1999–2000 Olympiacos F.C. season

The 1999–00 season was Olympiacos's 41st consecutive season in the Alpha Ethniki and their 74th year in existence. The club were played their 3rd consecutive season in the UEFA Champions League. In the beginning of the summertime Olympiacos named Italian Alberto Bigon coach.

Olympiacos

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Sokratis Kokkalis
Manager	Dušan Bajević (until 11 November 1999) Alberto Bigon (until 10 April 2000) Ioannis Matzourakis (until 30 June 2000)
Stadium	Athens Olympic Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	1st
Greek Cup	Quarter-finals
Champions League	Group Stage
UEFA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Alexis Alexandris (15) All: Alexis Alexandris (18)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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
33	DF	CYP	Savvas Poursaitidis
3	DF	GRE	Kiriakos Karataidis
4	MF	GRE	Andreas Niniadis
5	DF	GRE	Georgios Amanatidis
7	MF	GRE	Stelios Giannakopoulos
8	FW	BRA	Luciano de Souza
9	FW	CYP	Siniša Gogić
10	FW	BRA	Giovanni
11	MF	SRB	Predrag Đorđević
14	DF	GRE	Dimitris Mavrogenidis
34	DF	GRE	Paraskevas Antzas
16	FW	GRE	Lambros Choutos

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	GRE	Vassilis Karapialis
20	MF	GRE	Stelios Sfakianakis
24	FW	GHA	Peter Ofori-Quaye
25	MF	SVN	Zlatko Zahovič
22	GK	GRE	Kleopas Giannou
30	FW	GRE	Alekos Alexandris
31	GK	GRE	Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos
32	DF	GRE	Georgios Anatolakis
23	FW	GRE	Dimitris Kalikas
17	MF	GRE	Petros Passalis
15	DF	GRE	Stavros Tziortziopoulos
12	DF	GHA	Kofi Amponsah

Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

Main article: 1999–2000 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	34	30	2	2	86	18	+68	92	Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2	Panathinaikos	34	28	4	2	92	24	+68	88	Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3	AEK Athens	34	20	6	8	69	39	+30	66	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	OFI	34	18	9	7	60	44	+16	63
5	PAOK	34	15	10	9	64	44	+20	55

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

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	30	2	2	86	18	+68	92	16	1	0	54	9	+45	14	1	2	32	9	+23

Last updated: 28 May 2000.
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	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	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	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

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Proodeftiki v Olympiacos

18 September 1999 1	Proodeftiki	0–3	Olympiacos	Piraeus
			Alexandris 30' Gogić 40' Giannakopoulos 90'	Stadium: Korydallos Municipal Stadium Attendance: 5,821 Referee: Paraskevas Chelis

Olympiacos v Panionios

26 September 1999 2	Olympiacos	5–0	Panionios	Marousi
	Ofori-Quaye 32' Mitsiopoulos 38' (o.g.) Karapialis 45', 90+2', 90+4'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 9,613 Referee: Giorgos Bikas

Apollon Athens v Olympiacos

3 October 1999 3	Apollon Athens	0–1	Olympiacos	Rizoupoli
			Giovanni 66'	Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 5,420 Referee: Christos Daglis

Kavala v Olympiacos

15 October 1999 4	Kavala	0–5	Olympiacos	Kavala
			Karapialis 32' Giannakopoulos 63', 76' Giovanni 68' Zahovič 77'	Stadium: Kavala National Stadium Attendance: 2,649 Referee: Athanassios Briakos

Olympiacos v Trikala

23 October 1999 5	Olympiacos	3–1	Trikala	Marousi
	Niniadis 26' Karapialis 77' Giannakopoulos 83'		Diach 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Giorgos Fasolis

Olympiacos v PAOK

8 November 1999 7	Olympiacos	4–1	PAOK	Marousi
	Giannakopoulos 7' Niniadis 25' Amanatidis 31' Giovanni 45+1'		Frantzeskos 76'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 11,977 Referee: Georgios Tsangarakis

