# 2009–10 Olympiacos F.C. season

The 2009–10 season was Olympiacos's 51st consecutive season in the Super League Greece and their 84th year in existence. Olympiacos finished 2nd in the regular season of the Greek Super League and ranked last at the play-off games, resulting in a 5th place at the League, the worst position of team's recent seasons. Olympiacos also participated in UEFA Champions League 2009–10, and managed to qualify to the knock-stage (round of 16). They lost twice from French side Bordeaux, 3–1 on aggregate.
This season was the last season with Sokratis Kokkalis as chairman of the club. The 5th league position as well as the team's low level of spectacle created a disappointing atmosphere, resulting in Kokkalis's decision to leave the club after two decades of constant presence.

## Events

* 27 May 2009: Former Georgian international player Temuri Ketsbaia is appointed coach, replacing Ernesto Valverde from Spain.
* 19 June 2009: Antonios Nikopolidis, Dudu, and Luciano Galletti are appointed captains for the 2009–10 season.
* 23 June 2009: Swedish international Olof Mellberg is signed from Serie A sides Juventus. Matt Derbyshire is also signed from Premier League team Blackburn Rovers after previously being on loan with Olympiacos.
* 15 September 2009: Manager Temuri Ketsbaia is sacked despite not conceding a single goal in his time at the club he was replaced with Božidar Bandović who hasn't impressed at Olympiacos.

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GRE | Antonis Nikopolidis |
| 2 | DF | GRE | Kyriakos Papadopoulos |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Didier Domi |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Olof Mellberg |
| 5 | MF | GRE | Avraam Papadopoulos |
| 6 | MF | GRE | Ieroklis Stoltidis |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Luciano Galletti |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Óscar González |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Matt Derbyshire |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Diogo |
| 11 | MF | MAR | Jaouad Zairi |
| 14 | DF | POL | Michał Żewłakow |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Raúl Bravo |
| 17 | MF | GRE | Andreas Vasilogiannis |
| 18 | MF | GRE | Ioannis Fetfatzidis |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Dudu (Vice-captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | GRE | Avraam Papadopoulos |
| 22 | FW | GRE | Kostas Mitroglou |
| 23 | FW | GRE | Giorgos Niklitsiotis |
| 24 | DF | BRA | Leonardo |
| 25 | MF | ITA | Enzo Maresca |
| 28 | MF | ARG | Cristian Raúl Ledesma |
| 30 | DF | GRE | Anastasios Pantos |
| 31 | MF | GRE | Aristidis Soiledis |
| 32 | FW | COD | Lomana LuaLua |
| 33 | MF | GRE | Giannis Papadopoulos |
| 35 | DF | GRE | Vasilis Torosidis |
| 50 | GK | SVK | Pavel Kováč |
| 71 | GK | GRE | Antonios Nikopolidis (Captain) |
| 78 | GK | BEL | Urko Pardo |
| 88 | MF | GRE | Georgios Katsikogiannis |

#### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

#### Players from the youth system

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GRE | Leonidas Panagopoulos |
| 2 | DF | GRE | Kyriakos Papadopoulos |
| 17 | MF | GRE | Andreas Vasilogiannis |
| 23 | FW | GRE | Giorgos Niklitsiotis |
| 31 | MF | GRE | Aristides Soiledis |
| 88 | MF | GRE | Georgios Katsikogiannis |
| — | MF | GRE | Ioannis Fetfatzidis |

### Foreign players

| EU Nationals Didier Domi Enzo Maresca Olof Mellberg Matt Derbyshire Óscar Raúl Bravo Urko Rafael Pardo Michał Żewłakow Pavel Kováč Jaouad Zairi Luciano Galletti | Non-EU Nationals Dudu Diogo Leonardo Cristian Raúl Ledesma |

