2011–12 Olympiacos F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Olympiacos's 53rd consecutive season in the Super League Greece and their 86th year in existence.

Olympiacos
2011–12 season
ChairmanEvangelos Marinakis
ManagerErnesto Valverde
StadiumKaraiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Super League Greece1st
Greek CupWinners
Champions LeagueGroup stage
Europa LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kevin Mirallas (20)

All:
Kevin Mirallas (20)
Highest home attendance31,553 vs. Panathinaikos (19 November 2011)
Lowest home attendance14,372 vs. Levadiakos (14 January 2012)
Average home league attendance21,529[1]

The season was one of the best of the club's history. The club reached UEFA Europa's League Round of 16, and won both titles (Super League and Greek Cup), while performing beautiful football.

Olympiacos finished 1st in the Greek Super League, winning the title for a second consecutive season.

Players edit

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[2][3]

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   NIR Roy Carroll
2 DF   GRE Giannis Maniatis
3 DF   FRA François Modesto
4 DF   SWE Olof Mellberg
6 DF   GRE Anastasios Papazoglou
7 MF   ARG Ariel Ibagaza
8 MF   SRB Ljubomir Fejsa
9 FW   SRB Marko Pantelić
10 FW   ALG Rafik Djebbour
11 MF   TUR Colin Kazim-Richards
14 FW   BEL Kevin Mirallas
18 MF   GRE Ioannis Fetfatzidis
19 MF   ESP David Fuster
20 DF   GRE José Cholevas
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF   GRE Avraam Papadopoulos (Vice-Captain)
23 DF   ESP Ivan Marcano
26 MF   ARG Vicente Monje
31 MF   ESP Pablo Orbaiz
35 DF   GRE Vasilis Torosidis (Captain)
42 GK   HUN Balázs Megyeri
75 GK   GRE Nikos Papadopoulos
76 GK   SRB Ivan Babovic
77 MF   CMR Jean Makoun
87 FW   BRA Diogo
92 DF   GRE Ioannis Potouridis
93 MF   ALG Djamel Abdoun
99 GK   GRE Iosif Daskalakis

Transfers edit

Summer edit

Competitions edit

Super League Greece edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 23 4 3 70 17 +53 73 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Panathinaikos[a] 30 22 3 5 54 23 +31 66 Qualification for the Play-offs
3 PAOK 30 14 8 8 45 27 +18 50[b]
4 Atromitos 30 13 11 6 32 26 +6 50[b]
5 AEK Athens 30 13 9 8 36 30 +6 48
Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Head-to-head points,[5] 3) Head-to-head goal difference.[6]
If in current league table there are tied teams after applying criteria 1 to 3, they are considered to share places and listed in Greek language alphabetic order.[7]
If in final league table there are still tied teams after applying criteria 1 to 3, a decision match (or matches if they are more than two) are to be played but only in three cases: to determine the champion, to fill spots in the play-off or to determine the teams to be relegated.[8] In any other case, the final standings of tied teams are determined with a public draw[9]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Panathinaikos was docked three points following severe crowd violence during a match against Olympiacos and lost the game 0–3.[4]
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: PAOK 4, Atromitos 1.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 23 4 3 70 17  +53 73 12 2 1 38 9  +29 11 2 2 32 8  +24

Last updated: 22 April 2012.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAA
ResultWWWWWDWDWDLWWWWDWLWWWWWWWWWLWW
Position111111111121111112211111111111
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