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

15 November 1999 6	AEK Athens	0–2	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
			Đorđević 74' (pen.) Giovanni 90+2'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Vangelis Dimitropoulos

Panathinaikos v Olympiacos

21 November 1999 8	Panathinaikos	2–0	Olympiacos	Marousi
	Olivares 59' Warzycha 64'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 30,770 Referee: Georgios Tsagarakis

Olympiacos v Ethnikos Asteras

29 November 1999 9	Olympiacos	5–0	Ethnikos Asteras	Marousi
	Đorđević 24' Giovanni 48' (pen.) Antzas 64' Giannakopoulos 73' Luciano 82'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 30,770 Referee: Georgios Tsagarakis

Iraklis v Olympiacos

4 December 1999 10	Iraklis	3–4	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
	Debbah 41', 45' Xenidis 51'		Velis 9' (o.g.) Giannakopoulos 27', 36' Giovanni 39'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 7,224 Referee: Panagiotis Nikou

Olympiacos v Paniliakos

12 December 1999 11	Olympiacos	2–1	Paniliakos	Marousi
	Alexandris 28', 76'		Ziakas 30'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 9,292 Referee: Georgios Psichomanis

Olympiacos v Kalamata

22 December 1999 12	Olympiacos	4–1	Kalamata	Marousi
	Alexandris 28' Đorđević 44' (pen.), 85' Amanatidis 66'		Gerônimo 23'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 3,126 Referee: Filippos Dovas

Ionikos v Olympiacos

29 December 1999 13	Ionikos	1–2	Olympiacos	Piraeus
	Muchotrigo 53'		Đorđević 80' (pen.) Alexandris 90'	Stadium: Neapoli Stadium Attendance: 2,895 Referee: Filippos Dovas

Olympiacos v Aris

9 January 2000 14	Olympiacos	2–0	Aris	Marousi
	Gogić 86' Đorđević 90' (pen.)			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 12,988 Referee: Athanassios Briakos

OFI v Olympiacos

16 January 2000 15	OFI	2–1	Olympiacos	Heraklion
	Nioplias 13' Gómez 38'		Alexandris 24'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 9,214 Referee: Kostas Vallianos

Olympiacos v Skoda Xanthi

23 January 2000 16	Olympiacos	3–2	Skoda Xanthi	Marousi
	Luciano 11' Alexandris 46' Zahovič 67'		Zouboulis 81', 90+2'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 8,349 Referee: Christos Daglis

Panachaiki v Olympiacos

29 January 2000 17	Panachaiki	0–2	Olympiacos	Patras
			Amanatidis 63' Zahovič 65'	Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium Attendance: 8,005 Referee: Giorgos Fasolis

Olympiacos v Proodeftiki

7 February 2000 18	Olympiacos	4–0	Proodeftiki	Marousi
	Zahovič 10' Alexandris 39', 68' Đorđević 49'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 9,870 Referee: Christos Daglis

Panionios v Olympiacos

13 February 2000 19	Panionios	0–1	Olympiacos	Nea Smyrni
			Zahovič 90+2'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 5,493 Referee: Manolis Giannadakis

Olympiacos v Apollon Athens

20 February 2000 20	Olympiacos	2–0	Apollon Athens	Marousi
	Alexandris 75' Giannakopoulos 85'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 9,857 Referee: Kyros Vassaras

Olympiacos v Kavala

27 February 2000 21	Olympiacos	5–0	Kavala	Marousi
	Choutos 30', 36' Đorđević 54' (pen.) Zahovič 85' Alexandris 90'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 12,090 Referee: Georgios Psichomanis

Trikala v Olympiacos

4 March 2000 22	Trikala	0–2	Olympiacos	Trikala
			Choutos 47', 73'	Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium Attendance: 8,370 Referee: Dimitris Kalivas

Olympiacos v AEK Athens

12 March 2000 23	Olympiacos	3–0	AEK Athens	Marousi
	Đorđević 44' (pen.), 81' (pen.) Zahovič 64'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 14,121 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis

PAOK v Olympiacos

19 March 2000 24	PAOK	0–2	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
			Choutos 49', 57'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 25,500 Referee: Kostas Vallianos

Olympiacos v Panathinaikos

26 March 2000 25	Olympiacos	2–2	Panathinaikos	Marousi
	Anatolakis 9' Alexandris 81'		Galetto 22' Liberopoulos 80'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 50,166 Referee: Spyros Papadakos

Ethnikos Asteras v Olympiacos

3 April 2000 26	Ethnikos Asteras	1–1	Olympiacos	Kaisariani
	Basinas 66'		Alexandris 15'	Stadium: Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium Referee: Georgios Douros

Olympiacos v Iraklis

12 April 2000 27	Olympiacos	1–0	Iraklis	Marousi
	Luciano 90+2'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 11,944 Referee: Georgios Borovilos

Paniliakos v Olympiacos

16 April 2000 28	Paniliakos	0–3	Olympiacos	Pyrgos
			Niniadis 42' Choutos 47' Luciano 83'	Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium Attendance: 11,944 Referee: Georgios Borovilos

Kalamata v Olympiacos

23 April 2000 29	Kalamata	0–1	Olympiacos	Kalamata
			Gogić 69'	Stadium: Kalamata Municipal Stadium Attendance: 7,385 Referee: Georgios Borovilos

Olympiacos v Ionikos

3 May 2000 30	Olympiacos	2–0	Ionikos	Marousi
	Alexandris 10' Giannakopoulos 45'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 12,043 Referee: Filippos Dovas

Aris v Olympiacos

8 May 2000 31	Aris	0–1	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
			Đorđević 63' (pen.)	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 4,047 Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis

Olympiacos v OFI

14 May 2000 32	Olympiacos	2–0	OFI	Marousi
	Đorđević 24' (pen.) Karapialis 81'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 21,375 Referee: Georgios Borovilos

Skoda Xanthi v Olympiacos

21 May 2000 33	Skoda Xanthi	0–1	Olympiacos	Xanthi
			Giovanni 48'	Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Dimitris Pontikis

Olympiacos v Panachaiki

28 May 2000 34	Olympiacos	5–1	Panachaiki	Marousi
	Giovanni 17' Alexandris 42' Luciano 58', 71' Gogić 86'		Katsouranis 51'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 43,110 Referee: Dimitris Pontikis

Greek Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Greek Football Cup

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OLY	PAS	XAN	NAO	EDE	AKV
1	Olympiacos	5	5	0	0	16	2	+14	15	Additional Round			2–1	—	5–0	—	2–0
2	PAS Giannina	5	4	0	1	14	3	+11	12			—		2–0	5–0	—	—
3	Skoda Xanthi	5	2	0	3	10	9	+1	6			1–5	—		3–0	5–0	—
4	Naoussa	5	2	0	3	4	14	−10	6			—	—	—		3–1	1–0
5	Edessaikos	5	1	0	4	4	14	−10	3			0–2	1–3	—	—		2–1
6	Apollon Krya Vrysi	5	1	0	4	3	9	−6	3			—	0–3	2–1	—	—

Source: epo.gr

Matches

Olympiacos v Naoussa

11 August 1999 1	Olympiacos	5–0	Naoussa	Marousi
	Giovanni 28', 33' Ofori-Quaye 49' Giannakopoulos 68' Gogić 85'	Report (page 21)		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Georgios Tsangarakis (Chania)

Skoda Xanthi v Olympiacos

26 August 1999 2	Skoda Xanthi	1–5	Olympiacos	Xanthi
	Kyparissis 90+2'	Report (page 22)	Amanatidis 32' Giannakopoulos 35' Sfakianakis 57' Gogić 79' Alexandris 84'	Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium Attendance: 2,749 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

Olympiacos v PAS Giannina

29 August 1999 3	Olympiacos	2–1	PAS Giannina	Marousi
	Đorđević 7' Giovanni 45'	Report (page 23)	Sentementes 77'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,097 Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)

