Olympiacos B.C.

Olympiacos Piraeus
Nickname	Thrylos (Legend) Erythrolefki (Red-and-Whites) Kokkini (Reds)
Leagues	Greek Basketball League EuroLeague
Founded	1931 (1931)
Arena	Peace and Friendship Stadium
Capacity	12,300
Location	Piraeus, Greece
Team colors	Red, White
Main sponsor	bwin
President	Panagiotis Angelopoulos
General manager	Nikos Lepeniotis
Head coach	Giorgos Bartzokas
Team captain	Kostas Papanikolaou
Ownership	Giorgos Angelopoulos Panagiotis Angelopoulos
Championships	3 EuroLeagues 1 FIBA Intercontinental Cup 15 Greek Championships 12 Greek Cups 3 Greek Super Cups 1 Triple Crown
Retired numbers	2 (7, 15)
Website	olympiacosbc.gr
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Olympiacos B.C. (Greek: ΚΑΕ Ολυμπιακός Σ.Φ.Π.), commonly known as Olympiacos or Olympiacos Piraeus, is a Greek professional basketball club based in Piraeus, part of the major multi-sport club Olympiacos CFP. The parent club was founded in 1925, and a basketball department was first established in 1931. Their home ground is the Peace and Friendship Stadium.

Olympiacos has been established as one of the most successful clubs in Greek and European basketball, having won 3 EuroLeagues, 1 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, 15 Greek Championships, 12 Greek Cups, and 3 Greek Super Cups. Among Greek clubs, Olympiacos is the first ever to reach a EuroLeague final, as well as to achieve a Triple Crown, and the only one to be crowned back-to-back European champions, while also having the most appearances in EuroLeague finals, 9 in total.

The first major achievement of Olympiacos in European competitions was their qualification for the 1978–79 FIBA European Champions Cup semi-finals group stage. However, it was in the 1990s that Olympiacos emerged as Euroleague contenders, having been runners-up in two consecutive seasons (1994, 1995) and winning their first title in 1997 by beating FC Barcelona 73–58, which was at the time the competition's biggest winning margin in a single-game final. As European champions, they participated in the 1997 McDonald's Championship, where they played against the NBA champions, Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls. During this period, Olympiacos also dominated the Greek Championship, which had become one of Europe's top national basketball leagues, winning five consecutive titles. Thus, FIBA declared Olympiacos as the best European team of the 1990s.^[1]

Olympiacos reached again the EuroLeague final in 2010 and returned to the top of European basketball in 2012, when they won their second EuroLeague title by overcoming CSKA Moscow 62–61 on the last shot of the game, rallying from 19 points down, and achieving the greatest comeback in the competition's finals history.^[2] In 2013, Olympiacos won their third title after defeating Real Madrid 100–88, pulling off another memorable comeback, this time overturning a 17-point deficit. These consecutive triumphs, along with two more final appearances (2015, 2017), made the 2010s the most successful decade in the club's EuroLeague history. However, on the domestic front, growing tensions regarding refereeing decisions during the 2018–19 Greek Basket League season resulted in Olympiacos refusing to play against their archrivals, Panathinaikos Athens, and consequently the club was relegated to the Greek A2 Basket League.^[3]

Olympiacos returned to the top-tier Greek League after a two-year absence, during which they continued to compete in the EuroLeague. In recent years, Olympiacos have once again become one of the most consistent contenders for the European crown, having been runners-up in 2023, as well as having qualified for four consecutive Final Fours, which is a new record for the club.

Some of the greatest players in European basketball have played for Olympiacos over the years, including Charlie Yelverton, Carey Scurry, Žarko Paspalj, Giorgos Sigalas, Dragan Tarlać, Walter Berry, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Roy Tarpley, Eddie Johnson, Alexander Volkov, David Rivers, Artūras Karnišovas, Dino Radja, Thodoris Papaloukas, Alphonso Ford, Tyus Edney, Arvydas Macijauskas, Miloš Teodosić, Nikola Vujčić, Linas Kleiza, Rašho Nesterović, Kostas Papanikolaou, Kyle Hines, Acie Law, Giorgos Printezis, and Vassilis Spanoulis. In 2008, Olympiacos signed NBA player Josh Childress, whose US$20 million net income contract for three years made him the highest-paid basketball player of all time in Europe.^[4][5]

Olympiacos basketball club has its origins in the 1930s, when the first attempts to establish it were made, in 1931 and then again in 1937. After World War II, the "red-and-whites" were the first Greek team to familiarize themselves with American basketball, as Alekos Spanoudakis learned to use the jump shot, and his brother, Ioannis Spanoudakis (who was both a player and the head coach of the team), met basketball legend Bob Cousy and practiced many of his techniques on the court.^[6] During the Spanoudakis brothers' era, Olympiacos won their first Greek Championship in 1949, as well as a second in 1960, and were consistently among the best Greek teams throughout the 1950s. As Greek champions, they also qualified for their first European competition, the 1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup.

However, this last success was followed by a period of sharp decline, and in 1964, as the Spanoudakis brothers' playing days were coming to an end, Olympiacos was relegated to the Greek Second Division. In early 1967, Faidon Matthaiou, the so-called "patriarch" of Greek basketball, took over as the head coach, and, under his guidance, the club was promoted back to the First Division. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Reds were a decent and tough team, with key players such as Thanasis Rammos, Tolis Spanos, Makis Katsafados, Manolis Efstratiou, and Stelios Amerikanos, but they were not yet capable of claiming the championship against the dominant forces of Athenian and Greek basketball at that time, AEK and Panathinaikos.

The arrival of 22-year-old Greek-American Steve Giatzoglou in early 1972 proved to be a game changer. Later that year, he was followed by fellow Greek-Americans Giorgos Kastrinakis, Pavlos Diakoulas, and, in 1974, Paul Mellini. These U.S. college graduates, along with the remaining old guard of the 1960s and the signings of experienced Greek players such as Giorgos Barlas, Nikos Sismanidis, Aris Raftopoulos, and Christos Iordanidis, as well as younger players such as Kimon Kokorogiannis and Giannis Garonis, formed the core of Olympiacos' rosters from 1972 until 1981, which was arguably the best period in the club's history up to that point.

After three seasons in which Olympiacos narrowly lost the Greek Championship to Panathinaikos, the Reds became champions again in 1976 in impressive fashion, without losing a single game. They went on to win the newly established Greek Cup, achieving the first domestic Double in the history of Greek basketball. In the same season, Olympiacos also reached the quarter-finals of a European competition for the first time. This was the year that Olympiacos fans' dreams finally came true and the pinnacle of Faidon Matthaiou's coaching career with the club.

During the following season, Kostas Mourouzis was appointed as the head coach, and the Reds won the Greek Cup again, after first eliminating archrivals Panathinaikos by defeating them 110–68 in front of 20,000 spectators at the Panathenaic Stadium. This 42-point difference remains the largest in the history of the matches between the two clubs.^[7] In 1978, Olympiacos won their fourth Greek Championship, having lost only one game this time, as well as their third consecutive Greek Cup, achieving their second Double in three years.

In 1979, Olympiacos also achieved their first major success in the top European competition, reaching the semi-finals group stage of the 1978–79 FIBA European Champions Cup, where they faced Real Madrid, Pallacanestro Varese, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Bosna Sarajevo, and Joventut Badalona. Olympiacos was a difficult team to beat in Piraeus, winning one game and losing the rest by narrow margins, but they easily lost most of their away games against the best European clubs, eventually finishing sixth.

In early 1980, coach Mourouzis left Olympiacos as a worthy successor to Matthaiou's legacy. He was replaced by former club player Giorgos Barlas, who led the Reds to yet another Greek Cup victory. This was to be the last trophy for Olympiacos until the 1990s. Matthaiou returned as head coach for the following season, and Olympiacos finished second in the Greek Championship for the third consecutive time, marking the end of a great era.

Over the next decade the Reds were not only overshadowed by the rising powers of Thessaloniki, Aris and PAOK, but also often performed poorly enough to finish in the bottom half of the Greek Championship standings. After the departure of Mellini in 1980, Diakoulas in 1982, Giatzoglou and Kastrinakis in 1984, the team was led by players such as Andreas Kozakis, Giannis Paragios, Tzimis Maniatis, and Argyris Kampouris, the hero of the EuroBasket 1987 final. However, their efforts were not enough to bring notable results, with the exception of the 1985-86 season, when Olympiacos finished second in the Championship and reached the Greek Cup final. The 1988-89 season was the first in which non-Greek players were allowed to participate in Greek basketball competitions, but even former NBA players such as Carey Scurry and Todd Mitchell were unable to lead the club to success.

It was in the 1990s that the Reds made their biggest mark. The middle of that decade belonged to Olympiacos, not only in Greece, but also in Europe. In the 1991–92 season, record holding Greek basketball coach Giannis Ioannidis left Aris to manage Olympiacos, the torpid giant, and created a tough, team-oriented, offensive basketball team. In addition to this, Olympiacos left the old Papastrateio Indoor Hall, to move into Peace and Friendship Stadium (commonly called SEF), an indoor arena at that time of 17,000 seats and the biggest in Greece until the Olympic Indoor Hall was inaugurated in 1995. By that year the club had fully rebounded, climbing all the way back to rule Greece.

Five consecutive Greek Championships from 1993 to 1997 and two Greek Cups in 1994 and 1997, made the team the indubitable dominant club in Greece. During this period, Olympiacos was the best supported basketball team, not only in Greece but in Europe as well, as Peace and Friendship Stadium was full in most of their matches, making Olympiacos invincible in it. In addition to their domestic success, Olympiacos became the most successful team in the EuroLeague of that period, leading FIBA to select them as the Best European Team in the decade of the 1990s.^[1][8]

In the 1992–93 season, in their first year in the FIBA European League, after a hard run which started in Hala Tivoli against Olimpija Ljubljana (for the second preliminary round) and continued in the top 16 round where Olympiacos ranked third in a tough group and qualified for the quarterfinal play-offs, together with Real Madrid of Arvydas Sabonis, Benetton Treviso of Toni Kukoč and Pau-Orthez of Gheorghe Mureșan. However they did not manage to qualify for the 1993 FIBA European League Final Four in Piraeus, Athens which was held at their home court, Peace and Friendship Stadium, as they were eliminated by Limoges CSP in the quarter-finals with 2–1 wins, after a breathtaking third game in Palais des Sports de Beaublanc (58–60), which was decided in the last seconds after an off-balance two-points shot by the Slovenian star Jure Zdovc. Domestically, despite finishing 4th in the Greek A1 regular season, Olympiacos eliminated in the quarter-finals with 2–0 wins the FIBA European Cup champions Aris Thessaloniki but at the same time lost to Aris (66–71) for the Greek Cup semi-final game in their homeseat and excluded from the 1993 Cup Final (the final was set by E.O.K. to take place in SEF). Finally Olympiacos won their first Greek Championship since 1978, defeating in the semi-finals with 3–1 wins a totally disappointed PAOK Thessaloniki by the failure at the Final Four in Athens, and then Panathinaikos in the finals with 3–1 wins as well, even though both of Olympiacos' opponents had the home-court advantage.

