Piraeus derby
LocationPiraeus, Greece
Teams600px Blu e Bianco Strisce Ethnikos Piraeus
630px seven vertical stripes HEX-ED1C24 and White Olympiacos F.C.
First meetingPiraeus Regional Championship - May 17, 1925
Olympiacos 4–2 Ethnikos, Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Latest meetingA' Ethniki - May 12, 1999
Ethnikos 0–3 Olympiacos, Karaiskakis Stadium
Statistics
Most winsOlympiacos F.C.
Largest victoryFor Olympiacos

Olympiacos 5–0 Ethnikos (seasons 1965–66 and 1967–68)

For Ethnikos

Ethnikos 4–2 Olympiacos (seasons 1928–29 and 1938–39)

The Piraeus derby, is an association football and water polo rivalry between Ethnikos Piraeus and Olympiacos, the 2 teams representing the city of Piraeus, Greece.

Ethnikos was founded on November 21, 1923, while Olympiacos was founded on March 10, 1925.

Olympiacos has never been relegated in football while Ethnikos has 4 relegations from the first division (1990, 1992, 1996, 1999)

In water polo Olympiacos has never been relegated while Ethnikos has been relegated twice (2009, 2012)

Once a major derby, since Olympiacos' dominance the derby has lost importance over the years, however the rivalry still exists as the poaching of players and the ownership of the stadium still remain a point of contention.

Although the importance of the derby has declined in football, the rivalry is still very much alive in other sports, especially water polo.

Ethnikos cup winning team in 1933

History

Football

Since the two clubs were established in the mid-1920s, Ethnikos' traditional local rival has been Olympiacos CFP, one of the two most popular and successful multi-sport clubs in Greece along with Panathinaikos.[1][2]

While a legitimate rivalry between Ethnikos and Olympiacos still exists in water polo (Ethnikos Piraeus Water Polo Club has won the most Greek water polo championships of any club, while Olympiacos Water Polo Club has won the second-most),[3] that is no longer the case in football.

Ethnikos and Olympiacos F.C. were more or less evenly matched and had great battles for Piraeus supremacy in the 1920s and 1930s,[4] but thereafter Olympiacos became increasingly more powerful and successful and began to pass Ethnikos by.

In 1956, Olympiacos won the championship with Ethnikos finishing second meaning the first and only time in which the top two positions in the league were occupied by Piraeus's teams.

One of Ethnikos's most important wins (if not the most important) is the semifinal win in the 1932-33 Greek Cup when he beat Olympiacos 2–1 in a knockout match.

Ethnikos was relegated in 1990 to the second division, a sad moment for the club who was never relegated since its foundation in 1923. Nevertheless, Olympiacos fans celebrated it.

Along the way, Olympiacos developed a habit for luring Ethnikos' best players, like Greece men's national football team players Philippos Kourantis in the late 1920s, Giannis Chelmis in the late 1930s and Giannis Ioannou in the early 1950s.[5] This habit continued in the later decades with Christos Arvanitis, Tasos Mitropoulos, Stavros Papadopoulos, Thomas Rohrbach.

In 1956–57 Olympiacos was seemingly behind a scandal that robbed Ethnikos of the national championship. Ethnikos was favorite for the title with 4 matches left in the season, and had the derby with Olympiacos next on the schedule; but before the derby arrived Ethnikos was dubiously disqualified from the competition. With Ethnikos out of the way Olympiacos ultimately took the Championship.[4]

In 1973, Ethnikos lost the great Michalis Kritikopoulos to Olympiacos, just a year before Ethnikos mounted its greatest challenge for the national championship in the modern era; many Ethnikos fans feel that if they still had Kritikopoulos, the team would have managed to hold on to 1st place rather than run out of gas in the second half of the 1974–75 season.[5]

Olympiacos ultimately became the dominant football club in Greece, having won the League and Cup more than any other club,[1][2] and Ethnikos has not been able to seriously compete with them for decades. Ethnikos has not defeated Olympiacos in a league match since the 1985–86 season and has not finished above Olympiacos in the league standings since the 1987–88 season.