30 August 2011 1 Olympiacos 6–0 Doxa Drama Neo Faliro, Piraeus
19:00 EET Pantelić   2', 61'
Sikalias   31' (o.g.)
Mirallas   52', 90+2'
Javito   87'
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 15,067
Referee: Giorgos Kominis
14 September 2011 2 Levadiakos 0–4 Olympiacos Levadia
18:00 EET Report Pantelić   10'
Mirallas   16', 39', 59'
Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 3,060
Referee: Alexis Aretopoulos
18 September 2011 3 Olympiacos 2–1 Skoda Xanthi Neo Faliro, Piraeus
20:30 EEST Pantelić   87'
Djebbour   90+4'
Report Marcelinho   14' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 19,985
Referee: Michalis Voskakis
24 September 2011 4 Ergotelis 2–3 Olympiacos Heraklion
19:30 EEST Romano   55', 85' Report Mirallas   4'
Fuster   42' (pen.)
Marcano   76'
Stadium: Pankritio
Attendance: 5,120
Referee: Andreas Pappas
2 October 2011 5 Olympiacos 2–1 PAOK Neo Faliro, Piraeus
20:30 EEST Fuster   34'
Djebbour   41'
Report Balafas   25' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 28,772
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis
15 October 2011 6 AEK Athens 1–1 Olympiacos Marousi, Athens
20:30 EEST Leonardo   43' Report Mirallas   23' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 18,611
Referee: Petros Konstantineas
23 October 2011 7 Panionios 0–3 Olympiacos Nea Smyrni, Athens
18:15 EEST Report Djebbour   33', 68'
Mirallas   43'
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 3,567
Referee: Ilias Spathas
29 October 2011 8 Olympiacos 2–2 OFI Neo Faliro, Piraeus
19:30 EEST Djebbour   45'
Mirallas   62'
Report Mantzios   73'
Georgiou   77'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 20,811
Referee: Spyros Selimos
5 November 2011 9 Aris 2–3 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
EET Toja   76'
Faty   84'
Report Djebbour   7'
Modesto   28'
Makoun   83'
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis
Attendance: 7,776
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos
19 November 2011 10 Olympiacos 1–1 Panathinaikos Neo Faliro, Piraeus
EET Djebbour   47' Report Zeca   16' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 31,553
Referee: Athanasios Giachos
27 November 2011 11 Asteras Tripolis 2–0 Olympiacos Tripoli
19:30 EET Rogério   42' (pen.)
Perrone   70'
Report Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium
Attendance: 6,150
Referee: Dimitris Kyrkos
3 December 2011 12 Olympiacos 2–0 Panetolikos Neo Faliro, Piraeus
19:30 EET Pantelić   61' (pen.)
Djebbour   74'
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 21,203
Referee: Andreas Pappas
11 December 2011 13 Kerkyra 0–4 Olympiacos Corfu
19:30 EET Report Pantelić   10', 18', 29', 63' Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium
Attendance: 1,719
Referee: Giorgos Daskalopoulos
18 December 2011 14 Olympiacos 2–0 PAS Giannina Neo Faliro, Piraeus
19:30 EET Fuster   9'
Djebbour   43'
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 20,915
Referee: Dimitris Stiliaras
4 January 2012 15 Olympiacos 1–0 Atromitos Neo Faliro, Piraeus
19:30 EET Marcano   53' Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 23,501
Referee: Giannis Delfakis
8 January 2012 16 Doxa Drama 0–0 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
19:30 EET Report Stadium: Kaftanzoglio
Attendance: 841
Referee: A. Papapetrou
14 January 2012 17 Olympiacos 3–1 Levadiakos Neo Faliro, Piraeus
19:30 EET Korbos   41' (o.g.)
Mirallas   44', 66'
Report Napoleoni   65' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 14,372
Referee: Giorgos Daskalopoulos
22 January 2012 18 Skoda Xanthi 1–0 Olympiacos Pigadia, Xanthi
17:15 EET Vlachodimos   52' Report Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena
Attendance: 2,682
Referee: Petros Konstantineas
28 January 2012 19 Olympiacos 3–0 Ergotelis Neo Faliro, Piraeus
19:30 EET Pantelić   58'
Mellberg   65'
Fetfatzidis   90'
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 15,030
Referee: Anastasios Kakos
5 February 2012 20 PAOK 0–2 Olympiacos Toumba, Thessaloniki
19:30 EET Report Abdoun   5'
Mirallas   18'
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 18,299
Referee: Athanasios Giachos
10 February 2012 21 Olympiacos 2–0 AEK Athens Neo Faliro, Piraeus
21:00 EET Mellberg   5'
Mirallas   24'
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 28,057
Referee: Andreas Pappas
19 February 2012 22 Olympiacos 2–0 Panionios Neo Faliro, Piraeus
17:15 EET Makoun   41'
Diogo   50'
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 18,173
Referee: Giannis Delfakis
3 March 2012 23 OFI 0–2 Olympiacos Heraklion
17:15 EET Report Holebas   45'
Kazim-Richards   54'
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis
Attendance: 5,041
Referee: Andreas Pappas
11 March 2012 24 Olympiacos 3–0 Aris Neo Faliro, Piraeus
17:15 EET Marcano   18'
Holebas   45+3' (pen.)
Mirallas   69'
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 21,221
Referee: Athanasios Giachos
18 March 2012 25 Panathinaikos 0–3 1 Olympiacos Maroussi, Athens
19:30 EET Report Abdoun   51' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: -
Referee: Anastasios Kakos
25 March 2012 26 Olympiacos 7–2 Asteras Tripolis Neo Faliro, Piraeus
19:30 EEST Mirallas   20' (pen.), 51', 70', 89'
Djebbour   49'
Orbaiz   53'
Fuster   80'
Report Navarro   13'
Martins   16'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 18,874
Referee: Michalis Voskakis
1 April 2012 27 Panetolikos 0–1 Olympiacos Agrinio
19:00 EEST Report Mirallas   54' Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium
Attendance: 5,964
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis
8 April 2012 28 Olympiacos 0–1 Kerkyra Neo Faliro, Piraeus
19:00 EEST Report Ioannou   80' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 25,296
Referee: Praxitelis Zachariadis
18 April 2012 29 PAS Giannina 0–4 Olympiacos Ioannina
19:00 EEST Report Mirallas   53'
Djebbour   64', 71'
Fetfatzidis   75'
Stadium: Zosimades
Attendance: 5,198
Referee: Alexandros Dimitropoulos
22 April 2012 30 Atromitos 0–2 Olympiacos Peristeri, Athens
EEST Report Marcano   61'
Fetfatzidis   66'
Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Attendance: 2,011
Referee: Michalis Voskakis

