Olympiacos F.C. season 2007-08

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Olympiacos
Season 2007–08
Manager	José Segura
Chairman	Socratis Kokkalis
League	Super League Greece
Final league position	Winners
Greek Cup	Winners
Greek Super Cup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	First knockout round
Top goalscorer	League: Darko Kovačević (17) All: Darko Kovačević (24)
Highest home attendance	33,500 vs Real Madrid (6 November 2007)
Lowest home attendance	14,544 vs Ergotelis (16 February 2008)
← Previous season 2006-07	Next season → 2008-09

The 2007–08 season is Olympiacos 49th consecutive season in the Super League Greece and their 11th consecutive season in the UEFA Champions League. Manager Takis Lemonis left the club by mutual consent on March 11, 2008 due to the club's lower-than-expected performance of the team in the Super League, and was replaced by his assistant Spanish José Segura.^[1]

Contents 1 Squad 1.1 Winter Squad Changes 1.1.1 Out on loan 1.2 Current national players 2 Club 2.1 The Management 2.2 Kit 2.3 Other Information 3 Competitions 3.1 Overall 3.2 Super League Greece 3.2.1 Classification 3.2.2 Results summary 3.2.3 Results by round 3.3 UEFA Champions League 4 Matches 4.1 Super League Greece 4.2 Greek Cup 4.2.1 Fourth Round 4.2.2 Fifth Round 4.2.3 Quarter-finals 4.2.4 Semi-finals 4.2.5 Final 4.3 Greek Super Cup 4.3.1 Final 4.4 UEFA Champions League 4.4.1 Group stage 4.4.1.1 Standings 4.4.2 Knockout stage 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Leonidas Panagopoulos 2 DF Christos Patsatzoglou 3 DF Didier Domi 4 DF Leonardo 5 DF Júlio César 6 MF Ieroklis Stoltidis (vice-captain) 7 MF Luciano Galletti 9 FW Darko Kovačević 10 FW Leonel Núñez 11 MF Predrag Đorđević (captain) 14 DF Michał Żewłakow 15 DF Raúl Bravo 18 DF Paraskevas Antzas 19 MF Konstantinos Mendrinos 21 MF Andreas Vasilogiannis

No. Position Player 22 FW Kostantinos Mitroglou 23 FW Michalis Konstantinou 24 MF Georgios Katsikogiannis 25 MF Fernando Belluschi 27 DF Konstantinos Lambropoulos 28 MF Cristian Raúl Ledesma 30 DF Anastasios Pantos 31 MF Aristides Soiledis 32 FW Lomana LuaLua 35 DF Vasilis Torosidis 71 GK Antonis Nikopolidis (vice-captain) 74 GK Tomislav Butina 77 MF Mirnes Šišić 87 GK Michalis Sifakis 92 DF Kyriakos Papadopoulos

[edit] Winter Squad Changes

In

No. Position Player 77 MF Mirnes Šišić from Levadiakos 25 MF Fernando Belluschi from River Plate 4 DF Leonardo from Portuguesa

Total spending: ▼ 10,400,000€

Out

No. Position Player 8 MF Rodrigo Archubi to River Plate 16 MF Marco Né Released by Club 18 FW Félix Borja to FSV Mainz 05 36 MF Giannoulis Fakinos Released by Club

Total income: ▲ 1,450,000€

[edit] Out on loan

No. Position Player 4 DF Vanče Šikov to Apollon Kalamarias 7 DF Georgios Galitsios to AEL 1964 13 MF Zsolt Laczko to Leicester City 20 FW Lefteris Matsoukas to AO Egaleo Athens 77 MF Leozinho to OFI Crete -- MF Jahmir Hyka to SK Tirana