In the 1990s, when Olympiacos was experiencing probably the greatest era of its history while Ethnikos was suffering through what was surely its worst, Ethnikos lost some of its fanbase to Olympiacos.

A recent point of contention for Ethnikos fans has to do with Karaiskakis Stadium. Karaiskakis is the traditional home of both Olympiacos and Ethnikos,[6] but only Olympiacos has played there since the stadium was rebuilt for use in the 2004 Summer Olympics.[7]

Water polo

Olympiacos and Ethnikos are the greatest clubs in the history of men's Greece water polo. Since their foundation, the two clubs were among the strongest in Greek water polo. Before the start of WW2, Olympiacos had won four championship in contrast to Ethnikos's two. After WW2, both clubs remained a dominant force along with NO Patras, fighting for the title almost every year. From 1945 to 1952, NOP won three titles, Olympiacos four and Ethnikos one.

In 1953, Ethnikos started a dynasty of almost 40 years claiming 33 championships in 38 years. The Greek cup that started in 1953 was abolished in 1958 due to unprecedented dominance of Ethnikos who had achieved six straight doubles in 1958. Olympiacos had great difficulty in beating rival Ethnikos, let alone winning the championship. Olympiacos managed to beat Ethnikos from 1952 to 1989 only 8 times in 91 matches. From 1952 to 1964 and from 1979 to 1990, Ethnikos was unbeaten against Olympiacos. However, Olympiacos managed to get two titles. One was shared with Ethnikos in 1969 because of a suspended final match and the other one came in 1971 when the “reds” managed to take the crown of Ethnikos off after 18 consecutive championships for the “blues”. Hall of famer Ivo Trumbić was the coach of Olympiacos.

Since 1992, Olympiacos has won all championships except for five seasons (1994, 1997, 1998, 2006, 2012) and has won also the LEN Champions League twice in 2002 and 2018. Ethnikos has managed only two championships (1994, 2006) and two cups (2000, 2005). Ethnikos' s last win against Olympiacos came in 2008.

Head to Head

Football

Olympiacos's biggest win is 5–0 twice (1966, 1968) while Ethnikos's is 4–2 twice (1929, 1939)

Since 1960 and the introduction of A' Ethniki, Olympiakos won 53 times, Ethnikos 4 times and 15 matches ended as a draw.

Last win for Ethnikos is in 1986 in Olympic Stadium (2–0) while Olympiacos's is the last match they played each other in 1999 (0–3 for Olympiacos).

Summary of matches for Greek league and cup

Competition 630px seven vertical stripes HEX-ED1C24 and White Draw 600px Blu e Bianco Strisce
Panhellenic Championship (1928–1959) 12 6 6
A' Ethniki (1960–) 53 15 4
Greek Cup (1932–) 7 2 2
Total 72 23 12

List of matches for the top division

Year Competition Rivals Score
1931 Panhellenic championship Olympiacos - Ethnikos 4–1
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 1–1
1932 Panhellenic championship Olympiacos - Ethnikos 2–2
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 1–0
1933 Panhellenic championship Olympiacos - Ethnikos 2–0
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 1–2
1934 Panhellenic championship Olympiacos - Ethnikos 1–1
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 3–2
1935 Panhellenic championship Olympiacos - Ethnikos 5–2
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 1–2
1936 Panhellenic championship Olympiacos - Ethnikos 2–1
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 1–2
1939 Panhellenic championship Olympiacos - Ethnikos 2–2
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 4–2
1940 Panhellenic championship Olympiacos - Ethnikos 0–2
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 0–4
1956 Panhellenic championship Olympiacos - Ethnikos 2–0
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 0–1
Olympiacos - Ethnikos 0–0
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 2–1
1957 Panhellenic championship Olympiacos - Ethnikos 0–1
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 0–2

(w/o)

