2010–11 Olympiacos F.C. season

The 2010–11 season was Olympiacos's 52nd consecutive season in the Super League Greece and their 85th year in existence.

Olympiacos

2010–11 season
Chairman	Evangelos Marinakis
Manager	Ernesto Valverde
Stadium	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Super League Greece	1st (champions)
Greek Cup	Quarter-finals
Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Kevin Mirallas (14) All: Kevin Mirallas (14)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The season was marked by the return of Ernesto Valverde as head coach. Varverde took charge of the team about mid August after the club's failure to qualify to 2010–11 UEFA Europa League group stage.

Olympiacos finished first in the Greek Super League, winning the title after an unsuccessful 2009–10 season. This was Evangelos Marinakis' first season as chairman of the club.

Events

• 14.06.10: Ewald Lienen is appointed as the new Olympiacos manager replacing Božidar Bandović, after a disappointing season under Bandović.
• 21.06.10: Olympiacos enter the draw for the second qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League as the top seeded team and they are drawn to play against Besa of Albania. It is the first time that Olympiacos play directly in the UEFA Europa League after 13 consecutive seasons in the UEFA Champions League.
• 15.07.10: Olympiacos smash Besa 5–0 at the Qemal Stafa Stadium in Tirana, Albania, in the first leg of the second qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, achieving their biggest away win in European competitions.
• 16.07.10: In the draw for the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, Olympiacos are drawn to play the winners of the encounter between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Mogren.
• 22.07.10: In the second leg, Olympiacos trounce Besa 6–1 at the Karaiskakis Stadium, setting a new club record for their biggest ever European home win, with their previous record being 5–0. They qualify for the next round of the tournament with an 11–1 win on aggregate, which is also a record aggregate score for a Greek football club in European competitions.
• 05.08.10: Olympiacos are eliminated from the UEFA Europa League in the third qualifying round on away goals as the aggregate score is 2–2 against Maccabi Tel Aviv. A 2–1 win at the Karaiskakis Stadium in the first leg on 29.07.10 is compounded by a 1–0 loss at the Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv, Israel, to secure the biggest surprise in the qualifyings.^[1]
• 06.08.10: Olympiacos sack coach Ewald Lienen after the club's shocking elimination from the UEFA Europa League.^[2]
• 07.08.10: Olympiacos reappoint Ernesto Valverde as manager.^[3]

Players

Current squad

As of 22 January 2011 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 Nikolaos Papadopoulos 2 DF   GRE Giannis Maniatis 3 DF   FRA François Modesto 4 DF   SWE Olof Mellberg 5 DF   GRE Georgios Galitsios 6 DF   GRE Tasos Papazoglou 7 MF   ARG Ariel Ibagaza 9 FW   SRB Marko Pantelić 10 FW   ALG Rafik Djebbour 12 MF   GER Denis Epstein 14 FW   BEL Kevin Mirallas 16 DF   GRE Manolis Moniakis 18 MF   GRE Ioannis Fetfatzidis

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF   ESP David Fuster 20 DF   GRE José Cholevas 21 DF   GRE Avraam Papadopoulos (Captain) 22 FW   GRE Kostas Mitroglou 23 MF   BRA Chumbinho 25 MF   BRA Leandro 30 MF   ESP Moisés Hurtado 33 MF   GRE Giannis Papadopoulos 35 DF   GRE Vasilis Torosidis 42 GK   HUN Balázs Megyeri 77 MF   ESP Albert Riera 92 DF   GRE Ioannis Potouridis

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of Greek football transfers summer 2010

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   FRA François Modesto (from Monaco) — MF   ARG Ariel Ibagaza (from Villarreal) — FW   BEL Kevin Mirallas (from Saint-Étienne) — DF   GRE José Holebas (from 1860 München) — MF   DEN Dennis Rommedahl (from Ajax) — GK   HUN Balázs Megyeri (from Ferencváros) — MF   ESP Albert Riera (from Liverpool) — MF   GER Denis Epstein (from Iraklis) — MF   ESP David Fuster (from Villarreal) — FW   HUN Krisztián Németh (from Liverpool) — FW   SRB Marko Pantelić (from Ajax) — MF   ESP Moisés Hurtado (from Espanyol)

