Olympiacos
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| Full name | Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς (Olympiacos Fan's Club of Piraeus) |
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| Nickname(s) | Erythrolefki (Red-Whites) Thrylos (Legend) |
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| Founded | 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Karaiskákis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 33,334 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Sokratis Kokkalis |
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| Manager | Takis Lemonis |
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| League | Super League Greece 2007 (Σούπερ Λίγκα Ελλάδα 2007) |
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| 2005-06 | 1st | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympiacos CFP (Greek: Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς - Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Peiraios) is a large and the most popular Greek multisport club, based in Piraeus, Athens.
The club is parent to 17 different competitive departments in football (soccer), basketball (Olympiacos BC), volleyball (Olympiacos SC), water polo (Olympiacos Water polo Club) and athletics, amongst others, which have won numerous domestic, European and international titles over the club's history (a recent estimation refers to 525 titles won overall). Olympiacos has the record of winning the treble in two different sports (basketball and water polo) and it is the only Greek club with European titles in 3 of the 4 most popular team sports (basketball, volleyball and water polo). The total number of athletes of Olympiacos is more than 3,800, the ranks of which include Olympic winners and World Champions.
[edit] Olympiacos Football Club
With an outstanding 34 national championships in 70 seasons and 22 Greek Cups, Olympiacos is currently the most successful football team in Greece.
[edit] History
[edit] Domestic history
The team named Olympiacos was founded on March 10, 1925, when the members of the "Piraeus Football Club" and the "Piraeus Fan Club" decided, during a historical assembly, to dissolve the two clubs in order to establish a new unified one. Notis Kamberos announced the name "Olympiacos" and Michalis Manouskos completed it to its full name, "Olympiacos Fan Club of Piraeus". The Andrianopoulos brothers, however, were those who significantly raised the reputation of the club and added glory to it. Children of a prosperous family, they made the name of Olympiacos known all over Greece. Yiannis, Dinos, Giorgos, and Vassilis were the first to play. Leonidas made his appearance later on, and played for a short time. The club's offensive line, made up of the five brothers, soon became legendary and, hence, Olympiakos is also known as Thrilos(Legend). The team's emblem is a laurel-wreath-crowned-teenager.
Olympiacos immediately caught the attention of locals, with the team filling the Piraeus Velodrome (now the Karaiskakis stadium); back then their fanbase consisted mainly of the working class.
In 1926 the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) was founded and in 1927 organized the first Greek Championship. However in the following season (1928/29) Olympiacos came to a dispute with the Hellenic Football Federation and did not participate. Panathinaikos and AEK Athens FC decided to follow Olympiacos and together they formed a group called P.O.K.. During that season they played friendly games with each other.The second Greek Championship took place in 1929/30 with the champions of the regional leagues of Athens, Piraeus and Thessaloniki playing in Playoffs in order to determine the national champion. Up to 1959 the Greek Championship, then known as the Pan-Hellenic Championship, was organized this way. The first championship as a national league was held in the 1959/60 season.
Olympiacos won the Greek title for the first time in the 1930/31 season. It was going to be a very successful era. By 1940 Olympiacos had already won 6 Championships in 11 seasons and by 1960 they had won 15 Championships in 23 seasons as well as 9 National Cups making for 6 Doubles. The legendary Olympiacos team of the 50s, with key performers such as Andreas Mouratis, Elias Rossidis, Thanassis Bebis, Elias Yfantis, Kostas Polychroniou, Giorgos Darivas and Savas Theodoridis, won the title 6 consecutive times, from 1954 to 1959, combining it with the cup in 1957, 1958 and 1959 to celebrate the only 3rd double in a row to have ever been won in Greek Football history.
It is worth mentioning that Olympiacos for several seasons was not allowed to make use of the Karaiskaki Stadium and, with permission from Panathinaikos, found a temporary home in “Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium”.
The 60s and the early 70s were not as fruitful for Olympiacos, the club having won just 2 Championships and 6 Cups.
