# 2015–16 Olympiacos F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Olympiacos's 57th consecutive season in the Super League Greece and their 90th year in existence. The club was managed to become the champions for 6th consecutive year and for 18th time during the last 20 seasons. Olympiacos also participated in the Greek Football Cup, losing at the final against AEK Athens. They also took part in the UEFA Champions League (group stage) and the UEFA Europa League (knockout phase, round of 32).

## Players

| No. | Name | Position (s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Games played | Goals scored |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 16 | Roberto | GK | 10 February 1986 (29) | Atlético Madrid | 72 | 0 |
| 33 | Eleftherios Choutesiotis | GK | 20 July 1994 (21) | Olympiacos FC Academy | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Stefanos Kapino | GK | 18 March 1994 (21) | Mainz 05 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 3 | Alberto Botía | CB | 27 January 1989 (26) | Sevilla FC | 17 | 1 |
| 6 | Manuel da Costa | CB | 6 May 1986 (29) | Sivasspor | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Omar Elabdellaoui | RB | 5 December 1991 (24) | Eintracht Braunschweig | 28 | 1 |
| 23 | Dimitris Siovas | CB | 16 September 1988 (27) | Panionios | 48 | 4 |
| 24 | Tasos Avlonitis | CB | 1 January 1990 (25) | Panionios | 18 | 2 |
| 26 | Arthur Masuaku | LB | 7 November 1993 (22) | Valenciennes | 29 | 0 |
| 29 | Praxitelis Vouros | CB | 5 May 1995 (20) | Olympiacos Academy | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Leandro Salino | RB / DM | 22 April 1985 (30) | Braga | 30 | 0 |
| 31 | Konstantinos Tsimikas | LB | 12 May 1996 (19) | Olympiacos Academy | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 2 | Giannis Maniatis | DM / CM | 12 October 1986 (29) | Panionios | 85 | 6 |
| 5 | Luka Milivojević | DM / CM | 7 April 1991 (24) | Anderlecht | 24 | 4 |
| 7 | Kostas Fortounis | AM | 16 October 1992 (23) | Kaiserslautern | 27 | 9 |
| 8 | Andreas Bouchalakis | CM | 5 April 1993 (22) | Ergotelis | 11 | 3 |
| 10 | Alejandro Domínguez | AM | 10 June 1981 (34) | Rayo Vallecano | 54 | 20 |
| 11 | Pajtim Kasami | CM | 2 June 1992 (23) | Fulham | 24 | 2 |
| 15 | Qazim Laçi | CM | 19 January 1996 (19) | Olympiacos Academy | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | David Fuster | AM | 3 February 1982 (33) | Villarreal | 101 | 26 |
| 20 | Dimitris Kolovos | AM / LW | 27 April 1993 (22) | Panionios | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Jimmy Durmaz | LW | 22 March 1989 (26) | Gençlerbirliği | 27 | 5 |
| 32 | Fanis Tzandaris | CM | 13 June 1993 (22) | PAOK | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Manolis Saliakas | CM | 12 September 1996 (19) | Olympiacos Academy | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Saša Zdjelar | DM | 20 March 1995 (20) | OFK Beograd | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Hernâni | CF | 20 August 1991 (24) | Porto | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Felipe Pardo | RW | 17 August 1990 (25) | Braga | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | Esteban Cambiasso | DM | 18 August 1980 (35) | Leicester City | 1 | 0 |
| 92 | Sebá | RW / CF | 8 June 1992 (23) | Estoril | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 9 | Alfreð Finnbogason | CF | 1 February 1989 (27) | Real Sociedad | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Alan Pulido | CF | 8 March 1991 (24) | Levadiakos | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Brown Ideye | CF | 10 October 1988 (27) | West Bromwich Albion | 0 | 0 |
For recent transfers, see List of Greek football transfers summer 2015