1958 Panhellenic championship Olympiacos - Ethnikos 4–1
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 2–2
1959 Panhellenic championship Olympiacos - Ethnikos 3–1
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 2–3
1960 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 2–0
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 3–3
1961 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 2–0
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 1–0
1962 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 2–1
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 1–2
1963 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 2–1
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 1–1
1964 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 1–0
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 0–1
1965 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 4–2
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 0–2
1966 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 5–0
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 0–4
1967 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 2–1
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 3–3
1968 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 5–0
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 2–2
1969 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 1–0
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 2–4
1970 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 1–0
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 0–4
1971 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 0–1
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 0–2
1972 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 3–1
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 0–0
1973 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 3–0
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 1–2
1974 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 2–1
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 1–1
1975 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 1–1
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 1–2
1976 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 0–2
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 2–2
1977 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 2–0
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 1–3
1978 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 2–1
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 1–1
1979 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 2–0
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 0–1
1980 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 2–0
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 1–2
1981 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 1–0
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 0–2
1982 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 0–0
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 0–1
1983 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 3–1
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 1–3
1984 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 3–1
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 1–2
1985 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 0–0
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 1–3
1986 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 2–2
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 2–0
1987 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 2–0
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 0–2

(w/o)

1988 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 4–1
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 0–0
1989 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 2–2
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 0–3
1990 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 4–1
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 0–1
1992 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 2–0
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 1–1
1995 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 3–1
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 0–1
1996 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 3–0
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 0–3
1998 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 3–1
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 1–3
1999 A' Ethniki Olympiacos - Ethnikos 2–0
Ethnikos - Olympiacos 0–3

Head to Head in the Greek cup

Year Round Winner Score Loser
1933 Semifinal Ethnikos 2–1 Olympiacos
1940 Quarterfinal Ethnikos 1–0 Olympiacos
1947 Quarterfinal Olympiacos 2–0 Ethnikos
1969 Semifinal Olympiacos 4–3

(aet)

Ethnikos
1976 Second round Olympiacos 1–0 Ethnikos
1979 Second round Olympiacos 1–0 Ethnikos
1984 Round of 16 Ethnikos

Olympiacos

0–0

1–11

Olympiacos

Ethnikos

1986 Quarterfinal Olympiacos

Ethnikos

3–1

0–1

Ethnikos

Olympiacos

1987 First round Olympiacos 2–1 Ethnikos

1 Ethnikos advanced through the away goals rule

Water polo

Summary of matches

Competition Matches 630px seven vertical stripes HEX-ED1C24 and White Draw 600px Blu e Bianco Strisce
Panhellenic championship (1927–1966) 35 13 2 20
National Division (1967–1976) 23 5 5 13
A' National Division (1977–1986) 22 2 1 19
Α1 National Division (1987–) 107 77 5 25
Central Greece Championship (1951–1964) 0 0 0 10
Greek Cup (1953–1958, 1984–) 20 9 1 10
Greek Supercup 1 1 0 0
Total 218 107 14 97

Higher finish in the championship

Θ. 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 36 37 38 39 40 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4
5 5 5 5 5 5
6 6
Θ. 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6 6
7 7
8 8 8 8
9 9
10
11 11
12 12
13
14 14

