2025–26 Olympiacos F.C. season

Olympiacos
2025–26 season
Owner	Evangelos Marinakis
President	Evangelos Marinakis
Manager	José Luis Mendilibar
Stadium	Karaiskakis Stadium
Super League Greece	Pre-season
Greek Cup	League phase
Champions League	League phase
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ayoub El Kaabi (1) ; Yusuf Yazıcı (1); All: ; Ayoub El Kaabi (1) ; Yusuf Yazıcı (1)
Biggest win	Olympiacos 2–0 Asteras Tripolis
	← 2024–25 2026–27 →
	All statistics correct as of 23 August 2025.

The 2025–26 season is the 101st season in existence of Olympiacos and the club's 67th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. In addition to the Greek Super League, Olympiacos participates in this season's Greek Cup and UEFA Champions League as the winner of the 2024-25 Greek Super League. The season covers the period from June 2025 to late May 2026.

Players

First team

As of 6 August 2025^[1]

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Place of birth	Date of birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Alexandros Paschalakis	GK	Athens, Greece	28 July 1989 (36)	PAOK
31	Nikolaos Botis	GK	Larisa, Greece	31 March 2004 (21)	Inter U-19
88	Konstantinos Tzolakis	GK	Chania, Greece	8 November 2002 (23)	Olympiacos U-19
Defenders
3	Francisco Ortega	LB	Santa Fe, Argentina	19 March 1999 (26)	Velez Sarsfield
4	Giulian Biancone	CB	Fréjus, France	31 March 2000 (25)	Nottingham Forest
5	Lorenzo Pirola	CB	Carate Brianza, Italy	20 February 2002 (23)	Salernitana
6	Alexis Kalogeropoulos	CB	Andravida, Greece	26 July 2004 (21)	Volos
20	Costinha	RB	Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal	26 March 2000 (25)	Rio Ave
23	Rodinei	RB/RW	Tatuí, Brazil	29 January 1992 (33)	Flamengo
45	Panagiotis Retsos	CB	Johannesburg, South Africa	9 August 1998 (27)	Hellas Verona
70	Bruno Onyemaechi	LB	Owerri, Nigeria	3 April 1999 (26)	Boavista
Midfielders
8	Diogo Nascimento	CM	Leiria, Portugal	2 November 2002 (22)	Vizela
10	Gelson Martins	RW	Praia, Cape Verde	11 May 1995 (30)	Monaco
14	Dani García	DM	Zumarraga, Spain	24 May 1990 (35)	Athletic Bilbao
16	Lorenzo Scipioni	DM/CM	Buenos Aires, Argentina	20 November 2004 (20)	Tigre
22	Chiquinho	CM/AM	Santo Tirso, Portugal	19 July 1995 (30)	Benfica
27	Gabriel Strefezza	RW/LW	São Paulo, Brazil	18 April 1997 (28)	Como
32	Santiago Hezze	DM/CM	Buenos Aires, Argentina	22 October 2001 (24)	Huracán
67	Argyris Liatsikouras	DM	Paiania, Greece	20 December 2006 (18)	Olympiacos U-19
80	Stavros Pnevmonidis	LW	Kastoria, Greece	7 August 2006 (19)	Olympiacos U-19
90	Rémy Cabella	AM	Ajaccio, France	8 March 1990 (35)	Lille
96	Christos Mouzakitis	CM	Corfu, Greece	25 December 2006 (19)	Olympiacos U-19
97	Yusuf Yazıcı	AM	Trabzon, Turkey	29 January 1997 (28)	Lille
Forwards
9	Ayoub El Kaabi	FW	Casablanca, Morocco	25 June 1993 (32)	Al Sadd
11	Roman Yaremchuk	FW	Lviv, Ukraine	27 November 1995 (30)	Club Brugge

Backroom staff

Coaching staff

Position	Staff ^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
Sports director	Darko Kovačević
Assistant sports director	Jose Ignacio Navarro
Strategic Advisor & Ambassador	Christian Karembeu
Head coach	José Luis Mendilibar
Assistant coaches	Antonio Jose Ruiz Perez
Assistant coaches	Francisco Manuel Rico Castro
Analysts	Giannis Vogiatzakis
Analysts	Iosif Loukas
Fitness coach	Christos Mourikis
Goalkeepers coach	Panagiotis Agriogiannis
Rehabilitation trainer	Kostas Liougkos
Medical team ^[6]
Doctor	Andreas Piskopakis
Physios	Nikos Lykouresis
	Stavros Petrocheilos
	Konstantinos Koulidis
	Panagiotis Karamouzas
Nutritionist	Hernani Araujo Gomes
Scouts ^[7]
Scouting Coordinator	Jaime Cordon
Scouting and Sports Technology	Giannis Theodorou
Scout	Simos Havos

