The Legend (1946–1959) Olympiacos F.C.

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andreas mouratis captained olympiacos , played in 295 games club (1945–1955)



andreas mouratis, babis kotridis, ilias rossidis, key players of olympiacos team of 1950s


after war, olympiacos saw many of key-players of pre-war era retire, many significant changes being made in team s roster. olympiacos captain , prolific scorer giannis vazos remained in club, along giannis chelmis. new important players joined club, such andreas mouratis, alekos chatzistavridis, stelios kourouklatos , dionysis minardos. regular fixtures recommenced, piraeus club returned dominant position in greek football. 1946 1959, olympiacos won 9 out of 11 greek championships (1947, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959), bringing home 15 championship titles in total of 23 completed seasons of greek league. six-straight greek championships won olympiacos 1954 1959 unmatched achievement in greek football history, all-time record stood 44 years, until olympiacos managed win seven-straight greek championships 1997 2003.


furthermore, during same period (1946–1959), club won 8 greek cups out of 13 editions (1947, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959), completing 6 doubles (1947, 1951, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959), 3 of being consecutive (1956–1959). legendary olympiacos team of 1950s, key performers such andreas mouratis, ilias rossidis, thanasis bebis, ilias yfantis, babis kotridis, kostas polychroniou, giorgos darivas, babis drosos, antonis poseidon, savvas theodoridis, kostas karapatis, mimis stefanakos, thanasis kinley, stelios psychos, giannis ioannou, themis moustaklis, vasilis xanthopoulos, dimitris kokkinakis, giorgos kansos, kostas papazoglou , aristeidis papazoglou marked olympiacos period of absolute domination in greek football, skyrocketed club s popularity , spread word of olympiacos superiority throughout greece. hence, after club s record-breaking performance in trophy-laden era of 1950s, club gained unequivocally nickname of thrylos, meaning legend .


on 13 september 1959, olympiacos made debut in europe against milan 1959–60 european cup , became first greek club ever played in european competitions. first leg held @ karaiskakis stadium in piraeus , olympiacos took lead goal kostas papazoglou (1–0), first goal ever scored greek club (and greek player well) in european competitions. milan s prolific goalscorer josé altafini equalised match header in 33rd minute, after cross giancarlo danova. ilias yfantis scored outstanding goal , gave olympiacos lead again in 45th minute of game, when controlled ball between cesare maldini , vincenzo occhetta , unleashed powerful volley, burying ball of net (2–1). altafini scored second goal once again header (72nd minute), after free-kick nils liedholm. match ended 2–2, olympiacos putting in great performance against italian champions, despite fact had no foreign players in roster, while milan had 4 world-class foreign players, such altafini, liedholm, juan alberto schiaffino , ernesto grillo. in second leg milan won 3–1 (giancarlo danova 12 , 26 , 85 ; psychos 68 ) , qualified next round, despite olympiacos performance in second half.








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