

Articles tagged with "20082009-season"
Fiesta Celebrations honour Olympiacos’ finest
By Peter Katsiris | May 12th, 2009Pyrotechnics, a commemorative football match, and a championship celebration occupied the Giorgos Karaiskakis Stadium on Saturday night, as Olympiacos celebrated yet another domestic double with ...
Jaouad Zairi joins Olympiacos
By Peter Katsiris | May 7th, 2009After several weeks of speculation, Olympiacos confirmed their second signing of the summer transfer period with the presentation of Jaouad Zairi on Tuesday (May 5). ...
Greek Cup Final Preview: AEK Athens – Olympiacos CFP
By Peter Katsiris | May 1st, 2009In cooperation with Goal.com All eyes will be on Athens on Saturday, when Olympiacos and AEK Athens meet at the OAKA Spyros Louis Stadium in the ...
Nikopolidis not done yet
By Peter Katsiris | April 28th, 2009When Antonis Nikopolidis retired from the Greek National Team after the 2008 European Championships in Austria and Switzerland, it was expected his club career would ...
Olympiacos pick up Pardo on loan
By Peter Katsiris | April 28th, 2009The goalkeeping complex at Olympiacos CFP is likely to get much more interesting after Olympiacos announced they had acquired the services of ‘keeper Urko Pardo ...
Olympiacos ends Season with Triumph over Thrasyvoulos
By Peter Katsiris | April 27th, 2009Olympiacos ended yet another title-winning season in the Super League with a 2-0 win over Thraysvoulos Fylis on Sunday. Second half goals from Matt Derbyshire ...
Olympiacos interested in Inter’s Materazzi
By Peter Katsiris | April 17th, 2009The summer transfer may be a long ways away, but that hasn't stopped Olympiacos from browsing the field of potential transfers according to the Greek ...
Larissa lands rare victory at Karaiskaki
By Peter Katsiris | April 17th, 2009Larissa collected three crucial points to continue to hold the advantage in the ever-tight race for the final playoff spot, as Maciej Zurawski scored just ...
Galletti brilliance spares Olympiacos blushes
By Peter Katsiris | April 6th, 2009A stunning free-kick from Luciano Galletti gave a seemingly experimental Olympiacos a 2-1 win over Levadeiakos on Sunday as the already confirmed Greek Champions continue ...
While you were Out: Djole, Mitro, and UEFA sanctions
By Peter Katsiris | April 4th, 2009After another lengthy international break, Olympiacos returns to action this weekend with a Super League visit to Levadeiakos on Sunday. While the main focus over ...
While you were Out: Djole, Mitro, and UEFA sanctions
By Peter Katsiris | April 4th, 2009After another lengthy international break, Olympiacos returns to action this weekend with a Super League visit to Levadeiakos on Sunday. While the main focus over ...
Greek math without an abacus (...but you might need a calculator)!
By Peter Katsiris | March 24th, 2009So, on Sunday night, through a combination of a win for Olympiacos and a draw for Panathinaikos, Olympiacos officially became the Champions of the Greek ...
Olympiacos claims Greek title with win in Nea Smyrni
By Peter Katsiris | March 22nd, 2009A 3-2 win over Panionios in Nea Smyrni, and a 1-1 draw for Panathinaikos in Tripoli, saw Olympiacos clinch their twelfth in thirteen years. It ...
Diogo double saves Olympiacos in Tripoli
By Peter Katsiris | March 20th, 2009A comeback brace from Brazilian striker Diogo saw Olympiacos and Asteras Tripolis play to a 2-2 score-line in Tripoli after the hosts had gone ahead ...
Five-star Olympiacos sinks Iraklis in Piraeus
By Peter Katsiris | March 16th, 2009Olympiacos ended a three-game winless run in the Greek Super League on Sunday with a five-star performance against Iraklis at the Giorgos Karaiskakis Stadium. The ...
Hey, PAOK! What's your beef?
By Peter Katsiris | March 12th, 2009Remember that? Well if you don't, that's basically PAOK's Sergio Conceicao and Antonis Nikopolidis getting involved in a tussle in the player tunnel at the ...
PAOK Players: What's your beef?
By Peter Katsiris | March 12th, 2009Remember that? Well if you don't, that's basically PAOK's Sergio Conceicao and Antonis Nikopolidis getting involved in a tussle in the player tunnel at the ...
Derby Night in Thessaloniki Tainted by Disappointment
By Peter Katsiris | March 9th, 2009There were plenty of expectations ahead of PAOK's derby date with Olympiacos on Sunday, but the arrival of the final whistle at the Toumba Stadium ...
I Survived Toumba!
By Chris Pavlakos | March 9th, 2009My friends, this is Toumba. The Journey The day started with a flight from Athens to Thessaloniki that took 45 minutes (fantastic) then onto the ...
Olympiacos set for PAOK repeat
By Peter Katsiris | March 8th, 2009After a 2-0 win for Olympiacos over PAOK on Wednesday, the pair will battle once again on Sunday as the top two sides in the ...
The Olympiacos Blog gets an ‘Inside Man’
By Peter Katsiris | March 5th, 2009I was once told it's not what you know, it's who you know. Well if that is true, then I am sure glad I know ...
Olympiacos drains PAOK pipe dream
By Peter Katsiris | March 5th, 2009In what was a suspenseful match between two long-time rivals, Olympiacos grabbed two goals to overcome PAOK on Wednesday and book a place in the ...
PAOK looks to halt Olympiacos’ Greek Cup rein
By Peter Katsiris | March 4th, 2009They are the defending Greek Cup Champions, but tonight, Olympiacos is on the verge of elimination. The port city continues its week of excitement as ...
Time to Serve
By Peter Katsiris | March 3rd, 2009While Greece still boasts automatic conscription for up to one year for men aged 18-45, Olympiacos players will be serving time of a different sort. ...
Let-o(ff)!
By Peter Katsiris | March 2nd, 2009When Ernesto Valverde released his roster for this past weekend's derby with Panathinaikos, the main headline was the absence of Sebastian Leto from that list. ...
Stalemate end to the 100th edition of the Eternal Derby
By Peter Katsiris | March 2nd, 2009Greece's biggest derby ended in a stalemate yet again as Olympiacos and Panathinaikos failed to find a way past either ‘keeper and a 0-0 score-line ...
Piraeus braces as Eternal Derby enters the limelight
By Peter Katsiris | March 1st, 2009The Giorgos Karaiskakis Stadium will be in the limelight once again on Sunday as Olympiacos welcomes archrivals Panathinaikos to Piraeus. In the season's second meeting ...
Saint-Etienne purges Olympiacos’ UEFA Cup campaign
By Peter Katsiris | February 27th, 2009UEFA president Michel Platini watched from the stands as Saint-Etienne handed Olympiacos its walking orders from the final edition of the UEFA Cup on Thursday ...
Olympiacos out to salvage European season against Saint-Etienne
By Peter Katsiris | February 26th, 2009A mountainous chore lies ahead for Olympiacos, after their self-destructive performance at the Giorgos Karaiskakis Stadium last week allowed Saint-Etienne to cruise to a comfortable ...
Olympiacos looks to hand St. Etienne their "ASSE" in France
By Chris Pavlakos | February 25th, 2009Olympiacos are in a deep hole as we head to the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard to take on Saint Étienne tomorrow afternoon (or night if you are ...





