2001–02 Olympiacos F.C. season

The 2001–02 season was Olympiacos's 43rd consecutive season in the Alpha Ethniki and their 76th year in existence. The club were played their 5th consecutive season in the UEFA Champions League. In the beginning of the summertime Olympiacos named Greek Takis Lemonis coach.

Olympiacos

2001–02 season
Chairman	Sokratis Kokkalis
Manager	Takis Lemonis
Stadium	Athens Olympic Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	Winners
Greek Cup	Runner-up
Champions League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Alexis Alexandris (19) All: Alexis Alexandris (32)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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
2	DF	GRE	Christos Patsatzoglou
3	DF	GRE	Stelios Venetidis
4	DF	COL	Jorge Bermúdez
5	DF	GRE	Georgios Amanatidis
6	MF	GRE	Ilias Poursanidis
7	MF	GRE	Stelios Giannakopoulos
8	MF	FRA	Christian Karembeu
9	FW	GRE	Lambros Choutos
10	FW	BRA	Giovanni
11	MF	SRB	Predrag Đorđević
13	MF	BRA	Zé Elias
14	DF	GRE	Dimitrios Mavrogenidis
15	GK	GRE	Angelos Georgiou
16	FW	MEX	Nery Castillo
17	FW	GHA	Peter Ofori-Quaye

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	GRE	Paraskevas Antzas
19	DF	GRE	Athanasios Kostoulas
20	MF	SWE	Pär Zetterberg
21	MF	GRE	Andreas Niniadis
22	GK	GRE	Fanis Katergiannakis
23	DF	GRE	Christos Kontis
24	FW	LBR	Zizi Roberts
29	GK	GRE	Konstantinos Dougeroglou
30	FW	GRE	Alexis Alexandris
31	GK	GRE	Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos
32	DF	GRE	Georgios Anatolakis
34	GK	GRE	Kleopas Giannou
44	GK	GRE	Michalis Sifakis
99	FW	URU	Gabriel Álvez

Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

Main article: 2001–02 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	26	17	7	2	69	30	+39	58	Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2	AEK Athens	26	19	1	6	65	28	+37	58	Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3	Panathinaikos	26	16	7	3	53	25	+28	55	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	PAOK	26	14	6	6	55	45	+10	48
5	Skoda Xanthi	26	12	6	8	34	26	+8	42

Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions
Notes:

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	17	7	2	69	30	+39	58	9	3	1	38	11	+27	8	4	1	31	19	+12

Last updated: 8 May 2002.
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
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W
Position	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	4	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

All times at EET

Olympiacos v Iraklis

22 September 2001 1	Olympiacos	3–0	Iraklis	Marousi
18:00	Niniadis 44', 45' (pen.) Giannakopoulos 54'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 13,929 Referee: Christos Trikalis

Olympiacos v Panionios

30 September 2001 2	Olympiacos	2–0	Panionios	Marousi
17:00	Roberts 17', 58'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 11,421 Referee: Athanassios Briakos

PAOK v Olympiacos

14 October 2001 3	PAOK	1–1	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
19:00	Spasić 64'		Giannakopoulos 55'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Athanassios Briakos

Olympiacos v Ionikos

20 October 2001 4	Olympiacos	5–0	Ionikos	Marousi
18:00	Alexandris 19' Đorđević 54' (pen.) Poursanidis 71' Álvez 79' Roberts 88'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 8,816 Referee: Christoforos Zografos

Egaleo v Olympiacos

4 November 2001 5	Egaleo	3–4	Olympiacos	Aigaleo
19:00	Nikolopoulos 14' Chloros 42' Makris 78'		Roberts 12', 47' Alexandris 74' Giannakopoulos 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium Attendance: 334 Referee: Christos Trikalis

Olympiacos v Skoda Xanthi

18 November 2001 6	Olympiacos	1–1	Skoda Xanthi	Marousi
19:00	Antzas 47'		Ouakili 25'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,244 Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis

Ethnikos Asteras v Olympiacos

24 November 2001 7	Ethnikos Asteras	2–4	Olympiacos	Kaisariani
19:00	Podaras 20' Kontopoulos 89'		Alexandris 10' Giovanni 27' Edusei 51' (o.g.) Giannakopoulos 90'	Stadium: Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium Attendance: 3,120 Referee: Spyros Voulgaris

Olympiacos v Panathinaikos

1 December 2001 8	Olympiacos	2–2	Panathinaikos	Marousi
19:00	Alexandris 25' Đorđević 42'		Olisadebe 72', 77'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 40,982 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis

OFI v Olympiacos

8 December 2001 9	OFI	1–1	Olympiacos	Heraklion
19:00	Gómez 55'		Alexandris 30'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 5,806 Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis

Akratitos v Olympiacos

15 December 2001 10	Akratitos	2–3	Olympiacos	Ano Liosia
19:00	Ziakas 12' Koutsokostas 22'		Bermúdez 4' Alexandris 23' Đorđević 84'	Stadium: Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Georgios Tsagarakis