#### Technical & Medical Staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Božidar Bandović |
| Assistant coach | Andreas Niniadis |
| Goalkeeping coach | Alekos Rantos |
| Physical fitness coach | Moraci Sant'Anna |
| Fitness trainer | José Antonio Pozanko |
| Team attendant | Petros Rigoutsos |
| Chief scout | Andreas Niniadis |
| Position | Name |
| Head of medical department | Dr. Padelis Nikolaou |
| Head doctor | Dr. Ioannis Anagnostopoulos |
| Doctor (cardiologist) | Dr. Panos Stamatopoulous |
| First team physiotherapist | Rodrigo Savini |
| First team physiologist | Georgios Ziogas |

### Reserves team

As on: 21 August 2009, Source: Olympiacos F.C. U21 Team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GRE | Nikolaos Papadopoulos |
| 2 | DF | GRE | Yannis Apostolopoulos |
| 3 | MF | GRE | Giorgos Valerianos |
| 4 | DF | GRE | Georgios Petropoulos |
| 5 | DF | GRE | Kostas Rougalas |
| 6 | MF | GRE | Panagiotis Stamogiannos |
| 7 | MF | GRE | Andreas Vasilogiannis |
| 8 | MF | GRE | Kostas Kotsaridis |
| 9 | FW | ALB | Vasil Shkurtaj |
| 10 | FW | GRE | Giorgos Niklitsiotis |
| 11 | MF | GRE | Giannis Fetfatzidis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | DF | GRE | Kostas Kritikos |
| 13 | DF | GRE | Yiannis Potouridis |
| 14 | MF | GRE | Fillipos Kurtanović |
| 15 | GK | SRB | Ivan Babović |
| 16 | DF | GRE | Evangelos Kabasis |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Guillaume Bernard Panuel |
| 18 | MF | GRE | Spyros Karatzanidis |
| 19 | MF | GRE | Thomas Makaronas |
| 20 | FW | GRE | Dimitrios Diamantakos |
| 21 | FW | GRE | Konstantinos Lavdas |
| 22 | DF | GRE | Stavros Soulis |

### Transfers
#### Summer transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Olof Mellberg (from Juventus, €2.5M) |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Matt Derbyshire (from Blackburn Rovers, €3.35M) |
| 11 | MF | MAR | Jaouad Zairi (from Asteras Tripolis, free) |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Raúl Bravo (loan return) |
| 28 | MF | ARG | Cristian Raúl Ledesma (loan return) |
| 25 | MF | ITA | Enzo Maresca (from Sevilla, €1M) |
| 78 | GK | ESP | Urko Rafael Pardo (on loan from Rapid București) |
| 88 | MF | GRE | Georgios Katsikogiannis (loan return) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ARG | Fernando Belluschi (to Porto, €5M) |
| — | MF | GRE | Christos Patsatzoglou (to Omonia, free) |
| — | MF | GRE | Konstantinos Mendrinos (to PAS Giannina, free) |
| — | MF | GRE | Paraskevas Antzas (retired) |
| — | MF | SRB | Predrag Đorđević (retired) |
| — | FW | SRB | Darko Kovačević (retired) |
| — | DF | GRE | Konstantinos Lambropoulos (to Asteras Tripolis, free) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Panathinaikos (C) | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 17 | +37 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 18 | +29 | 64 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 3 | PAOK | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 16 | +25 | 62 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 53 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 5 | Aris | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 46 | Qualification for the Play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: December 13, 2009. Source: Super League Greece

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

All times at EET

#### Play-offs

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | PAOK | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 16 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 9 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | Aris | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 8 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Olympiacos | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 8 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
* 1 2 3 Since Aris lost the 2009–10 Greek Football Cup Final against Champions League-qualified Panathinaikos, all Europa League spots will be determined by the play-off group positions.
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Aris–Olympiacos 2–0, Olympiacos–Aris 0–0.

### Greek Cup
#### Fourth round

All times at EET

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

All times at EET

#### Play-off round

All times at EET

#### Group stage

All times at EET
Standings
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 | AZ | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 | |

#### Knockout stage
##### Round of 16

All times at EET

## Team kit

| Home | Away | Third | Fourth |

## Individual Awards

| Name | Pos. | Award |
| Vasilis Torosidis | Right-back | Super League Greece Greek Player of the Season |