List of official matches

Date Competition Score Score by halftime
14/09/1929 Greek Championship 1–3
18/08/1930 Greek Championship 1–0 1–0, 0–0
15/08/1932 Southern Greece Championship 2–1
10/09/1932 Greek Championship 3–1 2–0, 1–1
20/08/1933 Southern Greece Championship 2–1[8] 0–1, 2–1
24/09/1933 Greek Championship 4–2
20/08/1934 Southern Greece Championship 0–1[9] 0–1, 0–0
16/09/1934 Greek Championship 4–2 3–1, 1–1
24/08/1935 Southern Greece Championship 2–1[10] 1–0, 1–1
25/08/1935 1–2 1–2, 0–0
13/09/1936 Greek Championship 4–2 2–2, 2–0
18/09/1945 Greek Championship 1–0
17/09/1945 Greek Championship 4–1
07/10/1945 Nautical Games 1–2
06/09/1946 Piraeus Rowing Club Cup 1–0 Suspended in favour of Olympiakos
14/09/1946 Greek Championship 4–2
24/09/1948 Greek Championship 1–5
09/08/1949 Central Greece Championship 2–0 Olympiakos won w/o
04/09/1949 Greek Championship 3–1
23/09/1950 Greek Championship 4–3
21/09/1951 Central Greece Championship 2–1
06/08/1952 Central Greece Championship 1–5[11] 0–3, 1–2
22/09/1952 Greek Championship 3–3 0–2, 3–1
20/08/1953 Central Greece Championship 1–4 0–3, 1–1
27/08/1953 Greek Cup 4–5 1–2, 2–1 (1–2 παρ.)
18/09/1953 Greek Championship 1–5 0–2, 1–3
20/08/1954 Central Greece Championship 2–4
09/09/1954 Greek Cup 0–12 0–5, 0–7
15/09/1954 Greek Championship 2–5 0–4, 2–1
24/08/1955 Central Greece Championship 2–7 0–3, 2–4
31/08/1955 Greek Cup 2–6 1–3, 1–3
16/09/1955 Greek Championship 1–6 0–4, 1–2
17/08/1956 Central Greece Championship 3–5 2–4, 1–1
15/09/1956 Greek Championship 3–4 0–2, 3–2
17/08/1957 Central Greece Championship 2–4 2–2, 0–2
08/09/1957 Greek Cup 4–6 1–2, 3–2 (0–2 παρ.)
20/09/1957 Greek Championship 1–6 1–2, 0–4
14/09/1958 Greek Championship 5–6 2–3, 3–3
21/08/1959 Central Greece Championship 4–6 2–2, 2–4
13/09/1959 Greek Championship 3–4 1–2, 2–2
19/08/1960 Central Greece Championship 4–4
26/08/1960 Central Greece Championship 2–3
18/09/1960 Greek Championship 3–4
15/09/1961 Greek Championship 2–5 0–3, 2–2
10/08/1962 Greek Championship 3–4
22/08/1962 Central Greece Championship 3–4 1–2, 2–1 (0–1 παρ.)
08/09/1962 Greek Championship 3–4 0–2, 3–2
18/07/1963 Central Greece Championship 2–4 0–2, 2–2
09/08/1963 Greek Championship 3–10 2–4, 1–6
11/09/1963 Greek Championship 4–7 0–4, 4–3
07/08/1964 Greek Championship 5–4 2–2, 3–2
13/09/1964 Greek Championship 3–4 1–2, 2–2
14/09/1964 Greek Championship 1–2 0–2, 1–0
08/08/1965 Greek Championship 2–4 1–3, 1–1
05/09/1965 Greek Championship 0–0 0–0, 0–0
05/08/1966 Greek Championship 1–4 0–1, 1–3
10/09/1966 Greek Championship 2–3
23/08/1967 Greek Championship 2–3 2–1, 0–2
20/09/1967 Greek Championship 3–3 1–0, 2–3
07/08/1968 Greek Championship 7–6 4–2, 3–4
06/09/1968 Greek Championship 5–7 1–4, 4–3
20/09/1969 Greek Championship 2–2 0–0, 2–2
23/07/1970 Greek Championship 3–3 2–1, 1–2
27/09/1970 Greek Championship 4–5 2–2, 2–3
26/04/1971 Greek Championship 4–5 2–2, 2–3
04/07/1971 Greek Championship 3–2 1–1, 2–1
05/07/1971 Greek Championship 3–3 1–1, 2–2
07/07/1971 Greek Championship 2–1 2–0, 0–1
23/04/1972 Greek Championship 4–3 3–2, 1–1
09/07/1972 Greek Championship 4–5 3–3, 1–2
10/07/1972 Greek Championship 5–6 1–2, 4–4
22/04/1973 Greek Championship 2–3 1–2, 1–1
15/07/1973 Greek Championship 6–5 3–3, 3–2
16/07/1973 Greek Championship 1–2 0–2, 1–0
