# 2014–15 Olympiacos F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Olympiacos's 56th consecutive season in the Super League Greece and their 89th year in existence. Olympiacos also participated in the Greek Cup.
Olympiacos won the domestic title for the fifth year in a row.
Olympiacos also participated in UEFA Europa League Knock-out Stage after being eliminated from the UEFA Champions League Group Stage.
On January 6 Olympiacos announced the end of the cooperation with head coach Míchel. Vítor Pereira was hired as the new manager of the team.

## Players

| No. | Name | Position (s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Games played | Goals scored |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 16 | Roberto Jiménez Gago | GK | 10 February 1986 (28) | Atlético Madrid | 50 | 0 |
| 22 | Andreas Gianniotis | GK | 18 December 1992 (22) | Ethnikos Gazoros | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Lefteris Choutesiotis | GK | 20 July 1994 (20) | Olympiacos FC Academy | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Balázs Megyeri | GK | 31 March 1990 (24) | Ferencváros | 42 | 0 |
| 72 | Giorgos Strezos | GK | 6 July 1995 (19) | Olympiacos FC Academy | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 3 | Alberto Botía | CB | 27 January 1989 (25) | Sevilla | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Omar Elabdellaoui | RB | 5 December 1991 (22) | Eintracht Braunschweig | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Kostas Giannoulis | LB | 9 December 1987 (26) | Atromitos | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Eric Abidal | CB / LB | 11 September 1979 (34) | Monaco | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Dimitrios Siovas | CB | 16 September 1988 (25) | Panionios | 27 | 2 |
| 24 | Anastasios Avlonitis | CB | 1 January 1990 (24) | Panionios | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Arthur Masuaku | LB | 7 November 1993 (21) | Valenciennes | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Leandro Salino | RB | 22 April 1985 (29) | Braga | 18 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 2 | Giannis Maniatis | DM / CM | 12 October 1986 (27) | Panionios | 85 | 6 |
| 5 | Luka Milivojević | DM / CM | 7 April 1991 (23) | Anderlecht | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Ibrahim Afellay | LW | 2 April 1986 (28) | Barcelona | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Delvin N'Dinga | DM | 14 March 1986 (26) | Monaco | 21 | 0 |
| 9 | Jimmy Durmaz | RW | 22 March 1989 (25) | Gençlerbirliği | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Alejandro Domínguez | AM | 10 June 1981 (33) | Rayo Vallecano | 25 | 5 |
| 11 | Pajtim Kasami | CM | 2 June 1992 (22) | Fulham | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Andreas Bouchalakis | CM | 5 April 1993 (21) | Ergotelis | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | David Fuster | AM | 3 February 1982 (32) | Villarreal | 88 | 24 |
| 25 | Kostas Fortounis | AM | 16 October 1992 (21) | Kaiserslautern | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Gevorg Ghazaryan | LW | 5 April 1988 (26) | Metalurh Donetsk | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | Mathieu Dossevi | RW | 12 February 1988 (26) | Valenciennes | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 7 | Kostas Mitroglou | CF | 12 March 1988 (26) | Fulham | 86 | 41 |
| 17 | Dimitris Diamantakos | CF | 5 March 1993 (21) | | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | Jorge Benítez | CF | 2 September 1992 (22) | Club Guaraní | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | Michael Olaitan | CF | 1 January 1993 (21) | Veria | 16 | 8 |