[edit] Current national players

No. Position Player 2 DF Christos Patsatzoglou 26 (1) 14 DF Michał Żewłakow 74 (2) 18 DF Paraskevas Antzas 21 (0) 23 FW Michalis Konstantinou 45 (20) 25 MF Fernando Belluschi 2 (0) 28 MF Cristian Raúl Ledesma 3 (0) 32 FW Lomana LuaLua 30 (13) 35 DF Vasilis Torosidis 10 (0) 71 GK Antonis Nikopolidis 84 (0)

• Appearances (Goals)

[edit] Club

[edit] Other Information

Chairman	Socratis Kokkalis
Vice-Chairman/Managing Director	Petros Kokkalis
Technical Manager	Ilija Ivić
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Karaiskákis Stadium (33,334 / 120x80 m)

Source: Olympiacos FC article about Socratis Kokkalis and Olympiacos FC article about Karaiskákis Stadium

[edit] Competitions

[edit] Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Greek Super Cup	—	—	Winner	31 Oct 2007
Super League Greece	—	—	Winner	2 Sep 2007	20 Apr 2008
UEFA Champions League	Group Stage	—	Round of 16	18 Sep 2007	5 Mar 2008
Greek Cup	4th Round	—	Winner	5 Dec 2007	17 May 2008

Last updated: May 18, 2008
Source: Competitions' Wikipedia articles.

[edit] Super League Greece

[edit] Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos  (C)	30	21	7	2	58	23	35	70	UEFA Champions League 2008-09 Third Qualifying Round
2	AEK Athens	30	22	2	6	65	17	48	68	UEFA Champions League 2008-09 Second Qualifying Round
3	Panathinaikos	30	20	6	4	44	18	26	66	UEFA Cup 2008-09 Second Qualifying Round

Last updated: April 21, 2008
Source: Super League Greece 2007-08
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd head-to-head points; 3^rd head-to-head goal difference; 4^th head-to-head goals scored; 5^th goal difference; 6^th goals scored.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted.
Head-to-Head: used when two or more teams need the head-to-head rules to break a tie.

[edit] Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	70	21	7	2	58	23	+35	13	2	0	32	9	+23	8	5	2	26	14	+12

Last updated: April 21, 2008
Source: Super League Greece
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

[edit] Results by round

Round	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	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	H	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
Result	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W

Last updated: April 21, 2008.
Source: Olympiacos FC
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win.

[edit] UEFA Champions League

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Real Madrid	6	3	2	1	13	9	+4	11
Olympiacos	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4	11
Werder Bremen	6	2	0	4	8	13	-5	6
Lazio	6	1	2	3	8	11	-3	5

Last updated: December 11, 2007
Source: UEFA

[edit] Matches

All times for the Domestic Competitions at EET

[edit] Super League Greece

2007-09-02 21:15	Panathinaikos	0 – 0	Olympiacos	Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 13,430
		(Report)

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2007-09-23 19:00	Olympiacos	6 – 2	OFI	Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 25,054
	César  7' LuaLua  20'  39' Kovačević  25'  43' Đorđević  74'	(Report)	Sfakianakis  13' Torosidis  88' (o.g.)

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2007-09-29 16:45	Aris Thessaloniki	1 – 1	Olympiacos	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki Attendance: 10,459
	Marco Aurelio  90+3'	(Report)	Galletti  39'

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2007-10-06 19:00	Olympiacos	1 – 0	Apollon Kalamarias	Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 27,029
	Kovačević  44'	(Report)

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2007-10-20 19:00	Olympiacos	4 – 1	Panionios	Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 20,104
	LuaLua  6' Kovačević  64' Stoltidis  74' Galletti  81' (pen.)	(Report)	Djebbour  54' (pen.)

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2007-10-28 16:45	Ergotelis	3 – 3	Olympiacos	Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion Attendance: 8,807
	Junior  21' (pen.)  88' Theodoridis  23'	(Report)	César  38' Kovačević  43' Đorđević  59' (pen.)