Another glorious chapter began in 1972, after Nikos Goulandris became president. He appointed Lakis Petropoulos as coach and signed star players Giorgos Delikaris, Yves Triantafyllos, Julio Losada, Milton Viera and Dimitris Persidis. Under Goulandris Presidency, Olympiacos won the title 3 times in a row (from 1973 to 1975), combining it with the cup in 1973 and 1975. The highlight for that side was the 1973/74 season, when Olympiacos won the league with record points (59) and goals (102). Following Goulandris resignation from the presidency in 1975, the team went through a relative "dry" period in the second half of the 1970s. However in the early 80s, Olympiacos emerged again as the dominant power in the Greek football winning the title 4 times in a row (1980,1981,1982,1983). Key players during this period included forward Nikos Anastopoulos, midfielder Tasos Mitropoulos and goalkeeper Nikos Sarganis. Alketas Panagoulias, who had also been manager of the Greek National Football team and the U.S. National Soccer Team, coached the team between 1981 and 1983 and again in the 1986/87 season, earning the championship title in 1982, 1983 and 1987.
Olympiacos experienced its darkest days from the mid-1980s until the mid-90s. In the mid 80s Olympiacos came into the hands of Greek businessman George Koskotas. Soon Koskotas was accused of and convicted for embezzlement, leaving Olympiacos deep in debt. On the pitch, the team without a serious management went nine seasons without a league title (1987/88 to 1995/96). This period was known as Olympiacos's stone years.
The situation improved after Socrates Kokkalis took over Olympiacos's shares in 1993. Having agreed to a settlement of the club's debts with the Greek government (a long term deal acoording to which the capital was to be paid without any of the large amounts of interest), Kokkalis slowly resurrected the team, first by appointing successful coach Dusan Bajevic, who had just left AEK Athens FC following a clash with the management team regarding financial issues and uncertainty. The same season Kokkalis signed for the red-whites all the young talents he could find in the Greek market, such as Predrag Djorgevic, Grigoris Georgatos, Stelios Giannakopoulos, Giorgos Anatolakis and eventually Dimitris Mavrogenidis, Alexis Alexandris, Giorgos Amanatidis, Andreas Niniadis, all of which proceeded to play for Olympiacos for at least 5 years and became household names.
Hence Olympiacos' "decade of domination" began, with success attracting players of international magnitude like Zlatko Zahovič, Giovanni, and World Champions Rivaldo and Christian Karembeu. Olympiacos won seven consecutive Championships (beating their own record of 6), with their best campaign ironically being Bajevic's, in 1999, when they celebrated the double. Following coaches had big shoes to fill and Kokkalis wasn't prepared to give them time to do it: Olympiacos employed 11 coaches in just 4 years. The most known are Ioannis Matzourakis (former coach of Skoda Xanthi), Takis Lemonis (who resigned from coatching Skoda Xanthi at the end of 2006 to manage again Olympiacos replacing Trond Sollied), Oleg Protasov, Sinica Gogic and Nikos Alefantos.
Despite the constant management changes, Olympiacos kept on winning Championships, albeit collecting the same points as the 2nd ranked team in their last two. In the 2001/02 season Olympiacos had the advantage over AEK FC as they've beat it twice (2-3 and 4-3), while they secured the 2002/03 Championship on goal difference, as Panathinaikos had won 3-2 the first game, but was destroyed 3-0 in the second to last game of the season.
In the 2003/04 season, Olympiacos finished second, after switching 3 coaches in a year, losing the championship for the first time after seven years of absolute dominance.
For the 2004/05 season, Olympiacos appointed again Dusan Bajevic and transferred 1999 World Footballer of the Year and reigning World Champion Brazilian Rivaldo. The end of the season found Olympiacos with both domestic trophies (Championship and the Greek Cup) but without their manager Dusan Bajevic, as he resigned.
Therefore Olympiacos appointed Trond Sollied. They also made a great hit on the market by signing arch-rival Panathinaikos' striker Michalis Konstantinou. During the season 2005/06, Olympiacos achieved to win all the 4 derbies against their major rivals, Panathinaikos and AEK, something only achieved once more, during the season 1972/73. The combined goal total in these 4 matches was 11-3 in favour of Olympiacos. They beat their 2nd biggest rival AEK Athens 3-0 in the Greek Cup Final to clinch their 2nd straight double.
