2008/2009 Pre-Season
Greek Champions face early Champions League KO
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I can’t believe I am saying this so early in the season, but Olympiacos could be set for a UEFA Cup run?
Olympiacos faces an early exit from the UEFA Champions League tonight (21:45 GR, NET), with only ninety minutes left for the Greek Champions to turn a 3-0 deficit against Anorthosis Famagusta into a memorable [...]
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Tags: 2008/2009 Pre-Season, 2008/2009 Season, Anorthosis Famagusta, Cyprus, Greece, Olympiacos, UEFA Champions League, UEFA CupFriendly Fire: Olympiacos 4-0 Al-Hilal
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Giving their best performance of the summer thus far, Olympiacos thrashed Saudi Arabian club, Al-Hilal, at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium. Goals from Luciano Galletti, Fernando Belluschi, and a double from Darko Kovacevic overwhelmed the visitors.
Responding to the criticism for the club’s 3-0 loss to Cypriot side Anorthosis last week, Olympiacos showed flare from the starting [...]
International Call-ups ahead of Al-Hilal friendly
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Olympiacos is set to continue its off-season preparations tonight in Piraeus. The opposition, Saud Arabian Champions Al-Hilal, will visit the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium for an international club friendly. However, the Olympiacos squad will be missing several regulars due to European club play on pause for an international break in the schedule.
With the Greek National Team [...]
Olympiacos lose, but impress against Racing
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Olympiacos fell 3-2 to Spanish side Racing Santander tonight, but the loss was little disappointment to the thousands of fans who packed the Georgios Karaiskaki stadium. Goals from Avraam Papadopoulos and Luciano Galletti were not enough to edge out Racing Santander, who scored via Jonathan Pereira Ebi Smolarek and benefited from a Leonardo own goal.
The [...]
No Lights, No Camera, but Plenty of Action
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With a squad filled with several reserves, Olympiacos gave quite the performance in a 3-1 friendly win over Greek B’ Division club Atromitos. Goals from Kostas Mendrinos, Kostas Mitroglou, and Fernando Belluschi propelled the Piraeus club to win over the Peristeri based side.
Pavel Kovac got the start in goal, and continued to impress. Unfortunately one [...]
Tags: 2008/2009 Pre-Season, Atromitos, Friendly, Greece, Greek Super League, Olympiacos, Olympiacos Team NewsDarko delivers in win over Getafe
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It was the theme in Piraeus throughout last year, and Darko Kovacevic made sure it continued tonight as the Serbian scored the lone goal in a 1-0 Olympiacos win over Spanish side Getafe. After coming off bad results in their previous summer friendlies, Olympiacos made their season debut in front of their fans at the [...]
Champions League 3rd Round Draw Tomorrow
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The fate of our European season will take step into clarity tomorrow morning (6am Eastern) when UEFA conducts the draw for the 3rd Qualifying Round of the UEFA Champions League. It’s the first time since the 1998/1999 edition of the Champions League that Olympiacos has to qualify for the most prestigious European club competition. That [...]
All the chips for Diogo
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Breaking news from Greece reports that Olympiacos has made another offer for Portuguesa’s Diogo Luis Santo (aka Diogo). The offer is said to be around 11 million euros; a previous offer of 7 million euros was rejected earlier in the week. A recent rebuttle of Olympiacos officials has produced a filing of a more attractive [...]
Win and Loss in Holland
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Olympiacos wrapped up its friendly tour of Holland with a win and a loss in its final two games. It was the second of three stops on Olympiacos’ friendly tour. Previously the side trained in Austria, where the Greek champions had mixed fortunes. After the 0-0 draw against FC Emmen, Olympiacos took to the pitch [...]
Olympiacos gives a Sneak Peek to new kits
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With the 2008/2009 home kit reveal just days away; Olympiacos gave its fans a sneak peek earlier this week, at the kits the players will be wearing this year when they released the away and third kit for purchase. There was much speculation that the kits were going to resemble the 2006/2007 version due to [...]
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