2003–04 Olympiacos F.C. season

Olympiacos
2003–04 season
Chairman	Socratis Kokkalis
Manager	Oleh Protasov; (until 17 March 2004); Siniša Gogić; (until 19 March 2004); Nikos Alefantos; (until 31 May 2004)
Alpha Ethniki	Runners-up
Greek Cup	Runners-up
Champions League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Predrag Đorđević (15); All: ; Predrag Đorđević (18)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2003–04 season was Olympiacos's 45th consecutive season in the Alpha Ethniki and their 78th year in existence. The club were played their 7th consecutive season in the UEFA Champions League. In the beginning of the summertime Olympiacos named Greek Nikos Alefantos coach.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	MF	GRE	Pantelis Kafes
2	DF	GRE	Christos Patsatzoglou
3	DF	GRE	Stelios Venetidis
4	MF	GRE	Andreas Niniadis
5	MF	FRA	Christian Karembeu
6	MF	GRE	Ieroklis Stoltidis
7	FW	MEX	Nery Castillo
8	MF	GRE	Georgios Georgiadis
9	FW	GRE	Lampros Choutos
10	FW	BRA	Giovanni
11	MF	SCG	Predrag Đorđević
12	GK	SVK	Juraj Buček
14	DF	GRE	Dimitris Mavrogennidis
16	GK	GRE	Fanis Katergiannakis
17	MF	GRE	Giannis Taralidis


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	GRE	Athanasios Kostoulas
20	MF	GRE	Takis Gonias
21	FW	POL	Marcin Kuźba
23	FW	GRE	Alexandros Tatsis
25	DF	GRE	Spyros Vallas
26	MF	GRE	Konstantinos Mendrinos
29	GK	GRE	Kleopas Giannou
30	DF	GRE	Anastasios Pantos
31	GK	GRE	Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos
32	DF	GRE	Georgios Anatolakis
33	DF	GRE	Christos Lisgaras
34	GK	GRE	Thodoris Dougeroglou
44	DF	GRE	Efthimios Koulouheris
71	DF	GRE	Grigoris Georgatos

Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Panathinaikos (C)	30	24	5	1	62	18	+44	77	Qualification for Champions League group stage
2	Olympiacos	30	24	3	3	70	19	+51	75	Qualification for Champions League group stage
3	PAOK	30	18	6	6	47	27	+20	60	Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
4	AEK Athens	30	16	7	7	57	32	+25	55	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	Egaleo	30	15	7	8	37	26	+11	52	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round

Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	24	3	3	70	19	+51	75	11	2	2	38	9	+29	13	1	1	32	10	+22

Last updated: 22 May 2004.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W
Position	2	1	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Greek Cup

First Round

9 September 2003 First leg	Olympiacos	3–2	Ergotelis	Livadeia
17:00 EEST	Niniadis 16' Stoltidis 44', 88'	Report (page 13)	Sylla 21' Ogunsoto 52'	Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)

29 October 2003 Second leg	Ergotelis	1–3 (3–6 agg.)	Olympiacos	Heraklion
15:00 EET	Ogunsoto 65'	Report (page 13)	Niniadis 30', 64' Kafes 52'	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Referee: Kostas Finokaliotis (Athens)

Second Round

Olympiacos qualified to the Round of 16 without a match.

Round of 16

7 January 2004 First leg	Olympiacos	1–0	Skoda Xanthi	Rizoupoli
20:00 EET	Georgatos 11'	Report (page 15-16)		Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Referee: Giannis Kaminaris (Thessaly)

21 January 2004 Second leg	Skoda Xanthi	0–2 (0–3 agg.)	Olympiacos	Xanthi
17:00 EET		Report (page 16)	Giovanni 52' Castillo 62' (PEN.)	Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Argolida)

Quarter-finals

11 February 2004 First leg	Olympiacos	1–0	Panionios	Rizoupoli
20:00 EET	Georgiadis 61' (pen.)	Report (page 17)		Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Referee: Giannis Spyropoulos (Phthiotis)

3 March 2004 Second leg	Panionios	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Olympiacos	Nea Smyrni
19:00 EET		Report (page 17)		Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)

Semi-finals

7 April 2004 First leg	Kastoria	0–3	Olympiacos	Kastoria
16:00 EEST		Report (page 18)	Georgatos 15' Choutos 19' Kuźba 77'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kastoria Referee: Manolis Tapatzas (Thrace)

21 April 2004 Second leg	Olympiacos	1–1 (4–1 agg.)	Kastoria	Rizoupoli
20:00 EEST	Niniadis 73' (pen.)	Report (page 18)	Lazaridis 45'	Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Referee: Fragiskos Somarakakis (Athens)

Final

8 May 2004	Panathinaikos	3–1	Olympiacos	Nea Smyrni
21:00 EEST	Papadopoulos 3' Konstantinou 68', 80'	Report (pages 18-19)	Giovanni 65'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Argolida)

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Juventus	6	4	1	1	15	6	+9	13	Advance to knockout stage
2	Real Sociedad	6	2	3	1	8	8	0	9	Advance to knockout stage
3	Galatasaray	6	2	1	3	6	8	−2	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Olympiacos	6	1	1	4	6	13	−7	4

Source: RSSSF

All times at CET

17 September 2003 1	Real Sociedad	1–0	Olympiacos	San Sebastián, Spain
20:45	Kovačević 80' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Anoeta Stadium Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

30 September 2003 2	Olympiacos	1–2	Juventus	Athens, Greece
20:45	Stoltidis 11'	Report	Nedvěd 21', 79'	Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Éric Poulat (France)

21 October 2003 3	Galatasaray	1–0	Olympiacos	Istanbul, Turkey
20:45	Cihan 9'	Report		Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Attendance: 41,125 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

5 November 2003 4	Olympiacos	3–0	Galatasaray	Athens, Greece
20:45	Mavrogenidis 6' Castillo 34' Giovanni 90+6'	Report		Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

25 November 2003 5	Olympiacos	2–2	Real Sociedad	Athens, Greece
20:45	Stoltidis 59' Castillo 71'	Report	Gabilondo 31' Schürrer 74'	Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

10 December 2003 6	Juventus	7–0	Olympiacos	Turin, Italy
20:45	Trezeguet 14', 25' Miccoli 19' Maresca 28' Di Vaio 62' Del Piero 67' Zalayeta 79'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 12,575 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Team kit

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Siemens Mobile

Home

Away

Home (2)

Source: Olympiacos FC

Individual Awards

Name	Pos.	Award
Giovanni	Forward	Super League Greece Best Foreign Player Super League Greece Golden Boot

References

External links

Official Website of Olympiacos Piraeus (in Greek and English)

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