14/07/1974 Greek Championship 1–3 1–1, 0–2
29/09/1974 Greek Championship 3–4 1–2, 2–2
09/07/1975 Greek Championship 4–6 1–2, 3–4
19/09/1975 Greek Championship 3–3 2–2, 1–1
16/08/1976 Greek Championship 1–4 1–2, 0–2
22/09/1976 Greek Championship 4–6 1–2, 3–4
05/06/1977 Greek Championship 6–1 3–0, 3–1
25/09/1977 Greek Championship 2–3 1–2, 1–1
26/09/1977 Greek Championship 0–5 Suspended in favour of Ethnikos
28/07/1978 Greek Championship 5–4 3–2, 2–2
01/10/1978 Greek Championship 5–6 2–3, 3–3
02/10/1978 Greek Championship 2–5 1–2, 1–3
Greek Championship 4–4
02/09/1979 Greek Championship 2–7 0–3, 2–4
26/08/1980 Greek Championship 3–4 1–2, 2–2
21/09/1980 Greek Championship 6–10 4–4, 2–6
27/05/1981 Greek Championship 5–11 3–5, 2–6
01/07/1981 Greek Championship 3–11 1–5, 2–6
12/05/1982 Greek Championship 2–9 1–2, 1–7
01/09/1982 Greek Championship 0–13 0–5, 0–8
11/06/1983 Greek Championship 6–11 2–5, 4–6
03/09/1983 Greek Championship 8–14 5–7, 3–7
27/05/1984 Greek Cup 6–10 4–3, 2–7
08/09/1984 Greek Championship 6–14 1–6, 5–8
29/09/1984 Greek Championship 4–8 0–3, 4–5
22/05/1985 Greek Championship 6–17 2–7, 4–10
11/09/1985 Greek Championship 10–13 5–6, 5–7
17/05/1986 Greek Championship 7–14 5–5, 2–9
28/08/1986 Greek Cup 5–8 3–4, 2–4
17/09/1986 Greek Championship 6–16 4–7, 2–9
07/02/1987 Greek Championship 3–5 0–2, 3–3
04/04/1987 Greek Championship 8–10 4–5, 4–5
19/03/1988 Greek Championship 3–5 3–2, 0–3
11/06/1988 Greek Championship 6–13 2–6, 4–7
21/01/1989 Greek Cup 7–10
18/02/1989 Greek Championship 5–8 3–5, 2–3
27/03/1989 Greek Cup 8–11 5–5, 6–3
08/04/1989 Greek Championship 6–11 5–4, 1–7
04/04/1990 Greek Championship 8–9 4–6, 4–3
05/06/1990 Greek Championship 10–9 5–4, 5–5
12/06/1990 Greek Cup 10–7
02/03/1991 Greek Championship 7–11 4–6, 3–5
11/05/1991 Greek Championship 19–8 8–5, 11–3
01/06/1991 Greek Championship 13–13 5–7, 8–6
15/06/1991 Greek Championship 14–10 6–6, 8–4
18/12/1991 Greek Championship 9–7 7–3, 2–4
01/06/1992 Greek Championship 12–14 9–8, 3–6
12/02/1992 Greek Cup 13–8 6–2, 7–6
26/02/1992 Greek Cup 10–10 4–7, 6–3
11/06/1992 Greek Championship 10–5 7–3, 3–2
18/06/1992 Greek Championship 9–12
21/11/1992 Greek Championship 12–7 7–3, 5–4
03/02/1993 Greek Championship 11–11 7–5, 4–6
04/04/1993 Greek Championship 14–9 5–3, 9–6
10/04/1993 Greek Championship 8–6 2–4, 6–2
16/02/1994 Greek Championship 8–10 3–6, 5–4
30/03/1994 Greek Championship 4–4 2–1, 2–3
14/06/1994 Greek Championship 10–11 4–3, 6–8
16/06/1994 Greek Championship 10–9 4–3, 6–6
19/06/1994 Greek Championship 11–12 4–5, 4–3, (1–1 ext.) (2–3 pen.)
18/03/1995 Greek Championship 11–10 7–7, 4–3
20/05/1995 Greek Championship 8–12 5–7, 3–5
07/06/1995 Greek Championship 9–8 5–4, 4–4
09/06/1995 Greek Championship 10–9 6–3, 4–6
10/06/1995 Greek Championship 7–5 2–0, 5–5
02/12/1995 Greek Championship 10–10 5–8, 5–2
10/04/1996 Greek Championship 8–9 3–2, 5–7
18/12/1996 Greek Championship 11–10 6–4, 5–6
24/03/1997 Greek Championship 13–7
21/03/1998 Greek Championship 14–5 8–4, 6–1
27/05/1998 Greek Championship 13–7
15/11/1998 Greek Championship 9–8 5–6, 4–2
21/01/1999 Greek Championship 8–5 4–2, 4–3
05/01/2000 Greek Championship 6–4 1–2, 5–2
03/03/2000 Greek Cup 11–12 6–5, 5–6 (0–1 ext.)
27/05/2000 Greek Championship 13–7 6–3, 7–4
30/12/2000 Greek Championship 10–8
