Olympiacos F.C. Youth Academy

Full name

Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς
(Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus)

Nickname(s)

Thrylos (The Legend)
Erythrolefkoi (The Red-Whites)
Kokkinoi (The Reds)
Dafnostefanomenos (The laurel-crowned)

Ground

Agios Ioannis Rentis Training Centre, Greece

Capacity

3,000

Owner

Evangelos Marinakis

Chairman

Evangelos Marinakis

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Olympiacos F.C. Youth Academy is the football academy system of Greek professional football club Olympiacos consisting of six official youth teams (Under-10, Under-13, Under-14, Under-15, Under-17 and Under-20), based on the young athletes' age.^[1] Other age-based youth teams (e.g. Under-8) are also part of the academy, however they do not appear as official youth teams. Olympiacos' U15, U17 and U20 teams all play in Greek Superleague's youth competitions (Superleague U15, U17 and U20 respectively), while the U20 team is a regular participant in the UEFA Youth League. The latter also featured in the 2012-13 Next Gen Series, reaching the quarter-finals of the competition.

Academy Personnel

As of 26 July 2016^[2]^[3]^[4]

Technical Director	Thodoris Eleftheriadis
General Manager	Tasos Mitropoulos
U20 Coach	Vasilis Vouzas
Youth Goalkeeping Coach	Foto Strakosha
U20 Fitness Coach	Thanasis Rosidis
U20 Team Doctor	Alexandros Koinis
U20 Physiotherapist	Alexis Kapetanakis
U20–U15 Team Analyst	Katerina Falida
U18–U9–U8 Coach	Giannis Schinarakis
U17–U16 Coach	Dimitris Mavrogenidis
U17–U16 Assistant Coach	Tasos Theos
U17 Fitness Coach	Kostas Liougos
U16 Fitness Coach	Nikos Kolokythas
U15–U14 Coach	Nikos Topoliatis
U15 Goalkeeping Coach	Christos Theodorou
U15 Fitness Coach	Kostas Sofianos
U13 Coach	Fotis Papapanagis
U12 Coach – U15 Assistant Coach	Tasos Pantos
U11 Coach	Tasos Kyriakopoulos
U10 Coach	Iakovos Chatziraptis

Olympiacos U20 Squad

As of 21 July 2016^[5]^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
-	GK	Giannis Angelopoulos
-	GK	Iason Gavalas
-	GK	Dimitris Skafidas
-	DF	Giorgos Agiotis
-	DF	Konstantinos Betsas
-	DF	Panagiotis Chelas
-	DF	Antonis Fouasis
-	DF	Thanasis Giannarakis
-	DF	Giorgos Manolakis
-	DF	Dimitris Nikolaou
-	DF	Alexandros Thymianos
-	DF	Ardit Toli
-	DF	Thomas Tsimboukas
-	DF	Antonis Vatousiadis
-	MF	Stefan Abara
-	MF	Giannis Angelopoulos
-	MF	Konstantinos Christou
-	MF	Andreas Dermitzakis

No.	Position	Player
-	MF	Konstantinos Kipouros
-	MF	Stavros Kougios
-	MF	Stathis Lambrou
-	MF	Konstantinos Megaritis
-	MF	Konstantinos Panagou
-	MF	Tasos Papoutzidis
-	MF	Dimitris Tasioulis
-	MF	Dimitris Tzoumakis
-	MF	Marius Vrushaj
-	MF	Giorgos Xenitidis
-	FW	Konstantinos Glegles
-	FW	Argyris Kabetsis
-	FW	Konstantinos Kirtzialidis
-	FW	Thanasis Kostanasios
-	FW	Fotis Tsilikis
-	FW	Giannis Varkas
-	FW	Giorgos Xydas

Olympiacos U17 Squad

As of 26 July 2016^[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
-			Giannis Nikopolidis
-			Angelos Vezyris
-			Nikolaos Sfyrlas
-			Nikolaos Gotzamanidis
-			Rezart Rama
-			Pavlos Papadopoulos
-			Vangelis Papangelis
-			Tasos Boskouidis
-			Alexandros Margaritis
-			Michalis Gousias
-			Thanasis Kakamis
-			Nikos Antonopoulos
-			Giannis Galoupis
-			Apostolos Martinis

No.		Position	Player
-			Giorgos Neofytidis
-			Panagiotis Tserkonis
-			Vasilis Papageorgiou
-			Dimitris Fitopoulos
-			Asteris Oikonomikos
-			Iason Stavropoulos
-			Paris Doumanis
-			Vasilis Bekos
-			Christos Koniaris
-			Christos Katsoukis
-			Dimitris Ziakas
-			Theodoros Tsirigotis
-			Alexandros Voilis

Olympiacos U15 Squad

As of 31 July 2016^[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
-	GK	Livio Malaj
-	GK	Ilias Karargyris
-	DF	Nikolaos Degaitas
-	DF	Charalambos Kallimoukos
-	DF	Giorgos Tasias
-	DF	Kyriakos Aslanidis
-	DF	Nikitas Nikolis
-	MF	Iason Glynos
-	MF	Christos Konstantinidis
-	MF	Konstantinos Mougios
-	MF	Astrit Rama
-	MF	Vasilis Tsergas
-	MF	Ilias Georgakopoulos

No.	Position	Player
-	MF	Giorgos Fekkas
-	MF	Marios Chrysikos
-	FW	Alexandros Georgantis
-	FW	Apostolos Kotsianoulis
-	FW	Filippos Koulouriotis
-	FW	Giorgos Mikros
-	FW	Antonis Drougas
-	FW	Giannis Tsakiris
-	FW	Emiliano Boulari
-	FW	Dimitris Arsenidis
-	FW	Theodoros Karakostas
-	FW	Vasilis Dotis

Former Academy Players

Players that have come through the club's academy throughout the years, chronologically listed below .

