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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadio San Siro - Milan Thursday 4 October 2018 18.55CET (18.55 local time) AC Milan Group F - Matchday 2 Olympiacos FC Last updated 22/02/2019 15:12CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Team facts 6 Squad list 8 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 13 Match officials 15 Legend 16 1 AC Milan - Olympiacos FC Thursday 4 October 2018 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Siro, Milan Previous meetings Head to Head European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-1 Danova 12, 26, 85; 23/09/1959 PR AC Milan - Olympiacos FC Milan agg: 5-3 Psihos 68 Papazoglou 20, 13/09/1959 PR Olympiacos FC - AC Milan 2-2 Athens Ifandis 44; Altafini 33, 72 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AC Milan 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 5 3 Olympiacos FC 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 5 AC Milan - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/11/2017 GS AEK Athens FC - AC Milan 0-0 Athens 19/10/2017 GS AC Milan - AEK Athens FC 0-0 Milan UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 21/11/2006 GS AEK Athens FC - AC Milan 1-0 Athens Júlio César 32 F. Inzaghi 17, 13/09/2006 GS AC Milan - AEK Athens FC 3-0 Milan Gourcuff 41, Kaká 76 (P) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Panucci 67, 73; 02/11/1994 GS AC Milan - AEK Athens FC 2-1 Trieste Savevski 16 19/10/1994 GS AEK Athens FC - AC Milan 0-0 Athens UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-2 Sarafis 29, 72; Bigon 20/03/1974 QF PAOK FC - AC Milan Salonika agg: 2-5 54, Turini 78 Bigon 13, Benetti 38, 13/03/1974 QF AC Milan - PAOK FC 3-0 Milan Chiarugi 86 Olympiacos FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Cuadrado 15, 05/12/2017 GS Olympiacos FC - Juventus 0-2 Piraeus Bernardeschi 90 Higuaín 69, 27/09/2017 GS Juventus - Olympiacos FC 2-0 Turin Mandžukić 80 2 AC Milan - Olympiacos FC Thursday 4 October 2018 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Siro, Milan UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Pirlo 21, Roberto 65 04/11/2014 GS Juventus - Olympiacos FC 3-2 Turin (og), Pogba 66; Botía 24, N'Dinga 61 22/10/2014 GS Olympiacos FC - Juventus 1-0 Piraeus Kasami 36 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Pandev 30; Galletti 28/11/2007 GS SS Lazio - Olympiacos FC 1-2 Rome 35, Kovačević 64 18/09/2007 GS Olympiacos FC - SS Lazio 1-1 Piraeus Galletti 55; Zauri 77 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Totti 66; Júlio César 31/10/2006 GS AS Roma - Olympiacos FC 1-1 Rome 19 18/10/2006 GS Olympiacos FC - AS Roma 0-1 Athens Perrotta 76 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Trezeguet 14, 25, Miccoli 19, Maresca 10/12/2003 GS1 Juventus - Olympiacos FC 7-0 Turin 28, Di Vaio 62, Del Piero 67, Zalayeta 79 Stoltidis 11; Nedvěd 30/09/2003 GS1 Olympiacos FC - Juventus 1-2 Athens 21, 79 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-2 Kovačević 1; P. 07/12/1999 R3 Juventus - Olympiacos FC Palermo agg: 4-3 Djordjević 37, 84 (P) Giannakopoulos 15; 25/11/1999 R3 Olympiacos FC - Juventus 1-3 Athens Tudor 28, Kovačević 67, F. Inzaghi 88 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 17/03/1999 QF Olympiacos FC - Juventus Athens Gogić 13; Conte 85 agg: 2-3 F. Inzaghi 37, Conte 03/03/1999 QF Juventus - Olympiacos FC 2-1 Turin 78; Niniadis 89 (P) UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Lombardo 17, Branca 3-1 07/11/1990 R2 UC Sampdoria - Olympiacos FC Genoa 28, 66; Anastopoulos agg: 4-1 63 24/10/1990 R2 Olympiacos FC - UC Sampdoria 0-1 Athens Katanec 51 3 AC Milan - Olympiacos FC Thursday 4 October 2018 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Siro, Milan UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 04/10/1979 R1 Olympiacos FC - SSC Napoli Athens Karavitis 37 agg: 1-2 Damiani 27 (P), 19/09/1979 R1 SSC Napoli - Olympiacos FC 2-0 Naples Agostinelli 90+1 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 27/09/1972 R1 Cagliari Calcio - Olympiacos FC Cagliari Youtsos 10 agg: 1-3 Youtsos 2, Triantafilos 14/09/1972 R1 Olympiacos FC - Cagliari Calcio 2-1 Piraeus 51; Domenghini 66 