The following year, Olympiacos had a top-class roster with players like Roy Tarpley, Žarko Paspalj, Dragan Tarlać, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Giorgos Sigalas, Milan Tomić, Franco Nakić and Efthimis Bakatsias, and reached the FIBA European League Final Four in Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv for the first time in their history. After an impressive run in the top 16, achieving significant away wins for the first time in the European history of the club against Real Madrid (58–57 in Palacio de Deportes) or against Benetton Treviso (79–73 in Palaverde) and a newfound home victory by 18 points difference against FC Barcelona (82–64), the "Reds" qualified as group winners (11–3 record) for the quarter-final playoffs where they faced the ranked fourth of the group B, the Italian champions Virtus Bologna of Yugoslav superstar Sasha Danilović and eliminated them hardly with 2–1 wins. In the Tel Aviv Final Four which was looked like an Athenaic-Catalan tournament demonstration, they faced their arch-rivals Panathinaikos in the semi-final (by the way the other semi-final was FC Barcelona vs Joventut Badalona), beating them 77–72 and becoming the first Greek team to ever play in the Euroleague Final. Paspalj scored 22 points and Tarpley recorded a double-double against Panathinaikos, scoring 21 points and grabbing no less than 16 rebounds for Olympiacos. The "Reds", despite being strong favourites to win the European crown, lost 57–59 to Joventut Badalona in the final after a dramatic ending. Domestically, they had a very successful season, as they managed to celebrate the Double, winning an extremely competitive Greek Championship with 3–2 wins against PAOK Thessaloniki of Bane Prelević, Walter Berry and Zoran Savić -who had been crowned FIBA Korać Cup champions two months earlier- and the Greek Cup as well, beating Iraklis Thessaloniki 63–51 in the final in SEF.

In the 1994–95 season, Olympiacos with the NBA veteran and 3-point specialist Eddie Johnson and the great Ukrainian combo-forward Sasha Volkov as additives in a very attached roster that was experienced from the participation in the next season Final Four of Tel Aviv, started the season as one of the favorites for participation in the Final Four and winning the European championship. In addition to domestic competitions Olympiacos had become regime and the goal was winning the double. The aim of the Greek Cup extinguished from the beginning after the defeat by Panathinaikos with the strangeness 40–42 in the knock-out match that held in the Sporting Indoor Hall because Olympiacos was punished for the events that take place in the fifth final of the last season play-offs against PAOK. In Europe the team launched their obligations with a resounding victory (77–42) at Abdi İpekçi Arena against Efes Pilsen, continued with some extended victories at home (101–69 against risky Cibona Zagreb, 84–53 against the decadent European champions of Joventut Badalona, 89–64 against Virtus Bologna), achieved the classical double win against Bayer 04 Leverkusen of Dirk Bauermann, did the classical double defeat by the Limouzo of Božidar Maljković, crashed (99–78) FC Barcelona in SEF and eventually qualified as second from the group B with the homecourt advantage in their pocket. Olympiacos eliminated CSKA Moscow with 2–1 wins in the quarter-final playoffs and reached their second FIBA European League Final Four in Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza, facing again their eternal enemies Panathinaikos in the semi-final. They defeated them one more time 58–52, with 27 points and 10 rebounds from club legend Eddie Johnson, including four decisive 3-pointers in the final minutes of the game, thus advancing to the EuroLeague Final for the second consecutive year. There, they played against another Spanish team, Real Madrid, who were playing on their home soil and managed to defeat Olympiacos 61–73. Domestically, the Reds managed to win their third consecutive Greek Championship with 3–2 wins in the best-of-five finals against Panathinaikos, after a thrilling 45–44 home win against their arch-rivals in the decisive fifth and last match.

In the next season, 1995–96, although Olympiacos made an excellent course in the FIBA European League top 16 group stage and achieved a 10–4 record, he ranked third in the group because in the triple tie with CSKA Moscow and the FIBA European Cup champions of Benetton Treviso had the disadvantage with 1–3 wins. In the quarter-finals Olympiacos faced Real Madrid with home-court disadvantage and did not manage to make the Final Four for a third season in a row, losing the play-off series with 1–2 wins (68–49 win in Piraeus, 77–80 and 65–80 losses in Madrid). However, the season ended in an extremely memorable way, because in the last game of the best-of-five series of the Greek League Finals, Olympiacos smashed arch-rivals and European champions Panathinaikos with a thrashing 73–38 victory, an all-time record victory margin (35 points) for the Greek League Finals and the second largest winning margin in an Olympiacos–Panathinaikos game after Olympiacos' 110–68 (42-point margin) record away win against Panathinaikos in the Greek Cup in 1977.^[9] Five players scored in double digits (Rivers 16 points, Tarlać 14, Nakić 12, Berry and Sigalas 10 each) and led Olympiacos to their fourth consecutive Greek Championship in front of their ecstatic fans, who celebrated the title and the historic win in a euphoric frenzy at Peace and Friendship Stadium.

In the 1996–97 season, with a new coach, Dušan Ivković at the bench, the Reds and their fans had more hope than ever for the European title. In the regular season of the EuroLeague Olympiacos' performance was not as good as it was in the previous years, but in the play-offs they were impressive, twice breaking their opponents home court advantage. Their first victim was Partizan. In a strange best of three series, Olympiacos won the first match with 81–71 in Belgrade, lost the second at Peace and Friendship Stadium (61–60), which disappointed their fans, and finally won the third game in Belgrade with 74–69, which advanced them to the quarter-finals where the defending champions Panathinaikos were waiting for them with a home court advantage. Panathinaikos was ready to stop their rivals and take the revenge for the last year's smashing 73–38 defeat in the Greek finals. In the first game of the series at Panathinaikos' home, the Athens Olympic Indoor Hall, Olympiacos once again thrashed the Greens, beating them 69–49 in front of their own fans. After the 20-point difference triumph in their rivals' court, they were only one win away from the Final Four. In the second match, at Peace and Friendship Stadium, in front of 17,000 ecstatic Reds fans, Olympiacos beat Panathinaikos once more by a score of 65–57 and advanced to the Final Four in Rome.^[10][11]

Olympiacos were the unquestionable favorites to win the EuroLeague championship and they made it, after two dominating performances in the Final Four. They faced Olimpija Ljubljana in the semi-final and beat them 74–65, with David Rivers scoring 28 points. In the final, they played against FC Barcelona, and after an impressive display, they won by a score of 73–58, and became European Champions for the first time in their history. Rivers led Olympiacos, scoring an average of 27 points in the two games, and was eventually voted Final Four MVP. The thousands of Olympiacos fans who filled Palaeur arena, were quick to sing that, "in Rome, in the final, we lifted the European title" (Greek: Στη Ρώμη και στον τελικό, σηκώσαμε Ευρωπαϊκό). This remains one of the club's most popular chants to this day. Olympiacos went on to complete the coveted Triple Crown in convincing fashion: they won the Greek League title (with 3–1 wins against the season's surprise team AEK) and the Greek Cup (beating Apollon Patras 80–78 in the final, in Olympic Indoor Hall), to mark the most successful season in the club's long history. Olympiacos became the first Greek team to ever win the Triple Crown, and remained the only to do so one up until 2007.

In October of the same year, the club played in the 1997 McDonald's Championship, in Paris. Having defeated Atenas de Cordoba in the semi-final by 89–86, Olympiacos played against the NBA champions Chicago Bulls in the final.^[12] The game was played under zone-friendly European rules (the games between NBA and FIBA teams were played under a mixture of NBA and FIBA rules at that time), but, out of respect for the Bulls, Olympiacos never used a zone defense. Olympiacos was defeated 78–104, by the Bulls, and one of the greatest basketball players ever, Michael Jordan.

In the 1997–98 season, Olympiacos were once again the favorites in all the competitions they were taking part. They started the season with an impressive record of consecutive wins in Greece and Europe. But in the second half of the season, things went wrong for the team. Olympiacos played in the round of 16 of the EuroLeague, with a home court advantage against Partizan in a three-game series, but they lost both matches in Athens and Belgrade and the European Champions suffered an early and disappointing elimination. In the Greek Cup's Final Four, they faced Panathinaikos for the 3rd place and they won easily.

In the Greek League, Olympiacos finished the regular season in second place, behind Panathinaikos. In the semi-finals, Olympiacos faced PAOK, having a home court advantage in a best of three series. In the first match in Athens, Olympiacos took a tight 66–65 win and held the advantage. They lost the second match in Thessaloniki, and the last game was held again in Athens. Olympiacos lost 58–55 in Neo Faliro, marking the first ever defeat for the team in Peace and Friendship Stadium during the Greek playoffs. The Reds did not have the chance to defend their crown and they ended up in third place, with a 3–1 series win over AEK Athens.

The 1998–99 season did not begin well, because in the season's opening match of the Greek Cup, Olympiacos was eliminated by PAOK. The Reds played once again in the EuroLeague Final Four, and although they were considered the favorites to win the title, they lost 71–87 in the semi-final to the eventual winners Žalgiris Kaunas. They finished third, defeating Fortitudo Bologna 74–63 in the 3rd place game. In the Greek League they were the favorites to win the championship, but despite having the home advantage in the finals against Panathinaikos, they were defeated in the last game of the series at home and lost the title. That was the first time Olympiacos lost a playoff game to Panathinaikos in SEF after 10 consecutive wins.

In the 1999–2000 season, Olympiacos did not make the EuroLeague playoffs, as they were eliminated in the round of 16 by Olimpija Ljubljana. On the contrary, they finished first in the regular season of the Greek League and entered the playoffs having home court advantage. But in the semi-finals they played against fourth-placed PAOK and they were eliminated, losing the first game at home and the second one in Thessaloníki. Olympiacos faced AEK for the third place and won.

In the 2000–01 season, Olympiacos played in the first EuroLeague competition that was organized by EuroLeague Basketball, but despite having home court advantage in the playoffs they were eliminated by Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz. In the Greek League Finals, they finished second.

In the 2001–02 season, the club managed to win the Greek Cup, their first trophy since 1997, in a Final Four tournament that was held at Peace and Friendship Stadium. They beat Panathinaikos 83–75 in the semi-final and Maroussi 74–66 in the final. Then they came within one victory of the EuroLeague Final Four. They played in the Top 16 in a group against Panathinaikos, AEK and Olimpija Ljubljana, with only the first placed team advancing to the Final Four. After Olympiacos completed an easy 92–75 win over Panathinaikos with Alphonso Ford scoring 21 points in the opening home match, another home win against AEK, and an away win against Olimpija, they played an away game against Panathinaikos and lost 78–88. The score of that game gave the Reds the aggregate advantage in case they finished on the top of the group along with their rivals, a scenario that looked highly probable. However, in the fifth group game, the weakest team of the group, Union Olimpija, stunned Olympiacos in Athens by winning their single game in the group. This put Olympiacos in second place and despite their away win against AEK in the last game of the group, their unexpected loss against Olimpija kept them out of the Final Four in Bologna. In the Greek League the Reds eliminated Peristeri in the quarter-finals and managed to break the home court advantage of Panathinaikos in the first game of the playoffs semi-final with a well-deserved 80–89 win in OAKA and after a thrilling second win at home with 80–76, they eliminated them and made it to the finals. In the finals, they managed to break AEK's home court advantage in the first game of the series (82–74) and after a second comfortable win at SEF in Game 2 (75–70) they were very close to the title. Despite starting the finals with those two comfortable wins, their 2–0 lead did not prove enough as they lost three games in a row and let the title slip away.

Olympiacos was one of the EuroLeague's most dangerous teams in 2002–03 as well. They had a decent regular season, finishing third in a tough group of eight teams and qualified to the next phase at the expense of teams like Real Madrid and Partizan Belgrade. The club came closer than any team to knocking off the eventual champions FC Barcelona in two heartbreaking games in the EuroLeague Top 16 groups (55–58, 77–80) and proved, despite the fact that they were not at their best during the early 2000s, that they were able to beat any team at any time.

The 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons were the worst in the modern history of Olympiacos. In both seasons, the team was eliminated in the Greek Cup and finished in the 8th place of the Greek League. Especially in the latter season, Olympiacos had a dismal performance in the EuroLeague, which filled many of the club's fans with uncertainty.

