Olympiakos Nicosia - Striving For Stability

Striving For Stability

In the 2011–2012 season there were a few changes in Olympiakos, the new Greek manager was ex Xanthi FC Nicos Papadopoulos who mainly brought in defensive players playing in the Greek league to strengthen this area of weakness. Few additions were made to the attacking mechanism of the team and some early warnings in the pre season friendlies indicated that after the departure of the previous season's top scorer, the team would be less productive in scoring than last season, which was in fact the case. Papadopoulos was released by mutual consent at the end of February 2012 with the club in the cup quarterfinals but fourth from bottom in the league, although defensively the club was marginally better it lost its attacking flair and pressing style with majority ball possession and suffered from conceding goals right after scoring.

Nikodimos Papavasiliou was again appointed as manager for 2012, after lowering his wage by mutual consent with chairman Savva. It was announced that the budget will be reduced from the previous season and to achieve this only a few players from the previous season's squad will remain. The team started the season with a 3 point deduction after failing to meet the UEFA Financial fair play criteria. Papavasiliou received an offer from Apollon Limassol after 2 games in charge of Olympiakos and was released from his contract by mutual consent. Renos Demetriades an old Olympiakos Nicosia player was appointed as the new coach.