2001–02 Olympiacos F.C. season

Olympiacos
2001–02 season
Chairman	Socratis Kokkalis
Manager	Takis Lemonis
Alpha Ethniki	Winners
Greek Cup	Runner-up
Champions League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Predrag Đorđević (23); All: ; Stelios Giannakopoulos (25)
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 season was Olympiacos's 43rd consecutive season in the Alpha Ethniki and their 76th year in existence. The club were played their 5th 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	Stelios Venetidis
4	DF	COL	Jorge Bermúdez
5	DF	GRE	Georgios Amanatidis
6	MF	GRE	Elias Poursanidis
7	MF	GRE	Stelios Giannakopoulos
8	MF	FRA	Christian Karembeu
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	GK	GRE	Angelos Georgiou
16	FW	MEX	Nery Castillo
17	FW	GHA	Peter Ofori-Quaye


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	GRE	Paraskevas Antzas
19	DF	GRE	Athanasios Kostoulas
20	MF	SWE	Pär Zetterberg
21	MF	GRE	Andreas Niniadis
22	GK	GRE	Fanis Katergiannakis
23	MF	GRE	Christos Kontis
24	FW	LBR	Zizi Roberts
29	GK	GRE
30	FW	GRE	Alekos Alexandris
31	GK	GRE	Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos
32	DF	GRE	Georgios Anatolakis
34	GK	GRE	Kleopas Giannou
77	MF	GRE	Antonis Vlaxos
99	FW	URU	Gabriel Alvez

Competitions[]

Alpha Ethniki[]

League standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	26	17	7	2	69	30	+39	58^[a]	Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2	AEK Athens	26	19	1	6	65	28	+37	58^[a]	Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3	Panathinaikos	26	16	7	3	53	25	+28	55	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	PAOK	26	14	6	6	55	45	+10	48
5	Skoda Xanthi	26	12	6	8	34	26	+8	42

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:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: AEK Athens–Olympiacos 2–3, Olympiacos–AEK Athens 4–3.

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
26	17	7	2	69	30	+39	58	9	3	1	38	11	+27	8	4	1	31	19	+12

Last updated: 8 May 2002.
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
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W
Position	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	4	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1

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

Results[]

Match dates not available

Olympiacos - AEK 4-1
Olympiacos - Akratitos 2-2
Olympiacos - Aris 0-1
Olympiacos - Egaleo 3-0
Olympiacos - Ethnikos Asteras 6-0
Olympiacos - Ionikos 5-0
Olympiacos - Iraklis 3-0
Olympiacos - OFI Crete 3-0
Olympiacos - Panachaiki 4-0
Olympiacos - Panathinaikos 2-2
Olympiacos - Panionios 2-0
Olympiacos - PAOK 3-2
Olympiacos - Skoda Xanthi 1-1

AEK - Olympiacos 2-3
Akratitos Liosia - Olympiacos 2-3
Aris - Olympiacos 1-5
Egaleo - Olympiacos 3-4
Ethnikos Asteras - Olympiacos 2-4
Ionikos - Olympiacos 0-2
Iraklis - Olympiacos 1-1
OFI Crete - Olympiacos 1-1
Panachaiki - Olympiacos 1-3
Panathinaikos - Olympiacos 1-1
Panionios - Olympiacos 3-1
PAOK - Olympiacos 1-1
Skoda Xanthi - Olympiacos 1-2

UEFA Champions League[]

Group stage[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportivo La Coruña	6	2	4	0	10	8	+2	10	Advance to second group stage
2	Manchester United	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4	10	Advance to second group stage
3	Lille	6	1	3	2	7	7	0	6	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Olympiacos	6	1	2	3	6	12	−6	5

Source: RSSSF

All times at CET

18 September 2001 1	Deportivo La Coruña	2–2	Olympiacos	A Coruña, Spain
20:45	Fran 22' Valerón 90+4'	Report	Giannakopoulos 80' Oforiquaye 83'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 20,873 Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

25 September 2001 2	Lille	3–1	Olympiacos	Lens, France
20:45	Bakari 33' Cheyrou 44' Tafforeau 79'	Report	Giannakopoulos 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert Attendance: 35,777 Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

10 October 2001 3	Olympiacos	0–2	Manchester United	Athens, Greece
20:45		Report	Beckham 66' Cole 82'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 73,550 Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)

17 October 2001 4	Olympiacos	2–1	Lille	Athens, Greece
20:45	Alexandris 53' Niniadis 64'	Report	Bassir 38'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 25,755 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

23 October 2001 5	Manchester United	3–0	Olympiacos	Manchester, England
20:45	Solskjær 79' Giggs 88' Van Nistelrooy 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 66,769 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

31 October 2001 6	Olympiacos	1–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Athens, Greece
20:45	Alexandris 51'	Report	Capdevila 84'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 20,293 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Team kit[]

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Siemens Mobile

Home

Away

Third

Source: Olympiacos FC

References[]

External links[]

Official Website of Olympiacos Piraeus (in Greek and English)

[table_hth_OLY0.73381013550507-1] Head-to-head record: AEK Athens–Olympiacos 2–3, Olympiacos–AEK Athens 4–3.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	17	7	2	69	30	+39	58	9	3	1	38	11	+27	8	4	1	31	19	+12

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	17	7	2	69	30	+39	58	9	3	1	38	11	+27	8	4	1	31	19	+12

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	17	7	2	69	30	+39	58	9	3	1	38	11	+27	8	4	1	31	19	+12