1 Match awarded 0-3 by FA decision following severe crowd violence during the match.

Greek Cup edit

21 December 2011 Fourth round Pierikos 1–3 Olympiacos Katerini
17:00 (EET) Eleftheriadis   36' Report Pantelić   33' (pen.), 44'
Abdoun   70'
Stadium: 1st Olympic Athletic Center of Katerini
Referee: Aristomenis Koutsiaftis (Arta)
11 January 2012 Fifth round Olympiacos 3–0 Thrasyvoulos Neo Faliro, Piraeus
19:00 (EET) Pantelić   10', 56'
Fuster   21'
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Referee: Georgios Kominis (Thesprotia)
25 January 2012 Quarter-finals Olympiacos 4–0 Panionios Neo Faliro, Piraeus
20:00 (EET) Pantelić   11', 65'
Diogo   78'
Abdoun   87'
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos (Trikala)
21 March 2012 Semi-finals
First leg
Olympiacos 1–0 OFI Neo Faliro, Piraeus
19:30 EET Melberg   81' Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: n/a
Referee: Athanasios Giachos (Chios)
4 April 2012 Semi-finals
Second leg
OFI 0–0
(0–1 agg.)
Olympiacos Heraklion
19:00 EEST Report Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis
Attendance: n/a
Referee: Ilias Spathas (Piraeus)
28 April 2012 Final Atromitos 1–2 (a.e.t.) Olympiacos Maroussi, Athens
20:30 EEST Iglesias   75' Report Djebbour   29'
Fuster   119'
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 41,500
Referee: Ilias Spathas (Piraeus)