The 2005–06 season saw the return of the Red giants, which overcame the previous down years with a nice combination of young talent and experienced veterans which paid off for the club. Players added to the club like Renaldas Seibutis, Quincy Lewis, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Giorgos Printezis and, above all, Sofoklis Schortsanitis, were viewed by some to be a possible solid core of players for the team for many years to come. That season seemed to be very promising for the Red giants. However, the promising Reds were eliminated from the Greek Cup in their first knock-out match of the competition. Olympiacos survived a difficult EuroLeague regular season and shined in the Top 16, advancing to the quarterfinal playoffs. The Reds were just a win away from making it to the Final Four for the first time since 1999. Maccabi Tel Aviv won the best-of-three playoff series 2–1, but game 3 went down to the wire. Experience proved to be a decisive factor in the final 2 minutes of the game, when the hosts managed to seal a 77–73 win and advanced to the Final Four in Prague. Tyus Edney earned EuroLeague February MVP honors, as well as ranking third in assists at the end of the regular season and second in the Top 16. Olympiacos also shined in its domestic competition, as the Reds made it to the Greek League finals for the first time in five years by surviving a thrilling five-game series against Maroussi. Despite their losing in the final playoff series, it was clear that the Reds were back where they used to be, becoming a team able to challenge for every title.

In the 2006–07 season, with the signings of head coach Pini Gershon and Arvydas Macijauskas, the Reds were one of the favorites to claim the EuroLeague crown, but they did not manage to qualify to the Athens Final Four. They were eliminated from the Greek Cup as well. In the Greek League playoffs, they made it to the finals after winning 3–2 a best of five semi-final against Aris. Although Olympiacos had to overcome their home court disadvantage, they won the last match in Thessaloniki and made it to the best of five finals, having again a home court disadvantage, this time against Panathinaikos. The club had to beat their arch-rivals to win their first Greek Championship since 1997. But they finished second in one of the best final series ever played in the Greek League. At the opening game of the series in Panathinaikos' home, the Reds lost 72–79, but they won the second game in Peace and Friendship Stadium 76–72. In the third match, Olympiacos lost 86–85 in overtime, with the Reds complaining furiously against the referees, who did not call a clear foul against Scoonie Penn with only 3 seconds left in the game.^[13][14] Olympiacos won the next game easily, 78–68 in Piraeus, but in the last away game, the Reds lost 76–89.

In the 2007–08 season, Olympiacos was once again considered amongst the favorites to reach the Final Four of the EuroLeague. It was also considered one of the two favorites, along with Panathinaikos, to win the Greek championship. In the Greek League regular season the team had a record of 22 wins and 4 defeats, and had the second most prolific offensive team in the league. In the quarter-finals of the playoffs, Olympiacos swept AEK Athens in a best-of-three series and in the semi-finals they beat Maroussi in a best-of-five series, 3–2. They finally finished second, losing in the finals of the Greek League. They also reached the final of the Greek Cup after 4 years, but they did not manage to take the title. In the EuroLeague, the team qualified for the third phase of the competition (quarter-finals). They played against the eventual winners CSKA Moscow and despite grabbing a thrilling away win in the first match of the series in CSKA Universal Sports Hall in Moscow (76–74 with Qyntel Woods scoring 20 points and Lynn Greer sinking a spectacular game-winning buzzer beater which ended CSKA's 27-game winning streak at home), they lost the second game in Piraeus and were eventually eliminated by 2–1 wins after the third game in Moscow.

The 2008–09 season began with high expectations due to a big budget and a great roster with players like Josh Childress, Thodoris Papaloukas, Miloš Teodosić, Nikola Vujčić, Ioannis Bourousis, Lynn Greer, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Sofoklis Schortsanitis and Giorgos Printezis. The club's season was only moderately successful however, as they reached the finals of both the Greek Cup and the Greek Championship. In the Greek Championship regular season, the team set a record with 25 wins against only 1 defeat, but in the finals of the Greek League playoffs, they lost the series 3–1, despite having the home court advantage. In the EuroLeague, they reached the Final Four for the first time in 10 years, eliminating Real Madrid with 3–1 wins. Having secured the home advantage, they won the first two games in Piraeus (88–79 and 79–73) and managed to secure an away win (75–78) in Madrid in Game 4 of the series, thus advancing to the EuroLeague Final Four after 1999. In the Final Four in Berlin, they faced arch-rivals Panathinaikos in a close, heartbreaking thriller: Olympiacos trailed by two points and had the ball for the last possession. The ball went to Bourousis but his close shot bounced out, with Childress being unable to score with a last-second tip as well. Despite the loss in a match that could have easily gone either way, the team's great effort and the club's return to the elite of European basketball were clear signs of their future success.

The 2009–10 season was the best in a long time for Olympiacos. The management wanted to bring another big player to the team, after Josh Childress. And they did, agreeing with the Lithuanian NBA player of the Denver Nuggets, Linas Kleiza. With the help of these two and under the guidance of coach Panagiotis Giannakis the club managed to take the Greek Cup defeating their arch-rivals Panathinaikos 68–64 in the final. In the EuroLeague, the Reds had an impressive run in the regular season and the Top 16, finishing as group winners in both phases. In the quarter-final playoffs, the faced the Polish champions Asseco Prokom Gdynia and eliminated them with 3–1 wins, reaching for the second consecutive season the EuroLeague Final Four which was held in Paris. In the semi-final the team managed to defeat Partizan Belgrade 83–80 in overtime in a thrilling match, with Kleiza scoring 19 points. Olympiacos returned to the EuroLeague Final after 1997, facing FC Barcelona, the very team they had beaten in the 1997 Final. History did not repeat itself, as Olympiacos lost 68–86 to FC Barcelona in the final. In the Greek Championship finals, the club lost 3–1 wins to Panathinaikos after an intense third game that would have put them ahead 1–2, with the Reds having again huge complaints over the referees' performance.^[15] The fourth game of the series was disrupted several times and the arena was cleared of all fans to complete the remaining few minutes.

In July 2010, Olympiacos offered a three-year contract worth €13,200,000 euros gross income to the famous Greek guard Vassilis Spanoulis, and came to an agreement with the player. The great Serbian coach Dušan Ivković agreed with the club, and with a roster of players such as Miloš Teodosić, Vassilis Spanoulis, Thodoris Papaloukas, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Jamon Gordon, Rasho Nesterović, and Ioannis Bourousis, Olympiacos became a favorite to win the 2010–11 Euroleague. In the opening game of the Top 16, Olympiacos got a 70–84 defeat in Athens, against Fenerbahçe Ülker, but one month later, Olympiacos defeated the Turkish champions with a 65–80 win in Istanbul, and took the first place of the Top 16 Group H. In the quarter-finals, Olympiacos faced Mens Sana Siena. In the first game of a best-of-five series, the Reds achieved a great performance, defeating Mens Sana with an 89–41 score, at the Peace and Friendship stadium, in Athens, but the Italian club managed to win the second game (65–82), breaking the home advantage of the Reds. Olympiacos did not manage to win any of the next two away games, and got eliminated from the 2011 EuroLeague Final Four. On 15 May 2011, Olympiacos defeated arch-rivals Panathinaikos, 74–68, in the Greek Cup Final, and won the ninth Greek Cup in the club's history. In the Greek League, Olympiacos took the first place in the regular season, but despite earning home-court advantage for the finals, they lost the first game at home, and suffered a 3–1 defeat in a best-of-five series, as they let a chance at the championship slip away.

In the summer of 2011, Olympiacos saw many experienced players leave the team, after a reduction of the team's budget by over 50%. The youthful team under coach Dušan Ivković initially heavily depended on team leader Vassilis Spanoulis, losing games regularly when he was not playing. The team that the press thought might not even qualify for the Top 16, improved dramatically over the course of the season, and under the great performances of Vassilis Spanoulis, Giorgos Printezis, Kostas Papanikolaou, Kyle Hines, Joey Dorsey, Pero Antić, Acie Law, Kostas Sloukas, and Vangelis Mantzaris, Olympiacos managed to reach the 2011–12 Euroleague Final Four in Istanbul, after breaking the home-advantage of the Italian champions, Mens Sana Siena, winning with a 75–82 score in the first game of a best-of-five series in Italy, in a reversal of the previous season's quarter-finals. Going to Istanbul as an outsider, Olympiacos upset the odds, and beat the two favourites, FC Barcelona in the semi-final, with a score 68–64, and CSKA Moscow in the final, with a 62–61 score, coming back after trailing by 19 points in the most dramatic final in the history of EuroLeague. Printezis scored a game-winner, off an assist from Spanoulis, with a few tenths of a second left, to complete the epic comeback, and give Olympiacos the win, and the second EuroLeague Championship in their history. Vassilis Spanoulis, the man who provided the assist for Printezis' buzzer-beating hook-shot, was voted Final Four MVP. The most successful season of the Reds since 1997, was completed by seizing the Greek Championship as well. They eliminated PAOK in the quarter-finals, and Panionios in the semi-finals, securing their spot in the Greek Finals undefeated. They entered the Greek Finals having the home-court advantage, after their first place in the regular season, and their impressive 23–1 record. There, Olympiacos faced their arch-rivals Panathinaikos, and won the best-of-five series 3–2 (84–78, 84–72, 82–76), celebrating the tenth Greek Championship in their history, and their first since 1997.

After the end of a dreamy season, both domestically and internationally, legendary coach Dušan Ivković decided to leave the club, leaving the club's owners, the Angelopoulos brothers, with a hard decision regarding his replacement. The club's owners decided to hire the highly promising Greek coach Giorgos Bartzokas (who had very successful tenures in Marousi and Panionios) as the new head coach of the European Champions. Stratos Perperoglou, Giorgi Shermadini and the two-time NBA Champion Josh Powell joined the team to replace Marko Kešelj, Joey Dorsey, and Lazaros Papadopoulos. In May 2013, Olympiacos, under the guidance of coach Bartzokas, became EuroLeague Champion for the second year in a row,^[16] becoming the first and only Greek club, and the only club since Maccabi Tel Aviv in European-wide basketball, to become back-to-back EuroLeague Champions, in the Euroleague Basketball Company era (Euroleague 2000–01 season to present), and only the third club in history since the establishment of the modern era Final Four format in 1987–88 season, to achieve that honour. After a solid display in both the regular season and the Top 16, they qualified for the quarter-finals, having earned the home advantage. They faced Anadolu Efes Istanbul, and managed to eliminate the Turkish side, by winning the best-of-five series 3–2, after a thrilling Game 5 in SEF. Olympiacos managed to rally from a 15-point second-quarter deficit to win the game, with an 82–72 scoreline, thus securing the chance to defend their European crown in the Final Four. In the Final Four, Olympiacos managed to put forth two outstanding basketball displays. After rolling past CSKA Moscow with a smashing 69–52 win in the semi-final, they managed to beat Real Madrid 100–88 in the final at London's The O2 Arena, roaring back from a 17-point deficit in the first quarter, and scoring 90 points in the remaining three-quarters. EuroLeague MVP Vassilis Spanoulis led the charge with 22 points (all in the second half), and was eventually voted Final Four MVP for the second consecutive season, and third overall in his career. Thus joining Toni Kukoč, as the only two players in history to achieve that distinction on three occasions. Acie Law scored 20 points with 5 assists, and Kyle Hines added 12 points with 3 blocks, one of which was a spectacular chase-down block on a fast break layup attempt by Nikola Mirotić.

After winning the EuroLeague championship for the second straight season, Olympiacos qualified to play at the 2013 edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup, against the 2013 FIBA Americas League champions, Pinheiros Basquete, for the official Club World Cup title. The two-game aggregate score series was hosted in Ginásio José Corrêa Arena, in Barueri, São Paulo, and Olympiacos dominated the series. They won both games quite convincingly (2–0), winning the first game of the series by a score of 81 to 70, and the second game by a score of 86 to 69. Team captain Vassilis Spanoulis was named the 2013 FIBA Intercontinental Cup MVP.^[17][18] Olympiacos lifted the trophy in front of their ecstatic fans from the Greek community of Brazil, and celebrated their third international title in less than 2 years. In the EuroLeague, they reached the quarter-finals, where they played against Real Madrid, the very team they had beaten in the previous year's final. Real Madrid entered the series with home-court advantage, and Olympiacos couldn't overturn the situation, losing the series 3–2 to the Spanish champions, after five intense games, and missing the chance to defend their back-to-back European crown.

