# 2018–19 Olympiacos F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Olympiacos's 60th consecutive season in the Super League Greece and their 93nd year in existence. They also participated in the Greek Football Cup, where they reached the quarter-finals, and in the UEFA Europa League, where they reached the round of 32. For the second consecutive season, Olympiacos did not win any competition. This was their first consecutive trophyless seasons since 1994–95 to 1995–96.

## Players
### First team

    As of 1 February 2019
| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Place of birth | Date of birth (Age) | Previous Club |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Lefteris Choutesiotis | GK | Makrychori, Greece | 20 July 1994 (23) | Olympiacos U-20 |
| 32 | Yuri Lodygin | GK | Vladimir, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 26 May 1990 (28) | Zenit |
| 93 | José Sá | GK | Braga, Portugal | 17 January 1993 (25) | Porto |
| Defenders |||||||
| 14 | Omar Elabdellaoui | RB | Surnadal, Norway | 5 December 1991 (26) | Hull City |
| 20 | Yassine Meriah | CB | Aryanah, Tunisia | 2 July 1993 (25) | Sfaxien |
| 21 | Kostas Tsimikas | LB/LM | Thessaloniki, Greece | 12 May 1996 (22) | Olympiacos U-20 |
| 23 | Leonardo Koutris | LB/LM | Rhodes, Greece | 23 July 1995 (22) | PAS Giannina |
| 25 | Roderick Miranda | CB | Odivelas, Portugal | 30 March 1991 (28) | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 26 | Jagoš Vuković | CB/LB | Bačko Dobro Polje, Titov Vrbas, SFR Yugoslavia | 10 June 1988 (29) | Konyaspor |
| 34 | Avraam Papadopoulos | CB | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 3 December 1984 (34) | Brisbane Roar |
| 35 | Vasilis Torosidis | CB/MF | Xanthi, Greece | 10 June 1985 (33) | Bologna |
| 66 | Pape Abou Cissé | CB | Pikine, Senegal | 14 September 1995 (22) | Ajaccio |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 4 | Mohamed Camara | CM | Matam, Guinea | 28 February 1997 (22) | Ajaccio |
| 5 | Andreas Bouchalakis | MF | Heraklion, Greece | 5 April 1993 (26) | Ergotelis |
| 6 | Bibras Natkho | MF | Kfar Kama, Israel | 18 February 1988 (31) | CSKA Moscow |
| 7 | Kostas Fortounis | AM | Trikala, Greece | 16 October 1992 (25) | 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
| 8 | Thanasis Androutsos | AM | Marousi, Greece | 6 May 1997 (20) | Olympiacos U-20 |
| 11 | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | RW/AM/CM | Thessaloniki, Greece | 19 December 1986 (32) | AEK Athens |
| 12 | Guilherme | DM | Santo André, Brazil | 5 April 1991 (28) | Deportivo La Coruña |
| 16 | Georgios Masouras | LW/RW | Amfilochia, Greece | 1 January 1994 (25) | Panionios |
| 31 | Gil Dias | LW | Gafanha da Nazaré, Portugal | 28 September 1996 (22) | Monaco |
| 56 | Daniel Podence | RW/LW | Oeiras, Portugal | 21 October 1995 (23) | Sporting CP |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | Miguel Ángel Guerrero | FW | Toledo, Spain | 12 July 1990 (28) | Leganés |
| 18 | Ahmed Hassan | ST | Cairo, Egypt | 5 March 1993 (26) | Braga |
| 29 | Franco Soldano | FW | Córdoba, Argentina | 14 September 1994 (24) | Unión Santa Fe |

### Out on loan

| Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | To Club | Notes |

## Backroom staff

Coaching staff :
| Head coach | Pedro Martins (footballer) |
| Assistant coach | Christos Kontis |
| Assistant coach | Michalis Kavalieris |
| Goalkeeping coach | Panagiotis Agriogiannis |
| Analyst |
| Analyst | Giorgos Martakos |
| Analyst | Giannis Vogiatzakis |
| Analyst | Iosif Loukas |
| Fitness coach |
| Fitness coach | Giannis Ntourountos |
| Rehabilitation coach |
| Rehabilitation coach | Dimitris Bogatsiotis |
| Rehabilitation coach | Zacharias Pasxalidis |
| Medical team ||
| Head doctor | Christos Theos |
| Head physio | Dimitris Skordis |
| Physio | Nikos Lykouresis |
| Physio | Panagiotis Sivilias |
| Physio | Tasos Pliagos |
| Nutritionist – Physiologist | Maria Lykomitrou |
| Physiotherapist | Aristeidis Chelioudakis |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Super League Greece | 30 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 71 | 17 | +54 | 080.00 |
| Greek Cup | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 057.14 |
| UEFA Europa League | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 050.00 |
| Total | 49 | 34 | 8 | 7 | 106 | 35 | +71 | 069.39 |
Updated to match played 5 May 2019 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | PAOK (C) | 30 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 66 | 14 | +52 | 80 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 30 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 71 | 17 | +54 | 75 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 19 | +31 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Atromitos | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Aris | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
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#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 5 May 2019. Source: http://superleaguegreece.net

