Olympiacos B.C.

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Olympiacos B.C.
Leagues	A1 Euroleague
Founded	1925
History	1925 - present
Arena	Peace and Friendship Stadium (capacity 12.171)
Location	Faliro, Athens, Greece
Team colors	Red and White
President	Socratis Kokkalis
Vice-presidents	Panagiotis Angelopoulos Giorgos Angelopoulos
Head coach	Panagiotis Giannakis
Championships	1 European Championships 9 Greek Championships 7 Greek Cups
Website	www.olympiacos.org
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Olympiacos B.C. (Greek name: Κ.Α.Ε. Ολυμπιακός, transliterated into English: K.A.E. Olympiacos) is a Greek basketball team, based in Piraeus, Athens. A part of the Olympiacos CFP family, the team was founded in 1925 and is one of the oldest and most tradition-rich and strong clubs in Europe. Olympiacos is a strong contender in both the Greek League and the Euroleague. The team is frequently referred as the "Chicago Bulls of Europe," due to the fact that the two clubs wear the same colours and had played in the final of McDonald's Championship in 1997, during the simultaneous Bulls' NBA dynasty and Olympiacos' dominance in Europe. Olympiacos was selected by FIBA as the Best Team of the 1990s in Europe.

Contents 1 History 1.1 1930s-1960s 1.2 1970s-1980s 1.3 1990s 1.4 2000s 2 Arena 3 Current season 3.1 A1 2007-08 3.1.1 Regular Season 3.1.2 Play-offs 3.2 Greek Cup 2007-08 3.2.1 Quarter-final 3.2.2 Semi-final 3.2.3 Final 3.3 Euroleague 2007-08 3.3.1 Regular Season 3.3.2 Top 16 3.3.3 Quarter-finals 4 International Record 5 Biggest wins in Champions Cup and Euroleague 6 Current roster 6.1 Current depth chart 6.2 Squad changes for the 2007-2008 season 6.3 Out on loan 7 Honours 7.1 Domestic 7.1.1 League 7.1.2 Cups 7.2 International 7.3 Other 8 Notable former players 9 Championship rosters 10 Notable former coaches 11 Sponsorship 12 References 13 External links

[edit] History

[edit] 1930s-1960s

Beginning in the 1930s, it was the first Greek team to familiarize itself with American basketball as Alekos Spanoudakis learned to imitate the jump shot of American sailors and his brother Giannis met basketball legend Bob Cousy and practiced many of his secrets on the court. The Spanoudakis brothers led the club to its first Greek Championship in 1949. The second title didn't come until 11 years later, in 1960, which allowed the Reds for the first time to qualify for the European Champions Cup. It was their first ever participation in European level, as well.

[edit] 1970s-1980s

It wasn't until 1976 that Olympiacos would win another Greek title and it did so in unprecedented fashion, running off 22 victories in 22 games, while in the same year they did it very well in Cup Winner's Cup. Another Greek title followed two years later and in a decade which also saw Olympiacos add four Greek Cups between 1976 and 1980.

In 1979 they also had their first significant success in Europe, reaching the final round (Final 6) of the European Championship. The final round of that year was one of the toughest ever in the competition. So, Olympiacos didn't manage to do anything better than finishing 6th, achieving a single 79-77 win over Maccabi Tel Aviv in Athens, while in the tense match in Tel Aviv, the Reds suffered one of their heaviest defeats 51-93. In general, Olympiacos was a tough home team, although they lost all the rest home matches, the scores were too close: 84-95 to Joventut Badalona (77-91 away), 68-72 to Emerson Varese (67-92 away), 97-101 to Real Madrid (72-113 away), 83-88 to Bosna Sarajevo (72-89 away).

Although the 1970s was the most successful decade for the team up to that time, the 1980s marked a low period for the Reds, who didn't manage to play a major domestic role, outshined by the up-and-coming super powers from Thessaloniki, Aris and PAOK.

[edit] 1990s

It was in the 1990s that the Reds made their biggest mark. The middle of that decade belonged to Olympiacos, not only in Greece, but all around the continent.

In 1991 - 1992, record holding Greek basketball coach Giannis Ioannidis left Aris to manage Olympiacos, the torpid giant, and created a tough, team-oriented, offensive basketball team. In addition to this, Olympiacos left the old Papastrateio Indoor Hall, to move into Peace and Friendship Stadium (commonly called SEF), an indoor arena of 15,000 seats at the time and the biggest in Greece until the Athens Olympic Indoor Hall was inaugurated in 1995. By that year the club rebounded, climbing all the way back to rule Greece. They finished second in the Greek league, following PAOK.

