2025–26 Olympiacos F.C. season

Olympiacos
2025–26 season
OwnerEvangelos Marinakis
PresidentEvangelos Marinakis
ManagerJosé Luis Mendilibar
StadiumKaraiskakis Stadium
Super League Greece2nd
Greek CupQuarter-finals
Champions LeagueLeague phase
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ayoub El Kaabi (12)

All:
Ayoub El Kaabi (15)
Highest home attendance32.930
Lowest home attendance28.759
Biggest winOlympiacos 6–0 Iraklis
Biggest defeatBarcelona 6–1 Olympiacos
All statistics correct as of 28 October 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 31 August 2025[1]
Squad No. Name Nationality 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 U19
61 Georgios Kouraklis GK Athens, Greece 18 March 2006 (19) Olympiacos U19
88 Konstantinos Tzolakis GK Chania, Greece 8 November 2002 (23) Olympiacos U19
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
21 Rúben Vezo CB Setúbal, Portugal 25 April 1994 (31) Eyüpspor
23 Rodinei RB/RW Tatuí, Brazil 29 January 1992 (33) Flamengo
39 Gustavo Mancha CB Oliveira dos Brejinhos, Brazil 25 July 2004 (21) Fortaleza
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
56 Daniel Podence LW/RW Oeiras, Portugal 21 October 1995 (30) Al-Shabab
67 Argyris Liatsikouras DM Paiania, Greece 20 December 2006 (18) Olympiacos U19
80 Stavros Pnevmonidis LW Kastoria, Greece 7 August 2006 (19) Olympiacos U19
90 Rémy Cabella AM Ajaccio, France 8 March 1990 (35) Lille
96 Christos Mouzakitis CM Corfu, Greece 25 December 2006 (19) Olympiacos U19
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
99 Mehdi Taremi FW Bushehr, Iran 18 July 1992 (33) Inter Milan

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
Francisco Manuel Rico Castro
Analysts Giannis Vogiatzakis
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. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Transfer window Transfer fee Notes
90 MF Rémy Cabella 35 Lille Transfer Summer Free
6 DF Alexis Kalogeropoulos 21 Volos End of Loan Summer Free
81 FW Konstantinos Angelakis 18 Asteras Tripolis Transfer Summer €1.2M B team
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
39 DF Gustavo Mancha 21 Fortaleza Transfer Summer €4.5M
99 FW Mehdi Taremi 33 Inter Milan Transfer Summer €2M
56 MF Daniel Podence 29 Al-Shabab Loan Summer Free Option to buy

Total Spending: €23.37M

Out

Νο. Pos. Nat. 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 €4.3M
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: €39.3M

Net Income: €15.93M

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

19 July 2025 NAC Breda 2–3 Olympiacos Sint Willebrord, Netherlands
15:00 EEST
  • Mahmutović 80'
  • Reulen 90'
Report Stadium: Sportpark De Gagelrijzen
25 July 2025 Norwich City 0–3 Olympiacos Vlaardingen, Netherlands
13:00 EEST Report Stadium: Sportpark 't Nieuwelant
26 July 2025 AZ Alkmaar 0–2 Olympiacos Alkmaar, Netherlands
16:00 EEST Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
2 August 2025 Heerenveen 1–1 Olympiacos Heerenveen, Netherlands
17:00 EEST Report 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
Stadium: Zuiderpark Stadium
Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)
8 August 2025 Al-Taawoun 1–2 Olympiacos Vlaardingen, Netherlands
17:00 EEST Report Stadium: Sportpark 't Nieuwelant
9 August 2025 Union Berlin 0–1 Olympiacos Berlin, Germany
16:30 EEST Report Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
14 August 2025 Napoli 2–1 Olympiacos Castel di Sangro, Italy
19:00 EEST
Report
Stadium: Stadio Teofilo Patini
Referee: Federico Dionisi (ITA)
16 August 2025 Inter Milan 2–0 Olympiacos Bari, Italy
21:30 EEST
Report Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Referee: Ivano Pezzuto (ITA)

Competitions

Overview

Competition Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Super League Greece Matchday 1 15 11 3 1 31 8 +23 073.33
Greek Football Cup League Phase 4 4 0 0 18 3 +15 100.00
UEFA Champions League League Phase 6 1 2 3 6 13 −7 016.67
Total 25 16 5 4 55 24 +31 064.00

Last updated: 20 December 2025
Source: Competitions

Super League Greece

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AEK Athens 15 12 1 2 26 11 +15 37 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
2 Olympiacos 15 11 3 1 31 8 +23 36
3 PAOK 15 11 2 2 31 12 +19 35
4 Levadiakos 15 8 4 3 36 17 +19 28
5 Volos 15 8 1 6 18 18 0 25 Qualification for the Europe play-offs
Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 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
15 11 3 1 31 8  +23 36 7 1 0 21 4  +17 4 2 1 10 4  +6