14/03/2001 Greek Championship 13–11 6–4, 7–7
30/03/2001 Greek Cup 10–8
18/04/2001 Greek Championship 7–5
21/04/2001 Greek Championship 19–5 6–3, 13–2
02/12/2001 Greek Championship 14–8 8–6, 6–2
13/02/2002 Greek Championship 6–4 5–1, 1–3
30/03/2002 Greek Cup 11–8 6–5, 5–3
30/10/2002 Greek Championship 6–7 3–4, 3–3
08/01/2003 Greek Championship 9–1 4–0, 5–1
18/04/2003 Greek Championship 7–6 5–3, 2–3
20/04/2003 Greek Championship 9–4 6–1, 3–3
13/12/2003 Greek Championship 9–8 4–3, 5–5
10/03/2004 Greek Championship 7–8 5–4, 2–4
05/12/2004 Greek Championship 7–5 5–4, 2–1
26/02/2005 Greek Championship 5–6 2–3, 3–3
09/04/2005 Greek Cup 9–11 3–6, 6–5
04/05/2005 Greek Championship 17–16 1–1, 5–5, (2–2 ext., 9–8 pen.)
06/05/2005 Greek Championship 8–11 3–7, 5–4
08/05/2005 Greek Championship 8–7 7–2, 1–5
10/05/2005 Greek Championship 8–10 3–6, 5–4
11/05/2005 Greek Championship 11–6 5–2, 6–4
04/01/2006 Greek Championship 11–10 7–5, 4–5
11/03/2006 Greek Championship 9–9 3–5, 6–4
12/05/2006 Greek Championship 10–12 5–5, 5–5 (0–2 ext.)
14/05/2006 Greek Championship 8–6 3–3, 5–3
16/05/2006 Greek Championship 6–11 3–5, 3–6
18/05/2006 Greek Championship 8–6 5–3, 3–3
20/05/2006 Greek Championship 6–7 3–4, 3–2 (0–1 ext.)
13/12/2006 Greek Championship 9–7 3–2, 6–5
04/05/2007 Greek Championship 8–6 4–1, 4–5
20/05/2007 Greek Cup 11–5 7–2, 4–3
09/06/2007 Greek Championship 7–6 4–5, 3–1
12/06/2007 Greek Championship 11–13 5–5, 5–5, (1–3 ext.)
14/06/2007 Greek Championship 11–9 7–3, 4–6
16/06/2007 Greek Championship 8–7 4–2, 4–5
14/11/2007 Greek Championship 13–10 8–4, 5–6
02/02/2008 Greek Championship 12–5 7–2, 5–3
04/04/2008 Greek Cup 12–8 8–2, 5–6
21/04/2008 Greek Championship 10–5 4–4, 6–1
23/04/2008 Greek Championship 12–9 5–6, 7–3
30/04/2008 Greek Championship 5–7 3–4, 2–3
02/05/2008 Greek Championship 8–5 4–2, 5–3
10/01/2009 Greek Championship 9–8 4–4, 5–4
28/03/2009 Greek Championship 10–4 6–3, 4–1
12/01/2011 Greek Championship 16–3 7–1, 9–2
06/04/2011 Greek Championship 20–3 7–1, 13–2
12/11/2011 Greek Championship 20–3 9–1, 11–2
03/03/2012 Greek Championship 12–2 8–1, 4–1
15/12/2013 Greek Championship 15–4 6–2, 9–2
05/03/2014 Greek Championship 21–6 10–4, 11–2
19/03/2014 Greek Cup 18–5 11–2, 7–3
22/11/2014 Greek Championship 15–4 8–2, 7–2
13/02/2015 Greek Championship 15–4 4–3, 11–1
12/12/2015 Greek Championship 15–5 8–2, 7–3
27/03/2016 Greek Championship 16–4 9–2, 7–2
20/04/2016 Greek Championship 13–7 6–3, 7–4
22/04/2016 Greek Championship 13–5 5–1, 8–4
05/11/2016 Greek Championship 11–5 5–3, 6–2
01/02/2017 Greek Championship 21–2 11–1, 10–1
21/10/2017 Greek Championship 16–7 8–2, 8–5
27/01/2018 Greek Championship 16–7 8–3, 8–4
21/02/2018 Greek Cup 9–2 6–1, 3–1
05/01/2019 Greek Championship 15–7 5–2, 10–5
10/04/2019 Greek Championship 19–7 9–2, 10–5
08/05/2019 Greek Championship 10–3 6–1, 4–2
10/05/2019 Greek Championship 19–6 10–3, 9–3
23/11/2019 Greek Championship 24–6 12-2, 12-4
29/02/2020 Greek Cup 18–6 7–4, 11–2
01/07/2020 Greek Championship 20–6 8–3, 12–3
03/10/2020 Greek Super Cup 21–6 12–5, 9–1
27/03/2021 Greek Championship 18–4 7–1, 11–3
23/11/2021 Greek Championship 16–3 7–1, 9–2
05/02/2022 Greek Championship 14–4 3–4, 11–0
12/11/2022 Greek Championship 17–6 10–1, 7–5
14/01/2023 Greek Championship 16–4 7–2, 9–2