Five consecutive Greek Championships from 1993 to 1997 and two Greek Cups in 1994 and 1997, made the team the indubitable dominant in Greece. During this period, Olympiacos was the best supported basketball team, not only in Greece, as Peace and Friendship Stadium was full in most of their matches, making Olympiacos invincible in it. In addition to their domestic success, Olympiacos became the most successful team in Euroleague of that period, making FIBA to select them as the Best Team of Europe in 1990s.

In 1992 - 1993, in their first Euroleague appearance, they didn't manage to qualify for the Athens Final Four which was held in their home field, SEF, as they were eliminated by Limoges in the quarter-finals in three games. However, in spite of finishing 4th in the regular season, they won their first Greek championship since 1978, defeating PAOK in the semi-finals and Panathinaikos in the finals, although both Olympiacos' opponents had the so-called home advantage.

But the following year, Olympiacos reached for a first time the Final Four in Tel Aviv. They faced their arch-rivals Panathinaikos in the semi-final, beating them 77-72 and being the first Greek team to play in the final of Euroleague. The Reds were the favorites to win the European crown. But Olympiacos was shocked in the final by Joventut Badalona to which they lost 57-59. Finally, they managed to win a domestic double against PAOK and Iraklis in the Greek League and Greek Cup finals respectively.

In 1994 - 1995 they played in their second Euroleague Final Four in Zaragoza, again facing their eternal enemies of Panathinaikos in the semi-final, defeating them one more time 58-52 and reaching the final for a second consecutive year. There they played against another Spanish team, Real Madrid, which were playing on home soil and Olympiacos lost again 61-73. In the Greek League they managed to win the championship in the best of five finals, with a thrilling 45-44 home win over Panathinaikos in the fifth and last match on their home ground.

The next season, 1995 - 1996, Olympiacos didn't made the Final Four, they saw their rivals Panathinaikos winning the Euroleague for the first time ever for Greece instead. But the season ended in an extremely memorable way, because in the last of a five game finals of the Greek League, Olympiacos smashed the European Champions Panathinaikos, with a shocking 73-38 victory, an all-time record victory margin for the Greek League Finals.

In 1996 - 1997 with a new coach, Dusan Ivkovic, at the bench, the Reds and their fans hoped more than ever for the European title. In the regular season of Euroleague, Olympiacos' performance was not as good as it was the previous years, but in the play-offs they were impressive, breaking twice their opponents home advantage. Their first victim was Partizan Belgrade, in a strange best of three series, in which Olympiacos won the first match in Belgrade, lost the second in Peace and Friendship Stadium, disappointing their fans, and finally won the third in Belgrade, advancing to the quarter-finals where the defending champions Panathinaikos were waiting with a home advantage, ready to stop their rival and revenge them for the last year's opprobrious defeat in the Greek finals. In the first game in Panathinaikos home, the Athens Olympic Indoor Hall, Olympiacos stunned again the Greens beating them 69-49 in front of their fans. In the second match, in Peace and Friendship Stadium, in front of 17,000 red fans, Olympiacos won Panathinaikos 65-57 and went to the Final Four in Rome^[1][2], being the unquestionable favorites to win it. Finally they made it, by beating Olimpija Ljubljana 74-65 in the semi-final and FC Barcelona 73-58 in the final. Olympiacos fans were quick to sing that "in Rome and in the Final, we lifted the European (Trophy)" and this remains as one of the Club's most popular chants today. Olympiacos easily achieved the coveted triple crown: the Greek League title (against the surprise of that year AEK Athens), the Greek Cup (against Apollon Patras) and finally the Euroleague crown. Olympiacos was the only Greek team to have achieved this up to 2007 and one of the very few in the history of European Basketball.

In October of the same year, the club claimed the McDonald's Championship, in Paris. Having defeated Atenas de Cordoba in the semi-final by 89-86, Olympiacos played against Chicago Bulls in the final and it was a game between the European Champion and the NBA Champion. Again Olympiacos is the only Greek team in history that played such a match. During that game Olympiacos never used a zone defence, although the match was played according to European basketball ruling and was defeated naturally 78-104, by the team of one of the greatest basketball players ever, Michael Jordan.