After that, Socrates Kokkalis put full faith in Trond Sollied and signed 7 players according to his recommendations, in hoping that the club will achieve the double for the 3rd straight time for only the second time in Greek Footballing history. However, Sollied did not live up to the club's expectations on the Champions League competition and was replaced by Takis Lemonis at the end of 2006.
[edit] European campaigns
Olympiacos's best moments at European level came with appearances in the 1992/93 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals - where they lost to Atlético Madrid - and in the last eight of the 1998/99 Champions League, when Juventus FC beat them.
Despite their long presence on the Champions League groups, Olympiacos has yet to win a single away game. On 31 away games in total they have 0 wins, 7 ties and 24 defeats, they tend to be a strong home team though. Olympiacos is also the team to suffer the worst defeat in Champions League history by suffering a 7-0 defeat in Turin against Juventus in 2003.
On the contrary, they also managed one of the biggest victories in Champions League, a 6-2 victory against the finalists of the previous year Bayer Leverkusen at Rizoupoli Stadium (Athens) in 2002.
[edit] International Record
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| 1974-75 | Round of 16 | eliminated by RSC Anderlecht 1-5 in Brussels, 3-0 in Athens | |
| 1982-83 | Round of 16 | eliminated by Hamburger SV 0-1 in Hamburg, 0-4 in Athens | |
| 1983-84 | Round of 16 | eliminated by SL Benfica 1-0 in Athens, 0-3 in Lisboa | |
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| 1998-99 | Quarter-finals | eliminated by Juventus FC 1-2 in Turin, 1-1 in Athens | |
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| 1963-64 | Round of 16 | eliminated by Olympique Lyonnais 1-4 in Lyon, 2-1 in Athens | |
| 1965-66 | Round of 16 | eliminated by West Ham United FC 0-4 in London, 2-2 in Athens | |
| 1968-69 | Round of 16 | eliminated by Dunfermline Athletic FC 0-4 in Dunfermline, 3-0 in Athens | |
| 1986-87 | Round of 16 | eliminated by AFC Ajax 0-4 in Amsterdam, 1-1 in Athens | |
| 1990-91 | Round of 16 | eliminated by UC Sampdoria 0-1 in Athens, 1-3 in Genova | |
| 1992-93 | Quarter-finals | eliminated by Club Atlético de Madrid 1-1 in Athens, 1-3 in Madrid | |
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| 1989-90 | Round of 16 | eliminated by AJ Auxerre 1-1 in Athens, 0-0 in Auxerre | |
| 2004-05 | Round of 16 | eliminated by Newcastle United FC 1-3 in Athens, 0-4 in Newcastle | |
In 1998-1999, last Olympiacos was drawn in Group A for the UEFA Champions League, along with Ajax Amsterdam, FC Porto and Dinamo Zagreb “Thrylos” typically won all 3 home games, but also managed to secure 2 away draws and a ticket to the quarter-finals.
There they met Juventus F.C. In the first leg at Delle Alpi, Juventus beat Olympiacos 2-1 which meant that Olympiacos only needed a 1-0 victory to proceed to the semi-finals. A vintage performance, scoring early with Sinisa Gogic and never allowing their opponents to create chances, was 5 minutes away to making that scenario come true. Dimitris Eleftheropoulos, Olympiacos’ goalkeeper, however, misjudged the flight of the ball in a seemingly harmless cross and Juventus had the last laugh and escaped with a 1-1 draw, which was the beginning of the “Late-Goal Curse” that superstitious supporters firmly believe hangs upon the team, especially in away matches.
Olympiacos’ supporters couldn’t believe how they fumbled such a huge opportunity to play in the semi-finals and even though they recognized Eleftheropoulos’ efforts up to that point, great efforts that won him the UEFA Champions League Goalkeeper of the Competition even, they still held him responsible for the disqualification and to this day there is no conversation about the ’98-’99 campaign without a mention of the keeper’s error.
Arguably the most impressive incident supporting this folklore tale is the 2001-2002 UEFA Champions League away match against Deportivo de La Coruña, where Olympiacos managed to turn the game around and led 1-2 from 1-0, when, literally in the last seconds, with the referee ready to whistle for full-time, Eleftheropoulos miscommunicated with his centre-back in another innocent lob and gave away an easy, as unlikely, goal to the opposition forward for the final 2-2 draw.
