List of Olympiacos F.C. managers

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The following is a list of managers of Olympiacos and their major honours from the foundation of the club in 1925 to the present day. As of May 2024, Olympiacos have had 88 managers.

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Managers

NameNationalityFromToMatchesWonDrawnLostWin% [lower-alpha 1] HonoursNotes [lower-alpha 2]
Giannis Andrianopoulos Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg 19251927-2 years
Jan Kopřiva Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 19271930-3 years
Josef Kovacs Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg 193019321 Panhellenic Championship 2 years
Tibor Esser Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg 193219331 Panhellenic Championship 1 year, 4 months
Jan Kopřiva Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 193319341 Panhellenic Championship 8 months
Peter Pispaloou Flag of Germany.svg 19341935-1 year
Nikos Panopoulos Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg 193519361 Panhellenic Championship 1 year
Jan Kopřiva Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 193619371 Panhellenic Championship 1 year
Peter Lantz Flag of Austria.svg 193719381 Panhellenic Championship 1 year
Tibor Esser Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg 19381938-8 months
Themos Asderis Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg 194519471 Panhellenic Championship
1 Greek Football Cup
2 years
Theologos Symeonidis Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg 194819501 Panhellenic Championship 2 years
Vangelis Chelmis
Giannis Chelmis
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg
195019542 Panhellenic Championship
4 Greek Football Cup
4 years
Theologos Symeonidis Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg 195419551 Panhellenic Championship 8 months
Kostas Negrepontis Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg 19551955-8 months
Vangelis Chelmis
Giannis Chelmis
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg
195619561 Panhellenic Championship 1 year
Prvoslav Dragićević Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg 195619571 Panhellenic Championship
1 Greek Football Cup
1 year
Tibor Kemény Flag of Hungary.svg 195719581 Panhellenic Championship
1 Greek Football Cup
1 year
Bruno Vale Flag of Italy.svg 195819601 Panhellenic Championship
1 Greek Football Cup
1 year, 6 months
Kiril Simonovski Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg 196019622 Greek Football Cup 1 year, 6 months
Alekos Chatzistavridis Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg 19621962-6 months
Giannis Chelmis Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg 196219631 Greek Football Cup 1 year
András Dolgos Flag of Hungary.svg 19631964-1 year
Nándor Cserna Flag of Hungary.svg 19641965-1 year
Márton Bukovi Flag of Hungary.svg 196519672 Alpha Ethniki
1 Greek Football Cup
2 years, 6 months
Soulis Kinley Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg 196719681 Greek Football Cup 8 months
Ljubiša Spajić Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg 19681969-10 months
Thanasis Bebis Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg 19691969-3 months
Stjepan Bobek Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg 19691970-10 months
Elias Yfantis Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg 19701970-2 months
Dan Georgiadis Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg 19701971-6 months
Georgios Darivas Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg 197119711 Greek Football Cup 3 months
Lakis Petropoulos Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg 19711971-2 months
Alan Ashman Flag of England.svg 20 July 197125 June 1972-11 months
Lakis Petropoulos Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg 1 July 19726 April 19752 Alpha Ethniki
1 Greek Football Cup
2 years, 9 months
Georgios Darivas Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg 6 April 197530 June 19751 Alpha Ethniki 3 months
Vic Buckingham Flag of England.svg 1 July 19756 January 1976-6 months
Georgios Darivas Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg 6 January 197623 May 19761 Greek Football Cup 4 months
Les Shannon Flag of England.svg 1 June 197631 May 1977-1 year
Todor Veselinović Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg 1 July 19776 February 1980-2 years, 7 months
Kazimierz Górski Flag of Poland.svg 8 February 198015 June 19812 Alpha Ethniki
1 Greek Football Cup
1 year, 4 months
Helmut Senekowitsch Flag of Austria.svg 1 July 198116 December 1981-5 months
Alketas Panagoulias Flag of Greece.svg 16 December 19816 February 19832 Alpha Ethniki 1 year, 1 month
Kazimierz Górski Flag of Poland.svg 7 February 198330 June 19831 Alpha Ethniki 4 months
Heinz Höher Flag of Germany.svg 1 July 198325 November 1983-4 months
Thanasis Bebis (caretaker) Flag of Greece.svg 26 November 198330 November 1983-0 months
Nikos Alefantos Flag of Greece.svg 1 December 198312 March 1984-3 months
Thanasis Bebis (caretaker) Flag of Greece.svg 13 March 19847 May 1984-1 month
Georg Keßler Flag of Germany.svg 1 June 198429 April 1985-10 months
Thanasis Bebis (caretaker) Flag of Greece.svg 30 April 198516 June 1985-1 month
Antonis Georgiadis Flag of Greece.svg 20 June 198511 October 1986-1 year, 3 months
Alketas Panagoulias Flag of Greece.svg 12 October 198619 November 19871 Alpha Ethniki
1 Greek Super Cup
1 year, 1 month