Source: [1]

Results by matchday

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWWWDWLWWWWWWWDD
Position411113222111112
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
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos
30 August 2025 2 Volos 0–2 Olympiacos Volos
19:00 EEST
Report
Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium
Attendance: 9.259
Referee: Stavros Tsimenteridis
13 September 2025 3 Olympiacos 5–0 Panserraikos Piraeus
18:00 EEST
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30.000
Referee: Spyridon Zampalas
21 September 2025 4 Panathinaikos 1–1 Olympiacos Athens
21:00 EEST
Report
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 11.880
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
27 September 2025 5 Olympiacos 3–2 Levadiakos Piraeus
18:00 EEST
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30.500
Referee: Alexandros Katsikogiannis
5 October 2025 6 PAOK 2–1 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
20:30 EEST
Report
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 23.961
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)
18 October 2025 7 AEL 0–2 Olympiacos Larissa
17:00 EEST
Report
Stadium: AEL FC Arena
Attendance: 10.184
Referee: Alexandros Tsakalidis
26 October 2025 8 Olympiacos 2–0 AEK Athens Piraeus
21:00 EEST
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 32.930
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
1 November 2025 9 Olympiacos 2–1 Aris Piraeus
20:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 31.000
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
9 November 2025 10 A.E. Kifisia 1–3 Olympiacos Piraeus
15:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Neapoli Stadium
Attendance: 1.940
Referee: Christos Vergetis
22 November 2025 11 Olympiacos 3–0 Atromitos Piraeus
20:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30.001
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos
30 November 2025 12 Panetolikos 0–1 Olympiacos Agrinio
17:00 EET Report Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium
Attendance: 3.061
Referee: Alexandros Tsakalidis
6 December 2025 13 Olympiacos 3–0 OFI Piraeus
17:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 28.759
Referee: Fotis Polychronis
14 December 2025 14 Aris 0–0 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
20:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 4.876
Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany)
20 December 2025 15 Olympiacos 1–1 A.E. Kifisia Piraeus
20:30 EET
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 29.501
Referee: Angelos Evangelou
10 January 2026 16 Atromitos Olympiacos Peristeri
19:30 EET Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
17 January 2026 17 Asteras Tripolis Olympiacos Tripoli
18:30 EET Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium
24 January 2026 18 Olympiacos Volos Piraeus
17:00 EET Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

Greek Football Cup

League phase

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Olympiacos 4 4 0 0 18 3 +15 12 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Levadiakos 4 4 0 0 10 3 +7 12
3 AEK Athens 4 4 0 0 6 1 +5 12
4 Panathinaikos 4 4 0 0 6 2 +4 12
5 Aris 4 3 1 0 6 2 +4 10 Advance to Play-offs (seeded)
Updated to match(es) played on 17 December 2025. Source: epo.gr
Round12345
Ground-AHAH
Result-WWWW
Position108541
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

24 September 2025 2 Asteras Tripolis 1–2 Olympiacos Tripoli
17:00 EEST
Report
Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos
29 October 2025 3 Olympiacos 5–0 Volos Piraeus
17:30 EET
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Referee: Spyridon Zampalas
3 December 2025 4 Hellas Syros 2–5 Olympiacos Syros
13:00 EET
  • Vernardos 51', 78'
Report
Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Ermoupolis
Referee: Konstantinos Katoikos
17 December 2025 5 Olympiacos 6–0 Iraklis Piraeus
18:00 EET Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Referee: Alexandros Katsikogiannis

UEFA Champions League

League phase

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
27 Union Saint-Gilloise 6 2 0 4 7 15 −8 6
28 Athletic Bilbao (Y) 6 1 2 3 4 9 −5 5
29 Olympiacos (Y) 6 1 2 3 6 13 −7 5
30 Eintracht Frankfurt (Y) 6 1 1 4 8 16 −8 4[a]
31 Club Brugge (Y) 6 1 1 4 8 16 −8 4[a]
Updated to match(es) played on 10 December 2025. Source: UEFA[9]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
(Y) Cannot advance directly to the round of 16, but may still qualify via the play-offs (seeded)
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Away goals scored: Eintracht Frankfurt 2, Club Brugge 1.
Round12345678
GroundHAAHHAHA
ResultDLLDLW
Position212933313329
Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

