U19 PARTICIPANTS
U19 PARTICIPANTS 2024
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Founded: 1925
Club colors: Red / White
Home stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Previous participations: 2
Achievements: 46 x Greek champion, 28 x Greek Cup winner
Famous players: Rivaldo, Christian Karembeu, Predrag Djordjevic, Antonios
Nikopolidis, Lajos Detari
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The city
Piraeus with its approx. 185,000 inhabitants is a lively city and, as the largest
port in Greece with all the typical characteristics of a huge maritime and
commercial/industrial centre, an integral part of the metropolis of Athens
with its approx. 4.5 million inhabitants. Piraeus is a sports city and is
characterised by the polysports club Olympiacos. The red and white club
colours are omnipresent, whether in graffiti around the Karaiskakis football
stadium or the Peace and Friendship Stadium, where the basketball team
plays its home games. The Olympiacos volleyball and water polo teams are
also among Europe's elite.
The club
After 2022, the U19 team of the most successful Greek football team with 46
championship titles will be visiting GESA for the second time. The club with
the historic name "Olympiacos Club of Sports Friends of Piraeus" was
founded in 1925 and in the annals its club colours "red" symbolise the
pathos of victory and "white" purity and noble competition. As a club of
ordinary workers, Olympiacos is fervently supported by its fans and has been
nicknamed "Thrylos" (legend). The 2:1 victory over FC Santos, Pelé's
unbeaten team in 1961, became legendary and is still sung about in the club
anthem today. Olympiacos' home ground, the 32,115-capacity Karaiskakis
Stadium, is regarded as a cauldron among Europe's sporting arenas. In its
most successful season in 1998/99, Thrylos narrowly and unfortunately
missed out on reaching the UEFA Champions League semi-finals against
Juventus Turin. This was followed by major European victories against top
clubs such as Arsenal London, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Atlético
Madrid, Juventus Turin and AC Milan. Famous players have worn and
continue to wear the red and white stripes, such as Lajos Detari (1988-90),
Oleg Protasov (1990-94), Giovanni (1999-2005), Christian Karembeu (2001-04,
currently sporting director), Rivaldo (2004-07), Eric Abidal (2014), Esteban
Cambiasso (2015-17), Marcelo (2023) and James Rodriguez (2023). In the
current season, Olympiacos is once again competing for the Greek
championship and is playing in the UEFA Conference League.
In keeping with the club logo (laurel-wreathed youth), the academy is of
particular importance. The club decided to merge the entire youth and
professional departments under one roof. This resulted in the modern
"Rentis Training Centre" in 2010, which is the envy of many other major
clubs. A delegation from our OC was able to gain an impressive insight into
this during a visit in 2022. The U19 team won the Greek championship last
season and will play successfully at international level in the UEFA Youth
League (U19 Champions League) in 2023-24. Olympiacos played some
refreshing football at our last tournament and narrowly missed out on a
place in the final in a penalty shoot-out (5:6 against Club America). Some of
the talents in this team have made the leap to the 2nd and 1st teams and
play for the Greek junior national team. We will continue to follow their
careers with great interest.
Olympiacos Piräus
Greece
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Denmark
Tournament Winner 2022