In 1997 - 1998, Olympiacos, being again the favorites in all the competitions they were taking part, started with an impressive record of consecutive wins in Greece and Europe. But in the second half of the season, things went wrong for the team. Olympiacos played in the round of 16 of Euroleague, with a home advantage against Partizan in a three game series, but they lost both matches in Athens and Belgrade and the European Champions suffered an early and disappointing elimination. In the Greek Cup's Final Four, they faced Panathinaikos for the 3rd place and they won them easily. In the Greek League Olympiacos finished the regular season in the second place, following Panathinaikos. In the semi-finals, Olympiacos faced PAOK, having a home advantage in a best of three series. In the first match in Athens, Olympiacos took a thrilling win 66-65 and held the advantage. PAOK won the second match in Thessaloniki and the last game was held again in Athens. With Peja Stojaković scoring an amazing three-point shot exactly at the end of the match, PAOK achieved an unbelievable 58-55 win in Faliro, as it was the first time ever that Olympiacos was defeated in Peace and Friendship Stadium for the Greek playoffs. The Reds didn't have the chance to defend their crown and finally won the third place, with a total 3-1 wins over AEK Athens.

The 1998 - 1999 season didn't begin well, because in season's opening match for the Greek Cup, PAOK returned in Piraeus and won again, much easier than 4 months ago, throwing Olympiacos out of the competition, in their home. The Reds played for the last time in the Euroleague Final Four, and although they were counted as the favorites to win the title, they lost 71-87 in the semi-final to Zalgiris Kaunas and they finished third by winning Teamsystem Bologna 74-63. In the Greek League they were ready to win the championship again, having the home advantage and facing Panathinaikos in the finals. But in the last game in their home, they lost to the Greens and saw them celebrating their championship in front of Olympiacos fans. That was the first win ever of Panathinaikos in Peace and Friendship Stadium.

[edit] 2000s

In the season 1999 - 2000, Olympiacos didn't make it in Euroleague, eliminated in the round of 16 by Union Olimpija. On the contrary they survived in the regular season of the Greek League and entered the playoffs from the first place, having home advantage. But in the semi-finals they played against fourth-placed PAOK, which made another one astonishing win in Peace and Friendship Stadium, which wasn't seen as a fortress anymore, followed by a PAOK's win in Thessaloníki too. Olympiacos faced again AEK for the third place and they won it.

In 2000 - 2001, Olympiacos had the chance to claim the first Euroleague organized by ULEB, but despite having home advantage in the playoffs, they were eliminated by TAU Cerámica while in the Greek League Finals, they didn't manage to overcome the home advantage of Panathinaikos and finished second.

In 2001 - 2002 the club managed to win the Greek Cup, their first trophy since 1997, in a Final Four which was held in Peace and Friendship Stadium, beating Panathinaikos in the semi-final and Maroussi in the final. Then they came within one victory from the Euroleague Final Four, playing for the Top 16 in a group against Panathinaikos, AEK Athens and Union Olimpija, with only the first advancing to the Final Four. Having made an easy 92-75 win over Panathinaikos in the opening home match, another home win against AEK, an away win against Olimpija, Olympiacos played away against Panathinaikos and lost 78-88, a score which gave to the Reds the advantage in case of finishing on the top along with their rivals. However, in the fifth game, the weaker team of the group, Union Olimpija, shocked Olympiacos in Athens, succeeding their single win in the group and putting Olympiacos in the second place away from the Final Four, which was later won by Panathinaikos. Having broken the home advantage of Panathinaikos in the semi-final, the Reds made it to the last game of the Greek League final series, where they played against AEK Athens to which they finally lost.

Olympiacos was one of the Euroleague's most dangerous teams in 2002 - 2003 as well. The club came closer than any team to knocking off the final champions Barcelona in two heartbreaking games in the Euroleague Top 16 groups, and proved, despite the fact that it was not the much feared team of the 90s, able to beat any team at any time.

The 2003 - 2004 and 2004 - 2005 seasons were the worst for the modern history of Olympiacos. In both seasons, the club was eliminated from the Greek Cup at home by Panathinaikos, and finished 8th in the Greek League. Especially in the latter season, Olympiacos had a humiliating performance in Euroleague, making people of basketball wondering about the club's future.

The 2005 - 2006 season had seen the return of a Red giant, which had overcome some slow years with a nice combination of young talent and experience which has paid off. Olympiacos board brought the well known Basketball Director, George Garbolas, and with his vital help, Olympiacos completely renewed its roster before the start of the season and not only immediately paid off, but also gave its fans some hope for a bright future. Players like Reinaldas Seibutis, Lewis, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Georgios Printezis and, above all, Sofoklis Schortsianitis might well be a solid core of players for many years to come. That summer the team went to Karpenisi, Greece to have its main preparation for the coming season as Mr. Garbolas had suggested. This season seemed as very promising for the Red Giant. However, the promising Reds, suffered a 51-81 home defeat to Panathinaikos in their opening match for the Greek Cup. Olympiacos survived a difficult regular season and shined in the Top 16, advancing to the Quarterfinal Playoffs. The Reds were just a win away from making it to the Final Four for the first time since 1999. Maccabi Tel Aviv won the best-of-three series 2-1, but Game 3 went down to the wire and experienced proved to be a decisive factor in the final 2 minutes, when the hosts managed to seal a 77-73 win and advanced to the Final Four in Prague. Tyus Edney earned February MVP honors, as well as ranking third in assists at the end of the regular season and second in the Top 16. Olympiacos also shined in its domestic competition, as the Reds made it to the Greek League finals for the the first time in five years by surviving a thrilling five-game series against Maroussi. Panathinaikos ended up sweeping the best-of-five final playoff series, but it was clear that the Reds were back where they used to be, becoming a team able to challenge for every title.

