# 2016–17 Olympiacos F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Olympiacos's 58th consecutive season in the Super League Greece and their 91st year in existence. The club become the national champions for 7th consecutive year, equalizing the previous record Olympiacos also has for the period 1997–2003 – and for 19th time during the last 21 seasons. Olympiacos participated in the UEFA Europa League and in the Greek Football Cup.
The season was marked by continuous changes of coaches, having changed coaches 5 times during the season. Marco Silva, Víctor Sánchez, Paulo Bento, Vasilis Vouzas and Takis Lemonis coached the team from June 2016 to June 2017.

## Players
### Final squad

| No. | Name | Position(s) | Place of birth | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Notes |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 27 | Stefanos Kapino | GK | Piraeus, Greece | 18 March 1994 (22) | Mainz |
| 31 | Nicola Leali | GK | Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy | 17 February 1993 (24) | Juventus | on loan |
| 33 | Lefteris Choutesiotis | GK | Makrychori, Greece | 20 July 1994 (22) | Olympiacos Academy |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 3 | Alberto Botía | CB | Alquerías, Spain | 27 January 1989 (28) | Sevilla |
| 6 | Manuel da Costa | CB | Saint-Max, France | 6 May 1986 (30) | Sivasspor |
| 22 | Aly Cissokho | LB | Blois, France | 15 September 1987 (29) | Aston Villa | on loan |
| 24 | Alberto de la Bella | LB | Santa Coloma, Catalonia, Spain | 2 December 1985 (31) | Real Sociedad | on loan |
| 36 | Bruno Viana | CB | Macaé, Brazil | 5 February 1995 (22) | Cruzeiro |
| 43 | Dimitris Nikolaou | CB / LB | Euboea, Greece | 13 August 1998 (18) | Olympiacos Academy |
| 44 | Juan Carlos Paredes | FB / WB / RW | Esmeraldas, Ecuador | 8 July 1987 (29) | Watford | on loan |
| 45 | Panagiotis Retsos | CB | Johannesburg, South Africa | 9 August 1998 (18) | Olympiacos Academy |
| 77 | Diogo Figueiras | RB | Castanheira do Ribatejo, Portugal | 1 July 1991 (25) | Sevilla |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 4 | Alaixys Romao | CM | L'Haÿ-les-Roses, France | 18 January 1984 (33) | Marseille |
| 7 | Kostas Fortounis | AM | Trikala, Greece | 16 October 1992 (24) | Kaiserslautern |
| 8 | Andreas Bouchalakis | CM | Heraklion, Greece | 5 April 1993 (23) | Ergotelis |
| 10 | Alejandro Domínguez | AM | Lanús, Argentina | 10 June 1981 (35) | Rayo Vallecano |
| 11 | Marko Marin | AM / LW | Bosanska Gradiška, SFR Yugoslavia | 13 March 1989 (27) | Chelsea |
| 19 | Esteban Cambiasso | DM | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 18 August 1980 (36) | Leicester City |
| 28 | André Martins | CM | Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal | 21 January 1990 (27) | Sporting CP |
| 32 | Thanasis Androutsos | AM | Marousi, Greece | 6 May 1997 (19) | Olympiacos Academy |
| 52 | Giorgos Manthatis | CM | Sofia, Bulgaria | 11 May 1997 (19) | Olympiacos Academy |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 9 | Óscar Cardozo | ST | Juan Eulogio Estigarribia, Paraguay | 20 May 1983 (33) | Trabzonspor |
| 17 | Karim Ansarifard | ST | Ardabil, Iran | 3 April 1990 (26) | Panionios |
| 18 | Tarik Elyounoussi | ST / LW | Al Hoceïma, Morocco | 23 February 1988 (28) | Hoffenheim |
| 92 | Sebá | LW / CF | Salvador, Brazil | 8 June 1992 (24) | Estoril |
For recent transfers, see List of Greek football transfers summer 2016

### Youth players registered in first team

Olympiacos U20 is the youth team of Olympiacos. They participate in the Super League U20 championship and in UEFA Youth League competition. They play their home games at the 3,000-seater Renti Training Centre in Renti, Piraeus.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | ALB | Ardit Toli |
| 30 | GK | GRE | Dimitris Skafidas |
| 34 | MF | GRE | Dimitris Tasioulis |
| 38 | MF | GRE | Konstantinos Megaritis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 39 | MF | GRE | Giorgos Xydas |
| 40 | GK | GRE | Christos Karadais |
| 42 | MF | ALB | Marius Vrushaj |

