	10	3	51	18	+33	61
4	AEK Athens	30	14	13	3	40	24	+16	55
5	AEL	30	12	13	5	36	26	+10	49

Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Play-offs (neutral ground).
(Note: Criterion 4 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[3]
(C) Champions

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	50	14	+36	71	13	1	1	33	8	+25	9	4	2	17	6	+11

Last updated: April 26, 2009.
Source: Super League Greece

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	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
Result	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	W
Position	2	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

Source: Olympiacos FC
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

All times at EET

Olympiacos v Asteras Tripolis

30 August 2008 1	Olympiacos	3–1	Asteras Tripolis	Piraeus
19:00	Galletti 61', 63' (pen.) Kovačević 81'	Report	Cesarec 45+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 20,392 Referee: Michalis Germanakos

Skoda Xanthi v Olympiacos

13 September 2008 2	Skoda Xanthi	0–1	Olympiacos	Xanthi
16:45		Report	Diogo 72'	Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 4,409 Referee: Ioannis Stavridis

Olympiacos v Panserraikos

21 September 2008 3	Olympiacos	4–1	Panserraikos	Piraeus
19:00	Kovačević 23' Galletti 27' Diogo 81' Óscar 88'	Report	Tadić 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 25,234 Referee: Stavros Tritsonis

OFI v Olympiacos

27 September 2008 4	OFI	0–0	Olympiacos	Heraklion
19:00		Report		Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Attendance: 9,384 Referee: Ilias Mazarakos

Olympiacos v AEK Athens

5 October 2008 5	Olympiacos	2–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
21:15	Kovačević 63' Diogo 66'	Report		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 30,074 Referee: Kyros Vassaras

Olympiacos v Panthrakikos

19 October 2008 6	Olympiacos	2–0	Panthrakikos	Piraeus
19:00	Galletti 66', 73'	Report		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 23,693 Referee: Konstantinos Papastamatis

Aris v Olympiacos

26 October 2008 7	Aris	1–0	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
19:00	Javito 18'	Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 16,370 Referee: Vasileios Paboridis

Olympiacos v Ergotelis

2 November 2008 8	Olympiacos	2–0	Ergotelis	Piraeus
19:00	Kovačević 28' Dudu 34'	Report		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 26,058 Referee: Ioannis Stavridis

Panathinaikos v Olympiacos

9 November 2008 9	Panathinaikos	0–0	Olympiacos	Athens
19:00		Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 60,401 Referee: Georgios Daloukas

Olympiacos v PAOK

16 November 2008 10	Olympiacos	2–0	PAOK	Piraeus
19:00	Patsatzoglou 45' Diogo 86'	Report		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 29,482 Referee: Anastasios Kakos

Iraklis v Olympiacos

22 November 2008 11	Iraklis	0–3	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
19:00		Report	Đorđević 34' Belluschi 39' Dudu 81'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 9,066 Referee: Kyros Vassaras

Olympiacos v Panionios

30 November 2008 12	Olympiacos	4–1	Panionios	Piraeus
19:00	Belluschi 31' Diogo 52' Mitroglou 78', 80'	Report	Goundoulakis 87'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 27,487 Referee: Dimitrios Kyrkos

Olympiacos v Levadiakos

7 December 2008 13	Olympiacos	1–0	Levadiakos	Piraeus
19:00	Belluschi 28'	Report		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 22,337 Referee: Georgios Giannopoulos

AEL v Olympiacos

13 December 2008 14	AEL	1–1	Olympiacos	Larissa
16:45	Solano 74'	Report	Belluschi 52'	Stadium: Alcazar Stadium Attendance: 5,062 Referee: Anastasios Kakos

Olympiacos v Thrasyvoulos

21 December 2008 15	Olympiacos	2–1	Thrasyvoulos	Piraeus
19:00	Leto 21' Galletti 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Chloros 29'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 20,033 Referee: Georgios Kastanidis

Asteras Tripolis v Olympiacos

3 January 2009 16	Asteras Tripolis	0–1	Olympiacos	Tripoli
19:00		Report	Galletti 27' (pen.)	Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium Attendance: 5,864 Referee: Vasileios Paboridis

Olympiacos v Skoda Xanthi

10 January 2009 17	Olympiacos	2–1	Skoda Xanthi	Piraeus
19:00	Stathakis 16' (o.g.) Galletti 19'	Report	Zuela 27'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 25,484 Referee: Michalis Germanakos

