2000–01 Olympiacos F.C. season

Olympiacos
2000–01 season
Chairman	Sokratis Kokkalis
Manager	Takis Lemonis
Stadium	Athens Olympic Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	Winners
Greek Cup	Runner-up
Champions League	Group Stage
UEFA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Alexis Alexandris (20); All: ; Alexis Alexandris (31)
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

The 2000–01 season was Olympiacos's 42nd consecutive season in the Alpha Ethniki and their 75th year in existence. The club were played their 4th consecutive season in the UEFA Champions League. In the beginning of the summertime Olympiacos named Greek Takis Lemonis coach.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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	SRB	Predrag Đorđević
13	MF	BRA	Ze Elias
14	DF	GRE	Dimitris Mavrogenidis
25	DF	GRE	Paraskevas Antzas


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	URU	Gabriel Álvez
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
26	GK	ITA	Luigi Cennamo
30	FW	GRE	Alekos Alexandris
31	GK	GRE	Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos
32	DF	GRE	Georgios Anatolakis
22	GK	GRE	Michalis Sifakis

Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against; 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criterion 7 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(C) Champions
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

Matches

16 September 2000 1	Olympiacos	6–0	Ethnikos Asteras	Marousi
	Đorđević 38' (pen.) Patsatzoglou 45' Zetterberg 48' Giovanni 58' Triantafyllou 67' (o.g.) Niniadis 84'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 11,019 Referee: Spyros Papadakos

24 September 2000 2	OFI	1–2	Olympiacos	Heraklion
	Solís 66'		Đorđević 45' (pen.) Giannakopoulos 90+1'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 5,001 Referee: Pantelis Michalakis (Cyprus)

1 October 2000 3	Olympiacos	3–3	Ionikos	Marousi
	Choutos 61', 80' Alexandris 69'		Afash 34' Xanthopoulos 72', 90+3'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 10,766 Referee: Georgios Douros

29 October 2000 4	Paniliakos	0–4	Olympiacos	Pyrgos
			Niniadis 42', 90+2' Álvez 68' Koltzos 76' (o.g.)	Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium Attendance: 1,644 Referee: Kostas Vallianos

4 November 2000 5	Olympiacos	4–1	AEK Athens	Marousi
	Giovanni 19' Niniadis 52' Álvez 63' Đorđević 77'		Nikolaidis 10'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 26,138 Referee: Giorgos Tsaggarakis

12 November 2000 6	Panathinaikos	0–0	Olympiacos	Ampelokipoi
				Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 14,699 Referee: Kyros Vassaras

19 November 2000 7	Olympiacos	3–0	Panachaiki	Marousi
	Luciano 3' Zetterberg 38' Alexandris 61'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 3,277 Referee: Christos Daglis

27 November 2000 8	PAOK	2–4	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
	Nalitzis 56' Frousos 68'		Georgatos 32' Alexandris 66' Đorđević 75', 90+3'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 5,723 Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis

3 December 2000 9	Olympiacos	5–2	Kalamata	Rhodes
	Giovanni 5', 21', 87' Niniadis 72' Alexandris 85'		Troupkos 63' (pen.) Soares 90+1'	Stadium: Diagoras Stadium Attendance: 3,141 Referee: Stavros Flotsios

11 December 2000 10	Skoda Xanthi	0–3	Olympiacos	Xanthi
			Ofori-Quaye 24' Đorđević 61' Álvez 76'	Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium Attendance: 3,257 Referee: Manolis Giannadakis

17 December 2000 11	Olympiacos	3–1	PAS Giannina	Rhodes
	Alexandris 24' Đorđević 60' (pen.) Georgatos 83'		Élder 54'	Stadium: Diagoras Stadium Attendance: 1,733 Referee: Vangelis Tsigras

3 January 2001 12	Iraklis	2–1	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
	Konstantinou 66', 83'		Alexandris 58'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 9,050 Referee: Georgios Douros

7 January 2001 13	Olympiacos	2–0	Panionios	Marousi
	Alexandris 31' Ofori-Quaye 45'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 8,134 Referee: Paraskevas Chelis

15 January 2001 14	Athinaikos	1–5	Olympiacos	Vyronas
	Zafirakis 44'		Giannakopoulos 3' Alexandris 45', 50' Đorđević 48' (pen.) Giovanni 66'	Stadium: Vyronas National Stadium Attendance: 1,223 Referee: Georgios Borovilos

21 January 2001 15	Olympiacos	4–1	Aris	Marousi
	Giannakopoulos 15', 71' Ofori-Quaye 39' Alexandris 68'		Kyzeridis 48'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 11,077 Referee: Paraskevas Chelis

28 January 2001 16	Ethnikos Asteras	0–1	Olympiacos	Kaisariani
			Niniadis 58'	Stadium: Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Dimitris Pontikis

