1998–99 Olympiacos F.C. season

The 1998–99 season was Olympiacos's 40th consecutive season in the Alpha Ethniki and their 74th year in existence. The club were played 2nd consecutive season in the UEFA Champions League. In the beginning of the summertime Olympiacos named Bosnian Dusan Bajevic coach.

Olympiacos

1998–99 season
Chairman	Sokratis Kokkalis
Manager	Dušan Bajević
Stadium	Athens Olympic Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	Winners
Greek Cup	Winners
Champions League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Grigoris Georgatos (12) All: Grigoris Georgatos (15)
Home colours Away colours
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Players

First-team squad

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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   GRE Kyriakos Tohouroglou 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   CYP Siniša Gogić 10 FW   SRB Ilija Ivić 11 MF   SRB Predrag Đorđević 12 DF   GHA Kofi Amponsah 14 DF   GRE Dimitris Mavrogenidis

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF   GRE Petros Passalis 17 MF   GRE Stelios Sfakianakis 18 MF   GRE Vassilis Karapialis 19 DF   GRE Savvas Poursaitidis 21 DF   GRE Grigorios Georgatos 22 GK   ITA Luigi Cennamo 23 FW   GHA Felix Aboagye 24 FW   GHA Peter Ofori-Quaye 25 DF   GRE Paraskevas Antzas 30 FW   GRE Alekos Alexandris 31 GK   GRE Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos 32 DF   GRE Georgios Anatolakis

Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

Main article: 1998–99 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	34	27	4	3	82	22	+60	85	Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2	AEK Athens	34	23	6	5	71	27	+44	75	Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3	Panathinaikos	34	23	5	6	66	36	+30	74	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	PAOK	34	19	5	10	52	31	+21	62
5	Ionikos	34	17	9	8	64	36	+28	60^[a]

Source:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Aris–Ionikos 1–1, Ionikos–Aris 3–0.

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
34	27	4	3	82	22	+60	85	13	4	0	44	9	+35	14	0	3	38	13	+25

Last updated: 30 May 1999.
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	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D
Position	1	6	2	1	3	3	3	3	1	3	2	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

Apollon Athens v Olympiacos

23 August 1998 1	Apollon Athens	2–5	Olympiacos	Rizoupoli
	Dikoumé   58' Damigos   61'		Đorđević   21' Ofori-Quaye   30' Ivić   43', 44' (pen.) Karapialis   75'	Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 7,854 Referee: Georgios Douros

Olympiacos v Panelefsiniakos

30 August 1998 2	Olympiacos	1–1	Panelefsiniakos	Marousi
	Giannakopoulos   30'		Koutsis   28'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 15,327 Referee: Kyros Vassaras

Veria v Olympiacos

13 September 1998 3	Veria	0–3	Olympiacos	Veria
			Karapialis   15' Luciano   38' Ofori-Quaye   44'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 3,345 Referee: Malamas Tevekelis

Olympiacos v OFI

20 September 1998 4	Olympiacos	3–0	OFI	Marousi
	Alexandris   17' Karapialis   19' Gogić   24'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 17,340 Referee: Georgios Fassolis

Paniliakos v Olympiacos

26 September 1998 5	Paniliakos	1–0	Olympiacos	Pyrgos
	Togias   54'			Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium Attendance: 3,509 Referee: Georgios Borovilos

Olympiacos v Proodeftiki

4 October 1998 6	Olympiacos	6–1	Proodeftiki	Marousi
	Alexandris   15', 50' Ivić   25', 53' Giannakopoulos   48', 56'		Zajmi   33'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 16,356 Referee: Pavlos Konstantinidis

Ethnikos Asteras v Olympiacos

25 October 1998 7	Ethnikos Asteras	1–3	Olympiacos	Kaisariani
	Xanthis   10'		Giannakopoulos   26', 59' Georgatos   38' (pen.)	Stadium: Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium Attendance: 3,540 Referee: Georgios Douros

PAOK v Olympiacos

31 October 1998 8	PAOK	1–2	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
	Frantzeskos   72'		Ofori-Quaye   7' Georgatos   81' (pen.)	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 25,858 Referee: Giannis Papapetrou
Note: Match suspended at 83rd minute when a goal scored by Taccola was disallowed. Remained as final result. PAOK were sentenced with a 3 home games stadium ban by court decision.