Pavlos Grigoriadis Flag of Greece.svg 20 November 19876 December 1987-0 months
Thijs Libregts Flag of the Netherlands.svg 7 December 19878 February 1988-2 months
Pavlos Grigoriadis Flag of Greece.svg 9 February 198815 May 1988-3 months
Jacek Gmoch Flag of Poland.svg 1 June 19888 March 1989-9 months
Giorgos Papamalis (caretaker) Flag of Greece.svg 9 March 198911 March 1989-0 months
Giannis Gounaris Flag of Greece.svg 12 March 198921 May 1989-2 months
Miltos Papapostolou Flag of Greece.svg 1 June 198925 September 1989-3 months
Imre Komora Flag of Hungary.svg 26 September 198927 May 19901 Greek Football Cup 8 months
Oleg Blokhin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 1 June 199024 January 19931 Greek Football Cup
1 Greek Super Cup
2 years, 7 months
Antonis Georgiadis (caretaker) Flag of Greece.svg 25 January 199329 January 1993-0 months
Apostolos Filis (caretaker) Flag of Greece.svg 30 January 199331 January 1993-0 months
Ljupko Petrović Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg 1 February 19935 November 1993-9 months
Kostas Polychroniou Flag of Greece.svg 6 November 199326 January 1994-2 months
Nikos Alefantos Flag of Greece.svg 27 January 199416 September 1994-7 months
Nikos Gioutsos (caretaker) Flag of Greece.svg 17 September 199420 October 1994-1 month
Thijs Libregts Flag of the Netherlands.svg 21 October 19948 July 1995-8 months
Stavros Diamantopoulos Flag of Greece.svg 9 July 199511 January 1996-5 months
Takis Persias (caretaker) Flag of Greece.svg 12 January 199625 June 1996-5 months
Dušan Bajević Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg 26 June 199610 November 19993 Alpha Ethniki
1 Greek Football Cup
3 years, 4 months
Alberto Bigon Flag of Italy.svg 11 November 199910 April 2000-5 months
Giannis Matzourakis Flag of Greece.svg Flag of Romania.svg 10 April 200025 November 20001 Alpha Ethniki 7 months
Takis Lemonis Flag of Greece.svg 25 November 20009 October 20022 Alpha Ethniki 1 year, 10 months
Giannis Kollias (caretaker) Flag of Greece.svg 10 October 200230 October 2002-0 months
Srečko Katanec Flag of Slovenia.svg 7 November 20027 February 2003-3 months
Oleh Protasov Flag of Ukraine.svg 9 February 200317 March 20041 Alpha Ethniki 1 year, 1 month
Siniša Gogić (caretaker) Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Flag of Serbia.svg 17 March 200419 March 2004-0 months
Nikos Alefantos (caretaker) Flag of Greece.svg 19 March 200431 May 2004-2 months
Dušan Bajević Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg 1 June 20041 June 20051 Alpha Ethniki
1 Greek Football Cup
1 year
Trond Sollied Flag of Norway.svg 5 July 200528 December 20061 Alpha Ethniki
1 Greek Football Cup
1 year, 5 months
Takis Lemonis Flag of Greece.svg 29 December 200611 March 20081 Super League
1 Greek Super Cup
1 year, 2 months
José Segura (caretaker) Flag of Spain.svg 11 March 200828 May 20081 Super League
1 Greek Football Cup
2 months
Ernesto Valverde Flag of Spain.svg 11 June 200814 May 20091 Super League
1 Greek Football Cup
11 months
Temur Ketsbaia Flag of Georgia.svg 25 May 200915 September 2009-3 months
Božidar Bandović (caretaker) Flag of Montenegro.svg 15 September 200922 September 2009-0 months
Zico Flag of Brazil.svg 23 September 200919 January 2010-4 months
Božidar Bandović (caretaker) Flag of Montenegro.svg 19 January 201014 June 2010-4 months
Ewald Lienen Flag of Germany.svg 21 June 20106 August 2010-1 month
Ernesto Valverde Flag of Spain.svg 10 August 201030 June 20122 Super League
1 Greek Football Cup
1 year, 10 months
Leonardo Jardim Flag of Portugal.svg 1 July 201219 January 2013-6 months
Antonis Nikopolidis (caretaker) Flag of Greece.svg 19 January 20134 February 2013-0 months
Míchel Flag of Spain.svg 4 February 20136 January 20152 Super League
1 Greek Football Cup
1 year, 11 months
Antonis Nikopolidis (caretaker) Flag of Greece.svg 6 January 20158 January 2015-0 months
Vítor Pereira Flag of Portugal.svg 7 January 201511 June 20151 Super League
1 Greek Football Cup
5 months
Marco Silva Flag of Portugal.svg 7 July 201523 June 20161 Super League 11 months
Víctor Sánchez Flag of Spain.svg 24 June 20169 August 2016-1 month
Paulo Bento Flag of Portugal.svg 11 August 20166 March 2017-6 months
Vasilis Vouzas (caretaker) Flag of Greece.svg 6 March 201722 March 2017-0 months
Takis Lemonis (caretaker) Flag of Greece.svg 23 March 201731 May 20171 Super League 2 months
Besnik Hasi Flag of Kosovo.svg Flag of Albania.svg 8 June 201725 September 2017-3 months
Takis Lemonis Flag of Greece.svg 25 September 20174 January 2018-3 months
Christos Kontis (caretaker) Flag of Greece.svg 4 January 20188 January 2018-0 months
Óscar García Flag of Spain.svg 8 January 20183 April 2018-2 months
Christos Kontis (caretaker) Flag of Greece.svg 3 April 201830 June 20182 months
Pedro Martins Flag of Portugal.svg 1 July 20181 August 20223 Super League
1 Greek Football Cup
4 years, 1 month
Carlos Corberán Flag of Spain.svg 1 August 202218 September 2022-2 months
Míchel Flag of Spain.svg 21 September 20223 April 2023-6 months
José Anigo (caretaker) Flag of France.svg 4 April 202320 June 2023-3 months
Diego Martínez Flag of Spain.svg 20 June 20235 December 2023-5 months
Carlos Carvalhal Flag of Portugal.svg 5 December 20238 February 2024-2 months
Sotiris Silaidopoulos (caretaker) Flag of Greece.svg 8 February 202411 February 2024-0 months
José Luis Mendilibar Flag of Spain.svg 12 February 2024-1 UEFA Europa Conference League
As of 2 November 2024