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Zigoni 12, Menichelli 11/10/1967 R1 Juventus - Olympiacos FC Turin agg: 2-0 49 20/09/1967 R1 Olympiacos FC - Juventus 0-0 Piraeus Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AC Milan 5 4 1 0 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 10 4 5 1 15 7 Olympiacos FC 12 3 4 5 12 3 1 8 0 0 0 0 24 6 5 13 21 41 4 AC Milan - Olympiacos FC Thursday 4 October 2018 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Siro, Milan Match background Milan welcome Olympiacos to San Siro as early leaders of UEFA Europa League Group F following their opening 1-0 win in Luxembourg against Dudelange. Their Greek opponents drew 0-0 on matchday one at home to Betis. Previous meetings • It is 59 years since the clubs last met in UEFA competition – in what was Olympiacos's very first European tie, a preliminary round contest in the European Champion Clubs' Cup. Milan drew the first leg 2-2 in Greece before winning 3-1 at home. • The Rossoneri have never lost at home to Greek opposition (W4 D1), though they were held 0-0 in northern Italy by AEK Athens in last season's UEFA Europa League group stage – the most recent such encounter. Olympiacos's 12 visits to Italy have brought three wins, the last of them in the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League at Lazio, but one of their eight defeats in the country was the heaviest they have ever suffered in Europe, a 7-0 thrashing at Juventus in December 2003. Form guide Milan • A sixth-placed finish in Serie A last term earned Milan an automatic UEFA Europa League group stage berth. They also reached the final of the Coppa Italia, where they were beaten 4-0 by champions Juventus. • The Rossoneri ended a three-season absence from Europe last term by playing 14 matches in the UEFA Europa League, going from the third qualifying round to the round of 16, where they lost home and away to Arsenal. It was the club's debut in this competition, their previous five European participations from 2009/10 to 2013/14 having all been in the UEFA Champions League – all of which extended into that competition's knockout phase. • Their first home fixture in last season's group stage was a 3-2 win against Rijeka – one of five victories out of seven at San Siro during the campaign. Olympiacos • Last season Olympiacos surrendered the Greek Superleague title they had won in each of the previous seven campaigns, finishing third behind AEK Athens and PAOK and thus ending up in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round, where they handsomely defeated Luzern (4-0 home, 3-1 away) before seeing off Burnley in the play- offs (3-1 home, 1-1 away). • Although Olympiacos have been involved in the knockout phase of the UEFA Europa League on five occasions, this is only the second season in which they have participated in the group stage, their previous effort in 2016/17 having brought two wins, two draws and two defeats and qualification for the next round only on the head-to-head rule. • The Piraeus club are unbeaten in five European matches this season, winning the first three and drawing the last two. However, they lost all three fixtures on the road in last season's UEFA Champions League proper and are on a run of four successive away defeats in group stage football. Links and trivia • Olympiacos players Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, Vasilis Torosidis, Giannis Fetfatzidis and Guilherme have all had spells in Serie A. Torosidis was a team-mate of Milan centre-back Alessio Romagnoli at Roma from 2012 to 2014. • Christodoulopoulos faced Milan last season in the UEFA Europa League group stage as an AEK player, helping the Athens club to two 0-0 draws. • Milan coach Gennaro Gattuso spent the first six months of the 2014/15 season at the helm of OFI Crete in the Greek Superleague. The coaches • Gennaro Gattuso replaced Vincenzo Montella as Milan coach on 27 November 2017, earning promotion from the youth team. A legendary Rossoneri midfielder of grit and endeavour who played for the club from 1999 to 2012, racking up 468 appearances in all competitions, he won both Serie A and the UEFA Champions League twice and also lifted the FIFA World Cup with Italy in 2006.