1998–99 Olympiacos F.C. season

The 1998-99 season is Olympiacos 38th consecutive season in the Alpha Ethniki and their 1st consecutive season in the UEFA Champions League. In the beginning of the summertime Olympiacos named Bosnian Dusan Bajevic coach.

Olympiacos

1998–99 season
Chairman	Socrates Kokkalis
Manager	Dušan Bajević
Alpha Ethniki	Winners
Greek Cup	Winners
Champions League	Quarter Finals
Top goalscorer	Siniša Gogić (30)
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 GK  GRE Kyriakos Tohouroglou 2 DF  GRE Savvas Poursaitidis 3 DF  GRE Kiriakos Karataidis 4 MF  GRE Andreas Niniadis 5 DF  GRE Georgios Amanatidis 6 MF  GRE Ilias Poursanidis 7 MF  GRE Stelios Giannakopoulos 8 FW  BRA Luciano de Souza 9 FW  CYP Siniša Gogić 10 FW  YUG Ilija Ivić 11 MF  YUG Predrag Đorđević 14 DF  GRE Dimitris Mavrogenidis 15 MF  GRE Petros Passalis

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  GRE Stelios Sfakianakis 18 MF  GRE Vassilis Karapialis 19 DF  GRE Stavros Tziortziopoulos 21 DF  GRE Grigorios Georgatos 23 FW  GHA Felix Aboagye 24 FW  GHA Peter Ofori-Quaye 25 DF  GRE Paraskevas Antzas 30 FW  GRE Alekos Alexandris 31 GK  GRE Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos 32 DF  GRE Georgios Anatolakis 33 DF  GHA Kofi Amponsah 34 GK  GRE Kleopas Giannou

Competitions

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	34	27	4	3	82	22	+60	85	Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2	AEK Athens	34	23	6	5	71	27	+44	75	Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3	Panathinaikos	34	23	5	6	66	36	+30	74	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	PAOK	34	19	5	10	52	31	+21	62
5	Ionikos	34	17	9	8	64	36	+28	60[lower-alpha 1]

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.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Aris–Ionikos 1–1, Ionikos–Aris 3–0.

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
34	27	4	3	82	22	+60	85	13	4	0	44	9	+35	14	0	3	38	13	+25

Last updated: 30 May 1999.
Source: Competitive matches

Results

Match dates not available Olympiacos - AEK 0-0 Olympiacos - Apollon Athens 0-0 Olympiacos - Aris 1-0 Olympiacos - Ethnikos Asteras 4-2 Olympiacos - Ethnikos 2-0 Olympiacos - Ionikos 2-0 Olympiacos - Iraklis 3-2 Olympiacos - Kavala 4-1 Olympiacos - OFI Crete 3-0 Olympiacos - Panathinaikos 0-0 Olympiacos - Panelefsiniakos 1-1 Olympiacos - Paniliakos 3-0 Olympiacos - Panionios 5-0 Olympiacos - PAOK 2-1 Olympiacos - Proodeftiki 6-1 Olympiacos - Skoda Xanthi 3-1 Olympiacos - Veria F.C. 5-0

AEK - Olympiacos 2-0 Apollon Athens - Olympiacos 2-5 Aris - Olympiacos 1-0 Ethnikos Asteras - Olympiacos 1-3 Ethnikos - Olympiacos 0-3 Ionikos - Olympiacos 1-3 Iraklis - Olympiacos 0-2 Kavala - Olympiacos 0-2 OFI - Olympiacos 1-2 Panathinaikos - Olympiacos 2-4 Panelefsiniakos - Olympiacos 0-2 Paniliakos - Olympiacos 1-0 Panionios - Olympiacos 1-4 PAOK - Olympiacos 1-3 Proodeftiki - Olympiacos 0-1 Skoda Xanthi - Olympiacos 0-2 Veria - Olympiacos 0-3

Greek Cup

Olympiacos won the Greek Cup during the season and defeated Panathinaikos

• First leg: Olympiacos: 3-1 (first leg), 0-1 second leg
• Semi-finals: Panathinaikos 6-1 (first leg), 2-2 (second leg)
• Finals: Olympiacos 2-0 Athens, played on May 5, 1999

Second qualifying round

All times at CET

12 August 1998 First leg	Olympiacos	2–1	Anorthosis	Athens, Greece
20:30	Giannakopoulos  11' Luciano  32'	Report	Mihajlović  64'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 28,000 Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)

26 August 1998 Second leg	Anorthosis	2–4 (3–6 agg.)	Olympiacos	Limassol, Cyprus
20:00	Mihajlović  39' Krčmarević  80'	Report	Georgatos  48' Đorđević  60', 87' Gogić  90'	Stadium: Tsirion Stadium Attendance: 6,380 Referee: Miroslav Radoman (FR Yugoslavia)

Olympiacos won 6–3 on aggregate.

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Olympiacos	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11	Advance to knockout stage
2	Croatia Zagreb	6	2	2	2	5	7	−2	8
3	Porto	6	2	1	3	11	9	+2	7
4	Ajax	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	7

Source: UEFA

All times at CET

16 September 1998 1	Porto	2–2	Olympiacos	Porto, Portugal
20:45	Zahovič  65' Jardel  82'	Report	Giannakopoulos  86' Gogić  89'	Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

30 September 1998 2	Olympiacos	2–0	Croatia Zagreb	Athens, Greece
20:45	Alexandris  21' Gogić  80'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 60,502 Referee: David Elleray (England)

21 October 1998 3	Olympiacos	1–0	Ajax	Athens, Greece
20:45	Alexandris  38'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 73,250 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

4 November 1998 4	Ajax	2–0	Olympiacos	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45	Witschge  36' Gorré  88'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

25 November 1998 5	Olympiacos	2–1	Porto	Athens, Greece
20:45	Gogić  18' Đorđević  55'	Report	Zahovič  76'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 70,232 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

9 December 1998 6	Croatia Zagreb	1–1	Olympiacos	Zagreb, Croatia
20:45	Jeličić  35'	Report	Giannakopoulos  64'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 16,546 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Quarter-finals

All times at CET

3 March 1999 First leg	Juventus	2–1	Olympiacos	Turin, Italy
20:45	Inzaghi  38' Conte  79'	Report	Niniadis  90+' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 33,871 Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

17 March 1999 Second leg	Olympiacos	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Juventus	Athens, Greece
20:45	Gogić  12'	Report	Conte  85'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Team kit

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): Ethnokarta MasterCard

Home

Away

Source: Olympiacos FC

References

External links

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