In 2006 - 2007 with the signing of Pinhas Gershon as head coach and NBA bust Arvydas Macijauskas, the Reds were one of the favourites to claim the Euroleague crown but they didn't manage to qualify to the Athens Final Four. They were eliminated from the Greek Cup as well. In the Greek League playoffs, they made it to the finals after winning 3-2 a best of five semifinal against Aris. Although Olympiacos had to overcome their home disadvantage, they won the last match in Thessaloniki and made it to the best of five finals, having again home disadvantage, against the European champions Panathinaikos, in order to win the Greek championship, their first since 1997. But they finished second in one of the best final series ever played in the Greek League. At the inaugural game in Panathinaikos home, the Reds lost 72-79, but they won at the second game in Peace and Friendship Stadium 76-72. At the third match, Panathinaikos took a thrilling 86-85 home win after extra time, while in Piraeus, Olympiacos won easily 78-68. At the last game in Panathinaikos home, the Reds lost 76-89.

[edit] Arena

Olympiacos' home ground is the Peace and Friendship Stadium (Greek: Στάδιο Ειρήνης και Φιλίας or ΣΕΦ - SEF), which is an indoor arena located in Faliro, Piraeus, on the Athens coastland, exactly opposite of Olympiacos FC football department's ground, Karaiskákis Stadium. The arena opened in 1985 and Olympiacos has been using it since 1991. It is one of the biggest european arenas with a capacity of 14,095 seats, however it was recently reduced for Olympiacos matches to 12,171 seats. SEF hosted the indoor volleyball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics, while it was the hosting venue of the EuroBasket 1987 and 1998 FIBA World Championship. The stadium was renovated for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

[edit] Current season

In the season 2007-08, Olympiacos was considered amongst the favourites to reach the Final Four of the Euroleague.It is also considered the favourite along with Panathinaikos in the A1 Ethniki. In the Regular Season the team had the record of 22 wins and 4 defeats, having produced the second most offensive basketball in the Greek League. For the Quarter-finals of the Playoffs, Olympiacos sweeped AEK Athens in a best-of-three series and for the Semi-finals won Maroussi in a best-of-five series by 3-2. In the Finals of the Greek League Reds will face the eternal enemy Panathinaikos. While, in Europe the team was qualified for the third phase, Quarter-finals, of the Euroleague, where it was eliminated by CSKA Moscow. Additionally, Olympiacos qualified to the Greek Cup Final, where they lost to the arch-rival Panathinaikos in a very impressive game, which was dramatic up to the last second.

[edit] A1 2007-08

Main article: A1 Ethniki 2007-08

[edit] Regular Season

Last match

April 23 17:00 LT	(Report)	Olympiacos	80 – 48	AGO Rethymno	Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens Attendance: 3,970
		Scoring by quarter: 17-10, 29-13, 21-11, 13-14
		Pts: Tsakalidis 13 Rebs: Two players with 6 Assts: Six players with 2		Pts: Vouyoukas 14 Rebs: Vouyoukas 11 Assts: Koumoulos 3

[edit] Play-offs

This is the outlook for the 2008 Α1 playoffs. Teams in italics have home court advantage. Teams in bold advance to the next round. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoffs seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each game.

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals									Finals
	1	Panathinaikos	74	78	–
	8	Olympia Larissas	55	58	–
								1	Panathinaikos	91	80	98	–	–
								4	Panionios	75	76	75	–	–
	4	Panionios	83	95	–
	5	Panellinios	70	80	–
																	1	Panathinaikos	83	55	78	57
																	2	Olympiacos	79	71	67	59
	2	Olympiacos	92	70	–
	7	AEK Athens	62	68	–
								2	Olympiacos	87	90	85	75	64
								6	Maroussi	61	97	69	86	63			Euroleague Match
	3	Aris	61	98	79
	6	Maroussi	72	95	85												4	Panionios	60	65	89	96
																	6	Maroussi	67	76	82	84