UEFA Champions League edit

Group stage edit

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Arsenal 6 3 2 1 7 6 +1 11 Advance to knockout phase
2   Marseille 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10
3   Olympiacos 6 3 0 3 8 6 +2 9 Transfer to Europa League
4   Borussia Dortmund 6 1 1 4 6 12 −6 4
Source: Soccerway
13 September 2011 1 Olympiacos   0–1   Marseille Piraeus, Greece
20:45 CEST Report Lucho   51' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30,040[10]
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)
28 September 2011 2 Arsenal   2–1   Olympiacos London, England
20:45 CEST Chamberlain   8'
Santos   20'
Report Fuster   27' Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 59,676[11]
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
19 October 2011 3 Olympiacos   3–1   Borussia Dortmund Piraeus, Greece
20:45 CEST Holebas   8'
Djebbour   40'
Modesto   78'
Report Lewandowski   26' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 29,638[12]
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)
1 November 2011 4 Borussia Dortmund   1–0   Olympiacos Dortmund, Germany
20:45 CET Großkreutz   7' Report Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 65,590[13]
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)
23 November 2011 5 Marseille   0–1   Olympiacos Marseille, France
20:45 CET Report Fetfatzidis   82' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 59,531[14]
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
6 December 2011 6 Olympiacos   3–1   Arsenal Piraeus, Greece
20:45 CET Djebbour   16'
Fuster   36'
Modesto   89'
Report Benayoun   57' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30,816[15]
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

UEFA Europa League edit

Knockout phase edit

Round of 32 edit
14 February 2012 First leg Rubin Kazan   0–1   Olympiacos Moscow, Russia
12:00 CET Report Fuster   71' Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 1,741[16]
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
23 February 2012 Second leg Olympiacos   1–0
(2–0 agg.)
  Rubin Kazan Piraeus, Greece
21:05 CET Djebbour   14' Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30,000[17]
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)
Round of 16 edit
8 March 2012 First leg Metalist Kharkiv   0–1   Olympiacos Kharkiv, Ukraine
19:00 CET Report Fuster   50' Stadium: Metalist Stadium
Attendance: 35,136
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
15 March 2012 Second leg Olympiacos   1–2
(2–2a agg.)
  Metalist Kharkiv Piraeus, Greece
21:05 CET Marcano   15' Report Villagra   81'
Dević   86'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30,077
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Team kit edit

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Fourth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Friendlies

Individual Awards edit

Name Pos. Award
  Kevin Mirallas Winger
  • Super League Greece Player of the Season
  • Super League Greece Best Foreign Player
  • Super League Greece Golden Boot
  Ernesto Valverde Manager
  • Super League Greece Manager of the Season

References edit

  1. ^ ΜΕΣΟΙ ΟΡΟΙ ΕΙΣΙΤΗΡΙΩΝ (in Greek)
  2. ^ "Olympiakos Piraeus - Squad 2011/2012". worldfootball.net.
  3. ^ "Olympiacos 2011/2012". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Panathinaikos punished for fans' rampage". Sports Illustrated.
  5. ^ "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraphs 5 (in Greek)
  6. ^ "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraph 6 (in Greek)
  7. ^ "Super League Greece, standing". Super League Greece. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2011., see footnote (in Greek)
  8. ^ "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraph 4, 8 (in Greek)
  9. ^ "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraph 16a (in Greek)
  10. ^ "Olympiakos Piraeus vs. Olympique Marseille - 13 September 2011". Soccerway. 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  11. ^ "Arsenal vs. Olympiakos Piraeus - 28 September 2011". Soccerway. 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  12. ^ "Olympiakos Piraeus vs. Borussia Dortmund - 19 October 2011". Soccerway. 2011-10-19. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  13. ^ "Borussia Dortmund vs. Olympiakos Piraeus - 1 November 2011". Soccerway. 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
  14. ^ "Olympique Marseille vs. Olympiacos Piraeus - 23 November 2011". Soccerway. 2011-11-23. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
  15. ^ "Olympiakos Piraeus vs. Arsenal - 6 December 2011". Soccerway. 2011-12-06. Retrieved 2011-12-07.
  16. ^ "Rubin Kazan vs. Olympiakos Piraeus - 14 February 2012 - Soccerway".
  17. ^ "Olympiakos Piraeus vs. Rubin Kazan - 23 February 2012 - Soccerway".

External links edit