Edessaikos v Olympiacos

8 September 1999 4	Edessaikos	0–2	Olympiacos	Edessa
		Report (page 21)	Karapialis 37' Sfakianakis 90'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Edessa Referee: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)

Olympiacos v Apollon Krya Vrysi

13 October 1999 5	Olympiacos	2–0	Apollon Krya Vrysi	Marousi
	Mavrogenidis 22' Papadopoulos 40' (o.g.)	Report (page 23)		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)

Additional round

Paniliakos v Olympiacos

19 December 1999	Paniliakos	0–1	Olympiacos	Pyrgos
17:00 EET		Report (page 30)	Poursanidis 49'	Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Dimitris Kalivas (Boeotia)

Round of 16

Olympiacos v PAOK

12 January 2000	Olympiacos	2–1	PAOK	Marousi
18:30 EET	Alexandris 2' Giannakopoulos 54'	Report (page 32)	Frousos 19'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 17,317 Referee: Georgios Tsagarakis (Chania)

Quarter-finals

Olympiacos v AEK Athens

6 February 2000 First leg	Olympiacos	1–1	AEK Athens	Marousi
18:30 EET	Alexandris 75'	Report (page 33)	Lakis 32'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 23,632 Referee: Dimitris Kalivas (Boeotia)

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

8 March 2000 Second leg	AEK Athens	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
18:30 EET	Nikolaidis 27' Kopitsis 31' Petkov 48'	Report (page 34)		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 14,400 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Madrid	6	4	1	1	15	7	+8	13	Advance to second group stage
2	Porto	6	4	0	2	9	6	+3	12
3	Olympiacos	6	2	1	3	9	12	−3	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Molde	6	1	0	5	6	14	−8	3

Source: UEFA

All times at CET

Olympiacos v Real Madrid

15 September 1999 1	Olympiacos	3–3	Real Madrid	Athens, Greece
20:45	Giovanni 11', 64' Zahovič 67'	Report	Sávio 24' Roberto Carlos 32' Raúl 80'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 70,800 Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

Porto v Olympiacos

21 September 1999 2	Porto	2–0	Olympiacos	Porto, Portugal
20:45	Esquerdinha 6' Jardel 47'	Report		Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 21,500 Referee: David Elleray (England)

Olympiacos v Molde

28 September 1999 3	Olympiacos	3–1	Molde	Athens, Greece
20:45	Giovanni 16', 70' Luciano 77'	Report	Lund 58'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 40,299 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Molde v Olympiacos

20 October 1999 4	Molde	3–2	Olympiacos	Molde, Norway
20:45	Lund 54', 59' Hestad 72'	Report	Mavrogenidis 36' Zahovič 40'	Stadium: Molde Stadium Attendance: 10,230 Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)

Real Madrid v Olympiacos

26 October 1999 5	Real Madrid	3–0	Olympiacos	Madrid, Spain
20:45	Raúl 21' Morientes 64' Roberto Carlos 83'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Olympiacos v Porto

3 November 1999 6	Olympiacos	1–0	Porto	Athens, Greece
20:45	Giannakopoulos 56'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 24,131 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Cup

Third round

All times at CET

Olympiacos v Juventus

25 November 1999 First leg	Olympiacos	1–3	Juventus	Athens, Greece
	Giannakopoulos 15'	Report	Tudor 27' Kovačević 67' Inzaghi 88'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Juventus v Olympiacos

7 December 1999 Second leg	Juventus	1–2 (4–3 agg.)	Olympiacos	Palermo, Italy
	Kovačević 1'	Report	Đorđević 38', 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio La Favorita Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Juan Fernández Marin (Spain)

Top scorer

• Alexandros Alexandris: 15 goals

Team kit

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): Aspis Pronoia

Home

Away

Third

Source: Olympiacos FC

External links

• Official Website of Olympiacos Piraeus (in Greek and English)