Quarter-finals
Game	1st Game	2nd Game	3rd Game
Arena	Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens	Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens	–
Date	3 May 2008	5 May 2008	–
Report	QF-Game1	QF-Game2	–

Semi-finals
Game	1st Game	2nd Game	3rd Game	4th Game	5th Game
Arena	Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens	Agios Thomas Indoor Hall, Athens	Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens	Agios Thomas Indoor Hall, Athens	Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens
Date	10 May 2008	13 May 2008	15 May 2008	18 May 2008	21 May 2008
Report	SF-Game1	SF-Game2	SF-Game3	SF-Game4	SF-Game5

Finals
Game	1st Game	2nd Game	3rd Game	4th Game	5th Game
Arena	Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens	Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens	Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens	Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens	Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Date	24 May 2008	27 May 2008	29 May 2008	1 June 2008	4 June 2008
Report	F-Game1	F-Game2	F-Game3	F-Game4	21:00 LT

[edit] Greek Cup 2007-08

Main article: Greek basketball Cup

[edit] Quarter-final

December 22 17:00 LT	(Report)	AEK Athens	69 – 83	Olympiacos	Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 3,500
		Scoring by quarter: 17-26, 17-16, 17-18, 18-23

[edit] Semi-final

February 6 19:15 LT	(Report)	Olympiacos	72 – 70	Aris TT Bank	Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens Attendance: 9,500
		Scoring by quarter: 18-20, 13-23, 17-10, 24-17

[edit] Final

March 26 18:30 LT	(Report)	Olympiacos	79 – 81	Panathinaikos	Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 1,720 [3]
		Scoring by quarter: 12-12, 18-22, 20-26, 29-21
		Pts: Greer 28 Rebs: Bourousis 12 Assts: Greer 5		Pts: Spanoulis 20 Rebs: Batiste 6 Assts: Spanoulis 7

[edit] Euroleague 2007-08

[edit] Regular Season

Main article: Euroleague 2007-08 Regular Season Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	CSKA Moscow	14	12	2	1123	942	+181
2.	Montepaschi Siena	14	10	4	1098	974	+124
3.	TAU Cerámica	14	9	5	1170	1051	+119
4.	Žalgiris Kaunas	14	8	6	1110	1126	−16
5.	Olympiacos	14	7	7	1185	1099	+86
6.	Olimpija Ljubljana	14	4	10	1030	1147	−117
7.	Prokom Trefl Sopot	14	4	10	973	1143	−170
8.	VidiVici Bologna	14	2	12	1008	1215	−207

Key to colors

	Qualified to Top 16
	Eliminated

[edit] Top 16

Main article: Euroleague 2007-08 Top 16 Group F

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	4	2	516	496	+20
2.	Olympiacos	6	4	2	443	436	+7
3.	Real Madrid	6	3	3	489	493	−4
4.	Žalgiris Kaunas	6	1	5	457	480	−23

• Maccabi win the group on the second tiebreaker of head-to-head point differential against Olympiacos.

Key to colors

	Qualified to Quarter-finals
	Eliminated

[edit] Quarter-finals

Main article: Euroleague 2007-08 quarterfinals

Teams	Agg.	1st Game	2nd Game	3rd Game
CSKA Moscow	2	74	83	81
Olympiacos	1	76	73	56
Arena		CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Moscow	Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens	CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Moscow

Key to colors

	Qualified to Final Four 2008
	Eliminated

Last match

April 9 18:15 CET	(Report)	CSKA Moscow	81 – 56	Olympiacos	CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Moscow Attendance: 5,000
		Scoring by quarter: 22-16, 19-13, 20-21, 20-6
		Pts: Šiškauskas 24 Rebs: Smodiš 6 Assts: Holden 6		Pts: Vasilopoulos 17 Rebs: Printezis 5 Assts: Blakney, Greer 4