Andreas Mouratis (1945-1955)
Ilias Rosidis (1948-1961)
Elias Yfantis (1950-1964)
Kostas Polychroniou (1954-1968)
Ioannis Kyrastas (1972-1981)
Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos (1994-2004)
Luigi Cennamo (1997-2001)
Georgios Melabianakis (1999-2003)
Panagiotis Kone (1999-2004)
Kleopas Giannou (1999-2007)
Kostas Mendrinos (2002-2009)
Lefteris Matsoukas (2002-2009)
Christos Lisgaras (2003-2005)
Giannis Siderakis (2003-2006)
Aristeidis Lottas (2003-2008)
Dimitris Thanopoulos (2003-2008)
Kostas Fortounis (2003-2008, 2014-)

Zhora Hovhannisyan (2004-2007)
Georgios Katsikogiannis (2004-2011)
Giannis Fetfatzidis (2004-2013)
Leonidas Panagopoulos (2005-2010)
Qazim Laçi (2005-)
Giorgos Manthatis (2005-)
Thanasis Androutsos (2005-)
Christos Pentsas (2006-2007)
Giannoulis Fakinos (2006-2008)
Vassilis Lambropoulos (2006-2009)
Jahmir Hyka (2007-2008)
Renaldo Rama (2007-2008)
Kyriakos Papadopoulos (2007-2010)
Aristidis Soiledis (2007-2011)
Giorgos Niklitsiotis (2007-2012)
Wanderson Costa Viana (2007-2012)
Andreas Vasilogiannis (2007-2013)

Ioannis Potouridis (2007-2013)
Climaco Pinto Leandro (2007-2015)
Charalambos Lykogiannis (2007-2015)
Konstantinos Rougalas (2007-2015)
Panagiotis Retsos (2007-)
Giorgos Valerianos (2008-2012)
Manolis Siopis (2008-2014)
Vasil Shkurti (2009-2010)
Konstantinos Kritikos (2009-2011)
Nikos Papadopoulos (2009-2012)
Panagiotis Stamogiannos (2009-2012)
Adam Tzanetopoulos (2009-2012)
Dimitris Diamantakos (2009-2016)
Nikos Vergos (2009-)
Kostas Kotsaridis (2010-2012)
Klodian Gino (2010-2014)
Dimitrios Katsimitros (2010-2016)

Antonis Papasavvas (2011-2014)
Nikolaos Ioannidis (2011-2016)
Vasilios Karagounis (2012-2015)
Praxitelis Vouros (2012-)
Lefteris Choutesiotis (2012-)
Konstantinos Vlachos (2013-2015)
Giorgos Strezos (2013-2016)
Manolis Saliakas (2013-)
Marko Janković (2013-)
Antonis Vatousiadis (2013-)
Ardit Toli (2013-)
Boban Lazić (2014-2015)
Zisis Karahalios (2014-2016)
Konstantinos Tsimikas (2014-)
Dimitris Nikolaou (2014-)
Giorgos Xydas (2016-)

Honours

Titles won by the Olympiacos academy's teams.^[1]

Olympiacos U20

Greek Superleague U20: 2009-10, 2012-13, 2014-15, 2015-16
U-20 Torino Tournament: 2009
Dubai Emirates Cup: 2010
Memoria XXVIII Torneo Juvenil: 2012

Olympiacos U17

Greek Superleague U17: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2014–15
U-17 Shakhtar Donetsk Tournament: 2008
U-17 Anorthosi Cyprus Tournament: 2010

Olympiacos U15

Greek Superleague U15: 2013-14, 2015-16

References

1 2 "Olympiacos FC Academy". olympiacos.org. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
↑ "ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ: Πρεμιέρα για την Κ17 με νέα πρόσωπα – Το ρόστερ". football-academies.gr. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
↑ "Οι Πρωταθλητές της Κ-15!". olympiacos.org. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
↑ "ΤΑΣΟΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ-Η Κ20 ΤΟΥ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΥ ΣΗΚΩΣΕ ΤΗΝ ΚΟΥΠΑ ΣΤΟ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑ 2016". Retrieved 31 July 2016.
↑ "Olympiacos U20 Preseason". football-academies.gr. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
↑ "UEFA Youth League-Olympiacos". UEFA. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
↑ "ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ: Πρεμιέρα για την Κ17 με νέα πρόσωπα – Το ρόστερ". football-academies.gr. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
↑ "Οι Πρωταθλητές της Κ-15!". olympiacos.org. Retrieved 31 July 2016.

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