Out: 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 Leonidas Panagopoulos (free transfer to Panionios) 2 DF   GRE Kyriakos Papadopoulos (to Schalke 04 for €2.5M) 3 DF   FRA Didier Domi (released) 6 MF   GRE Ieroklis Stoltidis (free transfer to Kerkyra) 7 MF   ARG Luciano Galletti (retired) 14 DF   POL Michał Żewłakow (free transfer to Ankaragücü) 19 MF   ARG Jesús Dátolo (loan return to Napoli) 24 DF   BRA Leonardo (on loan to Internacional for €0.25M) 28 MF   ARG Cristian Ledesma (free transfer to Colón Santa Fe) 30 DF   GRE Anastasios Pantos (free transfer to PAS Giannina) 32 FW   COD Lomana LuaLua (free transfer to Omonoia) 50 GK   SVK Pavel Kováč (free transfer to Kavala) — MF   GER Denis Epstein (on loan to Kerkyra) — FW   ENG Matt Derbyshire (on loan to Birmingham City) — FW   BRA Diogo (on loan to Flamengo) — MF   ITA Enzo Maresca

Competitions

Super League

Main article: 2010–11 Super League Greece

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	30	24	1	5	65	18	+47	73	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Panathinaikos	30	18	6	6	47	26	+21	60	Qualification for the Play-offs
3	AEK Athens	30	15	5	10	46	37	+9	50
4	PAOK	30	14	6	10	32	29	+3	48
5	Olympiacos Volos^[a] (D)	30	12	11	7	40	28	+12	47	Qualification for the Play-offs Relegation to the Delta Ethniki

Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Play-offs (neutral ground); 7) Draw.
(Note: Criterion 4 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(C) Champion; (D) Disqualified
Notes:

1. On 28 July 2011, the Disciplinary Committee of the competition found Olympiacos Volos and Kavala guilty of match-fixing. Therefore the clubs were automatically put at the end of the league table and demoted to the Football League. The decision, however, was lifted on 10 August 2011 after both appealed. Instead of that Olympiacos Volos had 10 points deducted and Kavala 8 for the 2011-2012 season. On 23 August 2011, the Professional Sports Committee stripped Kavala and Olympiacos Volos of their professional licence, due to their chairmen's involvement in the match fixing scandal.^[4]

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	24	1	5	65	18	+47	73	15	0	0	46	6	+40	9	1	5	19	12	+7

Last updated: 18 April 2011.
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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W
Position	12	6	2	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: superleaguegreece.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

All times at EET

Iraklis v Olympiacos

28 August 2010 1	Iraklis	2–1	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
	Mara   79' (pen.) Vellios   86'	(Report)	Mitroglou   59'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 10,752

Olympiacos v Kerkyra

11 September 2010 2	Olympiacos	2–0	Kerkyra	Piraeus
	Mellberg   29' Riera   86'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 0 (due to ban)

Panserraikos v Olympiacos

19 September 2010 3	Panserraikos	0–1	Olympiacos	Serres
		(Report)	Pantelić   32'	Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium Attendance: 5,214

Olympiacos v Asteras Tripolis

25 September 2010 4	Olympiacos	3–0	Asteras Tripolis	Piraeus
	Pantelić   36' Fuster   62' Fitanidis   72' (o.g.)	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 25,090

Olympiacos v Olympiacos Volou

2 October 2010 5	Olympiacos	3–1	Olympiacos Volou	Piraeus
	Torosidis   7' Mirallas   21', 90+1'	(Report)	Umbides   71'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 27,605

Skoda Xanthi v Olympiacos

16 October 2010 6	Skoda Xanthi	0–3	Olympiacos	Xanthi
		(Report)	Riera   16' Torosidis   53' Fetfatzidis   75'	Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 2,221

Olympiacos v Aris

24 October 2010 7	Olympiacos	1–0	Aris	Piraeus
	Riera   2'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 30,099

Panathinaikos v Olympiacos

30 October 2010 8	Panathinaikos	2–1	Olympiacos	Athens
	Cissé   57', 63'	(Report)	Mirallas   37'	Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium Attendance: 52,300