In 2004-2005 Olympiacos was drawn in Group A once again, this time against Liverpool FC, AS Monaco FC and Deportivo. Rivaldo made an inspiring debut for Olympiacos, in Spain against his former Spanish team Deportivo but “Thrylos” only managed to get a draw. The team predictably won all three home games in the freshly renovated Georgios Karaïskákis Stadium, notably with the same score, 1-0, meanwhile losing 2-1 away against AS Monaco.
With one match to go and in a very bizarre combination of results, Olympiacos were in danger of being one of only 2 teams that have managed to collect 10 points and not qualify for the next round. They went to Anfield to play the last match against Liverpool FC and in order to progress they had either to not lose, or to score and not lose by more than one goal.
Rivaldo turned back the years to show the capacity crowd why he was named European Footballer of the Year in 1999. He opened the scoring with a foul he earned after an impressive solo-effort for the 0-1 Olympiacos lead, which was the half-time result. Despite that Olympiacos needed to concede three goals in the second half to be eliminated, Liverpool achieved to score those three goals (3-1) which marked the premature end of yet another Olympiacos UEFA Champions League Campaign. Liverpool FC were the ones to progress and they, incidentally, went on to actually lift the trophy, producing a similar display in the final.
Olympiacos’ 2004-2005 European effort didn’t end there however, as they were seeded to continue in the UEFA Cup. They were drawn against French team FC Sochaux for the round of 32 and proceeded thanks to 2 more 1-0 victories. In the round of sixteen they faced Newcastle United and were easily eliminated with two losses, thus putting an end to the club’s third most successful European Campaign.
[edit] Biggest wins
Notes
- 1 Qualification round
[edit] Most notable wins
Notes
- 1 Valencia CF was the runner-up of UEFA Champions League 2000-01
- 2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen was the runner-up of UEFA Champions League 2001-02
- 3 Liverpool FC was the winner of UEFA Champions League 2004-05
- 4 AS Monaco FC was the runner-up of UEFA Champions League 2003-04
- 5 Tottenham Hotspur FC was the winner of UEFA Cup 1971-72
[edit] Squads
[edit] Current squad
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[edit] Squad changes during 2006/2007 season
In:
Tomislav Butina
Abdeslam Ouaddou
Felix Borja
Marco Ne
Michal Zewlakow
Didier Domi
Julio Cesar Santos Correa- Charilaos Pappas return from Apollon Kalamarias
- Vasilis Torosidis from Skoda Xanthi (Dec. 2006)
Jahmir Hyka from free transfer Rosenborg B.K. (1st Jul. 2007)
Out:
Gabriel Schurrer free transfer to Málaga CF- Tasos Kyriakos free transfer to Aris Thessaloniki
- Spyros Vallas on loan to AEL 1964
- 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 Garcia Lara free transfer to Denizlispor- Abdeslam Ouaddou free transfer to Valenciennes FC (Dec. 2006)
- Athanasios Kostoulas free transfer to Skoda Xanthi (Jan. 2007)
- Kleopas Giannou on loan to Egaleo FC (Jan. 2007)
- Pantelis Kafes free transfer to AEK Athens FC (Jan. 2007)
- Michalis Kapsis free transfer to APOEL (26 Jan.2007)
Erwin Lemmens free transfer to RKC Waalwijk(31 Jan.2007)
Erol Bulut released for free by club (March 2007).