Panserraikos v Olympiacos

17 January 2009 18	Panserraikos	0–1	Olympiacos	Serres
16:45		Report	Torosidis 26'	Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium Attendance: 7,013 Referee: Georgios Daloukas

Olympiacos v OFI

24 January 2009 19	Olympiacos	2–1	OFI	Piraeus
19:00	Diogo 7' Galletti 67'	Report	Simić 62'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 25,633 Referee: Konstantinos Papastamatis

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

1 February 2009 20	AEK Athens	0–1	Olympiacos	Athens
19:00		Report	Galletti 5'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 44,104 Referee: Dimitrios Kalopoulos

Panthrakikos v Olympiacos

7 February 2009 21	Panthrakikos	0–2	Olympiacos	Komotini
16:45		Report	Belluschi 27' Galletti 45'	Stadium: Komotini Municipal Stadium Attendance: 4,700 Referee: Georgios Stathopoulos

Olympiacos v Aris

14 February 2009 22	Olympiacos	2–1	Aris	Piraeus
19:00	Đorđević 23' Galletti 75'	Report	Torosidis 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 25,867 Referee: Nathanail Charalabidis

Ergotelis v Olympiacos

22 February 2009 23	Ergotelis	1–0	Olympiacos	Heraklion
19:00	Koutsianikoulis 22'	Report		Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Attendance: 2,818 Referee: Michail Dakos

Olympiacos v Panathinaikos

1 March 2009 24	Olympiacos	0–0	Panathinaikos	Piraeus
18:30		Report		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 28,775 Referee: Ilias Spathas

PAOK v Olympiacos

8 March 2009 25	PAOK	0–0	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
19:00		Report		Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 22,214 Referee: Anastasios Kakos

Olympiacos v Iraklis

15 March 2009 26	Olympiacos	5–0	Iraklis	Piraeus
19:00	Torosidis 60' Óscar 64', 79' Derbyshire 82', 87'	Report		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 25,182 Referee: Georgios Daloukas

Panionios v Olympiacos

22 March 2009 27	Panionios	2–3	Olympiacos	Athens
20:00	Lourenço 45' Gonzaga 51'	Report	Derbyshire 22' Maniatis 61' (o.g.) Dudu 72'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 2,905 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis

Levadiakos v Olympiacos

5 April 2009 28	Levadiakos	1–2	Olympiacos	Livadeia
19:00	Dimbala 17'	Report	Derbyshire 28' Galletti 75'	Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 3,317 Referee: Konstantinos Papastamatis

Olympiacos v AEL

12 April 2009 29	Olympiacos	0–1	AEL	Piraeus
19:00		Report	Żurawski 54'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 24,280 Referee: Ilias Spathas

Thrasyvoulos v Olympiacos

26 April 2009 30	Thrasyvoulos	0–2	Olympiacos	Fyli
19:00		Report	Derbyshire 65' Galletti 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Fyli Municipal Stadium Attendance: 926 Referee: Georgios Stathopoulos

Greek Cup

Main article: 2008–09 Greek Football Cup

Fourth round

Diagoras v Olympiacos

29 October 2008	Diagoras	2–3	Olympiacos	Rhodes
16:50	Triantafyllou 30', 66'	Report	Óscar 14' Diogo 67' Kovačević 84'	Stadium: Diagoras Stadium Referee: Spiros Stathopoulos

Fifth round

OFI v Olympiacos

21 January 2009	OFI	0–2	Olympiacos	Heraklion
20:00		Report	Belluschi 69' Galetti 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Attendance: 4,102 Referee: Anastasios Kakos

Quarter-finals

PAOK v Olympiacos

4 February 2009 First leg	PAOK	1–0	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
21:15	Sérgio Conceição 30'	Report		Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 21,043 Referee: Anastasios Kakos

Olympiacos v PAOK

4 March 2009 Second leg	Olympiacos	2–0 (a.e.t.) (2–1 agg.)	PAOK	Piraeus
21:15	Diogo 46' Derbyshire 109'	Report		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 23,983 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis

Semi-finals

Asteras Tripolis v Olympiacos

18 March 2009 First leg	Asteras Tripolis	2–2	Olympiacos	Tripoli
21:15	Filomeno 29', 35'	Report	Diogo 43', 74'	Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium Attendance: 3,875 Referee: Dimitrios Kalopoulos