Olympiacos v Panionios

6 November 2010 9	Olympiacos	5–0	Panionios	Piraeus
	Mirallas   34', 68' Torosidis   51' Pantelić   78' Riera   90+3'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 22,312

Ergotelis v Olympiacos

13 November 2010 10	Ergotelis	0–2	Olympiacos	Heraklion
		(Report)	Pantelić   78' Fuster   90+5'	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Attendance: 5,302

Olympiacos v PAOK

21 November 2010 11	Olympiacos	3–0	PAOK	Piraeus
	Mirallas   37', 72' Rommedahl   87'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 30,275
Note: not completed

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

27 November 2010 12	AEK Athens	1–0	Olympiacos	Athens
	Blanco   90'	(Report)		Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium Attendance: 24,980

Kavala v Olympiacos

5 December 2010 13	Kavala	0–1	Olympiacos	Kavala
		(Report)	Fuster   41' (pen.)	Stadium: Anthi Karagianni Stadium Attendance: 4,175

Olympiacos v Atromitos

12 December 2010 14	Olympiacos	2–1	Atromitos	Piraeus
	Fuster   34' (pen.) Mirallas   36'	(Report)	Favalli   90+3'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 20,015

AE Larissa v Olympiacos

19 December 2010 15	AE Larissa	0–1	Olympiacos	Larisa
		(Report)	Katsiaros   29' (o.g.)	Stadium: AEL FC Arena Attendance: 10,855

Olympiacos v Iraklis

5 January 2011 16	Olympiacos	2–0	Iraklis	Piraeus
	Fuster   32' Pantelić   83'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 25,117

Kerkyra v Olympiacos

9 January 2011 17	Kerkyra	0–2	Olympiacos	Kerkyra
		(Report)	Tsigas   55' (o.g.) Mirallas   70'	Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium Attendance: 1,579

Olympiacos v Panserraikos

16 January 2011 18	Olympiacos	4–2	Panserraikos	Piraeus
	Pantelić   52', 85' Riera   70', 89'	(Report)	Georgiadis   65', 67'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 21,190

Asteras Tripolis v Olympiacos

23 January 2011 19	Asteras Tripolis	0–1	Olympiacos	Tripoli
		(Report)	Fuster   30' (pen.)	Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium Attendance: 5,255

Olympiacos Volou v Olympiacos

31 January 2011 20	Olympiacos Volou	0–1	Olympiacos	Volos
		(Report)	Fuster   19'	Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium Attendance: 14,757

Olympiacos v Skoda Xanthi

6 February 2011 21	Olympiacos	1–0	Skoda Xanthi	Piraeus
	Adefemi   45' (o.g.)	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 20,093

Aris v Olympiacos

12 February 2011 22	Aris	1–2	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
	Neto   17'	(Report)	Djebbour   39' Fuster   75'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 11,939

Olympiacos v Panathinaikos

19 February 2011 23	Olympiacos	2–1	Panathinaikos	Piraeus
	Mirallas   20' Djebbour   90+2'	(Report)	Leto   58'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 30,845

Panionios v Olympiacos

27 February 2011 24	Panionios	1–1	Olympiacos	Athens
	Svěrkoš   68'	(Report)	Mirallas   43'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 3,388

Olympiacos v Ergotelis

6 March 2011 25	Olympiacos	3–0	Ergotelis	Piraeus
	Modesto   47' Pantelić   58' Mirallas   65'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 0(due to ban)

PAOK v Olympiacos

13 March 2011 26	PAOK	2–1	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
	Koutsianikoulis   45' Vitolo   71' (pen.)	(Report)	Djebbour   12'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 20,023

Olympiacos v AEK Athens

20 March 2011 27	Olympiacos	6–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
	Djebbour   2', 61' Mellberg   7' Fuster   19' Mirallas   68' Holebas   71'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 27,880

Olympiacos v Kavala

3 April 2011 28	Olympiacos	3–1	Kavala	Piraeus
	Fuster   58' Djebbour   65' Mirallas   67'	(Report)	Niculae   63'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 19,704