### Current squad

As of 31 January 2015
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 (captain) |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Alberto Botía |
| 5 | MF | SRB | Luka Milivojević |
| 6 | MF | NED | Ibrahim Afellay |
| 7 | FW | GRE | Kostas Mitroglou |
| 8 | MF | CGO | Delvin N'Dinga |
| 9 | MF | SWE | Jimmy Durmaz |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Alejandro Domínguez |
| 11 | MF | SUI | Pajtim Kasami |
| 12 | FW | ARG | Franco Jara |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Omar Elabdellaoui |
| 16 | GK | ESP | Roberto (3rd captain) |
| 17 | FW | GRE | Dimitris Diamantakos |
| 18 | MF | GRE | Andreas Bouchalakis |
| 19 | MF | ESP | David Fuster (2nd captain) |
| 20 | DF | GRE | Kostas Giannoulis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | GK | GRE | Andreas Gianniotis |
| 23 | DF | GRE | Dimitrios Siovas |
| 24 | DF | GRE | Anastasios Avlonitis |
| 25 | MF | GRE | Kostas Fortounis |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Arthur Masuaku |
| 27 | FW | PAR | Jorge Benítez |
| 28 | FW | GRE | Nikos Vergos |
| 29 | DF | GRE | Praxitelis Vouros |
| 30 | DF | BRA | Leandro Salino |
| 33 | GK | GRE | Lefteris Choutesiotis |
| 34 | DF | GRE | Manolis Saliakas |
| 42 | GK | HUN | Balázs Megyeri |
| 45 | DF | BRA | Felipe Santana |
| 60 | MF | NOR | Abdisalam Ibrahim |
| 72 | GK | GRE | Georgios Strezos |
| 77 | MF | FRA | Mathieu Dossevi |
For recent transfers, see List of Greek football transfers summer 2014

### 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 | Michalis Iliadis |
| — | GK | GRE | Dimitris Katsimitros |
| — | GK | GRE | Iasonas Gavalas |
| — | DF | GRE | Dimitrios Nikolaou |
| — | DF | GRE | Dimitris Gkoutsios |
| — | DF | GRE | Dimitrios Pechlivanidis |
| — | DF | GRE | Konstantinos Betsas |
| — | DF | GRE | Panayiotis Chelas |
| — | DF | GRE | Panayiotis Retsos |
| — | DF | GRE | Efstratios Salatamaras |
| — | DF | ALB | Ardit Toli |
| — | DF | GRE | Giorgios Agiotis |
| — | DF | GRE | Konstantinos Tsimikas |
| — | DF | GRE | Argyris Toufas |
| — | DF | GRE | Grigoris Kasapidis |
| — | MF | GRE | Anastasios Papoutzidis |
| — | MF | GRE | Charalampos Rentzis |
| — | MF | BUL | Stanislav Tsonev |
| — | MF | GRE | Konstantinos Kipouros |
| — | MF | GRE | Giannis Varkas |
| — | MF | GRE | Stathis Lamprou |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GRE | Giorgios Xenitidis |
| — | MF | GRE | Zisis Karachalios |
| — | MF | GRE | Andreas Dermitzakis |
| — | MF | ALB | Stefan Abara |
| — | MF | ALB | Qazim Laci |
| — | MF | GRE | Konstantinos Plegas |
| — | MF | GRE | Giorgios Makrostergios |
| — | MF | GRE | Konstantinos Megaritis |
| — | MF | GRE | Achilleas Nasiakopoulos |
| — | MF | GRE | Athanasios Androutsos |
| — | MF | GRE | Dimitrios Tzoumakis |
| — | MF | GRE | Dimosthenis Chatzaras |
| — | FW | GRE | Kostas Garefalakis |
| — | FW | GRE | Ilias Ignatidis |
| — | FW | GRE | Kyriakos Amarantidis |
| — | FW | GRE | Giannis Angelopoulos |
| — | FW | GRE | Konstantinos Glegles |
| — | FW | GRE | Neilos Psychogios |
| — | FW | ALB | Romario Hajrulla |
| — | FW | GRE | Giorgios Manthatis |
| — | FW | GRE | Giorgios Kanavetas |

### Loans ending from 2013–14 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 |
| — | FW | PAR | Hernán Pérez (to Villarreal) |
| — | FW | PAR | Nelson Valdez (to Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| — | FW | CRC | Joel Campbell (to Arsenal) |
| — | DF | ESP | Iván Marcano (to Porto) |