Olympiacos v Panachaiki

13 January 2002 11	Olympiacos	4–0	Panachaiki	Marousi
19:00	Alexandris 20', 73', 79' Giannakopoulos 85'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

20 January 2002 12	AEK Athens	2–3	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
19:00	Nikolaidis 8' Tsiartas 43'		Alexandris 22' Giovanni 77' Đorđević 88'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 18,151 Referee: Makis Efthimiadis

Olympiacos v Aris

27 January 2002 13	Olympiacos	0–1	Aris	Marousi
19:00			Jbari 79'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 19,069 Referee: Christos Trikalis

Iraklis v Olympiacos

3 February 2002 14	Iraklis	1–1	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
17:00	Fofonka 60'		Đorđević 56'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 17,423 Referee: Georgios Tsagarakis

Panionios v Olympiacos

10 February 2002 15	Panionios	3–1	Olympiacos	Nea Smyrni
17:00	Šiljak 25' Vlček 31', 42'		Alexandris 3'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 8,591 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis

Olympiacos v PAOK

17 February 2002 16	Olympiacos	3–2	PAOK	Marousi
20:00	Giovanni 9' Giannakopoulos 14' Đorđević 17'		Georgiadis 54', 58' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 37,825 Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis

Ionikos v Olympiacos

24 February 2002 17	Ionikos	0–2	Olympiacos	Nikaia
19:00			Giannakopoulos 60' Alexandris 66'	Stadium: Neapoli Stadium Attendance: 4,507 Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis

Olympiacos v Egaleo

3 March 2002 18	Olympiacos	3–0	Egaleo	Marousi
15:00	Alexandris 24' Giannakopoulos 52', 90'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 12,611 Referee: Ioakim Efthimiadis

Skoda Xanthi v Olympiacos

10 March 2002 19	Skoda Xanthi	1–2	Olympiacos	Xanthi
17:00	Vallas 15'		Karembeu 21' Ofori-Quaye 45'	Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium Attendance: 7,478 Referee: Athanassios Briakos

Olympiacos v Ethnikos Asteras

17 March 2002 20	Olympiacos	6–0	Ethnikos Asteras	Marousi
15:00	Đorđević 7' (pen.) Alexandris 39' Giovanni 59' Ofori-Quaye 67', 68', 72'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 7,290 Referee: Georgios Tsagarakis

Panathinaikos v Olympiacos

24 March 2002 21	Panathinaikos	1–1	Olympiacos	Ampelokipoi
19:00	Olisadebe 76'		Đorđević 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 14,557 Referee: Ioakim Efthimiadis

Olympiacos v OFI

31 March 2002 22	Olympiacos	3–0	OFI	Marousi
16:00	Đorđević 12', 57' Ofori-Quaye 42'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 22,830 Referee: Spyridon Papadakos

Olympiacos v Akratitos

7 April 2002 23	Olympiacos	2–2	Akratitos	Marousi
15:30	Mavrogenidis 13' Đorđević 78' (pen.)		Iliopoulos 39', 87'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 14,382 Referee: Georgios Tsagarakis

Panachaiki v Olympiacos

14 April 2002 24	Panachaiki	1–3	Olympiacos	Patras
17:00	Ioannou 41'		Giannakopoulos 76', 83' Álvez 90+2'	Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium Attendance: 9,677 Referee: Georgios Borovilos

Olympiacos v AEK Athens

20 April 2002 25	Olympiacos	4–3	AEK Athens	Marousi
19:00	Alexandris 43', 58' Patsatzoglou 52' Đorđević 90+1'		Tsiartas 24' (pen.), 75' (pen.) Lakis 90+5'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 60,292 Referee: Kyros Vassaras

Aris v Olympiacos

8 May 2002 26	Aris	1–5	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
17:30	Liolidis 76'		Alexandris 2', 42', 80' Papadopoulos 17' (o.g.) Đorđević 54'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: Ioakim Efthimiadis

Greek Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Greek Football Cup

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OLY	AGN	AEL	KAL
1	Olympiacos	6	6	0	0	26	5	+21	18	Second Round			1–0	5–3	10–0
2	Agios Nikolaos	6	3	0	3	9	11	−2	9			1–6		3–1	2–0
3	AEL	6	2	0	4	10	14	−4	6			0–1	2–1		2–3
4	Kalamata	6	1	0	5	6	21	−15	3			1–3	1–2	1–2

Source: epo.gr

Matches

Kalamata v Olympiacos

15 August 2001 Matchday 1	Kalamata	1–3	Olympiacos	Kalamata
13:00 EEST	Athanasiadis 12' (pen.)	Report (page 16)	Zetterberg 3' Roberts 48' Álvez 75'	Stadium: Kalamata Municipal Stadium Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

AEL v Olympiacos

29 August 2001 Matchday 2	AEL	0–1	Olympiacos	Larissa
13:00 EEST		Report (page 16)	Alexandris 44'	Stadium: Alcazar Stadium Attendance: 5,705 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)