Transfers

In

Νο.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee
90	MF	Rémy Cabella	35	Lille	Transfer	Summer	Free
6	DF	Alexis Kalogeropoulos	21	Volos	End of Loan	Summer	Free
	DF	Nikos Athanasiou	25	Atromitos	Transfer	Summer	Free
16	MF	Lorenzo Scipioni	20	Tigre	Transfer	Summer	€3.67M
8	MF	Diogo Nascimento	22	Vizela	Transfer	Summer	€4M
27	MF	Gabriel Strefezza	28	Como	Transfer	Summer	€8M

Total Spending: €15.67M

Out

Νο.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Notes
8	MF	Marko Stamenić	23	Nottingham Forest	End of Loan	Summer	Free
21	MF	André Horta	28	Braga	End of Loan	Summer	Free
16	DF	David Carmo	26	Nottingham Forest	End of Loan	Summer	Free
50	MF	Luis Palma	25	Celtic	End of Loan	Summer	Free
	DF	Doron Leidner	23	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Loan	Summer	Free	Option to buy
84	FW	Charalampos Kostoulas	18	Brighton	Transfer	Summer	€35M
	DF	Nikos Athanasiou	25	Rio Ave	Loan	Summer	Free
	DF	Antonis Papakanellos	20	Rio Ave	Loan	Summer	Free
	DF	Andreas Ntoi	22	Rio Ave	Transfer	Summer	Free
	DF	Nelson Abbey	22	Rio Ave	Transfer	Summer	Free
	GK	Anxhelo Sina	21	Rio Ave	Transfer	Summer	Free
	DF	Konstantinos Kostoulas	20	OFI	Transfer	Summer	Free
11	MF	Kristoffer Velde	26	Portland Timbers	Transfer	Summer	€4.25M
	FW	Jefté Betancor	32	Albacete	Loan	Summer	Free	Option to buy
	MF	Georgios Masouras	31	Al-Khaleej	Loan	Summer	Free
99	GK	Alexandros Anagnostopoulos	31	AEL	Transfer	Summer	Free

Total Income: €39.25M

Net Income: €23.58M

Friendlies

Win Draw Loss

19 July 2025	NAC Breda	2–3	Olympiacos	Sint Willebrord, Netherlands
15:00 EEST	Mahmutović 80' Reulen 90'	Report	Yaremchuk 6' Pnevmonidis 10' Liatsikouras 38'	Stadium: Sportpark De Gagelrijzen

25 July 2025	Norwich City	0–3	Olympiacos	Vlaardingen, Netherlands
13:00 EEST		Report	Yazıcı 32' Yaremchuk 47' Biancone 56'	Stadium: Sportpark 't Nieuwelant

26 July 2025	AZ Alkmaar	0–2	Olympiacos	Alkmaar, Netherlands
16:00 EEST		Report	El Kaabi 36', 72'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion

2 August 2025	Heerenveen	1–1	Olympiacos	Heerenveen, Netherlands
17:00 EEST	Brouwers 28'	Report	Chiquinho 50'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion

3 August 2025	ADO Den Haag	2–3	Olympiacos	The Hague, Netherlands
16:00 EEST	Sylla 71' Silva-Richards 85'	Report	El Kaabi 12', 19', 65'	Stadium: Zuiderpark Stadium Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

8 August 2025	Al-Taawoun	1–2	Olympiacos	Vlaardingen, Netherlands
17:00 EEST	Martínez 51'	Report	Pnevmonidis 10' Strefezza 47'	Stadium: Sportpark 't Nieuwelant

9 August 2025	Union Berlin	0–1	Olympiacos	Berlin, Germany
16:30 EEST		Report	Chiquinho 74'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei

14 August 2025	Napoli	2–1	Olympiacos	Castel di Sangro, Italy
19:00 EEST	Politano 16' Lucca 53'	Report	Chiquinho 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Teofilo Patini Referee: Federico Dionisi (ITA)

16 August 2025	Inter Milan	2–0	Olympiacos	Bari, Italy
21:30 EEST	Dimarco 16' Thuram 53'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Ivano Pezzuto (ITA)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Starting round	Record
Competition	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super League Greece	Matchday 1	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Greek Football Cup	League Phase	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Champions League	League Phase	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total		1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00