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2007-11-03 19:00	Olympiacos	2 – 1	PAOK	Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 28,077
	Torosidis  52' Kovačević  67'	(Report)	Konstantinidis  42'

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2007-11-10 19:00	Asteras Tripolis	1 – 0	Olympiacos	Asteras Tripolis Stadium, Tripoli Attendance: 4,005
	Filomeno  34'	(Report)

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2007-11-24 19:00	Olympiacos	1 – 0	Veria	Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 18,070
	Kovačević  36'	(Report)

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2007-12-02 19:00	Atromitos	1 – 3	Olympiacos	Peristeri Stadium, Athens Attendance: 5,969
	Korakakis  90+3'	(Report)	Stoltidis  11' LuaLua  30' Kovačević  71'

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2007-12-08 19:00	Olympiacos	4 – 0	Levadiakos	Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 17,096
	Stoltidis  23' Kovačević  35' Đorđević  52' (pen.) Mitroglou  63'	(Report)

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2007-12-16 19:00	Olympiacos	1 – 0	AEK Athens	Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 30,229
	Kovačević  83'	(Report)

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2007-12-23 19:00	Larissa	0 – 0	Olympiacos	Alkazar, Larissa Attendance: 6,910
		(Report)

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2007-12-29 19:00	Olympiacos	2 – 1	Skoda Xanthi	Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 23,164
	LuaLua  20' Kovačević  59'	(Report)	Radzinski  26'

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2008-01-05 16:45	Iraklis	1 – 2	Olympiacos	Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki Attendance: 4,394
	Katsabis  59'	(Report)	Kovačević  70'  72'

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2008-01-13 19:00	Olympiacos	1 – 1	Panathinaikos	Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 31,310
	Antzas  45+1'	(Report)	N'Doye  14'

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2008-01-20 16:45	OFI	0 – 1	Olympiacos	Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion Attendance: 8,497
		(Report)	Núñez  16'

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2008-01-27 19:00	Olympiacos	1 – 0	Aris Thessaloniki	Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 30,014
	Đorđević  80' (pen.)	(Report)

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2008-02-03 16:45	Apollon Kalamarias	0 – 3[2]	Olympiacos	Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki Attendance: 4,453

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2008-02-10 19:00	Panionios	0 – 4	Olympiacos	Nea Smyrni Stadium, Athens Attendance: 3,376
		(Report)	Kovačević  5'  53' Đorđević  27' (pen.) Núñez  81'

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2008-02-16 19:00	Olympiacos	1 – 0	Ergotelis	Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 14,544
	Đorđević  28'	(Report)

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2008-02-23 19:00	PAOK	1 – 1	Olympiacos	Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki Attendance: 22,000
	González  2'	(Report)	Kovačević  22'

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2008-03-01 19:00	Olympiacos	1 – 1	Asteras Tripolis	Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 24,503
	César  2'	(Report)	Cardozo  33'

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2008-03-09 16:45	Veria	0 – 1	Olympiacos	Veria Stadium, Veria Attendance: 3,001
		(Report)	Patsatzoglou  7'

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2008-03-15 19:00	Olympiacos	2 – 0	Atromitos	Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 20,343
	Šišić  49' César  85'	(Report)

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2008-03-23 16:45	Levadiakos	1 – 3	Olympiacos	Levadia Municipal Stadium, Livadeia Attendance: 4,007
	Dimbala  7'	(Report)	Galletti  19' Belluschi  32' Kovačević  35'

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2008-03-30 19:00	AEK Athens	4 – 0	Olympiacos	Olympic Stadium, Athens Attendance: 40,955
	Blanco  10' Edinho  12' Lyberopoulos  32' Kafes  60'	(Report)

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2008-04-06 19:00	Olympiacos	2 – 1	Larissa	Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 24,318
	Šišić  50' Mitroglou  90'	(Report)	Metin  41'

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2008-04-13 19:00	Skoda Xanthi	1 – 4	Olympiacos	Skoda Xanthi Arena, Xanthi Attendance: 4,957
	Labriakos  53'	(Report)	Żewłakow  31' Đorđević  38'  49'  52'