In the 2014–15 season, Olympiacos had another great season, reaching the EuroLeague Final, and seizing the Greek Championship in a convincing way. In EuroLeague, after an impressive run in the regular season and the Top 16, they qualified for the quarter-finals for the tenth consecutive season (2006–2015), which was an all-time record in European basketball history at the time, shared with FC Barcelona,^[19] the very club they were drawn to play against for a Final Four spot. FC Barcelona entered the series with the home-court advantage, and won the first game at home. Olympiacos bounced back from the loss, and managed to put on a top-class display in Game 2, beating FC Barcelona 63–76, at Palau Blaugrana. With the home-advantage in their hands, the Reds beat FC Barcelona twice at Peace and Friendship Stadium, winning the playoff series 3–1. Game 4 of the series was nothing less than a dramatic thriller. The game was tied at 68–68, with only 5.2 seconds remaining on game the clock. Olympiacos had possession of the ball, and just a small amount of time for a last play. The ball went to Giorgos Printezis (hero of the 2012 EuroLeague Final), who hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer to secure the Final Four spot for his team (71–68), with Olympiacos fans erupting in frenetic celebrations. In the Final Four in Madrid, Olympiacos beat CSKA Moscow, 70–68, in the semi-final, coming back from a 9-point deficit in the last four minutes of the game. Captain Vassilis Spanoulis led Olympiacos to the final, by scoring 11 points in the last minutes of the 4th quarter, by hitting some really tough shots in the game's last crucial minutes. In the EuroLeague Final, Olympiacos did not manage to win their third EuroLeague title in four years, as they lost to rivals Real Madrid, who played the final at their home court. Despite the title loss, Olympiacos proved yet again their dominating presence in European basketball, as they had become the most successful club in European basketball since 2008, with two EuroLeague Championships (2012, 2013), three other EuroLeague Finals appearances (2010, 2015, 2017), and six EuroLeague Final Four appearances in seven years (2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017).

In Greece, Olympiacos had a great regular season, ending up with an impressive record of 25 wins and only 1 defeat. In the playoffs, they reached the finals, after eliminating Aris in the semi-finals (3–1 series win). In the finals, they totally dominated the series, and swept their arch-rivals Panathinaikos, with a 3–0 series win (76–70, 69–76, 93–74). Winning the 2015 Greek Championship in convincing fashion. Team head coach Giannis Sfairopoulos' guidance, as well as the team's solid performance, both defensively and offensively, paved the way for the historic 3–0 series sweep in the Greek League Finals, which was met with big celebrations from Olympiacos fans, at the title ceremony in SEF.

The 2015–16 season proved historical for Olympiacos, who had gained home court advantage in the Greek League playoffs, after a 25–1 regular season record. In the Greek League finals they faced their arch-rivals Panathinaikos and despite losing the first game at home, they managed to win the best-of-five series 3–1, to clinch its second consecutive title at Panathinaikos home court.

Olympiacos captain Vassilis Spanoulis scored a buzzer-beating three-pointer in front of Nick Calathes, helping Olympiacos win the second game of the series with 68–66, breaking Panathinaikos' home court. Then, with the best-of-five series being 2–1 in favour of Olympiacos, the two teams faced each other again in O.A.C.A. Vassilis Spanoulis, shocked Panathinaikos again, this time at the last second of the second overtime of the game: Panathinaikos led by two points and Spanoulis, who was being guarded by Dimitris Diamantidis (in what proved to be the last match of his career), stepped back from him and buried a buzzer-beating three point shot from 9 meters distance, winning the match and the title inside their rivals' home court, in front of 19,000 stunned Panathinaikos fans.

Vassilis Spanoulis scored 25 points in Olympiacos 82–81 decisive win and was voted Greek Basket League MVP and Greek Basket League Finals MVP.

The 2018–19 season was the most turbulent in Olympiacos and Greek basketball history. It was the season that the ongoing feud between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos peaked, following Olympiacos decisions after their long-lasting protests for the relationship of the Hellenic Basketball Federation with Panathinaikos, the officiating in the games between the two arch-rivals and the exclusion of EuroLeague referees from national competitions.^[20]

Initially, in the 2018–19 Greek Cup semi-final against Panathinaikos, Olympiacos decided to withdraw and to not return for the second half of the game in protest for the referees decisions, despite the possible sanctions for the team for leaving the game.^[21] In the following day, Olympiacos announced that they would not play again any league or cup game against Panathinaikos, unless it was officiated exclusively by foreign referees, as well as any national competition game against any opponent, if any of the forementioned Cup semi-final's referees (Anastopoulos, Manos and Panagiotou) was set to officiate; furthermore, Giannakopoulos was not anymore allowed to enter the Peace and Friendship Stadium under any capacity he might be using, also asking from the authorities to investigate the extremely low betting odds for Panathinaikos to win the Cup semi-final, after the referees' names were announced.^[22][23] At first, Olympiacos was punished with a deduction of 6 points from the same year's league table.^[24]

Olympiacos announced that their decisions were fully supported by the parent club's Olympiacos CFP chairman, Michalis Kountouris.^[25] As the time for the game of the 2018–19 Greek League's second round was approaching, Olympiacos officially informed the Hellenic Basketball Federation that they insist on their position not to play any game officiated by the three forementioned referees, or any game against Panathinaikos that will not be officiated by foreign referees.^[26] Previously, Panathinaikos had expressed their opposition to the demand of the Reds.^[27] After the announcement of the Greek referees who were going to officiate the forthcoming derby, Olympiacos announced that they would not participate in the game,^[28][29] and even a last minute meeting under the Greek Deputy Minister for Sports ended with a quarrelling between the people of the two clubs and with Panathinaikos' owner Giannakopoulos cursing Olympiacos' owners and chanting about the forthcoming relegation of his club's eternal enemy.^[30] PAO was awarded the away win for this game by 20–0 and Olympiacos was penalized with point deduction.^[31]

For the last matchday of the league's regular season, the central refereeing committee announced that Anastopoulos, one of the three referees of Cup semi-final, was drawn to officiate Olympiacos' home game against Promitheas Patras, after Giannakopoulos pressure for the three referees to be included in the draw for the Reds game. That meant that if Olympiacos insisted on their position not to take part in a game officiated by Anastopoulos, Manos and Panagiotou, then the red giant would be relegated to the second division, a penalty for any team that forfeits two league games.^[32] Finally, Anastopoulos was replaced after his request not to officiate the game, which took place regularly,^[33] something that led Panathinaikos to protest with their withdrawal from their last regular season game against Kymi, which was awarded the win and escaped relegation, while the Greens were punished with a 6-point deduction.^[34][35]

In the final standings of the regular season, Panathinaikos with −6 points and Olympiacos with −8 points, and one more point not awarded to each one, were ranked in the 3rd and 6th place respectively despite having the two best records, which meant that they were to play against each other in the first playoffs round.^[36] However, Olympiacos proceeded to legal action, asking from the high council for the solution of athletic disputes to void the last matchday of the regular season, pointing out that all referees assignments were illegal, thus the playoffs were postponed for one week.^[36][37][38] The Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association decided to confirm the final standings,^[36] with Olympiacos talking about violation of the sporting legislation.^[39][40]

Olympiacos announced that they would not compete in the playoffs against Panathinaikos, since not only were foreign referees not appointed, but also two of the Cup semi-final referees (Anastopoulos and Manos) were drawn to officiate the first playoffs derby.^[41] In the face of this possibility EuroLeague Basketball president, Jordi Bertomeu, accused the Hellenic Basketball Federation of not intervening to resolve the dispute between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos, describing the situation of the Greek basketball and the forthcoming relegation of Olympiacos as unthinkable.^[42] Olympiacos, finally, did not appear in the first playoffs game at Panathinaikos home arena, which meant that the Reds would get relegated to the second division for forfeiting two league games,^[43][44] Later, the Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association officially announced the relegation of Olympiacos to the Greek A2 Basket League, due to the non-participation in a league playoffs game; Olympiacos were eliminated for the rest of the playoffs and were also placed at the bottom of the final standings, with all their results voided and non-replaceable.^[45]

The club's former coach, Giannis Sfairopoulos, stated that Olympiacos chose the extreme way to change a situation that existed for years, something they tried to do in various ways in the past but nothing worked,^[46] and that they have to change the status in Greek basketball.^[47] Panathinaikos' coach, Rick Pitino, stated that Greek basketball needs Olympiacos and asked from them to change their mind.^[48] Hellenic Basketball Federation's president, George Vassilakopoulos, after his long-lasting silence, stated: "It will be a disaster for basketball, for such a great club with a history like Olympiacos to play in the second division and a solution must be reached fast. I'm clear about this". Newly appointed Greek Deputy Minister for Sports, Lefteris Avgenakis, and Vassilakopoulos, both agreed that Olympiacos should be part of the Greek Basket League and that a solution should be found,^[49] while his predecessor, Giorgos Vasiliadis, also accused of his passive stance, revealed that he had requested FIBA to send foreign referees to the league games.^[50] However, no action was taken maybe due to Panathinaikos constant threats that they would withdraw from the league, if Olympiacos remained in the first division.^[51][52] In the meantime, Olympiacos appeals about the league last matchday's legality were rejected,^[53] and they decided to take the Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association to the sports court.^[54]

Finally, Olympiacos announced that they decided to register an entirely separate squad for the 2019–20 Greek second division and 2019–20 Greek Cup, for reasons of legality, and that squad would be a secondary "B" team, with a different name (Olympiacos B Development Team) and using the Peace and Friendship Stadium's practice court as their home arena, with the senior team playing exclusively in EuroLeague, which "has all the elements that characterize a serious, modern and reliable league", according to their announcement.^[55] After losing the first EuroLeague game of the season against ASVEL Villeurbanne, Olympiacos and David Blatt parted ways.^[56] His assistant Kęstutis Kemzūra became the head coach of the team until the end of the season.^[57]

After the 2021 Hellenic Basketball Federation elections, the situation changed and finally the old establishment with the 82-years old Vassilakopoulos was replaced by new faces. Olympiacos returned to the Greek Basket League after 2 years with great success: they won the 2021–22 Greek Basket League, beating their arch-rivals Panathinaikos with 3-0 wins in the finals (74–61, 78–72, 93–74), the 2021–22 Greek Cup, beating Panathinaikos by 81–73 in the final in Crete, as well as the 2022 Greek Super Cup, beating Panathinaikos once again by a 67–52 scorline in the final in Rhodes.^[58] Therefore, they completed a domestic Treble, winning the season's all three available Greek titles.

Apart from the 2022 Treble, Olympiacos returned to the Final Four of the EuroLeague. They finished in the second place in the 2021–22 EuroLeague Regular Season and they were drawn to play against AS Monaco in the 2022 EuroLeague Playoffs. Olympiacos managed to eliminate AS Monaco with 3–2 wins in the best-of-five playoff series, winning the last match in Piraeus with a 94–88 scoreline. In the Final Four in Belgrade, Olympiacos finally finished in the fourth place, after losing the semi-final to Anadolu Efes in the last second of the game.

Olympiacos won the Greek championship and Greek Cup again in season 2022–23, thus completing a back-to-back domestic double. They won their 14th Greek Championship with 3–1 wins, after defeating Panathinaikos 63–35 in OAKA, in game 4 of the finals.

In the EuroLeague, they finished first in the regular season of the competition, with a record of 24–10 and having the best defense, a unique fact for a Greek team in European competitions.^[59] Olympiacos reached the final of the event, where they were defeated 78–79, conceding a 2-point shot with 3 seconds left in the game.