[edit] Selected Former Players
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[edit] Football Club Honours
- Total Titles: 59
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- Greek Championships: 34
- 1931, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
- Greek Cups: 22
- 1947, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1981, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2005, 2006
- Greek Super Cups: 2
- 1987, 1992
- Balkan Cup: 1
- 1963
- Greek Championships: 34
- Other honours
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- Doubles: 12
- 1947, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1973, 1975, 1981, 1999, 2005, 2006
- Doubles: 12
Source: Hellenic Football Federation http://www.epo.gr
[edit] Olympiacos Basketball Club
[edit] Honours
- Total Titles: 17
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- Greek Championships: 9
- 1949, 1960, 1976, 1978, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
- Greek Cups: 7
- 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1994, 1997, 2002
- Euroleague: 1
- 1997
- Greek Championships: 9
[edit] Olympiacos Volleyball Club
[edit] Honours
- Total Titles: 35
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- Greek Championships: 22
- 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003
- Greek Cups: 10
- 1981, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
- Greek Super Cup: 1
- 2000
- European Cup Winners Cup/Top Teams Cup: 2
- 1996, 2005
- Greek Championships: 22
[edit] Olympiacos Water Polo Club
[edit] Honours
- Total Titles: 34
- Men
- Greek Championships: 19
- 1933, 1934, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1969, 1971, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
- Greek Cups: 9
- 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
- Greek Super Cups: 2
- 1997, 1998
- European Champions League: 1
- 2002
- European Super Cup: 1
- 2002
- Greek Championships: 19
- Women
- Greek Championships: 2
- 1995, 1998
- Greek Championships: 2
[edit] Swimming Department
The swimming department was established roughly at the same time as Olympiacos S.C. itself, in 1925. The club is considered a "champion for life" in swimming and has produced legendary athletes, who were prominent in Greece and distinguished themselves in European and World Events.
[edit] Honours
- Total Titles: 48
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- Greek championships: 48
- 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006.
- Greek championships: 48
[edit] Sailing Department
The sailing department was established in 1963 and since then, has won Olympic distinctions (3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals), 2 gold medals in World Championships as well as 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medal in European Championships. It should be noted that the sailing department successfully organized the FINN World Championships in 1998 and 2002 at the club's new marine training facilities in Alexandras Square, Piraeus. The leading athlete in the FINN Category is World Champion and Olympiacos athlete, Aimilios Papathanassiou.
[edit] Honours
- Total Titles: 36
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- Men's Championships: 36
- Dragon: 1970, 1971, 1972.
- Finn: 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006.
- Laser: 1976.
- Optimist: 1987.
- Soling: 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993.
- Star: 1986, 1987, 1995.
- Men's Championships: 36
[edit] Table Tennis Department
The Table Tennis Department (Ping-Pong) was established in 1956 and has both a Men's and a Women's division. From 1962 to 1967 they won every single women's Hellenic Championship, while from 1967 to 1986 they won all Hellenic Championships in the mixed categories. In the last few years, having benefited by the sponsorship of Thrilos SA, they have emerged even more confidently in title - challenging and have achieved important distinctions both in the men's and in the women's divisions.
[edit] Honours
- Total Titles: 123
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- Greek Championship Men Single: 13
- 1970, 1970 (Mantzaroglou), 1971, 1971 (Mantzaroglou), 1972, 1976, 1976 (A Category), 1976 (Mantzaroglou), 1977, 1977 (A Category), 1980 (A Category), 2005, 2006
- Greek Championship Women Single: 32
- 1956, 1957, 1957 (Mantzaroglou), 1957 (OCFP Cup), 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1964 (Mantzaroglou), 1964 (Athlitiki Echo), 1965, 1966, 1966 (Mantzaroglou), 1967 (Mantzaroglou), 1968, 1970, 1971 (Mantzaroglou), 1975, 1975 (A Category), 1979 (A Category), 1980, 1980 (A Category), 1981, 1982, 1983, 1983 (A Category), 1984, 1985, 1986, 2005
- Greek Championship Men Double: 10
- 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 2005
- Greek Championship Women Double: 18
- 1959, 1959 (Spring), 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966 (Thessaloniki Tournament), 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2005, 2006
- Greek Championship Men-Women Double: 17
- 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966 (Thessaloniki Tournament), 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 2005
- Greek Championship Men Club: 4
- 1980, 2003, 2004, 2005
- Greek Championship Women Club: 171
- 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1975, 1981, 1982, 1983, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007
- Greek Cup Men: 3
- 2003, 2004, 2005
- Greek Cup Women: 9
- 1965, 1966, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2001, 2005, 2006
- Greek Championship Men Single: 13
Notes
- 1 two championships are missing
[edit] Boxing Department
The boxing department was established in 1948 and from 1968 until 1975 kept winning the Hellenic Championship. In 1970 they won the title in all categories! The department continues to produce athletes of the highest standards and often Pan-Hellenic champions, while it boasts international achievements, as in the case of Vassilis Papoutsakis and Constantinos Petropoulos, who won 2nd place in their categories at the European Championship in 2001 and Vaggelis Papoutsakis 3rd place at the World Championship in 2001.
