Olympiacos begins its European journey for this season next Thursday (26/9, 22:00) and will travel to France, where they will face Lyon for the first matchday of the League Phase of the Europa League.
The “red and whites” enter the competition as the winners of last season’s Conference League, and to10.gr records how much the Piraeus team has changed compared to their opening match in the same tournament last year, which marked the beginning of a journey that culminated on the evening of May 29 with the historic victory against Fiorentina.
The journey to the top of Europe began a year ago when they hosted Freiburg at “Georgios Karaiskakis” (loss 3-2), with Paschalakis, Rondine, Retzos, Ortega, Masouras, Ese, and El Kaabi starting in the lineup, while Jolakis and Doi were on the bench.
Furthermore, it is important to note that in January, Olympiacos made three changes to their European list, adding David Carmo, Chiquinho, and Andre Horta, which completely transformed their image and wrote the most “golden” page in the history of Greek football, as the Piraeus team won the Europa Conference League at the Opap Arena.
Two of the three remained with the team and are naturally included in this year’s European list of José Luis Mendilibar and, barring any unexpected circumstances, will be in the starting lineup for the match against Lyon in France.
Detailing Olympiacos’ list for this season:
Goalkeepers: Paschalakis, Jolakis, Anagnostopoulos.
Defenders: Ortega, Biankon, Pirlo, Carmo, Rondine, Retzos, Apostolopoulos, Doi, Kostinia.
Midfielders: Stamenits, Martins, Velde, Garcia, Chiquinho, Ese, Oliveira, William
Forwards: El Kaabi, Yaremchuk, Masouras.
In the B list, the following have been registered: Exarchos (goalkeeper), Koutsidis, Bakoulas, Papakanellos, Mouzakitis, Kostoulas.
Detailing Olympiacos’ European list for the 2023-24 season:
Goalkeepers: Paschalakis, Jolakis
Defenders: Ortega, Androutsos, Freire, Kini, Rondine, Poroso, Richards, Retzos
Midfielders: Kamara, Imbora, Scarpa, Alexandropoulos, Carvalho, Ese, Podesen
Forwards: Broussai, Masouras, Biel, El Kaabi, Solbakken, El Arabi, Fortounis, Jovetic
B List: Papadoudis, Apostolopoulos, Doi, Liatsos, Sapountzis, Tselios, Karakoutis, Alghasim Ba
*Players from last year’s roster are in bold