On 30 April 2023, the famous Forbes magazine praised Olympiacos, describing them as the best basketball team outside the NBA.^[60]

Olympiacos won the Greek Basketball Cup in season 2023-24.^[61]

In the EuroLeague Olympiacos finished fifth in the regular season of the competition and qualified to the EuroLeague Final Four after winning Barcelona at playoffs.

In July 2024, Olympiacos announced the come back of Sasha Vezenkov after a one-year absence during which he was playing basketball for Sacramento Kings.^[62]

Olympiacos won the Greek championship.

In the Euroleague, Olympiacos finished first in the regular season of the competition, with a record of 24–10 and in Final Four finished in 3rd place after beating Panathinaikos 97-93 in the third-place game.

Since the 1991–92 season, Olympiacos' home court has been the Peace and Friendship Stadium (Greek: Στάδιο Ειρήνης και Φιλίας), commonly known by the acronym SEF (Greek: ΣΕΦ), which is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Neo Faliro, Piraeus, directly opposite the Karaiskakis Stadium, home ground of Olympiacos FC. Olympiacos moved to the Glyfada Indoor Hall during the 2001–02 season and to the Korydallos Indoor Hall during the 2002–04 seasons, as SEF was closed for renovation for the 2004 Summer Olympics. The current seating capacity of the arena for Olympiacos' home games is 12,300.

In July 2025, the Greek government announced an agreement in principle for the concession of SEF's use, management and exploitation to Olympiacos for a period of 49 years. The club's goal is to convert SEF into a purely basketball arena, with a capacity of 17-18,000 seats, by 2027.^[63]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. According to FIBA regulations, any player over the age of 17 who has played for a national team in an official FIBA competition cannot play for a national team of another country, save in exceptional cases.^[64] Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Olympiacos roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 0 Walkup, Thomas 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 32 – (1992-12-30)30 December 1992 SF 3 Ward, Tyson 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 28 – (1997-07-26)26 July 1997 SG 5 Larentzakis, Giannoulis 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 31 – (1993-09-22)22 September 1993 G 9 Lee, Saben 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 26 – (1999-06-23)23 June 1999 C 10 Fall, Moustapha  2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) 124 kg (273 lb) 33 – (1992-02-23)23 February 1992 G 12 Evans, Keenan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 28 – (1996-08-23)23 August 1996 PF 14 Vezenkov, Sasha 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 30 – (1995-08-06)6 August 1995 SF 16 Papanikolaou, Kostas (C) 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 35 – (1990-07-31)31 July 1990 SG 21 Netzipoglou, Omiros 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 22 – (2002-11-18)18 November 2002 SG 22 Dorsey, Tyler 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 29 – (1996-02-18)18 February 1996 PF 25 Peters, Alec 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 30 – (1995-04-13)13 April 1995 C 33 Milutinov, Nikola 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 116 kg (256 lb) 30 – (1994-12-30)30 December 1994 C 37 Antetokounmpo, Kostas 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 27 – (1997-11-20)20 November 1997 C 45 Hall, Donta 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 28 – (1997-08-07)7 August 1997 SG 77 McKissic, Shaquielle 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 35 – (1990-08-17)17 August 1990 SG 94 Fournier, Evan 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 32 – (1992-10-29)29 October 1992	Head coach Giorgos Bartzokas Assistant coach(es) Christos Pappas George Bozikas Stefanos Triantafyllos Giannis Kalampokis Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: August 5, 2025

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3	Inactive
C	Nikola Milutinov	Donta Hall		Kostas Antetokounmpo	Moustapha Fall
PF	Sasha Vezenkov	Alec Peters
SF	Tyson Ward	Shaquielle McKissic	Kostas Papanikolaou	Omiros Netzipoglou
SG	Evan Fournier	Tyler Dorsey		Giannoulis Larentzakis
PG	Thomas Walkup	Keenan Evans	Saben Lee	Giorgos Bourneles

Note: GBL requires a maximum of 7 active foreigners in a team's roster, while 6 of them can be on a 12-men game sheet.

In

Date	Player	Pos.	From
1 July 2025	Filip Petrušev	PF	Red Star Belgrade (end of loan)
1 July 2025	Giorgos Tanoulis	PF/C	Maroussi Athens (end of loan)
2 July 2025	Tyson Ward	SF/SG	Paris Basketball
10 July 2025	Kostas Antetokounmpo	C	UCAM Murcia
11 July 2025	Antonios Karagiannidis	PF/C	Promitheas Patras
12 July 2025	Omiros Netzipoglou	SG/SF	AEK Athens
19 July 2025	Donta Hall	C	Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz

Out

Date	Player	Pos.	To
11 June 2025	Nigel Williams-Goss	PG	Zalgiris Kaunas
13 June 2025	Moses Wright	C	Zalgiris Kaunas
25 June 2025	Luca Vildoza	PG/SG	Virtus Bologna
10 July 2025	Naz Mitrou-Long	PG/SG	Free agent
11 July 2025	Antonios Karagiannidis	PF/C	Promitheas Patras (loan 2025-26)
26 July 2025	Filip Petrušev	PF	Dubai Basketball
3 August 2025	Giorgos Tanoulis	PF/C	Aris Thessaloniki (loan 2025-26)

No.	Player	Position	Tenure	Date retired
7	Vassilis Spanoulis	PG/SG	2010–2021	17 September 2023[65]
15	Giorgos Printezis	PF	2001–2009, 2011–2022	6 September 2024[66]

Years Player 1967–1974 Makis Katsafados 1974–1984 Steve Giatzoglou 1984–1986 Andreas Kozakis 1986–1988 Giannis Paragios 1988–1995 Argyris Kampouris

Years Player 1995–1997 Giorgos Sigalas 1997–2005 Milan Tomić 2005–2006 Nikos Chatzis 2006–2008 Manolis Papamakarios 2008–2011 Thodoris Papaloukas

Years Player 2011–2021 Vassilis Spanoulis 2021–2022 Giorgos Printezis 2022–present Kostas Papanikolaou

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  Panagiotis Vasilopoulos
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  Stratos Perperoglou
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  Bryant Dunston
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  Vangelis Mantzaris
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  Moustapha Fall

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Greek League
  • Winners (15): 1948–49, 1959–60, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2024–25
  • Runners-up (24): 1956–57, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1985–86, 1991–92, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2023–24
• Greek Cup
  • Winners (12): 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1993–94, 1996–97, 2001–02, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
  • Runners-up (10): 1978–79, 1982–83, 1985–86, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2017–18, 2024–25
• Greek Super Cup
  • Winners (3) (record): 2022, 2023, 2024

• EuroLeague
  • Winners (3): 1996–97, 2011–12, 2012–13
  • Runners-up (6): 1993–94, 1994–95, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2022–23
  • Third Place (3): 1998–99, 2023–24, 2024–25
  • Final Four (14): 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