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2008-04-20 19:00	Olympiacos	3 – 1	Iraklis	Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 29,084
	Mitroglou  26'  39' Đorđević  50'	(Report)	Malagueno  61'

[edit] Greek Cup

In the fourth round (round of "32") of the Greek Cup 2007-08, Olympiacos faced Diagoras from Rhodes, who played in the Third Division. The latter were close to shock the champions who made it to the fifth round with a goal scored in the last minutes of the match. The next opponents of the team of Piraeus was the arch-rivals of Panathinaikos, who were crashed by the eternal enemy with a heavy 4-0 loss, in a full of Olympiacos fans Karaiskákis Stadium. In the quarter-finals, Olympiacos eliminated Iraklis, by their win 2-0 in the first leg and getting a draw 2-2 in the second. For the semi-finals, Olympiacos faced Thrasyvoulos and eliminated him, by the wins 2-3 away and 3-1 in Piraeus. So, Reds faced Aris for the Greek FA Cup Final at the Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, where they got the Greek FA Cup by their win 2-0.

[edit] Fourth Round

2007-12-05 17:45	Diagoras	1 – 2	Olympiacos	Diagoras Stadium, Rhodes Attendance: 6,000
	Triantafyllou  59' (pen.)	(Report)	Mitroglou  66'  89'

[edit] Fifth Round

2008-01-16 21:30	Olympiacos	4 – 0	Panathinaikos	Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 31,255
	LuaLua  6' Torosidis  63' Kovačević  65' Núñez  79'	(Report)

[edit] Quarter-finals

2008-02-27 20:00	Olympiacos	2 – 0	Iraklis	Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 22,547
	Mendrinos  5'  9'	(Report)

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2008-03-19 20:00	Iraklis	2 – 2	Olympiacos	Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki Attendance: 2,397
	Ñíguez  42' Ribeiro  88'	(Report)	Bantis  10' (o.g.) Mitroglou  23'

[edit] Semi-finals

2008-04-02 16:45	Thrasyvoulos	2 – 3	Olympiacos	Fyli Stadium, Fyli Attendance: 3,524
	Anastasakos  29' Bris  35'	(Report)	Mendrinos  16' Núñez  28' Kovačević  89'

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2008-04-16 21:00	Olympiacos	3 – 1	Thrasyvoulos	Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 15,347
	Kovačević  14' Konstantinou  15' Núñez  21'	(Report)	Manikas  33'

[edit] Final

2008-05-17 19:00	Olympiacos	2 – 0	Aris Thessaloniki	Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki Attendance: 20,270
	Kovačević  33' Żewłakow  53'	(Report)

[edit] Greek Super Cup

Olympiacos added one more trophy to their long list. The 2006-07 Super League Greece Champions beat the 2006-2007 Greek FA Cup holders, Larissa, 1-0 at the Karaiskakis stadium on October 31, and won the Super Cup for the third time in their history. Kostas Mitroglou scored the winner on 39 minutes after a cross by Soiledis (coach Takis Lemonis decided to give more playing time to the younger players on the team) while Galletti missed out on an opportunity when his shot hit the bar on 81 minutes. The final attracted only 7,141 fans at Olympiacos' home, from which 7,030 were the supporters of the hosts.

[edit] Final

2007-10-31 20:00	Olympiacos	1 – 0	Larissa	Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 7,141
	Mitroglou  39'	(Report)

[edit] UEFA Champions League

All times at CET

[edit] Group stage

Olympiacos, in their 11th consecutive presence in the competition, were drawn into Group C with Real Madrid, Werder Bremen and Lazio. The Reds started their campaign with a 1-1 draw behind closed doors in Karaïskákis Stadium against Lazio, but on the second day Olympiacos made their first ever away win in the Champions League and stopped their run of 31 matches without a success on their travels, with a 3-1 win over Werder Bremen at Weserstadion, turning the game around from 0-1. After, they travelled to Santiago Bernabéu Stadium as leaders of Group C, where they were finally defeated 2-4 to Real, after a heart-breaking match in which the Greek team was playing with 10 men from the 13th minute and was leading the score to the 68th with 2-1, turning it around from 0-1 and wasting a lot of chances to score more. Real Madrid scored their third goal in the 83th, but Olympiacos came close to score many times during the last minutes of the match and leave Madrid with the draw, when Real secured the win with a last-minute goal.

