Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, basketball, volleyball, water polo, handball, athletics, swimming, table tennis and boxing amongst many others—and have won numerous European and domestic titles over the club's history.
Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus, known simply as Olympiacos or Olympiacos Piraeus, is a Greek professional football club based in Piraeus, Attica. Part of the major multi-sport club Olympiacos CFP, their name was inspired from the ancient Olympic Games and along with the club's emblem, the laurel-crowned Olympic athlete, symbolize the Olympic ideals of ancient Greece. Their home ground is the Karaiskakis Stadium, a 33,334-capacity stadium in Piraeus.
The 2008–09 season was the 85th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 50th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Super League, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup. The season began on 14 August 2008 and finished on 31 May 2009.
Anastasios 'Tasos' Papazoglou is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
The A.E.K.–Olympiacos rivalry is a football local derby played between AEK Athens and Olympiacos. Both clubs are based in the Athens metropolitan area. AEK Athens comes from Nea Filadelfeia, a suburban town, while Olympiacos is based in the coastal city of Piraeus. The matches between the two teams are renowned for their strong on-pitch rivalry, they usually have high attendances, and most of them are very entertaining and very competitive with many goals scored by both sides.
Konstantinos 'Kostas' Fortounis is a Greek professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Super League club Olympiacos for which he is the club captain as of October 2023. He was born in Trikala, Thessaly but comes from the nearby village of Sarakina, close to the town of Kalabaka.
The 2014–15 Greek Football Cup was the 73rd edition of the Greek Football Cup. A total of 46 clubs, just as the last edition, were accepted to enter. The competition commenced on 28 August 2014 with the preliminary round and concluded on 23 May 2015 with the final, at the Olympic Stadium. The winner of the competition was Olympiacos for 27th time.
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 and the UEFA Europa League.
The 2001–02 season was the 78th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 43rd consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup. The season began on 6 August 2001 and finished on 8 May 2002.
The 2010 Greek Cup final was the 66th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 24 April 2010 at Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and Aris. It was Panathinaikos' twenty seventh Greek Cup final in their 102-year history and Aris' ninth Greek Cup final in their 96 years of existence. Aris achieved a record of most mass movement of fans in Greece. About 25,000 Aris' fans followed their team to the Olympic Stadium forming a queue of many kilometers on the Thessaloniki-Athens highway from a number of buses, as well as cars. It was characteristic that the last vehicle of the procession arrived at the stadium three hours after the arrival of the first.
The 2009 Greek Cup final was the 65th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 2 May 2009 at Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and Olympiacos. It was AEK Athens' nineteenth Greek Cup final in their 85-year history and Olympiacos' thirty fourth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 84 years of existence. It was the last match for Olympiacos' captain, Predrag Đorđević as a footballer, having spent 13 years of his 17 years playing for the club.
The 2002 Greek Cup final was the 58th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 27 April 2002 at Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and Olympiacos. It was AEK Athens' seventeenth Greek Cup final in their 78-year history and Olympiacos' twenty ninth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 77 years of existence. For the 5th and last time, the President of the Republic, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, honored the final with his presence, awarding the trophy to the players of the winning team.
The 2013 Greek Cup final was the 69th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 11 May 2013 at Olympic Stadium, between Olympiacos and Asteras Tripolis. It was Asteras Tripolis' first ever Greek Cup final, in their 72 years of existence and Olympiacos' thirty seventh and second consecutive Greek Cup final of their 88-year history.
The 2014 Greek Cup final was the 70th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 26 April 2014 at Olympic Stadium, between Panathinaikos and PAOK. It was Panathinaikos' twenty eighth Greek Cup final in their 106 years of existence and PAOK's seventeenth Greek Cup final of their 88-year history.
The 2016 Greek Cup final was the 72nd final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 17 May 2016 at Olympic Stadium, between Olympiacos and AEK Athens. It was Olympiacos' thirty ninth Greek Cup final and second consecutive, in their 91 years of existence and AEK Athens' twenty first Greek Cup final of their 92-year history. On 5 April 2016, FIFA Emergency Committee decided to provide the Greek authorities with a deadline to have the cancellation of the competition reversed before 15 April 2016 or the HFF would face an automatic suspension. The Greek authorities announced on deadline day that the Greek Football Cup will be resumed after an agreement reached with FIFA, UEFA and HFF. A new schedule with the remaining match was announced with the final being played on 7 May 2016, but the final was later postponed to 15 May 2016. It was again postponed to 17 May 2016.
The 2018 Greek Cup final was the 74th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 12 May 2018 at Olympic Stadium, between AEK Athens and PAOK for a second time in row. It was AEK Athens' twenty third Greek Cup final and third consecutive, of their 94-year history and PAOK's nineteenth Greek Cup final and second consecutive, in their 92 years of existence.
The 2019 Greek Cup final was the 75th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 11 May 2019 at Olympic Stadium, between PAOK and AEK Athens for a third time in row. It was PAOK's twentieth Greek Cup final and third consecutive, in their 93 years of existence and AEK Athens' twenty fourth Greek Cup final and fourth consecutive, of their 95-year history. For security issues, the match occurred behind closed doors with 1,500 invitations been distributed by both clubs and the HFF.
The 2020 Greek Cup final was the 76th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 12 September 2020 at Panthessaliko Stadium, between AEK Athens and Olympiacos. It was AEK Athens' twenty fifth Greek Cup final and fifth consecutive, of their 96-year history and Olympiacos' fortieth Greek Cup final in their 93 years of existence. The final was originally scheduled for 26 July and was postponed to 30 August because of Olympiacos' pressure in HFF to change the stadium from Georgios Kamaras Stadium to Olympic Stadium and after the refusal of the Hellenic Police in the first stadium. The final was rescheduled for 30 August in the Olympic Stadium but it was postponed again because 2 days before the game Olympiacos' player, Maximiliano Lovera was tested positive for COVID-19. The final was rescheduled again for 12 September at Panthessaliko Stadium. Due to the delay of the match, the teams had to compete without the players acquired from the 2020 summer transfer period, by decision of the UEFA.
The 2021 Greek Cup final was the 77th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 22 May 2021 at Olympic Stadium, between Olympiacos and PAOK. It was Olympiacos' forty-first Greek Cup final and second consecutive, in their 97 years of existence and PAOK's twenty first Greek Cup final of their 96-year history.
The 2022 Greek Cup final was the 78th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 21 May 2022 at Olympic Stadium, between Panathinaikos and PAOK. It was Panathinaikos' twenty-ninth Greek Cup final in their 114 years of existence and PAOK's twenty second Greek Cup final and second consecutive, of their 97-year history.