### International players

| Ardit Toli (U-21) Alberto de la Bella Juan Carlos Paredes Karim Ansarifard Nicola Leali (U-21) Manuel da Costa Tarik Elyounoussi Óscar Cardozo André Martins Alaixys Romao | Kostas Fortounis Stefanos Kapino (Men's & U-21) Lefteris Choutesiotis (U-21) Giorgos Manthatis (U-19) Thanasis Androutsos (U-19) Panagiotis Retsos (U-19) Dimitris Nikolaou (U-19) Giorgos Xydas (U-19) Konstantinos Megaritis (U-19) Marius Vrushaj (U-19) |

### Foreign players

| EU Nationals Marko Marin Aly Cissokho Alberto de la Bella Nicola Leali Diogo Figueiras André Martins Alberto Botía | EU Nationals (Dual Citizenship) Esteban Cambiasso Alejandro Domínguez Manuel da Costa Alaixys Romao Marius Vrushaj | Non-EU Nationals Tarik Elyounoussi Ardit Toli Sebá Bruno Viana Juan Carlos Paredes Karim Ansarifard Óscar Cardozo |

### Other players under contract

* Giannis Kargas (co-ownership with Platanias)

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in
#### Summer 2016

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 | POR | Diogo Figueiras (from Sevilla) (fee: €1.4M) |
| — | DF | CYP | Constantinos Laifis (from Anorthosis Famagusta) (fee: €537K) |
| — | DF | BRA | Bruno Viana (from Cruzeiro) |
| — | DF | GRE | Antonis Karageorgis (from Kalloni) |
| — | MF | POR | André Martins (from Sporting CP) |
| — | MF | TOG | Alaixys Romao (from Marseille) |
| — | MF | GER | Marko Marin (from Chelsea) |
| — | FW | NOR | Tarik Elyounoussi (from Hoffenheim) |
| — | FW | PAR | Óscar Cardozo (from Trabzonspor) |
| — | GK | ITA | Nicola Leali (on loan from Juventus) |
| — | DF | ESP | Alberto de la Bella (on loan from Real Sociedad) |
| — | FW | POR | Gonçalo Paciência (on loan from Porto B) |
| — | GK | GRE | Giorgos Strezos (from Panachaiki) (loan return) |
| — | DF | GRE | Tasos Avlonitis (from Sturm Graz) (loan return) |
| — | DF | GRE | Dimitris Goutas (from Skoda Xanthi) (loan return) |
| — | DF | GRE | Manolis Bertos (from Skoda Xanthi) (loan return) |
| — | DF | GRE | Epaminondas Pantelakis (from Kissamikos) (loan return) |
| — | MF | GRE | Manolis Tzanakakis (from Anorthosis Famagusta) (loan return) |
| — | MF | GRE | Fanis Tzandaris (from Panionios) (loan return) |
| — | MF | GRE | Giannis Gianniotas (from APOEL) (loan return) |
| — | MF | ARG | Nicolás Martínez (from Anorthosis Famagusta) (loan return) |
| — | MF | MNE | Marko Janković (from Maribor) (loan return) |
| — | MF | NGA | Michael Olaitan (from Kortrijk) (loan return) |
| — | MF | GRE | Giannis Maniatis (from Standard Liège) (loan return) |
| — | FW | COM | El Fardou Ben Nabouhane (from Levadiakos) (loan return) |
| — | FW | GRE | Anastasios Karamanos (from Panionios) (loan return) |
| — | FW | GRE | Nikos Vergos (from Elche) (loan return) |
| — | FW | SRB | Marko Šćepović (from Mouscron) (loan return) |

#### Winter 2016–2017

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 | Aly Cissokho (on loan from Aston Villa) (with buying option) |
| — | DF | ECU | Juan Carlos Paredes (on loan from Watford) (with buying option) |
| — | MF | ALB | Qazim Laçi (from APOEL) (loan return) |
| — | MF | GRE | Konstantinos Plegas (from Panthrakikos) (loan return) |
| — | FW | IRN | Karim Ansarifard (from Panionios) |

