Full name | Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς (Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus) | |||
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Ground | Agios Ioannis Rentis Training Centre, Greece | |||
Capacity | 3,000 | |||
Owner | Evangelos Marinakis | |||
Chairman | Yannis Moralis | |||
Website | Club website | |||
Olympiacos F.C. Youth Academy is the football academy system of Greek professional football club Olympiacos F.C. consisting of six official youth teams (Under-10, Under-13, Under-14, Under-15, Under-17 and Under-19), based on the young athletes' age. [1] In April 2024, the Olympiacos Youth U-19 team won, for the first time, the UEFA Youth League Championship 2023–24.
Other age-based youth teams (e.g. Under-8) are also part of the academy, however they do not appear as official youth teams. Olympiacos' U-15, U-17 and U-20 teams all play in Greek Superleague's youth competitions (Super League U-15, U-17 and U-19 respectively), while the U19 team is a regular participant in the UEFA Youth League, winning the title in 2023–24. The latter also featured in the NextGen Series, reaching the quarter-finals of the competition.
As of 27 September 2021 [2]
Academy Director (caretaker) | Lina Souloukou |
Technical Director | Thodoris Eleftheriadis |
Head of Olympiacos Academy Network | Vasilis Nanos |
U-19 Manager | Sotiris Silaidopoulos |
U-19 Coach | Tasos Pantos |
U-19 Coach | Dimitris Stergiopoulos |
U-19 Goalkeeping coach | Spyros Christopoulos |
U-17 Manager | Dimitris Mavrogenidis |
U-17 Coach | Antonis Tsikakis |
U-17 Goalkeeping Coach | Nikolaos Katsikostas |
U-17 Analyst | Alen Velic |
U-16 Manager | Dimitris Benetatos |
U-16 Fitness coach | Grigoris Konstantakopoulos |
Scout | Giorgos Famelis |
Scout | Giorgos Vaitsis |
Scout | Vasilis Georgopoulos |
Scout | Nikos Krimitzas |
As of 17 September 2021 [3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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As of 17 September 2021 [4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Titles won by the Olympiacos academy's teams. [1] [6]
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