Olympiacos v Ionikos

9 November 1998 9	Olympiacos	2–0	Ionikos	Marousi
	Ivić   35' Georgatos   90+4'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 9,285 Referee: Malamas Tevekelis

Aris v Olympiacos

22 November 1998 10	Aris	1–0	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
	Liolidis   59'			Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 12,704 Referee: Georgios Fassolis

Olympiacos v Kavala

29 November 1998 11	Olympiacos	4–1	Kavala	Marousi
	Alexandris   10' Luciano   37', 80' Đorđević   63' (pen.)		Nasiopoulos   45'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,115 Referee: Kostas Vallianos

Panathinaikos v Olympiacos

5 December 1998 12	Panathinaikos	2–4	Olympiacos	Marousi
	Konstantinidis   30' Warzycha   33'		Alexopoulos   41' (o.g.) Karapialis   52', 90+3' Anatolakis   71'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 28,683 Referee: Spiridon Papadakos

Olympiacos v Ethnikos Piraeus

14 December 1998 13	Olympiacos	2–0	Ethnikos Piraeus	Marousi
	Gogić   65' (pen.) Đorđević   75'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 4,037 Referee: Nikos Iliadis

Iraklis v Olympiacos

21 December 1998 14	Iraklis	0–2	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
			Luciano   2' Georgatos   90+4'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 5,090 Referee: Dimitris Kalyvas

Olympiacos v Skoda Xanthi

16 January 1999 15	Olympiacos	3–1	Skoda Xanthi	Marousi
	Luciano   32' Georgatos   37' Ivić   77'		Ba   50'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 7,885 Referee: Christos Daglis

Olympiacos v Panionios

23 January 1999 16	Olympiacos	5–0	Panionios	Marousi
	Karapialis   3', 74' Ivić   43', 49' Đorđević   45'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 13,636 Referee: Vasilios Athanasopoulos

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

31 January 1999 17	AEK Athens	2–0	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
	Batista   11' Nikolaidis   45'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 19,026 Referee: Malamas Tevekelis

Olympiacos v Apollon Athens

8 February 1999 18	Olympiacos	0–0	Apollon Athens	Marousi
				Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,003 Referee: Dimitris Kalyvas

Panelefsiniakos v Olympiacos

14 February 1999 19	Panelefsiniakos	0–2	Olympiacos	Elefsina
			Amanatidis   29' Đorđević   50'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Elefsina Attendance: 3,008 Referee: Pavlos Konstantinidis

Olympiacos v Veria

22 February 1999 20	Olympiacos	5–0	Veria	Marousi
	Amanatidis   33' Georgatos   55', 81', 84' (pen.) Luciano   90'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,990 Referee: Paraskevas Chelis

OFI v Olympiacos

27 February 1999 21	OFI	1–2	Olympiacos	Heraklion
	Marinakis   70'		Georgatos   78' (pen.) Karapialis   90'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 8,778 Referee: Dimitris Begos

Olympiacos v Paniliakos

8 March 1999 22	Olympiacos	3–0	Paniliakos	Marousi
	Gogić   6' Alexandris   38' Đorđević   63'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 8,052 Referee: Manolis Giannadakis

Proodeftiki v Olympiacos

13 March 1999 23	Proodeftiki	0–1	Olympiacos	Piraeus
			Amanatidis   89'	Stadium: Korydallos Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,813 Referee: Pavlos Konstantinidis

Olympiacos v Ethnikos Asteras

22 March 1999 24	Olympiacos	4–2	Ethnikos Asteras	Marousi
	Niniadis   15', 56' Georgatos   50' (pen.) Alexandris   73'		Panagiotaras   80' (pen.) Nalitzis   87'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,112 Referee: Vaghelis Dimitropoulos

