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Olympiacos mourns the loss of a legend
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The holiday season is supposed to be a joyous time for all, but Olympiacos CFP is in mourning after the symbol of Olympiacos CFP Achilleas Grammatikopoulos, passed away at the age of 100 on Tuesday. A member of the original Olympiacos roster from 1925, Grammatikopoulos became idolized by supporters of the ‘Erythrolefki’ for generations to [...]
Tags: Achilleas Grammitikopoulos, Greece, Greek Super League, Olympiacos, Olympiacos Team News, Player NewsKala Xristougenna from one Olympiacos fanatic to another!
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Dear Readers,
I would like to take the time to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas! Kala Xristougenna for the Greek readers out there. I hope all of you enjoy this festive time, and more importantly stay safe as well as your loved ones.
Olympiacos is known for its fans who dress up as Santa [...]
Category: Olympiacos Team NewsLate drama wreaks rewards for Olympiacos
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It took longer than expected, but at the end of ninety minutes — plus a good set of five minutes added time — Olympiacos emerged as 2-1 winners over Thrasyvoulos at the Giorgos Karaiskakis Stadium on Sunday. Sebastian Leto’s scintillating first half strike put the hosts ahead, only to have Thrasyvoulos claw back with an [...]
Diogo sidelined for ten days, Mitroglou out even longer
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Olympiacos strikers Diogo Luis Santo and Konstantinos Mitroglou were both submitted to a medical examination featuring an MRI and an ultrasound at the Medical Center in Athens.
The results of Diogo’s examination revealed the Brazilian suffered an ankle strain in his side’s 4-0 defeat of Hertha Berlin on Thursday. The club’s medical staff expects Diogo to [...]
UEFA Cup Draw pairs Olympiacos with Saint-Etienne
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Olympiacos was handed a difficult task for the first knockout round of the UEFA Cup, as the Greek Champions were paired with French side Saint-Etienne as one of the sixteen round of thirty-two knockout ties.
After clinching qualification with a 4-0 defeat of Hertha Berlin less than twenty-four hours before the draw in Nyon, Switzerland, Olympiacos [...]
Olympiacos awaits UEFA Cup fate in Nyon
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Less than twenty-four hours after clinching a berth in the first knockout round of the final edition of the UEFA Cup, Olympiacos will learn its opponents for the round of thirty two on Friday as UEFA conducts the draw for the first knockout round in Nyon, Switzerland.
Overshadowed by the morning’s preceedings featuring the Round of [...]
Category: Olympiacos Team NewsOlympiacos Quartet topples Hertha to leave Berliners in shambles
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In front of a sold out Giorgos Karaiskakis Stadium, Olympiacos booked its ticket into the first knockout round of the UEFA Cup with a 4-0 defeat of Hertha Berlin this evening. In what was expected to be a competitive encounter to decide which side would take Group B bronze, Olympiacos gave a strict first half [...]
More than just pride on the line in Piraeus
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Olympiacos and Hertha Berlin will be fighting for bronze in UEFA Cup Group B on Thursday night, but Olympiacos will be hoping for more than a silver lining on the same night the Greek Champions celebrate their Golden Jubilee in the tournament. Fifty matches in UEFA’s inferior tournament is not much of a milestone for [...]
Valverde: Only a win!
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Ernesto Valverde made his expectations very clear, on the eve of Olympiacos’ crucial UEFA Cup encounter at home to Hertha Berlin. The Spaniard, whose side needs anything but a loss to assure themselves a spot in the next knockout round, was not afraid to voice his side’s intentions to qualify in style.
Speaking to the Greek [...]
Category: Olympiacos Team NewsLeonardo sidelined for 15 days
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There was plenty of optimism at the Olympiacos ranks on Tuesday, as the club received news that Leonardo will be sidelined for only 15 days. The Brazilian was expected to be out for much longer than the two-week absence he was diagnosed with on Tuesday, but the club was welcoming to otherwise which could see [...]
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