2003–04 Olympiacos F.C. season

The 2003–04 season is Olympiacos 44th consecutive season in the Alpha Ethniki and their 8th consecutive season in the UEFA Champions League. In the beginning of the summertime Olympiacos named Greek Nikos Alefantos coach.

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

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 Ntougeroglou 44 DF  GRE Efthimios Koulouheris 71 DF  GRE Grigoris Georgatos

Competitions

League standings

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
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

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

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

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
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:

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

References

External links

• Official Website of Olympiacos Piraeus (in Greek and English)