Olympiacos v PAOK

4 April 1999 25	Olympiacos	2–1	PAOK	Marousi
	Đorđević   3' Georgatos   90+1' (pen.)		Vryzas   5'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 16,582 Referee: Kostas Vallianos

Ionikos v Olympiacos

18 April 1999 26	Ionikos	1–3	Olympiacos	Piraeus
	Pahatouridis   71'		Anatolakis   19' Giannakopoulos   43' Alexandris   90+3'	Stadium: Neapoli Stadium Attendance: 4,517 Referee: Dimitris Begos

Olympiacos v Aris

25 April 1999 27	Olympiacos	1–0	Aris	Marousi
	Giannakopoulos   21'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 12,569 Referee: Manolis Giannadakis

Kavala v Olympiacos

2 May 1999 28	Kavala	0–2	Olympiacos	Kavala
			Alexandris   34' Karapialis   90'	Stadium: Kavala National Stadium Attendance: 3,505 Referee: Spiridon Papadakos

Olympiacos v Panathinaikos

9 May 1999 29	Olympiacos	0–0	Panathinaikos	Marousi
				Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 16,111 Referee: Georgios Tsagarakis

Ethnikos Piraeus v Olympiacos

12 May 1999 30	Ethnikos Piraeus	0–3	Olympiacos	Piraeus
			Đorđević   26' (pen.) Alexandris   45' Aboagye   69' (pen.)	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 3,160 Referee: Athanassios Briakos

Olympiacos v Iraklis

16 May 1999 31	Olympiacos	3–2	Iraklis	Marousi
	Gogić   21', 74' Kyriazis   58'		Mavrogenidis   59' Christodoulou   76'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 8,723 Referee: Georgios Borovilos

Skoda Xanthi v Olympiacos

19 May 1999 32	Skoda Xanthi	0–2	Olympiacos	Xanthi
			Poursaitidis   5', 81'	Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium Attendance: 2,839 Referee: Kostas Vallianos

Panionios v Olympiacos

23 May 1999 33	Panionios	1–4	Olympiacos	Nea Smyrni
	Kafalis   64'		Sfakianakis   4', 76' Georgatos   41' (pen.) Alexandris   90'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 2,559 Referee: Manolis Giannadakis

Olympiacos v AEK Athens

30 May 1999 34	Olympiacos	0–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
				Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 20,333 Referee: Kostas Vallianos

Greek Cup

Main article: 1998–99 Greek Football Cup

First round

Olympiacos v Egaleo

12 November 1998	Olympiacos	4–2	Egaleo	Marousi
	Giannakopoulos   15' Antzas   20', 21' Đorđević   60'	Report (pages 27-28)	Katsaros   15', 41'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 1,851 Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)

Second round

Aris v Olympiacos

17 December 1998	Aris	1–3	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
21:00 EET	Vlachoudis   68'	Report (pages 33-34)	Luciano   4' Gogić   9', 20'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 8,800 Referee: Dimitris Begos (Argolida)

Round of 16

Ionikos v Olympiacos

12 January 1999	Ionikos	4–7	Olympiacos	Piraeus
16:15 EET	Muchotrigo   15' Daraklitsas   31' Filis   57' Afentoulidis   80'	Report (page 34)	Karapialis   30' Georgatos   41' Giannakopoulos   42', 65' Niniadis   44' Ivić   53' Ofori-Quaye   41'	Stadium: Neapoli Stadium Attendance: 2,249 Referee: Pavlos Konstantinidis (Piraeus)

Quarter-finals

Olympiacos v Skoda Xanthi

11 February 1999 First leg	Olympiacos	3–1	Skoda Xanthi	Marousi
19:00 EET	Karapialis   1' Georgatos   51' (pen.) Alexandris   76'	Report (pages 38-39)	Mansourian   51'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 4,573 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)