17 September 2025 1 Olympiacos 0–0 Pafos Piraeus, Greece
19:45 EEST
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 32.050
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
1 October 2025 2 Arsenal 2–0 Olympiacos London, England
22:00 EEST
Report
Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Referee: François Letexier (France)
21 October 2025 3 Barcelona 6–1 Olympiacos Barcelona, Spain
19:45 EEST
Report
Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Attendance: 46.264
Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)
4 November 2025 4 Olympiacos 1–1 PSV Eindhoven Piraeus, Greece
22:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
26 November 2025 5 Olympiacos 3–4 Real Madrid Piraeus, Greece
22:00 EET
Report
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 32.325
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
9 December 2025 6 Kairat 0–1 Olympiacos Astana, Kazakhstan
17:30 EET
  • Tuyakbayev  70'
Report
Stadium: Astana Arena
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)
20 January 2026 7 Olympiacos Bayer Leverkusen Piraeus, Greece
22:00 EET Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
28 January 2026 8 Ajax Olympiacos Amsterdam, Netherlands
22:00 EET Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 20 December 2025
No. Pos. Nat. Name Super League Greece Greek Cup UEFA Champions League Total
Apps Apps Apps Apps
9 FW Ayoub El Kaabi 14 0(2) 6 20(2)
88 GK Konstantinos Tzolakis 15 0 5 20
3 DF Francisco Ortega 11(1) 1 6 18(1)
22 MF Chiquinho 10(4) 1 6 17(4)
5 DF Lorenzo Pirola 11(1) 0 6 17(1)
45 DF Panagiotis Retsos 12 0(1) 5 17(1)
32 MF Santiago Hezze 10(3) 0(2) 4(1) 14(6)
56 MF Daniel Podence 7(3) 1(1) 6 14(4)
20 DF Costinha 10 1(1) 2(3) 13(4)
10 MF Gelson Martins 8(4) 0 5 13(4)
96 MF Christos Mouzakitis 8(5) 1 3(3) 12(8)
14 MF Dani García 6(3) 1(1) 5(1) 12(5)
23 DF Rodinei 6(4) 1(2) 4 11(6)
8 MF Diogo Nascimento 5(4) 4 0(2) 9(6)
27 MF Gabriel Strefezza 6(5) 1(2) 1(4) 8(11)
99 FW Mehdi Taremi 5(5) 2(1) 0(5) 7(11)
39 DF Gustavo Mancha 3 4 0 7
70 DF Bruno Onyemaechi 4(2) 2(1) 0(1) 6(4)
4 DF Giulian Biancone 3(1) 2 1(3) 6(4)
97 MF Yusuf Yazıcı 1(10) 4 0 5(10)
17 FW Roman Yaremchuk 2(6) 3 0(1) 5(7)
16 MF Lorenzo Scipioni 2(5) 3 0(2) 5(7)
90 MF Rémy Cabella 3(4) 2(1) 0 5(5)
6 DF Alexis Kalogeropoulos 1(2) 4 0 5(2)
80 MF Stavros Pnevmonidis 2 1(1) 0(1) 3(2)
1 GK Alexandros Paschalakis 0 2 1 3
31 GK Nikolaos Botis 0 2 0 2
21 DF Rúben Vezo 0 1(2) 0 1(2)
67 MF Argyris Liatsikouras 0 0(2) 0 0(2)

Goalscorers & Assists

As of 20 December 2025
No. Pos. Nat. Name Super League Greece Greek Cup Champions League Total
G A G A G A Goals Assists G+A
9 FW Ayoub El Kaabi 12 1 1 0 2 1 15 2 17
99 FW Mehdi Taremi 7 1 3 0 1 1 11 2 13
22 MF Chiquinho 4 1 1 0 1 1 6 2 8
97 MF Yusuf Yazıcı 1 2 4 4 0 0 5 6 11
17 FW Roman Yaremchuk 0 1 4 0 0 0 4 1 5
45 DF Panagiotis Retsos 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 3
56 MF Daniel Podence 2 3 0 3 0 0 2 6 8
4 DF Giulian Biancone 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
10 MF Gelson Martins 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2
27 MF Gabriel Strefezza 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 5 6
23 DF Rodinei 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 4
3 DF Francisco Ortega 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
8 MF Diogo Nascimento 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3
6 DF Alexios Kalogeropoulos 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
96 MF Christos Mouzakitis 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
90 MF Rémy Cabella 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2
32 MF Santiago Hezze 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
5 DF Lorenzo Pirola 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Individual awards

Name Pos. Award
Chiquinho Central Midfielder
  • Super League Greece Player of the Month August 2025
  • Super League Greece Player of the Month September 2025

Notes

References

  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.
  9. ^ "League phase table". UEFA. Retrieved 5 November 2025.