3 February 2001 17	Olympiacos	5–0	OFI	Marousi
	Anatolakis 6' Alexandris 19' Giannakopoulos 42' Georgatos 54' Đorđević 63'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 10,923 Referee: Georgios Borovilos

11 February 2001 18	Ionikos	0–1	Olympiacos	Piraeus
			Đorđević 62'	Stadium: Neapoli Stadium Attendance: 2,830 Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis

18 February 2001 19	Olympiacos	2–0	Paniliakos	Marousi
	Giannakopoulos 30' Đorđević 90+4'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: Thanasis Briakos Referee: 8,508

26 February 2001 20	AEK Athens	1–2	Olympiacos	Heraklion
	Tsiartas 36'		Giannakopoulos 19' Đorđević 28'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 4,836 Referee: Paraskevas Chelis

4 March 2001 21	Olympiacos	1–0	Panathinaikos	Marousi
	Đorđević 68'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 29,048 Referee: Georgios Borovilos

11 March 2001 22	Panachaiki	1–5	Olympiacos	Patras
	Vukčević 86'		Giovanni 45' Mavrogenidis 55' Alexandris 57', 74' Giannakopoulos 83'	Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium Attendance: 3,869 Referee: Kostas Vallianos

17 March 2001 23	Olympiacos	1–0	PAOK	Marousi
19:00	Anatolakis 34'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 12,925 Referee: Paraskevas Chelis

31 March 2001 24	Kalamata	0–1	Olympiacos	Kalamata
			Alexandris 11'	Stadium: Kalamata Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,453 Referee: Kyros Vassaras

8 April 2001 25	Olympiacos	4–0	Skoda Xanthi	Marousi
	Giannakopoulos 17', 66' Alexandris 32' Đorđević 59'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 7,849 Referee: Christos Daglis

22 April 2001 26	PAS Giannina	1–5	Olympiacos	Ioannina
	Kebadze 71'		Georgatos 4' (pen.) Zetterberg 8' Alexandris 78', 84', 89'	Stadium: Zosimades Stadium Attendance: 6,193 Referee: Georgios Tsagarakis

30 April 2001 27	Olympiacos	3–1	Iraklis	Marousi
	Alexandris 51' Choutos 78' Giannakopoulos 90+1'		Konstantinou 42'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 4,849 Referee: Christoforos Zografos

6 May 2001 28	Panionios	2–1	Olympiacos	Nea Smyrni
	Kafalis 74', 88'		Patsatzoglou 47'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 3,509 Referee: Paraskevas Chelis

20 May 2001 29	Olympiacos	1–0	Athinaikos	Marousi
	Alexandris 38'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 30,450 Referee: Manolis Giannadakis

27 May 2001 30	Aris	2–2	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
	Christodoulou 25' Theodoridis 35'		Zetterberg 37' Georgatos 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 3,119 Referee: Makis Efthimiadis

Greek Cup

Group 5

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	OLY	EGA	ETA	TRI	PTR	ASA
1	Olympiacos	10	9	0	1	39	9	+30	27	Round of 16		4–1	5–0	4–0	4–0	7–0
2	Egaleo	10	8	0	2	23	10	+13	24	Round of 16	3–0		4–0	3–0	5–2	1–0
3	Ethnikos Asteras	10	6	0	4	20	19	+1	18		1–4	2–0		6–0	3–1	3–2
4	Trikala	10	4	0	6	12	22	−10	12		3–5	0–1	2–1		2–1	0–1
5	Patraikos	10	1	1	8	11	28	−17	4		1–4	1–2	1–2	0–3		1–1
6	Anagennisi Karditsa	10	1	1	8	7	24	−17	4		0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–3

Source: epo.gr

Matches

6 August 2000 Matchday 1	Olympiacos	4–0	Patraikos	Marousi
13:00 EEST	Giannakopoulos 1' Álvez 30' Đorđević 42' Choutos 90'	Report (page 24)		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Stavros Flotsios (Boeotia)

17 August 2000 Matchday 2	Anagennisi Karditsa	0–2	Olympiacos	Karditsa
13:00 EEST		Report (page 24-25)	Álvez 13' Giovanni 39'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Karditsa Referee: Panagiotis Nikou (Imathia)

12 August 2000 Matchday 3	Ethnikos Asteras	1–4	Olympiacos	Kaisariani
13:00 EEST	Tešović 65'	Report (page 25)	Luciano 30' Choutos 38', 86' Ofori-Quaye 72'	Stadium: Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)

4 October 2000 Matchday 4	Olympiacos	4–1	Egaleo	Marousi
13:00 EEST	Álvez 10', 19' Giannakopoulos 35' Luciano 67'	Report (page 26)	Manousakis 38'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

