Olympiakos Piraeus

Olympiakos Piraeus

Olympiacos FC was founded on March 10, 1925, in the port city of Piraeus, near Athens, Greece. The club takes its name and inspiration from the ancient Olympic Games, and its emblem — a laurel-crowned Olympic athlete — embodies the ideals of sporting excellence that have guided the club throughout its remarkable history. Founded by a group of sports enthusiasts in the working-class docklands of Piraeus, Olympiacos quickly grew to become the most powerful sporting institution in Greece, transcending football to encompass a multi-sport organisation that commands one of the most passionate and widespread fanbases in all of European football. The rivalry with Panathinaikos, known simply as the Derby of the Eternal Enemies, is one of the most intense and deeply felt in world football. Olympiacos is unquestionably the most decorated club in Greek football history. The club has claimed an extraordinary 48 Super League titles, 29 Greek Cups, and 5 Super Cups, holding the record in all three competitions. This domestic dominance is without parallel in any of Europe's major football nations, and the club's winning rate across the decades has been both a source of immense pride for its supporters and a target for rival clubs. Yet perhaps the single greatest achievement in Olympiacos's century-long history came in May 2024, when the club was crowned UEFA Europa Conference League champion — becoming the first Greek club ever to win a major European trophy. Their triumph over Fiorentina in the Athens final on May 29, 2024, sent shockwaves of joy across Greece and cemented Olympiacos's place in continental football history. Remarkably, in the same campaign they also won the UEFA Youth League title, making Olympiacos the first club ever to win two separate UEFA trophies in a single season — a feat that earned them the Revelation Team of the Year award at the 2024 Globe Soccer Awards. The club's home ground is the Karaiskakis Stadium, a modern, purpose-built arena located in Piraeus with a capacity of 33,334 seats. The stadium was completely reconstructed and reopened in 2004 and is considered one of the finest and most atmospheric football venues in southeastern Europe. Under the management of José Luis Mendilibar — a Spanish coach brought in specifically for European competition — Olympiacos executed the Conference League campaign with tactical discipline and emotional intensity that captured imaginations across the continent. Building on that historic success, the club claimed the 2024–25 Super League title under Mendilibar, completing a domestic league and cup double — their 19th such achievement — and qualifying for the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League group stage. Notable players throughout the club's history include Predrag Djordjevic, Giovanni, Christodoulos Karataidis, and in more recent times the international stars who have been drawn to Piraeus by the club's growing ambition and financial strength. Olympiacos stands today as a club in genuinely ascendant trajectory, having transformed Greek football's global image in a matter of months with their historic European triumph.