Skoda Xanthi v Olympiacos

18 February 1999 Second leg	Skoda Xanthi	1–0 (2–3 agg.)	Olympiacos	Xanthi
16:15 EET	Kyparissis   51'	Report (page 39)		Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 1,444 Referee: Dimitris Begos (Argolida)

Semi-finals

Olympiacos v Iraklis

7 April 1999 First leg	Olympiacos	4–0	Iraklis	Marousi
16:30 EEST	Anatolakis   23' Mavrogenidis   66' Xenidis   70' (o.g.) Gogić   86'	Report (pages 40-41)		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,864 Referee: Dimitris Kalivas (Boeotia)

Iraklis v Olympiacos

11 April 1999 Second leg	Iraklis	1–1 (1–5 agg.)	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
19:45 EEST	Tavlaridis   47'	Report (page 41)	Gogić   29'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 1,064 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

Final

Olympiacos v Panathinaikos

5 May 1999	Olympiacos	2–0	Panathinaikos	Marousi
21:00 EEST	Mavrogenidis   54' Ofori-Quaye   90'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 57,783 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 1998–99 UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

All times at CET

Olympiacos   v   Anorthosis

12 August 1998 First leg	Olympiacos	2–1	Anorthosis	Athens, Greece
20:30	Giannakopoulos   11' Luciano   32'	Report	Mihajlović   64'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 28,000 Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)

Anorthosis   v   Olympiacos

26 August 1998 Second leg	Anorthosis	2–4 (3–6 agg.)	Olympiacos	Limassol, Cyprus
20:00	Mihajlović   39' Krčmarević   80'	Report	Georgatos   48' Đorđević   60', 87' Gogić   90'	Stadium: Tsirion Stadium Attendance: 6,380 Referee: Miroslav Radoman (FR Yugoslavia)

Group stage

Main article: 1998–99 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Olympiacos	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11	Advance to knockout stage
2	Croatia Zagreb	6	2	2	2	5	7	−2	8
3	Porto	6	2	1	3	11	9	+2	7
4	Ajax	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	7

Source: UEFA

All times at CET

Porto   v   Olympiacos

16 September 1998 1	Porto	2–2	Olympiacos	Porto, Portugal
20:45	Zahovič   65' Jardel   82'	Report	Giannakopoulos   86' Gogić   89'	Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

Olympiacos   v   Croatia Zagreb

30 September 1998 2	Olympiacos	2–0	Croatia Zagreb	Athens, Greece
20:45	Alexandris   21' Gogić   80'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 60,502 Referee: David Elleray (England)

Olympiacos   v   Ajax

21 October 1998 3	Olympiacos	1–0	Ajax	Athens, Greece
20:45	Alexandris   38'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 73,250 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

Ajax   v   Olympiacos

4 November 1998 4	Ajax	2–0	Olympiacos	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45	Witschge   36' Gorré   88'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

Olympiacos   v   Porto

25 November 1998 5	Olympiacos	2–1	Porto	Athens, Greece
20:45	Gogić   18' Đorđević   55'	Report	Zahovič   76'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 70,232 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Croatia Zagreb   v   Olympiacos

9 December 1998 6	Croatia Zagreb	1–1	Olympiacos	Zagreb, Croatia
20:45	Jeličić   35'	Report	Giannakopoulos   64'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 16,546 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Knockout stage

Main article: 1998–99 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

Quarter-finals

All times at CET

Juventus   v   Olympiacos

3 March 1999 First leg	Juventus	2–1	Olympiacos	Turin, Italy
20:45	Inzaghi   38' Conte   79'	Report	Niniadis   90+' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 33,871 Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Olympiacos   v   Juventus

17 March 1999 Second leg	Olympiacos	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Juventus	Athens, Greece
20:45	Gogić   12'	Report	Conte   85'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Team kit

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References

1. "Olympiakos Piraeus - Squad 1998/1999". worldfootball.net.
2. "Olympiacos 1998/1999". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

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