#### Results by Matchday

| Matchday | 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 | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Greek Football Cup
#### Group E

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | OLY | PCH | LEV | AAV |
| 1 | Olympiacos | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Round of 16 | | — | 1–0 | — |
| 2 | Panachaiki | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | Round of 16 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | — |
| 3 | Levadiakos | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | | — | — | | 4–0 |
| 4 | Aris Avato | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | |

#### Quarter-finals
### UEFA Europa League

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BET | OLY | MIL | DUD |
| 1 | Real Betis | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Milan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | — | 5–2 |
| 4 | F91 Dudelange | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 1 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — |
* 1 2 Goal difference in all group matches: Olympiacos +5, Milan +3.

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32
## Squad statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 14 April 2019.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Super League Greece | Super League Greece | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GRE | Lefteris Choutesiotis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | RUS | Yuri Lodygin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | GK | POR | José Sá | 30 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 14 | DF | NOR | Omar Elabdellaoui | 30 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | TUN | Yassine Meriah | 24 | 1 | 15+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | GRE | Kostas Tsimikas | 26 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GRE | Leonardo Koutris | 24 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | POR | Roderick Miranda | 20 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SRB | Jagoš Vuković | 28 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | GRE | Avraam Papadopoulos | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | GRE | Vasilis Torosidis | 24 | 3 | 7+5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4+5 | 2 |
| 64 | DF | GRE | Apostolos-Ilias Martinis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | SEN | Pape Abou Cissé | 27 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | GUI | Mohamed Camara | 34 | 4 | 16+6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | GRE | Andreas Bouchalakis | 30 | 2 | 15+3 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 8+1 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | ISR | Bibras Natkho | 30 | 1 | 6+13 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GRE | Kostas Fortounis | 41 | 16 | 25+1 | 11 | 2+1 | 0 | 11+1 | 5 |
| 8 | MF | GRE | Thanasis Androutsos | 7 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | GRE | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | 26 | 9 | 12+5 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+3 | 5 |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Guilherme | 32 | 4 | 21+1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | GRE | Georgios Masouras | 15 | 4 | 7+2 | 4 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | POR | Gil Dias | 9 | 2 | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 56 | MF | POR | Daniel Podence | 40 | 8 | 25+1 | 5 | 1+1 | 2 | 11+1 | 1 |
| 57 | MF | GRE | Georgios Xenitidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | MF | GRE | Nikolaos Peios | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | MF | GRE | Giorgos Neofytidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ESP | Miguel Ángel Guerrero | 34 | 11 | 15+7 | 7 | 2+1 | 0 | 7+2 | 4 |
| 18 | FW | EGY | Ahmed Hassan | 30 | 13 | 11+9 | 9 | 2+3 | 2 | 3+2 | 2 |
| 29 | FW | ARG | Franco Soldano | 7 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | FW | GRE | Alexandros Voilis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | FW | GRE | Georgios Marinos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have been loaned out or transferred ||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | GRE | Giannis Fetfatzidis | 18 | 1 | 3+6 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Nahuel | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | IRN | Karim Ansarifard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GRE | Marios Vrousai | 6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | GRE | Andreas Gianniotis | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GRE | Georgios Masouras | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | GRE | Dimitrios Manos | 9 | 2 | 1+5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | CIV | Yaya Touré | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | GRE | Dimitris Nikolaou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | COL | Felipe Pardo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Individual Awards

| Name | Pos. | Award |
| Kostas Fortounis | Attacking Midfielder | Super League Greece Player of the Season Super League Greece Greek Footballer of the Season Super League Greece Team of the Season |
| Georgios Masouras | Winger | Super League Greece Team of the Season |
| Guilherme | Defensive Midfielder | Super League Greece Team of the Season |
| Daniel Podence | Winger | Super League Greece Team of the Season |
| Omar Elabdellaoui | Right-back | Super League Greece Team of the Season |