[edit] International Record

Season	Achievement	Notes
Euroleague
1978-79	Final Six	6th place, played against Bosna Sarajevo, Emerson Varese, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Real Madrid and Joventut Badalona
1992-93	Quarter-finals	eliminated by CSP Limoges with 1-2 wins, 70-67 in Athens, 53-59 and 58-60 in Limoges
1993-94	Final Four	2nd place, won Panathinaikos 77-72 in semi-final, defeated by Joventut Badalona 57-59 in final
1994-95	Final Four	2nd place, won Panathinaikos 58-52 in semi-final, defeated by Real Madrid 61-73 in final
1995-96	Quarter-finals	eliminated by Real Madrid with 1-2 wins, 68-49 in Athens, 77-80 and 65-80 in Madrid
1996-97	Winner	won Union Olimpija 74-65 in semi-final, won Barcelona 73-58 in final of the Final Four
1998-99	Final Four	3rd place, defeated by Zalgiris Kaunas 71-87 in semi-final, won Teamsystem Bologna 74-63 in final
2000-01	Quarter-finals	eliminated by TAU Cerámica with 0-2 wins, 72-78 in Athens, 76-98 in Vitoria-Gasteiz
2005-06	Quarter-finals	eliminated by Maccabi Tel Aviv with 1-2 wins, 78-87 in Tel Aviv, 76-70 in Athens, 73-77 in Tel Aviv
2006-07	Quarter-finals	eliminated by TAU Cerámica with 0-2 wins, 59-84 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, 89-95 in Athens
2007-08	Quarter-finals	eliminated by CSKA Moscow with 1-2 wins, 76-74 in Moscow, 73-83 in Athens, 56-81 in Moscow
Saporta Cup
1975-76	Quarter-finals	finished fourth in a group with Rabotnički, ASPO Tours and CSKA Sofia
Korać Cup
1979-80	Quarter-finals	finished second in a group with Arrigoni Sebastiani, Joventut Badalona and Tofaş Bursa
1988-89	Quarter-finals	finished fourth in a group with Zadar, Joventut Badalona and Hapoel Tel Aviv

[edit] Biggest wins in Champions Cup and Euroleague

Home wins Season Match Score Pts dif. 1978-79 Olympiacos - Jalaa CS 106 - 57 +49 1993-94 Olympiacos - Guildford Kings 96 - 51 +45 2007-08 Olympiacos - Prokom Trefl Sopot 109 - 65 +44 2000-01 Olympiacos - Ovarense 101 - 67 +34 2007-08 Olympiacos - Olimpija Ljubljana 113 - 80 +33 2000-01 Olympiacos - Hapoel Jerusalem 102 - 69 +33 1996-97 Olympiacos - Estudiantes 110 - 78 +32 1994-95 Olympiacos - Cibona Zagreb 101 - 69 +32 1994-95 Olympiacos - Joventut Badalona 84 - 53 +31 1996-97 Olympiacos - CSKA Moscow 82 - 51 +31 2001-02 Olympiacos - Charleroi 107 - 78 +29 2005-06 Olympiacos - Cibona Zagreb 99 - 70 +29 1998-99 Olympiacos - ALBA Berlin 94 - 65 +29 2007-08 Olympiacos - VidiVici Bologna 104 - 76 +28 1999-00 Olympiacos - Budućnost 89 - 61 +28 2006-07 Olympiacos - Climamio Bologna 94 - 67 +27 1996-97 Olympiacos - Charleroi 87 - 60 +27 2004-05 Olympiacos - Partizan 100 - 74 +26 1994-95 Olympiacos - Buckler Bologna 89 - 64 +25 1994-95 Olympiacos - CSKA Moscow 79 - 54 +25

Away wins Season Match Score Pts dif. 2000-01 Ovarense - Olympiacos 53 - 100 +47 1994-95 Efes Pilsen - Olympiacos 42 - 77 +35 1997-98 Porto - Olympiacos 63 - 92 +29 2005-06 Zalgiris Kaunas - Olympiacos 72 - 99 +27 1999-00 Ülkerspor - Olympiacos 64 - 86 +22 2001-02 Charleroi - Olympiacos 56 - 76 +20 1993-94 Guildford Kings - Olympiacos 51 - 71 +20 1996-97 Panathinaikos - Olympiacos 49 - 69 +20 2002-03 Śląsk Wrocław - Olympiacos 72 - 91 +19 2001-02 ALBA Berlin - Olympiacos 69 - 88 +19 1992-93 Maes Pils Mechelen - Olympiacos 66 - 85 +19 1978-79 Jalaa CS - Olympiacos 76 - 94 +18 2002-03 Ülkerspor - Olympiacos 65 - 82 +17 1993-94 Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Olympiacos 53 - 70 +17 1993-94 Maes Pils Mechelen - Olympiacos 70 - 86 +16 2003-04 ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne - Olympiacos 77 - 92 +15