• FIBA Intercontinental Cup
  • Winners (1): 2013

• Triple Crown

Season (1): 1996–97

• Domestic Double

Seasons (6): 1975–76, 1977–78, 1993–94, 1996–97, 2021–22, 2022–23

Seasons	Greek League	Greek Cup	European Competitions	Head Coach	Roster
1946–47	3rd place				Petros Dimitropoulos, Xenophon Nikolaidis, Alexandros Koutsoukos, Emmanouil Chatzinikolaou, Anagnostopoulos, Michopoulos
1947–48					Ioannis Spanoudakis, Alekos Spanoudakis, Alexandros Koutsoukos, Emmanouil Chatzinikolaou, Petros Dimitropoulos, Xenophon Nikolaidis,
1948–49	Champion			Ioannis Spanoudakis	Ioannis Spanoudakis, Alekos Spanoudakis, Alexandros Koutsoukos, Emmanouil Chatzinikolaou, Stylianos Tsikatos, Babis Gerakarakis, Alekos Sidiropoulos, Fotis Gounopoulos, Sinopoulos, Arkoudeas
1949–50	3rd place			Ioannis Spanoudakis	Ioannis Spanoudakis, Alekos Spanoudakis, Alexandros Koutsoukos, Emmanouil Chatzinikolaou, Babis Gerakarakis, Alekos Sidiropoulos, Fotis Gounopoulos, Sinopoulos, Arkoudeas
1950–51	3rd place			Ioannis Spanoudakis	Ioannis Spanoudakis, Alekos Spanoudakis, Alexandros Koutsoukos, Babis Gerakarakis, Alekos Sidiropoulos, Fotis Gounopoulos, Sinopoulos, Arkoudeas
1951–52				Ioannis Spanoudakis	Ioannis Spanoudakis, Alekos Spanoudakis, Alexandros Koutsoukos, Babis Gerakarakis, Alekos Sidiropoulos, Fotis Gounopoulos, Sinopoulos, Arkoudeas
1952–53	3rd place			Ioannis Spanoudakis	Ioannis Spanoudakis, Alekos Spanoudakis, Alexandros Koutsoukos, Babis Gerakarakis, Alekos Sidiropoulos, Fotis Gounopoulos, Sinopoulos, Arkoudeas
1953–54	3rd place			Ioannis Spanoudakis	Ioannis Spanoudakis, Alekos Spanoudakis, Alexandros Koutsoukos, Babis Gerakarakis, Alekos Sidiropoulos, Fotis Gounopoulos, Evangelos Papaioannou, Sinopoulos
1954–55	3rd place			Ioannis Spanoudakis	Ioannis Spanoudakis, Alekos Spanoudakis, Babis Gerakarakis, Fotis Gounopoulos, Evangelos Papaioannou, Theodoros Vamvakousis, Mimis Douratsos, Takis Argyropoulos, Sinopoulos
1955–56				Ioannis Spanoudakis	Ioannis Spanoudakis, Alekos Spanoudakis, Babis Gerakarakis, Evangelos Papaioannou, Theodoros Vamvakousis, Mimis Douratsos, Takis Argyropoulos
1956–57	Finalist			Ioannis Spanoudakis	Ioannis Spanoudakis, Alekos Spanoudakis, Babis Gerakarakis, Evangelos Papaioannou, Theodoros Vamvakousis, Mimis Douratsos, Takis Argyropoulos, Takis Bisilas
1957–58	6th place		Didn't participate	Ioannis Spanoudakis	Ioannis Spanoudakis, Alekos Spanoudakis, Babis Gerakarakis, Evangelos Papaioannou, Theodoros Vamvakousis, Mimis Douratsos, Takis Argyropoulos, Takis Bisilas
1958–59	4th place		Didn't participate	Ioannis Spanoudakis	Ioannis Spanoudakis, Alekos Spanoudakis, Babis Gerakarakis, Theodoros Vamvakousis, Mimis Douratsos, Takis Argyropoulos, Giannis Polychroniou
1959–60	Champion		Didn't participate	Ioannis Spanoudakis	Ioannis Spanoudakis, Alekos Spanoudakis, Babis Gerakarakis, Theodoros Vamvakousis, Mimis Douratsos, Takis Argyropoulos, Giannis Polychroniou, Vasilis Fasilis, Markos Kaloudis, Nikos Nikolaidis, Manolis Kazanidis, Spanos
1960–61	Didn't enter the playoffs		Champions Cup Last 24	Ioannis Spanoudakis	Ioannis Spanoudakis, Alekos Spanoudakis, Theodoros Vamvakousis, Mimis Douratsos, Takis Argyropoulos, Giannis Polychroniou, Vasilis Fasilis, Markos Kaloudis, Nikos Nikolaidis, Manolis Kazanidis, Nikos Kampouropoulos, Giannis Meimaris, Tasos Perdikaris
1961–62	Didn't enter the playoffs		Didn't participate	Ioannis Spanoudakis	Ioannis Spanoudakis, Alekos Spanoudakis, Theodoros Vamvakousis, Markos Kaloudis, Nikos Nikolaidis, Makis Katsafados
1962–63	Didn't enter the playoffs		Didn't participate	Ioannis Spanoudakis	Ioannis Spanoudakis, Alekos Spanoudakis, Theodoros Vamvakousis, Markos Kaloudis, Nikos Nikolaidis, Makis Katsafados
1963–64	10th place		Didn't participate	Giannis Koutsoulentis, Ioannis Spanoudakis	Ioannis Spanoudakis, Alekos Spanoudakis, Theodoros Vamvakousis, Markos Kaloudis, Nikos Nikolaidis, Makis Katsafados, Stavros Katsafados, Aris Giokas, Dimitris Kontogiannis, Manolis Arapis, Petros Polykandriotis, Giorgos Maltidis, Nasos Chlelmis, Kostas Perdikaris
1967	Division B Promoted		Didn't participate	Faidon Matthaiou	Thanasis Rammos, Makis Katsafados, Dimitris Psyllas, Altin Speerman, Ilias Gavas, Steve Pleropoulos, Stavros Katsafados, Giannis Papaiosif, Markos Kaloudis, Petros Polykandriotis, Giorgos Maltidis
1967–68	4th place		Didn't participate	Faidon Matthaiou	Thanasis Rammos, Tolis Spanos, Manolis Efstratiou, Makis Katsafados, Stelios Amerikanos, Dimitris Psyllas, Thanasis Papanagnos, Giannis Papaiosif, Stavros Katsafados, Petros Polykandriotis, Ilias Gavas, Markos Kaloudis, Dimitris Symeonidis, Steve Pleropoulos, Giorgos Maltidis
1968–69	5th place		Didn't participate	Faidon Matthaiou	Tolis Spanos, Thanasis Rammos, Manolis Efstratiou, Makis Katsafados, Stelios Amerikanos, Thanasis Papanagnos, Stavros Katsafados, Petros Polykandriotis, Markos Kaloudis, Giannis Papaiosif, Dimitris Symeonidis
1969–70	5th place		Didn't participate	Faidon Matthaiou	Tolis Spanos, Makis Katsafados, Thanasis Rammos, Stelios Amerikanos, Manolis Efstratiou, Stavros Katsafados, Thanasis Papanagnos, Petros Polykandriotis, Giannis Papaiosif, Markos Kaloudis
1970–71	3rd place		Didn't participate	Nikos Milas	Makis Katsafados, Tolis Spanos, Thanasis Rammos, Manolis Efstratiou, Stelios Amerikanos, Giannis Papaiosif, Jim Rettos, Stavros Katsafados, Petros Polykandriotis, Thanasis Papanagnos
1971–72	Finalist		Didn't participate	Faidon Matthaiou	Makis Katsafados, Tolis Spanos, Thanasis Rammos, Manolis Efstratiou, Stelios Amerikanos, Steve Giatzoglou, Jim Machairas, Jim Rettos, Stavros Katsafados, Petros Polykandriotis
1972–73	Finalist		Cup Winners Cup Last 12	Faidon Matthaiou	Steve Giatzoglou, Makis Katsafados, Giorgos Kastrinakis, Thanasis Rammos, Pavlos Diakoulas, Manolis Efstratiou, Jim Machairas, Giorgos Chalatsiadis, Stelios Amerikanos, Tolis Spanos, Stavros Katsafados
1973–74	6th place		Cup Winners Cup Last 12	Vangelis Sevdinoglou	Steve Giatzoglou, Giorgos Kastrinakis, Makis Katsafados, Pavlos Diakoulas, Manolis Efstratiou, Tolis Spanos, Thanasis Rammos, Giorgos Zervas, Kimonas Kokorogiannis, Charlie Yelverton
1974–75	Finalist		Didn't participate	Faidon Matthaiou	Pavlos Diakoulas, Steve Giatzoglou, Giorgos Kastrinakis, Paul Mellini, Thanasis Rammos, Nikos Sismanidis, Tolis Spanos, Giorgos Barlas, Giannis Garonis, Giorgos Zervas, Kimonas Kokorogiannis, Michalis Karellas
1975–76	Champion	Winner	Cup Winners Cup Last 8	Faidon Matthaiou	Giorgos Kastrinakis, Steve Giatzoglou, Pavlos Diakoulas, Paul Mellini, Thanasis Rammos, Giorgos Barlas, Nikos Sismanidis, Kimonas Kokorogiannis, Tolis Spanos, Paraskevas Tsantalis, Giannis Garonis, Michalis Karellas
1976–77	Finalist	Winner	Champions Cup Last 23	Themis Cholevas, Kostas Mourouzis	Steve Giatzoglou, Giorgos Kastrinakis, Pavlos Diakoulas, Thanasis Rammos, Giorgos Barlas, Kimonas Kokorogiannis, Paul Mellini, Giannis Garonis, Nikos Sismanidis, Tolis Spanos, Giannis Spetsiotis, Michalis Karellas
1977–78	Champion	Winner	Cup Winners Cup Last 15	Kostas Mourouzis	Steve Giatzoglou, Pavlos Diakoulas, Giorgos Barlas, Giorgos Kastrinakis, Thanasis Rammos, Paul Mellini, Kimonas Kokorogiannis, Giannis Garonis, Nikos Sismanidis, Michalis Karellas, Tolis Spanos, Giannis Spetsiotis
1978–79	Finalist	Finalist	Champions Cup Last 6	Kostas Mourouzis	Steve Giatzoglou, Pavlos Diakoulas, Giorgos Kastrinakis, Paul Mellini, Giorgos Barlas, Aris Raftopoulos, Kimonas Kokorogiannis, Nikos Sismanidis, Tolis Spanos, Giannis Garonis, Michalis Karellas, Giannis Spetsiotis, Jerry Jenkins
1979–80	Finalist	Winner	Korać Cup Last 16	Kostas Mourouzis, Giorgos Barlas	Steve Giatzoglou, Pavlos Diakoulas, Giorgos Kastrinakis, Christos Iordanidis, Paul Mellini, Aris Raftopoulos, Kimonas Kokorogiannis, Nikos Sismanidis, Thanasis Rammos, Giannis Garonis, Andreas Kozakis
1980–81	Finalist	Last 16	Cup Winners Cup Last 20	Faidon Matthaiou	Steve Giatzoglou, Pavlos Diakoulas, Giorgos Kastrinakis, Kimonas Kokorogiannis, Markos Kassimis, Aris Raftopoulos, Christos Iordanidis, Giannis Paragios, Dimitris Sampanis, Andreas Kozakis, Nikos Sismanidis, Argyris Kampouris
1981–82	6th place	Last 4	Korać Cup Last 37	Michalis Kyritsis, Thymios Filippou	Steve Giatzoglou, Kimonas Kokorogiannis, Giorgos Skropolithas, Giorgos Kastrinakis, Giannis Paragios, Pavlos Diakoulas, Andreas Kozakis, Aris Raftopoulos, Dimitris Sampanis, Alexis Christodoulou
1982–83	5th place	Finalist	Korać Cup Last 42	Kostas Anastasatos, Giorgos Barlas	Steve Giatzoglou, Giannis Paragios, Markos Kasimis, Giorgos Kastrinakis, Kimonas Kokorogiannis, Andreas Kozakis, Aris Raftopoulos, Giorgos Skropolithas, Dimitris Sampanis, Argyris Kampouris, Alexis Christodoulou, Keith Woolfolk
1983–84	7th place	Last 16	Korać Cup Last 29	Thymios Filippou	Steve Giatzoglou, Andreas Kozakis, Giorgos Kastrinakis, Nikos Darivas, Giannis Paragios, Sarantis Papachristopoulos, Aris Raftopoulos, Argyris Kampouris, Kimonas Kokorogiannis, Dimitris Sampanis
1984–85	7th place	Last 16	Didn't participate	Faidon Matthaiou	Argyris Kampouris, Aris Raftopoulos, Dimitris Sampanis, Giannis Paragios, Andreas Kozakis, Nikos Darivas, Tzimis Maniatis, Sarantis Papachristopoulos, Giannis Koukis, Angelos Nalbantis, Dimitris Papadakis, Kypriotis
1985–86	Finalist	Finalist	Didn't participate	Kostas Anastasatos	Argyris Kampouris, Tzimis Maniatis, Giannis Paragios, Andreas Kozakis, Dimitris Sampanis, Alexis Christodoulou, Kostas Panagiotopoulos, Giannis Koukis, Angelos Nalbantis, Vasilis Dakoulas, Kostas Giannopoulos, Christos Margelis
1986–87	7th place	Last 4	Korać Cup Last 29	Kostas Anastasatos, Steve Giatzoglou	Tzimis Maniatis, Argyris Kampouris, Giannis Paragios, Kostas Panagiotopoulos, Alexis Christodoulou, Dimitris Sampanis, Giannis Koukis, Ilias Karkabasis, Vasilis Dakoulas, Kostas Giannopoulos, Thanasis Krempounis
1987–88	6th place	Last 16	Didn't participate	Steve Giatzoglou	Tzimis Maniatis, Giannis Paragios, Argyris Kampouris, Kostas Panagiotopoulos, Alexis Christodoulou, Dimitris Sampanis, Peter Balis, Ilias Karkabasis, Thanasis Krempounis, Vasilis Dakoulas, Dimos Oikonomakos
1988–89	8th place	Last 16	Korać Cup Last 16	Steve Giatzoglou	Carey Scurry, Tzimis Maniatis, Vaggelis Aggelou, Greg Oikonomou, Kostas Panagiotopoulos, Alexis Christodoulou, George Papadakos, Giannis Paragios, Stavros Elliniadis, Argyris Kampouris, Panagiotis Saridakis, Kostas Moraitis, Kenneth M. Corroon, Larry Middleton
1989–90	7th place	Last 16	Didn't participate	Makis Dendrinos, Michalis Kyritsis	Todd Mitchell, George Papadakos, Stavros Elliniadis, Tzimis Maniatis, Vaggelis Aggelou, Kostas Panagiotopoulos, Argyris Kampouris, Alexis Christodoulou, Kostas Moraitis, Ilias Karkabasis, Greg Oikonomou, Giorgos Momtsos
1990–91	8th place	Last 16	Didn't participate	Michalis Kyritsis, Thanasis Rammos	Glynn Blackwell, Stavros Elliniadis, George Papadakos, Tzimis Maniatis, Alexis Christodoulou, Alexis Giannopoulos, Panagiotis Karatzas, Argyris Kampouris, Giorgos Sigalas, Vaggelis Aggelou, Giorgos Momtsos, Stratos Makris, Tasos Rokos
1991–92	Finalist	Last 8	Didn't participate	Giannis Ioannidis	Žarko Paspalj, George Papadakos, Antonis Stamatis, Kostas Moraitis, Stavros Elliniadis, Giorgos Sigalas, Panagiotis Karatzas, Argyris Kampouris, Babis Papadakis, Vaggelis Aggelou, Alexis Giannopoulos, Ilias Karkabasis, Tzimis Maniatis, Kostas Peppes, Christos Margelis
1992–93	Champion	Last 4	EuroLeague Last 8	Giannis Ioannidis	Žarko Paspalj, Walter Berry, Milan Tomić, Dragan Tarlać, Giorgos Sigalas, Antonis Stamatis, Giorgos Limniatis, Stavros Elliniadis, George Papadakos, Babis Papadakis, Argyris Kampouris, Rod Higgins, Kostas Moraitis, Franko Nakić
1993–94	Champion	Winner	EuroLeague Finalist	Giannis Ioannidis	Žarko Paspalj, Roy Tarpley, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Milan Tomić, Giorgos Sigalas, Efthimis Bakatsias, Franko Nakić, Argyris Kampouris, Antonis Stamatis, Giorgos Limniatis, Panagiotis Karatzas, George Papadakos, Dragan Tarlać, Babis Papadakis