List of Olympiacos managers with most games in total

#NameNationalityYearsPWDLWin%Honours
1 Pedro Martins Flag of Portugal.svg 2018-2022221143413764.713 Super League, 1 Greek Football Cup
2 Dušan Bajević Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg 1996-1999, 2004-2005208144323269.234 Alpha Ethniki, 2 Greek Football Cup
3 Takis Lemonis Flag of Greece.svg 2000-2002, 2006-2008, 2017, 2017-2018165111302467.274 Super League, 1 Greek Football Cup
4 Lakis Petropoulos Flag of Greece.svg 1971, 1972-197513291281368.942 Alpha Ethniki, 1 Greek Football Cup
5 Ernesto Valverde Flag of Spain.svg 2008-2009, 2010-201212792132272.443 Super League, 2 Greek Football Cup
6 Oleg Blokhin Flag of Ukraine.svg 1990-199312677341561.111 Greek Football Cup, 1 Greek Super Cup
7 Míchel Flag of Spain.svg 2013-2015, 2022-202312383211967.472 Super League, 1 Greek Football Cup
8 Todor Veselinović Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg 1977-198010567162263.81
9 Alketas Panagoulias Flag of Greece.svg 1981-1983, 1986-19879355211759.143 Alpha Ethniki, 1 Greek Football Cup
10 Kazimierz Górski Flag of Poland.svg 1980-1981, 19838148211259.263 Alpha Ethniki, 1 Greek Football Cup
As of 21 December 2022

Notes

  1. Win% is rounded to two decimal places
  2. Time of service is measured in years and months, rounded down to the nearest month

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