[edit] Current roster

Olympiacos BC roster v • d • e
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. 1.0 PG 4 USA Blakney, Roderick 72.5 6 ft 0.5 in (1.84 m) 1.5 G 5 Greece Papamakarios, Manolis (C) 74.75 6 ft 2.75 in (1.90 m) 3.0 SF 6 USA Woods, Qyntel 80 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 2.0 SG 7 Lithuania Macijauskas, Arvydas 76 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 3.0 SF 8 Lithuania Seibutis, Renaldas (*) 77 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 4.5 F/C 9 Greece Bourousis, Yiannis 84 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 5.0 C 10 Greece Tsakalidis, Jake 86 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 1.5 G 11 USA Greer, Lynn 73 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 4.0 PF 12 Greece Mavrokefalidis, Loukas 82 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 3.5 F 13 Greece Vasilopoulos, Panayiotis 79 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 2.0 SG 14 Greece Vassiliadis, Kostas 78.75 6 ft 6.75 in (2.00 m) 5.0 C 15 Greece Schortsianitis, Sofoklis 81 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 4.0 PF 16 Greece Printezis, Giorgos 80 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 1.0 PG 17 Greece Kafkis, Panayiotis 77.75 6 ft 5.75 in (1.97 m) 1.0 PG 18 Serbia Teodosić, Miloš 76.75 6 ft 4.75 in (1.95 m)	Head coach Panagiotis Giannakis Assistant coach(es) Yiannis Sferopoulos Manos Manouselis Christos Marmarinos Milan Tomić Legend (C) Team captain (*) Playing only in Euroleague Injured Roster • updated 2008-03-29

[edit] Current depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Jake Tsakalidis	Sofoklis Schortsianitis
PF	Yiannis Bourousis	Giorgos Printezis		Loukas Mavrokefalidis
SF	Panayiotis Vasilopoulos	Qyntel Woods	Renaldas Seibutis
SG	Lynn Greer	Manolis Papamakarios	Kostas Vassiliadis	Arvydas Macijauskas
PG	Roderick Blakney	Miloš Teodosić		Panayiotis Kafkis

[edit] Squad changes for the 2007-2008 season

In:

No. Position Player 16 Giorgos Printezis (loan return from Olympia Larissa BC) 8 Renaldas Seibutis (loan return from Maroussi BC) 6 Qyntel Woods (from Bakersfield Jam) 14 Kostas Vassiliadis (from Unicaja Málaga) 12 Loukas Mavrokefalidis (from Lottomatica Roma) -- Giorgos Apostolidis (from Olympia Larissa BC) 4 Roderick Blakney (from Dynamo Moscow Region) 17 Panayiotis Kafkis (from Panionios BC) -- Ian Vouyoukas (from Saint Louis University) 10 Jake Tsakalidis (from Houston Rockets) 18 Miloš Teodosić (from FMP Zeleznik) 11 Lynn Greer (from Milwaukee Bucks) 19 Marc Jackson (from New Orleans Hornets)

Out

No. Position Player 14 Ryan Stack (moved to BK Kyiv) 4 Scoonie Penn (moved to Efes Pilsen) 6 Alex Acker (moved to AXA FC Barcelona) 8 Andrija Zizic (moved to Panathinaikos) 10 Henry Domercant (moved to Dynamo Moscow) 11 Christos Harisis (moved to Prokom Trefl Sopot) 12 Nikos Barlos (moved to AEK Athens) 19 Marc Jackson (moved to Dynamo Moscow)

[edit] Out on loan

No. Position Player -- Giorgos Apostolidis to Panellinios BC -- Ian Vouyoukas to Rethymno BC

[edit] Honours

Total titles: 17

[edit] Domestic

[edit] League

• Greek Championship: 9
  

1949, 1960, 1976, 1978, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

[edit] Cups

• Greek Cup: 7
  

1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1994, 1997, 2002

[edit] International

• Euroleague: 1
  

1997

• Intercontinental Cup Runners-Up: 1
  

1997

[edit] Other

• Double: 4
  

1976, 1978, 1994, 1997

• Triple Crown: 1
  

1997

[edit] Notable former players

Greece: Panagiotis Fasoulas Theodoros Papaloukas Steve Giatzoglou Giorgos Kastrinakis Argiris Kambouris Giorgos Sigalas Efthimios Bakatsias Dimitris Papanikolaou Nasos Galakteros Nikos Ekonomou Panagiotis Karatzas Panagiotis Liadelis Nikos Boudouris Aggelos Koronios Vaggelis Aggelou Georgios Diamantopoulos Argentina: Fabricio Oberto Rubén Wolkowyski Croatia: Franco Nakić Dino Rađa Arijan Komazec Damir Mulaomerović Andrija Zizić Dalibor Bagarić

France: Stéphane Risacher Germany: Christian Welp Patrick Femerling Lithuania: Artūras Karnišovas Eurelijus Žukauskas Serbia: Žarko Paspalj Dragan Tarlać Milan Tomić Dušan Vukčević Spain: Iñaki de Miguel Ukraine: Alexander Volkov