Olympiacos v Asteras Tripolis

9 April 2009 Second leg	Olympiacos	2–1 (4–3 agg.)	Asteras Tripolis	Piraeus
18:00	Leto 47' Diogo 62'	Report	Cesarec 39'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 18,989 Referee: Georgios Daloukas

Final

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

2 May 2009 Final	AEK Athens	4–4 (a.e.t.) (14–15 p)	Olympiacos	Athens
20:30	Blanco 4', 8' Scocco 90', 107'	Report	Derbyshire 47', 90+6' Dudu 72' Galletti 102'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 48,594 Referee: Anastasios Kakos
	Penalties
	Kafes Blanco Scocco Edinho Majstorović Nsaliwa Saja Pelletieri Georgeas Kafes Blanco Scocco Edinho Majstorović Nsaliwa Saja Pelletieri		Óscar Dudu Diogo Domi Đorđević Torosidis Belluschi Nikopolidis Antzas Óscar Dudu Diogo Domi Đorđević Torosidis Belluschi Nikopolidis

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League

All times at CET

Third qualifying round

Anorthosis v Olympiacos

13 August 2008 First leg	Anorthosis	3–0	Olympiacos	Larnaca, Cyprus
20:00	Torosidis 4' (o.g.) Sosin 17' Laban 85'	(Report)		Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Olympiacos v Anorthosis

27 August 2008 Second leg	Olympiacos	1–0 (1–3 agg.)	Anorthosis	Piraeus, Greece
20:00	Belluschi 54'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 27,904 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup

All times at CET

First round

Nordsjælland v Olympiacos

16 September 2008 First leg	Nordsjælland	0–2	Olympiacos	Farum, Denmark
20:00		(Report)	Mitroglou 74' Leto 90+3'	Stadium: Farum Park Attendance: 5,184 Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)

Olympiacos v Nordsjælland

2 October 2008 Second leg	Olympiacos	5–0 (7–0 agg.)	Nordsjælland	Piraeus, Greece
20:45	Torosidis 11' Diogo 30', 43' Kovačević 72', 80'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 24,515 Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MET	GAL	OLY	HER	BEN
1	Metalist Kharkiv	4	3	1	0	3	0	+3	10	Advance to knockout stage		—	—	1–0	0–0	—
2	Galatasaray	4	3	0	1	4	1	+3	9			0–1	—	1–0	—	—
3	Olympiacos	4	2	0	2	9	3	+6	6			—	—	—	4–0	5–1
4	Hertha BSC	4	0	2	2	1	6	−5	2			—	0–1	—	—	1–1
5	Benfica	4	0	1	3	2	9	−7	1			0–1	0–2	—	—	—

Source: RSSSF

Galatasaray v Olympiacos

23 October 2008 1	Galatasaray	1–0	Olympiacos	Istanbul, Turkey
20:15	Kewell 25'	(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

Olympiacos v Benfica

27 November 2008 2	Olympiacos	5–1	Benfica	Piraeus, Greece
20:45	Galletti 1' Patsatzoglou 17' Diogo 24', 53' Belluschi 44'	(Report)	David Luiz 33'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 30,185 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

Metalist Kharkiv v Olympiacos

3 December 2008 3	Metalist Kharkiv	1–0	Olympiacos	Kharkiv, Ukraine
20:45	Edmar 88'	(Report)[dead link]		Stadium: Metalist Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

Olympiacos v Hertha BSC

18 December 2008 4	Olympiacos	4–0	Hertha BSC	Piraeus, Greece
20:45	Dudu 55' Galletti 68' (pen.) Torosidis 87' Diogo 88'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 30,063 Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

Round of 32

Olympiacos v Saint-Étienne

18 February 2009 First leg	Olympiacos	1–3	Saint-Étienne	Piraeus, Greece
18:30	Đorđević 63'	Report	Ilan 12' Dernis 43' Gomis 90'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Saint-Étienne v Olympiacos

26 February 2009 Second leg	Saint-Étienne	2–1 (5–2 agg.)	Olympiacos	Saint-Étienne, France
20:55	Payet 45' Ilan 58'	Report[dead link]	Óscar 75'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 30,511 Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

Team kit

Home

Away

Third

Friendlies

Individual Awards

Name	Pos.	Award
Luciano Galleti	Winger	Super League Greece Player of the Season Super League Greece Best Foreign Player Super League Greece Golden Boot
Antonios Nikopolidis	Goalkeeper	Super League Greece Goalkeeper of the Season