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12/20/2015: Latest Greek Super League Results with Video

Olympiakos earned a Greek league-record 14th straight win to start the season when it beat Kalloni 2-0 (video). Costas Fortounis scored twice from the penalty spot for Olympiakos in the first half. In the second instance, he was brought down...

Mayor of Volos Suspended from Duty

Businessman and mayor of Volos-Greece, Achilleas Beos, has been officially suspended from his duties, as he is due to stand trial for allegedly being part of a ring that fixed soccer matches when he was the chairman of the...

Anderlecht and Olympiacos Opponents Again

Anderlecht will be Olympiakos' opponent in the Europa League top 32 on the 18/12 in Brussels and on the 25/2  in the Karaiskaki stadium. Olympiakos had faced Anderlecht two years ago in the Champions League were he had won twice...

Greece's Panathinaikos FC Chief Looks for Financial Support

Yiannis Alafouzos, president of the Panathinaikos Alliance, said the football club is in debt and he is not getting the financial support expected from fans. Alafouzos spoke to the members of the alliance saying that when he became chairman the...

12/13/2015: Latest Greek Super League Results with Video

Olympiakos beat 10-man Panetolikos 1-0 (video) at home on Sunday, extending its record winning streak in the Greek league to 13 matches. Alejandro Dominguez scored the only goal in first half stoppage time, a drive from outside the area that...

Olympiacos Knocked Out of the Champions League

Olympiacos F.C. were unable to secure a result that would put them through to the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League after suffering a 0-3 defeat to Arsenal at the Karaiskakis Stadium on Wednesday evening. Arsenal striker Olivier...

Football Players in Greece Announce Indefinite Strike

The Panhellenic Association of Paid Footballers (PSAP) announced on Monday evening that soccer players of the Greek Superleague as well as the lower leagues will be going on strike for the indefinite future beginning next week. Their announcement notes that a few...

12/06/2015: Latest Greek Super League Results with Video

Olympiakos earned a record-setting 12th straight win by beating host Panthrakikos 4-3 in the Greek league (video). Olympiakos, which has a perfect record and a 13-point lead over second-place AEK Athens, broke its own consecutive wins mark, which had stood...

Panathinaikos Handed Heavy Fine Over Olympiacos Game Clashes

Panathinaikos F.C. is likely to lose 1.2 million euros due to the incidents that took place on the day of Greece's biggest soccer derby. The Greek Superleague's disciplinary committee has punished Panathinaikos for the extensive clash that took place before...

11/29/2015: Latest Greek Super League Results with Video

Olympiakos's Kostas Fortounis notched a second-half double as they took advantage of a slip by rivals Panathinaikos to extend their lead at the top of the Super League with a 3-1 home-win over Asteras Tripolis on Sunday. Marco Silva's side, who...

Bayern Munich Thrash Olympiacos in Champions League Encounter

Olympiacos's impressive Champions League run was cut short on Tuesday evening at the Allianz Arena at the feet of Bayern Munich who defeated the Greek team 4-0. Douglas Costa, Robert Lewandowksi, Thomas Muller and Kingsley Coman scored for Bayern Munich, in a victory that...

11/22/2015: Latest Greek Super League Results with Video

AEK Athens' improvement under new coach Gus Poyet continued with a 2-1 win at Panthrakikos (video) in the Greek championship on Sunday as they went fourth on a weekend overshadowed by violence that saw the Athens derby cancelled. AEK’s win,...

Greek Derby Postponed As Fans Clash with Riot Police (video)

Saturday's "Derby of the Eternal Enemies" was doomed before kick off. The Greek Superleague's fixture between Panathinaikos F.C. and Olympiacos F.C., Greece's most fierce athletic rivalry, was marred by clashes between Panathinakos supporters and riot police, around as well as inside Panathinaikos's Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium,...

Greece's Biggest Soccer Derby Kicks Off

The Greek Superleague is often a competition for bragging rights more than anything else. No other fixture reflects this better than the upcoming clash between Panathinaikos F.C. and Olympiacos F.C., at Panathinaikos's "Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium" on Saturday. "The Derby of the Eternal Enemies",...

Greece and Turkey Play Out Goalless Draw in Istanbul

The men's Greek National Football Team took on the Turkish National Football Team in a friendly exhibition match in Istanbul on Tuesday night. Neither of the two teams were able to break the deadlock in a game that did not produce...