Olympiacos 2016–17 football season
The 2016–17 season was Olympiacos ' s 58th consecutive season in the Super League Greece and their 91st year in existence. The club become the national champions for 7th consecutive year, equalizing the previous record Olympiacos also has for the period 1997–2003 – and for 19th time during the last 21 seasons. Olympiacos participated in the UEFA Europa League and in the Greek Football Cup.
The season was marked by continuous changes of coaches, having changed coaches 5 times during the season. Marco Silva, Víctor Sánchez, Paulo Bento, Vasilis Vouzas and Takis Lemonis coached the team from June 2016 to June 2017.
Players [ ]
Final squad [ ]
No.
Name
Nationality
Position(s)
Place of birth
Date of birth (Age)
Signed from
Notes
Goalkeepers
27
Stefanos Kapino
GK
Piraeus , Greece
18 March 1994 (22)
Mainz
31
Nicola Leali
GK
Castiglione delle Stiviere , Italy
17 February 1993 (24)
Juventus
on loan
33
Lefteris Choutesiotis
GK
Makrychori , Greece
20 July 1994 (22)
Olympiacos Academy
Defenders
3
Alberto Botía
CB
Alquerías , Spain
27 January 1989 (28)
Sevilla
6
Manuel da Costa
CB
Saint-Max , France
6 May 1986 (30)
Sivasspor
22
Aly Cissokho
LB
Blois , France
15 September 1987 (29)
Aston Villa
on loan
24
Alberto de la Bella
LB
Santa Coloma , Catalonia , Spain
2 December 1985 (31)
Real Sociedad
on loan
36
Bruno Viana
CB
Macaé , Brazil
5 February 1995 (22)
Cruzeiro
43
Dimitris Nikolaou
CB / LB
Euboea , Greece
13 August 1998 (18)
Olympiacos Academy
44
Juan Carlos Paredes
FB / WB / RW
Esmeraldas , Ecuador
8 July 1987 (29)
Watford
on loan
45
Panagiotis Retsos
CB
Johannesburg , South Africa
9 August 1998 (18)
Olympiacos Academy
77
Diogo Figueiras
RB
Castanheira do Ribatejo , Portugal
1 July 1991 (25)
Sevilla
Midfielders
4
Alaixys Romao
CM
L'Haÿ-les-Roses , France
18 January 1984 (33)
Marseille
7
Kostas Fortounis
AM
Trikala , Greece
16 October 1992 (24)
Kaiserslautern
8
Andreas Bouchalakis
CM
Heraklion , Greece
5 April 1993 (23)
Ergotelis
10
Alejandro Domínguez
AM
Lanús , Argentina
10 June 1981 (35)
Rayo Vallecano
11
Marko Marin
AM / LW
Bosanska Gradiška , SFR Yugoslavia
13 March 1989 (27)
Chelsea
19
Esteban Cambiasso
DM
Buenos Aires , Argentina
18 August 1980 (36)
Leicester City
28
André Martins
CM
Santa Maria da Feira , Portugal
21 January 1990 (27)
Sporting CP
32
Thanasis Androutsos
AM
Marousi , Greece
6 May 1997 (19)
Olympiacos Academy
52
Giorgos Manthatis
CM
Sofia , Bulgaria
11 May 1997 (19)
Olympiacos Academy
Forwards
9
Óscar Cardozo
ST
Juan Eulogio Estigarribia , Paraguay
20 May 1983 (33)
Trabzonspor
17
Karim Ansarifard
ST
Ardabil , Iran
3 April 1990 (26)
Panionios
18
Tarik Elyounoussi
ST / LW
Al Hoceïma , Morocco
23 February 1988 (28)
Hoffenheim
92
Sebá
LW / CF
Salvador , Brazil
8 June 1992 (24)
Estoril
For recent transfers, see List of Greek football transfers summer 2016
Youth players registered in first team [ ]
