# 2005–06 Olympiacos F.C. season

The 2005–06 season was Olympiacos's 47th consecutive season in the Alpha Ethniki and their 80th year in existence. The club were played their 9th consecutive season in the UEFA Champions League. In the beginning of the summertime Olympiacos named Norwegian Trond Sollied coach.

## 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 | MF | GRE | Pantelis Kafes |
| 2 | DF | GRE | Christos Patsatzoglou |
| 3 | DF | GRE | Stelios Venetidis |
| 4 | DF | GRE | Efthimios Kouloucheris |
| 5 | DF | GRE | Michalis Kapsis |
| 6 | MF | GRE | Ieroklis Stoltidis |
| 7 | FW | MEX | Nery Castillo |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Miloš Marić |
| 9 | FW | CYP | Ioannis Okkas |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Rivaldo |
| 11 | MF | SRB | Predrag Đorđević |
| 12 | DF | ARG | Gabriel Schurrer |
| 14 | DF | GRE | Dimitris Mavrogennidis |
| 15 | MF | CIV | Yaya Touré |
| 17 | MF | GRE | Giannis Taralidis |
| 19 | DF | GRE | Athanasios Kostoulas |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Dani García |
| 21 | DF | GRE | Grigorios Georgatos |
| 22 | DF | TUR | Erol Bulut |
| 23 | FW | CYP | Michalis Konstantinou |
| 25 | DF | GRE | Spyros Vallas |
| 27 | MF | ARM | Zhora Hovhannisyan |
| 28 | MF | GRE | Konstantinos Mendrinos |
| 30 | DF | GRE | Anastasios Pantos |
| 32 | DF | GRE | Georgios Anatolakis |
| 33 | GK | BEL | Erwin Lemmens |
| 34 | GK | GRE | Kleopas Giannou |
| 36 | MF | GRE | Giannoulis Fakinos |
| 40 | FW | NGA | Haruna Babangida |
| 71 | GK | GRE | Antonios Nikopolidis |
| 77 | MF | GRE | Tasos Kyriakos |
| 87 | GK | GRE | Leonidas Panagopoulos |

## Club
### The Management

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Trond Sollied |
| Assistant manager | Čedomir Janevski |
| Assistant manager | Chris Van Puyvelde |
| Assistant manager | Herman Vermeulen |
| Club doctor | Dimosthenis Anastasakis |
| Chief scout | Vassilis Karapialis |
Last updated: May 7, 2006 Source: Olympiacos FC

### Other information

| Chairman | Socratis Kokkalis |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Karaiskákis Stadium (33,334 / 120x80 m) |
Source: Olympiacos FC article about Socratis Kokkalis and Olympiacos FC article about Karaiskákis Stadium

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Alpha Ethniki | — | — | Winner | 28 Aug 2005 | 14 May 2006 |
| UEFA Champions League | Group Stage | — | Group Stage | 13 Sep 2005 | 6 Dec 2005 |
| Greek Cup | 4th Round | — | Winner | 9 Nov 2005 | 10 May 2006 |
Updated to match played May 14, 2006 Source: Competitions

### Alpha Ethniki
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 30 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 63 | 23 | +40 | 70 | Qualification for Champions League group stage |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 20 | +22 | 67 | Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 55 | 23 | +32 | 67 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Iraklis | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 51 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Skoda Xanthi | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 47 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points (goal difference): AEK 3 (+2), Panathinaikos 3 (-2).

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 May 2006. 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | D |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

All times at EET

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lyon | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 16 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 4 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Olympiacos | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 4 | |
All times at CET

## Team kit

Supplier: Puma Sponsor(s): Siemens
| Home | Away | Third |
Source: Olympiacos FC

## Individual Awards

| Name | Pos. | Award |
| Rivaldo | Attacking Midfielder | Super League Greece Best Foreign Player |
| Ieroklis Stoltidis | Central Midfielder | Super League Greece Greek Player of the Season |
| Antonios Nikopolidis | Goalkeeper | Super League Greece Goalkeeper of the Season |