### Transfers out
#### Summer 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | MF | SUI | Pajtim Kasami (on loan to Nottingham Forest) |
| 15 | MF | ALB | Qazim Laçi (on loan to APOEL) |
| 16 | GK | ESP | Roberto (transfer to Espanyol) (fee: €3M) |
| 16 | FW | GRE | Nikos Vergos (on loan to Real Madrid B) |
| 17 | FW | MEX | Alan Pulido (transfer to Chivas Guadalajara) |
| 19 | MF | ESP | David Fuster (released) |
| 20 | MF | GRE | Dimitris Kolovos (on loan to Mechelen) |
| 21 | MF | SWE | Jimmy Durmaz (transfer to Toulouse) (fee: €2.5M) |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Arthur Masuaku (transfer to West Ham) (fee: €7M) |
| 27 | FW | PAR | Jorge Benítez (transfer to Cruz Azul, previously on loan) |
| 30 | DF | BRA | Leandro Salino (released) |
| 34 | MF | GRE | Manolis Saliakas (on loan to Karmiotissa) |
| 46 | MF | GRE | Konstantinos Plegas (on loan to Panthrakikos) |
| 77 | FW | POR | Hernâni (loan return to Porto) |
| 99 | FW | NGA | Michael Olaitan (free transfer to Panionios) |
| – | GK | GRE | Giorgos Strezos (transfer to Panegialios) |
| – | DF | GRE | Manolis Bertos (transfer to Asteras Tripoli) |
| – | DF | GRE | Manolis Tzanakakis (free transfer to Aris) |
| – | DF | CYP | Constantinos Laifis (on loan to Standard Liège) |
| – | DF | GHA | Mark Asigba (on loan to Veria) |
| – | DF | GRE | Dimitris Goutas (on loan to Kortrijk) |
| – | DF | GRE | Epaminondas Pantelakis (on loan to Kissamikos) |
| – | DF | GRE | Antonis Karageorgis (on loan to Kalloni) |
| – | DF | GRE | Tasos Avlonitis (released) |
| – | MF | GRE | Giannis Gianniotas (on loan to APOEL) |
| – | MF | MNE | Marko Janković (on loan to Partizan) |
| – | MF | ARG | Nicolás Martínez (on loan to Western Sydney Wanderers) |
| – | FW | COM | El Fardou Ben Nabouhane (on loan to Panionios) |
| – | FW | GRE | Anastasios Karamanos (on loan to Feirense) |
| – | FW | SRB | Marko Šćepović (transfer to Videoton) |

#### Winter 2016–2017

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | MF | GRE | Giannis Maniatis (released) |
| 5 | MF | SRB | Luka Milivojević (transfer to Crystal Palace) |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Omar Elabdellaoui (on loan to Hull City) |
| 20 | DF | GRE | Konstantinos Tsimikas (on loan to Esbjerg) |
| 21 | FW | POR | Gonçalo Paciência (loan return to Porto B) |
| 23 | DF | GRE | Dimitris Siovas (on loan to Leganés) |
| 29 | DF | GRE | Praxitelis Vouros (on loan to Levadiakos) |
| 44 | MF | SRB | Saša Zdjelar (on loan to Mallorca) |
| 90 | FW | COL | Felipe Pardo (on loan to Nantes) |
| 99 | FW | NGA | Brown Ideye (transfer to Tianjin TEDA) |
| – | MF | MNE | Marko Janković (transfer to Partizan, previously on loan) |
| – | MF | ALB | Qazim Laçi (on loan to Levadiakos) |
| – | MF | GRE | Fanis Tzandaris (on loan to Koper) |

## Personnel
### Management

| Position | Staff |
| Owner | Evangelos Marinakis |
| President | Evangelos Marinakis |
| 1st Vice–President | Savvas Theodoridis |
| 2nd Vice–President | Socratis S. Kokkalis |
| 3rd Vice–President Football Department and Transfers Manager | Michalis Kountouris |
| 4th Vice–President Head of Legal Department and Club Representative | Theodoros Giannikos |
| 5th Vice–President | Giannis Moralis |
| 6th Vice–President | Dimitris Agrafiotis |
| Chief Director | Ioannis Vrentzos |
| Strategic Advisor and International Relations | Christian Karembeu |
| Infrastructure Olympiacos Academy and Administrative Director | Georgios Pavlou |
| Commercial Corporate Communication and Social Awareness Director | Konstantinos Kardiasmenos |

