OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME 17th APRIL 2016 30th FIXTURE WE KEEP ON DREAMING A YEAR OF RECORDS CHAMPIONS 2015/2016 1 HISTORY OLYMPIACOS FC Date of establishment 10/03/1925 President Ευάγγελος Μαρινάκης Vice Presidents Savvas Theodoridis Socrates S. Kokkalis Michalis Kountouris Theodoros Giannikos Ioannis Moralis Dimitris Agrafiotis Today, in Piraeus, a club under the title Managing Director “Olympiacos Club of Piraeus Fans” is established Ioannis Vrentzos with its purpose being to develop physical education Members amongst young people and to always promote it Socrates P. Kokkalis Leonidas Theodorakakis in a sportsmanlike way. Konstantinos Mparmpis Andreas Nasikas It is still unknown whether the group of friends attending this historic general Anastasios Tsoufis meeting, in 1925, at Moira’s restaurant and drafting the articles of association Christos Mistriotis –part of which you just read above- had the slightest idea of the history they Strategic Advisor to the Administration were about to make. Their objective, in the words of Michalis Manouskos, was to Christian Karembeu establish a club that would inspire all Greeks. “Olympiacos” would be its name Captains and a laurel-crowned adolescent its emblem. David Fuster Roberto Jiménez Ultimately, Olympiacos grew to become something more than just a source of Alejandro Domínguez inspiration. It became the reason why destitute people could walk on the streets Dimitris Siovas with their head high; with pride. It was more than their club, it represented their Olympiacos FC Headquarters way of living. A club deriving from the people, for the people, with the people. Alexandras Square, 185 34 Piraeus Olympiacos is not just another club. Olympiacos is more than the game, more Telephone: 0030-210-4143000 than the excitement, more than the victory. Olympiacos is a way of life. A role- Stadium model for those fighters in daily life, who never surrender and overcome all Karaiskaki Stadium obstacles. Olympiacos is Olympian. Olympiacos is Greece, an Ideal, a Legend. Trophies Born in Piraeus, the 2nd largest port in the Mediterranean. Praised in numerous 42 Championships 27 Cups songs: “Hard as I may look for, I find no other port like that”. Taking the Olympic 17 Doubles Ideals around the world. Olympiacos is inspiration for Greeks. “You are magic in 4 Super Cup 1 Balkan Cup my mind”, as the chant goes. Official site of Olympiacos FC The heritage is vast and calls the Legend to keep asking for more successes. It olympiacos.org also calls for bestowing the Olympic Ideals to future generations. Olympiacos facebook.com/OlympiacosFC twitter.com/olympiacos_org is a Legend. Our Olympic family. We are winners. We never stop. We never quit. instagram.com/olympiacosfc We keep on dreaming!” 3 MULTI-SPORT CLUB OLYMPIACOS, A GLOBAL LEGEND… WE KEEP ON DREAMING AND GETTING BIGGER… The LEGEND of Greek sports, the OLYMPIACOS SYNDESMOS FILATHLON PIREOS (OLYMPIACOS CLUB OF PIRAEUS FANS), is competing in football, basketball, volleyball, water polo, track and field, swimming, sailing, rowing, canoeing and kayaking, ping pong, fencing, boxing, tae kwon do, kick boxing, capoeira and starting this May, there will be a division for beach volley, while tennis will be added in the coming months. ow many Clubs throughout the planet can proudly OLYMPIACOS SYNDESMOS FILATHLON PIREOS Hsay that they have won 246 Championships, 93 Cups, (OLYMPIACOS CLUB OF PIRAEUS FANS), our With European titles and countless successes on an 8 Super Cups and 3 League Cups in total in domestic OLYMPIACOS, is definitely one of the best Clubs in international level, the club’s dazzling shine is now global! competitions and, at the same time, 5 European the world. A model Club that does not only have a Championships, 1 Intercontinental Cup, 1 Balkans Cup, presence in these sports. This club is a protagonist in 2 European Super Cups, 1 European Cup, 1 Top Teams the sports it is active on. Cup, 1 Cela Cup and 1 Len Trophy? It is a club that through the years, apart from the How many clubs are active in football, basketball, continuous greater sports successes and trophies, volleyball, water polo, track and field, swimming, sailing, has managed to add to its glorious history many rowing, canoeing and kayaking, ping pong, fencing, achievements of charity work on all levels. Helping boxing, tae kwon do, kick boxing, capoeira and soon on people, giving hope to society. beach volley and tennis, too? At the same time, the «LEGEND» of Greek sports does How many clubs daily educate, as footballers and persons, not forget its roots and the obligations it undertook 265 children of 11 different teams in their Academies? in its founding