(Total Titles: 1)
- 1 Championship 1970
[edit] Athletics
The track and field department was established in November 16, 1953 and since then it has produced Olympic medalists as well as World, European, Mediterranean, Balkan and Pan-Hellenic Champions. The department boasts some of the best athletes in the track and field events both in Greece and worldwide. Cases in point are Kenteris, Thanou, Maniani, Voggoli, Xanthou, Meletoglou, Dimotsios, Doupis, Polias, Polymerou, Papadias, Devetzi, Halkia, Karastamati, Iltsios, Redoumi, Papagianni and more
(Total titles: 1)
- 1 Open Greek Championship (Men): 2006.
[edit] Shooting Department
The shooting departments is amongst the most upwardly mobile departments of Olympiacos. Its ranks include World Champion Yorgos Salavadakis, while Olympiacos athletes N. Sakelaropoulos, K. Savorianakis and Stylianos Karabinakis are part of the Hellenic National Team.
[edit] Weight Lifting Department
The weightlifting department began its activities in 1960 and is made up of the Men's, Adolescents, Youth and Children's divisions, while five of the club's athletes are part of the Hellenic National Team. To name a few of our athletes, Christos Spyrou (7th place at the Sydney 2000 Olympics), Yorgos Vitsaras, Efthymis Vitsaras, Dionyssis Bazinas, Kimonas Stavrou. The Department participates in all three divisions of the Pan-Hellenic Championship (A, B, C).
[edit] Wrestling Department
The wrestling department has been functioning for more than 30 years and includes the Men's, Adolescents and Children's divisions. In 1976-77 Olympiacos wrestling team won the Hellenic Championship and that same year participated in the European Cup. It should be noted that the wrestling department has produced distinguished athletes. The younger generation is continuing the tradition of success such as Xenofon Koutsioumbas 3rd place at the Men's World Championship in 2001 and 3rd place at the European Championship in 2003 and Yorgos Koutsioumbas 3rd place at the Adolescent's World Championship in 2001 and 6th place at the European Championship in 2002.
(Total titles: 2)
- 2 Championships 1977, 2006
[edit] Tennis Department
The tennis department was established in 1998 and is already successful, considering it has won a few distinctions in the children's and adolescents' tournaments where it has participated so far
[edit] Rowing Department
The Rowing Department was established in 1927 and it boasts big achievements and distinctions in the Hellenic and European Championships. The department includes rowing, canoe-kayak, kayak polo and kayak slalom. The new marine training facilities of Olympiacos in Alexandras Square have boosted the athletes of the department, who now train under excellent circumstances, that help them achieve their athletic goals
[edit] External links
- [1] Red Empire - Videos, Photos and more - The biggest red multimedia database
- ULTRAS GATE 7 The fanatics of Olympiakos
- Greek wikipedia entry
- PEFO Lavriou (news from Lavrio Pefo Club)
- Red or dead (forum,video,photo,chat,Daily briefing )
- Official Website Greek or English
- Athens Club Of GATE7(Forum,Downloads,videos,sounds,news etc.)
- Rivaldo Official Website in 3 languages
- Puma Official Website for Rivaldo
- Karaiskaki Stadium official website
- Information and photos of Karaiskaki Stadium
- PEFO Netherlands- All the latest news about Olympiacos in English
- Thrylos Fans Network in Greek
- RED - DNA in Greek
- Red Wired Fans RWF
- Michalis Konstantinou Michalis Konstantinou Official Website.
- Antonis Nikopolidis Antonis Nikopolidis Official Website.
- Julio CesarJulio Cesar Official Website.
- Fans of Olympiakos - Videoblog
- Olympiacos Official website for Gate 7 tragedy 8/2/1981 karaiskaki stadium tragedy of Gate 7 where 21 people died after watching a football match against AEK FC
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