List of Olympiacos F.C. players

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Olympiacos Football Club are a Greek professional association football club based in Piraeus, Attica, who currently play in the Super League Greece. They have played at their current home ground, Karaiskaki, since their foundation in 1925. Olympiacos entered the E.P.S. Piraeus in their first season, winning the league 3 times in a row 1925–1928.

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Olympiacos was founded on March 10, 1925, in the port of Piraeus, when the members of Peiraikos Podosfairikos Omilos (Sport and Football Club of Piraeus) decided, during a historical assembly, to dissolve the two clubs in order to establish a unified new one, with an emblem depicting the profile of an Ancient Olympic Games winner. Notis Kamberos announced the name Olympiacos and Michalis Manouskos completed it to its full name, Olympiacos Syndesmos Filathlon Pireos. The Andrianopoulos brothers, however, were those who significantly raised the reputation of the club and added glory to it. Members of a prosperous family, they made the name of Olympiacos known over Greece. Jimmy, Dinos, Giorgos and Vassilis were the first to play. Leonidas made his appearance later on and played for a short time. The club's offensive line, made up of the five brothers, soon became legendary. Olympiacos immediately caught the attention of locals, back then their fanbase consisted mainly of the working class, with the team filling the Piraeus Velodrome, present day Karaiskakis Stadium and becoming EPSP Champions (Enosi Podosferikon Somation Pireos – Regional Championship in Peiraias) the seasons 1925,1926,1927 [1]

In 1926, the Hellenic Football Federation was founded and organized the Panhellenic Championship, the 1927–1928 season, the first national championship, were the regional champions from EPSA league (Athens), EPSP league (Peiraias) and EPSM league (Thessaloniki) compete for the national title through play-offs with Aris FC becoming the first champion. Up to 1958–59 the Panhellenic Championship was organized this way however the following season (1928–29) Olympiacos came to a dispute with the Hellenic Football Federation and did not participate in the championship with Panathinaikos and AEK Athens decided to follow Olympiacos and did the same. During that season they played friendly games with each other and together formed a group called P.O.K.The second Panhellenic Championship took place in 1929–30 and the 3rd found Olympiacos winning the Greek national league title, the 1930–31 season, for the first time in his history. It was going to be a very successful era. Since that time the club's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions.

All players who have played in 50 or more such matches are listed below. Some players who have played fewer matches are also listed; these are players from the club's early days, when fewer matches were played in a season, and players who fell short of the 50 total but made a significant contribution to the club's history, for instance by setting a club record.

Most Appearances

Top 10 Most Capped Players
RankPlayerNationalityApp
1 Predrag Đorđević Flag of Serbia.svg 493
2 Kyriakos Karataidis Flag of Greece.svg 442
3 Georgios Anatolakis Flag of Greece.svg 364
4 Kostas Fortounis Flag of Greece.svg 343
5 Alexis Alexandris Flag of Greece.svg 333
6 Kostas Polychroniou Flag of Greece.svg 305
7 Dimitris Mavrogenidis Flag of Greece.svg 304
8 Giorgos Sideris Flag of Greece.svg 285
9 Georgios Amanatidis Flag of Greece.svg 284
10 Vassilis Karapialis Flag of Greece.svg 277

All Time Top Scorers

Top 10 Goalscorers
RankPlayerNationalityGoals
1 Giorgos Sideris Flag of Greece.svg 224
2 Alexis Alexandris Flag of Greece.svg 170
3 Predrag Đorđević Flag of Serbia.svg 157
4 Nikos Anastopoulos Flag of Greece.svg 119
5 Giovanni Flag of Brazil.svg 97
6 Youssef El-Arabi Flag of Morocco.svg 94
7 Kostas Fortounis Flag of Greece.svg 94
8 Stelios Giannakopoulos Flag of Greece.svg 87
9 Kostas Mitroglou Flag of Greece.svg 82
10 Ilija Ivić Flag of Serbia.svg 73

Key

Club captains who have won a major Senior competition (competitions noted in notes section)
* Club record holder
¤ Played their full career at Olympiacos

Greece

South & North America

Europe

Africa

Asia

Oceania

Notable players

(Panhellenic Championship:period 1925–59)

Lefteris Triantafyllou

(Alpha Ethniki:period 1959–79)

(Professional Championship:period 1979–2006)

Club captains

DatesNameSeasons as captain
1959–1961 Flag of Greece.svg Ilias Rosidis 2
1961–1968 Flag of Greece.svg Kostas Polychroniou 7
1968–1969 Flag of Greece.svg Giorgos Sideris 1
1969–1970 Flag of Greece.svg Orestis Pavlidis 1
1970–1972 Flag of Greece.svg Giannis Gaitatzis 2
1972–1978 Flag of Greece.svg Vassilis Siokos 6
1978–1980 Flag of Greece.svg Michalis Kritikopoulos 2
1980–1986 Flag of Cyprus.svg Stavros Papadopoulos 6
1986–1988 Flag of Greece.svg Petros Michos 2
1988–1991 Flag of Greece.svg Tasos Mitropoulos 3
1991–1995 Flag of Greece.svg Yiotis Tsalouchidis 4
1995–1996 Flag of Greece.svg Giorgos Skartados 1
1996–2001 Flag of Greece.svg Kyriakos Karataidis 5
2001–2003 Flag of Greece.svg Alexis Alexandris 2
2003–2009 Flag of Serbia.svg Predrag Đorđević 6
2009–2011 Flag of Greece.svg Antonis Nikopolidis 2
2011–2013 Flag of Greece.svg Vasilis Torosidis 2
2013–2014 Flag of Greece.svg Avraam Papadopoulos 1
2014–2015 Flag of Greece.svg Giannis Maniatis 1
2015–2016 Flag of Spain.svg David Fuster 1
2016–2017 Flag of Argentina.svg Alejandro Domínguez 1
2017–2018 Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Botía 1
2018–2019 Flag of Greece.svg Kostas Fortounis 1
2019–2020 Flag of Norway.svg Omar Elabdellaoui 1
2020–2023 Flag of Greece.svg Andreas Bouchalakis 3
2023 Flag of Morocco.svg Youssef El-Arabi 1
2023–2024 Flag of Greece.svg Kostas Fortounis 2
2024–2025 Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Masouras 1
2025– Flag of Greece.svg Panagiotis Retsos 1

Notes

Olympiacos FC Players
Olympiacos CFP Official Website
Olympiacos Supporters Official Website
Olympiacos The Eternal Champion – RSSSF Official Website

References

  1. "Peiraias Regional Championship" . Retrieved 1 July 2009.