### Out on loan

    As of 2 September 2014
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 | GRE | Vasilios Karagounis (to Reggina) |
| — | DF | GRE | Konstantinos Rougalas (to Atlético Madrid B) |
| — | DF | GRE | Manolis Tzanakakis (to Ergotelis) |
| — | DF | GRE | Charalambos Lykogiannis (to Ergotelis) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GRE | Dimitris Kolovos (to Panionios) |
| — | MF | GRE | Panagiotis Vlachodimos (to Ergotelis) |
| — | MF | GRE | Konstantinos Plegas (to Panachaiki) |
| — | FW | GRE | Nikolaos Ioannidis (to Zwolle) |
| — | FW | GRE | Anastasios Karamanos (to Atromitos) |
| — | FW | BEL | David Henen (to Everton B) |

## Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### Pre-season Part 2
## 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) | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 79 | 23 | +56 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 66 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 3 | PAOK | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 65 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 4 | Asteras Tripolis | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 59 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 5 | Atromitos | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 54 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
* ↑ Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 10 May 2015. Source: Superleague Greece

#### Positions 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 | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | |
| Result | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | D |
| Position | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
* ↑ The sixth round was played between the twelfth and the thirteenth rounds.
* ↑ The eleventh round was played between the seventeenth and the eighteenth rounds.
* ↑ The 27th round is to be played on 15 of April, between the 30th and the 31st rounds.

#### Matches

1.^ Matchday 6 vs. PAOK, originally meant to be held on 4 October 2014, was postponed until 4 December 2014 via a direct decision of the Deputy Minister of Culture and Sport, Giannis Andrianos in response to the murder of Ethnikos Piraeus fan Kostas Katsoulis in the municipal Nea Alikarnassos Stadium during the Football League 2 match vs. Irodotos. 2.^ Matchday 11 vs. Skoda Xanthi, originally meant to be held November 23, 2014, was postponed until January 11, 2015 after the Hellenic Football Federation decided not to appoint referees for all domestic league and cup matches in response to a violent attack versus its member Christoforos Zografos.

### Greek Football Cup
#### Second round – Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | OLY | PNN | PNC | FOS |
| 1 | Olympiacos | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Round of 16 | | 1–1 | — | — |
| 2 | Panionios | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 5 | Round of 16 | — | | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Panachaiki | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | | 0–1 | — | | — |
| 4 | Fostiras | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 | | — | 0–2 | 0–2 | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ATM | JUV | OLY | MAL |
| 1 | Atlético Madrid | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Juventus | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Olympiacos | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 9 | Transfer to Europa League | 3–2 | 1–0 | — | 4–2 |
| 4 | Malmö FF | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 3 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — |

### UEFA Europa League

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

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | Super League Greece | UEFA Champions League | Greek Cup | Total |
| 7 | FW | | Kostas Mitroglou | 17 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| 11 | MF | | Pajtim Kasami | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | | Alejandro Dominguez | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | FW | | Ibrahim Afellay | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | FW | | Dimitris Diamantakos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | DF | | Anastasios Avlonitis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | Jimmy Durmaz | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 27 | FW | | Jorge Benítez | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 26 | DF | | Arthur Masuaku | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | | Kostas Fortounis | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | DF | | Alberto Botía | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Delvin N'Dinga | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| - | - | - | Opponent's own Goals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 44 | 11 | 9 | 64 |
Last updated: 3 May 2014

## Individual Awards

| Name | Pos. | Award |
| Alejandro Domínguez | Attacking Midfielder | Super League Greece Player of the Season Super League Greece Best Foreign Player Super League Greece Team of the Season Olympiacos Goal of the Season |
| Dimitrios Siovas | Centre-back | Super League Greece Team of the Season |
| Arthur Masuaku | Left-back | Super League Greece Team of the Season |
| Omar Elabdellaoui | Right-back | Super League Greece Team of the Season |