23 August 2000 Matchday 5	Trikala	3–5	Olympiacos	Trikala
13:00 EEST	Wellington 28', 47' Odair 37'	Report (pages 26-27)	Giovanni 15', 71', 76' Ofori-Quaye 32' Alexandris 34'	Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)

31 August 2000 Matchday 6	Patraikos	1–4	Olympiacos	Patras
13:00 EEST	Dragaš 44'	Report (page 27)	Anatolakis 4' Álvez 58' Luciano 78' Alexandris 86'	Stadium: Prosfygika Stadium Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)

3 September 2000 Matchday 7	Olympiacos	7–0	Anagennisi Karditsa	Marousi
13:00 EEST	Zé Elias 12' Giovanni 35', 89' Anatolakis 49' Alexandris 64', 72' Luciano 87'	Report (page 27-28)		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Dimitris Pontikis (Thessaloniki)

30 November 2000 Matchday 8	Olympiacos	5–0	Ethnikos Asteras	Patras
13:00 EET	Choutos 14' Niniadis 29' Castillo 60' Alexandris 79', 90'	Report (page 28)		Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium Referee: Dimitris Pontikis (Thessaloniki)

14 December 2000 Matchday 9	Egaleo	3–0	Olympiacos	Aigaleo
13:00 EET	Rusev 30' Makris 47', 49'	Report (page 29)		Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium

8 October 2000 Matchday 10	Olympiacos	4–0	Trikala	Marousi
13:00 EEST	Álvez 9', 34' Alexandris 43' Giannakopoulos 73'	Report (page 29)		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Paraskevas Chelis (Kavala)

Round of 16

10 January 2001 First leg	AEK Athens	0–2 (Awarded)	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EET	Nikolaidis 46'	Report (page 48)	Niniadis 67'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 14,062 Referee: Dimitris Pontikis (Thessaloniki)
Note: Match abandoned at the 73rd minute while the game was at 1–1. It was awarded 0–2 to Olympiacos.^[3]

24 January 2001 Second leg	Olympiacos	6–1 (8–1 agg.)	AEK Athens	Marousi
20:00 EET	Georgatos 5' Giovanni 21', 32' Ofori-Quaye 52' Álvez 79' Giannakopoulos 83'	Report (page 50)	Maladenis 24'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 11,925 Referee: Makis Efthimiadis (Drama)

Quarter-finals

7 February 2001 First leg	Olympiacos	1–1	Panathinaikos	Marousi
20:00 EET	Đorđević 27' (pen.)	Report (page 50)	Liberopoulos 88'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 42,845 Referee: Giorgos Tsangarakis (Chania)

21 March 2001 Second leg	Panathinaikos	1–4 (2–5 agg.)	Olympiacos	Ampelokipoi
20:00 EET	Liberopoulos 43'	Report (page 51)	Alexandris 5' Luciano 9' Georgatos 61' (pen.) Giovanni 84'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 12,759 Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)

Semi-finals

4 April 2001 First leg	Iraklis	0–1	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
19:00 EEST		Report (page 52)	Alexandris 3'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 9,382 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

11 April 2001 Second leg	Olympiacos	5–4 (6–4 agg.)	Iraklis	Marousi
19:00 EEST	Đorđević 10' (pen.) Zé Elias 52' Giovanni 56', 90' Choutos 80'	Report (page 52)	Haxhi 1' Konstantinou 37', 76' Gojković 61'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 13,243 Referee: Panagiotis Nikou (Imathia)

Final

12 May 2001 Final	Olympiacos	2–4	PAOK	Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST	Đorđević 78' (pen.) Choutos 90+2'	Report (page 52)	Engomitis 4' Borbokis 31' Georgiadis 46' Nalitzis 85'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 13,300 Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	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)

Team kit

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Siemens Mobile

Home

Away

Third

Fourth

Source: Olympiacos FC

References

^ "Olympiakos Piraeus - Squad 2000/2001". worldfootball.net.
^ "Olympiacos 2000/2001". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
^ "Οταν οι παίκτες της ΑΕΚ έκαναν τους τραυματίες κόντρα στον Ολυμπιακό". gazzetta.gr (in Greek).

External links

Official Website of Olympiacos Piraeus (in Greek and English)

[table_note_res_UC10.20164710898029-3] PAOK were qualified for first round of the 2001–02 UEFA Cup as Greek Football Cup winners.

[1] "Olympiakos Piraeus - Squad 2000/2001". worldfootball.net.

[2] "Olympiacos 2000/2001". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

[4] "Οταν οι παίκτες της ΑΕΚ έκαναν τους τραυματίες κόντρα στον Ολυμπιακό". gazzetta.gr (in Greek).

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