1994–95	Champion	Last 26	EuroLeague Finalist	Giannis Ioannidis	Eddie Johnson, Sasha Volkov, Dragan Tarlać, Milan Tomić, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Efthimis Bakatsias, Giorgos Sigalas, Franko Nakić, Giorgos Limniatis, Argyris Kampouris, Antonis Stamatis, Babis Papadakis, George Papadakos
1995–96	Champion	Last 8	EuroLeague Last 8	Giannis Ioannidis	David Rivers, Giorgos Sigalas, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Franko Nakić, Dragan Tarlać, Walter Berry, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Milan Tomić, Efthimis Bakatsias, George Papadakos, Vassilis Soulis, Nasos Galakteros, Anatoly Zourpenko
1996–97	Champion	Winner	EuroLeague Champion	Dušan Ivković	David Rivers, Giorgos Sigalas, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Dragan Tarlać, Christian Welp, Franko Nakić, Milan Tomić, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Willy Anderson, Efthimis Bakatsias, Evric Gray, Nasos Galakteros, Aleksey Savrasenko, Anatoly Zourpenko
			McDonald's Finalist
1997–98	3rd place	3rd place	EuroLeague Last 16	Dušan Ivković	Johnny Rogers, Michael Hawkins, Artūras Karnišovas, Milan Tomić, Dušan Vukčević, Dragan Tarlać, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Franko Nakić, Aleksey Savrasenko, Anatoly Zourpenko, Efthimis Bakatsias, Dimitris Karaplis, Nikos Michalos
1998–99	Finalist	Last 21	EuroLeague 3rd place	Dušan Ivković	Anthony Goldwire, Dragan Tarlać, Johnny Rogers, Arijan Komazec, Milan Tomić, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Fabricio Oberto, Dušan Vukčević, Arsène Ade-Mensah, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Vassilis Soulis, Aleksey Savrasenko, Nikos Pettas, Periklis Dorkofikis, Dimitris Karaplis
1999–00	3rd place	Last 16	EuroLeague Last 16	Giannis Ioannidis	James Robinson, Dragan Tarlać, Milan Tomić, Josh Grant, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Iñaki de Miguel, Dušan Vukčević, Blue Edwards, Arsène Ade-Mensah, Chris Morris, Vassilis Soulis, Franko Nakić, Aleksey Savrasenko, Nikos Pettas
2000–01	Finalist	3rd place	Euroleague Last 8	Ilias Zouros	Milan Tomić, Dino Radja, Dušan Vukčević, Nikos Oikonomou, Stéphane Risacher, Dimitris Papanikolaou, David Rivers, Patrick Femerling, Nikos Boudouris, Iñaki de Miguel, Vassilis Soulis, Periklis Dorkofikis, Nikos Pettas, Panagiotis Mantzanas
2001–02	Finalist	Winner	Euroleague Last 8	Ilias Zouros	Alphonso Ford, Stéphane Risacher, Thodoris Papaloukas, James Forrest, Aleksey Savrasenko, Milan Tomić, Iñaki de Miguel, Patrick Femerling, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Nikos Boudouris, Misan Nikagbatse, Dušan Jelić, Emre Ekim, Panagiotis Mantzanas, Periklis Dorkofikis
2002–03	4th place	Last 8	Euroleague Last 8	Ilias Zouros, Slobodan Subotić	DeMarco Johnson, Maurice Evans, Nenad Marković, Iñaki de Miguel, Milan Tomić, Christos Charisis, Nikos Boudouris, Giorgos Giannouzakos, Juan Antonio Morales, Aleksey Savrasenko, Misan Nikagbatse, Veljko Mršić, Kenny Miller, Mark Bradtke, Giorgos Printezis, Panagiotis Mantzanas, Savo Djikanovic, Panagiotis Katranas
2003–04	8th place	Finalist	Euroleague Last 16	Slobodan Subotić, Dragan Šakota, Milan Tomić	Panagiotis Liadelis, Goran Jurak, Christos Charisis, Boris Gorenc, Dalibor Bagarić, Giorgos Diamantopoulos, Rubén Wolkowyski, Vangelis Sklavos, Milan Tomić, Giorgos Giannouzakos, Giannis Kalambokis, Branko Milisavljević, Giorgos Printezis, Kostas Charissis, Josko Kafentzis
2004–05	8th place	Last 16	Euroleague Last 32	Milan Minić, Jonas Kazlauskas	Marque Perry, Ivan Zoroski, Lazaros Agadakos, Ivica Jurković, Lavor Postell, Vangelis Sklavos, Dušan Vukčević, Elvir Ovčina, Roger Mason, Boris Gorenc, Róbert Gulyás, Giannis Kalambokis, Jeff Nordgaard, Aggelos Koronios, Milan Tomić, Nikos Papanikolopoulos, Dimitris Misiakos, Giorgos Printezis
2005–06	Finalist	Last 8	Euroleague Last 8	Jonas Kazlauskas	Tyus Edney, Quincy Lewis, Manolis Papamakarios, Andrija Žižić, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Renaldas Seibutis, Nikos Barlos, Nikos Chatzis, Christos Charisis, Giorgos Printezis, Lazaros Agadakos, Matt Freije, Ivan Koljević, Nikos Argiropoulos, Dimitris Kalaitzidis, Eurelijus Zukauskas
2006–07	Finalist	Last 16	Euroleague Last 8	Pini Gershon	Scoonie Penn, Alex Acker, Andrija Žižić, Henry Domercant, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Giannis Bourousis, Manolis Papamakarios, Ryan Stack, Christos Charisis, Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Sam Hoskin, Nikos Barlos, Damir Mulaomerović, Vrbica Stefanov, Arvydas Macijauskas, Gerry McNamara
2007–08	Finalist	Finalist	Euroleague Last 8	Pini Gershon, Panagiotis Giannakis	Lynn Greer, Qyntel Woods, Marc Jackson, Miloš Teodosić, Roderick Blakney, Giannis Bourousis, Giorgos Printezis, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Arvydas Macijauskas, Kostas Vassiliadis, Jake Tsakalidis, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Manolis Papamakarios, Panagiotis Kafkis, Renaldas Seibutis, Sofoklis Schortsanitis
2008–09	Finalist	Finalist	Euroleague 4th place	Panagiotis Giannakis	Lynn Greer, Thodoris Papaloukas, Yotam Halperin, Giannis Bourousis, Nikola Vujčić, Josh Childress, Giorgos Printezis, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Miloš Teodosić, Zoran Erceg, Jannero Pargo, Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Michalis Pelekanos, Igor Milošević, Ian Vougioukas, Kostas Sloukas, Charis Giannopoulos
2009–10	Finalist	Winner	Euroleague Finalist	Panagiotis Giannakis	Linas Kleiza, Miloš Teodosić, Josh Childress, Thodoris Papaloukas, Nikola Vujčić, Yotam Halperin, Giannis Bourousis, Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Scoonie Penn, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Patrick Beverley, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Von Wafer, Kostas Papanikolaou, Andreas Glyniadakis, Kostas Sloukas
2010–11	Finalist	Winner	Euroleague Last 8	Dušan Ivković	Vassilis Spanoulis, Miloš Teodosić, Radoslav Nesterović, Thodoris Papaloukas, Jamon Gordon, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Giannis Bourousis, Zoran Erceg, Matt Nielsen, Kostas Papanikolaou, Yotam Halperin, Marko Kešelj, Michalis Pelekanos, Andreas Glyniadakis, Dimitrios Katsivelis, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Giorgos Printezis
2011–12	Champion	Finalist	Euroleague Champion	Dušan Ivković	Vassilis Spanoulis, Giorgos Printezis, Kostas Papanikolaou, Kyle Hines, Pero Antić, Martynas Gecevičius, Vangelis Mantzaris, Kostas Sloukas, Marko Kešelj, Acie Law, Joey Dorsey, Lazaros Papadopoulos, Kalin Lucas, Michalis Pelekanos, Dimitrios Katsivelis, Andreas Glyniadakis, Matt Howard, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos
2012–13	Finalist	Finalist	Euroleague Champion	Giorgos Bartzokas	Vassilis Spanoulis, Kostas Papanikolaou, Acie Law, Kyle Hines, Giorgos Printezis, Pero Antić, Stratos Perperoglou, Kostas Sloukas, Josh Powell, Vangelis Mantzaris, Giorgi Shermadini, Martynas Gecevičius, Dimitrios Mavroeidis, Dimitrios Katsivelis, Joey Dorsey, Doron Perkins, Giorgos Georgakis
			Intercontinental Cup Winners
2013–14	Finalist	Last 4	Euroleague Last 8	Giorgos Bartzokas	Vassilis Spanoulis, Matt Lojeski, Bryant Dunston, Vangelis Mantzaris, Kostas Sloukas, Brent Petway, Giorgos Printezis, Stratos Perperoglou, Cedric Simmons, Acie Law, Giorgi Shermadini, Ioannis Papapetrou, Mardy Collins, Mirza Begić, Dimitrios Katsivelis, Dimitrios Agravanis, Vasileios Kavvadas, Jamario Moon, Andreas Christodoulou
2014–15	Champion	Last 8	Euroleague Finalist	Giorgos Bartzokas, Giannis Sfairopoulos	Vassilis Spanoulis, Vangelis Mantzaris, Matt Lojeski, Bryant Dunston, Othello Hunter, Oliver Lafayette, Kostas Sloukas, Giorgos Printezis, Brent Petway, Tremmell Darden, Dimitrios Agravanis, Ioannis Papapetrou, Dimitrios Katsivelis, Vasileios Kavvadas, Michalis Tsairelis, Andreas Christodoulou, Vasilis Mouratos
2015–16	Champion	Last 8	Euroleague Last 16	Giannis Sfairopoulos	Vangelis Mantzaris, Vassilis Spanoulis, Giorgos Printezis, Daniel Hackett, D.J. Strawberry, Othello Hunter, Ioannis Papapetrou, Matt Lojeski, Dimitrios Agravanis, Nikola Milutinov, Ioannis Athinaiou, Darius Johnson-Odom, Kostas Papanikolaou, Patric Young, Michalis Tsairelis, Hakim Warrick, Shawn James, Vasilis Mouratos, Vasilis Toliopoulos
2016–17	Finalist	Last 4	EuroLeague Finalist	Giannis Sfairopoulos	Vassilis Spanoulis, Vangelis Mantzaris, Kostas Papanikolaou, Giorgos Printezis, Erick Green, Khem Birch, Ioannis Papapetrou, Matt Lojeski, Nikola Milutinov, Patric Young, Dimitrios Agravanis, Dominic Waters, Daniel Hackett, Ioannis Athinaiou, Vasilis Toliopoulos
2017–18	Finalist	Finalist	EuroLeague Last 8	Giannis Sfairopoulos	Giorgos Printezis, Ioannis Papapetrou, Jānis Strēlnieks, Kostas Papanikolaou, Vassilis Spanoulis, Nikola Milutinov, Vangelis Mantzaris, Brian Roberts, Jamel McLean, Hollis Thompson, Kyle Wiltjer, Kim Tillie, Georgios Bogris, Dimitrios Agravanis, Bobby Brown, Vasilis Toliopoulos, Nikos Arsenopoulos, Andreas Tsoumanis
2018–19	Withdrew from the league*	Semi-finals*	EuroLeague 9th place	David Blatt	Nigel Williams-Goss, Giorgos Printezis, Nikola Milutinov, Kostas Papanikolaou, Vassilis Spanoulis, Zach LeDay, Jānis Strēlnieks, Axel Toupane, Vangelis Mantzaris, Sasha Vezenkov, Jānis Timma, Briante Weber, Georgios Bogris, Aleksej Pokuševski, Dimitrios Agravanis, Vasilis Toliopoulos, Will Cherry, Iosif Koloveros, Thomas Zevgaras, Andreas Tsoumanis
2019–20	Didn't participate	Didn't participate	EuroLeague 9th place	David Blatt, Kęstutis Kemzūra, Giorgos Bartzokas	Giorgos Printezis, Kostas Papanikolaou, Nikola Milutinov, Vassilis Spanoulis, Brandon Paul, Wade Baldwin, Augustine Rubit, Sasha Vezenkov, Antonis Koniaris, Taylor Rochestie, Will Cherry, Kevin Punter, Octavius Ellis, Willie Reed, Shaquielle McKissic, Mindaugas Kuzminskas, Dwight Buycks, Alexandros Nikolaidis, Vasilis Charalabopoulos, Aleksej Pokuševski, Ethan Happ
2020–21	Didn't participate	Didn't participate	EuroLeague 12th place	Giorgos Bartzokas	Kostas Sloukas, Shaquielle McKissic, Sasha Vezenkov, Vassilis Spanoulis, Giorgos Printezis, Hassan Martin, Charles Jenkins, Livio Jean-Charles, Aaron Harrison, Octavius Ellis, Kostas Papanikolaou, Giannoulis Larentzakis, Vasilis Charalabopoulos, Kosta Koufos, Antonis Koniaris, Alexandros Nikolaidis
2021–22	Champion	Winner	EuroLeague 4th place	Giorgos Bartzokas	Sasha Vezenkov, Kostas Sloukas, Tyler Dorsey, Kostas Papanikolaou, Moustapha Fall, Thomas Walkup, Shaquielle McKissic, Hassan Martin, Giannoulis Larentzakis, Giorgos Printezis, Livio Jean-Charles, Michalis Lountzis, Quincy Acy, Vasilis Christidis, Sotiris Oikonomopoulos
2022–23	Champion	Winner	Euroleague Finalist	Giorgos Bartzokas	Sasha Vezenkov, Thomas Walkup, Kostas Papanikolaou, Moustapha Fall, Kostas Sloukas, Shaquielle McKissic, Isaiah Canaan, Giannoulis Larentzakis, Alec Peters, Joel Bolomboy, Tarik Black, Michalis Lountzis, George Papas, Iosif Koloveros, Veniamin Abosi, Panagiotis Tsamis
2023–24	Finalist	Winner	Euroleague 3th place	Giorgos Bartzokas	Thomas Walkup, Alec Peters, Kostas Papanikolaou, Isaiah Canaan, Moustapha Fall, Nigel Williams-Goss, Shaquielle McKissic, Nikola Milutinov, Giannoulis Larentzakis, Filip Petrusev, Ignas Brazdeikis, Luke Sikma, Moses Wright, Michalis Lountzis, Naz Mitrou-Long, George Papas, Georgios Tanoulis, Anastasios Rozakeas, Veniamin Abosi
2024–25	Champion	Finalist	Euroleague 3th place	Giorgos Bartzokas	Sasha Vezenkov, Evan Fournier, Nigel Williams-Goss, Kostas Papanikolaou, Alec Peters, Shaquielle McKissic, Moustapha Fall, Luca Vildoza, Nikola Milutinov, Thomas Walkup, Moses Wright, Saben Lee, Tyler Dorsey, Giannoulis Larentzakis, Filip Petrusev, Naz Mitrou-Long, Nathan Mensah, Stefanos Spartalis, Giorgos Bourneles, Thodoris Pavlopoulos