principles the day it was established How many clubs have 44 schools of football, 5 of which (10/3/1925). Olympiacos means development of are located in Cyprus and 2 in the United States? How physical education. Olympiacos means dissemination many clubs have over 600 athletes in their Amateur of the Olympic idea. Olympiacos means an open hug divisions and over 1,500 children in the Academies for everyone, irrespective of nationality or gender. of these divisions? How many clubs have Olympic OLYMPIACOS SINDESMOS FILATHLON PIREOS champions in their ranks? (OLYMPIACOS CLUB OF PIRAEUS FANS). And the journey to glory continues… 4 5 PROGRAMME CHAMPIONSHIP CELEBRATIONS 2015-2016 13.00 - 19.00 Champions Park An Olympiacos and Piraeus Bank contribution in the surroundings of G. Karaiskakis Stadium 19.00 - 20.45 SUPERLEAGUE GREECE Matchday 30 Olympiacos – AEL Kalloni 21.00 Celebrations Start 21.05 Ceremony 21.30 Award of the 43rd Championship 21.50 Lap of Honour 22.00 End of celebrations 6 7 OLYMPIACOS 8 9 The photostory... of a year of records 17/10/2015: Olympiacos-AEK 4-0 4/11/2015: Olympiacos-Dinamo Zagreb 2-1 20/10/2015: Dinamo Zagreb-Olympiacos 0-1 2/4/2016: PAOK-Olympiacos 1-2 29/9/2015: Arsenal- Olympiacos 2-3 13/10/2016: Olympiacos-Panathinaikos 3-1 28/2/2016: Olympiacos-Veria 3-0 4/10/2015: PAOK-Olympiacos 0-2 10 11 OLYMPIACOS A golden member his year’s European campaign of Olympiacos was really special, since the TLegend registered some impressive UEFA Champions League nights in the of the European elite club’s 17th spell in the tournament. Without doubt, the one in London stood out. The 2-3 away win over Arsenal at the Emirates represents a unique moment of glory for Greek double holders. The Piraeus outfit beat a football giant, Arsen Wenger’s squad, at home. That was history in the making, since no other Greek team has ever won on English soil in the context of UEFA Champions League. But that wasn’t the only impressive deed of the Legend in this year’s European spell. No other Greek team has ever won 3 consecutive matches at the tournament’s group stage, two of which actually achieved away from home. This year, Olympiacos beat Arsenal 3-2 in London for MD 2 and Dynamo twice, by 1-0 at Zagreb for MD 3 and by 2-1 at “G. Karaiskakis” for MD 4. Although the side did not make it to the next round and continued its spell in the UEFA Europa League, nonetheless history was made whatsoever. And once done, it cannot be undone. No one can wipe away the pride all our fans felt on those nights. Olympiacos becomes an established elite member Besides, Olympiacos has been consistent once again; as the case has been for many years in a row, the side manages to live up to expectations, as a top European club. Afterall, Olympiacos is one of them; a great Greek club and, at the same time, an international club of global recognition. «Right now (editor’s note: it is known that the two UEFA competitions are underway and reclassifications are possible) Olympiacos has 70,940 points and currently ranks 24th in the UEFA Club Ranking in Europe out of o total of 456 clubs! Olympiacos carries Greek Football on its shoulders, which would be much worse off if it were not for the points earned from Olympiacos. The consistency of the club in its European matches in the last 5 years is also undoubtedly impressive having collected 17,520, 10,880, 19,220, 12,240 and 11,080 points respectively.» 12 13 OLYMPIACOS 43rd’s top A YEAR OF RECORDS achievements Superleague season 2015-16 : Personal and team distinctions of Olympiacos FC 14 15 Kostas Fortune-is! The year of recognition for the Olympiacos international midfielder ootball is a team sport and success comes only as a Fresult of team effort. However, in order for the team to excel and leave the pitch victorious, it must feature talented players. Olympiacos is proud of having many such players and, unquestionably, Kostas Fortounis is one of them. The 2015/16 season remains as the best, to date, of Olympiacos’ Greek midfielder who led the way to the side’s 43rd Championship Title. Let us check the achievements of our young (born in 16/10/1992), yet great, player He left his mark on UEFA Champions League by playing in all 6 matches a total of 386 minutes and delivering 3 assists! 1) The League’s Most Valuable Player with a total of 658 ranking points and an average of 0,349. 2) Super League’s Top Scorer with 17 goals. 3) Provider of most assists, 12. 4) Just the 3rd Olympiacos player to register a double- double (note: two-digit number of both goals and assists) after Đjorđjević and Dominguez. 5) He claimed the most assists in the League from 2006 until today. 6) He holds 4th position of crossing accuracy with 60/154.