Olympiacos F.C.

Criminal charges have reportedly been filed against the president and four other officials of Olympiacos FC by judicial authorities handling a major case involving 167 defendants linked to a criminal organization within football.

Final Score
Malmö 0-1 Olympiacos
24/10/2024

Players of the Greek national soccer team board a flight to Dublin, where they will take on host Ireland in Group 2 of League B in the Nations League on Tuesday night. The Greeks got off of to a winning start in the group on Saturday, with the debut of coach Ivan Jovanovic on the Greek bench, dispatching Finland 3-0 at the Georgios Karaiskaki Stadium in Piraeus.

A 90-minute match, that’s how far Olympiacos is from qualifying for the final of the Europa Conference League

The second leg of the semifinal will take place on Thursday (9/5) at 22:00 at Karaiskakis Stadium

The Greek government has asked the Super League to hold championship matches without spectators for two months because of the risk of trouble. 

This measure, announced by government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis on Monday after a meeting at Maximos Mansion on Sunday, follows serious clashes involving sports fans that resulted in a police officer being critically injured by a flare.

European soccer's governing body UEFA needs to take a more active role in efforts to fix troubled Greek football, Panathinaikos president Giannis Alafouzos said on Thursday, days after a Greek fan died in clashes with Dinamo Zagreb fans.

With Greece set to host the UEFA Super Cup final in just under a month's time, the Citizen Protection Ministry on Monday convened a meeting of all the relevant agencies to discuss security measures for the big soccer match on August 16.

Olympiakos released Colombian attacking midfielder James Rodriguez on Thursday, a day after the club was eliminated from the Greek Cup. The former Real Madrid and Bayern Munich player, 31, joined the Greek club in September and scroed five goals this season.

Athens will host two European football finals over the coming 16 months. They include the final of the Conference League that will be held in the OPAP Arena in May 2024, as well as the European Super Cup that will be held at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium in 2023.