*Olympiacos decided to forfeit their 2019 Greek Cup semi-finals game versus Panathinaikos, at halftime, over reffing disputes.^[67]

*In the 2018–19 Greek Basket League season, Olympiacos decided to forfeit their playoffs series against Panathinaikos, over reffing disputes. That led to their relegation and a loss of all of their season wins, as a punishment by the Greek Basket League.^[68]

Notes: a) a season's winning percentage is shown in bold if it's greater than the all-time winning percentage, b) the seasons in which Olympiacos have been crowned champions are shown in gold, c) d.n.p. stands for did not participate.

Season W–L W% 1963–64 5-13 0.277 1964–65 d.n.p. 1965–66 d.n.p. 1966–67 d.n.p. 1967–68 14-8 0.636 1968–69 13-9 0.590 1969–70 13-9 0.590 1970–71 19-7 0.730 1971–72 22-5 0.814 1972–73 23-3 0.884 1973–74 12-11 0.521 1974–75 19-3 0.863 1975–76 22-0 1.000 1976–77 18-4 0.818 1977–78 21-1 0.954 1978–79 22-4 0.846

Season W–L W% 1979–80 24-6 0.800 1980–81 21-5 0.807 1981–82 16-10 0.615 1982–83 17-9 0.653 1983–84 13-13 0.500 1984–85 12-14 0.461 1985–86 20-6 0.769 1986–87 10-12 0.454 1987–88 12-11 0.521 1988–89 9-15 0.375 1989–90 13-15 0.464 1990–91 15-17 0.468 1991–92 22-7 0.758 1992–93 28-9 0.756 1993–94 30-6 0.833 1994–95 31-5 0.861

Season W–L W% 1995–96 31-5 0.861 1996–97 28-7 0.800 1997–98 27-8 0.771 1998–99 27-10 0.729 1999–00 26-8 0.764 2000–01 27-8 0.771 2001–02 26-10 0.722 2002–03 22-14 0.611 2003–04 13-15 0.464 2004–05 13-15 0.464 2005–06 27-9 0.750 2006–07 28-11 0.717 2007–08 29-9 0.763 2008–09 31-4 0.885 2009–10 29-6 0.828 2010–11 32-3 0.914

Season W–L W% 2011–12 31-3 0.911 2012–13 30-4 0.882 2013–14 31-5 0.861 2014–15 33-2 0.942 2015–16 33-2 0.942 2016–17 30-4 0.882 2017–18 29-7 0.805 2018–19 23-4 0.851 2019–20 d.n.p. 2020–21 d.n.p. 2021–22 31-1 0.968 2022–23 30-1 0.967 2023–24 30-6 0.833 2024–25 27-3 0.900

All-time winning percentage	0.753 (1290 wins - 421 losses)
Top-3 best winning percentages	1.000 (1975–76), 0.968 (2021–22), 0.967 (2022–23)
Top-3 worst winning percentages	0.277 (1963–64), 0.375 (1988–89), 0.454 (1986–87)
Μost wins in a season	33 (2014–15, 2015–16)
Μost losses in a season	17 (1990–91)

Notes: a) a season's winning percentage is shown in bold if it's greater than the all-time winning percentage, b) the seasons in which Olympiacos have been crowned champions are shown in gold.

Season W–L W% 1992–93 11-8 0.578 1993–94 14-5 0.736 1994–95 12-7 0.631 1995–96 11-6 0.647 1996–97 15-8 0.652 1997–98 12-6 0.666 1998–99 16-6 0.727 1999–00 11-8 0.578 2000–01 9-5 0.642 2001–02 14-6 0.700 2002–03 10-10 0.500

Season W–L W% 2003–04 8-12 0.400 2004–05 4-10 0.285 2005–06 12-11 0.521 2006–07 13-9 0.590 2007–08 12-11 0.521 2008–09 14-8 0.636 2009–10 17-5 0.772 2010–11 13-7 0.650 2011–12 14-8 0.636 2012–13 22-9 0.709 2013–14 20-9 0.689

Season W–L W% 2014–15 22-8 0.733 2015–16 14-10 0.583 2016–17 23-14 0.621 2017–18 20-14 0.588 2018–19 15-15 0.500 2019–20 12-16 0.428 2020–21 16-18 0.470 2021–22 22-13 0.628 2022–23 28-13 0.682 2023–24 26-15 0.634 2024–25 28-12 0.700

All-time winning percentage	0.612 (510 wins - 322 losses)
Top-3 best winning percentages	0.772 (2009–10), 0.736 (1993–94), 0.733 (2014–15)
Top-3 worst winning percentages	0.285 (2004–05), 0.400 (2003–04), 0.428 (2019–20)
Μost wins in a season	28 (2022–23, 2024–25)
Μost losses in a season	18 (2020–21)

Note: Wins are shown in gold, losses are shown in silver.

Round Opponent Home  Away  GS1 Alba Berlin 64–67 61–62 Fortitudo Bologna 96–80 72–81 Spirou Charleroi 87–60 79–72 Cibona Zagreb 62–61 61–63 Estudiantes Madrid 110–78 78–87 GS2 CSKA Moscow 82–51 79–70 Olimpia Milano 87–84 71–73 Maccabi Tel Aviv 69–60 78–82 Top 16 Partizan Belgrade 60–61 81–71 74–69

Round Opponent Home  Away  QF Panathinaikos Athens 65–57 69–49 SF Olimpija Ljubljana 74–65 Final FC Barcelona 73–58

Round Opponent Home  Away  RS Bilbao Basket 88–81 61–76 Fenerbahçe Istanbul 81–74 70–86 Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 84–82 79–81 Cantù Basketball 86–61 63–64 SLUC Nancy 91–78 79–74 Top 16 CSKA Moscow 78–86 64–96 Galatasaray Istanbul 88–81 77–78 Anadolu Efes Istanbul 83–65 67–65

Round Opponent Home  Away  QF Mens Sana Siena 75–55 82–75 76–69 80–81 SF FC Barcelona 68–64 Final CSKA Moscow 62–61

Round Opponent Home  Away  RS Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 85–81 89–72 Anadolu Efes Istanbul 75–53 72–98 Žalgiris Kaunas 61–79 77–63 Cedevita Zagreb 79–77 84–62 Olimpia Milano 82–81 84–71 Top 16 Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 82–74 74–82 Beşiktaş Istanbul 77–64 79–60 FC Barcelona 77–90 68–76 Mens Sana Siena 72–74 68–67 Maccabi Tel Aviv 67–73 78–77 Fenerbahçe Istanbul 82–71 78–73 Khimki Moscow Region 79–70 87–82

Round Opponent Home  Away  QF Anadolu Efes Istanbul 67–62 72–83 71–53 73–74 82–72 SF CSKA Moscow 69–52 Final Real Madrid 100–88

On 18 October 1997, Olympiacos became the first Greek team to face an NBA team. As European champions, they played against the back-to-back NBA champions, the Chicago Bulls, in the final of the 1997 McDonald's Championship in Paris, France. With Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman unavailable for the Bulls, and Olympiacos not using a zone defense even though the rules of the game allowed it, legendary Michael Jordan scored 27 points for the NBA champions, who won 104-78.^[69]

In October 2009, Olympiacos visited the United States for the 2009 Euroleague American Tour and played against the San Antonio Spurs at the AT&T Center and then against the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Quicken Loans Arena.^[70]

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Below is the official presidential history of Olympiacos B.C. Before 1991, Olympiacos CFP president was responsible for the management of the basketball team. In 1991, the department became professional and Sokratis Kokkalis took over as owner and president.

Period	President
1991–2009	Sokratis Kokkalis
2009–	Panagiotis Angelopoulos Giorgos Angelopoulos

Since 1985, Olympiacos had a specific kit manufacturer and a shirt sponsor. The following table shows in detail the shirt sponsors and kit manufacturers of Olympiacos by year:

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
1983–1984	ASICS	Sharp
1984–1985		Ventouris Ferries
1985–1986	Puma
1986–1988		None
1988–1989	Nike	Evga
1989–1990	Reebok	Toyota
1990–1991		VW Tournikiotis
1991–1992	Kappa	Nissan
1992	ASICS	Intrasoft
1992–1993	Nike
1993–1995		Lacta
1995–1996		Red Club MasterCard
1996–1997		Lacta
1997–1998		None
1998–1999		Lacta
1999–2000		Intracom
2000–2004		SAP
2004–2006	Puma	Vodafone
2006–2007		Citibank
2007–2009	Nike
2009–2011		WIND
2011–2014		Tzoker
2014–2018		Skrats
2018–2021		bwin
2021–	GSA Sport

• Official website (in English and Greek)
• Olympiacos at Euroleague.net