Stadium “ 𝐆𝐄𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐎𝐒 𝐊𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐒𝐊𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐒 “ Piraeus

It was the founding of the biggest Greek club, Olympiacos! This is the team that became the LEGEND of Greek Sport and a sense of identity for working class people. The truly original name OLYMPIACOS SINDESMOS FILATHLON PIREOS (Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus) was decided unanimously by members of the club and solved all the discussions that prevailed in finding a commonly accepted name. The nam

e was proposed by Notis Camperos who, through the new club’s name, wanted to express power, athleticism, ethos, noble competition and, of course, the Olympic ideal. The club’s colours were, according to the historians of those days, Yannis Andrianopoulos’ idea. Red, which symbolises the passion for victory, but also white, which symbolizes purity and noble rivalry. OSFP was the result of merging two existing teams: APS Piraeus and OF Piraeus. The founders were all self-made entrepreneurs in the big port. The Andrianopoulos’ family owned a merchant house which was then headed by Andreas Andrianopoulos. His children are active in all sports. In direct understanding with other prominent personalities in the society of Piraeus, they created a sports club to challenge the dominance of the Piraeus Association, an old Piraeus’ cub, with multifaceted activity (literary, educational, cultural, athletic). Among the founders, distinguished faces included businessman Michael Manuskos, higher officer of the Hellenic Navy Notis Camperos, Postal Director Stavros Maragoudakis, Trader Nikos Andronikos, Army Official Dimitrios Sklias, Lawyer Nikolaos Zacharias, Notary Athanasios Mermigas, Economist Ioannis Kekkes and, of course, the Andrianopoulos merchants, along with multifaceted activity in Piraeus society. The first historic game was held on April 30th, 1925. It was a match between the team of the French warship Jean D’Arc at the velodrome, which was our Olympiacos’ first home ground! The final score was 6-0 to Olympiacos, which, at the beginning, is associated with the Andrianopoulos, five brothers who made history playing at the same time, as they honoured both the sacred red-and-white jersey and the Greek National team. The strength of our club was, from the very beginning, after its foundation, our many fans, who showed their support even in friendly matches! Against Panathinaikos, at the stadium of Alexandras Avenue, against Ethnikos at the velodrome, against Apollon or AEK at the Rouf Stadium…

Our supporters were always there and showed their support to the team! There were many times our fans returned to Piraeus on foot, celebrating a significant success. They passed through the main streets of the capital to celebrate the victory over the Athenians, descended onto Piraeus Street and ended up chanting in central Piraeus and even further into the remote slums. These were the moments of vindication, the recognition brought by the victory against the Athenian rivals! It was very early in the 20th century that the Legend (as our club was rightly named later on) began to build the huge, as it has evolved over the years and decades, trophy house, that we are constantly expanding until this day…

It was only in 1931 that we won the first championship in our history, which was organised in accordance with the model of the national championship, as it returned several times later to be finalised in 1959 with the creation of the National Championship. Our club was beginning to be noted as the greatest football power in the country, in accordance with the general consensus amongst fans. We had consecutive successes against all our opponents and the name OLYMPIACOS had begun, very early, to be huge! The rush of the world coming to our Olympiacos’ games was impressive, as everyone wished to see our team playing…

Simultaneously, the name OLYMPIACOS is on the lips of all travellers starting from Piraeus Port and they carry the red & white message throughout all of Greece and the rest of the world. An athletic superpower was born in the Great Port…