Last updated: 23 August 2025
Source: Competitions

Super League Greece

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	GF	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos	1	1	2	+2	3	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
2	Atromitos	1	1	2	+2	3
3	Aris	1	1	2	+2	3
4	AEK Athens	0	0	0	0	0
5	A.E. Kifisia	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the Europe play-offs

First match(es) will be played: 23 August 2025. Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground).
(Note: Criterion 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[8]

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
1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3	1	0	0	2	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: [1]

Results by matchday

Matchday	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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W
Position

Source: Super League Greece
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season matches

Win Draw Loss

23 August 2025 1	Olympiacos	2–0	Asteras Tripolis	Piraeus
20:00 EEST	Yazıcı 90+3' El Kaabi 90+7'	Report	Tsintotas 83' Triantafyllopoulos 90+1' Papadopoulos 90+1'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos

30 August 2025 2	Volos	–	Olympiacos	Volos
19:00 EEST				Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium

3	Olympiacos	–	Panserraikos	Piraeus
EEST				Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

4	Panathinaikos	–	Olympiacos	Athens
EEST				Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium

5	Olympiacos	–	Levadiakos	Piraeus
EEST				Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

6	PAOK	–	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
EEST				Stadium: Toumba Stadium

7	Larissa	–	Olympiacos	Larissa
EEST				Stadium: AEL FC Arena

8	Olympiacos	–	AEK Athens	Piraeus
EEST				Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

9	Olympiacos	–	Aris	Piraeus
EET				Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

10	Kifisia	–	Olympiacos	Athens
EET				Stadium: Olympic Stadium Athens

11	Olympiacos	–	Atromitos	Piraeus
EET				Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

12	Panetolikos	–	Olympiacos	Agrinio
EET				Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium

13	Olympiacos	–	OFI	Piraeus
EET				Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

Greek Football Cup

Win Draw Loss

UEFA Champions League

League phase

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 23 August 2025

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Super League Greece	Greek Cup	UEFA Champions League	Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Apps	Apps	Apps
88	GK		Konstantinos Tzolakis	1	0	0	1
23	DF		Rodinei	1	0	0	1
9	FW		Ayoub El Kaabi	1	0	0	1
6	MF		Chiquinho	1	0	0	1
32	MF		Santiago Hezze	1	0	0	1
3	DF		Francisco Ortega	1	0	0	1
20	DF		Costinha	1	0	0	1
5	DF		Lorenzo Pirola	1	0	0	1
14	MF		Dani García	1	0	0	1
45	DF		Panagiotis Retsos	1	0	0	1
80	MF		Stavros Pnevmonidis	1	0	0	1
96	MF		Christos Mouzakitis	0(1)	0	0	0(1)
10	MF		Gelson Martins	0(1)	0	0	0(1)
70	DF		Bruno Onyemaechi	0(1)	0	0	0(1)
97	MF		Yusuf Yazıcı	0(1)	0	0	0(1)
8	MF		Diogo Nascimento	0(1)	0	0	0(1)

Goalscorers & Assists

As of 23 August 2025

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Super League Greece		Greek Cup		Champions League		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	G	A	G	A	G	A	Goals	Assists	G+A
9	FW		Ayoub El Kaabi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
97	MF		Yusuf Yazıcı	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
8	MF		Diogo Nascimento	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Own Goals: 0

Individual awards

Name	Pos.	Award

Notes

References

^ "Team". olympiacos.org. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
^ "Head coach". olympiacos.org. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
^ "Director of football". olympiacos.org. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
^ "Assistants to Coach". olympiacos.org. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
^ "Sport director". olympiacos.org. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
^ "Medical team". olympiacos.org. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
^ "Scouters". olympiacos.org. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
^ "Super League Greece 2024/2025". slgr.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 26 October 2022.

External links

Official website

[Team-1] "Team". olympiacos.org. Retrieved 3 January 2021.

[2] "Head coach". olympiacos.org. Retrieved 24 September 2022.

[3] "Director of football". olympiacos.org. Retrieved 24 September 2022.

[4] "Assistants to Coach". olympiacos.org. Retrieved 24 September 2022.

[5] "Sport director". olympiacos.org. Retrieved 24 September 2022.

[6] "Medical team". olympiacos.org. Retrieved 24 September 2022.

[7] "Scouters". olympiacos.org. Retrieved 11 June 2022.

[8] "Super League Greece 2024/2025". slgr.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 26 October 2022.

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