Atromitos v Olympiacos

10 April 2011 29	Atromitos	3–1	Olympiacos	Athens
	Sfakianakis   22' Anastasakos   37' Camara   53'	(Report)	Modesto   34'	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 3,313

Olympiacos v AE Larissa

18 April 2011 30	Olympiacos	6–0	AE Larissa	Piraeus
	Djebbour   7' Fuster   15', 17' Mellberg   62' Pantelić   65' Fetfatzidis   76'	(Report)		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 31,256

Goalscorers

This is the list of goalscorers in accordance with Super League Greece as organising body.

Position	Player	Goals
1	Kevin Mirallas	14
2	Rafik Djebbour*	12
	David Fuster	12
3	Marko Pantelić	9
4	Albert Riera	6
5	Vasilis Torosidis	3
	Olof Mellberg	3
7	Giannis Fetfatzidis	2
	François Modesto	2
9	Kostas Mitroglou	1
	Dennis Rommedahl	1
	Giannis Maniatis*	1
	José Holebas	1

• Djebbour has scored 5 goals for AEK Athens and 7 for Olympiacos
• Maniatis has scored 1 goal for Panionios and 0 for Olympiacos
• Source:
• Last updated:18 April 2011

Greek Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Greek Football Cup

All times UTC+3

Fourth Round

Ilioupoli v Olympiacos

3 November 2010	Ilioupoli	0–1	Olympiacos	Egaleo
17:00		[2]	Pantelić   87'	Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium Attendance: - Referee: Dimitris Thanos (Grevena)

Fifth Round

Asteras Tripolis v Olympiacos

22 December 2010	Asteras Tripolis	0–1	Olympiacos	Tripoli
17:30		[3]	Ibagaza   86'	Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium Attendance: - Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Macedonia)

Quarter-finals

Olympiacos v PAOK

19 January 2011	Olympiacos	1–1	PAOK	Piraeus
18:00	Modesto   45'		Vieirinha   82'	Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Attendance: 28,404 Referee: Stavros Tritsonis (Athens)

PAOK v Olympiacos

2 February 2011	PAOK	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
18:00	Salpingidis   57'			Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 0

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

Besa   v   Olympiacos

15 July 2010 First leg	Besa	0–5	Olympiacos	Tirana, Albania
21:30		Report	Óscar   19', 30' Dudu   46' Diogo   70', 84'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

Olympiacos   v   Besa

22 July 2010 Second leg	Olympiacos	6–1 (11–1 agg.)	Besa	Piraeus, Greece
21:30	Dudu   46', 79' Derbyshire   53' Maresca   75', 90' Fetfatzidis   88'	Report	Lazarevski   48'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: — Referee: Lee Probert (England)

Third qualifying round

Olympiacos   v   Maccabi Tel Aviv

29 July 2010 First leg	Olympiacos	2–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Piraeus, Greece
21:30	Zairi   67' Rommedahl   73'	Report	Medunjanin   18' (pen.)	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: — Referee: Dougie McDonald (Scotland)

Maccabi Tel Aviv   v   Olympiacos

5 August 2010 Second leg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0 (2a–2 agg.)	Olympiacos	Tel Aviv, Israel
21:00	Colautti   42'			Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 12,421 Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

Team kit

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Away

Third

Fourth

References

1. "Maccabi Tel-Aviv stun Olympiacos". UEFA. www.uefa.com. 2010-08-05. from the original on 7 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-17. Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC caused the main upset of the night by knocking out Olympiacos FC, but elsewhere the third qualifying round's top guns hit the target to advance to the play-offs.
2. "Olympiacos sack Ewald Lienen following Europa League exit". Inside Futbol. www.insidefutbol.com. 2010-08-07. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
3. Crawford, Stephen (2010-08-07). "Former Villarreal coach Ernesto Valverde agrees to Olympiacos return". Goal.com. www.goal.com. from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
4. "Olympiakos Volou and Kavala to Delta Ethniki" (in Greek). Contra.gr. Retrieved 25 August 2011.

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