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Greek Football Cup Final Postponed After Police Request

Saturday's Greek Cup final between Super League champions Olympiacos and AEK has been postponed at the request of the police. The match was due to be held behind closed doors because of crowd violence in previous games, after a joint decision...

Greece Hopes to Avoid FIFA Sanctions After Cup Cancellation

Greece is at risk of being barred from international football competitions after Deputy Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis decided to cancel the Greek Cup because of crowd violence. The decision was made after the first leg of the semi-final between PAOK...

Government Ban of Football Cup Puts Greek Teams at Risk of Expulsion from International Competitions

In an unprecedented move, the Greek government suspended the Football Cup after violence erupted during Wednesday's semi-final between PAOK Thessaloniki and Olympiacos. The decision puts at risk the participation of Greek clubs in European and international competitions as FIFA and UEFA...

PAOK-Olympiacos Cup Game Abandoned After Fans Storm Pitch (video)

The PAOK-Olympiacos Greek Cup semi-final was abandoned at the 86th minute as PAOK fans stormed the pitch, enraged over the referee's decision to overlook a penalty against Olympiacos. With Super League champions Olympiacos leading 2-1 in the 86th minute at...

Greek Deputy Minister of Sports Punishes Panathinaikos FC for Violence

Deputy Minister of Sports Stavros Kontonis decided to close gates 13 and 14 of the Panathinaikos football field and impose a 90,000-euro fine as punishment for violent incidents. Gates 13 and 14 of the Apostolos Nikolaidis football field host 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...

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...

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...

Andrea Stramaccioni Named Coach of Greece's Panathinaikos

Former Inter Milan and Udinese coach Andrea Stramaccioni will be the new coach of Panathinaikos, the Greek Super League club announced on Sunday. The 39-year-old Italian manager has signed a two-year deal with the Athens team to take over from...