At the second round, Olympiacos produced a determined display to earn a point against Real Madrid, in the goalless draw at the Karaiskakis Stadium, keeping alive the record of being undefeated by Real in Athens in four matches. The Reds moved a step closer to qualifying for the last 16 after coming from behind to defeat Lazio 2-1 in Stadio Olimpico, while on the last day Olympiacos smashed Werder Bremen 3-0 in Athens, which ensured their place in the knock out stage of the tournament.

2007-09-18 20:45	Olympiacos	1 – 1	Lazio	Karaïskákis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 0[3] Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
	Galletti  55'	(Report)	Zauri  77'

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2007-10-03 20:45	Werder Bremen	1 – 3	Olympiacos	Weserstadion, Bremen Attendance: 37,500 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
	Almeida  32'	(Report)	Stoltidis  72' Patsatzoglou  82' Kovačević  87'

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2007-10-24 20:45	Real Madrid	4 – 2	Olympiacos	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 64,477 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
	Raúl  2' Robinho  68'  83' Balboa  90'	(Report)	Galletti  8' César  47'

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2007-11-06 20:45	Olympiacos	0 – 0	Real Madrid	Karaïskákis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 33,500 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
		(Report)

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2007-11-28 20:45	Lazio	1 – 2	Olympiacos	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 39,996 Referee: Howard Webb (England)
	Pandev  30'	(Report)	Galletti  35' Kovačević  64'

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2007-12-11 20:45	Olympiacos	3 – 0	Werder Bremen	Karaïskákis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 30,297 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)
	Stoltidis  12'  74' Kovačević  70'	(Report)

[edit] Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Real Madrid	6	3	2	1	13	9	+4	11
Olympiacos	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4	11
Werder Bremen	6	2	0	4	8	13	-5	6
Lazio	6	1	2	3	8	11	-3	5

[edit] Knockout stage

The draw for the first knockout round took place on 21 December, and paired Olympiacos with Chelsea of England. The two clubs had never met in the past. In the first leg in Athens, Olympiacos held Chelsea to 0-0, a score which left both teams content, Olympiacos because they didn't concede a goal in their home and Chelsea because they kept a clean sheet to occupy the driving seat going into the return leg in London. Olympiacos, backed by deafening and frenzied support, refused to be overawed by their English opponents, enjoying the lion's share of possession and chances in a closely contested encounter. The Londoners failed to create one real clear-cut chance against their opponents and their manager Avram Grant said: "The performance could have been better. It's not a bad result. We didn't create a lot of chances, it's disappointing. But its hard to play here. They have good supporters and a well organized team."^[4]

In the second leg in London, Chelsea won 3-0, with more difficulty than the score shows. The Blues surprised the Reds and scored very early with their first chance. Olympiacos balanced the game, but the English scored again before the end of the first half. At the start of the second half Chelsea scored for last time, with another error in the Greek defence. In the rest of the game Olympiacos had the control, and he could score once or twice.

2008-02-19 20:45	Olympiacos	0 – 0	Chelsea	Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 31,302 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
		(Report)

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2008-03-05 20:45	Chelsea	3 – 0	Olympiacos	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 37,721 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
	Ballack  5' Lampard  25' Kalou  48'	(Report)

Chelsea won 3–0 on aggregate.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Olympiacos F.C. official website

• Olympiacos F.C. on ESPN
• UEFA Champions League

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