Seven consecutive Championships, near-miss to UEFA Champions League semi-finals (1996–2003) Olympiacos F.C.

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predrag Đorđević won record 12 greek league titles olympiacos , club s record foreign goalscorer 158 goals in 493 official matches



club legend giovanni won 5 greek league titles , scored 98 goals in 208 official games olympiacos


in 1996, socratis kokkalis appointed dušan bajević team s head coach. time, olympiacos had strong roster, players kyriakos karataidis, vassilis karapialis, grigoris georgatos, alexis alexandris, giorgos amanatidis, nikos dabizas , ilija ivić. upon bajević s arrival, kokkalis opted strengthen team in order create strong roster dominate greek football years come. purchased highly rated prospects predrag Đorđević , stelios giannakopoulos paniliakos, outbidding both aek athens , panathinaikos; signed refik Šabanadžović, andreas niniadis, giorgos anatolakis , alekos kaklamanos; , brought olympiacos academy product dimitris eleftheropoulos loan spell @ proodeftiki. these players front, olympiacos strode 1996–97 title 12 clear points on aek , 20 points on third panathinaikos in bajević s first season in charge; club s first greek championship in 9 seasons, putting end stone years , officially beginning olympiacos era of domination. in next season, 1997–98, dimitris mavrogenidis, siniša gogić, ilias poursanidis , ghanaian striker peter ofori-quaye transferred club , olympiacos won 1997–98 championship. bajević s team, along aek , panathinaikos, closely separated in table, olympiacos made important away win against panathinaikos (0–2) , celebrated second consecutive championship, 3 points difference panathinaikos. olympiacos participated first time in uefa champions league group stage , took third place in tough group, leaving porto in fourth place, while real madrid, eventual champions, topped group , qualified quarter-finals.


the 1998–99 season undoubtedly 1 of best seasons in olympiacos history. won 1998–99 greek championship quite convincingly, ten points difference aek , 11 third-placed panathinaikos, , celebrated domestic double, bringing home 1998–99 greek cup after convincing 2–0 win against arch-rivals panathinaikos in final (mavrogenidis 54 , ofori-quaye 90 ), despite fact played more 60 minutes in game ten players. in european competitions, entered 1998–99 uefa champions league group stage, being drawn in group ajax, porto , croatia zagreb. won group , qualified quarter-finals, gathering 11 points 3 home wins against ajax (1–0), porto (2–1) , croatia zagreb (2–0) , 2 away draws in porto (2–2) , zagreb (1–1). in quarter-finals of competition, faced juventus, first leg in turin. juventus took 2–0 lead, olympiacos scored crucial away goal in 90th minute of game penalty andreas niniadis, goal caused 10.000 olympiacos fans travelled italy erupt joyous ecstasy. in second leg in athens, olympiacos totally donimated match, , scored goal put them in driving seat in 12th minute of game, when siniša gogić s powerful header found of net after grigoris georgatos s superb cross. missed outstanding chance double lead, when giorgos amanatidis powerful header short distance saved michelangelo rampulla. olympiacos kept ticket semi-finals in hands until 85th minute, when juventus, hadn t produced chances in game, equalised score after crucial mistake dimitris eleftheropoulos, had been team s hero in previous games. despite big disappointment way qualification semi-finals lost, presence of team in champions league quarter-finals, best-ever european campaign, combined domestic double, marked successful season club, arguably best in long history.


the next 4 seasons (1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03) olympiacos signed world-class players of great magnitude such giovanni, zlatko zahovič , world champion christian karembeu, other top-class players including pär zetterberg, zé elias, nery castillo, christos patsatzoglou, lampros choutos , stelios venetidis. these transfers strengthened more strong roster previous successful years , under guidance of coaches giannis matzourakis, takis lemonis , oleg protasov (bajević had left club in 1999). olympiacos managed win 7 consecutive greek championships (1997–2003), breaking own past record of 6 (1954–1959). olympiacos won seventh consecutive title after breathtaking closing of 2002–03 greek league: olympiacos hosting arch-rivals panathinaikos in matchday 29, led table three-point difference. olympiacos needed win derby 2 clear goals in order overthrow rivals in championship race. olympiacos beat panathinaikos 3–0 (giovanni 3 , giannakopoulos 15 48 ) in dominant display in rizoupoli , celebrated all-time record of 7 straight championships, dream , historic objective club , fans.








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