### Olympiacos U20 squad

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 |
| — | GK | GRE | Aris Vlachos |
| — | GK | GRE | Michalis Iliadis |
| — | GK | GRE | Giorgos Strezos |
| — | DF | GRE | Anastasis Bougioukos |
| — | DF | GRE | Dimitris Gkoutsios |
| — | DF | GRE | Giorgos Makrostergios |
| — | DF | GRE | Giannis Sotirakos |
| — | DF | GRE | Argyris Toufas |
| — | DF | GRE | Antonis Vatousiadis |
| — | DF | GRE | Praxitelis Vouros |
| — | DF | GRE | Panagiotis Volonakis |
| — | MF | GRE | Giorgos Lyras |
| — | MF | GRE | Ioannis Paidakis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GRE | Dimitrios Voutsiotis |
| — | MF | GRE | Giorgos Kanavetas |
| — | MF | GRE | Giannis Laci |
| — | MF | BIH | Boban Lazić |
| — | MF | GRE | Alexandros Margaritis |
| — | MF | GRE | Achilleas Nasiakopoulos |
| — | MF | GRE | Antonis Papasavvas |
| — | MF | GRE | Christoforos Pasalidis |
| — | MF | GRE | Charalambos Rentzis |
| — | MF | GRE | Manolis Saliakas |
| — | FW | GRE | Kostas Garefalakis |
| — | FW | GRE | Ilias Ignatidis |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers 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 |
| — | FW | GRE | (from OFI Crete) (fee:free transfer) |
| — | MF | GRE | Bruno Chalkiadakis (from Ergotelis) (fee:free transfer) |
| — | FW | MEX | Alan Pulido (from Levadiakos) (fee:free transfer) |
| — | GK | GRE | Stefanos Kapino (from Mainz 05) (fee: €2M) |
| — | MF | GRE | Fanis Tzandaris (from PAOK) (fee:free transfer) |
| — | DF | GRE | Manolis Bertos (from Skoda Xanthi) (fee:free transfer) |
| — | FW | NGA | Brown Ideye (from West Bromwich Albion) (fee: €5M) |
| — | FW | POR | Hernâni (from Porto) (loan until 30 June 2016) (fee: €1.5M) |
| — | FW | ISL | Alfreð Finnbogason (from Real Sociedad) (loan until 30 June 2016) (fee: €1M) |
| — | MF | COL | Felipe Pardo (from Braga) (fee: €4.5M) |
| — | DF | POR | Manuel da Costa (from Sivasspor) (fee: €2M) |
| — | DF | GRE | Dimitris Goutas (from Skoda Xanthi) (fee: €0.8M) |
| — | MF | ARG | Esteban Cambiasso (from Leicester City) (fee: free transfer) |
| — | FW | GRE | Giannis Gianniotas (from Fortuna Düsseldorf) (fee: €0.5M) |
| — | FW | BRA | Sebá (from Estoril) (fee: €1.8M) |
| — | FW | GRE | Dimitris Kolovos (from Panionios)(loan return) |
| — | MF | SRB | Saša Zdjelar (from OFK Beograd)(loan return) |
| — | MF | ALB | Qazim Laci (promoted from youth system) |
| — | DF | GRE | Praxitelis Vouros (promoted from youth system) |
| — | MF | GRE | Kostas Tsimikas (promoted from youth system) |
| — | FW | COM | El Fardou Ben Nabouhane (from Veria F.C.)(fee:free transfer) |
| — | FW | GRE | Nikolaos Ioannidis (from Borussia Dortmund II)(loan return) |
Total spending: €19,800,000