### Coaching, technical and medical staff

Coaching staff :
| Head coach | Takis Lemonis |
| Assistant coach | Ariel Ibagaza (interim) |
| Assistant coach | Tasos Pantos (interim) |
| Goalkeeping coach | Alekos Rantos (interim) |
| Analyst |
| Analyst | Giannis Vogiatzakis |
| Analyst | Giorgos Martakos |
| Fitness trainer |
| Fitness trainer | Christos Mourikis |
| Fitness trainer | Manos Smpokos |
| Technical staff ||
| Technical Consultant and Sports Director | François Modesto |
| Strategic Advisor and International Relations | Christian Karembeu |
| Marketing and Sponsoring Director | Eric Abidal |
| Team Manager | Kyriakos Dourekas |
| Interpreter | Roberto García Peral |
| Interpreter | Marina Tsali |
| Medical staff ||
| Head doctor | Christos Theos |
| Physio | Nikos Lykouresis |
| Physio | Thomas Thomas |
| Physio | Nikolaos Koulopoulos |
| Nutritionist – Physiologist | Maria Lykomitrou |

### Scouting staff

| Head of Scouting Department | François Modesto |
| Scout | Giorgos Kokolakis |
| Scout | Dimitrios Barbalias |
| Scout | Nikos Vamvakoulas |
| Scout | Georgios Amanatidis |
| Scout | Giovanni |
| Scout | Luciano Galletti |

### Olympiacos Academy

| Technical Director | Thodoris Eleftheriadis |
| General Manager | Tasos Mitropoulos |
| U20–U19 coach | Vasilis Vouzas |
| Youth goalkeeping coach | Foto Strakosha |
| Youth goalkeeping coach | Alekos Rantos |
| U18–U9–U8 coach | Giannis Schinarakis |
| U17 coach | Dimitris Mavrogenidis |
| U16 coach | Giorgos Papakostoulis |
| U15 coach | Tasos Theos |
| U14 coach | Nikos Topoliatis |
| U13 coach | Fotis Papapanagis |
| U12 coach | Tasos Pantos |
| U11 coach | Tasos Kyriakopoulos |
| U10 coach | Iakovos Chatziraptis |

## Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### August friendlies
#### Notes

* ^ Opponent and stadium changed. Originally a friendly between Royal Standard de Liège and Olympiacos FC.

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### Super League Greece
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 57 | 16 | +41 | 67 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | PAOK | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 52 | 19 | +33 | 61 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 45 | 19 | +26 | 57 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 54 | 23 | +31 | 53 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 5 | Panionios | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 52 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
* ↑ PAOK were deducted three points as they did not show up to the second semi-final match against Olympiacos in last year's Greek Cup.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 30 April 2017. 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 4 | 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 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
(Source:)
    $^1$ (originally scheduled on 21 August 2016)
    $^2$ (originally scheduled on 28 August 2016)
    $^3$ (originally scheduled on 19 November 2016)

### Greek Football Cup
#### Matches
##### Group stage
###### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Olympiacos | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 9 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Platanias | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Sparta | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Chania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | |

##### Round of 16

The draw for this round took place on 20 December 2016.
The first leg was originally scheduled on 11 January 2017, 19:30

##### Quarter-finals

The draw for this round took place on 27 January 2017.

##### Semi-finals

The draw for this round took place on 21 March 2017 (after being delayed on 18 March 2017).

### UEFA Champions League
#### Third qualifying round

All times at EET

### UEFA Europa League
#### Play-off round

All times at EET

#### Group stage

Times from matchday 1 to 3 at UTC+3. The rest at UTC+2.

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32

All times at EET

##### Round of 16

All times at EET

## Individual Awards

| Name | Pos. | Award |
| Panagiotis Retsos | Centre-back | Super League Greece Young Player of the Season Super League Greece Team of the Season |
| Kostas Fortounis | Attacking Midfielder | Super League Greece Team of the Season |