Biggest win

For Olympiacos
Stage Competition Score Year Margin (min.)
Greek Championship 21–2 2017 +19 (32')
Quarterfinal Greek Cup 18–5 2014 +13 (32')
Biggest offensive performance
Greek Championship 24–6 2020 +18 (32')
For Ethnikos
Stage Competition Score Year Margin (min.)
Greek Championship 13–0 1982 +13 (28')
Final Greek Cup 12–0 1954 +12 (20')
Biggest offensive performance
Greek Championship 17–6 1985 +11 (28')

Top 10 scorers

Pos Player Goals Team Played for (Goals)
1 Thodoris Chatzitheodorou 93 Olympiakos (93)
2 Antonis Vlontakis 75 Ethnikos (47), Olympiakos (28)
3 Thodoris Kalakonas 74 Ethnikos (71), Olympiakos (3)
4 Antonis Aronis 73 Ethnikos (54), Olympiakos (19)
5 Giannis Fountoulis 72 Olympiakos (72)
6 Nondas Samartzidis 67 Ethnikos (67)
7 Giorgos Ntoskas 58 Olympiakos (58)
8 Nikos Venetopoulos 57 Olympiakos (57)
9 Manolis Mylonakis 56 Ethnikos (33), Olympiakos (23)
10 Andreas Garyfallos 53 Ethnikos (53)

Honours (Football)

Greek Championship honours

See also: Super League Greece
Team Best finish Occasions Years
Olympiacos 1st 47

(record)

1931, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022
Ethnikos 2nd 2 1928, 1956

Greek Cup honours

See also: Greek Football Cup
Team Best finish Occasions Years
Olympiacos Winner 28

(record)

1947, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1981, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2020
Ethnikos Winner 1 1933

Total honour comparison

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Olympiacos

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Ethnikos

Piraeus Regional Championship 24 3
Greek National Championship 47 0
Greek Cup 28 1
Greek Super Cup 4 0
Total 103 4

Honours (Water polo)

Greek Championship honours

See also: A1 Ethniki Water Polo
Team Best finish Occasions Finalist Years
Olympiacos 1st 36 30 1927, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1969, 1971, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Ethnikos 1st 38

(record)

16 1926, 1931, 1948, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1994, 2006

Bold indicates that the year in which the rival team finished second.