### Transfers 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 |
| — | FW | GRE | Kostas Mitroglou (loan return to Fulham) |
| — | FW | NED | Ibrahim Affelay (loan return to Barcelona) |
| — | DF | GRE | Manolis Tzanakakis (loan to Anorthosis Famagusta) (until 30 June 2016) |
| — | MF | ARG | Nicolás Martínez (loan to Anorthosis Famagusta) (until 30 June 2016) |
| — | FW | GRE | Dimitris Diamantakos (loan to Karlsruhe) (until 30 June 2016) |
| — | FW | GRE | Nikos Vergos (loan to Elche) (until 30 June 2016) |
| — | FW | GRE | Nikolaos Ioannidis (loan to Borussia Dortmund II) (until 31 December 2015) |
| — | FW | NGA | Michael Olaitan (loan to Twente) (until 30 June 2016) |
| — | FW | SRB | Marko Šćepović (loan to Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz) (until 30 June 2016) |
| — | FW | PAR | Jorge Benítez (loan to Cruz Azul) (until 30 June 2016) |
| — | FW | GRE | Anastasios Karamanos (loan to Panionios) (until 30 June 2016) |
| — | DF | GRE | Kostas Giannoulis (transfer to Asteras Tripolis (free transfer)) |
| — | GK | GRE | Andreas Gianniotis (loan to Panionios)(Until 30 June 2016) |
| — | DF | GRE | Manolis Bertos (loan to Skoda Xanthi)(Until 30 June 2016) |
| — | DF | GRE | Epaminondas Pantelakis (loan to PGS Kissamikos) (Until 30 June 2016) |
| — | MF | MLI | Sambou Yatabaré (loan to Standard Liège) (until 30 June 2016) |
| — | MF | TOG | Mathieu Dossevi (loan to Standard Liège) (Until 30 June 2016) |
| — | MF | GRE | Zisis Karachalios (loan to Anagennisi Karditsa) |
| — | MF | MNE | Marko Janković (loan to Maribor) (until 30 June 2016) |
| — | DF | GRE | Dimitris Goutas (loan to Skoda Xanthi) (until 30 June 2016) |
| — | FW | COM | El Fardou Ben Nabouhane (loan to Levadiakos) (until 30 June 2016) |
| — | FW | GRE | Giannis Gianniotas (loan to APOEL) (until 30 June 2016) |
| — | GK | GEO | Giorgi Loria (transfer to Krylia Sovetov (free transfer)) |
| — | FW | ARG | Franco Jara (transfer to Pachuca (free transfer)) |
| — | MF | GRE | Panagiotis Vlachodimos (Free Agent) |

## Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### May friendlies
## 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 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 81 | 16 | +65 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 55 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 21 | +22 | 54 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 4 | PAOK | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 45 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 5 | Panionios | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 44 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
* ↑ Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos. The match was awarded as a 3–0 win for Olympiacos.
* ↑ AEK were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Atromitos.
* ↑ PAOK were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos in Greek Cup semifinal match.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 17 April 2016. 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | P | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 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 | 1 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
1.^ Matchday 2 vs. Levadiakos, originally meant to be held in Levadia at Levadia Municipal Stadium, but due to the bad condition of the stadium Super League Greece decided to be held in Athens at the Olympic Stadium 2.^ Matches of Matchday 4 originally was scheduled to be held in 19/20/21 September 2015, but due to the Elections to be held on 20 September 2015 Super League Greece, decided the Matchday 4 to be held 22/23 September 2015. 3.^ Due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos, the match was awarded as a 3–0 win for Olympiacos.

### Greek Football Cup
#### Second round

Group E
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | OLY | PLA | APS | PEG |
| 1 | Olympiacos | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | Round of 16 | | 2–2 | — | — |
| 2 | Platanias | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Round of 16 | — | | 3–1 | — |
| 3 | Apollon Smyrnis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | | 1–2 | — | | 3–1 |
| 4 | Panegialios | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | | 0–4 | 1–0 | — | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAY | ARS | OLY | DZG |
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | +16 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 5–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–0 | — | 2–3 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Olympiacos | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 9 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–3 | 0–3 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 3 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — |

### UEFA Europa League

Olympiacos qualified to UEFA Europa League knock-out stage as the 3rd team of Champions League Group F.

#### Round of 32
## Statistics
### Goal scorers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | Super League Greece | UEFA Champions League | Greek Cup | Total |
| 7 | MF | | Kostas Fortounis | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 99 | FW | | Brown Ideye | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 21 | MF | | Jimmy Durmaz | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | | Alberto Botía | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 90 | MF | | Felipe Pardo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | | Luka Milivojević | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 77 | FW | | Hernâni | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | | Andreas Bouchalakis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Alfreð Finnbogason | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | | Alejandro Domínguez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | | Pajtim Kasami | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | | Arthur Masuaku | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| - | MF | | Mathieu Dossevi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| - | - | - | Opponent's own Goals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 35 | 6 | 6 | 47 |
Last updated: 5 November 2015

## Individual Awards

| Name | Pos. | Award |
| Kostas Fortounis | Attacking Midfielder | Super League Greece Player of the Season Super League Greece Golden Boot Super League Greece Greek Footballer of the Season Super League Greece Team of the Season Olympiacos Goal of the Season |
| Roberto | Goalkeeper | Super League Greece Goalkeeper the Season Super League Greece Team of the Season |
| Arthur Masuaku | Left-back | Super League Greece Team of the Season |