Olympiacos U20 is the youth team of Olympiacos. They participate in the Super League U20 championship[6] and in UEFA Youth League competition. They play their home games at the 3,000-seater Renti Training Centre in Renti , Piraeus.[7] [8]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
International players [ ]
Foreign players [ ]
Other players under contract [ ]
Transfers and loans [ ]
Transfers in [ ]
Summer 2016 [ ]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Winter 2016–2017 [ ]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers out [ ]
Summer 2016 [ ]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Winter 2016–2017 [ ]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Personnel [ ]
Management [ ]
Position
Staff
Owner
Evangelos Marinakis
President[84]
Evangelos Marinakis
1st Vice–President
Savvas Theodoridis
2nd Vice–President
Socratis S. Kokkalis
3rd Vice–President Football Department and Transfers Manager
Michalis Kountouris
4th Vice–President Head of Legal Department and Club Representative
Theodoros Giannikos
5th Vice–President
Giannis Moralis
6th Vice–President
Dimitris Agrafiotis
Chief Director
Ioannis Vrentzos
Strategic Advisor and International Relations
Christian Karembeu
Infrastructure Olympiacos Academy and Administrative Director
Georgios Pavlou
Commercial Corporate Communication and Social Awareness Director
Konstantinos Kardiasmenos
Coaching, technical and medical staff [ ]
Coaching staff[85]
Head coach[86]
Takis Lemonis
Assistant coach
Ariel Ibagaza (interim)
Assistant coach
Tasos Pantos (interim)
Goalkeeping coach
Alekos Rantos (interim)
Analyst
Giannis Vogiatzakis
Giorgos Martakos
Fitness trainer
Christos Mourikis
Manos Smpokos
Technical staff
Technical Consultant and Sports Director
François Modesto [87] [88]
Strategic Advisor and International Relations
Christian Karembeu
Marketing and Sponsoring Director
Eric Abidal
Team Manager
Kyriakos Dourekas
Interpreter
Roberto García Peral
Interpreter
Marina Tsali
Medical staff [89]
Head doctor
Christos Theos
Physio
Nikos Lykouresis
Thomas Thomas
Nikolaos Koulopoulos
Nutritionist – Physiologist
Maria Lykomitrou
Scouting staff [ ]
Olympiacos Academy [ ]
Friendlies [ ]
Win
Draw
Loss
Upcoming fixture
June friendlies [ ]
SV Horn v Olympiacos
27 June 2016 Friendly SV Horn 1–4 Olympiacos show Axams , Tyrol , Austria18:00
Tano 55'
Report [91] [92] [93]
Pulido 5' , 23' Fortounis 34' Gianniotas 56'
Stadium: Axams Training Ground Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown
Wacker Innsbruck v Olympiacos
30 June 2016 Friendly Wacker Innsbruck 1–1 Olympiacos show Längenfeld , Tyrol , Austria17:30
Kerschbaum 23'
Report [91]
Pulido 80'
Stadium: Längenfeld Training Ground Attendance: unknown Referee: Reinhold Fischer (Austria )[94]
July friendlies [ ]
Gent v Olympiacos
Westerlo v Olympiacos
Club Brugge v Olympiacos
August friendlies [ ]
Olympiacos v Aris
13 August 2016 Friendly Olympiacos 3–1 Aris show Piraeus , Greecenoon
Pardo 39' Fortounis 43' (pen. ) , 44'
Report
Ilić 78'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown
Notes
^ Opponent and stadium changed. Originally a friendly between Royal Standard de Liège and Olympiacos FC.