Out of the 35 championships that Olympiacos has won, in 11 (1927, 1933, 1934, 1949, 1952, 1971, 1992, 1995, 2005, 2007, 2008) of them Ethnikos came second.

Out of the 38 championships that Ethnikos has won, in 20 of them (1953, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1994, 2006) Olympiacos came second.

Ethnikos has the longest streak of winning championships (18 in a row) out of all the other team sports. Specifically, Ethnikos was the champion of Greece from 1953 to 1970. He lost the title in 1971 to Olympiacos but he started a new streak from 1972 to 1985 (14 in a row). Since 1986, the club has won only 3 championships (1988, 1994, 2006).

Olympiacos had 8 championships already in 1952, when Ethnikos had only 3 but from 1953 to 1991, the club won only 2 titles. Since 1992 the club has dominated the Greek championship with 26 out of the last 31 titles. Right now Olympiacos is on streak of 10 in a row.

In European level, Ethnikos was the first team to reach the Final-Four of the LEN Champions League in 1980. He finished 4th in Europe. Ethnikos's women's team has 1 European trophy, the 2010 LEN Trophy. The club did not manage to win the LEN Super Cup that year and lost to another Greek club, Vouliagmeni

Olympiacos has been European champion twice in 2002 and 2018. He beat Honvéd in 2002 and Pro Recco in 2018. In both occasions, Olympiacos was crowned champion in the country of the finalist team. The club has been finalist three times (2001, 2016, 2019). Olympiacos also has 1 LEN Super Cup in men's water polo. Olympiacos women's team has been crowned European champions twice (2015, 2021). In addition, the club has two lost finals (2017, 2019) but has won the 2014 LEN Trophy and the 2015 LEN Super Cup.

Olympiacos has finished above Ethnikos in the league 45 times compared to Ethnikos's 42.

In the Greek cup, Ethnikos has 12 trophies, 4 of them, came after beating Olympiacos in the final.

Olympiacos has 23 trophies and has beaten Ethnikos twice.

Greek Cup honours

See also: Greek Water Polo Cup
Team Best finish Occasions Finalist Years
Olympiacos Winner 23

(record)

7 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Ethnikos Winner 12 2 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1991, 2000, 2005

Bold indicates that the final was between the two rivals

Total honour comparison

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Olympiacos

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Ethnikos

LEN Champions League (Men's) 2 0
LEN Champions League (Women's) 3 0
LEN Trophy (Women's) 1 2
LEN Super Cup (Men's) 1 0
LEN Super Cup (Women's) 3 0
Greek National Championship (Men's) 36 38
Greek National Championship (Women's) 13 3
Greek Cup (Men's) 22 12
Greek Cup (Women's) 4 0
Greek Super Cup (Men's) 5 0
Greek Super Cup (Women's) 1 0
Total 91 55

The Piraeus derby in European competition

In 2021, Olympiacos and Ethnikos hosted the Group F of LEN Euroleague, Europe's most prestigious club competition for women's waterpolo. All matches were held at the Piraeus National Swimming Pool. Both clubs from Piraeus advanced to the quarterfinals of the competition. The first ever “European” Piraeus derby ended 9–5 in favour of Olympiacos. At the end of the season Olympiacos won the LEN Euroleague and Ethnikos the LEN Trophy. The two city clubs will contest the European Super Cup for the 2022 season. It was the first time two clubs from the same city will compete in any team sport for the European Super Cup trophy in Greek sports history. Olympiacos won the match 11–4.[12]

Final standings

Pos. Club Pts W D L GF GA GD
1 Greece Olympiacos 9 3 0 0 35 18 +17
2 Greece Ethnikos 6 2 0 1 27 21 +6
3 Spain Terrassa 3 1 0 2 24 26 -2
4 Italy Roma 0 0 0 3 20 41 -21

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