2000–01 Olympiacos F.C. season

Olympiacos
2000–01 season
Chairman	Socratis Kokkalis
Manager	Takis Lemonis
Alpha Ethniki	Winners
Greek Cup	Runner-up
Champions League	Group Stage
UEFA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Predrag Đorđević (29); All: ; Predrag Đorđević (29)
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

The 2000–01 season was Olympiacos's 40th consecutive season in the Alpha Ethniki and their 3rd consecutive season in the UEFA Champions League. In the beginning of the summertime Olympiacos named Greek Takis Lemonis coach.

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
2	DF	GRE	Christos Patsatzoglou
3	DF	GRE	Kiriakos Karataidis
4	MF	GRE	Andreas Niniadis
5	DF	GRE	Georgios Amanatidis
6	MF	GRE	Ilias Poursanidis
7	MF	GRE	Stelios Giannakopoulos
8	FW	BRA	Luciano de Souza
9	FW	GRE	Lambros Choutos
10	FW	BRA	Giovanni
11	MF	YUG	Predrag Đorđević
13	MF	BRA	Ze Elias
14	DF	GRE	Dimitris Mavrogenidis
15	DF	GRE	Paraskevas Antzas


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	URU	Gabriel Alvez
19	DF	GRE	Athanasios Kostoulas
20	MF	SWE	Pär Zetterberg
21	DF	GRE	Grigorios Georgatos
23	DF	GRE	Christos Kontis
24	FW	GHA	Peter Ofori-Quaye
29	GK	GRE	Kleopas Giannou
30	FW	GRE	Alekos Alexandris
31	GK	GRE	Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos
32	DF	GRE	Georgios Anatolakis
34	GK	GRE

Competitions[]

Alpha Ethniki[]

League standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	30	25	3	2	84	22	+62	78	Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2	Panathinaikos	30	20	6	4	61	20	+41	66	Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3	AEK Athens	30	19	4	7	61	34	+27	61	Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	PAOK	30	14	9	7	66	48	+18	51	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round^[a]
5	Iraklis	30	14	4	12	45	40	+5	46

Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champion
Notes:

^ PAOK were qualified for first round of the 2001–02 UEFA Cup as Greek Football Cup winners.

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	25	3	2	84	22	+62	78	14	1	0	47	9	+38	11	2	2	37	13	+24

Last updated: 27 May 2001.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D
Position	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	1

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

Results[]

Match dates not available with some exceptions

Olympiacos - AEK 4-1
Olympiacos - Aris 4-1
Olympiacos - Athinaikos 1-0
Olympiacos - Ethnikos Asteras 6-0
Olympiacos - Ionikos 3-3
Olympiacos - Iraklis 3-1
Olympiacos - Kalamata 5-2
Olympiacos - OFI Crete 5-0
Olympiacos - Panachaiki 3-0
Olympiacos - Panathinaikos 1-0 (March 4, 2001)
Olympiacos - Paniliakos 2-0
Olympiacos - Panionios 2-0
Olympiacos - PAS Giannina 3-1
Olympiacos - PAOK 1-0 (March 17, 2001)
Olympiacos - Skoda Xanthi 4-1

AEK - Olympiacos 1-2
Aris - Olympiacos 2-2
Athinaikos - Olympiacos 1-5
Ethnikos Asteras - Olympiacos 0-1
Ionikos - Olympiacos 0-1
Iraklis - Olympiacos 2-1
Kalamata - Olympiacos 0-1
OFI Crete - Olympiacos 1-2
Panachaiki - Olympiacos 1-5
Panathinaikos - Olympiacos 0-0 (November 12, 2000)
Paniliakos - Olympiacos 0-4
Panionios - Olympiacos 2-1
PAOK - Olympiacos 2-4 (November 27, 2000)
PAS Giannina - Olympiacos 1-5
Skoda Xanthi - Olympiacos 0-3

Greek Cup[]

Match dates not available with some exceptions Olympiacos lost the 2001 Greek Cup final to PAOK 2-4 on May 12.

Group stage[]

Olympiacos played its matches in Group 5.

Olympiacos - Anagennisi Karditsa 7-0
Olympiacos - Egaleo 4-1
Olympiacos - Ethnikos Asteras 5-0
Olympiacos - Patraikos 4-0
Olympiacos - Trikala 4-0

Anagennisi Karditsa - Olympiacos 0-2
Egaleo - Olympiacos 3-0
Ethnikos Asteras - Olympiacos 1-4
Patraikos - Olympiacos 1-4
Trikala - Olympiacos 3-5

Knockout rounds[]

Round	Date	Opponents	H/A	Result	Scorers	Attendance
Second Round-First Leg	January 17, 2001	AEK	H	2-0	no match played
Second Leg-Second Round	January 31, 2001	AEK	A	1-6
Quarterfinals-First Leg	February 2, 2001	Panathinaikos	H	1-1		42,845
Quarterfinals-Second Leg	March 21, 2001	Panathanikos	A	1-4		12,759
Semifinals-First Leg	April 4, 2001	Iraklis	H	1-0
Semifinals-Second Leg	April 11, 2001	Iraklis	A	4-5
Finals	May 12, 2001	PAOK	H	2-4	Đorđević 79' (pen), Choutos 90+2'	13,300

UEFA Champions League[]

Group stage[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Valencia	6	4	1	1	7	4	+3	13	Advance to second group stage
2	Lyon	6	3	0	3	8	6	+2	9	Advance to second group stage
3	Olympiacos	6	3	0	3	6	5	+1	9	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Heerenveen	6	1	1	4	3	9	−6	4

Source: UEFA

All times at CET

12 September 2000 1	Valencia	2–1	Olympiacos	Valencia, Spain
20:45	Baraja 36' Diego Alonso 45'	Report	Đorđević 74'	Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

20 September 2000 2	Olympiacos	2–1	Lyon	Athens, Greece
20:45	Ofori-Quaye 19' Giovanni 34'	Report	Foé 88'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 69,048 Referee: Graham Poll (England)

27 September 2000 3	Olympiacos	2–0	Heerenveen	Athens, Greece
20:45	Giovanni 52', 69'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

17 October 2000 4	Heerenveen	1–0	Olympiacos	Heerenveen, Netherlands
20:45	Jensen 83'	Report		Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)

25 October 2000 5	Olympiacos	1–0	Valencia	Athens, Greece
20:45	Đorđević 65' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 50,359 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

7 November 2000 6	Lyon	1–0	Olympiacos	Lyon, France
20:45	Laigle 2'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 37,908 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

UEFA Cup[]

Third round[]

All times at CET

23 November 2000 First leg	Olympiacos	2–2	Liverpool	Athens, Greece
	Alexandris 65', 90'	Report	Barmby 38' Gerrard 66'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 43,855 Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)

7 December 2000 Second leg	Liverpool	2–0 (4–2 agg.)	Olympiacos	Liverpool, England
	Heskey 28' Barmby 60'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 35,484 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)