[98]
Competitions [ ]
Win
Draw
Loss
Upcoming fixture
Super League Greece [ ]
League table [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1
Olympiacos (C)
30
21
4
5
57
16
+41
67
Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2
PAOK [a]
30
20
4
6
52
19
+33
61
Qualification for the Play-offs
3
Panathinaikos
30
16
9
5
45
19
+26
57
4
AEK Athens
30
14
11
5
54
23
+31
53
5
Panionios
30
15
7
8
35
23
+12
52
Source:
Superleague Greece ,
Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground); 7) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
[citation needed ] (C) Champion
Notes:
^ PAOK were deducted three points as they did not show up to the second semi-final match against Olympiacos in last year's Greek Cup .[99]
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
21
4
5
57
16
+41
67
13
1
1
39
6
+33
8
3
4
18
10
+8
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 A H A H A H A H H A H A H A H H A H A H A H A A H A Result W W W W L W W W W W D D W W W D W W W W L L L W L W W D W W Position 1 1 4 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
Source:[citation needed ] A = Away ; H = Home ; W = Win ; D = Draw ; L = Loss
Matches [ ]
Win
Draw
Loss
Postponed
Olympiacos v PAOK
23 October 2016 8 Olympiacos 2–1 PAOK show Piraeus 20:30
Varela 25' (o.g. ) Milivojević 90'
Report
Varela 6'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 24.727 Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos
Olympiacos v Panathinaikos
Olympiacos v Kassiopi
27 November 2016 12 Olympiacos 0–0 Kassiopi show Piraeus 15:00
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 9.032 Referee: Giorgos Blanas (Messinia )
Olympiacos v Iraklis
5 February 2017 19 Olympiacos 3–0 Iraklis show Piraeus 19:30
Viana 2' Elyounoussi 42' Fortounis 56'
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 14.956 Referee: Evangelos Kiotzenis
AEK Athens v Olympiacos
19 February 2017 21 AEK Athens 1–0 Olympiacos show Athens 19:30
Ajdarević 34'
Report
Stadium: OAKA Attendance: 28.046 Referee: Stavros Mantalos
Olympiacos v Panionios
26 February 2017 22 Olympiacos 0–1 Panionios show Piraeus 19:30
Report
Masouras 1'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 17.843 Referee: Giorgos Kominis
Olympiacos v Atromitos
12 March 2017 24 Olympiacos 2–0 Atromitos show Piraeus 15:00
Da Costa 36' Ansarifard 62'
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 16.532 Referee: Spyros Selimos
Panathinaikos v Olympiacos
19 March 2017 25 Panathinaikos 1–0 Olympiacos show Athens 19:30
Berg 15'
Report
Stadium: Leoforos Stadium Attendance: 13.666 Referee: Giorgos Kominis
Olympiacos v Platanias
1 April 2017 26 Olympiacos 2–1 Platanias show Piraeus 19:30
Marin 54' Romao 63'
Report
Manousos 45' (pen. )
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Referee: Praxitelis Zachariadis (Macedonia )
(Source:[100] )
1 (originally scheduled on 21 August 2016)
2 (originally scheduled on 28 August 2016)
3 (originally scheduled on 19 November 2016)
[ ]
Matches [ ]
Group Stage [ ]
Group B
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Olympiacos
3
3
0
0
8
0
+8
9
2
Platanias
3
2
0
1
3
4
−1
6
3
Sparta
3
1
0
2
4
2
+2
3
4
Chania
3
0
0
3
1
10
−9
0
Source:[citation needed ]
Round of 16 [ ]
The draw for this round took place on 20 December 2016.
Olympiacos v Aris
2 February 2017 Second leg Olympiacos 2–0 (3–1 agg. ) Aris show Piraeus 19:30
Cissokho 50' Nikolaou 86'
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Referee: Spyros Selimos
The first leg was originally scheduled on 11 January 2017, 19:30
Quarter-finals [ ]
The draw for this round took place on 27 January 2017.
Semi-Finals [ ]
The draw for this round took place on 21 March 2017 (after being delayed on 18 March 2017).
Olympiacos v AEK Athens
13 April 2017 First leg Olympiacos 1–2 AEK Athens show Piraeus 19:00
Figueiras 13'
Report
Araujo 6' Rodríguez 64'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens )
UEFA Champions League [ ]
Third qualifying round [ ]
All times at EET
UEFA Europa League [ ]
Play-off round [ ]
All times at EET
Arouca v Olympiacos
Olympiacos v Arouca
Group stage [ ]
Group B
Team
APOEL
6
4
0
2
8
6
+2
12
Olympiacos
6
2
2
2
7
6
+1
8
Young Boys
6
2
2
2
7
4
+3
8
Astana
6
1
2
3
5
11
-6
5
Times from matchday 1 to 3 at UTC+3 . The rest at UTC+2 .
Young Boys v Olympiacos
Olympiacos v Young Boys
24 November 2016 5 Olympiacos 1–1 Young Boys show Piraeus , Greece22:05
Fortounis 48'
Report
Hoarau 58'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic )
Knockout Phase [ ]
Round of 32 [ ]
All times at EET
Round of 16 [ ]
All times at EET
Beşiktaş v Olympiacos
16 March 2017 Second leg Beşiktaş 4–1 (5–2 agg. ) Olympiacos show Istanbul , Turkey20:00
Aboubakar 10' Babel 22' , 75' Tosun 84'
Report
Elyounoussi 31'
Stadium: Vodafone Arena Referee: Michael Oliver (England )
References [ ]
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