Olympiacos v Agios Nikolaos

7 November 2001 Matchday 3	Olympiacos	1–0	Agios Nikolaos	Marousi
13:00 EET	Antzas 25'	Report (page 17)		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Kostas Finokaliotis (Athens)

Olympiacos v Kalamata

5 September 2001 Matchday 4	Olympiacos	10–0	Kalamata	Marousi
13:00 EEST	Giovanni 6', 16', 42' Zetterberg 28' Alexandris 30' Bermúdez 53' Karembeu 55' Patsatzoglou 58', 76' Álvez 89'	Report (page 17)		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 2,384 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

Olympiacos v AEL

3 October 2001 Matchday 5	Olympiacos	5–3	AEL	Marousi
13:00 EEST	Alexandris 4', 8' Niniadis 30', 70' (pen.) Álvez 60'	Report (page 17-18)	P. Giannakopoulos 38' Tachtintis 65' Ziagas 87'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 3,068 Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)

Agios Nikolaos v Olympiacos

26 August 2001 Matchday 6	Agios Nikolaos	1–6	Olympiacos	Agios Nikolaos
13:00 EEST	Maris 60'	Report (page 18)	Giannakopoulos 18', 41' Giovanni 43', 69', 80' Castillo 54'	Stadium: Agios Nikolaos Municipal Stadium Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)

Second round

Olympiacos qualified to the Round of 16 without a match.

Round of 16

Olympiacos v Egaleo

19 December 2001 First leg	Olympiacos	5–1	Egaleo	Marousi
16:00 EET	Alexandris 44', 49', 74' Đorđević 76' Patsatzoglou 88'	Report (page 36)	Meidanis 38'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 1,050 Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)

Egaleo v Olympiacos

16 January 2002 Second leg	Egaleo	0–3 (1–8 agg.)	Olympiacos	Kallithea
18:30 EET		Report (page 37)	Giannakopoulos 17' Álvez 44', 63'	Stadium: Grigoris Lamprakis Stadium Attendance: 132 Referee: Lambros Gouvas (Arta)

Quarter-finals

Olympiacos v Kallithea

31 January 2002 First leg	Olympiacos	3–0	Kallithea	Marousi
17:15 EET	Antzas 72' Giovanni 78', 86'	Report (page 39)		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 1,687 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

Kallithea v Olympiacos

7 February 2002 Second leg	Kallithea	0–4 (0–7 agg.)	Olympiacos	Kallithea
14:30 EET		Report (page 40)	Alexandris 27' Bermúdez 35' Álvez 49' Giovanni 80'	Stadium: Grigoris Lamprakis Stadium Attendance: 1,730 Referee: Nikos Angelakis (Thessaloniki)

Semi-finals

Olympiacos v Iraklis

13 March 2002 First leg	Olympiacos	3–2	Iraklis	Marousi
18:30 EET	Koutsoures 60' (o.g.) Alexandris 66', 81'	Report (page 41)	Fofonka 30' Kebadze 42'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 8,930 Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)

Iraklis v Olympiacos

10 April 2002 Second leg	Iraklis	0–3 (2–6 agg.)	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
18:30 EEST		Report (page 41)	Đorđević 24', 75' Alexandris 44'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 11,250 Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)

Final

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

27 April 2002	AEK Athens	2–1	Olympiacos	Marousi
21:00 EEST	Konstantinidis 52' Ivić 82'	Report	Giovanni 70'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 45,258 Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportivo La Coruña	6	2	4	0	10	8	+2	10	Advance to second group stage
2	Manchester United	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4	10
3	Lille	6	1	3	2	7	7	0	6	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Olympiacos	6	1	2	3	6	12	−6	5

Source: RSSSF

All times at CET

Deportivo La Coruña v Olympiacos

18 September 2001 1	Deportivo La Coruña	2–2	Olympiacos	A Coruña, Spain
20:45	Fran 22' Valerón 90+4'	Report	Giannakopoulos 80' Oforiquaye 83'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 20,873 Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

Lille v Olympiacos

25 September 2001 2	Lille	3–1	Olympiacos	Lens, France
20:45	Bakari 33' Cheyrou 44' Tafforeau 79'	Report	Giannakopoulos 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert Attendance: 35,777 Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Olympiacos v Manchester United

10 October 2001 3	Olympiacos	0–2	Manchester United	Athens, Greece
20:45		Report	Beckham 66' Cole 82'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 73,550 Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)

Olympiacos v Lille

17 October 2001 4	Olympiacos	2–1	Lille	Athens, Greece
20:45	Alexandris 53' Niniadis 64'	Report	Bassir 38'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 25,755 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

Manchester United v Olympiacos

23 October 2001 5	Manchester United	3–0	Olympiacos	Manchester, England
20:45	Solskjær 79' Giggs 88' Van Nistelrooy 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 66,769 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Olympiacos v Deportivo La Coruña

31 October 2001 6	Olympiacos	1–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Athens, Greece
20:45	Alexandris 51'	Report	Capdevila 84'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 20,293 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

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External links

• Official Website of Olympiacos Piraeus (in Greek and English)