USA: Roy Tarpley Walter Berry Eddie Johnson David Rivers Michael Hawkins Alphonso Ford (†) Johnny Rogers Blue Edwards Maurice Evans Tyus Edney Carey Scurry Henry Domercant DeMarco Johnson Alex Acker Roger Mason, Jr. Willie Anderson Marc Jackson Anthony Goldwire Scoonie Penn

[edit] Championship rosters

• 1949

Giannis Spanoudakis, Alekos Spanoudakis, Gerakaris, Koutsoukos, Hatzinikolaou, Tsikatos, Sinopoulos, Sidiropoulos, Gounopoulos, Arkoudeas. Coach: Giannis Spanoudakis

• 1960

Giannis Spanoudakis, Alekos Spanoudakis, Argyropoulos, Kaloudis, Gerakaris, Vamvakousis, Polihroniou, Fasilis, Douratsos, Nikolaidis, Spanos, Kazounidis. Coach: Giannis Spanoudakis

• 1976

Steve Giatzoglou, Giorgos Kastrinakis, Pavlos Diakoulas, Kimonas Kokorogiannis, Giorgos Barlas, Melini, Sismanidis, Tsantalis, Rammos, Garonis, Spanos. Coach: Fedon Mattheou

• 1978

Steve Giatzoglou, Giorgos Kastrinakis, Pavlos Diakoulas, Rammos, Garonis, Melini, Heliotis, Spetsiotis, Sismanidis, Spanos. Coach: Kostas Mourouzis

• 1993

Žarko Paspalj, Walter Berry, Argiris Kambouris, George Papadakos, Stavros Elliniadis, Giorgos Sigalas, Kostas Moraitis, Franco Nakić, Milan Tomic, Dragan Tarlac, Antonis Stamatis, Babis Papadakis, Giorgos Limniatis, Sean Higgins. Coach: Giannis Ioannidis

• 1994

Žarko Paspalj, Roy Tarpley, Argiris Kambouris, Giorgos Sigalas, Milan Tomic, Franco Nakić, Dragan Tarlac, Antonis Stamatis, Babis Papadakis, Giorgos Limniatis, Efthimis Bakatsias, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Panagiotis Karatzas, George Papadakos. Coach: Giannis Ioannidis

• 1995

Efthimis Bakatsias, Giorgos Sigalas, Giorgos Limniatis, Argiris Kambouris, Eddie Johnson, Franco Nakic, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Milan Tomic, Dragan Tarlac, Antonis Stamatis, Alexander Volkov, George Papadakos, Babis Papadakis. Coach: Giannis Ioannidis

• 1996

Efthimis Bakatsias, Giorgos Sigalas, Walter Berry, Nasos Galakteros, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Franco Nakic, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Milan Tomic, Dragan Tarlac, David Rivers, George Papadakos, Vasilis Soulis, Anatoly Zourpenko. Coach: Giannis Ioannidis

• 1997

Efthimis Bakatsias, Giorgos Sigalas, Willy Anderson, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Nasos Galakteros, Franco Nakic, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Milan Tomic, Dragan Tarlac, Anatoly Zourpenko, Christian Welp, David Rivers, Aleksey Savrasenko, Evric Gray, Vasilis Soulis. Coach: Dusan Ivkovic ^[4]

[edit] Notable former coaches

• Pinhas Gershon
• Giannis Ioannidis
• Dušan Ivković
• Jonas Kazlauskas
• Fedon Mattheou
• Kostas Mourouzis
• Giannis Spanoudakis

[edit] Sponsorship

• Official Shirt Sponsor - Citibank
• Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer - Nike, Inc.
• Official Communication Sponsor - Skai TV
• Official Car Sponsor - BMW
• Official Sport Drink - Powerade
• Official Casual Clothing Manufacturer - Rollman

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The Official Olympiacos Website
• Olympiacos on Euroleague.net
• Galanis Sports Data
• ESAKE Statistics

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v • d • e Olympiacos B.C. current roster 4 Blakney | 5 Papamakarios | 6 Woods | 7 Macijauskas | 8 Seibutis | 9 Bourousis | 10 Tsakalidis | 11 Greer | 12 Mavrokefalidis | 13 Vasilopoulos | 14 Vassiliadis | 15 Schortsanitis | 16 Printezis | 17 Kafkis | 18 Teodosić | Coach: Giannakis

v • d • e Olympiacos B.C. 1996-97 Euroleague Champions 4 Bakatsias | 5 Sigalas | 7 Papanikolaou | 8 Galakteros | 9 Nakić | 10 Fasoulas | 11 Tomić | 12 Tarlać | 13 Welp | 14 Savrasenko | 15 Rivers (Finals MVP) | Zourpenko | Coach: Ivković